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The advocate., 1891-07-08

Mrs. LEASE is Incorrectly reported
in relation to statements respecting
poisoned lemonade. She did not say
she had any fears of being poisoned.
What she did say was that che had
been warned not to drink lemonade
at certain places; but that she never
had any fears IN consequence of such
warning. AS lying is the weapon Of
the opposition, however, we could not
expect any fairer report of even this
simple circumstance.
The advocate., 1891-07-08
A DISGRACE.
paper.

We commend the following from
the State Journal as good, wholesome
reading for Republicans from one Of
the few Republican papers Of Kansas
that make some claim to respecti-
bility:
The aequlttal Of Judge BOtdn is burning dis
grace to the Republican Senate which tried him.
The man is totally unfit for a judge, and the Re
publican Senators who acquitted him know 1t.
The masses Of the Republican party In Kansas
are disguised with the manner In which this un-
worthy judge has been excused and with the
effrontery Of certain Republican leaders In con-
tinually whitewashlDg this traVeSty on justice
who Is legally, but not lawfully, permitted to Elt
on a judicial bench In Kansas. This judge
though almost an eyewitness Of the murder Of
Sam Wood, and but few yards away from
the Infamous scene, yet appears to condOne the
outrage. The Republicans had the chance to
Oust the unworthy judge, but they abused their
opportunity, to their shame and the states dis
grace. BOtkin must go.
The advocate., 1891-07-08

IF Mrs Lease had remained at home and
looked after her children as good mother
ought to do, she would in all probability be
spared the pain OF seeing her 1G-year-Old son
imprisoned for thief. EmpOTid RepubliCGn.
If Republican editors had any de-
cency they would not stab mothers
heart by the publication Of such ma
licious libels upon one Of the most
exemplary boys in the state solely
for political effect. The Emporis
Republican has seen enough Of the
Capitals specials to know better
than to believe them, and there is no
excuse for it's aid in giving publicity
to this new infamy.
The advocate., 1891-07-08

The Farmers Friend: The Alli-
ance is about busted At the last
meeting of Prairie Dell Alliance only
fifteen applications were balloted on,
and every applicant elected. At AL
len Center they have about twenty
limitations on the tspis. This about
illustrates how the Alliance is dis
banding, and the Horton episode
proves it, if it needs proof.
The advocate., 1891-07-08

THE Alliance ADVOCATE insists that Republi.
can papers have never used logical argument In
discussing Alliance doctrines. Logical aTgll-
ment, In the estimation OF THE ADVOCATE, is
evidently praise for the Alliance and endorse
ment Of the third party. Anything else Is ridl-
cule and partisan abuse -EmpOriG Republican.
We have twice already asked the
Republican to refer us to the date
and number of that journal in which
any attempt at argument is made.
The above is the reply. We now re-
peat, for the third time, the request
The refusal to designate it is con-
fession that it does not exist. We
defy the Republican to name the
paper.
The advocate., 1891-07-08

TIE Peoples party convention at
Cincinnati did not put prohibition
plank in its platform, but the dele
gates all kept sober and the saloon
men cursed them as the most un-
profitable set that ever visited that
City.
The advocate., 1891-07-08
EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY.

The Ashland Weekly Journal
whose editor sends out his exchanges
on half sheet, one-hslf Of one side
of which is sheriff's sales, talks loudly
Of the prosperity of the people. His
paper and it's contents are evidences
of II.
The advocate., 1891-07-08
SOUTHERN SENTIMENT.


