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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-23

Peoples Press: Of every new
party it is said 1T win soon be as
bad as the old parties" This cannot
be consistently said of the Peoples
party for the reason that it proposes
to keep the power in the hands of the
people themselves The initiative
the referendum and the imperative
mandate will effectually keep the
crooks of all parties straight
National Economist: The indecent
manner in which the Democratic
house treated the Alliance sub treas
ury bill in waiting until the very last
hours of the session. when debate was
impossible to make an adverse re-
port upon the measure. is another
evidence of the unfairness with which
labor's demands generally have been
treated by the old party congress and
is another nail in the coffin in which
the putrid carcass of plutocracy will
soon be ensconsed.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-23
ON TO WASHINGTON.

We're beaded straight for Washington
with Weaver brave and true,
The foremost man, the mighty man who
fought the Wall street crew;
He leads the peoples army forth injustice
to undo;
And the truth goes marching on.
Glory, glory. hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujahl
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
10 Washington, march on.
The Shylocl breed with soulless greed
must honest work resume"
The lords of land at laws demand shall
yield the people ROOM
And autocrats who fix the freights shall
share Belshazzar's doom,
For God is marching on.
The tools of gold, alarmed, behold the COM
ing countless host;
From silver states this news awaits-"an
avalanche has crossed; -
On Southern fields and Northern plains the
parties old are lost,
For truth goes IN arching on.
Then cheer again the noble men, brave
Weaver and brave Field;
The blue and gray are one to-day, and
every foe shall yield;
We bear aloft the starry flag, with free
dom's sword and shield;
And right goes marching on.
George Howard Gibson, Lincoln, Neb,
in the Journal of the Knights of Labor.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-23
Light Ahead.

The American farmer has been seed !.
ing his mortgaged ground for many
years and giving up the price OF his
products to usurious money sharks
that is to say what the railroads have
not taken for transportation to
market. He has grown poorer each
year. while the non producing vultures
have been accommodating billions.
Now, when he finds himself at the
absolute mercy of hsartless grind
ing plutocracy. and stops to look
about him and see the causes which
have led to his condition. the corpora
ton" hireling screams in his ear
keep your hands on the pillow; you
don't know anything about politics
and have no right to inquire into
such matters. Well attend to the ship
of state, as we have nothing else to
do. while you have your debts to pay
and your families to feed. Toll on and
keep silent for you have no time to
spare in acquiring political knowledge.
Well tell you how to vote when cleo
ton day comes.' But the producer
is tired of this kind of business and
finds it necessary to do little think
ing and acting for himself The two
old political machines have outlived
themselves and their operators will
be compelled to hunt new job. The
people have rebelled against the
oppressive money power and refuse
to submit longer TO evtortion and
robbery. This is an excuse for the
existence of a great reform party and
the assurance it has of sweeping the
country. The people realize their
power and feel that the time has ar
rived for them to exercise it The
farmer will leave his pillow and the
laborer will pause in his toll long
enough this year to destroy the teaches
which are sapping their very life
blood. Prosperity. happiness and
relief from u calling slavery to Eng
llsh gold-grabbers will follow the
victory of the party of the people. -
Southern Alliance Farmer.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-23
where Want and Misery Abide.

The average visitor fancies that
New York is that promenade on
Broadway between the Union Square
and the metropolitan opera house.
past the hotels and Delmonico's. But
to see New York go east or west of
this Broadway only few blocks to
where the atmosphere is fetid, the air
is full of the wind blown. sun dried
droppings in the streets where the
streets are all a-litter with rotten
fruit waste paper and ashes where
the tenements are ranged along the
tagging like never ending factories
where the children swarm and pilfer
like Arab bands where the young
men hang about the saloon doors in
sullen crews where the mothers loll
in the windows upon dirty pillows
and the men come and go at night
land morning with dinner pals or
shoulders crushed down beneath piles
OF ready made clothing.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-23
J suffering Children,

