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, 1877-04-20

ficsc Is tho list OF a'l tia prominent candf.
dates thus far spoken ot f0r Judge DAVIS place
on the Supreme Court: Senator TIMOTHY II.
iIowx, of Wisconsin,; Circuit Judge Woop1, Of
the Gulf Circuit; Judge TMoxAs DRuxAonp,
OF ll,inots; Col. THOMAS u. BwANN, Of West
Virginia.; Gen. B, II. uRlsrow, Ut Kentucky;
Senator Isaac T. C1tH1sriANcr, Of Michigan:
SAxusL 4. R.cE, ot Alabama; Judge llAwR!Ns
aud tt,o lion, II. Il. SAITH, of Tennessee; the
lion. HEAar CALDWELL, Of Arkansas; judge
D. liuonEs, OF West Virginia; aul Judge D. A.
WAtKHs, of ucorgia. We think the choice will
eventually be mads between Judge DHuAMoSp,
Of this city, and 0cu. DR1srow. OF Louisville,
with the chances perhaps In favor Of tho latter.
, 1877-04-20

The surrender Of large numbers Of hostile
lndians Just n the grass begins 10 start. the
usual time for gong upon the was.path, u
pretty gpod evidence that they ra totally de-
morall1cd aud cowed. A. they arc dlsaEmed
upon their arrival, and their ponies taken from
th.sn, The future Of tho Indian question will
mainly depend upon the suggestions Of
humanity and experience to the y1etoss. The
rcd tnan has been pushed to tho wall. There
arc, however, between two and Three hundred
thousand who Aro still unfortunate ouough to
auryire. They hare, 1t tAets treaties With the
Government were worth anything, valid
claim to enough territory to give every ono Of
them IN snple property. They might By
, 1877-04-20

Reports from all parts Of Indiana Indicate cx-
ec,lcrt prospects for good harvcst this year.
'rhc indianapolis Juurn.at says that oats eown ia
February arc beginning to peep out, and arc
growing finely. Tho wheat IN tho southern past
Of tho State is said to be In fine condition, and
farmers arc feeling encouraged and hopcfut
Tho appearance OK winter wheat vas never moro
promising in this part Of tho country, says tho
Cincinnati 9aztfte. The wcathct, too, Is very
favorable for getting In other crops. There Is
crcry Appearance Of another fruitful Ycar, and II
there Is, will pnt this country Oil It's feet nnan-
efa]fy..
, 1877-04-20

People who havo missed friends who long ago
went to Washington, aud hare not been heard
from since. will do we'll to apply to tho heads Of
departments OF tho Government. They arc
turning out long-fosgotten persons, moss~coy-
cred By the antiquity VI their positions.
, 1877-04-20

Dnt Nusstas adIonx to tho effete Sultan. stunning
ltnsaolt by the 1Ioaphosns md SLIPPING co:1oo with
the inuolcnt nonchs!nnce Of superficial lassiy!ty,
ara prolonged With painful dactlllty. They involve
fully uanagcd.-Erealaa Fof.
Our sentiments exact]y-proytded VIC could
understand what idea tho writer intended to
coEYcT,
, 1877-04-20

MIRA Clark Gaines her suit at 1asl


Blue glass was tested at tho Royal Gardens,
England, recently, but was not pronounced Kew.
rect.
The Russian Dru'n has conferred tho Baer
gold medal On Prof. Bnngo. for his abte essays on
hops.
Anna Dickinson had such good luck In sl,ut-
Ting IN tho critics that she t1rned In and closed tho
thcatrc.
Look over the tetegrapl,tc pages carefully this
morning, g,--Kato C,a1ton played In st. Joe, No..
last night.
Look out for blows on tho "crazy" or "fun-
uY" bones. Park Stmpaou, Of 13oone, H., lsed
Of ono Inst week.
Old man Tweed asks, "What are you going
to do about itf' heap moro anxtously and wist-
fully tlan he used To-.
A ncw aspect Of "vo1lz 1oro " looms up in
Ixoutsvtlle where Annie bags Tho law to separate
her frun ucorRa Volk-
Miss Auna Dickinson ia coming to Chicago.
Applications for tho position Of critic will Do re-
cetved ut THE TnthuKA otlce.
A. mcmbor OF tho New York Ksnnkcnuntor-
uttitxungsvtreln recently recovered 5000 damages
against tho owner Of dog that bit him.
Tho Philadelphia Tlnsessays: "Tho New York
Sun IL paattng Brother Blaine on tho baek. 1la
must look out; ho has Ind ouc sunsttokc, which
nearly killed him."
Princess Frcdcrfcka, daughter OF tho King OF
Hanover. Is ecstalnly going to bu married to tho
Uuke Of Connaught, III sptto Of reports 10 the con-
pretty. but Of q swect nature and vosy accomplish.
cd.
Boston suecrs At Herbert Spenccr's essay on
-APrIu,itlso Marriages" IN tho Popular Science
1foaiAiy, but une paragraph contains such s1lght
a1Iueiou 10 .'endosony, " - exogauiy." ''polyg.
, 1877-04-20

