Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-07-21

lincoln, Neo' w.
,.h 80 ouadrennlal convention of
Vs. .ohibitlon party to order here TINS
- snine. Virgil G. Hinshaw' chairman
~ ,he nrohlbition national committee
.s,d the delegates they had come to-
M no. Il 4select burial lot for John
.,rnr The other political par
,'as p he said, "out of respect TO Johh
Is Iehos relatives have voted that ne
Jon III in state for another four
snsm sss to be viewed by the American
people. .,. r,o+form is silent.
i. republican platform is SILENT the
'no usohihition national chairman contih-
,sd nHarding owns brewery STOCK ne
y u not prohlbitionist at heart COX IS
: NV mo frture is before us, the cam
nsgn is upon us.
p'' Seek Wisest Course.
owe want to do the wisest thlng,
,hs hest thing for the prohibition mo-
ns ,snt and for the country. 1t Wa our
,'.nsnt % wish that every political party
,'ild this year fall in line with the
INSTITUTION of the United States,
With the congress of the United states
WITH Nth the Supreme court of the United
/ c,ates and recognize openly and avoW-
aslv the settlement of this question,
Ths @ other parties have failed. what
shall we do?"
Turning to other measures other
tbar prohibition which the party had
cbampioned, Chairman Hinshaw sald'
sAs we assemble here for the THIRTEEN
time in fifty-one years we do so with
/. roalization that we must have had
part in more than one battle ana lor
tbe solution of more than one prop
lem While we have been party Win
an eve single to the solution or Que
great problem we have at the same
fine aimed at the solution and reach
ID the solution Of many problems.
Stood for Suffrage.
"For example, we stood for woman
suffrage in 1872, which was forty
years before the progressive party was
born and forty years before any other
marty assumed the same position. we
advocated civil service reform the
same wear and this preceded the demo-
Gratis by four years and the republi-
can by twelve years. We championed
the direct direct election of U. S. send
tors in 1872 The republican party
never champoned that issue and the
democratic party not until 1900 or
2S years later
we favored two-cent letter post
age in 1872 and thus beat every other
political party to that proposition by
the space Of sixteen years. We stood
for International arbitration in 1875;
the republican party did not advocate
it until 1904, or 2S years thereafter
and the progressive party not until
1872 Or 36 years thereafter. eW OPP
posed lotteries and gambling in 1875;
no other political party ever opposed
such in platform, or in convention,
Opposed Polygamy.
We went after tie land grabbers
and spectators in 1875 and thus beat
the republican party to it by eight
years and the progressive party by 38
years We have opposed polygamy
since 1875; the democratic party never
opposed that institution in national
platform or convention. We have OPP
posed the white slave traffic since
RHsino other political party ever op-
posed that institution in either ma
tlonal platform or conventoion. We
nave advocated uniform marriage and
divorce laws since 1888; no other poll
lical party has ever championed that
issue in national platform or conven-
ton.
we nave stood for income tax
Hnee 1896; the Republican Party
never tavors it and the Democratic
Party not until 1908 or twelve wears
.AFrealter. We opposed child labor
u i'OS and thus beat the Progressive
10 II by a period of four years.
W favored the conservation of nat
W." resources in 1908 and thus beat
democrat and Progressives by
iour years.
Always Lead Way.
matter of fact, we have
n'seaeo :, every other political party
H.. Importance; Democratic, Progress
,h,s VI republican, in the champion
p sst VI every vital issue during our
Va ',one years of history. Haven't
peeh some party? What u,o,,Id
whan4 erican people done have done
conu, N US? Where would this
,hs ,s .., De today had it not been for
va. A''ehee ne of an organization which
ana LAY. ave enough and pure enough
igs.,s aOng enough to give birth to
i ~ ~ unpopular and seemingly weak
4elr incipiency but all-powerful