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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 be fully determined until all
the towns are heard from. but it will
not be less than 1900. What is the
cause ?No one will be sosilly as to at,
tribute ii to overproduction 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 10 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 trne
as to Howard County, and Ifs loss
Of over fifteen hundred in five
years 1t is not only pertinent to
cease mortgaging the home bnt
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

Nhaf Is Left Tor the PoQrz

OF our vast public domain, but little
Is left. Railway companies, American
Barons," and European Sirs and
Lords, have cone into possession Of
millions Of acres. 1t is estimated that
thirty owners monopolizc territory in
the United States which would make .
path eight miles wide once around
the earth. Out of and upon this
land generations to come must live;
but the present owners have acquired
for themselves and their successors,
the franchise Of forever levying and
increasing tax for it's use. IL il not
alone on Western plains, however,
that the evils Of land grabbing APP
pear. To degree lar les in area,
but greater in yalne, the lands OF our
cities East and West have been wrong
fully appropriated to private use, and
made the basis Of an oppressive system
Of private taxation. Though it is i'm
possible to compute the amaunt Of this
tax which all have top y for the benefit
Of tie few, it isa y lp..' 10 fact that il
must be a rro,ligious sum. But this
evil does not end v tn the tax; the land
being largely withheld from use, cities
are unduly crowded, progress is i'm
peded, wealth is .onc.,trated, poverty
IS increased, and caste distinctions are
encourage conditions from which the
whole country suffers. City
LeSlaer
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 or colored voters
ever held in this state has just been
held in Mahaska county. The at
teadance was large, as there are
about 100 colored voters in the
county. The session lasted three
hours, and resulted in the nomina
ton OF John Priestly, IA colorcd man,
for representative. The convention
was addressed by Il 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 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
], 200 colorcd voters.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-09

The last Current has q sketch On
@Orators," and this, with the interest
evinced in oratorical contests by I'M
dedged collegians, suggests revival
of attention to pulpit aud platform elo-
quence. There is great deal of hum
bug nowadays in what VIC say Of elo-
quent speakers. It is questionable
whether the influence of an orator re-
mains the same as it was twenty-five
years ago. A rich voice brought to
theatrical declaiming OF platitutles 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 iii sad want
Of repairs, is liable to carly of a por.
ton of popular applause.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-09
A Leading Issue Before the seA:
Congress.

Judge Daniel F. Miller, Of Kcoknll
one of the leading Democrats OF the
state, wines 10 Gen. Weaver us fol
lows, which shows that he is not
pleased with the Gold Bug Admin
fration and also that he is in SYM
Iathv with Gen. Weaver and tie
Greenbaek iae.,.
The leading i.snes ncfore the
next Congress. vii. be, probably. the
retirement Of tie .srccabaok. and d
change in the silver money. 70 make
it more valuable. or rather to put
more In the present coins.
-. tn, is ia so ] think) the
Special ll.s-sv,.s IL .he money power,
tie holders of I. $. bonds AMI -o.d.
why tile Secretary Of the Treas.
~. desires 10 pay bondholders in
gold rather t,.oa silver. is a strange
thing to me.
When Grant and sparty abolish
cd grecnl.aeks fel' coli. 10 pay bonds.
it WIZ ii great .olbery ef the public
and now 10 abolish silver to pay
bonds in gold coin, is Il .trange thing
to me.
when Grant ana his party abolish
ed srecn,,a.ns 10. .oin 10 pay bonds
it was u great robbery OF the public
AMI now to abolish silver to pay
bonds in gold coin, Is CT the same
chafact-t o. wrong.
i! shall eApcc! yeu acSt Miatc.' tt
expose the frauds in burning words
OF Indignation
y. L. MILLER.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-09

The insn!, offered tl,o United
States flag by the Mormons on the
Fourth Of July plainly shows the
animus Of that sect toward our
government. Yet proselytcs to
their faith are constantly hocking
to our shores, Quite recently a
band Of 500 landed in New York.
If VIC have the right to exclude the
Chinese, who come to Amcric..
with no intention u ;iolating the
laws, it certainly seems within the
competence Of the government to
prohibit the immigration Of those
who avowcdly purpose 10 set them
at naught. This would be no more
an act of religious intolerance than
to lnterlict Things, whose religion
prescribes murder as a holy act,
from settling in our midst. Poly
gamy, as well AS murder, has been
proven hy the history Of all civiliz
cd nations t" he Incompatible with
a progressive society and dcstr,sc
| i've to the best interests Of u com
munity. Ii should therefore he
treated accordingly by the civil
anthcri,ies.--| st. Paul Globe.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-09
THE SCRAMBLE FOR OFFICE.
What an Iowa Dem9erafwhO Knows
Al! About it Says.

