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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-07
FIGHT ON CATALOGUE HOUSES
Kennedy Lends Aid to Commercial Inter-
sStS Against Numbering Nail Boxes
CONGRESSMAN APPEALS TO WASHINGTON
with President Wright of CONNER
ciaI Club He Urges Abolition of
order Issued by POstOf-
ace Department.

Congressman John L. Kennedy has act
vely taken up the cudgel for the whole
ale and retail business men of Nebraska
Many prominent houses and individuals
have written or addressed the congressman
verbally, and he has written the fourth
assistant postmaster general. asking for
suspension of the order numbering free
rural delivery mail boxes. The letter is as
follows.
The merchants, jobbers and commercial
interests of this district and state are pro-
testing vigorously against the enforcement
OF the order issued by you, August Z, last,
ueliVery boxes, and authorizing the de-
livery OF mail by numbers instead OF by
names. The enclosed letters from M u
Smith & Co. E. e. Bruce & Co, and
wright a Wtlhelmy company show the
feeling on the subject. These houses are
among the largest in their line in the west.
The letters from the Commercial club of
Omaha and the Plattsmouth Commercial
club register objections along the same
line. The Commercial club of Omaha has
almost thousand active, energetic mem
bers, who, so far as / can learn, are a
unit In opposition to the order referred to.
The proposed plan will work a great injury
OF TINS western country. ! presume the
department had some reason which was
deemed sufficient for the making of the
order. Be kind enough to tell me what
II was In the meantime / hope the order
Will be wholly suspended until the matter
can be fully investigated,
JOHN L. KENNEDY.
At present this order is in suspension
awaiting the return to Washington of the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-07
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Bee Want Ads Produce Results.
CONVENTION OF 0STEoPATHS
Annual Meeting is Devoted to
e. Discussion and Routine
Business.

The osteopaths of the state held their an
nuai convention yesterday in the rooms Of
the Young Mems Christian association.
Routine business took up the forenoon and
the afternoon was given to addresses OF a
technical character. Two OF the most In
structive addresses were by DIR. c. Il. still
of the Still School of Osteopathy at Kinks
Vile, Mo-. and DR.. c. 4. Thompson head of
the Still college at Des' Moines
Lincoln was chosen as the place for the
next meeting. 1t will be held in September
and the date will be set by the executive
committee.
The former committee on legislation was
instructed to use it's efforts to secure rep
resentation for the osteopaths on the State
Board of Health. The committed was COM
mended for its work during the last session
of the legislature.
Oficers were elected as follows: DIR. c.
b. Atzen, Omaha, president; DR.. Bowers,
Lincoln, vice president; Dr. Runyon,
Seward. treasurer; DR.. c. wv. Farwell,
Omaha, secretary.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-07
building Permits.

Bee Want Ads are the Best Business
Boosters
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-07
UNION TO WAIT ON COUNCIL
Central Labor Body Asks Chance
to Vote on Telephone
Franchise.

