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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-04

committee in Douglas county was takeE
without my knowledge or consent. l
do not approve of such a method, but
there was no contest in Douglas coun-
ty. The committee was unanimous
Stubs speech was also greeted with
great cheering.
The cheering of Stubs speech seem
ed to come more from the balcony and
the spectators than from the del
egates.
T. A. Noftzger then tried to make a
speech, and roasted the Mcpherson
county contesting delegation.
A member of the Mcpherson contest
ing delegation kept interrupting Noftz-
ger. He declared Noftzger was mis-
stating facts. There was great con-
kissing and shouting.
Noftzger switched off onto de-
Tense of the senate lodge and there
was a storm of kissing.
I'D like to KNOW" shouted dele
gate, whether the gentleman is de-
Tending the senate lodge or the ques-
ton before the house?"
Judge Clark asked that representa-
tive of each contesting delegation be
allowed to state his case. This sugges-
ton was drowned in a storm of hoWls.
A delegate in the rear of the hall got
on a chair and insisted on making a
speech in defense of the MCPHERSON
county contesting delegation. The del
egate kept on talking until he was
forced into his seat by the sergeants-
alarms.
Permanent Organization.
The committee on permanent organ
ization then reported the permanent
officers as follows:
For chairman-D. J. Hanna
For secretary-Clyde Miller.
Assistant Secretaries-S. B. Haskins
of Johnson A. Floersch Of Pottawa-
omie and Henry Monroe of Shawnee.
w. Y. Morgan and ]. s. Osborn were
named to escort Mr.. Hanna to the
chair.
Mr.. Hanna did not make any extend
ed speech, but thanked the convention
for the honor.
A W. Smith of Mcpherson county
made the point of order that Clark s
motion had been carried out and was
out Of order. The point was sustained.
The chairman then put the original
motion to adopt the committee on Gre
dentials, and amid tremendous tumult
and confusion declared it carried.
Resolutions for Taft.
W. Y. Morgan then came forward
and read the report of the committee
on resolutions.
When the section was read endors-
ing D. w. Mulvane as national COM
mitteeman there were boots, and
groans, and laughter.
Mulvane's friends came to the
rescue with a burst of applause and
cheers.
The resolutions were adopted with
only about twenty or thirty dissenting
votes.
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of children have been taken to city
hospitals. Three little girls met in
slant death in attempting. to jump to
safety from the third floor of the burn
ing building. They we're Mary Ridge
way, Anna Roth and Gertrude Davis.
A man named Dorm discovered his
little girl among the mass of injured
and crushed. He caught the girl by
the hands and, in his frantic efforts to
save her, pulled her arms from her
body.
The four children of the janitor of the
building lost their lives together in
the fire.
The greatest loss of life was caused
by one of the exits being closed, to
which point scores of the children rush
ed. Their escape was blocked by a door
that opened inward. In this manner
they were delayed in reaching the other
door and windows. 1t is said that as a
result of the stampede scores of chill
dren lost their lives
OF the nine teachers of the school,
seven are accounted for. The two miss
ing are Katherine Weller, of Cleveland,
and Grace Fisk of East Cleveland.
Principal Frank P Whitney of the
school, estimates the number of dead
from 70 to $50. The pupils were mostly
very young children, ranging in age
from 8 to Il years.
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ToDAY.s MARKET REPORTS

