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Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1905-06-01
Editorial
AN ANTIDoTE FOR INDIGO.

occasionally one COluoS III CoAIoS'
with a Prohibitionist whose color RI
walls the azure of the sky. He is dis
couraged, doubling, and respondent.
He is the rare exception, however.
A reformer is usually full OF faith
and fight Whatever occasion there
may have been for encouragement
in past years, there is none now. The
casual observer can but note the gath
ering storm of popular hostility to the
saloon. The defiant mutterings OF the
traffic are aroused by the activity OF
it's enemies.
Last year Minnesota Prohibitionists
concentrated their chief effort on the
legislature. The result was a gain
over the entire legislative territory
covered of nearly 800 per cent. In
Illinois the legislative vote was nearly
as great as the total Prohibition vote
for President throughout the United
States. Illinois undoubtedly elected
five men to the legislature; three OF
these were counted out. Alonzo b.
Wilson made the contest and won his
seat by 533 votes.
The old party press is grasping the
situation. The most thoughtless
readers have been noting this during
the past two or three years. The Los
Angeles Express, probably the most
influential paper in southern Cantor
MIA. saws in a recent editorial:
mo question ever is settled until 1t IS
settled right. The nO-Saloon moVeHlens.
will not down. Right, reason, justice and
humanity all decree that the saloon must
20. and go it will. If the agitation now
Under way does not result in the closing
of every saloon in Los Angeles at this
time, it will be renewed again ana again
until right triumphs and the crime ao-
ducing, misery preeolns piaoeS DIV
..Manv business men declare they 90
not believe the closing of the saloons VIII
in lure the business interests OF Los An
geles but still are Of the opinh1o I9rtf fna' me
.sIf agitation hurts business, then every
business man should enroll himself on the
right side of the cause, ana tnaC Is fi ne
no-saloon side. IT. the saloons, IN n t h4s
Angeles are not closed as result OF TINS
election they will be closed next year; OF
the year after, or the year after mat:
The issue, like Banquos ghost, Will not
down..
s.Every argument is against the saloon
and none in favor of it. Viewed from
any standpoint, it's influence is hurt1ui
to the community and TO the lnolVlu ,s.l.
EVERY home is menaced by it and every
business interest threatened by it. Go 1t
must, and go it will
In it's news columns, the Evening
Wisconsin, published in the town that
beer has made Infamous, states that
the campaign issue of 1906 in the State
of Wisconsin will be the liquor ques-
ton.
Here is sympathy to the blue Pro-
hibitionist: Cheer up, good friend,
the tide is turning; wake up, the day
is breaking.
"Behold the dawn lights up the East,
The morning stars with gladness glis-
ten,
Gods better day sweeps through the
gray,
Lean out your souls and listen"
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1905-06-01

ness. There is therefore, no question in
this case of the power of the Legislature
to say generally what beverages men shall
drink or what they. shall eat or. wear or
when they should rise up or retire The
discussion must deal solely with a ,di-
stinct article of trade, which already has
earned a certain measure Of reproach
among civilized peoples.
1T is true that intoxicating liquors may
be devoted to sacramental, medical, sci
entific and mechanical uses, all conducive
does not remove the stigma which. has
been fixed upon them. intoxicating liquor
is intoxicating liquor still, whether it be
employed before the altar, at the bed
side, in the laboratory, in the manufact-
DRY or in the saloon. 1t is still prolific
source of disease, misery, pauperism, vice
and crime
The judges decision touches no
point as to the character of intoxi-
cants which is not admitted even by
the friends of the trade. The premi-
ses upon which the conclusion is
based are undeniable. The conclusion
is good logic, good morals and good
law.
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RUMMIEs GETTING SCARED.

