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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-12-04

and mechanical products: we demand the
free coinage of silver; we demand that
no class or interest shall be faxed to
build up any other class or interest: we
demand the election of United States
senators by the direct vote OF the people;
we demand graduated tax on incomes;
but. more important than all these,
broader and deeper than all these, and
first of all these, is the tranScendentallv
paramount demand that our national
bank system be abolished and that the
peoples monev shall be issued to the
people direct by the government at a
low rate of interest and in sufficient
volume to meet the requirements of our
growing population and trade.
"The supreme issue before the Amcrj-
can people is and IN st lie financial le-
form. These overs and functions, de-
signed by the trainers of our constitu-
ton for the benefit OF the eople. and
which have been stealthily usurped and
appropriated by corporate and monopo-
listic combinations, must be restored to
the people, to whom they righttu!ly be-
long This can be done only through
persistent effort, answering fidelity to
principle and Harmonious, united action Z"
Early in business session ! resident
Polk laid before the convention the Of
fetal letter addressed to him by Chair
man w. S. McAllister. of Mississippi,
requesting to be heard in behalf of the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-12-04

clothing exchange of Rochester, N. Y.
Some l3,CO0 garment makers are now
locked out, and the Alliance denounced
the concern as a trust, and ordered the
State Alliance to investigate as to stores
that sold exchange goods and refuse to
buy them.
The resolution instructing alliance
congressman not to take part in party
caucus was defeated and a substitute
adopted asking them not to participate
in caucus "if the Ocala demands were
likely to be sacrificed"
memorial indorsing D. P. Duncan,
of South Carolina for place on the in
terstate commerce commission to sue
coed General Bragg was adopted, and a
committee composed of President Polk,
J. b. Beverley, of Virginia, and Hugh
Mitchell, Of Maryland, named to person.
ally present it to President Harrison.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-12-04

done for many years until now. t
claim its independence of Germany
and It's determination in the event q
rupture between France and Ger
many to maintain it's neutrality,
Even the usually modest and retiring
NJ. Freycinet, the chief of the min,
istry and Minister of War, says: Il
shall have something to say myself
about war"-by which he means
about keeping the peace. AT the late
fetes of Marseillcs the Bourgmestro
Of Brrlssel, said: permit me to speak
as friend to friends: that is to say,
with that frankneSs which friendship
authorizes. 1t has panied us to sae
it reported in your press that there.
was secret treaty between King
Leopold and Germany. The truth is
that is pure invention. | am
authorized to say no such treaty ever
existed Our people love France, but
we shall never renouncc that rule of
neutrality which is the sure guaran-
tee of the independence of our coun-
try"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-12-04

decide upon some other location. The
matter occasioned lengthy discussion,
and ended in referring the question to a
subcommittee, consisting of Messrs
Terrell, Taubeneck and Banmgarten,
with instructions that either Indianap-
oils, Louisville, Cincinn: ii, Chicago, or
Springfield, Ill.,, be chosen. This COM
mittee will make decision soon.
A committee of four, consisting of c.
W.. MaCune and ii. Baumgarten, Il. W..
Gilruth and j. B. Steele, was appointed
to prepare the address to the laboring
people, setting forth the objects and
purposes of the February meeting,
which address is to be published within
twenty days.
The committee on constitution SUBJ
mitted lengthy report, making various
recommendations, and every recon-
mendation was adopted. by one of the
amendments the State business agents,
who have heretofore been members Of
the council, were excluded from MEM
bership.
An amendment aimed against the
knights of Labor was also adopted.
Under the constitution persons. wish
"mixed occupations" were entitled to
membership, but this clause was re-
realed and the discussion showed a de-
termination on the part of the Alliance
to contine its mem berShip to farm"r and
farm laborers.
The clause which provides Ter ma
tional Legislative council composed of the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-12-04
Complaints and protests of the anti-sub-

