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ESTABLISHED 1854.
THE LEON REPORTER.
O. E. HULL. Publisher
LEON,
One year '1,l«
Six months Jo
1'bree months 4°
Entered as second class matter at the
eon,Iouta,
Poatoffice.
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.
The Democratic National Committee, having
met In the City ot Washington, on the twenty
second day ot February, 1«00. has appointed
Wednesday the Fourth day of July, 1900, as
tlio lime, and Kansas City, Missouri, the place
lor holding th Democratic National Conven-
ltlu'accordnnce
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All Democratic conservative reform citizens
of tho stute ol'Iowa, irrespective of past politi
cal associations and differences, who can
unite In the eflort for purr, economical and
consti'U'tonal goiernment, and who favor the
republic and opposed to the empire, are cor
dially invited to join us in sending delegates
to ine conventt'n
The basis of representation in said conven
tion will be as fol-ows: Two votes for each
emmtv and one iiddltiopal vote for each 200
votes or
$»:•'
iSSfp
fraction of 100 or over, cast for Fred
l, wbite for governor at the general election
held November 7, ltJOi). The representation to
which the coutilU« will lie crt-ftled is us fol
lows:
Adams
Appanoose
Adair
Allamakee.
Audubon ...
Denton
Boone
Uucbanan
Butler
Ulackhawk
Ilremer
Iluna Vista
(allioun
Cass
Cerro Gordo
Chickasaw ...
lay
Clinton
Carroll
Cedar.......
Cherokee. ..
Clarke
Clayton
Crawford
Dallas
Decatur
Des Moines
Dubuque
Davis
Delaware
Dickinson
-Emmet ....
....
14
10
11
8
15
ia
Howard...... 9
Hamilton 6
Hardin 6
Ida.... -8
TOMM...
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IOWA
Subscription Rates:
witli the above and by the
direction of tlie Democratic State Central
(lommiitee of Iowa, there will be a delegate
convention in the. City of Des Moines at 10 o.
in Thursdoy May 3. for tho purpose of elect
inc four delegates at large and four alternates
io represent lowa at the Democratic National
ron«ent.i'in at Kansas City Missouri, July 4th,.
Committ.ne recommends that each Con
irressional dlsipict e'ect two delegates and
iwo 'alternates al. tlie distriot caucus to bo
held at 9 a. m. on the day of the convention.
Jasper 17
Johnson 17
Keokuk 1ft
Kossuth II
Lion 28
Lucas 8
I.ee 34
I ouisa 7
Lyou 9
Mahaska 18
Marshall IS
Mitchell ft
Monroe 11
Muscatine 16
Madison 11
Marion 15
Mills to
MOndna 10
Montgomery 8
O'Brien 9
Osceola 0
Palo Alto 9
Pocahontas 8
Pottawattamie 34
Page 8
Plymouth 13
Polk 24
Poweshiek 10
Ringgold 8
Scott.. 33
Sioux 10
Sac 8
Shelty 12
Story 6
Tama 14
Taylor 10
Union 11
Van Huren.. 11
Warren 12
... 10
.. 13
.... 8
fi
1 1
7
... 11
5
.." ... 23
13
13
8
9
I«
13
9
12
19
32
12
8
4
4
15
4
7
Fayette....
Franklin ..
Floyd
Fremont ....: ,'...13
Qreene 8
Guthrie.. 10
Grundy 8
Hancock 0
if ^sHarrttton.
Wayne ...11
Winnebago 4
Woodbury 18
Wright 6
Wapello 18
•Webster
Winneshiek.. .......10
worth..... I
:..ia
v* Jackson.. 16
Jefferson 8
Junes. 13
G. A. HUFFMAN.
Chairman l)em. Stat« cen. t-'qm.
