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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-23
cIvIL-sERvlcE REFORM.
What MI. Cleveland Has Accomplished In
Purifying the Civil Service.

What MI. Cleveland Has Accomplished In
Purifying the Civil Service.
The Presidents message transmit
ting to Congress the annual report of
the Civil-Service Commission is one
that will bear close study by all those
who are interested in that reform It
shows what has been accomplished in
carrying out the Civil-Service law,
how far the law has been extended.
and the practical difficulties that have
been commended with in breaking up
the old patronage system. Under the
old system in vogue under all recent
Administrations, every clerk. every
messenger. every janitor in the Gov
eminent employ, held his place either
as reward for political service, or as
pledge that he would render polite
al service. He was henchman and
striker, and, in the proportion that he
could be efficient at primaries or at
elections, his Office was secure to him.
In higher grades of offices to which
the Civil-Service law does not in terms
apply the principle was the same, and
merit was dependent on political work
President Cleveland has not only
rigidly enforced the law, but he has in
practice extended it to Offices it does not
cover, and he has honestly entered upon
the work of thorough Civil-Service re-
form. AS he well says in this message, it
has not been pleasant or an easy task.
The friends of reform have condemned
him because he has not gone fast and
far enough, while the friends of the pa
tronage system have opposed him be-
cause he went too far. In this way he
has lost the countenance and support
of the extremists on both sides, while
the great mass of opinion between the
extremes has been Indifferent
Nevertheless, he has accomplished
great work, to which four more
years of the same policy will give per-
manence. Step by step he has moved
cautiously along the line of reform,
and has educated the people to point
where they begin to look upon Gov
ernmental Office as a trust to be per-
formed, and not as a spoil for the re-
ward of strikers. This is an enormous
gain to honest government, the effect
OF which will be felt for years to come.
The President has shown himself
to be a man who acts upon the line of
duty without fear or favor.
The friends of reform, who have Ia
bored so zealously for it in the years
that are past, have every reason to be
grateful to him for the stand he has
taken. Civil-service reform has come
to stay, and the only danger that can
threaten its stability is the election of
President Chicago Herald
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-23
MICHIGAN CONVERTS.
Influential Michlganders Who Have L,
the Grand Old Party.

Influential Michiganders Who Have Left
the Grand old Party.
A telegram from Grand Rapids,
Mich, says that if the exodus from
the Republican ranks continues at the
present rate, there will not be much
left of the party in Western Michigan
when the time comes to vote. A few
days ago William Widdecomb, cashier
of the Grand Rapids National Bank,
once the Republican candidate for
mayor, and always a prominent and
influential man in the party; DIR. C. S.
Hazeltine, of the wholesale drug firm
of Perkins, Hazeltine & Co.; Eli F.
Harrington, for many years one of the
proprietors of the Eagle, the Repub-
hcan organ in Western Michigan; S.
NJ. Leman, wholesale grocer; w. w.
Hyde, Assistant District Attorney in
President Arthur's day, and others,
announced that, in their opinion. the
Republican party was without virtue
or wisdom, and that this year, at
least, they would be found in the ranks
behind the Cleveland banner.
Now Charles w. Black, general
manager of the Oriel Cabinet Com
pany, employing three hundred men,
and power among the young men in
the city, comes forward and declares
that he does not like the Republican
candidates, and is not In harmony
with the platform. and will vote for
Cleveland and tariff reform.
l. S. Provin, one ofthe leading real
estate men in the city, regrets now
that he voted for Blaine four years ago
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-23
and Chinaman
and Monopoly
ana Rat Pie
Tippecanoe and Doodle too
and Free Whisky
and Daar Clothing
and Cheap Labor
DIsI41 H..
Tippecanoe

