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Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-11-09
The Voice Of the People
HEARD In THUNDER TONES FROM
OCEAN TO OCEAN.

The news from every where is grand
and glorious; almost too much so to
believe, if we did not have the figures.
The democratic party is awaking
from its lethargy and preparing for
the struggle Of 1884 when it surely viii
be victorious. The democratic par
ty, for years, has not had so much to
encourage it. Victory is sure and
close. Onward is the watchword
which we now hear in every mouth,
and the war is being carried into the
camp with success.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-11-09

NOW, at this day comes plaintiff, in his
IN own proper person, az administrafor
o. e. h. Montgomery, deceased, and files
his denial to nswer Of interrogatories
aled herein, to-wit: Answers of r. II.
Youngblood; answers of J. D. Robnett.
and answers OF W. Cornett, ASSIGNING
notes amounting In the aggregate "a
8l62 .OO, and assignedto one AID. Mannine:
and 1t appearing to the court on plaintiffs
motion that said Manning is q non-nest.
dent OF the State Of Missouri. and Chat the
ns0al process of law cannot be served
upon him, 1t was by the court ordered
that he be served with notice at ssjd AZ.
to law. :" 1
You said nonresident defendant II.
tnerefofe, hereby notified Of the filing OF
said separate deniais to said seneIsfe
answers, denying said assignments.
And unless you be and appear At the
next regular term Of this court, 10 be be-
and held at the court house in the
city Of Mexico, 4th Monday January next.
the garnishees ayerment Of said sssipn,
ment VIII be disregarded. -
II u further ordered that q COPY hereof
De published for three consecutive weeks
Ia Mexico WEEKLY LKDGEx. 4 news.
paper printed and polished In Audrsin
county, Missouri. A true COPY.
Witness my hand As clerk and seal NJ
.... sald court afixed at ONCE In
seal: Mexico, this seth day OF Octo-
1900 ber, 4. D., 1889.
ss-4w JAMES CARROLL, Clerk.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-03-09

"fiat" money. Real money, gold and silver, represents wealth, past and ac- cumulated labor, or the present ability to discharge our obligations. We give our note when we have not the money to pay. That note represents our poverty.
 Are you not by this time convinced that all real money is not fiat money in the common acceptation of that term.
 Your political economy is radically wrong in treating money as an end. Money is not an end, it is onlya means to an end. If this government should strike $50, ,0O0, ,000 of your "iiat" money would we be any the rIeher. But on the other hand suppose we produce 50,- GOO, ,000 bushels Of surplus grain and sell it at $l per bushol, or discover a gold niue worth S50, ,O00, 900 that would be augmenting our wealth would it not? Then it is production that is needed. If we produce something to give in ex- change for money we may feel assured that the money will come as of course. But if we do not produce and go to giv- ing out ouI paper in exchange for com modties of life, it will not be long till our paper will depreciate, and 5000 of it would not buy stick of candy for the baby. We will close by making modest request of you: Revise your po- litical economy and strike out the word fiat r
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-03-09

admit however that the debates in congress indicate a new departure, or rather q return to first principles. 1 claim too, that these issues have been FORGED on the old parties by congressman Weaver, Gillette, Lowe, Jones, Murch and others. Until the ! present congress there have been no real live issues before congress. Both old parties have avoided hand ling the monster monopolies which hold the destinies of the country in their clutches only to plunder and to rum. A hired congress and a l hired press all controlled by monied monopel;es IS fast converting this once republican country into an clo. garchy, but the republicans are not the only ones who are aiding in the overthrow ofJree institutions. There are men calling themselves democrats equally guilty. Some of them arc men you hoaor and 1 despise. Ran dal, Bayard, Tiden and others like them, should be compelled to go to the republicans where they belong. None of them would stand on plat. form of your construction. Then the progressive democracy could take up Thurman, or Beck, or Nor. gan, turn their backs on old fogysm and boufbonism and be consistent once more.
 The gist of the whole matter is thatthere are no national issues which divide the old parties, but as you have given us what you consider the issues permit me to say what I thlak OUGHT TO BE the platform of all hon. est parties.
 First: Abolish the bonds by pay ing them or.
 Second: Abolish all banks of issue and issue treasury notes in place of bank bills.
 Third: Abolish tariffs and custom houses and give us absolute free trade except in alcoholic spirits. i Fourth: Abolish the useless navy and all Ministers to foreign courts.
 Fifth: Take away the appointing power from the president and elect post masters and most other officers by the people; that would be real civil service reform.
 Sixth: The unlimited coinage of silver and gold and issue of silver and gold certificates until people are educated into the adoption of tue money of civilization in place of the money of barbarism.
 1 would like to contlnue the dis cusslon of these vital subjects, but fear am making thls article too long aud will quit for the present, with a request that you and your many in telligent readers will study political economy little more and then an swer me whether sone of them are not ignorant of the meaning of "fiat" or fiat money.
 I assert that all real money is fiat money. A fiat is decree or order and without that fiat-"Be it enact ed" that such and such things shall be a legal tender there would be no money.
 Respectfully yours for justice.
 c. E. TOBEY.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-03-09
EF.JOINDER.


