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Mr. Beaumont took the floor at about
J,45 and spoke 'till half past four. He de
.-•/ livered the most effective speech that has
begn made during the campaign and
doubtless the greatest speech ever deliver
•. ed before a canton audience. The speech
will be published in full next Week The
attendance was large, Bedford hall being
packed full of people.
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•5TVHtW -I •v»— T" fat
CRUM OF THE COUNTY HEWS,
Baiph Beaumont Make* a Great Reform
Speech af_ Canton—The indepen
dent Rally.
Republican* Lack Home
Ifl—Mrs. DeVoe's Lecture
-^Other News.
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THE LUMBER WAGON RALLY.
The independent rally advertised for
last Saturday was a success in so far as
the lecture by Hon. Ralph Beaumont
was concerned. The procession was very
small owing to the fact that Mr Beau
mont, on his arrival in the city announced
that he would be obliged to leave on
the afternoon train for Sioux Falls and
that if the people desired to hear much of
a speech tliej^were obliged to let him com
mence talking soon after one o'clock.
Consequentfwafflost of the crowd proceed
eel to the-MSK&jfter dinner, leaving only
about 4d^!BKs to participate in the par-
,* BBPUBLI0AB8 01 THE STOMP.
JsdgoQiford sad 0*%WUte Shwaaa la Bomy
TevaiUp.
MOB, Oct. 18.—Special
Corre*pondener.
The republicans held a rally at the Rise
school house, in district No. 32, laat
Thursday evening. The meeting was
largely attended by Canton politicians
and their local servants. The meeting
WMF*4kessed by Judge Gilford of Can*
ton. vft^pur esteemed old reaper, apple
tree^j^^Brttajaigce agent, A. Sherman,
noyjj^^^Bwn^minee for the legisla
tur^^Kie' editor of the Dakota Ekko,
who spoke in the Scandinavian language
Mr. Sherman was to have been represent
ed on the stump by Mr Simons of Sioux
Falls, but when his time came to orate,
that gentleman had partaken of so much
seifactiqg fluid that he was too heavily
loaded to stand up and orate. The first
speaker was the editor, of the Ekko, and.
hffltfeished^hi^aaygcli without interrupt
•tito^MtSm^S^HiggeeatkMi -Judge^Jlf-.
ford spoke next and in his speech he told
us that he was raised on a farm and in
various ways professed great love for the
farmer. Mr. Gifford was frequently
questioned for further explanation on sub.
jects treated in his speech but he objected
-to raising any debate until he had com
pleted his oration, but notwithstanding
the Judges objection his hearers continu
ed to question him on various subjects
until they had him considerably embar
rassed. He succeded well, however, in
evading ikuy questions propounded. In
his sp/i^b|e stated that in the true light,
he dMH^Hriieve, Mr. Louks, independ
ent C&I10|K for governor, was a citizen.
The Judge^Vas asked regarding the gov
ernment whiskey warehouses, and in an
swer he stated that there was no such
thing, but that the leaders in the Alliance
were simply trying to make the fanners
believe there were. The Judge's speebh
was more amusing than logical and the
whole affair was a practical demonstra
tion of how the republicans expect to car
ry the day this fall.
THE HEWS AT WORTHING.
Two Equal Bnffrag* SpMchu and a Towel With
Kipablicana.
WORTHING, Oct. 15.—Special corre
spondence: Politics have been boiling
pretty lively here the past week and our
little village is getting its share of the
benefit of the impending campaign.
Last evening the independents, equal
suffrage advocates and old party rousth
abouts joined in arousing public meet
ing that kept the inner walls of the school
bouse red hot till after midnight. Hon.
H. J. Frank acted as president of the
meeting and after he stated the object of.
thf»_ gathering, the available time was
dlvMBri^p among the speaker* present
independent* candidate
fort5eie|W«ture, opened for the new
party. He spoke with great force and
ability on the. many question and hand
eled the silver bill without gloves, but
his time was limited and fully taken up
before he had half time to finish the sub
ject. Carrie. Lane Chapman then pre
sented her lecture on women suffrage. It
is useless to attempt to give anything like
a review of Mrs. Chapman's lecture for it
was so full of logic, reason, wit, wisdom
and eloquence, that anything like a just
report of it would occupy several col
umns. Mrs. Chapman kept the house
fairly trembling with chefcrs and ap
plauses. Seldom if ever lias your core
spondent listened to a more able addpess
than that of Mrs. Chapman.
