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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-01-22
The Long Platform"

The present platform OF the Mime
sofa State Alliance will 60 into ALI
ance history as the "Long Plat
FORM" The occasion OF it's length
was the fact that 1877 resolutions
were presented to the committee.
We threw out all but the 81, and
thought a great "cut" was made,
when the 81 accepted and shortened
ones stared the committee in the
face there was no time to cut or trim
more. Still, when the platform is all
overlooked, there is but little to
erase. Four resolutions were added
after the Report was made. 1t en-
braces a good deal-but when the
next legislature meets a good deal
will be required.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-01-22

For They Have Ceased Long Ago."
That is what the pluto press says
of land grants. And it is a kerwallop-
ing big falsehood. One year ago Sep
TENDER last, the demo-republican con-
gress passed forfeiture Bill" 1t
forfeited a million acres of land
claimed by the Northern Pacific Rail-
way to the settlers!-that is, it gave
the settlers the right togo into court
and fight the corporation-which is
a trife of something else. But read
down that bill and lo!-it gives to
the same railway corporation forty
six millions OF acres OF land to which
it never had a just claim, nor a claim
of any kind for eleven years! Oh
yes, the land grant ceased long
ago!"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-01-22
The |. u. in Minnesota.

Minnesota alliance practically Great Indus
trial Union National movement The omaes
will doubtless conven
unite by of
Committee will be about
There will probably be number not take
the workbyond entrance
there will be up
hem and knowing the simplicity of the
secrecy they will all swing into line.
unit The every with
possible exception And as political
apoa
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-01-22

The bankers and jobbers in general
are setting up a tremendous howl
over the Washburn Option-gamb-
ling bill. While the long cared tigers
bray at one another the farmer can
sit on the fence and throw stones at
both. Option-gambling will Ego"
within five years-snd if the English
syndicate tiger kills the kenotiger,
why the farmer will stone the syndi-
cate to death just the same. These
are a few OF the planks which the peo-
pies party will execute within the next
five years.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-01-22
The SubtreaSurv Vote.

The vote the subeasury plank after an
hours active such 3D.
posed-was 467 for, and only 81 against.
On occasion pardoned
vanity Two the subreasuy plan actually booted
the meeting Not Wara Dakota who was in the
hail. faced that storm dsion with Defense
During that time defended the doc
the GREAT VEST There papers
believe for that have and four
hundred weeks have assaulted it, With not voice
has been lifted it's defense exposition
the active and continuous exerons the
Wand look at the "a for the Farm Truly Mr.
he said wholly without ;nAu
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-01-22

then, according to the Minneapolis
Tribune, was offered the magnificent
sum OF $4,000 for the "plant." And,
where, in this sociological wealthpro-
duction, does the labor of q whole
family come in? Mr.. Montgomery
Justly calls the thing a falsehood
from centre to circumference, and we
should like to have the Truverse Co.
bank, which gave the thing a gee
haw-buck send-off verify, the state
ment.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-01-22

The revolution in Mexico is only
the reaction of a depressed and i'll
used people. Field hands get from
10 to IS cents per day, while the cost
OF living is very high, made so by the
extortionate prices on transpor-
tation and high tariff on foreign
goods. Bacon is SO cents a pound,
coal $16 per ton, corn $1.2O a bush
ell, -four SIS for hundred pounds,
cotton prints are 1Octs. a yard, sugar
21cts. per pound, wheat $3.50 a
bushel and iron $13 more a ton
than in this country. 1t is aprotec-
ton paradise.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-01-22
A Standard of Value.

