Show THE prohibitionists cincinnati june 29 the delegates t to 0 the prohibit prohibition Gi national convention put in a haul hard days work ending late tonight to night a after three sessions A permanent organization liag has been effected with ell hitter of indiana as presiding officer and sam small of georgia the evangelist secretary ta to tomorrow morrow the convention will be rea ready di amass to pass upon a platform and nominate a te cand candidates ates in a general way tonight to night bidwell did well of california seems to have have lead for the presidential nomination while demorest of N ew york ia hardly r di as prominent r orni nent as yesterday berda IV jage judge mccullough to calf gh of illinois gained a great deal of ground during the day proceedings before the platform committee in attee show allow there is a decided feeling in favor of the prohibitionists taking strong and advanced grounds ou on various questions other than prohibition there are probably two thousand accredited delegates there are five times that number of adherents of the cause wild have been attracted hither by the event some oft of them hein men and women with avith the their heads plentifully streaked with silver have devoted the best beat years of their lives to the promotion of temperance among these are francis bulard john 11 st john mary lathrop lathro colonel george IV payne of 0 17 kentucky judi judge amos bris gideon stewart of ohio william jenni benninga Jen ninga demorest krestof of new york and Samueli samuel Vickey dickey of michigan there are also many young men and women among the delegates delc gatea an indication that the rising j generation n aeration are prepared to take up the tile bourden u r q en as the tile g grandfathers an erb an and grandmothers an in arc corn polled one by one to lay it down in eve every detail et it is perhaps the moat representative a assemblage ss blage of the opponents of the liquor tra traffic c that has as ever been heen conven convened in this coull country tn there is a good deal of speculation regarding the reasons which induced the national committee to change the alae place of holding the convention from st louis to i this city at the tile meeting of the national corill committee ca ui I 1 tee held in chicago in ili january last st louis was chosen on the last ballot A con couple ie of months later chairman dickey VI visited aed that city and informed form dicka the local prohibitionists that their good fortune would cost them 2600 2500 lie ile told them that it ought to bo twice that figure but as the executive corn committe mitte did not lot want to mal make e money at the expense offit of bt louis they would take 2000 2600 and turn over whatever balance might be left in the tile treasury to the party at large this however did not suit the st IQs louia cold cola water people and arid they very bluntly informed et teofle the tie chairman that while they d pay all expenses of the con convention bention ven tion they did not propose to raise the money and have the national committee have hays the handling of it this proposition was not satisfactory and d so NJ the e official call naming bt st louis ag as a the place pace of the convention ven tion wa was revoked and slid cincinnati which had bee been in her chief competitor was decided upon on these arc are the facts although C chairman italian dickey will not admit them how ilow much waa was offered or has been paid by the prohibitionists ot of this city for tho the honor of entertaining the convention is treated by those who know as a state secret the big music hall is gay with bunting plants lants and flowers temperance inscriptions alons and portraits traits of f washington lincoln portraits willard neal nea dow and arid frances france when the sixth national convention of the prohibition party was called to order wil b by chairman dickey of the national corn committee this morning the proceedings were opened in ed with tha the hymn of america on ge the audience rising an and joining t the organ at alt the con conclusion clust n dr J sine singing in the 0 evans offered prayer I 1 bev pr r M 0 lockwood of cincinnati welco welcomed med the delegates in behalf of the tile city and state saying saving sayi savi that the organized orga other things I 1 in among amoda t to 0 appreciate la labor or of t tho 0 country was beginning saloon the fact that the labor and sa ate problems preci lema are inseparable inseparable that nourished flourished labor could saloon rise while t the e never of the responded on be behalf half prof dickey delegates he pa said id the prohibitionists what the they v were here for knew precisely and where they were going egand an and exactly obstacle that of any there was no danger their relentless would divert them from X I 1 I 1 le purpose we are here he added tc to put t candidates d izates in nomination and k keep ee file bliem i in n the he field until the polls are closes closed next november the allusion to no fusion with the peo peoples ples barty was loudly applauded applaud e 1 the speaker further declared hat the d delegates legates e were w ere here to make an unequivocal P plat 1 a t form aorl he Ife closed by naming ex gove r 6 r ot st john as temporary chairman wild cheering waving of fla gsand and handkerchiefs greeted the mention of the famous lansang Xan a sang name and was renewed as he stepped steppe dupon upon the tile platform and assumed the gavel governor st john thanked the convention for the honor of being invited ed to preside e over the greatest and grandest co convention on in sob sobriety ro tv moral force and brain power ever coni convened ened on american soil and he continued it the party that dares to do rig right h t cepres b because ca se it is right to condelin con dein wrong because it la is wrong it stands for peace prosperity and happiness to every aery home and death to cery every saloon in the land I 1 it demands for women equal pay in the shop and equal say 11 at t the polls free ballot for white men in pen pennsylvania ns M i ani massachusetts and 1 iowa 0 A a a as w well e as afo for r black men in ss 8 elli louisiana and south carolina that in n t the e north south last east and west W et the bla black e k and the white the rich and the tile poor and every human beine being shall have protection of life and property erty that the expenses of government sha shall property proF I 1 be levied levied on wealth instead of the tile necessities of the people we W e claim that any system which imposes a high tariff on food fuel and clothing of the poor and lets the diamonds of the rich come conle in free legalizes