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Show SELECT BURIAL J LOT FOR LIQUOR Prohibition Party Convenes in Lincoln, Neb.; Exploits of Past Recounted LINCOLN. Neb., July 21. Calling the thirteenth quadrennial convention of ihe Prohibition partv to order here this morning, Virgil Q, Eitnshaw, chairman of the Prohibition nation. il committee, told the delegates thev had come together to select a burial lot for John Barleycorn " The other political parties he said, out ut respect re-spect to John's relatives huvo Voted that he shall lie In state for another four years to be viewed by the Aiu-i erli an people. The Democratic platform Is silent, the Republican platform Is silent," i the Prohibition national halrman continued. Harding owns broweiy1 tock, he Is not a prohibitionist at heart Cox is Wet. 'ihe tuture Is be-j fore us, the campaign la upon uh "We want to do the wlxrHt thing, th beat thing for the prohibition movement ami Cor the country. it was our fervent wish that every po-j lltlcal party would this yeai fall i n line vvltn the constitution of the i lilted lilt-ed States with ihe congress of the United states, with the supreme court of the United States, and recognize openly and avowedly the settlement ot this question The other panics have fallen. What shall vie do " Turning 10 measures other than prohibition which the part) hid cham-pibnedi cham-pibnedi Chairman UlhsnaA said, "As; we assemble here tor the thirteenth tlnif In fift) -one years we do so wllti a realization ihut we have had part in more than one battle and fpr the Solution of more than uiu- pronlem. W hile we have been a part vvitn an eve single to tne solution ot one' greru problem we have at the sum. tiriif . med at the solution and reached reach-ed ihn solution of r.ianv piobleiiis STOOD I K s i i 1 1 i.i , "Fo. .ampie, we blood lor v.'oni in suffrage In ls?2, vxiibh was forty years before any other part) assumed assum-ed the same position. Vve advocated Civil service reform the same yeari and thus preceded ihi fiemc ijls l.y tour years and the kepuulicdna b twelve .vears W e i ih i..i, !o:'ed tno in i t etectibu ot t s. senators in is"'.', 'ihe Republican party never championed thai issue and tne Democratic Dem-ocratic party' not until pjuu oi tontv-eim tontv-eim years thereafter. We iaored two-cent letter postage post-age In l.j and thus beat every other' political party io mat proposition bj tne space of sixteen years. e siooil . i unci' national utbitiatton In 1870: the Kepiiblican party did nol advocate it until i:o4. ur twenty-eight yeais tnereattcr and the Progressive part) not until 1912, or tinny -six years tnereufter. e opposed lotteries and gambling in no otiu-r political party ever opposed such m platform of in copvenuun "V.c Weal .w.tr tile kind Ki.ibneiM and speeulatois in isii ami t.ius beat, the Hepuoucan ji.nij to k nj- etgntl yeara nno the rogi'eaiive party uy iiurty-elght years. v e nave opposed polygamy since it"G iho Democratic party never oppo.-uu thai instiluilon in .i.e national piatorm or conventiou. vn'o have opposeu i.io whta siave trar-J ne since laio; no other political party ever opposed mat institution in ciineri iiaiionin platform or Convention ii nuve advocated unltmui inarrmc- ,;nil .livoico iuas since laa; iNO 01 . i political po-litical party has ever cuuii.j.lunt.i tn.it ssue in hutlonal piatioriu or couvqu-tion. couvqu-tion. i n AM.l KD OF PKOGR1 SS ' w'e have itood for Income tax since) is-90. ihe Hepubllcan party never t i- v oretl u ond Ills Democratic pui .y ; not iiiiid laus oi twelve yeais tnere-.ilicr. tnere-.ilicr. V e opposed child i.ioor In lnob and thin bcji the Progrcsslyes io u iy a period ot four yearn, vve fayon a ii'e COnSeivatlon oi natural resources ii luos und mus beat the Democrats .inu Progressives by four years. As a mailer or fact, wc have pre-! ceded every other pontlcul pait of importance, Liemocrutic. l'i ogre sslv e .". Kcpublii 'an in tin i Hi in j 1 1 msn i p ii avery vitul Issue during our fifty-one years of history. Haven't we in en .ionic patty? What would th Aiuerl-can Aiuerl-can people have done without us'.' W'jiere would mis country be toda) nad it not been ior the existence of un organlZiitlon which was brave I enough and puie enough and strong enough to give birth to loeals unpopu-iai unpopu-iai and seemingly weak in their Inclpl-ency Inclpl-ency lul all-powerful In their onward1 .inu conquering nianh. "Whatever else we may remember.' ict us remember this mat wo have Stood for national prohibition since IS65. No otner political partv has - r rhHinplnued ucvl lsUi. in national platform or convention. "Not only have we been the flirt to champion practical iv all of the tunda- mental questions ot the hist hull century cen-tury as tney are reconiZ'-il today both' in statute and bonstltuik n but we have oeen the first upon t lie firing linos, whether by referendum or party action ac-tion In most campaigns for State pro-' hibltlon, war prohibition, or national prohibition "For example the Prohibition part;, culled o convention of two thousand delegates In the state of Callforhftf In November of 1911 anil launched a' campaign for California i r- against the eager protests of the conservative non-partisan forces. This campaign ivas conducted, was followed b a sci - ond campaign bind b a third cam-1 p'jlgn In the hist campaign alifor-nla alifor-nla ratified and at the same lime defeated de-feated 'the Konilnger wine and beer I bin by an overwhelming majority." M IDE VI ION DRV. After mentioning several other slate campaign?. Chairman tlinsha.w con-; tinned "la lais the Prohibition part) was In conjunction with the National i Dra Federation that launched a campaign cam-paign rpi war prohibition after the samf hud been defeated bv tho Interpositions Inter-positions of the iliief executive of the land. W'c got chambers of riniuin n commercial clubs, grangos and church organlzattons over the land to pe-tltinn pe-tltinn both Rouses tr congress for ihls measure The Prohibition part) it was that furnished the man In the person of Charlt-s II Randall to frame tht war prohibition bill which passed1 both houses of congress -md became a law. The prohibition partv It u is that furnished the man in tin person of Mr. Randall to become the author lof the law prohibiting the transporta-I transporta-I Hon of Honors nnd liquor advertising from wet territory Into dry territory. The Prohibition partv furnlshcd the paper and printers' Ink In the campaign cam-paign for ratification In 1918 which reached a million and forty-seven thousand homes. The Prohibition party par-ty It was that adopted the slogan War prohibition In this session of congress con-gress and ratification of the fedei il amendment wltbln twelve months.' This slogan In Its two-fold sense was realized. There were others mors conservative who said ihe slogan was unwise and Impossible of ai hlevement "The Prohibition partv It was that In the spring of 1920 mude the Si ite-ment. ite-ment. All parties should adopt prohibition prohi-bition plunks In their national platforms plat-forms this year.' Wo accordingly sent JSJ.000 communications from na-i.lii.iI na-i.lii.iI headquarters to that niuiiy local, lo-cal, state and national leaders to thus end. Here on the table before me is wmmmrm n part of the result. We have gone i 1 i hi i. ugh them und thev represent j something more than elrrht hundred ? thousand peopls ' il |