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The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-08-08
Putnam County Astir.
DEAR FREEMAN,

DEAR FREEMAN,
We bad grand Rally at Hurri-
cane July %. Revs. Walker and
Jackson of Huntington and W. A.
Nicholas of Guyandotte, stirred the
people and did splendid work. Out
of this meeting will grow two other
grand rallies. The cause j5 going
grandly forward, voters for the
Amendment being made every day.
What we need is more through Or
ganization.
Yours for Victory,
NJ. R. CHAPMAN.
Sec. Oak Dale Amendment Club.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-08-08
Converting Power of Eggs.

A Prohibition speaker was egged
at Albion, Iowa, while endeavoring
to form prohibition club. A Re-
publican, who WIS struck by an egg,
ordered his name put down with
the Prohibitionists. A club Of
thirteen was formed. Eggs some
times have converting power, even
though they are bad argument.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-08-08
Here's Another.
GRAFTON, July Both.

GRAFTON, July DUN.
ED. FREEMAN,
For enclosed please send FREE
MAN for the Campaign. | have al
ways been a Republican but expect
to vote the Prohibition ticket here.
after. If you will send sample cop
les I will put them among my
friends where they will do good.
Yours for Prohibition,
JAMES K. HALL.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-08-08
A VETERAN "CRANk."
Can't do without the Freeman.
Coal RIVER MARSHES,
RALEIGH Co., W. Va.

COAL RIVER MARSHES,
RALEIGH Co., W. Va.
DEAR FREEMAN,
1 enclose two dollars, for Bro.
Garner Galloway. He is rs Years
old, has been Prohibitionist since
he was Is years old, and says he
would rather do withou. bread
than the FREEMAN" Send state.
ment of his account; he wants to
take the Voice also.
Yours for Prohibition,
M. w. PENDRY.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-08-08
THE PROHIBITION CONVENTION
What the other fellows say of il.
Supreme Indifference.

Huntington Advocate, Democratic.
WHETHER the Prohibitionists
have or have not put their foot in
1t by nominating State ticket is
a matter which Democrats regard
with supreme Indifference. We
are going to carry the State by a
good round majority anyway.
Old Parties will Snow the Amend
ment Under.
Hunt ngton Times, Ind.
The Wheeling Inteliiqemcer is kick
ing very vigorously against the
Prohibitionists OF the State for plac-
ing ticket of their own in the
field. 1t says: "Those who, like
the Intelligencer do not desire the
passage of the amendment, will not,
so far as the Amendment is con-
cerned, regret this move, for it will
contribute more than the combined
opposition could contribute to the
defeat of the Amendment"
The above is not very good Eng.
lish, but is nevertheless forcible
and indicates clearly that the Re-
publicans will do but little to pro-
mote prohibition in the State at
the coming election. We believe
that the Democratic party will be
slow in any part OF the State to
further the cause of the temperance
element, and repeat what we said
yesterday, that between the forces
of the two great parties prohibi-
ton will be showed under.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-08-08
CONSTITUTION.
lOung Mems Prohibition League
OF West Virginia.

ARTICLE I,
1hls organization shall be known as the
1oung Mems Prohibition League of West
virginia, auxiliary to the National Young
Mems League.
ARTICLE II.
me object of the organization shall be to
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-08-08
PLAYING GLAD AND MAD.
Glad for its Liquor Friends, mad
for its party.

Wheeling Intelligencer.
The political Prohibitionists are
squarely in the field in West Vir-
ginia. They have staked the pro-
hibitory amendment on the success
of their political party. Those
who like the Imtelligencer, do not
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-08-08
Whose Ok Will be GOred!

Charleston Star, Dem.
To-day the Prohibltionists in con-
vention at Parkersburg put full
state ticket in the field. What
effect it will have on state politics,
it is hard to predict with any de-
gree of certainty. The Republi-
cans, however, will have another
opportunity to lay their defeat at
the Prohib's door, which they take
a geat delight in doing, and the
fact that they have never succeeded
heretofore in carrying the state,
will make no difference to them.
Although the Prohibition party of
Kanawha is mostly made up of
deserters from the Democratic ranks
the Republicans will probably be
the only people who will take the
rabies on account of their independ-
ent political action.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-08-08
Too Mad to talk Respectfully.


