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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

The Senate resumed business at the closo
OF It's holiday recess with a fair show OF
industry and an attendance OF Few more
than n quorum. Mr.. Allison (kep.l Iowa,
made his first appearance this session, hav-
ing been absent hitherto as a delegate TO
the international monetary conference.
and had an opportunity OF adding 20 his
knowledge on the subject OF gold and silver
by listening TO a speech OF MP stewart.
rep }. Nevada, IN opposition 20 the bill in
troduced by Mr. Mcpherson (Dem. New
Jersey, 10 suspend the purchase of silver
bullion under the sherman bill The SEN
ate took up the anti-option bill as the I'M
finished business. An amendment was of
fered by Mr.. Washburn (Rcp), OF
Minnesota, and agreed to, inserting
in section 2 the words so as 10 make
the proviso read; gThat such contract or
agreement shall not be made. settled for
delivery or settlement of difference or by
any other mode OF performance or settle
ment In or upon any Board OF Trade. etc. T"
Mr.. White Dem. J. OF Louisiana. moved TO
insert in section the word "fiour" as one
of the articles referred to Mr. Whites
amendment was agreed to. The vote
was taken. after further discussion. and
resulted: Yeas, IL; nays, 80. AS "a quorum
did not vote the roll of Senators was
called. Forty four Senators, just quo
rum, severed TO their names But with
out further action on Mr. Whites amend
ment the Senate went into executive ses-
The feature of Thursdays session of the
Senate was the speech delivered by Mr..
Villas wis against the anticipation bill
Senate hill permitting NJ. p. Deadly, United
States Judge for the District OF Oregon, to
resign on and after March next. and
thereupon To he entitled 70 draw his salary
as judge during his life. was passed.l
Senate bill concerning the testimony in
criminal cases or proceedings gro wing out
of the interstate commerce law was on
motion Of Mr. Wilson (Iowa) taken from
the calendar and passed. OF provides
that no person shall be excused from tes-
tlfying en- the ground that his testimony
might tend TO criminate himself) The
Senate after a short executive session
adjourned The second general appropria-
ton bill TO pass the House this session was
the fortifcation appropriation Dill, and 1t
went through without amendment or the
slightest debate. The bill appropriates
S1,735O55 The consideration OF private
pension bills was removed, and few of
the measures were passed without opposi-
lion. Then. as there was no quorum. the
House adjourned.
Fridays session of the Senate was given
up exclusively TO the discussion OF the bill
on the subject of quarantine regulations
and its correlative measure, the bill TO sus-
pend immigration for one year. Many
amendments we're offered. The session OF
the House was an uneventful one. The at
tendance was small, and nothing but pri-
vate business was considered, with the ex-
ception of bill providing for the muster
aud pay of certain officers and men OF the
volunteer forces About twenty five pri-
vate pensions bills were passed
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12


with barrels of sugar and -four.
"Meanwhile the child stood there, the
shawl dropped back from her head and
shoulders, her little white face study
of disinterested curiosity aud approba-
ton. Her hcavy-lidded black eyes
glowed with excitement, and her thin
arched nostrils contracted and distended
like q Testive pony's.
~ reckon you'ns is gwine to ketch
himg she said complacently Just here
nv attention was diverted to lobe, whose
sir name of Hartsfield we had not yet
learned. Going to a rack over the door
between the two rooms, he took down
an old army musket, and raw hide belt
containing powder and shot horns.
| Whipping out the ramrod he swiped 1t
twice up and down the barrel, blowing
down It afterward Then, whirling
around facing us, he slammed the gun
down on the table and said: Gentle
men. thar's my weapons, and here's me,
at yer service. j don't know what yer
been up to, but I'm with yer! I'm glad
NV an excuse to shake this settlement,
ennyhow. Thar amt enough excitement
gwine on here fur me. want to move
fudcr west whar folks is got some spunk
and I'd Jest as lief declar' my principles
on you'nsez side as ennybody else'sp
''Our formal acceptance of the arms Of
our unexpected ally was prevented b,
the whiz of hall past the window, ano
SCOTS springing to the door and calling
out:
Throw down your arms and surren
, der in the name of the lawP
"'Han' us over that fine-hair, an WI
will, came Gringo's voice.
"'what have you against him :
asked Scott.
"'He's too blamed smart, an wears
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-05-11
Mar. Cleveland Getting Awfully Tired OF
Office Seekers.