complaints and protests of the anti-Sub-
Treasury Alliance men.
The letter produced the widest con-
fusion and disorder. Several members
yelled out, "We don't want to hear any
thing from McAliister He has done
more to destroy us than all our enemies
put together. Down with his trick to
sow discord among us. !"
Finally motion to appoint a commit
tee OF five to consider the protest pre-
vailed by two thirds majority, and the
convention also Immediately adopted a
resolution to stand by the Sub Treasury
plan. 1t was arranged that DR.. Yea
mans present the protest before the Ma
tional Alliance, and that reply be per-
mittcd. Later. the committee of the
antis was informed that they could not
be heard unless they furnished the coun-
Gil with a copy of the protest. This the
ants refused to do un'e ss they could
present their protest in rerson, and that
ended negotiations between the two
wings of the Alliance.
Discussions upon many questions were
spirited, but resulted in no decisive ac-
:tion. The election of officers resulted
IN the selection OF L. l.. Polk, President;
j. H. Loucks, of South Dakota, Vice
President: j. Fl. Turner was reelected
Secretary Treasurer, and j. F. Willetts,
of Kansas, National Lecturer.
The committee on confederation OF
the various industrial organizations is
composed Of five representa- YES from
each of six organizations, and was
chosen by the latter for tho purpose of
calling a congress Of all the labor and
industrial classes. 1t had been decided
previously to convene tho congress nj
Washington. on Feb %, but the South
and West made such strong OBJ ections
to that place that it became necessary to
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-12-04
Work and Wages.

At the recent meeting of the learned
British Association there was a dis
cussion of the difference in the wages
OF men and women doing the same
work. The conclusion seemed to be
that there is no great difference, after
all, and therefore not much to dis
CuSS.
The same matter is debated now
and then in this country. All right
thinking people will agree that a
woman is entitled to the pay which a
man would receive for the same work.
equally well done.
Nevertheless, this does not mean
that Alice Jones, who is clerk in
Rupert & Co.'s dry goods store, and
who stands at the counter beside
James Stark, should have the same
weekly wages as he. 1t is the uni
versal custom to put more work and
heavier upon the men, and usually
the greater responsibility is laid on
them.
Moreover, it is matter of common
experience that men are less frequent
ly compelled by illness to be absent
from their work, and their power Of
endurance is, in general, greater.
This is not all, for while it takes
one man to marry one woman, the
man usually continues at his employ
ment after marriage, while the woman
does not. 1t follows that man, be-
ing more likely to stay and to learn
the ms and outs Of trade, is worth
more to an employer than woman
who may marry and leave him at any
time.
1t follows also that in any employ
ment where men and women are at
work together, the average experience
| Of the men is the greater.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-12-04

of interest among the professional saw
iors. Then, too, the National f. NJ. b.
A. was also in session at the same time
and place, which tended not a little to
excite speculation as to the probable
outcome.
There were present nearly all the mon
who have attained prominence in this
movement, among them those whose
portraits are presented in this article
Upon the assembling of the Supreme
Council Mayor Sullivan delivered an
address of welcome, to which j. +. Till
man, secretary of the executive commit
tee, responded. At the open meeting
on the first evening President Polk de-
livered his annual address
He began by calling attention to the
grave responsibilities which rest upon
the members of the Supreme Council
and predicting glorious results if the
power of the all ance was wisely directed.
The speaker, after presenting an argu-
ment showing discrimination against the
agricultural classes, proceeded to state
their demands, saying:
1--WE demand government control of
transportat ion; we demand the retentio
of our public domain for the use of our
own people: we demand the prohi bition
of gambling in futures of agricultural
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-12-04

a LOT of exquisitely told bits OF
Russian folk lore have been restored
to present day people by Tolstoi, the
eccentric. They may serve Il purpose
and a good one, perhaps in showing
to us, who are acquainted with tcle-
phones, steam engines and things,
that centuries ago property rights and
the sin of buying and selling were as
freely made use of by Russian story
teilers ANA fable builders as they are
at present by men in the same busi-
ness, On the other hand, when we
consider that such conditions were
discussed and presented by writers
who thought centuries ago and that
these conditions arc no nearer reali-
cation ROW then they were then, the
ida; has a tendency toward producing
fatigue.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-12-04
Pride Makes Men Brave.

