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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-30
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.

The Republican State convention, to nominate
candidates for the several states Offices will be
held in Milwaukee on Wednesday August 20,
1890 at l. o'clock noon.
Each county in the state is entitled to one del
eegate for every five hundred votes, or major
fraction thereof, cast for Gen. Harrison at the
last election. The representation to which the
xeveral counties are entitled ia as follows:
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-03-26
A TAX FIGHT.
The North Carolina Alliances Not In
Favor of License-DOdging.

The North Carolina Alliances Not in
Favor of acknowledging.
North Carolina collects $1,000 license
for each brand of commercial fertilizer
used in the State, realizing about S44, 900
yearly, out of which the Department
of Agriculture and the State Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College are
maintained. Up to few years ago
tho State collected license tax on
commercial travellers. This was de-
clared by the courts to be unconstitu-
tional. Only half tho usual number of
fertilizers licenses have been taken out
this year, and the reason is that under
the guidance of lawyer a
pool has been formed by number Of
the manufacturers, who propose to test
in the Federal courts tho legality Of
this tax, and who tender the tax under
protest, but the Agricultural Depart
ment is chockmating this game and re-
fuse to issue any license save in the
regular way, and gives notice that all
unlicensed fertilizers will be seized at
once. Now the Farmers Alliance, which
is greatly inccnsed at the attempt to
avoid the tax, has taken hand, and
obtained the names of the firms who
have regularly taken out license. 1t
will issue circular warning its 10000
members against patronizing any man
ufacturers save those who have regular
ly paid license.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-03-26
FAILURES IN KANSAS.
Concentration Of Trade at Alliance Stores
Having Its Effect,

Having Its Effect.
OF late there has been an unusually
large number of failures of small gro
Gerry firms and general dealers in Kan
sas; in fact the failures have been so
numerous as to attract the attention Of
the jobbing trade, and an examination
has been made into the cause of the
seeming epidemic of failures. The
work was placed in the hands of mer-
camille agency, and it was found that
the Farmers Alliance was at the bot
tom of tho trouble. The Alliance
has adopted the cooperative store
plan, and their trade, together
with that of such outside custom
as they can influence, is thrown to the
Alliance stores. The result of the es-
Enlistment of the Alliance stores has
been painfully felt by the regular retail
traders. As consequence many small
dealers have been forced To the wall
and compelled to make assignments.
The Alliance is stronger than the
Grange movement few years ago, but
the commercial agencies predict that
the Alliance stores will last just about
as long, and no longer than the. co OPP
erative Stores established by the Grange.
However, it can not be denied that
small failures have been Of frequent &C.
currence lately, and it is also admitted
that tho direct cause Of these failures,
at least nine-tenths Of them, have been
due to the withdrawal of the farmers
trade and its transfer to the Alliance
stores. ---
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-03-26
IN FAVOR OF WOMEN.

WOMEN shine most in adversely; men
in prosperity.
IBELIEvE that the great vices in your
large cities will never be conquered un-
til the ballot is put in the hands Of
women.-Bishop Simpson.
NoMAN ever lived right life who
had not been chastened by woman's
love, strengthened by her courage, and
guided by her discretion. -Ruskin.
"WoMAN cipher! Granted. But
she is cipher on the right side, that
counts ten in Gods government just as
surely as in mans arithmetic. NJ.
Hammer.
A WOMAN may have all the rights she
wants, but that is not the question; the
question is, has she all the rights she
needs as responsible human being?-
Woman's Standard.
EVERYWHERE thoughtful people are
coming to see that wherever the inter-
ests of women as a class are con-
cerned, there should be women with
power to look after those interests.
WHILE woman has property and is
taxed for 1t, while she has children and
is interested as much as any body else
for them, while she has just the same
stake in society that have, and just as
much intelligence as have about cast
ing the ballot, never can escape the
plain. homely logic which makes it right
that she should have the same suffrage
that have.-Hon. John D. Lcng.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-03-26

