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The advocate., 1891-01-14
WHO ARE: THE RULERS OF AMERICAf
Senator George f. Edmupds, being

WHO ARE THE RULERS OF AMERICA
Senator George f. Edmupds, being
asked if he thought the adoption Of
the gag rule in the Senate would
meet the approval Of the people, re-
piled:
Ihave TO say, in the irSt place, that what the
country, with the information that IL gets from
partisan newspapers Of all kinds, may think In
respect 10 the prOprlety OF such rule 10 entirely
immaterial TO me in the sense OF affecting my
conduct In doing what think s my duty in the
promotion Of the general public interest.
We do not refer 10 this because OF
the subject concerning which the re-
mark was made, but TO call attention
to the absolute contempt of this
American lord for the opinion and the
will Of the people. This is now REQ
ognized by all thoughtful observers
as the common sentiment OF the men
who have for many years represent
ed (Y the people in our National Leg
islature. They do not recognize their
responsibility TO the people, and have
no regard for public opinion. They
hold themselves to be the absolute
rulers Of the nation, and consider the
people as ignorant dogs, having no
opinions or rights worthy Of respect.
What other conclusion is TO be drawn
from the above remark Of one Of the
most prominent Of their numbarI
The advocate., 1891-01-14

Osts OF the individual, the latter must
stand aside and permit the procession
TO go on.
II is absolutely unacOomtable 10
our Republican neighbHs that we
should manifest a disposition 10 OK
pose corruption in our own rHnks.
They have become 10 accustomed 10
covering up the devilment Of their
own party that they are absolutely
disqualified 10 perceive how we can
do otherwise, They will know us
better in good time and they will
also know the temper Of the people
better before many years have passed
We are in no mood 10 tolerate treaCh-
cry in our midst, much less 10 cover
il up. Yet, while this is true, we
recognize the justice Of the legal
maxim that every person is presumed
TO be innocent until proven guilty,
and no one will be impulsively or
unfairly sacrificed. This is not writ
ten with the expectation or hope that
il will secure any fairer treatment
from these sources hereafter. Indeed
a change Of policy on their part
would be misfortune TO our cause.
The misrepresentation and abuse that
has been heaped upon the Alliance
and upon it's individual members has
been one Of the most potent factors
instrumental in extending It's limits,
in multiplying it's numbers and in
Cementing them firmly and INSOFAR
ably together, and this will continue
TO be true in the future. Let them
rail, then. They mean only evil TO us,
but their stupid acts will all be over
ruled for good. q
The advocate., 1891-01-14

his relation 10 the affair by the eHecu-
tive board Of the State Alliance, and
every member Of the order will be
satisfied to leave tho matter for the
present in their hands, and when their
RnAl verdict is rendered, TO abide by
the result. OF one thing all may rest
assured. The order is fully compe-
tent TO settle It's own affairs, and that,
TOO, without disaster to its future in
forests. The discord and disintegra-
tiOn 80 confidently predicted and 80
ardently hoped for by the enemy will
not take place. ThePrOsperity OF the
organization will not be interrupted,
or It's final triumph In the least re-
tarded Mr. Ingalls, will not be re-
elected, nor will any other Republi-
can succeed him at this election.
Those who doubt this conclusion
know very little Of the temper or de-
termination Of the men upon whom
thS election Of a United States SEN
ator from Kansas now depends
The advocate., 1891-01-14

