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The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-04-16
THE ILLINOIS ELECTIONS

The result of the local elections in the
state of Illinois may properly be regarded
as decisive victory for the Prohibition
party, since it was that organization that
conducted and led the fight against the sa-
loon in by far the greater part Of the state.
More than eighteen hundred meetings were
held under the auspices of the Prohibition
party; millions Of pages of literature were
distributed from the state headquarters of
the party, and the generalship of the cam
paign rested largely with the state chairman
of the party, the Hon. ALoNzo E. WILSON,
who seized the opportunity given by the local
option law of the state, to help the people
to perform the duty that the legislature neg.
lected.
It is a fact, worthy of very careful con-
sideration, that the notable defeats of the
no-license people took place in those coun-
ties where, because another organization pro-
fessed to represent the temperance sentiment,
the people objected to the presence Of the
Prohibition party workers. Notably those
towns which postponed Prohibition county
conventions because of their fear that party
action would interfere with the success of
the no-license movement, lost in the con-
test and were carried by the saloons, while
those counties where the Prohibition party
work was most actively carried on, were the
scenes of the most brilliant victories against
the liquor interests.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-04-16
THE VOTE THAT COUNTS

Mr.. JOHN KoELLING, the president of the
so-called "United Societies" that have cham
pioned the lawbreaking of the saloons in the
city of Chicago, is to be credited with very
accurate and discriminating analysis of the
vote in this city at the recent municipal
election. Mr.. KoELLING, as quoted in pub
lished interviews, said:
what farce it is for the Prohibitionists to
claim that they reflect the sentiment of the peo-
pie of Illinois. Out of total of more than $780,
900 votes cast in the city of Chicago yesterday,
on the heels of all the agitation on the liquor
and personal liberty issues that have been hottest
in Chicago the Prohibition ticket polled less than
10000 votes.
1t is entirely probable that comparatively
few of the men who cast the ballots which
were counted in Chicago on Tuesday night
of last week viewed the matter in just this
light. Every effort had been made to OBJ
scure the issue from the average voter The
great daily papers of the city, even those
that had protested to stand for law enforce
ment, refused to recognize the saloon ques-
ton in any of its phases as an issue in the
city election and Unfortunately recon-
mended to the suffrages of the citizens, alder
manic candidates who had surrendered to
the United Societies and signed the pledge
to favor Sunday beer and aldermanic candi-
dates who had refused to sign
And so the citizens voted, largely blindly,
and few realized, until the votes had been
counted, and many of them probably do not
realize yet, that they were voting upon the
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-04-16
Chicago, April l6. 1908
THOUSANDS MORE


Elsewhere in this paper, prominence is
given to an effort which is being made by
the Extension Fund Committee, which has
already materially assisted in the widening
of this papers circulation and influence, to
secure almost Immediately an enormous
number of new readers for The National
Prohibitionist.
1t would hardly be expected that we would
be regarded as wholly unprejudiced in our
estimate, yet it seems very clear to us that
no better work can be engaged in and no
better investment can be made for the prog
ress of the party than that which is sug-
gested by the committee upon page one of
this paper
During the past five months the Prohi-
ting subscriptions for The National Pro-
hibitionist in most magnificent fashion.
The total of new subscribers reaches many
thousands, and the Prohibition cause,
through the work of the almost 1000 men
and women who have enlisted in this SER
vice of subscription getting, today has hear
ing in thousands of homes where few
months ago it was practically an unknown
and foreign subject.
This work cannot fail to produce large
results in the election. Under the most adj
verse circumstances it has been estimated in
the past that one new subscriber for Pro
hibition paper will average the production
of one more Prohibition vote in the ballot
box at the ensuing election. Under the pre-
vailing conditions of hopefulness and en-
thusiasm, the gain should be much larger
Hundreds of men who, six months ago, were
taking no Prohibition paper, have now been
reading The National Prohibitionist two,
three and four months, and, as a result,
not only see their own duty as citizens more
clearly than ever before but have become en-
thusiastic propagandists for the cause and
the party.
This is the side of the proposition that APP
peals to us most directly and most strongly,
in spite of the fact that we cannot deny
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-04-16
April Is, 1908.

