Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-05-04
TEMPERANCE NOTES.

maryland UeL4l0eEauCe men want "A
prohibition amendment. A bill for
ubmissiOn has been reported favorably.
The probibitionists Of Dakota re-
Gently held a conference at Huron and
took steps to thoroughly organize the
party In that territory.
In Michigan thirty-six counties have
voted on local option and thirty-four
of them have voted no license; the vote
was for prohibition SO, 600 against 40,
600. More than two to one.
Chairman Samuel Dickie, of the
National Prohibition committee, says
that he expects the prohibition vote in
New York state to reach Is, 600 this
yeas, as against %, 600 in 1884.
The prohibitionists of the eighth
Kentucky congressional district met at
Harrodsburg and nominated Hon.
Green Clay Smith for congress, to run
againet James B. McCreery, the
present incumbent.
Prof A. a. Hopkins be at the Texas
state convention, April %. Prof.
Hopkins is one of one of the ablest men
on the platform in the country and it
viii be arranged for him to address a
mass meeting the evening of the con
yentiOn.
The Northwestern Presbyterian says :
These radical prohibitionists are
doing a splendid work, whether they
ultimately succeed along their exact
lines or not. Their enthusiasm is
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they are needed.
Mrs. J. Ellen Foster in a recent ad-
dress in New York said that the next
step demanded by the temperance re-
form Is the repeal of the internal
revenue tax. It does not restrict, she
said, and the whisky men do not want
it gives their business a legal standing.
Joseph Cook is responsible for the
following remark: just as you saw it
your duty to refuse to vote for any
party that was on its knees to the slave
power, so I say in the name of God re
fuse to vote for any party that is on its
knees to the whisky ring"
The Voice has reached a circulation
of 131, sos and its minister fund has
risen to $26, 100. OF this amount
81 600 was a gift from ". Jennings
DemOrest of New York, who, If General
Fisk declines. Is mentioned as nominee
for president on the prohibition ticket.
The yearly rate of the saloon tax has
been raised in Ohio from 800 and 5000
to $3.50 by the Poorman bill The
clause IN the present law of that state
giving municipal corporations the
power to open the saloons on the Sab
bath day has not been repealed and the
prospects for its repeal are not favora-
BILE.
WeIlsburg Herald: A big brewery in
Lawrence, Kan, it is stated in the
papers, is to be converted into a sugar
refinery, the very thing for our neigh
bOrs down at Wheeling to be consider
ing in view of the probability of the de-
probation of brewery stock in West
Virginia after November next. Boom
up your converted sugar refinery and
we'll help you.
The Indiana prohibitionists have
nominated a fnu state ticket to be
voted on next November. The conven-
ton met at Indianapolis March Is, and
put up for governor Rev. Jasper S.
Hughes; lieutenant governor, John W.
Baxter 1t was one of the finest prOhi-
hitiOn conventions ever held IN Indiana,
ana endorsed women suffrage without ii
dissenting vote.
Iowa introduces new bill to regulate
druggists who sell liquor for excepted
purposes. 4 majority Of the voters
must petition for Permit. The seller
must he a registered pharmacist, one
who has never violated the liquor law;
no hotel. bar or restaurant keeper. No
person who uses liquor is eligible. A
bond OF 81 900 must be filed to pay
damages TO the family Of any one in
iured by the sale and a record of every
sale and every purchase must be re-
turned to the county auditor every
month.
The national prohibition convention
is to meet in Indianapolis May 30, in
place of June 3, so as not to crowd the
telegraph with the proceedings of two
national conventions. The committee
Is making preparations for an attend
anee of 10, 600, Of wnom $50 viii be
delegates. 1t Is the opinion of some
members OF the committee that General
Fisk Of New Jersey. viii be the nOmi-
nee for president, while the candidate
may be either George ". Balm Of Ken
lucky, j. b Cranfil of Texas or John
=. Brooks of Missouri
@The consumption of beer for the
year ending Aug. 81, 1887, in Cinein-
natl. COvingtOn, and Newport. as 1t ap-
pears from the figures Of production
and movement, aggregated 726,I12 bar
reIs, or %, sos, 4T8 gallons, or the equiv
aIent of $50, ~, 800 glasses At five
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