mhiniiy, is 90 easy and ne partial court an th0y
could desire, II th6 case comes up, tho Repubh-
can Senators win do what Ia expected OF them.
Tho Kansas legislature legal or llleghl, Of 1891
win DO In the sweet gOne.by before the ca1e can
DO heard by tho senate. Kansas has q Republi-
can Governor who win accOmm0dhtingly ap-
point Mr.. Ingalls, until an election 10 bad BY tho
Legislature OF 1902.
The Gcti9ns in the foregoing quo
tatiOn are too numerous 10 mention,
and IL is meet that such a Wall street
representative Journal should be one
Of the most enthusiastic of Senator
Ingalls, champions Suffice it 10 say
that the Kansas Legislature OF 1885
did not pass the appOrtiOnment bill,
neither did the Legislature chat
passed the last apportiOnmont con-
tain any such provision as the Sun
says II does.
The nineteen undistricted counties
are thosOo Cheyenne, Garfield, Cove,
Grant, Gray, Greeley, Haskell, Kear-
ney, KiOWG Lane, Logan, Morton,
Scott, Seward, Sherman, Stanton,
Stevens, Wallace and Wichita.
These nineteen counties polled
s,466 votes and the Ingalls, candi-
dates for Congress we're 4S0 votes
short Of a majority in them, eleven Of
them having given a majority Of their
votes for the Ingalls, men running for
Congress.
But as is we'll known, while there
is not a. majority OF the nineteen
men who come from these counties 90
nominal Representatives, for Ingalls,,
the claim that they should be partiCi-
pants in any Legislation that involves
roll call, is simply a prepOsterOus
absurdity. The matter has been ir-
revoCably settled by the Supreme
Court Of Kansas.
But grant for the argument that
these nineteen men were eligible TO
seats in the House, and that every one
OF them would prove himself q
voter for ingalls,, he would then be
about q score Of votes short Of an
actual election.
There is no Legislative session in
Kansas in 1892, and no emergency
will ever arise when the Republican
Governor Of Kansas will appoint Mr..
Ingalls, TO the Senate, unless per-
chance IL might occur by reason OF
the early decease OF the gentleman
who will be elected as Ingalls, success
sor
But the inefiable stupidity of the
SuN is thus continued:
twill be seen that Mr.. Ingalls, friends are not
cast down or devoid OF OtexpedIents II 10 doubt
i,ll, however, II there would be any particular
credit 10 Mr.. ingalls, In creeping out OF defeat In
the way proposed. To q man Of hlS tOnpeFa-
meht tho fght now going on must bo q delight;
andperhaps he holds with Charles Fox that Che
next greatest pleasure 10 winning is losing. Lose
he will not, though. without putting out all bis
energlesi and unless there should be q SurpTiAng
ltnanimity among the Alliance men or q defe0-
tiCn among tho Republican,, the matings Of
pretty fight are At hand, The report that some
Republican members Of the Legislature win moe
vote fOT him must be erroneous.
But this far of journal from Kan
nnn mill hn nhln 10 Itnnnr,nu tI-Anlo
The advocate., 1891-01-14

DID Chairman Buchan say that he
would prevent the peoples Fepreeen-
tatives from going into Csucusi Why
should he be so presumptuous9
The advocate., 1891-01-14

TUESDAY, January 20, is the day
for the election Of the next state
printer for Kansas, whose term Of of
fee commences next July.
The advocate., 1891-01-14


know very little Of the temper or de-
termination Of the men upon whom
thS election Of a United States SEN
ator from Kansas now depends.
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THE ANnEUs OF THE REPUBLICAN PRESS
We have in another place discussed
the authorship of the Turner letter
and President McGrath's relation TO
it. A brief allusion to the spirit Of
the Republican press may not be
amiss In this connection. 1t is
scarcely worth the requisite time and
space to attempt any refutation Of
the base charges and vile slanders
with which their columns are filed.
IL is not for this purpose that we
write We are perfectly Indifferent
70 all the personal vilifCation that
can be hesped upon us from such
sources. We know that the people
fully understand their animus, and
that an attack of a Republican paper
upon q member of the Alliance or of
the Peoples party is the best recon-
mendation he can have TO Che re-
spectacle people Of Kansas. What
VIC desire TO refer to particularly at
this time is the avidity with which any
difference Of opinion, and especially
any misunderstanding between indi-
Vidusl members, is sseized upon, msgni-
Red and heralded to the world with
flaming headlines as sure to disinte-
CRATE and destroy the organization.
How little the patriots ( p who pre-
side in the editorial ssnCtums of the
plutocratic press really know Of the
underlying principles Of the order
and of the temper Of the men who
compose it. Suppose that President
MCGrsth we're guilty Of the COM
plioity in the Turner plot which is
indicated by the letter. He would
simply be required to "step down and
out" and the prosperity Ofthe Kansas
State Alliance would not thereby be
arrested. Suppose that Chairman
Chase and the editor Of TEE ADvo-
GATE we're shown to be guilty Of hsv-
ing published the Turner letter
through the motives ssCribed TO them
in President McGEath's unfortunate
statement and in the Republican
journals OF the state. They would
simply be pronounced absolutely un-
worthy Of membership in the order
and would unquestOnsbly be rele-
gated to the rear; but the Alliance
would proceed with It's good work
without interruption. This organic
alton is greater than any individual,
no matter what may be his position,
and when the interests of tho organ
ization come In conflict with the inter
The advocate., 1891-01-14

TUESDAY, January l3, is the day for
the COnvening Of the eighth biennial
session Of the Kansas legislature.
The Columbus journal., 1891-05-06

