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Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1890-11-15
THE WORK BEGINS WELL
ACTIVE ORGANIZING WORK START.
ed IN SOUTHERN STATES.

Chairman DIckIe starts the RaII Rolling
| Enthusiastic Reception and strong CO.
operation Insured State organizing
Funds Raised.
Most encouraging reports are received
from the states in which Chairman
Dickie has held conferences with the
committees and other Prohibitionists.
/ The conferences held have all been en-.
thusiastic, but better still they have been
busincsslike.
Very little time has been wasted in
sentimentality. Organization is the or
der of the day, and the plans prepared
by Chairman Dickie and Secretary
Thomas have been found well adapted
to the situation, and are now being car.
ried out.
In Delaware the campaign was given
an impetus which will show results in
the November vote. There are devoted
men in the little state who are willing to
serve the party, but their efforts have
been Handicapped by the lack of proper
organization. Next year will see this
rectified.
Maryland Prohibitionists are hard
workers. An organizer has been in the
field, but resources were exhausted and
he was about to Withdraw for lack OF
support. Through the help of the ma.
tional committee the work has been put
on new and firm basis, and organizing
work will be continued throughout next
year.
In West Virginia the Prohibitionists
have gone to work with vim and energy
that promises great results. The national
committee has through a liberal guar.
antee Of support enabled them to place
at least one organizer in the field The
expense of one is already secured, but
without stopping here they intend to
push on. The Quest, the state organ,
will be vigorously pushed. In fact, the
circulation Of state Prohibition papers
will be a prominent feature in the or.
ganizing work.
AT the conference in Wheeling n
monthly state fund of $50 per month
was subscribed, and this will be pushed
to 800 or more without trouble.
North Carolina will astonish the Pro.
hibitiOnists by her progress.
Chairman Dickie's conference at
Greensboro was well attended. and the
enthusiasm was unbounded. The state
committee was recognized. and state
fund of $51 per month was pledged on
the spot. The national committee has
put the committee in condition to i'm
mediately start an organizing work. and
Capt. w. T. Walker, a one armed Con
federate soldier. will probably take the
field without delay. Chairman Dickie
is greatly reioiced over the energy and
determination evinced in the Pine Tar
state. The new state executive commit
tee is as follows: Chairman and treas
urer. Edwin Shaver, of Salisbury: secre-
tary, j. Fl. Southgate, of Durham. W.
T. Parker. Archdale; d. w. G. Benbow.
Greensboro. and F. L. Emery, Worth
vile.
Other southern states are feeling the
stir and are calling for help, and prom
Using cooperation. The work must go
on not only in the south but all over
the land. The outlook is CHEEKY, the
promise for the future bright. Let
every ProhibitiOnist lend hand in the
work.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1890-11-15
PLEASE XII!
To an Editors 70 whom 1.-THE
Blade' May Come, Greet.
ings

Brethren of The Tripod and Plum
bdgo:
Allow me to state to you that
this shebang does not assume to
be o Prohibition elemosynary in
stitution that dispenses gratuitous
literary, high moral pabulum to a
world that hungereth and
thirsteth after righteousness.
The BLADE goes to you on the
supposition that you will exchange
with me, and there are not half
of you doing it. What's the mat.
ter with your
Fraternally, but Indignantly
yours, CHARLES G. Moore
his newspaper.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1890-11-15
TO them, I have a right TO show

