El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-15
5000 Prohibitionist Lead
ers and Women's Fedora
ton to Meet in st. Paul.

T. PAUL, MINI, July ia new
political party may be born in
- this city next week 1t Will be an
outgrOwth Of the old Prohibition party
but Will he more inclusive, embracing
many other of the reform elements OF
the nation.
The regular Prohibition national
convention viii begin here Wednesday.
On Tuesday there will be a meeting
OF Prohibitionists and reformers OF
rive at an agreement for merging their
forces and laying out an attractive
program which viii land a reform can
didate in the white house
The meeting has been called by lead
ers Of the Prohibition party and mem
bers Of the committee Of so which
made an unsuccessful attempt to get a
Prohibition declaration in the plat
forms Of the Republican and DemOcra-
tic parties
$1,000 Leaders VIII Attend.
Fifteen thousand prominent men and
women. OF all political faiths. includ-
ing governors of states. eXEovernOrs,
congress smen- bishops. clergymen.
bankers. leaders in civic movements,
suffra gists. educators and labor lead
ers viii attend the meeting
The meeting viii discuss whether a
new third party should he formed TO
obtain prohibition and other reforms.
and the possibility of securing action
through the various parties now in eX-
istence
This meeting may change the com
pleXiOn Of the Prohibition convention
which starts the next day The con-
vention is scheduled to last three
DAYS.
Virgil G. Hinshaw. national chair
man. viii call the convention to order
al 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. Fol-
&c.
will be read by the secretary OF the
national committee. Mrs. Frances E
Bcauchamp. Of Kentucky. Convention
committees VIII then be elected by the
state delegations. after which the tenn
pOrary chairman. Daniel a Polling,
viii believer the keynote address.
Polling n Good KeynOter.
Mr. Polling, whose home is in Boston.
is 30 years old and famous for hts
forensic ability He reused the recent
convention OF the Christian EndeaV-
OrerS in Los Angeles to such enfhu-
siasm that more than $4,000 persons
rose and pledged themselves to vote
for federal prohibition. He is chair
man of the executive committee of the
committee or so organized by professor
Irving Fisher Of Yale to attempt TO
have prohibition planks inserted in
the platforms OF the two leading po-
iricaI parties. It is known that Mr..
Polling viii advocate retention of the
Following Mr.. Polling. mayor V. c.
irwin. OF St Paul, ". g. CalderwOodF
or Minnesota. representing the Prohi-
bitiOnists Of the state. and F ". En-
eTson OF California viii speak
w ednesday evening William SulZer.
deposed as goy/rnOr of New Y OEk, will
deliver an address.
Thursday forenoon the national COM
mitttee will he elected and the COM
mittee n platform and resolutions
mil In
be a big pageant and parade
on Friday the platform will be
adopted and candidates for president
and vice president will be nominated.
president and vice president will
speak The former VIII be introduced
by Aaron :. Watkins. Prohibition can
didate for vice president in 1908 and
1912. and the latter by Eugene ".
fEafin. candidate for president on the
dry ticket in 1908 and 1912.
Women to Complete Organization.
Conferences TO complete the perma-
nent organ izations of the Women's Ma
tional Prohibition Federation and to
naugurate plans for special efforts
during the campaign among the four
million women now having the vote
IN the United States will be held each
morning before the opening of the
coVention. Y representative or the
National Woman's Party viii also adj
Women viii be much more prominent
in the doinEs OF the Prohibition con-
vention than they were i'm those Of
the two dominant parties this year.
More than a hundred women delegates
have been elected and many Of the
prominent state and national officers
OF the party are women.
Available Candidates.
The delegates to the convention viii
number l.254 They viii choose a can
didate for president from the follow
ing:
William suIzer. Of New York: ]
Frank Hanly, Of Indiana; Eugene \.
Foss. of Boston. Mass: Sumner W
Baldwin. Of Elmira, y. Y; William 3.
F. Ferguson. Of Franklin, Pa. Fred
erick f. Wheeler, of Los Angeles.
California
Mr. Sulzer was imDeached as COVER
nor OF New York at the instigation OF
Tammany Hall. and after a notable
trial was ousted from the office.
Mr.. Hanley was formerly governor
Of Indiana and Mr.. Foss formerly gov
ernor OF Massachusetts.
Mr. Haynes has run for mayor OF
judge OF the circuit, appellate and su-
preme courts. state attorney general
congressman. United States senator
and governor. all ON the Prohibition
ticket. but despite his Ions and ar
duOus Ia bOrS as n candidate has never
held public office.
Mr.. Baldwin is the largest bottle
manufacturer in the world
Mr.. Ferguson Is the editor OF a Pro-
hIbition magazine
Mr.. Wheeler has long record as a
banker, business man and refOrmer