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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-07-07

Let us nOllce 1Of HUE SOiHc u
the little speeches that were made by
men who hold high positions. Thes'
speeches were made at the thirteenth
annual convention of the Unite(
States Brewers Association, recent!
held in Washington, ID. c. The frs
we notice is part Of the one deliver
ed by Hon. John w. Mason, the pres
ent internal revenue commissioner
He said:
"Having paid Your tax to the gov.
eminent Won are entitled to the priv.
ilege of selling beer. 1t is a mistake
for you to think that the government
desires to hamper you by unlecessa-
~ restrictions. | never want you to
forget that am simply an executive
officer endeavoring TO carry out such
laws and regulations as the law-mak-
ers deem proper to make. l will say
that there is no question but that we
will be benefited by closer relations.
| am DESTROYS Of meeting as manv of
you personally as possible. Visit my
office and don't hesitate to feel at lib
erty to address me upon any question
touching your interests. If there is
anything you think of after reaching
home. write me, and | shall do nv
best to show you every courtesy pos
sible. Gentlemen, / am glad to be
with you. And if the owner Of the
smallest brewery in the land thinks
he has anything to complain Of /
want him to write to me at once
about it"
Next we notice the one by Ben
Butterworth, Republican congress-
man from Ohio, who said:
"The money paid to the govern
ment by the brewers helps to keep
the grand machine moving. This
money has always been paid willing
ly, and the brewers deserve and
ought to receive just and fair protec-
ton. 1t is in the interest of the en-
tire country that they should have it.
The brewers are good men, business
men, moral men, and men working
daily for the upbuilding of the great
est of great countries. They have
nothing to be ashamed of and plenty
to be proud Of"
Also John w. Douglas, the temper
ance commissioner Of.the District of
Columbia, was present and uttered
the following words:
~ believe it is a good thing that
the people are making and drinking
more beer and less of the other stuff.
| was in Pennsylvania some years
ago, and met all old friend, lady,
who was great prohibitionist. She
asked me about people where thew
had formerly drank very hard, and
told her they now drank beer.
They were far better off, and l regard
it as one Of the best things to do"
Friends, these are some OF the senti-
ments of high officials that are now
pulling the reias of this government in
the interest of rum and Shylock. Now
then, is there "a farmer or laborer that
Cdn poiilh w lIc Iiuio anu pidCc tudG Il
member of the cabinet, or member of
congress has met with the men who
are engaged in agriculture. or labor, for
the purpose of advising with them as to
their general interests in regard to their
business. etc.?
INGALLS, is preparing list of the
good deeds he has done during his
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-07-07
What Has Congress Done9

has passed the Mckinley bill; the senat
has passed Wilson'S original packag
bill, and the house has passed silve
bill. james G. Blaine has frowned upol
the Mckinley bill, and that means de
feat The Wilson bill has been shove'
off upon a committee and that mean
defeat, The silver bill has been jugglet
with by Speaker Reed, and that means
killed. Here are three important ques
tons, not one of which congress has we
taken decision upon.
1t has really looked as if it would agre'
upon some measure in regard 20 at leas
one of these questions.
What Of the tariff? The surplus
keeps accumulating and nothing done.
What Of the money? The gold ant
silver keeps going out of the country
sringelcy in the money market il
threatened, prices go down, times grow
hard, the appeal goes up for more money
and congress looks complacently on, ant
nothing done.
What of the liquor traffic? A supreme
court confers privileges upon non-resi.
dents of states refused to residents
An unfeeling, unsympathetic. misery
set of men engaged in Il traffic inimica
to public and private business, hostile tC
state law, protected by national law
The supreme court points to congress
the people beseech congress aud the state
looks TO congress to correct the evil.
Meanwhile report comes that original
package houses are being started in
Emporia, i'm LeavenwOrth. in Des
Moi, es, in Pittsburg and everywhere,
Brewers ship their beer under the pro
lection of the United States government
A whisky trust sends its agents under
cover of a $25 government license &c
states where liquor selling is made pro-
hibitorv by law. States which for years
have been at work to perfect system
are rendered powerless to enforce theil
own laws. What is congress doing
Judges high in authority sit upon llq-
uor case and consult their digests AND
state reports to discover what is al
"original package" Merciful Heaven
must it come to such technicalities that
the validity of dealing in condemned
articles whose use is evil and only evil
must depend upon the fact whether it is
a bottle or case? Shall judges of ouI
courts be compelled to hunt up evidence
that will show that whisky in Il jug made
in Illinois and sent to Iowa is different
from whisky in a jug made in Iowa? AS
if a man in Iowa who stabbed another
with a knife made in Illinois could be
excused because the knife was just i'm
ported.
1t is time for relief to come on this
question. Original package" is nc
more excuse for escaping the conse-
quences of law than "Original sin" fol-
escaping the vengeance of heaven.
1t taxes time, to be sure, to frame a
law thai will be sound, and we should
have patience, Rome was not built in a
dav. But we wish to raise our voice
against the long postponement in this
matter. The people will not long EN-
dnre it. The remedy is as plain as Ian
guage a supreme court coule make it:
1.-The responsibility is upon congress
so far as the regulation of Interstate
uOmmerce is concerned. to remove the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-07-07
No Time To Bicker.