Having made the acquaintance OF .
bear, a young jackasS was deeply graft
fled and promised himself great pleasure
in the communion of souls. In the
meantime the bear had told his wife that
he had met very pleasant fellow who
had, however, a pair Of criminally long
ears and a voice that incited misde-
meanOr. A rat in the bears den heard
these disparaging remarks. and the ears
of the jacka-S soon came to them, and
loudly and somewhat unmelOdiOusiy he
lamented the perfidy of his false friend.
81 shall let bears alone hencefOrth," he
exclaimed. '.thcy are not restrained. it
seems. by considerations of decency and
good faith"
.sWhy," said an Owl who, being
within a marine league, had overheard
his complaint. "why should you bewaii
the natural consequence Of your own
folly? Your treacherous friend has not
disparaged you because he is q bear. but
because he is married. Did you expect
to enjoy the friendship Of married AMI
NAL on the same easy terms as that OF
an unmarried? Learn then, from me
this great central, basic, and eternal
truth: NO man is a hero to his friends
wife. San Francisco Examiner.
The Columbus journal., 1891-05-06

A PRACTICAL joker secretly introduced
q phonograph in the kitchen of the
house where he boarded, and it recorded
the orders of the landlady to her cook.
The following Sunday he placed the
machine on the dining.table in the
presence of the guests assembled ut din
ner, told the lady that it was q new
tangled music-box, and asked her to
turn the crank. She innocently did SO,
and this is the speech that came from
the phonograph: MARY, you don't
want to pay over eight cents pound
for meat, anyhow; it is good enough for
them, you can get it on Mulberry street
for that. You are giving too big pieces
of steak, notice, too. Let 'em eat
more vegetables. Yesterday you bought
fresh pie. How often have I told You
to save five cents on 'em by getting them
stale and warming them up. Here on
this bill is twenty-five cents pound for
coffee; fifteen cents will do hereafter.
I've got enough trouble without feeding
three men at S. q week on porterhouse
steak" The boarders appreciated the
joke more than the landlady, and after
hearing the first few sentences she in
dignautly bounced out of the dining
room
The Columbus journal., 1891-05-06
Fashions facOrite

FASHIONS tarorite
fad, centers in that famous, fascina-
ting game-lawn tennis.
But there are women who cannot
engage in any pastime. They are
delicate, feeble and easily exhausted.
They are sufferers from weaknesses
and disorders peculiar to females,
which are accompanied by sallow
complexions, expressionless eyes and
haggsrd looks.
For overworked, "worn out" J"
4" run down." debilitated teachers,
milliners, dressmakers, seamstresses,
e shop-girls," housekeepers, nursing
mothers, and feeble women gem
orally, DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription is the greatest earthly
boon, being unequaled as an appe-
tizing cordial and restorative tonic.
It's the only medicine for women,
sold by druggists, stnder a positive
guarantee from the makers, of sat-
isfaction in every case, or money re-
funded. This guarantee has been
faithfully carried out for years.
The Columbus journal., 1891-05-06
Calf Carried or BY . Gator.

At StauntOn, Fla. a few days ago
Miss Gatlin was engaged in household
duties, when she was alarmed by hear
ing calf on the grounds believing as il
in pain. She rushed out to see what
was the matter, and found that about
forty yards from the lake an immense
alligator, fifteen feet long, bad. caught
the calf by the back of the neck and was
slowly dragging it into the lake. She
very courageOusly tried to make the
reptile leave by throwing light wood at
him, but he had evidently other inten-
tions, and in spite of the presence Of .
human being, which is supposed to strike
terror to the hearts of such animals, he
dragged the calf over forty yards into
the lake and both disappeared.
The Columbus journal., 1891-05-06
Bottles by Machinery.

During the last six weeks the Ameri-
can Bottle Company, whose works are
located at Woodbury.. n. j.. have sue.
ceeded in making bottles by machinery,
being the first successful attempt to do
SO in this country, says the New York
Sun. The machinery used is al En-
glish invention, which has been used in
that country for two years. The glass
is gathered in the usual way and al
lowed to run from the rod into IN iron
cup, which measures the quantity
needed for making the bottle. From
below hollow iron plunger is pushed
up through the bottom of the cup and
through the mass, and the cup is re-
versed, leaving the glass suspended
from the hollow plunger. The cup,
which is hinged, is then removed, and
the movement of lever admits Q small
quantity of air through the plunger,
after which the bulb is flattened at the
bottom and dropped into the mold, which
Is then closed and the air applied. This
completes the bottle, which is taken
while hot to the annesling oven. BY
the old process the ring at the top Of
the bottles neck was made by . second
operation. By the machine the bottle
comes from the mold complete. Men
totally inexperienced in the handling of
glass are able. it is said, after six weeks
practice, to turn out as much as An ex-
perienced blower with blowpipe.
The Columbus journal., 1891-05-06
Sun shiuN in London.

