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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-01-21

Hottentot women in large feather
beds, an occupation which was much
to the liking of these DANES, so prone
to a 'dolce far niente" of such a pro-
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The advocate., 1892-02-24

duty, or very Indifferent to the liberties
Of the people whom he represents. When
anydominant political party, or parties,
assume the power or right to enact such
laws as the above, whereby the liberties
OF the people are curtalled and abridged
to the extent as is done in this case, they
are treading upon very treacherous and
dangerous ground. Should the present
law be allowed to remain upon the stat
uts books Of Missouri as It Is, until after
the general election Is held, it is our
opinion the baneful influences arising
therefrom will be far reaching in their
effects.
Respectfully submitted and indOrsed
by your joint committee.
E. L. DnM1TT, D. W. MOORE,
Secretary. Chairman.
The advocate., 1892-02-24
ELECTrON GAG Law IN MISSOURI.

At a convention Of the Union Labor
party held In this city, for the purpose Of
placing a ticket In the field at the last
spring election, which was held on April
8, 1890, an executive committee OF FIVE
was elected TO plan and carry through
the campaign. There was also an exeou.
i've committee OF five elected by the
Prohibition party for the same purpose.
The two committees met In joint session
70 discuss the advlSablllty Of the two
parties coming together to the extent Of
placing reform ticket In the field jointly
without either party sacrificing any prin-
clples. After deliberatlng upon the
matter for some time, 1t was the unani-
NOUS conclusion OF the committees that
It could be accomplished, and they so re-
ported back 10 their respective parties,
which report received the hearty en-
doEsement Of both parties, with full in
StruCtlons to 90 forward with the work.
Az it was the first election that would
be held under the new law known as the
Australian system, the flrst thing to do
was to procure the law and see what 1t
was and what we would have to do to get
our ticket on the official ballot. We
found, while 1t was comparatively very
easy matter under the law for very few
TO get their ticket on the official ballot
(that iS, providing they belonged to either
Of the two parties, namely the Demo
cratic or Republican parties, who had
pollsd 8 per cent. of the whole vote cast
ct the previous general eleCtlon) It was
quite different with US who were en-
deSvoring to place q Peoples reform
ticket on the official ballot. 1t was then
that the minds Of your committee In
voluntarily went back over the history
OF the past ages, endeavorlng to recall
great events that had occurred by reason
Of the possibilities that were afforded
them, and also the great things that had
not occurred on account Of restrictions
and conditions that make their occur
Eenoe impossible. In endeavoring to ar.
rive at a conclusion whether it Is posi-
bic for the people Of this city, or the state
Of Missouri, to get q ticket on the official
ballot other than that Of the two domi-
nAnt political parties, we herewith sub
NIT that portion of the law which con-
tAlDs the essential features Of 1t, namely,
TIE right of ballot, hOU and under iUhat
circumstances it can be errcised.
"SEc. 8. A primary election, within the
meaning Of this act, Is an election held
within this state, county, district or sub
divlSlon thereof, as the case may be, by
the members Of any political party, or
by the voters Of some political faith, for
the purpose Of nominating candidates for
ONCE, provided, that the said party shall
have cast at least per cent Of the en-
tire vote cast within the state, county,
district or subdivision thereof.
eEC. 6. The certificate Of nomination Of
. candidate for Office, selected by any
convention Of delegates, az herein de-
1Aned, shall be signed and executed by
the presiding officer and secretary Of
Ruoh conventional
Comaents:--The above iB the method
BY which the party that has cast 8 per
cent Of the vote at the previous election
can get on the Official ballot There lS
The advocate., 1892-02-24

