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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-10-05
The Presbyterian Synod.

We are glad TO announce this weel
that the Synod is an assured success
The good people of Alma have respond
ed so generously that places of entertain
ment are secured for all the delegates
A large attendance is promised.
Two things will mark this as nota'
ble Synod. First, the laying of the
corner stone of the new gymnasium
and museum on Wednesday afternoon
will be of great interest to all the people
of Alma. And second this Synod will
be honored with the presence OF five OF
our Boards Secretaries. They will
each make an address. Rev. w. g.
Roberts, ID. d., of N. Y, Secretary of
the Board of Home Mission, will speak
Thursday night at the popular meet
ing. Rev. Thos. Marshall, ID. d., OF
Chicago, Secretary of the Board of For
eign Mission, will speak Wednesday
night at the popular meeting. Rev.
w. G. Cattell, of Philadelphia, Secreta-
ry of the Board of Ministerial Relief,
and Rev. E. b. Hodge, d. D., of Phila-
delphia, Secretary of the Board OF Edu-
cation and Rev. Jas. A. Worden, ID. d..
of Philadelphia, Secretary of 5. ).
work, will speak according TO the pro-
gram.
All the sessions of the Synod will be
open to the public, and it is hoped that
the people of Alma will avail them
selyes of this opportunity as far as pos
sible. The full program may be seen
in another column.
Those who have promised to enter
tain delegates for the Synod.may expect
their guests some time on Tuesday.
Rev. r. n. Middleton, M. Z. clergy
man, Cedar Springs, Mich, says:
Sleep and resi- were strangers to me
after preaching till l used "Adiron-
da." Now | sleep soundly and awake
refreshed: | can heartily recommend
- 4 4. N.hk
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-10-05
LODGES

HLMA Chapter, No l23, r. A. NJ. Regular
"A meetings on Monday night on or after full
moon.
w. A. PAINE, Sec'y
VS.. TURCB, II. p.
Mohave County miner., 1894-10-20
For Free Coinage.

As this is the season OF the year when
the balmy breeze OF June blooms into
full flower the budding candidate, and
having no friends who will take upon
themselves the important duty Of chap.
eroning office seekers, respectfully an
nounce myself as a candidate for The
territorial council at the ensuing election.
My platform may have considerable one.
ness about it, but it is the only issne
that can appeal responsively to the
hearts OF our people til. free and un
limited coinage OF silver.
ANsoS II. SMITH
Kingm,n, June 8, 1894.
Mohave County miner., 1894-10-20

The last democratic congress has again
taken the bull by the horns by compell-
ing the millionaires TO pay their just
share OF taxation and thereby reducing
the burden that has thus lar been borne
by the farmers and mechanics.
The plutocrats will now have to pay
an income tax upon their ill-go,ten for
tunes, no equivocation will do; they will
have to come out squarely and above
board, and in large measure this demo
cratic bill affects just those parties who
have been the mainstay Of the republican
party, and in most cases its leaders.
This bill is one Of the great factor >,
which has strengthened the ties th It
bind the great intelligent working class ss
to the democratic party, and will be ie
means Of perpetuatlng this party in
power for many years to come.
And should !! have the effect Of send
ing some Of our heavy capitalists to the
Mohave County miner., 1894-10-20

Ten collars reward will he paid for
the delivery to the undersigned, at Gold
Bug Camp, Of brown horse, raised at
"Dolan Spring" by Bonelli has "pitch
fork" brand on left hip, collar scars, and
has resenlly rubbed hair off around roots
Of ear. Weight abont 100 pounds.
Was last seen crossing the Kingman road
near Cross's tent going toward Qnail
Springs. Been gone from home since
the 18Th inst. o. b. AMsDEN.
Mohave County miner., 1894-10-20

