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The Labor enquirer., 1886-09-11

justices of the peace are required to ap-
proach the mob as near as personal
safety will allow and command the mob
in the name of the king or state las the
case may be) to Immediately disperse.
In this wav all curiositv-seekers and &C.
cidental attendants at the meeting and
all those not fully determined to resist
the authorities are warned in time to
desert the mob before the armed force is
allowed to present itself or have any op.
portunity to exasperate the people into
any undue action. There are many
reasons why the law has been careful to
prescribe this method for dispensing
such an assembly. FIRST, it is done out
of humanity for innocent people who
may have got into the assembly. Sec
ondly, it reduces the size of the crowd
and weakens the courage and support
of the leaders. Thirdly, for want Of
power to discriminate. and for other
reasons, the law holds that all persons
in an unlawful mob, when any member
commits violence, are held severallv
guilty of all anyone has committed.
Thus it is very important that all inno-
cent people have ample opportunity to
get out of the crowd before anyone in it
is offered an opportunity to show vio-
Ience.
Therefore, we see that marching that
armed band of police right up to that
crowd before it had been daily notified
to disperse Was one of the grossest and
most brutal outrage3 against the law
that could be committed and the law
provides that each policeman in that
armed mob is liable for all the murder
committed in consequence of such law
less conduct Each of the police, the
district attorney, his assistants, and the
Judge of course, all know this, and are
and have been carrying on the prosecu-
ton against those eight men for
the purpose of covering Up the crime of
the police and shielding them from the
gallows.
The proper course to pursue is for the
people Interested to 60 before some JUS
tice or justices of the peace and swear
out warrants on a charge of murder
against each of those police and have
them arrested either by law officers or
in default of officers by calling on the
citizens, and lodge each guilty police
man in Jail to await the session of the
grand jury which should grant indict-
ments of murder against them all,
whereupon they should be tried, con-
vcted aud hanged. Then indictments
should be taken out against Judge Gary,
Mr.. Grinnell and his assistants, and all
the accessories after the fact, and see to
it that the law takes its course against
them in similar manner.
If We are to have law, let us have law,
and not be cheated out of it by mess
of scoundrels who unfortunately are now
in office The object of the police and
their accessories is to hurry and get a
Judgment against at least one of those
eight men 80 the Judgment can be
pleaded as a bar tn any prosecution Of
the D0)ice. c.. S. GRIFFIN.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-09-11
BOR IN POLITICS.
Can the Reformer Afford to AeknOW-
ledge Himself a Part Of
Rotten Systemt

As the time draws nigh when state
and national leg gslat0r5 are again to be
chosen, it is natural that the Socialist,
like everyone else, should often think
of that which is 50 very valuable when
you haven't got it and 80 very worthless
when you hage'-the ballot. And as
one considers the part which it plays in
the perpetuation of our Anarchical So
ciaI system, he easily arrives at certain
radical conIu8iOns concerning it:
|. 1t may first be asked, what the
ballot stands for and wha; it has accom-
plished2
a. The claim that it serves to express
the will of the people is palpAble ab-
surdtv, since onehalf of the people-the
women Of the republic-are unable to
make use Of it.
b. To claim that it serves to express
the will of the voters would be equally
absurd. Fifty members-one sixth-of
the lower house of the forty eighth con-
greds were elected by minority of all
the votes cast in the elections at which
they were chosen; and of members so
elected to the forty ninth congress the
number is still greater. Bearing in
mind the contests and compromises in
cident to primaries and district COnven-
tions, it would seem safe t. say that not
one of these men was the first choice Of
one tenth of the voters in his district.
One half of the people being di5frA n
chised by custom and more than one half
Of the remainder by law-wh ch arOi-
trarily ems them iuto "di5tricts" and
thus compels them to throw away their
votes-it follows that the members Of
the national house are elected by less
than one fourth of the people. And
where ls the mathematician whose mind
can range so far among inhnitles as to
determine how many people are really
represented by Unit States senator
majority representation"-thy name
is humbug
C. At no time in the history Of the
race has the use of the ballot alone
brought about any radical reform
When it has been directed against gre .
asuses-which are always, by the yer!
nature of things, strongly entrenchec
and defended and lead have al
ways been found necessary to complet
the work which the ball Jt has failed t.
carry through. For an example of thl
fact, see the abolition excitement, whlcl
issued in civil war; and note that, nov
that the Irish home-rulers begin to b
able to control British politics, the sris
tocratic plunderess of Ireland !hreate
The Labor enquirer., 1886-09-11