9y mo laughter permitted in this mill.
Children who sing will be discharged. "
Such are the rules Of the mills where
children spend seventy hours week.
Think of it mothers ..-Ph iladelphia
Labor World. q 45s41 aans4a
We wonder what Jesus Christ would
say if he should happen to visit the
mills where the above rules are posted.
Would he repeat what he said two
thousand years ago in old Jerusalem:
Suffer little children to come unto
me and forbid them not. for Of such
is the kingdom OF heaven. or, would
he tear down the rules scourge the
taskmasters with a rawhide. and get.
himself locked up in the Bridewell
two months for disorderly cOnduct?-
Ex.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-23

'UncIe Sam, and John Bull,,
Uncle Sam at the telephones:
Halo That you. Mr.. BullP
John Bull-Yes. What do you
want? ----......-e-s.--...- w. ~v
U. S.-We want free coinage OF
silver. Can we have it.
j. B.-Not by dog goned sight
if the court knows herself and I
think she do.
U. S.-Why not?
j. B.-Because it would make silver
worth 100 cents on the dollar, and
we would have to pay about 40 cents
more on the ounce for your silver
with which We buy our wheat and
other supplies from India. This
would increase the price of wheat and
other supplies about 80 per cent We
won't stand it.
.. S-But. Mr. Bull. we have
both silver and wheat to SELL and
that's the reason our people want
free silver.
J. B.-The people be damned"
What do we care for the people.
Z. S-But the people are about to
make us trouble about this question.
and something must be done or they
will enact a free silver bill themselves.
What shall we do.
j. B.-Get up racket over the seal
question. trot out the old tariff scare
crow or shake the bloody shirt; any
thing to attract their minds from the
money question.
U. S. But these schemes won't work
any longer. The people are hungry
and clamorous
j. B-Feed 'em soup. I'll have
Salisbury send you receipt to make
cheap soup. Now don't bother me
any more. Pm busy at a game of
baccarat and collecting my rents from
Ireland. Good bye.
U. S>-Good- bye. John. Have the
Bank of England take good care of
John Sherman's picture. He's good
fellow and will stand up for an honest
dollar. fe.-f
j. B.-Oh, yes; he is England's
best friend in America. Give him nv
best and tell him we Englishmen
think he's a bully boy. Now good
bye.
U. S. Good bye Well try to fool
the people a little longer but they
are getting onto our racket. United
States of-SOuthern Mercury.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-23
The Worst Enemy OF Kansas.

The worst enemy of Kansas is the
man who is constantly striving to e.
stroy the credit OF it's people. Cham
pion.
Very WELL who is it that has been
proclaiming Kansas people repudia-
tors and filing the press with
reports that were calculated to injure
their credit? We agree with you,
and, upon your own testimony. we
charge it against your Republican
press that it is the worst enemy
Kansas ever had. Topeka Advocate
end Tribune.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-23
An American Lord.

AN AIICE1CAn AOEus
A significant item is going the
rounds of the press. Little William
Vincent Aston, who was born the 18th
day OF last November. is the richest
baby in the world. as he is the heir to
$3.50. 900. 000." And this is recorded
of child born in that country of
which Thomas Jefferson said less
than three quarters of a century ago:
I'VE have no very rich among u.s."
What vast progress must have been
made to produce such results What
wonderful increase in mans power
over the forces of nature must have
been caused by the inventive genius
OF the age to make it possible for one
father to so enrich his offspring.
What a glorious thing it is to be born
in this age when fortunes have been
so piled that babes may rest under
silken canopies and laugh at the old
terror that man is born to trouble as
the sparks fly upward. and sheer at
the idea that man shall earn his
bread in the sweat of his brow.
But there is an unfortunate reverse
to this picture. There were other
babes born in the month of November
last year. There are other mothers
who thanked God for their great Joy,
and other fathers who learned some
thing more of life and its response
bilities when they felt the first touch
of shat bark that had been Launched
on the other side. and slipped from
heaven on an ebbing tide" But
these others did not enter a world for
life of leisure and criminal idleness..
1t was not for them to break the laws
of nature and receive their daily bread
in hands unstained by toll. No
greater natural gifts were given to
the descendant of the pelt peddler
than to the little one who brought
happiness to the day laborers tene-
ment. Both shall hear the same
promise of reward for filial obedience
and love. If their lives show honor
to father and mother they shall be
long in the land the Lord their God
hath given them. But one will roll
in luxury while the other slips from
his mothers lap to enter protected
workshop when he should be playing
in the fields.
81 There is too wide chasm between
the babes born On that November
morning. 1t is too wide for the we'll
fare of either Too wide for the
safety of institutions under which
such differences can exist Too wide
for the honor of that faith which
rests upon promises made impossible
of realization by the very ex-
istence of babes inheriting so
many millions standing as a
perpetual barrier between chill
dren of nature and natures gifts.
While such conditions exist there can
be no rest for the reformer. no sur
render of his demand that laws tend
ing to increase the power of monopoly
shall be repealed in the interest of
natures safety and honor. Chicago
Times.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-23
A Bloodless Revolution,

