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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-08-05

The air about the postoffice Tues
day morning was heavily loaded
with profanity, and the countenan-
&c of every other man you met was
livid with rage and despair pictured
thereon. The singular cause OF
such display of emotion was visi-
bic on card they carried in their
hand notifying them that the state
Of Iowa-this great commonwealth
through its Legislators had tailed
to pass the necessary appropriations
to pay the exposes incurred by the
state In making en- exhibit at the
Worlds Fair at New Orleans, and re-
questing the individuals who had
signed their names as "a mere mat
ter Of FORM" you know, to call at the
Mitchell County Bank, where the
note had been sent for collection,
and fork over $50 and interest from
Dec. 1884.
The manner in which these gen.
tlemen happened to form ''syndi-
cate" to render their assistance that
poor old Iowa might not be left out
in the cold, but be on hand at the
| fair, runs something in this way:
The state needed $4,000 to meet the
expenses to be incurred in the dis.
play, and as no appropriation had
been made Tor that purpose, some
means had to be devised to raise
the funds. Committees were APP
1 pointed to canvass the couAtics to
raise the amount by having promi-
sorry notes given on which the mon
ey could be obtained, aud then when
| the next legislature met the requi-
site amount would be appropriated.
Representative Converse, of Howard
county. came over to help look
| after Mitchell county In Deem
Der, 1884, he visited our city, AMI in
company with Senator Sweeney call
ed on number Of our citizens.
Mitchell connty's assessment was
$3.50 Thereby thirty-four names
were secured to a joint note. The
plea offered was that the last legis-
lature tone OF 1891 adjourned too
quick; signers We're merely lending
their names to secure the money; it
was mere matter Of FORM" etc.
and guaranteed that the next legis.
lature would pass the amount, and
no one would he out anything except
the labor Of signing the note. The
legislature failed to appropriate. .
and in consequence the Usage syn
dicate' will have 10 pony up" as "a
mere matter Of FORM you know.
Talk about the "barb wire" the
''patent gate," the lightning rod"
the crop report" or the LAND swim
die all pale into insignificance before
the mater Of form swindle. It
was a deceptive fraud, Il blind, a
cheat, and swindle. The last legis-
lature was noted principally for the
number Of d--m fools il had. The
principal business it transacted was
the sqaandering or the dear peoples
money in wasteful and extravagant
manner-money sufficient to meet
this little bill WAS sauandered in
carting over the State nearly half
OF that august body, as visiting
committees, carrying along lot Of
supernnmeraries, banqneting, in
dulging in wine snppers. and having
big time in general. The last leg
islature was very wise one-the
Brown trial displayed their wisdom.
Really, the only meritorious act that
calls forth any words OF praise was
for the senators to refuse the .'back
pay grab" However, that was to
obtain cheap political notoriety.
Bury them Mitchell Co. Press.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-08-05
The st. Paul Globe wants to know

The st. Paul Globe wants to know
how many trade dollars the saloon
keepers Of Washington have put off
on y. S. Senators. that that body
should authorize their acceptance
on al public dues. 1t ID sad re-
Election on the integrity Of that body
OF "boodle statesmen that before it
would approve OF the government
accepting as dollar what it had
paid out as u dollar that its men,
hers must be stuck with some Of
OF the demonetized trade dollars.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-08-05
Democratic District Convention.

A delegate convention of Demo-
cratic electors OF the 4th district OF
Iowa, will be held ut Charles City,
Iowa, on Monday, September 6, 1856
ct 8 o'clock p. m, for the purpose Of
nominating one Representative in
Congress for said district.
The ratio OF representation will be
two delegates for each county and
one delegate for every 400, or frac-
ton Of 200 or over, cast at the Gen
eral Election in 1885 for Hon. Chas.
E. Whiting for Governor.
The counties Of the district are en-
titled to representation rs follows:
Allamakee, Z Floyd, G
Cerro Gordo, 4 Howard
Chickasaw, 6 Mitchell
CLAYTON, . Worth,
Fayette, 3 Winnesheik, !
Dated July 20, 1856,
By order of the Committee.
Walt. II. BUTLER, Chairman.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-08-05
Logic for the Farmer.

