Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1904-05-01
Vertebrate.

Prof Chas. Scanlon is speaking in the
state Of Washington.
The Kentucky Patriot is the name Of
a new monthly state paper.
Ohio Prohibitionists expect the great
est convention ever held by them on the
goth.
A. G. Wolfenbarger. Of Lincoln, n Me b;
nominee. Wolf is all right
Send today to Secretary Calderwood,.
702 Sykes Blk, for samples of new
posters and dodgers. Enclose little
postage.
The Informer st. Paul, a new Baptist
semi-monthly, is pouring hot shot into
the liquor camp. It supported the st.
Paul Prohibition ticket.
State conventions of the Prohibition
party were held at Emporia, Kan, May G
10; Denver, Colo.,a II; Laramie, Wyo., II;
and Wilmington, Del, II.
We have still on hand SO copies of the
Prohibition Year Book for 1904. You ought
to have one Of them for use during this
campaign. Price, 15c, postpaid.
The Illinois convention will be a record
breaker. The Cook county delegation, 400
strong, will go by. special train. Several
delegations will bring band or quartette.
The Prohibition party has five able men
in the field in Oregon. There IS a full
every county. The election occurs in
June.
Reports in the Patriot Phalanx Qndi-
anal show that, although Rev. J. M.
Elan is engaged in other work, he Is
carrying his share of local Prohibition
work.
State conventions of the Prohibition
party will take place at Queensboro,
N. c., May 81; Montgomery, Ala, June 8;
Oswego, N. ". June IA, and Waco, Tex,
Aug. %.
Kingston, Mich, elected every candi-
date on the Prohibition ticket save one
at the April election, which was a warm
contest between the Republicans and Pro-
hibitionists.
The original call for the state conven-
ton has been revised so as to provide
for larger gathering. The corrected APP
portionment of delegates appears in full
in this issue.
Find something to do for our cause, and
do it. Many who can neither write nor
speak can do most effective work by in
Producing our papers into the homes of
their community.
The sale of alcoholic liquors at Port
der heavy penalties. A Russian merchant,
recently convicted on such a charge, re-
ceived fifty lashes.
w. P. F. Ferguson, for five years editor
of the Voice, will take position with the
American University, Hartman, Tenn. A
portion of his time will be given to the
Citizen, the state Prohibition paper. -.
An effort will be made at the general
conference of the M. E. Church, now in
session, to make temperance one of the
regular benevolences of the church, for
which an annual collection shall be taken.
Mrs. Florence D. Richards, Ohio, Mrs.
NJ Y. McMahan, Illinois, and Mrs. Medora
D. Nickel, Nebraska, delegates to the
NJ E. general conference, are also fra
ternal delegates thereto from the Ma
tional w. c. T. U.
A w. c. T. U. oratorical contest be-
tween young men, held just before the
city, election, aided greatly nj in carrying
footed up $34. valuable hint for
thoughtful workers.
Indiana Prohibitionists are pushing and
winning. Marion gave our candidate for
the other ent day en yote
cast, carrying several precincts. At Au-
burn we also received ~ per cent of the
total vote.
The hard fight for the head of the
ticket between ST. Paul Republicans and
Democrats kept the vote of DR.. w. A.
Powers, our candidate for mayor, down
to 266. Our candidates for comptroller,
treasurer and assemblymen received from
431 to 568 votes.
The great breweries of Rochester, N. Y,
have prohibited beer drinking during
working hours. The bosses say the work.
ingmen have averaged about ten barrels
of beer each per year, and have become
''disobedient, careless, Indifferent and in
competent" Strange!
Interstate oratorical contests between
college Prohibition leagues will occur at
Lexington, KY. May 20; Springfield, ILL.,,
26, and Portland, Ore, ~. The three
winners, together with those Of last year,
will meet in the grand national contest at
Indianapolis, June %.
The state committees of South Dakota,
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana
offer prize of $50 for the best Prohi-
bition song, words and music, and $25 for
the best Prohibition words adapted to a
familiar air. Address Secretary Calder
wood at Minneapolis
Mrs. Elizabeth Sutton recently de-
ceased at Milwaukee, left a liberal be-
quest in her will for the erection Of q
building in which ample accommodations
will be afforded free for all the temperance
organizations Of that city.
National Chairman o. w. Stewart has
been re-nominated for the legislature at