Ihe partisan papers are Just now
discussing fat money and a stand
ard of value. 1 will discuss briefly in
this letter the latter proposition.
just so long as we undertook to
put into practice that worst of all
ideas, just SO long will the higher
valued products measure the lower.
The large pocket book governs the
smaller, and the rich will rule the
poor.
At the present time there is much
said and written about the shrinkage
of values. There has been really no
shrinkage OF values, but there has
been an increase in the measure by
which values were estimated. Some
well-disposed, but extremely ignorant
persons have introduced a bill in Con-
gress to establish a uniform stand
ard of value, hoping thereby to avoid
these fluctuations. The Pope's bull
against the comet was sound logic
compared to this. In doing so, leg
islation seeks to establish an utter
impossibibility. As I have repeated
ly said before, there can be no such
thing as a standard of value. That,
with the markets of the world. the
money of world, and the philosoph-
er's stone, all belong in the same
category OF ancient fables. Coins
are not standards of value, but
standards of payment. The only
measure of value is the money OF &C
count, that abstract thing, the dol
lar, of which we talk so much. Value
is an abstract, intangible something
that can not be measured by a con-
crete tangible something any more
than an idea can be measured bv a
quart cup, or a sentiment by a foot
rule. The difference between a stand
ard of value and a standard of pay
ment is this:
A standard OF payment is a certain
legally authorized amount Of speci-
fed commodities which are the basis
of all debts or agreements, and are
received in liquidation of the same.
The standard of payment in this ma
tionis a specified number OF grains OF
gold Or silver.
A standard of value is a commodity
value, ascertained by the relation
which thestandard OF payments bear
to it and all other things. 1t is an
assumption, having no existence
either in logic or fact. The only man.
ner in which value is ascertained is
by comparison with the standard
of payment. The word, standard,
means stable, solid, unchanging.
There never was a commodity of
value in the world that was not con-
stantly changing as it's conditions to
other commodities changed. The
standard of payment can not be a
standard of value, because the value
of that standard has always been. is,
and always will be, fuctuating. The
value depends upon it's amount and
the demand.
Value is an abstract idea, like
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-01-22
Our old friend J. M. Montgomer,

Our old friend j. M. Montgomery
writes us a letter this week which
takes up the case of a farmer who
purchased a farm for $1,000 and
'sgot rich" off from it in three years
one OF those weekly cases OF "pros-
perity" from the daily press! Mr..
M. takes the statement and scratches
it's eyes out in about five minutes.
He shows that the man, at the end
of three years had spent enough to
nearly double the cost of the farm
and with $500 interest actually
doubled it's cost-lived with animal
economy, banked nothing, and
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-01-22

At the National Farmers Alliance,
at Indianapolis held last fall, some
steps were taken in regard to the cot
ton question. The price OF that arti-
Gle, for sometime past, has been low
er than it has ever been in the history
Of cotton culture-and is far below
the cost of production. There was a
set OF resolutions drawn up in refer
ence to the matter one of which read
as follows: :
"That being in possession OF facts
that are thoroughly reliable which
warrant us in the belief that a false
estimate has been purposely made
of the present crop of cotton, we feel
safe in guaranteeing better prices if
cotton be held for sixty days"
Unless these resolutions could be
placed before the peoplef for their con-
sideration there could possibly no
good results accrue from them. With
view Of giving them a wide circula-
ton, some explanations, accompany
ing the resolutions we're given to the
Associated Press in Washington with
request that they be published.
But they declined the offer. Here was
a piece of fresh news-so far as thu
public was concerned, and something
OF great Importance to q large class
of producers. Whywas it rejected?-
because the plutes do not approve of
that kind of news being dissemin-
ated.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-01-22

never have and will fuse with the democracy the
republicans The Fshe dpe either
old which ignorant cowardy erowand
too despotic to let other people grow.
The old spectral devils will onthey
like shadows coae they will distorted goblin frameworks
mighty sink into each others thew
will be the sweet ngaheng Of democratic
brood Of harn ROTTEN
the peoples will righteous wrath
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-01-22

We are told that Congressman
Halvorson, alliance, from the old 5th
Dist, voted against the Holman bill
to stop extravaganza appropriations!
His name was so published. If this
is so-and we cannot believe it-Mr.
Il. will have a serious meeting with
his constituents when he returns.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-01-22

1t is officially reported from Ohio,
that unless harmony is restored in
the democratic ranks in New York
State, that Governor Boies, of Iowa.
will be pushed with vigor for demo
cratic candidate for the presidency
in the coming campaign.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-01-22

P. Schaffner returns his GREAT
VEST and requests that it be discon-
tinued, but does not give his address.
If he will kindly notify US where he
lives We will promptly comply.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-01-22
ST. PAUL, MIMI, JAN. %, 1892.

Sen. PETER has introduced a bill in
congress to change the constitution
SO that the president and vice pres
ident shall be elected by direct vote
of the people. Senator PETER is max
ing his presence felt in the senate.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-01-22
The Agricultural Associations

applied agriculture The
Association and adjourned
disgrace farmers alliance from Kamschaka:
st elected board and officers whom
the president Burw Paul. COL
lected in the courts!
2d-Athough "Agruura elected to man.
aget
3d-Its Fish called atten
Lggett undertook explain
plan. is simply "of it's hooks and will remain off.
Nebraska
The following accideny omitted from last weeks ue
delegates proceedings given this
following dispatch sent from the REArWEsr
grand session. Donny President
with the Industrial Unon adopts the
loan and peoples party. Greeting Do thou likewise
ROBERT EcKFoRD,
Secretary.
Indianapolis great railway strike The
high As
eephoned for, the ephoned
The chief police acknowledged
gulf between the to and the
Pers Bill loan $4,000 Indiana
security the onea the
ming and will be years
mighty nation either the hands make the
world will the thro mighty struggle the robbers and
the robbed 1t is coming
service pension provides pension monthly
every the And prison
southern additional monthly payment equal
prisoners were IN the
$1O95 month he also prisoner
for 80 days he would get 1195 month
The sun., 1892-01-16