Might as we'll undertake TO renovate
skunk'S nest while the old skunk is In IL
as to accomplish the reforms the people
need through either of the old parties.-
Industrial Educator (Texas)
***
The Peoples party club at their meet
Ing at the court house last Friday even
ing found they were locked out. How
did it happen? That's the question.
The ianitOr was seen and refused either
to open up or let us have the key. But
we will try 1t again on Friday evening,
July 3. Remember the time.-Indus-
triGt Educator (Texas).
~
1t was very affecting TO see the Repub
lican bankers OF Iowa In their recent
state convention weeping great crocodile
tears over the adverSities that would be-
fall the widows and orphans II we had
free coinage. Had it not been for the
sign Republican" you would not have
known it from similar Democratic con-
ventiOn In Texas.-IndltStriaI Educator
Texas).
***
The partisan lash Is being welded by
experienced hands to herd the people
into the party pens Of the two old parties.
Republican journals of the west, and ex-
treme Democratic journals of our section,
read very much like family sentiment
when they discuss Alliance demands
The office-holding contingent of both
parties 10 offering all sorts Of stuff to
the voters as opiates TO prevent their
political awakening. These ofilce-h
Ing party aristocrats hold out tariff re-
form, negro domination, white mans
party, etc, as incentives for letting mat
ters stand as they are, and reasonsl Bah,
for doing nothing. The do -nothings stick
toparty- because party feeds-them, fel-
lows, have been housed and groomed so
long by the people that they verltably
think themselves the party and dlctators
OF all party creeds.-The UnionGst
(Tennessee)
w
The Clarendon T'raUeIer, OF Clarendon,
Tex, in It's declaration in favor Of the
Peoples party, says: "Thls pencil has
always voted the Democratic ticket, and
In good faith and honesty of purpose has
worked In his humble capacity for the
success Of Democratic principles through
the organization of that name. But how
well that party has succeeded-or rather
TO what extent It's bosses have redeemed
their pledges to their deluded, but we'll
meaning follOwerS-we invite the lntelli-
gent reader to recount said party pledges
and then dIspasSiOnately compare the
promises with the present financial, So
cial, industrial and productive interest
The advocate., 1891-07-08

Mr.. WILKINS, of Winfield, Judging
from the Alliance picniCs, thinks il
the Alliance is breaking up it is
breaking into very large chunkA
The advocate., 1891-07-08

UAAo ASopuVuOon pHksy bEo 0H1cMbAAtty VNN
and the same, in 80 far as the masseB of
the people areconcerned. Whatever fEia
political bosses In the two old parties
may claim to the country, they have bue
two purposes 10 serve, and they are 10
capture the offices and 10 stand IN with
the Doodle interests. They are, as pOlit
ical organizations, equally corrupt
Both Of these old parties had q misslon
to perform at one time, but they hSve
long since "done their doD-outlived
their usefulness, and exist now only as
organized public plunderers, with tha
great, tOlllng, wealth creative and necea
sity producing masses as their victims.
~
The past history Of parties In thls
country plainly teaches che people chat
they should not put much faith in party
platforms. The platform Is the bait
thrown out to catch the voter, and geneS
ally promises such things as the majority
Of committee think Is best calculated
to please the largest number OF peopls.
The platform acCOmpllshes all thas ID
possible during the campaign, and Is gen
orally forgotten after the election. Ita
promises are like those Of the witches hi
Macbeth, made to the ear and broken To
the heart. The peoples confidence has
been betrayed over and over again By
both old parties, yet there are people who
keep whispering to the farmer and the
laboring classes, " Stay within party lines
and your rights will be guarded and pro-
teoted;" but how long are the people 10
wait for justice to be dOneY How long
are they to trust TO promises that ara
broken as easily as made? We believe
that the people are already satisfied that
nothing can be- expected Of either OF the
old parties, and evidences are fast aCcu-
mulating from all sections Of the CountEy
that the people demand q new deal all
around, and by the time the Washington
conference meets the demand for new
party to take up the peoples fight win BE-
too strong to be resisted. A new party
is demanded, and we believe that It's Or
ganlzation will be sanctioned and ap-
proved by the conference called to meet
in Washington next February.
The Republican party Is and always
has been the party Of capitalists and
manufacturers, and relying upon che
money 80 freely gathered from these two
sources, IL has never bothered itself about
the demands of the people. On the other
hand the Democratic party has always
tuned It's promises TO please the ear OF
the people, but have invariably selected
men TO carry out these promises who seem
to have forgotten that such promises were
ever made.
The Democratic party In Kentucky hag
for years been resolving that national
banks were an injustice to the people and
demanding their repeal, yet all this time
they kept in the Senate man who was
financially interested In national banks.
The last state convention held at Louis
Vile refused TO lndorso Cleveland and
passed q resolution favoring the free
coinage Of silver, but as soon as the con-
ventlon adjourned, Congressman Nc
Creary, who is one OF the leaders Of Che
party in the state, hurried away to Wash
The advocate., 1891-07-08

