The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-30
CHEER FOR GEN. MILES
PROHIBITIONIsTs APPLAUD NAME
OF INDIAN FIGHTER.
The Mention of Roosevelt as the Hero
of BloodIess San Juan--Woif-
enberger as Permanent
Chairman.

Abraham Lincoln, Clinton B. FISK and
Frances willard.
The convention was called to order
by National Chairman oliver w. Stew
art of Chicago. In introducing the
Rev. George E. Peeke of Sandusky,
o.. to make the opening prayer, he
said:
There is one convention where the
opening prayer Is not mere Sormal-
| ity."
Chairman Stewart introduced W. s.
| Doan of Indianapolis, who welcomed
| the delegates on behalf of the prohi-
| bitionists of the city and State. When
he mentioned the name of General
Miles there were bursts of applause.
When he concluded a Delaware dele
| gate moved three cheers of W. s. Doan.
the next Vice President of the United
States. which were given.
National Chairman Stewart made a
brief reply. He said the convention
just assembled was the only one that
| had real issue to present to the
American people.
| Mr.. Stewart introduced Homer l..
Castle of Pittsburg, temporary chair
man of the convention. Mr.. Castle said
in part:
That canker worm of the West
polygamy-to- day holds at bay our
SO great that the greatest law-making
assemblage of this country. composed
of Republicans and Democrats, dare not
strike, because polygamy has said
there is a national election at hand.
This problem must be solved by a
Drawer lot of men than Republican and
Democratic Senators. The homes of our
land have stood for years at the doors
of Congress asking for such uniform
system of marriage and divorce laws
'as will protect the sacrament of mar
i'ege. 1t was treated not simply with
scant courtesy, but with no courtesy at
all. This problem of indissoluable
home life is one of our legacies An
intelligent national solution of the mu-
tual rights and wrongs of aggregations
of capital. called trusts on the one
hand, and labor with its organization
on the other, is a problem never yet
approached from the standpoint of a
statesman, but always as a politician"
The exigencies of war opened the
door and the ambitions of short Insight
ed leaders for the empire has placed in
our keeping provinces which in time
of war would cost many times their
value in money and men to protect and
when annexed can belong to us only
in name and title, for in heart and SYM
pathies IT is even more remote than in
distance. How to honorably let go is
most tremendous problem, for this
far it has been proitless to anyone
except the liquor interest.
above all these because greater in
scope, broader than all these because
largely the source of the evils in
them all is the problem of what to do
with the 100000 saloons of this land.
where is the political aggregation
that can be trusted to cope with those
evils? Shall 1t be that crowd of inane,
becollared men who gathered last week
in Chicago to do the bidding of the
hero of bloodless San Juan and place a
Democratic secretary In charge of their
national committee and coax some one
of even semi-national reputation to
agree to run second to this despoiler of
every trust except the whisky trust?
BY no manner of means. The men who
as Senators have not the courage to
send back to little Utah its much mar
ried Smoot can never be trusted to cope
with an evil whose talons are sunk
deep in every municipality in this
broad land.
There is but one party left. With
the absolute monarchy existing to-day
in the Republican Party, expressed in
its imperialism militaryism and COM
mercialism on the one hand. and Dem
ocracy with its absolute anarchy, want
of consecutive thought on any subject
hope on the other, there was never a
clearer call for party which can stand
before the American people sure of the
needs of our great land. positive of it's
position on public questions and fear
less of its espousal for the cause of
right"
Following Mr.. Castles address W.
G. Colderwood of Minneapolis, took
Nhnrpa nf fha
secretary and the committees selected
at the State meetings and the names of
the new national committee were read
and adopted.
An invitation to the St Louis Expo-
sition was read by w. M Goodwin. a
Missouri delegate. signed by President
David r. Francis. Free admission was
offered. A recess was then taken till 2
o'clock.
The committee on permanent organ
ization held a brief meeting and Sc
lected A. c. Wolfenberger, of Lincoln.
Neb,, for permanent chairman, and W.
G. Colderwood of Minneapolis for per
manent secretary.
When the convention reconvened the
permanent officers took charge Mr..
Wolfenberger was loudly applauded
when he mentioned Frances E. Willard
Governor St. John and Clinton B. Fiske
His address followed prohibition lines
closely.
Il hope the Resolutions Committee :"
he said, will adopt a platform broad
enough, but not too broad. When the
party narrowed its platform to one
plank ] put my feet closer together
and stood upon it. but / murmured as
did many of us" applause.
Continuing, Mr.. Wolfenberger said:
Il am not afraid of this convention
being stampeded to or from any man.
If ii is right that this convention choose
the grand old Indian fighter. prolonged
cheers) who was turned aside by the
hero of San Juan Hill with a sneer, al
though no mark stood against him, we'll
and good If we do. not choose to do
that. we need not confine ourselves to
military men. We have that masterful
and matchless leader of Americas
Young manhood oliver w. Stewart.
prolonged cheeping, delegates stand
ing and waving handkerchiefs and
t1ags); we have that grand old citizen,
Slas Swallow of Pennsylvania; that
splendid business man. Alfred L. Ma
nierre of New York; that stalwart and
magnificent man. R. H. Patton of IL
linois; that clear headed worker, think
er and philosopher, Stevens of Penn
svlvania; that Gladstone and Lincoln
combined, Carskadon of West Virginia;
or Cranfill of Texas. Castle of Pittsburg
and W. E. Johnson"
The report of the Committee on Rules
and order of business was read by F. f.
Britton of Massachusetts,.
The report provided for a two-thirds
l.. Castle moved that this be stricken
out and II prevafled after Sopoa dahafa