Henry Bradshaw, candidate /or the
state .senate then took the floor apd he is
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to be congratulated upon the able man
ner in which he handlied the questions
involved in the principles of the indepen
dent party.
Mr.-Westbury followed Mr. Bradshaw
with a careful review of the candidates
upon the independent ticket.
R. O. Donahue, republican candidate
for the legislature, who was in the audi
ence, was called upon. He only spoke a
a few moments and attacked Mr. Brad
shaw for neglecting to do in the last leg
islature, what he proposed to have done
now through the independent party. Mr.
Bradshaw promptly called the gentle
man's attention to the fact that if he had
been in the last legislature, in a hopeless
minority, he would not have accomplish
ed any more. What we want and need,
is the controlling voice in that body and
in congress then we can do something,
not before. Donahue threw out a chal
lenge for Mr. Bradshaw or any other in
dependents to meet their speakers at Lin
coln Center on the 10th, whereupon Mr.
Bradshaw responded .that the indepen
dents would be there without hesitation.
P. H. Devitt, democratic candidate for
the legislature was also present and was
called on for a speech. He confessed
that he was a democrat and after listen
ing to the able speech of the lady from
Iowa, he found himself incapable of say
ng anything that would add interest to
the occasion. Great praise was due the
lady for her able effort. Mrs. Chapman
acknowledged the compliment by a few
appreciative remarks and the meeting
closed.
Last Sunday evening,. Get. 13, Mrs.
Emma S. DeVoe, of Huron, visited our
city and addressed our people on the sub
ject of equal suffrage. She presented her
case in a plain, comprehensive way and
her remark were often greeted With
rousings cheers. Mrs. DeVoe is a Splen
did speaker and our people were highly
pleased with her speech and her presence
in our little city. A vote of thanks w^s
tendered her at the close of her address.
APPEAL FOB JUSTICE.
An Addra* to th» Friends of Eqnal Bights in South
Dakota.
HURON, Spet. 15.—WOMEN OF SOUTH
DAKOTA: The men who were' "on the
Heights" during our fight for home pro
tection last year, sent word along the line,
—Have the women at the polls and we
will carry tfce day." The result proved
the wisdoiifof that fallyirijf crj*, for those
samejaen Acknowledge-500 per cent.^Ad
ded to our majority vote by the presence
of the women at the polls.
The battle to day. my sisters, means
more to us than of last October. It
means that our girls shall stand an equal
chance with our boys in life's battles.
It meaustliat the mother love of South
Dakota shall breathe upon the laws of
our state. It means that 70,000 women
shall have a fair swing at life as well as
on the scaffold. While our brothers have
not been unmindful of the political needs
and demands of all other classes and con
ditions of the people of our state, even to
the dusky inhabitants of the wigwam,
who were lately voted the courtesy of the
floor in one of our political conventions,
they have left us outside the fold as poll
tical orphans. With these facts staring
us in the face, we fully realize that we
women and we are alone, must fight it
out on this line, and everything hinges
on the work of the women on election
day. Our only issue today is,
tfrt'}
fthe
ballot
in women's hand.
In every voting precinct, appoint a com
mittee to make a house to house canvass
and get the women out to a meeting, and
let every one, into whose hands this cir
cular may fall, consider herself a com
mittee of one to look after this matter.
At this meeting appoint a number to
look after refreshments. The young
women can make this a success. Detail
others .to solicit votes, and arrange to
hold a prayer meeting before the polls
open. Have the bell's rung every hour to
encourage those at the. front.
Where poMible have the. children out
on parade three times during the day,
out of school hours, with their flags,
.banners, mottoes and suffrage songs. If
there are only 'a few children in the pre
dict, let th^m uje the button hole bou
quets, as iastyear.
&end to WW F. Bailey for song books
also for copies of mottles which you' can
getyonrlocaltalent to print, paint or
draw, oh nrasiin »i^l place on the walls
of every polling plaice.
In the country places, have a picnic at
or near the polling places, with your
basket dinners, suffrage songs, making it
a general jubilee. Everywhere serve
lunch to all if nothing more than hot cof
fee and sandwiches.