to them. Ihave a right to show
their ingratitude, and to show that
some unjust animus may have in
spired their action rather than
their CONSCIENTIOUS CONVICTION OF
the Justice Of their course.
BY their act they have induced
me to undertake financial obIiga-
tions, and when IL becomes unpop-
ular to support me, and the hue
and cry is against me. they dctscr
me upon a tcchnicality perfectly
unworthy the family standing Of
Mcssrs. Shelby and johnson. I
know nothing about that of Mr..
Sladc.
I have supposed for some time,
and ! think Il is generally under.
stood, that Mr.. Johnson was not
successful in his Western life. and
I was one of a great many friends
that he has, who sympathized with
him in the dark days that may have
bcfallen him, as they have me
and many others, and If he had
said that in his desire to encour.
age me he had promised to pay
that which subsequently he
found inconvenient to do, I
would gladly have released him
and my admiration would have
been increased for him, just as it
is tor the gentleman who did that
way.
Mr.. johnson made his sub
scription to the stock, perfectly
at his own instance, and without
any appearance of solicitation
from me, and Immediately fol-
lowing that of Mr.. w. G. France
who also subscribed his stock
without any hint Of solicitation
from me, telling me, as Mr.. John
son heard, that he was a PrOhi.
bitionist, receiving my common
dation for being such, and UNDER
standing, as l think, that 1 was
was going to edit Prohibition
paper.
Mr.. France paid me his sub
scription, which was twice the
amount of that of Mr.. johnson,
with some kind messages by the
young gentlemen by whom he sent
the money.
l am willing to admit, for the
sake of argument, that upon a
technicality Mr.. johnson may |
have been released from his Obli-
CATION to me, and that men in the
ordinary walks of life might claim
such a release, but a gentleman of
Mr. Johnson's standing can not
lfford to do it.
OF course | do not want, and
would not have, the money Of any
# these gentlemen now.
| have employed an expert with
me of these pocket cameras with
which you can snatch mans mug
IS he walks along the street, and
II subseqent biographical sketches
# parties who decline to pay their
took subscriptions to The Blade
1ill be accompanied with wood
nj
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1890-11-15
BUYER and Seller Equally Guilty.

David Bennett Hills governor of New
York. and purchased the office with the
sale Of the presidency to Senator Quay
in behalf of Benjamin Harrison.-Provi-
dence (R. L. Journal, Rep.
Hush! man! don't talk SO loud! Some
of our good Republican church elders
and deacons may hear you. OF course,
any man who is not political babe
knows what you say is perfectly true,
but, bless your heart, our goody-goody
Republicans won't believe it. Quay tc
them is an angel plastered over with
Democratic ud.-People.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1890-11-15

The Prohibitionists of the country
have been very quiet of late, and if they
only knew what delightful relief it
has been, not only to the wine and spirit
trade, but to all men of ordinary COM
mon sense. they would be .bounden by
the most emphatic teachings of a Chris
tan civilization TO remain in their holes,
and Use reasonable efforts to pull the
hole in after them. Wine and
Spirit Circular.
How the rummies chuckle over the
fancied quiet" of the Prohibitionists!
Never laugh too soon, BonfOrt. Wen
see you later, and not very later, too.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1890-11-15
Hay for Sale, and Grass for
Rent.

l have fifty tons of the very
finest pure timothy hay, that |
want to sell, and which l will de-
liver in Lexington. and one hun
dred acres of good bluegrass, ele-
gantly watered, that will be fine for
winter grazing, that want to rent.
tt CHARLES. {. MOORE.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1890-11-15
Three Other Subscribers 10 the
stock or the Blade DE.
cline 10 Pay. and One
Asks to be Released.

Until this time slxty-One OF the
12O subscribers to the stock of
the BLADE have paid me, nearly
all of them expressing thorough
sympathy for the BLADE, and its
conduct and its purposes.
A number of others have in
the few days past promised to
pay, and some who have paid
me have volunteered to increase
their subscription when | notify
them, and one without being re-
quested has doubled his subscript-
ion.
Three others have declined to
pay, making five in all with DR..
Ockford and Judge Hunt.
One gentleman has simply
asked me if l would release him
stating that he was so poor he
could not pay his rent. l have
released him and have more SYM
pathy for him than ever, and am
going to help him whenever I
get q chance.
Another rich farmer has very
politely asked me to release him,
but stating that he would pay me
if l insisted upon it. l wrote
him that 1 had made business
obligations based upon his pro.
mise to pay me, that l thought it
would be unjust not to pay me,
but I would not contest it if he
declined to pay me.
He is a thoroughbred, and 1
will be pretty sure to get my
money.
Mr.. John T. Shelby has plainly
declined to pay me. Mr.. Shelby's
father was, l suppose, recognized
by the public, who read my very
sensational first Issue, as the com.
plimented exception in the COM
mittee that sat on the stage at
the Mills speech in the Opera
House here.
Mr.. Shelby is the partner of
Colonel Breckenridge. l believe
that if the BLADE had been con-
Quoted precisely as it has been
except that it had been as ear
nestly for Col. Breckenridge as it
has against him, that Mr.. Shelby
would have paid his stock sub
scription.
Hon. Claude johnson declines
to pay his subscription,in a letter
that is q model OF elegance and
gentility, and in which he en-
closes 50 for the subscription to
the paper and tells me he intends
to be q reader or the BLADE.
l have responded to Mr.. John
sons letter in the politest and
kindest terms.
One of the rackets l had to
stand from the first issue of The
Blade was compliment to Mr..
johnson, as former Mayor Of this
city, that involved some disparage-
ment to the present incumbent, his
successor, who beat Mr.. johnson
by a notorious instance OF the cor
ruption in politics that The Blade
is trying to correct.
Mr.. johnson was formerly a
chemist and druggist in this city
l dealt with him and paid my
bills promptly on presentation
without any dispute, until
on one occasion / sent by a
negro house girl an order for q
dose of medicine for a child that
was threatened with Group, and
he sent back by the girl five dollars
worth of morphine. There were
no morphine eaters in my family
Mr.. johnson was the inventor
of o system for making fourier
gear old whisky in seven days ate
It came out OF the still. The ful
particulars of the plan will b.
found in the Transcript, writer
by me, as a reporter, but full o
evidence of my lack of compre
hensiOn OF his chemical ideas.
The plan will be remembers
by many people OF this city u
having required that each barrs
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1890-11-15

