Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1902-04-01
Vertebrate.


St. Paul Prohibitionists have a full
ticket in the field, headed by ]. III. Fitz for
mayor.
Wisconsin won Chairman Stewards prize
of $50 offered to the first state to organize
100 Prohibition Alliances.
The Minnesota Total Abstinence Associa-
ton (Scandinavian) is again preparing for
a campaign in favor Of county option.
A bill is before congress barring anyone
addicted to drink from entering or remain
ing in the military service of the govern
ment.
Chicago Prohibitionists had 40 candi-
dates in the field at the city election just
held. The ticket received about $500
votes as against $500 year ago.
Hennepin county Prohibitionists held
banquet, convention and rally on the even
ing before the State Convention opened
Simpson Ely and Rev. A. A. Graves spoke
On the I'd inst ten prominent ladies
wrecked an Eddyville, Neb., joint. They
were masked, but are known. Public SEN
ClmenC among Tie DeSI people Is Will
them.
Our hatchet cut is used through the
courtesy of John Danner, Canton, Ohio. He
publishes a large variety Of illustrated
Prohibition leaflets Ten cents will bring
over SO samples
Hereafter employees of the Burlington
road will be prohibited from drinking
either on or off duty. similar order has
dried up twenty-five saloons on the Union
Pacific road in the last month.
At the Blue Earth county convention
Mrs Lowell declined election as a delegate
to the state convention. She said that un-
til women could vote she preferred to leave
all the other political honors and duties to
the men.
Send us dime for "A Political Fool"
read it, show it to your neighbors and take
his subscription for Backbone and the
Fool" "a quarter for BOTH). They may
win him to the party. Then won't you be
glad?
The National Protective Association, Or
ganized in 1886 to oppose prohibition, has
lows have not yet heard that prohibition
increases rather than lessons the sale Of
liquor
Representative Littlefield has introduced
bill in Congress for the adoption of the
New Voice proposal of a year ago to pro-
vide an extra ration for the soldiers, to
take the place of the profits of the beer
selling of the old canteen DAYS.
The National Oratorical Contest of the
intercollegiate Prohibition associations
will be held at Lincoln, Neb., in the after
noon and evening of Wednesday, June 4.
A dozen or more states will be represented,
Minnesota and North Dakota among them.
At the close of the convention the new
state committee met and organized by the
reelection of Chairman Higgins and Secre-
tary Calderwood. Geo. F. Wells was con-
tinued as editor and manager of Backbone
Several matters of Importance were con-
sdered.
On the 25th ult. Miss Blanche Boise, de-
scribed young handsome and wealthy,
horsewhipped Mayor Parker, Of Topeka, for
not enforcing the prohibitory law. She
holds the officials responsible for murder
committed in Topeka joint few days
previously.
DR.. Jas. w. Ford, principal Of Pillsbury
Academy, says: "Put Backbone into homes
where there are boys and girls and some of
it's truths will stick" He practices what
he breaches, having recently given us
pledge for SO, which will pay the expense
of reaching 70 homes for year.
About a million householders in England
have been canvassed to ascertain their
views on Sunday saloon closing. A ma
jority Of 70 to 1 favors it. OF 1900
workingmen in SO shops 10000 were in
favor of Sunday closing, 1,19O opposed and