tribute to it. Forward all monies at
Yorr earliest possible convenience to f.
DIR. ERNST SCHMIDT,
Stats -Zeitung Building,
. Chicago, Illinois.
Friends can also materially aid by
sending 25 cents for the celebrated hay
market speech of A. R. Parsons, which
he re-delivered before the jury. The
Chicago Times said of him. From low,
measured tones he went on. from elo-
quence to oratory, and from oratory to
logic, and from logic to argument"
Send for one to # f.
WILLIAM H, JACKSON,
Room II, Greenebaum's Building, rs
and 7S Fifth avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
By order Of committee,
GEO. A. SCHILLING,
Chairman,
WILLIAM GLEEsoN,
CHAs. F. SEIB,
FRED W. LONG,
A. Fl. SIMPSON,
WILLIAM H. JACKSON,
Secretary.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-09-11
rmed resistance to the dlsmemberment

of the kingdom.
/ 2. Let US ask, in the next place, is ii
expedient to attempt to use the ballot :?
a. The voting cattle" of the country
biennially slaughter each other by COM
mand of the corruptionists. The ballot
welded by anv man or number of men
inside old party lines is powerless Tor
good. We all see that. On the other
hand, how: many third-partv conven-
tions manage to keep entirely free from
old-party influences? About one in
twenty; the other nineteen are packed
or managed in some way, either as
regards candidates, platform, or COM
mittees, so that the efforts of the
honest men are made of no avail. Set it
down as an axiom, that honest men can
do nothing in politics as against tricky
professionals thew touch pitch and are
detiled, while they gain no ends.
b. Disaster is most certain when
political movement is attempted bv or
ganized labor. 1t is too much the fash
ion to boast of the strength of American
labor societies; their strength is and
will be valueless to them until they
thoroughly learn how far and in what
direction it is safe to put it forth. There
are many places where organizations
number their members by the thou
sands, vet in which it is impossible to
find 400 men who will work together for
the most essential reform how much
less for new political party In such
a place, let us say, labor candidate is
nominated. He polls perhaps one fourth
of the societies. The public will inter-
pret his meagre following ia two ways.
1t will say: Labor has lied about its
numbers and these are all its followers -
or, "tLese men can't unite and what
good can they ever do?" 1t is sufi-
cientlv unpleasant to be set astride of
EFT! er horn of such dilemma.
C. 1t is not expedient for Socialist
to vote; for the masses are beginning to
lose faith in the efficacy of the ballot
and it is often easier to convert an in
quirer into Revolutionist than into
voter, providing the propagaudist does
not undermine an ,unassallable position
by becoming himself voter.
3. Lastly, is there anv principle in
voved, for radical thinkers, in the use
or non -use-of the ballot?
a. By The act of voting. one makes
himself part of the very system which
he condemns.
b. The man who votes tacitly binds
himself to abide by the decision,
whether for or against, of the greater
number of his fellows.
Thus the Socialist who votes con
demns himself of inconsistency and at
the same lime submits his cause to the
Judgment of a tribunal liable to be un-
fairly Influenced and sure to pronounce
against him.
None of these structures would apply
to really representative ballot depend
ing not for its effectiveness upon occa-
sional lapses into honesty of the parties
avowedIy arganized to secure spoils of
Office but never until the establish
m ut of the New Order will such bal
lot be placed in The hands of the people;
and that New Order can never be inau-
gurated with the pirates plaything
which 1t will dispIace.
1T is bevCn nd doubt that if Universal
Suffrage had been weapon capable of
emancipatn the people our tyrants
would have suppressed it long ago"
WALTER L. SAWYER.
PORTLAND, Maine, Sept. l.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-09-11
"NEW TRIAL FUND"

PORTLAND, Maine, Sept. l.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-02
To-Mcrrow's Programme.