But first of all, before election day, se
cure tickets of all the different parties,
and see that they arc printed according to
the form enclosed, and then far as possi
ble, hold the judges of election to the
count of the tickets according to the law
on this form also post$Snm form at every
polling place.
For un account of an old time women's
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4 Faithful LEADER in the Cause of Economy and Reform, the Defender of Truth and Justice, the Foe of Ftaud and Corruption.
CANTON, SOUTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1890.
rights rally, and for your own encourage
ment, I refer you to the first seven vefses
of the 27th Chapter of Numbers. Read
it and then with a heart trusting in the
same God, and with all womanly modes
ty and dignity, go up before the congre
gation of the Princes of South Dakota,
and present your just cause, and that
tame God will give us the victory:
Yours for human rights,
NETTIE C. BALL,
State Supt. Election Work.
BELOIT BUBBLES.
Jno. Brenner ,is attending court at Rock
Rapids.
E. E. Carpenter did business at the
Rapids Saturday.
Rev. Nelson, of Sioux Falls, visited for
a few days last week.
J. A. Carpenter, who has hcen visiting
relatives for a few' days, returned to his
work at Buck Grove, Friday.
J. A. Sedgwick and M. J! Montgomery
with their better halves took in Rock
Rapids, Sunday.
Miss Clara Ingham, last Monday even
ing, came very near meeting with a very
serious accident. She was riding a frac
tious pony which scared at some paper in
the road and Miss Ingham fell to the
ground. She escaped with a few slight
bruises.
Mr. Sa mCawkins, of Mitchell, is visit
ing relatives for a few days.
Mrs. W. Pedelty did business at In
wood, Saturday.
Mrs. V. P. Lowell took last Saturday's
train for New Orleans where she is going
to remain this winter visiting friends and
relatives.
D. J. Carpenter sports si new buggy.
F. P. Dean and his brother, of Sioux
City was up looking after their large
stock ranch close to town.
F. A. Keep did business at Sioux City,
Monday.
D. J. Carpenter shipped 3 cars of stock
to Chicago, Tuesday.
POLITICAL MEETDTOS
AppointmtnU of Iidtp*id«at Spmkeri in Lisoeln
Ooiaty.
Pleasant township, Tuesday, Oct. 28,
Smith school house—Ge^oi) and Sweeden.
Eden township, Wegygpflay, Oct. .29,
McVay sctiodi houw^e^ilhl and Holter.
Springdale township, Friflay. Qct 31,
Buchanau school house—Gehon and,
W«4kl.
Perry township, Saturday, Nov." 1,
Crowley school house—Gehon and Wim
ple.
Delapre township, Monday, Nov. 3,
Allibone school house—Wahl and Wim
pie.
La Valley, Friday, Oct. 24, Messener
school house, No. 53—Gehon, Bradshaw
'andSweeden.
Perry township, Saturday, Oct. 25,
Rouse school house—(Jehou. Bradshaw
and Sweeden.
Grant townships Saturday, Oct. 25 Ged
stad school house—Wahi, Westbury and
Holter.
Pleasant township, Tuesday, Oct. 28.
North Star school house—Bradshaw.
Gehon and Holter.
Lincoln township. Wednesday, Oct. 20.
Pioneer school house—Gehon, Holter and
Bradshaw.
Highland township, Thursday. Oct. 550,
Austin Olson school house—Jamicson.
Wahl and Westbury. (Postponed from
Oct. 2.
Eden township. Friday, Oct. 31, at
Eden—Leavitt, Gehon and Bradshaw.
Dayton township, Saturday, Nov. 1,
Ward well school house—Jamieson, Sol
try and Owens.
Springdale township, Monday, Novem
ber 3, at the Eckort school house No. 57
—Gehon. -Owens and Goltry.
At any and all of these meetings an
invitation is extended to members of
other, political parties to meet our
speakers »f|d.
discuss the merits 6t the in
dependent platform.
By the County Committee.
TUBVBAWATBA1XBB.
Bay. victhfeH. km y«u «e«B U» toaster,
vlAdeHiMitaahoBklafaM.
Go i)Nf do road aoae time dls moralar
like kit. ffwtafc to.teab de plaeet
H*se«d«s)6fee wayupderahroa*'
where d« locomotives.lajr
He loili Mi tat aa' hf tthy wMw.
aa'I'apec'he'stanaway.
CHOWS.'