Organized labor was never so
stirred up as now. In fact even UNI
organized labor begins to see that it
must do something to be saved.
There's revolution on. On with the
campaign OF education" that the
people may te enabled to vote intel
ligently; vote right-that the revolu-
tiCn may be bloodless QUE
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-23
I Govotsll.enIt Can MAGE Money.

III governments can make money
why should It tax the people for
means to pay its expensesP Why
shouldn't it start its money printing
machine to work and turn out money
enough to pay all bills as they &C.
cruep These are some Of the ques-
tons which Peoples party advocates
will have to answer. They are usu-
ally propounded by men who have
given the subject of money no thought
and who do not realize that money is
not wealth. but only its representa-
tive. The financial student will read
lily understand that the Omaha plat
form. of all the platforms this year.
is the. only one whose financial plank
IS strictly consistent with good sense
and a true conception OF what money
really is. 1t will be noticed that af-
ter demanding money of the people at
tax not exceeding 2 per cent by the
subtreasury or better system. it con-
cludes as follows: ALSO by payments
in discharge of It's obligations for pub.
lie improvements" Why does it
qualify this demand by inserting the
words 'for public Improvement"
Why not include all other expenses?
The answer is plain enough. When
the government engages in public i'm
provement it is engaged in adding to
the wealth of the country. and since
the only legitimate function of money
is to stand as representative of
wealth. it is perfectly consistent with
reason and good sense that it should
strike the money necessary to defray
the cost of such improvements. If the
government builds a $40, 900 postof-
flee anywhere in the country what it
does is to apply labor to material in
bringing the 800 900 property into
existence where nothing existed be-
fore and it is not only right to strike
the money to represent this amount of
wealth but it is wrong to use any
other money for such purpose. On
the other hand the expenses of gov
eminent incurred for other things
than public improvement are In
Cured. not in the production, but in
the consumption Of wealth; thus,
presidents. congressman, governors.
legislators, foreign ministers and the
whole host of government employees.
are not wealth-producers the duties
they perform do not and cannot add
one cent to the material wealth of
the country. On the contrary all
government officials are and of me-
cessity must be, consumers of wealth
created by others and for which they
can give no adequate return of intrin-
sic value. Hence it follows that con-
sistency demands that the govern
ment should collect from the people
money sufficient to represent the
amount of wealth which the officers
and employees Of the government con-
sumo. This is the penalty which la
Dor must pay for having to be gov
erned. National Economist.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-23