goods-this no one can deny: or in
other words, has caused tho reduction
Of prices. But this is not the only mis-
sion of the Alliance. We have mighticr
foes to overcome than tho merchants of
our land. As is the case in every
organization known there will be men
JOIN the Alliance only to further their
Alliance as cloak.
AS we have said, there are far greater
matters for our consideration. One is
the establishment of our exchanges
on a firm basis, and another grave
question is the considerations
of the big Four, or Beef
Combine" The latter is one of the
greatest loads we have to bear. We
can raise our cattle and hogs and the
grain to feed them, but when we ship
them TO the market we have to take just
what we can get from the Dressed-beef
Combine. Almost every day we read of
some combine or trust being formed.
What for? To make its projectors rich.
er and the farming and laboring men
poorer These are grave questions, and
the only way we have Of resisting them
is through the federation Of the labor
ing masses, and sending men to the con-
gressional halls who will hold out for our
rights. Let us circulate petitions to
this end, and forward them to our
respective Congressman and Senators,
and if they won't stick to us and try to
remedy these evils let us send men
there who will, These are far more det-
rimental to our interests than our
merchants here at home Who should
be, if they are not, interested with us
in this work, for our interests are their
interests, and without we succeed how
can the merchants do so? We would
like to have the views Of educated men
in the Alliance on this question; that is,
men who can give more concise ideas.
There are men who are able to give
this thing to the public in a clearer and
more lucid manner than we can, so let
us hear from them next--Cor- Fayettee
(Ark.) Sentinel.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-03-26
FARMERS LOGIC.
The "HOme Market Is Now at the Mis-
souri, River Crossings.

The "HOme Market Is Now at the Mis-
souri, River Crossings.
The Farmers Alliances of Kansas
have arrived at the conclusion that
their market is the Missouri river.
They are now convinced that the reduc-
ton in through rates on corn has but
acted to lower the price of the grain,
and that the only benefits derived
therefrom have gone to the Eastern
grain buyers. The lo,al rate Of four
teen cents from Central Kansas to the
river practically shuts out Kansas
from the only market that can
help the farmers. Reasoning thus
the Railroad Commissioners will
be asked to take official action in bring.
ing about reduction Of fifty per cent.
in the local rates on grain and stock to
Missouri river points. Petitions have
been circulated among the alliances,
asking the Railroad Com missionors to
assist them in reaching the Missouri
river points, their natural market. These
petitions state that the reduction Of one
cent bushel amounts to nothing, and
is not satisfactory. The committees
representing the alliances and the
boards Of trade are apparently in earn
est. A representative was sent to Chi
cago and Baltimore on this business,
and wills consult with the Interstate
Commerce Commission before returning.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-03-26
special notifications under which osA.
seriousness is manifested"

oPOSioi HlouiHCdtlOuS uHubr Wuloo W.
seriousness is manifested"
But in drunkenness the powers Of dis.
neutrality-suspicious., sensation, per.
ception-are paralyzed by alcoholic an
@sthesia, as also are the faculties Of
Judgment and memory. Reasoning is
impossible, for the data Of conscious
ness" are dim, imperfect, or altogether
absent.
In man quite unconscious fru1 alco
hol the revival of the senses, and "a ap,
proach towards resumption of tAeif
uses, are very gradual. In its primary
stages this resumption is very indefinite
and unsatisfactory. The first glimmex.
ings of sense are not attended by right
perception Of things; and, indeed, it IL
impossible to indicate any point in the
process Of regaining ina state Of natural
consciousness where tho convictions Of
a mind can be trusted, where, in truth,
its knowledge is accurate and Its conclu-
sions are just There is, in fact no true
"self-recognition." The same principle
holds good in tracing the progress of an
individual under the influence OF liquor
doacnward from condition of pure con.
seriousness to one of lumpish and ihsen-
safe stupor. The very first drink throws
a haze around consciousness, for alcohol
hampers with the data essential to ito
brightness and perfection.
The transition from the physical to
the mental is the secret. The point Of
junction where the physical movement
ceases to be physical, and where mental
knowledge-no longer physical-begins,
is the delicate and ethereal subject that
has absorbed the best efforts of the hu.
man mind for ages. To accomplish tho
best work in this transference of the
functions of the mere material body to
the spiritual and immaterial qualities
OF the soul surely demands the aid Of
the physical organism In Its freest and
brightest perfection. Alcohol is an in
superable obstacle to this work.
What are the physical movements that
lead up to consciousness? "Take an
act of perception, g. g., that of the face
Of friend" says E. A. Washburn, in
Princeton Review. "We find there steps
in the process; the impression received
by the sensitive membrane; the trans
mission Of tho stimulus through the
nerve fibers; and last, the conscious per.
ception in the BRAIN" But in drunken
ness the membrane" is no longer nor
mally sensitive, SO the impression Is
misleading; the transmission" is In
complete, for all the nerves are torpid;
the conscious perception" is cloudy, for
the brain is in state of partial paraly-
sis. The consciousness thus developed
must be unsound.
Alcohol in small quantities will
render consciousness dim, feeble and
unreliable. In larger portions it will
disorganize the powers Of conscious
ness, or will totally wreck and destroy
1T. L. Wright, M. D., in Journal Of
Inebriety.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-03-26
A New Farmers, Alliance Move.