All arrangements for celebrating the
one hundred and tenth anniversary of
American Independence. at Medicine
Lodge, tomorrow, Saturday, July Sd,
are completed, and in brief embraces
the following order of exercises: Re
ception Committee will meet at Judge
O'Bryan's Office at $50 a. m. sharp. and
proceed to the depot with the Kingman
band to receive the visitors who will
come on the excursion train. This
committee is composed of Judge
O'Bryan, w. w. Cook, H. NJ. Ingraham.
Capt. John Mckay and Hon. L. A.
McNeal.
At 10 o'clock, the procession will
forlu on Main street and Kansas ave-
nue., headed by the band, with Marshals
W. W. Stamford, George Horney and
d. VanSlyke as officers in charge, who
will place the several orders in position.
and proceed to the grove. All persons
desiring to enter the Plug Ugly'' bril-
gade should report promptly at 10
o'clock to one of the marShals.
Arriving at the grove, Judge D. y.
McCandless, as master of ceremonies,
Will be in charge and of him full par
ticulars may be obtained.
Arrangements have been made to
spread public table of barbecued
meats and other subStantials and deli
eacies. Every family is earnestly re-
quested to take well filed baskets to
the grounds that no one may go away
hungry.
The excursion train from Kiowa, and
eastern points will arrive here at 8 a.
m. and Will leave here at 10 o'clock at
night.
On Monday special will leave Medi-
cine Lodge at 6:i5 in the morning for
New KiOwa and returning will leave
there at 10 in the evening. Railroad
tickets each day will be one regular
fare for the round trip.
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Wedding at Sharon.

SHARON. JUNE 80, 1885.
Last evening at the residence of Mr..
E. T. Turner, Of this place, at $50 the
grandest society event in the history of
our city occurred, the occasion being
the marriage of Charles r. Elder and
Edith Turner. The contracting parties
move in the leading society of the city,
and the ceremony was pronounced by
Elder c. b. Shirk, Of the U. B. church.
\ peculiar feature of the evening was
the marriage of twelve or fourteen
couples who were present. Immediately
after the bride and bridegroom were
united. when still more congratulations
followed. All were then invited to par
take of the refreshments that were
bountifully provided and served by Mrs.
Turner. assisted 10y her daughter, Mrs.
Holloway. After the supper, fine cake
ice cream, lemonade, ETC., were highly
complimented for variety and excellent
quality. The many presents, for use or
ornament, were neatly arranged on a
large table and exhibited to those pres
ent. Following is the list:
a. d. Clark and wife, silver butter knife: W.
T.Williams and wife, cut-glass set; E. c. Phares
and wife, silver napkin rings; S. ii. Hcnton and
wife, glass cake-stand; Dwight Miser and wife,
set of cut glass sauce dishes; Stewart Rec and
wife, set of cut glass goblets; Cora Elder. cut
glass water pitcher; G. G. Miller and wife, cut
glass fruit stand; bridegroom to bride. silver
caster; NJ. l.. Sherry and wife, fine Marseilles
quilt; NJ. V. Elder and wife, linen napkins and
table cloth; DR.. A. j.. Brown and wife, parlor
lamp also kitchen ~ gan and Accomplishments
c. B. Wakefield and wife, set of gold band teas;
DIR. T. ". Davis and wife glass fruit stand and
water pitcher.
We extend congratulations to Charles
and Edith and wish them al the happi-
ness and prosperity this life car afford.
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EXCURSIONS.
July Sra From KiOwa to Medicine Lodge
Aud on July 5th From Medicine Lodge to
Kiowai