Utah, with its large population, its
manifold resources and tplendid pros.
poets, would long ago have received the
honors OF statehood, had the large ma.
jority OF the population Of that territory
not been welded TO that peculiar relig-
ious tenet which made polygamy one of
lite main features. In late years polyg.
amy has, as far as We know, been abol-
ished, and democratic congress has
admitted Utah to the dignity OF state.
The people of America are tolerant Of
all religious and Of all social and indus
trial experiments. but the Mormon
church could not he tolerated as long as
polygamy was practiced, but as soon as
it was shown that they were complying
With the laws of the country, they re-
ceived their just due The Mormon
population Of Utah are peaceable, ener-
getic people, they have turned sterile
wastes into gardens, they have demon
strated that their kind OF soci. .lism is a
success, as they did not practice it to
override the organic law OF the land, /,
which secures individual liberty, but
solely for the purpose OF concerted action.
Utah will become one of the brightest
stars Of the Union, and her admission TO
statehood will increase her population and
still farther advance her prosperity, and
we doubt not that the state OF Utah will
be one nf those states that will adhere to
democratic principles, and by her repre-
sentatives in the two houses Of Congress.
swell the democratic majority.
Mohave County miner., 1894-10-20

Mr.. Filmore's animosity towards the
discharged employees OF the s. p. X. be.
gins to bear fruit, not in the way the
Gen. Supt Of that great monopoly antic-
ipated. The gentleman went very much
out OF his way when he publicly declared
that no striker should get employment
from his company, nor from any other
railroad, and that he would cause their
discharge from any employment II such
were in his power. The railroads have
been always combine to force freight
and passenger rates. They have stood
together to squeeze the last cent out Of
the products Of the country, but when
the workingmen made stand against
the monopoly, when they combined to
guard the interests OF Pullman employees,
this combination became crime in the
eyes of that great octopus, the S. p. X.
The late robDeries Of the s. p. train
near Sacramento and the southern rail.
road in Virginia have been laid at the
door Of discharged railroad employees,
and while such acts cannot be condoned,
they will, il old railroad men are the
criminals, demonstrate the intense ami.
mostly the railroad magnates have en-.
gendered by their spiteful and malicious
acts towards their old servants.
Mohave County miner., 1894-10-20
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
The statement is being sent forth that

The statement is being sent forth that
since the passage Of the tariff bill lead
has declined in price. The mining and
Engineering Journal gives the drop in
the price Of lead as the direct result Of
smelter combinations. Lead was quoted
in open market during the whole month
OF September at 3.121a to3 25 and yet
the smelter rates during that time were
3.05 difference of from seven to thirty
three cents per one hundred pounds.
Mohave County miner., 1894-10-20

doc" Smith is baid to have made a
fabulously rich gold strike near the
Senator. The rock is covered with
fakes Of gold as thick as mans finger
nail. On recent morning Mrs. Smith
pounded $50 out of the rock in a mortar.
Prescott Courier.
Mohave County miner., 1894-10-20

other side OF the great water, to leave the
country OF their birth and their fortune,
we are sure no one will regret their sell
exile.
This is a country OF the people, for the
people and by the people. and no class
should have the power Of depr.ving us Of
prosperity and progress.
Mohave County miner., 1894-10-20

Taxation has been very one sided
affair under republican administrations
The rich men of the country have paid
but very small percentage OF he taxes
incumbent upon the mainte nance Of the
government OF this country, while the
middle classes consisting OF the mecban-
les, the farmers and the professional
men have paid larger share than was
right and proper. We even claim that
the poor classes, those toiliDg day and
night to keep the wolf from the door,
have been, under the pernicious McKin-
ley law the principal taxpayers, for they
have had to pay from their small re-
sources the tax that has supported the
hundreds OF thousands OF Office holders
TO live on the fat Of the land.
The many millions OF American people
who are not classed among the wealthy
of the land have been he taxpayers
their farmes, their homes, their stores
and factories, yes. their very household
effects have been taxed, so that the
millionaires, who count their incomes
by the thousands and even millions,
could 20 scotfree. The laboring man,
who scarcely earns $40 a week, has had
to pay an indirect tax by being COM
PEELED to purchase the sery necessities
of life at the old war prices. To dem
ocratic congress and democratic ad-
ministration we are indebted TO change.
The Mckinley bill has been superseded
be the Wilson act, high tariff has been
decapitated and a just and equal tariff
bill has been passed. Under this new
act our factories have received a new
lease OF life, our industrial classes are
already beginning TO reap its benefits
and good prosperous times are dawning
on the horizon, illuminated by a demo-
cratic sun, and we trust that this sun
will continue to shine on prosperous
happy people for many, many years to
come. %sm-~--
Mohave County miner., 1894-10-20

