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Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1899-04-01
AN INFAMOUS DECISION.
Attempt to Defeat the Will of the People,.
Let the People Speak Again.

When congress- in the closing hours of its last
son deereed the abolition of the sale of liquors at
army canteens and on all premises used for military
purposes by the United States cry of rejoicing went
up from the people whose will had been long de-
feated already. But their joy premature. The
liquor traffic does not surrender easily The Wash
ington Sentinel liquor paper, claims that the legal
representatives of the liquor dealers submitted to the
department an Interpretation of the law which, if
cepted would almost entirely defeat it's purpose Sec
retary Alger asked Attorney General Griggs for an
opinion, which quickly forthcoming, and which
is specimen of legal lore calculated to make
civilized Filipino sneeze with admiration at the abl-
ity of civilized nations to find something in thing
which isn't there.
The prohibitory clause of the law reads follows
"That officer private soldier shall be detailed
to sell intoxicating drinks, as bartender other
wise in any post-exchange, canteen, shall any
other person be required allowed to sell such
liquors in encampment or fort or any premises
used for military purposes by the United States; and
the Secretary of War is hereby directed to issue such
general order may be necessary carry the pro-
visions Of this section into full force and effect.
Our wise Attorney General gives it as his opinion
that this allows others than soldiers to sell liquor!
To give outline of his argument would be to
waste space which be devoted to better purposes
1t is mere mess of brazen pettifoggng. The law
is plain and is just plain that the Attorney Gen
era is seeking to twist it to the purposes of the hell
hounds of the liquor traffic, who have already damn
ed thousands of brave soldier boys, body and
soul.
1t stated upon the floor of congress during the
discussion of the anti-canteen law that petit
tons had been sent to congress for the passage of
the Ellis BILL which included the abolition of can
teens among other of it's provisions, than
before received by that body for the passage of any
bill. The president should be flooded with petit
tons to Immediately forbid the sale of liquor at can
teens at least until the law can be tested in the
courts Many large churches and religious bodies
moving in this direction. If we have Christian
president, here is his opportunity to act.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1899-04-01

Sir Wilfred Laurier premier of Canada, has just
informed the secretary of the Dominion Temperance
Alliance that "the expression of public opinion
corded at the polls in favor of prohibition did not
represent such proportion of the electorate as would
justify the introduction by the government of pro-
hibtory measure" This declaration has proved the
signal for uprising of the Prohibition forces in
every part of the Dominion. The immediate forma-
tion of independent Prohibition party, which
would the disruption of the Liberal party and
the defeat of the present at the gen.
eral election, is vigorously advocated by Says
the Royal Templar Advocate about 2SO0OO men
in Canada voted for Prohibition on Sept 49, 1898 If
even one-tenth of these-28 OOO-could be found who
would stand by Prohibition and vote against any and
all governments until it is enacted, bill would be
passed at the coming session. 1t looks as though
they were getting ready for practical politics across
the line.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1899-04-01
EXIT, THE LEGISLATURE.
1t Stood by the Saloon. 1.-The Reason

1t Stood by the Saloon. 1.-THE Reason Why
This was not Prohibition legislature. Represen-
tatives of the w. G. T. u, whose members cannot
vote for Prohibition candidates, of the Anti-Saloon
League, which believes in supporting the most reli
able of the candidates likely to win, and of other
bodies worked faithfully The county option bill,
bill providing that women may vote on the license
question, and one providing for temperance
missioner to the enforcement of ant-saloon
laws, those most desired by the temperance
forces, yet although the first named demanded
by widespread sentiment represented in part by
$4,000 signatures which before the house tenn
perance committee alone, all three showed
der the county option bill by vote of 69 to 46 in the
House and "a to 81 in the Senate.
bill, proposed by the liquor men, to allow the
sale of liquor within 900 feet of school house in
stead of 1500 feet at present lost They, how
ever secured the passage of their bill providing for
the transfer of licenses.