State Journal.
This was the first State Conven.
ton ever held by that party in
West Virginia and was of very
creditable size. Many of the dele
gates were ministers of the gospel
who, though doubtless earnest in
their actions and honest in their
motives, have an itching for poll
tics. Some of them were candi-
dates for the various nominations,
which we're lying around loose.
The report of the committee on
nominations was unanimously
adopted, and eight men felt that
it was the happiest and biggest
hour OF .heir lives. They at once
increased materially in belt meas
ure, and realized personally that
the ends of the party had at last
been reached. They knew they
could not feed themselves upon the
corn in the public cribs, and were
content with the empty husks
of nomination.
Carskadon made speech in
which he told them how proud he
was that he had deserted the Re-
publican party and had 80 soon
gotten a nomination, and the con-
ven ton adiourned.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-08-08

Help the w.C.T.Us
IN Amen dment Cam >
paign Work.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-08-08
ATTENTION!
Young Mems Prohibition
League of West Virginia.

League OF West Virginia.
In accordance with previous call,
the young men in attendance at
the State Prohibition Convention,
July 31st, met in the evening and
organized the Young Mems Prohi.
bition League of West Virginia,
The following names were enroll
ed at the first meeting, and many
more were added during the Con-
vention:
Original Members Enrolled.
F. N. Lynch, Cameron S. B. Nc
Whorter, Auburn; T. N. Barnes,
Weston; W. P. Burt. Warrington !;
R. H. Rutherford, Petroleum; E,
Ganor, Rosby's Rock S. s. Sinnit,
Clinton; D. L McGinnis, Rock
Lick R. L. Criswell, Wheeling J.
W. Johnson, Briscoo Run; A. S.
Maxwell, Clinton, Ohio Co.; W. B.
Campbell, Charleston; J. w. Grit
fin, Roney's Point; D. W. Burger,
Coal Valley J. W. Bodley, Wheel
ing V. L. McCusky, Cameron H.
B. Curry, Volcano Junction; Levin
Woolard, J. F. Reeder, James M.
Duff, G. B. Duff and W. W. Ruth
ertord, Petroleum; I. N. Harris,
Richie G. H.; B. G. McGrew,
Wheeling Ishmeal Hall, Pullman !;
C. R. Lowe, Frankfort; j. T. Sinnit,
Smithville; Rev. D. M. Sleeth.
Cairo; W. w. Campbell, Farming
ton.
All the necessary preliminaries
to effective organization were con-
sidered in order and the Constitu-
ton hereinafter given unanimously
adopted. The following are the
Officers Elected.
President, Rev. F. N. Lynch of
Cameron.
Secretary, T. N. Barnes of Weston.
Vice Presidents, one from each
Senatorial. District as follows:
1. Frank Cartwright, Wheeling.
2. K. Bonar, Rosby's Rock.
3. J. S. Cornwell Richie c. II.
4. J. W. johnson, Briscoe Run.
5. E. J. Harris, Ravenswood.
s. W. A. Nicholas, Guyandotte.
Z, w. H. H. Cook, Rock View.
8. E. w. Burger, Coal Valley.
8. W. P. Campbell, Charleston.
10. 0. L. Rohrbough, Grafton.
II. 7. M. Clayton Newburg.
II. A. M. Turner, Piedmont.
-. J. T. Siler, Berkeley Springs.
Each Vice President is to ap-
point Presidents of Leagues in each
OF the counties of his District and
organize Leagues wherever it can
be done, in person, and by letter
when it cannot be done otherwise.
W. P. Burt was elected Trea-
surer. R. Il. Rutherford and S. l.
elnnett with the President, Treas
urer and Secretary, constitute the
Executive Committee.
The mem bership fee of the Or
SNAAGaViOu W as uA6O DIV ~ CCu 10 lOI
each member.
1t was ordered 10 have printed
letter heads with motto and pur-
pose and names of the officers of
the organization.
On motion adjourned to meet at
the next regular Prohibition Con-
Vention as called by the State EX-
eecutlve Committee, or at the call
from the Executive Committee of
the League.
The sum of $3.50 was paid in as
membership fees.
4. N. Barnes, F. N. LYNCH,
Sec Pres.
CONSTITUTION.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-14
GOSSIP OF GODDARD.
GODDARD, Kan, April 10, 1888.