 The reply of Mr. Tobey to our an- swers to his interrogatories, We com mend for it's good common sense, it's many utteranccs of truth, and as being one of the best presentations of the case from his standpoint, we have yet seen. But still it is not responsive to the is- sue, it is not responsive to our answers. His plea is confession and avoidance.
 His reply seeks not to controyert us in any material matter, but merely to avoid by denying that the democratic party has been true to the great princi- pies enunciated in our answers, or in fact, that such is the policy of the par ty. while he admits such to have been the former policy of the party, and he thinks that he can see in the party of late years from the debates in Congress the recurrence to first principles. He gives us the dodge here by saying that this recurrence has been forcel by Gill lette, Weaver, Lowe and others. We would not be disrespectful, but the question naturally occurs to us, what did either of the gentlemen by you named ever do to distinguish himself? What great reforms did they ever inau- gurate? What force of ideas do they represent? What great movement have they ever headed? What idea have they ever invented or enscrolled in the ark of liberty to perpetuate free institn- tions? What public service have they render cd which merits tlIe lasting grat- itude of their country? Are they any thing more than ordinary Congi ess- men, whose places, were they gone, would be easily supplied? Do you not decieve yourself when you say that the late tendency of the democratic party to recur to first principles, the prlnci- pies enunciated in our answers, has been forced by the efforts of Weaver and others? Aside from your own dec laration we never heard these gentle we correctly defined the policy of the democratic party in ''days gone by," and that from the lights you have you can now see in the party return to first principles. We might rest our case here. Sanctioned by your own admission we might exclaim our work is finished, but for deference to you WIG will file our rejoinder to what might be termed from your reply the Twenty Years Wandering of the Dem ocratic Party.
 l We frankly admit that the party in its twenty ycais wanderings, like all other parties out of power, has been guilty of a great many Dlunders and folIes, which 1t is not our purpose to justify. It is justice to say, however, that thcso blunders have been commit.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-03-09
While There's Lite There's Hope

There is no condition so low as to be hopeless, nor any plane so nigh as to be without fear. Many use Browns Iron Bitters in health as well as in sickness It is natures best assistant in keeping health. Its use will make you and all your fami- ly healthy. robust and strong, and saves much loss of time and heavy doctor bills.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-03-09

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The Russellville Democrat., 1882-03-09
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The Russellville Democrat., 1882-03-09

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The Russellville Democrat., 1882-03-09
OUR DRAWINGs s!..,..' IN GIFTS 70 ss GIVEN AWAY A CHANCE FOR EVERYBODY l!
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 Arthur Erwin's Jewelry Store,
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 on exhibition at Lukcr, Settle
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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-01-04
GUITEAU.

WASHINGTON, D. c., January s.
1t was very cold in the court room
this forenoon, and the jury, court
officials and spectators sat shivering
IN overcoats and wraps, Guiteau
made his usual speech. He said he
had happy new year, and hoped
everybody else did. Had lots of
visitors, and they all expressed the
opinion that he would be acquitted.
DR.. Gray took the stand, and SEQ
vile resumed his cross-examination.
Witness had not, in giving his
opinion on direct examination that
the prisoner was sane, taken into
account the evidence of the prisoner
himself, but taking that clement
into account, his opinion would still
be the same-that the prisoner is
sane, and was sane On the second of
July.
Witness was asked if he was fa~
miliar with the case of Lieutenant
Sanborn, who was killed by DR..
Wright at Norfolk, Va, and replied:
:! Yes, sir; l was sent by the Presi-
dent to make an examination and
give my opinion in the case
' How much did you get for it ?"
shouted Guiteau.
Witness was closely questioned as
to how or by what physical examina.
ton insanity and disease of the brain
could be detected.
Guiteau-"Have you ever had any
patients in your asylum who have re-
covered? ?"
Answer" Yes, sir; I have"
Question" Have you seen per-
sons who have recovered in three
months 2
Answer-"Yes, sir 1 have"
Scoville-" And were discharged?" ?"
Answer" Yes, sir.
Scoville-" Well, now, if you ex-
perts were to examine such patient
Immediately upon his discharge,
could you tell by any physical indi-
cation that he had been insane about
three months previous?"
Witness (hesitating)-" Not with
out a history of the case.
Scoyille-' / thought so"
Guiteau-"Your idea, Doctor, that
a man can't be insane unless bis
brain is diseased is rather frivolous.
You don't agree with the Savior.
You ought to study up spiritology,
then you would catch some new
IDEAS"
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-01-04

