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The advocate., 1894-05-23

initiative and referendum, I would say
BY all means let us have that system,
and then the people will bs the ruling
power indeed, as they are in name, but
in name only. But by no means lay
aside the Omaha platform. The idea Of
J. I. Jones, that single plank platform
embracing only the initiative and refer
endum, so that our enemies would mot
have as much to ight us on, don't
think 10 good doctrine Give them the
Omaha platform with the initiative aud
referendum attached, than let them butt
out their political brains (what little
they have) against IL. S. A. BLACK.
Manhattan, Kas.
4%a
| find q request In your most worthy
reformation paper, which, like our party,
ia always open TO conviction, TO give an
cPiaion in references tU d change In our
platform OF principles. Il 10 evident that
but few things could be changed In Il TO
better it, but from the frat I was salts
fed that ii wss loaded down with too
many vital issues; that the prejudiCed
partisan mind OF the people Of the
United States, even though they be op-
pressed, will not conceive and bear more
than one or two live Issues st once; hence
1t is OF great Importance to the speedy
relief Of the people that we adopt as
short and compact q platform 90 can be
agreed upon and then live up 10 it in
somuoh that we will not feel the guilt
OF our republican friends who have
fooled the people on the silver plank 90
often that in winding up that part Of
their mysterious platform at the na.
tionsl convention they, fearing distrust,
said, "and we mean just what we say"
To this end | am heartily In faver Of
making the initiative and referendum
plank the heart OF our platform and base
Of our operations, Gs / believe IL would
result in restoring the rights Of the peo-
pie once more to the people.
M. N. BoARDMAN.
Dodge City, Kas.
The advocate., 1894-05-23
OUR STORY DEPARTMENT.

This issue contains the last chap
ter Of our serial story, "The Dead
Line" but it will be followed up
with another story which we hope
will be equally as good, and which
will be commenced within the next
few weeks.
"The Dead Line" will soon be put
in pamphlet form and sold at a price
within the reach of all.
The advocate., 1894-05-23

day sentenced to twenty days in jail for
displaying q banner in the capitol
grounds, May l. In addition to that
Coxey and Browne were given flne Of
$5 or ten days imprisonment for walk.
ing on the grass in the capitol grounds.
The sentence had been deferred pend
ing q motion for new trial. Will the
Dtorming Of the bastile come next?
The advocate., 1894-05-23
NOTES AND COMMENT.

Over 1000 employees OF the Pullman
car works near Chicago are on q strike.
The National Alliance executive com
mittee will meet in Topeka on June IA.
All who are interested will notice the
date.
A six-inch snow fell in Kentucky last
Sunday. Those who said it would be
q cold day when Breckenridge was re-
nominated, look upon the snow storm az
an omen.
Congressman Bryan, the Nebraska
silver advocate, has notified his constit.
ueDts that he will not be a candidate
for reelection. It is said that he will
canvass the state for the Peoples party
ticket
The Missouri state convention held in
Kansas City last Wednesday adopted
COngresSmsn's Bland's free silver views,
but the much expected roast of Cleve.
land did not materislize. 1t was com.
promise.
DR.. TslmRgs once devoted a whole
sermon to the subject Of life insurance,
advising all his flock to buy some. Since
his tabernacle has gone up in smoke he
will probably turn his attention to fire
insurance.
Lobbyists nsve figured that Senator
Kyle, Populist from North Dakota, will
hold the balance Of power when the
senate comes to vote on the Wilson
tariff bill They say his vote will either
pass or defeat the bill.
There is no cessation in the movement
Of the commonwesl toward Washington.
They are going from every direction,
and by every conceivable method Of
travel. Congressman needn't 60 to sleep
thinking they will not be disturbed.
It is alleged that a syndicate Of grain
gamblers is getting the United States
crop reports five days in advance Of their
official publication, from one E. N.
Thoman, OF the agricultural department.
II these reports are no more reliable
than they have been in the past the
syndicate is likely to get the worst Of it.
A dispatch from Washington says
COxey, Browne and Jones were on Mon
The advocate., 1894-05-23
unemployed.