GODDARD. hdil., aDlh ~, 1CoCs
To the Editor Of the Eagle.
Words fail to express the amount of
benefit as well as satisfaction the last
rain fall has caused. Wheat and oats
are looking exceedingly well now and
grass has improved wonderfully. Quite
number of farmers had succeeded in
planting corn before the rain fall. Even
the most timid and and despairing are
now hopeful and confident of success
full crop. 1t is conceded by all that the
rain was glorious one, but that the fact
OF It's turning warm after the ram Will
be OF untold value to the grain. Some
farmers hold the opinion that even should
we have no more rain this year than fell
last year, the crops, nevertheless, will be
good. They claim this on the ground
that the soil, to begin with this year, Is
in far better condition than it was last
year, and that the last rain has pretty
well soaked the subsoil. The prospects,
therefore, for good crops are so promis-
ing, also the prospects OF plenteous ram,
that we have every reason to be Joyful
and hopeful, as well as grateful to the
Glver OF oil good things.
Business In general has already as
sumed brighter and more brisk aspect
Daily new goods are received and new
orders given. Messrs. Lyman & Co. have
just received a lot of new boots and
shoes, the bill of which will
reach fully $500, and they sent
an order for straw hats, spring hats,
gloves and millinery goods, which will
come to very near one thousand dollars,
The Crystal Ice Co., Of Wichita, on
Saturday sent 60 tons of ice to Mr.. II. b.
Allen which he, IN spite of the rain; sue
ceeded in storing away without much
loss.
Last Saturday from twenty to twenty
five farmers of the surrounding country
met here and organized a farmers club.
Next Saturday evening the organization
will be completed. The object of this
club is to mutually assist in buying farm
implements and all necessities of farm
life at a cheaper rate than heretofore
possible.
The sale of the Farmers and Breeders
Joint Stock Co., OF GODDARD, took place
last Thursday. Owing to the late date
of the season the sale was not as well at
tended as at previous sales.
Last evening the newly elected town
officers qualified and Immediately went
to work with will. 1t was decided
among other transactions to levy tax
ON every business carried on here, also
Oh all property.
The spring term of the town school has
commenced with Miss Heitzel as teacher
and quite a large attendance is re-
ported.
Mr.. C. Hines has purchased the house
and lot belonging to the Arkansas Lum-
Der Co.
Mr.. VIM. Flood, deputy assessor, is
rapidly completing his work. Rev. Funs-
tan, of the NJ. E. church, although in
our midst but short while, is fast gain
ing the confidence and good will of
every one. Miss Grace Bidwell of
Wichita, spent few days of last week
with friends here. Mr. j. w. Salisbury.
of this place, is at present time in New
York attending to business of Importance.
Mr., G. Willis, we are pleased to see, is
able to be about again, and we hope he
will soon be able to attend to his work.
Respectfully,
X. q. u. Sc Us.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-14
THE ALTON AND MISSOURI PACIFIC.

Globe Democrat.
The completion of the Chicago, Santa
Fe & California, the eastern division OF
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, has
caused the Alton to put on its studying
cap and do considerable thinking and
figuring. Indeed, it is serious question
with some of the Alton people whether
they did not make mistake in not &C
cepting the offer of the Santa Fee to make
the Alton part of Its system. When
that offer was made and rejected the
Alton little dreamed that the Santa Fe
people would carry out their threat to
build to Chicago unless their offer was
accepted. 1t did not require any very
great length of time for the Santa Fe to
begin to execute the threat, and it was
not long before the construction of the
new line was well under way. The Alton
then reconsidered but it was too late. and
the consequence now is that it must cut
loose from its old-time friend and form
an alliance i'll some other direction. Up
to this time, SAYS a Chicago exchange,
the Atchison, Topeka q Santa Fe has
been the principal connection of the
Chicago & Alton for Denver and south
ern Kansas traffic. The construction of
an independent line between Chicago
and Kansas City by the Atchison. Topeka
q Santa Fe has inspired the Alton with
the fear that as soon as the Santa Fe's
Chicago line is opened for business
(Which is expected to be in May that
company will give the bulk of its east
bound traffic to its own line, and it (the
Atom would receive no equivalent for
the westbound business it gives that line
T. HI IL.
Alton has been trying for some time TO
secure new Kansas City connection
that will insure it full share of the
eastbound traffic from points west of the
Missouri river without having to build
line of its own. 1t is understood that
the Alton has found such an ally
in the Missouri Pacific. The lat
ter has lately extended its
line to Denver and the Rocky
mountains and covers fully as much ter
ritory In Kansas as the Santa Fe, and
will therefore make a good connection.
The Missouri Pacific is as much In need
of an outlet TO Chicago from the west as
the Alton is from Chicago to the west,
and an alliance between the two roads
will therefore be of equal benefit to them.
1t Is stated that negotiations for such al
lance between the two companies have
virtually been concluded, and before
long the Atoms Denver and Kansas bus
mess will be transferred from the Santa
Fe to the Missouri Pacific. The loss Of
the Atoms business will be seriously felt
by the Santa Fe, which has also lost the
Rock Island business by the latter's con-
struction of an independent line west of
the Missouri. The Santa Fe is likely to
adopt retaliative measures when its Chi
cage line is completed. which may lead
to another southwestern railroad war.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-14
NOT FOR SALE.

