The Light from Greeley, Kansas • 2

homage with the lips, as recreant to "the higher law" which is as inflexible in political affairs as in personal life, and as no longer embodying the aspirations of the American people or inviting the confidence of enlightened, progressive patriotism. Their protest against the admission of issues" into politics is a confession of their own moral degeneracy, The declaration of an eminent authority that municipal misrule is "the one conspicuous failure of American polities" follows as a natural consequence of such degeneracy, and is true alike of cities under Republican and Democratic control. Each iu'ctises the other of extravagance in congressional appropriations, and both are alike guilty. Each protests, when our of power, against infraction of the civil service law and each when in power violates those laws in letter and in spirit. Each professes fealty to to the interest of the toiling masses, but both covertly truckle to he money power in their administration of public affairs.

Even the tariff issue as represented in the. Democratic Mlils bill and the J'e-publican JbKinlev bill is no longer treated by them as an issue between great und divergent principles of government, but is a mere oateving to tho different, sectional and clas interests. The attempt in many states to wrest the Australian ballot system from its tru and to so deform it as to render it extremely difficult for new parties to exercise the rights of suffrage is an outrage upon popular government. The competition of both these parties lor the vote of the shuns their assiduous courting of the liquor power the subserviency to the money power has resulted in placing those powers in the position of practical arbiters of the destinies of the nation. We renew our protest against these perilous tendencies and invite all citizens to join us in the upbuilding of a party that has shown in live national campaigns that it prefers temporary de-feat to an abandonment of the claims of justice, sobriety, personal and the protection of American homes, Prohibition Platform.

The prohibition party in national convention assembled, acknowledging Almighty God as the source of all true government a id His law as the standard to wti icn. human enactments must conform to secure the blessing of peace and prosperity, presents the following declaration of principles; 1. The liquor traffic is a foe to civilization and the M'eh-enemy of popular government. It Is the eitadel of the forces that corrupt polities promote poverty and crime, degrade 'he nation's hjuie-iH'e, thwart the wiil of the people, and deliver our nation info the hands of rapacious clas interests Ail revenue laws that, under the guise regulation, legalze and protect this traffic, or make the government share its ill gotten gains, are "vicious in principle and powerless as a remedy." We declare ane.v for the e.uire suppression of the manufacture, sale, importation, exportation and transportation of alcoholic liquors as a beverage, bv and si ate legislation, and the full pow ers of government should be exerted to secure this result. Xo party that fails to recognize the dominant nature of litis Issue in Amerie.n polities is deserving' the support of the people.

2. No citizen should be denied the right to vote on account of sex: and equal labor should seceive equal wages without regacd to sex. 3. The money of the country should be issued by the general government, only, and in suJflcient quantity to meet the demands of business and give full opportunity for the employment of labor. To this end au hviease in the volume of money is demanded.

No individual corporation should be allowed to make any profit thiough its issue. It should be made a legal tender for the payment of all debt-, public and private. Its volume should be fixed at a definite sum per capita, and made to increase with our increase in population. 4. Tariff should be leyied only as a defense against, foreign governments which levy tariff upon or bar out our products from their markets, revenue being incidental, The residue of means necessary tc an economical administration of the government should be raised by levying the burden on what the people possess instead of what they consume.

5. Railroads, telegraph and other public corporations should be controlled by the government in the interest of the people and no higher charges allowed than necessary to giye fair inteesc on the bapital actually invested, Foreign immigration has become a burden upon industry; one of the factors in depressing wages, and causing ing discontent, therefore our immigration laws shouid be revised and strictly enforced. The time of residence for naturalization should be extended and no naturalized person should be allowed to vote until a year after he becomes citizen. 7.. Non-resident aliens should not be allowed to acquire land in this country, and we favor the limitation of individual and corporate ownership of land.

All unearned grants of land to railroad companies or other corporations should be reclaimed. 8. All men should be protected by law in thesr right to one day of rest in seven. 9. Speculations in margins, the cornering of grain, money and products, and the formation of pools, trusts and The Directory of Greeley, Kansas With this issue we have a careful) prepared directory.

It may liafe some errors; however, it will answer the purpose until a better one is pre-vided, and enable you, with a little study, to locate by street and number, any he use in the city; and when once acquired will be the more appreciated, for a short and definite location. Thj3 News will leave it optional with Jot owners to use and place the numbers on their respective proper-tics, as well as the mayor and council to place tl, name of the street, on the corner of each block. With this slight expense, the stranger could find any location without having the business man go to the door and street and point out the house, its color and chimney, as is almost a daily occurrence. NAMES AND NUMBERS. R.

Gehr, meat market, 53-Brown street. Hotel Belmont, S. W. corner Thrown and Vine street, 56 Brown street. Jos.

liannan, CI west Vine. Geo. 'full, drayman, 62 west side of Vine. Prof. Richardson, teacher, northwest Bondi and Vine, 65, west side.

B. Boudewyns, southwest Bondi and Vine, 66, west side. Win. Welden, 09, west side- Vino street. Mrs.

Frank, IX, east side of Vino-street. James. Blake, 10-1, east side of Vine street. Peter Verhelst, 105, east side Vino street. Win.

Pea, 107, east side of Vine street. Thomas McKcc, 211, cast side Vine street. James King, 116, east side Vine street. John southeast ccrnc-r BontTi and Vine, 132, cast side of Vine. M.

E. church, northeast corner Vino and Bondi, 123, cast side of Vine. United Presbyterian 130, east side of Vine. A. Kiucaid, 127, cast side of Vine street.

