Show m A M PACT national committee of one hundred WILL CALL A to president drink traffic and free stiver sought 24 special II 11 the promoters of the national conference of reform elements to be held here on the and ot march are in carrying out their plana a call will be issued by the gathering for a to be held in thia city on the ilay or one week batore the g ot the national colvon ton of tha prohibition party daring the past lew daya circulars have been beut to each one of tho twenty thousand men and are af anrod tl ano call for the conference of march asking their view concerning concer the holgiun of the convention on the dato in may for the nomination of candidates and the desirability ot a national plat boim alich ahall sot forth the asat of administering the govern manin ati its departments for tho wal faro vi teu people each person ad is also asked to forward within a month his on these pro positions 1 can we reasonably hope that ither 0 taj existing parties democrat republican populist or prohibit tion party will in the near future be able to abolish toe drink traffic and ee cure tte tt e general gelormo needed m the government 2 under what parly name can the reforms municipal state and national now demanded by the people be the speedily epe edily secured T 3 should balver be coined free the same as kold on a ratio of sixteen to one entirely independent of other gov ahall constitute the medium of exchange and what amount of currency per capita is necessary to successfully cess fully transact the business of the country 7 6 what shall be the best means of revenue for the wanta of the economically administered orthall wa levy tariff duties for that and for the protection ef american lobor against cheap foreign labor 6 what ahall ba ahe attitude of the in the control of railroads telegraphs telephones etc to secure to tho people aba greatest advantage ai 7 should all states prevent the running of railroad trains and labor for any or all corporations on the sabbath and should the mail service aud all departments of government work ba suspends suspend 6 ed on that day 8 should all detato lawa requiring nominations by political parties be re pealed and ever one be guaranteed the unabridged right of ballot on election day as a free representative of the people ai thi existing exis lawa licensing the drink traffic and pa eslawa the same under what condition shall aba manufactory manu factora and eale of alcohol be allowed for mechanical or medicinal 10 should the daveral etalea pass uniform road laws that will give to the traveling public the advantages of good roads D booger of this city who I 1 B gens eral secretary of the new movement baid today for the time being we ourselves the national conference committee of one hundred for the abolition of the drink traffic for establish ing the free coinage of silver the flame as eold on a ratio of 16 to 1 and for the inauguration of kindred reforms the canvass we have already made and the correspondence we have received from some twenty thousand people indicate that fram fifteen to twenty times as many people as now vote the prohibition party ticket are ready for political action against the drink brimo the conference confer ecce which we will hold in march will ba almost as lare as a national convention and if it is decided to bold a convention in may we aul wul probably have from four to five thousand delegates here at that time As to a coalition with the prohibition ests we are nob yet prepared to speak much depends upon the efti nt to which that party is prepared to take up our platform in its entirety the ad alty hall has already been engaged for the march conference and the executive committee for the balance of this month and anrine february will bold leehy meetings lor the purpose of arranging the preliminaries of th gathering |