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	Prohibition Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As the name implies, the party advocates the prohibition of the use of beverages containing alcohol and was an integral part of the temperance movement.
		The party contributed to the third-party discussions of the 1910s and sent Charles H. Randall to the 64th, 65th and 66th Congresses as the representative of California's 9th congressional district.
		National prohibition was repealed by the 21st Amendment in 1933.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prohibition_Party (616 words)

	AllRefer.com - Prohibition party (U.S. History) - Encyclopedia
		The result was the organization (Sept., 1869) of the Prohibition party at a convention in Chicago attended by delegates from 20 states.
		The failure of the temperance cause to gain active support from the major political parties, the failure of public officials to enforce existing local prohibition laws in several states, and the nationwide founding of the United States Brewers' Association were factors contributing to the creation of the Prohibition party.
		Although the central issue of the party was prohibition, typical party platforms included woman suffrage, free public education, prohibition of gambling, and prison reform.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/Prohibit-1.html (546 words)

	Prohibition (Party) Cartoons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Prohibition Party advocates claimed that the nation would never achieve prohibition, and that, once achieved, prohibition would never be adequately enforced, under either the Democratic or Republican parties.
		The Prohibition Party functioned as a full-fledged organization, offering candidates for offices at the national, state, and local levels.
		It reached the peak of its influence in 1884, when in New York state the Prohibition Party presidential candidate polled enough votes to insure that the Democrat, Grover Cleveland, carried the state and the electoral college.
	prohibition.osu.edu /ProhParty/index.htm (211 words)

	1896: Prohibition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Prohibition may seem a quixotic goal, but advocates at the time were unwilling to accept the immense social costs of liquor consumption--costs which we ignore today.
		Prohibitionists were the only party that consistently endorsed national woman suffrage, and a substantial part of the party's convention delegates were women from the WCTU.
		He was chairman of the State Prohibition Convention of 1887 and again in 1893, and also a delegate to the National conventions of 1888 and 1892....
	projects.vassar.edu /1896/prohibition.html (730 words)

	Prohibition, and its Effects on Chicagoans, and Organized Crime
		A national political party, aptly named the Prohibition Party, was formed on the basis of its "dry" stance in the 1869.
		Andreae reveals the connection between religious interests and the political motivations of the Prohibitionists, demanding that the Prohibition movement was largely the result of religious forces attaching themselves to a policy fad to spread their ideals.
		Prohibition did create a huge drop-off in consumption in its first few years (see this external website for a graph on alcohol consumption), despite claims that it was the "most alcoholic period in American history" (Allsop, 25).
	www.umich.edu /~eng217/student_projects/nkazmers/prohibition1.html (1210 words)

	Prohibition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		One of the consequences of the National Prohibition Act was the development of gangsterism and crime.
		In 1933 prohibition was repealed by the adoption of the 21st Amendment.
		Prohibition has created a new, a universally respected, a well-beloved, and a very profitable occupation, that of the bootlegger who takes care of the importation of the forbid- den liquor.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USAprohibition.htm (1754 words)

	Boulder Weekly \| NewsandViews \| NewsSpin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Prohibition," is waging practically a one-man crusade against liquid licentiousness, one of the last vestiges of a once-mighty reform movement that (at least officially) dried up the nation’s beer taps for 13 years.
		The party was formed in 1869 by those concerned that Democrats and Republicans were ignoring moral issues–most notably alcohol, which churches had been labeling a social ill for decades.
		While several Prohibition Party members gathered at Dodge’s house in the summer of 2003 and nominated him as their presidential candidate, a different group of people met that fall at a time share in Tennessee, calling Dodge’s nomination void and coming up with their own ticket.
	www.boulderweekly.com /archive/102804/newsspin.html (2230 words)

	The Prohibition Party & Temperance Movement harmed all then and now drugs-prohibition-party-today
		Modern prohibition still destroys individual freedom in the U.S.A., not only in the form of the "War on Drugs" (more correctly known as the war on you and your rights) but even in The Prohibition Party that still exists as a political party in the United States.
		As the name implies, the party advocates the prohibition of the use of beverages containing alcohol, as the party during the old temperance movement.
		The Prohibition Party's infamous deed was the passage of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1919, which outlawed the production, sale, transportation, import, and export of alcohol.
	rexcurry.net /drugs-prohibition-party-today.html (1148 words)

	From Temperance to Prohibition
		In February, after securing the support of the Prohibition Party in the county and the ministers of Noblesville, the County ASL was ready to begin work on a remonstrance campaign.
		Though, as in 1904, the party was able to beat the Socialists in Indiana, its percentage of the overall vote dropped to a mere 2.5%.
		The Prohibition Party slate of candidates averaged 418 votes in the county.
	www.connerprairie.org /HistoryOnline/temperance.html (8956 words)