Prom our natural and personal
advantages we can beat the world in
its markets if our Government will
only remove from us its crushing
hand of taxation, and lower the bar
riers which it has built around us to
prevent international commerce. The
world is our oyster, and if the obstruc-
tionists of the party which Harrison
represents can only be brushed from
our paths. we shall come to our own.
Louisville CO1rier-JO4r7lGI.
AS for Mr.. Cleveland and MIR.
Thurman, their records are part of the
notable honorable history of their
country. Their political sentiments
command the general admiration, for
the reason that they are sincerely held
and most courageously maintained. In
a certain robust, brave, stoical defense
of his convictions of public policy and
duty Mr.. Cleveland is as fine a speci-
men of the ''Old Roman" as Mr.. Thur
man. - Philadelphia Public Ledger
(Rep.).
james G. Blaine, Jr., has been
appointed assistant exchange reader"
at the Republican National headquar-
tiers. New York. 1t is part of the duty
of the assistant exchange reader in a
well-regulated newspaper Office to see
that the cockroaches do not accumu-
late in the paste-pot to the annoyance
of the chief exchange reader. While
such a position is lucrative it is not
considered desirable by rising young
journalists, and we are inclined to the
belief that young Mr.. Blaine will not
like it. Chicago Times.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-23
H1oHLY PRoTEcrEp 1NpusrR1Es.
Average waRes...........

The highly protected men who saw
the highly protected lumber with high
ly protected saving machinery, it will
be seen, get $215 year for SO doing.
The statistics for the sawed lumber in
dustry are interesting in other respects.
Thus. the total amount paid in wages
was $31, S45, 900; the cost of material
was $146. 155, 900; together these two
items make $178, OOO,O 900. The total
product was $233, 268. 900. Subtracting
cost of wages and material from the
value of product we find that $50, $685.
600 went to the employers or mill own
ers, or $24,OOO.OO0 more than the
amount paid in wages.-M. Y. Standard.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-23
POLITICAL COMMENT.

Keep it before the old soldiers
that in the fiscal year ending June 80
there were 5000 more original pen
sions allowed and paid than in any pre-
vious year in the history of this Gov
eminent. Indianapolis Sentinel.
General Samuel F. Carey, of
Ohio, voted for Old Tippecanoe in 1886
and again In 1910. But he is for
Cleveland now, and predicts that he
will carry Illinois, Wisconsin. Indiana,
Connecticut, New Jersey, New York
and Michigan Sentinel.
--Cleveland's election is as sure
as is any thing not yet accomplished,
and yet the Republican papers tell us
that the stars and stripes will have to
dip to the flag of st. George if he is
reelected. Possibly the Republican
press and party are lying. Buffalo
Times.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-23
THE WAGE QUESTION:

A just Comparison Based on Ofticial Re
ports and Statistics.
In the following list the wages paid
in several of the most representative
highly protected industries are COM
pared with the wages paid in repre-
sentative industries of the other two
classes. In computing the average
wages the total amount paid in wages
is divided by the average number of
hands employed:
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-23
our PUBLIC LANDS. =.

| what the Cleveland Adminfstratiop Has
Done to Save the Peopao's Lands.
I It has reversed the improyident AMI I'm wise
policy OF the Republican party touchrng tns
uu bic domain, and has reclaimed from corpor-
atioas and syndicates. alien and domestic ans
restored to the people nearly one hundred
million OF acres OF valuable land, TO De stcreoiJ
held as homesteads for orr citizens.
These words are from the DemoQEatic
National platform, but until brought
face to face with the actual figures ono
fails to realize the magnitude q tho
question involved. In So far as it af-
fects the future of the country for gen.
erations to come the question of the
reserv alton of, ourspublic lands. right
fully termed "the heritage of the peo-
ple,' is OF greater moment than the
evils of tariff taxation. During the wftr
we paid enormous taxes, and even in
times of peace we are showing that We
can pay enormous taxes, though u1--
necessary. But mistake now IN our
public land policy may bring trouble to
generations yet unborn and may help
to establish that greatest of economic
evils in the old world, ownership Of
land by the few and . nation Of ten
ants. Immigration into this country,
IL mourning ol50, SnOulQ open Ol4r0 % "
the necessity of preserving for the
future every acre of ground for actual
settlers.
Voters have realized for years thai
the Republican party, when in full
power, especially right after the war;
voted away immense tracts of the pub
lie lands, but the magnitude of these
gifts to railroad corporations has prob
ably never been fully realized. During
the ten years of undisputed Republic
an control of all branches Of Govern
ment from 1861 to 1871, total of 163,-
643, 944 acres of land was voted out
right by Congress. OF this amount
over $1,000, 900 acres were voted away
in the one month of July, 1866, when
Schuyler Colfax was Speaker of the
House of Representatives, and %, 400,-
900 acres more were voted away in one
day, March 8. 1871, when James &.
Blaine was Speaker. The following
table shows the largest of these grants
and the corporations receiving them:
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-23

