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DECORAH PUBLIC OPINION.
AKLKS & BKEES, I'ublUhcrs.
DECOBAH, - - - IOWA.
THE NEWS IN IOWA
E. IT. Ellcmvood, of Preston, sui
cided by shooting himself.
Toney Gorman, of Muscatine, dove
from a raft and has not come to the
surface since. He was an expert
swimmer, hut it was feared he was
drawn under the logs. He was
years of age.
Mrs. Mary Harlan, the venerable
mother of ex-Senator Harlan, of lowa,
died at the home of her son-in-law,
John Brown, in Parke county, Indiana,
ft few days ago. She was 100 years
ftnd 5 months old.
Mrs. Greenfelt and child were
drowned in the river at Turkey River
Junction a few days ago. They were
In a skiff, when the child fell out and
the mother jumped out to save it and
both met watery graves.
Nelson Wood, :: carpenter from lies
Moines, who had been in Pomeroy for
a week or two, got on a spree and
wandered up the railroad track, where
he was found in an unconscious state.
He was brought to town and medical
aid given him. but he was so far gone
that he died. It was probably the
ending of a misspent life.
■it Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Woodbury, of
Council Bluffs, were thrown from their
carriage and seriously injured. The
horse took fright and ran away. The
doctor was thrown against the curb
stone and knocked senseless. His
wife was thrown against a lamp post.
Her injuries are regarded as fatal.
The doctor is prominent professionally
and socially.
The body of Minnie Iveil, murdered
near Bellevue, has been exhumed fora
more critical examination before pro
ceeding' with the preliminary examina
tion of Chris Eckerlebe, who is held on
suspicion of being her murderer. The
result of the recent autopsy has been
withheld, but the fact is conceded that
an important discovery is in the hands
of the state. The story that Eckerlebe
hud confessed was a fake.
From a letter received from ex-< iov
errun- Boies by a friend in Dubuque, it
would appear that he will not be a
candidate against Col. Henderson for
congress. The letter, as published in
the Herald, reads as follows; “1 hope
no effort will be made to bring me out
as u eandidate for congress. I could
not accept the nomination if 1 knew it
would result in 1113’ election, and I do
not want the notoriety that would re
sult from declining.”
The criminal suit instituted by
Sheriff Davenport a few weeks ago
against Alderman John llall, pro
prietor °f the Creston Daily News, and
its managing editor, I\ ltoesen, was
decided in favor of the newspaper
men. The court held that the News
had the right to make the assertion it
did against the odicer. The sheriff
was accused of being in Lentz’s circus
when gambling games were in
progress and making no effort to stop
them.
The army worm is devastating grain
fields in different localities in Cerro
Gordo county, especially a very large
corn crop. They have been confining
themselves to oat fields, but later they
have l>een making for the corn and
they literally destroy' it. There are
millions of them, and farmers are
lighting them by the old process of
burning their oat field crops and also
by plowing a deep furrow around
their corn fields and crushing the
worms by dragging a large post
through it.
Because he was beaten in an eject
ment suit brought against Henry
Creemain, who had refused to pay
rent, Thomas Flannigan, of Blanchard,
deliberately shot and killed the
former, and when Mrs. Creemain came
from the house to see what had hap
pened, turned the weapon on her and
fired, inflicting wounds from which
she will in all probability die. Cree
main had lived for some time in the
lower part of Flannigan's house. He
tail paid no rent, although frequently
Orged to do so. Flannigan brought
auit to secure immediate possession,
and was defeated, the court holding
that lie must give the customary thirty
days’ notice. This angered Flannigan
beyond all reason. Flannigan lived in
the upper part of the house, and seeing
CreemtPn returning from the well with
a bucket of water raised the window
ami fired twice, one shot taking effect
in the stomach and the other in the
lace. He died almost instantly. When
Mrs. tree main heard the shots she
rushed out to see what had happened
and Flannigun emptied his gun at her,
the shot taking effect in the side. She
is in a critical condition, and it is not
believed she can recover. Flannigan
gave himself up to the authorities and
was taken to Clarinda and placed in
jail.
Miss Anna Dickson, a young girl
living at Des Moines, attempted sui
cide, huti'he doctors saved her.
Conductor Heed and Engineer Mont
gomery. who had charge of the North
western train wrecked near Logan,
were taken from Boone to Logan by
Sheriff Eddy. They were arraigned
before 'Squire Norman on a charge of
man-slaughter, waived, and -gave
bonds in $5,000 each. The bonds were
signed by five citizens of Boone. Each
signer qualified in the sum of SIO,OOO.