y
The Grand PARTY Of the People.
Western Waterman. Cal. has an
interview with Governor ,Tillman Of
South Carolina which. If true, is in
deed remarkable. coming from him.
1t says: >t. 4 .@.s.s- RI,
A Colum bus S. c.. correspondent
interviewed Governor Tillman on his
return from visit to Washington.
In speaking of the action Of the Dem.
ocratic congress he said: The Dem
ocrats are not doing themselves credit
as economists. Their extrav agance
will be apt to give the third party still
another boom. because the people are
already disguised by. their behavior
on the silver bill. Then what can you
expect but that the people in their
desperation will seek some relief. in
another channel Where an abuse in
politics creeps in it takes forceps ac-
quafortis and the surgeons knife to
cut it loose. The Republicans set an
example OF outrageous extravaganza
and the Democrats have not got the
nerve or the patriotism. l don't know
which to root it out The present
condition of things in Washington
demonstrates tie fact that neither of
the old parties will give the people
relief. My opinion is that the extrav.
agance fthe present congress, added
to'its cowaraice on the silver CUES
ton will give good root to the third
party.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-23

"Uncle Sam, and seJohn BulI,,
Uncle Sam at the telephone:
Halo! That you Mr.. Bull?
John Bull-Yes. What do you
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1892-12-28
Berry Evans Wedding.

And time run on in sun and shade
Until the one of all the world is wooed
md won, and all the lore of love il
aught and learned again. Again a
nome is built with the fair chamber
wherein faint dreams, like cool and
4hadowy wales, divide the billowy hour
# love-"
Mr.. {. 0. Berry and Miss Lulu Evans
were united in the holy bonds of matri.
nony at Wadsworth on Christmas Day,
vt the residence of Mrs. Julia Fellnagle,
the brides aunt. Rev. Chas. L. Fitch.
cite, resident minister, officIated, and
the marriage rites were performed ac-
cording to the service of the Episcopal
Church.
The wedding was a quiet affair, only
the BRIDES relatives and q few of the
most intimate friends OF the contracting
parties being present. At the marriage
feast an abundance and variety OF
choice ~delicacies, prepared by some mas.
ter hand in the culinary art, graced the
board, and full justice was done them
by the guests. The wedding cake was
an immense one, ornamented by bell
and Tyre, and fit for the gods.
Presents in profusion, ornamental and
useful silver, china, linen and wooden
ware, enough to stock the new house.
hold for some time to come, bore testi-
monisls OF friendship and good wishes.
They were serenaded by the S. p. Brass
Band, which rendered some beautiful
and choice selections, and it was a treat
indeed.
The evening was spent delightfully."-.
and the occasion will long be remem-
bered. Social chat and music made the
time fly, and it was midnight before the
guests retired.
The groom has resided in Wadswortb
for a number OF years and has won hosts
OF warm friends. The bride is the daupb-
ter of pioneer John Evans. She has
dwelt among US at intervals during her
lifetime, and has the love of the COM
munity. The couple are universally
liked, and the DISPATCH predicts and
wishes for them, continued bliss and
prosperity.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1892-12-28

the best they could, but would be unable
to present a complete report. They had
written sone of the insurance compan-
les OF San Francisco and had received re-
plies. Chemical engines would cost:
IS gal, 2-wheel, loo lbs. ...... 5 900
l0J 1850 ........ 500
100 4-wheel, 1900 g 1,25O
The freight on such an engine from
Chicago would be from $75 to $3.50. For
efficiency they would recommend the
4-wheel Champion" which class is
used exclusively in San Francisco and
in many large cities in the East. The
san Francisco Fire Commissioners pro-
nounced the champion" the finest
chemical engine in existence.
The committee had asked the cost OF
maintenance, but had not received re-
plies, and therefore asked extension Of
time to make a complete report.
G. II. Lewis offered the following: "a
move that the report of the committee
On chemical engines be accepted, the
committee retained and granted further
time" The motion was lost.
Chairman Pike urged that some def.
Mite action be taken.
John Lee Thought something should
)e accomplished at the meeting.
VIM. Macpherson said WadsW orth had
been without a fire department for %
years, and presented some good points
to secure further time.
j. F. Crosby thought if nothing wa,
done at the meeting, Wadsworth would
90 for another % years without a fir,
department. and favored the system OF
mains, machine shop power, etc.
VIM. Donaldson preferred the system
Of mains.
j. +. Crosby introduced the following
RESOLVED, That we submit the PROPOSE
ION OF laying mains owe the Town OF
Vad-worth, said mains to be supplied
With power and water by the S. Z. Co.
pump; and the purchase OF other neces-
4arv appnrtenances. the ota cost of the
system not to exceed s ,0)o, to a vote OF
he citizens of Wadsworih, "a Il election
o be held as soon as possible in accord
lnce with law.
Resolned, That a committee OF three
Ne appointed to make engagements for
such election.
h resolutions were adopted and tn,
chairman appointed VIM. Pierson, n.
\. Hnmmel and j. f. Crosby as such
committee. Adjourned.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1892-12-28
The Christmas Tree.

