Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-07-19
Insurgents WIN
in HARD Fight

ATLANTIC CITY, y. J., July H.
After a day of almost constant wran-
CLING, interspersed now and then with
hymns and prayers. the National Pro-
hibition Convention tonight overthrow
the existing administration and elected
@. HinshaW of Portland. Ore, as ma
tional chairman OF the party.
The convention voted down q pro-
posed plank in the platform demand
ing that the separation of church and
state be perpetual and that no public
money be appropriated to sectarian
churches and schools.
Adjournment then was taken until
tomorrow. when candidates for Presi-
dent and Vice President will be named
The insurgents early in the day woL
their fight to have the chairman elect
ed by the convention instead of APP
pointed by the national committee.
Hinshaw's selection came on the fifth
ballot. Between ballots on the ma
tional craftsmanship the conventions de-
voted its time to the adoption of a
platform.
The delegates We're in turmoil most
of the time. Several times when the
disorder was at it's height the chair
man brought about tranquility by
starting a.song or by having someone
start a prayer.
The platform, as originally presented
by the resolutions committee, was
changed in several particulars. Some
of the delegates contended there was
not enough prohibition in the docu-
ment, so strong phrases were added on
that subject.
DR.. Silas Swallow of Pennsylvania
sought to add declaration against
the wearing of clerical garb in schools.
Father George Zurcher of Buffalo. a
Catholic priest and delegate, declared
this would be interpreted as an af-
front to Catholics. A vote was taken
on the plank, and ii was lost.
Hinshaw; the new chairman of the
party, is an attorney in Portland and
is president of the intercollegiate Pro-
hibition Association
Taft and Roosevelt Both Denounced,
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.. July 10
The eleventh national Prohibition con-
ventione got under way here today, but
at three sessions progressed little be-
yond the preliminaries of organization.
lere were developments enough, how
ever, to indicate strong undercurrent
of insurgency" in the party and to
forecast fight for more progressive
and aggressive attitude in the coming
campaign.
The feature of the day was the adj
dress of the temporary chairman OF the
convention, Clinton N Howard of
Rochester. N. Y, known as the slittle
giant" Howard aroused the delegates
to a high pitch of enthusiasm by
roundly denouncing President Taft,
Colonel Roosevelt and the Republican
and Democratic parties in general.
We already, have two whisky par
ties and don't need another" he shout
ed. The delegates caught up and cheer
ed the sentiments of the chairman
When he characterized President Taft
as a wet nurse to the saloon" there
were shouts of Ss.Amen" from all cor
ners of the convention hall
When he denounced Colonel Roose-
welt as the least desirable of all the
candidates" there was a prolonged
demonstration of approval Governor
Woodrow Wilson he disposed of with
this faint praise: "A good man, per-
haps, but we have had good men in
the White House before and they have
gone out with the country more satu-
rated with rum than it was when they
went in"
So enthusiastic were the delegates
over Chairman Towards address that
they ordered it printed as campaign
textbook and started a boom for Mr..
Howard for President.