15. H. 1 ICKFOHD, Secretary.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION
The democrats of Decatur county win mm.
at the court house in Leon, on
SA jAjRDAY APRU. 14,1900,
at 11 o'clock a. m. for the purpose of selecting
12 dele gau to the democratic state conven
tion to be held in Des Moines, May 3, for tho
puroo'e of selecting delegates to the national
democratic convention to be held at Kansas
City, July 4. And for the transaction of suoh
•other business as may properly be brought
beforr the convention,
The ratio of representation will be one dele
sate for each ten Votes or fraction of five or
over cast for Hon. Fred E. White for governor
"l he*basts entitles the various townships and
voting precincts to the following representa
tion
Uloomington 8
Davis 'ity 10
Terre Haute
Center 11
Decatur 14
Uden 15
Fayette 18
Franklin 8
Garden Urove 7
Grand River 0
Hamilton 10
High Point 11
Leon 28
Leroy 0
Long Creek 13
Morgan... 8
New Buda 10
Richland 19
Woodland 14
Mokes
Total 219
The democrats of the seterul voting pre
cincts will hold their caucuses on Saturday,
April 7, at 4 o'clock, at the place where the
the last general election was held to select
the delegates to the county convention.
In the Interest of the party a full attendance
is urgently requested at the township caucuses
and that delegates he selected to the county
convention who will attend, asit will be the
opening gun of the campaign of 1900,
O. E. Hn.ii, E. J. SANKEY,
Secretary. Chairman
Senator Davis declares that the Porto
Rican blunder, if presisted in, will beat
Minnesota republicans. It ought to and
their allies everywhere.
The Iowa house of representatives
unanimously censuring the president
of the United States! When such a thing
as that happens something is liable to
drop very hard in this country.
-Hhode Island democrats have nomi
nated N. W. Littlefield for governor and
endorsed the Chicago platform, also de
claring for free' trade with Porto Rico
against holding the Philippines and as
sailing trusts.
Every conscientious, intelligent and
patriotic man in the United States knows
to day that the full success of the demo
cratic party in the next election is nec
essary not only to the safety, happiness
and prosperity of the people, but for the
very life of the Republic. Many of the
republican leaders admit it practically
and all know it, as do the common peo
ple- vi
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It was stated in THE REPORTER last
week that Dr. Eiker voted against the
bill'known as the "anti-pass" bill,, but
we fin I upon examination of tlie Jour
nal of the House that he voted in favor
ot the measure, pud after the bill ^was
defeated when a motion was before the
house asking for a reconsideration Dr.
Eiker voted in favor 'of it. A garbled
newspaper report was the cause Tf our
mistake, and we hasten to set Dr. Eiker's
record before our readers in its true
light. He Supported the bill from first
to last.
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ONLY SAFETY LIES IN RETREAT.
Washington dispatches represent the
republican leaders as utterly perplexed
in the presence of the popular demand
for the fulfillment of national pledges to
Porto ltico. Instead ot showing any
abatement because of the passage of the
relief bill, the storm of republican pro
tests against the tariff bill becomes Here
er and more insistent. The popular view
is that the relief bill merely proves the
generous disposition of the American
people toward suffering humanity with
out relieving the American nation from
the odiijm of injustice and bad faith to
Porto Rico. .,
It is gradually dawning on the repub
lican leaders in Washiugtou that the
Porto ltican question cannot be evaded
by congressional generosity, but must be
settled—can only:be settled—by the ful
fillment of national pledges and duty.
The moral sense of the American na
tion has been aroused on this question
as it has not been moved since the civil
war. The people resent what appears
to be the juggling with justice, duty and
honor at what they regard as the behest
of special and selfish and private inter
ests.
Twist and turn as the advocates of a
Porto Kican tariff may—appeal to party
complications—they cannot'divert the
popular mind from the absolute and un
pardonable immorality of broken faith
and unfulfilled duty.
The president and the republican lead
ers in congress are simply butting their
heads against the solid wall of republi
can morality—which in this case is sy
nonymus with the moral sense, of the
whole American people. Princes and
potentates by divine right may break
faith at will, as their strength and inter
ests dictate, but the plighted word of a
government" by the people cannot be
violated with impunity It brings swift
judgment from the people.