.su.lg,. aiase / Taiai County Democrat.
]. r. I8.iec several papers in Iowa
ltnp~ti: republican, arr. much alarm
q. ~ what they choose 10 style the
ars,x'l!y scramble for office among
ipN. democrats. The writer has had
:;9tiise eila Ice 10 know about This mat
sei. n..i il il tiur 10 the democracy
II lo.ii io say that they have az II
r.lf. conducted firemsel yes. 80 far rs
.iisofss t, obtain office are concerned,
win wisdom and discretion. The
Offices mist be- filled. and the desire
of Io.a democrat, to fill them is not
OILY proper but i..udab!c. 1t has 81
long been said by republicans That
democrats did not know enough ~
r;in this government thuf it is high
time III opportunity was afforded
them 10 demonstrate their ability in
that direction. For democrat who
has 4 desire 10 hold III office 10 work
h,nosabIy to accomplish that end j.
legitimate and right. The field is
open: every democrat has ii right to
aspire to I'm Office ant get it il he
can, and in all eases lie should have
a fair, impartial hearing ut the hands
Of the appointing power. Those ac-
aIainted 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. It was and always
will be so. But an Iowa democrat
who has in the face OF overwhelming
majorities clung to principle and
battled for the RICH. without hope Of
reward can II needs be get along in
the future without an Office. We
shall he democrats just the same
whether VIC obtain the offices or not.
The welfare OF our country and its
institutions is OF far more import
ance than the question Of what par
tEular democrat shall fill the place.
It is, we think. creditable 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 UNI
seemly scramble is made by repub-
leans who want TO stay in and hang
on to the government teat under u
democratic administration.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-09

Il Nate nal Banking a Monopoly?

John Sherman says it is, and John
Sherman ought TO know all about 1t.
In Il speech i'm the United States
Senate, March 2, 1870, lie 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 Il
time when the proposition to fund
the $40 bonds which were due at
the option or the government and
payable in any lawful money, was
before congress. The government
had 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 in
1868. The sole object OF this funding
was to perpetuate the debt; not be-
cause the government could not pay
it, but because the bonlholdcrs did
not want it paid but wanted to use it
rs IL basis Of bank gambling and to
make tia source Of usury to a-would-
become class such AS characterize
the nobility of England. In short
the bonds must be perpetuated as Il
nucleus to II great monopoly into
whose keeping the finances OF the
country were to be passed-every
monetary function Of the govern
ment was u be subordinatcd thereto.
They were to give them the monop-
oily OF the right Of the government
10 'coin money and to regulate its
value" they were to retire green
backs, the argument to do SO being
implied In the funding schemes not
expressed "a dark transactiOn) aud
us Il PREPARATION to the resumption
act Of 1875 which was to complete
the process of transferring the money
function Qs ,he nation to banks under
the pretense OF gold resumption
when 1t only intended the resumption
Of fae control OF the currency by
banks, ard not. in fact. the rcsnmp-
ton OF gold payments -ilst the pl;lr
teal redemption Of greenbacks with
gold coin hut their exchange for in
tcrcst bearing bombs. John Sherman
said the act was 10 build up II mo-
nopoly. He knows il now and its
existence antagolizcs the honest in
dustfy and commerce OF this cOun-
try and is at war with equal rights to
all our people, Buckeye Vidette.
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 o; safely Maxwell, the sus-
pectcl murderer of Preller, in st.
Louis, got tso weeks start of the au-
thorities, AMI hen his crime was dis
covered he was we'll out on the Pacific
Ocean, doubles, confident in his own
mind that lie never wolll be overtaken.
Tie telegraph was brought to the help
of justice, and When the snip touched
at Auckland, in far-away New Zealand,
all -:rer of the law was in waiting and
too,. he murderer into custody. Moth
ing remains now bit to send an officer
for him and bring him back to trial.
HIS fight If 7,',u, miles was probably
less Elective than Il lie hal remained
in Missouri.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-09

