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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-09-30
WHO DeMONETiZEO SlLVER2

some Facts For POpuiist Orators to Con =
slider rs to the Decentralization uf silver.
The populist orators, for there are
now no democratic orators in Kansas,
have much to say about the demonetiz-
alton of silver, and their democratic
allies shout long and loud whenever
the characterization act of 1878 is re
fcrred to, forgetting that the demo-
cratic congress of 1888 was the author
of that act. Senator Sherman says:
'What is the democratic position? l
will read it precisely as stated in their
Ohio platform:
I'VE denounce the demOnetizltion OF silver in
1873 by the party then in power rs an iniquitous
alteration of the mOIey standard in favor of
creditors and against debtors, taXDacerS and
producers, aud which, by shutting Of one of
the sources of supply of primary money, Oper-
ates continually TO increase the value OF gold
depress prices, hamper industry and dispIrage
enterprise. an we demand the rcinS tatement
of the constitutional STANDARD Of both gold and
silver, with the cquIl right Of each TO free and
unlimited coinage
Let me first correct some statements
in this paragraph. The act of 1878 was
not the act of the pd-ty then in power,
but it was the act of all parties 1t was
voted for by republicans and democrats
alike after full consideration for three
years in congress. 1t was voted for by
every representative from the silver
states. 1t substituted the trade dollar
for the old silver dollar which had not
been coined for thirty years. This was
done at The request of the legislature
of California and on motion of its sena-
tors. The silver dollar was then
worth MORE than the gold dollar,
for the production of gold was then
greater than the production of
silver. The silver dollar had
been effectually demonetized by the act
of 1858. passed by a democratic con-
gress, which substituted for the silver
dollar the fractional silver coins with
which we are familiar. Neither gold
nor silver was in circulation in 1878,
but only grcenbacGs and fractional
notes. In 1875 the republican party, by
party vote, provided for the resump-
ton of specie payments, first by substi-
tuting silver coin for the fractional
notes, and on January l, 1879, by the
redemption of greenbacks in gold and
silver when demanded. In 1878 the old
silver dollar was revived and issued and
made Il legal tender for all debts, pub
lie or private"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-09-30

there is no stopper. wild sound, and
thus he produces the chords. Then he
has an electric battery that connects
with bass drum and brasses and a
snare drum with bell on it. These
things he sets on the floor aud has two
buttons that he presses with his feet
to operate the drums. The box con-
tanning the electric battery has a tri-
angle or the outside, the handle being
pivoted in the center and also worked
by the feet. All these things are
worked by one man. He goes to pub
lie places, restaurants and saloons, and
attracts a good deal of attention. He
makes quite decent living out of his
invention.
Worlds fair officials are busy with
the preparations for the dedicatory
ceremonies. Fortunately, the idea of
having a lot of ''fioats" in the process
sion has been abandoned The pageant
should be grand and imposing, but
everything too grossly spectacular
should be avoided. The float in pro-
cession reminds one too much of the
advertising wagons in a labor day
parade. They possess little dignity.
To my mind it is a case of the sublime
becoming ridiculous by exaggeration.
The ceremonies should be as grand as
human ingenuity can devise, for the
event they are to commemorate is one
of the most portentious in the history
of the race. But they should be digni-
fed Happily, the directors of the ex-
position understand this necessity.
There is no longer any question that
the buildings will be substantially
completed for the dedication, as re-
quired by act of congress. The grounds
are being prepared for the occasion
and viii present an attractive appear
ance though not as perfect as when
the exposition opens next May. 1t
would be a waste of money to put them
in perfect condition at this time as the
work would be destroyed in finishing
up the buildings aud putting in the ex-
hibits. Ii. T. O. HEINEMANN.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-09-30
TANNING THE TROMBONE.
How This Result Is Accomplished by the
Echo Attachments.