WORK. The wide difference between sue
cess and failure for this plan between strong,
efective acork IN the campaign and impotent
attempts to meet the campaigns demanas,zS-
all lies IN the response that YOU, the reader,
wi1 mow make to- this proposition
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-04-16
THE NATIONAL pRoH1B1r1oN1sT


which is now undertaken, will give to The
National Prohibitionist The men who
undertook last November the financial re-
sponsibility for the publication of this paper
shouldered burden heavier than any ever
before undertaken in the interests of the
Prohibition movement Some of the best
men in the party did not believe that the task
could be performed. There were those who
gave us less than three months lease of life.
Almost five months have passed; and, while
the problems are not all solved, and the bur-
den has not vanished in thin air, success has
attended every step and very substantial
progress has been made. The history of the
last five months amply justifes the venture
which we made last November If now there
can be given to the enterprise the additional
immediate strength that such an increase in
our circulation will give and such a COM
mand of ready money will afford, The Ma
tional Prohibitionist will enter the ma
tional campaign, not only we'll furnished to
play the part that the national Prohibition
paper must play in that campaign, but with
its future usefulness fully assured.
Every man connected with this paper is
today, not only doing his utmost for the
advancement of the cause in the line of work
to which he is here called, but is without
question, doing the best work for the cause
that he has ever done; and we do not feel
that there is any improperly in seeking for
them the enlisted help of all who are inter
ested in the movement which they serve.
May we add one WORD? We trust that
the many friends who are entering this en-
terprise and purchasing these Post Card Ger
tifcates will not fail to remember that, when
they have purchased the certificates, the work
is only half accomplished. Each of these
certificates as promptly as possible should
be utilized for placing The National Pro-
hibitionist in the hands of hopeful reader.
In saying "hopeful reader we do not
necessarily mean the prominent and infu-
entail people of your community. A paper
sent to the minister or to the editor or to
the doctor may produce valuable results, but
just as frequently valuable results will be
produced from papers which go into the
homes of those who are in less prominent
been made by placing a Prohibition paper
in the hands of workingman, of the day
lahOrer in the farm field of the mechanic in
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-04-16
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The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-04-16

Entered as second-class matter. Nov. 26, 1907,
at the postoffice at Chicago, ILL.,, under Act of
Congress of March 3, 1879.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-11-25
Am USE MENTS
FLORENCE GEAR: HER CAREER
At the Grand Saturday Matinee and
Nioft

FLORENCE GEAR.
Jules Murry's little
star in MARRYING
Mary, is one OF
those rare theatrical
finds that one meets
with but semi-occas-
ionally on the road.
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Thanksaivina Matinee-

The Grand will put ON a special bill
for the Thanksgiving matinee. when
should fill the house throughout the
The American Soldier in
the Philippines" one of the finest
films on the circuit, will be the lead
ing feature for the afternoon. Tho or
chestra will render special selections
for the matinee while George True
in his illustrated song part will as us
ual make good. For an enjoyable hour
with interesting scenes from the NOV
ing picture. topical songs and pleas
ing music the Grand Du,s up a :, eat
proposition for the dime admission lee.
A special matinee rate of five caa's
for the children has been made for
dav This special rate
should keep the house packed all ;Ee
Every night this week o:,.
cept SATURDAY..
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-11-25
How is Your Digestion?

Mrs. Mary DoWlns Of No. 22S Sth
avenue, San Francisco. recommends
remedy for stomach trouble She says
Electric Bitters in case of acute in
digestion, prompts this testimonial
am fully convinced that for stomach
and liver troubles Electric Bitters is
the best remedy on the market today
This great tonic aud Alternative medi-
cine inyigorates the sys en-, purifes
the blood and is especially helpful in
all forms and female weakness. 5oc
at Roses drug store.
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Rev. |. W. Williamson Testifi.s.

Rev. J. W Williamson Huntington,
W VA. testties as follows This is
to certify that I used Foleys Kidney
Remedy for nervous exhaustion and
kidney trouble and am free to say
that F'oley's Kidney Remedy will do
all that you claim for IT, For sale at
Foley's drug store.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-11-25

Mrs. Chss. E. Smith. of West Frank
lin, Maine, says: q Ike good thngs
and have adopted Dr. Kings New Life
Pills as our family laxative medicine,
because they are good ani do their
work without making q fuss about it,"
These painless purifiers sold at Roses
Pharmacy. Csc.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-11-25

Taught the rudiments OF her art in the
OF schools. brOadened techni-
cally and made more valuable by three
years practice in one of the best me-
tropilitan stock companies where she
plyed everything from Juliet to Black
Eyed Susan, Miss Gear three years
ago entered Mr.. Murry's service with
the best possible efaining for star
work. One OF the beauties of Brook
lyn, Miss Gear, as a child. was given
every advantage and il one OF the
most proficient of musicians.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-08
POET WORDSWORTH
WAS ABSENT-hINDED