AOOpgOS
in the district at the previous election
But now comes section 7, which is foI
the other fsllOso0 and reads as follows:
"The certificate Of nomination Of Q
candidate, selected otherwise than by
convention Of delegates, shall be signed
by electors, resident within the distrtcI
or political division for which the candi-
date is presented, TO a number equal TO /
per cent Of the entire vote cast at the
last preceding general election in the
state, county or other subdivision or dis
trict for which the nomination is made,
provided that the number Of signatures
so required, shall not exceed 1000 or be
less than fifty"
COmments:-So when 1t Ia understood
that all the signatures required in the
above section must be taken by a notary
public and certified to by him, with all
the fOrmality required in the transferring
Of piece of real estate, in which there
are thousands of dollars involved, the
experienced can begin to comprehend
where the gag portion Of this law comes
in. But your committee buckled on their
armOr and commenced to hustle. First
on Thursday, March 18, waiting on Mr..
John G. Hope, who was the recorder Of
votes In this city, to ascertain how many
signatures he would require to our petl-
tlon, he informed US he would receive
20O We also asked him how late he
would receive the petition. He informed
Us he would receive it as late as Monday,
March "A, at 2 O'Clock. This w&D Thurs
day, March IS. We concluded that by
putting out three petitions, accompanied
by three notary publlcB we could make
1t. But 10, he comes out in Saturday
mornings paper saying, that all petitions
had to be In by Saturday night, March
%, by 10 o'clock, after which none would
be received. (Cut short. Personal in.
tereStS by the committee were abandoned
and we went to work the harder, and
Saturday night at 1850 o'clock, the peti.
tiOns were presented to Mr.. Hope with
2N registered voters names, taken under
the seal Of q notary public. Glancing
over the petition, he remarked: II think
the petition Is irregular, but will exam
Inc 1t tomorrow and let you know Mon
day." but did not do so until Tuesday,
then saying it was rejected on the
grounds that the signatures should have
all been taken by one notary public. But
when confronted with evidence sufl-
ciently proving to the controry, he Aban-
doned that position and said he would re-
jeCt it on the ground that, under the law,
each signature should have the SEAL and
scroll affixed, as transfer Of real estate,
and did reject 1t on that ground.
We then commenced mandamus pro-
ceediDgS In the circuit court before
Judge Fields, to compel him to place our
ticket on the official ballot The case
came up on Saturday. Judge Fields did
not attach much importance to the seal
and scroll, the point upon which Mr..
Hope rejected the petition, but said as
the law required the nOtarial portion Of
it to be executed with all the formality
Of q transfer Of piece Of real estate, all
the names TO the petition Bhould be con-
tained In the notarlal certificate. We
asked leave to correct the notsrlal part of
It. as we had the right by law TO do, and
he took the case under advisement until
The advocate., 1892-02-24

L
The case being called, Judge Fields rul,
ing in substance was as follows: After
examining the petition, he pronounced
it q legal petition, and said IL he was Mr.
Hope he would place it on the official
ballot and said 1t would be legal II he
were to do 80, but said the court had moi
the right to issue the writ compelling him
to do 80, on account OF some little tech.
nicality not covered by our pleadings.
Judge Field said he would not pass upon
the conStitutiOnallty Of the law, as he
was not called upon to do 80 in this &C
tion. Mr.. Hopes reply was that he
would do nothing that this court did not
command him to do, and that he would
not put 1t on the official ballot. The
judge then adjourned court for one
week.
COmIments:-Crushed, stamped, bluff
ed, overruled and sat down upon, your
committee retired from the room whlS-
ting Yankee Doodle" having the con-
ISOLATION that they were citizens Of this
grand, glorious and free America. In
strict accordance with the spirit and In
tent OF the above law (nO third pGrtv
need GppEy) the whole proceeding culmi.
mated in clean case Of I can't and
ShGnt, Then 1t was that the one man
pOtOer came to the front In bold relief,
and, in defiance Of the wish Of the peo-
pie In the exercising Of the right Of suf-
frage, and, from the following It would
appear, as if disfranchislng large num-
Der of registered voters, as the registra-
tlon books show that there are 37,137
registered voters In Kansas City, and a.
there were only $4,000 votes poIled, leav-
ing 14,137 who did not choose to vote at
all. notwithstanding the tact that our city
charter and city ordinance imposes q
fine Of two dollars and fifty cents (S2.t0)
upon every registered voter who fails TO
vote. Your committee would further
say that they have NO hesitation in say.
ing that the essential features of the
present law, arel In direct conflict with
the constitution Of the state Of Missouri,
portion Of which ls As follows:
CONSTITUTION OF MISSOURI.
ARTICLE II.
SEC. 8. Bill Of RightS.-That all cleo
tons shall be free and open, and no pow
or, civil or military, shall at any time, In
terfere to prevent the free exercise of the
right Of suffrage"
The present election being the frat
one held under the new law, the peoples
attention not having been called to 1t, It
Ia safe to assume that not one individual
In one thousand In the state Of Missouri,
knows anything about the law, or what
the practical operations Of it are, or 10
what extent the liberties Of the people
are curtailed and abridged under the op-
GRAFTON Of the gag portion Of 1t. We
think, when they come TO understand
what it is, they win zee In It sufficient
eNOrmity to demand OF the governor a
convening Of the legislature to wipe out
the curtdiIiH0, Gbridging and psrniciOus
features Of It. ItiS the opinion of your
committee, that when Governor Francis
afixed his Signaturo to the the above act
thereby fastening 1t upon the people Of
Missouri, he was very negligent In his
The advocate., 1892-02-24

