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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-03
Owe JESUS A CHANCE.
An Iowa MiaSster Comes OWt F1as-Fooes
Against Ppoh1btssoa.


COUNCIL RLUrPs, Jan. "A committee
ON ministerial correspondence now oper-
ating from Sioux City 10 sending to the
preachers of the state . circular letter
asking them to unite I'm keeping the pro-
hibition statute 10 L. until the people
have had a chance tn vote ON it. II. j.
Mckay, rector of 81. Paul's Episcopal
Church., which is the wealthiest and per
haps the most influential i'm the city. in re-
ply to this addressed an open letter to the
committee, in which he refused to join i'm
the effort suggested. Following are i'm
substance the reasons he assigns for his
fusal. the language being his own:
''After several years of trial OF prohibit
miserable farce. The country ha. been
put to- an immense amount Of trouble ana
expense i'm the prosecutions OF suits
against liquor dealers, and all to mo- piir-
pose. do not believe that the open sa-
loon in rs dangerous To the morals of the
private drinking habits which prohibition
always creates. You say you do not ex-
pect prohibition to save drum kartis, but to
prevent q new generation of drunkarSis.
! confess to being puzzled as to how pro.
hibition will prevent "a new generation OF
that prevent the reformation of the
tlrunkartls of to-day. Your statement is
the first tacit admission 1 have seen
ton could not he depended upon To
effect change in the great ma
,ure OF man man. have & always ,,, thought and f
Jesus Christ could change N mans nature.
1t is as easy to- make II drunkard n CHRIS
tian n temperance man, and that rolf
/ gion will do what legislation il vaiuly try
| ing to do-change the nature by reforming
| the man from within, not without. as pro-
hibltion tries To do.
| Let US give the religion that Jesus taugh,
a fair trial. can hardly imagine that He
| ever expected we would have to call OH
| our legislature to help ms ia the rcclaim
| ing of sinful men. 1 feel that should he
| admitting his religion to he n had failure
| should declare that the aid of the Iowa
| legislature WA necessary before we could
| reform the tlrunkartl or prevent u new
| generation from arising in our midst.
| believe that the whole subject should bs
| taken ont OF the domain of politics. II i,
| a moral question and should bc NO han
| died."
The letter has created much surprise OF
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PII-rsBURG, Jan. 2.-Sevcral hundred
ncwsboys returning from the annual
newsboys' dinner almost created a riot on
Fifth avenue yesterday afternoon. They
first attacked crowd of Italians and
Hebrews and then turned their attention
to the non-union grpmen and conductors
on the PittsbIrg traction road. The boys
began by calling them scahs and then
made an assault upon the cars. Sticks,
stones and mud were thrown aud IA gem
eral fight followed. The streets i'm the
vicinity were soon blocked with people
and the regular force of police being
powerless to dispcrse the crowd were
compelled To call out the reserve. Finally
the boys were driven oil and quiet was re-
stored. No one was injured.
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To Employ Non-Union Prln,err.

PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 2.-The business
manager of the Press, in view of the inn
pending trouble with the compositors.
posted q notice yesterday that they had
beeu obliged to contract with the National
Printers Protective Fraternity for a new
and permanent force. but will retain i'm
employ any Of the present force who see.
fit To remain with the new organization.
The notice calls attention to the agree
nent OF the printers committee made
last April. in which they said: I'VE do
not propose to make any alteration i'm our
scale of prices. except with the consent OF
the employer"
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CHICAGO. Jan. .2.-Verlio opera "Otetlo"
was produced tonight for the first time i'm
America at the Auditorium. The stage
setting was magnificent to a degree rarely
e,l,ialcd. The production of this opera
has been postponed twice on account of
hut he was on hand tonight, having
finally triutnphe in u struggle with
l., grippe. Madame Albani appeared as
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Had Little tsp say.