The Farmers Alliance of North Car
DINA has begun movement against the
physicians associations. The farmers
of noighborhood in the famous tobac-
co county of Granville held meeting
at Stearns recently antagonistic to the
Granville County Medical Society, and
decided to employ physician by the
year with a salary Of $500. The nee
essary amount will be made up BY sub
scription. This is new departure in
tie Old North State.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-03-26
Want an Alliance Commissioner.

There is movement in the Farmers
Alliance in Southwestern Kansas to
have A. w. Smith, of Mcpherson, APP
pointed to the State Board Of Railroad
Commissioners on April to fill the
place now occupied by A. R. Green,
whose term expires then. James Hum
phrey, one of the members Of the board,
is lawyer, and the other, George T.
Anthony, a newspapers man. Both live
in tho eastern part of the State. The
Alliance wants member from the West
and farmer. tsa
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-03-26

And we have failed to convince (Dthe
keepers Of dram shops and their custom.
ers.
These are very naturally the most de-
termined foes of our cause, and the rea-
sons why are obvious to all.
We admit, therefore, that we have not
converted these four classes Of people,
but we have convinced the minds Of all
who really believe that the government
derives its just powers from thu consent
Of the governed, not from the consent Of
the men who are governed, but from
the consent Of the people who are govern
ed and therefore women as we'll as men.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-03-26
Women Who Vote.

Over so, 900 women of Kansas voted at
the last municipal election. The wom-
en- of Wyoming Territory, who have full
suffrage, vote in larger proportion than
do the men, and they have done so fQs
the last twenty years. About $4,000
women Of Boston voted last year for
school committee, which, by their help,
was cleansed of the sectarian Catholic
influence that had begun an injurious
domination of the public schools. More
than $4,000 women Of Massachusetts
have petitioned for woman suffrage, and
an immense number in all the States,
collectively. The ballot was given to
the freedmen Of the South at the close
of the war, not because they had petit
toned for it, and held conventions for
the expression Of their desires, for they
had done neither. 1t was thought they
needed it for their protection and de-
velopment Not more than half the
men of the country can be induced to
register or vote, except on some exciting
occasion like a Presidential election.
AS far as they have had opportunity,
women have certainly, thus far done as
we'll as men.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-03-26
AIMS AND ENDS.
Some of the Things the Alliance Must DO
to Accomplish Its Mission.

Some of the Things the Alliance Must DO
to Accomplish Its Mission.
We have heard of late great deal OF
talk about the Farmers Alliance, and
our merchants and great many seem
to have the idea that the tearing down
of the country merchants is the mission
and sole mission of the Farmers AL
lance. If they would only take good
sober thought they would see at once
their mistake, for how can the country
merchant destroy the farming class to
his own building up? Any man with
half head could see il he pursued such
a course toward the farmer that it
would be only his own ruin.
The Alliance has reduced the price Of
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-03-26
Keep q Clear Head.