TIE democratic senators seem to
think if they can prove that one of
their number has refused a bribe
they will have retrieved their lost
honor as representatives of the party.
The advocate., 1894-05-23

Don't fail to look over our book List
under the head Of premiums. Our
books are few but they are the best
going, Cor educational purposes.
The advocate., 1894-05-23
men Of that day, addressed tho citizens:

I tell you, friends, most charitable care
l Have the p@trfClana for you. For your wants,
Your suffering In this dearth You may as we'll
Strike OF the heavens with your slaves % lift
them
Against the Roman state, whose course win on
| The way IL takes, cracking ten thousand Curb8
OF more strong link asunder than can ever
Appear in your 1mpedlmenk For the dearGh,
The gods, not the pasFtcians, make tt, and
Your knees to them, not arms must help.
Alack,
You are transported by calamity,
Thither where more attends You and you
The helms Of she state, who care for you like
fathers,
When You curse them as enemies.
Sounds very much like the patriotic
speeches Of to-day. And the citizens
answered, not unlike the Coxeyites Of
to-day:
Care for Us! True, indeeds They meier
cared for us yea. Suffer US 20 EaEnish and
their SbOrehousss CEAmmed with grain;
make ediCts for usury, 10 support usuRers;
Fepeal daily any wholesome aot established
against the rich, and provide more piercing
statutes daily 30 chain up and restrain The
poor.
The last pages Of the book describe q
BCens Of later day--ths state house ID
Boston, February %, 1894-where O
thousand mutinous and hungry citizens,
'toGthOtH stavee, clubs, or other weap-
Ons, assembled to air their grievances,
and Governor Greenhalge makes q
speech similar to that made by Me-
nenius.
No one who reads this work can fail
to SOC what produced the conditions
illustrated by the two dramatic scenes,
and what will cure them.
'HoNEsT (?) JOHN SHERMAN, OR A FOUL
RECORD"
This is the title Of little book by
Mrs. Marion Todd, for sale by Wesley
Emery, Lansing, Michigan. MEs. Todd
quotes largely from an official report Of
q senate committee Of which Senator
Allison was chairman which was ordared
to be printed March is, 1882, and which
it is needless to say was never distrib-
uted generally among the people. The
report shows that during John Sher.
mans term ss secretary OF the treasury
he was accustomed to employ woFkmen
to work upon his houses and out-build-
ings and even to put down his carpets
and pay them from the United States
treasury. Large quantities OF lemons
and sugar and Colgate's violet water
bought for his private use were paid for
in the same manner. In 1880 when the
Sherman committee established head
quarters In the Corcorsn building to
boom his candidacy for president Of the
United States, the carpets and furniture
for the rooms az well az furniture for
ShermGn's private residence was paid
for with United States funds, and the
stationery for use Of tis committee to
the amount Of hundreds Of dollars was
furnished from the department. Dur.
ing the sitting Of the Chicago conven.
tion private wire was run into the do
partment for reception Of the news and
Q private lunch that cost e110 wSs
served Tor him and his friends and paid
for on q voucher for candles for use OF
the department. There Is a good deal
Of like testimony reproduced. The COM
mittee reported among other things az
follows:
In view Of the gross sbuFes and frauds
perpetrated through false and Fictitious
vouchers, as shown By the evidence taken
The advocate., 1894-05-23

lRtion the sole issue is an excellent one.
IL is an issue that is sure to win IL
placed before the people in proper
way. Moreover, it is the only certain
and quick way to make our platform the
law Of the land. Keep this idea TO the
'front.'. CURT vow HAGEN,
RidgeWay, Colo.
~
All the people, especially OF Kansas,
should hail and take to themselves the
referendum" with the initiative" !" Then
we would have q democratic government
both in name and In fsct Now, while
protesting democracy, we have little
more than representative government,
which has proved its innate tendency to
court the power and greed Of money to
speciously reduce base temporizinR and
corrupt practices for spoils, to fine art.
In the declaration and constitution is
profsssed democracy; but in practice
legislation gives the lie by special on
franchiSements. Il has brszsnly and
per6diously sown to the wind till now
the whirlwind seems upon us. The ref
erendum 10 the method for the people to
save themselves from consuming parti-
ssniSm and the absolute domination Of
mercensry capital and politicians. II 10
the method Of humanity, by which alonel,
in this hour OF it's extremity, it can as-
sert itself. It Ia the method Of Chris
tianity, il it has any. The golden rule
reduced to civic life would follow it's
adoption. Switzerland has Rloriously
led out; we must quickly follow, or per-
ish. G, Fl. FISH,
Wellington, KRg.
~
Noticing your proposition in the AID.
vocATE snent making the initiative and
referendum the substance of our next
national platform, strongly favor it as
the basis Of all other reforms. We cam
not have q government of the people
without it. With the lsw.making power
in the hands Of all the people, parties
and platforms would become absolute.
Let us have a government of the peo-
pie. ANDREW SHEARER.
Frankfort, Kas,
~
Yes, am for the initiative and refer
endum, first, last and all the time. It is
the only source Of securing popular gov
ernment. The platform should also
contain q positive declaration for free
trade and single land value tax in lieu Of
all other taxes. Then plank on finance,
declaring for one money for all the peo.
pie, issued by the government, on paper,
the same to be full legal tender for all |
debts, both public and private, and the |
1emonetization OF both gold and silver. |
The platform to be consistent must con-
tain the last plank, for we claim above
all else, to be opposed to class legisls-
ton, and to compel the use Of gold and |
silver as money is the worst kind Of |
class legislation. E. D. CLARK.
Hutchinson. Kas.
This suits me.
]. g. MALCOLM, M. D.
Hutchinson, Kss.
.+a
In answer to your request for the SEN
;iment Of your readers on the subject Of
he Swiss mode Of legislation viz; the
The advocate., 1894-05-23
DIRECT LEGISLATION.

