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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-03-17
W. C. T. q. COLUMN.
Mofett,s murderer.


The assassin of j. r. Moffett, the
brave Prohibition editor of Danville,
Va. has been found guilty and sent
enced 10 five years in the penitentiary.
1t is a mild sentence, but il is just five
years more than was ever given to the
assassin of Editor Gamhrel or the as
sassin of EdiIoI Rucker. Mofett is
the third Prohibition editor as well as
the third Prohibition minister since
the days of HaddOck to be shot down
in cold blood by the liquor malta of
the United States. Not one of all the
black murderers has paid the penalty
of his crime, and even in this case the
political friends of J. T. Clarke.
Moffett's assassin, boast that they will
have him out of prison in time for the
next election.
There is evidence that in this case,
as in the case of HaddOck, the murder
was the result of deliberate and ex-
tensiye conspiracy, and that the wretch
who performed the dark deed was bat
an instrument in the hands of others.
There is nothing surprising in this.
The whole liquor traffic is a conspiracy
upon human life, and men who are
willing to administer slow poison to
their fellOwmen for gain are not likely,
when an emergency arises, to hesitate
about the use of bludgeOn or revolver.
1t is a business that demands. on the
part of those engaged in it. a disregard
of AL the claims of humanity, scared
conscience, and ears deaf alike to the
cries of the helpless child and the
gray-haired mother. DR.. RainsfOrd
talks about his church saloons. We
wish to God that every church deacon,
steward, elder or minister who is vot-
ing for a continuation of this legalized
infamy could be compelled to go be-
hind the bar for week every year
and stand tace to face with the victims
of the traffic and learn its true nature.
1t would be the healthiest education
ever given to the country.
The facts brought out about the
murder of MOffett and the reckless,
ruthless character of the business that
is ready to kill men off-haud who un-
dertake to turn the light upon it,
ought to STIR the old dominion to its
depths. The real criminal is the
liquor traffic. The only sentence that
will satisfy the demands of justice
must be given by the voters of Virginia
and must be for the execution of the
traffic in that state. 1t is important
that Clarke goes to prison; but it is
more important that this soul de-
bauchimg business that used Clarke for
its tool. should be hung by the neck
till it is dead on the next ection day.
Who will help build the gallows?
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-03-17
SENATOR MARTIN has been given

SENATOR MARTIN has been given a
seat in the United States senate, and
was sworn in without even a protest
from the Repu blicans of that body.
What is the matter? They knew that
Martin was lawfully and fairly elected.
How does this appear in the light of
the supreme court decision? We pre-
diet that the republicans of Kansas
will not contest Martins seat and if
they do it will do no good.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-03-17

GOVERNOR LEwELLNG has signed
the joint resolution providing for a
vote of the people of the state on the
subject of woman suffrage in 1894.
The governor presented the pen with
which he signed the act to Mrs. Laura
M. Johns. president of the Kansas
Equal Suffrage association. and Mrs.
Johns then presented the pen to the
state historical society.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-03-17
The undignifed action of Railroad

The undignified action of Railroad
Commissioners George T Anthony
and Mitchell in refusing to yield the
offices to the recently legally appointed
members, is generally condemned.
George T. has been in Office constantly
for the past twenty-five years and ap-
parently considers himself political
pauper whom the state is bound to
support. He had better retire at once.
He is already regarded as an Office
beggar and public men6icant. He
had better. go now rather than wait
until he is kicked out, as he surely
will be if he delays going.-Leaven-
worth Times.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-03-17

HUGH DEMPSEY, master workman OF
D. A. 8, Pittsburg. has doned the
prison stripes aud entered upon a
seven years. term in the western peni-
Tertiary, Pennsylvania. A jury found
him implicated in the poisoning OF
nonunion men at Homestead. although
the judge before he was tried doubted
the evidence on which he was con-
victed. The workingmen of Pittsburg
and Homestead say that the cousin OF
H. c.. Frick was one of the jurymen.
They believe there was neither law
nor justice in Dempsey's conviction.
Another object lessoa.-The Van
guard.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-03-17

cuse for having that drawing private.
and every Topeka Republican knows
that the Republican cahvassing board
was not faithful to the good reputation
of the party when the board closed the
doors.
Comment is unnecessary. The pal
paDle frauds are plainly admitted.
Now add to this the fact that Republi-
cans of Topeka and the state were
willing to precipitate civil war and
shed blood to sustain these frauds, and
their character and attitude appears
detestable.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-03-17
TO PURCHASE SCHOOL LAND.
(First publication March 1O.l

