Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-10-05

Alliance Programme For September
Full Of Political Pointers For Tenn
pcrencc NorNcrs--St. John. SvnI-
low. NiINon, sheen. Gnnr,cr nmd
Others Rcsrescntesl--Ii,c Flrst Pro-
hihitioza Party Platform of 1869.
lSpecia! correspondence
Chicago. ill.-"Our case once fully
stated on the moral side, we should
push to the front the economic aud
financial side OF Prohibition" declares
Prohibition Mayor w. \. Weaver OF
East Liverpool, O., in Il brief, clear
cut story of his recent remarkable
campaign in his home city, lust pub
lisllcd i'll the September programme of
the National Prohibition Alliance. This
story of how he won out backed by 4
brave and loyal band of political Pres
hibitioniSts gives n new aspect to .ne
possibilities Of that movement .em-
pcrance people may or may nos have
deserved the snecr that ,' have
played politics. in the L 'i ii
new spirit is awakenine fs eir
ranks that is surprising .l.liei4i,s nd
puzzling the Rip Van Mini ef Jss-
dom.
Evidence that this Is true .Dl,.,.s in
this latest Ailianc programme .or Sep
tember, which il entitled "NIethods OF
Victory T'.e programme specially
commentaries the thirty sixth ami
versary OF the formation of the Prohi-
/ bition party movement Short, inter
esting discussions of political ways
and means 10y such leading Prohibi
tieAists as Hon. John P st. John. DR..
swallow, AlonZo Wilson. Dan II. Sheen
and Clay +. Ganmer, the last three
now holding office as state representa-
t1ves in the Illinois legislature. and
Mayor weaver form Il series of remark
! ably inspiring messages full Of timely
counsel to temperance people and Pro-
hibitionists AS in the case OF "March-
Ing Orders of the Great Reform" the
July Patriotic Programme and the
widely used Alliance Debate Brief.
first published in June, the September
programme will prove of wide interest
outside of strictly Alliance circles. The
/ programme is, as usual, issued by
Charles II. Jones, chairman, $50 The
Temple, Chicago, ILL.,, to which requests
and inquiries should be addressed.
One Of the notable features of the
September programme is Il reproduc
! ton of the first Prohibition national
platform, adopted at the Chicago CON
vention, Sept /, 1869.
This first national Prohibition plat
form, read in the light of more than
three and a balf decades of progress,
is extraordinary for its present tineli-
ness and appropriateness and reveals
vividly how unwavcring and persist
emily the prohibitionists have held to
their dominant issue through all the
I shifting political currents Of more than
q third of /; century. Here are the his
toric declarations of that Prohibition
convention Of 1860:
First Platform of 1869
Whereas, Protection and allegiance are
reciprocal duties, and every citizen who
yields obedience to the just commands of
his government is entitled TO the fun, free
and perfect protection of that government
in the enjoyment Of personal security
personal liberty and private properly, ard
tntCElcallllS
drinks greatly i,npairs the personal secu-
rty and personal liberty of large mass
of citizens and renders private property
insecure. and
Whereas. The existing parties are hope
lessly unwilling TO adopt an adequate
policy on this question; therefore
We in national convention assembled,
as citizens Of this free republic sharing
the duties and responsibilities Of its gov
ernnent, in discharge Of a solemn duty
we owe 10 our country and our race.
unitc in the following declaration OF prin-
ciples:
First-That while We acknowledge the
pure patriotism and profound statesman
ship of inoSe patriots who laid the foun-
daton Of this government. securing at
once the rights of the states severally
and their inseparablc union by the fed
eral constitutions We would not merely
garnish tho sepulchers If our republican
father but we,do hereby renew our sol
emn pledges OF fealty to the iinperishable
principles Of civil and religious liberty
embodied in the Declaration OF American
Independence and our federal constitu-
ton
Second.-That the traffic in Intoxicating
beverages IS L dishonor to Christian civ
ilization, ininlical TO the best interests Of
society, political wrong of unequaled
enormity. subversive of the ordinary OBJ
jects Of government. not capable of being
regulated or restrained by any system of
license whichever, but imperativcly de-
manding for its suppression effective le-
gal Prohibition both by state and national
legislation.
WHY Party Was Formed.
Third,-That in view OF this and mas
much as the existing political parties
either oppose or ignore this great and
paramount question and absolutely re-