In 1850 there was one criminal in the
whole United States to every 3,4l0 peo-
pie. In 1890 there is one criminal in the
United States to every $50 people. Thir-
ty-six wet" counties of Georgia have
one convict to every 600 people. One
hundred and one "dry" counties in that
state haxe one convict to every l,32s
people
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1890-11-15
The Economies of Prohibition"

Rev. James c. Fernala has just pub
lished book with tine above title, which
treats the question Of the prohibition of
the liquor traffic mainly from an eco
nomic standpoint. and more fully than
previous authors have done.
The book is written in chatty style,
argument and illustrations given in sim
pie language, and while some statistics
are given they are put in an interesting
and readable form. The book is well
come addition to the literature vi ouS
reform.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1890-11-15

A Liquor Prosecutors House Blown Up.
A charge of dynamite was exploded
under the house Of E. j. Bennett. at
Berlin Falls, n. H., recently, badly shat.
tering the front Of the house, but not
seriously injuring any member Of the
family. Bennett is tt liquor prosecutor.
Again an attempted assassination OF
an executor of the law. Put political
party in power behind the law, and fully
committed to it. and we would hear OF
no more such outrayes.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1890-11-15
The Women at the Polls.

The women of Nebraska propose to
hold an all day prayer meeting Nov. 4.
This will not interfere, however, with
having strong working force at the
polling places. The women will be there
with ballots in their hands. They work
as Well us pray.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1890-11-15

The great Turgeneff characterized
alcohol rs the "bitter cup after the
drinking Of which there is no redemp-
tiou and 10 resurrection"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-17

''I think" said MIR. Hall, "the work
of the past session OF Congress is al
ready proving itself beneficial in the
fact that the farmers and business
men all over Minnesota are in an ex-
ceedingly prosperous condition-par-
ticularly so the latter who come into
their shopping ports with large loads
of produce and a pocket-book full OF
Uncle Sans money. attribute this
greatly to the tariff and silver bills. =
st. Paul Daily News.
And the st. Paul Daily Newsance is
the official organ which the F. S. &
H. advertised over the globe. Prec-
ious Organ-only it's pity it don't
have more "stops."
We have reliable informa ton that
lust as Dar Hull uttered the above
the man in the moon fell and broke
his nose. But Notwithstanding the
pain he laughed one of his unap-
proachable titters-in fact, he never
sobered down and poulticed his nose
till he read the thing in the News.
That settled him.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-17

Some of our Alliance members are
comparing the price of the old relia-
BILE Hapgood gang -plow with that OF
the double wheel plows with riding
attachment, and we think a few
words in reference to this matter
would be an advantage to you.
Alliance members should not COM
pare the price of this gang with that
of the cheap double plows with riding
attachment, where the driver has to
sit up over the little wheel that runs
in the bottom OF the furrow. There
is no comparison in the machine.
The double wheel plows are much
cheaper A riding attachment is q
very fimsy affair, and for ease of
handling, lightness OF draft, etc., are
not worth within $1,000 as much as
the old reliable gang.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-17