Albert Russell Metz. printer at 90 John
street. made an assignment yesterday. with
out preferences. to John Britten. The assign
ment, It is said. WAS duo chiefly to inability to
collect money duo for printing magazine.
The liabilities are estimated at $4,000. with
nominal assets much larger
Deputy Sheriff Hcimberger received yester.
day an attachment for $500 against tho
Washington Manufacturing Company. cotton
goods. Of Gloucester. N. j.. IN favor Of Charles
M. Hough The commission merchant ON
whom chs attachment WAS served declared
that the company had no property with him.
This Is the company OF which Joseph II.
Coates. the PHILADELPHIA cotton merchants who
made all assignment on Thursday. u FreSi-
dent. The liabilities OF Joseph u. Coates b
GO. arr. currently reported to be from SSoo.-
Judgment Tor SIG. 7ss was entered yesterday
against the Enii!re State Type Founding Conn
pai,y Of IL rrankfort street In favor Of Henry
c. Snffen on An assigned claim Of Walker 4
Bresnnn for money advanced and good4 sold
In the past six Years. 8. H. Walker 10 Prost-
dcnt ana Y. II. Eresnan Treasurer. They said
yesterday that they had got tired Of putting up
WAY to simplify matters. Except two small
hills all the debts are to srockholderB. and
they thought the assets would cover every
thing. They hope to sell ont the business.
The sun., 1892-01-16
The Bsschi.sky Murders.

Tho murderer o! Mrs. Frieda Boschinsky
anil her iour-year-old son Isaac who were
found dead in their apartment at 35 Moore
street. Wi!liamsburgh. on Dec is. 10 still un-
known. Police Captain Ennis. In whose prs-
cinct the crime was committed. and Detective
Sergeants Miller and Marks who are detailed
to look for clues. said last night that they were
ss much In the dark now a. ever While In
vesugetiug the lover theory In this case the
loi lea oXarn tnod the records OF the Barge ONCE
to, try and 'enrn ii ANY Of Mrs. Bosohinsky's =
- leor or:m ~ which she came to America.
gould give them any clue to the Identity OF
her supposed lover. 1t was reported yester-
day thai solns curious circumstances con.
neeted with tho landing OF the woman had
been discovered. When talked with at the
him; 1t ts snid tlat she did not know where
sired to 60 to massachusetts, to seek him.
Eh. had not heard from him for p long time.
DoschinsSys statement to the police was that
he sent HIS wife money for her passage. When
Gen. O'Bairns dsc.d ded that the mother and
chiid nlust return to- Europe Boschinsky came
o!ward nnd claimed them.
In conjunction with that report II was said
that somebody was under arrest and than
Boschinshy WAS heine Closely hhe ednwed. as
the police believed that he could hep thsm IN
their trnrel ;2r tia murderer !! he could 10
induced 70 talk.
Chief Inspector Reilly ~ the Brooklyn de-
tcct.ve tortn said last ni.ht that the only truth
at wort; on the case and had hope At the
pol Ice Contra. Office in NH. 2!ty story that q
prisoner WAS he'd there In connection with
this cas- WAS denied.
The sun., 1892-01-16
ARRESTED THE SHERIFF.
Locked Up In HSs Owa Prison for Nuaerous
O4enceU.

COLUMBUS. Ind. Jan. 16.-SherIn William O.
Smith Of this city and county Is In jall. He is
. widower. and lives with his parents In
the residence part OF the Jail. His brothsr.in-
law. Charles Ryan. died n week ago. since
which time Smith hns been drinking heavily.
Late Yesterday afternoon he caught q rabbit,
told her to cook 1t for him. When he returned
the rabbit was not cooked and he assaulted
It over his head. cutting a deop .ush over his
face and nose. 0,li"r women came to the
reseus. and the drunLen sheriff was forced
slashe.l right and left. threatening to XII all
who came In reach. Tho women then hurled
q shower OF brick at him. when hs ran home
and got u revolver. His father. who Is deputy
Sherir. then had him arrested by City Marshal
acting as turnkey. Smith Is sorv ing his soc.
ord term as Shrrin. with ten months to run.
The sun., 1892-01-16
THE TRUST CONPANIEA
Figures from the Annual Reports FILED with
the Banking Department.