! Tho po1cs hal llssly chase after mailman
day or two since. When they wtsh to repeat,
lot them follow Mr. 9ronEr to hi4 Office after
hc has speut an hour hetors tho South Park H.
YcettcntpFS,
, 1877-04-20

A BILL to pscGcnt poo!,scl!iag has passed to q
third reading In tho Now York Senate Jonx
MoHRlssEY was one of It's strongest advocates.
There seems to be such q world Of reformation
In MonRtssEr TINT we may hope for the best -
to his Influence on Ills old aud distinguished
fEtcnila.
, 1877-04-20

The Chicago Inter 0etan does not re1ari I'roai-
dent HAYES pnlcy AZ just. 1t u to be feared that
tho President Iacs not read the Ifer- OttdH AZ reg.
u!arlY AZ he should. -[oston Globe.
Thu President should read tho 10, It's ups
and downs on tho "HA1Es policy" will keep
him exactly informed from day To day concern.
fng tho fortunes Of tho noble army Ut machtna
politicians In this city who arc hunting or hang
tnr onto pfIfrta.
, 1877-04-20

4 covert attempt OF ccrtaln members Of the
Ohto Legislature to setard the growth Of GENE
tcs.es has been defeated. It was In tho form Of
a bill tu compe! graduates Of medical colleges
to pass the Inspection Ut State Hoarl u Nedl-
cal Examiners.
, 1877-04-20

ne co1'oealib 'h"'' "o 4ae As tt'e oAetciSe ut
any Executive authority Ia concerned l,e will
bo As imposent ~ tho hnmbleat negro In the
stase? .......
ihcfc IS rersiatens chor1 maao ~ sho
whole disappointed oi'lce-seek'ng ana oti'ce-
orohlng frasern'ty TO misrepresent Inc rfesi-
dents duty "nd his acts; ana especially 70
m'ssePteaeh' or conceal 'ae eFoat 'eau'ne
IN OF sae u''cr 1"'sa'o OF 'ae earPes-p"8
uoFernmen.s' sappofsea oS oayonets' 10
auont mo fe"st pfotees'on 70 Inc non'rc'
als1anf' sfnp1e-manaed freedmen Inc run
'a .no 0mp1cst sihtncas'oa o. tno t1ee't'ens8
po'ey anu Q. h's ac.ions' III tne nist pl"ce'
the ffes1dens "aa t"I'9 hwaro tnas 'ne no-
8!oes "efe nos pfo'ec'e''. a"u no "a8
Advised ny o'a predecessors "no nao "aca sne
m'ae".y 'or e'8ns years, 'nes tnn' tn, Po''e5 .@.
pfose'! 70 DC ai8nm 1"l'"fe' Aho 1Ics'ae"s
desired 10 os'ao'iah peaee' nna l@"' 1aa o,asl.
e'sn governments was etssol''A ~ u 1N".s,"u"'
a"a 10 aea'toa 70 nave 'ae ques.lon ~ 'e4u'
n taat otato oe'ei.n'nsu IN .a"la' WY
INC oons.'tn1'ono Of LOUISIANA nt"kee t'le iss-
iS'"ture Oh taa1 esase Tue EXCLUSIVE IL, ao'p'fsty
% aec'see VINO Is s'o'esnot' u'fo naa ,,.. vssa
no lesa. hog's'@'ate eon'erua 'n ~ .4as 1sass @
a''so 'uo ''1tt e'oe"o"' : ""', DeoA
, 1877-04-20

Col. VALENTINE DAKER, who attaekcd wou-
IN In railroad coach III Euglunl q year Or
two ago, mud was imprisoned tor his crime,
holds high position In tho Turkish service.
Ho cau show tho Musaulmai,s how to make an
assault and lattery.
, 1877-04-20

