Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-12-10

Hos. HARRY sRiNNER.
measure, Is due the passage OF the bill |
without without leaving behind II !
trace 81 unpleasant memories OF bick- |
erings and ~ will.
Accompanying this brief sketch Is
the picture Of the man who is the
author 81 what has been SO generally
discussed in the newspapers OF this
country as the "snb-trcasury plan"
and which Is the pet project Of the
members Of the Farmers alliance.
Mr. Harry skinner was born thirty
seven years ago In Perquimmans
county, n. C. His family Is one Of the
most prominent Of that part Of the Old
North State. Adverse circumstances
resultant from the war denied him the
advantages Of college education, but
he has been hard student notwith-
standing, and after attending HEREFORD
academy Ia his native county until
ts73 he set himself 10 work 10 accumu-
late funds sufficient 90 attend the law
school Of the Kentucky university,
where he WAS graduated in 1875,
not only completing law course, but
embracing the opportunity 10 take up
some side courses The young bachelor
Of laws was presented To the bar and
sworn IN as q practicing attorney by
the Hon. ". C. T.. breckenridge, at
present Representative In Congress
| from the seventh district % Kentucky.
Returning To Aorth Carolina he assoc
ciated himself al Grecnvillc with the
/ Hon. Lewis Latham. ex-member Of
Congress from North Carolina, and of
| which law firm the Hon. Thomas j.
| Jarvis. cx-united States Minister 20
/ Brazil, has since become member.
/ Mr.. skinner has taken an active part
/ In the politics OF his county and State,
successfully serving Ms chairman and
member Of county, district, and State
! Democratic Executive committees.
lie early gave attention TO financial
questions. and Il has been his boast
that he belonged to "the Allen Thur
man Beck school Of Democracy, as
contra.distinguished from the Wall
\ street Democracy" lie has made ac-
tive canyasses OF the State in behalf of
! financial reforms. opposing specie re-
sumption. When the National farmers
/ movement. now so momcntous, had
1 its inception in the FIRST agricultural
convention In North Carolina in 1855,
he was in attendance, and was active
and persistent in suggestions for relief
In 1857 he prepared q pamphlet, adj
yocnting a land basis for our national
bank issue. and embodying the present
features OF the Stanford bill and the idea
now embraced In the land loan clause
of the 'sub-treasury plan" This was
followed by "The Hope of the South, y
which in condensed form was after
wards published in Frank Leslie IL
lustrntcd newspaper. These documents
were used by the committee on finan-
cinl relief nj the 81. Louis convention
of the Farmers Alliance and Laborer's
Union, Another similar paper ap-
peared soon after, in which he advo-
Gated protection for the fields, as well
MS for the shops, and illustrated how
the warehouse system, through the
credit of the government, could create
n flexible currency MS the instrument
10 protect staple crops and the homes
Of the plain people rapidly falling
under the heavy weight of mort
cages !,
MIR. skinner has expounded and nd
yocated his theory on every stumI
In North Carolina, and being
n pleasing speaker, characterized
with great earncstness of manner, ha'
won ndhcrents for the, plan" wherever
he goes. He was elected to the STATE
Legislature in 1870 from Pitt county by
n majority several hundred in excess o
the usual returns. Through his efforts
the "sub-treasury plan" was that yea
made part Of the State Democratic
platform, and IL was upon this platform
. thnt senator n. II. Vance was reelected
Va his scat In the United States Senate
: Through MIR. SINNERS advocacy th'
! I,egislature instructed Senator Vance
I 10 give his vote for this measure II i
came up in the Senate.
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navy is the most powerful varsity
: naont. Besides her heavy arma men
, She has several rapid firing guns t.
, keep off torpedo boats. They ar
, worked with wonderful quiclSncss.