Anglo-French Commercial Treaty
Commission, a concession was made
by the French Commissioners, in re-
gard to the cotton and wooden goods,
but it did not reach the minimum
fixed by the English Commissioners
and was finally declined. The Ems
glish Commissioners will therefore
return on Monday.
BERLIN, January 3.-The state
ment that Prince Bisnlark intended to
propose congress of powers to
discuss the question of the Pope's
position, seni-officially denied ehe
proposal to re-establish the Pope's
responsibility, has been simply sug-
gested. Semi~officially, no replies
have yet been received.
LONDON, January 23.-The steamer
Rossend Castle, from Shields for
New Orleans, laden with railway
iron, has arrived at Falmouth with
her cargo shifted.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-01-04
JOHN ROACH.
THE AMERICAN Snip BUILDER.

Mr.. Roach was born in Ireland,
but come TO this country when Is
years old Finding no employment
in New York, the poor, friendless
boy crossed over into New Jersey in
search of man who had worked for
his father in the old country. He
found him at the Howell Works, so
miles from Jersey City, and procur-
ed work in the same ESTABLISHING Mt,
which was owned by James AIlaire.
Three years from beginning life in
the United States, he had accumu-
lated fifteen hundred dollars, and
leaving the balance Of his savings in
the hands of Mr.. AlIaire, took
small amount of cash and started for
the West with the intention to buy
land, Nh. Allaire's failure in busi<
ness killed this project and
left the young man un,
der the necessity of working
as laborer in order to live. He re
turned to New York, and shortly
afterwards-he was a married man
by this time-set up in business, in
which he prospered for a while, but
was afterwards financially ruined by
the explosion Of a boiler. Undaunt-
ed he started afresh, and became the
owner OF the foundry in which were
built the largest engines ever con-
structed in the United States up to
that time. After few years he
bought the Morgan iron works, the
Neptune, the Franklin Forge and the
ALaire works. In November, 1871,
he also bought the ship-yards az
Chester, Penn, owned by Messrs.
Rainer & Sons. Since that time he
has built some fine steamships, but
has failed to successfully compete
with the builders of the Clyde and
elsewhere in Europe because of the
high duty on materials. His plan to
overcome this difficulty is for Con
gress to literally subsldise ship
owners, and r3u to revise the tariff
III the direction of free trade,
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-01-04
WASHINGTON.
A New Question Raised in the
Whitaker Case.
New Feature to be Introduced In
the Guiteau Case.

WASHINGTON, January st is
said, ON high authority, that Judge
Advocate General Swain, in res
ewing the court-martial proceed
ings in the case OF Cadet Whitaker,
has raised a point that the court was
Illegally constituted, because it was
ordered by the President, anu says
without any request from the de-
partment commander, and that
therefore all proceedings were void.
It is understood that t"the defense
in the Guiteau case will shortly in
troduce a new feature. So called
"cranks," numbering between forty
and fifty, have been arrested here
since Guiteau shot President Gar
field, most of whom have been sent
to the st. Elizabeth insane asylum on
physicians certificates. The ply
sician in each case will, it is said, be
subp@ned for the purpose of compar
ing these cases with that of Guiteau,
with view to demonstrating that,
if the commitments referred to
were Justly made, Guiteau must be
likewise insane. Among the physic
ians who it is expected will be called
to~the witness stand, are those upon
whose certificates Bygings was COM
mitted to the insane asylum. It will
be remembered that Bygings fanci-
ed General Grant appeared
to him by the means
of key hole in his door, and per-
secuted BIN. Bygings was sent to
the asylum, and afterwards sued Gen.
Grant for 100000. He was finally
released, and is now engaged in bust
ness in this city.
Attorney General Brewster assum-
ed charge of the Department of the
Interior, this morning.
One of the special prosecutors for
the Government in the Star Route
cases stated, to-day, that they
would commence their work before
the grand jury in about two weeks.
He said they have their evidence in
q satisfactory shape and feel conf
dent Of it's sufficiency to secure in
clements. While not yet fully de
cided which case they will start
with, still it is their impression now,
that they will lead off with ex-Sena-
tor Dorsey and his connection with
the Star Routes.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-01-04