when run across man who says
be has never known what fear is re-
marked an honored veteran at recent
campfire gathering, 81 know that
man is an unmitigated braggart. He
might just as well tell me that he had
never been hungry. Fear is simply
the product of the instinct of self
preservation which is implanted in
every man.
"Of all the stories of battle 1 like
best that told by an officer on the field
OF Waterloo, who, when a companion
taunted him with cowardice and call
ed attention to the pallor of his face,
replied, If you were just half as
frightened as l am you would have
run away long ago.
1T is pride that makes men brave,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-12-04
WHEN the social geologist of the

WHEN the social geologist of the
future lays bare the stratum i'm which
we live to-day, and examines it. he
will doubtless name it "The Age of
Bill Boards" He will find layer after
layer of bill boards. thousands upon
thousands OF feet of advertising. and
very little else: for that is the great
tendency OF to-day-t}e tendency to
advertise. Not in commercial way
particularly. for the legitimate dis
play advertisement of the regular
merchant is the most modest of then.
all. But take up any paper you may
choose. any magazine you may find or
book you can name. and cast out all
that is simply an advertisement of
some man or other and how much re-.
mains? The magazines and books
are worse in this regard than the
newspapers, Pick up your favorite
magazines: look at the title page
What do you find? Names, names.
names. Names of men and women
who are trying to get notoriety. Turn
over the pages. What Go you read?
Is it literature? Is the diction clea1
and pleasing? Is the thought par
ticular!y deep? Is the thought OF
any consequence save in connection
with the man whose name is under
it? Isn't it merely an opinion? An
opinion of whom? OF an advertiser
to be sure, and nothing else. Look
at your fayorite book written to-day.
II you did not know of the author.
| would you read it? Ii he were not
alive to run his advertising bureau
would his book find readers? What
great preachers sermons would sell
under an unknown name, any more
than would Jilnson's soap under like
circumstances? What great doctors
remedies would find favor if they came
: from a more learned but less notorious
physician? Half the lawyers who
win cases would lose them il their
names were changed. In former days
the Great Unknown" was a mascot;
to-day he is Jonah. And this only
! shows the extent to which advertis-
ing has become part of our exis-
tence. But there is this good fortune
in it all. There is no divine right to
advertising. 1t is democratic in its
favors, and he who possesses the Sc
creJ Of the art of advertising has his
hand upon the door which leads to
success; but woe is he if he try to
open when he is unworthy; for if the
world worships her heroes-sooner or
later she numerically crucif1es her
quacks.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-12-04

ed from the State and the Conft
acy:
"Whereas, the State of MississiI
for reasons which appear justitiaI
has seen fit to withdraw from
Federal Union, and whereas, we
citizens Of Jones County, claim
same right, thinking our grieval
are sufficient by reason of an uni
law passed by the Confede|
States OF America, forcing us to 4
distant parts, etc. Therefore. d
resolved, that we sever the NJ
heretofore existing between u
County and the State of Mississl
and proclaim our independence o4
said State, and of the Confed1
States of America, and we solell
call upon Almighty God to witt
and bless the act"
The sovereign nation of y
County, with it's President, Cab
Congress, code of laws, and const
ton and contlscation acts-naile
trees, since there was no neWSp'
in the commonwealth-was aol1
some time to maintain itself ir4
midst of the swamps against
troops sent to subdue it. Finally
the aid of field guns, the infant
monwealth was overcome, and
authority of the Confederacy wal
stored
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-12-04
III is asserted. albeit il is not ne,

III is asserted. albeit ii is not per-
fect}y easy to receive the statement
with that perfect faith which is en-
Joined by the devotees OF the mind
cGle--thHt in Kansas so thoroughly
are the possibilities of rain-mal1ing
realized and respected that a CON-
tract has been signed between a local
organization and Melbourne by which
thc latter binds himself TIC keep the
country watered next summer at the
rate of a dollar an acre. If this con-
tract is carried out. and it should
chance that the district surrounding
that included in the contract goes
dry, would not The Inhabitants of the
latter district have good grounds for
action against Melbourne on the
gr@Und that he has Ic;oniously appro-
priatcl their rain clouds? We fore
sec Il very pretty opportunity for liti-
CATION here.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-12-04

