Show GOLD COLD WATER PARTY FIFTY YEARS OLD was organized for national political action in 1869 FIRST POLLED VOTES john Is st johns stirring campaign of 1884 G great at work of miss mias willard and ad the W C T U in A suppressing int intemperance marance mp rance final triumph tor far its cause a role to As the national it I 1 prohibition party art almost I 1 at the time of 0 it ital golds golden abile jubilee it came a lot into existence late fit fifty ty yea years ago next september 1 in farwell hall bell IM an logo cago by the act ot of a convention of about GOO delegates representing 19 states wis for far several mi your fears the formation of such a party had bad been discussed because t the he leaders of the republican and democratic parties had virtually ignored the advocates advocated of p prohibition the good Temp lars argent organized e d in 1851 as a society of total abstainer abstain ers urged such action and other leaders b believed c aeve it inch it necessary euseary at a state temperance convention cosent sn held in pennsylvania in 1867 the plan was first publicly Is broach rb oil ed and two wo years year later on may 29 1869 the call for the a chi chicago conven it tion was put out at by the gr grand lodge of the good Te Temp milars lars in session at Os OB ungo w ego N T Y A committee to formulate the pl was named comprising con john russell detroit 3 A spencer cleveland 0 james black lancaster pa john N stearns steams new york and it dan I 1 fel I 1 bloomington Blooml ill III the con ann v carimi colled by this committee organized 1 go A iced the party on A september 1 ad adopted pled a PI platform atford and appointed a national ham committee it of which john bussell R was ua chalem chairman n F first rat national ticket N nearly ay three years later on wash ington s birthday the new party met in convention in columbus colombo 0 to p place 1 are a national at I 1 ticket in I 1 the lie field i james a black was nominated fe for press dent and john jha russell lor for vice pl p l dent mr black w was as a prominent good templar and ad N me was one of at the founders of the national temperance society and publication house and of a the camp meeting association ill thi at ocean grove N J mr me russell also a leader of the good temple Temp lars and ad a methodist lis t hains minister tor was kime knonk A as the father of the prohibition party barry tor for he published a newspaper the peninsular herald harald which led the way 1 in advocat ing the organization ot of the party for political action with all 11 their dev devotion otic to in the cause use the Prohibit prohibition kin leaders leader had A no hope of success I 1 in the election of 1872 and ad they were not disappointed their ticket received only 5 votes this did not discourage thead them and four years later they put green clay smith of kentucky and ad gideon T stewart stew art on the ticket these gentlemen re calved 9 lot votes general neat neal dow of f maine who olm had gained fame as the author athor of the maine amb prohibition 1 law I was the welt nett presidential president 1 candidate in 1880 with 11 A tho thompson in pa in second secand place piece on the tick ticket of they im ed only votes S st johns bohn hot campaign when the plans were mom bell bearg laid for far the campaign of 1884 prances E N wll R lard and her fellow workers books of the W C T U the field T they 0 Y soi sent A to the republican convention a great petition asking that consideration be given give the pleas alca of the temperance ad also but it was man ignored and esen een thrown into the dirt a on athe the floor and ad miss willard promptly turned to the prohibition party her help P was wel b Y wo corned coined and john P st john of ran sea sas was wait put at the limit head of at ahn cold water ticket already he was a notable figure agar tor for he had fought in the frances france E willard civil war or as lieutenant colonel of the 14 regiment of illinois volunteers erm and ad later late served two terms term as gover nor of kanias hanla he was a republican but hit his party thought him too warm arm a friend of the prohibition ista and he was defeated for re cleckl election in 1882 accepting the prohibition nomination he went into the campaign with all am b vigor and ad delivered stirring speeches all over the country especially paying attention to nw york state where here the fight b between elwer james G BI blaine hm and grover broms cleveland close land had bad made things very war warm st job john w as out mi to beat the republicans republican and he succeeded ailed tor far the prohibition lote late was wait large enough to in let cleveland wom win nc lork ond in the notion tin nh the prohibition ag in bats polled