bicker and dicker over dreams and
fanciful novelties. All who suffer,
and all who sympathize, can and
! must unite upon well known and es-
| tablished lines of action. Years have
already been spent in elucidation and
discussion. We now want acts to
| follow words. TO strike effective
blows at the polls, we must organize.
To organize, every man must think
for. himself and see whether his slug
gisn neighbor is awake and supplied
with weapons for aggressive warfare.
While we split hairs and hunt pin
holes, the hordes of trusts, monopo-
lies, privileged banks, tax-shirkcrs,
respectable thieves, polluters of NOR
ais, and all the disciplined, organized
gangs who are dragging us backw ard
towards barbarism, lie at ease and
chuckle with glee, while all who toll,
and sweat and groan, with the inev-
liable burdens of honest well spent
lives, wall in their agony and sink in
utter despair
There is little hope for the patient
and honorable producer Of food and
raiment, when he has seen the major
part of all he has produced for y ears
literally stolen through forms of law,
enacted by government which he in
his innocence has supposed that he
had helped to elect.
When the citizen and voter sees
his own home sold under his feet
whe4 he sees his children deprived of
as good opportunities for education as
were enjoyed by the industrious, fru-
gal and abstinent citizen like himself
thirty to forty years ago; when he
sees his party platform upon which
his favorite candidate stood at the
last election, brutally trampled under
foot, and legislatures and congress
absolutely controlled by caucus. and
caucus absolutely controlled by train
ed lobbyists, unknown to voters, and
unauthorized by laws, but who are
hired by the money thieves; when
he sees the soldier who has been led
by promises like helpless manakln
long enough to get his hurrahs and
his vote, insolently insulted to his
face by congress; when he sees the
farmer and laborer, who only asks
the same treatment at the hands of
the government that national bank
ers have received for thirty years,
hOoted at i'm the streets and jeered
through the public prints, and lied
about through the Associated Press
dispatches; when he sees contempt
and indignity heaped upon him by
being called "hayseed" and 'jeans,"
while thieves and wantons fiaunt him
on the public thoroughfares with
servants and liveries it is because of
all this that the humble citizen feels
and acts with desperate resolve to
know for whose benefit God created
this grand, rich, productive America,
and for whose benefit stalwart muscle
and honest brains have produced, and
protected this nation.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-07-07

FARMERS, you can help to make the
AGrTAToR interesting. Send in short
letters or items.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-06-23

PIx1NHbh1s 5ane Ms
win ]. Hammer. & young dentist Of
Greensbnrg, was shot by his wife, TO
whom he had been married only fifteen
months. For some time the young couple
had not been living happily together, and
they engaged IN violent quarrel, which
ended In Mrs. Hammers returning to hsr
fathers house and urging him 90 return
with hsr and eject an amicable settlements.
Mr.. Sell and his daughter found DIR. Ham
mer Ia his Office and in short time the
quarrel was renewed. DIR. Hammer struck
the old gentleman and Nrs. Hammer,
thinking her father was In danger, fred
twice ~ Der husband, missing both times.
She then ran out and summoned assist
anca and on her returning 60 the honse
fred third shot, which pierced her hus-
bands right lung. The wound Ia con-
sidered fatal. Mrs. Hammer has not been
arrested. All parties TO the tragedy are
wealthy and 6rsenhurg IL greatly excited
ip consequence of the affair.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-06-23
DRINK IN KANSAS.
original Rachaxs ssssersm" 90 Ne 0psnea
Throughout she state.