The bonds were accepted, and they
returned to Boone.
Bert Moore, the notorious and daring
burglar who broke jail at Maquoketa
in April, was captured at Joliet last
week and returned to lowa by Sheriff
Mitchell. Moore was arrested and
bound over to the grand jury for
breaking and entering several stores
in Maquoketa and for burglarizing the
Northwestern depot. Since his escape
he has eluded every effort of tlie
detectives to capture him and no
doubt would now be at large had lie
not attempted to visit his mother at
Joliet, where he is known by the
entire police force.
The printing office of the Melbourne
Cosmopolitan with contents were
totally destroyed by fire. The fire
was beyond control when the alarm
was given. The large two-story
planing mill and sash factory of 1). B.
Troxel stood just across the alley, but
by the well directed efforts of the fire
department it was saved with small
damage of broken glass and from
water. The printing office had just
been furnished with a large cylinder
press and engine. The loss will reach ,
1',’.500 to 53,000, with some insurance. |
Attorney General Remley has been
notified by the county attorney of
Linn county, John Grimm, that a test j
case under the i igarette law passed by
the last general assembly has been be
gun at Cedar Rapids, and a habeas
corpus proceeding has been begun to
transfer the case from the district
court of the state to the federal court
sitting at St. Paul, the state of lowa i
having begun a prosecution against a |
local dealer at Cedar Rapids for selling j
cigarettes contrary to the law passed
by the last assembly. It is a test ease
which is being watched by cigarette
smokers ami cigarette dealers with
vast interest.
In March last Almond Butterfield,
who had for over forty years l>een a
resident of Black Hawk county, died,
at the age of nearly 100 years. A few
days ago suit was begun by Mary But
terfield, of New York, against his
estate, and also against all parties to
whom he conveyed property during
his residence in lowa. The plaintiff
claims that she was the lawful wife of
Butterfield, and that they were never
divorced, but that her husband left
her and came to lowa, marrying
another woman after coming here
without the formality of securing a
divorce. The ease involves the title to
about 850,000 worth of property iD
Black Hawk county and Waterloo.
Charles Baker, aged 15, a farmer
boy, while working in a wheat field
near Burlington, felt a sharp, stinging
sensation in the ealf of his leg. and
immediately afterwards heard the
rattle and hiss of a rattlesnake that
he had disturbed. His cries brought
help and the snake was killed. It
measured four and one-half feet ami
fought viciously. Baker was given
large quantities of whisky, but despite
all efforts his leg and body swelled to
an immense size. The skin seemed
ready to burst under the tension. His
body and face have since turned a jet
black and he resembles a negro. The
agony he suffers is something terrible 1
to behold and his life hangs only by a ;
thread.
Harry Nichols, of Angus, aged 22,
has a bullet in his Jungs just over the
heart and may die. He tried to pre
vent a quarrel between his 17-year-old
brother. Charles, and Charles Grange,
a 10-year-old boy, both of whom were
under the influence of liquor. Grange
had been drinking in a new saloon
recently opened. On his way home he
fell in with Charles Nichols. They
had a quarrel in front of the Nichols
house and disturbed Harry, who came
to the door and ordered them to desist.
Grange drew his revolver with an oath
and fired. The ball entered Nichols'
breast just above the heart and lodged
in the lungs. T»:e physicians are
afraid to probe for it and it is very
probable he will die. Grange was
arrested by u deputy sheriff and taken
to Boone for safe keeping.
Motor car No. 19, on the Mount Ida
line of the Tri-City Railway Company,
while ascending Brady street hill at
Davenport, got beyond control of the
motorman and started back down the
hill. But three passengers were on
l>oard the ear. and they jumped, as did
tlx- motorman and conductor, and it
was well they did. The car went down
the steep incline at a terrific speed,
dashing into the rear coach of the
west-bound fast mail on the C., R. I. v fc
I*. road The Hag- man at the crossing'
raised the gates, thinking the runaway
ear would miss the mail train, but lie
was slightly off in his calculations.
The front end of the street ear was
badly wrecked and the ear thrown
twenty feet from the track into the
ditch. 'J he C., R. I. & I*, coach was
raised from the rails, springs broken
and otherwise damaged, so that it had
to be taken from the train. Benjamin
Worth, one of the passengers who
jumped from the street ear, was the
only person injured in Ihe accident,
and his injuries are not serious. The
damage to the two cars will amount I
to !• #•, than 8500.
