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The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-10-15

commemorate the receipt Of the
patent to their tOWn-site. During
the afternoon procession of trades
took place, after which a vast crowd
OF visitors and home people partoOk
OF free banquet on the barbecue
plan, which had been prepared by the
Judge Aikens refused to grant a
degree Of divorce last week. 1t was
the case Of Ira SchetTer who halls
from Ithaca, n. Y. Not much is
known here about the case except
that Schetfer was married to his wife
while he was attending Cornell college.
Ibc Judge held that due diligence
was not exercised to discover the
Whereabouts Of the defendant
News was received at Sioux Falls
on on Thursday last Of the sudden
death at Hudsion, Wis, Of Rev.
Edward Ellis. Rev. Ellis had lust
| accepted the pastOrate of the first
Baptist Church in Milwaukee. and
his family were at the depot to take
the train for Milwaukee When the
| news OF his death was received. Rev.
| Ellis was formerly special BAPTIST
missionary in Southern Dakota.
Minnehaha county has now seven
announced candidates for sheriff.
three OF them running on regular
nominations and four running go.as-
you-please. 1t is understood that
another candidate is about to be
announced. This multitude of can
dIdatcs results partly from the Aus
trallan ballot system and partly from
the fact that the office is the most
lucrative one in the county.
A flow was struck in the artesian
we'll at Webster Saturday night at
depth Of about 900 feet, the water
rising above the pipe to height of
two feet. Work will be continued
upon it to 4 considerable depth into
the water bearing rock. so as to
insure good flow and strong pressure.
This is a great triumph, as many
scientific men had looked upon that
point as lying outside of the artesian
basin and the well was started
largely as an experiment.
A deal has just been completed by
which the DeadwOod Pioneer. the
oldest paper published in the Black
Hills. passes to the democrats. L. J.
Jct1ries, formerly Of the Pierre
Signal, will be managing editor.
The credit for the change is due w.
; Elder, president Of the Young
Men 5 Democratic club and secretary
OF the Lawrence county democratic
committee. The Pioneer has been
consistently republican for sixteen
years. 1t has wide circulation and
| has been a power in politics.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1892-11-03
the AGE OF CONSENT Law.


In some localities in the State there is op-
position to the reelection of Senators Who
voted for a change in the act commonly
known rs the "Age of Consent Law" We
think fair statement of the whole question
will relieve all those who voted for q change
in that law at the session of 1880. That the
law ought to have been changed is made so
clear by the decision of our Supreme Court
in the case of The STATE .. White, ~ Kas.,
page 5I4, that no reasonable man can enter
tain doubt about it. The opinion referred
10 is as follows:
The STATE OF KANSAS ". cHAs. W. WHITE.
The opinion of the court Vas delivered by
VALENTINE, j. This Is an appeal from a
judgment rendered in the district court OF
Norton county, sentencing the defendant,
Charles w. White, to Imprisonment in the
penitentiary for period of FIVE years for the
commission of an alleged rape "by carnally
and unlawfully knowing" Lottie Linden, in
violation of the provisions of 5 81 of the act
relating to crimes and punishments as
amended in 1857. flaws of 1857, chapter
$50. sI; Gen. Stat. Of 1889. GzISz) This
section reads as follows:
CSC. a. Every person who shall be con-
victed of rape, either by carnally and unlaw-
fully knowing any female under the age of
eighteen years, or by forcibly ravishing any
woman of the age of eighteen years or up
wards, shall be punished by confinement and
hard labor not less than five years nor more
than twenty one years"
This section of the statute is now pre-
cisely the same as il was prior to the amend
ment in 1887, except that where the word
eighteen" now occurs in the amended sec
ton the word "ten' occurred in the original
and "under" in the amended section the
word "child" occurred in the original sec
ton.
r. u 10 unqyestionabIy true that in 1887.
and before and since, our iaws relating to
illicit intercourse bstween the seres and
for the punishment thereof and for the
protection Of boys and girls and Others.
and Of society generally, greatly needed
and stm need amendment: but the amend
ment that Wds In fact made In 1887 may
be subject to considerable criticism. II
denominates certain conduct rape which 10
not in fact rape. and could not In the
nuturs Of things be such unless the mean
ing of the word rape" should be greatly
changed. II attempts to accomplish a
thing by the use of indirect language which
might be much better accomplished by the
use Of direct language. II inficts pun
ishmsnt for mere fornication Of VASTLY
greater severity than Was euer before in
ficted for such a wrong, and much greater
than the pvnishmsnt imposed for the
greater Wrong of adultery or Of SEXUAL in
tercovrse coupled with seduction phere
the female 10 ousr eighteen years Of age.
In attempting to proUids for the protection
Of girls. II wholly oUeriooks the protection
of boys. II oueriooks the fact that some
giris under the age Of eighteen years are
inconigibiy wicked and deprausd, eUsn
common prostitutes. II ovsrioohs the fact
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1892-11-03