It might bo good idea TO rcyiyo tho discus-
sion Of Cuban recognition In Congreas; that
would giro tho 'swal !" element chanco 10 uso
their old speeches. Substitute tho "Cuban
patriot" for thu "carpet-bagger,' u and tho old
c1oquenco would i!ow as smoothly "a Of yorn.
, 1877-04-20

All tho Tammany-tstng fellows In New York
arc busy denyiug tho cha1gcs against them In
Tw1Rp's confession. A. OAkHr HALL Ia TO bo
heard tFom. Tho story is merely the modcrn-
txattou Of that In tho New Testament wherc
PETER lcf,tol his Mastrr.
, 1877-04-20

s'Comlsenee" ls what tho Tlas<s calls 1t, AMI
cxplalns by saying, 'ComIaeure IL fron1 tho
urrvs ,sonaos, how" The public Will be glad
to know this; although It mar not ba aUla 10
recognize the features Of tie sire tn the facc OF
thu r1tIi.
, 1877-04-20
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, 1877-04-20

The pastlon Of IlILpHRTn was about the last
act Of Gcn. GKANT's Admlns4tratton. liewant-
cd to closa the somewhat tedious acts Ia tho
drama Of Ills Administration BY conspicuous
farce, and he did II.
, 1877-04-20

The Dcsa{o!ncs Regater Il called 1.-THE L.o.-U.
paper OF !. q. A.,f'-"A." standing for "AL-
LsS," formerly OF tho Cook County National
Bank. Tho .L.-0. OF this city Is also IN
"L-O.-U for tho same reason.
, 1877-04-20

JAMES n. swRExY took to Europe enough
stcalinra to require live laours' count BY thu
P,rscr. It MAS fair count, too, and omitted
Nrtturntn hftpRethcf.
, 1877-04-20

III the Royal Gan1eqs as Kc. demonftra.o that
tho blnc rays In sunligf't actually havo rctarl-
ing effect oil p1ant.growth What mill Ten.
PLEAsoyron ssY to this when he reads III
, 1877-04-20

There are u,auy names mentioned In eonncc-
tIon with vacant Or nbout to he vacant pu0lLc
Offices. But tho persons who own the flames do
not ~ yet eouucct themselves with tho Offices.
, 1877-04-20

European dispatches still indicate general
belief that but a short time will olapse befofe
tbs clash Of az,as will be heard on the Turk
ish border. All tho Great Powers arc dedu-
ing thelr position with respect to the coming
coutest, md I'll hare 70 fat declared for uep-
, 1877-04-20

NICHOLS having finally eoaxcd \ quorum
away from the riva! Legislature, PACKARD
ought to telegraph for ,noEe troops. lie needs
protection tru,n foes within as vol as without.
, 1877-04-20

Newspapers have begun to plan the campaign
tor Russia and Turkey, II " lucky for both
countries that ther Generals sxo not readers Of
American Journals.
, 1877-04-20

The London Spectator says that 1t IL curious
that IN tho blue-glasa theory tue ingenuity OF
the inventors should have bit Oh tho exact con-
ttasx Of the truth. II eialna that experiments
, 1877-04-20

HOME LODGE, No nta, 4. r. and 4. M.-1tt3u1ar
Communication shis r1dayl evening q y H., nt tal
Xs1tins brsthfen coriialy iasi.ci nj efass y iii
MAaicT. IT,. T. uE}tllCA. sec.
ORIENTAL LODGE. No. s. a. r. an.1 A. M.-l!asI.
~. I.2 Lasslc:s. STATED Eon!mnn,cataun ahs tfri.
on the X. a. 1rcrer. VIaItors cotdlaly Invited. By
order Ut The AiantcF. F.. y. TUCKER sec.
, 1877-04-20

The difference between q PactsY1crm!st aud a
rAcKAnnartniss Ia that tho former Is very
thick skinned and tho latter very thick skuflc1.
, 1877-04-20

Nuasia elsims to be Eusope'4 missionary tor
Turkey; and 1t will not b. lung before Europe
will ba expected to open her coats{button-boxes
In order to support the missionary.
, 1877-04-20

1tErnr WARD Dztcuen says that at. Louis Is
"bu1alng and branching like banYan tree"
Sworn to on GouLp's last directory.
, 1877-04-20
Yesterday ut Springfield Largely
Occupied with Appropri.
atoms.
SoMc OF Them Legitimate ami
Ncccssary---sone prc-'
postcro1ls.
Tho Practices Of tho Htata-Hou7e Com.
missioner5 Again Broug ght
to Light.
l. Years. Preliminary Nonsense to strsuE1s'
Every Suit Against a Railroad.

