People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1896 — Prohibitionists to Confer. [ARTICLE]

Prohibitionists to Confer.

Lansing, Mich., April(ls.—As a preliminary to the prohibition state convention here Thursday to elect delegates to the national convention, there will be a conference to determine the policy of the party of what the platform shall contain in the coming campaign. Chairman Dickie of the national committee will contend for striking cut everything except prohibition, making it the sole issue. Others, aided * by ex-Governor St. John of Kansas, v ;ll urge the embodiment of free silver, i:ee trade, and anti-monopoly planks.