The skill and ingenuity of the mu-
steal instrument maker have just sue
ceeded in endowing the trombone play
er with new and somewhat startling
powers. The trombone has always
seemed an incomprehensiblys stupid in
strument to the uninitiated auditor.
He hears a succession of notes lodging
about a rather limited scale, and he
watches the gentleman who is industri-
ously engaged in pumping up the mu-
sic, but on the surface there is some
thing essentially inconsistent between
the two phenomena, and he generally
abandons the task of connecting cause
with effect. a totally rev kind of sur
prise IS in store for him. 1t has hith-
erto been impossible TO ''mute" the
trombone-a as the ncighbors of such as
still aspire to proficiency upon it know
by bitter experience. Comets, horns
and trumpets have all been muted,
either by the intrusion of a wooden
plug in the bell. or, in the case of the
coach horn, by partly closing the bell
with one of the hands of the player In
the trombone the bell is not only too
far away TO be mutcd in this manner,
but the whole structure of the instru-
ment makes such an operation imprac-
ticable. The problem has, however,
been solved by an invention known as
the echo attachment A piston
placed Just under the hand used in
holding the trombone can be depressed
by touch of the middle finger and is
returned by a spring the moment pres
sure is removed. The effect of lower-'
ing the piston is to switch off the air
current into long and tOrtuous tube,
the same length as the main body of
the trombone. This terminates not in
a bell, but in a curious, irregular cone,
so that the sound Is not ''blared forth"
but only gently footed. The echo
attachment is SO arranged that the
whole of 1t is hidden by the bell of the
from bone when the player faces the
audience. BY its aid seemingly distant
music can be produced in the front of
the orchestra without the device of hid
ing the trombone behind the scenery or
in an angels gallery; but. best of all,
the trombone players pupil can spend
the evenings in lighting with his oc-
taves.-Pan Mall Gazette
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-09-30

on official bonds, and making an official
bond lien on real estate of the princi-
pal.
An act declaring the first Monday in
September labor dayl of each year
legal holiday.
An act to prohibit the employment
of children under IA years of age.
An act to establish an experimental
station to conduct experiments for the
destruction of chinch bugs by infection.
An act constituting eight hours a
days work for all laborers, workmen,
mechanics and others employed by or
in behalf of the state of Kansas, or any
county, city. township or other munich
pality.
An act in regard to aliens, and TO re-
strict their right to acquire and hold
real estate, and to provide for the dis
position of the lands now owned by
Nonresident aliens.
An act to prohibit the use of tobacco
by persons under 16 years of age, in
public places
An act to prevent the obstruction of
water courses.
An act to provide for the health and
safety of persons employed in or about
coal mines.
An act regulating warehouses, the
inspection, weighing and handling of
grain.
An act regulating the holding of pri-
mary elections.
An ACT to provide for county uniform
ity of text books in the several counties
of the state and free text books to COM
mon schools.
An act providing for state display
at the Worlds Columbian exposition.
An act authorizing counties to bid in
lands sold for delinquent taxes.
An act providing for the appointment
of a special agent at Washington to aid
soldiers, sailors, marines and the par
ents. widows or children of such in pre-
senting claims against the government.
This was defeated by the solid alliance
vote OF the house.
an act prohibiting combinations to
prevent competition among persons
engaged in buying or selling live stock.
An act for the protection and relief
OF EultEbdtl tiuDlINtS, III III
rules. declaring it To be unlawful to
use defective ears or locomotives or
other machinery, and declaring railway
corporations liable in certain cases for
injuries TO employees.
An act to prohibit the publication of
certain classes of newspapers.
An act for the taxation of banks and
loan and investment companies.
An act to protect associations and
unions of workingmen in their labels
and trademarks.
In addition to these were many other
bills of general nature, besides all the
appropriation bills for the state insti-
tutions which would have suffered had
not the senate committee performed the
work usually done by a joint commit
tee. During the last hours the senate,
recediug from its former stand. passed
a second appropriation bill for the state
exhibit at the Columbian exposition,
but this was also refused.
The records above are plain, and no
good citizen will hesitate long as TO
which he must indorSe.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-09-30

