The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-09-17
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HEADQUARTERS | !. | !.
PR0HIBrTIoNTsT CAMPAIGN WILL
BE CONDUCTED FROM
THIS CITY.
J. HOWARD HOLT NAMED AS THE
CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE
BY CONVENTION.

At the Prohibitionists' convention
late yesterday afternoon ]. Howard
Holt, of Moundsyille, was nominal
ed for their candidate for congress
in the First congressional district to
be voted for at the special election
to be held Tuesday, October "A.
The convention was called to or
der by the Hon. U. A. Clayton, who
named ]. GoodIoc Jackson, of Jane
Lew, temporary chairman, and J. A.
Swlger, of Fairmont, temporary sec
rotary. The temporary organization
was made permanent.
The committee on resolutions ap-
pointed consisted of the following:
Rev. ]. w. Bedford, Of Parsons; j..
Otis Stout, of Clarksburg; c. j. Hall,
Of Los Angeles, CAL; ]. Howard Holt,
of Moundsville.
| A committee was also appointed
| to select a place as the headquarters
lof the party for the campaign to be
Iwaged in the next month. This COM
mittee is composed of the following
linen: Rev. J. W. Bedford, J. Howard
Holt, U. Aft Clayton and Virgil G.
Hinshaw, of Chicago. The commit
tee decided that Fairmont shall be
the headquarters of the party for this
campaign.
The committee on nominations
consisted of Mcssrs. F. P. Kelley, Of
Fairmont; John I. Griffith, OF
Clarksburg, and Rev. ]. w Bedford,
of Parsons.
Mr.. A. NJ. Martin, of Lumberport,
was made secretary of the Prohibi'
ton congressional committee.
The following platform was adopt
The Platform.
\ The Prohibition party OF the First
congressional district of West Vir-
| glnia, assembled in convention at
Fairmont w. Va, September It,
.t191S, makes the following deciara-
tion Of principles:
Whereas, History, experience, OBJ
servation, fact and figure, all DEM
onstrate that the alcoholic liquor
traffic is the greatest financial, So
cial, moral and political question be-
fore the American people to-day, and
| Whereas, every non-partisan and
local method of. dealing with this
evil has failed to destroy 1t or in any
appreciable way to decrease its cor
rupting influence in the American
civilization we, declare
| That, the alcoholic beverage liquor
traffic is not local, but a national
question by a party fully committed
TO the enactment and administration
of national laws by a party fully
committed to the enactment and ell
forcement of such laws, we therefore
pledge our candidate for congress for
this district, If elected,
/. To demand the immediate re-
peal of the internal revenue laws
relating to the manufacture and sals
lof alcoholic liquor for beverage pur-
poses and to the introduction, sup
port, and immediate submission b!
congress to the. several states of ar
amendment to the federal constitu'
tion, prohibiting the manufacture
sale, Importation and expectation OF
all alcoholic liquors for beverage pur'
poses.
2. The political equality Of the
sexes, believing that the ballot
should be given to women as heI
fright, not only for her own protec'
ton, but as powerful weapon for
the execution of law, the promotion
of reform in civil affairs, and the de-
struction of corruption in public life
8. The separation Of the. govern