Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-08-30

cuss, In an open letter In this number of
the Century, the question, us the Siber.
ian Exile System to be at Once Abol
ished ?" stating his reasons for believ-
ing that the plan Of reform now being
discussed in Russia, and which Is said
by the London Spectator TO invovle the
entire abolition Of exile to Siberia MS a
method of punishment, will not be put
into operation.
Our contemporary was mostly de-
voted to MS last week, only emitting a
formal and affectionate dedication. IL
said nothing germane TO the facts we
presented the week prior. The allega.
ton IL made that our work Is not salts
factory to patrons is purely an inven-
ton unworthy Of attention, and which
is daily refuted by the work we turn out
and the universal satisfaction 1t gives.
Judge Conner has just rendered a de-
cision In the Carroll district court to
the effect that the right to import orig.
inal packages implies the right TO sell
them unbroken. The line between law
and lawlessness then Is simply whether
the bar tender or consumer jerks the
cork. Connor has had the case under
advisement since June and has decided
against his sympathies.
The Advocate devotes two columns
of its current issue to speech of Sena-
tor Allison's, made In 1870, eighteen
years ago, upon the tariff on wool and
its effect on prices of wooden goods. II
endeavors to show that wooden blankets
are 90 q pair. Ii quotes the senator as
saying In 1870 that they were worth
$3.50 pair In 1850. In one Of the dry
goods stores of Audubon there are
blankets displayed, regulation size, war.
ranted all wool, and bearing a tag In.
scribed "S2,89 per pair" Surely there
can be no burdensome tax when blan.
kets are 81 cents cheaper than under
free trade. II Is manifestly unjust to
quote the senator's remarks Of eighteen
years ago as applicable to the present
issue. Conditions and prices have
changed and the wool industry has dc.
yeloped great strength under protection,
resulting In reduction of prices to the
consumer.
A petition to reverse the manner of
running trains on the Rock Island Is
being circulated here, rs Is also u re-
monstrance. Atlantic people are get
ting up petition for u chanfe, so that
the towns seem to be unanimous.
Since the above was placed In type
there has been compromise between
the authors Of the petition and remon-
STRANGE; and another petition, asking
that the trains be run so rs to give
southern people three hours In the
county seat, Is nav being circulated and
everybody is signing 1t.
Mr.. John j. Mease Is out In u news
paper article contrasting that he told
one untruth In the farmers alliance
meeting two weeks ago. The gentle
man has done nobly. From the dispo-
sition thus manifested we infer that II
he were prompted little he would
confess as much as we charged and
perhaps more evil intent than We had
dreamed of. However 1t will appear
more graceful II he makes an open
breast Of IL without the humiliation Of
public prompter; hence for the pres
ent we recommend that he withdraw
to the seclusion OF the woodshed and
put in the first rainy day thinking, med.
itating, searching the recesses Of his
memory, and when he has called back
the words he 80 glibly and thoughtlessly
uttered before that convention, let him
separate the true from the false, and
then confess to the public his ignorance
or intention TO mislead his hearers. lie
has the floor and the liberty to place
such construction upon his misstate-
ments rs he chooses,
Octayius Phineas Waitman has re.
turned from the east, but too late to
save the oats crop. The advance rum0r
that he would peddle cement proves to
be campaign lie, started no doubt by
a crockery syndicate, with intent to kill
the sale Of tho adherent. Octavius will
re-engage In school teaching as hereto
fore and lecturing. lie is open for en-
gagements to deliver his now famous
lecture on tho good effects Of deh0rn-
ing cattle, and prove c0nclusively that
calves of dehorned mothers are without
horns, which fact he has learned from
observation. lie also discusses nuently
the best cross between the pumpkin
and the watermelon, and MARBLES with
touching effect song entitled "when
the husks are ripe In the autumn" BE-
fore the song there is an intermission
of five minutes while the speaker
lunches on zinc and muriatic acid
to stimulate his gall, His star lecture
entitled "Whither are we Drifting as an
Agricultural Glass;" will be delivered
for 81, or the whole course for Sl.75.
His hands are calloused from hanging
onto fat car, and he is In exception
ally fine trim for posing as a horny
handed son of toll.
The Manning Monitar has acknowl-
edged the receipt of THE REPUBLICAN,
whose absence it was bemoaning In a
former issue, by half column article
anent the conflicting dates Of the re-
spective fairs. u says the dates of the
Manning fair as published in the state
fair book were without authority; that
when II was known that the dates con-
fiicted their secretary addressed Score.
tary Freeman asking him to change the
dates Of the Audubon fair. lie COM
plains that they received no reply,
which they should not. Had they re-
GREETED the conflict of dates, and ad-
dressed our secretary, soliciting an in
teryiew with purpose to remedy the in
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