Tie Southern Kansas railroad will
run an excursion train on Saturday,
July Sd, from Kiowa, Hazelton, Attica
and Sharon to Medicine Lodge, leaving
Kiowa at G:45 and arriving here at o a.
IN. Returning. it will leave here at 10
p. m.
On Monday, July 9th, the order will
be reversed and the train will leave
here at Gas and arrive at Kiowa at 8
Il. m. Returning, it will leave there at
10 p. m.
This is authentic, a dispatch being
received at the INDEX Office Wednes-
day from the railroad officials making
the announcement.
So every body turn out and come to
Medicine Lodge on the 3rd; and then
lets all 90 down and help Kiowa Gel
citrate on the 9Th.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-02
Keen Quiet

and take Chamberlain Collie, Cholera
and DiarrhGa Remedy. 1t cures pain
in the stomach almost instantly; get a
25c bottle. take nothing else. You will
need nothing else to cure the worst case
OF diarrh9a. cholera morbus or bowel
complaint. This medicine is made for
bowel complaint only, and has been in
constant use in the west for nearly fif-
teen years. Its success has been un-
bounded ard its name become a house.
hold word i'll thousands of homes. Try
it. Sold by Southworth & Co. "a
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-02

4 car load of sugar just received ut Herring
ton g. Smiths. As usual their customers will
receive the benefit of low freight rates and low
prices. Como and see us. ii lbs graduated
sugar for Sl:O0. Choice II. p. Beans % Ms for
$l.0O and all other goods in roportion. Don't
forget our elegant line of ladies' shoes of the
celebrated j. g. 7. Cousins manufacture
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-02
Notice to Oehtors.

q. y. Shaw s Co. having sold out their entire
lumber business ut Medicine Lodge, would re-
specially ask for a prompt and immediate set
tlcment OF all balances due them, payment to
be made to our late manager, Z. c. Pollard,
whom you will find ut our old location in Medi.
cine Lodge.
July Isl, 1856. G.. b. SHAW s Co.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-02
FIR Sale or Fvcborro

L offer for sale, or exchange for property
nearer my business, my residence in the north
end of town. New cottage, 4 rooms; half acre
of garden; 100 vigorous fruit and shade trees;
excellent neia hborhood. Inquire on premises,
or at Index Office. W. G.. MUSGROVE.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-02

have opened In this city, next 6ccr to the
INDEX ONCE, a real estate and loan ofice and
am prepared TO loan money on real estate,
personal or collateral security, fog short or
long time. Money furnished ut cnce OF short
leans. 43 JAMES n. TITUS
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-02

SEND 20 CENTS for my 5O-page pamphlet,
81 SO Year, or Eow I Manage Poultry
Tells how TO make an incubator costing less
than SO. How 10 build cheap poultry houses
cure cholera, make hens lay, etc, etc, {. G.
BEssEY, Abilene, Kansas, breeder of Plymouth
Rock Fowls and Poland CHM Swine. Price
List Free. IL
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-02

The celebrated J. s. Il. Cousins ladies' fine
shoes in all the latest styles and shapes among
which is the English Waukenphast, the latest
and most stylish as well as the most comfort
able shoe made for ladies of the present day.
HERRINGTON & SMITH
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-02

lnEraham Co. can furnish you farm loan
as quickly ana chcaply a. any firm in Barber
county. Cali on them AZ the county building. 40
Harrington s. Smith have just received a
large line of glassware. queensware, &c which
they are offering from - To 20 per cent. under
prices which the same goods have been sold at
heretofore. Their glassware is direct from
Pitts5urg anu of the latest patterns. In addi-
tion to regular line of glassware, thcy have n
full line of bar goods, TASKS, lemonade glasses
&c, in great variety.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-02

Itch. Prairie Mango, and Scratches Of
cUeyy kind cured IN SO minutes ty Wool
ford's Sanitary Lotion. Sold by Ell
Smith, druqqist. Medicine LOdQe. 3e
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-02
Grand Central Pms Lima

Our new and elegant bus and our baggage
wagons will call in any part of the city for pas
sengers or baggage for any train Leave or
ders at the Grand hotel, or nj our Office east of
the Grand hotel.
81 LEE DoRAN & RODFRTa
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-02
Strayed or Stolen.