/ hereby announce myself asa candi
date for the Office Of Justice Of The Peace
OF the township OF kingman, at the en-
suing election.
Mohave County miner., 1894-10-20

Every child knows that America is the
land of millionaires, and that many oi
these people have made their millions
by corrupt means. The railroad mag,
mates have amassed their enormous
wealth by subsidies from the govern.
ment, consisting Of grants OF our public
lands which literally have been stolen
from the citizens Of this country. But
not satisfied with robbing the people OF
their domain, they grind them down
with an abominsble tax upon their
products. The farmers have to pay
heavy charges on the products OF their
farms and labor. The miner has to pay
them charge upon the ore; II il is low
grade ore the charges are low, but il II
il rich, the X. X. Co. insist upon shar-
ing the property Of the miner. Is this
right? And can we blame the people II
they insist that the railroads OF the
county should be under government con.
troll? We insist that 1t is the only way
to protect American labor and American
industry.
The Vanderblts, Huntingtons. Goulds,
Crockers, Stanfords, and others Of their
ilk, have become rich al the expense
OF the people, not by legitimate means,
but by robbery, corruption and perjury.
The same must be said Of the Fairs,
O'Briens, and other mining spectators
who ruined thousands of people, broke
up many happy homes and sent lots OF
their victims to early graves by malic-
ious and criminal combines. And where
are our sugar kings petroleum kings, and
all those other fellows who monopolize
industries by forcing, through the power
oil their wealth, the smaller operators TO
the wall? They are all on top and con-
tinue u grow richer. And do these men
pay the tax incumbent upon their in-
Eense wealth? No, indeed, for when
the assessor comes around on the first
Of March no millionaire is to be found |
in this great country OF ours. Their
bonds only exist IN peoples imagination,
their solvent credits only amount TO
lew thousand dollars, and their palaces
and costly contents will be assessed at
about per cent valuation, and cur
will take solemn oath that
heir statements are true to their best
and belief. A perjnrer gen.
orally is sent to the penit. ntiary, but
BUR moni ed friends take a vacation by
going to Europe.
Mohave County miner., 1894-10-20

Kingman, Oct 5th, 1894.
The advocate., 1894-07-18
ANOTHER KANSAS REPUBLICAN

Refuses to Support the Policy Of Cleveland,
Sherman and Dick Blue.
The following letter which was adj
dressed to the Atchison Champion and
published July 8, is by one of the most
prominent republicans in Atchison. We
italicise the most striking paragraph:
"It is currently reported that in a
speech recently delivered in Kansas
City, Kas., the Hon. Richard w. Blue,
our republican candidate for congress
man-at-large, came out boldly in favor
Of the single gold standard, and indeed
The advocate., 1894-07-18

conten ded that there could be no such
thing as a double standard.
"In this latter statement Mr.. Blue
contradicted the history of the world
from the time of Abraham to our own,
and the annals of this country for
hundred years.
"The contention of Cleveland, Blue
g. Co. is that the 900 millions of gold
coin constituting approximately the
holdings of this country (being about
80 per capita) or as much of it as the
people shall be able to retain, must
constitute the sole measure of values
of all other property including silver.
"The Cleveland crusade of 1893
against silver is surely but gradually
bringing down prices and wages to
about one-half their former rates.
Men 1Dho a0oUId engage IN Re10 enter
priSeS can be assured only Of loss,
e0hjle those already embarked IN b,tsi-
ness, to G0Oid Insolvency, must cWrtaH
erpenSeS IN eoery 2OGy prGctIc0bLe
The consequence IS an army Of mil
lions Of unemployed people fast being
reduced to a6ject penaTy and SOG9t,
10htle the resistance Of other eoorkilg-
men to the lO1Dering Of e0GgeS (the in
eUitGble logic Of q single gold stand
Grd) is noaO oaStly 0dding to the
numbers Of that army, so that aCe
seem as If ON the 0erge Of cioa
lOdT.
"The Indebtedness of this people in
Cured on a double standard (or a
standard m ore favorable to the debtor)
is so enormous that all the gold coin in
the country will not pay more than
one-half the annual interest charge,
yet it was the decree of those who had
practically cornered the billions of
gold coin constituting the entire stock
Of the world, that the principal and in
terest of this vast American debt must
be paid in gold coin alone, and Grover
Cleveland and John Sherman were the
principal agents Of the organized greed
Of two continents in the virtual confis.
cation Of this country.
eff we would save ourselves from sin
we must send to congress men who
will undo the great wrong of 1893, not
those who would uphold or condone it.
Silver must be fully restored to its
place as a money metal, and silver coin
made current as standard money
money that redeems itself, so to speak,
the same as gold coin.
"If Mr.. Blue can give US nothing
better on the money question than the
spurious democracy administered by
Grover Cleveland with the sanction Of
John Sherman, then he is not entitled
to republican support, and his name
should be hauled down from the ticket
by those having authority in the
premises. DAVID MARTIN"
The advocate., 1894-07-18