just as certain as Christina time
rolls around each yea, just 30 certain is
the seating capacity OF Music Hall taxed
to its limit on the evening of December
oath, and last Saturday was no exception.
At z 100 O'Clock p. m. there was only
standing room left, and one-half hour
later the hall was full to overfiowing.
The literary exercises were first on the
program and consisted OF an innumera-
BILE variety OF selections. The recitations
readings, carols, etc, by the little folks,
were rendered in the usual style and re-
ceived the usual applause. Fannie Pike
and Maize billiard captured more than
their share of applause for well deserved
efforts. Miss j. 0'Farrel's solo was
encored. The s. ?. band took the whole
bakery. After rendering the first piece
it became the pride of the evening. But
it was deservedly so. The people were
surprised and delighted to hear music
of such merit from a band organized
only about a month & o 1t received
repeated encores and it seemed as if the
audience could not get enough music
TO satisfy them.
The trees were nicely decorated and
when the candles were lighted flashed
scintillating raysin a thousand directions.
riere wal candy enough TO make more
aches than a boy could count in Il year.
There were books without end and
presents galore. The usual number of
''joshes" were there, too. Charlie Short
got a dolly and a stocking and a little
in horn. Miss O'Farrel got a whole
flat iron. Chas. Givan was the recipient
OF a stub of a scoop shovel. Ed Sheply
got nalf a dozen clay pipes and II plug Of
tobacco. Andy Russell got 4 pint and
didn't know whether to get insulted OF
not. He finally saw the point and
Concluded he would. Zebango returned
looking very much improved and was
put on Il high branch for N. A. Hummel.
&. A. Macpherson got a diary that
will last him a century. Judge Farwell
carried home a junpiug-jack and Gertie
Watson got a statue OF herself. Some Of
the boys in the shop got tools which were
new when Columbus. landed. The
DISPATCH man didn't have eyes enough
. see all til.iG went on. Of course there
was a short dance afterward, and then
everybody was happy.
The committee would like to hear of
any one who was overlooked, and if there
tie any such, and they will call upon
Mrs. J. F. George, she will do the best
she can BY them with the reserve stock.
somebody il bound to lnse something in
the general melee which exists during
such ~ occasion and no one is sighted
Intentionally. Mrs. w. w. Geery, Mrs.
A.. b. Weaver, Mrs. ]. +. George, Mrs.
E. Ashby, Mrs. j. Ii. Whited, Mrs. A.
T. C~lippenger, Mrs. John Goldie, Miss
A. Bowers and Miss A. EIDE seemed to
be the moving spirits.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1892-12-28

Fresh corn-ied pork and nice fat tur-
keys at the Home Meat Market. de14w2
LANCE & Schmitt, Reno, have the best
and cheapest fancy and plain crockery. =
No one need be forgotten when 25c
buys a handsome and useful present at
Mrs. Phillips & Linton's.
Barney & Berry's ice skates. Lever,
nickeled, plain, and ladies' skates at
Eastern prices at LANCE & SChmitt's,
Reno.
When in Reno, do not fail to visit w.
P~inniger's drug store and see his elegant
stock of holiday presents, suitable for
young and old. jail
Nothing will please your wife for an
holiday present more than one of those
SIS decorated dinner sets, whiea can he
bought % "a. ii. Manning Reno.