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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-12-13
EQuivocating.

Congressman Bland of Missouri
has introduced two bills which from
our standpoint seem equivocatory
in character. Embodied in a single
bill and extended to cover the coin
age Of the entire American silver
product, they would deserve to
pass; but we do not think the
country will take kindly to any
halfway schemes just now. Rad
ical measures are demanded. The
unrestricted coinage of American
silver is the tocsin of the West and
The South. Justice and necessity
unite in urging this legislation with
out delay. Hundreds Of silver mines
that otherwise would be operated
and productive are idle and must
remain so until this law is placed
upon our statute books. Business
and enterprise are tagging all over
the country because the money these
mines, if operated, would produce is
not in circulation. A few men of
prominence in both political par
ties favor this much needed legisla-
ton; but it is probable that the
leaders of both are opposed to it,
and why? Because it is believed to
conflict with their pecuniary inter
ests. AS the laws now are a dollar
will buy twice as much labor, and
twice as much of the products of
labor, as it would under double
circulation. 1t takes, therefore,
twice as much of the products of
the farm, the garden, the orchard or
the shop, to pay a debt as it would
under conditions such as existed
when our public debt was contract
ed, and the producing classes are
the debtor classes. Mr.. BANDS
bills are defective, therefore, in that
they do not provide for the coinage
of silver, nor the abolition of ma
tional banks. Both of these are
necessary, the former to stimulate
silver mining, that that class may
be employed and our people have
the wherewithal to provide them
selves with All increased circulating
medium, and the latter to give to
the government that control of the |
volume Of morey that has been un-
constitutionally surrendered, to the
great detriaent of our producers
When unrestricted coinage Of Amer
lean silver shall have been adopted,
Mr.. Bland's proposition to increase
the money of circulation, by the
issuance of greenbacks to replace
bank notes and to meet
deficiencies in the public revenues,
will come in as a good addenda,
and when the interests Of the people
are given precedence over the inter
ests of the corporations these or
similar laws will be enated.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-12-13

President HARRIsoN's message
does not refer, even in q non-com-
initial way, to the encroachment OF
Great Britain upon Venezuelan ter
ritory. Perhaps he is undecided as
to the policy of maintaining or sur
rendering the Monroe doctrine; but
we think when it comes to the test
the masses of the American people
will be found to possess pretty de-
clded opinions on the subject.
Crowned heads will not be permit
ted to steal territory on this hem
lsphere; not yet.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-12-13

LEAD is protected, and Congress
ut It's last session exhausted all OF
IT'S resources Of craftsmanship in
tlnkerlng the silver laws, and vet
our smelters remain idle and cold.
and we understand the CLAYTON
smelters are also shut down. Evil
IDENTIFY there is something wrong.
Possibly depending upon Congress
10 leglslate enterprise and good wa
yes into the country is mistaken
idea. Possibly an energetic people,
acquainted with their environments
could do as much for the advance
'nent OF the particular industry
upon which they depend for sup
port as an uniformed and disin.
'erested Congress can do. And,
possibly, well directed effort on
the part of the miners and business
men of Idaho would result in a re-
newal of the smelling business in
this state, Notwithstanding. legisla-
1lon seems to have failed TO do 80.
At least we think all interested will
agree that the effort should be made.
The outlook for the contamination
OF such purpose was never better
than now. A greater number Of
mines containing good ore are in
course Of development than at any
past time, and people generally are
more thoroughly apprised both OF
the value of our mines and Of the
necessity Of reducing ores at home
than at any former time in the his
tory of the state. Resides the ex-
periences of the past have satisfied
the people in this direction, at least,
that there can he no real and really
permanent prosperity for our min
ers until their ores are reduced at.
home,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-12-13
Catching at Straws.

