Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1904-03-01

this number as pertains to the Legisla-
tive District Campaign.
You are missing it if you haven't copy
of the Prohibition Year Book for 1904.
Order of Backbone. Is cents, postpaid.
The Minneapolis Conference of w. G. T.
Unions is petitioning the street railway
company to stop advertising liquors IN
its cars.
washington Prohibitionists held a
State Convention and raised $3.50 for
state work Party matters are looking
up there.
We have still limited supply. of our
No-License number which we mail, post
paid, to one or separate addresses, at
cent a copy.
In nine wards of Philadelphia where the
Prohibition party had candidates for
school directors, twenty one Of the NOM
inees were women.
There will be twenty state confer
ences and oratorical contests IN Marcn
and April under the auspices OF colleSe
Prohibition leagues.
The blind-piggers of Willmar, whose
cases have been pending so long, have
finally had their trial and most OF them
have been convicted.
Minneapolis Prohbiti9nis Wo have e for
gagged eloquent it '9 4be First Baptist
church, Sunday, April 10, at $3.50 p. m.
Now work!
Plaster the state with Prohibition
truth Secretary Calderwood has LOT
of new posters and dodgers. Send aim
some postage for samples at 7O2 sykes
Blk, Minneapolis.
Rev. E. M. Martin. assistant pastor OF
the Lewis avenue Congregational Church.
New York City, has resigned because OF
the admission of a wine merchant 10
church membership.
1.-THE Prohibition Band-wagon," Back
bose'' and 200 other splendid Proh1oltlon
songs in F'illmore's Prohibition songs. O 81
sale at Backbone office. Limp cover 20
cents. Boards, IS cents
line of party matter appeared in our NO,
License number. But our bones ached
and we are glad to again be at liberty to
tell the whole truth as we see 1t.
State Chairman Jones of Pennsylvan1a
will hold county convention almost daily
until the date of the state convention IN
June J. H. Hector, the 'Black Knight,
and his Jubilee Singers accompany him.
The following nominations for the he
legislature have } }omst eSen countyj
Brooks Hitchings; Fifth District Gill.
more) A. r. Hungerford; Ninth DlstrlcI
(Freeborn) F. E. Noble.
One of the planks in the platform OF
Akron, Ohio Prohibitlonlsts, reaos: we
good party be elected to power, because
bad party will compel good men to 40
it's bidding" poo,,
for 1904 is packed full of facts and argu-
ments against the saloon and for Prohl-
bition with party behind it as the m neIa-
cd for overthrowing the saloon. Oroer
of Backbone 15c postpaid.
The National w. c.. T. U. says, We
caution the public against accepting any
medicines advertised as White Ribbon
medicine. The woman's Christian Tenn,
perance Union does not manufacture, sell
or indorse any medicine
a
ton of travelling men, is. NO motel IN
America supporting bar in its establish
ment will receive the patronage OF the
Gideons Of this country y:.1 Iney nave
closed rs hotel bars In Wisconsin.
Enclosed find a list Of eight names In
compliance with your generous offer we
wish you God speed in your earnest work
for the determination Of the saloon. Much
is accomplished through temperance 1I1:as liter
ature" Miss M. Dudley, Utica.
Enclosed find a list of subscribers.
Each one is a member of the w. c: r. u
and paid her own subscription. think
your paper a good one and pass 1T on as
soon as have 5 r1 p " c. ha A. g. "a00
The state convention of the North Da-
kota Enforcement League was held at
Grand Forks Feb 23. $1,000 was pledged
and a secretary will be put into the field.
R. B. Griffith, Grand Forks, was reflect
ed president and Rev. C. A. Mcnamara,
Lakota, secretary.
President Colvin of the intercollegiate
Prohibition Association has completed the
organization Of twelve new leagues at
the most important colleges and universt-
ties of Tennessee. Vanderbilt, at Nash
vile, the largest university in the South,
is one Of the number.
Irwin and Lake Preston, s. D., have
shut out the saloon. Bryant voted for
license. Volga and Arlington will not
vote on the question this year, the no
license forces thinking it useless to
make contest in the first place and
the liquor forces in the second.
DR.. w. A. Powers is our candidate for
Mayor Of st. Paul. His name heads a
practically complete ticket The arduous
labor Of securing 500 sworn signatures to
the petition of each candidate to have his
name put on the official ballot has been
cheerfu1ly performed and a vigorous cam
paign is now on.
The Great Western Construction Co. will