Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1898-08-01
Governor-Geo w. Higgins, Hennepin.
Lieut.. Gov.-Prof. Knute Lokensgaard, Lac qui
Parle.
Sec. of State-A. A. Stone, Stevens.
Treasurer-A. II. Gilmore, Fillmore.
Auditor-D. u. Weld, Cottonwood.
Attorney Gen.-D, w. Doty, Ramsey.

Attorney Gen.-D, w. Doty, Ramsey.
We rejoice in the unfaltering courage and in the
growing numbers and influence of the National Proh
bition Party and to it's complete pledge
lives, fortunes and sacred honor.
The traffic in intoxicating beverages is dshonor
to Christian civilization nimical best interests
of society," political wrong of unequaled enormity
subversive of all good government and incapable of
being regulated restrained by any system of license
whatever We therefore, declare for its legal prohibi
tion by both state and national legislation.
Since money spent for Intoxicating liquors is
than wasted and since than 81 900 900 900 is
thus spent annually we respectfully insist that
resources thus wasted turned into legitimate chan
nels of trade would relieve the financial distress and
that the prohibition question the greatest financial
issue before the people.
The right to vote should be based intelligence,
rather than We will therefore support the eff
forts being made to secure the ballot for woman.
We favor the rigid governmental control of all means
OF transportation and communication, and if necessary
the ownership of railroad telegraph and telephone
lines, to be used for the benefit of the people.
We opposed to all monopoly and favor such
legislation as will make it impossible for trusts and
combinations to exist.
THE REPORT.
A splendid convention. splendid platform.
splendid ticket This tells the story in brief
The opening gun of the red-letter prohibition week
was fired on Sunday evening, July "a. On that
sion Christian Citizenship Rally was held at Central
Park M. E. Church. st. Paul. 1t was under the aus
pices of the Epworth League City Union the Christian
Temperance Federation, which represents various tenn
Catholic cooperating. c. ]. Palmer presided Prof
Samuel Dickie, of Michigan, chairman of the Prohbi
tonal Committee the orator of the occasion, and
nobly did he fulfill his mission. He showed that the
paramount duty of Christian citizenship the pull
verization of the rum power and moved his audience
to intense determination to take brave part in
the conflict with the saloon Rev. Charles Scanlan
OF Wheaton, addressed similar meeting at the same
hour at Oliver Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis.
On Monday evening at the Central Park Church,
was. held the Convention Rally. Secretary w. G. Cal
derwood presided. AS on the preceding evening and
throughout the convention, the University of Mime
sofa Prohibition Quarette just returned with the au
res of successful tour of portion of the state,
Chairman of the Illinois State Committee were the
speakers and were at their best. The former gave
some Reasons for Hope" First our is right.
No of justice liberty right in all the ages
crushed out God to it that the right con-
quers. Second the cause is popular. Between four
and five million voters have voted against the saloon
Not all of these have voted with the Prohibition Party
but it will be much easier to win them than though
they were not already in favor of the principle of
prohibition. The churches with in their resou-
tions and will soon vote with am impatient to
see the church line up against the saloon and shoot to
KILL Ii for the next five we did not have
vval raised nothing for missions the other benevo
lences of the church. and yet in that time should
ter strength and line for the final conflict with the
saloon, the of religion and humanity would be
vastly forwarded. have faith in the nation and the
church We shall win.
Chairman Stewards address was as entertaining as a
box of monkeys and as convincing as mathematical
demonstration. He showed that the cause of hard
times not overproduction but under consumption