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willing 20 take such chance.
We will pass chat bill 10 establish chat
United States judicial district, and / Oan
have a United States marshal and clerk tho
arst changes with administrations and Tho
clerk is for life. But / guess you know
take care Of my friends.
We have agreed not 70 agitato this bill un-
oil Che election thoro ls over, for Ingalls,
would be jumped onto for an Che places, and
injuro him, or some OF Tho eastern fellows
might try 20 commit him against II.
Now will leave tho whole matter with
you and Hill p. Wilson and abide results
with content II There 10 anything now In
the printer matter that / can adjust, lot me
know. / have just finished drawing bill /
shall introduce 10 loan money upon farm
security, like u and / think you will. WIN
send you a copy a. soon as II 10 printed. u
10 on the general plan Of issuing money on
farm security In tho interest Of the farmers
instead Of issuing II ON bonds In tho interest
Of bankers. Yours truly 70. j. TURNER.
S.-Unless Ingalls, gets some Alliance
votes no will 20 in with sixty-tWO, who will
vote for him a reasonable number OF times,
but as soon as their Instructions are COM
piled with, they will leave him. Some Of
the Alliance candidates may expect 10 get
some OF tho Republicans whom thoy leave
Ingalls,; that would keep all Of them In tho
Aeld. Codding thought no could got the
Republican votes whom Ingalls, was out OF
the way. OF course an Alliance caucus Tor
that purpose would name the man, and that
would end Il. 4.
EVIDENCE.
Evidences given In Frank McGrath's
trial pertaining TO the Turner letter be-
fore the investigating committee.
Commlttee-W. II. BiddlO, H. BSugh-
man and s. J. Adkins.
Van B, PAther, attorney for State
Alliance.
J. s. Codding, attorney for Frank Nc
Grath.
TESTIMONY or DIR. M'LALL1N.
Dr. MCLAllin was called aud testified
as follows:
(By Prather.)
Question. Doctor, we would like 10
have you tell what you know about this
Turner letter; where you saw II frgt.
Answer. TO begin with, was in my
Office Saturday morning, / think IL was
when Mr.. Chase came into the
Office and asked me the question what l
thought OF Brother McGrath. | said "ho
10 all right" Ts he q man thSt can be
relied upOnH" any judgment 10 that he
Is, what are you driving ati He said,
"come with me. came In here; Brothers
French and McGavEan were here and
French had thls letter; he took IL from
bis pocket and read IL 70 me; that Is the
FIRST saw Of the letter, / knew nothing
about lt
q. What Was the next you heard Of
the letterf
The advocate., 1891-02-18


THE TURNER-WGRATH CONTROVERSY.
So much has been said in relation
to this case since the first appearance
Of the Turner letter, and there has
been so much anxiety on the part Of
the people TO know more about it,
that it has been thought best to pub
lish the complete history Of il up to
date. This is done at the instance Of
the officers of the State Alliance and
we believe that il is the proper thing
TO do. Constant discussion by the
press can do no good. II can only
engender strife and divisions which
became more difficult 10 heal in pro-
portion as such discussion is enlarged
and continued. We have our indi-
vidual opinion in relation TO the mat
ter and it is to be presumed every
other member Of the order will like
wise have an opinion one way or the
other after perusal of the letter and
the testimony; and, whatever that
opinion may be, we can all readily
agree that further discussion of il
through the press is not likely to
reconcile such differences as may
exist. Our laws prescribe certain
well defined rules Of procedure in all
cases Of needed discipline. In this
instance, If the members Of the order
are not satisfied with the present
status Of the case, they can give il
further investigation at the henN1tregu-
lar session Of the State Alliance, or il
is within their power to call a special
session il they choose With the
publication of the letter and .such
other facts as are available, we shall
therefore consider our duty complete.
further will rest with the
people, and we hope we may not be
asked hereafter to publish any COM
munications either on one side or the
other Of this case. We give herewith
the Turner letter and Che testimony
presented TO the committee of inves-
tigation together with the finding Of
the committee We also append
the proceedings in Washington, in
Cluding Turner's statement 10 the
committee that was appointed there
to make further inquiry concerning
the case. We can scarcely forbear
calling attention TO Turner's attempt
TO escape his share of responsibility
in the case, He says:
l have never had che slightest idea, nor
have been led 10 believe by any one that
his (MCGrath's) influence could bo secured
by the use Of money, Az know his char
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1S PAGES.

