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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-05-15

MARYsLAND, Mimi, May 4th, 1891.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:

MARYSLAND. MIuu., May fuH, 4CO1.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
Will you please explain the Aus
tralian voting law-what you mean
by putting a cross at each man vot-
ed for. have never seen the law
published, and do not understand it,
and see by your valuable paper our
representatives voted against it.
JOHN GALLAGHER.
The Australian system has two dis
tinct features: The polling places
and the tickets. The polling places
are rooms, or closed sheds built for
the purpose, in which are little cur
tanned stalls-say half-dozen. The
tickets are list OF all the nominees
OF the actual parties, placed in the Or
der, leach with his party, in which
they pay to the auditor the state as
sessment. After each name is the
party name. Also after each name is
blank place to make small check,
cross or letter x. The issue raised in
the legislature for the purpose OF di-
viding the reform element was as to
whether one cross after the first
name on the list should carry all
the rest of the ticket for that party,
or whether a voter must place a
check or letter X after each man on
the ticket he wished to vote for? The
first method means lots OF straight
tickets voted by the ''herd" who have
no ideas of their own, and general
lylow order of intelligence-the meth
cd counting big for old party DONNA
ton. The other method means that
if a man don't even know the name
of candidate he better not vote-he
can have no choice. But he can read
the party name after the candidates
name if he wants to vote party. The
difficulty in the legislature was the
fight against the X after each name
and thereby lose the bill as it would
have to go back to the senate and
have the fight over again. We be-
lieve in independent voting and
therefore, in checking every name to
be voted for.
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FORWARD TO CINCINNATI IS
THE CRY-MCLEOD co. AND
THE STATE LECTURER.
The Campaign Committee Scored.
SUMTER, Mimi, May 5, 1891

The Campaign Committee Scored.
SUMTER, Mimi, May 5, 1891.
The Mcleod Co. Alliance convened
at court house hall, Glencoe, to-day,
for the purpose of arranging for the
purchase of binding Irvine and tran
.sacting other business. It was de-
.cided to purchase Irvine of the Al
lance Business Agency; and we ex-
pect to buy three or four carloads.
Geo. Pierce was selected for pprchas-
ing Irvine for alliance, tributary to
Hutchinson and vicinity, J. Thorn
for Stewart and vicinity, and j..
Burke for Glencoe and vicinity. Each
alliance is to furnish lists of amount
of Irvine needed, and grade, to these
agents before May Goth. The follow
ing resolutions, laid on the table at
previous meeting, was adopted:
Whereas. the present State Lectur-
er was ineligible and uncOnstltutlon-
ally elected,
Therefore be it resolved, by the
Mcleod Co. Farmers Alliance, That
we demand that the Executive Com
mittee declare said Office vacant and
elect a new Lecturer.
After some discussion of the ques-
ton OF sending a delegate to Cincin-
natl, C. N. Perkins was unanimously
chosen and each member of alliances
in the Co. assessed 25cts. to pay ex-
penses.
Resolutions we're also passed en-
dorsing action of Executive Commit
tee in appointing organizers for Cong.
Dist's. Also endorsing the appoint
ment of Fl. V. PoOre as organizer for
3rd District, and the action OF Execu-
tive Committee in regard to cam
paign committee, and declaring that
we will not recognize said committee
in future campaign work.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-05-15

WACoNIA, Mimi, May 18th, 1891.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
At a meeting OF the Carver County
Farmers Alliance, held at Waconia,
May 9th, eight subordinate Alliances
were represented by delegates.
Hon. E. B. Harrison was elected
delegate to represent this alliance at
the Cincinnati Conference. The fol-
lowing officers were elected for the en-
suing year:
E. B. Harrison, OF Chanhassen,
President.
II. R. Diessner, of Waconia, Sec'y.
Chas. Ludloff, OF Dahlgreen, Treas.
Adam Hill, of Waconia, Business
Agent.
John Koehnen, of Laketown. Co.
Lecturer. Fl. R. DIEssNER, Sec'y.
JACKSON, May 6, 1891.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
We held meeting in town to-day
to form permanent county organi-
cation. J. DURHAM.
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State Earmers' Alliance.
FOREST LAKE, Mimi, May II, ,!

