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California, British Columbia.
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—THE—
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Veto These Three.
There we three subjects oflegis
lation on which the majority in con
gress should promptly insist that
no action whatever l*» taken at this
session. These are the tariff, the
coinage and pensions. All three
were considered exhaustively less
than a year ago. On all three
such action was had as congress
believed the people would approve.
It would be ridiculous policy to re
open any one of them before laws
recently enacted have had time to
become fairly operative.
All Democratic journals, and a
few Republican papers, headed by
the Chicago Tribune, clamor for
the repeal or essential modification
of the McKinley bill. It is a thing
not to be thought of. It is not
business. Aside from the moral
effect of reversing party policy
within a few months, the practical
effectof a rejieal of new dnties to take
effect immediately, would be ter
ribly disastrous. Commerce and in
dustry in all its forms have adjust
ed themselves to the scale of high
er prices which the new duties im
pose. Immense stocks of raw ma
terials and finished goods have
been purchased at those prices; or
at least at prices much above those
which would prevail if these dut
ies were repealed. To catch deal
ers thus provided with high-priced
materials, just after compelling
them to invest, would be not only
an outrage, but it would precipi
tate a time of distress and wide
spread business ruin. It is not
the importer who would suffer.
The importer, as a rule, is a mere
broker or business agent He buys
on orders from his customers.
Those orders have been sent in,
and goods purchased at higher
prices are already in the hands of
merchants and The
folly of the McKinley bill wottsd fe
as nothing compared with the {in
iquity of another change of duties,
involving the sale of all these new
ly accumulated stocks at less than
cost Changes in the direction of
tariff reduction must be made now
only in the shape of gradual de
creases of duty, or repealing acts
made to take effect not earlier than
a twelvemonth from their passage.
Equally evident is it that no new
coinage act should have serious
consideration. Congress has ap
proved a measure providing for
silver certificates in large quantities.
It has not been in effect six months
yet Nobody knows just what the
effect of it will be, but it deserves
at least a fair trial Thu present
tightness of the money market,
which is seized upon by the free
coinage men to help their measure,
is connected but remotely with the
volume of currency; we doubt in
deed, if there is any relation what
ever between them. It would not
be amiss to so amend the silver act
as to restrict purchases to bullion
which is the product of our own
mines, and thus give silver a chance
to rise without an influx of metal
from abroad. Beyond that, noth
ing should be done at this session
to change our coinage system.
As imperative ib it that, we
should take no further step in pen
sion legislation. The last congress
passed an act which satisfies jus
tice and goes to the limit of liber
ality. Under it, no veteran of the
war need depend upon public char
ity. All are provided tor. We do
not know yet whatdemands this will
make upon the treasury. At pres
ent our pension expenditures can
not fall below $130,000,000 to
$140,000,000 annually, and are
pretty sure to rise above that figure.
It was the common understanding
that the passage of the dependent
pension act should be the end of
legislation, at least for the present
The country has approved of that
decision. Yet new schemes for
pensioning are coming to the front
and there will be no end to them
as long as there is a chance of suc
cess. Whatever the country may
see fit to do in the future, it ought
to do nothing until the results of
the dependent bill are fully meas
ured. What congress refuses to
do at this session may be more im
portant than what it doej On
these-three classes of questions it
will be well to preserve a masterly
inactivity.—SlPaul Pioneer Press.
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leaving the akin cltar, white and healthy.
.ta greet healing and curative power* are poe
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for twarn*’* Ointment. ‘ '
School Land*.
The question of South Dakota’s
indemnity lauds is attracting at
tention. The decision of Commis
sioner Groff, of the general land
office, to the effect that the state
cannot select lands outside of the
laud districts in winch school
lands were entered by settlers pre
vious to survey, in lieu of such
settled lands, if not overruled by
the secretary of the interior, will
result in the loss of 40,000 acres of
school lands to the state. Hon. O.
H. Parker, commissisner of school
lands for South Dakota, has taken
great pains to select what are
known as indemnity lands, and
has located thirty sections, equal
to about 20,000 acres, all east of
the Missouri river. There yet re
mains some 30,000 acres to select,
10,000 acres of which will be se
cured in the Black Hills country.
The lands chosen are especially
adapted to agriculture and were
not decided upon until personally
visited and examined by Mr. Park
er. They are mostly in McPher
son, Hyde, Campbell, Walworth,
Hughes, Hurd, Brule and Buffalo
counties. No lands in the Water
town, Yankton or Mitchell land
districts can be had, but there is
plenty of vacant land in the other
districts. Fortunately there is a
clause in the enabling act, under
which South Dakota became a state,
which provides that “indemnity
lauds may be taken wherever pub
lic lands in the state can be found,
without reference to districts.” In
selecting the lands mentioned Mr.
Parker followed the instructions of
a joint resolution passed by the
legislature last winter. It is very
probable that when the attention
of the secretary, to whom an ap
peal from Mr. Groffs decision will
at once be taken, is called to this
clause he will reverse the commis
sioner’s decision and permit the
lands chosen by Mr. Parker to go
to record as indemnity lands.