A. We we're, Of course, a good deal
surprised AZ the contents Of the letter.
Brother French expressed the opinion
that II had knocked him of his feet. We
met afterwards after noon and talked
the matter over s 10 what the letter
could mean and what had better b0
done about IL. We agreed upon this,
that the face OF the letter looked badly
both FOX Brother McGnth and Turner,
but OF course we knew nothing Of the
circumstances.
Q. Did you talk with Brother Mo-
Gavran or any other parties about this
mattsrY
A. Yes sir; Monday about noon Ws
came In here and decided 10 show
Brother McGrath the letter that evening.
q. Who was presentS
A. Brother Chase, Vincent, MCGrath,
French, McGavan and myself, and
might have stated that they were all
present when we had the conversation.
II came about something like this.
We invited Brother McGath into the
back room. McGavrRn said TO him chat
he had q very unpleasant duty 70 do;
that In the correspondence that came In
during his absence he found q letter and
he considered IL his duty 10 show Il TO
others, and / can not tell In detail all he
said, but he proposed that he read tho
letter, and he did 90. Brother McGrath
replied that he had no explanation TO
make, that he did not know anything
about IL. We talked the matter over for
sometime and preSsed him pretty strongly
TO deliver the letter for publication with
his denial Of having any knowledge Of
II, or present II 10 the board
Q. Did he refuse 10 give the lOttOr
up, or was the letter In Brother Nc.
Gsvruns possession at that timer
A. He did not want to give u up. OR.
McLallln asked that no make q state
ment that the stenOgrapher do not take.
Not grantOd) The question was raised
In regard to the publication Of this letter
and the probable effect OF II and chat we
considered the necessity ofltat that time.
/ understood Brother MCGratb's reply
TO be something like this; "the letter was
In our possession and we had lt In our
power 10 publish Il II we desired TO do
90, but he wanted us 10 understand that
he would defend himself what
ever came" He said that he
had knowledge Of certain things
chat II brought 20 light would re-
lect upon the National Alliance, and tho
impression that got &C that tune was
chat no held this over our heads a. a
thFeat that ia case we published this
lettor he would bring thia 70 light I
want TO say ia connection, and think
they win all admit, that wewere laDOring
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actor, know II could not, nor have over
made any such proposition 10 him with such
purpose or intention.
Nevertheless, the fact remains chat
Mr. Turner did write the letter. HO
did offer $1,000 and certain other
considerations for the Senatorship.
He says "he never had any under
standing with MCGrath or his friends
in any manner relating TO the sena-
tOrial matter in Kansas" This state
mont convicts him Of a lack Of sense as
we'll as q lack of principle. We are
not disposed to let you Of, Mr.. Tur-
ner with this kind of q statement.
We shall file this letter and all the
facts connected with il for future use
when occasion may require.
The advocate., 1891-02-18
THE LRTrnR.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,, u. S.
WASHINGTON, ID. O., Dec. 81, 1890


DEAR MoGRATH:-I wrote you yesterday,
but from thoughtlessness addressed II 10 J.
s. MoGrath, care National hotel, Topeka. /
got your fathers initials instead Of yours.
/ wrote in regard TO some railroad legisla-
tiOn.
Ingalls, will try TO force his election or
drive the Alliance men into caucus 10 agree
upon their man in order 10 force the cleo
tion OF an Alliance man, 40 that he can carry
the party down with him. He carried IL
down at the election, and can carry 10 down
with less afliction 10 bis pride in tho Legis-
lature il tho election of a Republican is do
foated.
Just received a letter from Farwell, of OBs
borne, and he says their Representative does
not like tho Alliance candidates, and chat no
is an old Republican and would vote for
some good Republican, but would not vote
for Ingalls,. Farwell wants TO know II I
want his vote; thinks Il can be had. / wrote
him an evasivs letter, asked him what he
thought OF IL, &c.; that had not writton any
one upon the subject, &O.i that would not
DO in Ingalls, way. saw Senator Berry, Of
Marshall county, here yesterday, and he is
positively opposed TO Ingalls,, but says he
will vote for him IL there is no other Repub-
lican TO vote for. Judge Perkins introduced
him TO me and asked me 10 talk with him in
his (Porkins') interest, and / did 30. He
would not support Osborn or Peck, but
said he could support Perkins. told him
not TO fear; there would come time when
he would got 10 vote for some other Repub-
ican than Ingalls,, and he was anxious TO
got into the deal. told him 10 talk 70
Senator Wilson, as / thought he felt just as
no (Bery) did. shall write Senator Will
son, Of Hays City, tonight, and ask him
what he thinks about a possibility Of my
election, and he never talks. told him you
were my friend and no could talk with you
COnAdentially. I have no money tospend in
a Sight. II succeed could and would pus
up $1,000, but II is difficult 10 use IL that
way; that is, promise in case OF success; yet
you may have some friends who would b0
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FORCETS HIS POCKET.
One OF the Experiences Which Come to
West Pointers.

