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

ATLANTIC CITY. N ~. 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
G. Hlnshaw OF Portland, Ore. as ma
tional chairman of the party
The convention voted down a 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 viii be named.
The insurgents early in the day wor.
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 convention de-
voted its time to the adoption Of a
platform.
The delegates were in turmoil most
of the time. Several times when the
disorder was at its height the chair
man brought about tranquility by
starting 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 i'm schools
Father George Zurcher of Buffalo.
Catholic priest and delegate, declared
this would be interpreted as an af-
front to Catholics. A vote was taken
on the plank. and il was lost.
Hinshaw, the Anew chairman of the
party, is an attorney In Portland and
is president of the intercollegiate Pro-
hihition Association
TAFT and Roosevelt Both Denounced.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., July 10
The eleventh national Prohibition con-
yention got under way here today. but
at three sessions progressed little be-
You'd the prelininaries of organization
There were developments enough. how
ever. to indicate a strong undercurrent
of insurgency" in the party and to
forecast fight for a 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 little
giant" Howard aroused the delegates
to a high pitch of enthusiasm by
roundly denouneing 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 Amen from ali cor
ners of the convention hall.
When he denounced Colonel Roose-
welt as the least desirable. of all the
candidates there was 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.r
So enthusiastic were the delegates
over Chairman HoWard's address that
they ordered it printed as campaign
text book and started boom for Mr.
Howard for President