At the meeting of the Central Labor
union Friday night a communication was
read from A. p. Hunt of the Independent
Telephone company commencing the action
of the union in advocating the granting
of a franchise to the independent COM
pany. communication was also read
from the Union Collar company urging the
purchase of union made goods by union
men. The former communication was or
dered placed on file and the latter was re-
ferred to the committee on union label
and home industry.
A resolution was unanimously adopted re-
lating to the tabling of the proposition OF
the Central Labor union by the city coun-
Gil of Omaha relative to the submission to
vote of the people the right to be heard
on the question "of interest not only to
organized labor, but to the whole people"
The resolution is as follows:
That we brand the action of the Omaha
city council cowardly usurpation OF the
rights of the people to be heard on the
question of public. franchise or the ex.
clusion of monopoly thereof, and be 1t
Resolved, That we again reahirm our
| faith in the proposition OF submission TO
the people of Omaha the question, of grant
| ing franchise to the Independent Tele-
| phone company, and be II 49,.
Resolved, That the entire membership Of
| this body be added to the committee 20
wait upon the council ana the innlNluuh
members thereof to the end that said or
] dinance be considered and that our commit
, tee be given the right to be heard. 1e.
| This resolution was also adopted' rH
That the statutes of the state of Ne
| braska provide for the submission of the
! initiative and referendum vote or the peo-
| pie on matters of public policy; therefore
| Be it
Resolved, That we ask for the submits
| sion of the statutory provision TO submit
TO the vote OF the people al the coming ing
| whole people may not be thwarted by
| monopoly of the city council.
| The following were elected and obligated
| as members of the Central Labor union:
]. ]. Delehanty and L. o. Plerson from the
| Stationary Firemen's local: Gus Mostler
and Ed belong from the Brewery Workers
local; ]. e. withel H. Anderson and E.
| Olson from the Bridge and Structural
| Iron Workers local
| L. " Guye was elected delegate from
the Central Labor union to the twenty
| fifth annual convention of the American
Federation of Labor to be held at Pitts
burg. Pa, November Is.
The special committee on the differences
between the engineers and laundry work.
ers was given another week to submit its
report.
The organization committee reported that
1t had succeeded in effecting the organiza-
ton of the Federal Labor union and that
there was a good prospect of securing the
organization OF granite cutters local
union.
The announcement was made that Eu-
gene V. Debs would deliver an address on
the labor question at Washington hall on
next Sunday evening.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-07
amount of money due for taxes, together
with the interest due thereon.

NHIIe tAptclIHB SUCH a declslon, The
county attorney and the treasurer are both
well pleased and say that 1t will mean
much to the county. Were the property
upon which taxes are due to be sold to the
highest bidder regardless of whether the
amount bid was more or less than the
taxes, 1t would deprive the county of con-
siderable money and at the same time
boost the game of dealing in tax certih-
Gates.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-07

of securing the funds for the building OF
the hall Mrs Adams, president OF the
National Women's Relief Corps will de-
liver the principal address and at these
exercises General Culver will "also speak. ="
Il shall call upon the people Of Omaha
in a short time" said General Culver, ito
get them to build that armory That
should have been done a long time ago
and I therefore expect little difficulty in
getting the business men interested in the
project"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-07

Building permits have been issued by the
city to the following: Norman Bennett,
]. ID. Fleming, 300 frame dwelling at
ISIS Templeton; Carrie r. Allen, 800
frame dwelling at -424i FaTnam; Louis
Vanous. $1,000 frame dwelling At Eleventh
and Hickory.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-07

the policy 5000. The insurance company
wanted to compromise the matter for about
So 600 less but the plaintiffs would not
agree, and hence the suit. The court ana
court machinery returned to Omaha FRIDAY
afternoon.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-07
MANY children RescueS.

Many children have been rescued by DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consumption.
Coughs and Colds, Soc and 81. Sold by
Sherman & Mcconnell Drug Co.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-07
lincoln Term Ended.

The October term of the federal courts
at lincoln, wound up Friday. with the
trial of the Herpolshehner, against Phoenix
Insurance company case. Suit was brought
against the insurance company on a FIRE
loss at Hastings. Neb., for the face OF
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-07
Mortality statt.tics.

The following births and deaths have
been reported 10 the Board OF Health dur
ing the twenty-four hours ending at noon
Friday:
John Hansen. s2 North Twenty sixth.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-07
" John Johanek, 14l4 South Fifteenth.

Deaths-John Beck, Elkhorn, SO; Ruth
Irene Galloway, 5000 Florence Boulevard,
"a days. James Cook. Thirtieth and Boue-
ward ~; Emma G. Boettger Denison la. /;
"a; Infant Workhorn, 2424 Lake, l month;
Mary Vanicek, 1430 South Seventeenth;
Enoch Hays, 1915 Chicago, 49,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-07

fourth assistant postmaster general but
the Commercial club is endeavoring 10
have 1t entirely done away with. President
w. s. Wright of the club has addressed
letters to about forty-five commercial clubs
of the state, which read in part as follows:
Attached please find an order issued by
the Postofice department authorizing the
delivery Of letters on rural delivery routes
nv number instead of name. We nave
studied this order carefully in an effort TO
locate any advantage that would accrue to
the department or to the people served oy
the free delivery, but without success. You
will notice, however. that the mail order
houses have only to secure from the post
master the number of the free delivery
route and the number of boxes on II to be
able to deliver advertising matter 10 every
recipient of mail on the route.
The communication goes on to urge the
clubs to send letters of protest to the post
master general and to ask the senators and
congressman of Nebraska to use their in
fiuence in killing the order.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1905-07-01
sALooNIsTs IN COUNCIL.