Discussing PRICE and VALUE Moses
Hull, in reply TO the absurd statement
Of financial idiots, that the nations
grcenbacks have increased in value
from 30 cents in 1854 10 par in 1880,
says:
I'VE deny emphatically that the
poor mans dollar has gone up. Price
be it remembered, is what thing
costs value is what il is worth after
you get it. You may pay big price
for Il thing OF little value, while II
valuable thing may cost nothing.
Air and water are valuable but cost
little: whiskey and tobacco are val
ueless, but cost this nation much
more that its bread.
.Gold is not SO valuable as iron.
it cannot be used for half SO many
purposes, the price is high because
OF its scarcity. Now the thing this
party has done is to put up the price
OF the poor mans dollars by making
them scarce.
1.-THE poor man once put only two
pounds Of butter into q dollar, now
he puts ten pounds into the same
dollar; the poor man deals in but.
ter, hay, chickens and labor and all
ii produces; the rich man sells his
money for these things. High prieed
dollars mean good times for the rich
man, and hard times for the man
who buys his dollars with labor and
its productions. Dear money means
cheap labor, thus the price Of the
poor mans dollar has gone up. But
when be goes to ply his debts and
taxes with his valuable" dollars they
will 90 no farther than the 80 cent
dollars, SO the poor man loses In
the operation.
"When money goes up In price,
bonds 90 up accordingly, and the
price OF cattle, sheep, hogs and
wheat comes down. The money
holder makes money, the wheat
raiser and butter maker loses"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-08-05

A correspondent to the Dubuque
Times from Cresco says VIM. The.
ophilus was candidate for clerk of
the supreme court because he could
ut be elected TO office in Howard
county. If this crime is finally
fastened upon Mr.. Theophilus, Il
democrat. in a county Of 800 rcpnb
lican majority. it will be case OF
sadness Ealing for extreme sympa
thy. On the other hand John Nc
Hugh couldn't be elected sheriff Of
Dubuque with all his Irish Catholi
cism. Turn the darned old thing
around once and see how fiat it
lo,ks.-Postal Card.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-08-05

President Cleveland vetoed anoth-
er pension bill the other day, that OF
a man named Ross, who had been
dead since February last. In life
Mr., Ross had struggled hard to get
his claim fora pension allowed by a
Republican commissioner but failed.
The only cause assigned for the veto
was the death Of the man the bill
aimed to help. Perhaps the reason
was insufficient from q Republican
stand point.-Des Moines Leader.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-08-05

A club Of Chicago millionares got
panic stricken lately and went out
side of Chicago and bought 500
acres of land aud rendered it to the
millionaire senate conditional that
the government should keep small
army there. Fortunately Senator
Beck WAS in the senate and pune
tnred the scheme in short meter. II
the mlllionaires could succeed in
holding the keys to all the money in
the country and have a standing
army wherever they had a few hun
dred slaves at work and could break
down the state courts, they could
continue to graciously give the far
mer the cobs and the workingman
the refuse while they themselves
could take the corn aud beef and
not be afraid to get to sleep at night.
FLOYD Go. Citizen.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-08-05

Thanks to j. J. Llnehan OF Dubu-
que for q copy Of the House Journal
Of the last Legislature. When the
opponents OF the republican party
obtain control OF the state we sin.
cerely hope that the proceedings OF
the Legislature may be such tina,
members OF that body will not he
ashamed to put copy OF the pro-
ceedings into the hands Of republi-
s.ana
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-08-05
TIE DROUTH.
An Interesting Record is That OF
Severe DrOuth as far Back
a the Landing Of
tho Pilgrims