ALBANY. Jan. 15.-The trust companies Of
the State are now nlinR their annual reports
with the State Banking Department Tho OK
hibits Of some Of the New York city companies
give tho following figures:
HOLLAND Trcsr rCoarASH.-Rssourees-Bon and mort
Ragea. SsI 900: stock investments Cnxrxet vaiush
Sl.loUSoS amount loaned coliateraiA S761.62S;
loaned personal securities SS2 Yos: real
tate tsstimatel vnlner. slssoOo: cash on hand and
on depos:s. S2GI.se1 other assets. sSO.esa. Tota.
IiselSs: .,csk ps.,a IN s;eo oco: su.ps.
ssss s:eeaG p sSa0s sa
Sss.s: !ss.s % a S VICE
ssinsl s.. .oio. $50: amount loaned on coll.tsras.
h.ss 4ses .es 81 Other :;'s
isSi,,;,s. ss souHi
ssSc
M q ;Ss; 0'hsf assets
fund s.eS Ss pns'SiGed @ p'aas: @
pests ss.1s2Iii:, expenses. ss7 Ies; divdsnds
Cr11.! TSrsI coa.Asr..Rs. and mort
on psa.oni, seeurt.s. % 81 sss ssa estate. ss6
LisEitos- stock paid in. 1000 ooo surplus
sls1. 600. deposit: be.fin. interest s:s25ossS
The State Trust Company reports total as:
OF SG 553,450
The sun., 1892-01-16
BARLEY French eets . Contract.

City Works Commissioner Adams and Health
Commissioner Griffin Of Brooklyn have award
cd the contract for the removal Of garbage for
fvo years to BARLEY French whose bid OF
5000. 600 was the lowest received. This Is the
first i'm portant contract which Mr.. French has
obtained. and 1t is said that ex-Alderman
Daniel OConnsll OF the Ninth Ward Is his
silent partner in the work. which is popularly
supposed to be worth from $4,000 to 500. 900
a year.. The garbage contract calls for pay
ments In excess Of the appropriation made for
such purposes for the, year 1892. and the
city authorities to make it.
Corporation Counsel jerks holds that the
a contract. as It Is a matter concerning the
preservation OF the pphlic health. He sug::
the whole matter beyond doubt Contractor
French Is a brother Of POLICE Captain French
and Supervisor French. His hondsmen are
James Murphy and W. J. Bennett.
The contract for the removal of of!al for tho
next fve years has been awarded to Androw
Nissell at $25.OOO.
The sun., 1892-01-16

Some who saw the autopsy psriormsd & VS Wers ", Of
:ss ssSs S
%sas y sso , AL oa sSs HILL :iSs Ssspss: Sshsss
ah wsssi sna spSana n't .owssd sss tps Tie
WAS smooth. we ON on tka ieft H L " Was "D rough. ugh
s,s .Ss, sSss sSs i ks
ronsSnsss on tho ieis SIDE e S iinfiIeted % from ON
the 1Ys, ssn Esiy sa s E se =
Would have BEEN had R sRa as man nerS Ss.
he, lived from Ave to eight minutes after
being out.
sS TsS T s, stbs, ssys sn cso. ,s S
.yo spc. ga csrssS Vas s% i"un W
dead. There IL every reason to believe that
that man was Carson. Driven from tho lodg-
hSs' aon III haS down and ssp e SSa
Souss. Two hours Sleep Would not. have
initc had been driven With force and pro.
But what motive there could have been for q
murder is puzz,ine question. It may have
ss:n F9s ass ssS SSss
s ny ntVs e. sa
s house, 'e Rse Thss 81 IS
M would have Immediately spent that money Tor
tx. ss. M as SIX sTsss
hotel that feI,sn and Ferbslssw i, ths ,u man ,p,
pockets were searched at tho police station
Ss vss w.. onnd ns wUS Sc Ros
for the commission Of AND crime 1t might
sie 'sa to Ia tho
f s aoseS SGns @ ssSs s.sSbed
and those assaults have been attributed I. one
Eerson: WI" & les received the name s of tho
weapon with which Carson % Wound was SIN made de-
about two years ago. No belonged 70 pronli-
Sssod I'm Wso a. a snd & a| sa' xas Ts sn
1SssE s.a sffs s@%sx
sr's death had Just been adnittsd to ths bar.
Who had been be n.rener of I'M Mr. Carson sr sar
1'9r CsEsop E married ch the 6HnnSh
moss and left Baltimore. He had become ad-
dictel TO drinking. and through dissipation
and speculation had made away. with the
grcatec part of the money that had been left
him. His wife had left him and begun divorce
proceedings against him. He went to Boston.
whore he became an agent for a firm dealing
in law books. From that no dr!fted into book
cauvassing. and for the past year had travelled
BEEN S Tor coer .nd SSa charess Serb
ner's Sons.
number OF tho letters In Carson'a pockets
were from his two sisters One recently mar
ricd Judge John sanderson Of Paterson; where
sister is the wife Of Frank De s. Benzinger.
a Justice OF tho Peace In Baltimore. Carson's
only OF her near relative is his cousin. Mrs.
Alexander Elliot. tile vile Of Judge Elliot OF
Paterson.
Mrs. sanderson and Mrs Elliot we're seen in
Paterson yesterday by q Sun reporter. Mrs.
Sanlerson. Mrs. Elliot. and Judge Elliot, were
positive that Carson could not possibly haye
committed suicide. Carson's death Is the
third that has occurred in the family in the
past two months. On Nov. IL Mrs. BenZinger's
little girl. Marie Louise. was burned to death
In her mothers sight, and four weeks ago the
third sister. Mrs. George N. Webster OF Balti-
more. a young woman Of 23. fell dead OF heart
failure.
Mrs. Sandersou and Mrs. Elliot will com Q from
Paterson this morning to identify Carson's
body and to make arrangements for the runer.
nj: Word was sent to Mrs. Benzinger. and 1t
will depend on her wish whether tho funeral
Will lie held here or In Baltimore
The sun., 1892-01-16

