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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-09
Elkins and the Maxwell Grant

appearances are so deceptive tina,
men will soon refuse to believe even
that which they see.
Stephen Il. Elkins was Presi
dent Of the Maxwell Land Grant
Company. a.l il was his brother
who. us Deputy Surveyor General,
made the fraudulent survey by which
the bounds Of the grant were extend
cd SO that the government was swim
died out OF about IL million acres Of
land; it he was who appeared be-
fore the Department Of the Interior
IL al attorney for the company seek
Ing tn" government patents; he held
stock ANA .L.tG.rd others to hold II,
and in other sa... b. made him
self useful, and yet lie now decia.es
in an open letter to tile Commissions
or Of the Lard Office that he really
had nothing - DO with the matter,
though he admits all lhai is asserted
asnVe.
Since Nj. Eltins went into the sci.
ence Of political economy and made
philosophical muoing his chief occu-
potion he has become Very mystic
rio,i4s inaiv;dnal. When he was only
a politician, fine 4orEar and land
dealer he was easily understood
Now he is an enigma lie may have
had ncthipy to do with the Maxwell
grab, but lie n.st admit that appear.
ances are against h!m.--soi.;cagu
Herald
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-09

WASHINGTON telegram: Yesterday
a heavy square box, wrapped in red
tape and securely bound, was found in
an out-of-the-way nook of the vault.
The key was mielaid. A locksmith
opened the box, and it was found to
contain bottle Of diamonds, bottle
Of pearls, bottle Of altar Of roses,
and lump of gold. One of the old
employees identified the articles AZ nrA--
ents to President Monroe about the
Year 1898 from the Japanese Govern
ment, and which had been stored in the
Treasury pending the passage of an act
of Congress authorizing their accept
ance. Congress failed to legislate on
the subject, and tho articles were de-
posted in the Treasury, where they
have remained ever since.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-09

THE fingers of justice reach round
the world, and no point is so distant
that law breakers can fee to it with any
assurance OF safely. Maxwell, the sus-
pectel murderer of Preller, in st.
Louis, got tso weeks start of the an.
thorities, anu hen his crime was dis.
covered he was well out on tho Pacific
Ocean, doubles, confident in his own
mind that lie never woall be overtaken.
Tie telegraph was brought to the help
of justice, and When the ship touched
at Auckland, in far-away New Zealand,
ali Ger of the law was in waiting and
too. The murderer into custody. Moth.
ing remains now bat to send an officer
for him and bring him back to trial.
HIS flight Ct ZOO miles was probably
less Elective than f he nal remained
in Missouri.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-09
Omcfal Free Rides.

Senator Plumb CHANGED his mind about
starting from Kan ~ City Yesterday. He
will reach here at one p. m. to-,ay in special
car.-Ua-ktesB i. I'D.
That's the wa Senator Plumb and
most of the [ hited states Senators
travel when thty want to. All Sem
ator has to dn - to change his mind
and he can get a special car. A special
car from Wa 4, nv tncarly three hum
dred miles, AMI return would cost q
private citiz. $. We nj hundred dollars.
The regular f..re ore Wv would be
about eight or I'm. dollars. Senator
Plumb was going to Wa-Keeny
ration. OF course he got no pay
for his trip, and does ANYBODY be-
lieye that he wcu!d have taken special
car with engine and the necessary out
fiji at an expense Of several hundred
dollars when lie could go through on
the regular train ard return for only
fifteen dollars? He used to be poor;
he is wealthy now, and men never get
rich who pay ont $50, or 800 where
ten or fifteen will answer u e same pur-
pose. Conse ,nently the conclusion is
that Senator lumb rode iii a special
car at the expense of the ra lroad COM
pany, and that it cost him nothing.
Why do the railroad companies extend
such favora to United States Senators,
members of Congress, o Legislatures,
and Judges of the conlts?
These officials number not less than
Il, 900 or O,OOO in the United States,
and on the average they travel not less
than 1000 miles year each-probably
more than that by rail. Twenty
Thousand men each travelling 1000
miles year would make 10000, 900
miles Of travel, which, at sn average of
two and half cents 0 mile, would
amount to S1,G0a, 900. The railroad
companies stand r, ally to extend tho
courtesy" to each public officer who
occupies position in which his public
duties may affect their interests, and
thus they seem to make calculation of
expanding ct least a million dollars .
year in this little branch OF their sys-
tenn of-bribery, for it is nothing more
nor less than system Of bribery.
What the country needs is more
active interest manifested from the mass
Of the people in public affairs and in
the conduct OF public officials. Our
fathers were warned that Eternal
vigilance is the price Of liberty" It
is no cheaper now than it was then.
You can't buy it for any less price than
eternal vigilance now any more than
they could hundred years ago. And
If we cease to pay eter: al vigilance we
are going to lose our liberty, that's all.
Each individual ought to feel that he
has responsibility resting upon him:
that he has . du'y to perform in the
politics of his country. and that fail
ure to perform that duty imperils the
very liberty of which orators speak in
praise every Fourth Of July. -Kir,cin
Kan. Independent.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-09
Iowa Negroes Boiling.

