Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 July 1884 — PROHIBITION PARTY. [ARTICLE]

PROHIBITION PARTY.

The National Convention to Be Held at Pittsburg, Jnly 23. [Pittsburg dispatch.] Reports received at the Prohibition headquarters indicate that the national convention, which will assemble in this city on the 23d of July, will be one of the largest temperance gatherings ever held in the world. Over I,o€o delegates are expected to be present. The convention will be held in Lafayette Hall, where the first National Republican Convention was held. Arrange-, , ments are being made by a committee of 2CO local Prohibitionists. The expenses wilt be met by private subscriptions. The local leaders talk most extravagantly of the pros- * pects of the party. Many firmly believe that the convention will name the next President of the United States. Secretary Swoger said in an interview to-day: “We contend that Ohio and Michigan are already pronounced Prohibition States, and that in calculations of the present dominant political parties they should be left out. By nominating such a man as Clinton B. Fiske,. of New Jersey, I believe that New York, New Jersey, California, Kansas, lowa, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and some of the Southern States will give their electoral votes to the Prohibition party.” The canvass for the nomination* is quite animated. Gideon T. Stewart, of Norwalk, Ohio, is probably the ..leading candidate, and will come to the convention with a very strong support. In this locality, however, Clinton B. Fisk, of New Jersey, is the leading favorite, and in Methodist circles is being strongly and effectively urged. R. H. McDonald, President of the Pacific Bank of California, is urged by the Western and Pacific-Slope Prohibitionists, and will com* into the convention with the unanimous support of the delegation from California. Gov. St. John, of Kansas, will have the support of the delegates from his State. There are other names mentioned, but Fiske for President and John Russell, the veteran Prohibitionist of Michigan, for Vice President, seems to be a very satisfactory combination.