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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-09-21

The following is the substance of
Senator PETERS bill lately introduced,
about which there is much comment:
Providing for Secretary of the
Treasury to issue to each state suf-
ticient amount of legal tender, which
in connection with the coins now in
circulation, shall bring the amount
up to $50 per capita. 1t creates a
commission to attend to the proper
disbursements to the different states;
makes the governor of each state
virtually the custodian of the issue, as
he must approve the bonds of the com
missioners; prohibits greater amount
of interest than per cent per annumn
and provides for distribution by loans
on landed securities at one. half their
value, no loan to exceed 50, 600 to
any one person, loan to run 6 years,
interest payable annually and principal
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-09-21

That is dirty piece of business
going on down at Montpelier. Editor
Wallis, of the Post, arrested, for
mailing papers advertising to give a
sewing machine to paid up subscribers,
through the malice of disreputable
element. a bare dirty majority of
dirty jurymen rung in TO indict him
over the 'No' of six good jurymen.
A dirty expense of SO, 900 entailed
on the county. A large and unavoid-
able expense and much trouble and
worry thrust upon the editor. All
because of the dirty animosity of a
few dirty whelps. It's dirty business
all around.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-09-21

Some short-sighted newspapers are
making a big blow about the ship
ments of gold into the United States
from foreign countries and Dragging
of it as evidence of our prosperity.
Well, we are paying for that gold in
the cheapest wheat and cotton the
world has ever known. Foreigners
do not ship gold to this country for
fun. Idaho Free Press.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-09-21


Raj lroad assessments reduced
Reason Traffic has fallen off fifty
per cent. because of the paralyzing of
all industries through financial courses
which the railroad men themselves
strenuously advocated Silver min
ing struck down and miners made
tramps-but silver mining machinery
is not reduced On accout of CAPT
tails oppression of labor, farm products
are decreased in value seventy five
per cent. and the farm will not pay
expenses-farm lands and machinery
is not reduced For the same cause
horses, cattle and other live stock are a
useless expense stockmen have not
had their assessment reduced. Is it any
wonder that the poor man feels like
an anarchist? Curtis, Ramsey and
Hill, stand up and receive the scorn
of the public for your partiality to
corporate powerl
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-09-21
THE OOLONIZING PLAN.

S. j. Klein, of Salt Lake, is in the
city. Mr.. Klein is connected with a
vast colonizing scheme. He proposes,
II suitable arrangements can be made,
to bring over from $500 to 1000 fam
lilies to settle in the state and make
Industrious and good citizens. He
says that Idaho's soil and climate are
incompatible.
Mr. Klein will have talk with
Governor Mcdonnell and other prom
inent citizens on the subject. He
thinks that the state is in danger
from land grabbing corporations, and
that it is desirable to have the coun-
try settled up by bona fde settlers
who will be content with small hold
well titled Statesman.
Let's see, 1000 families on 40-acre
tracts, under some big canal, with
perpetual contract to buy water-40
inches of water to each family is 100, =
600 inches, at 81 so per inch-$24O, =
000-quite a handsome annual in
come for the canal company. The
income to the capitalists and the bur
densome tithes on the peasantry and
their lands will go on forever, though
men may come and men may go. If
the colonists were to pay this sum
to the government for single year.
Cor two at most it would enable the
latter to construct the canal, without
any outlay from the treasury, and,
forever after, those families could
receive water free, with just a sulllc-
lent water-tax on the land it covers,
to, in the aggregate, maintain the
canal in operation-exactly similar to
our public road system.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-09-21

We publish Judge Goodwin's open
letter to Cleveland this week because
it is one of the finest things that has
come from any journalistic pen dur
ing the present great financial agita-
ton and it should be widely read,
although, if it is read by Cleveland
at all, it will fall upon a barren, I'M
impressionable soil 1t is a rich lit
erary gem prolific with the best
thoughts of great mans mind.
Every line teens with sentiment,
truth and pathos and it touches the
chord of mans finer organization and
goes straight home to every darkened
hoarthstonc in the nation.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-09-21

"What we want is confidence, not
money, says Harper's Weekly. We
don believe it, Every class of monied
men can get what they want, while only
one class of confidence men can keep
out of prison, and that is the panic-fa
ing class to which Harper's Weekly
belongs People who are not in the
confidence business need more money
aud less confidence.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-09-21

