Prohibition in Minnesota.
THE recent convention of the Prohibitionists of the First Congressional District of Minnesota, passed the following resolutions:— WHEREAS, The liquor traffic has become a great evil in our land and in our midst, dangerous alike to public morals, good government, and domestic happiness, its tendency being to demoralize society, incite crime, and develop poverty; and, WHEREAS, in our opinion these are evils to cause alarm for the future of our commonwealth and our nation, and recognizing our rights as citizens of the State of Minnesota, and of the United States of America, to act as a body politic in co-operation with all good men for constitutional and statutory prohibition of the liquor traffic; therefore, We as citizens of the First Congressional District of Minnesota, in convention assembled, do resolve, First, That prohibition is the only sure way to exterminate this great evil. Second, That prohibition or the conflict between the home and the saloon, is the great question of the day in American politics. Third, That neither of the two great political parties give the people any promise or hope of constitutional prohibition. Fourth, That the organization and maintenance of a prohibition party is a necessity. Fifth, That if all temperance people would unite in this movement and vote prohibition it would result in a speedy and sure victory. Sixth, That the lukewarm position of many of the ministers of the gospel on this subject is a great stumbling-block to the success of the cause. Seventh, That we pledge ourselves anew to the cause and work in all honorable ways for the furtherance of the Prohibition party and its cause.