The Minnesota Retail Liquor Deal
ers' Association, at it's recent conven-
ton, resolved that 1--WE believe the
liquor business to be just as honorable
as any other business, provided that
it is properly conducted"
Sure! Sure! And the. way to con-
duct it properly is
First, To sell to no person under or
over twenty-one years of age.
Second, To sell to no drunkard or
moderate drinker.
Third, To sell to no one before or
after II o'clock, noon, and
Fourth, To remain closed on Sun
days and other days.
These Knights of the White Apron,
while thus claiming to be on the
whole, a body of uncrowned saints
loaned to the earth a while for it's
moral elevation, admit that there are
those among them who bring "the
business and all engaged therein into
disrepute with the public in general"
We heaved great big sigh of relief
when we read that for we had always
understood that the "disrepute" in
which "the public in general holds
the gentlemen of the trade was Who'll
ly traceable to the vile ISLANDERS of
the Prohibition speakers and the Pro-
hibition press, the foulmouthed NUT
terings of ranting preachers and the
rawlings of the fanatical gadabouts of
the w. G. T. U.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1905-07-01
A FUNNY BREAK.

One of Gov. Folks messages to the
Legislature contained an able arraign-
ment of the license system as ap-
piled to public gambling. A Prohib1-
ton exchange twas it the Kansas
City Leader?) published it under some
such heading as GAS the Governor
wrote it." In parallel column ap-
peared a parody of the same, with
'liquor traffic" substituted for gam
bling" Over it were the words, LAS
the editor dreamed it" or their equi-
valent. These sub-headings were in
rather small type and some editor
who failed to notice them published
the amended article as Gov. Folks
Grave defense of Prohibition" and
it has since been copied 'from Maine
to California" The Governor now
disowns it's authorship.
This occurrence suggests several
things.
You can't most always tell when
you least expect it most. Gov. Folk
is not yet full-fledged Prohibitionist.
He is coming along pretty well, how
ever. He would have a hard time
showing why his logic touching the
proper governmental treatment of
gambling is any less applicable to the
saloon. When he becomes more of a
Prohibitionist, he will be considerably
less of Democrat.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1905-07-01

and from a much larger number of
persons than ever before, increased
determination to win now and hope
of being able to do so, this is the kind
of news we are receiving from our
speakers and gum-shoers almost daily.
One of Stewards audiences at Red
Wing Sunday, the 9th inst, numbered
400 and Chafin, he of the fog-horn
voice, addressed a fine crowd in the
same city and in the open air few
days previously. H. H. Gill, probably
our youngest gum-shoer, raised $40
at Rochester, his list containing hard
ly a name recognized at Headquarters.
To one of his reports he added, "A
live man ought to be sent here" Stew
art was sent instanter Gill devoted
three days to working up the meeting
and Stewart addressed the largest
audience gathered at Rochester Pro-
hibition rally since the memory of
man runneth not to the contrary.
Hjermstad has just taken the field
for hand-to-hand work and reports
over 5000 in cash and pledges from
one township in Lyon county.
One of the most gladdening features
of all this is that most of the work is
being done and most of the money
is being raised in legislative districts
which will earnestly strive to send
Prohibition representatives to st. Paul
next year.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1905-07-01
EQUITABLE POLICY HOLDERS
ROBBED.

That is a rare calamity or piece of
deviltry with which the drink habit
and traffic have no connection. Just
now the Equitable Life is in the pub
lie eye and careful observers have not
overlooked the fact that the Whisky
Trust, which is VIGOROUSLY insolvent,
has unloaded large amounts of bonds
upon the Mercantile Trust Co., the
Equitable Trust Co., and the National
Bank of Commerce of which V. P.
Snyder is president. These three
banking institutions are owned or con-
trolled by the Equitable Life. The
Equitable's ownership of these bank
ing institutions was purchased with
the policy holders money.
1t is noteworthy that it is the Wine
and Spirit Gazette which calls atten-
ton to these facts.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1905-07-01
WILL NOT DISTURB THE PEACE.