The undersigned hereby gives notice
make an application to the Probate Court
of Sherman County, Kansas, to purchase
the following described school land. situ-
ated in the organized county of Sherman,
Kansas, VIZ: the northeast quarter, north
quarter, of the northwest quarter of section
SO, township south, range 81 west. He
names the following persons to prove his
settlement, continuous residence, and i'm
proVements. viz: w. w. Waltrip, resi-
dence Brewster. Kan, and Daniel Gish,
residence Brewster, Kan. Done at Good
land, County of Sherman, Kansas, this 4th
day of March, 1898. j. w. RAILsBACK,
Petitioner
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-03-17
The Mcpherson Democrat hits quite

The Mcpherson Democrat hits quite
large political nail squarely on the
head when it said the following:
when R B. WEIGH telephOEed from
the state house for 1000 Santa Fe
hands to come to the defense of the
republicans, he let the cat out of the
bag and gave the Populists club
which they will WELD for years to
come to the discontinue of the Repub-
lican party.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-03-17
The readiness with which the bank

The readiness with which the banks
of the country are parting with tn cir
gold reserves for United States treas
ury notes proves the gold basis theory
a delusion and fraud. The people of
this country are loyal to the good OF
the nation and will stand by its money
to the last ounce of precious metals,
and the last drop of blood All this
cry about gold basis is cheat.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-03-17

ONE thing is certain: 1t is no fault
of the Republicans that there was not
bIoodshed at Topeka during the late
troubles, that there was not a general
riot, many persons killed and injured,
and the city piiIaged by the thugs,
thieves and desperate characters
brought in there and many of them
armed as deputy sheriffs. Many men
who had been sworn as deputy sheriffs
were boistriously drunk and disord-
erly, and these were the men the Re-
publican leaders were encouraging to
resist the authority of the governor
For two days and nights the drunken
mob paraded the streets of Topeka
breathing out threats to kill the gov
erner and other state officials.-Kan
sas Commoner.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-03-17
GREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE
TO THE EAST.

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The Rock Island is foremost in adopt
ing any advantage calculated to inn
prove speed and give that luxury, safety
and comfort that popular patronage de-
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complete with vestibuled trains, mag
nificent dining cars, sleepers and chair
coaches, all the most elegant, and Of
recently improved patterns.
Faithful and capable management
and polite, honest service from en-
ployes are important items. They are
double duty-to the Company and to
travellers and it is sometimes task
difficult of accomplishment. Passen-
gers on this line will find little cause
for complaint on that ground.
The Importance of this Line can be
better understood if a short lesson in
geography be now recited.
What is the great Eastern termini Of
the Rock Island Chicago.
What other sub-Eastern termini has
it?-Peoria. To what important points
does it run trains to the Northwest
st. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota,
and Watertown and Sioux Falls, Da-
kota. To what important Iowa and
Nebraska points?-Des Moines, Daven-
port, Iowa; Omaha and Lincoln, Ne
braska.
REMEMBER
The Great Rock Island Route runs all
regular trains to Englewood suburban
station, close to Worlds Fair grounds,
and you can save time and trouble by
getting off at that point and avoid the
crowd in the city.
For full particulars as to tickets,
maps, rates apply to any coupon ticket
Office in the United States, Canada or
Mexico, or address:
JNO. SEBASTIAN,
GenI Tiki. & Pass. Agt., Chicago. I'll
3. ST. JOHN, GenI Manager, Chicago, III.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-03-17

WE hope that some form of the
Australian ballot law will be secured
for Kansas. 1t is a move in the right
direction. A free ballot and fair
count is the need of the hour. Then
we should see the end of corporate in
timidation. Later: Such law was
passed copied after the Iowa law.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-03-17

THE REPUBLIC heartily approves of
the joint resolution of the Kansas
legislature submitting to a vote of the
people at the next election the question
of woman suffrage. There is no good
reason why women should not vote
and hold office as we'll as men. We
think the measure will be successful.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-03-17

