The Leon reporter., January 31, 1901, Image 1

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... BRYAN'S SALUTATORY.
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IMired oiiNond etoii
Wm. J.. Bryan's new weekly paper,
"*Xhe Commoner!' made its appearance
iast^week. The following is the saluta
tory: ,'
Webster defines commoiier as "one
or the common people." The name has
been selected for this' paper because The
Commoner .will endeavor to aid the
common people in the protection oi
their rights, the advancement of their
Interests and the realization of their
aspirations.
It is not necessary to apologize for
the que of a term which distinguishes
the great body of the population from
the comparatively few, who, for one
reason or another, withdraw themselves
from sympathetic connection with their
v., follows. Among the Greeks "Hoii Ex
polli''was und to describe the many,
while among the Romans the word
'•plobs" was employed for the same
purpose. These appellations, like the
"common people" have been assumed
with pride by those to whom they were
applied, while they have been used as
terms of reproach by those who qounted
themselves among the aristocratic
claws. Within recent years there has
been a growing tendency in some quart
ers to denounce as demagogic any refer
ence to, or praise of, the common peo
pie. One editor in a late issue of bis
paper takes exception to the phrase and
says.
This expression is an ill-chosen one
and should have no lodgment in the
vocabulary of an American patriot and
statesman. If we sought its origin,
\we would look for it in that specious
^'demagogjr which has envolved the pro
fessional polidcan, arrayed, country
4g4iMt'l0wo—the farmer tndjiis sons
fen£da«gbtersagainst the business and'
lyrofaariopal wen and: ttieir j^®ns \isnd
loS'ls- tepfodoc^becsiise
itWrly repreaents the. views of those
who criticise the expression. It has,
however, an eminently respectable
origin. In the same chapter in which
Christcondensed man's duty to his fel
lows into the commandment: Thou
sholt love thy neighbor as thyself in
the same chapter in which he denounced
those who devour widow's houses and
1 lor a-pre tense make long prayers—in
this same chapter it is said of Him:
The common people heard Him gladly.
No higher compliment was ever paid
to any class
The term, the common people, is
properly used to describe the large ma
jority of the people—those who earn
tfaeb-living and pive to society a fair
return for the benefits bestowed by
sodety-rtbose who in their daily lives
irecogniee the ties which bind together
tthe tnass of the people who have a
.common lot and a common hope.
.1 {Sometimes they are called the "middle
.classes" because paupers and criminals
:are excluded on the one band, while on
ttbexnther hand they exclude themselves
ibecause of wealth or position or pride of
birth. The common people form the
Industrious,' intelligent and patriotic
etement of our population they produce
tbe nation's wealth in time of peace and
fight the nation's battles in time ot war.
Tbey are self-reliant and independent
they-ask of government nothing but
Justice end Mil not be satisfied with less.
They are not seeking to get their hands
into.other people's pockets, but are con
tent if they can keep other people's
hfrnd's out of their pockets.
The common people do not constl
totean exdpsive society—they are not
the four hundred any one can be
come a member if he is willing to con.
tribute by brain or muscle to the pa
tioa'a strength and greatness. Only
thoee are barred—and they are barred
by their own choice—who imaging them
selves made of a superior kind of clay
-«nd who deny the equality all .before
$be3»w.
A rich man, who hashonestly acquir
ed bis wealth .and who is not afraid to
intrust Its cue to laws made by bia fel
lows? can count himself among the com
mon
people/'While a poor man is not
teally one of them it he fawns before
plutocrat and has no higher ambition
than to be a courier or a sycophant.
The Commoner will be satisfied it, by
fidelity to the common people, it proves
its right to tbe name which it has chos-
The smallpox now so general ia said
lo be an importation from the Philip
gftsrtfc: It j« ttw firtt of pur benefits de
rivdd^from thAt l^Mlness and, though
notwluable Inittelf, it can be said to
ttMt least harmful of any of the
Sultt'oflh&t sort of expansion
}aay, Clark, Hanna, Piatt,' Addicks,
e, with others, will impart to the
ate the same old flavor.
Watchman.
4BS0WTEIvtaRE
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
The people of Pennsylvania baye per*
mitted their party leaders to tee them
and sell them ont.
The senators who were so awfully
shocked because Clark of Montana
spent money to get into the senate will
gleefully greet Quay. He belongs to
tbe othtfr party.
