Show COLD WATER PARTY fiffe YEARS OLD was d for national political action in 1869 FIRST POLLED VOTES john P st johns stirring ium aum campaign palan of 1884 great work of miss wll wil lard and the W C T U in suppressing In intemperance ce final triumph for its cause edme to tile tho national prohibition party almost at the time of its golden fu jubilee bilee it cain anino 0 into existence fifty years ago next september in fit farwell hall clit ango by tile act of a convention of about COO delegates representing 10 states for several years the formation of such it party hall been discus discussed oil because tho the lenders leaders of tile alio re republican hild democratic parties haq had virtually snored ignored tile advocates of prohibition the good Temp Tomp lars organized lit in 1851 its as a society of total abstainers abstain ers urged such midi action ond and other lenders leaders believed it necessary at it state temperance convention held in flennoy pennsylvania vallia in 1807 the plan was war first publicly broached and two years later on may 20 1809 tho the cull call for the chicago Clil cogo con condula VULA lion was put out by tho the grand lodge of tile good coot Temp lars in session at oswego ii ego N Y A committee to for formulate mulato tho the plans was named con comprising john russell Deti detroit olt J A spencer cleveland 0 james black lancaster pa ila john N stennis steams new york and dan let acl wilkins bloomington lit III the convention called by this committee organized tho the party on september 1 I adopted a platform and appointed a national committee of which john itus ilus sell bell was chairman first glrst national ticket nearly three years later 0 on anwash ing tons birthday 1872 tile the n new ew party met in convention in columbus 0 to place a national ticket in tile field james block black was nominated for pro president 91 and john ll for vice prest president mr bir black was a 0 prominent good templar and also was waa ono one of the f founders of the Nat notional lonal temperance 0 society and publication house and of tile tho camp meeting association at ocean grove N J mr russell also it a leader of tile the good Temp lars and a methodist minister was known as tile father of the prohibition party for he published a newspaper tile the ile peninsular nin sular li erald which led tile the way in adya advocating at the organization of the party for poll political action with all their devotion to the cause calls the prohibition leaders had no hope of success in the iho election of 0 1872 and they were not disappointed their ticket received elved only votes this did not discourage them and four years later they put green clay smith of kentucky and gideon T stewart on oil tile the ticket these gentlemen received votes general neal of maine who had rained famo fame as tile tho author of the malno prohibition law was waa the next presidential candidate lit in icso with II 11 A thompson lit in second place pinco on the ticket they polled only votes st johns hot campaign whon when uio platis pious were being tat laid for the campaign of 1881 frances 13 11 wll wit lard and tier follow fellow workers of the W 0 T U entered tile the field they sent to tile republican convention ft a grout great petition apking that consideration be given tho the plena pleas of 0 tile temperance ad lut but it was ignored and cen oil thrown into the dirt on tho the poor loor and was willard wallard promptly turned to tho party iler her help was yet el coined ind and john V I 1 st john ot of kansas was put it at thu the head ot of the cold ticket MIA already lio lie was a notable figure for or lio lie had fought in ill tile the k T if I 1 frances E willard Wll lard civil war as lieutenant colonel of tho the regiment ot of illinois volunteers and later served two terms us its gavor nor of kansas lie he was a republican Republic tin hut but ida his party thought him too worm warm it friend pt 0 ibe o prohibitionists and he be was defeated for reelection election re in 1882 Acce accepting PUng tile the prohibition nomination lie ho went into tile tho campaign with ull all his vigor and dull delivered vered stirring sairong speeches nil all over tho the country especially paying attention attOn tion to new york aorl state where tho the fight between james 0 blaine and grover cleveland had made things very warm st gt john wits out to heat beat the republicans and ana toe he succeeded lor for the prohibition vote waa largo large enough to let iveta w L isea york anrine anil lit in the nation the prohibitionists police the surprisingly largo large of vint that tile alio republicans credited then them aith giving victory to lie democrats iia as proved iro vol by tile alio fact that lit nore non than it 11 hundred cilles st john was nai burned lit in effigy the iho prohibition convention of 18 M allt the party over woman suffrage money tile free silver minor liy fly formed a liberal party with bent I 1 y of nebraska anil and southgate ol of illinois ua as its standard bearers the they I 1 polled killed about votes the feature of tho the prohibition carn cam of 1000 was a tour of the coun iry by and a corps ol of A e I 1 ji i 0 4 10 ka 3 francis murphy speakers by special train in 12 the prohibition convention the lie candidates of 1008 1908 results in later years tho the candidates since 1881 lind their vote are as follows clinton B alste new jersey and J A crooks brooks missouri 1 votes 1802 john aldwell ni Bl dwell california and J 11 I 1 cranfill texas votes 1800 1900 joshua levering maryland and johnson illinois votes 1000 john 0 woolley Woo lloy illinois tind lind 11 II 15 13 metcalf rhode island votes loot 1001 S 0 swallow pennsylvania and george B carroll texas votes 1008 eugene W chann illinois rind and aaron S watkins ohio votes 1012 1912 eugene W Clin cliffin fin arizona rind and aaron S watkins ohio 1023 s I 1 aj J frank Il artley indiana find br ira landrith tennessee CF votes women woman prominent in tho the fight I 1 for many years the women have been prominent in tho the prohibition movement for the evils of intemperance bore heavily on their sex to them tit must bo be given a very large share in the credit for tho the success of tho the fight they started it publicly on a large scale in 1873 in ohio with a crusade to pray the saloons out of existence I 1 tills this movement inaugurated by a little littie band of women who held prayer meetings in saloons when permitted and on the pavements pave menta outside when not allowed to enter spread like wildfire throughout tile tho nation unit and wai denominated by tho the press a whirlwind from the lord many saloons were swept out of existence soon come evident that prayer must bo be accompanied compa comp nied by notion netlon if they would prevent the return or the reo opening reopening re o p citing ot of the saloons once closed the call for organization was issued from N Y in august 1874 the alie convention was held in cleveland 0 november 1820 18 20 1871 1874 and at that meeting there was organized taio national domans womans christian temperance union delegates wore present from 17 states vie the plan of work was presented by frances 13 willard and most of the thoughts embodied in tho the plan were later worked out lit in tile the W 0 T U at this convention contention miss bliss willard offered also the fr famous inious resolution lie ite solved cil that recognizing the fact that eliat our cause Is and will be combated by mighty determined and relentless forces wo we will trusting in him who Is the prince of rence peace meet argument mout with argument misjudgment with tience denunciation with kindness and till nil our and dangers with prayer pursued many coads to lis tta goal from its very earliest years the JY 0 T ft sought out a variety of avenues 1 through which tile the children of the nation might bo be educated in tile the principles of total abstinence rind and the adult won tor for the absolute prohibition ot of the ho liquor tr truffle offic out of the juvenile work grew the loyal temperance legion for tho the children and tho the young Ile peoples oples branch for tile ho young men and women later the iho children were enrolled as young campaigners for over forty departments were organized and carried on to gomzi some degree in every state and territory and in from froin ten to twenty thousand local unions among these were Temper temperance rince work in sunday schools which with atlen temperance instruction in public Fe bools brought practically till nil the children in the nation in touch with tempera temp truth medical temperance meetings flower wn slon blon end and relief equal Butra Bf moral education and raco better betterment went oratorical annl medical contests christian end and child welfare are w k |