When Senators Proctor and Elkins
west to President McKinley last Satur
out of the Porto Rico dilemma was ^y a
square retreat from the tariff bill to free
trade, they merelyutated the self-evident
truth. Instead of "blowing over," as
the republican leaders londly believed,
popular sentiment on this question has
crystallized into adamant. It extends
to every state and congressional district
in the union. It demands that the
leaders shall come back to the party,
since the party has not and will not
move from its plain duty to Porto Rico.
It should not be difficult for the repub
lican leaders to realize that there is no
other course for them to pursue. Great
as was Mahomed he had to go to the
mountain. In tills sase the rank and iile
of the republican party is as fixed and
immoveable as a mountain in its belief
that justice, honor and expediency all
To Take
Thin, pale, anaemic girls
need a fatty food to enrich
their blood, give color
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their cheeks and restore their
health and strength. It is
safe to say that they nearly
all reject fat with their food.
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COD LIVER OIL!
WITH HYPOPHOSPMTES orUME 4S0pA
is exactly what they requir|
it not only gives them the im
portant element (cod-liver pi|)
in a palatable and easily di
gested form,but also the hypo
phosphites which are so valua
ble in nervous-disorders that*
usually accompany anaemia.]
SCOTTS EMULSION is ^a
fatty food that is more easily
digested than any other form
of fat A certain amount of'
flesh is necessary for health.
You can get it in this way.
We Jiave known per
sons to gain a pound a
day white taking it
joc. ndtt.oo, «irdruggkt*.
SCOTT & BOWNE, ChMikts, N«w York.
Baking
POWDER
the food more delicious and Wholesome
fcikv- ftL-^rv
•QVAt EAKtWO POWPtW CO..WKWvYOIK. .. S A ..
combine to demand a reversal of the I j^onJe
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CHAN6ES OF MIND.
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Tliat was a delicate distinction which
President Hyde drew between President
McKinley and William Gladstone.
"Gladstone changed his mind j" be said
"McKinlev allowed his mind to be
changed for him." The distinction
seems to be justified.
"A wise man changes liis mind some
times, a fool never," says the proverb,
and the humorist has paraphrased it
into: "Some men never change tbeir
minds for. thd same reason that a penny
is never changed." It is the part of a
wise man to change his mind when ar
gument convinces him of the fallacv of
his foimer mental position. •H $
President McKinley in his message to
Congress declared: "The markets of the
United States should be opened to Porto
Uico's products. Our plain duly is to]
abolish all customs tariffs between the
United States and Porto Rico and give
her products free access to our mark
et®."
The Presidfnt ~6f the United States
has betMr facilities for canvassing an
American policy than any other person
in the land. It is not exorbitant to de
mand reasonable diligence and care in
the canvass of a public policy which is
deliberately and thoughtfully rtcom
mended to a nation in an important
document like a President's message.
There is every indication, that sueb care
was taken awl that the recjmmenda
igafltetttatt
No«r, instead of instatinfe on liis rec-
ommendation being carried out, instead
of exercising the: privilege of standing
up for what he believes td be just,
Up 1UF Ifllnl IIV UvllCVCB Iw Uv JUS If
President Hyde seems to have given I
a correct analysis of the psychology of
the Porto Kican tariff as it relates to
President McKinley.—St. Louis Repub
lic. ...
WHY WE STILL PAY WAR TAXES.
Because the republican party desireBl
to give 180,000,000 of the people's mon
ey which has been collected in taxes to
the national banks as premiums on
bonds.'
Because the republican party wants to
give $9|000,000 a year to the Hanna
Payne subsidy grabbers.
Because the republican party wants to
give $4,000,000 a year for 20 years to a
private cable company to transmit a
few government messages daily to the
Philippines.
Because the republican party has oth
er schemes quite as good as these by
which'the money of the- taxpayers
may be drained into the pockets of the
few.
For this reason the republican leaders
do not propose to declare that the
country is at peace and war taxes
should cease until they are forced to do
so.
In the meantime the life of each sold
ier -.lost .in, the Philippines is worth
thousands of4 dollars' to" them in the
furtherance of their grabs and subsidies.