the p 1 y larre e vote I 1 ot 1 5 0 M that the republicans credited them with in gill giving g victory to the democrats was proved by the tact fact that in more mom lhnn n a hundred cities st john was atu b burned n ad 1 in A alm ilm prohibition conver convention iti of 1806 1896 split 1 I it 2 the pt over 7 woman a fir firm a and d money ey the tree free all silver minor ity formed a liberal party with beat try ley of at nebraska NIn find and southgate Bouth gate of at limit as its stan danl bearers they pulled palled about 13 votes the feature of the aroh prohibition lulao ca caad amigo ot of 1800 1900 was a tour of the coun try by the s and a corps of T Ns v fiam murphy speakers by special train in 1812 1912 the prohibition ean convention aou ren ted led the candidates of boll 1908 results result 1 in later late yea years th the a since 1884 and their vote at are as fall follows ism 1888 clinton B fiste new jor jersey ind ad J A brooks mi missouri a all votes 1892 to 2 john bidwell california and 4 J 13 transit tsa texas votes vor 1840 18 joshua L levering 9 maryland Mar viand and ad hale johnson illin illinois ef 1 votes vote law 1100 john G woolley illinois and ad H R B metcalf rhode wind island ka votes 1904 8 C swallow pennsylvania C aloo 2100 anil and george B carroal Car to texas vot 1908 eugene W chafin illinois and d A aaron A S walk watkins ohio votes 1912 eugene W chad arizona and aaron ran S watkins ohio votes late IBIS 1916 J prank break hanley indiana indian and ana or dr ira landrith Land nth tennessee votes women prominent in the fight for many years the women hate base bot bren prominent in the Is prohibition inhibition 1 na movement for the evils evil of in temper aiice lie here bore heavily on their sex to the them must be given a very large share li are in n the credit for th the success of t the is fight the they started it publicly on a large scale la 1873 in ohio with a er cru sade ads to pray play the saloons loan out of trial exist sous this in movement 1111 A 1 inaugurated A by a lit Us tie bund bond of women aomen abo vho held prayer nice meetings in in saloons wit when ers permitted and on the pavements outside when not allowed to enter spread like wild file throughout the nation and we was dommu denominated mated by the press a s hirl whal flow the lord many saloons loan were am att ept car out at of Asna existence time but it abon A bar mine came evident that must be As re ac companies companied compa nied by action if they would prevent the return or the to re opening of the saloons beloon ones once closed alm ilm c call nil for 0 organization baniz a tion was issued from C chautauqua h at q u N Y I 1 in august 1874 the convention was waa held in cleveland 0 november 1820 1874 and at that meeting there we was organ argon lard tho the national woman a christian temperance rem perance erenee union delegates were pmt amt from 17 states thea the planos a mf work vas ai presented by b F S R R rihard ill it and ad most coast of the thoughts thought s embodied 1 in the plan were later m worked aked out in the W C T t U at this convention miss W wallard I 1 raid 0 r fred also the famous resolution R resolved that recognizing the tact fact that our cause Is and will be combated by b mighty it determined and relentless forces famos we wa at will nill trusting in him who Is the prince of peace paul meet argument with argument misjudgment judgment with pit pa flence denunciation with kindness and all 11 an our and dangers with arf pm prayer P pursued aed many road read to its goal from its very earliest years year the W C T TJ sought out a variety of eve ave ones through which A the children of the nation might be educated in the prin chiples of 01 total abstinence and the adult won for far the absolute prohibition of the liquor traffic out of the like juvenile work grew the loyal temperance I 1 le plan gion tor far the children and ad the Y young a peoples branch for far the young wom men and aad women later the clith irta were en an rolled as young campaigners for prohibition over forty departments depart menta were organ alma led and carri carried r it on to As some same degree I 1 in mary state and territory and 1 in from flow top ten to twenty thousand local unions tied among these were temperance A arc wort work I 1 in sunday schools which with slier tom temperance p emu law instruction ebion 1 in public schools brought practically all in the children in the nation in touch with is per truth medical to temperance rapes an re mothers mart meetings luti flower dower mi mia slon suit and relief list equal suffrage effrage ff rage moral education and race bet betterment ut oratorical and declamatory medical contests christian and child wei wall tare As |