w. +. Hearst, of the San Francisco Ex-
aminer, is possessed with the idea that
nothing is too good for Ibis monarch of
the dailies," and he conceived a notion
that it would be a great thing TO get
Thomas Mast on his newspaper staff. Mr..
Mast, however, with the characteristic
independence which is part of his nature,
replied:
Il would be willing enough to use nv
pencil in behalf of Cleveland 5 tariff policy,
civil service reform, and some other issues
not entirely inconsistent with the policy of
your paper, but you cannot hire me 10 Cari-
cature the party with which | trained, for
so long ana use my skill in behalf of A
party composed of such elements as is the
Democratic party"
The genius Of the great caricaturist was
mighty engine OF reform in the
struggle which overthrow Boss Tweed.
and he probably felt that it would be base
ignominy to prostitute it to the service
of Boss Buckley. There be bosses and
bosses and reformers in great variety.
and the Examiner, which poses as a re-
former of everything in California poll
tics is evidently of the kind which tenn
pers valor with discretion.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-14
SAUCE FOR GOOSE AS WELL AS
GANDER.

A printer, who was active in organiZ-
ing union whose rules were sought TO
be enforced on the EAGLE, not because 1t
was not good pay, and not because 1t
failed to pay standard wages, but appar-
entity solely Tor the reason that it made
no discrimination in employing men,
row writes us that the union is not only
treating him badly but is depriving him OF
even an opportunity to earn bread for
! himself and wife. While we sympathize
with the wife we can only pity the hus-
band Unions formed for the purpose OF
arbitrarily debating prices or boycotting,
are a boomerang, haVe been and always
will be. If the principle is right,
if it is true that whats one mans
grievance is the concern of all then of
course its universal application would be
proper. To universally apply the rule
would simply paralyze the entire IN
dustries Of the country. II it is right for
the aggrieved employees of one railroad
to demand that the employees of all other
railroads go out on strike, then 1t Is
proper for one lot of railroad owners to
demand that all other railroads stop. To
carry out this cardinal doctrine of unions
and apply ii TO every interest would
cause not only universal stagnation but
disaster and ruin If all the soapmakers
and all the manufactures Of the country
should form unions of their several IN
terests for protection against strikes,
then the strike of one factory would
mean the closing of all, the
strike on one newspaper would
suspend all, etc. The union of the
brewers of New York reported yesterday
is but fair example of whal the work
ings of such universal rule would be.
1t is useless to say that the owners and
stockholders of corporations couldn't
afford to adopt such a course. They can
afford such policy just in the same sense
that the citizen can afford tits ruin
anyhow; and for both alike. Trusts and
combines are but unions for self protec
ton which have grown out Of the spirit
of labor unions. The principle is the
same. When carried out to the ulti-
mates the laboring man is the greatest
sufferer. Any law or rule which defeats
open, honorable and untrammeled com
petition is destructive in the end to CAPT
tai and labor alike. Labor creates capI-
tai and lives off its own creation-pros-
pers only by and through its own crea-
ton. A union for the purpose of
regulating wages is but combine
and trust which involves
the happiness and prosperity not onlysof
such as otherwise would be disconnected
but measures the food that reaches the
mouth of the struggling wife and inno-
cent child. Open competition in afford
ing everybody a chance means progress,
development of new interests and ave-
nues and prosperity. If no trust or com
bine should be permitted by capitalists,
by corporations or by companies because
they harm the general welfare, then
why those of individuals?
When combines and unions and trusts
shall become the rule, and universal, then
farewell Individual enterprise and am
bitition, and consequently farewell de-
velopment and the triumphs of enter
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-14
HOW TO ATTAIN LONGEVITY.