Certain republican newspapers
in despair of finding more rationa
means Of turning the tide which set
30 strongly against their party, are
working the transparent deception
that the Farmers Alliance is {
movement gotten up in the Interest
of the democratic party. This pre-
tense impeaches the intelligence O.
the thousands of republican farm
ers who are respected members Of
the order, and whose brains and
efforts have contributed a full share
to its upbuilding and influence
Moreover, tits opposed to statistical
facts that no one who wishes to
see can overlook. During the past
year 1859 charters were issued to
alliances. Of these charters 43C
were issued to Southern and 500 to
Northern states. But 252 charters
counted as having been issued to
Southern states went to West Vir-
ginia, in which northern sentiment
largely prevails. Colorado shows the
next highest number of charters,
and then come Indiana, Michigan,
Illinois, Ohio and Pennsylvania, in
the order named. These, if we omit
West Virginia, were not democratic
states until swept by the 4th of
November cyclone. For this there
were more and more substantial
reasons than the dipping of few
verdant republicans by democratic
sharpers and these reasons are not
altogether unknown to republican
farmers. They know by a very dis
heartening experience-by the hope
less poverty into which they and
their class have fallen-that farm
ing no longer offers to its devotees
even a hope of reward. They know
by reading the records of the coun-
ties in which they live that three
fourths of their farms are mort
gagged, and they know, further, that
the payment of these mortgages
under existing conditions is impos-
sible. Possessed of this knowledge
and hopeless Of relief from the pow
ers that be, they have resorted to
in order to place them
selves in a position to dictate an
honest policy to Congress which
has for more than third of a CEN
tury been the willing and devoted
slave of corrupt corporations. That
they will be swerved from their
purpose by scarecrows devised by
subsidized newspapers is not very
probable. No; the Alliance is as it
should be, thoroughly non-partisan,
and its influence is going to be a
power in elections and legislation
rom this time forward. Should |
he democratic and republican par
les seek to ignore or deny this fact |
new party will be organized which |
Will speedily dethrone both the
corporations and their attorneys. |
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-12-13

GENERAL MILES says thatthe late
threatened Indian uprising was
caused by hum er. They have been
suffering for lack of food for two
years, and prefer to die fighting to
death from starvation. Almost any
body would; but this is a frightful
commentary on the philanthropy"
and humanity" of the usually pi-
Gus scoundrels who occupy and so
shamefully abuse the position of
Indian agent. Intelligence, capac-
lty and character, and not ii ty
and politics, should govern in the
selection of Indian agents.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-12-13

SENATOR STEWART of Nevada is
standing in the way of silver coin
age. He has introduced a bill to
compel the Secretary of the Treas
ury to coin at least 100000 silver
dollars per month after July / , 1891
Under the present law the Secretary
may, at his discretion, suspend the
coinage Of silver after that date.
Senator Teller, however, is conf
dent a free coinage act will pass
during this session. We shall see,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-12-13

THE Mining and Financial Record
quotes Baron De Rothchild as say
ing it is his belief that the good
monetary system in France is due
to bi-metalism, which causes that
country, though in the midst Of
monometalist countries, to be a
privileged one, inaccessible to dis
turbances in the gold market. !"
Measurably the Baron is right, but
Frances paper circulation is also
an important factor in her phe-
nomenal freedom from financial
crises. Her money of circulation
is, gold, 1922 $4,000; silver, $249,-
$4,000; notes, 1914 $40, 900. Total
circulation, 81 ,OS7 10000. These
figures are derived from the same
journal, and show that France
monetary circulation is larger per
capita than that of any other nation
in the world. This large circulation
lifts her finances above the control
Of spectators and thus guarantees
her that immunity from panics,
suspensions, bankruptcies, business
depressions and consequent losses
which are constantly repeating
themselves in the history of other
nations. And history bears undi-
vided testimony to the fact that by
adopting the policy of sufficiently
plethoric circulating medium, we,
as we'll as all other nations, could
enjoy prosperity equally as un-
broken as has been that of France
since her disastrous war with Ger
many, in which she seems to have
learned the lesson which is making
her financially strong and great.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-12-13