Gov. Hanly last week removed the
Anderson police commissioners be-
cause of their neglect to have the Ii
quor laws enforced, and appointed
new men for the board. This change
of officials at once resulted in change
on the part of saloon keepers, who
concluded it prudent to obey the Sun
day closing law. And this summary
action at Anderson had it's effect in
other cities, number of them re-
porting a "dry" Sunday.
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ed that stage which have been dis
closed within the last four or five
years. Some of the roads were still
under well recognized obligations to
the state or United States government
At that time the Prohibition party
demanded the rigid control of rail
road rates by the general government
Such control could have been easily
comprised at that time, not only to
the saving of a few billions of dollars
to the people, but to the wholesome
discipline of those corporations which
have developed into bold ruffians on
the highways of commerce.
The time to make a revision of
tariff was before the "infant indus
tries" had spread out till they had COW
cred the earth as the waters covered
the face of the deep. These infants,
that were once bad little boys, have
become bluffing, bullying, braggarts,
bidding defiance to all law and aSsum-
ing an air Of aggrieved innocence when
mildly rebuked for greedily eating,
bones and all, their lesser competitors.
The American Economist, the royal
high arch priest of high tariff litera-
ture, the acknowledged "organ" of
protected industries, admits without
blush that foreign consumers buy
American made goods, freight paid,
cheaper than American consumers can
buy goods at the door of American
factories.
Years ago the Prohibition Party de-
manded that tariff schedules be re-
gulated by a non-partisan commission
representing the various sections,
whose proceedings should be public
and whose interests should be suffi-
GENTLY varied to represent the diversi-
fled interests of the Nation. That we
are drifting toward this sane and salu-
tary method is evinced in the fact
that President Roosevelt has boldly
and vigorously advocated such action.
The Dispatch of st. Paul calls at
tentiOn to singular omission on the
part of enemies of the railroad rate
regulation. 1t would seem that the
strongest and sanest objection to gov
ernmental regulation of railroad rates
is to be found in the fact that the pro-
tective tariff boosts the cost of prac-
tically every article of construction
and maintenance from the cross tie
to the whistle on the engine" 1t
would seem that the opposition to rate
regulation might urge the fact that
this would compel high rates but, as
the Dispatch argues, it seems that the
relation between the railroad and the
pampered, protected industries is such
that each is very tender of the inter-
ests of the other.
The extent of these ramifications
may possibly be the better understood
when it is remembered that mayor
Weaver of Philadelphia was unable
to secure a single prominent attorney
in that city of nearly million-and-a-
half people who was not so closely al
lied with the interests of the corpora
lions that were plundering the people
that he could not ally himself with an
effort to rid the people of their rob-
berry.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1905-06-01

No reform speaker in the. state has
ever received greater attention at the
than that accorded Major J. B. Merwin,
of St. Louis, who is speaking on "Abra-
ham Lincoln, the Reformer." Major. Mer-
win is one of the most charmingly in
teresting men that one could imagine
a gentleman every inch, a scholar of rare
reputation a thinker of independence
and strength, a magnetic personality
and an orator of both polish and power.
Some July dates are still available.
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State Prohibition Committee wants
some loyal, earnest, aggressive young
Prohibitionists for good hard job at
moderate pay. We stand ready to
guarantee living salary to a few ca
pable young men who will agree to de-
vote one or two years to Prohibition
work. We are looking for men who
are not afraid of a hard task, who are
in dead earnest in their hatred of the
saloon and of saloon dominated poll
tics.
Our proposition is worthy the at
tention of those who are now profit
ably employed. Address, with refer
ences, w. G.. Calderwood, Sykes Block,
Minneapolis, MINI.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1905-06-01

The Topeka Daily Herald, the Of
fetal paper of Kansas and of Topeka,
hit it off this way:
"The Kansas City Journal thinks
Sunday saloons are no worse than
weekday saloons. Which is another
way of saying that, if Sunday saloons
ought to be closed, so ought weekday
saloons"
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1905-06-01

Rev. DR.. Rexford, the scholarly
pastor of the First Universalist Church
of Ohio, gives utterance to the follow
ing which he claims is the position Of
the Universalist Church touching the
saloon:
"The first proposition of Universal
ism is the destruction of hell: and as
whiskey creates more hell on earth
than anything else, the destruction of
this evil is one of the essentials in
the realization of this faith. Univer-
salism never can be true as long as
whiskey is bought, sold, or used. Uni
versalism never can be true so long
as the devil is abroad in any shape,
and whiskey is one of those forms in
which he appears in solution, and it
is therefore a necessity that every
Universalist should oppose the whis-
key trade. Therefore, let the devil
and his disciples rage: I will stand for
decency and sobriety"
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1905-06-01

The place for you to preach the
Prohibition gospel is with that old
party neighbOr next door.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1905-06-01

Los Angeles, which had the most
vigorous no-license fight in it's history
and was defeated on June End by
whisky Doodle, is now confronted with
the proposition of establishing a sa-
loon after the Gothenburg system.
They offer to guarantee the city $685.
900 a year as revenue and to devote
all the profit of the business in ex-
cess of $4,000 to public improve
ment. This is but another way of
bribing the public conscience to pro-
teet public crime. While the plan
may be backed by some good people,
it was born in hell, the offspring of
the incestuous union of greed and
avarice. If adopted, it means new
lease of life to the liquor traffic, whose
ransom from the destructive bosom of
a righteous people was purchased at
high cost at the recent election.
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Brief and Brainy

