Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1882-02-23

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CONSTITUTIONAL PROHIBITION CON
VENTION. z5i
Mass Meeting at Minneapolis OF Minnesota
Prohibitioners-On line OF Political Action. 81
A convention OF people hailing from various
parts Of Minnesota WAS held at Minneapolis
last week, for the pur pose Of opening q vigor-
Gus prohibition campaign. The officers Of the
convention were:
President Ansley Grey Of Minneapolis.
co presideuts-Rsy. G. N. Showers of Fari-
bauit, Rev. q, S. Williams Of Minneapolis.
Secretaries Mel Hyde Of Minneapolis.
4 Rev. G. FL. Beihoe Of Anoka
great number Of strong prohibition speech
So were made by some Of the most noted adyo-
Gates Of that measure.
The gist Of the platform adopted is as fol
lows: #
We recommend that q central committee OF
five be appointed to be called the Amendment
Agitation committee, over whose Deliberations
some one chosen by the convention snail pre-
side. This central comni tes Shall appoint 8
subcommittee consist e OF one person in each
committee Of three in each township,
precinct on ward, and report the same TO the
central committee also the name and postofiice
address. The committee OF agitation shall
have full power to proceed to carry out this
plea of reaching the people, by raising funds,
putting public speakers in the field, scattering
literature and information among the people
calling district and state conventions and
through local committees obtaining the pledge
Of the people and all those seeking Legislative
nominations, that il elected to Office they viii
favor and vote for such an amendment to be
Submitted to the people. We recommend thaE
the following form Of pledges for tue people and
for nominees OF office be submitted III proper
manner by the central committee: s'L do hereby
promise upon my honor that il elected to the
Office of q legislator viii favor and vote for
The sllm ssion TO the people OF p cots itutional
amendment prohibiting the manufaosure. in
porta ion and sale OF Intoxicating liquors as a
beverage" Form Of pledge for vote g: 1--WE
do mutually pledge OUT Ives not to S lpport
any man for the office Of state rep1. sentative
or senator who IS not pledged to Lis suhrnis
sion of q constitutional amendment to the co.
plo prohibiting the manufacture, importai IN
and sale OF intoxicating liqlar as a beverage
The following named gentlemen were pre-
sented and approved as the State central COM
mlttee: Hss
Rey. j +. Ohahee, chairman; Richard Chute
J. Fl. Temple, Miner Ball, Minneapolis; D. W.
Lngeraoll, st. Paul, and G. W. Putnam, Ano-
ka
Coz impeachment.
On Monday, 15bh, there wore only eight sen
ators pre- ent, and there being no prospect OF 8
quorum, the serate adjourned s
Tuesday, l4th, was a working day. Over
dozen witnesses We're examined nearly all tes-
flying that Judge Cog was not drunk on certain
occasions as alleged in the srticles and teetiied
to by WITNESSES for the prosecution Some Of
. these Witnesses were very clear and strong in
their statements
On "Wednesday, 9Th, Albert A. Blanchard,
clerk of hecourt for Brown county, who had
been 8 witness for the prosecution, proved
valuable witness for the defence
His testimony was chiefly rebuttal
Of the testimony of the witness Pierce, in re-
gard to Judge Cox's appearances and conduct
%ane it deuied tie latter'a story il TOTO Other
witnesses sustained Mr. Blanchard Charles
Ware of Kasson, official sholt band reporter for
che Ninth district, swore N a very direct and
witnesslike way that liudge Cox was perfectly
sober--as sober as he ever was-during the
Dinger case Half dozen other Witnesses
controyerted other testimonies for the proseou-
ton.
On Thursday, the,,l6 h, some opposisions hay
ing been made to more witnesses on some point
Senator Powers said: y will not vote fol con
vlat,on upon any article upon which evidence
is excluded, aud of which [ give due notice
right here. want this settled right here, and
TO 90 this q secret set siOnis necessary THE re-
snlt was that the doorwas throw nopen for more
t. s mony. Benjani n gers, clerk OF court tes-
utisl that Cox was lot nnaer the inference Of
liquor at the Young vs, Davis motion, ani fur
Their, that he had never seen HIM drum, on the
bench VIM. Lehr, of St Peter, also testified
that Cox WAS sober on that trial Other wit
nesses rebutted to- greater or less extent the
testimony for the prosecution.
fty, H., ~. 1..z 4.
nesses testified for the defence. The princiua-
and lest were Col. Sami. McPhail Of New Tim
and George Il. Mcclure, an attorney OF BIRD
lsland, who was g. very strong witness He
was present at the May term held in BeaYer
Falls. He testified, positively, that Judge Cox
Berngen trial, though he . showed
annoyance when the county attorney was fcun I
nnwll ng to go on with the trial Of cases where
IN iictnas n j had been found by the recently
discharged gr@nd jury.
Charles Butts, a Lake Benton lawyer, and e. 4
w Dean, . Tyler lawyer, testified that the
judge was Whist would be ca.isd sober all
through the term.
Insurance Business ID Minnesota.
I'll. Insurance Commissioner McGill has con-
cluded his annual report complied from the re-
ports OF the insurance companies doing bust
ness in Minnesota. The following table shows i
the totals OF business done by home and foreign
companies during the year:
Home Foreign
IS Companies. Companies.
Risks. ..$10 LOB, 546 go 90 $iS,3O3, $50 90 I
Premiums 1910 92G i 4 281, 607 OF a
Losses p'd. CSC, SOL IS 157, sos 10
Losses inc'd 753, 5Ais 76 16i, 4Os %
The total of risks written was 1871. $780,
297; OF premiums received, ST $40, 5z7. 1e;
OF losses paid $744,457.28; Of losses in- in
CURED. 1914, $50. SO. a.
The Essentials of Prize Fighting.
In an interview. with Tom Kelly, by
reporter Of the New York Herald, Tom, IN
the first place, laid down the fundamental
principle which. thirty years ago, no one
would have 3yantTIrad Ia 0f7aatinn that tho