Presidents Grant, Garfield and
Arthur all thought the war tariff need
ed to be judiciously scaled down in the
interests of the people and of good
government For agreeing with them
the Republicans are exceedingly wrath
full with President Cleveland Boston
Globe.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-23

Governor Aser, Of Aiohiran.
says he has not yet subseFihAA to the
Republican campaign fund Rsrhspn
he is waiting TO se4 vhA4 the Republics
an Senators ere going to do VITA TIA
tax on lumber.-CbSeeo0 News
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-23

1S1. iSl, 300
1t is hard to realize what figures as
large as these mean. They mean Il
tract of land larger than all Germany,
or France, or Great Britain and Ire-
land. Some idea of the extent of Ger
ritory thus voted away may be gath =
cred from the fact that the total gore
age of all the farms in the United
States was $50. 800, 179 acres, worth
80, 1877. 096, ZIG, in $780, The Repub-
lican grants to railroads were equal to
more than a quarter and to almost
one-third of the farms of the United
States.
1t is these grants of over 100, 600, 900
acres, of which the railroads have pat
ented less than $500, 600 acres, which
the Democratic party proposes to re-
store to the people. During President
Cleveland's Administration about one
half of this land has been restored 70
the public domain, and bill to restore
over so, 600, 900 acres more to the pe0-
pie is pending. Shall this workGo on?
Or shall the Republican party. which
voted away these lands, which elects
to the United States Senate men es-
pecially to represent these Pacific rail-
road corporations, be given a chance
to control legislation? There never
was a more clearly cut issue between
the great money interests on the one
hand and popular rights on the other,
than the issue between the Republican
party and the Democratic party this
year. That is true of tariff taxes; it is
true of the public lands questiOn.-AL
6any IN. Z Argus.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-23

All but four of the 175 newspa-
2ers printed in Georgia are against the
continuance of the war taxes.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-03-02

commend or nominate any candidate
for onlce.
It Ii expected that prominent and
able speakers from abroad will be pres.
emit and address the Convention.
The secretary Of each club h request
ed to send the names Of the delegates,
- soon a. elected, to J. G.. 6lonecker,
5S1 Kansas avenue, Topeka.
It IL desired that, In localities where
no club has been organized, such or.
ganisation be effected at once. and del
egates elected to the Convention and a
full report of the organisation. names
Of officers, delegates &C., be reported
- above.
J.W. HAMILTON.
Vice President for Kansas National
Republican League.
]. q. SLONECKER.
Kansas Member of Executive Com
mittee National Republican League.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-03-02
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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-03-02
KANSAS.

Is the name which represents the
highest grade of prosperity ever at
tanned In the same length of time by
industry and out Of nothing. The
actual figures are astonishing, and
they "don't lie." Though the last
acre Of government land has been taken
up, and the fat black acres have to be
bought, the people still 60 there by
the thousand. Land is good, and a
fortune has been secured in every case
Of large investment, and q competence
from every small investment, in Kan.
sas land,
The old-fashioned excursions will be
begun again by the Santa Fe route
and this time they will take in all
points in Kansas reached by this line,
from Lawrence, west, at one fare for
the round trip. See dates: March 81,
April 4, April Is, May 9, May %, June
6, June 20, 1888.
These tickets will be good thirty
days. You can be ten days going and
five days returning, and can stop at
any point in Kansas on the Santa Fe
lines. When the place to which you
buy ticket can be reached by more
than one of the Santa Fe direct lines,
or by the Southern Kansas, a choice
of route will be given.
Perhaps you are fixed, and don't
want any Kansas. Well, hundreds Of
people go just to see the country, to
visit relatives, to have q pleasant trip,
or to satisfythemselves that what they
say about this wonderful State is not
true. 1t is a pleasant land; it is .
country people don't forget. Some of
these excursions occur in early sum-
mer, and will take you to a region $500
feet above the sea, new to you in all
respects. Use the opportunity.
For tickets for any of the above
dates, see your nearest agent. Half
price does not occur every day. and
with these advantages has never oc-
cured before.
GEORGE T. NICHOLSON,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent
A. T. & F. r. R., Topeka, Kansas.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-03-02
CHOICE NEW SHEET MUSIC.