From Aurora,
C. Q. Page moved to Aurora last
Friday.
The public school now baa an at
tendance of 76.
A jolly load of boys and girls
were sleigh riding last Friday even
ing.
Miss Holen Roe taught school in
the upper room Friday afternoon.
A fine stock of toys and giftgoods
may be seen at the drugstore. Holi
days are coming.
Little Callie Russell was bitten by
a dog Tuesday morning. It is hoped
that no serious results will follow.
The do tr is not considered dangerous
any more. He ia dead.
Mr. Scofield, a brotbor-in-Jaw of J.
A. Kelsey’s, has recently moved to
this place from Gettysburg, 8. D.,
and is living in the rooms over Mr.
Kelsey’s store.
A man from the country came to
town last Saturday with a load of
household goods expecting to move
into a house he supposed he had
rented, but finding the house occu
pied by another tenant, he returned
home with his goods. There was
not a vacant bouse in town.
The Benefit recital given by Miss
Helen Roe, of Brookings, last Satur
day evening at the Methodist church
was a success in every way. An ap
preciative audience was held for an
hour with unabated interest. Miss
Roe’s recitations are so selected as to
give to the program a pleasing variety,
and her artistic rendition of the van
ous styles proves her proficiency in
the art of dramatic recitation. We
predict for heg a hearty welcome
wherever she goes before the public.
Rip.
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for Consumption. It is guaranteed
to bring relief in every case, when
used for any affection of throat,
lungs or rhost, such as consumption,
inflammation of lungs, bronchitis,
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St. Paul Dale* Slssk lards.
Hogs—Light, fS.nogH.a6; mixed. SAI6»A6Bt
heavy. fAMSASO; bulk. fS.eWMtt' stock pigs,
fg.tnQS. A
(JAtue— Good to eboics fat uativ* steers,
|AT6®H36; good cows. fl.gjffSjß: common
cows. 75 bulis.fl.ai Jfl.Ah milch cows,
fIf.OO4f3S.UU; cal vos, fA«Uj3.SJ; aloeksra,
fl.QUjkJBh feeders, t1.8fJ3.7J; butcher steers,
fAKgIOU.
Sheep—Good to choice native muttons, fATJ
J4-3A good to choice lambs, fASfJfi.BO;
feeders, fAST*A9U: mixed. fA6JJ4.Uk stock
ewes and common, f3.OOJ'J.7A
Chicago Live ritoeh.
Cattle—Prime export steer*. f4.4Qj6.90.
others, f3.764»4Jtt; good to Choice, f4.6dji.80-
Hogs - Hough and common, fa.4odJ.oo.
heavy packers, fA7OA3.SU; light, f3.4UgA6U
light prime butoher weights. f8.70A8.7A pigs,
$3.60 a* 75.
Sheep-Pair to good native*, fi.
prim* native wether*, fl.sft&YOU; prime weet
erus, $4.36184. TV* lauib* and mixed 4i-'&4>4 75;
prime lame, f4.3iJU.7a.
Keases City Live Stuck.
Oettle-Steers, fMMRTOt oows. 81-76 BAOA
stoekers and feeders, S3.iJUg3.lO.
Hogs.—Balk. f3.3Jga.55; oil grades. $2 tCJ
3.0 k
Sheep—Markets steady and unchanged.
Minneapolis Grain.
Wheat- No. 1 bard. Dec-om,'«er. efas on track,
87c; No. 1 northern, December, Wfyr. January,
85Mo; May, »i>fo; on #u:k. tfil'gMko; No. 3
northern. December. 77ei Jaa.wy. 78c; on
track. 7AJS7BC.
Chicago Grata.
No. 9 Wheat-May, 8»Ho.
No. 3 Corn- January, 63c: May, 641f0.
No. 8 Oats—January, 4344 c; May, 4«V4<\
Duluth Grata.
Wheat -The market waa very dull, but
somewhat firmer. Closing prioee were aa fol
lows December,!*;; May, Mttio; No. 1 hard,
wfcfcr No. 1 northern, «c; No. t northern.
Ho, Beoalp fa ***•* * •«
PUtRRE, a. 14., wc. o.—The two
boards canvassed the state election re
turns Thursday. The reenlts on gover
nor were an follows: Mellette, Rep.,
84,000; Loncks, Ind., 24,581, and Taylor,
Detn., 18,484. This gives Mellette a
plurality of 0,808. The vote on capital
atands: Pierre 42,848, Huron 84,274,
making Pierre’s majority 7,624. The
total vote on capital is some 1.500 lew
than that cast for governor. The plu
ralities of other candidate* on the Re
publican ticket are something larger
than that received by Mellette.
Official Wiecoasia Vole.
Madison, Wis., Dec. s.— The follow
ing are the official pluralities of candi
dates on the Democratic state ticket:
Peck, 28,818; Jones, 84,987; Cunning
ham, 85,494; Ha&uer, 85,410; O’Connor,
85,427; Wells, 82,001; Thompson, 88.-
488; Root, 32.299.
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