the age Of ~ years asd Of coed ,tpEf
tGen. Stat. of 1889. TT,Is,, aIs7.) An
even where eonjugal rights are violated, as
adultery, or where the sexual intercourse
coupled with acts of an openly lewd, lasciv
Gus or indecent character. the acts of N
parties constitute only = comparatively insis
nihcant case of misdemeanor. The statu,
on the subject reads as follows:
"SEc. aga. Every person who shall b
guilty of adultery, and every man and VIC
man (one or both Of whom are married, an
not to each other) who shall lewdly and las
obviously abide and eohabit with each other
and every person married or unmarried wh
shall be guilty of open. gross lewdness or las
eivious behavior, or of any open and notoriou
act OF public indeceney, grossly seandalous
shall on conviction be adjudged guilty Of
misdemeanor, and punished by imprisonment
in county jail not exceeding six months, o
by fne not exceeding FIVE hundred dollars
or by both such fine and Imprisonment
Act relating to crimes and punishmenis
saga; Gen. Stat of 1889, q 7369.)
Now why should adultery, where eonjuga
rights are violated, and where the parties ar
Of mature age, be only trivial misdemeanor
while fornica,ion pure and simple betweer
boys and girls should be high crime and
felony as TO the boy' Lord Macaulay, il
his History Of England, (vol. I, Oh. AZ il
speaking of the Puritans, who were general,
the most aus,ereiy moral and religious peopl,
that ever existed, while they were in powe
in the time of Cromwell, says:
"Agains, the lighter vices the ,plins fac
ton waged war with a real little tempered by
humanity ~, or by common sense.
ube,e ns;,hsr x;oIsuns ~, - de 80, eaer
ruted, where no nuhlic scandal was given
where no conjugal right was violated, wa,
made misdemeanor'
In this State, instead of making the act.
Of which lord Macauiay makes mention q
nnisdemeanor only, they are. if the female
Is under eighteen years of age, made q
high crime and a felony as to the male.
for which he may be Imprisoned in the
psnftsntfary at hard labor 70, a period o.
tiOenty-one years. From the earliest times
In Kansas, II has been the tendency of leg.
isiation and of thought to consider female
persons as haUing some intelligence. some
mental capacity. and some poWer Of Uoi,
ton. and to make them as nearly equaI
with males with regard TO their HUes,
liberties. persons. property Uocations,
rights, powers. privileges and immvnities
as II is possible to make them. Under the
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-08-19
THE TRUE FAITH EXPOUND
ED BY GROVER CLEVE-
LAND.

Never has great party, intent upon the
promotion of right and justice, had better
incentive for effort than is now presented
to lis. Turning orr eyes to the plain poo
Pile of the land We sec them burdened as
consumers with tariff system that un-
juatly and relentlessly demands from
them, in the purchase OF the ncccsarics
and comforts of Hto, IN amount scarcely
met by the wages OF hard and steady toll,
while the emotions thus wrung from them
build up and increase the fortunes of those
for whose benefit the injustice is perpetu-
ated.
We see the farmer listening to dolus-
i've story TINT fills his mind with ndvan-
tage, while his pocket is robbed by the
stealtEy hand of high protection. Our
workingmen arc still told the tale, oft re-
peated in spite of its demonstrated falsty,
that the existing protective tariff is boon
to them, md that under its beneiicent up-
Grafton their wages Innst Unreasonable
rs they listen scenes are enacted in the
very abiding place of high protection, that
mock the hopes of ioil and nt,est the ten
der mercy the nottingham receives from
those made selfish aud sordid by unjust
governmental favors.
We oppose earnestly and stubbornlv
the theory upon which our opponents seel,
to justify and uphold tariff nws.--Speech
accepting Democratic nomination for
President.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-08-19
Very respectfully,
BASH. b. GoEpoN.
a DISGRACEFUL VETO.