De'kaakerraa.'halUk!
de Tletlms stay, ho, h6!
It must be now dr kingdom's ccmlaff.
and de year of inbllo.,
De victims are so lonesome, libbin'
in desod hooseon de elalm,
Da' move der tings to de banker's parlor,
tor to keep it wbile he's gone.
Dar's wine and eider in de kitchen,
an' de victims dey got some
I s'pose dey'U all be "resubmitted"
when de Knights of Labor come.
De sheriff, he did make us trouble,
and he dribe us round a spell
We. lock him up in de smoke-house celler.
wid do key thrown in the well.
De club is lost, do handcuff broken,
rtc 'oanker'U get his pay [better,
Ke's old enough, big enough, he ought to know
dan to went to Canada.
trcti$
WAR IN THE CAMPAIGN CAMP,
The Huron Capital 8cheme Collapses for
Want of Funds—Trying to steal
.#. 8ehool Bonds.
-.vi'SSraKlf-'i'
A Protest FrMns, Their Ranks—Ignoramous
Adminldtfipr a Shingle to the
ttrooklyn Poet.
HT7IU)H8 PEOPLE PROTEST.
From the PiefM Free Press.
It is eviden| that all things are not
lovely in Huron. The following clip
pings foreshadowed something of a rebel
lion against tjiie ifsue of bonds for use by
the capital committee.
Our reader will readily perceive that
such bonds wust be issued for some ille
gal purpose Sfhen the authorities dared
not publish Iptices of election in any of
.the Huron jjipers and the only notices
given were^y posting finely written type
written notices in obscure corners of the
city
es: One more city election
Huron Ti
They come thick and fast,
the question of voting $60,
inds will be submitted to the
next week.
Next Frida
000 school
people.
A few'da
later the following plain
peared also in the Huron
statement
Times:
The jug
leaders o£
ed in thcr ail
themselves
methods, tl
fact that
eating the
they ough
records «f
interesting
some
ffldled policy of the would-be
iron affairs is well represent
»Ve while they may believe
fxceedingly cunning in their
ought not lose sight of the
rds of their attempts at edu
iple to believe their methods,
ipt lose sight of the fact that
:ir even- day doings will be
ling Tor occupants of lone
cells in the not distant fu­
ture.
We iean^d from Huron parties that on
election mdpfting, Oct. 3, when said vote
was'takenJtfcat no one knew of the elec
tion excep^a few in the deal and that an
indignati(H| circular was spread far and
wide over yie city. One of said circulars
has been sept us with the following letter:
Hpxe|i|pct. 5, 1890.—Editor of the
Freo~Pres«p I send the circular you
sp6ke tfi im» about. The gang had them
so it was hard to get hold of
Q&9 one hundred of us here are
our committee putting up a
people like this. On the
election we did not know
was to te held. I do not
/eiv*«tt!8 C«sf, btit.lv
uWlittw many. Don't men-
Bi)dy as I have
tir rttid feathering some of
air SMfldsed is as follows:.
I. COURT:PTioif.
The eleclfbh etlled to vote $00,000
school bonds for the purpose of diverting
the fund from its legitimate uses, for pur
poses entirely distinct, is robbery of our
childerti. Shall we drag our own good
name in the dust and proclaim to th^
world that a conspiracy exist, and that
we, as a community, are lost to all sense
of honor as to vote an entirely unneces
sary bond on our city, deliberately intend
ing to use it for corruption pyrpoM*.
Our managers tell us we are sure of
success, because of the popularity and
justice of our cause. If so, we shall hurt
it with the corrupt use of money.
Jf tre are not mrc of
tsvccesx
can ice af­
ford to mortgage our children?
Let us pause and think where we are
drifting.
Hoc tea* it la»t year? Were not our
managers a* confident as note? It does not
become true citizens to countenance mis
appropriation os trust funds.
CITIZENS' COMMITTEE.
In the interest of right and moralit y.
Huron, S. D., Oct. 3.1800.
Oh, Huron, pure as snow! For ways
that are dark and tricks that are vain, the
Huron people are peculiar!
A K0SEBIK0BE8.
