Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1900-10-01
PROHIBITION ON WHEELS,
The Prohibition Special Train Makes
Successful Tour of minnesota
and the Wild and Woolley
West. 1t Is now "Away
Down East

The Specials usual occupants were
Woolley and Metcalf, our presidential can
didates; national chairman Stewart, Sam
uel Dickie and Volney B. Cushing. At
state lines the party was increased by
state and congressional candidates, state
chairmen and secretaries, editors of Prohi-
bition papers and other leading Prohibi-
tionists. From five to fifteen stops were
made and as many meetings held daily.
The Special started west from Chicago
On the morning of Sept. 10. Mr.. Woolley
spoke ten times that day. closing with a
forty minute address in the evening. After
run through Iowa and Nebraska, the
Special reached Worthington, Mimi, late
Saturday evening" the 22d ult., and spent
Sunday there. rousing gospel temper
ance meeting was held in the Presbyterian
church on Sunday and party rally ON
Monday morning. After a meeting at
Luverne, the train spent a day in South
Dakota, closing with a splendid rally at
Brookings in the evening. The next day
rallies took place at Benson, Breckenridge,
Fargo and Halstad and the party ran to
Crookston for the night. The next day
meetings were held at Crookston, Ada,
Lake Park, Detroit, Wadena, Hennng, and
a great evening meeting in a tent at Fer
gus Falls, preceded by torchlight pro-
cession. At Ada the rally was in con-
nection with the county fair. At Wadena
business was practically suspended. After
night run to St. Paul the day was
spent in that city. The students of
Manchester College heard inspiring ad-
dresses at chapel. Twin City Prohibition
lists wed with each other in showing their
distinguished visitors the center of the
universe. A great rally took place at
the st. Paul Auditorium on the evening
of the 9th, about 1000 people being pres
ent. The train left the city at 2:3O a.
m. and at 8 a. m. a rOusing meeting took
place in the opera house at Fairmont.
This was followed by a street meeting at
Blue Earth City, a short meeting at the
Winnebago City depot, a large rally at
the Mankato depot and a great turnout
at the court house hall, Owatonna. Here
two nights before, at the temperance an
niversary of the M. E. Conference, in ses-
sion here, Rev. C. B. Mitchell, D. D., of
Minneapolis, had charged Mr.. Woolley
with being maligner of the church. Mr..
Dickie replied to the charge, easily con-
vincing the audience, which thundered its
serving, canteen protecting President is
not the Church of God After excellent
meetings at Northfeld and Pennington,
Minneapolis was reached, where 5000 peo-
pie gathered in the Exposition building to
hear the Prohibition gospel. On the fol
lowing morning the Special train started
through Wisconsin and Sunday was spent
in Chicago.
At large share Of the towns the party
was met by brass bands. At nearly every
students gave the train royal welcome
with cheers and college yells. This was
notably true in the case of Pillsbury
Academy, Hamlne University and
Manchester, St. Olaf's and Carleton col
leges.
presidential party on a part or the whole
of their trip through Minnesota were Mr..
and Mrs. c. w. Dorsett, Mr.. and Mrs. c.
M. Way, II. G. Neal, Mrs. E. A. Russell,
G: A; Fowble, D. W. Doty, F: Sc: R; McMani-
Leedy,- J.. NJ. Elan. W.: j.. Dean, J. H:
Fitz, ]. D. Engle, w. P. Cobb, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. c. Houghtaling, B. B: Haugan,
C. o. Winger, Chairman Geo. w. Higgins
and daughter Maude, Sec. w. G. Calder
wood and wife, and We editor and his wife.
The second trip was through Indiana,
Ohio Kentucky and Tennessee. On the
9th inst. the party was back in Chicago
for a great rally, both Handel Hall and
the First M. e. Church being used for
the occasion. Then the train ran through
Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jer-
sey. and New York, immense rallies taking
sey City. Delaware and Maryland were
next reached and several other states are
on the schedule between now and election.