Things will be different when the enemies of the
saloon get to voting for what they want
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nearer and the freight charges win be
End. u re minsras rake sap sSs s sxd
Cebu, for instance: There has been coal
dropping out Of the top Of q mountaiq
remained 1000 years longer It would have
the port. and we can xet coal there at 5
fD aMsy DsR saT fs S eo %sa pa rom
Take It from q strategic point of View.
Il fronts Ike China 81 sea- only two
right ii the front dooryard Of the 10000
90 Or yo Rsops e tne 9S
Of the earth are near metaphors today.
They touch 81 elbow They az i iSsy sne
this country Of ours grow up all q sud
den into q great world power. Are you,
alone e then all e sef1ss to rec0g1iEe
no.' and great applause.)
M, under the terms Of which We are en-.
terms with the most favored nations Of
the earth. DO you propose 70 submit
quietly to having these treaties Violated?
France and England shall divide UP Chi
ma, and then all OF them but England
shall close the doors against all your
why, today our state department IL In
diplomatic correspondence. with all these
matte language that they shall agree, in
writing. that no division Of the East takes
place. and that the doors shall be open to
ionged applause.) And, undoubtedly, fav-
orable responses will be received.
Suppose that two years ago they had
there have been any diplomatic corre-
States? Not one single. word. Not one
for one moment; They VIII now. Why?
They. have heard Dewey's guns. And we
are there. Those doors will not be closed
against our products. Great applause.)
You remember. few years ago that we
gave the fiercest possible growl at Great
Britain because she did not interfere and
stop the sultan Of Turkey from numbering
our missionaries, from burning our coll
leges and our schoolhouses. We didn't do
anything. did we? ..Why not? We didn't
dare to!
Suppose the sultan Of Turkey under
takes to do that today, you will find ships
Of war CARRYING the. United States flag
stopping It. (Renewed apnlause.) We de-
manded Of the sultan Of Turkey dartages
for the destruction OF our proper. the
lives of our missionaries. and he laughed
at us. After he heard Dewey's guns he
said he'd pay
Well. now, what shall we do with this
archipelago Return 1t to Spain? (Cries
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1t was plain that the young man had
ruined himself. His friends assured him
that he would soon be swallowed up. in
Siberia. They said he must be mad to
destroy his career at a. time when he was
in fair way to become a full-fedged sta
tionmaster.
Officially, there was a great hullaballoo.
The assistant stationmaster's .insubordina-
ton was Investigated by important per-
sons in resplendent uniforms. And then
1t broke upon the official minds that the
culprit had saved the imperial troops from
destruction.
The investigation developed the fact that
long before war was declared, without
saying word to any one, White had quiet
~ done what his superior ought to have.
dones-that is, worked out the details of
various schemes for the transport OF an
army against Turkey. This proof of fore
thought on his part created quite sensa-
ton in official circles, where people are not
accustomed to subordinates looking ahead
or doing anything else on their own initia-
tive. He worked night and day while the
war lasted, and when It came to an end he
had already made a reputation for himseh,
and was on the highway to fortune. In
stead Of being sent to Siberia he was made
director of the imperial railway.
M. Wyschnegradski the president of the
railroad, thought that a young man cap
able of such intelligent disobedience might
be useful In the highest quarters. When
he himself became minister of finance hi
summoned White to st. Petersburg, and
as soon as possible made him minister of
railways. And White, having further cul-
tivated his faculty of seeing things with
his own eyes instead of other peoples, re-
formed the railway system with much
vigor.
An investigation was held, and instead
of the minister being ruined. his chief slan-
derers were; instead of Witte being con-
victed of theft they were.
Firmer than ever In his hold upon the
GEAR, White continued to reform things,
climbing higher all the time. Toward the
close Of 1892 his old patron. M. Wyschne-
gradski broke down in health and was
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10000 worth of Just such thing. IS you
Sc II ns saoa Tah sSss Hea e dq for
civilization always doubles tho necessities
Of a people. In the dark continent today
The world 4 not te 70 n remain s At d stand.