Mar. Cleveland Getting Awfully Tired OK
Office Seekers
The following has been issued by
the President for publication:
Executive mansion, May 9, 1898
Tt has become apparent after three
months experience that the rules.
heretofore promulgated regulating
interviews with the President have
wholly failed in their object. The
time which under the rules was set
apart for the reception Of senator's
and representatives has been almost
entirely spent in listening to appll-
cations for Office which have been be-
wiIdering in volume, perplexing and
exhausting in their iteration and I'M
possible of remembrance. y due re-
gard for public duty, which must be
neglected if present conditions
continue. and an observance OF
the Limitation which must be placed
upon ones endurance, olEges me to
decline, from and after this date, all
personal interviews with those seek
ing appointments to office, except as
I, in my own desire, may especially
vote them.
"The same considerations make 1T
impossible for me to receive those
who merely desire to pay their re-
spects, except on the days and dur
ing the hours especially designated
for that purpose. | earnestly request
senators and representatives to AID me
in securing for them uninterrupted
interviews by declining to introduce
their constituents and friends while
visiting the executive mansion except
during the hours designated for their
reception. Applicants Tor Office will
only prejudice their prospects by re-
peated importantly and by remaining
at Washington to await results. .
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-05-11

One Year, $loo
SIX Months, 60
Payment strictly In advance.
No Opinions or Advise asked For.
IN regard to the issuance of $780,
coo in bonds by the town of Big
Stone Gap for public improvements,
the Norton Herald of last week has
to say:
"Big Stone Gap doubtless meant we'll
when it voted tax itself $4,000 for the
purpose of building school house, jail,
and making other improvements put we
thought at the time, and still think that
instead of beneating the town it will
prove great injury, inasmuch as few
people are DESTROYS of making investments
or improvements in place where proper
ty must be taxed numerically in order to
liquidate- debts. The bonds will have to
be sold at very liberal discount while
interest will have to be paid on them at
their face value."
Well, zoe thought at the time, and
still think, as did more than % to l
of the people who expect to help pay
off these bonds; that it was move
exactly in the correct direction and
the proper thing to do.
Instead Of a disadvantage the
splendid buildings to be erected here
viii help and benefit the town in more
ways than one.
AS to an increase of taxation, that
is all bosh. AS heretofore stated in
these columns, the present rate brings
into the treasury of the town suffi-
Gent to pay all running expenses OF
tie town, to pay the requisite amount
into the sinking fund, to pay off the
interest on the bonds and at the
same time have several thousand dol
lars left in the treasury. The ex-
pensliture of this money by the town,
instead Of increasing the rate of tax
alton will really have a tendency to
lower it. The new improvements
inthe way of residences, etc, and the
enhancement of property in The place
by reason of these needed improve
ments will soon justify reduction OF
taxes and still tho same amount paid
into the treasury as is collected
today.
Again, what town wants citizen
who is not sufficiently interested, not
only in the advancement of tho town
but in the interest of his own family,
to ask, "What are your school ia
8 cilities?" ff>this is not among his
first questions, then look out you'll
find him generally to be not a very
valuable or desirable citizen.
AS to being forced to sell the bonds
at very liberal discount the town
experienced no trouble in placing
two -ffths of her bonds Immediately
after they were voted at a price that
exceeded 80 cents on the dollar for 8
per cent bonds running for the same
period, and now has an offer for
almost the entire balance on hand at
the same price.
Oh, yes. brother Herald, the pro-
gressive people of Big Stone Gap
think they know what they're about,
and are not seeking advise from I'M
interested parties.
Come to town some day and SEQ
how we edo move"
A Nrw yopx daily naner taking
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-05-11

A New YORK daily paper taking
up the idea conveyed in Flammarions
exciting novel, Omega: The last
days of the World" has interviewed
a number of the leading men in all
professions as to what they would do
if.science were to predict tomorrow
that the end Of the world would arrive
within the, next thirty days. The
answers are various and curious, and
heighten the interest which is felt
in the second part of Elammarion's
Cosmopolitan. It is question which
everyone will find interesting to ask
Of himself: What would you do il
within six, weeks the end Of the world
were certain7 Probably no novel
which has ever appeared in an Amer
lean magazine has been more elabor-
ately illustraed By more distinguished
artists. Laurens, Saunier, Vogel,
Meaulle, Rochegrosse, Geradin snd
Clovia all contributed TO the expla-
nation of the text.
A clever story of another kind is,that
Of tire new English novelist, Gilbert
Parker in the same Number. Amleri-
can Society in Paris is an article of
another kind, but one which Will in
tsrest all who have had occasion to
make even q short residence IN the
French capital. The Cosmopolitan
scores 4 success in producing IN its
Nav Isnmber, almost simultaneously
viii. the daily papers. an elaborate
description Of Professor Gray's mar
yellous intention, tho Telautograph.
which reprodaces the handwriting, or
ste q work = 81 the artist, simultaneously,
sboasands es miles distant from the.
mace where the writer Of artist y
s;stinss. slg. HoWell's purpose ~
8 { rs Traveller from Altruria 81.
month III month, becoming more az,
;;dert, aud Is now Feceiying attensasn y
II lid hands dc tllse rites all over the
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-05-11
THE JUG TRADE.