Thos Wilson's nomination was
against the spirit of the age. 1t was
a repetition of the old Bourbon mot
to in politics-learn nothing. forget
nothing. Why, even w. R. Merriam
attempted to make peace, in the alli-
ance convention, with the irrepress-
ible progress of the hour! Whether
it was earnest or not we do not
know. But cold, sullen, changeless,
and unprogressive, Tom Wilson gets
up before the Age itself, and pro-
claims his friendship to entrenched
wrongs. His following sentences do
not mollify the facts. They dress up
the condition of his mind in a thin
veil. The fact stands out that
Thomas Wilson is a plutocrat in
every fibre OF his being-and is too
grey in his service to change his
polity.
Democrats, come with us-stand
by us-move with us-enter the new
movement at the threshold! Desert
the machine forever. Let the pluto
Gratis unsheath their own nsword-you
protect yourself and little ones!
For five thousand years the pawns
have been protecting the Tom Will
sons on the Chess-board of life! Now
let the Bourbons poultice their own
shlns.
We have urged this doctrine upon
republicans! But now we are con-
fronted with the fact that it is de-
signed to hurrah the alliance move
ment into the democratic camp-but
hold their votes out of the reforma-
toni Do not be misled. Do not let
your ballots send into the executive
Office man who is filed with the
blue blood Of q day that is rapidly
passing away! Rise up, Democrats,
and be ye free.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-17
It's Come.

Some of the evil men, of whom the
G. w. has spoken unkindly words
have stated that thousands of farm
ers have returned the paper to the
source from which it sprung-sprang,
with remarks Of a highly kamskat-
ercat nature.
Well, it has come-it came last
Thursday. 1t was wrapped in a
wrapper and on the wrapper one
cent stamp was stumped, and with
in was letter on good writing paper
which reads as follows:
"Please do not Bother me with any
more OF your papers for i don't want
to read Them
Well now, dear sonny, we never
ought to bother so sweet a child OF
nature. It must be some other
wretch who has subscribed for you /!
But, say, dear love, heauw in thun-
deration can we cut you off from our
list OF good men unless you send
your name? Inasmuch aswe can ar
rest you and put you into court for
sending writing through the paper
mails with paper postage perhaps it
would be cheaper to take the paper
than to let us know who you are |!
All, how is that, dummy?
But then, if you will send your
doorplate, so that we can let you off,
we swear by the pale moon and a
hungry iDjun not to have you ar
rested.
[LATER.-It was put up job. Eric
Olson wrapped up a copy and wrote
the note, SO as to indemnify his
lies.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-17

Mark Dunnell made speech in
Congress on the 9th of Sept. In it
he reviewed the history of tariff from
Washingtol,'s time. He says, Gong.
Rec. p. 11765):
"The republican party was for pro-
lection to American industries and
to American labor"
Mr.. Dunnell better borrow a plat
form of the republican party for
1856 and 1860 and see if the party
was not solid for free trade! Post up
a little, Marculius.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-17
The Mckinley Bill

Is bearing fruit Immediately. Prices
on almost every article in the mar
ket are going up. We have circu-
lar issued by wholesale house in St.
Paul to the retailers in the country
stating that they must Immediately
mark up goods 20 and 80 per cent,
as all orders would be charged that
advance. ION account of the tariff >,
AcOrns, beeswax and lace have gone
on to the free list, thank Godl Let
poor men rpioicel
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-17
The Great West Was Right.

There has been a terribly broke-up
feeling in the Executive Committee,
which was called together this week,
and several are ''bilin hot" to get out
from under that Watch-case. But it
is too late now. The fat of criminal
participation has gone forth, and
it will drive it's poison sting ont into
local politics. The GREAT WEST
stands justified in full. So We will be
when eternity opens up.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-17

The Lake County Independent, OF
S. Dakota. uses a. column or SO OF
our editorial matter and forgets to
give credit. We presume this is an
error-of course it is. But every week
we see columns of our matter thus
borrowed, and perhaps it would be
better to put the G. W. after the clip
pingsl
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-17
THE MORTGAGE.
BY WILL CARLETON.