FOREST LAKE, Mimi, May II, 81.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
Please find the following report:
Cash receipts from local alliances
since my last report which should be
dated May 4th not April 25th: 1t
was an oversight on the part Of Mr..
S. in dating his letter, and is not i'm
portant.]
No. TIA, Union Alliance, E. J.
Butler, Hector, adv. dues
$1.1O, membership fees Toe. S 1.S5
No. 1914, Rose Hill Alliance,
Henry Muller, Kemi, mem
ship fees. ............................ 800
No. 1882, Erhards Grove Ali
ance, Alfred Fernandez,
Pelican Rapids, dues.... 1.95
No. Psi, Dassel Alliance, Nv.
Davis, Dassel, dues. 2.75
No. 1916, Union Alliance, Geo.
May, St. Clair, membership
lees. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 80
No. 1901, Lee Alliance, Ole N.
Hendrickson, membership
fees. ........................... AGO
No. ISL, Appleton Alliance,
F. P. Olney, Appleton, men,
bership fees SLIPS, dues to
National Alliance 5Oc.. 1.75
No. 1912, Cannon City ALI
ance, R. j. Goodman, Dean,
dues 81, dues to National
Alliance Soc. 1.5O
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $17.9O
A. l.. STROMBERG,
Sec'y s. F. A .
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these markets; for her monetary ba-
sis is different and her industries are
crippled by the scarcity and high
price OF gold. To-day, although Eng
land has military and political con-
troll OF India, she is hardly able to
hold her Indian trade. And in East
ern Asia, and the two Americas, she
would have NO chance in competition
with the United States, if we we're
once freed from the letters and bur-
dens of the gold standard.
This is the open door of destiny for
us-supremacy on the silver hemis-
phere. The gain would surpass our
widest dreams. Our farmers would
find ready sale for their surplus:
our manufacturers would obtain
what they so sorely need, a foreign
market; our shipping interests would
come to life again. Cut loose from
Europe and the letters of gold, we
shall become the financial and indus
trial rulers of the best half of the
globe.
Contrast this policy with the
schemes of the politicians. McKin-
leyism proposes to wall up this coun-
try and then divide it out between
the mill-bosses and the Jay Gould
gang. Blaine's reciprocity scheme,
as have shown in former letter,
asks us to pay out dollar for the
chance OF getting back a dime-to
trade off bird in the hand for few
tail-feathers scattered in the bush.
That is humbug when the people are
ignorant! But with another year of
the political education now going on.
we shall have ten millions of farmers
and artisans who cannot be gulled.
S. S. HEBBERD.
Viroqua, Wis.
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Viroqua, Wis.

He that is not for the Alliance prin-
ciples is against them. There is no
middle ground, and We have no use
for straddlers. The time has come
to draw the line, and we must draw
it. A half-hearted support of any
principle never succeeds. If you are
with us, hoist your colors thatevery-
body may know where you stand.
The wishy washy, milk and cider fell
lows, who are trying to hold with the
hare and run with the hounds, will
have to be dumped on the trash pile
OF worthlessness, and the sooner we
dump them the better-Toiler, Nash
vile, Tenn.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-05-15
RenviIle Awake--Endorses the Ex.
ecutive Committee in Regard to
the Carrington Phelps Matter.

The editor of the G. W. "Swore
OFF, from all lecture engagements the
past winter as his campaign work in
30 utterly broke him down. But for
the second time he bent his "swore"
badly last Saturday, and went down
to meet the brethren at Franklin.
There was large hall, and it had a
large CLIP OF the sons of Adam who
obey the Injunction to earn every
body's bread by the sweat OF their
brows. 1t was the Co. Alliance.
II. V. Poore was on deck with the
Irvine samples and by the way we
understand the National Chairman,
(Frain) has another drop on the
prices since his first circular. Presi-
dent Stalwart "Jim" Hanna called
the meeting to order, and promptly
got down to business. While the
Credential Committee were at work
Mr.. Poore made effective remarks.
After the report "Doc." was called
on, and Illuminated the luminous at
mosphere for a couple of hours.
Then came the report of the commit
tee on resolutions, which will prob
ably be published soon. They en-
dorsed the Executive Committee en-
phatically in reference to their de-
mand that the odious campaign
committee of last year expires itself
sine die. There was quite a warm
discussion on the matter, Mr.. Bowler,
OF Bird Island, and a Mr.. Benson
taking the view that the County Alli-
ance better not mix up in the "fac-
ton troubles. But all but four or
five OF the Renville county men
thought that they joined the alliance
to get into one of the all-fredest
fights the world has ever heard of,
and a good way to begin was to
head off that intriguing sulphurosity
known as the Campaign Committee.
And they said so in a three-cords-
Observation-Disclosures voice. They
also endorsed the GREAT WEST, and
the Bird Island Union, which is now
a strong alliance journal.
On ballot vote the President, Jas.
Hanna was elected delegate to Cincin-
natl, and over $50 raised for expen-
ses. 1t was d splendid meeting-a
though H. V. and the Wild West rode
about Is miles that night for us to
catch a train home, we felt a most
profound satisfaction.
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WISCONSIN,.
The State Farmers Alliance,