orixinaI Package ssssorsm" 90 NE Opened
Throughout the state.
EaFonHA, KAN. June af.
The Leavenworth decision regarding
original PACKAGES. 10 havingis sffect, and
now, for the FIRST time in years, whisky,
beer and other liquors sre openly sold In
Emporia, an original package stors having
opened up In the Whitley Opera block.
The city and county officials say they have
no right to interfere. Several other places
viii open In day or two.
ArcHrsoS, kan, June q.
Charles Graham, who was arrested al
Atchison for selling liquor contrary 10 law,
wiz endeayor 10 escape punishment under
the original package decision. He sold
beer by the bottle which he took from a
case OF twenty -four bottles that he OBJ
tanned from Missouri. He will claim that
these bottles are original packages.
TOPEKA. Kan. juno ai
County, Attorney welch, of Topeka,
has decided 10 at once appeal the original
package case from the United states cir
cult court to the supreme court. Cne
ground OF appeal is that ths Unitsd States
circuit court had no Jurisdiction till the
liquor men had exhausted the rems-
dies OF the stats courts. Another ground
IL that one, two and three quart bottles
are not the kind Of packages that msy be
sold under the original package decision.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-06-23
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

The dock laborers strike at Swansea,
Wales, is ended. the men having resumed
work at slight advance In wages.
THE State Paper company. capital ss,-
000s so00, has been incorporated at Spring
held, Ill. ID is thonghs thai II is paper
trust.
TE Crete O number Of Christians am
buahed and shot three Turkish soldiers
and o Cretan Mussulman. A body Of
Mussulmans In revenge killed Christian
and threaten further rsprisals.
THE Junior Order OF United American
mechanics, In session In Chicago, refused
70 join forcss with the parent organiza-
tion. Future conventions of the associa-
ton will be held at Cleveland, o.
HoRDEs of fanishsd wolves ara over
running Austrian Gaiicia, destroying
thousands of sheep and many larger
animals. In number of cases msn have
been attacked and dsvoursd by tho fero-
cions beasts.
By vote Of Q TO 8 the ways aud means
committee of the Louisiana Legislature de-
cidsd TO report favorsbly on the proposed
constitutional amendment removing ths
capitol from Baton Rouge 10 New Orleans.
HERR Mosr entered meeting Of the
striking sloskmaksrs In New York With q
few OF his Adhsrents. President Simon,
Of the Cloakmakers' union, asked The po-
lice TO eject Most, which they did al oncs
without ceremony.
A sRcRxT meeting Of German and Aus
trian socialists was discovered by the Aus
trian police as Rulau. Bohemia, and imme-
diately dispersed. Several of the leaders
resisted the police and we're taksn into cus-
tody, bat subsequently released.
MME. TscHBRrKoyA, whose recent let
ter to the czar protesting against the sys-
tenn Of government prevailing in Russia,
led TO her arrest, has been removed, to-
gether with fifteen others, 10 the village of
Yarensk, In the remote northern part of
Vologda.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-06-23
sullivan Terrorixss washington.


WAkAfAoToks June III
John l.. Snllivan's spring overcoat
spread terror along Pennsylvania avenue
the other night. The champion was on
his high horse. but bis demonstrations
took new form. His fists intensified the
color of no restaurant walters syes. He
spent little time In saloons. Instead, he
made his way wherever sidewalks were not
crowded, and about his head, like q war
clnb, swung the saffron -eolored svercoat.
II wss welded "a .coachman wislds Q
whip, and hlows fell on every side. Pc
destrians staggered ne the strokes Of the
garment drove their hats over the eyes.
Near the capitol gray haired man, assist
ant chief clerk In one of the departments
-ot ths agricultural bureau, was sent reel
iug into the street By d blow across the
face, There were no police In sight and
the chanpion's coat cleared path for him
for two blocks. Then his friends in
dueed him to enter . carriage and hurried
him 20 . sporting headquarters In the
lower part OF town.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-06-23