WASHINGTON telegram: Yesterday
q 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 mislaid. A locksmith
opened the box. and it was found to
contain bottle Of diamonds, o bottle
Of pearls, bottle of altar Of roses,
and lump of gold. One OF the old
employees identified the articles a. nrA.-
ents to President Monroe about the
Year 1923 from the Japanese Govern
nent, 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
0ncRal FIRE. Ride.

senator Plumb ctany.d his mini about
starting from Kan - City Yesterday. He
will reach here nj one p. m. fos,ay IN special
car.-Wa-ksess y t'J.
That's the VA" Senator Plumb and
most OF the Bited states Senators
travel when thy want to. All a Sem
ator has to do = to change his mind
and he can get special car. A special
car from Wa .any nearly three hum
bred milee) AMI return would cost .
private citiz. sse 81 hundred dollars.
The regular f,r. ore Wv would be
about eight or ISne dollars Senator
Plumb WIS goin- to Wa-keeny
to deliver an ora ion at tine deco
ration. OF cour-e he got no pay
for his trip. and does ANYBODY be-
lieve that he would have taken a special
car with engine aud the Necessary out
fit) at an ex:ense Of several hundred
dollars when he could 20 through on
the regular train aid return for only
fifteen dollars? He used to be poor;
he is wealthy now, and men never get
rich who pay out .s-tai or 800 where
ten or fifteen will answer q o same pur-
pose. Conse .nently the conclusion is
that Senator Iumb rode in a special
car ct the expense of the IN Toad 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 coults?
These officials number not less than
Il, 900 or 2O,UOO in the United States,
and on the average they travel not less
than 1000 miles . year enh-probably
more than that by rail. Twenty
thousand men each travelling 1000
miles year wonld make 10000 900
miles Of travel, which, at sn average Of
two and half cents o mile, would
amount to sl,GOr, 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 ut least 4 million dollars .
year in this little brancl. OF their sys-
tenn of-bribcry, for il is nothing more
nor less than system of bribery.
What the country needs is q 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" Il
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 liLertv, 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 fall
ure to perform that duty imperils the
very liberty Of which orators speak in
praise every Fourth Of July.-Kir,ris
Kan. independent.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-09

MONOPOLY. According to the
lat report Of the Illinois Railro..,!
Commissioners fl,c aggregate ra;,i-
tai stock Of all tie railroads III tllis
state amounts to S5l4 .9s9.r n3.
Evidence taken before the sen.
ate Interstate commerce committee
III Chicago last week shows that
during last year the gross earnings
Of al these rai. was :;:6 900, 0Go.
q ,erating expenses, including siie
tracks, ncw improvements, cx!c..-
..i,ns, new buildings, equipment,
and all repairs. s3j, 100000.
This leaves for net profits 800.
oo0, 900 or 10 Per cent. OF tie capi
tai stock.
STI-MnSopoLY. During the
previous year, the entire postal ser.
vices Of the Tnitcl States. com
prisiny + ,S63 postofiices, distribut
cd along 335, l6j miles Of routes,
yielded 4 revenue Of SIS, sos, 693;
expenditures s44,46l, $50. Thi.
left for Uncle Sans 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 Illinoi.
railroads received; it would have
cost the people of the United State:
about 500, OOO, 900 more than it die
or an average Of 20 cents for Gael
letter mailed in all the states AID
territories.
That's the difference between
monopoly and anti-monopoly, and
it is straw which indicates how
expensive it is to permit private en-
terprise to monopolize public nee
essitics, or to grant to corporation:
the privilege Of exercising sovereigl
prcrogatives for personal and priv
ate gain.-[Chicago Express.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-09
l.oadie, Will Run
Special 10 81. Paul G,osc

CoLrMETs, O.. July r. Since his
return from Washington last week,
where he had u consultation with the
president, Gov. Hoaiis; HIS rented
one Of the finest residences In Coium-
bus, already furnished. and will take
pos-.=sion on October |. A gentle
man who claims to .s informed says
that the president induced Hoadly
to make the race fer governor as the
administration candidate, and that
in ease he is defeated he will give
HIM the first vacancy that occurs on
the supreme bench. There are
others who think the governor will
not be satisfied with making the fight
for governor, but that in Ease the
legislature should be democratic hc
would be candidate for the senate
and that he had taken the residence
this near the close Of his term fol
the purpose Of entertaining the mem
her,, 81 tie legislature. Judge Thur
man has been a.is jous to have Hoad-
~ make the race. for governor, but
will not look with favor upon his
booming Il resident OF Columbus
Thurman j. busy as IL bee after the
senatorial it.um.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-09