Until pockets of illimitiable capacity
are filled the burden op the necks-pf the
people will not be raised.'
ThePhiladelpbif Pressobserves that
"(wnptugo iptoin |iUng upon the
demoaracy Uiick and fast." This-is
truei .lnd^ ^Prerident .McKinley's home
admjtiistratlon-andibUconduct of for
eign Affiura are furnishing most of them.
iThestf new issues promise to unite the
democratic pafty as it has hot been
welded together since 1892. That they
have divided the republican party the
new&of the day. bears ample witness.
Not one of these issues now conceded to
be of such importance was befbre the
people iq 1896. They will t»e. voted on
nextfall asparamount questions of the
day.
No
one pretends these new issues
have not strengthened the democracy
and "correspondingly weakened the re
publicans: The only question is will
they prove potential in driving McKin
leyism out of the government? That
cannot be foretold until a certain No
vember day rolls around. /fj.
More Light!
V?
and
on re on a at it to a it as a
Rico. prepared with all the4 improved
Popular faith in American institutions 3'par8 grinding and
rests on inplicit confidence in the in-1 fitting glasses. All work gliar
vioiabiiity of national obligations. We anteed.Children's eves upecially,
have just lifted our national currency will lit. my home
above the suggestion of repudiation or Saturdays' and Mondays,
debasement. Shtoll we be less sensitive of each week at mv residence. II
of our national pledges to a people who you wish work done at home
have accepted our protection and sover-1 notify me bv mail.
eignty?—Chicago Times-Herald,
have your eyes per-
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P. F. BRADLEY,
Leon, Iowa.
Estateof Cliar'es Shaeffor, deceased.
Notice ,}s hereby given to all persons lnter
t-sted, that' on the Iflth day of March. A. D.
1900, the undersigned was appointed by
the.^ district', court of Decatur county,
iowa,^ Administrator of the estate of harles
•4haertcr srdece»sed, iate ot satd county. All
persons indebted to said estate will make pay
mem to the undersigned, and those having
olalms against the same will present them
legally authenticated to said court for allow
ance.
Dated March 19, 1900.
80-3T HARLES SHAEFFBft JRAdministrator.
The bluest blue makes the whitest
white,that's Russ' Bleaching Blue. He
fuse fraudlent imitations.
Your boys stockings
wear out at the knees,
heels and toes.
ARMOR PLATE
STOCKINGS
have triple
knee, heel
perlor yarn
and dyed with
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ident McKinley allows his uoiud to be 1 QyC WKlCn
changed for him by tire lobby of the
sugar and tobacco interests of the main-
preserves
mStCSld Of
land of the United States. Had new de
velopments arisen,'had new arguments
been advanced, the change of mind
might have been justified. There have
been no- new developments and no new Mr.
arguments. The situation is precisely DCS MoinCS Hosiery MillS| Msilfrs.,
as it was when the President's message
was written, except that "certain busi
ness interests" have entered the field.
WAST HAWKWNIT
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'Phone 59fK- Opera House Block.
YOUR BUSINESSll
tAll we ask
II is to look at our
Rock Bottom Grocery Prices.
6c. buys I can Tomatoes two pounds.
5c. buys 1 can Pumpkin two pounds.
10c. buys glass Jell, assorted fruit.
iiiif 25c. buys 1 dozen Fancy Lemons,
jjj IOc. buys I pound Evaporated Apples.
20c. buys I dozen Oranges.
gj 50c. buys sk. Clark's Special Flour. S
III $I.OO buys I full sk. White Loaf Flour jfi
none better. ifi
25c. buys 2 sks. Meal.
25c. buys IO bars Something Good $
Soap. JJ
15c. buys I lb. Golden Rio Coffee.
2 20c. buys I lb. Peaberry Coffee.
& 5c. buys 5 dbzen Clothes Pins. if
20c. buys 1 pail Jell. $
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OPERA HOUSE BLOCK.
Fai'cy California evapornred peaches.