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TfcslmUja lMu.lUltse|kir ud
•k BtMtAbMtf Oil® ft
Loxo CnhEK. Oct- 20. EDITOR FARM
ERS' LKADKS—^1 noticed in the News of
Oct 6, a communication from th«*jenr of
that sage of these degenerate daVH Beiija
mine, the professional poet, _vho signs
himself D. F. What those nitials stand
for I don't pretend' to know. Sothe say
they mean devilish fanotic. while others,
insist they mean something else' jierhaps
more appropriate, but we are inclined to
think thejr must mean Dear Friend, for
we do not believe his parents would have
placed such a mark as that upon 'huh no
matter how true it would be.
Now, Mr. Editor, this modern gem of
perfection, starts out in his article with
his accustomed amount of mud throwing
that he has learned to repeat, which re
mind? me of a cowardly boy who is un
able to cope with his adversary, waits un
til he is at a safe distance and then he is
as brave as a lion.
He mentions the independents holding
a meeting at the R. R. May school house
in which meeting he admits the g. o. p.
were left 'n the lurch and says this
that W. F. Dunham was one of those
that was left in the lurch. He says that
if our nominees arer not ready and there
are others who are well versed and ready
to respond' and here he lays it off in
another siring of stereotyped trashy,
obusive epithets that are the only stock
in trade of the g. o. p. at the present
time.
This wise man from Brooklyn, this
man who carries with him in the
innitials of his name, an indication of
his mental calibre, next appeared at the
Pleasant View school house at the inde
pendent meeting held there and as a
natural consequence, the g. o. p. were
not left in the lurch in his estimation,
for how could they be with such a wise,
well red, well posted and powerful ex
ponent of the true principles of re
publicanism to stand guard?
I tell you Mr. Editor it would have
done your very liver good to have been
there. When he at first appeared he re
minded me of a jack in a box but wbeu
he had removed his outer covering and
taken out his note book and pencil, one
could not help but be awed with the
superb grandure of the man, in fact one
could not help but think it was good to
be tbere and to note that far away look
on his countenance, as he began to write,
his placid and I might say almost idiotic
countenance lighted up and there was
such a halo of glory shining round about
him that one Would suppose he was
writing an interpertation of the book of
Revelations. Just imagine my surprise
when I found it was only his so called
report of thit meeting'and in fact it was
as far from the truth as the party bosses
for which he is playing the part of the
yallar dog are from honesty.
Mr. D. F. B. complained that he wag
only allowed 13 minutes to reply to twp
hours of speech-making which is as de
void of the truth as his cranium is of
brains. The facts of the case are thqt
after Mr. Jlqjter had finished speaking,
his excellency was given opportunity to
speak and with an air of injured inno
cence he very mildly stated that he had
not heard anything to reply to, so after
delivering that detestable insult he sat
down and Mr. Bradshaw took the floor
and after saying some, things that he has
missquoted and a great many more
that it would not do for him to mention,
took his seat and Mr. B. was again
called upon and this time he responded
with alaCrity, and without stopping to re
ply to what Mr. Bradshaw had said he
launched 6ff'into an outburst of do'
quence that would make RoscoCon
kling's remains turn face downward in
the grave.
He opened wide the throttle and let his
hitherto pent up power of
oritory have full sway. Oh, my Mr.
editor, you just oiight to have
been there to hear' that wonderful
speech. Mr. Patrick Henry and Daniel
Webster are no comparison to this man,
and just to think that he has lived right
here in our midst* for lo, these many
years, and has had the office itch so bad
that he has been known to scratch more
than once and we have never rewarded
his aspirations. He has lived and
moved and had his being among us for
nearly twenty years, on land that he says
theg. o. p. gave him. He has lived
in a poor and very cheap house and has
kept his stock in a very poor stable, in
fact it was so poof at the time that he
was not able to provide stoppers for the
holes that were in it. He has ridden
in a rickety old wagon and has
driven a span of poor old plugs, which if
outward appearance does not lie. have
never seen a good square meal. This
same man has taught in the common
school some and he and his family have
gone about, dressed in the plainest cloth
ing and it is true that he has as big a
mortgage as any of us common scrubs, on
his farm which lie says the republican
party, through the medium of the home
stead act' gave to him twenty years ago.
It is remarkable, that such" men are found
among the .common people—among the
hayseeds—when they belong to the exalt
ed ranks
•of sages ipd rulers. Verily
one can.-never tell from .-appearance, jiist
'how far a frei£ wilt unip.