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Linseed Oil Works.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-01-04
PAPER HANGING
Honolulu Athletic Association.

I>HERE will be special meeting of
l this Association at the Gymnasium
on THURSDAY EVENING, Jan. 7,
1892, for the purpose of considering the
proposition of consolidating with the
Athletic Branch of the Y. Nj. q. A.
q. j. MCCARTHY,
305 lot Secretary.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-01-04
LINCOLN IN The WHITE HOUSE.

There, as in his fathers cabin, or
New Salem, or Vandalia, or Springs
field, the man Lincoln never gave
fraction of thought or moment of
care to any question of dress. He
followed the ordinary fashion and
wore what the tailor, halter, and
bootmaker made for him. And so
clad, the humbest citizen stood in
his presence without awe, and the
highest dignitaries with perfect re.
spect. The world has yet to learn
that General Scott, or Lord Lyons,
or Bishop Simpson, or Prince Napo-
leon, or Archbishop Hughes, or the
Comte de Paris, or Chief-Justice
fancy ever felt Inundated by the
dress or want of dignity of President
Lincoln in state ceremonial or pri-
vate audience. The eyes of these
men were not upon the taior's suit
of broadcloth, but upon the Presi-
dent and the man, and in such a
scrutiny Lincoln outranked any NOR
tai who ever questioned him eye to
eye in his long and strange career
from New Salem TO the Blue Room
of the White House.
AS with his dress, so with his man
ner. Tempered and modified by the
gravity of added years, and an ever
widening experience among varied
social classes and conditions in many
parts of the Union, it nevertheless
retained to the last strong impress
of the essential characteristics of the
frontier-simplicity, directness and
sincere heartiness. He never learned
and never used meaningless or mis-
leading conventional phrases. He
would say, II am glad to see YOU"
He would ne' er say, II am charmed
to see YOU" He always greeted his
visitors with cordial shake of the
hand and winning look or smile,
unless, as very rarely happened, his
mind was weighed down with pre-
occupation of overwhelming care and
suspense. He always listened with
patience, even when the request of
his petitioner might be frivolous or
foolish, That he was fond of wit,
and jest, and laughter, the world al
ready knows. He gave others court
esy, kindness and consideration to
the last degree, and never by word
or look assumed that he demanded
them for himself. G. Nicolay, in
the October Century.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-01-04
THROUGH LINE.
NOTICE.

