Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1904-12-01
Vertebrae.

The next Worlds w. C. T. u. conven-
ton will be held at Boston.
The National Committee is in session
at Chicago as we go to press
If your address has been changed to a
rural route, please advise us, giving us
both your old and new address
Miss Helen Gould, accompanied by five
Vassar students, recently visited a New
York City mission, and heard fifty re-
formed drunkards testify to the blessings
of their new life. She spoke briefly.
We are in quite frequent receipt from
our subscribers of circular letters sent
them by various liquor firms offering to
furnish them with their wet goods. The
both commercially and politically.
Miss Jessie Garvin, formerly of Min
nesota, and young lady of growing
platform ability, has married an Illinois
Prohibition preacher. We are sorry we
do not know his name, but extend our
hearty congratulations just the same.
We have on hand thirty copies of the
Prohibition Year Book for 1904. The
price is Is cents. You can have them
now for nickel apiece, postpaid. Most
another and that's saying a good deal.
Add nickel when renewing.
The liquor men having put up fight on
j. III. Heinz of "57 Varieties" fame, be-
~cause of the announced contribution of
$4,000 by him to the Anti Saloon League,
the Heinz people positively state that no
such contribution has been made. Now,
we would like to know who is lying.
General Davis, judge advocate of the
army, will soon write the Twin City
councils requesting them to increase the
distance limit for saloons around Fort
Smelling to two miles instead of one, as it
is now. The same request will be made
of other cities near which there are mill
tary reservations.
Bishop w. F. Mcdowell is president Of
the board of managers of the new tenn
perance society of the M. e. Church.
Nine Of its fifteen members are known
members of the Prohibition party. The
board has decided to give the name, "The
White Shield League" to the organiza-
tions of Sunday schools effected by the
society.
Geo. A. F1ewell, North Dakota State
Chairman, and Sec. Taylor Bennett HAY
ing resigned, the State Committee has
elected Geo. Schlosser, Mayville, Chair
man, and Prof. H. III. Aaker, Fargo, Sec
rotary. Prof. Aaker was our candidate
for Governor in the recent campaign. He
is believed to have doubled the vote Of
his predecessor.
In one neighborhood in Fayette coun-
ty, Pa, there are not a dozen voters
within two miles who do not vote the
Prohibition ticket. One can travel three
miles on a thickly settled highway In
another part Of the county where every
man is Prohibitionist. A borough
where saloons are playing havoc with the
boys gives u.s. a big majority.
The Hamilton bill, providing for state
hood for Oklahoma and Indian Territory,
which has passed the house of representa-
tives, and is now pending in the senate,
utterly ignores the explicit agreement
made by the national government years
ago with the five civilized tribes to main
tain strict laws against the introduction,
sale, barter or giving away Of liquors.
The bill should be defeated.
No proofs were presented Of the truth
of the charge made at the last session of
Congress that the International Reform
Bureau had improperly used congress
sional franks on literature sent out by
the Bureau in the interest of the Hep
burns olliver bill. The Committee there
fore directed that the reports of the
public hearings held by it on that bill
should be published with all such char
ges stricken out.
announcement that $2,21S are due it on
back subscriptions. It's editor, Wiley J.
Phillips, of whom the world is not worthy,
has been , working night and daK 1--WE have
and has, besides, led the crusade which
resulted in the closing and razing to the
ground of the notorious "cribs' Of Los
ton which his heroic efforts and sacrifices
have awakened, there is due him ON
BACK SUBSCRIPTIONS $2,21s!
j. FL. Campbell, treasurer Of the Iowa
Antf-Saloon League, has resigned his po-
sition. He says that organization has
continually declared its intention to op-
pose liquor men in the old parties, and to
support clean men instead. He declares,
however, that the league has not been
true to its principles. He especially pro-
tests against the editorial treatment given
by The Dial to the recent letter of L. s.
Coffin, state president of the league,
which announced his withdrawal from the
Republican party and his intention to
vote for Swallow for president.
The home Of Elmer e. Thomas, attor-
ney for the Omaha Civic Federation, was
we'll nigh blown to pieces recently. He
and his family escaped almost miracu-
lousy. Mr. Thomas had been prosecut-
ing saloon keepers for keeping open on
Sunday. Great indignation exists, and
large rewards are offered for the capture
Of the criminals. This is all right as fan
as IT goes. It is harmless way of spend