But Mr. Benjamin, in bis exalted
'aapiratiyig,vno
aged.
a^«iaaa
reason to feel discour-
The revolutionary war
Washington,
should not' occur again and it so happens 'officials to ask concession in freight rates
gave
us
$1.00 PER ANNUM.
for machinery and tubing, etc., to be used
in putting down iirlesiiin wells in South i:~i
Dakota, Heconlered with President
Miller of the Milwaukee system and
Marvin Hughitt, president of the North
western system and as a result of his
trip these geutlemen have ordered that
all machinery, tubing, etc., calculated
for artesian irrigation in South Dakota,
shall be carried absolutely free of cost
from Chicago west. The only condition
of the arrangement is that all benefit* I
accuring as a result of the free rate was in
each case to be entirely and only given
to the farmer putting down the well.
The saving by this arrangement will
be nearly in the price of tubing and on
the drilling machine about 1-10 the cost.
Maj. Coffin also arranged with dealers in
tubing and piping to get it at actual job
bers prices for Dakota farmers.
THE NEW DICTIONARY.
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ster's Unabridged Dictionary to the at
tempt of pirates to steal their thunder by
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THE CAPITALISTIC ABA00BDA.
a
the rebellion, a Lincoln and
as God kept Moses hid in the bullrusheg,
so may he have kept this mau'of Wonder
ful eloquence.' political' wisdom and
financial ability, hidden among the weeds
and' sunflowers that surround his habita
tion, until the proper time comes to bring
him forth as a modern Moses lo lead the
children of the^g. o. p. away from those
naughty independent ways.
Respectfully,
I. G. NOKAMOUS.
FEES FREIGHT RATES.
From The Dakata Farmer.
|. Maj. F. F. Coffin. Editor of the Irriga
tion Department, of-THE F.YKMER, has
just returned from a trip to Chicago
where he went ,lo confer with railroad
lt Has Another Nation in the Fold* of Its Deadly
Coil.
BUENOS AYRKS, Oct. 2.—A proposition vi
has been introduced into congress by the
government which provides for the "con- *3$
version of the provincial foreign loans in
to a national per cent loan. The gov
ernment hopes in this way to relieve the
financial embarrassment of the provinces,
as the plan would give a iiational guar
antee for the payment of their debts.
The gold premium is 146} per cent.
The above press dispatch reads like old
times. It reminds one of the dark days
when the boys in blue were battling tor
the preservation of the union and receiv- -.
ing as pay with which to support those
dependent upon them, paper money call
ed greenbacks/ At that time, some finan
ciers, so failed—unpatriotic and traitor
ous trafficers in their country's woe and
calamity—had, by their unholy manipu
lation, raised the gold premium to 140
percent. As in the Argentine Republic
now. so in these United States the pro
positions were "introduced into congress"
providing for the bonding of what they
called the "national debt," by which
term they meant the money with which
the soldiers were paid, and which drew
no interest. What they wanted to do,
and succeeded in doing, was to burn the
money and issue in the place of it inter
est-bearing. long-time bonds. Mark the
result: We owed in interest-bearing
bonds at the close of the war, the sum of
#2,800,000,000, and since that time we
have paid to these avaricious traitors
about two and a half billious of dollars
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in interest nearly 91,300,000,000 of the
principal, making abcut one billion dol
lars more than the entire debt was in the
commencement while, as a result of these
money mongers' financial necromancy
aud'monetary mysticism the amount we
owe of the original debt represents more
wheat, corn, beef, pork and cotton thaa
did the whole amount of Indebtedness
iweuty-five years ago. And now, strug
gling and suffering humanity in South
America, reaching out after the blessing*
of civilization, J» to be* ground to powder-'
and fed to that rapacious'monster—the
money power—-the .''great red* dragon."
Humanity will never'emcfrge into the
pure effulgence of a .perfect liberty until
gold and silver are demonti£ed and the
grip of usury loosened by governm ent
loans of money to the individual at cost
of service and handling. Money is a pub
lic utility and should not be used as a'
private snap.—Geo. C. Ward in the. Jfoh
eonformut.
The friends of Ole Mickelson, of the
south part of Canton township joined in
tendering the old gentleman a pleasant
surprise on the occasiou or his 74th birth
day. last Sunday. October, 10th. Quite
a large delegation of his neighbors and
friends presented him with a handsome
easy chair and five dollars in fold as a tok-
en of their esteem.