IF you, gentlemen, who never APP
pear to t',ink Of any persons bnt tie
bankers, the brokers, the money lend
ers, and til. insurance companies, and
who live in lrge cites, believe this to
Be the case, pass f.o,n th. sidewalks OF
tho magniti, cnt streets Of your city in
to the rura! d stricts 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 o few
men; that h. is being impoverished;
that his farm is mortgaeed, and is
-: :.,c''t to be take NJ b. some moneycd
man at q very low figurc.--Logan's
Speech, 1874.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-09

Some Of the poorest poems ever
written have appeared on the subject
Of Bartholdi's Liberty, and patriots
everywhere are correspondingly east
down. Still, it should be remember
ed that the poets are not the persons
who are responsible for Liberty.
The men who cat corned beef and
pork and cannot tell rhyme from a
charade are the ones who have Lib
erty in keeBing,-TEX.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-09

A hne opportunity is now presented
to the new administration to mako
good, il the appointment Of Public
Printer, the oftrrepeated 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
ticular stress on his q. tive connection
with organized l..hr. but relies more
upon his fitness for the place and the
strong Endorsements OF many of tho
ablest men among the leaders Of the
Democratic party. UT the working
men, who seldom appear i. any other
light in nol,t;cal life THAN rs the un.
reasoning and nnrewar's,'.ool, Of party
politicians, seem in tlli Instance to have
made Mr.. Clark's II; rht their own, and
resolutions are b in. aoptel hy ORGAN
izpd labor in MI 5, !. .ho of the country
sustaining his can lila ! rs their repre-
sentative.
Mr.. Cleveland viii have in tho APP
pointment Of Pm lie irnter an opror-
tunity to make good tie often cxtrava-
CANT utterancts Of Lis Lab. rs during
the late ca nj aign. ard his action may
have large intiue.re in lese.mlnink
whether he Democratic party will be
again intrnsted with to government.
At various mes Ia or has advanced its
claims to represent ton. only to he re-
pulsed. This has hal tho nj tural eff
feet Of making workingmen skeptical
of party promises, AMI it will require
an open recognition of labor by the
bead Of the Democratic party to hold
hitherto strong Democrats among the
workers true to their rarty allegiance.
Leaving entirely ont 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 g of any other can.
didate for Public Printer. The APP
pointment will be looked upon as q
square test Of the strength of the DEM
ocratic party's love for tho workingman,
and will be watched with much inter-
eot.-Sk Louis Champion.
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 grand
jury the other day, giving evidence
against Auditor Brown for the pul-
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 lind an
indictment either against Mr.. Brown
or his deputy Mr.. Stcwa.t.-[Ex-
change.
Now We submit to I'LL honest men
that this shows q 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 fit for the
place as we are forced to believe, by
force Of arms, ut the point Of the bay-
onet, after falling to get writ from
the court for his removal. Brown
arrested and imprisoned. and appeal
Ell to the supreme court and the su-
EreMe court rcmanded 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 under military arrest
and Sherman remains Governor and
Cattcll is made the Governors audi
tor in place CT the peoples.
II 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 as the republican committee
is endeavoring to get them. It must
appear to honest men without regard
to politics, that there is Il crime
somewhere, on the part Of either the
governor or the auditor, or both,
aud that the courts should punish
one or both. II ii is q mere personal
matter between the two officers then
certainly the governor has commit
ted crime closely approaching
treason; he has put the military over
the civil power. II Brown was so
dangerous or tile courts SO corrupt
that the governor was ri1.at j.: en-
lioying military force h" should sc
show - the people and they will
excuse him.
Ii the people overlook the crime
or cfimes that have been comlsitted
by our ekief servants; allow the re-
publican state committee 10 settle
the matter; then the people are Grim
inals, corrupt, ignorant and do not
deserve liberty and a republican
form Of goyernment-LFt Madison
Democrat.