is natural to a party which sustained,
rebelled and fought for the system OF
human slavery which disgraeed the first
sixty years of the republic.
lit is proved in this charge against
the democratic party, by its opposition
to the law by which actual settlers
were given fee-simple title to their
homes, known as the homestead law. as
well, indeed. to be brief, as its opposi-
ton to each and every measure that
has been adopted by the people of the
United States in the last half century
for the elevation of man and the pro-
motion of his mental. moral, physical
and spiritual well being.
'The action of the convention re-
ferred to was decisive and, to the ut
most, significant. The interests of the
worlsingman, or whatever the equiva-
lent phrase may have been, was n red
rag shaken in the face of bull There
was dull roar of rage. a cleaning of
fiery, blOodshot eyeballs, a paving up
of the earth, long, sharp horns were
lowered, the believing grew intoler-
able. and then ceased.
But the woriSingmar-Oh, where
was he? He has had notice served up
on him that the Cleveland party means,
if placed in power, to repeal all legisla-
ton levyiHg protective duties whereby
alone his wages are kept up, and &c is
guaranteed blessings known elsewhere
only to the privileged classes in free
trade countries. For. with the repeal
of protective duties, Great Britain viii
fill our markets with goods made by
men VINO receive less than one-half as
much by way of wages as the Amer
lean wOrlingman. Then it newt
ably follows that either the Ameri-
can worllingman must work for about
| half the wages he gets now or the
American factory must 90 out of BUSH
ness. And even if he accepts the same
rate of wages paid to the En- glish work
ingman, the American worlli1gman is
not secure in his job for any length of
time; for il has been the policyof Great
Britain to destroy competition in every
market accessible to her by selling her
goods far below cost, even though it
took months to accomplish the result"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-09-30

There is much wonderment as to the
reasons that impel Hon. w. C. Jones,
chairman of the democratic state cen
trail committee, to open headquarters in
Topeka. 1t has been rumored that he
would really like to see Weaver elected
president, for then he could make an
other change in safety. He is not an
admirer of the present democratic can
didate, though for prudential reasons
he has been nominally supporting him.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-09-30
Not Needed.

In contemplating the little fight now
going on in Alabama it isapparent that
the force bilr' is not needed in that
section. There was no effort to prevent
voters casting their ballots, and if they
were burned, how was it possible to
count them? As both factions so thor
ougly understand southern methods, it
is possible that unpleasant facts may
be revealed that will cause even that
great reformc Grover cleveland, to ex-
press an opinion.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-09-30
He Had the Right idea.

\ Londoner who had lately taken
lodgings this side the pond IS greatly
surprised at the latch-key bargain
offered him. st was very cheeky
They asked me for p cents for the key.
he says. and l explained to them that
| took the key merely to save their
servants time in coming to the door.
don't mind standing and ringing the
bell. So they said: Never mind the
ouartar ,'-BOston Transcript.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-09-30
Proving the Rule.

Tillinghast-After all, it is the unex-
pected that happens.
Gildersleeve-It doesn't with me. but
perhaps that is because L have formed
the habit of expecting only the unex-
pected.-Truth
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-09-30

There We're but two instances where
mortgages were placed to pay interest,
while in many other instances the pur-
pose seemed to be to purchase more
stock. This showing is not calami-
tous one by any means.
The records reveal about the same
state of affairs in other counties. In
jefferson county, out of ] .4S6 mort
cages, representing 81, 426,7 ZIG 929 were
for purchase money, representing $685.
456, while DPS werefor Improvements, rep
resenting 500, $50. Thus it will be seen
that of the 1, 4s6 mortgages 1, Isl, repre-
senting S1,133, 116, We're for purchase
money and improvements, the remain
ing s393, 900 having been used for stock
feeding, stock raising, security debts,
speculation, business losses, grain busi-
ness, sickness, losses by fire. invest
ments, alimony, to start sons in busi-
ness and for the numerous expenses
that come unexpectedly or are cOurted
on farm or in business.
Surely there never was such an ex-
cellent showing for Indebtedness in
any state in the union, and there seems
to be no reason for wall of distress
where nearly 1000 me2 in a single
county have been enabled to purchase
homes by the aid of borrowed capital,
followed by the magnificent crops
of 1912. in considering the
character of this indebted
ness, every voter should con-
slider whether he desires the past
credit of the state kept up. and whether
he is willing to pass the control of state
affairs into the hands of party that,
either through ignorance or through
pure wickedness, would impair the con-
fidence that has been greater in Kansas
than in any other state of the union
The time has come to decide.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-09-30

