Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-07-07
Met at Essex Junction Monday
and Nominated q State
Ticket.
A MASS CON VENTION
Platform Denounces Republican Party
for Enncting Locnl option Law,
Thereby Failing to Low Level
of Democratic Pnrty-Fa-
vOrs Woman Suffrage.

Essex Junction, July 4.-Represcntatives
of the Prohibition party of Vermont met
at Foresters hall to-day in mass conven-
ton to place in nomination a State ticket,
also to nominate representatives. in Con-
gross and presidential electors.
ne convention was called to order n
noon by l.. w. Hanson of Barre chairman
nj the state executive committee and the
call of the convention was read by the
secretary. G. l.. Story. l.. w. Hanson was
made temporary chairman and G. l.. Story
temporary secretary. Prayer was offered
by the Rcv. S. NJ. Harris of Ncrgennes
The convention united in singing Amer
ica," Mrs. Marsh Of Jericho assisting at
the organ.
on motion of n. +. Comings the tenn
porary organization was made permanent
The chair appointed a committee on
platform and resolutions. G. l.. Story Of
Essex Junction, II. J.. Comings of East
Berkshire and the Rev A. G. Austin of
Georgia. The convention listened to the
report of the chairman and secretary and
an able address was delivered by the
chairman, after which the following gen
temen were appointed n nominating com
nittco. Henry Babcock of St. Adams, w
Henry Hazen of North Hero and A. I.
Leach of Sheldon.
Mrs. a. n. Phelps. an evangelist stop
ping in the place and having had extern
sive experiences in temperance work in
New England. was called upon and for a
half hour. edited and delighted her hear
ers with trenchant and pointed facts and
arguments bearing upon the necessity of
earnest political effort in supprcssing the
traffic in intoxicating liquors. A rising
vote of thanks was extended to the speak
or. s III Eldrod of Sheldon, X. II. Place
of Essex Junction and the Roy. S. NJ
Harris of N"rgcnncs also made rema rks.
The committee on resolutions submitted
n ttttr t,,.l ,sat,
accepted and ndopted::
The Prohibition party Of Vermont, in
convention assembled. hereby acknowl-
edges Almighty God as the supreme ruler
OF all things and His law as the true basis
Of all law and that no human enactment
should be in conflict herewith.
We declare our allegiance to the national
Prohibition party and reaflirm our State
plat form of 1907.
Our party exists because from the gen
oral government down the liquor business
is permitted protected and made legal:
anyone for a price being authorized to
manufacture alcoholic liquors of all kinds
to any extent. and for another price to
sell tho same and the liquor evil is freely
pe rmtted for price in nearly II not quite
all the territory under tho immediate con-
troll of the e. neral government now in the
hands OF the Republican party We deny
the right of any government. State or ma
tional to raise revenue that Is so obvi-
ously the price of blood rs is the revenue
derived from the licensed liquor traffic.
We lament the mental and moral dccad-
enc" of the Republican party of Vermont
in 1902 which made il POSSIBLE al a matter
Of mere political cxpediency and alarm
to abandon the greatest moral and fnan-
cial issue in existence. to which during its
entire history as party in Vermont it
had given its constant adherence on tho
ground of high moral and legal principles.
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the Democratic party on this issue.
As nothing but evil can come from the
sale of intoxicating drinks, We are opposed
not only to tn" licensed saloon, but all
places under whatever name where in
toNicating drinks are sold and affirm that
proof is ample that forhdding with pen
nltios gives better results than any So
called legally regulated permission of ac-
knowl"dgcd evils: hence, we believe that
II tho promoters of the State dispensary
Idea were better acquainted with the dire
full result sof that form of license and its
generally admitted failure a temper
ancc measure. They would direct their
efforts to better purpose.
We are also opposed to any sO-callod
local option that gives the vicious. the in
different the dcbauchcd, the mcrccnary.
the misguided, the mis-informcd. the I'M
moral and the otherwise indifferent m
opportunity to vote into local existence
any public evil.
We hold that in view OF the vote Of In st
March tho present liquor law is discredit-
cd by the people Of tho State and should
be repealed and a wise. strong prohibitory
law fully enacted which will place our
liquor legislation upon right moral founda
tions which is now in violation OF divine
law
We believe that the people rather than
politicians should rule this country. To
this end tho right Of suffrage should be
accorded without discrimination against
any on account of race sex or color.
We declare for good government and
good citizenship, neither of which can he
secured to the highest extent where intoxi-
eating drink is legally sold as a beverage
The idcnl condition being voluntary total
abstinence for the individual and prohibit
ton for tho state
We invite all who approve this declara-
tion Of principles to support them by vot-
ing tho prohibition ticket. the only way
in which it can be done.
Remarks werc made upon the resou-
tions by s. NJ. Harris a resolution
euloEiZing the Hon. Cyrus w. Wyman of
Rrattlehoro. was adopted.
Henry Rabcock of St. Adams exported
for the committee on nominations the
following:
For covcrnor-Homer F.. Comings of
East berkshire.
For lieutenant governor-James T.
Crane OF Middlebury.
For trcasurer-V. Henry Hazen of North
Hero.
For secretary of state-William v, Nc
IOchlin of Pcacham.
For authoritarian W. Ware of Now
fame.
For representatives TO Congrsss-F'irst
district, Charles G. Manuel OF Richford;
second district, Lester w. Hanson OF
Barre.
For presidential electors-Frank W. |
Wheeler of Richford, Willard A. strong
Of Benson. C. r. Wilson OF Bradford and
T.. Nj. Campbell of Lyndon.
Executive committee-Chairman s. NJ
Harris of Vcrgennes: vice-ch chairman. II.
L. Belknap of Barre secretary. G. l..
Story of Essex Junction; treasurer. f.
~. Field of Charlotte; auditor. George |
+. Ball of Ferrisbureh
The report was adopted, speeches were
made by several present and 500 raised |
to start a literature campaign
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