Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-09-29
NATIONAL PROHIBITION
PL 47FORM.

The Prohibition Party in National convention
| assembled, at indianapolis. June ~, l%04, rec0g-
Min that the CHI lief end Of all government is
the establishment Of those principles of right
eousncss and justice tina. have been revealed to
men AS the will of the Everything God, desiring
His blessing upon our national life, and believing
in the perpetuation of the high ideals Of govern
ment of the people. by the people and for the
people, established by the fathers, makes the
following declaration of principles and pur-
poses:
/. The widely prevailing system ct the licens-
ed AMI leaiiz,d 81 lc of alcoholic beverages is so
ruinous of individual interests, SO inimical to
public welfare, so destructive to national wealth,
and so subversive of the rights OF great masses of
our citizenship, that the destruction of the traffic
is, and has been, the most important question in
American politics.
9. We denounce the lack of Craftsmanship eX-
hibited by the leaders Of the Democratic and
Republican party in their refusal to recognize
the paramount Importance of this question and
the cowardicc with which the leaders of these
parties have cOurted the favor OF those whose
selfish interests are advanced blythe continuation
and augmentation Of the trafic, until today the
influence OF the liquor traffic practically domi-
mates national, state and local government
throughout the nation.
3. We declare the truth, demonstrated by the
experience OF half y 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 useless as checks
upon its growth, while the Insignificant public
revenue which have accrued therefrom have
scared the public conscience against IL recOen nj
ton of its ~iniQuitv.
4. We call public attention to the fact, proved
by the experience OF more than fifty years, that
to secure the enactment and enforcement Of pro-
hibitory legislation, in which alone lies the hope
Of the protection Of the people from the liquor
traffic, it is necessary that the Legislative, exccu-
tive and judicial branches OF the government
should he in the hands of a political party in hat-
rnony with the Prohibition principle, and plelgeN
to its embodiment in law aid to the execution OF
those laws.
.. We pledge tho Prohibition party wherever
given power by the sutfrages Of the people, to the
enactment and enforcement of laws prohibiting
and ahOlishing the manufacture, importation.
transportation and sale of alcoholic beverages.
6. We declare that there is not only no other
issue Of equal Importance before the American
people today, but that the socalled issues upon
which the Democratic and Republican parties
seek to divide the electorate Of the country are,
In large part, subterfuges under the cover of
which they wrangle for the spoils of office.
4. Recognizing that the intelligent voters of
the country may properly ask our attitude upon
other questions Of public concern, we declare
ourselves in favor OF:
The impartial enforcement of all law.
The safeguarding of the peoples rights by a
rigid application of the principles Of Justice to
all combinations of labor and capital.
The recognition of the fact that the right of
suffrage should depend upon the mental and
moral qualifications OF its citizens.
A more intimate relation between the PEOPLE
and government by a wise application Of the
principles Of the initiative and referendum.
Euch changes in our laws as will place tariff
schedules In the hapcS Of an 0mni- partizan COM
mission.
Tie application OF uniform laws for all our
country and dependencies.
The election Of United States Senators b. a
direct vote Of the people.
The extension and honest administration Of the
civil service laws.
The safeguarding Of the peoples every place
under the government Of the people of the United
States, In all the rights guaranteed by the laws
and the constitution.
international arbitration. and We declare that
our nation should contribute in every manner
consistent with national dignity to the establish
ment Of peace between all nations.
The reform OF our divorce laws, the final extir-
patton of polygamy, and the total overthrow Of
the present shamefu system of the illegal sane
ti0n of the social evil, with lis unspeakable traffic
IN girls BY the authorities OF almost all our cities.