Inc SCaCO aC"0rS A441aUC0s
Col. C. NJ. Butt, the president, and
N. E. Moody, Secretary of the State
Alliance OF Wisconsin, have called
their State Alliance at the city of La
Crosse, Tuesday, June 9th. Matters
of Importance will come before them,
and we hope great many alliance
men other than delegates will attend.
Each alliance is entitled to one dele
gate for each 25 members or major
fraction thereof, but each alliance
can have one delegate. Buy your
transportation preparatory to get
ting reduced rates on return trip.
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FROM WISCONSIN.
The Results Of Free Coinage

The Results Of Free Coinage.
The enemies of free coinage assert
that it would reduce our currency,to a
silver basis; and so make it easier for
men to pay their debts. The creditor
class would be wronged. And so all
the monopolists, usurers and their
hirelings, get up on the house-tops
and make night hideous, whining and
caterwauling about the dishonesty OF
the Farmers Alliance.
But let us see. For twenty years
now the gold bugs who rob the ma
ton, have been doing everything
possible to make money scarce and
more costly. In 1878, by midnight
trick in Congress, they demonetized
silver. Driven finally from that, they
have put every possible check upon
the coinage of silver: they have re-
duced the amount Of paper currency;
they have made money more and
more scarce, while population and
business have been increasing ire
mendously. There has consequently
been a steady fall in the prices OF pro-
duce and OF everything but gold.
The farmer who contracted a debt
expecting to pay it with 1000 bush
els of corn, was compelled last year
to pay 5000 bushels. The present
year is not to be considered, because
on account of a crop failure thefarm-
ers generally have no corn to sell.
Interest is rolling up, prices have
gone down, money grows scarcer.
The farmer is being squeezed in wise
which every year is screwed notch
tighter.
Suppose now that this process is
stopped, that money falls, and pro-
duce rises in value and debts are
made easier to pay. Who will be
cheated? These debts were contract
ed to be paid in legal money and they
will be so paid. Shylock will get
everything written in his bond. Is
he whining because he cannot go on
screwing up the wise forever?
God smiles when the devil is out
witted. Cars, slave-owners, monOp-
olists, usurers, are not defrauded
when the people get their rights any
more than a serpent is defrauded
when it's fangs are extracted. The
coinage is nothing more than ex-
tracing the fangs of the serpent.
But leaving this 1 wish to point
out a second result of free coinage.
The world is rapidly being divided in
to two commercial hemispheres in
one OF which gold is the monetary
basis; in the other, silver. The silver
hemisphere includes the richest and
most populous part of Asia, China,
Japan and Indo- China: also Mexico,
Central America and the South
American continent. These countries
form the most inviting field for COM
merce on the globe; and if we had the
same monetary basis with them (sil-
ver) we should speedily become their
trading and manufacturing centre.
England would soon be driven out of
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-05-15
DELAvAN, Mimi, May 10, 1891.

DELAvAN, Mimi, May 10, 1891.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
The local alliances of Faribault
County met in Winnebago City yes
terday, May 9th, and perfected a
county organization, and elected the
following officers:
N. McColley, President.
C. S. Dunbar, Vice President.
E. j. Lien, Secretary.
John Hanks, Treasurer.
E. J. LIEN.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-05-15

The fine italian hand of the party
manag er is growing to be sledge-
Judging from the way some men op-
pose the Cincinnati Conference.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-05-15

The daily papers are full of the
work of r. J. Hall, and his friends, in
the alliance movement. No oppor-
tunity is lost to give these gentlemen
a boost into notoriety, and their
friendship is very marked. Tuesdays
Pioneer Press-and in fact every issue
for days, narrates his doings under
headlines and in prominent articles.
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FROM A WISCONSIN MERCHANT.