IN the midst of a political campaign
upon watch depends his last chance
of returning to power Mr.. Gladstone
has found time to write a theological
paper for an English review. The
grand old man is indomitablc. When
Charon finally takes him across the
last ferry he will, no doubt, jot down
a few notes with a view to an article
upon archaic methods of navigating
the river StyX.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-12-04

THE prospects for the speedy open-
ing of the greater part of the Indian
lands in the Oklahoma country are
good. The Government commissions
ers are now on the ground negotiating
with the Tonkawas, and there is
every reason to believe that salts
factory settlement will be reached in
a short time. Their reservation en-
braces about 100000 acres, of which
$4,000 will be opened for homestead
ers. The commissioners will next
negotiate with the Poncas, Otoes and
Pawnecs. and some time in Novcm-
Der they expect to go to Tahlequah to
resume negotiations for the Cherokee
outlet.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-12-04

or, III you like to put It, anr,&, :,
the fear of being Thought cowar,,
Their companions. A. man, WY
totally Indifferent to what ,.t,,, ~a
pie think of him many peonle. u
thaa they are but they.are non, VI, WY
certainly run away the first 1j, wy
is brought under fire. '''1
Il know that Lam ac,,,,.,,
brave man, but whatever rennta
L have for courage l owe ,toDri6a
nothing else. But for that. + sS|
have displayed the most .arra,, w. j
ardice. Take the first thingythaf 4
me- lift on the ladder of famn
felnt attack was to be made ON
enemy's outlying Notifications q, y,
more serious movement. A ross1
had to be conveyed to the Off,, |
charge of the mels in the ri)e-ni-I
that he might know what We. yrero
tctand not withdraw his. man VI
VIZ retrcated. To,,get to him ono
to pass over three hundred vardI
level ground which was ex,mso[;|
the enemy's musketry fire.. / voa
teered to do it, not because T had
liking for the job--far from Il
because l wanted my comrades
think that [ amounted, tn 81!
thing. | give you my. word fo}
that, when I, came to, thai /
stretch and the bullets, began
whistle around me, and Iirealized 4
there were a lot of mem who u
trying to pot me, and whether 7
through alive or not: simply
pended on the accuracy of III
shooting, nay hair fairly ST
on end with fright, and
knees played a bone solo. vThI
God, | said3 to myself. there's
body close enough to see how scare|
ami If l could have done it WITH
anybody ever knowing,it but mvJ
l would have turned tail and boil
at once. But I,knewthat my Cold
had his ffeld-glasses on me, and /
all the men in my company at L
were watching me-. So 1 simply !;
on. Ana 1 said to myself, Now,
run across this stretch they will til
that | am afraid, therefore I
Just walk across So 1 kept on w;
ing until [ was ouBof danger. ri
when { had delivered my messag]
walked back and had the same SET
lions oyer again., only, if possibi
was al trif1e more; scared than befI
"But when I got among nv !
comrades again,. and my Colonel
the hearing of all Of them, said
had never seer a man risk his
more coolly, aud other things eo,l|
complimentary. why l felt thai
wouldn't mind being twice as I'D
frightened for the same reward"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-12-04
A Calamity.