"A Paris shoeblack states that the
rising generation of that city is mean.
They all take cabs, he says, in order
to keep their shoes clean and economics
the cost of backing Tit
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-09-30

the President.-"Why do you
charge me ten cents for shine, while
all the other boys charge only hve?"
''Ts de president of de BOOtblaeks'
union. Yankee Blade.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-09-30

-Ethel-"What a faultless dresser
Mr.. Lightcoin is" Etta-'Yes; Victor
says that even his bills are tailor made -
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-09-30
is DEBT A CURSE ?

The state Of Homes. secured Ey Aid OF
borrowed CapisnI ia ,sas, with East
Crn Aid. I9H@ Changed From Barren
Plains to Cultivated Fields and Happy
Homes.
There has been much speculation as
to the cauS of the great mortgage in
debtedness on Kansas farms. The
census bureau selected five counties in
Us many sections Of the state and had
an agent spend three months in each in
examining into the cause of the in
debtedness The reports of these
agents DO not appear to tally with the
claims made by the irresponsible popu-
list speakers that the money was bOr-
rowcd to save the homes, which are
now being taken away from the strug-
Cling and starving farmer. The five
counties subjected to inquisitiOn were
Decatur, Jefferson, Lincoln, Lyon and
Pawnee. Decatur county, being the
newest and the most exclusively agri-
cultural, Is here given.
The total number of mortgages re-
corded was 2,2S9, representing $l,114,-
7S9. This Indebtedness was contracted
for the following purposes, the number
and amounts Eciug Given:
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-09-30
A Campaig, of Education.

Never before did the republicans in
augurate such campaign OF argument
in Kansas as the present one. No pro-
vision has been made for brass bands or
torchlight professions, bat every effort
has been made to secure speakers who
would prove true educators in order to
drive out the false doctrines that have
been spread by men and women of weak
mind bI!t great assurance.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-06-25
German
Syrup =.

The majority of well-read phys
icians now believe that Consump-
ton is a germ disease. In other
words, instead of being in the con-
stitution itself it is caused by limit
merable small creatures living in the
lungs having no business there and
eating them away as caterpillars do
the leaves of trees.
A Germ The phlegm that is
coughed up is those
disease. parts of the lungs
which have been
gnawed off and destroyed. These
little bacilli, as the germs are called,
are too small to be seen with the
naked eye, but they are very much
alive just the same, and enter the
body in our food, in the air we
breathe, and through the pores of
the skin. Thence they get into the
blood and finally arrive at the lungs
where they fasten and increase with
frightful rapidity. Then German
Syrup comes in, loosens them, -
them, expells them, heals the places
they leave, and so nourish and
soothe that, in a short time consump-
tlves become germ~proof and we'll. .
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-06-25
ISAAC p. GRAY.

ISAAC +. GRAY. SlSllC LOT nlIl. WIN
German in line, Gray slated for vice presi-
dent and Illinois solid, there is no hope,
and every possible avenue from the ~inevita-
BILE nomination of Cleveland is closed.
FOR A THIRD TIME
Cleveland is to he the candidate of his
party. He has the nomination as certainly
as a candidate can have it without the
formal action of the convention. German
declined to he considered in the field to-
day, although the anti-Clevelard men
assured him 356 vote.. The astute Mary
lander could not see them clearly enough
and stated that Maryland would support
Cleveland. There is no reason with this
foregone conclusion why the convention
should not be ended Wednesday. 1t is
safe to say now that the proceedings of the
convention will be periunctory and proba-
bly, rapid.
The programme as generally understood
around the Cleveland headquarters at that
hour, was that William L.. Wilson OF West
Virginia would be the permanent chair
mar Of the convention, and that no fight
would be made in the convention over the
tenn craftsmanship. Gov. Abbott, it
is believed, IS slated 10 make the nominal
ing speech for Cleveland. The above result
is believed to nave been brought about by
the enforcement Of he unit rule in the
great states of Illinois, Indiana, Pennsyl-
vania and Missouri. The Cleveland VIC
tory, it must also be admitted, is in a large
measure due to The firm stand taken on be-
half of the ex-president by Senator Palmer
of Illinois, ex-Gov. Campbell OF Ohio, and
Editor Morss, Of the indianapolis Sen
tinel.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-06-25
GERMAN AMERICANS.
Session Of the North American Turner
Bund at Washington.