A DIVISION among Irish nation
alists is imminent. The O'Shea
business is the bone Of contention
that promises to work the overthrow
of a cause that, few days ago,
seemed already successful. That
the plan and it's almost achieved
success were due TO Mr.. Parnell's
administrative ability and leader
ship is fact settled in the minds of
all that his deposition will greatly
endanger the future of Irish nation
alism cannot be questioned. But
by one and another means the En-
glish have so far invariably sue
ceeded in dividing Irish sentiment
and destroying Irish unity, to the
thwarting of their best laid plans,
and it now seems probable, very,
that parnell, whose efforts in behalf
Of his enslaved countrymen out
rank those of all of his predecess-
ors, is to fall the victim Of his own
weakness or of corrupt woman's
baseness. 1t is pitiful.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-12-13
Close of Volume 8.

This number closes volume 8 OF
the KEYSTONE. Since its establish
ment it has had practically undis-
puted control of the field it occupies,
and although having no other spur
to action than a desire to do it's
duty by its patrons and the public,
it has the proud distinction of being
the best paper published in the
Wood River country. To continue
to deserve and hold this place
amongst Idaho newspapers, which
it is claimed are in nowise inferior,
as a whole, to the newspapers OF
older and more settled sections Of
our country, will be the aim of the
KEYSTONE. 1t will be the devoted
friend of Idaho and her interests !;
will champion such measures, and
only such, as it believes would, if
adopted, rebound to the welfare Of
the State and its people; but will
always regard as primary the in
terests of Ketchum and Alturas
county, and will at all times par
ticularly strive with all its might
to promote their welfare. Believ-
ing firmly that demonstration of
silver was an act designed to benefit
the banker and Spectator to the
damage of the producer, it will
clamor for the restoration of that
metal to it's original and rightful
place as a money metal Of the ma
ton, and its unrestricted coinage
:nto American dollars.
Denying the right of the Govern
ment to tax one citizen or class of
citizens for the benefit of another,
it will oppose and expose all of
that class Of legislation, and will
claim for all, rich and poor, perfect
equality before the law Finally, |
the KEYSTONE will treat all kindly, |
and will endeavor to deal fairly and |
honorably with political questions
and political opponents, and will |
give all the news it can get. Gov
erned by the foregoing rules, it
hopes to merit and receive a con-
tinuance of the public's esteem and
patronage,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-12-13

A BILL has passed Congress APP
propriating $l33,173,0OO for the
payment of pensions. This is on 4
basis Of 1886 pensioners. The
actual expenditure in the payment
Of pensions for the current year
will, however, fall little if any short
Of 100000, 900, and the end is not
yet. Senator Quay has already in
troduced a bill to increase pensions
as follows; Persons having lost
both eyes or feet, or who were other
wise totally disabled in the service,
will receive 800 a month; persons
who lost an arm at the shoulder or
a leg at the hip joint will receive
$50 month. Minor disabilities en-
title the pensioners to sums ranging
between $50 and $50 per month.
This bill will pass, not because it
should pass, but because pension
agents are making big fortunes out
Of such legislation, and because
many of the more sleek and pros
porous Of these gentry have part
ners in Congress, and because, like
all similar legislation, it is a bid
and a successful one for soldier
votes, and therefore without brave
opposition in either party. But
there is an end to all things, and
this pension Legislation has been
pushed to an extreme that threat
ems recoil, and unless reason in
stead of cupidity controls future
pension legislation the taxpayers
will revolt, and the soldier will have
to suffer along with the vampires
who are fattening off of the money
so lavishly bestowed for his benefit.
Never before in the history of the
world has government undertaken
to deal so muniicently with it's sol
diers as ours has done since our
civil war, and it is shameful that
they are obliged to divide this mu-
niticence with a gang of thieving
collectors.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-12-13
velopment begun under a low tariff.
Both were incidents Of the country's
growth, nothing more.
Our Public Schools.