made a report concerning CnlS NOrCn-
ern Pacific land grant that the land or
it's proceeds must be appropriated to
the completion of the road, irrespeC-
tive of the time required for its COM
pletion. The minority part of the COM
mittee made another report asserting
that the power to declare an absolute
forfeiture of this land grant was in
congress, and that action to that end
should be considered and decided after
a careful examination.
When the minority of the COM
mittee submitted their report, and
asked that the subject be placed upon
the calendar for discussion, Speaker
Keifer ruled the motion out of order
on the ground that the majority Of the
committee having reported that no ac-
tiOn was necessary the question could
not be discussed on the report Of a
minority. Mr.. Cox of New York ap-
pealed from this remarkable decision
of the chair, when Mr.. Reed of Maine
moved to lay the appeal on the table,
which was carried by the following
vote: Yeas, 81; nays, 20; not voting,
1913. Then with the evident intention
of trying to prevent the people from
learning who were betraying the peo-
ple's interests and who were serving
the interests of a corporation, Mr..
Caswell of Wisconsin afterWard tried
to prevent this vote from going on
record.
Now let it be remembered that this
proposed measure would have taken
from the Northern Pacific Railroad
company upwards of 39,9O0,OO0 acres
of land, estimated by the companytO be
worth $3.50 per acre or total of 99A
million dollars. (See report of commits
siOners of railroads, 1881, page 1851
Let it be further remembered that this
corporation had clearly forfeited all
rights to these lands; that this act pur-
posed to restore these same lands to
the public domain where they would
have furnished homes for thousands of
poor men. And let it not be for
gotten that the failure and defeat of
this act of simple justice to the peo-
pie is largely due to the work Of
Thomas B. Reed. And finally, let not
the further fact be forgotten that these
servants of a railroad corporation,
rather than of the people, tried to pre-
vent the people from learning who was
responsible for the act by trying to sup
press record of the vote.
L will now dismiss this question of
the forfeiture of land grants by quot
ing an extract from the speech of Hon.
W, j. Stone upon the same subject de-
livered in congress July Z, 1890, while
Mr.. Reed was speaker of the house.
Near the close of his speech Mr.. Stone
is reported as using the following Ian
guage:
"But after all, Mr.. Chairman, this
discussion is a waste of time. 1 have
no sort of doubt that you will reject
the amendment and pass this railroad
bill just as it comes from the COM
mittee. 1t is the bill which the rail
road corporations, especially the North
ern Pacific, demand of you. The
speaker of the house is well known as
the friend and champion of the North
ern Pacific. The first of these forfeit
The advocate., 1894-07-18