The Kansas negro-burners belong to
at ripe who have denounced the south
for like outraged Almost always, the
saint whose piety consists in condemn
ing others is fi—devil of a samt.
A recent observation by tbe Spring
field Republican, one of the most accu
rate journals of the entire country in
all its statements, will afford comfort to
any parent. "It is interesting," it says,
to note that the anti-toxin treatment,
which was introduced in Springfield in
1894, has reduced diphtheria's mortality
80 per cent.'*
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It is said tbe next opening of Okla
homa lands will occnr not later than
the first of next August. There are
about 2,000,000 acres to be occupied.
Homesteaders must occupy and culti
vate on his 160 acres for. five years un
less he was a soldi&r in the civil war, in
which case bis time of Bervice is deduct
ed from the time of occupancy before be
can get a patent. A soldier's claim may
be filed preliminarily by an agent, but
the soldier must make tbe real entry
and be on it at work within six months.
Mr. McKinley, the sixty days are up
that were to bring about peace in tbe
Philippines in case of your re-election.
But now inst^pd of disbanding tne army
you are demanding that the permanent
army be increased/four fold. You now
admit that the situation in the Philip
pines ia critical, and. constantly gro«*
j.f»$r to tiff
ibepublicthat.the .eeojlitirina in the
Philippines have' been fcertainly grow
ing worse frit two years, and that the
only cessation of hostilities that was at
any time observable was due to tbe
hope entertained by the Filipinos that
the democratic party would triumph in
the election, and that yourinfeinal im
perial policy would be displaced by a
genuine American policy that would
soon bring tbern an honorable peace to
be followed by independence.—National
rAngnmnliAn
VVIKHIUIfFllvll
is destruction of lung by
growing germ, precisely as
mouldy, cheese is destruction
of cheese by a growing germ.
If you kill the germ, you
stop the consumption. You
can or can't,, according to
when you begin.
Take Scott's Emulsion of
Cod Liver Oil: take a little
at first.
®f®It acts as
food it is the
as
Seems not to be
food makes you
hungry eating
is comfortable
You grow strong
er. Take more
The genuine has
tliis picture on it,
take i.o other.
net too much enough is as
much as you like and agrees
with you. Satisfy hunger
with usual food whatever
you like and agrees with you
you are strong
recovered your
strength—the germs are
dead you have killed them.
I^When
again, have
If you have not tried it, send
for free sample, its agreeable
taste will surprise you.
SCOTT 4 BOWNE,
Chemists,
409 Pearl St., New York.
50c. and $1.00 ail druggists.
REPUBLICANS DENOUNCE
SUBSIDY BILL.
SHIP
Senator Hanna seems to be having
more than his hands full in bis attempt
to round up the Republican papers of
the country in favor of his ship Sub
sidy bill. The following quotations
from important Republican papers in
dicate the way bis
ceived:
r9jertur?s
ares re­
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THE PEOPLE OPPOSED'TO SUBSIDIES.
"Not only Is there no- popular demand
for a subsidy measure, but there is
no reason to believe that 'It would
benefit any person outside of those
engaged in building and running ships,,
and of these classes it would benefit
only those who least need it—the large
builders and ocean liners and not small
ones.
Congressmen must not mistake the
atmosphere of Washington for that of
the country at large or the clamor of
fe\v ship builders and owners, and
their lobby for the voice of the people.
Let Republican members go back to
the platform of 1896, which demanded
the upbuilding of our merchant ma
rine and carrying trade by otter
methods than a money subsidy."—In
dianapolis Journal.
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/SH SHIP SUBSIDY BILL.
"The ship subsidy proposition i's lest
popular than the tariff for at least two
reasons. One is that nobody can be
induced to believe that tbe foreigner
pays the freight when the bill Itself
expressly provides tbat it shall be paid
out of the national treasury in cold
cash. The other is that the word
subsidy has an unpleasant sound, sug
gestive of tbe credit moblller and land
grants for railroads tbat were never
built
The subject Is one little understood
ly the people, and even if the subsidy
principle be conceded only those famil
iar with tbe condition of the ship
building Industry and the condition
and needs of tbe merchant murine can
undertake to
Bay
whether the pending
bill has been framed on the lines best
calculated to increase this nation's lm
I ^ortance In the Carrying trade at the
toaSnry.