	Politics1 - Guide to the 2004 Prohibition Party Presidential Candidates
		Prohibition Party nominee for Colorado Governor: 1974 (6,400 votes), 1978 (2,200 votes), 1982 (3,500 votes), 1986 (8,200 votes) and 1994 (7,700 votes).
		There is such a bitter rift within the Prohibition Party in 2004 that it almost took a legal fight in court to determine whether or not Earl Dodge remained the party's nominee for President this year on the Colorado ballot.
		Dodge subsequently ignored the party's decision and filed the Dodge-Lydick ticket as the Prohibition Party candidates in Colorado.
	www.politics1.com /prohibition04-dodge.htm (784 words)

	Prohibition of Alcohol in Nebraska
		Prohibition of alcoholic beverages, like women's suffrage, was a very emotional issue for most Nebraskans.
		As to prohibiting the traffic entirely, of course that is not possible; but it can be made an outlaw from society and driven as a criminal into hiding.
		In 1890, the Prohibition Party nominated B.L. Paine, a prominent Lincoln merchant, as their candidate for governor and put an amendment on the ballot.
	www.nebraskastudies.org /0700/stories/0701_0120.html (523 words)

	The Prohibition Party
		The party, whose cause was to prohibit the use of alcoholic beverages in the country, came into being in 1869 at a convention in Chicago organized by the Rev. John Russell of Michigan.
		Prohibition was a rank failure and the party witnessed the nadir of its hopes with the Amendment's repeal in 1933.
		One of several tiny third parties, the Prohibition Party has survived into the 21st century; its agenda is the same and it promulgates a conservative approach to most public policy.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1082.html (450 words)

	Prohibition Party
		It is the official hope of the unofficial Prohibition Party that, with drudgery and prayer, we can see those numbers remain the same or increase, with the difference being that every last one of these adults will be breaking the law.
		For official members of the unofficial People's Prohibition Party, these places are to be avoided, unless you would kneel on the sidewalk and pray for the souls of the misled inside.
		We at the official headquarters of the unofficial Prohibition Party are currently considering the adoption of the softer moniker People's Prohibition Party.
	prohibitionparty.blogspot.com (1626 words)

	Prohibition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		For the purposes of this essay, however, “prohibition” will refer to the total banning of alcoholic beverages for consumption, while “temperance” will refer to restricting alcoholic beverages in order to limit their use while allowing at least some such beverages (usually low alcohol beer and wine) to remain legal.
		Both parties had strong wet and dry factions and with the election expected to be close, neither candidate wanted to alienate part of their base.
		The Congress shall have power to regulate or to prohibit the manufacture, traffic in or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into and the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes.
	www.rustycans.com /prohibition.html (6279 words)

	AlterNet: The Dry Party
		Prohibition' – lost his bid for the presidency of the United States for the sixth time.
		And despite the minor roadblock of the 21st Amendment, which repealed Prohibition, Dodge and his supporters say their fight is far from over, and that, sooner or later, Alabama Slammers, Long Island Iced Teas, Manhattans, Irish Car Bombs, Tequila Sunrises, Three Wise Men and all the rest will be a thing of the past.
		The party was formed in 1869 by those concerned that Democrats and Republicans were ignoring moral issues – most notably alcohol, which churches had been labeling a social ill for decades.
	www.alternet.org /story/20355 (2337 words)

	Politics1 - Guide to the 2004 Prohibition Party Presidential Candidates
		For years -- despite declinig results -- Prohibition Party National Chairman Earl Dodge was repeatedly the party's nominee for President.
		The Prohibition National Committee elected Don Webb of Alabama as the new National Chairman and retired Dodge to "Chairman Emeritus." However, that came too late to stop Dodge from calling a Presidential Nominating Convention in August 2003.
		The party's new leadership later voided that convention as improperly called and demoted Dodge to "provisional nominee" pending a new vote of the Prohibition National Committee.
	www.politics1.com /prohibition04.htm (721 words)

	Gustafson/Women and the Republican Party 1854-1924. Chapter 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		She believed that the Republican party "is the party of action; its breath is progress; its speech is the language of the world; its dialect the rhetoric of the home and the farm and the shop." She also saw it as the leader on the important issues of the day, including temperance.
		Not only was the party again out of power, but its continued silence on the questions of temperance and woman suffrage disappointed Foster, who wrote to a friend that she was "at a loss to understand" the silence.
		Parties were still central to political culture, but strong partisanship was no longer central to men's sense of their total political experience.
	www.press.uillinois.edu /epub/books/gustafson/ch3.html (13076 words)

	The Collegian: Third- Party Politics
		There are a variety of political parties to choose from, ranging from extreme right-wing to radical left-wing and everywhere in between.
		They propose to “establish taxes on alcohol equal to the social costs of repairing the damage done by alcohol.” Other issues close to the Prohibition Party are the deportation of immigrants, abolishment of state lotteries (and other forms of legalized gambling), and the termination of the Federal Reserve System.
		For instance, one speaker for the party does not believe in abortion “for medical, emotional, and spiritual reasons,” but does not feel that he can force his party and this nation to share his moral beliefs.
	www.mobap.edu /student/collegian/mt/000401.asp (514 words)