.lohn Skelly and Ernest Bantz, two
attendants at the independence hos
pital for the insane, were badly
slashed at the hospital by a patient
named Dunston. who is inclined to
homicide. Dunston had l>een working
outside, and by some unknown means
had secured a jack-knife. He hid in a
bath-room and attacked Skelly when
lie entered. Two terrible gashes
below and above the waist line were
made. Is;intz was cut on the shoulder
and chest in assisting Skelly. Doth
will live, although Skelly*s condition
is very serious.
j NEWS OF THE WEEK
Nine lives were lost as the result of
fearful floods near Frankfort, Kv., so
far as heard from. The dead are
i James Bradley, wife and four children,
| and Jus. Bryan, a widower, and two
j children. They lived in a flat along
Benson creek, which rose so rapidly
I that the house was washed away be
j fore the occupants knew of their dan
, ger. Railway traffic is suspended. A
half dozen or more country bridges
were washed away. Hundreds of
acres of crops are totally ruined and it
is impossible to estimate the damage.
Dr. Jameson and his leading com
panions in the Transvaal raid were
arraigned before Lord Chief Justice
Russell, Baron l’ollock ancl Justin
Hawkins at London. After an ar
gument was heard on the motion to
quash the indictment the court
adjourned.
'1 he deadly effects of the cholera are
growing more apparent in Egypt every
week. The Egyptian troops are now
suffering with the plague and hun
dreds of deaths are reported.
The gold reserve lias gone below
800,000,000 and talk of another bon'd
issue has begun.
Senator Teller and the men who
walked out of the St. Louis convention
with him have issued an address
endorsing Bryan and Sewall and urg
ing all of the silver forces to unite
upon the democratic nominees.
The ear barns of the Chicago City
Railway company were burned and
the contents. 554 ears. 100 of them grip
cars, and 14 horses, were wiped out.
The loss will be nearly $500,000.
Malvern. Ark., was completely wiped
out by a tire which broke out in four
places a few nights ago at midnight.
Three men have been arrested upon
the charge of setting the fire. The
place was a town of 80,000 inhabitants
and only three business houses were left
standing The loss will probably
reach $300,000.
An ore steamer which had just been
loaded at the Cleveland and Pittsburg
railroad docks at Cleveland, Ohio,
turned over by the shifting of her ear
go. It is believed that twenty-two
men were drowned. The bodies of
fourteen men have been recovered.
The steamer, which was overloaded,
was a small one,- and the wash of a
large one caused the trouble.
Twenty thousand people met Win. .1.
Bryan at the depot when lie returned
to his home at Lincoln. Republicans
and democrats vied with each other in
doing honor to the candidate from
Nebraska. He was escorted to the
state house, where a reception was
held.
The republican national committee
will have headquarters both in Chicago
aud New York.
Ex-Gov. Win. Russell, of Massa
chusetts, who was a prominent oppo
nent of the silver forces at the Chicago
convention, was found dead in his tent
at St. Adelaide de Pados, Quebec,
where he had been earnping. Heart
disease is supposed to have been the
cause.
At Brevard. N. C.. the eldest daugh
ter of Senator Tillman, and two other
persons were killed by lightning.
A dispatch from Constantinople
states that Bgin. in the district of
Diarbekir. lxus been pillaged by Turks
aud 400 Christians massacred. It is
also stated that a massacre at Aintab
is imminent, and will begin upon the
receipt of orders from the sultan's
palace.
Cornelius Vanderbilt was stricken
with paralysis a few days ago. It was
at first thought that death would
result, hut the doctors afterwards
issued a statement that the multi
millionaire would probably recover.
COLORADO VISITS BRYAN.
Delegate* to St. I.ool* Convention Stop
at Lincoln to See Him.
Lincoln, Neb., July 22. —The incident
of Monday in Lincoln was a visit from
some fifty members of the Colorado del
egation to the convention of the nation
al silver party, who stopped here en
route to St. Louis to assure W. J. Bryan
of the almost unanimous support of
the democrats, populists and republic
ans of that state in his race for the
presidency. Upon their arrival 1. N.
Stevens, of Denver, spoke briefly in In
troducing the chairman ef the delega
tion, James 11. Brown, who made a
short address. Addresses were also
made by Prof. Old. of Georgetown; J.
