Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1905-11-01

Returns of the straight Prohibition
party vote have not been received to
any great extent although, as we go
to press, it is known that a consid-
cradle number of our local tickets in
several states have been successful.
Prohibitionists need not withhold their
rejoicing on that account however
They have put up a splendid fight in
eleven states and in many counties
and municipalities they have chal-
lenged clean citizenship to rally for
a determined struggle with it's chief
foe, the legalized saloon.
We rejoice also in the general tenor
of the election returns. 1t has been
many years since a campaign has
\ been waged along moral lines to the
same extent and there is nation
wide feeling that Nov. 7th witnessed
one of the great moral landslides of
our POLITICAL history. Graft and
Doodle were in number of important
instances pushed to the wall and that
too, not only in defense of the pecun-
larry rights of the people but also
because the conscience of the nation
had been aroused to higher political
ideals.
The Prohibition party and the en-
emies of the saloon generally bore
prominent and brave part in winning
these battles. VIM. H. Berry was
elected Treasurer of the great state
of Pennsylvania. He was formerly a
member of the Prohibition party but
went to the Democratic party on the
silver issue. He has, however, never
ceased to openly and 'bravely oppose
the saloon. He came before the
Prohibition state convention this year
and declared that so far as it's plat
form characterized the saloon, the
half has not been told" He had
previously said at the Prohibition con-
vention of his own county this year
that if he ever got a chance at the
saloon he would smite it. His nom
inationa was endorsed by the Prohibi-
tionists as we'll as by the Lincoln
independent Republican, party. The
saloonists have labored as eagerly to
defeat him. The State Liquor Fedora
ton covered the state with quotations
from his radical record on the saloon
issue and the Liquor Dealers Associa-
ton of his county appealed frantica[
" to every friend of the trade" to
snow him under. They declared that
they were absolutely certain that
his elevtion would prove detrimental
to the liquor dealers and be STEP
ping-stone toward prohibition which
would force thousands of our col
leagues out of a lawful business in
Pennsylvania" These gentlemen of
the white apron are now respectfully
referred to the employment offices
for, as sure as death, the prohibition
which they dread is coming. Penn
sylvania, which Roosevelt carried by
100000 majority, has elected Berry by
a majority of nearly 100000 over the
Republican machine candidate.
Hon. Homer L. Castle, Prohibition
candidate for Justice of the Superior
Court of the keystone state, dug UP
new counts in the terrific indict-
ments of the machine which DR..
Swallow attacked SO prave1y seven
and eight years ago. Castles exposes
and his whirlwind campaign contrib
uteds nightly to the overthrow OF the
corrupt Republican machine. He has
received over 100000 votes on the
straight Prohibition ticket.
While the fight in Ohio ragged large
ly around bossism, it must not be
forgotten that Geo. B. Cox OF Cincin-