ILLINOIS.
APPROPRIATIONS fT TitB HOUSE.

A11DANO1os
APPROPRIATIONS tT THE HOUSE,.
SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,, April 10.-Pursuant ia N
arrangement made 5eatcfdaJ, the daY In tho fioua
WAS devoted 10 consideration OF tho Appfopss.
tton blIls on second readlngs Thu lrst Of them
fakon up WINS that making appropriation for Tho
Industrial university at Champaign. which vast
subject 0! m animated tontest. Various amend.
mcnts reducing Tho several ltems wefo offered, and
each was voted down. The Item most stoutly con-
tested wa that appsopsasinE $l0. ooo for building
enemteat apo7atofJ.
Mr. Robinson. of Fulton, moTed 10 str!ko out
that eiaase OF Inc I'LL. lie said the University At
ready had fourteen buildings, oae OF which
largo ba1[d'ng-was
... WHOLLY uNoccurIEp,
h. ~s' ~ ~
bc nnt M for. tsenf Tbfs rJntyer,i.v s ha% II. n
sl1o' COO endormsnt dow fund losnoa out IL had had t Il.
7oo..ere farm: ii had Ii. lands on which the Cen.
era> Assembly had 10 pay tsses: Ii had received
~, aao ~, ~ ~ feeeYea from sss s'ae a IFes.usI.
81 81, 1s3s '1a Va, 9" asked In round ns''''
alA1 ~ ooE ofI un's H1pENotIoNs ,u
now erected wero not used.
After somo discussion tho amendment vas last
and tho bill ordered to third reading. l. appro.
p!latcs. aoa mo payment o. naos ascta1ns IN 'hh
years 1870 and 1877, on lands owned and held
by tho Stats for the ESQ Of aald inssl.
s,s,o =, Soh,,sxa mi IN IL, co,ntss of - rou. '
Kand'yohl, aad 1senrillc. in tho State Of Mime.
paIe., aud improvement. Of tho buildings md
t,s sa'a ~ eno .ol .uu ..ass 10. ans
1stH. lao sun .! *s.o,ui 1os eu1'ont expenses ot
si,y. for tho years l877 and 1878. thr ann Of
600 Pc. a',num: for ;nt'en. EXPENSES for odue..
In tho mechanical .hups Of ssta University for thu
years 1877 and 1871. lilo snm otsl, 500 per snnnm;
1a-s.s, ~. .'.,.,; ~, aJSi.a,,, ith,. .,.".
$4,000 per nnnnm; for books md pns''ea.
i.S"'' iSr 'eabtSet4 % i, rer plans % md c.ttrnatss
81. a5o per aunum; fot spec!n1ena ior Geological,
anu tas eaensts snne ss1
the susn u s., oko per nnnun; 10. tho erection ol
,,sfatnt md iutnIi9sc. ssd otae5 axtuso. tof tha
te % . 81 so ;as s soi6 70 H. "ss
sa and r. Tho md fora
tho @ sam Of 81, boo. "''" ' - NV '~N'''
Ns.t Gang p !hs "a aeg;;fop:!.tias ;f slo GO to
dan,agcs sudatea " them iot bscach " cnnt1aet
q fho state Win them oy teas1n @ Or q failure os
nish H. eat stons." "
Mr. Connolly moved to strike ont tho cnactfng
e';a.ej H. dunno moved to ,spo tho motion IL ..,&.
Iat rinns, protested that an epportanit, fer lo.
aossy assas ~ sasfts'ss ;s1s 70
ought to te paid. Tie bill onght not 10 b Killed
? ItuHH eHIF nm
, 1877-04-20

