People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 March 1896 — Prohibitionist Leaders Are Shy. [ARTICLE]

Prohibitionist Leaders Are Shy.

Pittsburg, Pa., March 18.—John G. Woolley of Illionis, who has practically been conceded the prohibition presidential nomination if he desired it, has written a letter to Chairman Castle of the national committee declining to allow his name to go before the convention, stating that he preferred to loyally follow, rather than lead. Ex-Gov-ernor St. John of Kansas has also declined the nomination, which leaves Joshua Levering of Baltimore as the only one mentioned at present. The prospects for a large crowd at the convention are good.