Backbone., 1901-09-01


sold out his business and will begin al
once. Mr. Rud is always a winner. Tht
addition of two such men to our field force
means much for our cause.
Gov. Devine, in his message to the North
Dakota legislature in January, 1901, said
"There is less liquor drinking in North Da.
kota, less crime the outgrowth of it's sale
and use, less suffering resultant from the
traffic, and therefore more public and pri
vate good. All of this should stimulate it's
better enforcement
Chief Of Police Knight of Evanston, Ill.
no-lcense city near Chicago, has secured
the agreement of the brewers to sell ne
liquor to Evanston blind piggers. The
citizens may however order liquor at the
police station and have it delivered to then
by policemen. Is this to be wholly a gov
ernment for the brewery and by the brew
cry?
DR.. Parkhurst, who has so fought cor
ruption in New York city, now favors the
opening of saloons on at least a part o1
Sunday. He gives as his reason his un
willingness to ALLEVIATE those who are will
ing to support reform ticket, but will not
NOlc lOI SuCu ClChSI IL lucy USllcFS lila
an energetic effort will be made to keeI
the saloons closed tight all day Sunday.
Mrs Gov Jenkins of Oklahoma has beer
territorial evangelstic superintendent fol
several years, is a preacher of the gospel
and an active w. c. r. U. worker for suf
frage. Before her husbands inauguration
she published a card stating that there
would be no wines or liquors at thu
inaugural banquet, and that she and hel
husband would not lead the grand march a
the inaugural ball.
The Ida Grove (Iowa) district conference
of the NJ f. church resolved that unless
| Cummins, the notorious whiskyite nom
mated by the Republican party for cover
nor, shall give satisfactory pledges as tt
his future action, it's members will use
every honorable endeavor to compass the
defeat of the head of the Republican ticket
and rebuke the pretentious and usurpins
spirit of the liquor forces
Rev. F.. e. Dawson, now pastor of the
Sioux Falls IS. d. Free Baptist church
will soon give his entire time to the edi
torial conduct of the New Herald. State
Chairman Whpple is business manager
AAAS
| new state will forge to the front at a tre
mendous rate if the Prohibitionists of the
state will rally to the support of theil
splendid paper-and stay rallied.
Massachusetts, Prohibitionists met at Bos
ton on the I'd inst. More accredited dele
gates were present than for years. Enthu
siasm ran high. A single issue platform
was adopted. A strong ticket was named
headed by John B. Lewis, Jr., of Reading
great ratification rally banquet and re
ception was held in the evening. Sheriff
Pearson of Portland received an ovation
Chairman Stewart was also present.
In a recent Parliamentary debate, Mr.
Ritchie, English home secretary, said tha
he was not exaggerating when he said thai
the great majority of crimes which CAM
before him at the home office in connection
with violence to the person, had been traced
to drunkenness. Many of the men and wo
| men who had to expiate their crimes on tn,
scaffold, had been led into the crime the.
had committed by indulgence in drink.
George Klauer Topeka jointist, has JUS
| received the most severe penalty for viola
ton of the prohibitory liquor law ever visit
| ed upon an offender during the twenty-ont
years since the constitutional amendment
was adopted. Justice Disney fined Klaue1
$500, sentenced him to 1850 days in jail
| and placed him under $4,000 bonds to ap
pear in the District Court. He was found
guilty on fifteen counts
1.-THE Truth About the .Canteen Con
spiracy Unmasked" is an up-to-date pamph
let of 80 pages. 1t should be in the hands
of all who propose to take a hand in the
fight which the liquor men will make at the
next session of Congress for the repeal OF
the anti-canteen law. Societies and work
ers can do no better work than to supply
copy, So per 100 National Temperance So
ciety, and 5 West 18th ST., New York City
Sylvester Green of Keystone. w. Va, haG
been playing cards, lost his money, and al
| midnight returned home in an intoxicated
condition. He began pounding on the from