N. Ilaskit, southeast corner Bondi and Vine, 13S, east side of Vine. N. Wilcox, dross-maker, 138, south Brown, upstairs. Wm, Atchison, harness, 132, south Brown street.

John McFadden, bakery and notion, 110, south Brown street. J. T. Smith, dollar house, Brown street, C. II.

Lathcn, drugs, 112, south Brown street. II. Gerhold, dry goods, 143, south Brown street. rrwnmtitmrnlmrmmrnmn amy fff. BURNT.

DISTRICT. II. Gerhold, hardware and groceries, 111, south Brown street. Blakely, merchandise, 115, south Brown street. A.

Paine, vacant; 146, south Brown street. Eli Truefitt, shelf hardware, stoves and farm implements, 147, south Brown street. Welden, notions, 152, south, Brown street. II. Asher, barber, 153,.

southi Krown. THE By the PROHIBITION CLUB. Well now, I do dwlare! I don't like to say anything about the dear old Republican party that party that I have expected so much of, that it would some day be a champion of all useful and needed reforms; the party that I have loved to vindicate and defend her grand and noble principles, that once shone as brightly as the stars in the zenith; 'hat party of my first love, must I even give thee up? Nature says no; justice says yes; and here she goes. I claim that tho publican party has left me and its principles of right and justice. Unprincipled and wicked men have got hold of the party and government.

They have defamed, polluted and prostituted the parly ami the nation as well. At fie meeting of the Republican national committee, they determined on Minneapolis as thp place for the national convention. An cyo witness said beer and liquor was carried into the parlors by the bucket-full, all Sab-Lath day. And now since the Minneapolis convention, the shainil'ul desecration of tho Sabbath was simply apalling to the good sense of all christians. Committees in locked saloons running open all day r.nd night, and a molly crowd surging up and down the streets, yelling and, whooping.

All these things make mo- tired. I am forever done voting with it. I can neyer vote with the Democratic party, for it has always been trsing to unchristianizo tho world, and I am fully convinced that the Republican party has joined it in its destructive work. If relief, ever does come to the oppressed people of America, it will come through the Prohibition party. V.

S. Potawatomio Valley, In the interstate oratorical contest ill which ten states were represented, Miss E. Jean, Nelson, 19 years of age, won the contest against nine male contestants. She tackled her subject, "Industrial Freedom," with tho fervor of an old-time stump speaker, and certainly gave voice to a great deal more logic than the majority of them do. Despatch, Greencaslle, Ind.

Our. Prohibition club has been invited to give up. Temperance Hall for our merchants who lire homeless. This they yill do.cheerfully. Their walk will bo circumspect to make their calling and election sure.

But whac will our Republican school board do toward letting this God-honoring and God-serving party have one room in our school building? What do you say, friends? The whiskey party Press of Colum- I'lis, Ohio, speaks of the Prohibition convention at Cincinnati as the waterspout gathering, It is thusIyiThe did not reap the harvest they did bt Chicago and Miuneopolis. To the young men and boys cf Greeley and: elsewhere: You may rest assuredlhat if tho Prohibitionists had elected the common council cf they would not have, passed: au ordinance, forbidding the innocent of foot-ball, on the public square although the would have brought tjie law to bear upon this drunkardrniaking business. Tho Fourth is almost. hero. Just keep an eye open and sec how much beer, wine and other intoxicating liquors arp, usefVaioJd, in violation.

of, hy, JTohsbillon Club Jlccilngr. A moderately good audience gathered at the U. P. church Friday night 2ith, to hear Rev. E.

C. Faxton, of Gltmlock, speak on the subject of Prohibition. The remarks were presented in a fair, honest manner that could not. help but clinch the most stubborn heart present. Were it not for the fact that neither word, pen or brush can ever picture the horrors of the drink habit, we would say that bis oratory was a grand success.

His word pictures were real and thrilling, but not overdrawn, for that would be impossible. After relating real which were the outcome of ths saloon, he would ask what was to bo done with the saloons, leaving his hearers to answer to their own conl sciences. We certainly don't see how any one that listened to him on that occasion can ever vote again with party that is not arraigned against al-such legalized evils At tho close of the meeting as the people gathered around to see and speak to the minister who lias tho courage to speak so so boldly for God, home and the suffering people, and also for country. A woman remarked to bin: that "If all the ministers of the gospel stood where he did, we could stop asking, Lord, how lang for that prayer would soon be answered." We are told in Ezekicl that if Gcd'a. watchman fail to blow tho and warn the- people of (political) danger, that if evil come upon any on account of this failure of duty, their biood will bo required at; the watchman's hands.

combinations for the arbitrary advancement of prices should be suppressed. 10. Years of inaction and treachery to the Republican and Democratic parties have resulted in the present reign of mob law, and wo demand that every citizen be protected in the right of trial by a constitutional 11. We stand unequivocally for the American public schools and are opposed to any appropriation of public money for sectarian schools. We declar that only by united support of such common schools taught in the English language can we hope to become and remain one homogenious and harmonious people.

12. We pledge that the, Prohibition party when elected to power will ever grant just pensions to veterans of the Union army their widows and orphans. 13. Wo arraign tha Republican and Democratic parties as false to the standards reared by their founders, and faithless to the principles of tho illustrious lenders of, the past to whom, they- do. YO Arise, shine for thy LIGJlT is comc.Isa-GQ c.Jv...