A big meeting of representative Re-
publicans is to take place at st. Paul
soon. It's object is to harmonic dis
cordant elements and interests with
a view to the campaign of 1906. A
man from the moon might imagine
that one of the elements to be ap-
peased would be the churchmen of
the state. Not at all. They have
reason enough for wrath, to be sure.
A Senate temperance committee head
ed by the paid attorney of Hamm, the
brewer and political boss. Not a
squint at any legislation looking to
the suppression of the liquor traffic
and next to none for even it's more
stringent regulation. And plenty more
off the same piece. Without the votes
of the churches the dominant party
could not win. Yet they demand moth
ing as the price of their support.
Truly, the church is "easy."
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1905-07-01
LAYING THE FOUNDATION.

Many have wondered how it hap
pened that although little and in some
cases no direct allusion was made to
the drink problem at the revival meet
ings in Wales, one of their first fruits
was seen in the abandonment of the
taprooms.
Andrew Bennett, answering this in
quiry in the American Issue, says:
1.-THE truth about intoxicating drink
was known but not acted upon. Men
were convinced that alcoholic liquor was
bad, hurtful, wasteful, but they lacked
the motive force necessary to make con-
duct square with conviction Gust as it
is in numerous instances in Scotland to-
day., but when the heart was stirred to
it's depths the moral dynamic was sup
piled, conduct was lifted up to the higher
level, the cleavage between the liquor
traffic and religion became an accomp-
lished fact"
There is encouragement here for
the enemies of the American saloon.
Through their years of untiring labor
they have been surprised and panied
that the great majority of the people
of the better classes, morally speak
ing, and especially of the church,
while asserting to the truths pro-
claimed from the Prohibition platform,
have nevertheless continued to toler-
ate the saloon, have in fact steadily
voted with the political parties which
give it its life. While there are ques-
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1905-07-01
LOYAL TO THE LAST.

We are again put under obligation
to a number of our friends who re-
sponded promptly to an appeal for aid
in meeting an emergency which we
recently mailed to a limited list. Some
of the letters received moved us deep
ly. Here is one from an aged worker
who, serving for years as county chair
man and giving freely of his time and
money, now writes: IT am sorry l
cannot give you anything but good
will and I fear I will not be able to
help financially any more" Then here
is a letter from pastor who express
es interest in the work Backbone is
doing but says he is not receiving
enough to support himself and wife
and beside must superannuate next
Fall. He asks to be excused for send
ing only a quarter. Another Prohibi-
zionist, who might excuse himself on
account of advanced age but who is
always on hand when needed, writes
that when our appeal reached him he
too had an emergency on hand. He
now sends his dollar.
If anyone has good ground for dis
couragement, it is not those OF us OF
the state committee who for years
have known of the labors and sacri-
fees of such men as these and OF
whom there are not few.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1905-07-01
THE OHIO CAMPAIGN.

Ohio will witness hot fight this
year and the liquor issue will be at
the front The Republican party has
renominated. Gov. Herrick in the face
of the expressed protest of more than
fifty religious bodies, several OF them
representing the entire state. The
Democrats have since nominated J.
M. Pattison, known as quite a radical
temperance man, although not COM
mitted to the outlawry of the saloon
so far as we are informed. The
Democratic platform makes no refer
ence to the saloon issue. The
Prohibitionists will name a strong
man for governor The saloon ele-
ment of the Democratic party will
support Herrick The Ohio Liquor
League has sent an appeal to all its
members to work for an overwhelming
majority for him. The Anti-Saloon
League strenuously opposed his re-
nomination and will endeavor to de-
feat him, but whether the larger share
of the votes which it controls will go
to the Democrats or to the Prohibition
lists, as should be the case, is yet to
appear.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1905-07-01
Tit for Tat

