I 1 I 1 AI BTU I 1 ai S i d ij ip i i 0 I 1 OLD I 1 r I 1 ju ii r 0 7 an I 1 4 I 1 il 7 I 1 f po I 1 N V N I 1 I 1 d h ap 19 i I 1 1 k fa clr 0 b ill 11 VOTES I 1 A ik I 1 john 0 P O SL johns stirring campaign of 1884 great work of miss wll wil lard and the iho W C T 0 in em perance r rinar will triumph cpr its cause came to the national al prohibition party almost at the time fame of its jgolden fg olden jubilee it came into eltty year sago I 1 next Sepi september embe r itt in farell hall chicago I 1 by the a convention of about 00 delegates representing 19 states for several years the formation of such a party had been discussed because i the leaders leaila s of 01 the ibe republican in and democratic parties had Aitu virtually ally ignored 5 ta the p advocates of 0 prohibition the good Temp jars lars organized in 1851 adaso as a society clafy of I 1 total abstainers abstain ers urged 1 1 such action and other leaders believed lt it L necessary at a state temper temperance price convention held jq iq in 1807 the plan was first publicly broach I 1 ed and two years year glater later on may sa 29 1869 th the call for the chicago convention was put ut oui the iran grand drodge dj lodge odge of the good Teni tetupu plara arsin ln session at pc I 1 Os wego ego N Y A committie to for formulate the plans was named conar csink john russell D detroit J A spencer cleveland 0 jardes black lancaster pa john jhn N stearns ne new yorki york and daniel 1 le IV kins bloomington HI the convention vent lon called by this committee organized the party on od september li if adopted a platform and appointed a national committee of which john bussell wils was cha chairman trman t first national ticket nearly three years later lafer on ing tons birthday 1872 the new party met in convention in columbus 0 to pla place C e a 11 national I 1 latib nal tad ticket kl ef in ua the field james black w was nominated for foi pret dent andean and john russell to or vice president sir black was a prominent I 1 good goo ld templar an and d also aiso was ira one of the founders ot the national temperance society find d publication house and ana of 01 the camp meeting assoria association altion at at ocean grove N 1 mr Rf russell issell also a leader beadi 9 ot i th the L good goo Temp lars lind and a methodist minister was aris known own ns as the father patty for he published a n newspaper the peninsular herald whick which led the way in advocating inythe the organization of the party for political act action iod I 1 I 1 with all their devotion to io tife the cause cause the prohibition leaders had no hope of stica success ess in the election of 1872 and they were bof not disappointed their ticket received only votes this did not discourage them and four years later they put green gheen clay smith of 0 ke kentucky and gideon T stewart on the ticket these gentlemen received votes general neal Neat dow of maine who had gained fame as the author of the maine prohibition law was the next nest presidential candidate in 1880 with H A thompson in second place on the ticket they polled only votes st johns hot campaign when the plans plan were svere being laid for the I 1 campaign of 1884 1684 frandes frances E wll lard and her fellow workers odthe of the W 0 T U entered the field they pent to the republican convention a great i petition ii asking that consideration be given the pleas pleason of the temperance advocates vo cates but bu it was ignored and aven even thrown ln into the dirt on the floor and miss willard promptly I 1 turned to the prohibition party her help was welcomed and john Jobi iP P st john of kansas was put tit at the head of the cold water lacket already he was a i notable 1 figure for he had fought in the I 1 A I 1 I 1 1 4 11 1 1 1 I 1 17 F 1 e I 1 1111 11 X 1 I 1 0 i 4 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 0 1 1 1 il 1 I 1 1 0 1 1 1 i t 11 I 1 I 1 i J I 1 11 P 1 I 1 V X il 1 11 L I 1 I 1 I 1 7 I 1 ZI I 1 4 1 v I 1 r I 1 francis frances E wilfird Wh Kard civil war as lieutenant colonel ot of the regiment ment of illinois volunteers and later served two terms as aa governor of kansak kansas he wasa was a republican buthus but bis party thought him too warm a friend of the prohibitionists and ho he was defeated for reelection election re I 1 in 1882 accepting tho the prohibition no nomination mi nation he went into the campaign with all his bis vigor and delivered stirring speeches ell oyer the country especially pa paying ying attention to naw ow york state chere the fight between james G blame and ud graver biever cleveland had I 1 I 1 made things very wann warm st john was autio out to beat ahe the republicans and he be succeeded for the prohibition vote vol was large enough to let cleveland win nv new yai aorl stall and fal h the na nallon klon ahe