Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1902-05-01
BACKBONE.

duced an amendment to the army apprO-
pration bill, providing for the expenditure
of $1,0O0,O0O for the construction and
maintenance of post exchanges. This Is
the proposition urged by the religious and
prohibition press, notably by the New
Voice.
Anybody anywhere sendiCg us during
May or until June Is any amount, for any
| thing, whether for himself or Others will,
upon request, receive free either one of our
prohibition buttons, or Saloon Must Co.
pencil. One button or pencil for each re-
mittance not one for each subscription or
renewal sent. .,...... ...-...4-.,..-..
The annual convention of the Minnesota
Intercollegiate Prohibition Association took
place at st. Peter, April p. e. E. Taylor,
of Parker College, Winnebago City, won
first place in the oratorical contest and will
| represent Minnesota in the national contest
at Lincoln, Neb, June 4. Mr.. Taylor was
also elected president. Secretary Calder
wood addressed the convention.
1t will be remembered that the Prohibi-
ton party carried Venango county, Pa, last
fall. At the February election it had can
| dldates in 80 of Sc precincts. In 1899
Oil City, in that county, gave our can
didate for mayor IS votes. This year Mr..
Kramer received for the same office $50
votes. In Franklin the vote increased in
two years from 80 to go received by Mr.
Gill for mayor
James Regur, staunch party Prohib-
zionist, was elected alderman at Delevan.
Ill. The campaign was a novel one. Mr.
Regur, finding that his opponents were
passing out cigars and other Inducements
bought lot of bread tickets and scattered
them throughout his ward. Such a thing
has not been heard of since the Lincoln
campaign in 1860, when sacks of flour
were given out to needy families.
The Young Peoples Prohibition League
of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania
held its fifth annual convention in New
York City on Saturday, April 9Th. The
convention eclipsed any previous conven-
ton and was grand success in every way.
An oratorical contest occupied the even
ing. Chas. H. Victor won the gold medal.
This organization is squarey committed to
the Prohibition party and is doing great
and growing work.
A fight is on in Congress to clean up
the government protected saloon on Ellis
Island, N. Y. City, where many immigrant
families stay several days. An investigator
reports that on the official ferry boat which
he took no cargo was carried except 12O
dozen bottles of beer. In the outside res
taurants used by visitors one might have
milk, coffee or tea instead of beer, but at
the lunch counters used by the immigrants
there was no milk, tea or coffee to be had,
but beer in abundance.
Arrangements are we'll under way for the
Prohibition Assembly at Prohibition Park,
Heiberg, June 1916. On the 18th at 1 80
p m: will take place the great triangular
political debate. J. Adam Bede will repre-
sent the Republicans Prof VIM Peterson
the Democrats and National Chairman o.
W.: Stewart the Prohibitionists. The N. P.
railway taa has granted a rate of one and
one third fares for the round trip from all
points between Crank Forks, Wadena,
Moorhead and the Park.
The Ewing. ILL.,, Prohibition Trio is doing
good work in that state. Mr. and Mrs.
Beveridge are stirring Nebraska with
speech and song. Volney B. Gushing is
also stumping that state. National Sec
rotary Tate and the Meneleys have been
will be there late this month. The month
will also see him at work in Washington,
Illinois, lows, Nebraska, Kansas, Michigan
ton, Of Pennsylvania, is putting the Bloom
ington, I'LL, district into fine shape.
When a person makes a pledge to the
State Prohibition Committee or to Back
bones Free Circulation Fund, we send him
OF her copy of the paper free for the
first year, and continue it thereafter at his
or her expense unless it is ordered STOP
ped We assume that those who are suffi-
GENTLY interested to contribute toward the
expense of the work will want their state
paper permanently and will be willing to
pay for it. We mark this item in the
papers sent this month to a considerable
number of contributors to one or both of
these two funds, and especially request
them to notify us if they desire their copy
stopped at expiration.