FROM A WISCONSIN MERCHANT.
Some Reasons for Free Silver Coinage.
We take the following letter from Wisconsin journal
That M tab ALMOST mmdsts effect
s4s ss s,sa
dollars
George Andrew
Berlin
pss
the United
@ fS
meet Hts int
with @ T nigh 5s ss ts
Europe would ebarra their finances did
According tables published
ms make ys ans 5 sstss
According the tables would take nominal Of the
ss; $ssa $; sss 1s?s
E:
States e would n .n bss S
% %a: ss ss g; for
great my
S e pass s %
y the and othsr Wisconsin
Exactly parallel With that
T &
h b s9ss D The that
The S5is
other Aac countries at other mint cities Unrestricted
have been satisfied coinage only
Ton
% this the 81
primary India Persia China Japan may
the entire freight and other incident
% n SRs 5 gs n5 % gs
the United aGs silver live
s sn Sn make ras ind s
customers they small
S9i
en D a @ York t and
n b os S9s New ss
a will haTe relative and greater
n but ss the % DOWN
pressure benevolent very heavy
exchange Asia kindly
the American producers Of
cotton.
breadstuf cotton,
and for past by discount Rupee bills and
bills exchange the Western Europe
@ od1
@ ag on aas ss R
the full of freight and exchange Within the last
and became that this United States Congress
would not to discriminate against compared with gold the
competing United States has aattered uneadiy
substantially the proportion the discount
silyerbu Asatc exchange
and lesser for dairy products petroleum and tobacco the
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-05-15

Star:
The STANDARD Oil Company owns
one million acres of land. If it is
worth $40 an acre the passage of the
Stanford loan bill would enrich that
concern $5,OOO,OOO.
Railroad companies are said to
own oil 100000 acres OF land. If
this area only averaged $40 in value
land much OF it is worth hundreds
and thousands OF dollars, even desert
alkali land in Tulare county being
held by the railroad at 50 the rail-
road would be enriched by the STAN
ford loan bill the enormous sum of
81 ,O55 ,OOO,O OO-ffty-fve millions
more than one billion of dollars.
And yet there are papers published
professedly in the interest OF farmers
and laborers that advocate that bill!
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stufs and cotton has always to generally for his
exchange and
add the purchase the produce original ship
freight and exchange Within the
apparent that this United States
would
other further
fully and half ntum and the the Atlantic seaports
United States has futtered unady swiftly
substantially the discount
silver bullion and Asac exchange
producer wheat
petroleum tobacco
and (by
diminished restricted markets caused by discount
exchang that discount Asiatic
practically paid dollar the
and profitable lines OF shipping between
Western Europe and the Indies and ASIA
Judging from an OF nearly oy years prior to the year
which date the United States and Germany demonzed and
against silver there little doubt but that within
sonab PERIOD three after silver
that former times the United States silver dollar will
world simply and that
with better than that of OF the
great nations of the world
proposed the
prohibited dealing bullion much be
the subsidiary dbaed will thereafter under
cheaper the better for
should that annual consumption OF
bullion the India China and
nothing the world substantially equal
United States
unoned silver
definitely by all metal computed at
small Production from the mines OF the world known
universally conceded at would better
for Industries the United States price OF bullion again at
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-10-20
PROMINENT IN AMERICA.

Ex-P PRESIDENT CLEVELAND is good
sailor in spite of his weight.
SECRETARY FOSTER grows so enthusi-
astic when he sees good baseball play
that he throws up his hat like any boy.
FRANK INGALLS,, younger brother of
the ex-senator, is president of Drury
college at Springfield, Mo. He is tall
and slender and otherwise resembles
his distinguished brother in personal
appearance.
PIERRE LoRILLARD is going to have a
house boat for comfortable idling on
Florida waters. No canalboat this 1t
is to have steel hull, two small en-
gines, six rooms, and will cost about
$780, II will be fat-bottomed and
have round ends.
Mr.. HARRY C. DUvAL, private secre-
tary to Chauncey NJ. Depew, has devcl-
oped literary talent since he became a
member of the Fellowcraft club. In an
article on "The Grand Central Depot"
recently contributed by him to an illus
trated paper he demonstrated his ability
to write about everyday matters in an
entertaining way.
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FATE IN TEAcup.
Spooning Couples Should Learn All Their
Lessons by Heart.