We worked through spring and winter through
and the fall,
But the mortgage worked the hardest the steadest OF
them all;
1t worked nights and Sundays it worked each holiday
1t settled down among and went away.
Whatever we kept from it almost seemed theft;
1t watched every minute and it ruled right and left
The rust and blight with sometimes and
times not;
The dark browed scowng mortgage forever the
spot.
The Weavl and the cut-worm they went we'll came
The mortgage Stayed forever eating heartily all the
1t nailed up every window, stood guard at every door,
And happiness and sunshine their home with
Till with failing crops and sickness got stalled upon the
grade;
And there dark day when the interest wasn't
paid;
And there false foreclosure and kind O. lost my
And grew weary and discouraged and the farm cheap
1y sold.
The children left and scattered when they hardly yet
grown;
My wife she pned and perished found myself alone
What she died of mystery, the doctors
But knew she died of mortgage well as wanted
If to trace hidden within doctors art,
They'd ha' found mortgage lying that womans
broken heart.
Worm BEETLE drouth or tempest farmers land
may fall,
But for first class rnation trust mortgage ganst them
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-17

The combination of the Alliance
Campaign Committee and the Demo-
cratic Committee has produced it's
effect. There is a feeling all over the
state that Tom Wilson is debating
the Alliance politics. The road from
The GREAT WEST through the
celebrated convention, Lucas, Myers,
Wesenberg, Bierman, and Campbell
to Tom Wilson is rugged road,
filled with thist1es and thorns- and
political crime; and by the time Al
bert Warren gets through he will
have little left to brag over Alliance
to Wilson-well, it is terrible.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-17

We have thus far expected only a
large vote for the Alliance ticket,
owing to the miserable mismanage-
ment of the officials, and the designs
of the banker masters. But the
movement is overwhelming the little
st. Paul ring, and moving on with a
force of it's own-and at this date the
prospects of the ticket are brighten
ing every day. If the movement con-
tinues to gain as it is now gaining at
least a portion of the ticket will be
elected.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-17

Nothing shows up the profound in
iquity of that Watch Club" more
than the letter Of Darlington Phelps,
stating that he had nothing to do
with it. We we're not surprised to
see Hompe and a lot Of others stand
by their tool Lathrop. But we were
thoroughly broken up to see Mr..
Phelps name there. It is pleasure
to know that he had nothing to do
with it. There were some others who
did whose names have not been pub
lished-but will be after electionl
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-17
Here's the List.

CDR. you ought to publish the list
of names who gave money to that
watch that Banker Scheffer gave to
Lathrop every week until the next
state meeting. There is one of them
/ am called on to vote for in Novem-
ber, but by the Eternal God I'll work
against him from this day on.
JULES SEEBoT."
The list as published in Scheffer's
organ was as follows:
R. J. Hall, President of the ALI
ance.
II. P. Bjorge, Treasurer OF the ALI
ance.
John Furlong, LIST Vice Pres't OF
the Alliance.
Geo. w. Sprague, Member of the
Campaign Committee.
John B. Hompe, 5th Dist. Vice
President.
Albert Warren, Sec'y Campaign
Committee.
Mr.. Grigsby, editor Ind. Age, Du-
luth, Member of Camp. Com.
TIC. Hodgson. Jim Hills private
car companion and member of Camp.
Com.
E. A. Hendrickson, Manager OF the
LONDON AND NORTH WEST
AMER. MORTGAGE co.
]. Q. Haas, Manager Scheffer's lns.
interests.
Joseph keenan,, Agent Deering Ma
chinery, and Treasurer of an CALI
ance Hail Ins. Co."
Geo. F. Sabin, Sec. St.. Paul Ger
man Acc. Ins. Co.
G. Heinemann, (apparently Dry
Goods man,
E. J. Hodgson, (brother of T. c. a
money loaner of St. Paul.
Albert Scheffer, Banker and boss of
the Campaign Committee.-Made the
presentation speech.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-17
That FOREIGN Market! /!

English wheat crop of 1890, much
larger than year before in deliveries
thus far. 100000 qrs. compared
with 2s5,0OO qrs. last year-English
grown wheat.
French wheat crop 100000 qrs.
(32, ,00O,0OO) greater than last year
Liverpool price from June to Sep
tember, 25c. or. less than before the
June quotation,
AND YET
Our prices in America have been from
Is to % cents higher per bushel-
81. 20 to $1.84 more per Or!
Think carefully now on this elec-
tion year, and see if you can find any
flies on our statement of zoe. rob-
bery,-at the March State Conven-
tiOn!