Rough Treatment of Mormon
Missionaries.
A Dark Picture of Affairs in
Ireland

LONDON, January 2-Two Nor
mon missionaries, who attempted to
conduct service in one of the sub
urbs of London yesterday, were
grossly maltreated by mob.
The Dublin correspondent of the
Times in reviewing the events of
1881 in Ireland says: The year has
closed in confused condition and a
war of races and classes. Commer>
cial credit is broken and the spirit of
the country is sunken in deep de
preston. The scare produced by
the large importations of Amer
can cattle has abated the result of
years; trade shows decrease of 80
per cent. in imports. The Irish cat
tie trade has improved.
A correspondent of the Times at
Paris says:
France and England have agreed
to send to the Khedive of Egypt an
authentical note, announcing that in
the event of peace being disturbed
or his authority overturned, they are
prepared effectively to support him,
restore order and protect bis author
ity by material cooperation.
Elliott Seuller is a passenger on
the steamer Critic, which has sailed
from New Castle for New York.
Geo. Derwitt, the trainer of Han
Ian and other celebrated scullers, is
dead.
The Post, referring to the negotia-
tions for an Anglo French COM
mercial treaty says: While France
and England are anxious to conclude
treaty, fresh difficulties are con
tinually arising, and a satisfactory
conclusion is extremely dubious.
Mr.. Bunal Osborne is reported to
be dying.
The Pail Mall Gazette and ST.
James Gazette appear to day as
penny papers. Their form is un-
changed.
Bishop Nulty, Of the diocese of
Meath, Ireland, denies that he issued
the recent circular attributed to him
concerning the rights of all ireland
He states that though the substance
OF the circular is from his writings,
it is divorced from the context in
manner calculated to mislead.
DUBLIN, January 2.-Mr. Dawson
was to-day formally inaugurated
lord mayor of Dublin. The corpora
ton, by vote of % to Is, refused to
pass the customary vote of thanks to
Mr.. Geo. Meyers, the retiring lord
mayor, in consequence of his refusal
to convene special meeting of the
corporation to confer the freedom of
the city on Messrs. Parnell and Dill
Ion. Meyers was Kissed in the streets
by mob.
BRussELs, January 2-The Rus
sian organ, lie Nord announces, that
on account OF the neutral and peace
ful aspect of European politics, il
will in the future only appear as o
weekly journal
Bninis, January 2.-Tasblatt pub
liahea rumors of the dismissal of
servants from tho Portuguese royal
household, on the suspicion of CON
heetion with plot TO poison the
king,
A dispatch to the Standard from
Paris, says At u meeting Of the
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-01-04

the committee announced that the
absentees refused to attend. On
motion of Senator Herman the eau
Gus then nominated Jno. G tnlWltn
of Kings, for president 81 = .jav1o 5.
Lamont, of Albany, for tx.
At the Democratic assembly eau
Gus there were about ten absentees.
Chas. E. Patterson, of Troy, was
nominated for speaker, over Erastus
Brooks, The caucus adjourned until
to~day, without making further nom
nations.
At the Republican senatorial eau,
Gus the officers of the last Senate
were renominated.
At the Republican assembly caucus
Mr.. Alvoid, of Syracuse, was Mons
mated for speaker, beating ex
speaker sharpe by vote of 26 to
q. All the officers of the last
house were then nominated.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-01-04
New York General Market.

New YoEx, January 3-Southern four
unchanged and dull. Wheat unsettled,
opening aa4 higher. .but subsequently lost
the advance and declined about /, closing
with little more strength; ungraded red,
81. 29al.43; No. Q red, January, S143;
February, 1.45a1. 46s Molasses steady and
quiet Rice steady and in moderate do
mand. Corn opsned somewhat stronger,
and declined 3sS, closing shade frmer;
ungraded, 65a72; Southern yellow, 684a69;
white do, 72aS3; No. Q, January, 695e704;
February, 714a724. Oats unsettled, closing
dull and dropping; No. 3, 50fa5l4 for new
and old. Coffee unchanged in price and
trade light. Sugar in fair demand and
firm; 'molasses sugar, 9-16a62: fair to
good refining, quoted at 7ia7s; refined,
steady; standard a, 8sast. Wool firm and
quiet; domestic fleece, 36a50; Texas, 14a31
Pork very dull, and prices in buyers favor,
S17.625alL75; middles, dull and un-
changed. Lard 79a10.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-01-04
NASHVILLE.
Further Proceedings Before the
Investigating Committee.
A Bank President Declines to tell
About Check.


Special Dispatch to the Chronicle.
NASHVILLE, January 3.
Samuel Chapman and Representative
Watkins were before the investigating COM
mittee to-day. President Thomas Platter,
of the Merchants National Bank,
of Nashville, refused to answer question
concerning check made or endorsed by
Major Thomas OConner, during the reg
ular session of the Legislature, for SIS, 900.
The committee insisted that the question
was competent, but Platter asserted that it
was a private transaction of one of his
patrons. He said that such a check had
been presented to the bank The COM
mittee gave him until to morrow to re-
spond. The prosecuting attorneys claim
that they can prove much by this draft or
check. Platter has taken the scvice of
consul who viii insist that the committee
cannot make him answer.