Des Moines dispatch, 80: The first
political convention OF colored voters
ever held in this state has Just been
held in Mahaska county. The at
teadance was large, as there are
about loo colored voters i'm the
county. The session lasted three
hours, and resulted in the nomina
ton of John Priestly, colorcd man,
for representative. The convention
was addressed by 4 number Of rep
resentative colored men. They all
claimed that they had been under
the control OF the republican party
long enough, and that unless the re-
publican would adopt their candi-
date for representative they would
bolt the entire republican ticket,
placing II straight colured ticket in
the field this fall. Gloom of the
darkest kind seems to pervadc the
republican camp in Nahaska county.
They have but 500 majority in this
county and cannot well spare the
1000 colored voters.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-09
THE SCRAMBLE FOR OFFICE
What an Iowa Democra.whO Knows
Al! About il Says.
iin3e u r.ima County Democrat.

Jul.. nIn3e H. tranla Comfy Democrat.
80 notice several papers in Iowa
fnua@ti: republican, are much alarm
~ IL what they choose to style the
nlts,1m!y scramble for office among
ios. Democrats. The writer has had
some t.il;.Hce 10 know about this mat
.cf. f,s.i II IL ;iuc TO the democracy
ii Iowa IL SAY that they have as Il
rIi.. CONTACTED themselves. 50 far as
Efforts =, obtain office are concerned.
vii, wisdom and discretion. The
offices nist be filled. and the desire
or Io.a democrats to fill them is not
oily proper but laudaLic 1t has -
long been said by republicans that
democrats did not know enough 70
run this government that it is high
time III opportunity was afforded
them to demonstrate their ability in
;ll.t direction. For democrat who
In, a desire 10 hold All Office 10 work
ilonosably to accomplish that end is
Legitimate and right. The field Is
open: every democrat has IL right to
aspire To IN office and get it il he
can, and in all cases he should have
IL fair, impartial hearing ut the hands
Of the appointing power. Those ac-
quainted with the president and lis
cabinet can not doubt that all demo-
Gratis will have their claims Justly
considered by the appointing power:
the trouble is there are not enough
Offices 10 go around. So it has al
ways been. Many worthy men will
be disappointed. 1t was and always
will be so. But an Iowa democrat
who has in the face OF overwhelming
majorities chung to principle and
battled for the RICH. without hope of
reward can if needs be get along in
the future without an Office. We
shall be democrats just the same
whether we obtain the Offices or not
The welfare of our country and its
institutions is OF far more import
ancc than the question Of what par
t.ular democrat shall fill the place.
1t is, we think. creditablc that Hon.
Ed Campbell. Jr. marshal Of the
southern district of our state, never
made an application for the place.
So several other democrats in Iowa
who have been recommended for
important places have never asked
for anything themselves. The un-
seemly scramble is made by repub-
leans who want to stay in and hang
on to the government teat under a
democratic administration.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-09
Ii Nat .Onal Banking a Monopoly I?

