Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1898-07-01

the country full
danger and requiring self and sufring Chris
ans would against liquor vigor
this enemy God and would be conquered in the
first campaign. asa#44Tas
Don't say that you have no personal interest in
this fight, but by the mercy of God that has given
your boy clean blood through whose pulses does
beat the hell of the appetite for strong drink and
| for the sake of the boys about you who haven't
chance for clean life at ALL beseech you to join
with us Prohibtioniss to close the mills that are
grinding up boys. The saloons may jingle their
devilish music in your and you despise it. but
behind you on the street walks another man as good
you and perhaps ten thousand times more anxious
to do right, who goes in and drinks his mind to a
chaos because he can't help it. You don't go in be-
cause you don't have to. Under the conditions
as his, you, too might be drunkard By the mercy
of God that has left the passion for drink of your
life beseech you to lend hand to help the other
man-John G. Woolley.
One of our exchanges tells of a poor old German
who had beautiful boy, of whom he rghteously
very proud and decided to find out the trend of his
mind He adopted novel method by which to test
him. He slipped into the fellows room one morn
ing and placed on his table a bottle of whisky, a
Bible and silver dollar ''Now," said he even dot
poy comes in if he takes the dollar he's going to be
a beezness man; if he takes dot Bibles he'll be a
preacher; if he takes dot whisky he's no goot going
to be drunkard" Then he hid behind the door
to see which his son would choose. In came the
boy, whistling He to the table, picked up the
Bible and put it under his arm, snatched up the
bottle of whisky and took two three drinks pick
ed up the dollar and put it in his pocket, then he
went out smacking his lips. The old Dutchman polk
ed his head out from behind the door and ex-
claimed: Mine Colt in Himmel! he vas gon' to be-
a boliticianv'
The meanest thing that any man can do for an
other is to vote to license him to sell Intoxicating
drinks. 1t is mean to him, to his family and his
friends for his business disgraces ALL debars seller
and family from decent society, debauches their
consciences and degrades them to the level of the
vlest classes Of any city state. No class of crimes
can be than the crime of liquor selling, and
no license, low or high can lift it to respectabty
hence the meanness of voting to license tNew Day.
Early in the Canadian plebiscite campaign now in
progress Principal Grant, of Queens university pub
ished comparison between the prohibition state of
Maine and the province Of Ontario with regard to
the prevalency of idocy, deafness and blindness,
tempting to show that these misfortunes were in
creased under prohibition. The absolute falsity Of
the position has been shown and Mr.. Grant in a
letter in the Toronto Globe admits that his figures
were worthless.
The Prohibition party presents remedy for the
greatest evil of the ages. Unless you have better
remedy you should, in all fairness do what you can
for prohibition. If you have better way the Pro-
hibtioniss will rejoice to hear of it, and will
over to you in body. All they seek is the best,
surest and completest way to make final solution
Of the liquor problem in harmony with the laws of
God.-The People.
The Prohibition party affords place where Il
young may enter politics and serve his country
without running the risk of losing his soul in so
doing.-Address of National Prohibition Committee
1891.