Colonel Ricketts, Rsaps shs Reward Of nn-
vestmezts Made Years Age.
wmxRanAHaE. June %.
Col. n. Brnce Ricketts,, of Ricketts,
famous battery st Gettysburg, has jumped
from poverty to ersat wealth. After the
war Col. Ricketts, bought $4,000 acres Of
wood land on 4 mountain near Wilkes
barre for mere song. To-day he sold
10000 acres Of II 10 an English syndicate for
&26 m acre, which makes him millionaire.
When Col. Ricketts, returned from the war
he 81 once began 70 buy mp unsettled lands
tn Luxsrne and adjoining counties. He
predicted thai the day would come when
these lands would be valuable, but the day
OF fortune was 20 long Ia coming that ha
was tempted several times 10 ssh his pos-
sssion fox whss be could get. Upon one
occasion ha wAs 30 poor that be could not
pay tbs t&xes. Col. u. X. JAmison, Of
Philsdelphia, then came to bis assistance
and the military man and tbs philadsiphia
banker have worked together. as Col. Jam-
ison vas Of the Same opinion ~ Col.
Ricketts, that the Day waaid come when
The timber ON The land wouid be inN bis
demand and mast necessarily bring BIC
pEses.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-06-23
France Of the Opinion That the
Independence OF Zanzibar
Has Been Granted.
The London Chronicle Bitterly Attacks
Stanley for His Praise OF Sails
bury's Diplomacy.
A Cholera Scare Depo2ulating British
Honduras Plenty 10 Drink
in Kansas.


Lospos, June "a.
With the exception OF the London Chron.
scie, which numerically scores him, all of
the papers praise Stanley for his remarks
at Newcastle and Berwick In regard 60 the
East African settlement, The Chronicle
treats the explorer as foreigner and an
impudent one at that. Not long ago." IL
says, this man, 10 the exuberance OF his
self.conoeit. was scofing at the premier
and could scarcely find words to express
his great indignation al the African policy
OF the government and his lofty contempt
OF the novice who was conducting ID. That
was when he believed that the side Of the
grumblers against the government, which,
pending the conclusion of delicate
diplomatic negotiation, declined 10 take
the public iuto it's confidence, was
the popular side. Now, again in the ex-
uberance Of his grandiose elf-eonceit. he
patronizes Lord Salisbury with praise as
fulsoms as his attack was vindictive and
unwarranted, and adds insult TO injury by
plastering him with scriptural texts. Mr..
Ssanley's representation of the ascent Of
the rocket Ia finished and he is now giving
an example of the descent OF the stick"
PANS. June a.
In letter to the Steele M. Daloncls
says that the object Of his Interpolation OF
the government In the chamber of deputies
regarding the establishment of o British
proteetorate over Zanzibar In aceordance
with the Anglo German agreement IL TO
place on the official records the existence
of the Anglo French cnnvenfton which
guarantees the independence of the sultan
OF Zanzibar. When this Is done, he says,
the government must consider the mArfer.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-06-23
TO REDUCE THE OUTPUT.


= Rsselutfsn PropUstnx 60 Cus Down the
Amount Of S1flling.
N1xSRApoEra. June IL.
~ tl1e Millers' convention In Minneapo-
~ Mr.. Freeman said tho question Of over
& production In -four was chestnut. As o
Eeexf Tor discussing on the subject, he i'm
trcsiaced ths following resolutions:
WHEREAS, There IA An this country an Ina
Znaense over-proiuotion Of hour and o oonse-
& 4uent pressing necessity TOR reasonable cur
1aiimsnt of output BY united action therefore,
Ebefs
nssoiysd. by the Milisrs' National eonven-
<kfon. that ths executive committee be author
ed 10 take action IN ths matter by way Of sig
Nature consents % the extent Of one-fourth or
pne-third for the crop year beginning septem-
Der !, isao. nothing Go be binding unless the
#1axgsst arms or corporations i0kn In tho agree
E1nent and not 10 become opsxssivs until not
1ess than 80 per cont. Of the capacities of mer-
fthant mills represented by members Of tha as
|sociation shall have signed
Rssolsed. Further, that the basis of eurtail-
ne production shall be shutting down OF each
nfil OF not ess than one-half the time suggested
*dnring the first half Of the crop year or the
#whole OF said period of shut down 10 be during
the frst half, the same 20 be at the option of
me proprietor heavy bonds 60 be given In al
HoAses for . faithful performance Of agreement.
Mr.. Freeman said the Hungarian milIers
had shown great success In curtailing
production. One mill had broken the con-
tract and ives subjected 10 fine of several
sthousand dollars. No man who In In favor
Of such an agreement would object TO sign
Eing bondss But about this matter unless
Esomething was done. TO use vulgar ex-
spression," said be, unless something In
done, wen all 20 to hell IN handbasket. :
Over production Is as bad 40 competition.
They could specify some one mill TO be
shut down, II necessary. He believed the
statement that the mills OF the country
could grind all the wheat in the country la
ninety days without exporting bushei of
wheat. A reduction of 33A per cent. In
The amount millsd would be benefit to
fhe millers and the country.
Mr.. Gibbs opposed II, because he thought
That IL was too much responsibility for the
committee. The matter should be given TO
'sn individual and not to COMMITTEES.
The resolution az II was 10 go before the
executive committee, was adopted, fonr
persons voting in the negative.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-06-23

