Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1890-11-01
THE FALL, CAMPAIGN.
NUGGETS OF NEWS FROM THE PRO-
HielTlON FORCES EVERYWHERE.

Brisk Campaigning - Preparations for
Election Day--Tickcts Printed aud Dis
tributcd Workers IN the Ficid-Our
Papers Doing Guod Work,
In most Of the states there is active
campaigning What Is missing in the
noisy enthusiasm of past years is fully
made up in the deep earnestness and po-
iitical sayacity which shows itself in the
management this fall
The national committee work III Mon
tana has eliminated in u good state con-
vention the nomination of ticket and
the selection of good state committee.
North Dakota wheels into line with
Farmers ticket in the field.
Missouri IL working vigorously against
the difficulties of the DISTINGUISHING bal
lot reform (:1 liw.
New Jersey Is also handicapped. but
Is doing good work. George w. Balm.
Col Cheves. Mrs Clara Hoffman and
others have spoken in the state.
Pennsylvania Prohibitionists are hard
at work under Chairman Pattons lead.
Good meetings have been held. Balm
, Nichols. Thomas. Jordan aud Mrs
Hoffman have spent some time III the
field and Candidate Gill. Ricketts, and
other state speakers are doing good
service Tailie Morgan's splendid
league work now shows results in
reaching and using local forces.
Massachusetts Is doing nobly. The
Silver Lake quartet. Hector. Bishop
Turner and others are stumping the
state
The September rallies in Michigan
We're great s1cceAh Mrs. Gougar will
work there until ection.
Ohio uses every Prohibitionst in the
state Chairman Dickir spent two days
there Lockwood, Dinwiddie. Logan
Ross and host of other speakers are at
work.
In Maryland Tucker is III the field and
will he Kept there organizing. Judge
Moulton. Col. J. {. Lee and Rev. Scott
Hershey are nlaki' ga vigorous campaign
in the Sixth congr ssional district Oar
party will show ga:ns
Washington also shows good results
from the work al the national commit
tee and Organizer sutton County after
county is falling INTO line with Prohibit
ton tickets
In Tennessee DR. d. &. Kelley is vindi-
Gated by the Methodist conference. but
is being bounded ~ Bishop Granbery
His campaign Il wonderfully euthusias-
tic and his vote VIII be large one
The prospect, 81 the Prohibition party
in West Virginia are brighter than ever
: before. The dissatisfaction Of the peo-
pie, especially the farming classes, with
the old parties has increased to such an
extent that where work has been done
for our party we ave made large gains.
In Mississippi, Rev. j u. Gambrill has
resigned his position under the non.
partisan State alliance. Utterly dis
comfited, he is ont and ont for Pro.
hibition party
California and other states are doing
nobly Richmond is doing good work in
the Wisconsin campaign Minnesota
forces are hard IT t
In all the st;,tes we will be better pre-
pared for election lay than ever before.
Our state and local papers have done
splendid work in -tirring up the forces
and exposing old party tricks.
And what of Nebraska: The Voice
and Lever have yneartbed conspiracy
after conspiracy The national govern
mcnt Is beng use to fasten the liquor
power upon Hehr;'ll,a against the Will of
the people Nebrs ska is abiazc with en-
thusiasm for the Prohibition amendment.
,.;ll.,r.. tn,,rt., ~,
safe, barring Omaha and Lincoln. Our
best workers are there Much as our
party needed ST. ,Iohi. flaming. Mrs.
l.athrop. Wulfenbarger and Others OF our
best speakers. tor work in other states,
they have been gwen willingly to Ne
braski Win II far election Prohibition
viii win by Il good majority. If the
amendment Is lost it viii be through "a
villalnous conspiracy in which politi-
Clans Of both old parties. from national
and state officers Town. have united 10
cheat and dcfuud the good. clean peo
pie of Nebraska
desperate efforts are being made by
NebraSkans lndcfcat These ulscrupulous
tricks III thry VIA against such power
fni odds il will lea great victory for
right
DrmurcSt Medals al the Pairs.
Rev Dr.. Nillars writes Of new use
to which the med contest is put in IN
diana The mana GERS of several county
fairs have offered premiums for contest !
ants, the contest TO be given under tho !
management of ". G. 4. u. workers |
having the matter IN hand. lie attend
ed two of these contests, aud the first !
day hundreds stoud on seemingly tireless F.
feet 10 hear tine cl.as throughout. The .
next day drew not less chan 800 people |
around the pldtlotm to bear class oil |
slx little girls, Ia Ill these performances
the most advanced Prohibition doctrine
y taught.