I BEG leave to notify the public that
Il have started horse shoeing shop
at No. 81 King street, next TO Wright IL
sons carriage factory. where | will be
ones also. We make a specially of first
class horse shoeing We warrant To stop
interfering and can help all lame horses.
3Ol I'm CHAS. ROTHLISPTES.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-01-04
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30 cents per bottle by all dealers.
Benson, Smith & Co., agents.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-01-04
PAINTERi

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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-07-18
"OId TrOnsIdes.o

II the portrait of some grandam who
lived in the early days Of the century
could "materialize, and, stepping down.
take her place beside the tailor made
girl" of today, the difference would be
no more marked than that between the
good ship Constitution and modern
"ocean greyhound" Nevertheless, In
spite of the topheaviness of the old ship
as compared with the new, IL the two
sailed down our harbor there would be
no necessity for an order Of Hats off,"
and our heartbeats would tell us for
which rang out the "three times three"
Well does this great foremother of
ours command both love and reverence.
Stanch was she with the strength Of oak
from the forest primeval; unwavering
ever as the pole star In the path Of duty,
and like a true woman Of the olden
time, ere rights" and suffrage" had
lifted their heads from the neither chaos,
she obeyed her master, while he, true
and brave man of the olden time that he
was, loved and honored her.-Jane de
Forest Shelton in Harper's.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-07-18
A Sight In a Graveyard.

Two visitors to Trinity churchyard, in
lower Broadway, attracted a large share
of public attention Wednesday after
noon. One was well dressed blind
man and the other was boy of sixteen
or eighteen years of age, probably rel
ative of the blind man. The boy led his
sightless companion to the grass bor-
dered slab that bears the name of Char
lotte Temple. Dropping on his knees at
the side of the grave the blind man
passed his hands eagerly over the face
Of the stone and an expression Of su-
preme qualification came into his coun-
tenance when his fingers touched the
sunken letters of the name. The boy
called his attention to that part of the
slab from which all of the original in
scription except the name Is said TO have
been cut.
There is hollow place there at least
~ inches deep. 1t forms basin to catch
water for the birds to drink and bathe
in. 1t was nearly full of water on
Wednesday afternoon, and the blind
man dabbled in the little pool gently.
He hovered over the grave for several
minutes, and became an object OF curl
ous interest to at least a hundred per-
sons who stood on the sidewalk and
watched him through the fence.-New
York Times.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-07-18
PRICE ONE CENT


Madam" said the street car conductor
TO a young lady in n blue calico frock,
"you have dog under your shawl. and
you must leave tie car"
WHAT Leave The cart" vocihn ated
the woman Il have paid my fare and
Tn going to stick right where am"
Then shall put yon off" replied the
disciplinarian in blue.
All at once law point came into the
woman's head. Give me back my
fare. she said. II got in here in good
faith, and when | paid my five cents
contract was completed. You must
either carry it out or return my cash
I'm not responsible because your cranky
directors don't like dogs"
The street car official stopped the car
and hailed a policeman. The point was
stated, and the thief catcher, after pom
dering for a few moments, observed:
al amt no judge nor amt no jury,
but claim to have some sense.
Under your system you might make
rules that passengers mustn't wear red
neckties or red noses or three dollar
trousers, and after they had paid fares
show 'em the rules and put them off.
"There is no end to the rules you
might make to bunko folks out OF their
ride, and every time chap looked cross
eyed you could turn to rule No. 824,
providing that he mustn't look crosseyed
and then dump him in the gutter.
1.-THE thing isn't fair. There amt no
law to it and it don't CO."
Turning to the young woman he said:
"You stay where you are, num-" and to
the conductor, "If you try to put her off
without giving her back her fare I'll
club your head off,"
Ting went the bell and on went the
car, dog, young woman and all.-New
York Herald
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-07-18
The rutur. of the m,s.lss,pp, Valley.