Chicago, ILL.,. March 4.-WHEAT-Wh
opened active and strong. Commission
houses were heavy buyers asd prices were
I'D a cent over yesterday within the 1lrst
10 minutes of trading. Conditions at Liv-
erpool. where the prices We're up pence,
were strong. Northwestern receipts were
the main factors in this advance. IheTe
are indications, too, that considerable
bull campaign is about to begin ill., May =
onened N0lasc lower to a shade higher, AT
s9ac@s1.0 co.'s, sold up to NMBr, and then
reacted to sIooss. Minneapolis' oo Du III III
and Chicago reported receipts OF 292 cars
The market showed a tendency to sag
in the last half. May fell off to &c. The
close was weak, with May OFF 1c at $50
% E3sOSRN-There was q big trade in corn
and a strong market. Local receipts were
so1 cars less than had been estimated and
the strength of wheat also had an eject
May opened 1saAc higher ne - at ss1 ezs4aoz'sc'
SIN In Sympathy with wheat the corn mar ar
close. The close. nevertheless, vas ass steady
18th NAV a shade higher, at 627sq6z4c:
GAT&Oats were very quiet but Iirm
MAY opened Hc higher, at 5s%c, sold az
5ssz 6saEc and then advanced to 64c
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. were rather
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CLOSE BLOCK OFFICES.
Santa Fee Makes an Order Which
Limits Open Time.

Owing to the nine hour telegraph
law which went into effect today, the
Santa Fe has completed arrangements
for the partial closing of many of the
smaller block offices along the lines
of the eastern division which ex-
tends from Argentine to Emporia.
One block office at OI1vet has been
entirely discontinued. Four operators
have been let out.
The offices which are affected by
the partial closing are as follows:
Peterton, Scranton, Lang, Barclay,
Reading, Carbonate, Wakarusa. Te-
cumseh, Spencer, Lecompton, Lake
View, Eudora, Wilder, Zarah. Eliza
beth. Lebo, Melvern. LIE Loup. Wells
vile, Neosho Rapids and Gardner.
The operators who were let out were
stationed at Barclay. Peterton, Te-
cumseh and Lake View.
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ALL GO FREE.
Mrs. Hartje Loses the Suit Against
Her Traducers.

Pittsburg, Pa, March 4.-Augustus
Hartje, John l. Welshons, hard
ware merchant and friend of Hartje
and Clifford Hooe, the negro coach
man. who have been on trial in GRIM
inal court charged with conspiracy to
blacken the character of Mrs. Mary
Scott Hartje, were all acquitted today.
binding instructions having been Civ
en- to the jury to find such a verdict
and place the costs of the case upon
the county. 1t is now stated that
Mrs. Hartje will push her action to
Obtain divorce from her husband.
The case is on trial list and will be
called within a few weeks.
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New York Stock Marked

Wall ST., New York, March 4-STOCkS
insignificant gains and losses shown Dy
the opening prices of stocks left the move
ment without any decided current in
either direction. Operations were very
small. Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault
Ste Marie fell point.
There was a moderate advance in prices,
which lifted the majority of stocks from
u to u point above yesterdays close
Speculation became lifeless again at the
higher levels but prices held up well.
American Smelling preferred saggsd 11s
points
Light selling carried prices below last
night with the decline in Union Pacific
and Denver and Rio Grande running UP
to a point and in Canadian Southern 2
points. Lackawanna sold at q decline of
20 points and Brooklyn Union Gas points
and the market became virtually stagnant
at the declines.
Bonds were steady
Interest in the market decreased stead
lily until they were minutes at q time
when no transactions were registered on
the stock tickers. The tone seemed a lit
tie firmer.
Some of the low priced stocks were sold
more freely, especially Erie and the
Southern Railway. The market otherwise
ruled firm, though excessively dull. Great
Northern Ore Certificates advanced 2ls
points and Western Union point
Range of Prices OF Stocks.
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Grains, Provisions Cotton and Stocks.
Office ITO w. Sixth St. Phone 4S6
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x.,sas CITY Produce Market.