Colorado is contemplating a scheme
of instituting state treasury and re-
ceiving the states silver product on
deposit and issuing certificates there
on, at 81 20 an ounce, which shall be
legal tender within the state. That
is false step worse than state bank
ing business. AS Colorado produces
a good many million ounces annually,
the floating of so much paper would
swamp the state in one year. The
best plan that can possibly be adopt
ed is to pass law making the Next
can dollar legal tender in the state for
its face value, as mentioned by the
SIGNAL short time since. Governor
Hogg, of Texas, has recommended
that the Mexican dollar be made legal
tender in that state and all silver pro-
dued taken to Mexico for coinage.
All the western and southern states
should unite and pass laws adopting
that plan. 1t would give us relief to
the extent of seventy-live per cent at
least Let the popular agitation be-
gin at once all over the western land
that definite decision may be arrived
at before the St Louis congress
meets.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-09-21

1.-THE administration will enforce
the Geary law. - THE administration
will not enforce the Geary law. "
These statements have been following
each other with a regularity calculated
to impress upon the public the lack of
knowledge, rs to administration in
intentions, of the purveyors of Washin-
ton news
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-09-21
THE WEISER SIGNAL.
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 81, 1893.
HOW GOES THE BATTLE.

LIZ W QOllO LID Dh l11'
The latest news from the national
capital indicates that the King of the
United States has signified his will
lingness to slight recognition of sill
yer in the future, provided the senate
will get in like good boys and pass
the repeal bill as it came from the
house. The King will allow no riders
in the interests of the people tackled
on to the measure that demands re-
peal, pure and simple, and if silver
legislation is had it must come in the
form of a separate bill. The bloated
old tyrant knows full well that the
people are helpless, so far as legisla-
ton is concerned, once the Sherman
act is repealed, for the men who
voted against silver coinage at any
ratio will do so again, and he may
safely make his promises to sign
bill for the limited coinage of silver
in the event such measure is passed,
for he knows nothing of the kind
will be done during the existence of
the present congress. The friends of
silver III the senate seem to fully
realize this fact and are accordingly
taking every advantage Of their pres
ent opportunities. A compromise
measure, if such thing were posi-
BILE, might perhaps be of some bene-
fit, but the only solution of the aw-
full problem that now confronts the
country is free and unlimited coinage
of silver, metal used as money
from the dawn of civilization and
which is product of our own land,
and to produce it will furnish labor to
thousands Of our countrymen now
idle and hungry, and at the same
time increase the circulating medium,
making money easier and starting
forward the now motionless wheels
of trade. The King does not Will it
thus, so it cannot be. We must pa
tiently wait, whatever the ruinous
cost.
We are glad to note that Idaho
senators are in their seats at all
times during the conflict and are max
ing themselves heard in behalf of the
great question upon which the future
of Idaho depends. The voices of
both Senators Shoup and Dubois
have been heard in the debates, the
latter quite frequently, and, if his
words are rightly quoted, our young
senator is showing himself to be pos
sessed of more ability than his most
ardent admirers have accredited to
him. He has shown himself cour-
ageous enough to attack the vetran
senator and arch traitor, Voorhees,,
and able to retire from the fray not
second best; and the New York Sun
pays him high compliment for his
clear headedness. Our friend Shoup
is posing as a new Christ, driving the
money changers out of the temple
with his soothing vocal powers. The
Sun in speaking of his speech said
1.-The Idaho senator was almost as
effective in driving away the quorum
rs was Mr.. Stewart last week " One
fact than nerves the silver champions
to the fight is that they are right.
They are battling for the people, the
wage Garner, the tiller of the soil, the
keeper of herds, the producers of
wealth all over the land, without
whose efforts there could be no for
tunes For these, these brave men
are making their fight, and may vic
tory crown their effortsl
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-09-21
Grover was affected to I'll

Grover was affected to the extent
that ga shade of disappointment
passed over his face" because the
born was girl He wants a
boy, TO grow up in his gold standard
footsteps. Never mind, Grover,
Ruth's sister can bring glory to the
house of Cleveland by posing for a
silver statute when she grows up.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-09-21

The Irish never had much cause to
love or admire the British Peerage
and they have less than ever since
the vote on the Home Rule bill was
taken in the House of Lords.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-09-21

That army of unemployed men has
not arrived at Washington, but an
army representing numerous boards
of trade is now there, demanding
legislation
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-09-21

Perhaps the economy" practced
by some managers, in the shape of
reducing salaries and working forces,
may have something to do with the
epidemic Of fatal railroad accidents.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-09-21

The administration did everything
it could to make the visit to Wash
ington of the Pan American Medical
Congress pleasant and interesting, 60
ing to the extent of having a birth in
the White House.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-09-21

Claus Spreckles is credited with
having desire to sugar Congress be-
fore the Hawiian business is settled.
If he wishes to tickle the Congressional
plate he will have to add several other
ingredients.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-09-21

