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DECORAH, WINNESHEIK COUNTY, IOWA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1896.
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Official Paper of the City of Decorah.
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TELEPHONE NO. 15.
Republican National Ticket.
For President
WILLIAM McKINLEY
of Ohio.
For Vice President
GARRETT A. HOBART
of New Jersey.
Republican State Ticket.
For Secretary of State
G. L. DOBSON
For Auditor of State
c. g. McCarthy
For Treasurer of State
JOHN HERRIOTT
For Attorney General
MILTON REMLEY
For Railroad Commissioner
E. A. DAWSON
For J udge of Supreme Court
SCOTT M. LADD
For Elector—Fourth District
AMOS BABCOCK
Republican County Ticket.
For County Attorney
E. P. JOHNSON.
For County Auditor
O. C. JOHNSON.
For Clerk of Courts
HENRY ELVIDGE.
For Recorder of Deeds
N. N. QUANDAHL.
For Supervisor-First District
GEO. ALLEN.
For Supervisor—Third District
SAM. MAGNUS.
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
A URGE ATTENDANCE AND
PLENTY OF ENTHUSIASM.
All of the Old Officers, Except Record
er, Renominated.
Persuant to call of the Republican
County Committee, the Republicans of
Winneshiek county met in delegate
convention at the court house, in this
city, last Thursday afternoon. A larger
convention, so far as numbers is con
cerned, never met at the court house.
(Standing room was away above par,
and there was a premium on the stair
way leading up to the hall. Republi
cans, in the capacity of delegates, as
well as those who were not, came from
all over the county. There were hosts
of democrats present who had come, as
they expressed it, to “see the fun.”
At half past one Chairman Toye, of the
County Committee, called the assem
blage to order, read the call, and an
nounced that the committee had
chosen the following persons and re
commended them as temporary offi
cers of the convention:
C. W. Burdick, of Decorah, tem
porary chairman; Prof. Stinson, of
Freeport, and C. J. Mills, of Ossian,
temporary secretaries.
The recommendation of the com
mittee was adopted and the temporary
organization was perfected. A motion
was made, seconded and carried that
the chair appoint one delegate from
each supervisor’s district as a com
mittee on credentials. The chair,
with the assistance of the
from the respective districts appointed
Edward Hyde, of the first, A. O. Flask
crud, of the second, I. K. Grundeland,
of the third, Thomas Rice, of the
fourth, and J. J. Hopperstadt, of the
fifth districts, as such committee. The
committee reported each township and
ward to be represented by duly ac
credited delegates, and the report was
adopted.
It was moved, seconded and carried
that the temporary organization be
made permanent. Chairman Burdick,
upon assuming the duties of permanent
chairman thanked the convention for
the honor and asked what the further
pleasure of the delegates was.
A motion was then made, which was
seconded and carried that an informal
ballot for county attorney be taken.
At this juncture a motion was made
and seconded that it be the sense of the
convention that there should be no
nominations for a third term. The
motion was lost.
The names of E. P. Johnson, of De
corah, J. B. Kaye, of Calmar, and
Norman Willett, of Decorah, were
placed in nomination for the office of
county attorney. Proceeded to an in
formal ballot for candidates for said
office, and the call of townships re
sulted as follows:
Johnson, 74j.
Kaye, 30.
Willett, 265.
Moved, seconded and carried that
the convention proceed to the first for
mal ballot for county a ttorney. The
ballot being taken the result was an
nounced as follows:
Johnson, 735.
Kaye, 30$.
Willett, 27.
Mr. Johnson, having received a ma
jority of the votes cast, was declared by
the chair to be the nominee of the con
vention for county attorney. Upon a
motion made, seconded aud carried
the nomination was made unanimous.
Moved, seconded and carried that
the meeting proceed to an informal
ballot for Clerk of District Court. The
names of F. A. Hoyt, of Frankville
township, E. M. Carter, of Hesper, and
Henry Elvidge, of Decorah, were
piaoed before the convention. The
first informal ballot resulted as follows:
Hoyt, 60.
Elvidge, 61.
Carter, 10.
Moved, seconded and carried to pro
ceed to the first formal ballot, and the
vote was as follows:
Elvidge, 73.
Hoyt, .58.
Upon motion, seconded and carried,
the nomination was made unanimous.
It was theu moved, seconded and
carried that an informal ballot be taken
for County Auditor, for which office
the names of O. C. Johnson, of Decorah,
and O. 8. Thompson, of Ossian, were
presented. The informal ballot was as
follows:
Johnson, 86.
Thompson, 44.
Uponmotiou, seconded and carried,
a formal ballot was ordered with the
following result:
Johnson, 90.
Thompson, 41.
Mr. Johnson, having received a ma
jority, was declared the nominee for
auditor. The nomination was, upon
motion, made unanimous.
Moved, seconded and carried to take
an informal ballot for Recorder of
Deeds. T. F. Auchmoody, N. N.