One of the graduates at West Point
i am now trying to rGlearn the use
of pockets. For five Years | have been
without that pleasant domestic feature
in my trousers. and | am glad to find
that they are still in vogue. Very few
people are familiar with the binding
nature of the routine ut the Govern
ment school. In NY course there |
have been away from the Point once
on il two or three DAYS leave. Yet |
have not found the restraint irksome,
The work is hard but pleasant and one
must be hard to please who can not
find a congeuial set of friends there.
Before taking my leave of absence,
granted for six weeks after graduation,
| select certain number of posts of
those submitted to me-and run my
chances on getting the one Of the three
| most care for.
The Government ALWAYS sends the
new men West. but does not summa-
rilv dismiss them TO some wilderness
without consulting their preferences
in the matter. For instance. out of
the available posts submitted to me
choose one on the coast one in Colo
RADIO and one in Kansas. According to
the vacancies which may exist | am
sent to the one Of those three, Natur-
ally, the posts with the best reputation
for life are pitched on by the vast
majority. There may be but vacau-
cy or two to fill. A mans standing at
the completion of his course has 4
great deal to DO with his getting the
hest I'm the meantime | shall have
SIX weeks OF unliuctnred bliss. 1t is
glorious 10 get back into the uncon-
straint of civilian attire after years OF
uninterrupted straightlaciug in the
cadet garb.
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mate, Joe Jarvin, an him. JAKE says
tha poor Jack worked like hero, but
he saw him 90 down wi his own eyes.
Poor Miss Hillard's like one crazy sence
she's got the news
The girl rose to her feet and crept
down to the sitting-room with a face
like death.
Tell ME the truth" she gasped
tell me, mother, what is it about
Jack?"
Hes lost" put in Miss Tabitha;
'his ship burnt at sea; the pilot got
here this mornin'.n
Janet crossed the room and sat down
on the doorstep. The same familiar
sights and sounds; the same old life;
and Jack gone.
A dull aching pain filled her heart a
pain that nothing in all the after years
of her life could alleviate.
Miss PAMELA came out on her way
home.
.'Good-bv, child" she said. kindly;
don't take it to heart, Tut lis awful
sudden. | know. How | pity poor
Jack's mother. I'd 90 down and try
and comfort her. but they have sent
for me at Judge Seaton's. The Daven-
ports got in from Europe this mornin'.
an Tom Seaton's engaged to Lizzie
Davenport-the weddin's to come off
this winter, they say"
Janet heard the words like one in
dream. Tom Seaton TO he married!
and for his meaningless hattery she
had been false to poor Jack!
Christmas Day came and, according
to an established custom, Farmer
Gresham and his wife went to dine
with an old uncle; but Janet begged to
remain at home.
The great logs mouldered into glow
ing Goals. Presently the old watch dog
began to bay in his kennel and foot
step crunched the slcet upon the porch.
She took the candle in her hand and
opened the door.
A tall figure confronted her, man
dressed in sailors garb and all bronzed
and bearded and changed. but she
knew him in an instant.
"Oh. Jack-Jack, are you alive? Has
God sent you back TO me?"
His strong. clasping arms, his hot
kisses on her lips and face answered.
She clung to him, sobbing like a child.
lie drew her INTO the room and up to
the glowing fire.
My beautiful darling" he cried,
gazing down enraDtured into her sweet
face, ''and you do love me, you are my
own?n
Your own for eycrmore, please
God," she answered solemnly.
Then sitting beside him in the fire.
light she heard the story of his mir
acnlous escape from death. and in turn
told the story of her own folly and un-
faithfnlness. But he only clasped her
all the closer as he listened.
And when the spring came and the
. bluebirds sang the contents of the
camphorwood box were brought to
light. and the sheeny silk was fashioned
into a bridal robe, and with the lustrous
pearls amid her gold-brown braids,
Janet looked the loveliest bride that
ever the sun shOne on.
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Children Of Iali3.