F. Conforth, of Denver; David Boyd, of
Greeley; H» M. Hogg, of Tellurlde;
Judge J. W. Johnston, of Aspen, and
Mrs. Howard S. Stansbury, or the
Itocky Mountain New 3 stafT, Denver.
Mr. Bryan responded briefly.
liillad lit til* Curd Table.
Jacksonville, Fla.. July 21.—1 n a mo
ment of passion, caused by a dispute
over a game of cards, \V. w. Haralson,
auditor of the Jacksonville, Tampa and
Key West railroad, dealt a deadly blow
to Francis M. Ector, assistant auditor
of the same road, last night in the
read' room of the Arlington hotel.
Ruby. A cheerful mind. An amulet
against poison, sadness, evil thoughts.
A pieservative of health. Admonishes
the wearer of impending danger by
changing color.
Sapphire. Chastity. Procures favor
with princes. Frees from onchant
ment. Prevents impure thoughts.
Topaz. Fidelity. Calms the passions.
Turquoise.—Success and happiness.
Preserves from contagion.
Dai net. Fidelity in every engage
ment.
Onyx.—Reciprocal love.
Opal.—Pure thoughts.
CUTS DOWN GOLD RESERVE.
Two Millions Withdrawn at Now Tork,
Craving S!»4,OOO.OOO.
New Ycrk. July 20.—Two million dol
lars in gold was withdrawn Friday
from ».lie United States assay office and
sub-treasury for export to Europe.
These withdrawals cut down the net
government gold reserve to a little
above $94,000,000 without taking into
consideration smaller withdrawals not
for export made in the course of the
day. Prior to the opening of business
the government gold reserve amounted
to $96,166,292, yesterday's gold with
drawals having amounted to $449,000
Of Thursday’s withdrawals $50,000 went
to Canada and the rest was divided lute
a number of lots, some of which prob
ably represented intending hoarders of
gold. The largest single lot was SIOO,-
000.
A report from Chicago was circulated
in Wall street that the New York banlo
were about to use silver certificates in
the settlement of their balances at the
clearing house. The report was posi
tively denied by officers of the Clear
ing House association.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Curtis today paid a brief visit to As
sistant Treasurer Conrad N. Jordan at
the sub-treasury. It is surmised, Mr.
Curtis is conferring with sound-money
democrats as to what steps can be
taken to keep up the gold reserve, and
also he is learning the exact state of
affairs in this city in case a bond issue
is necessary. Some Wall street men
think that the banks may be requested
to turn over some of their stock of gold
to the sub-treasury in exchange for le
gal-tender notes.
M’KINLEY AT CLEVELAND.
; Goes to Open the Centennial Celebration
In That City
j Canton, G., July 112. —There was no
j blare of trumpets or pretension of for-
I mality of office when Major McKinley
started on his trip to Cleveland to open
the centennial celebration there Mon
day. He took the 12:30 McKinley flyer,
on the Cleveland, Canton & Southern
railway, due in Cleveland at 2:30
o'clock, entering an ordinary coach.
Gov. McKinley is the guest of National
Republican Chairman M. A. Hanna in
Cleveland.
Major McKinley’s address at the for
mal opening of the centennial exercises
at Cleveland to-day will, of course, be
entirely non-partisan in character. He
is expected to return Thursday next,
and he may come via Alliance, twenty
miles east of Canton.
Cleveland. 0., July 22.—The run from
Canton to Cleveland was made in a
rain-storm. At each station there were
cheers for McKinley as the train stop
ped. At Cleveland there was the for
mal demonstration. Major and Mrs.
McKinley took a carriage for Chairman
M. A. Hanna's residence, where Mr.
Hanna will join them on hie return
from Chicago.
IRON MINES SHUT DOWN.
Two Tliouiand Men Thrown Into Idle*
ne»H in the Superior Krglnn.
Ishpeming, Mich., July 22.—The ore
shipments from Lake Superior and
•Lake Michigan ports up to June 30 ex
ceeded the heavy shipments of last
year by over 500,000 tons. It now ap
pears that the purpose of this heavy
shipment was to get rid of the ore on
hand and to have nothing left when
the slump in prices came, as it has
now. All the mines are getting ready
to make retrenchment in the matter of
mining, the largest being that of the
Metropolitan Land and Iron Company,
owning and operating the Norris, East
Norris and Pabst mines at Ironwood,
which have produced about 1,000,000
tons of ore a year for the last five years.