John Sherman says it is, and John
Sherman ought TO know all about it,
In il speech i'm the United States
Senate, March 2, 1870, he said:
I'VE give them (the national banks)
upon purchasing these bonds the
right to issue nine-tenths of their
amount in money, and we give them
the monopoly OF that right. We are
about to Withdraw from circulation
the grcenbacks OF the country. We
are. about to give the banks the mo-
nopoly Of the circulation of this
country, the sole and exclusive priv
ilege OF issuing paper money"
These words were uttered ut a
time when the proposition to fund
the $40 bonds which were due at
the option Of the government and
payable in any lawful money, was
before congress. The government
had Il right to SO pay them; that was
the law and it had been sealed be-
You'd the power Of congress to dis
turb by an amendment to the con-
stitutiOn which had been ratified i'm
1868. The sole object Of this funding
was to pcrpetuate the debt: not be-
cause the government could not pay
it. but because the bondholdcrs did
not want it paid but wanted to use ii
as "a basis Of bank gambling and to
make ita source OF usury to a-womld-
become class such as characterize
the nobility of England. LII short
the bonds must be perpetuatcd as Il
nucleus to II great monopoly into
whose keeping the finances of the
country We're to be passed-cvery
monetary function Of the govern
ment was to be subordinated thereto.
They We're to give them the monop-
oily OF the right of the government
no coin money and to regulate its
valne:s they were to retire green
backs, the argument to do so being
implied In the funding schemes not
expressed "a dark transaction) and
us u preparation to the resumption
act Of 1875 which was to complete
the process Of transferring the money
function q the nation to banks under
the pretense Of GOLD resumption
when it only intcissaled the resumption
OF s'c control OF the currency by
banks, ard not, in fact. the resump- |
lion Of gold payments not the pr;lc-
teal redemption Of greenbacks with |
gold coin but their exchange for in
tcrcst bearing bonds. John Sherman
SAID the act was to build up mo-
nopoiy. He knows il now and its
existence antagonizes the honest in
dustry and commerce OF this conn-
try and Is al war with equal rights to
all our people, Buckeye Vidctte.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-09
Monopoly and Anti-Monoply.

MoNorLy. According to the
la-t report Of the Illinois Railroad
Commissioners tl,c aggregate capi-
tai stock Of all the railroads in this
state amounts to $500 .9s9.Ga3.
Evidence taken before the sen
ate Interstate commerce committee
in Chicago la-t week shows tina,
during last year the gross earnings
Of all these roads was SGT. 900 ,OG0
q 'erating expenses, including side
tracks, new improvements, eAtc.-
sions, new buildings, equipment,
and all repairs. SD, 100000.
This leaves for net profits $50
100000 or 40 per cent. on the CAPT
tai stock.
ANTI-MoNoPoLy. During the
previous year, the entire postal SER
vices Of the intel States. CON.
prising II ,S63 postotiiccs, distribut
ed along 335, Jos miles Of routes,
yielded i revenue Of s45, sos, 1893;
expenditures s44,46l,7sO. This
left for Uncle Sam net profits, ST.
O46,9l3.
Had the mail service been per.
formed by private corporations,
with the same profits in proper
ton to expenditures as the lllinoi.
railroads received; it would have
cost the people Of the United State
about S26,OOO,OOO more than it did
or an average Of 90 cents for each
letter mailed in all the states AID
territories.
That's the difference between
monopoly and anti-monopoly, and
it is Il straw which indicates how
expensive it is to permit private en-
terprise to monopolize public nee
cssitics, or to grant to corporations
the privilege of exercising sovereign
prerogatives for personal and priv.
ate GAIN Chicago Express.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-09

In five years the population Of
Preston township has dropped from
1926 to 1854 as shown by the census
of 1880 and 1855. Just what will be
the falling off in the entire county
cannot he fully determined until all
the towns are heard from. but it will
not be less than 1900. What is the
cause.-The one will be sosilly as to at.
tribute it to oyerproduction in the
products Of the soil. mills or factor
les. Oppressive. ruinous interest is
chargeable with the loss of popula-
ton TO the fertile county Of Fillmore.
To get rid OF the usury gatherers
farmers have surrendered their
homes under mortgages and gone
west TO begin again. This fact
should deter every tiller OF the soil
or owner of Il house and lot from
borrowing money and mortgagin g
the Unconstitutional Republican.
The same general facts are true
as to Howard County, and its loss
Of over fifteen hundred in five
years 1t is not only pertinent to
cease mortgaging the home but
also to cease voting for men with
policies that compel men to sell the
home for means to feed and clothc
the body.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-09
4 TAsf.