Fancy California prunes per pound
2 pound can cove oysters per can
No. 1 Japan Rice per pound
Jam and preserves per jar or can
Fancy sorplium per gallon
Fancy Syrup per gallon..
tip
PRICED
Meat Department.
Spare ribs per pound
Dry salt meat fine per pound
Fancy smoked plates per pound
Short, fat backs fine per pound
Fancy streaked sides per pound
Fao.cy Ureaklast bacon per pnnud.
Sir
Special Price on Cooked Ham Per Pound 20c
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TIMETABLE.
C. B. & Q.
HODTH NORTH
iinsciigcr....B:58 a.m. Passenger:.... 2:38p. m.
rcignt 1- :-J0 a. m. Freight 3:00 p. m.
Passenger..11:57 a.m. Fre/glil 4 50p. m.
Freight l*2:3rp.m. Passenger. ..8:60p. n.
W.
SOUTH. I NOItTH.
Passenger 11:Ma.m. Freight Hi.Ti a.m
Freight 4:50p. m. Passenger Sj4b p, in
No. 17 Stock express going, north, Sunday*
only. Due7:lsa. m.
No. 19. Freight on Wednesday only 8~:05a.
nr, Takes the place of No. 13
Coupon tickets on sale to all points. Call
for them and have baggage cheeked to desti
nation, A. S. THARP, Agent.
Makers of
Paint!
White lead and zinc, keep
talking about strictly purfc,
no matter how bad the
stuff is, "it's strictly pure."*
.» Somebody getg a chemical'
analysis, usually to prove
-. that the other fellow's stuff
isn't strictly pure. What
do you care for strictly pure
paint if ii/doesn't do what
paint is for? Paint is g°Hl
for what it does, not what
it is. We sell the
Devoe Ready Paint"C
we don't kno« whether it's
strictly pure or not, and
don't care. The makers
say "If anybody has/any
fault to find will it, make
it good at our expense, we
garantee results." We've
not the paint and we'll
make that guarantr good.
To S. M. Ivier, E. J. Springer, Frank Spring
er. and M. P. Springer:
The Commissioner appointed to view, and if
required, to vacate a highway, commencing at
the North-west corner of the
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W. E MYERS & CO.
NoithSide Druggists.
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE
Estate ol Jordan Roger, deceased.
Notice is hereby given to sill persons fntd
ested tl|iit on tle ail:h day of Marph. A. I
1900. the undersigned was apppinted tl
tlie uistrlet court, ot Decatur (ouat
Iowa, administrator of t)io estate of Jorduj
Koger deceased, late of said cpunty. Ajll
persons indebted to said estate will make
payment to tlie undersigned, and those having
claims ugain-t the aatpe will present" them
legally authenticated, to said court Ipr allow
ance.
Dated March 30, 19'JH.
WM, I.. KAC.AN Executor.
HIGHWAY SJOTfCE.
8 W W
of section l«, township 88, range a« ip De
catur County. running thence- $iwt about 40-'
thence south-east about jfl. rodii? 4,h«np«
Ri foaft tnSice ^ath-ea«tlbilMai'
mlnatlneat Nlekory OCOVB js£fiool-4I«u.
Sec. 16, wp. (0. Range has reported lit favor
ol the vacation thereof, and all objections
thereto er olatms for damages must beilled in
the Auditor's office on or before noon of the
89th day of March, A D. 1900, or such high wuv
will be vacated without reference thereto-
ii,' Quo. W. SKAHS,
Auditor of Decatur I ounty, Iowa.
FCVOLED\
BE
ket l£*fcelng flooM
The market lining flooM
with worthless Imitation*
ROCKY MOUNTAIN
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To protect the public we cad
ecpecial attention to our trad#
mark, printed on every pack*
age. Demand the genuine
For Sale by all Druggist*
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Will prove the
worth of our
goods and the
low prices offer
ed here.
Or
Center
OF -W
Coffee,
LOWER PRICES iMADE
THAN ANY
FIRM IN THIS CITY.
BIG CASH STORE
Corner 8th and Main,
p, I.
IOWA.