Postal Card Opinion Of the Referendum As a
Party Platform.
The proposition to make direct leRis-
lation the sole issue ia an excellent one.
Il is an issue that is sure to win il
placed before the people in q proper
way. Moreover, it is the only certain
and quick way TO make our platform the
law Of the land. Keep this idea TO the
'front.'. CURT vow HAGEN.
RidgewAy, Colo.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-11-07

The above balance stands to the
credit OF tho various funds az DER
Treasurers Balance Sheet, dated
June 18th, 1894:
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-11-07
CABLNE EFT,

Sc ty:, OF State. ,........ Walter Q. Gr.sb,r
seoty. OF the Treasury John G. carlisIn
sec,ty. OF War. .....Daniel 8. Lamont, n ,
secty! OF the Navy. Hillary a. Herbcrl A.
Postmsster-aeneral.,. Wilson 8. Bissen =,
Sec'ty. Of the Interior. ..... .Hoke Smith -
Attorney-General....... Richard oln.y NJ
sec'ty. Of Agricultural. Sterling Morton y,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-11-07

g. AUDITORS OFFICE.
June 20,
To the Honorable Board of County ComMIe-
sIOners OF ElkO County, Nevada
GENTLEMEN: We herewith submit our Quar-
telly Report OF the Finances OF tho County
for the quarter ending June 20, 1894.
Respectfully submitted:
80 GEO. II. MEIGS,
Auditor.
M. H. MILLER,
Treasurer.
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PRESIDENT GROVER CLLVELANn
Vice-Peesident... ADLAI L. sTEvESso,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-11-07

..zz.' Needles Of all the leading sew
s>iDg machines always on hand.
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/ SUMMARY.
Total receipts. ~. .S53,O73
z q dState June tet'l'mt ST 1866
Paid from county funds. 9,069 2
Paid fromscbool fnDds. 1910 8
Paid from road fluids 80. 1880
Total disbursements. ,s25,370
Balalanoe in treasury. ..S27,702
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-11-07
OFFICIAL DlRECTTRr
u. > GOVERNMENT,

a-.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-30
The Weakest Spot.

in your whole system, perhaps, is the
liver. If that doesn't do its work of
purifying the blood, more troubles
come from it than you can remember.
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery acts upon this weak spot as
nothing elce can. 1t rouses it up to
healthy, natural action. By thoroughly
purifying the blood, 1t reaches, builds
up, and invigorates every part of the
system
For all diseases that depend on the
liver or the blood-Dyspepsia, indiges-
tion, Bliousness; every form of Scrofu,
la, even Consumption Tor Lung-scrof-
ula) in its earlier stages; and the most
stubborn Skin and Scalp Diseases, the
s'Discovery" is the only remedy so
unfailing and effective that it can be
guaranteed.
If it doesn't benefit or cure, you can
have your money back.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-30