Fontenelle, the celebrated French
author and centenarian, says writer IN
the Nineteenth Century for March, is
said to have beerisoriginally of a delicate
and feeble constitution, and to have
owed his length of days, in a great
measure, to ms uniform caimness of dis
position and the natural cheerfulneSs of
his character, so that he was said 10
have renamed young up to the last
moment OF his old age. he Is said TO
have lived with a remarkable regard for
order and regularity. the work OF each
day having been arranged beforehand,
and he rarely departed from the pre-
arranged plan; his hours of work. OF re-
pose, OF meals, of reading, Of recreation,
We're all fixed precisely. Always tran
quil IN the vortex OF society, be had i'm
pressed upon the phenomena OF his life
SUCH uniform, regular and even move
ment that he went on living without any
variation from day 10 day and from year
To year. In the same manner his death
came. painless and eifortless; the peadu-
Ium had slapiy ceased 10 osciilais.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-14
THE NEW INDIAN BILL.

Hartford Courant.
The Indian bill now pending in the
senate, introduced by Dir. Dawes, is the
work OF a special committee appointed
at the Mohonk conference of last year.
Its design is TO supplement the land-in-
SeveralEy laws by throwing the protec-
ton of courts law around the red wards
Of the nation. The land bill was a new
departure IN the policy of the govern
ment TO the Indian, opening for the first
time the way to independence, seh-sup-
port and citizenship. But it still left
much to be desired. the most essential
wants being those which this bill is
designed to meet. The names Of its
authors will be a guarantee of its wis
dom to those who have kept familiar
with the efforts to uplift the Indian.
They are James 3. Thayer, professor Of
law in Harvard university, Austin
Abbott, the well known New York
lawyer, brother of Lyman,) and Philip
Garrett of Philadelphia The bill has the
approval, after careful examination of
Judge Lowell and other eminent lawyers
and Gen. c. B. Fisk and other members
of the board of Indian commission
ers, and of the law committee OF the
who have not given the subject years of
special study and work can place some
dependence on the good Judgment Of
men like these.
The new bill covers the chief deficiency
Of previous legislation by extending the
protection secured by the constitution to
persons other than citizens to all Indians
who have not become citizens, whether
living on reservations or not. For the
first time it gives the Indian a legal
status and permits him to sue and be
sued, to make contracts, engage in
trade, and generally to do those things
which the self-supporting and ambitious
desire to do, and to have that protection
under the law which has heretofore been
been denied. The requisite Judicial
machinery to carry out the provisions of
this section are provided with great care
fitness, in special commissioners courts,
with appeal to the United States district
court and thence to the supreme court.
Having passed the land-in-severalty bill
and turned the red mans face toward
the coming day, it remains to remove
the bars which prevent his egress into
the light.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-14
KANSAS NEWS

The Wellington Standard Is authority
for the statement that there - hH i'm
nlense acreage Of wheat ia sumner ooun-
". and declares that tins county can b.
put down for fuU one hundred point
on the wheat crop.
The result Of the election last Tuesday.
az Paols- on the proposition 60 vote az,
90 ia CITY and township tends 70 alb in
the construction - tie sParsSns Pacific
railroad, being favorabie. insBres tho
speedy construction Of thai important
line.
About twenty minutes 70 12 O'Clock To-
aav, William Brooks. . comparative
stranger Ia the city. fell dead on ihesids.
Wa Z N front 81 Towards Bro.s store
The Witness % this scene Say be vail
81 about forty feet ~ith lettering sssp.
growing very weak hs caught hold ot IN
awning post for support Ee then Eel
Backwards upon the Sidewalk -Arkna4a-
City Dispatch.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-14

A recent dispatch announcing the loss
of the ship Andromeda near Great Var
mouth, England, recalls the fact that
this vessel was once nightmare to the
whole north. She was built bv svndi-
cate which intended to use her. under
the letter-of-marque authority conferred
by the Confederate government. to prev
upon Union commerce. The Andromeda
was staunch corvette equipped with
the best ordnance and machinery that
money could buy. Had she gone into
commission the loss 10 the north might
have been incalculable. But before a
day for her departure was fixed the Keer-
sage sank the Alabama and news of
northern victories in the field. preSacinp
the downfall of the Confederacv
reached Europe. Her owners then hest
tated to take the risk of putting her I'M
der the rebel flag, and she finally went
to sea as q peaceful merchant craft. in
which capacity she remained np to the
time OF her loss on the English coast