From records of the amount Of sun
shine in London kept at the Greenwich
observatory for the last fourteen years it
appears that the darkest month Of the
ear in London is December, in which
here is total of only twenty hours Of
sunshine, or S percent. of the possible,
and in which there Is an average OF
twenty sunless days. January is but
itile better, with twenty-siX hours OF
sunshine and al average of nineteen
sunless days. February has twice as
much sunshine as January and March
shows an equal Improvement on its pre-
1ecessor. The brightest day only four
hours of sunshine are to be expected,
while throughout the entire year an
average of sunshine amounting to l.2l4
aOurs, or - per cent. of the possible
lmOInt is shown.
The Columbus journal., 1891-05-06

Polly Peppers says. in the american
Home, that early rising wears out women
too fast. II notice that our thrifty great
aunts and grandmothers had habit Of
dying early and giving their husbands IN
opportunity Of leading two or three
blushing brides TO the altar. Now,
don't propose to leave any chance for my
husband to get any such double or triple
bliss as that. don't intend to have any
other woman walking around in my
shoes. appr0priating my kisses and do
ing other disagreeable things which
should object to. mean to take care Of
myself so IS to last as long IS my better
half. No woman has any business, ordi-
narily, to get up and 60 to work at or
5 o'clock in the morning. II there is
ANYTHING in the world that . woman
needs it is plenty Of rest. II she feels
tired and languid In the morning and
hates to get up, 1t Is . sure sign that she
is OVERRIDING and wearing out. Six O'Clock
is as early as anyone ought to get up and
60 to work."
The Columbus journal., 1891-05-06
IN THE COKE REGION.
Tho Authorities Are Having Moro than
They Can DO.

Tho Authorities Arc Having Moro than
They Can DO.
A serious riot occurred at Monarch,
Pa. Though the riot resulted in the
probable fatal wOunding Of one man and
the serious injury Of woman, the
Sheriff of Fayette County. with his dep
uties, has been defied and the Sheriff
himself asSaulted-shOt in the hand and
beaten and cut with an Ak in the hands
OF an infuriated Hungarian woman.
Since the ugly MOrewOOd affair the
women have taken the princii a! part in
defying deputies, tho men either prefer
ring to obey the orders of their leaders
and remain inactive or thinking the
Sheriff and troops would not be so severe
where women led the attao ks. Sheriff
Mccormick and his deputies went to
evict ten families of striking Slavs, and
they had bloody battle with an
infuriated mob of men and women.
In order to reach the houses
the Sheriff and his deputies had
to march several hundred yards up q
steep road, at which point h, ordered
the militia which came UP with him from
TlOtter, to remain until they were
needed. II was about IL o'clock when
the sheriff and his deputies reached
house No. 1Oj. occupied by Thomas
Tarr. A crowd of three O.: four hun
dred men and women had collected in
front of the premises Tarr, with an
oath. declined to cvacuata, and. SeiZing
an Ak, stood in the doorway and deiied
the sheriff to enter. Then the troubles
commenced Men and women, in broken
English, yelled defiance and beratad the
sheriff and his deputies i'm the strongest
language they could command. Tha sheriff
tried to reason with them, but without
avail. Their blood was up, and nothing but
q first-ciasS Eattle would satisfy them.
Andy BiashkOs wife. spying the sheriff,
made a dive for him, pistol in hand.
just as she was about to fire he struck
the pistol a downward blow and at the
same time fired. The two pistols went
off simultaneously. The sheriff had
shot the woman in the flesh part OF tho
left thigh. and she had shot him
in the left ankle. by this time
the sherif-S blood was up, and with
q cooked revolver. i4-caliber, in either
hand, stood with his back against the
end of the house, and informed the mob
that the first one who made a move
toward him he would shoot, and shoot to
kill Martin ScrOupka left the crowd
and rushed at the Sheriff with huge
club uplifted The Sheriff waited until
ScrOupka got within five feet of him and
then fired The shot took effect, the
bullet striking Scroupka in the mouth,
knocking ont two of his teeth and lOdg-
ing somewhere in the back of his mouth.
The wounded S.av wheeled and started
to run and the Sheriff followed him.
Some one shouted to the Sheriff to look
out. and turning he saw Tarr, the man
on whom he had served the writ. COM
ing toward him with an AK. The Sheriff
pointed both his rcvOlvers at him and
Tarr retreated By this time Capt
Frasher, of Company {, hearing the
shots and the uprOar, had brought the
soldiers up the road on double quick,
and their presence at once quelled the
rioters Tarr is now in iaiI.
The Columbus journal., 1891-05-06