It is very common thing to
hear the expression "We have
the best public school system in the
world" but few ever stop to reflect
that the expression is entirely with
out meaning. Few, also, inquire
why or in what respect it is good,
or the best; and quite as few visit
the schools or ever look into the
manner inwhich they are conducted,
or could tell, if called upon to do
so, what is taught in them, or by
what methods the instruction de-
signed is attempted to be impaired.
In this as in too many other mat
ters of public concernment they
indolently accept common rumor
in lieu of information. Meantime
their children are growing up to
manhood and womanhood-to put
it mildly-very effectively educated,
in spite of the seeming superior ia
cilities offered them, and the money
and time devoted to their instruc-
ton. That there is something
wrong, either in the matter or in
the manner of our teaching is self
evident; but exactly where and
how to locate the error may be at
tended with difficulties.
Secretary Charles d. Hines, of
the Connecticut Board Of Educa-
ton, in his report for 1SS9-'9O,
points out the incapacity Of pupils
in the public schools in his state to
spell simple words correctly. This
fault is general, if not universal.
But why is it so? NJ. Victor Bert
hold, of Massachusetts,, ascribes it
to sight reading" by which chill
dren are made to read without hav-
ing learned to spell. They learn
to recognize words by their appear
ance in print, their sense is taken
into the mind without observing
their orthography-the manner in
which they are spelled. This, of
course, is fault, but it is easily
and the remedy-early
and thorough instruction in orthog-
raphy-should be applied.
Another defect to which public
attention has frequently been called
to no purpose, is the lamentably
small number of our public school
pupils, even of adult age, who can
compose a readable letter, and the
still smaller number who can COM
pose a newspaper or magazine
article; and their knowledge Of
arithmetic is not less limited than
S their knowledge of composition. !
The man or woman whose element |
ary training is so glaringly defective
,an never become a scholar. In
what, then, does the boasted supe-
'iority of our American public
school system consist? In what
aspect does it equip our children
or the struggle of life, in which |
success is every year becoming
more and more doubtful. We con-
ess our inability to see. If it be
rue that ours is the best public
school system in the world, and it
nay be, the others are very bad,
md like ours, should be improved,
md the general public should man.
fest more active interest, in it's
Welfare and usefulness.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-12-13
An Interesting Visitor.

We had been in New Mexico about
week and, with our better-half,
were discussing the decidedly orig
inal vernacular of that peculiar re-
gion when neighbor woman called
with pound or two Of butter and
a dozen eggs which she wished to
dispose of; and as we were strang-
ers in the place, hoped to realize
handsomely by the sale. There was
nothing particularly striking about
her appearance or dress except that
she was slightly taller than the av-
erage American woman and some
thing more angular in her general
makeup. Her mouth was full OF
tabacco and the extracted juice
exuding from the corners of that
somewhat prominent organ, de-
scended in dark and disgusting riv-.
ulets down both sides Of her sharp
chin.
Striding through the door without
so much as q pause on the thresh-
uO1u sue uTdWleu OUT.
Good mawnin'."
"Good morning, madam" replied
our companion.
My names NJ. and l low yourn's
S., she went on, by way of intro
duction.
We acquiesced.
II thort mebbe,' she proceeded.
II mout sell you uns some o. this
ere butter 'naigs, SEEM as how you've
jest come to the nayberhud," and
she elected a stream of spawl at
fly that was disporting itself on the
face of a mirror across the room.
Eyes, we shall need some of the
articles you name, we replied, apol-
ogetically. but not just now. We
have small supply of provisions
on hand, besides such things are
quite expensive, you know, and we
are unsettled as yet. Call some
other time, please"
Eyes, that's So" she answered,
not the least disconnected, "pervis-
ions sho' cost heap O mummy in
this ERE kentry, an it takes nigh
onter all we uns kin git ter buy
terbacker an close" and another
stream of spittle was discharged,
the objective point being the cats
eye, "but if you uns don't want no
butter 'naigs ner nuthin', mebbe
you'd like ter have some taters er
ingerns. We uns, that's my ole
man an me, has the biggest garden
about hear, an we'll fetch We any
thing We want outen it. And as
she subsidized to catch her breath, an
excess of tobacco juice penetrated |
the dogs nose, and sent him howl |
ing to the woods.
Having by this time concluded |
that discretion was the better part
of valor, we purchased the lady's |
'naigs," informing her that
we would, in the future, call for
we happened to want in
her line, and babe her good morning.
Thereupon she carefully counted
her.nickels to be sure that eve uns'
had not cheated her, turned her
enormous quid in her mouth,
squirted an ounce Of saliva through
the keyhole in the kitchen door.
,urtesied and departed whistling
Jim Crow merrily as plantation
negro.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-12-13

