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The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-11-26

sands of men would contribute generously, from
whom the cause does not now receive a dollar.
The man who recognizes his duty to vote the
Prohibition ticket ought to recognize his duty
to secure and be a part of an efficient party
Zganzation.
1--WE are, perhaps less excusable for defective
organization than sometimes fancy ourselves.
Our party committees ought to be built upon
business principles. The affairs of no commit
tee ought to be left in the hands of inefficient
men, where efficient men can by any possibility
be secured. Personal prejudices and personal
friendships ought to be more vigorously ex-
Guided in the makeup of Our committees than
such considerations are in our personal business
affairs. Efficiency ought to be the test every
where
We must strive, not only after efficiency but,
as WELL after completeness. We must have our
county committees in every county of every state
Of the Union, and no Prohibitionist living in an
unorganized county can hereafter hold himself
wholly blameless UNTIL at least, he has exhausted
every ability at his command to secure organi-
zation Just as surely must we have Our town
ship municipal and precinct committees The
cause demands them and to longer go hating on
without them is crime
During the months that come we ought to
and by eve" mean not alone committee
charmen but as we'll the voters of the party at
large.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-11-26
THE INTERIORS ASSAULT ON DR.
SCANLON

We have not had time to go into details in all
the items of the case in the matter of the savage
attack made by the Interior, the Presbyterian
paper published in this city, upon DIR. CHARLES
SCANLoN, one of the secretaries of the Presby-
terrain Temperance Committee, and lately chair
man of the Prohibition national convention at
Columbus. So far, however, as we have been
able to go, and with the possession of what we
believe to be all the important facts in the case
we are convinced not only of the blamelessness
but of the sterling integrity and correctness Of
DIR. SCANLoN, and are persuaded that at
every point his work and the positions which he
has taken in his work have been right.
Even were without positive testimony in
DIR. ScANLoN's behalf the attack of the Interior
would not, in any way, shake Our confidence in
him and ought not to influence any honest man
against him. We are far too we'll acquainted
with the political affiliations of the individual
Who through financial relations controls the IN
terror, to fail to interpret correctly any utter
ance which it makes along any line where the
interests OF the 6. o. p. are, directly or indi-
rectly, concerned. The fact that Mr.. ScANLoN
is known to follow his conscience in political
life and vote with that party which attempts to
give political force to the utterances of his
church, makes him the target for editorial as
sault in the Interior as legitimately as in the
Inter Ocean or the Staats-Zeitmng
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-11-26

DR.. CHARLES LOOMS DANA of New York con-
tributes to the New York Times discussion of
the evils of intoxicating drinks which, in con-
siderable measure, does small credit to the great
doctors discernment and power of analysis Ad-
hitting that alcohol is probably dangerous drug,
the use of which should be eliminated DR.. DANA
has nothing better to offer than the proposition
that we begin by preventing young people from
drinking, ignoring the fact that tremendous eff
forts have been made in that direction for years
past and have been constantly neutralized by the
presence of the saloon. Yet the good doctor is
to be thanked for very clear exposure of one
current fallacy. He says
"The prevalent idea that beer does less harm and is
less likely to alcoholic habits than other forms of
alcohol is for this country also untrue The great pro-
portion of drunkards and alcoholics in city hospitals
start beerdrinkers On the other hand wine is very
rarely perhaps largely because 9Vine-
drinkers anyWay."
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-11-26

Let's clean house.-Lquor Dealers Circular
Don't bother 'Tisn't worth while Your
"house" won't last long.
The intelligent is the moderate he
will be in all he does-The BreUerS' Journal
If your intelligence is to be judged by your
long time and consistent moderation in the use
of the truth-my, but you're giant
Administrations may and administrations may CO.
but the for the saloon goes forever.-The
Gazette Times, Pttsbnyg.
You forget that "forevers long day" The
saloon won't even last out it's forenoon.
Home rule is after all, only present-day adaptation
of the Golden Rule, "Do others would that
they should do youThe Liberal ADVOCATE Liquor
Paber.)
Which is splendidly exemplifed, doubtless,
when you vote the saloon off from the heightened
and drive it into the crowded streets of
the poor
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-11-26
PROSPERITY