Now if the "value" is in the ''ma-
teriar and not in the stamp" as the
Capital would have It's readers be-
lieve, what kind of q basis ls this for
a stable currency?
Percival Elliot, speaking of this
subject, says:
Whatever In itself possesses an embodied form
and an intrinsic value, must, as a material COM
modify, be subject to variation under the uni
VerSal principle of product and demand. And,
paradOxical as 1t may seem In theory 1t Is never
theless most lncOntrOvertably true in practice,
that 1t is the very attribute Of intrinslcality
which necessarily imposes the quality OF Varia-
tion. 1t is the Ideal money only which admits Of
inVariabe value, because It is not formed Of sub
stantial and therefore variable materials.
Duncan observes:
Every independent state is entitled to issue le-
charge OF private debts and public taxes, within
It's own realm; such legal tender, not possessing
intrinsic value, but only conventional value de-
rived from the authority Of the state which calls
It into existence.
Thus secure of always being kept within the
realm OF the state which created is, this legal
tender would be the special monetary instru-
ment by which all fiscal obligations and mercan-
tile liabilities would be discharged at home.
Fl. @. Carey, in a letter to Hon. FL.
M Field Santember- 1879 SAWS.
Does or does not our duty to ourselves and the
world at large demand that we maintain perma-
nently nOn-expOrtable currency?
The affirmative of this question Is also In per-
feet harmony with the practice and experience
of leading nations and In harmony with the
teachings Of sound economic science.
'Let It be remembered" said the continental
Congress, September 10, 1T0, ''that paper
money Is the only kind Of money which cannot
take wings unto itself and fly away 1t remains
with US; 1t Is ever ready and at hand for the pur
poses Of commerce and taxes, and every indus
triOus man can find It."
Professor Walker says:
If, then, a money consisting of colOred bits OF
paper of cost so small as to be inappreciable.
may serve as medium Of exchange, and may
register the comparative purchasing power OF
commodities, and thus perform the function Or
dinarily spoken Of as measuring values, and may
even act as a standard for deferred payments, to
fix the obligations Of debtOrs-whY should not
such money be adopted by all civilized cOmmunl-
ties, and the vast amount of wealth and labor
now expended in raising gold and silver from
the mines, be applied to occupations more i'm
mediatey productive Of health, comfort and hap
plneSS to mankind?
Thomas Doubleday, in his FinaA-
cial History of England, says:
Government paper money has always en-
riched a nation when properly issued, restricted
and secured. 1t has been success. Specie for
domestic currency, or as basis for paper, has
been failure without solitary exception.
The advocate., 1891-07-08

sIbIe stable and homogeneous value, In our cur
rency
AS bearing upon this question we
present the following table exhibit
ing the variations in the value" OF
gold IN London from 1874 to IT'S
We can also, if necessary, show cor
responding variations during periods
both prior and subsequent to these
dates:
One pound, troy weight, Of gold
was worth in
The advocate., 1891-07-08

Might as we'll undertake TO renovate o
skunk's nest while the old skunk is In IL
as to accomplish the reforms the people
need through either of the old parties.-
Industrial Educator CTexas).
The advocate., 1891-07-08

Government paper money has always en-
rched nation when properly issued, restricted
and secured. 1t has been a success. Specie for
domestic currency, or as basis for paper, has
been failure without solitary exception.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-01-14
BEGAN IN CHURCH.
A Crawford County ARRAY With Serious
Results.


New ALBANY, Jan. 7.-[Special. Quite
an excitement was created at Marietta,
Crawford county, Sunday night, growing
out OF a fight originating in the church.
1t is stated hat William Lowe and Robert
Baggerly entered the church somewhat
under the influence of liquor, and one OF
them is charged with stepping on the
feet OF a little boy, a brother of William
Wiseman. This led to a quarrel in the
church, but the trouble was quieted. Alter
church, however, it is alleged Eagerly
forced a fight on Wiseman, and was
knocked down twice by Wiseman with q
stone, and was being badly beaten up
when Lowe went to the relief OF Baggerly,
stabbing Wiseman very dangerously, the
wounds being in the right side an inch
below the lower rib and in front of and
above the hip joint, and in the right
shoulder blade.
At this ju%ncture several others Joined in
an assault upon Lowe, using stones OF
large size with telling effect upon his
body. The attack becoming too hot for
him. he retreated, getting away in the
darkness, and was still at liberty on Mon
day afternoon. In the fight Baggerlv's
check bone was broken, and it is thought
his skull was fractured. Lowe was badly
punished with stones. Baggerly's injuries
are considered dangerous.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-01-14
IN
The Shelby County Institute Holds An En-
Pertaining Session.


