The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-23
applying the sane to farm engine bonas
There are several infringsnents On W. 0atssss
patsnt hat hs proposes TO ]eok aStsR.
CONVENTIONAL PROHIBITION eed'
VENIlON.

A Mass Meeting at Minneapolis OF hlnneso's
Prohibit,oner.-Ou liue OF Political Action
A convention of people hailins from various
parts Of Minnesota was held at Mianeapohs
last week. for the pu pose Of opening vgor-
GUS prohibition campaign. The officers OF tns
convention were:
President-Ansle7 Grey Of MinneapoNs
Y CO preside .ts-R.v. g. n Ssowers OF farl-
baut, Rev. g. Williams Of hinnespo lso,,,
Secretaries-L Mel Hyde OF MlnAeepous'
Rev. G. a. B-ihoe Of Anoka.
great number Of strong prohibition epeeon'
es were made by some Of the most noted sa'e-
Gates of that me.-ure.
Tho gist Of the platform adopted il - fol-
lows:
We recommend that central coanmt'tse O.
five be appui tied to be callel the Amendment
Agitation comm ,ttea, over whose Deliberations
soma one chosen by TIE convention Shall pro-
eide. Tits central ,mn tee shall appoint q
subcommittee c ,nsie & OF oCe person IN each
county in the state, who in turn shall eeiecs
committee OF three in each to"Isaip'
precinct or ward, and repcrt thu same 70 me
central committee also the Lame and p 'sfothce
adj ress. The commit 90 OF agltl''ol snau
have full power t, proceed to carry out this
plea Of reac ing the people, by raising funds.
putting pubic speakers in the field, scattering
terra! ure and iufo, m4,i u among the people,
calling dietrict and state conventions ano
through local committees obtaining the pldge
nominations, that II 81 ctsl to Office they will
fav.,r and vote for such an amendment TO be
submitted to the people. We recommend that
the following form Of pledges for TIE people sko
for nominees of offica be submitted ID PROF ef
manner by the cen raj COMM; t-e: II do he eby
promise upon my honor tina, i elected to the
Office Of a legislator will favor and vote Tor
the ii N s5iOn u the people OF a co u1onai
amendment prohibit the manufacture, I'M
porta ion and sale OF Intoxicating Eqrors ss
14 v,ln - II M.
do mutually pledge Gu s lves net tos ppo.t
any man for the Office OF state repr: een,ativo
or senator who 8 NOT pledged to Il is ea5n1S-
zion OF p COZ sti 'ticnsi amendment to he CO.
pie prohibiting 'hs manufacture, imporia .
and 8 ale of intoxicating Equar as beverage"
The following pam,j gentlemen we're pre-
sentsd and approved as the state central COM
mit'ee:
Rsy: J. F. Ch2f1ee, chairman; Richard Chute,
J. d. Temple, miner Bal. Mi lneapolis; D: ".
i!ngersol, st. Paul. and q: W. Putnam Ano-
Minnesota Congressional Districts.
The new Districts are composed of the fol-
owing counties respectively:
First Di-trict-H custon. Fillmore, Mower,
Freeborn, Steele, Dodge, Olmstsd, "inona and
Wab.sha.
SECOND District-Faribault, Blue Earth Vs.
SEGA, Watonw.n, Martiu, Cottonwood, Jackson
Lyo,4, fleetwood, Brown, Nicoles Y low Meal
CHE, Lac qui ParIe, s;blev and La SUeur.
Third Dst1ic-Goodhue, Rice, Dakota,
Scott, Carver, McLeod, Meeker, Kaudiyohi,,
Renville, swift and Chippewa
Fourth District-Was hineton, Ramsey, Hen-
nepip, Wright Pine, KanAbac, Anoka, Chisago,
LAM, and Sherbur,.e.
Fifth Djstrict-~ile Lscs, Benton, Morrison,
earns, Pope. Douglass. Stevens, Big Stone,
Irs7e'ss, Grant, Todd, Grow Wing. Atikin,
Becker, CLAW. Polk, Belsami, MARSHALL, K.,ts-n,
1tasca, St LOUIS, Like and Cock.
Rev. s. J. Rogers, the Marshall preacher
who crusaded against Judge Cox last spring,
has received 3 ca;i to preach at Cedar Rapid
Iowa, at salary Of ST, 500.
There are 472 -four mills In Minnesota
Pstents: VIM. B. Coeger; Minneapolis
door hanger. Anthony Bippchen. Ainneapo-
liz, clothes dlier
burg and the synod college aecre'arya at Albert
Lea, with the leading subscribers to the $l5,-
600 fund for Albert Lea college, the jucgo
added another $500 to bic previous subsclip-
ton, making his subsc ipti III to the synod COL
selected beautiful s.te, and will probably at
their next meeting fix the time OF opening the
cole ge duiing tbs present year.
Representative Washburn has been requsst-
ed by the secretary of war to designate E can
ddate from his district for the cs6etship st
West Point, to enter the class of 1882 i'll June
next The vacancy is caused by the failure Of
E 1gar c. Beede, of Minneapolis
The Northwestern Chronicle, (Catho:ic) no
tees some recent PASTORAL appointments made
by the 1t Rev. Bishop Rev. Edward Cogh-
Ism has exchanged St hery's. 8 akopee, for
Gessen Land, Rev. T. Ryan who formerly at
tended Gessen Land with other missions in
Slbley county, re'erving for the future all his
attention for Gre en- 1sle, and the Assumption
with residence at Green Iele. Rev. IL. A. Bru-
ton has taken Father CoghIan's place at Shake
pee. Rev. p. Danehy, late'y ordained has been
McCabe has gore to St. Msry's Waseca county,
attending thence to Byron. in the same county.
Rev. P. schmid formerly of Rollings'one, VINO
na county, ID now at Douglas, Dakota