Kansas City. March 4.OClose-W q - = = !!
Receints 70 cars Unchanged May, Sor4c;
I I,,i1 ssgsc cash: No. 2 hard s91sc@s1 o.;
No hard, 9S1k@99c: No. 2 red. s1o2gl-oS;
NJ oopN n NJ to 1c higher. May,
5saI y. July- 56Ac. Cash. No. mixed, 66A
@5ac. No. mixed, 561sc; No. white, 5S1s
WStc;T C; I>ncbaneed to 1sc higher No.
,,, III 5od511Lc; No. mixed. 4sQ4s1ac.
RYE-74Q76c. s,1.ooo7
- 81. choice prairie 25Q5oo higher, $3.50
30 R9iITTTER-Weak. Creamery. 3oc; pack
lns .csG sSSn;A higher. Fresh extras. 1sc;
current receipts, 161ac
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Kansas city, March 4.
Knnsas City Live Stock.

kansas City, Mo, March 4.-CATTLEE
Receipts today 5000, including 200 head OF
southerns Market steady to strong. Ma a.
tive steers, s45oa5.so southern steers $4;oO
cows and heifers, 81 COOS 90; stockers and
feeders, So 40@5 90; bulls, So. 25@4 80; calves
49, 5O@65 so; western steers, "a. 25@oov; west
ern cows, So. 25@4.50.
HOGS Receipts today II 600 head. Mar.
ket steady to SC lower. Bulk of sales, u x; ~
"a 10; heavy, $43564.45; packers, $42oQ44 ~;
pigs and light, 50 9OQ4.30.
SHEEP-Receipts today 5000 head. Mar
ket 1Oc higher Muttons, 81. COOS g; lamps;
S. 1906 So; range wethers, SWQ6.zo' leo
ewes 81 6065 So
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Chicago Produce Market

ket strong Daisies, 131aQ14c; Twins, 121h
@1sc; Young Americas, 1s1sa1sAc
POULTRY-Alive poultry firm, iur-
BUTTER-Market easy. Creamery, O0
30c; dairy 1920. ,a.s
EGGS-Steady. At mark, cases Included
1SG181kc.
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New York MONEY Mar,-et

New. York, March 4-MONEY-Money
and closing bid 1A per cent; offered at 2
per cent; Time loans steady. Sixty day
bills. 31s03A per cent; 80 day bills, ss4G4
per cent; months, 4N@41z per cent.
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper 5d51A
per cent; sterling exchange steady, with
@4.s670 for demand and at 81 S36O04 $3.50 for
60 day bills; commercial bills, s4S3A.
S1LVER-Bar silver, 55Ac; Mexican dol
lars, 47Ac.
BONDS-Government bonds steady
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WANTED MAN.
Continued from Page One,

Continued from Page One.)
protested against the adoption Of the
amendment. He said Speaker Cannon
had named him as chairman of the
committee on claims, and that if the
amendment, which criticised Cannon,
was adopted, he could not go back to
Washington and face the speaker il
his own district passed such a resolu
ton. Finally vote was taken by
delegations, and the amendment was
defeated
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state once each year. Commissioner
drummer is visiting number of coun-
LES along the Union Pacific in the
Fifth congressional district Commits
sloners Howe and Glass will start We'd
nesday- on visit to Leavenworth,
Atchison, and other counties in east
ern Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-04

quiet and easy. May pork opened 10015c
off, at s11.90. Lard was SC lower, at 81 70.
Ribs opened 5@71zc lower. at s6671k@6.70.
RYE.Cash: S41Ac
BARLEY-Cash: 75@S2c.
T1MOTHY-March, AS5
CLOVER-S19. 90
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New York Sugar and Coffee

New York, March 4-SUGAR-Raw Sill
car firm. Fair refining, 1897; centrifugal,
96 test, 1887; molasses sugar. $3.12 Rein
$500; granulated, $3.50.
CoFFEELESteady. No. Rio. c: No.
Santos, SasQS1ac.
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Tax Commissioners Visiting.

Members of the state tax commission
have commenced their visitation
work, which the law requires. Under
the law, one or more of the commits
sioners must visit every county In the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-04

row: Wheat 80; corn. 36s; oats. 247.
Receipts of wheat in the northwest to-
day were 277 cars. Last year 309 cars.
Liverpool closing cables: Wheat 1ssd
higher; corn %@%d higher
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Ch;,ano Live Stock Market.