Session Of the North American Turner
Bund at Washington.
WASHINGTON, June 21.-At to-day's ses-
sion o. she North American Turner Bund
he question of the reinstatement of the
Chicago Turngemeinde came up, aud after
a long debate the matter was referred to
the regular committee on appeals. The re-
port o. the committee on education was re-
ceived AMI adopted.
Resolutions were adopted protesting in
the name o: liberal-minded German Amer
leans against all propositions submitted to
the present congress looking towards a ma
tcrial change or increased strinXency in the
existing laws relating to immigration; pro-
testing against closing the worlds fair on
Sunday and condemnin:: every attempt to
prohibit the sale of beverages at the fair as
an unjustiiiable interference with the sight
seeing citizens, an unconstitutional in
frlngement of personal liberty and a meas
ure which would violate the rules of hospi-
tality due to the visitors. The next bi-en-
NAL meeting OF the bund will be held in
Denver, Colo, in 1894.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-06-25
r DAKOTA,

c. J. D. Hines was jailed at Dikinson
OH the charge Of forgery. He had been 60
ing by the name of Lowerey. He came
from Missouri.
Mrs. Thomas Sweeney was ajudged in
a n at Grand Forks and sent to the asy-
lum. She made IN attempt to kill herself
with carbolic acid and nearly succeeded.
"A full grown moose was killed a short
distance south of Grand Forks ON the prair-
lie the other night. 1t was the first one seen
here for years. H.
A. R. Spear closed the School for the
Deaf, at Devils Lake June 8, on which
date pupils went home; 81 in attend
arce.
The June rise commenced in the Missouri
river. The water rose 81 feet in 48 hours
and now stands 5 feet 2 inches above low
water mark. Reports indicate higher
water this spring than Tor a number Of
years. -.
At Grand Forks an Independent party
convention was held and fifteen delegates
elected to the Independent convention at
Valley City, The convention favored
changing the name to the Peoples party in
order to entitle it to representation in the
national convention. H.
l.. @. Larson, a prominent farmer living
nine miles south Of Michigan City vas
shot and killed, while hunting. His
companions gun -accidently discharged,
Larson, receiving the contents in the back.
He lived but a few moments. He leaves a
wife and six small children.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-06-25
wv

Fire at Bloomfield burned the mill, oil
of the floor and 5000 worth of sacks. Loss,
$4,000.
Margaret Clark, thirty-two years old,
fell down, a flight of stairs at Dubuque
and broke her neck, dying instantly.
William Jones, who shot in a row in
Council Bluffs, the manager ofthe Sand
wich Manufacturing company, died.
John Pope, a German so years old COM
mitted suicide at Fort Atkinson by throw
ing himself into a mill pond. He had been
at the insane asylum two years.
Rev. Slattery attempted to deliver a lect-
ure at keokuk in opposition to Romanism.
A riot ensued and two men, Pat Harring-
ton and Tom Glenn, were shot, neither
fatally.
w. E. Krause. a farmer residing six miles
east of Mason City, was instantly killed.
He was blowing when his horses became
tangled and in all attempt to cxticate
them they fell on him, crushing him to
death.
James Maher, who was suspected of the
shooting of Jack Wade. vino was killed
outright at Council Bluffs, has skipped to
parts unknown. He feared mob venge-
ance.
Receiver Haplin, Of the Dubuque Brass
and Metal company, liabilities 500. 900
was granted permission to sell the estab.
lishment after advertising it for three
weeks in Chicago and st. Paul, where most
of the claims are held.
The large freight depot of the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific railroad was burned
at Council Bluffs. All the merchandise
stored i'll the building was consumed. The
damage was heavy, but cannot be definite
ly ascertained. The records were all de-
stroyed with the building.