1t is worthy of note that the two prin-
cipal labor leaders in Europe and Amer
ica-Burns in England and Powderly in
the United States-are advocates Of too-
totalism. Burns neither drinks nNr
smokes. He is member Of the LondGn
County Council. He is 3 trained alta
lete and leading cricketer. His phys
ical health and clear head enabled him
to bear up under the fearful strain of a
months strike and conduct . hundred
thousand men to victory. One Of the
most distinguished journalists in Amer
lea said not long since that when he
started in his profession he began, as
many othors did,, by taking frequent
alcoholic drinks and ale and bser with
his luncheon. II had laid out great
deal Of work for myself in my life," he
said. 81 soon found that if l accom-
plished it must give up this drinking.
and l did so. The other boys-thosa
who started with me and kept up the
drinking habit-are now nearly all dead
or broken down." This is the testimony
of one who, though middle.aged, proba-
bly, can still do more writing in an hour
and stick to it more hours than any
other journalist living. tits indeed the
universal testimony that he who rises
from the ranks, whether in trade or
profession, is the man who keeps his
head clear and his nerves steady and
strong by Temperance. If at the same
time he can manage to keep a sunny
temper, his chances for success are
doubled. City and Country.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-03-26
IN W0MAN'S BEHALF.
GOD WROUGHT.


lhead before the Anthony Club. OF Chicago,
February Is, 1890. in honor OF Miss Anthony's
SEVENTEEN birthday
GOO wrought Into heart Of strength and
youth
He sent His shining shafts Of truth.
About were forests thick. by errors made,
FROM which the timid fed, and were afraid.
Great jungles wild Of supersttions rank,
Grew up from Shiny SOIL where footsteps sank
TO treacherous depths, Venom too, and sting,
Assailed the coming Of each better thing,
And mingled cries OF terror, and despair,
Rang out, and shook with sobs the circling air.
The stream Of life was sluggish, sad and slow,
Freighted by shattered wrecks of overthrow,
And freedom, Knocked by wrong and cruel
might,
Was cease,ess in her pleading for the right.
But half the globe of human being shone,
tcr a!i tho forces crowned were man alone,
Unto his chosen servant God said: go!
send you forth, in my own name, to SOW
seeds OF eternal justice in the land,
And at your side forever will stand,
Fearless, go forth, nor mark the jeers that
meet
Nor heed the traps set for unwary feet
"Girded by honor, armed by sacred truth,
send you out in this your day Of youthr
Into the night she went, so brave and strong,
Nor faltered not as briars and thorns OF wrong
Pierced busy hands, that worked for busy
years,
To clear away LIES underground Of fears.
10 beat back prejudice and set instead -
The burning bush, whose leaping flames have
sped
From hidden place to legislative halls,
And burned their truths living letters on their
walls!
Forgetting self, forgetting all but race '-''
Majestic, grand, she stands in Gods high
place,
A living figure Of heroic mold
living figure that can ne'er grow oldi
Still stands she looking upward to the stars,
Still strikes she of the unjust bolts and barsl
Ella Dare in Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-03-26
Farmers. Alliance Conference.

About fifty of the leading members Of
the Farmers Alliance in Sedgwick and
adjoining counties of Kansas, together
with the president of the State o.gani.
zation, s. H. Clover, held secret mcet.
ing in Wichita recently. 1t is believed
to have had something to do with polit.
ical matters as well as to look after the
business questions that are before the
organization. 1t is understood that q
State meeting will be held soon.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-03-26
A NOVEL EMPLOYMENT.
A New and Profitable Field of Occupation
for Women.