Satan never invented a more Infamous false
hood Chat form of expression, somewhat an
tique though it be, lends itself admirably to the
subject under discussion) than the heartess lie,
promising prosperity, with which the Republican
&party stampeded voters to its ticket in the clos
ing roundup of the campaign-and never
lie more clearly exposed as a lie than that lie
IS exposed today.
In the language of the street, it was case of
enormous check" upon the part Of the Repub
l1can campaign managers to threaten hard times
and promise prosperity when the country under
unbroken Republican rule for twelve long years,
has been writing in the throes of panic for
whole year past No intelligent man who paused
and calmly considered the situation failed to
recognize the Republican campaign promise for
the falsehood that it was. But thousands of
men, with lack of information, in personal cir
cumstances that made them particularly suscep-
tible to the delusion, were deceived. Thousands
of men who believed in the principles which
they attributed to WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN,
deserted him and their principles and voted for
what they did not believe in-and for their hope
of prosperity Thousands of men whose senti-
ments were with the Socialists were led to the
same sacrifice of their principles and their
hood and unquestionab1y not few who had
listened to the presentation of the Prohibition
;.ion and had been nightly influenced thereby,
were caught in the same snare and voted for
prosperity that was as impossible as the widest
chmera Of lunatic.
And everybody recognizes it now. The pros
perity that the Republican party promised, that
the Republican papers prated about and lied
about on the days Immediately following the cleo
ton, has not come, zeiH not come, can not come.
The reelection of the Republican party to power
was merely the reenthronement of corruption,
brutal fraud, unprincipled greed licensed crime
and INDUCED vice. Upon such basis, prosperity
can not rest. So long as there be a political
party in power that makes the stone of
its policy a 1egalized robbery that defrauds the
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-11-26

ernor Peck in Maine where he says a little girl
invited him to go to kitchen dive and get
drink. In prominent type the circular displays
the legend Boys can't get liquor in licensed
saloons" The document may be dismissed on
the manifest falsehood of that statement Every
one whose experience is wider than his own back
yard knows that licensed saloons, the country
through, sell liquor to boys without the slightest
hesitation.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-11-26

Saxby's Magazine, which seems to be by
product of the liquor business in Cincinnati gives
its readers vituperative editorial about Prohibi-
ton which it bases upon its own assertion that
there is mo liquor problem" in Germany, France
and Italy. SAXBY seems to be badly afflicted with
case of knowing things that amt So"
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-11-26

The american Bre7VerS RevieaV congratulates
itself and the trade it represents with loud con-
gratuations over what it alleges to be proof that
the liquor business pays the people more than the
public cost of taking Of the pauperism, crime
and insanity that it causes. The question is one
that is hardly worth very large amount of hair
splitting. 1t is not matter of much Importance
upon which side of the ledger the money balance
falls The important point is that the liquor
traffic does cause poverty insanity and crime, and
nothing in the way of revenues can recompense
the state therefor.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-11-26

The Christian man who processes to Glove the
temperance cause" and to "hate the saloon and
who nevertheless voted for and labored for the
election of the Republican candidate in the last
election is respectfully requested to note the fact
that foremost among the contributors to the Re-
publican campaign fund appears the name of
ADoLPHUs BUSCH, the millionaire brewer of St.
Louis, who gave $4,000 to make WILLIAM H.
TAFT President of the United States Mr. BUSCH
wanted TAFT to be President because he believed
that the interests of the great and wicked bust
ness which he represents are safe in the hands of
the party which Mr.. TAFT represents. 1t is not
probable that Mr.. BUSCH made any mistake in
that matter. Just where does that leave the
Temperance" man who helped to elect TAFT?
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-11-26

Sections of the country are being flooded with
a liquor leafet entitled, "Where Boys Learn to
Drink" The text of the leafet is an illustration
which recalls the alleged experience of Ex-Gov-
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-11-26
THE NATIONAL PROHIBITIoNIsT

people of more than two billion dollars every
year, prosperity, real and lasting, is an impossi-
bility.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-02
To GET
PARTY UNITED
DENEEN AND OTHERS CONFER
WITH TcHcock-URGE
HIM TO USE INFLUENCE.
TO BACK THE GOVERNOR
Leslie NJ. Shaw and Senator
Smith of Michigan May
Speak at Convention.