SBELBYvILLE, Jan. 1O.-[Special. THE
Farmers institute was largely attended.
The following program, in~terspersed with
son and prayer, was given:
Address Of Thomas A. Cotton
Response.-.-~-...-.The Hon. L. j. Hackney
Address, THE Farmers Organization" ......
d.. Thomas; discussed by Edward ]. Clarke
Address. Mistakes in Wheat Culture and
CropEOtatlOn ...-......--.Prof. w. e Latta
Discussed by j. Marsh Wilson.
The address of Thomas A. Cotton was
listened to with much interest. He pre-
scented his views of the objects of the in
stitute and concluded by warmly welcom-
ing all present to the "feast of reason and
few Of soul" sure to be a noticeable
feature of the assembly.
Judge Hackney followed in an exceed
ingly graceful and humorous response.
His remarks contained some sound advice
to the farmers. He unhesitatingly placed
himself squarely on record as a friend and
sympSthiZer OF those who were being i'm
posed uPcn blythe various monOpolies
and trusts formed to force from that class
OF our citizens the earnings they labor so
hard 10 accumulate.
Prof. Latta OF Lafayette presented an
admirable talk on wheat Culture and
Crop Rotation" The scientific researches
made by the professor were given with a
clearness of expression that showed his
familiarity with a subject too little needed
by the average farmer and his remarks
suggested a train of thought new and
valuable to all present.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-01-14
A wonderful Faith Cure.

FoRrvILLE, Jan. 7.-[Special. People
here in referring TO Mrs. Woodsworth's
wonderful faith cure this afternoon OF one
William Spar, formerly of this place,
there seems to be a diversity of opinion.
Uncle John Manford, an old and respected
citizen of this place, claims that it was not
Mrs. Wordsworth, but Christ, hat per-
fected the cure, and as example cited his
own wonderful restoration by faith
through prayer. He says fourteen years
ago he was afflicted with fits which were
very annoying, and ON going to church
one Sunday morning he made up his mind
to call upon the members to pray for him
at a certain hour. and out of forty men,
bers six responded to his call and prayed
for his relief. Fromthat day until this, he
has, as he says, by the grace of God, es-
capped the pangs Of his disease. This is
vouched for by quite a number of our
best citizens.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-01-14
OBJECTED TO MOTHERS BEAU.
A Caller on IA Wealthy Widow Badly Beaten
by the Lady's Step-soD.

NORTH VERNON. Jan. 1I.-[Special. !
Mrs. Sarah Johnson is a wealthy widow,
living one mile from this city on a large
farm. She has a step-son named Orlando
Johnson living with her. Mr.. Johnson is
about thirty-four years OF age. Mr.. James
Myers of Ohio has been paying his atten-
ton to Mrs. Johnson, and this is very I'M
satisfactory and disagreeable to her step
son. Last night Mr.. Johnson returned
home and found Mrs. Johnson entertaining
Mr.. Myers. and Immediately expressed
his disapprObation of her conduct in re-
ceiving company, and requested hat she
send Mr.. Myers away.
This she refused to do, and Johnson
came to town and returned home. Find
ing Mr.. Myers still there, he broke out a
window and entered the parlOr, grabbed
up a heavy chair and began to beat Myers,
who had an arm badly broken and his
head mashed and bruised, MIR. Myers
has filed an affidavit against Johnson,
charging him with assault and battery
with intent To kill. Johnson was arrested
and gave bond for his appearance, with his
step-mOther as security.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-01-14
A FAMILY.
The Father Recently Died and Now the
Son - Killed.

MUNcIE, Jan. Especial. Notice was
received by Mrs. Harry Davis yesterday,
that her husband, aged twenty-one, had
been run over and killed by the cars at
Redkey. To make the sad event seem
more horrible, the family is still in mourn
ing for Frank Davis. the father of Harry,
who had an arm cut off at Upton about
two months ago, and died here some days
after from gangrene. Harry was the snp-
port of bis mothers family after the sad
occurrence to his father, he and his wife
living with them. He was a brakeman on
the Lake Erie IL Western, and fellfrom the
caboose of a freight train and was run
over. Whether he was instantly killed
will never be known. for a fast passenger
on the heels of the freight passed over
him and ground his body to powder al
most. His body was brought here last
evening, amid the most heart-rending
evidences of grief. He was a noble young
man. and much sympathy is felt for his
wife and his doubly bereaved sisters and
mother.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-01-14
TALK WITH A MORMON.
A Former Indinnian With Five Wives and
Thrrty-Five Children.