1till over there. Humboldt, more than
nifty years ago. declared the commerce OF
phoph6cy Is becoming true.
All nations of Europe see It. Are We
alone to be blind? Now what can we do
canal was completed, in 1870, New York
was as near the Orient, or about as near,
as Liverpool was; after II was completed
Now. when the commerce OF Great Brit
tain had Increased ~ per cent In the ORR
emit. It had only Increased II per cent, in
" the effect Of the shortening Of distance
Liverpool ana TIE orient 'a''' o''"s'"
with the orientY Yes without the s sight
isthmus Of Panama. and marry the two
be one days sail nearer Shanghai than raj,
all the northern ports Of China there Is
where You YOU win hereafter 0''' 'o'"s' anu
Since the Manila battle the increase in
China has been over 100 per cent. Think
OF that! And the increase to China alto
gether and the rest OF the Orient has been
within the last year over " per cent,
That Is due to Dewey's victory. cloud
and prolonged applause.)
This will bring New York 100 miles
nearer the northern ports of China; 1900
miles nearer Korea: $500 miles nearer
Yokohama; 1000 miles nearer Melbourne:
1900 miles nearer Sydney: more than 1000
miles nearer New Zealand, and from 5000
to 5000 miles nearer the western coast Of
South America. Now. these places last
year imported, of the very kind OF goods
you want to sell, 81, III. ooo. 900. They are
with them commercial treaties today.
that. with the shortening. Of the distance
and with the lowering OF the freight rates.
We can certainly obtain a field there and
q participation In the trade Of these coun-
tries?
How does the treaty affect this aues-
ton? tt gives us the commerce OF Cuba,
assume. II does not give us the govern
ment Of Cuba,
But who gave the people there gov
eminent CAPABLE OF taking care OF prop
erty, of life, Of preserving order and
peace? Who relieved them of n despotic
power that never laid anything but
cruel and wicked hand rpou them2 The
United States OF America! cloud and
prolonged applause.) Who relieved these
people from starvation and cruelty, and
disease and yellow fever and from OBJ
noxious. Ingenious terrible taxation? Tho
United States of America!
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Winston Churchill. the man whose iden-
tity has been absorbed into that Of the
English lieutenant, is four years the sem
for of that nobleman. He was born In
st. Louis November TO- 1871. He Is the son
of Spalding Churchill. OF Maine. and Emma
Bell Blaine. Of St. Louis. and his wife was
Miss Mabel Harlaken den Hall, OF the,
same city. He was educated at Smith
academy In his native town and IL a
graduate of Annapolis. He became editor
Of the Army and Navy Journal In 1894, and
one year later managing editor Of the
Cosmopolitan Magazine Mr.. Churchill
has won fame by his two novels The
Celebrity" and Richard Carvel.'' pub
lished this year, and by two short stories
printed in the Century. When his name
first appeared in the magazine in 1895 the
New York papers, taking II for granted
that there could not be two Winston
Churchills of distinction. gratuitously as
sumed that the new author was the Eng
lish lieutenant. Hinc lilac lacrirnae.
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X 1. ~ 4h.~ufo3f ~ Count IA WHITE
800. q ea.ros 80 pns.,. ~
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-. 80 ~ r,sr,co ii, wha are
s.,x -sssS ~. rar,art,c storw ~ ne
ss..3 80 go. e,sss,,,,,tv - harorca
~ $500. er.s.. 4, - s,,arnas ~ ~
3 ~. ~. I. ns mei.,ra az onauar
W. l. = ~. ~ w.t. ,vhn q, = faw
us. = :. az. 49, az r.,t;an - s.sst.