Quandahl, J. H. Hargraves, of De
corah; A. 8. Rivers, of Orleans, and
Miss Hedwig Sydow, of Conover, were
nominated. The ballot resulted:
Quandahl, 49.
Rivers, 42.
Auchmoody, 21.
Sydow, 11.
Hargraves, 8.
A motion for a formal ballot,
seconded and carried, was then made;
the vote was:
Quaudahl, 63.
Rivers, 57.
Auchmoody, 7.
Hargraves, 3. i
Sydow, 1.
Mr. Auchmoody rose and in a short
speech thanked the republican party
for past favors, saying also that, while
he was desirous of tilling the office
another term, yet he had no claim up
on the party and convention, conse
quently withdrew his name and de
sired not to be considered further in
connection with the nomination. As
the result above indicated no choice, a
second formal ballot was taken with
the following results:
Quandahl, 66.
Rivers, 65.
Mr. Quandahl, receiving a majority,
was declared nominated, and upon
motion the nomination was made
unanimous.
The chair announced that candi
dates for supervisors in the first and
third districts were to be nominated,
and the delegates from the respective
districts repaired to separate quarters to
perform this project.
The delegates from the first district
organized by selecting Dr. P. M. Jewell
chairman and F. C. Clark secretary.
Geo. Allen, of Castalia, and M. J.
Nicholson, of Springfield, were voted
for, the former receiving the nomina
tion.
The delegates from the third dis
trict organized with Almond Rice, of
Bluttton, as chairman, and Dr. Em
mons, of Burr Oak, as secretary.
After a prolonged tight and several
ballots, Bamuel Magnus, of Lincoln
township, was finally nominated.
The ticket in detail is as follows:
For County Attorney, E. P. John
son, of Decorah.
For County Clerk, Henry Elvidge,
of Decorah,
For County Auditor, O. C. Johnson,
of Decorah.
For County Recorder, N. N. Quan
dahl, of Decorah.
For Hupervisor, Ist dist. Geo. Allen.
For (Supervisor, 3rd dist. (Samuel
Magnus.
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
A LARGE AND HARMONIOUS AS
SEMBLAGE OF DEMOCRATS.
Full Report of the Proceedings of the
Convention With a List of Candi
dates Nominated.
The Democrats of Winneshiek Co.
assembled at the court house in this
city in delegate convention for the
nomination of county officers last Sat
urday afternoon. The county was
well represented by the prominent
democratic party leaders, and their
deliberations were harmonious, the one
prevailing sentiment being to nomi
nate men who would secure the votes
of the most people, and who, if elected,
would best serve the party and the peo
ple of the county.
Mr. H. A. Bigelow was chosen tem
porary chairman and Mr. T. N. Huiu
ker temporary secretary. On motion
a committee of three on credentials
consisting of M. J. Carter, R. 8. Wolf
enberger i and Jos. Baker was ap
pointed. A motion to make the tem
porary organization permanent was
carried. On motion Dan Shea, of this
city, was unanimously nominated for
County Attorney. It was then moved
that E. C. Shaw, of BlufPton, be unani
mously nominated for the office of
County Auditor, which motion was
carried. A motion was next made
that the convention proceed to an in
formal ballot for the nomination of a
candidate for Clerk ot Courts, which
ballot resulted as follows; M. A.
Kubish, of Fort Atkiusou, 645, aud
Peter Goldberg, of Hesper, 435. On
motion a formal ballot was taken, M.
A. Kubish receiving 77 votes aud Peter
Goldberg 30. The nomination of M.
A. Kubish was made unanimous. Next
M. J. Klein, of Ossian, was nominated
by acclamation for Recorder of Deeds.
The delegations from the first and
third supervisor’s districts then re
paired to different parts of the assembly
room and nominated W. W. Carter, of
Ossian, for supervisor from the Ist
district, aud Z. Gardner for supervisor
from the 3d district.
ANOTHER DIFFERENCE.
While Mr. Bryan and Mr. Coxey in
some respects resemble each
other, there is nevertheless this differ
ence between them. Mr. Coxey in the
days of his prime marched his forces
across the continent toward Washing
ton afoot and took in everything that
lay before him; Mr. Bryan on the other
hand rides in luxury in the cars of the
“bloated aristocrat” and from the rear
end of the last coach recites his little
speech to thecuriousity seeking crowds.
ThusJ he rides backward, so to speak,
and view things after he has passed
them by.
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Rankin at Calmar.
An excursion on the Milwaukee Fri
day evening carried 140 people to Cal
mar to attend the rally and listen to
the moulder orator, A. C. Rankin.
The Decorah City Band had been en
gaged to play and went over with
them. The address by Mr. Rankin
was one of the ablest campaign speech
es we have ever heard. He is posses
sed of remarkable argumentative pow
ers aud he gave his audience a 'discus
sion of the money question which was
interesting, instructive, logical and
conclusive. He spoke for three hours,
holding the close attention of the large
audience with his magnetism, bring
ing out points in the discussion of the
money question which were new and
important. We would be greatly
pleased if he could be induced to speak
in our city this fall.
