The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-14
PLATFORM WITH
JUST ONE PLANK
Is ADVOCATED BY DELEGATES
TO OHIO PROHIBITION
A CONVENTION. a.,
CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS
Arc Named - Chairman Peeke Dc
nounces Woman Suffrage and
the Anti.saloon League, but ,,l
Praises George B. Cox. -

Columbus, o., July IA platform
OF one plank, confined to the single
issue of prohibition is the object of
a movement started at the opening
session of the state Prohibition con
vention Monday afternoon by Tempo
rary Chairman Fl. L. Peeke of San.
dusky, and the struggle will be car
ried TO the national Prohibition con
vention on Wednesday.
Chairman Peeke, in an address
which consumed more than two
hours, assailed female suffrage,
which has come to be regarded as an
established tenet of tho Prohibition
party declaring that women drink
more and men less than they did a
decade ago and that the weakest laws
regulating the liquor traffic are i'm the
woman suffrage states of Colorado
Idaho, Utah and Wyoming. He as
sailed the indifference of the
churches to the prohibition move.
ment, criticised the Auti-Saloon
league and praised George B. Cox of
Cincinnati for refusing to credit any
votes to temperance that were not
cast for Prohibition tickets.
Bearded and white-haired men,
were In a majority among the dele
gates and a dozen women were en-.
rolled as alternates. The convention
was opened by the singing Of Amer
lea" Rev McCauley of Cincinnati
offered prayer and Prof. Holton OF
Oberlin sang "The World Is Moving
On"
In response to the question How
many of those present voted for the
first Prohibition candidate for presi.
dent, John p. st. John?" 40 hands
were raised. After the welcoming
address by Daniel A. Polling of Co
lumbus, Rev. McCauley responded in
the absence of Rev. J. w. Rice of
Wellsville, and Temporary Chairman
Peeke delivered his address.
At the night session the committee
on permanent organization recon.
mended f.. ]. Pinney of Cleveland for
permanent chairman. It had been
expected that Temporary Chairman
Peeke would be made the permanent
presiding officer, but opposition de. |
veloped on account of his criticisms
of the attitude of churches toward |
prohibition and his attack on woman |
suffrage.
e. T.. Frazier of Wellsville was rec.
commended for permanent secretary. |
Speeches were made by Samuel
Dickie of Albion, Mich, and Joshua
Levering of Maryland. formerly can.
didate for president
Indications point to the nomination
Of A. s. Watkins of Ada for govern.
or, and J. b. Martin Of Hamilton for
lieutenant governor II. J. Haskell
of Muskingum is the probable nomi.
nee for secretary of state.
The following candidates for con.
gress were selected at the Prohibi.
tion district meetings held prior to
the meeting of the state conventions:
First district-Dr. John Robertson,
Hamilton.
Second-A. Y Reid, Hamilton.
Third-Rev. II. A. Thompson, Mont
gomery.
FOURTH. NJ. Lippincott, Allen.
Fifth-Not represented.
Slxth-Rev. ID. b. Hypes, Greene.
Seventh-M. c. Shuman, Miami.
Eighth-Simeon McMorran, Cham.
paign
NINTH. r. N. Braithwaite Otta. ,
wa
Tentb-T. II. Winters. Lawrence.
Eleventh-H. L. Baker, Athens.
Twelfth-D. A. Polling, Franklin.
Thirteenth-L c. Reed. Marion.
Fourteenth--J w. Holton, L.orain.
Fifteenth - Knox Montgomery, ,
Sixteenth-W Scott. Belmont. !
Seyenteenth-No nomination. 7
Eighteenth-Elias Jenkins, Mahon. /
Ing
Nineteenth w. c. Crispin, Sum. /
nit. ,
Twentleth--No nomination. ,
Twenty-flrst-No nomination. H- 9