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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-11-29
Its Largeness.

Well, the retribution has certainly
been tremendous. You don't half real
ize how immense it was. When, in 1910,
the people rose in such wrath that $40
has been in American politics the sym
boil of an Alpine avalanche, the House of
Representatives only changed from
twelve Democratic to thirty-seven Wing,
Il change of forty-nine, and even when
you add one-half for increase of size,
you have only scventy-four for total.
When Franklin Pierce swept the coun-
try in 1852, the Wings lost but thirteen
seats. In the great upheaval of 1874,
which exceeded that of 1890, ninety nine
Republican majority was changed to
forty five Democratic majority, and the
South assumed that solidity which has
been the misfortune of this country
ever since. The total change then was
one hundred and forty four. The
change week ago last Monday was two
hundred and thirty-eight. If you take
of fifty for Increase OF the House, you
still have a change of one hundred and
lightweight. A change of two hundred
and thirty-eight in II body of three hun
dred and fifty-siX is unparalleled in the
history of this country and, so far as
now recall, of any legislative body in
any free government in this world. 1t
would mean change of five hundred in
the British House OF Commons. If two
hundred and fifty members of the House
of Commons had been knocked out at
one election, | wonder If any British
statesman, still in the air, would have
ventured to say, even five hundred miles
from his District, that there were no
brains behind the "hcels' which set him
in motion,
But when you have got through with
all these figures, you have not fathomed
this victory. When we lost the country
in 1890 and 1892, the Democracy meant
that we should never find it again. In
the years which followed, Elbridge
Gerry must have sorrowed in his grave
AS he witnessed how the gerrymander Of
modern times had outgerried Gerry.
Our victory was in despite of all that
and also of the solid South--solid no
longer if it has any sense of its own in
terest.
We have had mighty victory, the
greatest in the history of our country
1t was won, not by our organizations,
but by our principles. But great as our
victory is, there is a greater which we
must win. By our wisdom, moderation
and good sense, we must so govern this
country that the great questions of the
next six years may have as noble "A
solution as the great questions of their
day had at the hands of those great Re
publicans who preserved the Union, up
] held the honor of the nation. and gave
the people thirty years of peace, pros
perity and progress.-T. y. Reed at
Home MARKET Club Banquet, Boston.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-11-29
The Just Fear of God.

If we work upon marble, it will
perish; if we work upon brass, time
will efface it; if we rear temples, they
will crumble into dust, but if we work
upon immortal minds, if we Undue them
with primer les, with the just fear If
God and Low of our fellow men, we en-
grave on those tablets something which
will bright to all eternity. Daniel
Webster
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-11-29

The recent cold weather froze the
ground to a considerable depth. so that
further pipe-laying on the Pittsfeld sys-
TEN will be postponed until spring.
About half of the streets have been
piped, or rather about half of the length
of the pipe has been laid, including the
principal business streets. This will
give very good fire protection during
the winter. The water will he turned
on probably by Dec. 18th, but by Jan.
LIST anyway.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-11-29

Mr.. J. Herbert Maxwell of Sabatis, a
law student in Auburn, has accepted the
invitation of G. X. Norris Post G. A. R.,
of Monmouth, to deliver the Memorial
Day address in 1895.
The oasis., 1894-03-15
Sold by All Druggists.
$l,OOO REWARDI Proclamation by the Governor.

TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, EXECUTIVE DEPT To All to Whom These Presents Shall Come Greeting:
 WHEREAS Information from authentic sources has been received by me that Frank w. Oury, citizen of Tucson. Pima county, was murdered at Arivaca. in the said County, on the 18th of September 1895, by some person or persons unknown;
 Now, therefore, |, Charles NJ. Bruce, Acting Governor of Arizona. by virtue of the power and authority in me vested, do hereby offer q reward of One Thousand Dollars for the ar rest and convictions of the person or persons who committed the aforesaid murder IN WITNESS WHEREOF have herennto set my --,-- hand and caused the Great Seal of SEAL. lthe Territory to be afNed. -- Done at Phoenix. the capital, this twenty-hrst day of September, 1895.
 CHAs. NJ. BRUCE, Attest: Acting Governor.
 F B. DEyEREUx,
 Assistant Secretary of Arizona.
The oasis., 1894-03-15
S5,OOO REWARDl Proclamation by the Governor.

TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, EXECUTIVE DEPT.
 To whom 1t may concern:
 Whereas. by an act of the Seventeenth Leg islatiye Assembly, approved February 21th, 1893, the Governor of the Territory is author ized to offer reward of five thousand dollars for the capture. dead. or alive, of the Apache renegade, outlaw. and murderer, known and designated as the kid
 Now. therefore. !. Lomis C. Hughes Cover nor of the Territory of Arizona. by virtue of the powerand authority in me vested in order to carry out the purposes of said act, do here by offer a reward of five thousand dollaE- for the capture. dead OF alive, of the above named Apache Indian. said reward to be paid upon satisfactory proof being filed with the proper authorities that inc said Indian has been captured or killed.
 Tn Nil ness whereof have hcreunto sci my hand and caused the Great Seal oi the Terfi- tory tc heaaixea. Donc ai phWniN, the cap- tai this seventeenth day of February A. D. 1874
 seall Bythe Governor L. C. HUGHES
 UHAs Ah BRUcE, secretary of the Territory.
The oasis., 1894-03-15
PROPOSALS
OFFICE. BOARD or SUPERVISORS.

VFFIVF' D'FHTH VT TTTFIIN IFFI~.
 FLORENCE, ARIzoNA. February il. leD4.
 sealed proposals will be received at this of- fee until 2o'clock D. m.. Monday. April 2 isal. for building n kitchen nt the County Hospital. l6xis feet, to be bniIt of adobe. with stone foundation. and the same to be covered with a shingle roof. Bidders to furnish all neces- sary material. rlans and specifications of the proposed structure. are now open for in- spection at the Supervisors office.
 The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
 By order of the Board.
 lsEALl JOSE NJ. OcHoA. Clerk.
The oasis., 1894-03-15
A STRANGE CASE.
How an Enemy was Rolled.

The following graphic statement will be read with intense Interest: "I cannot describe the numb creepy sensation that texisted in my arms. hands and legs. had to rub and beat those parts until they were sore, to overcome in measure the dead feeling that had taken possession of them. In addition. l had a strange weakness in my back and around my waist. together with an indescribable gone feeling in my stomach. Physicians said it WIS creeping paralysis, from which. accord ing 10 their universal conclusion, there Is no relief Once 1t fastens upon person, they say. it continues its insidious progress until it reaches vital point and the sufferer dies such was my prospect. had been doctOr.ng n year and a half steadily, but with no par iicular benefit, when saw an advertisement of Dr Miles Restorative Nervine, procured n bottle aud began using it. Marvellous it may seem. but a few days had passed before every bit of that creepy feeling had left me, and there has not been even the slightest indication of it's return. l now feel as well as 1 ever did, and have gained ten pounds in weight though 1 had run down from TO to l31. Four others have used pr. Miles Restorative Nervine on my rccomen- dation. and it has been as satisfactory Tn their eases as in thine. ."--James Kane. La Rue, c.
 Dr. Miles Restorative Nervne Is sold by all druggists on a positive guarantee, or sent direct by the Dr. Miles Medical Co, Eikhnrt Ind on receipt of price, Sl per bottle. SlN bottles for 5. express prepaid, It Is Tree ron opiates or dangerous drugs.
The oasis., 1894-03-15
ARIzo~A NEWS
Iculled from Exchanges,l

Phillip Hach, an old pioneer of Mo have county, died of lung hemorrhage last week.
 The supreme court met last Friday, and the only business done was to ad- journ sine die.
 The town council at Yuma has lev jed a tax of two dollars per month up- on wash women.
 The new gasoline engine and pump for the company farm near Wilcox, has been received.
 The post-office at Descanso, Cochise county has been discontinued. The mail for there will go to Turquoise.
 By an order of the Copper Queen Mining Co.,, all the ladies of easy yir- tue at Bisbee have had to leave the place.
 The heavy snow in the mountains this year insures plenty of water r the coming seasons irrigation in the valleys.
 At Ash Fork Wednesday of last week Tim Casy saloon keeper, was shot and killed by William Martin. gambler.
 There are more milk men in Phg- nix than any other town of the size in the west, and they all seem to be mak ingmoney.
 Wednesday night of last week the Tempe Hotel was destroyed by fire, Rothrock's photograph gallery was al- so burned out.
 Along the cattle ranges in the foot hills grass is springing up and cattle are in good condition. In many places beef cattle are fat.
 The financial affairs of the north and south road have been settled, and they now have all the money they need to fully complete it.
 The ministers have all deserted Tombstone and left it to it's fate. Last Sunday was the first Sunday in Tombstone's history that this condi- tiOn has existed.
 Last Thursday night the post office at G'la Bend was entered by unknown parties and robbed of stamps, money, registered packages, etc. The loss foots up SC 'eral hundred dollars.
 Ilorsemen in the territory are great ly agitated over the appearance Of glanderS which is killing off many fine animals in the Salt River valley.
 Dr. Comstock, of the University. is on his way to California to deliver two lectures at the Stanford university on silver. The doctor is silver man to the core.
 Work on the Globe &Bowie railroad has caused timber properties in the Graham mountains to look up and sev- eral parties are preparing to get out lumber and timber.
 At Globe work is to be begun by the United Globe Mines. The Carrie and Long Island smelters are to be torn down and the furnaces removed to the Buffalo works. Other work is contem- plated for the near future.
 The Old Dominion Copper O., and the United Globe Co.,, will cndcayor to mak "a traffic arrangement with Mir. Garland. of the Globe X Bowie rail- road. failing in which they win unite in building d railroad of their own be- tscen Globe and the <. P R. k.
 JudgeJ l.. yanderwccker- of Yuma, las been appointed delegate to the international Irrigation Cong. ess
The oasis., 1894-03-15

appoint four leading irrigation experts to act with him in presenting the wants of the Territory to the next session of the congress.
The advocate., 1894-12-05