When every man who puts love, of
country and duty to God above all other
full place in the councils Of his party,
the redemption of this nation from the
curse of drink will not be far away
Minnesota Issue.
1t is much more important that he
get into the right party. Ours is prac-
tically government by political par
ties. When we want gold standard
or bimetallism, high or low tariff, ex-
pansion or anti-expansion, we vote
with political party which holds our
views on that question. Party lines
are disregarded in the determination
of some questions. But we know of
no issue of 1.-THE of the Importance
of the saloon issue which has been
settled or it's settlement even attempt
ed except through the agency of po-
litical party. The party may have
been organized expressly for that pur-
pose or it may not. But if not, it at
least was unequivocally committed to
the policy favored. An attempt to
annihilate a traffic of such proper
lions as the liquor traffic possesses,
backed as it is by immense wealth and
fed by appetite and greed, without
separating it's friends and enemies
at the ballot-box, will result in dis
appointment and defeat. Such a
movement may be we'll intended. It
may help to create a powerful senti-
ment against the saloon and for that
reason we welcome it. But when the
hour for the supreme struggle has
arrived, there will be in the nation
a great party seeking the death of the
saloon and one fighting for the per-
petuation of it's existence. The sooner
that alignment takes place, the short
er will be the days of the unspeakable
curse. Every ballot cast for the Pro-
hibition party hastens that day.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1905-07-01
Pith of the Press

Kansas City Leader: 1t is strange that
sensible people do not see how much bet
ter it would be to get together and stop
the traffic instead of being harassed from
year to year fighting it locally and trying
to enforce regulating laws.
Beacon Light: A blind pig, bad though
it may be, is not half so vicious in it's eff
fects as the open saloon. The social at
traction and the treating in the open sa-
loon is it's most vicious attribute and this
is practically eliminated under Prohibi-
ton. The blind pig may cater to the old
topers, but, it has little power to lead
astray the boys.
Houston, Tex, Chronicle: Prohibition
lists are the political Japanese of this
country, not in the matter of winning
fights, but in the. way in which with
positively sublime indifference. to results
they go up against overwhelming and
insuperable odds. Defeat has no effect
to discourage or demoralize them, but
on the contrary they begin before the
ballots are counted to prepare for the
next struggle.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1905-07-01

tions of expediency as well as of NOR
ais involved, there is no doubt that
genuine and widespread revival OF
religion would so quicken the public
conscience that the church and kind
red forces would hasten to put their
convictions regarding the saloon and
license parties into the ballot-box.
Prohibitionists, therefore, need not
idly await a more tender conscience.
Turn on the light. Bring on the
tremendous facts. Point out the vic
tory over the awful wrong. Not
speech, not an article, not an hours
work will be lost. When the revival
for which Christians are now praying
has come, all these efforts will bear
glorious fruit in closed saloons, happy
hearts and homes and prosperous
nation
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1905-07-01
Editorial
EASE PAY UP NOW.

We enclose bills in this issue to
all personal subscribers whose re-
newals are now due or who are
in arrears.
we make out the bills for at
least one full year in advance of
this date AS we use no fractions
of years, some of the bllls thefe-
fore cover more than one year IN
advance. If any desire to pay only
to their next date. of expiration,
they can easily reckon what their
remittance should be at two cents
per month.
Will all who receive bills please
aid us in our Work-their work
by renewing promptly? 1t may
seem a little matter that you
should delay your remittance day,
week, or month. But if you may
properly delay, why not another,
a thousand others? If you do de-
lay, what reason have you to sup
pose that others will remit prompt
"? Are you unable to raise the
amount due? Are they more
thoughtful or loyal or honest than
YOU? If thousand or more with.
hold what they owe us and OF
which we are always in great need.
what is the result at this end OF
the line?
We are not asking you to renew
a thousand subscriptions = only
your own. May we depend on your
Sending that and promptly?
Thank You! Postage stamps al
ways accepted.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1905-07-01
THE WAY OUR FREE CIRCULATION
FUND WORKS,

Sleepy Eye, MINI. April 1e, 1905.
Publishers Backbone:
Gentlemen
Enclosed find Twenty-Five Cents in
stamps for one years subscription to
Backbone. I have received the paper a
year as a gift from friend but will
pay for it from now on. 1 have not voted
the Pr9hibti0 lion fGket yet as have not
ever have the power to hit the saloon,
will do so.
Respectfully yours,
Fred Dangers.