lega lizea robbery under the guiao u 1190 0 of f protection and ought tobe to be forever gb Z abolished 0 I 1 ish that all money should be issued by the government every dollar whether gold or silver or paper shall stand upon an equal ity be belore re pager the thee law for all 11 purposes ses th that at the he coinage ina eboth of both metals me als sha shall purr I 1 be free I 1 re speaker er continued ciU ed urging the government 0 ownership arshi of ra railway i y s sand a telegraphs ele 1 lla alint and the tile election of th the e president r es 1 t dubya and ari vice c le president and secretary of th the e united states by a direct vote the ext extension of the presidential term to six years with no successive term the suppression of monopolies op olies olles and continued the legalized lie liquor nor traffic for be beverage vera e p purposes u 0 is the greatest monopoly wh which gl e ever ve existed isled it destroys lives costs annual annually ay sends misery poverty crime and heartache broadcast among the people its product is democratic and arid ISe Ite publican rule and is a damning blot upon civilization a rin bin against god and ought to be made a crime against humanity and driven from therace the face of the earth the prohibition f party arty is the only party that dares to fight the be mightiest curse of the world here we are and we came to stay from 1 rom this hour let no fusion no deals no compromises be our motto let let our platform be so broad lust just clear and comprehensive that all who love god or home or country can join the procession now ready to move on to victory the speech was frequently inter erupted apted by enthusiastic applause rul A P F W of nebraska secre tarp and other officers suggested by the national committee were elected the temporary rules reported by the national committee provided that only delegates present should vate ate it was objected that thia this would disfranchise distant states and after a sharp fight the rules were amended to allow delegates present prent to cal cast the full vote of their state the roll of states was called and the names of members of the standing committees commit teea announced pen pending reports irom frota the committees on oil credentials rd and d permanent organization tile he con tilon per ven bention n too took a recess till 4 p lu in among the members of the platform com committee aro are the following California Dr it following 11 me idahl 11 II if clark montana J C templeton Temple tou nevada thomas magill oregon L B bailey washington D 0 strong wyoming D IV the new national committee which im im mediately elected reelected re samuel dickey as chairman in part partis is as a follows california chauncey 11 II dunn dann and jewe Jesee Yarnell yarn ell idaho idabo W thomas smith Mont montana aria li M bordon nevada it W taylor oregon mrs NS N S dygert and I 1 11 II amos washington K E B sutton and D C strong wyoming 8 S jackson and martin J wan go the committees worked duri during recess the platform bonfi committee cittee elected t judge james black of pennsylvania as chairman of a sub coin committee cittee of five to formulate a platform and refer the same to the full committee for action parsons of new jersey moved to instruct the committee to make the platform of IMS 1833 the basis of the platform for the subcommittee sub committee parsons spoke in favor fa or of standing by prohibition prohibition and arid leaving the other issues a alone on e the motion was overwhelms overwhelmingly gly defeated the committee on rules and permanent or organization after a li hi ely discussion decided i ato to recommend that only delegates actually present be allowed to vote in the contention convention the honors in in the permanent organization were w ere hotly contested the first firs ballot ballo for the chairmanship gave L E hitter of indiana indianapolis olis eighteen totes votes I 1 A A ato ate vens of pennsylvania eleven the remainder scattering on oil tle the second ballot utter received twenty bourand four and was elected kev samuel small of georgia was elected permanent secretary soon after 4 the convention reassembled after prayer and the tien of oil old prohibition leaders the corn com mintee on permanent organization re ported the rule giving states votes only for dele delegates present vaa the signal for a fight delegates fates ahe he I 1 alev present c ev samuel sm beall 11 presented a minority report which he lie earnestly earnestly advocated in a s speech david morgan of minnesota opposed the m minority i bority report discussion lasted nearly an hour and the minority report was finally defeated and arid tile ma majority report adopted the convente conven colv cantlon tl oil then en adjourned till 8 B p m at kt the opening of the evenin evening 9 session chonel colonel ritter of indiana was I 1 installed as permanent r chairman ina in a speech lie attacked fe a 7 tient the Ke Ite publican and democratic parties for the tho attitude on the liquor question his ills remark that the old parties were keeping up the tile feud fead th thirty arty years old and ho he wanted to shake hands with the south was greeted betl with great applause colonel hitters I 1 er address was received with areal faor favor and suggestive of hitter treat lor or Preside ut A telegram from the denver prohibition league ask asking rig for an unconditional plank favoring the free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver was read and the convention ada adjourned burned until tomorrow to morrow michigan decided to put john russell in nomination for the pre presidency and hew new york is still considering the question of naming 11 clay bascombe question the he opposition to indwell bidwell hoped to prevent his hii nomination on the first ballot and leave the way open for anybody but bidwell or demorest the platform committee is in session at mid n ight A silver r plank will be embodied but reported to the full committee without recommendation N new ew york mayor grant today to day appointed P anted delegates to the national mining co conference to be held at If helena elens montana london the buenos ayres special a bays the chamber of deputies 9 approved i 1 1 ea the he decree raising the state of siege sieg e declared 1 prior to tile electa election on of the president lynchburg va while workmen en eacek I 1 d in building an addition to a lar large y fa building on main street today to day the wall I 1 way and buried a number of people ye J bave it H 07 0 Wl VInston owner of the guilding Tuil building ding an and d two colored men were killed severah several colored men w were ere badly hurt I 1 1 t |