DIsehHrEed Five Days Later sn Testtnony
tkns Ae Had Bses Falsely Accused.

Discharged Five Days Later sn Testinony
that He Had Bses Falsely Accused.
About three weeks ago Z. B. Spaulding Of 81
East Sixty-third street obtained through Mrs
Kelly's employment agency at II West
Eleventh street young German named
Berthold Landmesser to act as butler In his
home On Sunday Mr.. Spsulding bad tho
young man arraigned In Yorkville Court
charging him with using improper language.
with pounding on the doors. aud ringing the
door bell. until Mrs. Spaulding was made sick
with fear and he himself was unnerved. The
young man. who cannot speak English. denied
through an interpreter. all the charges. but
Justice Ryan sent him to the Island for six
months.
Yesterday Manager Irwin Of Mrs. Kelly's
agency came to the Yorkviile Court and told
Justice Ryan that Mr. Spanlding had made
his complaint against Landmesser 70 avoid
paying his wages Irwin said: THE hoy
came to Mrs. Kelly about eight days age nnd
said he could not get his money. Mrs Kelly
gave him letter to Mr.. Spaulding. and Land
messer took 1t up to him. He read it. and then
slammed tho door In the boys face: Land
messer continued to ring the bell, and he was
nrrested", irwin showed The Justice ..a letter
ie vas sorry Landmesser had been sent W
nffdhvit II am sorry" said Justice Ryan.
THAT was taken in; Here is discharge for
Landmesser." and he handed to Irwin the
neS'Sss rsnoster rid csied At Mr.. spauldings house
last night. but lie was not at home.
The sun., 1892-01-16

Its BODY Said u Have Been FoanA Near
Gila Hot Springs.

ella Hot Springs.
SILVER CITY. New Mexico. Jan. 16.-Ths body
OF a child that WAS found In one Of the cham
bere. supposed to have been inhabited by tho
clfY dwellers near the ella Hot Springs in this
county. has been sent to the Smithsonian In.
stitution at Washington. The body II in an
excellent state Of preservation. and 1t Is that
OF child about 4 years old. Whom found it
was wrapped In cloths and bound to piece of
wood about two feet In length Tho legs were
drawn up In the position OF a child creeping.
and tho forearms were raised so that the
hands were near the shoulders. with tho palms
toward the front The fists were tightly
clenched.
The body is very light and the skin is very
much shrunken. The body resembles an
Egyptian mummy. except in color. The skin
is light brown. perfectly smooth. and SO we'll
preserved that the pores can be seen distinct
Iy. The finger nails are perfect. and the teeth
were intact when the body was discovered. but
and eyes, are gone. and tho skin is broken
on tho right knee. The head is covered with
fins soft black halr about two Inches long;
The body. which has Just been sent to Wash
ipgton. is tho first one found In one Of these
cham bcrs. and. 80 far as is known. is the first
one discovered which may reasonab bly, be- sup
posed to have belonged to the extinct rnce OF
clifI dwellers.