a the Landing OF
the Pilgrims.
Those who think that the dry
spell we had last spring was the
longest ever known, will do we'll to
read the following:
In the SUMMER of lC2l, q days in
succession without rain.
In the summer OF 1880, Al days In
succession without rain.
In the summer Of 1ij7, IS days in
succession without rain.
In the summer OF 1862, so days III
succession without rain.
In the summer or l674. 10 days in
succession without rain.
In the summer Of 1858, 81 days i'll
succession withon. rain.
In the summer OF 1854, 81 days III
succession without rain.
In the summer OF 1s05, 10 days in
succession without rain.
In the summer Of Ills, l6 days in
succession without rain
In the summer of lbs, 81 days in
succession without rain.
In the summer OF 1870, % days in
succession without rain.
In the summon OF 174l, 12 days in
succession without rain.
Iii the summer of 1749, lOS days IN
succession without rain.
In the summer Of 1855, AZ days in
succession without rain.
In the summer OF 1862, 1913 days in
succession without rain.
| In the summer Of l713, 50 days In
succession without rain.
In the summed OF 1871, 81 days In
succession without rain,
In the summer of 1902, % days In
succession without rain.
In the summer of 1912, % days in
succession without rain.
In the summer OF 1856, q days in
succession without rain.
In the summer OF 1871, ~ days In
succession without rain.
In the summer Of 1875, 26 days In
succession without rain.
In the summer of 1876, 26 days In
succession without rain.
| 1t will be seen that the longcs,
drouth that ever occurred in Ameri.
| ca was in the summer of 1862. Nc
rain fell from the 1st Of May to tht
lst Of September. making LIB days
without rain. Many OF the inhabit.
ants sent to England for hay and
grain. This year 56 has days elapsed
between rains, and little sprink.
ling only spoiled record OF 81 days
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-08-05

The people Of Iowa will pay round
ly for the expenses involved In the
washing of Republican dirty linen.
Sherman's Commission has been
paid; Sherman 8 attorneys had been
paid. aud then there is the vacation
salary grab, the cost Of the impeach-
ment. and last, but not least, they
will have to pay the salaries Of two
Auditors instead OF only one as the
law Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-08-05
National County Convention.

The National party OF Howard
county is requested to meet in mass
convention ut the Court House in
Cresco, Saturday Sept 4. 1856, ut /
r. NJ, to elect 4 delegates to the
Congressional Convention which
meets at Chas. City, Monday, Sept 8
j. j. LOWRY,
Chairman Co. Com.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-08-05
What Minnesota Whiskey Does.

The Pioneer Press has seen the
sea- serpent wriggling through the
grass near ST. Paul holding its head
Ten or fifteen feet In the air. That
paper must use pharmacy whiskey,
from the Iowa International distil.
leyy at pes NojRcs.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-08-05

The Ossian Bee calls attention to
the spelling OF the names Of the
state ticket. It is important to have
them correct. We ask tbs lee, is
there = middle letter in Bradleys
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-08-05
Democratic-National State Ticket.

Democratic-NatiOnal State Ticket.
For Secretary OF State,
CATO SELLS,
OF Blackhawk County.
For Auditor Of State,
PAUL GUELICH,
OF Des Moincs County.
For Treasurer of State,
DANIEL CAMPBELL.
OF Monona County.
For Attorney General,
g. II. MACKEY,
OF Keokuk County.
For Clerk Of the Supreme Court,
WILLIAM THEOPHILUS.
OF Howard County.
For Reporter OF the Supreme Court
FRANK P. BRADLEY,
OF Audubon County,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-08-05
100 Doses

One Dollar. Hoods Sarsaparilla Is the only
medicine Of which this can be truly said !;
AID it Is an unanswerable argument ~ to
the strength and positive economy Of this
great medicine. Hoods Sarsaparilla Is made
Of roots, herbs, barks, ETC., long and favorably
known for their power in purifying the blood |:
and In combination, proportion, and process.
Hoods Sarsaparilla Is peculiar to ttse!f.
"E'or economy and comfort we use Hoods
Sarsaparilla." MRS. C. brewster. Buffalo.
Hoods sarsaparilla takes less time and
quantity to show Its effect than any other
preparation ever heard Of. I would not be-
without 1t In the house." Mrs. C. A. d.
HUBBARD, North Chill, N. =. 100 Doses
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-08-05

The House OF representatives has
done q most commendable thing in
substituting the Reagan inter state
commerce bill for the Cullom bill
which came from the Senate. The
Reagan bill passed the house by u
vote OF lS9 yeas TO Al nays.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-08-05
independent Judicial Ticket.

For Judges of the District Court.
i. O. HATCH. Of Clayton County,
IF. DAYTON, Of Allamakee County.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-08-05
Cost OF the Impeachment Trial.

Special to the Dubuque Herald.
Des Moines, July 15-As all your
readers are interested In the cost oi
the recent Impeachment trial, the
following tabulated statement will
be Of value as showing what the
cost was.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-08-05
Dastardly Work Of Dastards.

