Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-30
SAY |T.WIL[m MILES
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party small to perperaate himself in his
| fat Office"
ANNOUNCE THEIR
Reiteration Of Principles and De-
nunciation of Other Parties. 9
| BY Associated Press
! CONVENTION HALL. INDIANAPOLIS,
! Ind June 3O.-Oliver w. Stewart. ma
/ tiopal chairman. opened the prohibition ma
! tfonaI convention with prayer today. 1t
| was announced that those opposed to Gen.
! Miles nomination for President had COM
| bined on National Chairman Stewart for
! the nomination, and that former National
Chairman Samuel Dickie of Albion. Mich.
| had been selected to make the nominating
| speech.
| Mr.. Stewart addressed the convention on
behalf Of the national committee.
! The resolutions committee reported the
| following platform to the convention:
| Platform Reported
The prohibition party. in national con-
ventton assembled at Indianapolis June 30.
| 1904. recognizing that the chief end Of all
| government is the establishment of right
eousness and justice. and believing In the
perpetuation Of the high ideals Of govern
| ment Of the people. by the people. and for
! the people, established by our fathers,
makes the following declaration Of prin-
ciples- and purposes:
1. The widely prevailing system of the
| licensed and legalized sale Of alcoholic bev-
erages Is SO ruinous to individual interests.
| SO inimical to public welfare, SO destructive
to national wealth and so subversive to the
rights of great masses Of our citizenship.
| that the destruction Of the traffic IL. and
| for years has been. the most important
question In American politics.
z We denouRce the lack of statesmanshfp
exhibited by the leaders of the democratic
and republican parties in their refusal to
recognize the paramount Importance OF this
question and the cowardice with which the
leaders of these parties have c0urted the
| favor Of those whose selfish interests are
/ advanced by the continuation and aug
mentation of the traffic until today the in
f1uence OF the liquor traffic practically dom
mates national, state and local government
throughout the nation.
). We declare the truth, demonstrated
by the experience Of half a century, that
all methods Of dealing with the liquor
traffic which recognize its right to exist.
In any form. under any system Of license
or tax or regulation. have proved power
less to remove its evils. and as useless as
checks on its growth. while the insignifi-
cant public revenues which have accrued
therefrom have scared the public con-
science against a recognition Of its in
EQUITY.
4. We call public attention to the fact,
fifty years. that to secure the enactment
and enforcement of prohibitory legisla-
ton, in which alone lies hope of the pro-
lection of the people from the liquor traf-
fic. 1T Is necessary that the legislative. ex-
ecuttye and judicial branches of the gov
eminent should be in the hands of a Do
| litical party in harmony with the prohi-
billion principle and pledged to its en-
bod1ment In laws and-to the execution of
those laws.
5. We pledge the,-pruAibition party.
wherever given power by the suffrage of
the people. to the enactment and enforce
ment OF laws prohibiting and abolishing
the manufacture. importation. transpor-
tation and sale Of alcoholic beverages
y. We declare that there is not only no
other issue of equal Importance before
| the American people today. but that the
So called issues on which>the democratic
! and republican partieS seek to divide the
OF the ed county are in large part
they wrangle for the spoiIs of office
g. recognizing that the Intelligent vot-
eIs OF the country. may preperly ask our
attitude on other questions, of public con-
Germ, we declare ourselves In favor Of.
The impartial enforcement of all law.
Inc sa safeguarding of the peoples rights
ny rigid appiication, o tine principles Of
Justice to all combinatiapssand organfza-
tons of capital and labor
more intimate relation between the
people and government by wise adapta
referendum. - Oil"
me safeguarding to every citizen in
every place under the government of the
people or the United States of ali the
rights guaranteed by the laws and the
Constitution ~
international arbitrations; and we dac,aro
that our nation should contribute in every
manner. consistent with national dignity. to
the permanent establishment of peace he
tween all nations. ~.
The reform of our divorce laws. the final
extlrpation OF polygamy and the total over
el,-
Illegal sanction Of the social evil with its
unspeakabie traffic In girls} by the munici-
pal authorities Of almost all our cities
minority report on platform was pre-
scented by JOS. P. Tracy of illinois, chair
man OF the resolutions committee SIX
members OF the committee signed the report
W W,, MIN e Ihey we're Louis Hancock of
comm OF Massachusetts,, c. E. Hopkins of
South Dakota. VIM. Howard of Iowa and
Ralph +. Elwood of Delaware The minori-
| ty report included planks for fayoring
| lower postage rates; extension of free de-
| livery; closing the malls against all con
tributions containing liquor advertisements;
| self government in the Philippines; opposi-
| tition to the republican colonial policy; a
! non-partisan commission: liberal pension
laws; an anti-canteen law; civil service re-
| form and the initiative and referendum:
| laws to facilitate legitimate business framed
| that corporations. we'll as individuals,
| shall be forced to obey them
The present administration was arraigned
| for the presence of saloons In the Philip
| pines and Alaska and the demand was
| made that the Panama canal construction
| be kept free from graft.
| An hour was devoted to raising money
| by subscription pledges among the dele
| gates for campaign purposes. The sum
| of $40 40 was raised.
| Mrs. E. Norine Law of Detroit announced
| a meeting of the women to arrange for
opening campaign headquarters at Chi
| cago.
Chairman Wolfenberger called for the
report of the resolutions committee. Chair
man Tracy of the committee announced
| that there was a majority and minority
| report ready but he requested an adjourn
ment of the convention until 1:30 in order
effort to agree. This was seconded by Sec
| rotary Amos of the committee. who repre-
| sented the majority report of the commit
| tee. The convention took a recess until
1870 without either report being read. The
| resolutions committee again went into ses-