The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-14
IS AFRAID TO
 LEAVE PARTY seaborn Wsht Gives Out { 4tement, NO Ft IN DEMOCRATS WiTS ,lck to Then to Maintain
 Prohibition. In Thorough Sympathy with Hish Aims of Prohibitiou Party But
 Cannot Accept It's Nomina-
 ton for President. 5
NO rx4 IN DEMOCRATS

Atlanta, Ca. July 1s.--seaborn Wright. a member of the Georgia Leg l islature, and a leading advocate of prohibition. who has been mentioned as | the possible nominee of the Prohibit ton convention. now in session at Co., iumbus. O.. in a statement given to the Associated Press today, says that he cannot accept the nomination should it be given him. Mir. Wright's state-
 unent follows:
 Ina conference recently with Chair
 man Jones and Wilson, told them that | could not accept q nomination for | President by the Prohibition party. The 1 question of negro domination was not in my mind. have no fear of this in | the South.
 Tt Is the fear of liquor domination l In the Democratic party in the South. 1 If | should go out of the Democratic party to accept the nomination for l President and carry with me any con- l siderable number of Southern Demo- crats, 1t would turn the dominant Dem l ocratic party In the South over to the liquor element in the party resulting | In a repeal of the prohibition legisla- ton secured already in the South through the Democratic party. T am thoroughly in sympathy with | the high aims of the prohibition party. | am not insensible to the great honor of a nomination for President at their hands and nothing on earth would give me more pleasure than to speak on this vital question to the people of the country from the commanding position l Of a candidate for President | The one overshadowing question be- l fore the American people today Is clean. intelligent citizenship. If the l American saloon is not destroyed, 1t 1 will eventually destroy this republic | through the corruption of the people. | especially in our great cities. The l temperance question today Is not so I much the right of the individual to drink as the right of the dominant l liquor Interest to destroy the citizen
 ship .apon which this rsauslie Is bot | toned" 4.,,s,v-s, ,s .g
 AnsaiIs wonaan sussrage. l coiumBtas. O. July 1s.--A light | against q platform of numerous Issues
 and in favor of one confined to the sin- | gle issue of prohibition, was started at | the opening session of the State Pro-
 hibition Convention this afternoon by 1 Temporary Chairman H. l.. Peeke of I Sanduslxy, and will be carried to the
 National Prohibition Convention tomor- row.
 Chairman. Peeke in an address which Il consumed more than two hours, assail- l ed woman suffrage, which has come to | be regarded as an established tenet of l the party, declaring that women drink I more and men less than they did de- I cade ago and that the weakest laws I regulating the liquor traffic are in the woman suffrage States of Colorado, | Idaho Utah and Wyoming. He assall- ed the indifference of the churches to the prohibition movement, criticized | the anti-saioon league and praised
 George r.. Cox of Cincinnati for re-
 fusing credit any votes to temper ance that were not cast for prohibi- l tion tickets.
 Bearded and white-haired men were | in a majority among the delegates and
 a dozen women were enrolled as alter | mates. At the district meetings held | prior to the State convention. candi- | dates for Congress were named for ev- cry district in the State.
 l seanIon for President. Columbus, O.. July 13.--With but few | of the delegations to the national con. vention which will be held here We'd
 nesday. and Thursday on the ground.
 the contest for the nomination for
 President presents no definite aspect
 tonight.
 Many of the leaders are here. but
 the state delegations will not begin to l arrive. until tomorrow. A vigorous movement in favor, of Prof. Charles S. Scanlon of Pittsburg, for the Pres 1 idential nomination Is the latest de- velopment Professor Scanlon is the field representative of the Temperance Society of the Presbyterian Church. He led the fight against the endorse ment of the Anti-Saloon League at the meeting of the Presbyterian Assembly
 in this city . year ago. Other candi-
 dates for first place, whose names are
 receiving consideration are F. F.
 Wheeler of Los Angeles, Cal; Daniel R. Sheen of Peoria, H.; Alfred Man nierre of New York, and Joseph P. 1 Tracey of Detroit. Others in the race
 are George B. Stewart of Tennessee, Rev. A. B. Leonard. secretary of the Missionary Society of the Methodist | Episcopal Church; Rev. J. D. Cranfill
 of Dallas, Texas, and Rev. H W. Bal more of St. Louis.
 No direct word to any of the dele-
 gates has yet been received from Sea-
 born Wright, of Georgia. or Judge Samuel A Artman of Indiana, who
 have been mentioned for the Presiden-
 tiaI nomination as to whether they will consent to the use of their names. l Professor Scanlon, Judge Artman and
 others mentioned for President are now
 at Winona, Ind, where they are lec-
 turing.
 Up to the present time but one cam
 didate for Vice President has appeared. It is thought that he will be nomi- mated for Governor by the State Con- Vention and if so 1t will be with the understanding that he will withdraw from the State ticket in event he se-
 cured second place on the national
 ticket The reason that there are no
 other entries for Vice-President Is that
 it has been a custom to select the can-
 didate for this place from among the
 defeated candidates for President
 There Is a strong sentiment among
 some of the leaders who are already
 on the ground in favor of conhning
 the national platform to the issue of
 prohibition.
 It Is the general opinion that the
 platform will be brief, whatever scope
 may be given to its declarations.
 While some of the leaders are an-
 tagonistic to the Anti-Saloon League
 1t is significant that invitations have
 been issued by the National Commit
 tee to Rev. P. A. Baker, Superintend-
 ent of the American Anti-Saloon
 League, and Wayne B Wheeler. su- ! nF fho Ohio TeaGue. to afs