There iW «»nlU«ii^
tnde, being Interested In one
class of vessels and some In another
and each desiring a bill in its own in
terest
"If the pending measure becomes a
law, it will be heard from in. tbe next
campaign. No inconsiderable part of
President McKinley's support in the re
cent election came from those to whom
the subsidy idea is extremely distaste
ful."—Dubuque (Ia.) Times.
SUBSIDY 8CBEUB NOT VOTED OK IN NOVKM
BEB.
Discussing President James J. Hill's
intensely interesting prophecies of
what the merchant marine of the na
tion is approaching in development, the
Chicago Tribune editorially says:
It was not understood when tbe
spellbinders were urging the people of
the northwest to vote in favor of the
re-election of President McKinley that
one of the first items on the senatorial
programme when congress met would
be the passage of a 'shipping subsidy*
bill which contemplates annual expend
iture for 30 years for the special ben
efit of a number of rich men residing
in eastern cities. There is nothing
whatever in this adroit resolution (the
Blilpplng plank of the Republican na
tional platform of 1900) about 'subsl
dies.' The word 'subsidies' was care
fully omitted from the platform. Nor
was anything said during tbe campa*gn
in regard to the extension of our mer
chant marine by a scheme of public ex
penditure continuing for a generation.
Nobody can recall an instance of a pub
lic meeting at which the shipping sub
sidy bill was made tbe subject of fair,
candid argument or any argument at
all, nor were the claims to public aid of
the persons interested in such legisla
tion ever explicitly set forth. The
Republican party should not be in fa
vor of one set of measures prior to
Nov. 6 and in favor of an entirely dif
ferent kind of measures subsequent to
Nov. 6."
FACTS AGAINST THE SUBSIST.
"Every ship yard ot Importance In
the country Is running to its fullest
capacity, and many new ones have
come Into existence, wltb some of the
old doubling and trebling their facul
ties for turning out vessels. Contracts
for mercantile craft alone on the At
lantic and Pacific coasts amount to
130,000,000, and it is now almost a
certainty that more new tonnage will
go Into the water jander the American
flag In 1901 than In any previous year
In th« history of the country.
"The fact that America is building
ships for foreign governments, which'
have had the world for a market in
which to buy their ships, shows plain
ly that there is an advantage In our
favor pn the first cost of the ship. The
fact that-buildlng and sailing American
ships in competition with the fleets of
the world has enabled a few Americana
to pile up colossal fortunes show* that
we can operate the ship* as cheaply
as the foreigners can operate their
craft
"Of the grainships en
land at the present
German flajg, while Grei
the first time In the
has dropped back to
but 28., strip* Ore? t^o-
German ships wers built
tiw Brltlsh un
ite to Port
fly the
Britain, for
th^-port,
place,with
ot
owned by
THE 6RIP EPIDEMIC.
The Disease More Prevalent than
Ever and Quite asjatal.
The Best Treatment.
The grip has surprised .the doctors
and health authorities thfe- season by
its rapid spread and by Bome novel
symptoms. -While it spares nobody it
is proving especially dangerous to mid
die aged and elderly persons, In many
cases either a fatal onset of. pneumonia,
or a complete breakdown of health and
strength, is apt to follow an attack of
grip.
The wise course for all is prevention^
By Wearing a Benson's Porous Plaster
6n the chest and back you protect. the
lungs from cold' and chill and (with
ordinary care) you are safe from grip.
For those who are already suffering
from grip, or ficom the Usual winter
cough? and cold6, Bensoh'g Plasters are
a sure apd speedy relief and cure. High
ly medicinal and scientific
Refuse imitations and substitutes.
Only the genuine are effective. Exam
ine wbeu you buy. Seabtirjr & John
son, Manufacturing Chemists. New
York. ..
Beauty's
Refuge.
No Jfjf
subsidy was asked or n^ded when
Germany decided tb:, l&creaSe her! jL
merchant marine, but shs' fald to her W
subjects, 'Go forth- into th%markets of
the world and buy ships Wherever you ai
can buy them the cheapest* If Amerl- it
can capital cwuld haye \secured the. W
same permission from our government,
all of these ships which O^eat Britain ift
supplantfd with steamera" would not 25
now be flying the Qevmaff^ag."—Pott
land (Or.) Oregonial^
The finer or more delicate
your comtpleyion, the more
it will suflfer from th#treatb
er for several months now.