IL Di'oS osAOGH ~ Il II ".
President Harrison will hear from
his veto of the bill authorizing the
payment Of the McG;lvrch han claim.
That claim has been pending nearly
forty years, and the present Congress
decided that ii was just and ought to
be paid. Apparently tho matter was
settled, when, most unexpected
thing occurred-the President veto
ed the bill
Now, let ns see what there is back
of this extraordinary action. The
mines claimed by McGarrnban are
within the land grant of the Union
Pacific railroad, and that portion of
the grant fell into the hands of Mr..
ID. o. Mills, the capitalist. whose son
i'll law, Whitelnw Reid, is running for
Vice President on the ticket with
President Harrison.
You may pile up explanations
mountain high, but this simple state.
ment of the situation will convince
the American people that President
Harrison overrode the will of the M
ton, expressed through congress, be
cause his veto would save several mil
lion dollars for The family of tho man
who is candidate for the second place
Oh his ticket.
But it will be said that this is
equivalent to charge of corruption.
Well, there arc all sorts and degrees
OF corruption. Some men who would
scorn bride do very corrupt things.
Under tie circumstances, we do not
hesitate to say that this veto is dis
graceful, and should destroy the con
iidonce OF all honest Republicans, as
well us Democrats, in the man who
is responsible for it.
That veto is very ugly piece OF
MISUNDERSTANDING Constitution.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-08-19
DEMOCRATIC TARIFF Law.

"we denounce Republican protection as
a fraud, taxing the labor of the great ma
jority of the people for the benefit of the
few. We declare it to be fundamental
principle of the Democratic part, that the
Federal Government has no power to i'm
pose and collect tariff duties except for
revenue only, and we demand that the col:
lection of such taxes shall be limited to
tho necessities of the Government when
honestly and economically administered.
National Democratic Platform.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-08-19

under President Cleveland's Admin
istration IS cents, MS against an in
crease OF Sl.25 per capita by the Adj
ministration of President Har.ison.
Reaching an aggregate from this
per capita basis, it IL found that the
appropriations OF President Cleve-
lands Administration were Sl0G. 606,
$50 less than those of the Garfield
Arthur Administration, while the ap
priations of the Harrison Admins
tration are 1920, 197065 in excess of
those of tho Cleveland Administra-
ton.
The man whose administration
made so brilliant and creJitable a Il
nancial record is again tho Demo
cratic candidate for President of the
United States. He can boar the light
of the most searching comparisons.
Rochester IN. W Herald.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-08-19
NOW TRY THIS.

1t will cost you nothing and surely
do you good, if you have Cough,
Cold, or any trouble with Throat,
Chest or Lungs. DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, Coughs
and Colds is guaranteed to give re-
lief, or money will he paid back
Sufferers from La Grippe found it
just the thing and under its use had
o speedy and perfect recovery. Try
q sample bottle at our expense and
learn for yourself just how good n
thing it is. Trial bottles free at A.
e. Hargrave's drug store. Large size
SOC. and 81 90.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-08-19
A LEADER.