The delta of the Mississippi. below its
junction with the Ohio, richer than the
Nile or the Rhine, exceeds the combined
area of Holland and Egypt, and is des-
tined under the stimulus of free labor
and the incentives of self government to
build fabric of society more opulent
and enduring. ADD 10 this the mex
haustible alluvion of the streams above,
and the fertile prairies from which they
descend, and the arithmetic Of the past
has no logarithms with which to CON-
pute the problems of the economic and
commercial future of the west. II will
be predominant in the development. not
Of this country alone, but OF the hemis-
phere, and will give direction to the
destinies of the human race.
We stand In the vestibule. We have
not yet entered the temple. John J. In
gals in Lippincott'a
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-07-18

tor not surrendering Stephani's fathers
estate fast enough to be squandered. The
defense WAS insanity.
Perhaps you recall the Stephani who
came to trial instead Of the handsome,
neatly dressed rich mans son, the jury
saw a wild, unkempt creature, q Caliban
in ugliness. Stephanis hair had been
untouched by shears or brush for months.
He had not bathed or shaved. He still
wore the clothes he had on when ar
rested. His linen was in tatters and
almost black. His outer garments were
greasy and crusted with accumulations
OF spilled food. Stephani was q good
actor. Not word did he speak to any
one. With large black eyes, as deep
and mournful as Edwin Booths, he
stared gloomily at nothing. Lear was q
model of sanity beside him. There was
more or less testimony to show that
Stephani had fallen of q pony very
many years ago and hurt his head, and
that he had always been high tempered,
like any spoiled child. No one had
bothered about his alleged insanity,
though, until after he had killed his
fathers old friend.
Insane was the jury's judgment
after listening to the testimony and
watching the gloomy makeup of the
prisoner. They found him guilty Of
murder in the second degree, and he was
sent 10 prison for life. Today he is a
neat. we'll behaved and short haired con-
vict. New York Herald.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-07-18
He Was the Duke,

When, in 1883, Professor Freeman
was examining Battle abbey, he found
himself dogged by person who. as he
thought, somewhat officiously obtruded
his offers of assistance. After vainly
trying to shake him off, he broke forth
with: ~ don't want your assistance
The Duke of Cleveland promised that |
should not be interfered with by the
gardeners Exactly So" was the re-
ply; al hope they have obeyed my or
ders. am the Duke of Cleveland.
San Francisco Argonaut.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-07-18

The Transition OF Electrical Theories.
To the question, "What is electricity
which is often asked, no absolute and
satisfactory answer has yet been found
Notwithstanding the wonderful develop
ment of electrical applications. cleo
tricians are still feeling their way as to
the nature and many of the principles
of the operation of the mighty force that
they are learning to control This was
suggestively shown by remark made
by the vice president Of the American
institute of electrical engineers at the
annual convention of that body
The speaker claimed that the present
theories of electricity should be regard
ed merely as stepping stones to more
comprehensive and satisfactory ones
He contended that modern theories of
electrical phenomena, If adopted as an
absolute framework Of all our knowi
edge of these subjects, may, in few
years, become prison bars that will pre-
vent the mind from making free and
unprejudiced investigation of new theo-
ries and new phenomena. and giving
due weight and significance In the gen
eral science Of electricity to the results
obtained by the most recent experiment
ers.-St. Louis Globe Democrat
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-07-18
A London Bachelors. Club.

The Bachelors club, London insti.
tuition, in 1891 suffered no fewer than
twenty three defections in the shape OF
members who married; but the club
gained e575 in fines at the rate of EOS a
wedding. The club Is Aourishing. and
seems on the whole to encourage rather
than deprecate matrimony as fine art.
There are still $50 bachelors in the list
of members.-London Tt-Bits.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-07-18
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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-07-18

1t is not generally known what won
derful progress has been made in this
country of late years in teaching the
dumb to speak. 1t appears from the
official records that last year articula-
ton was taught to no less than 4,245
pupils In American schools for the deaf
In large number of these cases the in
trinity dated from birth and was in
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-07-18

Clara-Can it be, Dolly, that You are
to marry Mr.. Smith, after saying to me
repeatedly that you could not endure
him7
Dolly-The truth is, Clara, dear, that
until | heard that his aunt had died
leaving him a fortune was deceived
In my own feelings toward him.-Ez-
change.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-07-18

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