Just a little lack or a little,
excess of muisture in the
atmosphere, and chapping'
will result. Those who care
little for beauty at least
care for comfort, and there
is comfort in a smTootb, soft
skin.
Benzoated tr
HUyWudm CWAift
keeps the skin like' velvm:'
We make.it. It is harmless
as dew. We do not believe
the skin can possible chap
where it is used properly,
or stay chapped long after
it is applied.
Price 25 Cents,
W. E. MYERS.
Druggist.
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questionable parts.
Prunes, California fancy, small per pound
1 Prunes,California fancy per pound'
Pears, California 1-2 fancy
Vfi Peaches, California, 3 pounds in syrup
Pears, eastern, 3 pounds in syrup.-
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WM.WOOOARDi^
President, VleaFresldent
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PURE FOOD!
Owns 3,300 acres of land In Deeatur County and other seeurl
ties amounting to over (200,000. interest paid on
time deposits.
WM. WOODXID, JAMES CRESWELL, J. HENRY HILL.
O. BRAZELTON, 0. M. OORRINGTON.
W. H. COLTER. F. A. & F. 8. GARDNER. E. W. TOWNSEND.
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An article to-day to command attention must possess merits
that will bring it in the list of "PURE FOODS". No adul
terated article can long withstand attacks made upon its
tjfi Has lon^r withstood these attacks of strong competition, but an
article of merit always grows stronger by these attacks, iff
S Cream Flour, the celebrated bread makers $1,130
JJ Buckwheat, Wright's Wisconsin 10 pounds 40c
Prunes. California fancv. small ner nnnnil .. 5c
lOc.S
Just received a car load and they're dandies. Try them:
.TOWNSUIO,
Casttler
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Tne holidays are over and we are making prices
on staple goods that will surprise you. A.
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J^lpPHde of Kansas per sack
Blue Ribbon per sack. ...
uten of Kansas per sack
^s^'Cream of Dakota per sack
T""If l'/ «fOne~ha'f sack Cream of Dakota per sack 50c
^.^r-Sl^j^Ofle-half sack Shawnee Fancy .per sack ..........50 I '^^^1
Southern bran, sack included, per sack ...80o
Shorts, sack, included, per sack ....85c
^~.Corn m«al bran per sack.. .......... ,....50e
'Chop feed, per hundred, not^Etcked ....85c
Hay, Corn, Oats, Straw and
Fancy California evaporated peaches per pound
Fancy California evaporated prunes per pound 5c
.. Fancy Oregon silver prunes, large per pound lOc
Fancy Evaporated apples per pound 10c
31b pie peaches 3 cans .....25c
peeled table peaches per can loe
Jams, Jells, Butters, and all Canned Goods for Special Sales at Cheap Prices.
Fresh Oysters in Bulk and Cans at Prices that Defy any and all Competition.
The Finest Line of Fresh Fruits, and Vegetables in the City.
We Pay lliyliest Price in Cash or Trade for Poultry, Butter, Eggs, Hay. Oats, Corn.
Do n°t Buy or Sell Anything Until You Get Our Prices.
1 P. CLARK. &
CORNER 8TH AND MAIN, LEON, IOWA.
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.. -y«ourt of
jut County. lowaK on%jnagmeDt obtained iik
satfl court, on the of Aumst, 1800,
fbvor off Aultman Taylor Maobine.y Co., as
plaintiff, and against L. F: Koberta and M.
ttoberts, as defendants, for tbe sum of flve^
hundred and eight and &.-100 dollars and._
cents, S35.84 attorneys fees, and costs taxed at
(11,60 and accruing oosts. I have levied upon
the following real estate, taken as the prop
ervy of said defeodant to satisfy said execu
tion, to-wtt: The south-west quarter of Sec
tion Twenty. Township Seventy, Range Twen
ty-five, west 5th p. m, and will offer the same
for sale to the highest bidder for cash in hand,
on the 18th day of February, A. D. 1901, in
front of the oourt house door in Leon, Iowa,
at the hour of 10 o'clook a. m. of said day,
when and where due attendance will be given
by the undersigned.
Dated at Leon, Iowa, January 18,1901.
G. F. WOLEVER,
Sheriff of said county.
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