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A.. =. Il: ns.s = !, -. stat.,s anarcas
~. .s !. 80 .eI pm..,. "a rahahil,tatad
~ n! iepesnlseo nuss'a ana renaoli.a'eu
~. SSAs = s' = ~"
49, cn.lses nave neeh lnuus asa'n nss
n mas pcen asserseu ~ ms
ana tney are many anu powcI.u''
m.t eas manipuIatea tne nnancial i.laI-
Nt =. own advantage, ana y ~ now
r'ssSs. - 'sr.s,c. - ;rrssttyata these
fh,ri6a On the heels of these reports of
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samphire.


Not so many years ago the gathering OF
samph.re for purposes of picking was
regular occupation on various parts OF the
coast This trade IL very ancient one.
and is alluded to by Shakespeare In King
Lear"
Halfway down
Hangs one that gathers samphire. dread
Methlnks he seems no bigger than his
head
This plant still grows abundantiy on the
white chalk Cliff known as Shakespeare's
cliff, at Dover, though the dreadful
trade" has ceased. Fifty years ago, how
ever, It was regularly followed In the isle
of Wight. 1.-THE warm, aromatis pickle
prepared with this plant" wrote the au-
thor OF Flora yectersls." about the year
1s4s, sis greatly esteemed and commonly
eeen at table In this ISLAND. The herb,
minced, is also served up with melted but
ter In lieu of caper sauce. For the pur-
pose of picking it Is annually collected
In large quantities from the cliffs at
Freshwater and sent up to some whole
sale houses IN London by the clfffsmen.
who make samphire gathering a part Of
their summer occupation, and for which.
when cleaned and sorted, they receive 1
shllings per bushel. 1t is put up in casks
with sea water, for Its better preservation
on the journey. and probably also to ex-
tract any bitterness It NAV ontain.-Loug-
mapa 4akesiue
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ES GREAT DELIVERED AT BOSTON in FAVOR OF EXPANSION

And II II barely possible that at sone
time in the remote future you may md
snn9 n ySS se s sna SaDSs q 9sD ss
powerful enough to prsserve order and
peace. protect life and ,progsrty. make
s:sx pa me ss1 nation. e e o
serve theirs; and when that time comes
you Will surrender to them sovereignty.
sssrys c e station. ao yo NV
Buf-now I speak only personally fos
9.nty Il IKE s .ey
any people within itS borders OF any na-
tion without. prolonged applauss.) The
AsFcs S.s nee hss been Sl hausc SSy
Ing II down again while the world lasts.
(Appleuse.) am. 1 assume, an expan-
sionist, I. believe that contentment on
bssiRnihs Of decay. I believe that iso ia
S m hs e naG Ths = p Snz t
SHaos wSy IL DTsh nas
We took North Dakota, South Dakota,
oregon. Montans, ld.hci Ksnss.. Nebrss-
took LIZ 900 miles In ono fell swocp, and
than that which has been made here q
the good men who protested. said this
sThs Constitution never was and never
Serne e s 81 e ~
He said further:
1T meyer was intended to form cover
try. II an attempt II made to stretch II
have no authority to throw the lives and
ws Is. a S sn II IF .assf u
the mixed races who bask on the sands
81 A death blow to the conetffution"
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on the Russian minister OF finance and his
friends the burden of defense. brings
again into prominence the story of the rise
Of White, which possesses all the elements
of romance.
Surgius witte--the right to the ode" was
acquired In quite recent days-is a self
made man. He started life without either
wealth or influential friends to help him
on his way. He was born in 1s49, and be-
longs by birth to the lower middle class,
his father, who was of German origin,
holding some minor office under the gov
eminent. He spent some years as stu
dent at the Odessa university, though
without. as 1t seems, distinguishing him
self there In any special degree. When he
left Odessa her obtained post In the
state railway department. where he speed
lily won the favor Of his superiors by doing
their work for them, and much better than
they could do it themselves
Promotion followed promotion, and in
every office he held he gave proof Of his
marvellous skill as an organizer. He was
once installed as stationmaster in quite an
unimportant town. and before many
months had elapsed he had transformed
his station into a model for the whole
empire. Then came the Turkish war. and
that gave him his great chance in life, for
his chiefs in the railway department lost
their heads completely under the strain Of
transporting troops to the front, and the
result would have been disastrous had he
not come to their help.