8. W. Straub & Co., the enterprislng must.
publishers Of Chicago, have favored Us with
two Of their latest publications:
tbs Hard To Say Qoqd-Bye.-word.
Many beautiful compositions have been given
20 the world by these gifted co-laborers. The
last seems always to be the best This undonbt.
edly the best 80 far. It IL full OF the tender
destined to become very popular
Price SOC.
Olvertisement.-Th The famous pizzicat
music Of Sylvia by Leo Delibes. Arranged for
piano; 1t IL rather dif1cult forth grade music,
but will amply repsy all labor bestowed upon
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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-03-02
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

To all whom it may concern, but more
especially to Helen Eason. Harry Eason,
Oryille Eas0n, Eva Eason and Roy EasOn,
heirs at law and guardians ad-litem OF heirs
at law Of Alexander EasOn, deceased, late of
Kendall county. Illinois.
Yon are hereby notified that I, W. B. Rrock-
the 23rd day Of February A. d. 1883, file q
petition In the Probate Court of Allen county,
Kaneas, praying that l might be authorized
land. for the purpose Of paying the debts and
costs Of administration OF said estate, tO-wit:
North half OF north east quarter Of section
And said petition will be heard at the office
Of the Probate Judge Of said county, on the 18th
day OF February A. ID. 1883 at . O'Clock D. m :,
OF said day, at which time and place each OF
You and all others interested are notified to be
present and SHOW cause il any, you have, why
On order Of sale as prayed for should not he
granted. Dated this sSrd day Of February A.
d. 1SSS.
W. B. LOCKWOOD Administrator
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-03-02
Advice To Mothers.

MRS. WINsLOw's SOOTHING SYRUP
should always be used when children
are cutting teeth. 1t relieves the little
sufferer at once it produces natural,
quiet sleep by relieving the child from
pain, and the little cherub awakes as
"bright as button" 1t is very pleas
ant to taste. 1t soOths the child, soft
ems the gums, allays all pain, relieves
wind, regulates the bowels, and is the
best known remedy for diarrhea,
whether arising from teething or other
causes. Twenty-Five cents q bottle.
(Feb 10 81
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-03-02
STATE CONVENTION OF REPUBLICAN
CLUBS
KANSAS HEADQUARTERS,
REPUBLICAN LEAGUE OF

1
THE UNITED STATES,
TOPEKA, February 18th, 1888.
In accordance with the recommends
ton of the Republican League Of .he
United States. we hereby issue this
official call for . Convention of the Re-
publican Clubs of the State of Kansas,
to assemble ct the hall of the House of
Representatives, in the city of Topeka,
at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of We'd
nesday. March q. 1883,
Each regularly organized Republic
can Club in the State Of Kansas, hav.
ing a membership Of twenty or more,
will be entitled to three delegates in
the Convention. The president of each
club being. BY virtue Of his Office,
entitled to . seat in the Convention in
addition to the three delegates, but the
delegation from . club shall cast but
one vote.
The principal object Of this Conven.
ton is the organization Of State Re-
publican League, which shall act in
with the National League
and with the State Central Committee
but which shall not interfere with the
duties or prerogatives Of either. The
Convention may take such other
action, not fnconsis tent with the rules
Of the National League. Is may Dol
deemed advisable.
The Convention shall not name. re.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-03-02
DISSOLUTION NOTICE

Notice IL hereby given that the eo-partner-
ship heretofore existing between the under
signed, under the firm name OF Knapp q Hart
man or The lola Carriage Works, 10 this day
dissolved by mutual consent All business OF
said firm. will. In the future. be trsnsa cted by
l.. II Hartman, who is hereby authorized to
settle with all persons indebted to said drm or
to whom said firm is Indebted
W. II. KMAPP,
L. II. HARTNAN
lola, Kansas, Feb. Is, 1898.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-03-02
SHERIFF'S SALE.