THE JUG TRADE.
l want it distinctly understood that ]
have in my bar the lar9est and finest
stock of
Whistles, Brandies,
Wines, and Fancy Drinks
ever brought to Big Stone Gap; and /
brought them here TO sell. Parties living
along the line of railway, or III the coun-
try, should send
THEIR JUGS
to my bar to have them filler. will take
pleasure in looking persolslly after all
orders sent me.
Very respectfully,
PETER KIDD.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-12-14

% help US to determine wneJner We are TO
have q republic to administer before we differ
as to the conditions upon which 1t IL to be ad-
this day organized will never cease to move
forward until every wrong is remedied and
equal rights and equal privileges securely es-
We declare. therefore
That the union Of the labor forces Of the
United States this day consummated shall be
permanent and perpetual-may its spirit enter
into all hearts for the salvation Of the republic
and the uplifting of mankind.
f. GREATS @ and
neither shall he es III. Interests a Of r wHrf
and civic labor are the same: their enemies
We believe that the time has come when the
railroad corporations must either own the peo-
pie or the people must own the railroads. and
should the government enter upon the work of
owning and managing any or all railroads we
should favor an amendment to the constitution
by which all persons engaged in the government
regulation Of the most rigid character, SO as
TO prevent the increase Of the power Of the
national administration by the use of such
additional government employees.
We demand national currency, safe, sound
and flexible, issued by the general government
only; a full legal tender Tor all debts, public
and private, and that without the use Of bank
ing corporations; q just, equitable and efficient
means of distribution, direct to the people, at
a tax not to exceed 2 per cent. per annum, TO
be provided as set forth in the subtreasury
plan of the Farmers Alliance, or some better
system: lsO by payments In discharge of it's
obligai : for public improvements.
We demand the free and unlimited coinage
Of silver and gold ut the present legal ratio Of
10 !.
We demand that the amount Of the circulate
ing medium be speedily increased to not less
than fifty dollars per capita.
We demand grad income tax.
We believe that the moneys of the country
should be kept much as possible in the
hands of the people, and hence we demand
that all national and state revenues shall be
limited to the necessary expenses of the gov
eminent economically and honestly admins
tered.
We demand that postal savings banks be e.
tabl1shed by the government for the safe de-
post of the earnings OF the people and to facil-
itate exchange.
Transportation being a means Of exchange
own and operate the railroads in the interest
of the people. .t ai.t DO
The telegraph and telephone, like the post
office system, being necessity for the trans
mission Of news, should be owned and Oper-
aied by the government in the interest Of the
Seople.
The land. including all the natural sources
Of wealth, If the heritage of all the people, and
should not be mOnopolized for speculative pur-
pOses and an alien ownership Of land should
be prohibited. All lands now held by rail-
roads and OF her corporations In excess OF their
actual needs, and ali lands now owned ~
aliens should be- reclaimed by the government
and held Ton actual settlers only.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-12-14
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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-12-14

Restrain them. Neither do they now prUmHA
M any substantial relief. They have agreed
together to ignore in the coming campaign
every issue but one. They propose to drown
the outories IF . plundersd people with tie
uproar Of a sham battle over the tariff. SO that
capitalists. corporations. national banks, rings.
trusts, watered stock, the decentralization Of
silver and the oppression Of the usurers may
all be lost sight of. They propose to sacrifice
our homes, lives and children on the altar Of
Mammon: to destroy the multitude in order
70 secure corruption funds from the million
aire.
Assembled on the anniversary of the birth
day Of the nation, and filed with the spirit of
the grand generation who established our indie
pendence, we seek to restore the government
Of the republic to the hands of 1.-THE plain peo-
ple,r with which class 1t originated.
We assert our purposes to be identical with
the purposes Of the national constitution-to
form q more perfect Union, establish justice,
insure domestic tranquility, provide for tho
common defense, promote the general welfare
and secure the blessings of liberty for ourselves
and our pOsterity."
We declare that this republic can only en-
dure as q free government while built upon the
love Of the whole people for each other and
for the nation; that 1t cannot be pinned tn
gether by bayonets; that the civil war is over,
and that every passion and resentment which
grew out OF 1t must die with 1t, and that we
must be in fact, as we are In name, q united
brotherhood Of free men.
Our country finds itself confronted by con-
ditions for which there is no precedent In the
history Of the world. Our annual agricultural
productions amount TO billions Of dollars in
value, which must within few weeks or
months be exchanged for billions of dollars Of
commodities consumed In their production.
The existing currency supply Is wholly made
Quate TO make this exchange The results are
falling prices, the formation of combines and
rings and the impoverishment of the producing
classes. We pledge ourselves that II given
power We will labor to correct these evils by
wise and reasonable legislation. in accordance
with the terms Of our platform.
We believe that the powers of government
In other words, Of the people--should be ex-
banded las in the case of the postal service) as
rapidly and as far as the good sense of an in
telligent people and the teachings Of expert
ence shall justify, to the end that oppression,
injustice and poverty shall eventually cease In
the land.
While our sympathies as . party of reform
are naturally upon the side Of every PROPOSE
ton witch will tend TO make men intelligent,
and temperate, we nevertheless re-
gard these Questions--impOrtan as they are
a. secondary to the great issues now pressing
for solution, and upon which not only our in
dividual prosperity, but the very existence of
tree institutions denends. and Ye-Aek-au men
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-12-14
The Coming
Climax in the
DestinieS of America