Chicago March 4-CATTLE-E1ec e1las
today about 10000. Market STEADY; Zee 6eeV eS.
sHe 81. 75aI75: Calves, s5oo@7: Is; west
ems, s4OOQ5 90; stockers and feeders, $zfo
HOGS-Receipts today about 1900 head
Market weak Light, $4,000. 40; mixsd,
q. 25G4.5 80; heavy. 81 25@4.5O rough, q Fog
40; pigs. s35o04.So; bulk OF sales' S4-'0v
AS ~
SHEEP-Receipts today were about 10, :
600 head Market steady to Strong. Ma
tives s3 S65 IS; western, $S. 30Qo: 90; year
iings. S5.0O66 Is; lambs, s5.00Q6. 80; west
ems. s.. O0@6.90. = z..s ss.1-.s1z,. p -
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Ne,v York Produce Market.

New york, March 4--BUTTERModMA1 ark
steady crsameries speGlals thir sgSi to
eissts 95Iaec: held extras to specials, S0Q
SIC; do frgts to thirds 24a2S western fae
tory firgt5 f;rs sse; a sSssnds' 2' imitation
crSaIEIE3 SE.-Firm.F Fun cream specials. 1Sc;
small coiored and white fine 1sAc; d ditto
ia.ss ~ nrine. 141k615c: ditto late made
s eUp tx 613c: ditto common to fair. $40
l1sc x,,os-..,,, f;-sts eoc- do
se p0iqI ,TRY-Alive poultry firm and ten
dency higher on fowls, though onlclal
quus dressed poultry was quiet Phila-
delpliia spring chickens. 2s@2Sc; turkeys
12G1Sc; fowls, 1oq1s1sc-
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Cotton Market.

Galveston, Tex. March 4.-COTTON-
Market higher, IL 7-16c.
New York. March 4-COTTON-Sales
today 80 bales. Spot cotton closed quiet
Middling uplands. sn66; middEng gulf.
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Iiverpool opening cables: Wheat B@17sd
higher corn I'D higher.
nl 4E.iNarnooI second cables: Wheat 7sQ1d
higher. corn sd higher.
Car lots at K. c.: Wheat SS; corn, 10;
oa HSs..; n car lots at K. C. tomorrow:
wheat. 20; corn, IS; oats, 10
Car lots at Chicago. Wneae, 10 coril'
s'f Estimated eaasi car lots at Chicago somor-
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HOGS
QITTrHED

MIXED AND BUTCHERS ..... SO S5lD4 n
HEAVY 49,. .-.............-.-.....-4 O564 10
TCannot use hogs under I50 pounds 20
not market hogs unless same are we'll fin.
ished, as We cannot use half fat stuff 1
CATTLE.
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Chicago Market.

Chicago Market.
FURNISHED by ]. E. Gall. Commissions.
Grains. Provisions, Cotton and Stocks.
Office Ito w. Sixth st. Phone 4S6.l
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TODeka Market.
Topeka. March 4

FURNISHED by the Charles Wofff Packing
Co. Yards close at noon SATURDAY.
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Kansas City Live Stock Sales Today.
by Clay, Robinson & Co., live stock com.
srThe following sales were made TO-DAY az
the stock yards, Kansas City, MO, ana
teIephoned to The Topeka State journal
mission merchants. with offices at all
markets.
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I'VE give below PRICES Of cattle eqec