ting in and for Allen County, State Of Kansas.
The vanfossen 6 Wilcox Invest-)
ment Co. ct al, Plaintiff,
vs..
Z X. Hill ct al, Defendant.
BY virtue Of an order Of sale, In the above
entitled cause, to me directed and delivered,
issued out OF the District Court Of the Seventh
Judicial District, State OF Kansas, sitting In
and for Allen County, In said State. will, on
Friday, the 30th day of March A. ID. 1888, at
O'Clock p. m. of said day, at the front door OF
the Court House In the city OF lola, Allen Co. ,
Kan. offer for sale and sell to the highest bidder
for cash in hand the following described real es-
tate, tO-wit: The northwest quarter % Of
section TWENTY-FIVE (22), in township twenty.
six (26), In range twenty-One (!1), in Allen Co
Kansas.
Appraised at 81. 500 90.
Said lands and tenements to be sold to satisfy
said order Of sale
d. ID. BRETON,
Feb-2itMarch23 Sheriff:of Allen.Co., Kan.
Sherif's office, lola, Kansas, Feb. IL, 'sS.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-03-02
BAPTIST.

On Sycamore Street. Large brick north east
Of the square. Preaching every Sunday ct II O.
m, and 1t the Usual hour In the evening". Sum
day School at 9:15 .. m. Prayer meeting Wed.
nesday evening" p. N. Young peoples prayer
notice IL Inserted to assureyou az q warn Vel.
come ct any Of these services.
CRAs. n. 81. NooKR. Pastor.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-03-02
cz1Ar nousY.

Bowlus has any amount Of money
that he can loan on real estate security
Ut lower rates than can ~ had any
Whsre else.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-03-02
reight t-ains carry passengers.

Efet8nt G.tIhB CdfIy PSeseu8efb'
Elegan Pullman Sleeping, Parlor and ChaiI
between lola and St. Louis via. Fort Scott IN
connection with the Missouri Pacific Ry. with
ont change, arrives. at st. Louis Uuion de-
Connection with all trains Of other roads for oil
points. Baggage checked through to dsstins'
ton.
FOR rates and other information call on I'm.
g. H. GREGG, Agent.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-03-02
GEORGE DAVIES.

NERCHANT TAILOR, lola, Kansas. Flint
W1door south OF Goodhue 4 Evans drug store
A LIEN COUNTY HORTICULTURAL 90.
"A CIETY meets in lola the second Saturday
each month q 4o'clock p. m.
R0DEkf Cook, President.
B. r. PANcoAsT, Secrstary.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-03-02

| Complete In six volumes. $40, containing
nearly 800 pages each; each volume illustrated
with at least ten fine steel portraits and several
hundred smaller vignette portraits end views
| Of birth places, residences. etc.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-03-02

PArRoMIzE HOME INSTITUTIONS.
The Southern Kansas Ry
Is A KANSAS ROAD.
And is thoroughly identified with the interests
Q, tae 4. OF
unequaled by any line In Eastern and South
ern Kansas, running
THROUGH EXPRESS trains daily between
Kansas City and Olathe, Ottawa, Garnet,
lola, Humboldt, Chanute, Cherryvale, indie
pendence, Winfield, Wellington. Harper, At
tica and Intermediate points.
THROUGH NAIL trains daily, except Sunday
between Kansas City and Wellington and in.
termediate stations, making close connections
trains for Emporia, Burlington, Girard, WAL
nut and C0feyville.
ACCOMMODATION trains daily, except Sunday
between Kansas City and Ottawa.
REMEMBER, that by purchasing tickets via
this line, at any Of the regular Coupon sta
tons, and your baggage checked through to
destination, east, west, north or south.
PULLMAN SLEEPERS:on all night trains.
For further information see maps and folders
or call on or address, S.B. HYNHs,
Gen'l Passenger Ag't, Lawrence, Kansas.
j. 8. TURNER, Agent, lola, Kansas.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-03-02
BIBLE SOCIETY.

supply Of Bibles and Teotamsats may be
foand e lie Allen County Bible DepoSitory. e
Scott 60n's.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-03-02
lola PUBLIC LIBRARY.

Over Northrup's bank. Open every Saturday
rom . till 3 O'Clock p. N. Stock and m.
Oership tickets for sale at the room.
MISS JENNIE COLBORN, Hbrnrian.