Scurvy and Soorbutic AR.ctions. Pinples
and Blotchss ON the Skin. Bad Legs, u
GERS, Wcunds, ETC., Etc.
The cause Of all these complaints is In the
blood. and 1t often happens that they are
floating In the blood q long time before they
break out On the body.
This class Of diseases requires that the
blood be powerfully aud perssveringly acted
upon, In order to cleanse 1t from all the
morbid humOrS which have been floating
in it. perhaps for many months. 1t Is Of no
use TO heal the sore by outward applica-
tions. for in so doing you only get rid Of one
trouble to make way for much worse In .
short time.
Beecham's Pills are prepared only by
Thomas Beecham, st. Helens, Lancashire,
England.
BF. Allen & Co., 365 Canal street, New
York. sole agents for the United States.
who il your druggist does not keep them.
will mail Beecham's Pills on receipt OF
price. % cents IL box, but inquire first.
The Columbus journal., 1891-05-06

One of the most useful and magnifi-
cent productions Of the vegetable king
dom that enriches the soil Of China,
more particularly the provinces Of
Kiang-si and Canton, is the camphOr
tree. This stupendOus laurel, according
to the testimony Of learned Chinese man
darins, has been known TO attain .
height Of 800 feet and girth measure
ment Of 80 feet. The trees seldom grow
on uplands, but are to be found In
abundance on the banks of many of the
larger streams. LORD Amherst's en-
bassy reports the average height Of
camphOr trees at from 50 to 20 feet, with
q stem circumference Of 20 to 35 feet.
Besides yielding the camphOr gum of
commerce, this valuable tree Is the prin-
cipal timber wood of the celestial en-
pire. and is used not only in building but
in articles of furniture. The wood when
dry is Of light yellow color, and, al
though light and easy to work, Is dur
able and not likely to be injured by in
SpctS
The Columbus journal., 1891-05-06
Canine jealousy.

Druggist Kehler lives in Mt. Au-
burn. He owns . huge bloodhound,
which for . long time had been the pet
of the children on the block. Not long
ago he presented his neighbor, Mr..
Hill, with . solemn looking little pug.
The children immediately transferred
their affections from the big blood
hound to the little pug. The blood
hound moped for . while, and once or
twice assaulted his rival, the pug. The
other day the pug diappeared. It was
sought far and wide. One of Mr.. Hills
servants remembered that she had
seen the bloodhound carrying the pug
pup in his mouth through the side yard
of the Hill residence. Another search
was made. The pug WAS found in the
cistern. It Was dead. The blood.
hound had captured the pug, carried il
into the rear yard and dropped it
into the cistern we'll, the cover of
which was half removed. The blood
hound thus disposed Of his rival.-Cin.
Commercial.
The Columbus journal., 1891-05-06
Then He Was Mad

A German cobbler, who was reputed
to be one of the la lest and most worth
less men in Leadville. dug a hole in his
yard and salted it with ore. and showing
the pit to the representatives Of a COM
pany he was able to sell it for 81, 500.
During the carOu which followed he
boasted publicly of the way in which he
had fooled the capitalists. but before the
purchasers of his property heard of
these remarks they had sunk the shaft
four feet deeper and had struck one Of
tht richest veins of carbonate in Lead
VILE The cObbler on learning what had
happened, danced about the edge Of the
pit and swOre that he had been swim
died. The mine yielded about 81, 900, OOO
The Columbus journal., 1891-05-06
CHILDREN ENJOY

The pleasant flavor. gentle action and
soothing effects OF Syrup Of Figs, when in
heed OF a laxative. and.if the father or
eoth her be cOstive or bilious the most grati-
.ying results follow its use. SO that 1t is the
best family remedy known and every fam
lily should have bottle.
The Columbus journal., 1891-05-06

That hideous ogre. Giant Despair. often fas-
tens his clutch upon the chronic invalid. Con.
stan.ly plagued BY dyspessia. biHousnsss. and
onstipation-nervous and slsspssss. too-vhat
wonder 10 1t that. having tried In vain . multi.
tude Of useless remedies. he II ready. hgura-
lively epeaking. to throw up ths sponss' Let
the unfortunate take heart Of grace Hostel
ter's Stomach Bittsrs can and viii put . ter
minus to his trials. It strengthens the stom-
ach, confers nervous vigor by promoting sssim-
ilation Of tho food. srouses the liver when
dormant. and relaxes tho bowels without pain.
The ability to digest and assimilats restored,
tho ability to sleep follows. Nothing then can
stay the renewal Of health but imprudence
Hoststtsr's stomach Bitters. moreover, trans
cends all others - . remedy for malarial
rheumatic, and kidney complaints. A wins
elassful three times Q day.