In the course of lecture to the
Hindoos. delivered recently in a public
hail in Bombay on child marriage.
Mrs. Pe2hey=Simmons NJ. D.. we'll
known lady doctor in that city. made
a remarkable statement as to the
period ut which Indian girls arrive at
maturity Before going 10 India. she
said, she had heard and believed that
Indian girls reached maturity at 4
much earlier age than those in cold
climates; but her practice in native
families had taught her that it was a
mistake. Judge, therefore, of my
surprise to find that SO far from Hip-
doc girls being precocious in physical
development they are much behind in
this respect; that a Hindoo girl of
fifteen is about the equal of an Eng
lish girl of eleven, iuStead of the re-
verse. and that the statements which
have been made to the contrary bY
Englishmen. who have no opportunity
OF becoming acquainted with Hindoo
family lie, were totally Misleading"
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Prospective purchaser What a
thoughtful looking parrot! Polly want
a crackcr?' TEe parrot Gate of Bos-
toni am aware. my dear madam.
that there exists I'm almost universal
but erroneous boIiei that all parrots
manifest predilection for crackers.
This hypothesis would be amusing
were it not for the intimalion it afford,
of the pathetic paucity of dietetic
knowledge upon the part Of the nlassos,
May lawsk if you arc aware that there
il more nulgmGut and inspiration in a
single pate of beans than in three
score and ten crackers? A thorough
appreciation of Browning will never
follow Il regimen of crackers. But
what is the matter, may ! awsk? You
manifest considerable perturbation. -
Lac.
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The Teachers Dream.

The days OF June are rich and rare,
But. in the Schools are dreary days;
The bright sun woos to outdoor plays,
The trees rejoice in sultry air,
But thought grows sluggish, and the child
Grows restless meath the scepter mild;
The teacher wear es Of her care.
The drowsy breath of June had famed
a teacher tired OF her voice:
She loved the labor Of her choice.
Yet weary were her heart and hand,
But in one moment visions rare y
Had quckcned heart and lightened care
One moment-years in bright dream.and. :
She saw speaker. who began
To thrill the throng in accents bold.
Brave. lofty where the truths he told
Through all their hearts his spirit ran,
For goodness. honor. love he pleads.
DenOuncing hate and wicked deeds; 81,
He was her pupil-grown u man. -.
In dreams she saw lady mild.
With little children by her side =
The mother spoke wise words to guide
Her brood in virtue undefiled.
With trust looks up the little birds,
The mother spoke the very words
The teacher taught her when II child.
Two men would lead a third astray
They promise Office gold and fame
II he Will stain an honest name,
No" said the noble man, away.
IT was not thus that was taught" :
How proud she felt. The man unbought
Was Il boy Of hers in childhuod's dav.
journal of Education
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Goldfish and Herring.

Between CD 900, 600 coo and 100. 00O,-
10000 codIiSheS are taken from the
sea around the shores of Newfound-
laud every year. \ single cod yields
something like 800 600 eggs each
year. and over 3 900 0JO. 900 have been
found in the roe of Il single cod. A
herring Of SIX or seven oEnacs in weight
is provided with $1,000. coo ova. After
making aii reasonable allowances for
the destruction of eggs and of the
young il has been calculated that in
three years single pair of herrings
will produce l54 G0J 900.
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ACROSS The PLANS IN !S46.
A Personal Narrative of the OvrrIa nd
Trip to California, from The Century.