Since its first introduction, Elcc
trio Bitters has gained rapidly in pop
ular favor, until now it is clearly in
the lead among pure medical tonics
and Notwithstanding nothing
which permits its use as beverage
or intoxicant, it is recognized as the
best and purest medicine for all all
ments of Stomach, Liver or Kidneys.
1t will cure Sick Headache, Indiges
ton. Constipation, and drive Malaria
from the system. Satisfaction guar
antccd with each bottle or the money
will be refunded. Price only SOC. per
bottle. Sold by A. f. Iargrave.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-08-19

sylvania 10 refute this claim, for no
body of men are in better position
than yourselves to know that it is
false.
Republican supremacy, on the 9th
er hand, will mean q contracted cur
rency. 1t will mean increased taxa
ton whose proceeds will be squan.
dered in the further decentralization
of tho Union soldier. Above all, it
will moan the passage of tho force
bill.
The silence OF the speakers, the
faint hearted denials of the local
leaders, cannot make you forget the
supreme effort they made to pass it
two years ago ard the solemn pledge
renewed to their followers in Mime
apolis scarcely two months since.
The men who voted for ii are still in
the Senate, the President who urged
it is still the candidate Of his party,
the press that advocated it has never
relcacted syllable of its praise.
THE NEGRO HAS SET HIS HEART UPON 1T
Tho negro has set his heart upon
it, and demands it as the price Of his
vote. If human experience sheds
any light upon tho future, and hn-
man languago is capable of express
ing thought, their first act will be to
entrench themselves III power by the
passage Of such bill.
~ measure described by ono of It's
former advocates as "the most infa.
nous That ever crossed tho thresh
old of the Senate needs little CON
demnation at tho hands OF it's pro-
posed victims.
In tho very words OF its author,
sit means bayonet behind every
ballot" Rather than describe the
horrors of such condition, | will
trust to your patriotism to avert
them. However you may cast your
vote, L, for one, shall not doubt thai!
you have done so with u full sonse of
the responsibility involved, and actu-
ated by as sincere love Of our com.
mon State as any class of her citi
Zens.
Very respectfully,
BASH, b. GorDoN.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-08-19
GUARANTEED CuRE

We authorize our advertised drug.
gist to sell DR.. Kings New Discov
cry for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds upon this condition. If you
are afflicted with Cough, Cold or
any Lung, Throat or Chest trouble,
and will use this remedy as directed,
giving it fair trial, and experience
no benefit, you may return the bot
tie and have your money refunded.
We could not make this offer did we
not know that DIR. Kings New Dis
covery could be relied on. 1t never
disappoints. Trial bottle free at A.
f. Hargrave's drug store. Large
size SOC. and 81.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-08-19

The Richmond Times has informa
ton that it deems absolutely reliable
''that certain Republican leaders have
boon in long and earnest conference
in Washington, and have succeeded
in impressing the Republican candi-
date for President, or his advisers,
with the belief that Virginia is a
promising field for the Republicans;
that the apparent growth of the Al
lance party offers them better
chance of success than they have had
for years; that the Alliance is 80
strong in North Carolina that they
count upon its influence in counties
in Virginia adjoining that State; that
the Republicans themselves will con.
duct campaign Of apparent inactiv-
ity until toward tho close, and that it
is determined by the Republican
managers to back the Third party
financially. Such, then, is the Ro
publican plan OF campaign--to buy
up the Third party and mako still
| hunt"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-08-19