When it declares the mark shall lie
placed on the right side, this is a mere
direction to the voter to mark the
name, and TO have uniformity in mark.
ing, for the convenience OF the elec.
ton officers 1t would be too absurd
to hod that mark ON the left side,
which as plainly Indicated the purpose
OF The voter rs mark on the right
side, should defeat the evident intent
of the Act to secure independent
voting.
1T is contended, however, that the
Act declares that when voter marks
the head of group he shall be con-
sidered as voting for the whole group,
and that the ballot should be counted.
This perhaps might be considered
conclusive If it was intended to apply
to the voter. But the voter has moth
ing to do with the counting. That
duty is imposed upon the election Of
ilcers, and the mandate TO count is in
tended for them and is imperative up
on them.
"lts purpose was to allow them no
opportunity to say the voter had voted
for no one because he had marked no
one. The election laws are intended
to protect the voter in the exercise of
the franchise, and not to restrict and
to embarrass him. A construction of
such Acts in aid oil this right should
be sought for and favored. 1t cannot
be doubted that this Act was intend
ed to help the voter and aid him in
voting for individuals, and not for
groups. Why, then, should we re-
strict this right by technically evil
IDENTITY not intended for him, but for
the election officers, when the voter
has individualized his ballot.
at is within keeping of the inten-
tion of the Act, and the intention of
the voter and in aid of the exercise of
the franchise of voting, to hold that
where the voter marks individuals, ard
also marks the head of group, that
the marking of the individual shall
prevail, and that the marking of the
groups, SO far as the same Offices are
concerned, shall be imperative and
void.
at should not be forgotten that the
new law provided for a complicated
method Of voting, which was hard to
comprehend, even by the most intelli-
gent, and imposed upon the election
officers the duty of deciding upon the
legality of the vote. 1t was generally
believed that many mistakes would be
made by the voters and officers.
These facts would seem to warrant a
liberal construction of the Act in
furtherance of this spirit, and in aid OF
the INTENTION of the VOTERS"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-30
The Absent Minded Man.

A German professor was remark
ably absent minded. Whenever he
was busily engaged in his studio, solv-
ing some abstruse problem, his wife
was in the habit Of bringing him his
dinner. His favorte dish was pan
cakes and molasses. One day his wife
brought him large pancake and a
jug of molasses and went down to the
kitchen. Pretty soon she heard the
professor ring the bell.
"Why is it, Gretchen, that you
bring me nothing to eat except mo-
lasses? Why have you brought me no
pancakes2" asked the absent minded
professor.
"Ach, himmel!" exclaimed his wife,
"you have tucked the pancake around
your neck, thinking that it was nap
kim 7enas SittingS,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-30
COOPERATIVE HOUSE,
KEEPING.

We all agree that around the home
centre the greatest blessings of life,
that a happy home is absolutely es
sential to a happy life. Consequently
any scheme of living that teuds to in.
crease the happiness of home life, and
to lessen or do away with those multi
form vexations and worries which,
like swarms of pestilential mosquitoes,
often render home so miserable that
the inhabitants are glad to escape
from it, must be Of great benefit to
the race at large. Women, perhaps,
are apt to exaggerate what are known
as the domestic worries, but men, on
the other hand, are given to under
value them. The mans business cares
loom up before him, and entirely
overshadow by their apparent great
ness his wife's troubles over servants
and kindred domestic il S.
For long time the dreamers have
been dreaming about the beauty and
benefits of CO operation. The dream
must come before the deed, and in
attempting to carry out the dream
there must be many failures, but CO.
operation will doubtless yet solve
many vexed problems. In the pro-
blem Of domestic economy the value
Of co operation is getting a practical
exempli6cation in the beautiful sub.
urb of Boston called Brookline. Here
wealthy and energetic citizen of
Boston, Mr.. Eugene r. Knapp, has
organized and is carrying out a scheme
of CO operative housekeeping which,
as it has proved a practical success,
is we'll worth the attention Of the
world at large.
About dozen years ago Mr..
Knapp purchased a large tract of
land in Brookline, and he has erected
from time TO time a number of rows
Of houses of handsome appearance
and solidly built. Those in the same
row resemble each other outwardly,
but the inside of no two is alike; each
house is distinct and individual in
this respect, so that each householder
can feel that he has house which is
not duplicated The collection of
houses is known as the "Beac aconheld
Terraces" Each house has its own
little yard, but back Of these is park
of about six acres of land, beautifully
laid out with walks, shade trees, drive.
ways, tennis-coults, childrens play
ground, etc. This park belongs to the
tenants and owners in common Tor
fifteen years; at the expiration of this
time the tenants will be able to obtain
possession of the grounds for them.
selves and their heirs forever.-H Z.
Walsh, IN April Lippinco~s.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-30