Is it not about time for Idaho to
begin thinking of delegates to the
Pan American Congress at st. Louis
next month"; Every silver section
should be up and doing in the matter
of commercial unity.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-09-21

American editors would save them
selves considerable wear and tear if
they would leave the duty of abolish
ing the British House of Lords to the
British, and no delay would be caused,
aithar
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-09-21

There surely ought to be some way
to punish New York bankers who
sold money at premium while decin-
ing to cash the checks of depositors.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-09-21

Every attempt yet made to compel
the Senators to listen to the financial
speeches of each other has been
fiat failure.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-09-21

Poor Baby Ruth She has gained a
sister, but has lost what so many peo-
pie spend their lives struggling for
fame.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-09-21

The tower of Babel must have been
a sleepy sort of place compared with
the Worlds Fair Congress of Relig-
lone
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-09-21

If an individual cannot meet his
obligations he is compelled to fail.
Why should it be different with banks?
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-09-21

No banks have gone under down in
Mexico and bushes is good Yet 1t
coins all the silver it can get
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-09-21
Just
At
This
Time
WHEN
WINTER
WHEN
WINTER,

Is about to come
upon us with it's
long evenings and
dull days, we should
remember that it's
dreariness is much
relieved by a good
local paper to cheer
us with it's weekly
visits, laden with
news of our neigh
bors and burdened
with the spirit Of the
times.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-09-21

Perhaps after all the e-keepers
beat more. records than the ocean
steamships do.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-05-05

have always held that the very exist
nee of Il house OF hereditary LEGISLATORS
is an intolclahlea abuse. and consequently
that the country has a right 10 make use
of ever constitutional form to hinder
the lords from interference with the
popular will. Who represent the ropu-
lar will: hs%urcdly its representatives,.
If, then. the elected representatives Of
the nation decide in favor Of home rule.
the lords are guilty Of an act Of lee
majestic to tine people if they interposG
their veto. What can be more ridicu'
lous than that IL few hundred men-some
hereditary legislators, some Legislators
because they have made huge fortunes by
selling beer or by some similar avoca'
tion-should pretend TO know better than
the nation What the nation wants?
The true method to proceed with such
obstructionists is, If they throw out the
home rule bill to bring it i'll again i'll an
autumn session and tack it on to the ap.
preparation bill. If this be done home
rule will become the law of the land be-
fore the end of this year. If it be moi
done | really do not know when it will
become law. am sick of half measures
with these hereditary i~nterlopers Lon
don Truth.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-05-05
A ~PugnaciOus Editor.

PITTsBURG, April 81. A. Stein
hauser, editor of the Allegheny News,
was assaulted and dangerously injured
this morning by W. +. Williams, editor
and proprietor Of the Manchester Critic,
a rival paper. For several weeks the
News has contained uncomplimentary no.
tees of a man and woman IN Manchester.
No names we're mentioned, but it was
supposed they referred to Williams and
his wife. The lady was referred to as a
'bleached blonde" AS Steinhauser was
walking up Beaver Q this morning
Williams ran out Of his office and as
saulted him with II mace, inflicting
serious and probably fatal injuries.
Steinhauser was removed to his home
and DIR. Clifford was summoned. The
physician fears his skull is fractured and
says he cannot tell as yet whether he
will recover on not. Williams is still at
liberty,
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-05-05
A Flaming Stream.

A party of Bethany students in an At
tempt to have fun Thursday night sue
ceeded in soaring the town, and commu-
nifty in general. Up Buffalo creek a big
gushar oil well was recently opened up,
and since then great quantities of oil
have been coming down that usually
placid stream. About 8 o'clock Thurs.
day night the boys set fire to the oil in
the creek with startling effect. 1t i'm
mediately spread over the width of the
creek and then started off with the cur.
rent, leaving III its train Il sheet Of fame
nearly 10 feet high.
1t was not long until Bethany was
trembling in Il scmiCirclc Of fame.
Within an hour the creek looked like Il
serpent Of fire nearly two rules long.
Dense volumes of smoke almost suffo.
Gated the people of Bethany. BY the
close Of the second hour every road was
blockadcd with wagons and buggies CON
tanning people who had come in for
miles to SEQ the strange fire upon the
waters, and Observation-Disclosures were
upon the hilltop.
The fires fury iurro&..! until II hour,
had elapsed, WHOM Iii, flames died out.
The damage WIS small. The water III
the creek was nearly boiling when the
fire was gone Wheeling intcilisrnccr
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-05-05