The Waukon Standard and the
DEBORAH Republican both edited and
by sanciimonious scoun
drcls have attempted to smirch Sen
ator Earle, with having favored by
his vote, the back pay steal which
has been such passport OF Rcpnb-
lican favor to the few men taking it.
The motive for this false accusation
Is that Senator Earle is a possible
candidate for congress in opposition
to the Republican nominee, well
knowing that to establish their ac-
cusation would be to disqualify him
except as fitting candidate Of the
Republican party. For bascncss
and absolute falsity this effort Of
these worthless is on a par with their
war upon Postmaster Finn. and it
has no higher, purer, or nobler
object than that had: viz the defeat
OF worthy political opponent
through charges wilfully and cor
ruptly made knowing them to be
false when made. The Vaukon
Democrat published at the home of
Senator Earle in its issue of July IS
publishes Il letter from the Lieu
tenant Governor which completely
knocks the undcrpinnlng from under
the false pretenses Of these noted
prevaricators. The Republican
more base than the Standard. found
a record Of the vote and accused Mr..
Earle Of having voted for the yaca-
ton pay. The letter referred to is
as follows:
Dies MONIES, Iowa, July II, sc.
Hon w. C. EARLE, Des Moines-
Dear Sir-Yours received. In reply
would say that soon after the recon
yening OF the senate in May, l
brought the question of vacation
pay before the senate, and after
discussion it was decided by vote
OF "a to IA that senators were emit
tied under the law to pay from the
18th OF April, the day the court or
ganized,) until the final adjournment.
There was no record made at that
time Of the vote. 1t was taken for
the guidance OF the presiding officer,
and at his request.
I am very truly yours.
j. A. I. Hull.
Seven members Of the senate,
four Democrats and three Repubii-
cans. Doud, Duncan and Chubb,
unite in the following statement
showing that although no record
was made of the vote, that Senator
Earle was one OF the fourteen sena-
tors that voted no:
Dies MONIES, July 13, 1856.
May IA, when J. A, T. Hull, presi-
dent Of the court OF impeachment.
called for an expression from the
senators us 10 the ACCESSIBILITY OF
taking pay during adjournment Of
36 days, from April 18th to May 10Th,
we the undersigned senators hereby
certify that senator w. G. Earle
was one OF the IA senators
voting no.
+. A. Duncan,
Senator 18th District.
C. Z. Whiting.
Senator 46th District.
G.. C.. Chubb.
Senator l4th District.
L. d. Bayless.
Senator Both District.
j. ". Carr.
Senator I'd District.
NJ. p. Doud,
Senator Goth District.
Z. J. Gduit,
Senator 3D. District.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-08-05
The President has approved OF the
Oleomargarine bill.

II. 81. Dunnell, the sand hauler, the
Spring Valley Vidette says is al
ready defeated for the COMPRESSION
Il nomination.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-08-05
One Dollar

Hoods sarsaparilla cures scrofula. salt
rheum, all humors, hollis, pimplss, general de.
biiity, dyspepsia, biliousness, sick headache.
catarrh, rheumatism, kidney and liver com.
plants. and all affections caused by impure
blood or low condition Of tho system. Try It.
~ was severely afflicted with scrofula. and
for over year had two running sores on my
neck. took FIVE bottles Of Hoods Sarsapa-
riila, and consider myself entirely cured"
c. Z. LovEJoY, Lowell, Mass.
floods 6arsaparilla did me an immense
amount Of good. Ny whole system has been
built up and strengthened, my digestion i'm.
proved, and my head relieved Of the bad feel.
Ing. consider 1t the best medicine have
ever used, and should not know how to do
without it." MARY L. PExLE, Salem, Mass.
Hoods Sarsaparllla
Sold by all druggists. 81; six for IS. Made
only by c. ]. HOOD & CO.. Lowell. Mass
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-04
THE EARTHQUAKE TERROR.