4QeFG 6eem8 10 Da very bHuE17sa AAlpteb-
sion That European war meaus unlimited
prosperity to this country, and people as a
rule nro looking forward 10 very carnival Of
good times, In which every ono who has any
thing to sell witt command thellighest prices,
gold will be abundant, farmers will be as in
dependent ~ Princes, and manufacturers
will be Csmsusrs. This is tho obversc view
but there is q reverse niso, contingent upon
the necessity Of eating and drinking and tho
wearing of clothes. II vo wcre not com.
PEELED to be consumers, noleas pokens, and II
va did not owe Europe hsavy dabt In
bonds aud stocks Of eyery description, va
might with confidence look forward to
commercial paradise which now seems 10
bo located somewhere In Utopis.
il tho war becomes general OF lasts for any
time. there IN no doubt that the United States
will be called upon for an increased amount
Of hor production. Nations cannot fight
without food my more than they can with
ont arms, md, considering the strength Of
the Turkish a.ct, It Is beyond question that
the ports which ara In the habit Of supplying
over 10, ,ooo, ,0oo bushels Of grain ann ually to
Europe will DO closed, and in addition to
th,a thera vii, bo a rall for manufactured ar
ticles and material Of war. rhe circurn-
stances ara WILDLY different from those which
axiste1 al ,he timo Of The Franco German
u.r Fronco vaa INK co,npet,tor Of oura
in anv markot for suvtl,ino We hud 10 sell ,
n.;thrr uax Germany. nusa;a. however. ID.
She is our most formablo competitor In
hr,af, atuff.. salt mats. hjaes. hemp. tallow.
and othor articles Of commerce. but mr.
ticular,v orr comnetitor In wheat. oats,
md harley. Turkey s1so ID a consid-
arabic t.,nrter Of Grain. No mattcr
what rccntations NAV bo adopted. it will
In mn -xtrsme,v d;ft3ouit .net.ar for Russia 10
-,
, 1877-04-20

New Chicago Theatre.
Clark street. between Lsko sud Randolph. N1cen
Min1tTc1s.
, 1877-04-20

"The Car viii proceed to Kischcnct14" :" sara d
dispatch. Docs he think war with Turkey Is
to be snet'ed at IN that wayi
, 1877-04-20

European royalty In American Nasc1s-uus.
alas crew.Czars.
, 1877-04-20

Randolph 1tfeet. between Clafk 1nd LasAIie
EpKpEement VI Mrs Oates English Opera coulpauy
''Gtfu1c. GefutA."
, 1877-04-20

TwEED's confession is mentioned ns col
1apse. Indeed 1t was-n col-1apsus iing.,1.
, 1877-04-20
TIcYlekcFfs Thcatre.
'tsett, between UuaslWru and STA

Engagement Of T. s. Chanfrau. ''sam.''
At1eirht ThtnfTes
Monroe ssrtet. corncr hearboEn. ''The Mountain
:ueadow Massacrc." Variety entertainment
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-11-29
E. F. Kunkeps Bitter Wine Of Iron

E. F. Kunkers Bitter Wine of Iron will
effeotually cure liver complaint, jaundice,
dyspepsia, chronic or nervous debility,
chronic diarrhoea. diseases of the kidney
and all diseases arising from disordered
liver, stomach or intestines, such as consti-
patton, fatulence, inward piles, fullness Of
blood to the head, acidity of the stomach
nausea, heaatburn, disgust for food, fullness
or weight in the stomach, swimming Of the
head, hurried or difficult breathing, futter-
ing at the heart, checking or suffocating SEN
sation when in lying posture, dimness Of
vision, dots or webs before the sight, dull
pain in the head, deficiency of Precipitation
yellowness of the skin and eyes, pain in
the side, back, head, chest, limbs, etc, sud
den fushes of heat, burning in the flesh,
constant imaginings Of evil and great de
preston of spirits. Price 81 per bottle,
Beware of counterfeits, Do not let your
druggist palm off some other preparation
of iron he may say it. is as good, but nsk
for Kunkle's Bitter Wine of Iron. Take
no other. Kunkle's Bitter Wine of Iron
is not sold in k-only 81 bottles. E. F.
Kunkle, proprietor, No. 259 North Ninth
Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Sold by all
druggists and dealers everywhere.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-11-29
EVile of Gossip.

