Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-05-02
PARTY POINTERS.
DASHES OF NEWS FROM THE
FIELD.
Notes Of Interest Gathered From
Far and Near For Busy
Readers,

Lincoln, Neb., nominated ticket
Anna Shaw is leoturing in Cam
ada.
Denver, Col, is in the field with a
full ticket.
York, Pa, Is holding large prohi-
bition meetings
Oakland (Col) prohibitionists are
hard at work.
Flaming is managing the Rhode
Island campaign.
Granville, Ohio, prohibitionists
nominated ticket.
Smith and the Beveridges begin
work in Illinois in April.
-Nebraska's State Committee will
meet April 35th, at Lincoln.
THE vote of Garden City, Mimi,
was 22 for and 81 against license.
The Central Prohibition league
of Philadelphia will have banquet.
-Tiffin Ohio, prohibitionists nomin-
ated city ticket with DIR. q. w. Dunn
for Mayor.
Pamcatuch Or. l. high school. was a
grand success.
The prohibition reception at the
Peoples Church, New wburgh, New York,
was a grand success.
-Grand Rapids. Mich, nominated
full city ticket. The convention was
very largely attended.
San Bernardina. California. pro-
hibitionists have nominated complete
municipal and township ticket
-Thirty-two new members have
just been received to the Prohibition
club of Champaign, H., University.
The Prohibition excise commits
sioner was elected in Rush, n. V, by SO
majority, over his Democratic opponent
At Stony Point, n. Y, the prohi-
bition candidate for excise commits
sioner came within eight votes of cleo
tion.
The petition of the Massachusetts
Prohibition committee relative to
amending the election law has been
withdrawn.
DR. Joseph A. Connell, the prohi-
bition candidate for mayor of Vineland,
N. j., received 1873 votes, gain over all
previous prohibition votes.
The prohibition vote at the city
election in Sioux City, Iowa, last week
was .247 against 259 in the whole
county last November. We're getting
there.
The indianapolis, Qnd.) News
heartily favors the new anti-liquor
league of that State. The Endorsement
of the News proves that the liquor
power has no reason to fear anything
from the League.
"A. r. Lawrence, the Prohibition
party candidate for excise commits
sioner in Batavia, N Y, received 743
votes against s48 for the limited license
candidate. The remaining prohibition
candidates polled 125 votes
Rev. II. NJ, Brooks, ofParis, H.,
wants to meet in debate any represen-
tative Prohibitionist on this question:
Resolved, That the Prohibition
party is impractical BILE and unbiblical in
both theory and method"
The annual banquet of the young
mems Prohibition Club held at Boston
was quite a success. Speeches were
made by e. J. Wheeler of the Voice,
volney B. Cushing, Willard o. Wiley.
Robt F. Raymond, Warren A. Dutton
and L. II. Dunbar.
The Union Signal heartily COM
mends w. C. I. U. platform issued by
the National Prohibition Press Bureau
to every union in the land. The union
that will neglect this branch of the
work is not alive to its opportunities.
TO say the least oft.
The prohibitionistso of Watertown,
s. D., held mass meeting at the Meth
odist church. Much indignation was
expressed at the recent action of the
city council in fining the saloons and
thus allowing them to run open In de-
fance of the prohibitory law.
-Ex-Chairman Partridge of the
Prohibition State committee, Mrs
Fessenden, n. FL. Faxon, and others,
strongly protest against being quoted
as favoring the Hale bill for state
agency plan for selling. liquor. They
assert that what they signed was a
brief petition for the enactment of a
law to diminish the evils of the drink
traffic, and that the bill drawn to ac-
company the petition does not strike
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