The proposition of the maximum
freight bill of the Kansas Legislature to
elect railroad commissioners by a di-
rect vote of the people. and dividing
the state into three districts is the
proper thing and we hope it will be-
come law. All public servants should
be the direct choice of the people.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-03-17

WHY do people want Officer For the
honor and money that there is IN it, or
in other words. thousands of people
lack honorable and renumerative en-
ployment. Yet we hear the prosperity
of the nation discanted upon. What
is the matter? The only answer is:
Millions are out of employment and
are driven to the wall by necessity.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-03-17


THE persistent attempt of the pluto
cratic press to fasten upon Governor
Lewelling, and other Populist state
officers of Kansas. the crime of receiv-
ing bride money, has ANONYMOUSLY
failed. James I. Legate, who was
charged with accepting bride from
P. W. Kline. manager of the Kansas
City lottery syndicate, in connection
with Attorney General Little, and the
governors private secretary, has writ
ten letter for publication, in which
he admits having received $4,000 to be
used for legislative purposes; but de-
MES that the governor or any one con-
nected with his administration knew
anything about it. Now, let the light
of the press be turned upon state Off
cials other than the Populists, and let
us see what we shall see.-The Van
guard.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-03-17

Ex-PREsIDENr HARRISON is now
Professor Harrison, having accepted
chair in the Iceland Stanford univer-
sIty of California. He will lecture on
constitutional law in October of this
year, to the students of the millionaire
university
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-03-17

The law requiring railroads to put
in scales at each station, and to be
held good for any leakage or loss of
grain is a good law. 1t is simple
justice to the producer and shipper.
This law was recently passed by the
Kansas legislature.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-03-17

WE hear that Brother Wilcoxson the
state senator of this district, lodged
voting on the maximum freight rate
bill. We are sorry to hear this. We
hoped he had more backbone.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-03-17

WHEN will the American republic
return to its primative simplicity as
interpreted by Abraham Lincoln? IA
government of the people, by the peo-
pie and tor the peopleP" We are a
long ways off this landmark today.
Backward, turn backward o, time in
your fight
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-03-17

The distribution of public patronage
is an incubus to any administration.
When the people decide the matter by
popular vote, the life of the chief exc
cntive of the nation will cease to be ii
burden.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-03-17

planned to the committee by an expert.
In spite of this fact the connoisseur of
'.good whisky will smack their lips
and say: '.Oh! that is good goOds!"
Bah! At best it is a hell broth.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-03-17

ALL the hue and cry about gold be-
ing the only honest money is very
thin cheat. The purpose is to allow a
few privileged ones who happen to
have a corner to make living off the
government. or in other words off the
people without toll. In short, the pro-
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-03-17
$3.50 PER YEAR.

Entered at the Postoffice at Goodland,
Kansas, as second-class Mail matter.
Office on Boulevard, opposite post Of
fee.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-03-17
Notf ce.

Parties wanting irTigafing bitches, level
ing. lost corners restablished,s draftIng and
plating of towns should call and see me at
the court house on my regular Office DAYS on
Friday of each week. Room with probate
Judge By d. A. LONG. Deputy.
F. v. Paddock, County Surveyor.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-03-17

A BUSINESS man not a thousand
miles from Crawker-intending to add
to the income of his business, resOrted
to the following method to evade the
prohibitory law: He purchased two
jugs of whisky and placed them on a
shelf. Then he filed bottle which
with glass he put on a counter and
near by placed an empty cigar box in
which was put $3.50 in small change.
He then went to the drinkers of the
town and informed them that he could
not sell them whisky but told them of
his arrangement and where to go tell
ing them to help themselves and drop
the pay in the box, making their own
change when necessary. At the close
of tie day he checked up the business
which resulted as follows. The whisky
all gone. and in the box he found so
cents-90 cents less than he put at the
beginning of the business. The enter
prise collapsed Crawker Times.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-03-17

ABUNDANCE evidence is in existence
to establish the fact that little. if any.
pure liquor is to be had at any price.
In the recent investigations before a
committee on Investigation of the
frauds of whisky trust. by the United
States congress, the fact came out
that liquors were Audited by the
wholesale, and the process was ex-
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-03-17
Temnerance Twigs.