th e I 1 the surprisingly large yote vote of that tho the Republic arks credited them with giving givin 9 victory to iha the I 1 crata was proved by I 1 h d f fact a ct that lu in in more ore than a i hundred cities catle st sf john was bu burned aried th in ethay Y I 1 tha prohibition convention of split I 1 the party over C i r woman boman rage and money the fre silver minority formed a liberal party with with dentley bentley of nebraska and South southgate galb of JAll illinois a as S its ita bearers they polled about votes the feature of the prohibition campaign of df 1900 was as a tour of the couil country by the candidate and a corps of X I 1 I 1 a V I 1 sj i a I 1 lk X k k 11 m y ga I 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 15 s ef 1 I 1 Z A ft I 1 A f I 1 ai f M C f az g I 1 1 X f I 1 1 U i yke X 1 I 1 Y 1 1 h 1 ak 0 tv Z 4 1 I 1 mi I 1 S I 1 N r m m N 1 I 1 t v I 1 KIWI I 1 I 1 A na N 0 t I 1 V K 1 1 j I 1 xa I 1 I 1 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 i I 1 I 1 francis Franc murphy s speakers by special train in 1012 th the e ra convention 1 i indeed the candidates of 1908 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 results 19 ii later years the candidates andl dates since 1884 and I 1 their v voe are as follows 1888 clinton bj bi fisk new jersey I 1 and ZA J A brooks I 1 missouri votes I 1 1892 john bidwell Bl dwell california and J B cranfill te texas aks votes I 1 1896 1806 joshua leverin Lever lg maryland n and na hale H a 1 le johnson illinois I 1 votes 1000 Jo john hil d G woolley 1111 hols and H H B i metcalf a ff 1 rhoda island filand I 1 I 1 r 11 1 1004 ja ja 0 swallow gaii ow 1 penn pennsylvania sy I 1 v ania and george B carll texas aay votes totes t 1903 1008 Eug eugene edeW W 1 chafen illinois I 1 and aaron g S watkins ohio votes I 1 1912 eu eugene 9 e W chafen A arizona TI z ona and aaron S watkins ohio votes 1910 7 1 frank hanley indiana a and dr I 1 ira lan landrith I tennessee 2 14 I 1 1 votes women prominent in the fight for many years the women have been pro prominent in the prohibition movement 1 tor ar the evils of intemperance bore j heavily on their sex to them must be given a very veryl large arcq share in the ille credit credia for the success of the fight they started it publicly on a large scale in 1873 in ohio with a crusade to pray the saloons out of e existence this m movement m inaugurated abed by q a little band of women 9 who held prayer meetings in saloons when permitted and on the pavements outside when not allowed to tc enter spread like wildfire throughout the nation and was denominated by the press a whirlwind from the lord ciany saloons were swept out but of existence but it if soon became evident that prayer must be accompanied compan compa nied led by action it if they would pre 1 vent the return or the re reopening opening of the saloons once closed the call for organization was issued from chautauqua N Y in august 1874 the convention was held in cleveland 0 0 november 1820 1874 and at that meeting there ther ewas was organized the national womans comans christian temperance T em perance union delegates were present from 17 states the plan of work was presented by Frari francea cbs B U willard and most of the thoughts embodied in the plan were later worked ouan out in the IV 0 T IT at this convention miss willard offered also the famous resolution re ee solved that T h at recognizing the fact that our cause Is and will be combated by mighty determined and relentless forces we will trusting in him who la is the prince of peace meet argument with argument misjudgment judgment with patience denunciation with kindness and all our difficulties and dangers ers with prayer pursued many roads to its goal from its very earliest years the IV 0 T n U sought out a variety of avenues through ugh which the children of the nation might nilah be educated in the principles of total abstinence and the adult WO won n for the absolute prohibition of the liquor traffic out of tife the juvenile j work grow grew the loyal temperance legion for the children and the young peoples branch for the young men and bonien women later the children were enrolled as young campaigners for prohibition over forty departments were organized and carried on to some degree in n every state elate and territory bryand and in from ten to twenty thousand thoi sand local unions among these were temperance work i I 1 in sunday schools which with scientific temperance instruction in public schools brought practically all tho the children in the nation in touch with temperance truth medical temperance moth mothers ers meetings flower ills emission and an d rel lefi 9 equal suffrage moral education and race betterment oratorical and declamatory medical contests christian citizenship and child wal I 1 fare i