ABSTRACT
It is interesting to consider the development of the progressive movement in the minor political parties, not because of the importance of the parties themselves, but because the recognition by them of the underlying principles of the movement shows how universal it has become in political life. One of these minor political parties which have had a close connection with all the phases of the progressive movement is the Prohibition party. The progressive movement in the Prohibition party began in a protest against the use of government by the liquor interests for special purposes. As the Prohibition party aimed to prevent class government—in this case government by brewers, distillers, and saloon-keepers—it occupied common ground with the progressive elements in the older parties when they opposed class government by railroad, industrial, and commercial corporations. The Prohibition party has always been abreast or ahead of the progressive movement in the other political parties.