We have known country society which
withered away tonothing under the dry
rot of gossip only. Friendship, once as
firm as granite, dissolved to jelly, and then
ran away to water only, because of this;
love that promised future as enduring
and as stable as truth, evaporated into a
morning mist that turned to days long
tears, only because Of this; father and a
son were set foot to foot with the fiery breath
of an anger that would never cool again be
tween them; and husband and young
wife, each straining at the hated lash which
in the beginning had been the promise of a
God-blessed love, sat mournfully by the
side of the grave where all their love and
all their joy lay buried, and all because~of
this. We have seen faith transformed to
mean doubt, joy give place to grim despair
and charity take on itself the features OF
black malevolence. all because of the fell
words of gossip. Great crimes work greai
wrongs, and the deeper tragedies of human
life spring from the larger passions; bu
woeful and most mournful are the uncata
logued tragedies that issue from gossip and
detraction; most meurnful the shipwrecl
often made of noble natures and lovely live
by the bitter winds and dead salt-waters O
slander. So easy to say, yet SO hard t.
disprove-throwing on the innocent al
| the burden and strain of demonstratin,
their Innocence, and Furnishing them a
guilty if unable to pluck out the sting
they never see, and to silence words they
never hear-gossip and SANDER are the dead
liest and cruelest weapons man has eve
forged for his brothers heart.-AU the Yea
| Round. .l ss @
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-11-29
Bob IngersolPs Temperance Speech.

In recent letter to an Indiana paper,
Col. Robert q. Ingersoll says that the only
Temperance speech" he ever made was in
what was known as the Mum trial in Chi
cago, when he made the following remarks
on intemperance: ~
believe, gentlemen, that alcohol to q
certain degree demoralizes these who make
it, those who sell it and those who drink it.
believe the coiled and poisoned worm of
the distillery until it empties into the hell
of crime, dishonor and death, itdemoralizes
everybody that tuehes it from its source to
its end. I do not believe that anybody can
contemplate the subject without becoming
prejudiced against that liquid crime All
we have to do, is to think of the wrecks
upon either banks of this stream of death
of sutcides-of the insanity-of the pow
erty-of the ignorance-of the destitution
of the little children tugging at the fad
ed dresses ofweeping and despairing wives
asking for bread-of the men of genius Il
has wrecked-of the millions struggling
with imaginary serpents produced BY thi
deyilish thing; and the asylums, fof th'
prisons, and of the scffolds upon either bank
/ do not wonder that every thoughtful mai
is prejudiced against that damed stui
called alcohol
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-11-29
Are Statemen An Extinct Race?

After nineteen hundred years of civiliza-
ticn and one hundred years of liberty, we
have come to this. Our so-called statesmen
cannot devise asystem which will prevent
the recurrence of panic. bankruptcy and
widespread ruin every:decade. They can-
not devise system which will protect the
laborer in the possession of the fruits of his
toll. They cannot devise system which
will keep q woman and her child from starv
ing in the middle of city which boasts of
its wealth by hundreds Of millions. They
cannot invent a system which will rescue
poor children from the monster ignorance
and its mate, crime. 15ts
This is the confession of the nineteenth
century. This is the humiliating acknowl-
edgment which stares in the face those who
mourn over their own miseries and the mis-
fortunes of their fellow CT eatures. This is
the saddest of all commentaries npon our
civilization.
It would seem that man kind is destined
to pass alternately though periods of light
and darkness. A great mind lights up the
world and oil see clearly as in the noon
day sun. Then darkness comes and there
is no progress but retrogression. We are
now in period of darkness. Our states
men stand stupid and powerless before the
great question of the hour. They declare
when called upon by suffering millions
that there is no remedy. That physical
misery is the lot of man, and that it Is use
less to seek after the impossible. They as
sert that no financial system can be devised
which will relieve society from these ever
recurring panics-these constant losses
through vicious monetary laws. The sum
total of all their wisdom 10 contained in
this declaration.
According to their theory it is wrong tt
seek after any highert utilization than tha
which we already possess. They do no
pretend to dispute evils under which w
labor. They can suggest no remedy. Thes'
are the men who are called statesmen, bu
who are only politicians. These are thu
men to whom the people have been look
ing for assistanceduring the past year 0
adversely, and from whom they have re
} ceived stones when asking for bread. Ye
, the citizens who have most at stake ant
| those very existence depends upon a bette
! order Of things,are following after thes
t political leaders. The blind leading tn
blind.
8 Think oft, voters; you who regard your
0 selves as intelligent. Stop for "a .minut
= and reflect upou what you are doing i
9 supporting worn-out politicians who hav
!, neither brain nor principles. Ask you
selves this:one question: Ought to lend tt
= assistance of my vote and influence 10 tt
d men who, dropping the past, srapple wit
e the all important living questions Of Il
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