EDITOR ADvooATE:-Permit me TO ask
your readers what may be considered q
very strange and even foolish question,
viz: Do the people Of the United
States owe any equitable war debt, as
the result Of the late rebellionH To go
a little further, Was there ever an equit-
able war debt, as q result of the war;
The answer to this question is frsught
with fesful consequences. II we have
no equitable war debt now, it 10 just
possible we never had any. II we never
owed any equitable war debt, then We
are the worst robbed people on the
globe. Then We should not talk or
think Of reputation, but demand restl-
tuition for the robberies, from the par
ties who have thus spoiled us. Itseems
to the writer that before any people can
be considered equitsbly in debt to any
other people, they must have received
something from the creditors that was
Of real Vslue-either money, service or
property. Without some equitable OF
valuable consideration there can be no
equitable debt. II the people who hold
the bonds Of the United States have an
equitable right to them, then they must
have rendered to the people some kind
Of an equivalent. Will some one please
tell Us what equitable consideration
these people have rendered to the people
Of the United StatesP l think hear
some one say they gave money to carry
on the war for the bonds. No, that is
exactly what they refused to do. The
government never sold q bond to get
money to carry on the war after the first
issue Of grsenbscks. Greenbscks and
other national currency was issued be-
cause capitalists refused to loan money
to the government ct any living rate.
The money was issued to the soldiers
for services, TO the farmers for horses,
to the manufacturers for wagons, hAr.
ness, munitions Of war, in fact, every
thing. Nobody received anything but
The advocate., 1894-12-05

body else; he is not his brothers keeper
in that respect, and the ethics Of busl-
ness do not require him to show any
mercy to the competitor whom h0 finds
it in his power to crush. Every man ia
to look out for himself, and do no whin-
ing when he is beaten"
1t adds, however, that this implies
that only lawful and honest processes
are to be employed; but this would OK.
Clude the governor and congressman 90
they could put in no defence to that Of.
tsCk An American traveller in Russia in
chRraoterizing Russian law and justice,
recently, gives examples OF decisions Of
her courts where the bRsest and most
aaRrant cases Of fraud in contracts were
held to be perfectly allowable, and justl-
fable as within the bounds Of legitimate
trade and business. So Morrill, and Blue
may console themselves that their busi-
ness practices are pronounced all right
in the dominion Of the Czar, if, indeed
they have not been legitimstizsd and
declared within the rule Of sound ethics
in Kansas.
Still another deduction to be drawn in
this line is that the traders, traflceFs,
speOulstors, money.mongsrs and man.
lpulators are to continue to rule bust.
ness hereafter Rs In the past In this and
all other countries. They have the great
mess Of producers and consumers in
their power, and the latter will find 1t
impossible to extricste themselves from
their tolls 90 that the masses are des.
tined, fear, to 20 right down to the
condition of their class in the Old World.
The reduction Of prices and Of wages
was the original intent and purpose Of
the demonstration OK silver and the
diminution Of the volume OF money in
the country and is Fast being carried out.
A LINN COUNTY FARMER.
The advocate., 1894-12-05

enoe was but $72 584 80, while for the year
ending June 80, 1861, the registers state
ment ls more than that of the secretary by
1886. .954.96. This shows that the registers
debt statement from the beginning Of the
government, as kept by issues and redemp'
tions, down to and including 1861, was less
than that Of the secretary made up By the
new mode OF computing it by receipts and
expenditures, and that the entire increase
ia between 1861 and 1870. It is a singular
fact that the new mode of statement
adopted by the secretary IN 1870 made but
little change in the public debt previous to
1851, while from 1861 to 1870 a very large
increase appears.
This period covers the immense
bond issues Of the war period and
the immense opportunities for fraud
ulent issues. We shall not 90 into
the subject of changes and erasures
in the books of final entry as exhib-
tied by this report. 1t is merely the
present purpose to call attention to
the frauds that have been committed
and to show something of the meth
ods of the department in the good
old days af republican rule-the days
which mark the great era of national
glory and unallroyed prosperity. The
American people seem to take de-
light in such things.
This report also shows that there
may be private motives for bond
issues in the treasury department
aside from those that appear on the
surface. The opportunities afforded
by such issues are great and far
reaching, and may account for some
of the enthusiasm of treasury officials
upon the subject. It is worthy Ssof
remark, also, that although this re-
port was made to the senate IN April,
1880, nothing has since been done
by either party to correct the abuses
which the report reveals. Reader,
how do you like the system you have
been voting for all these years.
The advocate., 1894-12-05
The Lesson and the Philosophy of the Late
Election.
Concluded from last lOeek..