BULLS (commonl --................ 2O032 "a
GALXEs. 1000 81 lbs shs ......... Soogzss
Calves EGGS esas 1 a. PouITRY. aoo@sso
FURNISHED by The Topeka Packing ~
1114-11s w Laurent st. This is whoiessIss
II, PoUETRy,.as gaip all sizes. hens. Sc:
l2c; ducks. Sc; geese. &c.
EGGsI5c- ,.aoo.
Furnished by Continental Creamery ~
Topeka. Kan.1 w.
BUTTER-Elsin' BIC; N. 7. Creamery.
'' Ef;GGsIGhieago; 1go; New York. a1nc
FURNISHED by J. E. Lux. 210 Kan. Av.,
ccRANBERRIEs-Late Howe. Der Dbl,
si PfIGYNEAPPLEs box. 81. 045o
PiNEAPPLEss.,Per, box. 81 Is.
GRAPEs- Aimira. per Dbl. 800. % m
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS dEEMMSSGGssscraney aa Per box $50
GRAPE GRAPE FRg g1s;,, bog, $500.
large punches. $3.50; Jumbo, Sis WOO:
APPL LI Sh "a o0R RsT Dbl, s47585oo;can-
20 TiEoejMAroEsF Florida. per s-basket or..-
&c. canada RUTABAGAs-Per -,
FLOWER-California, per cr vc;
s' IiETTUCE-Texas, per basket. 7c
CELERY-Jumbo, per bunch, soc c.
A Ia
TJJRNIPS-Per bbl., 4O050c.
PARSNIPS-Per bu.. 75c.
CARROTS-PeT bu., 75e.
H H66RKagsERAp1 sa R rs ;,
ONION SETS-Per bu., 81. 75a3. * &C.
ONIONS-Per bu., sl25; Spanish
crate, $1.50. Per
SWEET POTATOES-Per bu s,zo
SEED SWEET POTATOESlMS5cSSSs;<, :.
PoTAToEsaedIadsash a and Colorado Ry-
SEED PoTAToEs-R.. R. E. O.. ner h.
81 10; Bliss Triumphs. S1.0O - per pu.s
CHEESE-Wfsconsin Y A H.. ~,
Swiss l.d; Im m pogg 1sG Daisy l fse
low or white. he; Brick, Ice. yell
CANNED OYSTERS-N. z Extra q.
lects. DC N Z. Counts. SOC; Standard. Sc.
Grain Market.
FURNISHED by J. B. Billiard. corner
sas Ave and Curtis St.I Ian
No. 4 77QS0c . ozQScs
CORN-New and old Soc
oATs-No- 2, 430z6c: No. 4 <o67xs.
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CATTLE-Receipts today 5000 heao'
HoGsReceipts today II 600 head. MAI r.
ket weak to 10c lower. Bulk OF sales' s4'-o
u sH III aIY. today 5000 head Mar
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Kansas City Grain Market.
Furnished by ]. E. Gall, Commissions.
Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks.
Office ITO w. Sixth ST. Phone 1851
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$50 CHILDREN
PERISH BY FIRE.

CONTINUED from Page One,
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Market Gossip.

FURNISHED by E. Gall c and sfoohs
Sffice ito w. sixth st. Phone 4S6.1
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Many Fatally Injured

At 1:30 70 bodies had been recover
ed from the ruins and were taken to
the shops of the Lake Shore & MichiS
gan Southern Railway company. where
the company's physicians attended the
injured. Practically every ambulance
in the eastern part of Cleveland. was
called as we'll as every available pbysi-
cian- Many children rescued are he
neved to be fatally injured, either by
fire or being trampled upon. Scores
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ssioD Merchants. Stock Yards. Ka

AsS .s 6t S UyH osFsTs M
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Afternoon Session.

The first thing was the report of the
committee on rules and order of bust
ness. The. committee recommended
that no resolutions be read before the
convention without first being present.
ed to the committee on resolutions.
This was for the purpose of choking
off Objectionable resolutions.
The order of business recommended
was as follows:
/. Report of committee on order of
business.
2. Report of the credentials commit
tee.
8. Report of the permanet organiza-
ton committee.
5. Election of four delegates and
four alternates to the Republican ma
tional convention.
Report of Resolutions Committee.
r-hS committee on resolutions held a
rneeting Immediately after the adjourn
Snent of the morning session of the
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-05-07