A fine opportunity is now presented
to the new administration to mako
good, in the appointment of Public
Printer, the oft-repeated claim Of DEM
ocratic statesmen and public speakers
that their party is the only friend of
labor in fact, the workingman's party.
So far as we have been able to learn
from Washington dispatches, not one
of the vast army of applicants for Off
cial position has urged his claims on the
ground Of his connection with the ranks
of labor-coupled, Of course, with the
necessary qualifications with the single
exception Of Mr.. George Clark, of this
city. Perhaps it would be nearer the
truth to say that Mr.. Clark, in his eff
forts to reach the responsible post of
Public Printer. does not lay any par
ticular stress on his III tive connection
with organized l.bcr. but relies moro
upon his fitness for the place and the
strong Endorsements OF many Of tho
ablest men among the leaders of the
Democratic party. Yet the working
men, who seldom appear i. any other
light in political life than rs tho un--
reasoning and nnrewar.,e1tcol, Of party
politicians, seem in TIL Instance to have
made Mr.. Clark's ii hit their own, and
resolutions are b in loptel hy orcan-
ized labor in Ill s. i .cno ii tic canntrx
sustaining his can lila ! as their repre-
sentative.
Mr.. Cleveland will have in the an
pointment of Pm lie r,nter an oppor-
tunity to make good tie often cxtraya-
CANT utteranccs Of Lis i.a..L.. rs during
the late ca ii a;gn. ard his action may
have large influence in ..esetmininE
whether he Democratic party will bs
again intrnsted with To pYcrnment.
At various mes Ia or has advanced its
claims to represent ton, only to be re-
pulsed. This has hal the nj tural Of
feet Of making workingmen skeptical
Of party promises, anil it will require
an open recognition of labor by the
head Of the Democratic party to hold
hitherto strong Democrats among the
workers true to their party allegiance.
Leaving entirely out OF Wow Mr. Clark's
connection with organized labor, wo
believe his administrative ability and
technical knowledge are fully equal, IL
not superior, to tho. of any other can.
didate for Public Printer. The ap-
pointment will be looked upon as q
square test Of the strength of the DEM
0cratic party's love for tho workingman,
and will be watched with much inter-
est.-SI Louis Champion.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-09
iBoadiey Will Run
Special 10 ST. Pa.tl G.osc.

CoLrMErs, o.. July T. Since his
return from Washington last week.
where he had i consultation with the
president. Gov. Hoaii.y has rented
one Of the finest residences in Coiun-
bus, already furnished. and will take
posressioa on October l. A gentle
man who claims to Us Informed says
that the president induced Hoadly
to make the race fer governor us the
administration candidate, and that
In ease lie is defeated lie will civ.
HIM the first vacancy that occurs on
the supreme bench. There ar.
others who think the governor viii
not be satisfied with making the tigl,
for governor, but that in ease the
legislature should be democratic Ii.
would be ii candidate for the senate
and that he had taken the residenc,
this near the close Of his term fol
The purpose OF entertaining the mem
,,cr. " tho legislature. Judge Thur,
man has hcsl. ANS ious to have Hoad
~ make the rac,. for governor. la
will not look with favor upon his
booming resident of Columbus
Thurman is busy as bee after tn,
,rhi,t,i;il l!nn.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-09
The last Current has a sketch IN

The last Current has a sketch On
Orators" and this, with the interest
evinced in oratorical contests BY un.
fedged collegians, suggests revival
of attention to pulpit aud platform elo-
quence. There is great deal Of hum
bug nowadays in what We say Of elo-
quent speakers. It is questionable
whether the influence OF an orator re-
mains the same rs it was twenty-five
years ago. A rich voice brought to
theatrical declaiming Of platitudes at
times, doubtless, stirs fair portion Of
hearers to responsive thrill OF delight,
but the speaker who has something to
say, and knows how to say it, although
his vocal culture may be in sad want
Of repairs, is liable to carlx of por.
ton of popular applause.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-09
HOils and Carbllncles.

These are the volcanoes of the
human system. They proceed from
impure blood and froM rictous de-
moralization OF the digestive organs
They are annoying, painful, and
sometimes dangerous. They can be
driven out by toning up the system
and this can best he done by the use oil
Browns Iron Eitters. Messrs. Handy
4 Ballmal,, druggists, Anna
polls, MI. say, iva sell lots OF
Browns Iron Bitters. AL who use
it seem pleased. We hear not one
complaint
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-09

