Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1900-08-01

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Audiences were very, large. Stewart spok
and Woolley received an ovation. Owe
50 900 was raised in a few minutes
The national convention of the Yount
Peoples Christian Union of the Univer
salist Church. in session at Atlanta, Ga.
urged the duty Of working strenuously fol
total abstinence and prohibition. They re
gard every kind Of license, high or low, al
partnership with the saloon.
w. B. Martin, Republican candidate fol
secretary of state Of Iowa, is the author
of the infamous mulct law which is flood
| ing Iowa with liquor again. But lows
Prohibitionists will be exhorted as usua
to vote with "the only party which ever
did anything for temperance
| election of Saloonist Geo. B. Cox to the
| national Republican committee from Ohio
he has resigned and Chairman Hanna has
written him expressing his appreciation
of his act as an evidence of his loyal de
votion to the party's interests.
| The New York state convention met al
Utica July "a. Woolley, Stewart and Stan
ley B. Roberts, the last named of Mime
apolis and formerly of the Empire state
spoke. A full ticket was nominated, head
ed with w. T. Wardwell for governor. a
campaign fund of $1,000 was raised.
| Give us political unity on the part Of
Christian voters, and a rising generation
| of total abstainers and law lovers AM
prohibition will not only triumph in Kan
sas, but it will spread to all the othel
states and soon be the law of the entire
nation.-Rev. Chas. M. Sheldon.
| John G. Woolley dislocated his shoulder
| the other day, but he is up and at it
Stewart thinks he will beat Mr.. Bryan's
! long distance record of four years ago
He is now in the East. In the first hall
of September he will visit Colorado, Utah
Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California ant
Texas.
foul beast to the dust before it can g1
forward to victory. It must do it in sell
| defense, or confess defeat. or be defeated
No land was ever broad enough for {
triumphant Church Of Christ and a tri
umphant saloon of Satan at the same
time.-C. N. Howard, founder Prohibition
| Union or CHRISTIAN Men.
The command to seek first the kingdom
of God and His righteousness means tina
at election moral issues should be helt
paramount to financial issues, and thai
Christian voters should stand, first of all
for righteous princiL les which, if enacted
into law, would promote the kingdom O,
God on earth.--IoWa Commonwealth
Robert ]. Hall, secretary National Retail
Liquor Dealers Association, reported tt
the Minnesota state convention that
lowing to political circumstances" it was
not possible to secure reduction Of tn,
war tax from the recent session of Con
gress, but that he had ''ample assurances
that the desired relief would be given tt
the trade" at the December session. All
The fact may as well be recognized
first as last, that the overwhelming ma
| jority of American Observation-Disclosures
preachers, elders, deacons, class-leaders
Sunday-school SUP erintendents and teachers
and EndeaEos .ef5eials,. .wftt THE RANK an.
file of the. voting: etureH ::hsnabarship-
have tacitly. agreed that III 'afl genera
political issues. meal consideratiohs Shall
mot be. oararhdunt. ..chris:.iap.. Standard.
The prayer Of Hawaii, to have prohibit
ton of the liquor traffic inserted in tn,
bill rassed by Congress, was not granted
Instead clause was substituted providin,
that the sale Of liquor shall be accordin.
to such regulations as the legislature O.
the island shall adopt. This means tina
the saloon will go on until the Prohibition
party goes in.
am slow to criticise the head of ou
government, but when man breaks hi
vow of total abstinence as a Methodist
when he puts the bottle to his neighbor
lips by spreading liquor before his guests
when he nullifies law which Congress
passed to destroy the canteen saloon ant
thus tempts the nations soldiers to drunk