One bay mare, with black name and tail, ratli-
or small, not branded, but has small scar on
right hip cut with barbed wire. Any intorma-
ton leading to the recovery of the animal will
be rewarded. GEPPERT s. STONE,
1t Medicine Lodge. Kas
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-02
A Bargain.

offer my residence in Medicine Lodge, two
blocks from the postofice. including lots with
board fence, over 100 trees and shrubs-apples,
peaches, currants, grapes- &c Two buildings,
aresidence with four wei! finished rooms, gothic
roof, a cellar 1axS3 feet, an out5uilding lsxcu
feet which is suitable for shop or barn. All
new. VIII sell at cost OF building IL sold within
90 days. Near half on time. w. ". Tosa,
Medicine Lodge, Kansas.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-02

Well Burned, ready for delivery. We will
contract for the same in the wall, or sell from
the Kiln, at extra low rates.
WEIGH g. MACY,
Medicine Lodge Kan.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-02

THE benefit of Car load rates on all
heavy goods. and at Kansas City prices
On other goods guaranteed, by Herring
ton s. Smith. IS
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-02
$50. 900. 90 real TO 1q nsS,T on
Won Taka No cboroo,

MONEY FURNISHED ON DAY OF APPLE
CATION. ENQUIRE OF THE FIRST Ma
TIONAL BANK, MEDICINE LODGE. ~
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-02
Chamberlein's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy

is the most thoroughly reliable medicine
it is possible to prepare for bowel COM
plant. Recommended, guaranteed and
sold Icy Southworth Il Co. IA
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-02
BLOW names from S to $40 at BIlckhahn's.

*MoNEY TO LOAN OIL improved land
at the lowest rates by
80 TALIAFERRo & NoRoAN.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-02
Stray Mule.

Strayed from this city. about two months ago
q small, brown horse mule; Spanish brand on
left hip or left shoulder; weight about 500 or
SOC pounds; had collar, marks, not reached. r.
d.s.te sfie and is OF years old. Liberal re-
ward for information leading 10 his recovery.
LII :. II. ". FfrrD.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-02
tx harness and turf goods at Blickhahn's.
BOOTS RND SHOES
260.ncn RRIGK

For the Latest Styles of Fine Boots or Shoes
for every day wear, call on ]. w. Singer. A
good fiji guaranteed.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-02

Just received. large invoice CT simmer
goods. such es zap robes, aets, aae busters at
BEchkahr.s. a.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-02

Hernngton s. Smith are Offering special bar
gains in clothing and furnishing goods this
week. 1t will well repay any one to look AZ
their stock before buying elsewhere.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-02

For cheap farm loans, call on Ingraham s:
Co., at the County buildings. 43
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-02

Remember that BiickAaha naxes a Pccialty
G. Sc hs--sss at---.z - 5o1Sie 4S
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-02

when you buy Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and DiarTE9a Remedy. Ii is
positively guaranteed to do all that IS
claimed for it. An attack of bowel
complaint and gripping pains are so often
sudden and dangerous that no one can
afford to be without prompt and GER
tain remedy. Ask your druggist for
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhGa Remedy, manufactured at Des
MOines, Iowa. and be sure you get it.
Three sizes, 25c, SOC and S1.00 bottles.
Sold by SOuthworth a. Co. "A
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-02

Handmade team harness specially at q.
IS
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-02

To MY CUSTOMERS: Without regard
to what other barber shops may do,
will have mine open on Sundays as us
ual. JOHN MESSENGER,
Grand Hotel Barber ShOn.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-07-02

County Superintencent.