The thief used to be branded upon
his back, but the drunkard is branded
on his nose.
The man who would unchain all the
wild serpents in circus, wouldn't do
much mischief compared with the
saloon keeper that unchains all the
devils in men.
The best way to kill bad habit is
to scald the seed IN hot water before
it's planted.
The hardest master in the world is
the one that makes you think you can
let his service alone whenever you
want to, but manages it so that you
never want to.
Anybody can see snakes in a bottle
of whisky after he has gone far en-
ough; but it's only the wise man who
sees the snakes before he touches it.
One of the strongest testimonies
against the saloon is, that it's the first
place a detective goes if he wants to
find law-breaker.
Whenever you plant moderate
drinker, you are likely to raise a
drunkard either in this generation or
the next.
There's lots of people ready to tell
you what their attitude is on the tenn
perance question; but any marble fig
ger can keep up an attitude.
If the ballot box was to be passed
around while Christians were telling
God in his house how they wanted to
be pure like Him, would any of them
vote for a brewer or a saloon keeper
cause their party nominated him?
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-03-17

Published Every Friday.
BY
J. d. STEWART, Editor and Publisher.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-03-17
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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-09-22
MsRlNo SHEEP FOR GERMANY.

Mr.. Max Kallenbach has been buying
a lot of Merino rams and ewes which lie
will ship in about two weeks to some
point in the German emplre-the exact
destination is not given. Good judges
say the animals are all of excellent
quality. They came from these floclis:
j. Q. Stickney. Whiting, ram; E. E.
Stickney, Shoreham, rams; f. N.
Bissell, Shoreham, 1 rams; Cyrus II.
Smith, Bridport, rams; Geo. Smith,
Addison, ram; Dan. Brown, Addison,
ram and l eve; Geo. NJ. Fletcher,
Middlebury, l ram; Mrs. l.. p. Clark,
Addison, rams; /. L. Hamblin, Corn
wall. 3 ewes: c. Il. Crane, Bridport, 4
ewes; Edgar Sanford, Cornwall, ewes !;
Chas. Payne, Brdport, , ewes; II. w.
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com and Lewis Chenette, Shoreham,
eve each.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-09-22
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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-09-22
The w. c. T. U. STATE CONVENTION

The 18th annual meeting of the Yer
mont Woman's Christian Temperance
union was held in Bethany church, Mont
pelier, Sept ID and II.
The convention was formally opened
by the president, Mrs. Ida H. Read OF
Shelburne. An address of welcome by
Mrs. +. NJ. Denny of Montpelier was fol
lowed by remarks by the pastors and by
Hon. Joseph Poland. The response was
made by Mrs. +. 5. Farr of Bristol. Ir
the evening Mrs. Read gave her annual
address. which was finely written and
well delivered. She said she had tray
eled 5000 miles the past yea. and lectured
in nearly every county in the State. Let.
tiers were read from Mrs. Housh, and from
Miss Willard IN Switzerland.
The thank offerings were brought in
amounting to Sl33. The treasurer an
nOunced that the State w. c. II. L. were
now free from debt and had money in the
treasury.
The election of officers for the ensuing
year resulted as follows: President, Mrs
III. II. Read of Shelburne; secretary, Mrs
O.. +. Davidson of Newfane; treasurer
Mrs. +. NJ. Denny of Montpelier
Many thanks are due the ladies OF
Montpelier for their generous hospitality
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-09-22
IL WAS In BOSTON.

Mad dog. Mad dog" yelled a small
boy. No cry can collect crow d quick.
or. la Il moment an excited throng were
gazing from safe distance at poor,
miserable little pup, bowling and strug-
CLING on doorstep. "Kill him! Shoot
him. Don't let HIM bite YOU shouted
half dozen at once. Just as the ex-
ctement was at its height, typical
Boston girl walked deliberately through
the crowd and approached the dog. She
raised her eyeglass and surveyed him
calmly. Then she spoke 81 Judge from
the attitude of the animal and from the
anguish of his cries that the door is
closed upon his tail. Open the door
Immediately She was obeyed. The
dog trotted away with tail decidedly
the worse for wear. The crowd dispers-
ed, and another mad dog scare had been
nipped in the Shooting and Fish
ing.