Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1902-11-01
Vertebrae.


health
less attack on prohibition He favors
municipal ownership of saloons and their
Improvement
The Ramsey county ticket polled from
the vote given Jorgen Nelson for county
commissioner.
The three proposed amendments to the
constitution of the state and the gross
earnings tax law failed to receive enough
votes to adopt them
F. w. Emerson, who has made a gal
liant fight for governor in Kansas, will
now enter larger field under the au-
spices. of the National Committee
If you would get ten of your neighbors
reading of Backbone they wouldn't be
any less likely to vote with you next
time.
On Dec. the Province of Ontario will
Of 1902. The act goes to the extent of
the jurisdiction of the Province in prohib
iting the liquor traffic.
The lady managers Of the St Louis
Expo ask that authority be given them
over all shows or exhibits in which wo-
should be granted.
The Iowa supreme court recently ruled
that sale Of liquor is made when it Is
delivered The exp nave
by their agents in prohibition counties.
The retail liquor dealers, in national
convention. declared in favor OF the army
eanteen Yet it was constantly claimed ned
. were in league to abolish it.
LIE Bissonet, who recently attempted to
kill President Loubet Of France, is con-
fined in an The ha po c1e deh ny
has only an alcoholic record.
The clubs of ten at ten cents each,
secured by members Of the Backbone
Clusters Le ea are th co rag IL send mrs
first to say, "Put me down.
One half of the colleges of the United
States now have Prohibition organlza-
lions, and it is the aim Of the officers
of the national organization to have two
thirds of them organized before the pres
ent college year is over.
The Five Years Meeting of the Friends
Church. which was held at Indianapolis
last month, adopted an appeal to sister
. churches of America for great confer
ence> on the Temperance question to be
held in Washington in March, 1906.
The National Association of Methodist
local preachers, assembled at Philade!-
pIia, adopted resolution urging. their
members to separate themselves from
all organizations and influences that aid
or encourage the license system
A thousand people went to the Omaha
day ahead Of it's opening in order to at
tend the Prohibition conference which
preceded it. It was generally o regarded sare
ment against the saloon.
Ex-senator Ryder delivered an address
at recent banquet Of Minneapolis sa-
loonkeepers on the importance of organi-
cation. If Senator Jack had been little
have emptied his revolver SO promlscu-
ously on a ST. Paul street while INDUCING
in roaring drunk few months ago.
Secretary Calderwood has just been
elected president Of the Minneapolis Dis
afs s unea e 81 tRe
Peoples Lakeside Assembly. G: j.. Mil
Ter, also a Prohib true-blue, was lately
oBp ben Of f M tine Bapt reag
looks as though our Christian young peo-
pie didn't consider it crime to vote
against the saloon.
Several months ago the keepers of the
capito bnildng at Washingfen We're e
victed Of selling intoxicating liquors con-
trary to the laws Of the District Of Co
Iumbia. The Court Of Appeals has freed
are only amenable to the regulations pre-
scribed by the Senate committee on rules
and the House committee on public build
ings and grounds. It is now up to the
people to get redress through their rep
resentatives at Washington.
During the recent campaign the liquor
dealers of Minneapolis sent out to all
candidates for mayor and alderman cir
cular demanding that they make known
to the Association their position on the
liquor question and the stand they pro-
forcement of the liquor laws. Headquar-
ters were maintained in Temple Court
where candidates could meet representa-
tives of the Association. Here's guess
that they didn't need either a commune
cation or an interview in order to know
where the candidates Of the Prohibition
party stood.
A blunder was made in Minneapolis
which cost us nearly our entire city tick
ct and perhaps affected our vote in the
state somewhat. Two Of our men who
hold notarial commissions and were Sc