LISBON, Jan. AIT the opening of the
Cortez, the king announced that the for
eign relations OF the kingdom were all
that could be- desired. He reviewed the
progress made in African colonies of Por-
tugal. but made no reference to the dis
pute with England.
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LITTLE Rock, Jan. "A passenger
train was wrecked last night at wab-
brseca, Is miles north OF Pine Bluff, on
the Cotton Belt road. Engineer Apperson
wa. killed aud several pa sseugers injured.
Three coache tbs. baggage ear aud the
engine were thrown down u - foot bank.
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Mr.. MANTLE GETS LEFT
K.mpers Ceapsess the Deal ~ Eiecting
Power to Represent Them NJ Washing
ton-soms Men From the West side
who Are (srently Disappointed.
Special to the standard.

Special to the standard.
HELEN A, Jan. 2.-Tom Power was to-
day elected senator by the republican
rumps and senators. II was evident last
night that o combination Of some kind
was on foot to defeat Mantle. Al the
opening of the joint republican conven-
tions the balloting commenced without
any ceremony. Thirty-ei9ht votes were
cast at each ballot. The first vote result
ed: Power, 10; Mantle, II; Hershfield.
8; Richards. z; VIM. Thompson OF Butte,
I. The roll call was ordered for the sec
ond ballot, and the second name called
resulted i'm a recruit for the Power forces.
The next two changes were for Mantle.
Several other changes were made during
the call, among them Newcomer from
Mantle to Power, giving the latter
10 votes, one short OF election.
Representative Dolman sealed the elcc-
ton of Mr.. Power by changing his vote
from Richards to Power, giving him the
requisite - votes.
Then followed free-for-all to get into
the Power procession, and when the stan-
pede checked itself il was found that all
but three had changed their votes, giving
Mr.. Power a total of 35 out of 80; he was
was formally declared the choice of the
joint assembly for senator. After being
escorted To the floor OF the house Mr..
Power said: ~ can only say OH this oc-
casion that you have my heartfelt thanks
for your action. ] trust that in the strife
| for this position, all will he satisfied.
| shall strive to satisfy all parts OF the ststes
/ shall know no east. no west, no north.
| no south. but shall endeavor to satisfy all.
| / know that you have not placed me here
| on account of my speec HIM Iking abilities.
| My oilea gus will attend To that, and
| will stand ny him i'm positions that may
| require some exertion and some ability,
! Again thank you."
The joint assembly then adjourned
The Mantle men are very sore over the
result of the contest. They are especially
| angry towards Dolman and. Bray, the two
| Silver Bow rumps who refused to support
Mantle. They are fairly wild tonight in
| their manifestations of hatred for the
| Missoula men aud Richards, whom they
| claim are responsible for the outcome oi
the light. II is the determined opposition
| of the field that beat Mantle. II an avail
able west-side man could have been fotnt
to beat Mantle, Power would not havt
been nominated. The fight finally mar
! rowed down to Mantle against the field
I Then he certain to he defeated.
The democratic joint convention wa,
held again mt the hall of the house a
nom to-day. Of the senators only Thorn
| ton and Hennessy were present. All the
representatives were there, Hartlenbrool
not voting. After casting ~ votes for Clarl
and Maginiiis, the convention dissolves
to meet again tomorrow at the sam,
hour.
The house had two sessions to-day, bu
as n quorum was present ut neither n'
business was transacted.
An Adjournment until 10 q. N. to-nor
| row was taken.
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SAN Francisco, Jan. 2.-The case of
Mrs. ID. -. Cotton against Leland STAN
ford. G.. p. Huntington, and Others, which
attracted much public attention during
the trial before tile supreme court several
years ago. was decided 10y the supreme
court to-day ina favor of the defendants.
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For wo,nan'- Suffrage.

wAsHINoToN. Jan. 2.-Senator STAN
ford. who. with his wife, is n fcrveut he-
ver i'm the Justice of wopan's suffrage.
~ given 500 to Susan Is. Anthony to-
wnr,ls printing aud distributing pam
phlets on the subject. Fave thousand will
bc sent To- South Dakota IL aid in the cl'-c-
tip,t- which Will be held there next fili tn
decide. the question OF wonian's right To
vote.
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BY ASSOcIUed Press.
HELENA, Jan. 2.-About two hours after
T. E.. Power was selected by the rcpubli-
cnn joint convention for second senator,
Judge Hunt. OF the district court. gave his
decision, in the case of Representative
Roberts, OF Silver Bow county, who had
applied for n writ TO compel the state au-
ditor to pay him salary and mileage
member OF the legislature. 1t was
thought that the court would decide the
invaiidlity of the rival house, hut the de-
cson was to the effect that il Roberts
was a member of the legislature he was
entitled to his per diem and mileage. The
question of the legality of the two houses
is still undecided. The democrats again
lot. but there being no quorum the body
adjourned.
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tn. city OF P.rs. In Col,l.,