Wordsworth, the poet. was absent
minded. Witness the following e2traot
from James Giant Wilson's The Foot
prints of Wordsworth" in Putuam's
Monthly.
AT GrasmeTe nay be seen Dove cot
tsge, but slightly changed from what II
was In 1900. when Wordsworth brought
his bride there. Mrs. Hemans described
it as a lovely cottage-like building, al
mo st hidden by a profusion OF flowers.
TIE grounds, laid out in & great meas
ure by the hands Of Wordsworth him
self, though but OF circumscribed dimen-
sions, are so artfuIly, while seeming 10
be artIessly, planned as to appear OF
considerable extent Among the many
illusions of this modest home to be met
with IN his writings Is the little poem
called The Farewell q favorite with
its author and repeated in i845 TO VII
liam Cullen Bryant.
Dove Cottage was visited by Cole
ridge and Charles Lamb, and after
wOrdsworth's departure occupied by
Thomas de Quincy. During the last
decade II mas been a William Words
worth museum, where many interesting
artistic and manuscript memorials have
been collected; also, II Is claimed, an al
most complete collection of the various
poems. The cottage Is IN charge OF a
venerable woman who was acquainted
with the poet. and remembers how he
used TO open the leaves of new book
at the breakfast table. using q knife
with which he had just butteTed his
toast; also, that he was not much
thought OF by his humble neighbors
when living, but merely as the stamp
master.
las IS we'll known. Wordsworth COM
posed most of his poems under the blue
sky 'Nine-tenths of my verses, he re-
marked. have been muTmured out Of
doors and one OF his servants said TO q
stranger: The master used to tramp
about cumming ava wi his poetry
Well, John, what's the news" said
Hartley Coleridge one morning to an
old stone breaker by Rydal lake, Why,
nowte vary Particlar, only aid Wuds-
worth brooken lowce f.Eeen.' These NUT
terings and mouthings of the poet were
taken by the poor people as an indica-
ton of mental alteration.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-08
What Is Congress Going to Do About 1t?

There isn't much to be said by of enforcing WasngtonS
demand for reform of the situation this town. The Times
the people has brought FORTH ncontroyebe form and
volume proof that the community vcmzed by the Gas Monopoly
The proof complete Everybody knows is has been shown:
That the gas company already outrageosy ovecapiazed
That its plant inadequate the demands made supply
needs of the city.
That its profits exorbtant
That sells quality Of gas bad that the public authorities
prosecuting it for violation of law in this regard
That rob customers with excessive bills and when customer
with enough threatens fight compromises with him in order
keep its grating game from exposure in the courts.
That getting ready initiate its capital S5oOO-
Co., which would make the most excessively capitalized gas industry
in America.
That nothing prevent this initiation except action by Congress
That the District Commissioners have urged Congress act and
utterly falling to do 1t is playing the game of delay which
Gas Monopoly wants. In few weeks months most imitation
job will have been pulled off, and then the Gas Monopoly will care
what Congress does.
That Chester Long, Senator from Kansas chairman of the
Senate subcommittee in charge of this legislation.
That Philip p Campbell Congressman from Kansas, chairman
Of the House subcommittee in charge of the legislation
That the State of Kansas the kind that would be like
y to sit up and take effective notice if convinced that its reDre
ntave at home pledged support Roosevelt policies" in Wash
ingon can't find in their to offend an overfed public service
monopoly.
How about it, gentlemen from Kansas?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-08
When Do You Shop?

Chicago is having more than its
share of trouble to find a seat on
its ride home from work. Its street
cars and az" trains are all iammed
to the doors, and the number of
cars run overhead cannot be in
creased because the loop about
which al must run is now filed to
the capacity of its platforms. Re
ports of the situation in the Chicago
papers real like the conversation of
our own people as they ride home
via Fourteenth street, or out Eek
ington way, or on the Bureau"
cars.
A member of the real estate board
of the Windy City rises with a plan
which will commend itself to Wash
ingtonians. It is this:
Women shoppers should buy
early, and get out of the shopping
district before 5 P. m. Then the
working girl and the toiling man
could get seats in the street cars"
Locally the problem seems to be
more different from that OF Chicago
than it is. Our cars are crowded
most after 5 o'clock in the after
noon. Shoppers who stay down
town until that hour reduce the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-08
HARSHIPS SAILING
MAGELLAN STRAIT
Expected to Complete Trip
Of $50 Miles by Night
fall.

PUNTA ARENAS. Feb. S-Punta
Arenas Bay seems quise deserted to-
day. The usual number Of trading yes
sells are at anchor on the city, but
the visiting warships are gone.
Headed by the Chilean cruiser Chaca-
buco, the squadron steamed from port
at IL O'Clock last night and at dawn
today doubtless rounded Cape Froward.
tie sOutheTmost point OF the South Am
e-ican mainland and into the narrow
reaches OF the IjJ-mile channel 10 Cape
Pillar. 1t IS expected they viii have
finished the voyage through the strait
by nightfan.
There the battleship squadron and the
torpedo boat hotiua viii part company.
the former taking 10 the open sea, the
latter 10 the inside channel 20 the north
ward.
The Chilean cruisers Ministro Seneto
and EsmeTalda. with five torpedo boat
TalcahuanO and escort them as Tar as
Valparaiso.
one OF Admiral Evans last acts be-
fore his departure was the dispatch Of
a letter by United States Minister Hicks
20 the Chilean government. expressing
his thanks for the visitors royal enter
tainment at Punta Arenas, TcgTetting
that his schedule VIII not permit him 10
make another stop short OF CallaO,
Peru. and promising TO pass close
enough TO Valparaiso to exchange sa-
iutes with the shore batteries.
Admiral Evans though much better.
has not yet fully recovered from his
attack Of rheumatism and was still con-
fined TO his cabin when e squadron
sailed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-08
CLIFFORD PLNCHOT
MAY GO WEST AND
ENTER POLITICS

