The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-16
PLATFORM
NOW PREPARED
One of Chief Declarations Is
For Woman's Suf-
frage.
ARE MANY CANDIDATES.
OF THE UNITED
STATES COVETED BY MANY
MEN ON WATER WAGoN-CoM-
MiTTEE REPORTS TO-DAY.

Columbus, O.. July 16.-The prohi-
hibitionist national convention met
again this morning. The committee on
permanent organization reported to-
day and Prof. C. S. Scanlon, of Pitts
burg, one of the numerous candidates
for the presidency, was named as per-
manent chairman.
The presidential nomination is still
open. and there has been no marked
it was agreed early today that the
nomination could be had by Seaborn
Wright of Georgia if he would express
a Willingness to accept Before the
convention met it was said by Charles
r. Jones, chairman of the national
committee, that the nomination would
be the result of an open struggle.
The name of Joshua Levering of
Maryland, who was the nominee in
1896, was strongly favored by many,
but the friends of Mr. Levering were
not disposed to push candidacy un-
less he was assured of the nomination
in advance.
Pushing Patton.
The Illinois delegates are pushing
D. R. Sheen of Peoria. The friends
of Robert Patton, of Springfield, H.,
temporary chairman of the convention,
are rapidly increasing and a move
ment in his behalf took tangible shape
when he concluded his address at the
first session of the convention yester-
day.
The friends Of Charles Scanlon, who
! is to be the permanent chairman OF
the convention, say they feel greatly
encouraged over the progress their
candidate is making.
| The committee on resolutions met
| and delegated the task of writing the
platform to a subcommittee of five
composed of Samuel Dickie. of Michi
gan; Quincy l.. Mirrell, of South Da
kota Eugene Chaplin, of Illinois
Frank Sibley, of Arizona and Silas c
! Swallow, of Pennsylvania. When the
subcommittee made its report at 9:3C
o'clock last night the platform had
been in greater part arranged and il
is expected it will be accepted as il
| ldS UtSH I'll d" ii uAlcSo oOllS llSllI uol
now made known on some portion ot
it. The document itself has not yet
been prepared, but the principa
planks to be incorporated will be
about as follows:
Probable PIanks.
There will be a declaration in fav
or of extending suffrage to women;
the election of senators by direct vote
Of the people will be favored and {
ringing declaration will be made
against the existing revenue law:
which permit the issuance of license:
to saloons.
The platform will also declare in ia
vor of the enactment of a graduated
income and inheritance tax. A demand
will be made that proposed amend
ment to the constitution of the United
States prohibiting the liquor traffic
be submitted TO the people. This i.
intended to meet the question raiseC
in congress at the last session tha
federal regulation of the liquor traf
fic is unconstitutional when it extends
beyond interstate traffic. This planl
| together Win tudL the IS '
enue laws that permit the issuance o
licenses is expected TO cover the att
tude of the party on the questions o
licensing direct prohibition. The sent
ment of the party, wherever heard eS
pressed, is opposed TO local option O
anything but the complete wiping ou
of the liquor traffic.
The establishment of postal saving
banks will be favored. a declaratio
will be made in favor of governmen
regulation of corporations engaged i
interstate commerce The creation c
, a non-partisan commission for tn
purpose of studying and recommend
, ing needs of existing tariff schedule:
will also be adopted. The platforr
, will also contain an arraignment of o
t fetal tolerance in large cities Of th
country of the social evil and traffi
Iis esaA