The United States geological survey
party, operating IN this section of the
State under the direction OF w. r. Girls
void, have finished their work for this
season and have been ordered to report
at Washington. Caldwell Tribune.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-12-13

BILL ARP announces himself a
protectionist, because iron mines
are being developed in his section
under a protective tariff. There il
about as much sense in that as there
would be in a man being free ira
der. because the California gold
fields were discovered, and their de-
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-12-13

Mrs. GENERAL BELKNAp is re-
ported to be in need. Put her on
the pension list. One more will
make no difference; besides it is
the fashion now to feed the widows
Of defunct public functionaries at
the government table.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-12-13

SECRETARY PRocToa proposes to
settle the Indian problem by en-
listing the warriors in the military
service of the United States. Prob
ably a good idea, but not altogether
new. There were Indians enlisted
in the regular army at Walla Walla
as far back as 1862.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-12-13

THE Salt Lake Tribune reports
the postponment of the building of
the Salt Lake, HALEY & Puget
Sound railroad. Tightness of the
money market is the cause assigned.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-12-13

G. W. DELAMATER, late republi-
can candidate for governor of Penn
sylvania, has had to close the doors
of his bank at Meadville. Too much
political influence" probably.
The Lexington record., 1890-11-01
"A New Feature.

The Protestant Infr1nary has
added a feature to their charity
work. They are sending out
charity nurses daily to care for
the sick poor. They go wher-
ever needed and supply medicine
and nourishment to the helpless
poor. They will wear a Uniform
of dark blue, with white cross ON
left shoulder, and the mission
these good women are on ought
certainly be protection at al
hours. (LexangtOn State NeaOS).
The Lexington record., 1890-11-01
Things Needed.

Will not some one give a
second-hond stove for the use of
a poor woman? A cooking
stove, monkey-stove, or any kind
of stove. The Infrmary is in
pressing need Of chairs and
lamps. A bookcase is alss
greatly to be desired. Do not
turn away'from the seeming i'm
portunities of the ladies who
continue to solicit for this enter
prise, no matter how much they
shrink from begging. He that
hath pity upon the poor lendeth
to the Lord.
The Lexington record., 1890-11-01
Young Mems Christian
"A SSOcia tiOn.

This institution was brought
into notice in our last issue and
we are enabled this week to pub
lish their report of the work done
during the month of September.
The total attendance at their
gospel meetings was 29o making
an average of II each Sabbath.
There were six young men who
made request for rprayer. Atten-
dance at social meeting Io8.
Young men used games 26o.
Baths given to 26I young men.
Total number of visits to the
rooms, 1868; daily average 40.
81 young men used the cores
pondence desk. Employment
was found for one. New mem
bersreceived 7.
This report shows to some ex-
tent how much this work is
needed in our community. There
is no doubt if it were i'll the
condition such an institution shold
be kept in by the public its in
fiuence would be strongly felt
throughout this community. Let
us as good people who love good
morals uphold them in their work
and bid them God speed, and
lend them a helping hand.