The sr:.., arrived lcrc On he table
lands o. t.'..., !our weeks ago. when
all ia" ~, 81 a"t f,at tree, began bios
son';H3, AMI IT, great a"htr",s, thchand-
soatst of al ,MEtrcp- in this valley, re-
IcWJl their .,.v,s. The winter. if such
Il name can justly be given to Il season
which l. 'iIi ut from the other Seasons
only in lv.Hr slightly cooler, has bccn
warm and pleasant, with not II single
day w&,n out e. door life would be mn
pleasant, | recall that New Years day
vas excessively warm, and that riding
mt noon On that day was hot work.
We have had hardly any snow on the
smaller mountains making up the frame
Of this incompatible valley Of Mexico,
and this is unusual. as generally for &
week or two III january the lower hills
will get Il cHpping Of snow, which make
them q handsome sight under the over
head tropical sun. Nor did we have tnC
usual amount of the ''aguas n%icvca, " u
snow waters. Il few days Of cold show
crs, which are due to arrivo. in january
but staid away, In fact, while you il
the far north have had what MAY fairly
be called Il tremendous winter, we have
been enjoying ~" long lnGiau summer
Cor. Boston Herald.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-05-05
A lad Who Would Murder For Fun,

A lad employed as "a pony driver at the
Trowel Moor c~olliery at Stapleford has
been sentenced to six weeks hard labor
for willfully damaging an endless wire
rope used for the purpose Of bringing
tubs Of coal up an incline. The strands
of the rope were found to be deliberately
cut in two places, and it was stated that
if the rope had parted the consequence
would probably have been a disastrous
loss of life. AS it was the entire work
of the c%olliery had to be suspended for
three-quarters of a day, and it appeared
that to bring about this temporary ces-
sation of work was the sole motive OF
this abominable act. John Botham, in
brief. wanted a holiday, and this was his
mode of attaining that object. -London
News
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-05-05
A kEY OF GOLD.
The Duke de veragua Presented with
the Freedom of Chicago.

the Freedom OF ShiChSos
CHICAGO, April 29.-With imposing
ceremonies the freedom Of the Worlds
fair city was extended to the descendant
of that great d~iscoverer whose achieve
ments are celebrated in the quadro-
centennial Columbian exposition. All
day the Duke de Veragua and his ret
niue were the objects of distinguished
attention from the high officials of the
city, state and nation, and early in the
afternoon a reception was held by the
duke and his party to the distinguished
officials and citizens 10 his private apart
ments at the Auditorium hotel-apart-
ments worthy of the occupancy of
princes-which had been prepared for
the duke and his party. For the use OF
the duke had been set aside the entire
south portion of the parlor floor of the
hotel, including in all eleven spacious
apartments, No pains had been spared
to provide every possible convenience
for the eleventh grandson OF the great
discovercr. Shortly after $3.50 Mayor
Harrison Of Chicago and tho aldermanic
COMMITTEE with NJ, b. Madden as chair
man. cal ed officially aud welcomed the
duke and extended To him The freedom
Of the Worlds fair city. Thousands Of
people were assembled, bat tho formal
| ceremonies tool place IN the private
apartments OF the duke and were lnvlS-
iblo to the anxious multitude on the
outside. Accompanying Mayor ilar-
rison as he entered the ducal apartments
were tho prominent officials Of the ma
tional commission and tn. local direct
DRY. who had played such an important
part in all Of the formal exercises of the
day. The ceremonies of presentation
were brief. Mayor Harrison spoke a
few words Of greeting. AS the mayor
completed his address ne presented the
duke on behalf Of the city council with
d beautiful key of gold, on which was
inscribed "Don Christohar Colon stat,
ing, az he did so, that it was the key to
the city. The mayor also presented his
grace with Il beautiful Morocco volum"
in which were inscribed the proceedings
of the city council at its meeting last
week. in which resolutions were adopted
welcoming the duke and extending t.
him the freedom Of the city. The duke
in accepting these Testimonials, bowed
and in a low tone responded appropriate
~ in English. At the conclusion OF The
dukes remarks Mayor Harrison intro
duced the committee of aldermen repre-.
s~enting the city council. Palmer ther
introduced the members of the nationa
commission and after Il general hand
shaking all departed.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-05-05
The Chicago Regatta.

New York, April 20-rhe committee
representing the Chicago navy have re
turned to this city after their conference
with the Yale and Harvard crews. They
state that it is quite likely that ono or
both of these crews will row at the Chi
cago regatta, certainly both Of them if
Oxford will accept the invitation. The
Yale crew is opposed to rowing any
American crew except that of Harvard.
However, if Cornell should challenge the
winner of the Yale Harvard race, the
contest to be rowed at Chicago, there is
no doubt Il match will be arranged. This
challenge is now being prepared. Cor
nell and the University of Pennsylvania
crews will row a race at the Chicago
regatta.