Gov. Sherman and his acting audi
tor Cattell, were before the Crane
jury the other day, giving evidence
against Auditor Brown for the pun
pose Of procuring an indictment
against that official for refusing To
obey the governors cdict OF removal.
The grand jury duly weighed the
testimony and then refused TO find IN
indictment either against Mr.. Brown
or his deputy Mr.. Stewart Elk
change.
Now We submit to i'll honest men
that this shows sad condition OF af-
fairs in Iowa; worse than the dozens
OF deaths by lynching in Iowa under
the service of our present officials.
The Governor removed Brown, the
auditor, who was never lit for the
place. as we are forced to believe, by
force Of arms, at the point OF the bay
onet, after failing TO get b writ from
the court for his removal. Brown
arrested and imprisoned, and appeal
ed to the supreme court and the SUI
IRENE court remanded him to prison.
Then the Governor tried to indict
Brown, with the result above stated.
Both these men were elected to their
Offices, the most important in the
state, by the people. The courts re-
fuse to punish Brown legally and the
courts refuse to punish Sherman le-
gally. Brown is underm military arrest
and Sherman remains Governor and
Cattell is made the Governors audi
tor in place OF the peoples.
Il appears to US that this is no light
matter, no matter that ought to be
settled amicably by the governor and
tho auditor, il they can be got to-
gether us the republican committee
is endeavoring to get them. 1t must
appear to honest men without regard
to politics, that there is Il crime
somewhere, on the part OF either the
governor OF the auditor, or both,
aud that the courts should punish
one or both. II it il a mere personal
matter between the two officers then
certainly the governor has commit
ted d crime closely approaching
treason; he has put tie military over
the civil power, Ii Brown was Sc
dangerous or the coHr.s so corrupt
HAT the governor was right j.: en-
pioyiAg sni,itary force he should 80
show ic the people aud they will
excuse him.
II the people overlook the crime
or cii:aes that have been col.,..itted
by our ckief servants; allow the re-
publican state committee 10 settle
the matter; then the people are erin
inals, corrupt, ignorant and do not
deserve liberty and a republican
form Of government.-'Ft. Madison
Democrat.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-09

Ir you, gentlemen, who never APP
pear to think of any persons bnt tie
bankers, the brokers, the money lend
ers, and TIL. insurance companies, and
who live in large cites, believe this to
be the case, pass f.on bhe sidewalks Of
the magniti .nt streets OF your city in
to the rural districts and ask the man
who lives in the rural heme what he
desires. He will tell Won that the
money is al hell in the hands of a few
men; that h is being Impoverished;
that his farm is mortyaged, and is
-: :,,c,'t to be take mp b. some moneycd
man at very low fgurc.-Logan's
SBeech, 1874.
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PITrsHIRGtl nhiins6.nhe

A PITTSBURGH philosophers says
~There is something wrong with the
way in which young men of to-day
shake hands. / either get shake
which impres,es me wit, tho .,lea that
the other par.y .oesn't care whether
he shake or not, "r l suddenly feel my
hand grasped With v,se-li'.c grip,
which makes my back all. The
young man Of 10 day wants to show
either his l.:nsni.lness or his muscle. +"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-09

Mr.. CHARLES WARREN SrnpDARp,
formerly Of the San Francisco press,
and writer and Traveller OF wide repu-
tation, has accepted the chair of En-
glish literature in the University Of
kotre Dame, Ind: In the faculty OF
this university is former surgeon in
one of the regiments Of the first Napo-
leon and survivor OF Naterloo-the
Rev. DR.. Neyron, who, ut the age OF
"a, still teaches anatomy.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-09
Iowa Cattle.

ipwa raiks liz, highest OF all iii.
sti,ir- III the nt.'nber Df cattle 10 the
SQUIRE mile. She had 2,Ol4.4Si head
or -? head per square mile. Iii,
nois la, l,S1i l9l head, or 20 head
per square mile. rem,sylvania has
s6o.?9a head, q. JOB head per square
mile. New York has s.S.ic! head
or lh HEAD per squire mic. Texas
has the surprising number OF / IA
92i head. or 49, head per square
nile. Ihi, i, the lowest ratio pei
square mile, although the ,uig-
est number I'll cattle Of any state in
til" Gninb about rs MANY us all
France Possesses. For all The states
and territories The cattle population
is A ,547 ,3O7 head per square mile.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-09

IT has been me tioh.d az ur:oas
fact that the vic % ..ir lutn.il i. the
ex-Secretary # Il g Navy, shorld have
been daughter Of IL rolmer Senator
Hale, while the " f. o Senator Hale of
the present day is the daughter OF 6
former Secretary Chandler. No re,a-
tionship exists between either of the
families. One has son named Hale
Chandler, and tho other son named
Chandler Halo.