	Third Party Watch » Blog Archive » Some Prohibition Party History…
		They also list the full history of Prohibition Party presidential candidates with election results, church affiliations, and photos of some very interesting campaign materials dating back as far as 1880.
		It’s amusing to note that as the party’s fortunes fade substantially between the 1920 and 1924 campaigns, there is a statement that reads: “Increasingly repressive ballot access laws after 1920 made it difficult for third parties to campaign effectively.” I’m sure it had nothing to do with the ratification of the 18th Amendment in 1919.
		The Prohibition Party is serious in its efforts to level the playing field for everyone.
	thirdpartywatch.com /?p=91 (413 words)

	PROHIBITION STATE COMMITTEE (MINNESOTA): An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
		The national Prohibition Party was formally organized at a mass convention in Chicago in 1869, giving large-scale political structure to a movement that had been notable in the United States since the early years of the nineteenth century.
		The party's central mission was to eliminate the manufacture, sale, and consumption of alcoholic beverages in the United States.
		The work of the party was largely carried on through state committees, which worked both to build up voter support for the prohibition movement and to develop state-level slates of Prohibition Party candidates.
	www.mnhs.org /library/findaids/00524.html (577 words)

	Prohibition Party
		We demand an amendment to the federal constitution prohibiting the manufacture, sale, importation, and exportation of alcoholic liquors for beverage purposes in the United States and its territories.
		We demand the immediate repeal of the internal revenue tax on intoxicating liquors; the prohibition of the beverage liquor traffic in all places over which the national government has jurisdiction and such modification of the interstate commerce laws, which will prohibit the shipment of intoxicating liquors into prohibition territory.
		The Prohibition party held but one State convention in Iowa, during the year 1908.
	iagenweb.org /history/register/prohibitionists.htm (593 words)

	Prohibition Party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Prohibition Party was founded in 1869 to promote national prohibition.
		The party's strength in Michigan seems to have peaked in the 1880s, when the party regularly received 20,000 to 30,000 votes for governor.
		This party is documented in the papers of Earl F. Dodge, Delmar Gibbons, and Merritt Moore, and in the records of the Prohibition Party National Committee.
	www.umich.edu /~bhl/bhl/mhchome/parties/prohibit.htm (84 words)

	Essay: Prohibition party. - Coursework.Info
		Prohibition party ----------------- Prohibition, in the eyes of most politicians, was a tough issue that would bring unpopularity no matter where they stood on it.
		Politicians, who operate on the basis of public opinion, feared that if they were to take a position to advocate or oppose prohibition, they would receive unfavorable results in the next election.
		As such, neither the Republicans nor the Democrats would take a stand against the saloon, forcing those who advocated the prohibition to find another party to run under.
	www.coursework.info /University/Politics/Prohibition_party_L45646.html (184 words)

	Prohibition party campaign literature. - Wisconsin Historical Society
		The party (still in existence today) sought to attain the legislative prohibition of the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcohol.
		Typical party platforms also included woman suffrage, free public education, prison reform, and the prohibition of gambling.
		Support for the party remained small nationally although Prohibition candidates made sizable gains in some state elections in the 1880s.
	www.wisconsinhistory.org /turningpoints/search.asp?id=1184 (109 words)

	Cannabis Culture Forums: The Anti-Prohibition Party of Canada?
		What has not been mentioned is "prohibition." it is as if the concept has fallen off the face of the Earth and no one want to ask any hard questions of our political leaders.
		We are carrying on a unique international campaign to repeal or amend the UN prohibition treaties and thus to open up the way for individual nations to make now-banned radical changes in their drug laws, including full legalization.
		They are miles ahead of any other party, they are in Parliament, and if we join up and work both for the party and within the party, we will have an impact.
	www.cannabisculture.com /forums/showflat.php?Number=1196186 (1046 words)

	Newsbrief: Dinosaurs Walk the Earth as Prohibition Party, Independent Candidate Demand Return of Alcohol Prohibition
		The Denver-based Prohibitionist Party (http://www.prohibition.org), which apparently consists of a handful of aging anti-alcohol agitators, is again fielding presidential and vice-presidential candidates this year.
		The Prohibition Party is the nation's third-oldest political party, having run presidential candidates in every election since 1872, but reached its peak of influence in 1919, with the passage of the Volstead Act enacting alcohol Prohibition.
		In recent years, the party faithful split over the leadership of long-time party head and perennial candidate Dodge, so this year there are actually two prohibitionist tickets on the presidential ballot.
	stopthedrugwar.org /chronicle/358/dinosaurs.shtml (841 words)

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