Wins Favor by DisObedience.
Whites opportunity pointed the way to
INSTRUMENTATION. He made his fortune by
being magnifcently disobedient.
His chief was absent. De White was
stationmaster pro tenn Imperial troops
were being hurried by rail to Bulgaria.
The war minister had issued certain orders
concerning the troop trains which no sta
tionmaster In Russia would have dared to
question--none save White.
But White dared to think for himself
and for the czar. He foresaw that obedi-
ence to orders would mean disaster for the
troops. There was no time for consulta-
ton. He chose to disobey.
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she welded. wherever they went she Sc
cured for him powerful friends.
De Witte was the author Of scheme,
which he recommended In 1893. to redeem
the paper In gold at Its current value
two-thirds of its face value-and establish
the gold standard by easy stages. First.
he proposed to coin a new teu-rubic piece
containing two-thirds OF the quantity OF
fine gold in the old imperial. 1t was in
this coin that the paper was to be redeem
ed; and though OF less value than the old
gold coinage. II was Of greater value than
the old silver coin, which Russia might
have foisted on the holders Of Russian pa
per money and still have been within the
letter of the law.
The effect OF this would be to, redeem
the paper, not at par, but at its current
value. But all specific gold engagements
were to be met with an honest currency,
$50 rubles in the new coinage standing for
only 100 rubles. Silver was to be made a
subsidiary coinage, legal tender only up to
50 rubles, and free coinage OF silver was to
be stopped.
Such were the chief features OF Whites
elaborate plan OF financial reform. It In
volved the accumulation Of an immense
amount of gold; and Witte himself added
2OO,00O.O00 rubles to that surplus in the fret
three years Of his incumbency. Further
more, he put an end to speculation in
rubles in the Berlin stock exchange, thus
steadying the value Of Russian paper. He
himself caught the foreigners mapping,
bought in an immense quantity of paper
rubles and returned them to st. Peters,
burg, greatly to the disgust Of Berlin finan-
ciers
1t was his idea that 1,121, 900 In govern
ment paper should be replaced by bank
issues, the government giving the Bank of
Russia 750,000.000 in the new gold coinage
and stipulating the bank should have a
gold reserve equal to half its circulation
up to soae00,O00, and ruble for rubie above
that amount.
But there were other serious problems
for the wizard Of finance. 1t was neces-
sary to raise the wind. The peasantry were
starving. No additional revenue could be
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of mo. nor) Now, II va. did wrong u
tr Aing II, the only course - TO return y
and get our 1000 cog back But wnat
shall we do with TT Turn the s0yerelyn-
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sens, or on pre,snhss 70 40 m, wu ,ers
sSIze UPON I'M arcmlp1Laso' anu seis
hkeiy nsnt over tne Spots.
But, perhape, you nad petter ave " 70
AEuinaiuo: ne mas peen cauou ~ popSon
g George washington, I.atAy@yuLs hI1
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care apous f Ina VI sour AsS-
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Old COINS FOUND IN ROME.
Rare Rfats Discovered h fx0yatal
In the fonm.

~ TILL another discovery In the Ro-
man Forum, and this time OF Q
numismatic nature. For the past
few weeks 6ignor Boni the director OF
the excavations In the Forum. has been
paying especial attention to the study
OF the ancient systems OF drainage OF
the Forum. On Friday last tho work.
men were engaged in opening up Neron-
ian cIoaca of the first century, which pass
es under the houses of the yestals and
enters the ground near the base Ok the
Palatine hill. After having dug away e
part OF the earth and ancient refuse with
which the cloaca was filled, soma Of the
men turned UP two or three pieces VI gold
with their SPADES. The overseers and a.
rectors were at once called to the spot.
and everyone set about carefully digging