After two reductions of the working
force heroic measures have been taken,
and the mines are practically closed,
throwing nearly 2,000 men out of em
ployment. Other mines are getting
ready to close, and the operators hold
out no hope of reopening. The miners
are alarmed at existing conditions.
Clement j for Murderers.
Washington, July 21.—The president
has commuted to imprisonment for life
the death sentences imposed upon three
Texans—John C. Ball, Thomas Davis
and Taylor Hickman. They were to be
hanged September 4. In the case of
Ball, the president says that while he
has been twice convicted of murder,
the judge and district attorney both
urge the commutation on the ground of
the youth of tho convict and for other
reasons. Davis and Hickman are full
blooded Indian boys of 14 and 13 years
respectively, without any appreciation
of the enormity of the brutal and cold
blooded homicide committed by them,
and in their cases also the judge and
district aitorney strongly urged the
commutation.
I>« Not tVmit Kr«*r Sliver.
San Francisco, Cal., July 21.—The
California socialist labor convention
has adopted a platform protesting
against the free coinage of silver on
the ground that such action would be
class legislation, inasmuch, as alleged,
it would benefit the debtor clas.< at
thf expense of the capitalists. The
platform declares that free silver would
not benefit the laboring mdn, as wage
earners, it is said are not. as a rule,
debtors.
Bloodstoue.— 1 mourn your ab
sence. Worn by the ancient as an
amhlet or charm, on account of the
medicinal and magical virtues it was
supposed to possess.
Diamond.—Pride. Awarded super
natural qualities from the most remote
period down to the middle ages. Has
the power of making men courageous
and magnanimous. Protects from evil
spirits, influences the gods to take
pity upon mortals. Maintains concord
between husband and wife, ,uhl for this
reason was held as the most appro
priate stone for the, ri."**
HPIIHIMMIII
DOBSON FOR SECRETARY OF
STATE, LADD FOR JUDGE.
Congor ami .lame* for Electorii-at-Large,
Dan-Mon for Kailroa<l <'om inissioiuT
Kcinley, McCarthy and llerrlott Ko-
nominated.
For Secretary of State—U. L. DOBSON,
of-Polk county.
For Auditor of State—C. G. MCCARTHY,
.of Story county.
For Treasurer of State-JOHN HER
RIOTT, of Guthrie couuty.
For Attorney General—MlLTON REM
LEY, of Johnson couuty.
For Railroad Commissioner—E. A. DAW
SON, of Bremer county.
For Judge of Supreme Court—SCOTT M.
LADD, of O'Brien county.
Di;s Moines, .July 10.— At 11 o’clock
yesterday morning- the republican
state convention was called to order
by Chairman McMillan, of the state
central committee. Rev. 11. 11. Green
of llecorah offered prayer and the
the chairman then announced the ill
ness of Kollin J. Wilson, and intro
duced Congressman Hepburn us tem
porary chairman. His address was re
ceived with enthusiasm. After nam
;ng the committees the convention ad
journed. The committee on resolutions
was composed as follows: First Dis
trict, Col. D. G. Palmer, of Washington
county; Second, Senator Ellis, of Clin
ton; Third, J. H. Funk, of Hurdin;
Fourth, G. N. Haugan, of Worth; Fifth,
S. R. Packard, of Marshall; Sixth, W.
G. Mieservey, of Jasper; Seventh, A.
L. Wood, of Madison; Eighth, J. R.
Harsh, of Union; Ninth, Edward Lock
wood, of Harlan; Tenth, Geo. E. Rob
erts, of Webster; Eleventh, E. P.
lleizer, of Woodbury.
1 he d'stricts selected candidates for
electors as follows: First district,
helix 1. Hughes, of Keokuk county;
Second, John Cownie, of Marengo;
Third, George H. Richardson, of
Wright; Fourth, Dr. Amos Rabcock, of
( hickasaw; Fifth, Welcome Mowry,
of Tama; Sixth, W. A. Niehol, of
Monroe; Seventh, E. 11. Addison, of
Story; Eighth, Paul McLean, of Union;
Ninth, I). L. Heinsheimer, of Mills;
Tenth, D. E. Chase, of Hamilton;
Eleventh, Henry Lindermink, of Sioux.