Spooning Couples Should Learn ALI Theil
Lessons by Heart.
Here are few old superstitions re
garding the ever-friendly cup that
cheers: If while the tea is being
made and the lid, which has been re
moved to pour in the water, is forgot
ten, it is a sure sign that some one will
s'drop in to tea"
If single person happens to have
two spoons in his or her saucer, it is
a pre LECTION that the fortunate Tor un
fortunately drinker of that particular
emp will be married within year from
that late.
If you put cream in your cup before
the sugar it will "cross your love-" SO
be very careful.
If tea stalk floats in the cup, it is
called a beau and when this is seen
unmarried women should stir their tea
very quickly round and round, and
then hold the spoon upright in the cen
ter of the cup. If the beau is at
itracted to the spoon and clings to it, he
will be sure to cali very shortly, if not
that same evening. but if the stalk
goes to the side of the cup he will not
come.
Examine the tea leaves in your cup
if you ire plebeian enough to boil you
tea instead of drawing it in the rein ed
and dainty fashion, fora lot of leaves
mean money and fortune.
If you want to know how many
years viii elapse before you may ex-
pect to be married, balance your spoon
on The edge of your cup, first NOTING
that it is perfectly dry, fill another
spoon partly with tea, and holding it
above the balanced spoon, let the drops
of the tea gather to the tip of the spoon
and gently fall into the bowl of the
one below. Count the drops each
one stands for year.
1t is sign of fair weather if the
cluster of small air bubbles formed by
the sugar collect and remain Il the
center OF the cup. Ifthey rush to the
sides it will surely rain before night.
When toast is made, three or four
thin slices of bread must be cut the
whole length of the loaf, and placed
one over the other. This done, they
must all be cut in half with one sweep
of the knife. If this is done by
young woman, and the slices are not
severed clean through to the plate,
will not be married within the year
if the bread parts in two even heau
she might as well order her trousseau
On no account must she take the la i
piece of toast or bread on the plate
unless she wishes to be an old maid
N. Y. Advertiser.
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NOSE AND EAR PIERCING.


The ornaments put through the walls
of the nose vary greatly. There may
be but onenperforation in each wall
there may be several In New Zeal
and flowers, in New Guinea boar,
tusll, in the Solomon islands crab S
claw, in New Britain thorns, set up
right, are the objects thus worn. These
are all original and primitive; after the
natives cone in contact with whites,
these give place to metal buttons and
rings. In the Sturgis coll elton is a
New Guinea. 1t is Fshaped, and the
arms tit by stud-shanks, one into each
wall of the nose.
Nose ornaments were known to the
Jewess of the exile Ezekiel, xvi, II:
''And L will put jewel on thy nose;"
and Isaiah i'll, 81: The rings and nose
jewels" The cheeks are pierced by
some Eskimos, who wear little round
stud buttons in the holes. Ears are
pierced the world over. A few cases
must suffice. Schweinfurth says that
Babucker women pierce the rim of the
ears repeatedly and wear therein bits of
straw an inch in length, having twenty
such, perhaps, in each year. This re-
peated piercing of the ear is common
among barbarous people, and we have
seen a woman of the Sac and Fox In
dams who wore seven brass rings in
one ear. Ears may be slit and
stretched instead of pierced They
then hang in long loops Catlin gives
81 picture of an Indian whose beauty
had been increased in this way. The
Anchorite islander Sits his ears while
the Fijian often has them slit and
stretched to such an extent that the
two fists might be placed in the open
ings. Slit ears may be of practical
use. The Kaffir carries his snuT-box
in his ear-hole, and Captain Cook fig
ures a Mangaia islander who carried a
large knife in his right ear.-Prof.
Frederick Starr, in Popular Science
Monthly.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-10-20

DeLamar people respectfully invited to call upon
when they up to Silver City, and immense
stock of Dry Goods Clothing Hats Boots and Shoes Gents
Furnishing Goods Beds and Bedding Furniture Watches and
Jewey Fancy Goods Pipes Cigars and Tobaccos and long
list of etceteras not included in the above We aim to keep
fine goods all the above lines be found in the Sta
and with reasonable profits Especial attention
is invited large stock of Fine Clothing We just in
receipt of large invoice ofvery fine Shoes Call and
silver City, Lao ADAMS & ALLEN.