Chicago, Sept chairman Hite h
cock Of the Republican national com
mittec. today had a conference vita
Speaker Cannon, Representative Me
Kinley, chairman Of the congrc ssional
committee, Senator Hopkins, Cover
ncT Deneen Representative Chapman,
Representative Lowden, member OF
the executive committee of the ma
ticnal committee. and Fred c. Up
ham assistant treasurer of the ma
tioral committee.
The conference related to phases of
the rational campaign and the co.
operation to be had between the ma
tiona committee and the congression-
a. committee. 1t IS also stated that
was urged to use his i1fiu-
ence to get all the forces in the party
back Of the campaign to be made by
Coy enor Deneen for reelection and
to bring Representative Foss and his
friends In line for Senator Hopkins
In view of the expression of the
people Of Illinois in the primary for
Deneen and Hopkins it Is said by
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-02

He Is commandments of tha armg
and navy. He has in his own han5s
all the tremendous power of the Wlplic
patronage He not on ylhas I6s r
his control and subject 10 his wi'i.
as far as their tenure is conca.uc I.
thorsands Of office holders. bat ha has
even more Immediately mdor 8
command a constantly increasing
army Of 5000 special agens,t insp-c
ors and secret service men whose
highest law is his bidding.
"Under the bold. aggressive, TN
scrupulous and designing executive,
this power of appointment and these
am,es of appointees. could be so o
ercisod and directed as to destroy TIE
and impair the -useiui-
ness ana efficiency Of both the othsr
Departments.
"Such an abuse Of power would bo
a violation Of the constitution whica.
Il long acquiesced in. might event
uailv work its overthrow"
Tonight the Woman's Relief Covs
hels a racention to Commanderi1-
Chiai Furton Of the Grand Army AMI
Of war held eamrfrs
al Memorial hall. and Foraker al
dressed an audience Of negro veterans
at the African Methodist Episcopal
church
Tho feature If the evening was the
-Venitian Night IN the river. All
rleasrre crafts in the harbor Jed by
be etunboats Wolverine and E-sex.
alive with fags. streamers and lights.
moved dcwn the river under the RAYS
NJ powerful saarchlights. thousands
of Teople watching their progress
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-02
VETERANS HEAR
FORAKER SPEAK
SENATOR WAS CHIEF SPEAKER
At DEDICATION or FORT
MElGs MONUMENT.
EXECUTIVE DEpAR 7 TMENT
Discussed II His SDeech--Ahus, of
Power by the President May
Eventually Work Overthrow
of Constitution.

Toledo, O., seIt THE street
parade Of a civic character prefactorg
to the G. A. r. parade cf the veterans
tomorrow and the dedication of Fort
MeiGgs monument at Perrysburg ! ,
miles from Toledo divided interest TO-
day in the encamnment Of the Grand
Army
Forty thorsand were at the historic
spot whore General William Henry
Harrison il 1Sl2-13 checked the am
bitions cf the British general, Proct r.
Many speeches We're made, chi
among the speakers being Senator
Foraker Cslcc egtaFers included
Governor Harris and General Bennett
II. Young who represented Governor
Wilson of Kentucky, who was unable
to lie present
Senator Foraker reviewed the bat
tie of Fort Meigs and its growth sine,
and sDeaking of the problems Of today.
sail IN reference to the executive de-
partment:
"Al the powers Of that department
are consolidated in single indiudu}l
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-02
D!BS ARRA|CNS
BRYAN AND TAFT.
RECENT FINANCIAL DEPRESSION
ALSO GAVE SOCIALIST CANp!.
DATE TEXT FOR PART OF
SPEECH AT DEomOINES.

Das Moines Iowa, Sept. ! Eugene
" Debs, socialist candidate for pres
idant, made a scathing attack upou
Bryan and the Democratic party in hi.
address here tonight AT the sam.
time Debs did aot spare Tart and the
Republicans.
The Nebraskan,' said Dabe
claims to represent beth the capital
list and the workingman. No man can
do this any more than he can ride two
horses at the same time going in op.
posite directions
He criticised Bryan for having hal
himself photographed hand la hand
with Charles Murphy Of Tammany
Han which is the mosj corrupt polit
ical organization in the country, he
siad, adding:
With Roger Sullivan whom Bryan
classed as worse than a train robber,
Bryan is now working side by side fo'
the success 0 fthe Democratic party"
The recent financial depression
gave Debs a text for a large part Of
his address and he made it the basis
Of an appeal to workingmen.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-02
L |NO|CTM TMENTS
ARE RETURNED
SPRINGFIELD SPECIAL GRAND
JURY CONTINUES TO FIND
CHARGES AGAINST PERSONS
IN CONNECTION WITH RIOTS.

