Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-03-02

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u Hunt both spoke at the conclusio
OF DR. Joseph Cooks lecture in Ro.
ton, on Prohibition.
The Duchess OF RUTLAND is a con
slant contributor to the magazine
ana gives all her literary earnings /,
one Of the London asylums for Ii,
blind.
a new hotel, the "Grand Union
elegantly equipped, has been opepe,
a. Auburn, n. y, and viii be con
Quoted on strictly temperance prInci
Piles
The conservative" South puts Il
shame the boosted liberality Of The
North. Mrs Weber, of Springtown
Ark, has just been licensed to preach
by the Methodist Church South This
innovation has caused quite stir in
Methodist circles.
4 protest signed By 1900 women
had the salutary effect OF dropping
the name Of Sir Charles Dixie from
the list Of candidates for the London
county council The notorious morals
OF this man had not deferred his
brothers from proposing his name.
but so aroused the indignation OF
I,ondons good women that their voice
vas heard in politics with the above
satisfactory result.
The ". c. 7. U. Of the first district
OF Iowa, has filed articles Of incorpor.
alton with the ayowed determination
OF destroying by all legal means the
traffic 10 intoxicating liquors. The
various temperance alliances and
municipal authorities Of Iowa are
taking active interest In the enforcing
Of the prohibitory Law, aud Governor
Larrnbce il showing a disposition 10
give them the support Of the state
government
A letter writer from Washington
says that few senator's or members
figure conspieuously In moral reform;
and when II comes 10 the temperance
question, the senators may be counted
upon ones fingers who are openly and
ayowedly total absiainers New Eng.
land leads the van, with Senator'S
Blair and Frye, arm in arm The tenn.
perancc people however, do not hap
pen 10 be the ones who entertain ex-
tcnsivcly, so they have not the oppor.
tunity TO emphasize their views as
their more wealthy opponents do.
Joseph Cook in his recent lecture
on National Constitutional Prohibit
tion, said that the tiercest foe OF pro
is the organized liquor traf-
Iic, because Il can concentrate its
power in one commonwealth or an.
other according 20 the exigences of
The moment He said that prohibition
sentiment must therefore be political
and national, but that the great re-
form must finally be brought about
by the power Of Christianity. He char
,cterized the system Of high license
Is ian atrocious fraud, since IL robs
Peter to pay Paul--and does not pay
Paul.
The following resolution was pass
"a unanimously at the scmi-annual
conference of Philadelphia county |
,eld In Philadelphia, February Ia;
WHEREAS, DR.. Kate Bushnell is
,ceking to arouse public sentiment in
eferencc to the indignities pcrpetrated
,pon the women in pineries of North
I'm Wisconsin, Therefore,
Resolved, That We, the members OF
Philadelphia county w. G. I. w. in
conference assembled, do heartily in
IorSe DIR. Kate Bushnell, and wish
,er Godspeed in her unselfsh efforts
The Edinburg Committee Of the
british Woman's Temperance Assocl-
tlon has forwarded to Mrs. Costelloe,
d Grosyenor Road, Westminster,
,ondon. s. W., Secretary for Britain
Z the Worlds w. G. T. u, 10 ,l42
signatures, inhabitants OF
edinburgh, TO their petition for the
otal prohibition Of the liquor tratlle'
,hey have also forwarded l,O6i
names from Stirling, and
mailer petitions from Grangemouth,
,arnwarth, Kilmarnoek, Cambeltown,
,arstairs Junction; as well as few
- ,..,.,,aa from TORY lby