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Sign Your Communications.
We have received two articles for
publication this week without signa
tures. We are willing to publish com
munications, but they must iuvariably
be signed by the writer. Should the
parties sending the articles referred to
above desire them published next
week they will be, provided they are
willing to sign them.
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Depreciating the currency has
been a favorite method of bankrupt
kings to replenish their treasury at the
expense of their subjects, but no free
people have ever decided by ballot to
have their currency depreciated and
we cannot believe that a majority of
the people of the Uuited States will
ever do so.
Thousands of republicans in all
sections of the country are hoping that
Kansas is going to send brainy John J.
Ingalls back to the senate in place of
the bewhiskered nonentity, Pfetter.
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Not a few people believe that suc
cessful authorship depends more upon
shrewd advertising than upon good
writing.
GOLDEN ROD.
Written /or Public Opinion:
In these days of hazy weather
The auf wiederschen of summer,
Overall our country’s bosom
Floats and waves a golden mantle
Decking her In sunny splendor
Lo! it is our sign and symbol,
Chosen emblem of onr country
Blooming now In rich profusion
On the edges of the forests,
On the shores of flowing waters,
In the meadow on the hillside,
Along the high wavs and the byways,
Everywhere Is found this flower,
Emblem of ourglorlous country.
Should you ask me what its name is,
I would answer, I would tell you
In the language of the people,
I would answer that Its name Is
Golden Rod, most beauteous flower.
Nature teaches us a lesson
As she waves her yellow standard,
And proclaims her golden sentiments
Without fear and without trembling.
Show your loyalty then, her children,
Rouse ye from your Idle dreaming,
Sit no more within the moonlight,
Chimera breeding treacherous moonlight.
Brush aside your silvery visions
And come out Into the sunlight.
Rally round your golden standard,
And when you cast your vote this autumn
Vote for gold, for good sound money.
ANOTHER SILVER ARGUMENT.
It is a common belief among a cer
tain class of so-called sound mouey
men that, in opening the mints of the
governments the free coinage of sil
ver, we benefit only the mine owners
of the west. This is, as a'great many
people can readily see, an erroneous
idea. In opening the mints to silver,
we do, it is true, benefit the mine own
ers; but who are the mine owners of
the west? Theyl are to a great extent,
men who have by ceaseless toil, hard
ships and perseverance, opened great
tracts of land to civilization that other
wise would be almost unknown today.
We all believe in the reward of labor.
Wh; t reward has the man who has by
untiring perseverance and toil, helped
to develop the silver mines of the west?
Is it right that the government he
fought to sustain, the government he
has helped to greater wealth by de
veloping her resources should by an
act of congress deprive him of one-half
of the value of his labor.
So much for the miner, but how
would the free coinage of silver benefit
us? Let us see. In the first 'place
mining is not the only industry of the
silver Hundreds of
thousands of acres of the finest farming
lands in the world are located within
their borders, but the product of this
fertile soil depends almost altogether
upon home consumption, the con
aumers being the silver miners and the
employes of the great smelters and re
fineries. The gradual decreasing price
ot silver has within the last few years
closed one after another of the silver
mines until now only a few of the bet
ter class remain open. There could be
only one result to such a state ofaflairs,
gradual depopulation of the laboring
classes; and this Is exactly the con
dition in the silver producing states to
day. In other words the laborer of the
west has been forced away from his
home by the government he has fought
to sustain, and been compelled to
wander through the great cities aud
mauufacturing districts of the east in
search of employment. This has
cheapened labor here by increasing the
number of laborers. By cheapening
labor we decrease the consumption of
the product of labor. In other words
the laborer whose wages has been re
duced to one dollar per day must con
tent himself with fewer of the products
of labor than wheu his wages were two
dollars per day. This has done more
thau anything else to close the fac
tories of this country. Were it possible
today to open the mints of the country
to the free and unlimited coinage of
silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, tomorrow
would see thousands of laboring men
on their way back to their homes of
adoption, aud the great mining dis
tricts of the west would welcome
thousands more. This would increase
the price of labor here and with It
would come the increased consumption
of the products of labor, then the fac
tories must open to supply the increas
ing demand aud prosperity must fol
low. J. K. Shaw.
FRIGHTFUL DEATH.
Two Men Burned to Death in a
Shanty.
A meager report reached us yester
day that two men were burned to death
in a shanty in Wexford township, Al
lamakee county. Three men lived in
the shanty, and one of them had gone
to a neighbor’s to transact some busi
ness, as he relates, iu the afternoon of
Saturday last. Upon returning h»
found the shanty burned to the ground,
and the two charred bodies of the other
occupants, lying iu the debris. The
head of one of the unfortunate victims
was entirely burned ott. We have not
learned the names of the men up to the
time of going to press.
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Pekhai’S It was sympathy for Coxey
that caused Bryan to decline making a
speech from the steps of the Capitol at
Washington.
No. 32.