Springfield, H. Set l. Twely
more indictments Wf'e retrrnel by
the special grand iu today in c n
nection with the recent riots. Ernest
Humphrey was indicted on 4 charg
OF murder, in connection with the
death of Scott Eurton, an aged negro
who was lynched at Twelfth and
Madison streets One against Edward
Ferris, indicted for malicious m
chief and for burglary and larceny a.
Loper's restaurant Other nd.ct-
ments returned today are:
William Phillips. attmept to burg
Iari2e Leo Goldstein's house; Alvin D.
Irwin Captain Holman John Rr WI
Romic Midleudcrf, Peter Sapping
ton, all for malicious mischief; Lin
coin Nance, riot
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-02
RAN AWAY WITH
S|STER-IN-LAW
MINISTER LEAVES CHARGE IN
ONE TOWN AND GOES TO AN
oTHER-FouND WORKING IN
A LAUNDRY.

Sault ste Marie. Mich, Sept L.
Rev. William Cummings who has
been officiating for the summer, at
Elk Rapids, Mich, was arrested her
today on a non support. warrant is
sued in Ionia County where his wife's
parents are prominent residents at
Clarsyille
The pastor disappeared August 6
and the same day his wife's sister
Miss Velma Taylor, 20 years Old, was
reported missing. Miss Taylor was
located in a boarding house here today
and through her Cummings was dis
covered working in a local laundry.
when the minister left tonight for
Gonia in charge of officers Miss Tay-
lor went with them. The couple had
been living here two weeks.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-02
ENTERED GIRLS ROOM
Negro Mail Carrier Arrested at Hot
Springs. Ark, On Very
Serious Charce.

Hot Springs. Ark Sept Hmm
Holland a negro mail carrier was TO-
day arrested under a charge Of dis
tmb.ng the peace at the home Of MI
Maudc Birmingham. late Saturday
night bv entering her room while she
was disrob.HE Accoriiuz 10 the
statements of the Young eirl aud her
family. the negro had male previous
efforts 10 attract her attention 10 him.
which she bad refused 20 recognize.
Holland was formally arrested late
SATURDAY night but the police kept
the arrest secret until toiav
one member Cf the city council is
making an investigation of the whole
affair aud announces that he will pre-
fer charges AGAINST Chief OF Po'i-e
Frank Moore. at tomorrow nights
regular session OF che citv council. II
Do fr's The chief has miuimized the
charge that sh0rH have been made
against the negro.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-02
PRIMARY IN NEBRASKA.

Omaha. Neb, Sept with the
polls not closing until 8 o'clock few
returns were received from the Ne
braska state wide urinary election up
TO midnight The few counties which
sent IN returns left the result con-
siderahlv In doubt, and gave nothing
on which to base an estimate Of the
fnal result
Governor Sheldon and several other
state officials had no opposition on
the Republican ticket and will there
fore. be renominated In most In
stances the Democrats had from two
TO four contestants for many Of the
offices and ncthing definite is known
rs &C. the outcome on that ticket
Mayor Dahlman. OF Omaha who. with
former Congressman Shal'e1berger
and C. w Berge, Of Lincoln, were
candidates for the Democratic nomi-
nation for governor, are running close
IN many Of the counties out in the
state
The Republican have re-nominated
Congressman Norris, BOYD. Pollard
ami probably Hinshaw. with the Sixth
district not heard from. Congress
Hitchcock was renominatei bv the
Democrats OF the First district
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-02
WORK ASSUMES
IMPORT ANCE
sAYc CONGRESSMAN BURTON OF
MONETARY COMMISSION WHO
HAS BEEN ABROAD STUDYING
CONDITIONS.

Cleveland. Sept. 1-CongressmaH
Burton. who has Just returned home
from London. where he attended a
session OF the subcommittee of the
national monetary committee. Of
which be is member said today that
e is certain that the work Of the
commission IS sure 20 assume very
Te1t importance. It vas organized
Nith q view 60 thorouehly study the
defects Of cur Uresert eurreRcy and
banking system and TO frame meas
urss fer necessary changes IN the ex-
izti1e laws and regulations
q is the disposition 0f al the mem
be1s. Burton said. to take no step
hastily. o. iEnCra as far as possible
partisan considerations and seek to
secrre uraieI reforms In national
hanks and the insurance Of bank
notes.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-02
STRIKE ENDED
At BIRMINGHAM
DISTRICT is NOW NON-UNioN--
OPERATORS TAKE BACK ALL
EXCEPT THE LAWLESS--GOV-
ERNOR CAUSED CLIMAX.