high handed outrage was that it was
justihable in order to defeat free coin
age.
We hear talk of anarchy and of dis.
regard of law. What, ask, will you
call this unwarranted act, this con.
tempt of the body over which he pre-
sided, this defiance of the known
wishes of the majority the American
peopleP What kind of an example in
obedience to law and authority is this
to be set before the nation by the Off
cial occupying a position which practi-
cally confers upon him a power second
in degree only to the chief executiveP
Last year when the repeal of the
Sherman law was before congress, this
"silver thread among the gold" states
man together with l0S other republi.
cans voted for unconditional repeal
and only IL of them voted against it.
Again, when BANDS seigniorsge bill
came to a test, with very few excep-
tiOns the republicans of the house
under the leadership of Reed voted to
uphold the policy of Grover Cleveland
in his war upon silver. And this is
the'recOrd of the man whom the repub-
licans of Kansas are now yelling them
selves hoarse fort This is the man
whom the leaders of the republi-
can party of Kansas, in accordance
with the program outlined for them
by their Wall street bosses, are now
booming for the presidency. His pro-
fessed friendship for silver will deceive
no man who is not partisan and who
does not place party success above the
interests of his country, if he Will eX-
anime the record and will empartially
investigate all the facts bearing upon
the question with an honest desire to
get at the truth. His election to the
presidency would simply mean that sill
yer should hereafter be permanently
fixed at the low level to which it has
been degraded by an increase of its
coinage ratio to gold. The republican
party of Kansas with its hypocritical
and cowardly position upon the silver
question both in the past and at the
present time, can consistently accept
Mr.. Reed as their standard bearer. He
is their logical candidate. The leaders
of the party in this state have accepted
the Wall street policy of coming silver
at an increased ratio. They expect to
hoodwink the voters by meaningless
jargon concerning the parity Of the two
metals. They intend to deliver over
the rank and file Of their party to the
financial policy of their English mas
ters. They have no living principles
which they dare maintain. They rec
ognize in Mr.. Reeds prOfessed change
of views upon the coinage of silver the
cunningly disguised plan of the money
kings of London and New York. They
are giving active aid to the effort now
being made by these same money kings
to sidetrack this movement among the
people of the West for a currency
which shall not be entirely controlled
by bankers and usurers. Having &C.
cepted the financial views of Mr.. Reed
in order to be consistent they should
support him. c. 2. LYNN.
Ness City, Kas.
The advocate., 1894-07-18

and restore them to the public domain.
That is the most extreme view ever
taken here at any time or by anybody
in favor of these defaulting corpora
tions and against the right of forfeit
ure. Since the distinguished gentle
man from Maine made that report in
1883 to this day he has been the rec
Ognized friend and jealous champion
of that great, arrogant and corrupt cor
poratiOn on the floor of the house.
These corporations know their friends
and stand by them most Loyalty. 1t
is an open secret, which has been audi
bly, whispered throughout the country,
that no influence was more potential
in the organization of this house than
that -exerted by the. Northern Pacific
railroad and that system of roads with
which it is associated. And that was
very natural. The passage of that bill
under consideration is matter of the
first importance to these corporations.
1t will pass. The pins have been set
with that end in view. The bosses
must insist upon it; they cannot do
otherwise. And the rest of you poor
fellows over there, with your hands
tied and your lips silent, except when
your parliamentary Joss unties the one
that you may clap applause to his
utterances and attunes the other that
you may chant a serVile chorus to the
commanding tones of his majestic
solos, must follow blindly wherever
you are led. You are helpless -
During this Fifty-frst congress, while
Mr.. Reed was speaker, there was bill
introduced into the house providing
for the purchase or construction of a
line of telegraph across the entire
country. Postmaster General Wana-
maker in his report to congress had
taken a position in favor Of the gov
ernment ownership and operation of
telegraphs, and that they should be
made part of the postal service. This
bill was in the line of Mr.. Wana-
makers recommendation, and in con-
sequence had practically the indorse-
ment of the republican administration.
What was then dOneP Mr.. Reed, as
speaker, appointed a committee on
postoffices and pOst-roads, majority of
whom were opposed to the bill, and as
the result it was killed in the commit
tee. Jay Gould's Western Union tele-
graph monopoly appeared to have more
influence with Mr.. Reed than the in
terests and wishes Of the people of the
whole country, even when backed by
the support of republican admins
tration.
AS this eminent gentleman is now
trying to pose as the friend of silver,
let US see what his record is on that
line. In 1890, during the time when he
was speaker of the house, by the untir-
ing energy of Preston B. Plumb and
other advocates of the remonetiZation
of silver, free coinage bill was passed
in the senate and was sent to the house.
Its friends there pressed it forward as
fast as possible, forced its prompt con-
sideration, and it was about to come to
a vote. Under the rules of the house
and by all parliamentary usages gov
erning legislative procedure it should
have been voted on like any other mea-
sure. But what was done? This auto.
The advocate., 1894-07-18

Apply ct once to the ADVOCATE for
special club terms.
The advocate., 1894-07-18

conten ded that there could be no such
thing as a double standard.
The advocate., 1894-07-18
a Perfect Cure

NEP. Joel q. Austin 10 . man very highly CO.
tanned by sll who know him. HO 10 now
The advocate., 1894-07-18

"In this latter statement Mr.. Blue
contradicted the history of the world