Wallace Burt, the Cerokce Indian,
was sentenced Thursday last to be
hanged. His cowardly murder of the
aged Rightley couple last September,
his sensational trial, his dramatic con-
fession to Sheriff Nichols, the hearing
to fix the grade O.; murder and the
sentencing in Court have made a
series of startling incidents seldom
woven in any criminal case. Burt was
brought into Court at 1880 by Sher-
iff Nichols, and sank into one corner
of the dock. He covered his face with
his hands and began weeping.
When asked by the Court whether
he had anything to say why the SEN
tence of death should not be passed
upon him, Burt exclaimed between
loud sobs: "Oh, Pm sorIyl" Then he
broke down completely, and his walls
we're the only sounds heard in the
crowded Court room.
Judge Yerkes, in passing sentence,
characterized the spectacle as the
strongest and most impressive warning
that the only life to lead is that of an
honest and pure man. He then direct
ed that the prisoner be taken back tc
Jail, thence to the place of execution,
and there be hanged by the neck unit
dead.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-30

The question has been asked,
"What compensation is farmer en-.
titled to who erects and maintains a
watering trough at the side of public
road?" The road law of 1876 says that
any one who may erect suitable
watering trough on public road or
highway and keep the same in repair
is entitled to a fee not exceeding S S,
to DE agreed upon at the time by the
party erecting the trough and the
township supervisor. These, watering
blac.s shall be approved by the sup
ervisor and but one trough in every
five miles can have the preference.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-30

other private interests. AS long as
they pay their own expenses and com
nit no depreciation they have a per-
feet right to come. But if they vio-
late law and become a mob Of pillag-
ers, they should be suppressed"
Senator Colquitt, Of Ga, was very
near to dying last week from a stroke
of paralysis He is now slightly bet
ter, although not yet out Of danger.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-30
The Elephant's Courage.

"An elephant is an arrant coward
said an animal trainer. II am acquaint-
ed with the actual brute, but | never
met the elephant that the writer's tell
about, that never iorgets or forgives
an injury but will protect those who
treat it kindly. had charge of an
elephant once that had vicious dis
position, but he would do anything l
wanted HIM to. | used to prod him
with sharp steel and otherwise impress.
upon him that was master and in.
tended to remain So An under keeper
went on the kindness theory and treat
ed the big animal as vel as if it were
member of his own family.
After we had been together about a
year was awakened one night In a
little Nebraska towns by human shrieks
in the elephants quarters. Rushing TO
the place, | found the under keeper
being crushed to death. AS soon as
the cowardly pachyderm saw me he
trembled in every muscle, dropped
tie man and tried to run, but | gave
him lesson with my steel prod that
he never forgot. Then l picked up
the man, who 1 supposed, of course,
was dead, and found that he had re-
ceived only broken arm and broke
en- rib as result of his kindness to
the elephant. He got well in a few
weeks, went to the elephant and
punctured him with a steel prod until
the fellow beloved for mercy. After
that we were all together for four
years, but the elephant never again at
tempted to injure either of u.s."
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-30

On and after April 1st Pittsburgh
ers and all the other burghers in the
country will, by direction Of the postal
authorities, drop the final oh in the
spelling of the names of cities and
towns ending with "burg." The author
ity of the Government to set up an
photographic standard of its own will
not be questioned SO long as it shall
respect the principles of common
sense and phonetics, as in this in.
stance,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-30

The hall of the house of representa-
tives-Harrisburg, when completed
will be one of the most magnificent
legislative halls in the country. 1t will
be well lighted and ventilated and
lavishly furnished. The board OF pub
lie buildings and grounds has directed
Architect Windrim to prepare design
for a desk and.chalr for the members.
The desks, which were put In new
two years ago, will be sold at public
sale.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-30
Shooting Pains.

81 had catarrh in the head, pains
shooting through my head, and that
tired feeling. heard SO much about
Hoods Sarsaparilla that at last l
bought bottle. 1t did me SO much
good that bought SIS worth and after
taking all this | was entirely cured. l
am glad to recommend Hoods Sarsap-
arilla to any one" Miss Daisy DE
Rimer, Rimer, Pa.