white, like the others. The negroes
cannot elect a single member of the
Legislature, or single officer of any
kind except Justice of the Peace or
constable. The negro vote for Con
gress will be less than 1000 in each
district except in the shoestriug dis.
trict, composed of the negro coun-
ties along the Mississippi, where the
registration amounts to 1880 and the
vote may be 1870.
In Lowndes county ono negro in
each 80 of tho male negroes over 81
years of nge is registered; in Yazoo,
which, of old, gave Republican vote
far up in the thousands, there are
only nine colored voters registered,
or one to each $50 possible voters,
while in NoXubec, which boats the
record, there are fou colored voters
registered, or one 10 each 1,34O nc
gro men. There are more negroes in
Noxubee than these four entitled to
the ballot, but they have lost inter
est i'll elections of late, and large
number have refused to avail them
selves Of the privilege of tho ballot
offered them and have failed to reg.
lister.
The reduction in the negro regis.
tration and vote of Mississippi has
been brought about by the adoption
of the new Constitution which great
ly alters the electoral franchise in
Mississippi. BY limiting the fran
chise to those who can read aud
write, 10000 negroes, or four Gfths
of the colored vote, wero disfranchis.
ed. The provision which requires
tho prepayment of tho poll tax has
had another deterrent effect.
The illitcracy provisions cuts off
10000 whito voters also. and rs That
was thought to be hardship, The
famous understanding clause" was
inserted, by which any i!ltorate vot.
er can obtain his ballot by proving
that he understands the Constitution.
A section of that organic law is read
to him by Che Registrar, and if he
can properly explain it he is entitled
to vote. This provision will con.
Time only only until 1886. The ig-
norant voters have six years in which
to learn to read and write. If they
do not learn in that timo they arc
permanently DISTINGUISHED.
OF The 100, 900 illitcrate white aud
colored voters, only 2.l22 hive avail
ed themselves of the understanding
clause" or, rather. only 2,l22 hnvo
passed successful examination of
their knowledge of the Constitution
Of these 1927 ure white and 1, OS5
colored, showing that 10 discrimina-
ton is allowed ION account of race
or color"
Besides these colored voters who
gel the franchise under tho "under
standing clause only 1880 were
registered rs able to read and write
and having paid their taxes, making
n total of S,6l5 colored against GS,
TT white voters, or grand total Of
7G,7I2. It will be noticed that the
new Constitution has materially cut
down the white vote also, perhaps
ethird, but not to the same extent
as that OF the negroes. At the ordi-
nary rate OF voting in Mississippi,
that State will cast between $4,000
and $4,000 votes for President and
Congress this fall.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-08-19
CLEVELA.ND'S SPLENDID
RECORD.

We venture to say that the Repnb-
licans will not invite much attention
during the campaign to questions of
economy in Federal expenditure
Representatives Dockory and s;ayers,
OF the House Committee on Appro.
priations, have just completed sum-
mary of tue appropriations made by
the Fifty first ard Fifty second Con
crosses, and a comparison OF the OK
pendituros for the periods covered
by the Garfield Arthur Administra-
ton and those of Mr.. Cleveland and
MIR. Harrison. 1t forms n most I'm.
pressive campaign document.
From this review of the official flo.
ures we learn that the average annu-
al and permanent appropriations, in
Gliding the postal service, for the
Garfield Arthur Administration were
1865, 557, 729.37, and the per capita
average was '36.73.
For the Cleveland Administration
the average annual appropriations
were sS72.851,6lG52, and the per
capita average was only SG.28.
For the Administration of Prcsi-
dent Harrison the average annual
appropriations reached tho enormous
aggregate of StS2,227,G6734, the per
capita average being 1888.
To summarize, the average annual
appropriation per capita was reduced
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-08-19
" IRGINIA AGRICULTURAL AND ME.
CHANiCAL COLLEGE,
At BLAoKsBUna, VA.

'6 Instructors. Thoroughly equipped
shons, laboratories and infirmary. Farm
Of 1913 acres. Steam heating and electric
lights in dormitories. Degree courses in
Agriculture, horticulture, Civil, Mcclmn-
ical and Electrical Engineering, Applied
Chemistry, and General Science. Shorter
courses in Practical Agriculture and Prac-
teal Mechanics.
Total cost for session of nine months,
including fees, clothing textbooks, mel,
ical attendance, etc.. about &ll5. Next
session begins September 2lst, 1892. For
catalogue apply to
j. NJ. McBRYDE, President.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-08-19
GETTING RID OF THE NE.
GRO. =
TnE BLACK yoTE IN MISSISSIPPI Cur
DowN FROM $4,000 TO S,GI5.

DowN FRoM $4,000 TO 8,Gl5.
The new registration of Mississip-
pi' upon which it will vote at the
coming election, says New Orleans
dispatch to the New York Sun, shows
that tho negro has been substantially
eliminated from the politics of the
State. The negro vote has been cut
down by the new Constitution from
$4,000 to 8,615, and now it cannot
elect moro than few constables in
the entire State. The coIored reg.
istration continues to decline at every
election. AT the congressional cleo.
tons two years ngo.there was,a col
Gred majority in one county. Bolivar.
That is now gone, and Bolivar is now