CoLUNBUs, Jan. II .-[Special Elder
NJ. Bard, NJ. D., of Salt Lake City spent
today in this city with his boyhood
friends. He has five wives and t~hirty-five
living children. He is fifty-four years old.
His father still lives at the age OF eighty
six, with two out of his eleven wives. He
is a man OF culture and a delegate to the
London Mormon missionary society. He
claims that Salt Lake is the weaahiest city
OF its size IN the United States. In con-
versation he stated that in the Mormon
temple, Salt Lake City, that will seat
twenty-five thousand people, he saw,
when President Harrison's message was
read, and also when the decision of
the U. s.. supreme court was read,
eighteen thousand hands go up in APP
proval of the same, and that polygamy
was practically a thing of the past that
what the Mormons hoped and prayed for
now was not to be disturbed in their
present family relations, and that while
many did not think so. it was as easy for a
father to love ~thirty-five children as five.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-01-14
ANOTHER LUCKY HoosIER.
Edward Marshall of JeffersonvilIe. Heir to
n Large Fortune.

JEFFERsONvILLE, Jan. n.-[Specjal. The
settlement of the Edwards estate, con-
sisting OF thirty-six acres of and in the
center Of New York City, valued at $685.
100000 has developed the fact, that one of
the heirs to this fortune resides in this
city, in the person OF Edward Marshall
who is a humble shoemaker, located with
his family and running a cobbling shop in
the old Ripslager homestead on East Mar
ket-st. opposite Sweeney's foundry.
His fathers mother was an Edwards and
a sister of the man who leased this land
in 1870 for a period of ninetv-nine years.
There are about 800 heirs and about
nine years ago 500 of them met at Indian
apOlis TO agree upon a settlement. They
were then offered $50 100000 but the
wealthiest portion OF the heirs refused to
accept this offer, and it was decided to al
low the lease to run out it expired with
the year 1890 and the heirs are now at
work trying to bring about a final settle
ment OF this enormous estate.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-01-14
a Notable Family Relic.

Brazil, Jan. S.-[Special. -JohnS. Don
ham of Perry township has in his posses
sion a family relic which, for age and
novelty TO the present generation, has no
rival in the county, and perhaps not in
the state. 1t is Il t~iax-hackle, bearing date
176f. 1t was brought to Indiana by the
grandfather, William Donham. in 1888, from
Clermont county, Ohio, and from Penn
sylvania to Ohio by his father, Nathaniel
Donham, in 1895, and from New Jersey
to Pennsylvania in 1774, when it was in
possession Of the original owner, John
Donham, the grandsire of all the Don
hams.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-01-14
one Woman shoot. Another.

LIBERTY, Jan. 7.-[Special. ]-Mrs. Dan
Forester, a widow. was shot in the head
and arm by Mrs. Harry Griffin last night.
The Forester woman moved here from
Connersville lately, accompanied 10y
Harry Griffin, who had deserted his wife
and four children. Mrs. Griffin hearing OF
this decided to have revenge on her false
friend and his flame, and with this view
in mind drove to Liberty and repaired TO
the home of Mrs. Forester. shot her twice
and left as quietly as she had come. THE
SENTINEL correspondent e~ndeavored to
discover how seriously the widow was
hurt but she has very mysteriously disap-
peared.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-01-14
A lafayette EIopement.

LAFAYETTE. Jan. g.. -[Special = Miss
Jessie Jack, daughter OF Col. ]. H. Jack, a
gentleman well known in railroad circles,
left here last evening on the pretext of
visiting her uncle, A. A. Jack, at Detroit.
Today it was ascertained that she had
eloped with Cyril Dadswell. organist at
st. Pauls church, Minneapolis, Mimi.
They were married at Paxton, ILL.,, or at
Chicago. Mr.. Dadswell was recently the
organist of st. Johns church here. He is
much older than his wife and Col. Jack
opposed their marriage. Mrs. Dadswell is
young, accomplished and quite pretty, and
a favorite in society. The affair has
created a sensation.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-01-14
Too Fnst For the Old Man.

MARTINSvHIE, Jan. Especial. II For
some time past, Hugh Thacker has been
working on the farm of Robert Mcclure,
a few miles south OF the city. Mr.. Nc
Clure's daughter, Retta, fell in love with
Hugh, and yesterday came to this city
and was married to him. The irate father
came just after the ceremony had been
pronounced, but seeing he was beaten,
succumbed to the inevitable. Thacker
has served a term in the penitentiary for
a misdemeanor. The young lady stands
well and is highly connected.