LIVERPOOL, Jan. 2.-while proceeding
mp the Mersey i'm n dense fog yesterday
morning. the steamship City OF Paris col-
lisled with outward bound steamer.
The City OF Paris lost her bowsprit and
the other vessel her masts. Great fright
prevailed on the City of Paris, but no one
was hurt.
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JOLIET, ILL.,. Jan. 2.-John A Bauer
eisen, the ''Q'' dynarniter. was released
from the peuitcutiary to-day Oh u
- ,rIou from & ,vernor Fifer. His com.
Uauiou. krodcrick, who was seiitenced
for year, will bc out IN April
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nsix skik Works fBuruesa. :.

New YORK, Jan. 2.-The Liberty silk
works were destroyed yesterday by firs
that involved q loss to a number Of mansa-
featuring firms agxregating E2S,0O0. 10
rs feared the engineer OF the building
perished.
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sh. Refused so Marry ni..

wAUsAU, Wis.,. Jan. AIN the town OF
Stettius this afternoon Herman Frie<ier-
ichs. aged p. shot Bertha Er<lman. AGED
~, and then himself. because she refused
to marry him. Both will Il Q.
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saarriesl an Heirers.

PHILApELPHIA. Pa, Jan. 2.-Greeu b.
RauIn. Jr.. son Of Pension Commissioncr
Green B. Raum. was married this evening
to Miss Annie Orcll Rogers. daughter o6
the late William ID. Rogers. u wealthy car
riays. builder of tn = city.
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rn.y w,l Marry Au.r An.

LoSpoN, Jan. 2.-The Star says the
marriage between Gwendolyn Caldwell Of
America and Prince Murat has been ar
ranged. Prince Murat. the Star says, will
accept any allowance Miss Caldwell may
grant him.
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BELLEroNr, Pa, Jan. 2.-The iron nrW
of Curtis 4 Co., OF Roland, this county.as-
signed to-day. The liabilities are about
$3UO,UuO. The works were establishes
about 1910.
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NEW YORK. Jan. ELLEN Carroll. 3s
sears old. mother OF four children. flung
herself from a third story window this
morning while delirions from n violent
attack Of la grippe, and met her dearh.
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More Miu~r~ Is,l~.

Mt. CARMEL. Pa. Jan. 3.-CongresD
mans SCOTS colliery suspended oposa,
tions to-day, throwing out 1000 mem.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-10-28

diseases or insects are most hurtful to
tobacco in your district What rem,
edies do you use ? To what extent
has your crop been injured by storms
or fire during the last ten years ?
GENERAL REMARKS ACCIDENTS, ETs.
General remarks on insects, dis.
eases, or accidents.
IMPORTATION EVAPORATION
Does the importation of any foreign
tobacco affect the tobacco growers OF
your district If so, how? Any re,
marks on the export trade. Was the
tobacco crop of 1889 an average cropi
If not, why not? What has been the
percentage of loss, if any, in your dis,
trict2
Remarks on the present condition
of the tobacco market.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-10-28
MR.. ROGERS