BaETToN. y. D., June "a.
10 has rained at Britton. Q. D., more or
less every day for week. The ground II
thoroughly saturated. Indians In the
Sissston reservation have, during tho past
yeaf. atoutly maintained that 1880 was the
iast of sessn dry years. and that 1890
would usher In serisa Of wet years, and
thai the numerous coolies and lake bsas
abounding tn shie section. which hare
been gradually drying ont fer several years,
wenld this year fill up. Through The e.
trsnsiy dry spring their predictions were
recalled with incredulous smiles. but the
steady, heavy rains of the past month now
give color q thsir ASSERTIONS. and sae BE-
haf il hecoming presalsnt thal plenty oi
mosstnsa viii be found III this eonntxy III
the future. All grain VI growing II msfs
vsIous manner.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-06-23
STRIPPED BY HAIL.
a Damage OF $4,000 Done I'm ths viesnisy
of st. CEArIee.

a Damage OF $4,000 Done In the vicinity
of st. CamrIesA
kT. sCHkRLKs, Mimi, June a.
a great hailstorm commenced at st.
Charles, Minn., at 2:30. and extended
over five miles southeast through the
fcwnships of st. Charles, Saratoga and
fremont, and varying from one-half to
two miles In width, doing great damage to
III kinds of crops, utterly destroying nearly
VI the wheat, oats. barley. hax. Corn and
potatoss may psrhaps make half ! crop.
This storm was Immediately followed by
the heaviest rainfall In tan years. register
ing AIS inches In eighteen minutes. Many
farms that were already stripped by hail
were Washed of everything movable, in
cludine fences and bridges. A bank OF
bail ON the farm Of James Wise measured
two and one. half feet deep. No accurate
estimate can yet be given of the damage,
but the most conservative put II ut s75,-
(lfl4i.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-06-23

MADISON, VIA Juns an
There has been commenced iu the
United States circuit court a Madison,
Wis.s three eases. on the outcome OF which
hinss the ownership OF a2.9o0 aereBs OF
land, chieziy lying IN Ashland county. the
aggregate value or which exceeds $4,000
600. Jnstlcs Harlan, Of the snpreme
court, came onk from Warrington to sit
with District Judge Bunn during shis Ina
portant litigation. What nre known as ths
Omaha and the Wisconsin Central land
grants lnbsrssct in Ashland county. The
$4,000 acres involved 10 this litigation lie
wiihin she .place" limits OF the Central
company and TIE slimits" Of the Omaha
grant. Some time ago ths question arose
~ - which company owned them. and the
seoretAfy of ths intsriof ruled that they did
NOT beioD8 70 the Omaha aompany, b.
eause thak aompany's Grant bad been satis-
ilsd wikhout them.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-06-23
a WILD FRIGHT.
A Cholera Scare Depopaiasing Britain
Honduras.

Cholera Scare Depopaiasing British
Honduras.
BKLIzE. British Honduras Juns 10.
For some months past the colony OF
British Honduras snd the neighboring res
publica have been under the ban Of dis
ease which, while il Ii said not TO be yellow
fever, is vet SO terrible In it's character as
TO kill of every one whom It attacks.
Great excitement and anxiety we're expert
enced In Belize yesterday morning, when
IL was seen that the steamship Aguan,
which bad arrived during the night from
the south, was flying the yellow flag and
was lying In the quarantine grounds.
Every one who csn do so liz leav-
ing Honduras for either England or
the United States, and shortly after
Q o'clock on the morning of the 12th, Sow
eral sailing boats loaded with passengers
were making for the stearler, only, how
ever, 10 be sent back, II being stated that
q passenger from Ysabel had died while
the steamer was nc Livingstone. Inquiries
elected the fact that this man. spaniard,
had expired from what il termed by the
medical man in attendance %psrnicious
malarial fever, superinduced, In all prob
ability, by heavy drinking. The Aguan is
simply crowded with passengers, who are
a number of time-sxpired workmen from
Nicaragua.
NEW ORLEANS. June "a.
New Orleans is closed against British
mn6 SpRnish Honduras, aud II an outbreak
OF the disease occurs, there will be no pos
sibIe way Of getting out of that country
except by the way Of Mexico. which means
q long, tedious and expensive trip.