W hen the convention was called to
order in the afernoon the committee
on credentials reported full delega
gations from each county and the re
port was adopted. Smith McPherson
was made permanent chairman, and
addressed the convention briefly.
Senator Allison was called for and
addressed the convention. He was
followed by Senator Gear. The re
port of the committee on resolutions
was presented by Chairman Roberts
and adopted by acclamation.
For secretary of state Messrs. Dob
son. Chassell, llyrkit and Hanford
\%ere in the field. Mr. Dobson was
nominated an the third ballot by the
following vote. Dobson 642, Chassel
3-1, Hanford 176, Byrkit 2.
The nominations ot C. G. McCarthy
as auditor of state, John Ilerriot as
treasurer of state, and Milton Rcmley
as uttorney general were made unani
mous by acclamation.
For supreme judge Messrs. Weaver,
Ryan, Waterman, Harvey
Lurnham, Ladd aud Lewis were the
candidates. On the sixth ballot Ladd
was nominated by a vote of 704 to 43i>
for Weaver aud 4 for Leggett.
Messrs. Campbell, Dawson and
Kemble were in the race for railroad
commissioner, and Dawson was nomi
nated on the first ballot by the follow
ing vote: Dawson 70S, Campbell 224,
Kemble 202.
Major E. H. Conger, of Polk county,
and Hon. Ed. S. James, of Clinton
county, were unanimously selected as
electors-at-large, and then after the
electors of the congressional districts
had been approved and ratified by the
convention, the convention adjourned
sine die.
Following is the new state central
committee: First, 11. O. Weaver,
Louisa; Second, J. M. Kemble, Mus
catine; Third, A. M. Shell ito,
Huchanan; l*ourth, T. L. Green Fay
ette; Fifth. W. W. Lee, Tama; Sixth,
X. E. Kendall, Monroe; Seventh, J. M.
Kittlemau. Warren; Eighth, John d!
Burrows. Page; Ninth, I. M. Treynor,
Pottawattamie; Tenth, John Steven
son. Greene; Eleventh, H. G. McMillan
Lyon.
At a meeting of the committee
Chairman .McMillan and Secretary
Treynor were re-elected.
N«w York Kr ptiMlca,,,, Alarmed.
Now York, July 21.—Original Mc
j Kinley republicans in the Empire state
have issued a call to amis in the form
of a circular letter, which has been
sent throughout the state on letter
heads bearing the words: "The McKin
ley State League.” It displays the
fact that the free-silver movement is
becoming alarming, even to the strong
est McKinley men, who are impatient
to see the campaign begin.
Teller Will Support Itrynn.
Lincoln, Neb., July 21.—Mr. Bryan
received a letter from Senator Teller,
in which the later assured him that he
would support him in his race lor
president.
The man who iz never ashamed to
borrow, will, after a while, git so that
he won’t be ashamed to beg.
The more a man knows the more he
haz got to kno to be very wlze.
It l«n’t so mutch what a man kan lift
hz what he kan hang onto that 3hows
his strength.
Ideas are what win, hut even ideas
may be smothered in words.
It iz the sting ov the hornet that
makes him respecktabel, and the want
ov it that makes the butterfly a failure.
REPUBLICAN MHBBL
The republicans of lowa, assembled
In convention, mindful of their duty in
the ventful contest already begun,
proud oi their past and confident of
their future, submit to the people of
the state the principles which they
deem essential to the welfare of their
country.
We heartily approve the platform of
the party announced at the national
republican convention recently held in
St. Louis, and we pledge our fellow re
publicans throughout the United States
to carry all its declarations to triumph
ant success in the coming election.
We cordially indorse the candidates of
that convention, and we hasten to as
sure our sister states that lowa, speak
ing through a magnificent majority, will
cast her electoral vote for Wiliam Mc-
Kinley and Garret A. Hobart.
We recognize the revolutionary char
acter of the convention lately held in
Chicago. We appreciate the dangers ©f
its startling doctrines and the immeas
urable disasters that would follow their
adoption by the government. We have
seen the ruin accomplished by the free
trade declaration of 1892. and we have
now hard a demand that the ruin
shall be made complete by the over
throw of our financial system and the
substitution of an experiment that can
result only in untold misery and incal
culable loss.
We believe that every possible fluc
tuation of money standards between the
lowa producer and his consumer is a
lnarg'i between them. If it is not an
advantage to have a common standard
with his customer abroad, then it is no
advantage to have a common standard
with the other communities of this
union.