concluded from last IOeek.)
The female suffrage plank in our plat
form also initiated against Populis
SUCCESS, as very many Americans as we'll
as all foreigners were inimlcsl to that,
and their denuncistion aud contempt
loudly expressed, dsmpeued the ardor Of
our friends and discouraged their hopes
and their prospects In the fight. Strange
mistake of sensible men on the
subject, growing out OF their too
exclusive communion and RSsoca-
ton with the intellectual and cultivated
element OF society. No, they were CAP
tivated by the misleading and Gd captain
dam dogmss Of a score of women thirst
ing for notoriety and promising every
thing, whereas they had nothing to give,
while the common, plain people, associ-
stes of women in the ordinary ranks Of
life, knew that they didn't covet the
vote, but rather regarded it as an sddi.
tional and offensive burden to be i'm
posed upon her. The writer, converS.
ant with those who constitute the ma
jority in this country, early formed q
correct estimate Of their proclivities and
prejudlces in this respect, and took oc'
casion through the ADVOCATE to warn
the Populist convention the week before
it's Rssemblsge, in pretty strong Ian
gusge, to avoid this dangerous reef, but
fanAticism laughed his doubts away and
listened to those (the gentleman from
Cowley, for exsmple) who took counsel
of their wishes rather than OF their iudg
ment and prudence. True, he refrained
from any discussion Of the question dur
ing the campaign out Of Difference to the
position assumed By the convention on
the subject, but now that he 10 ex-
The advocate., 1894-12-05

government notes from tho government.
These notes were legsl-tendsr Cor Oh
purposes between the government and
all parties furnishing supplies. Taoy
were lawful money, made 90 BY the SOW
sreignty OF the best government on
earth. It they were money, then they
were not debts. So the government when
il issued this money to the people did
not make them that much IN debt but
gave them that much more capital to
do business with. Whatever else money
may be considered, lt never has been
considered debt. But, says the objsctor,
they were called notes, and notes mean
debt. Then, if they were notes aud mot
money, tho soldiers were never paid, and
all Of the supplies OF the war Wsrs fraud
ulently procured and are yet unpaid.
But il you say they represented the
moral obligation Of the people to sup
port the government, then / say when
the people received them for service,
they fulfilled this obligation, and made
the currency the possession Of the pso-
pie. And there was no power, nor being
on earth who had any right to take it
from them without giving valuable con-
siderAtion for 1t, to the amount Of 100
cents on the dollar. This is what the
people paid for it, and every dollar
taken from them for less than they paid,
was that much robbery.
But it 10 argued that congress con-
converted this money into bonds, and
congress had the right to do 80. That
is to sSy that congress had q right TO
take our property for the money and
than loan our money and sign our names
to an interest. bearing note Rs large 90
the amount Of money we paid for in
property. Can't anyone see that the
people would bs cheated entirely out Of
all their property and service, even il the
money had been sold to bondholders dol
lar for dollsrP But when the money
was bought below par it was that much
more fraud. Congress has q right to
make money when the people need 1t,
but has no right to destroy money che
people have purchased and which the
people need. The people never received
any money from the government they
did mot pay for, therefore, every dollar
taken from the people and converted
into bonds and sold or given to capital
lists Is an unmitigsted fraud. It is not
an equitable debt; it is no debt at eli.
1t Is fraud, and all the consequences
of contraction, etc., which follow, should
be charged up to the perpetrators Of this
crime, and restitution in full demanded.
Will someone show US wherein our
reasoning is defective? The late election
proves more clearly than ever, that We
have the combined capital OF America
and Europe TO fight. Lst us 60 to the
bottom and not only demand they shall
quit stealing but demand restitution for
past wrongs. j. ?. STEPHENS.
Wallavill0 Kpa
The advocate., 1894-12-05

There is more Catsrrh in this section
Of the country than all other diseases
put together and until the last few years
it was supposed to be incurable. For q
great many years doctors pronounced it
q local disease, and prescribed local rem
edies, and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment, pronounced it in-
durable. Science has proven catarrh to
be constitutional disease and therefore
requires constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by f. ].
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only
constitutional cure on the market. II 10
taken internally in doses from 10 drops
to teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces Of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for any
case it fails to cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials. Address,
F. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
EB- Sold by Druggists, 75c.