WE regret that Bro. w. J.
w Rogers, of Northampton, nomi-
nee for Congress in the Second dis
trict, has been compelled to withdraw
from the congressional race on account
of bad health. He is a jealous mem.
Der of the Alliance, and would have
made the people an able and honest
representative.
We learn that Bro J NJ. Mewborne,
of Lenoir county, has announced him
self as a candidate. Bro. Mewborne
is a we'll known member of the Ali,
ance, is one of our State Executive
Committeeman, and was close behind
Bro. Rogers in The contest for the
nomination. We have nothing to do
with the matter, but trust that the
good people of that district will be
represented oy an honest, capable
man Bro. Mewborne will fill the bill,
and he having nearly secured the
nomination only a few weeks ago, ii
seems but proper and right that the
people should consider him the most
available nan in the present emer'
g6nCY.
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find intelligent people, towns, churches
aud schools. The railroads have been
misrepresented. 1t is claimed by some
that they are storing away vast sums
OF money. This is not true. The
money is being used to improve ines
already in operation, constructing
new lines and in paying debts. Our
railroads employ only the best bust
ness talent and pay liberal salaries.
Many of the principal officers OF the
different railroad systems are honor
able men. They are entitled to good
pay and they get it. We do not want
a commission that will hurt them.
The conductors and engineers are
men Of intelligence and moral worth,
W. cannot afford to injure them.
There are thousands of railroad
agents, brakemen, fagmen, switch
men, fremen and track hands. We
must guard against any injury to
them. We want a commission that
will protect the humblest employee on
any road and one that will protect the
richest ssockholder of any road. We
do not want a commission that will
hinder railroad construction. But we
do want one that will put all on an
equal footing; one that will put pas
senger and freight charges. on a fair
basis, one that will prevent discrimi-
nation. We want a commission that
will compel the railroads to haul a
barrel of apples from Lenoir t. Sails
bury for less than it will haul 4 barrel
from New York city to Salisbury.
We want a commission that will pre-,
vent the r1ads from charging as much
for a hundreds pounds of freight
hauled ten miles as they charge fer
the same hauled $50 miles. We van
a commission that will put the freight
charges low and the passenger rate 50
low that all a take advantage Of it
and all can ride. AS Mr.. Trammel
says, the stimulus that such favorable
ate would give to all pursui S and
all industries would in return pay the
roads, by reason of increased travel
and a larger tonnage, more than they
nov make by the high rates and
small tonnage. We need many more
lines in our State, but justice to all
other lines of business demands cheaper
rates even if railroad construction
does not advance so rapidly.
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Q MUCH

IT is not the province Of this paper
i to discuss personal or party poll
tics. It will not attempt to dictate to
any of it's readers as to who they shall
or shall not vote tor, except in a gen,
eral way. But for sometime we have
noticed a disposition on the part Of
some of our people to refrain from
voting in the coming election,
especially is this true in sections where
the farmers feel that they were not
fairly treated before and at the time
the nominations were made. No
doubt they have good reasons for be.
ing dissatisfied, but still every man
has a right to vote, and it is his duty
to vote. Party feeling runs high in
this country, and there are some dis.
gushing features in every campaign,
but still we survive them. The farmers
have managed to nominate good men
for many positions in our State. We
must do our best to elect them. Others
have been nominated who are not
members of the Alliance and are not
engaged in agricultural pursuits, but
who were selected because of their
fitness and because the people believed
they would do their duty. We must
do u best to elect them. Briefly,
it is a duty that we owe to our neigh.
bOrs and ourselves as citizens to de,
pos1t our ballots for those who we
think will serve us honestly. Of all
the people on earth, the farmers have
the best right to go into the nominal.
ing conventions and help nominate
good men and then vote for them.
We should not fail to perform this i'm
portant duty.
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THORNTON BARNES.

ONE of the largest and most reli-
~ able business concern in this
country is the wholesale grocery
house of Thornton Barnes, No. 24l
North Water street, Philadelphia.
For a long time Mr.. Barnes has been
doing business with the business
agents of the Grange in Pennsylvania a,
New Jersey, Connecticut, New York
and Delaware. Lately he has made
terms with some of the Alliance
agents. Any one wanting to do bust
hes with him may expect good treat
ment and honest dealing. No house
in the country is better prepared to
sell groceries, and his business is i'm
mense. Mr.. Barnes is a liberal adver-
tiser. Read his half page advertise
ment which appears in this issue of
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
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AS A KANSAS PAPER SEES 1T.