In the interest of our export trade,
for the furtherance of the policy of
of reciprocity, and for the promotion of
our commerce, as well as for the ben
efit of our silver producers, we pledge
support of the lowa representatives in
congress to the promotion of an inter
national agreement to establish the
lolnt standard universally; and from
the same considerations to oppose the
proposition to carry the United States
to silver monometallism.
We are opposed to the change to a
ilngle silver standard because It will
lecrease and not Increase the supply
of money in the country; because in
stead of restoring confidence it will de
stroy credit® • Instead of insoirine enter
prise It will spread alarm; Instead ot
aiding the debtor it will involve him in
bankruptcy; Instead of furnishing em
ployment to labor it will make more un
certain and unremunerative that which
it has, and Instead of benefiting the
producer and farmer it will injure them,
and finally .because it would do infi
nite injustice and Involve our country
In repudiation and dishonor.
We denounce as false the statement
of the democratic party that we have
contracted or that our policy will con
tract the volume of our currency; on
the contrary, we assert that the prin
ciple we advocate is the only principle
that will give to the country the money,
stable in its purchasing power and ade
quate in amount, which the prosperity
of the people demands.
The republican party, under Its pol
icy, assures the people of an ample
currency, composed of gold, silver and
paper, no one kind preferable to an
other; none of it subject in the hands
of the people to variation of value, but
every dollar as good as gold and there
held by the real power of the govern
ment of the United States.
We stand upon the record which th«
republican party has made. We recall
the prophecies of our antagonists in
lowa in 1878 that specie payments
would ruin our state, and we point to
the period of never to be equalled
prosperity which ensued from 1880 to
1892, with every dollar of our currency
kept at the gold standard, without the
sale of a bond or a whisper against our
credit
We re-afflrm our faith In the doctrine
of protection to American labor, and
the policy which Is part of it, the pro
motion of our foreign trade by recip
rocal agreements. Under this consist
ent and practical policy the develop
ment of our limitless resources will be
resumed, enterprise will spring into
action at a million opportunities, capi
tal will go out seeking for the wage
earner, and when the table of the work
ingman Is again covered with plentv
the .American farmer will know gooth
times once more. We hold that the
prices of our farm products can be re
stored only by the recovery of the
markets to which we had access four
years ago, and through the return to
our home consumers of the buying,
power which was theirs four years ago.
The lowa farmer needs no other con
dition to assure this prosperity than
those which maintained the level of his
prices, increased the value of his farm,
and reduced the cost of his purchases
during the four splendid years of Pres
ident Harrison’s administration By
the restoration of these conditions, by
maintaining the stability of our money
and not by debasing its value, the re
publican party promises him relief.,
The abandonment of the treaties of,
reciprocity which had opened the mar-'
ket places of Spanish America and.
Central Europe to the farm products
of the United States has resulted in the
almost total exclusion of our bread
stuffs and meats from countries af
fected by the reciprocal agreements of
1891. Thus so-called tariff reform, as
managed by the Fifty-third congress,
instead of opening new markets for
the farm, has closed foreign markets
to us and stimulates production by our
competitors, at the same time causing
an unexampled prostration of Its near
est and best customers, the wage-earm
ers of our own land.
The republican party appeals with
confidence to the people of lowa to
support it in its purpose to establish
the industries and all of the varied In
terests of production and exchange,
upon a stable and certain basis, that
the genius and energy of this great
people may be free to work out the
national prosperity, as they did In that
marvelous decade following 1880.
The fourth commandment prohibits
the v/orking of "cattle" on Sunday.
The cyclists argue that they can ride
an Sunday because a wheel la not In
cluded among cattle. But they work
their calves.—Wichita Eagle.
That most strait sect, the Dunkards,
really ought not to make bicycle riding
a test of membership. There is Scrip
tural authority for the belief that peo
ple who fall may rise again.—Pittsburg
Commercial-Telegraph.
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM.
A radish eighteen Inches in lengtn
has been grown near Widen, Germany,
which Is said to be in the exact form
of a baby, even to the fingers and toes.
The East Ixsndon Water Comapny
has Issued a notice forbidding the usa
of garden sprinklers and all similar
apparatus. A drouth in London is im
minent.
More than 10.C00 persons are en
gaged in the macufacture of explo
sives in England. Last year forty
persons in the business were killed and
167 injured by accidents.