measure of truth in this statement and
it is also probable that had fair vote
been taken which would have expressed
the will of the delegates at the Repub.
lican convention when similar platform
was adopted, it would have been fotApd
that, IN that convention also, the voice
OF the majority was against the saloon
and its anarchy. And the situation of
the voter in either the Republican or the
Democratic party is substantially the
same as that of the delegate in the con
vention of the party. 1t is not his voice
or will that counts, but the will of those
who, by some means or other, manage
to control the organized thing which we
call the party. There are most excel
lently good men in the Democratic party
of Illinois and also in the Republican
party and the leaders of those parties
want them there; want them there be
cause their goodness is a party asset
The control of both parties is bad and
the power of each party is used against
righteousness and public welfare; and
the goodness of the good men in the
parties simply increases the power of
each bad party for evil There never
was party boss so bad that he was not
willing and glad to have the best of good
men in his party-down on the orlop
deck, battened under and chained to the
working oars that speed the bad party
to success
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their orders Our stubborn contem-
poraries may find trial in other
cities of an attempt which met with a
failure almost comic in Philadelphia
AN effort to put the fear of black
list into the minds of owners of all
the large retail stores
This, from paper that insists that
it is not Prohibition advocate and that
actually carries liquor advertising in
its columns, is valuable testimony as to
the existence of campaign of intimid-
alton and at the same time casts valu-
able light upon the attitude of certain
other papers.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-05-07
FRIENDS HELP
St. Paul Park Incident

After drinking coffee for breakfast
always felt languid and dull, having no
ambition to get to my morning duties.
Then in about an hour or so a weak.
nervous arrangement of the heart and
stomach would come over me with such
force | would frequently have to lie
down.
AT other times | had severe head
aches; stomach finally became affected
and digestion SO impaired that I had
serious chronic dyspepsia and constipa
ton A lady, for many years State
President of the w. C. T. u, told me
she had been greatly benefited by quit
ting coffee and using Postum Food COT
fee; she was troubled for years with
asthma She said it was no cross to quit
coffee when she found she could have as
delicious an article as Postum.
Another lady, who had been troubled
with chronic dyspepsia for years, found
immediate relief on ceasing coffee and
beginning Postum twice day She was
wholly cured. Still another friend told
me that Postum Food Coffee was God
send to her, her heart trouble having
been relieved after leaving off coffee and
taking on Postum.
so many such cases came to my no.
tice that | concluded coffee was the
cause of my trouble and I quit and took
up Postum. am more than pleased to
say that my days of trouble have disap-
peared. am well and happy" There's
a Reason" Read "The Road to Well
ville," in pkgs.
Ever Read the Above Letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true, and full of
human interest.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-05-07
THE CAMPAIGN OF
INTIMIDATION

Some months ago, when attention was
called to the fact that various brewing
interests were attempting to bulldoze
and intimidate the papers to prevent
the publication of news regarding the
Prohibition movement, many editors
professed to dsbelieve the statement
and spoke loud things about the indie
pendence of the press and the improbas
bility of any attempt to intimidate it.
Recently there has been some mutter-
ing of the liquor interests against Col
hers Weekly for its study of the sa
loon, and the Philadelphia North Amer
lean says that it has been approached
in this matter by the representatives of
the liquor interests The North Amer
lean says:
They did us the honor to consult
with us in person concerning this
question What they demanded was
merely suppression of outside news.
We might print what we pleased of
matters in Philadelphia and Pennsyl-
vania But we should put out a
smaller volume of news of happenings
elsewhere. We should ignore the
happy consequences of the drought of
the South. We should tell nothing of
the financial and industrial conse-
quences of closing the saloons Of
Kansas City, Kan. We should print no
more maps showing the phenomenal
wave of temperance sentiment that is
sweeping over the country
From their viewpoint these men
were very liberal toward the North
4, american. The conditions they Of
fered were not 25 percent so exact
ing as those they imposed upon other
newspapers in our district And the
remarkable part of all was that these
men really thought that they were
treating us with the greatest possible
generosity, their judgment being based
upon their intercourse with other
newspapers throughout the country.
Meanwhile the brewers boycott