The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-07-19
CHAIRMAN POLLING
DELIVERS KEYNOTE
ADDRESS FOR DRYS
Arraigns Democrats and Republicans
for Alleged Extravagant Use
of Funds.
SAYS PROHIBITIONISTS
NOW SOLE PROGRESSIVES
Assails Campaign of Militaristic Pre-
paredness; Names Party
''Liberal."
SAYS PROHIBITIONISTS
NOW SOLE PROGRESSIVES
(By United Press)

(By United Press)
st. Paul, Minn., July 19.-"The
call of the hour is the challenge of
a supreme opportunity, to an unpar-
alleled sacrifice These are the words
Of riumph-peace, prosperity, pro-
hibition. Elect prohibition. Write
woman into the Constitution. Turn
out the exploiters of the people. Take
private profit from war Stop the
slaughter of peace. Save America
and serve the world"
In these words Temporary Chair
man Daniel A. Polling concluded his
keynote address at the outset of the
Prohibition national convention
which convened here this morning.
Represent Progressivism.
Mr.. Polling, declaring that the Pro-
hibition party was now the sole rep
resentative of progressivism in ma
tional politics., extended an official
and hearty invitation to the 4,000,-
900 voters who supported the Pro-
gressive party ticket in 1912, and
suggested that whatever the techni-
cal name of his own party should be
upon the official ballot this year, it
would be known henceforth as the
Liberal Party Of the United States.
Expressing the evidently over
whelming sentiment of the conven-
ton, Chairman Polling. assailed the
campaign of militaristic prepared
ness, arraigned the Republican and
Democrat parties alike for what he
alleged to be an extravagant waste OF
national funds, eulOgiZed Jane Ad-
dams, attacked at length the activi-
ties of the Navy League, and after
advocating unequivocal loyalty to the
Monroe Doctrine, the establishment
of world court of arbitration, in
ternational reciprocity of trade, radi-
cal reform in the treatment of i'm
migrants, the development of a ma
tional program for the constructive
use of the United States army in
time of peace, and the immediate en-
actment by federal statute and
amendment of woman's suffrage and
various social reforms, he concluded
his plea with the dictum that "Pro
hibition spells Preparedness" ant
that the hour had come to change the
popular slogan among temperance
forces of National Prohibition IL
1920" to the campaign battle cry "a
National Prohibition President ii
1916"
"The High Covenant"
In summing up his outline of th'
party's prospective campaign, which
calls for a whirlwind campaign back
ed by million dollar war fund, will
two million homes reached directl!
with Prohibition argument befor'
November 7, Mr.. Polling detailed a.
the nucleus for the party's nationa
declaration this year the following
which he termed "The High Coven
anti"
ITO the people of this nation w
pledge ourselves to begin immediatel,
on election to power an authorized
campaign to establish world court
and we further pledge that we will
move at once to secure reciprOca
trade arrangements with the coun
tries from whom we purchase and t.
whom we sell.
1--WE will proclaim our constructiv
program to secure the practica
brotherhood of the nations. And a
we move to stop the slaughter G
war, remembering the unnumbere
dead, the unnumbered living and tn
unnumbered unborn cursed by alec
hol, we will Immediately deprive tn
liuuor traffic of the use of the mails
take from it the protection of inter
state commerce, place upon it pro
hibitive tax, move to accomplish
prohibition amendment to the Con
stitution-and thus we will stop tn
greater slaughter of peace.
To Fortify Nation.
I'VE pledge ourselves to fortify tn
nation, to make her citadel impree
nable, but to conserve her human an
natural resources with every dolla
that builds her army and her flee
We covenant with the people to tax
private profit out of war, and to pun
ish the traitors who placed rotte
? armor between our country's defend
ers and their foes. And we solemnl
swear to make our preparation, pr