THE Western Advocate, one Of those
Il solid, fearless Alliance champions,
published III Kansas, has the following
to say in proof of the fact that the
Alliance is non partisan and sec,
tional:
On u exchange list are a number
of Southern Alliance newspapers,
among them The PRoGREssIvEiFARMER
Col. L.. L. Folks paper, and the
Southern 4Ugance Farmer, of Atlanta,
Ga. We look over these papers care
fully each week, and In 10 instance
have we found anything but loyal, pa,
triOtic e n5iments. They are fighting
the battle of the whole people, just as
the Alliance in the Nortu is doing, and
Democratic Senators, Representatives,
Governors and Judges who oppose
this movement are condemned there
just as we denounce some of our mis-,
representatives here in the North.
The fact is there is no sectionalism in
this Alliance movement. 1t is not
confined to the East, the West, the
North nor the South; nor is it for the
benefit of any one of these sections.
1t is for the whol9 people of every
class and calling. 1t is a Farmers
Alliance, to be sure, but it is an ALI.
ance founded on principles as broad
as the land In which we live-yes, as
broad as the universe-and rightly
| and successfully carried ont will re.
store to all-the high and low, the
rich and poor, of every station and
occupation the rights and privileges
guaranteed US by the Constitution. 1t
is a struggle for liberty, equality and
justice to all, and is recognized and
championed as such by our brothers
in the South. 1t is a patriotic move
ment in every sense of the word and
some of as worthy patriots as ever
engaged in the work are south of Ma
sons and Dixon's line.
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HOW THE METROPOLITAN
" COUNTY STANDS ON
- THE ALLIANCE
DEMANDS.

WAKE is the most populous
w county in North Carolina. She
has one State Senator and four mem,
bers of the House to ekct. Ten can,
didates, representing both parties, are
in the field. Six of them have signed
the Alliance demands and four have
failed to sign. The following have
signed the demands, railroad commits.
sion, ETC.: A. @. Green, for the Sen,
ate; for House, w. B. Upchurch, A.
M. Sorrell, A. D. Jones, Geo. w.
Davis, W. F. Upchurch. The four
who have not signed are: D. P. Meach
am, for the Senate; for the House: L.
M. Green, Thos. Pernel and G. w.
Hoover, colored.
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THAT RAILROAD COMMISSION.

IT has been said that the Railroad
Il Commission has not been an issue
in the campaign now drawing to an
end. True, it has not been discussed
much by the papers nor the candidates,
but it was an issue before the conven
tions met. We are pretty Ire that
nearly al the candidates for the
Legi5l lture and Senate have been
nominated with this object in view.
And if any Of them will say that they
are opposed to a commission, their
defeat is certain.
On the first page of this issue we
publish an article from the pen of Mr.,
L. n. Trammell, chairman of the
RAILROAD Com mission of the State of
Georgia. 1t is one of the ~clearest
statements of the plan and advantage IS
we have ever seen. The Georgia
Commission was organized in 1879,
and has cost about $4,000 per an
mum, The passenger fare was re
duced from five to three cents per
mile. The comparative tables given
by Mr. Trsmmell show that the freight
rate has been lowered on nearly
everything, in some instances it Is
less than half the former tate charged,
especially for short hauIs. he also
sho VS. that the price of stock in the
two principal systems in the State has
advanced very much since the Com
mission was established. That the
Commission is popular in Georgia, is
shown by the fact that all of the can
dida'es for Governor in the past eight
years have favored it and the mem.
bers OF the Legislature, recently
elected, favor it to a man. Read Mr..
Trammels letter and be convinced.
It is interesting and valuable.
The people of North Carolina think
they need a commission; they want a
commission, they are going to haze u
commission.
Who will be benefited by a commits
sion 2 Everybody in the Site except
the owners of the railroads, and we
hope that they may der We some ad
vantage from it.
We believe nine tenths of the PEG
pie of this State favor a railroad com,
mission. What kind of a commission
do they want2 One that will do JUS
tice to the railroads and to the people
But there are some things that must
be considered in this connection.
Railroad oRners have been arrog ant
and in many instances INSCRIPTIONS
in their business transactions. Some
of their methods cannot be com.
mended. They are getting rich faster
than the other industries of this coun
try will warrant. But on the other
hand they deserve much praise. They
have brought distant parts of our
country nearer; they have enabled us
TO partially develop our wonderful
natural resources; they enable us to
travel with both speed and comfort.
wherever you find railroads you will