1t is better to belong to a small party
with big principles than a big party
with small principles.
A New York man was arrested and
fined $25 for giving his horse pint
of whisky. They are awfully careful
of their horses in New York City. =
Commoner.
A man cannot nullify bad ballot
with a good prayer. The divine law
as to prayer is that when man prays
one way and votes the other he loses
his prayer. His vote counts.-Hon.
Oliver w. Stewart.
To talk about soul-saving, while at
the same time we consent to allow
this soul-destroying business to go I'M
disturbed, is, to my mind, nothing
short of solemn mockery. Why, if
the Christian church should do moth
ing else during the next ten years
than rid the land of the saloon curse,
she would do more in the line of soul
saving that she is likely to do in the
next century at the rate she is now
going.-Rev. Alfred Smith.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1905-06-01

The Beacon Light, published by the
Prohibition Committee at Brookings,
S. OAK, with bona fide subscription
list of 1900, has been refused second
class rates by the postal depart
ment at Washington on the ground
that the subscription list is not bona
fide This in the face of the fact that
ample proof of the legitimate charac-
ter of the list was furnished. The
square deal" for which this admin
stration presumably stands evidently
does not extend to Prohibition papers.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-03-16
NEW METHOD.
Boilers Are Now Cleaned With Hot
Water.

The "hot we'll" at the local l. c.
shops has been completed and Is now
in use, all boilers washed in the To-
cal shops being washed with hot wa
ter instead of cold as heretofore.
This Improvement has been under
course of construction for same time
and Is invaluable as time saver to
the /. c. when boilers are washed
with cold water the flues are chilled
and often contract and spring
leaks, and moreover 1t requires long
er to get the boiler hot. Warm water
will enable the flues to remain warm
and facilitate raising steam.
The hot water well is well locat-
ed between the blacksmith and ma
chine shops and the exhaust from the
steam hammers is run into II. keep
ing the water at high temperature.
nearly that OF boiling.
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DR.. Shops
Restorative
TO WATER ENGINES
The I. &. VIII Install u New Service
at the Depot.

The !. c. will Immediately install
a complete watering service at the
local passenger depot. This decision
was reached through the inadequate
watering facilities now i'm service.
The fast trains which stop here but
a few moments have to be watered
and there are but few plugs with
which to work. These are small
and often trains are delayed To
avoid any Inconvenience from this
source, the road decided TO put In a
complete system on larger scale,
and the new piping will be four times
the size of the present. The materi-
nj Is expected here within a few days.
and Mr.. Clarence Knowles. superln-
tendent of water works OF the Lou
isville division OF the road. will put
force of men to work on the job
Immediately.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-03-16

weeks ago, when they were playing
at Decatur, Ill.
Hot words were exchanged, and
Murray and Mack have not been ON
speaking terms since. The result is
the decision to part at the end of
their Cincinnati engagement. The
original intention had been 10 con-
tinue til the end of the present sea-
son-in fact, nothing was said when
the season began about separating.
as next September would be the ff-
teenth anniversary of their partner
ship, and il looked good TO continue
for years.
Murray Is a Cincinnati man and
started In life as newsboy selling
Posts. until he went ON the stage
his home was on West seventh ST.
between Central avenue and John 81.
His people now live in Muneie. Ind
aud he expects 10 spend the time
with them tin next season, when he
will star in a musical farce comedy
THE Prince From Princeton by
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STILL AT large.
hank Robbers Have Never Been
Heard From By Officers.

The burglars and safe blowers who
made haul OF over $4,000 at the
Bank of Benton Sunday night are
doubtless gone for good, None of the
clues or theories have led to any ar
rests, aud the first theory, that the
robbers put as much distance as
possible between themselves and the
scene of their operations seem to find
the most favor II is plain that they
were going TO get out Of the neigh
borhOod as soon as possible, which
could not be by walking, and they
consequently must have taken a
train, as II was an easy matter TO do,
considering the fact that they had
about nine hours start.
A farmer In the clark's River sec
tion thinks that possibly one Of the
robbers was woman or man at
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What the Post says of them;

what the Post says of them;
Because of bitter quarrel be-
tween the principals, the theatrical
combination known as Murray ana
Mack, now at the Walnut 81. theater
in "An English Daisy" will be dis
solved Saturday night and the show
disbanded. Notices have been posted
ON the stage Offering members OF the
troupe a rate to New York,
For nearly IS years Charles A.
Murray and Ollie Mack have been
partners on the stage In roaring mu-
steal farce comedy. Their parting Is
as much a surprise as the split-up
in the Weber-Fields or the old-time
Robson Crane combinations.
II is given out that business disa-
greements caused the break between
Murray and Mack, but those ON the
inside say the real cause Is more ro-
mantle. However, details of their
trouble are being kept quiet.
The storm has been brewing for
weeks. But the climax came four
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-03-16
HAD NICkLES
Are Being Passed an the South
Side.