| WAS a child when we started to
California. yet | remember the jour
ney we'll and have cause to rCmem-
ber it. as our little band of cmigrants
who drove out of Springfield, Illinois,
That spring morning Of 1915 have since
been known in history rs the "ill-lated
Dnner party of "AIartyr Pioneers. y
Nv father james f. Reed, was the
originator OF the party, ami the Dom
ner brothers. George and jacob, who
lived just Il little way out Of Sprin =
lieId, decided to Join hioi.
All the previous winter we were pre-
pairing for the journey right
here let me say that we suffered vastly
more from fear of the Indians before
starting than We did on the plains; at
least this was my Ilse, IL tAO loug
winter evenings Grandma keycS used
to tell me Indian stories. She had an
aunt who had been taken prisoner by
the savaGes in the early settlement OF
Virginia and Kentucky, aud had re-
naiucd a captive in their hands five
years before she made her escape, !
WAS fOHd OF these stories, and evening
after evening would 20 into grandma :
room, sitting with my back close
against the wall SO that 10 warrior
could slip behind me with Il tomahawk.
| would coax her to tell me more about
her aunt, and would sit and listen to
the recital Of the fearful deeds of the
sayages, until il seemed to me that
everything in the room, from the high
old-fashionei bedpozss down even 10
the shovel aud tGngs in tie chimnay
corner, was transformed into the dusky
tribe in paint and feathers, ali ready
for the war dance, s. when | was
told that we were going to California
and would pass through Il region pao-
pied by Indians, You can imagine how
| fpit
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How Ceiluloid Is Made.

The base of celluloid is common pa
per; by action of sulphuric and nitric
acid 1t is changed TO gun-cotton, then
dried, ground and mixed with from 20
to 40 per cent of camphor. after which
1t IS ground fine, colOred with powder
ooIors, cast in sheets, pressed very
hard and at last baked between sets of
superhcated rollers
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lIe Prolific iiauGla.

CT MI the vegetables which furnish
nourishmcHt To man tar banana is the
most prolific; a single cluster often
contains from 100 10 lS0 pods and
weighs from 90 10 50 pounds. Hum
boldt says that tt piece ai iani of l21
square yards uil produce 1000
pounds weight Of Iruit, willie the same
area will rarely produce more than
thirty pounds weight of Wheat or
eighty pounds of potatoes.
One Of the e0mpusilqrs OF; lgg CIn-
cinnati TIA s-S5ij has q composing
stick" made Of aluminium, the metal
that has made sucd sensation Of late.
1t is strong and very .i-At, Of course.
and hercia viii DC its economy. for it
is the weight of the sick whoa fnIi
OF type thai Is sa trying 70 TIE han,l
and wrist. especially the longer
sticks" used for book and job type
setting. Il cnSt abpat So to make tins
first one This will probably be re-
duced by half when the appliances for
the making Of aluminium sticks be-
come perfected.
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4 TTORNEYAND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
n Ohicc in .r0rrisou's bricl. block, north end
ta sire. 20 bridge, daniJOw0c, Wisconsin GoIlec-
oIs pro nDE!y attended to.
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1t4E. 'N.-' = - : "
SCRM[TZ & hIR WAE,


A TTORNEYS AT Law. OFFICE IN FRANZ :
n. BLOCK, south Eighth Street, dahilo"0c'
VI-cou-jn tmayll
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n ASH Il NASH.
i ID NIARkUA NJ,

A TTORNEYS ANDCOUNSELORS AT LAW
N Olicc over First National Bank, Eighth 81
COLLECTIONS promptlY ItleuIcd 10.
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A TTOREEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
n once, ia FOruson's Brick Block, Eighth
tre.t, Nan tosioc. Wisconsin.
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4 dociIedIy novel idea in jeW9Iry
is taat OF signatures in gold. Hand
some lace pins are made out OF tuin
>hco gold, The design Of which IS the
signature OF the fair one by whom the
brooch is worn. The signature is
clipped from the end 81 the letter o..
Other source. aud handed to the de-
signer. who carefully examines it
through Il good magniier until he gets
Il perfect i,lea of It's charact eriStics and
of The possibilities OF developing
effect. Then. with a thin sheet Of gold
in his hand, and delicate pair OF
nicely tempered scissors. along with a
hair file, the signature is reproduced
on the precious metal in very short
time.
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u. S. LUHMANN, NJ. D.

nHISICItN And SURGEON. OFFICE AT
i It.-il.uce Of Dr.. +. Sinnu, IauC ock street,
: ear the court a0a-c, Mauitowuc, Wis. del5
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Great Britaii ha8 !, 42l, $50 horses
that is, four horses per cultivated acre,
England alone has 1,G9l. OIL: Scotland.
lo9 2O5.
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FERNS TF1 DOLLARS PER YEAR
DIP IL ID SMITH.

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Office hours from 10 u L 4. II. To , anu 10
p. u.
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will buy and sell Drafts on the principal
ites Of the Union.
Will buy and sell Drafts on Great Britain,
ireland, Norway, Denmark. or the Continent of
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