N NOW anu Tlclu VI OCCuputlOA
for Women.
A comparatively new avenue Of EN-.
ployment for women, particularly for
intelligent and educated women, is that
Of purveyor Of information on topics Of
the day. The plan originated, says the
New York Sun, with bright woman
who, at . dinner some months ago, when
the Samoan matter was first prominent,
beheld the CONSERVATION into which the
entire company was thrown by the inno-
cent question of one of them: ''Where
is Samoa, by the way?' None of them,
including herself, knew for certainty,
although several more or less hastily
correct surmises were given. The bright
woman, whose resources needed eking
out, saw her opportunity. Within a
week she had sent out to various ladies
of her acquaintance little written no
tees that on the following Tuesday af-
ternoon an informal talk upon ''Samoa
and the Samoan matter would be de-
livered at the residence of somewhat
prominent society woman who lent her
this aid. 1t was further stated that the
purpose of the talk was to present in a
concise and portable way the salient
features Of subject at the moment on
the popular tongue. Fully score of
ladies were present, from which number
q class of ten for course Of the talks
was evolved. The terms were dollar
apiece from every member for lecture,
and one lecture per week was given dur
ing the following three months, the
class increasing to twenty in very
short time. Before she had conducted
the enterprise month the fair lecturer
and Jersey City, and this year her
scheme has so enlarged upon her hands
that four days in the week she is at
work morning and afternoon, for, in ad-
dition to the three cities, she has classes
in several suburban communities. One
lecture, of course, serves for weeks
work, and as she will take no class Of
less than ten paying members, it may be
readily seen that the work is profitable.
1t is also pleasant and not difficult. The
newspapers furnish her with topics and
an afternoon at public library affords
the information needed. Occasionally,
though not often, a fashionable book is
the subject of a talk; the gist Of such,
however, is usually so readily obtained
through any one Of the innumerable
newspaper and periodical reviews that
the value of comment is not so obvious
as In the case of other popular topics.
The success Of the pioneer in the work
has been of nature to attract others to
non-competitive fields. Two charming
women in Seneca Falls have taken to
the parlor platform, joining forces in
the undertaking, and have hourishing
classes, not only in the village named,
but in Waterloo and Syracuse, with de-
signs upon adjacent neighborhoods. All
of the takers make speciality of COM
plete and accurate information upon the
topic discussed, rather than voicing
their individual opinion upon it. 1t is
gratifying comment upon the growth
of the standard of development in vii
lage communities that the disciples OF
the metropolitan lecturer so quickly &C.
cured their audiences.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-03-26
Expenses of the Liquor Traffic.

We have been asked to give some re-
liable figures by which the expenses OF
the liquor traffic can be estimated.
During the summer Of 1883 Mr.. John
M. Olin, Of Madison, made q thorough
study of the expense of the saloons Of
Madison and the crime caused by liquor
in Dane County. Sheriff John Estes
(Rep) and District Attorney ]. L.
OConnor (Dem.) agreed that ninety
per cent Of the crime of the county
would not have been had it not been
for the liquor traffic. Mr.. Olin, after
getting all reliable testimony and
searching the public records, concluded
that eighty-five per cent. was very
conservative estimate.
Mr.. Olin also investigated the facts
relative to the cost Of liquor to the city
and county. He interviewed saloon.
keepers, bar-keepers, ex-saloon-keepers,
police officers and merchants, and not
one Of the persons so interviewed esti-
mated that . saloon could do paying
business on an average daily receipt Of
less than SIS. Some placed the esti-
mate higher than this. Mr. Olin placed
the estimate at SIS per day or S., ATS for
the year. He estimated that beside the
cost of the liquor crime, 1866, 1875 is paid
over the bars Of Madison saloons each
year. The estimates on crime and sa-
loon receipts are no doubt as accurate
and we'll based as any ever made, and will
apply to the average saloon in Wiscon.
sim w. Mail.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-03-26

Miss SUSAN b ANTHONY, when ques-
toned as to the truth OF the report that
she would have wine at the banquet
celebrating her SEVENTEEN birthday, re-
piled: Il would as soon have arsenic"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-03-26

PRoF. DAVID Swine, in recently dfs-
cussing the causes Of poverty at Central
Music Hall, Chicago, said: People talk
about the single-tax system remedying
the evil of poverty. Drinking is the
most prevalent vice Of our age, and in
creased pay with less hours of work will
not work out the reform. Whisky would
rejoice in double pay and eight hours Of
work 1t would give It a better oppor-
tunity."