Again has the town house OF
Prince of Wales been injured by
tial burning. The fire is said to
originated in a spark from defe'
tlue. The spark probably lodge
some "chips," combustion natu
resulting. AS the Prince was an
from home, of course the baccarl
was not destroyed. The teleg
informs us that, ON receiving ney
the fire, Lady Brooke drove his 4
Highness in her carriage to the
ton, Lord Brooke following in az
er carriage" 1t is gratifying to
that Lord Brooke did not hav
walk to the station. 1t is so Nc
have ocean cables to bring us
important news. What would
gland do without her nobility
Bull-Wark OF her Liberties, ana
subject for short editori |als in Al
can newspapers?
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-12-04

Two REPUTABLE citizens of Michi-
gan recently discovered a hairy wild
man seven feet TALL who leaped
twenty-three feet at bound. These
gentlemen should by all means take the
course in mythology at the Kelley In
stitute.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-12-04

A YOUNG lady of Memphis, Tenn,
wrote an essay on "The Model Hus-
band" This brought her a prize of
$40 and a better-half in the shape of
rich and handsome young banker, of
Minneapolis. The public may now
look for more essays on the same sub
ject.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-12-04

oils. The Alliance
has not been Il polit-
ical organization,
and it was the un-
certainty whether it
would declare in ia
vor of taking a hand
sin the saving of the
country, which will
be in the regular or
der of ..hngs next
year, or not. that
kept alive so much
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-12-04

Mrs. POTTER PALMER has been re-
rque>te0 TO drive the last nail in
the WoiMans u;iding f0s the Chicago
W"rd's Fair The matter is in the
hands Of committee of "Lady Man
ayers OF The Columbian Exhibition. /"
although why 50 exalted beings as
"iady :anagGrs" should condcscend to
have any thing to do with a mere
Wolnan's building is not apparent.
The scene will be Il beautiful one if
Mrs Palmer is really to drive the
nail. First she will probably give a
blow that viii leave a dint the size of
half the hammer head in the wood
work: then she will bend the nail
nearly double: and after that she
Will smash her pretty fingers, and
throw down the hammer in disgust.
However,. as the nail is to be OF gold
and silver and copper. net to mention
any precious stones which it may be
decided to put into it, there will
probably be a neat hole made into
which Mrs. Palmer can gently push
the composite spike with her fingers.
and thus avoid the terrific comDli-
cations which would inevitably follow
upon any attempt to really drive the
nail home.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-12-04
AROUND THE CAMPFIRE
OLD SOLDIERS TALK OVER Ex-
PERlENCES, AND SPIN YARNS.
The Blue and tho Grny Revive Incidents
of the Late War, and in a Grapsaic and
Interesting Manner Toll of Camp, March,
md Battle.
Hit ut Antietam

QUAD,'ih the
N ew Y or k
World sa Us:
III o osker was
!, trying to drive
Jack son a T.
Antiatam. 1t
was enc of the
mysteries o f
war that he
did not ami
h J. tie him
and then take
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-12-04
A PHILADELPHIA paper, sp'

A PHILADELPHIA paper, spec,
of the recentsad and acGidcntal q
o the three Chicago reporters,
nit to say: "The accident illust,
most forcibly the resent rec
tendency in Western journall
The accident simply ILLUSTRATES
danger of open switches(, and ia
more to do with the "feckless
dency"-whatever that may me
of Western journalism THAN lI
with Marc Ahthony's estcapade
Cleopatra.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-12-04

IT seems anomalous that Shakers
should be religiously averse to the
dice box
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-12-04
POLK AGAIN PRESIDENT
CHOSEN AT THE INDIANAPOLIS
COUNCIL.
Slight Misunderstanding with the Anti
Sub-Treasury Peoplc-Sub-Trcasury Plan
Approved-Ofticcrs Chosen Changes of
Constitution = Ocala Platform Rcaf-
lrmeI.
Regarded with Anxiety

Nearly every politician in the country
had his eyes upon the Supreme Council
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-12-04

sHE said when she reached THE sse o.
II am really too old to kiss II le men -
And so she said until twenty, anu 'len
And then -,
She never made such an assertion aeS'
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-12-04

THIS is hopeful year with France.
Its harvest has been good. its people
have confidence in the Government,
there is no hostility between employ
~ers and employees, its financial credit
was never better, Boulangism sleeps
with Boulanger, and the Government
does not fear a war from any foreign
power. Denmark has taken it's stand
wish Russia. 1t stands guard on the
Baltic and over the Gulf of Finland.
Belgium takes pains. as it has not