Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1904-09-01


swallow. Many speakers are in the field
John e. Gill has been nominated for
Congress in his district. He is wealthy
oil man, who has succeeded in carrying
| his county for Prohibition and putting
more than 200 party Prohibitionists in Of
i flee. He has been chairman of the Ven
ango County Committee for eighteen
years.
and call the attention of your neigh
bors to their sexcellencies. They are not
like the platforms of the steam and cleo
| trio lines, merely something to get In
| of our leaders and the honest beliefs Of
| our intelligent rank and file They are
principles which will govern the party
when it gets to power.
| Bishop J. N. Fitzgerald of the M E.
church addressed q Prohibition party
meeting at Asbury Park, N. j., the other
night He said among other things, IT
am here because desire to be here.
one of your number. There is no ques-
ton at issue between the two dominant
parties except that which declares, This
| fellow has been in office long enough
and the other, This fellow ought never to
get into Office"
Very soon after his nomination for
President, the Franklin (Pa.) News pub
lished venomous and libel attack upon
DR.. Swallow. Very soon thereafter it re-
| tracted the statements therein made 1t
| is known that on receipt of copy Of the
paper containing the attack, Dr. Swallow
wrote the News demanding retraction
and apology for the libel and adding that
no matter how complete such retraction
and apology might be. it would not ex-
onerate the News from criminal prosecu-
| ton for libel if DR.. Swallow should choose
| to prosecute. He is the Fighting Par
| son. for sure.
The Chicago Tribune has made a par
| tial canvass of Chicago to ascertain how
| men are going to vote this year. Fifteen
brewers were interviewed: Four years
ago two of them voted for Bryan and the
remainder for Mckinley. But this year
| fourteen will vote for Roosevelt and one
for Debbs. Bartenders and saloonkeep-
welt and two thirds for Parker. The min
| listers interviewed were classified as fol-
| lows: Roosevelt So, Parker %, and Swal-
low AZ. The totals indicate that whereas
| ct last year, lat will vote for Swallow
this year.
Quincy Lee Morrow is at work in Colo
rado this month. He will spend October
in South Dakota. He debated with Sen
| Senator Stone of Missouri, Democrat, at
the Auburn, Neb., Chautauqua on Politi-
cal day. He reports cheering outlook:
| the National Committee will spend most
of his time until election on the stump.
He represented us in a triangular debate
at the Fullerton Assembly. G.. N. How
stanchfield Democrat at the Livingston
County picnic, New York.
Illinois has 300 speakers, paid and vol
unteer, at work. Robert III. Patton,
gubernatoria1 nominee, has made over so
speeches and is booked for afternoon and
evening addresses almost daily until cleo
ton. E. w. Chafin-he of the big voice,
and candidate for attorney general says
that great number of Bryan Democrats
will vote with us this year. A number
Of candidates are working hard to keep
Chairman Stewart company in the legis-
lature The Chicago Legislative Voters
League advises Independent voters to
vote the Prohibition ticket where the
Most of the campaign meetings are held
out of doors.
Texas has just held the greatest and
most enthusiastic convention in the his
tory Of the party in that state. More
paign. Judge ]. H. Ccyclone) Davis was
among its leaders, having been until re-
Gently perhaps the most influential Pop
ulist in the Southwest He explained his
in these words: IT have changed my
party affiliations simply because I pre-
ferred to vacate my party rather than
four years the Prohibition party Of Texas as
| has grown from 1900 votes to almost 9, 900
cast in 1902. This will be greatly in
creased in November and it is believed
that number of candidates will be elect
ed.
| N. j. Gazette: OF what avail is it to
say the presidential nominees are Chris
tan men? Christian men running for Of
flee are entitled to the support of other
Christian men so long as they advocate
and support that which the Christian
Church commends. When these Christian
nominees support measures which the
/ Christian Church condemns they lose all
claims on Christian voters. Neither
President Roosevelt nor Judge Parker is
in favor Of prohibition. They are both
license men and favor license measures
and have been nominated by license-fa-
voring parties and stand on platforms
bition. The proper place for every
Christian voter Is In the party that NOM
mates Christian men to stand on plat
whose party leaders are Of personnel