birmingham, Ala. Sept IAN { fiji
cial order, calling Of the strike OF coal
miners in the Birmingham district,
was issued to all the camps in this
section today. 1t was signed BY
President Lewis, Vice President
White and Secretary.Treasurer Ryan,
national officers of the United Mine
Workers fAmerica The order ends
a strike which began July G. and
which has been marked by much
violence. The official order, after re-
viewing the history Of the strike,
SAYS:
"The climax was reached when the
governor of Alabama said that the
miners shall not be permitted to live
in tented camps and that public meet.
lngs shall not be held In the mining
communities of the state during the
strike In other words, the strife
must end, regardless Of the c, st to
the miners or any rights they have
in the premises"
, The end Of the strike means that
all the mines in the Biz
district will be on a nom
union basis. No conferences between
of the union and the Officials
Of the operators association were held
In Birmingham 1t is known, how
ever that operators will take back all
the men, except those who have com
nitted acts of lawlessness.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-02
TIL NINE o'CLoCk-RESuLT
IN DOUBT AT MID
NIGHT.
FIRST PRIMARY IN
MICHIGAN YESTERDAY
Close Contest in Republican Party
For GovernoshIp Still in Doubt
Conventions viii Noni-
nate Some Candidates
Result in Wisconsin

Detroit. Mich, Sept. lat midi
might the Republican nomination
governor is still in doubt Michigan's
first primary election for governor
and lieutenant governor resulted on
the Republican side In an extremely
close contest between Governor War
nar and Auditor General Bradley
Lieutenart governor on the Reppb-
lican ticket, p. H. Kelly, present IN
q, a!Lent, had no opposition
Lawton r Hemans Of Mason had
no opposition for Democratic nomina-
.tton for governor at the state conyen-
tion.
In the four congressional diet "
where there were contests TODAY for
Republican nomination. incomplete re-
turns indicate the denomination Of
Congressman Gardner IN the Tti~d
district Joseph w. Fcrinev 4, tn
Eighth George A. LcuA IN tre ~ n
and Francis Dodds in the Eie ents to
succeed Congressman Darragb Tho
following Republican congre~sven
were nominated without opposition:
G. II. Townsend G. J iDekema s w
Smith Henry McMorran, J. G. Nc
Laughlin Republicans IN three dIs-
tricts and Democrats In all twelve VIII
nominate congressman in district con-
vertiOns
Nearly complete returns from
eleven counties Of So show the follow
lowing on the Republican nomination
for governor:
Bradley 2,755; Governor War1er
75G: H. s. Earle 799
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-02
PLURALITY FELL OFF SOME
SINCE 1o04--GUBERNATOR-
lAL riDATE5 DIFF
FER AS TO MAJORITY
DEMOCRATS CAli IN
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Independence League Polls 1000
Votes-Prohlbitio and Socialist
About Same-Hitchcock Re
cards Result as Presag-
ing G. o. p. Victory
Mnlte Rlver Junction. Vt. Sent. |.

White River Junction, VT Sept /.
The Republicans won the election
IN Vermont today by carrying that
state for Lieutenant Governor Prouty
of Newport, for governor by about 2S,-
600 votes over James r.. Burke. OF
burlington. his Democratic opponent.
The plurality was the smallest on
presidential year since 1892, when il
was only 1886 and was followed Ly
a Democratic national victory but it
was larger than 1883 and only slightly
less than 1890 There was fal ing
of IN the four years Of about 8 per
cent IN the Republican vote, whie
the Democratic vote fell off per
cent
The Independence League appeared
for the first time and polIed about
600 votes, while the Prohibition and
Socalistic vote remained about the
same The Democrats make some
gains IN the lower branch of the egis-
latrre
AZ Vermont was the first state to
vote during the presidential campaign
there was much interest throughout
the country in the size of the Repu-
llcan plurality
The Republicans retainde complete
control of the legislative and eyecu-
tive branches of the government,
elected to congress from the First dis.
trot, David J. Foster, Of Burlington,
for another term, and from the See
ond district. Frank Plumley of North
field, for the first time, and choosing
a majority of the legislature which
win select a successor to the late
Senator Proctor
The Republican majority I'm the
next house will be considerably re-
duced The voters were urged to sup
port the Republican ticket by speak
crs Of national importance who
sumpcd the state during the past two
weeks. discussing the issues which
will be heard in other parts Of the
country this fall
On the other hand the Democrats
fought the battle alone, James Il. !
Burke, Of Burlington, formerly known |
MS the blacksmith mayor" Of that
city who headed the ticket having |
only local talent in his support
Late tonight Prouty expressed him |
self as pleased with the result but |
reserved his statement until more |
complete returns are available.
Burke said; From the returns re
ceiyed by me, I claim Prouty's ma
iority will be under $4,000"
At 1880 Prouty stated to the Asso-
ciatea Press that he figured his plu-
raliv at 29.S1S over Burke. and be
Icyod thar missing towns would bring
q up TO 10000.