To those who have never experienced an
earthquake the accounts OF the extreme leiror
into which the people of Charleston have peeh
thrown are apt to appear perpleXlng. but lhe
foct is that the earthquake Is the most terrifying
Of all phenomena. 1t breaks up the foundations
Of what is unconsciously the strongest 1alth
natural to men. namely, faith in the stability OF
the earth upon which they tread. When that
begins to reel under them, and when MASSIVE
buildings sway and totter under and around
them. the strongest nerves will give way. The
man who saws an earthquake does not fnghtcn
him is not TO be believed upon oath. "A con
v,,lsion which removes every dependence, which
makes it AS dangerous TO go as to STAY which
converts what were shelters and refugees lntc
the means of death and mutllaton, which putS
the strongest and the weakest, the wisest ana
the silliest, the richest and the poorest, upon
one common level of impotence and helpless
ness. must cause the most profound ana enduf-
ing fears in all alike.
Nor do men become habtuatcd to these dis
turbapccs even In the countries where they are
most frequent. If all earthquakes produced inc
same effects it would be possible to get USED 10
them but man may pass safely through nine
teen. and be killed by the twentieth. NO an
ticipation is of any use in regard 10 thcm' anu
no precautions are of any avail. The crowd
that flies from falling buildings to the open may
meet the fa,e of the fugitvcs who sought safety
on the Lisbon quay. There is no assurance IN
fight. and there is no protection in qmescence'
Every element of the situation is appalling
and il is not to he wondered at that under such
yisitations whole communities should seem 70
be given over TO panic fears. They are so gwen
over, and they cannot help but be In the olrcum-
stances and in the same conditions any people
would exhibit the same terror. The effect OF
this apprehension upon the delicate, especially
women and children, is apt TO be serious. The
losses inflicted in death and wounds are the
most tangible, but not the most numerous.
Such scenes as the people Of Charleston have
gone through leave their mark upon the nervous
system, and produce mischievous results sub
senuentlV
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-04
THE WILL OF A MINORITY.

The report of the legislative committee OF
the Knights of Labor is a cullousy suggestive
document. This committee, appointed by
the Cleveland convention, naturally seeks to
impress the Knights with the idea that it has
accomplished great things, and it is but far
10 consider the claim it makes, if for no better
reason, to Judge how far members of Congress
are influenced by the great majority of their
constituents, and how far by the demands pur-
porting to represent less than half a million Of
organized lahorers. AT the outset, the committee
say, they found that the failure of the great
Southwestern strike had produced the impress
sion that the order was at deaths door, and
chad virtually destroyed any influence that
the committee might he possessed Of" Hence
an appeal was made to the entire order east
Of the Rocky Mountains to flood Congress with
petitions prepared by the committee, and it Is
claimed that these petitions with over 100000
signatures were returned to Congress. Assum-
ing this statement TO be correct, IL appears THAI
the order could claim before Congress to repre-
sent only 100000 voters, provided all the
sgners were voters, out of 9,7S0,0O0 cast al
the last Presidential election cast of The noun
tains, little more than per cent, and less than
the votes cast for Butler and St. John. As
respects numbers, the question is whether Con-
gress regarded the wishes Of ali the voters
for Blaine and Cleveland or only the-wishcs Of
the voters for scattering" candidates
The committee thinks Congress submitted
to the dict alton Of the 100000 in many things,
and claims that bills FORGETTING about 10000
900 acres Of land granted TO railroads were
passed through its influence, and that much
larger forfeiturcs would have been dccreed had
not the Senators declined to regard the will of
the 100000 instead Of the will of their CON
stltuents the 100000 remaining. The com
mttee also claims that the surplus resolution
which was passed by the House, was virtually
dictated 10y the Cleveland con yenton and the
100000, bat that the Senate, again regarding
the wishes Of the 100000 other voters,
amended the resolution. The committee com
planned that strong pressure caused the
leaders OF the Presidents party in the House
to change front in favor Of the Senate amend
ment," although the President had vetoed the
amendment, wisely in the opinion of the COM
mittce, and had promised TO carry out the House
resolution This assertion Is so peculiar that
it deserves literal quotation:
Your committee orcdby informed that the Presscn,
MI that be considered the first vote nm the
original resolution of POI 81 nays the sentiment Of
the people subject that he should sign the eso
ton and thus let 1t fail to become law. and that no should
proceed carry the pupor OF by paying out the
So 900 per month.
1t rests with Mr. Morrison TO state whether
this assertion is true. and whether the President
actually gave him any such promise But all
the world knows, if the Knights Of Labor do
not, that the Administration openly, and with