With the death OF James ". Pinchot.
one Of the insiders Of the tennis cabi-
net comes into what IS supposed to
be very large fortune. This IS Gif-
ford Pinchot, forester at 5000 a year,
who is reputed TO spend his salary and
$4,000 more per annum holding his Of
fee, just for the love of the work.
None Of the young men in whom the
President confides is closer TO the
Executive than Pinchot He is in the
first place a trained expert In forestry,
having studied 1t scientifically in this
country and abroad The elder Pin
ChOt, who made his fortune in business
in New York and forty years ago
was rated one Of the weaIthiest men in
the country. was an enthusiast in for
estry and horticulture, and his son ia
herited the taste.
There is an idea that Clifford Pm
ChOt. who has lived in Washington SO
many years that he bas had little op-
portunity 10 crafty mis- liking for pOii-
tics, will not live in Washington long
after the end Of the Roosevelt admin
istration, but Will go 70 some Western
State where he can engage in pTI-
yate business along the lines Of his
work here, and incidentally get into
roIiucs. He has a wide acquaintance
su over the West. and has much apti-
tUde for politics.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-08

of advertising. There IS the flash sky
sign which dominates the whole OF the
EmbankmenL A well-knOwn hotel has
a big Illuminated sign which flashes
down the mall into the very windows OF
the sovereign IN his palace Such ad-
verttsements are merely Selling the o.
portunit1eS Of the taxpayers exDendi-
ture on space and utilizing it."
Pittsburg. long known as "a city or
billboards,' IS taking steps to curtau
the display OF advertising within its
borders. The impulse to this action ha
novel cause Pittsburg mad tolerated
a billboard forty feet long and twenty
feet high directly opposite its Carnegie
Institute; but when La Touches can
vas, entitled The Bath" which re-
celVed the first prize at the Interna-
tional Art Exhibition last spring, was
reproduced on a billboard as z subject
TO inspire enthusiasm In modern
plumbing the city began to rebel
against the general display.
There is agitation also in Newark, ".
J. over the application OF a strict cen
sorship 70 pictorial advertising posters.
In Cincinnati the Business Mems Club
has begun q campaign against the bill
board, and other cities are agitating the
question as to abolition OF this form OF
advertising. - campaign IN New York
is under way, and it is evident that the
general movement is but IN its infancy.
Theater manag gers derive comparative
" little return from this form OF adver-
Of advertisements Of various commodl-
ties that distract the eye on bilibOards.
Vast spaces devoted TO a single object
alone are reasonably effective. and a
sentiment against such advertising is
growing. II IS safe 10 say, in the case
OF theaters, that One-Inlf the amount
spent upon billbOards would get better
results IL placed in the newspapers.
And time may make the newspapers the
sole medium for much Of the adVertis-
ing now spread upon the billboards.
AS a business proposition the bill
board, landscape, and sky-fashlight
advertisement is an extra expense
without a corresponding extra bene-
fit. All that is gained by it could
be obtained through the regular
and legitimate mediums of adver-
Using, but the chief argument
against it is that it mars the beauty
of the town and country, offends
good taste, cheaIens the character
of the product thus given publicity,
convicts the advertiser of being be-
hind the times, accuses the sought
for customer Of ignorance, and in
suits his intelligence.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-08
There's a Big AK
That's Waiting
At White House

Il may or many not have political sig
nifCanee; it may involve a menace TO
the trusts and the n1alefactors- of great
wealth, OF perhaps # doesn't; but the
fact is pointed out nowadays as OF in
terest and possible Importance, that the
President has latterly kept an axe
standing in the corner Of his office room.
instead Of a shotgun such as used to
decorate this corner
The axe as an instrument OF political
construction is regarded in many ex-
perienced quarters as peculiarly typical
Of the Presidents methods. Some Of his
critics have been unkind enough 10 sug-
gest tnat the last message was charac-
terized by the deliCacy and deftness or
a woodmauS operations.
Anyhow the President Is an expert IN
handling the exc both literally and fig
uratfvely. He turns a pen into an axe
with great readiness when he thinks Of
his Ananias Club or OF his political OPP
ponents, and when he isn't using a fOun-
tain pen for the functions that an axe
ordinarily Performs. he is just as skillful
in welding a nine-pound steel axe, chop
plug wood for exercise.