BY LESTER c. HUBBARD. 48o pages of new
ammunition for the great reform movement.
The textbook for the Presidential cam
paign of 1892. Paper. 50 cents: cloth. $3.50.
The most remarkable contribution to the reform
literature Of the day is I" The Coming Climax" by
Lester c. Hubbard, editor lnow eI-edtorl OF the
Farmers Voice. II is complete history and
creasng poverty amid increasing wealth, and
proves beyond the shadow Of a doubt that the
results OF the continuation OF present social condi.
tions must be conflict, besides which the French
Revolution was gentle zephyr to a cyclone. To
a style and diction fully equal 10 that of Henry
George. Mr. Hubbard adds force and earnestness
tuat tic 3 S. b., xas%S1nas"f y "
II the Peoples Party should scatter a million
copies Of Mr. Hubbard's work throughout the land,
II would probably, prove 20 be as good campaign
ammunition an as they could manufacture'-H'"'y
The COMING CLIMAX should be in the hands OF
every voter in the United States, and should be
read carefully and prsyerfully No book has even
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this one will. Read ng its truthful pages will make
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the luke-warm to active work. II only costs 50
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The alliance Farner. Wf'f0f1If, Florida.
The COMING CLIMAX is heartily endorsed
by Ignatius Donnelly, Robert Schilling. r
NJ Humphrey, John McGovern. Mrs. Mar
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the Farmers Alliance of Lincoln, the Grea.
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Topeka Advocate, the Cincinnati Herald
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BY special arrangement with Charles H.
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publishers, we are able to offer the book to
'ur subscribers, postpaid, at SO cents ir
lper or $3.50 in cloth.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-12-14
THE PEOPLES PLATFORM.
Adopted In National Convention u
maha. July 4. 1892.


Assembled upon the 10th anniversary of the
Declaration Of Independence, the Peoples
party of America In th>ir first national coD-
vention, invoking upon / cir action the bless
ing of Almighty God, puts forth in the name
and on behalf Of the people If this country the
following preamble and declaration of prnci-
pies:
The conditions which surround US justify
our action; we meet in the midst of . nation
brought to the verge of moral, political and
material ruin. Corruption dominates the bal
lot box, the legislatures, the congress, and
touches even the ermine Of the bench. The
people are demoralized: most Of the states
have been compelled to isolate the voters at
the polling places in order to prevent universal
intimidation or bribery. The newspapers are
largely subsidized or muzzled, public opinion
silenced, business Frustrated, our homes COW
cred with mortgages, labor impoverished and
the land concentrating in the hands Of the
capitalists. The urban workmen are denied
the right Of organization for self projections;
imported pauperized labor beats down their
wages: a hireling standing army, unrecog-
nized by our laws, is established to shoot them
down, and they are rapidly degenerating into
European conditions. The fruits of the toll of
millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal
fortunes for q few, unprecedented In the his
tory Of mankind, and the possessors of these,
in turn, despise the republic and endanger
liberty. From the same prolific womb Of gov
ernmental injustice we breed the two great
classes-tramps and millionaires.
The national power to create money is ap-
propriated to enrich bondholders; a vast pub
lie debt, payable in legal tender currency, has
been funded into gold bearing bonds, thereby
adding millions to the burdens Of the people.
Silver which has been accepted as coin since
the dawn of history, has been demonetized to
add to the purchasing power Of gold by de-
creasing tho price Of all forms Of property as
we'll as human labor. The supply of currency
Is purposely abridged to fatten usurers, bank
rupt enterprise and enslave industry.
vast conspiracy against mankind has been
organized on two continents, and It is rapidly
taking possession Of the world. II not met
and overthrown at once 1t forebodes terrible
social commissions, the destruction Of civilza-
ton or the establishment Of an absolute des-
potism.
We have witnessed for more that quarter
of a century the struggles of two great politi-
cal parties for power and plumber. while griev-
Gus wrongs have been inflicted upon suffer-
ing people. We charge that the controlling
influences dominating both these parties have
permitted the existing dreadful conditions to
develop without. serious efforts to prevent or