Detectives T. j. Moore and VIII
Baker are working on a counterfeit
ing case in which five cent pieces ng-
ure.
As many as one hundred spurious
five cent pieces have been passed on
grooers and saloon keepers especial
~ on the South Side, during the past
few weeks, and the secret seryiee
men are trying to trace them down
and arrest the eounterfeiters or per-
sons passing them.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-03-16

JOS. n. Gates, author of "The Bag
gage Check and "A Railroad Tick
ct"
Mack will probably appear next
season in Around the Town" a mu-
steal farce, by Murray and Eugene
Walters.
IL was satisfied TO let things con
tinue as they are-the partnership
was good enough for me- said Mur-
ray Wednesday, "but Mack has the
Individual starring bee in his bonnet,
lie wants TO shine all by himself so
We have arranged TO part
'As to our quarrel, we'll, that was
g personal matter"
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New York Woman Crushed BY
Secret Sorrow.
Her Husband Said TO Have Married
Maudc Lambert, 81 the FIoro-
dora Opera Company.
COUNTY CHAIRMAN" ROMANCE.

Two or three stage people we'll
known TO Paducah theatre-goers are
conspicuous figures in n couple of in
teresting events OF recent occurrence.
One is Miss Maude Lambert, who was
seen here as Dolores" in the first
presentation Of Florodora at the Ken
lucky theatre. II appears the tall
ented young actress mother claims
she Is married to Y. J. Quinby. of
New York, and the latter's friends
claim that she is not.
The controversy arose over the
sudden death of Mrs. Quinby at the
Louisville Hotel. She and her little
son arrived there from New York
about Christmas. and had been there
ever since. The woman seemed to
have a great sorrow. and her hus-
band was never there. Suddenly
night before last she died, after tell
ing the doctor that she had great
trouble that was crushing her. She
~ ndiu W huNt bttn ~ hiOot b'dh'ilui
young woman. and no one seemed to
understand why she was there alone.
The rest Is told in yesterdays
Couricr-Journal, as follows:
When Mrs. c. Il. Lambert, of 260
West Fifty-seventh street, New York,
was seen last night by correspond
cnt, she said:
my daughter, Maudc, who Is with
tie Florodora company, now playing
In Philadelphia, was married to +. J.
Qulnby, publisher at i26 Fifth av-
enue. several weeks ago. The woman
who died in Louisville was not my
daughter. My son-in-law Qulnby
never told me that he had been mar
ried before. know nothing whatev-
or of the woman In Louisville"
G. r. Brainard. manager of the +.
]. Quinby company, was seen at the
Hotel Belleclaire, In New York, last
night and said: "F. j. Quinby was
never married to Maude Lambert or
any other actress. His wife. who died
last night in Louisville, was Miss
Adelaide Ormsby. of Hartford, Conn.
She came of an old and well-to-do
Hartford family. Her father IL In
business In New York, but retains
his home in Hartford. Mrs. Qulnby
was twenty-seven years old. and the
body will be taken to Hartford for
burial. and Mr.. Quinby has been on
the road for the company, and to-
day he is in Philadelphia. got him
there by telephone this morning. in
formed him of his wife's death, and
he started for re~sville at once"
A few hours be'yjre her death, Mrs.
Quinby received a letter from New
York actress. who signed her name
Don" The letter recited the fact
that the writer expected to get an ex-
cellcnt position and was of little
consequence. A number of clippings
concerning New York theatricals.
were enclosed. Mrs. Quinby, II is
said. attended nearly every theatrical
performance that was presented in
Louisville while she was here. She
went by herself.
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The other event concerns George
Thatcher, who played the darby in
THE County Chairman" here recent
ly, and zenaide Williams, who play
ed the milliner, who always wanted
to "Shicoogo." The Chicago Tribune
says;
George Thatcher, the Sassafras
Livingston of 1.-THE County Chair
man." and Zenaide Williams, who
enacts the role OF Lorena Watkins.
the village milliner In that comedy,
were married yesterday afternoon at
the sherman house by Justice I'm
derwood, Both appeared later in the
evening performance, having delayed
their honeymoon until the close of
the company's season next week.
Thatcher's first wife died last octo'
Der In New York. leaving her hus-
band $50. 900. He has one daughter,
The bride is the widow of Odell viii
liams. comedian, who died last
year.
Thatcher. who Is 40 years old, Is
well known as a former member OF
the Thatcher. Primrose aud West
minstrel company
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suspicious looking people Sunday
night in the Clark's River section,
The insurance company yesterday
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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-03-16

The Cincinnati Post of yesterday
giyes the following story of the com
ing disbanding of the Murray a
Mack show, which was here last
week II Is beginning TO look as II
these well known comedians are us
ing this gag as a press boom. as
they fight" and threaten TO break up
every few months. Anyway, they are
both we'll known here. and this is