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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-02-16
NOT REEDS RULE,
But the House Has Plan to Prevent
Members Breaking Quorum by
Not Voting.
The Scheme Is to Deduct u Days Pay
From Each Member Who Doesn't
Answer
1t Would Simply Carry Out the Pro,
visions of an Existing Law-House
and Senate.

WAsnINGToN, Feb Is. The Demo
cratic leaders of the house have been
considerably exercised of late over the
disposition manifested by the Repub-
llcans to force them to produce a
quorum upon all important propositions
committed to the house They believe
the Republicans, under the leadership
of Mr.. Reed, are trying to compel them
to adopt the expedient rcsorted to in the
Flfty-tirst congress Of counting a
quorum.
journal Clerk Crutchfeld, however,
has formulated rule. which will, in
his opinion, accomplish the same end in
different way, and the question of
adopting 1t as an amendment to the
rules Is now under consideration. The
rule which he proposes is as follows:
Nv whenever upon roll call a quorum
fails to appear, upon the demand of any
mem Der. the clerk shall certify list of
the members not voting on such call to
the sergeant-at-arms, who shall deduct
from the monthly compensation of each
member SO failing TO vote, the amount
OF bis salary for one day: provided that
this deduction shall not be made in the
case OF Il member who i. absent by leave
of the house
m"ly Enforcing Law.
1t Is pointed ont that this rule would
SIMPLY carry oui t.4e provision, Of eX-
listing law, which, according to section
40 of the revised statutes of the Uni ed
States require that for every
day IA mem; er Of the house is alb tent, ex,
cept Oh account of sickness, the pay for
such day shall be deducted from his
salart. Heretofore, however, the
sergeant al arms has had no way of as
certalning in an official way who was
absent. This rule will simply certify
the list of absentees to him. only, how
ever, upon occasions when absenteeism
caused failure Of Il quorum. 1t is be-
l1eved that if the salaries Of members
We're deducted when they refuse to vote,
the practice Of abstaining from voting
upon important roll calls would lie
speedily discontinued, and it is very
probable thu, the method Of stopping
this abuse devised by Mr.. Crutchteld
Will very shortly be adopted as one of
the pern"!l, 1T rules Of the house
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-02-16
Disasters on Inland Seas.

On the great lakes last year 1913 lives
were lost and 50 vessels, valued at
81, ,04O, 400. went down.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-02-16
VIII Wed an Earl's son,

LONDON, Feb. lG.--The marriage O.
Miss Virginia Eonynge, daughter of
Charles William Bonynge of California,
TO Elscount Deerhurst, eldest son of the
Earl OF Coventry, will take place dur
ing the second week of March at All
SAINTS church, Ennismerc Gardens.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-02-16
GOES UP FOR LIFE.
''slim" Dugan Convicted of Murder in the
second Degree-Killed j. II. Harris.

SECOND DeSree-hl y. IL. Harris.
MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 16.-,James, alias
''Slim' Dugan, has been convicted Of
murder i'll the second degree for the
killing of }. r. Harris, mach respected
citizen of Minneapolis. The jury left
the courtroom at $50 p. IN. and re-
turned at ll:2O y. m.
Judge Jamison's charge was a lengthy
one, covering what would make about
four columns in print. The most i'm
portant parts, those of the most interest
to the public bearing upon the law in
the case, defined the distinctions between
murder in the first and second degrees
and premeditation. His charge in the
point of murder in the second degree, of
which Dugan was found guilty, is as
follows:
If the defendant is not under the rules
given ty the court and the evidence
guilty of murder in the first degree, is
he guilty of murder in the second de-
gree: II you are satisfied beyond all
reasonable doubt that on the morning
of the 10th of June last, in this city.
the defendant. with another, or others,
went to the house of James r.
Harris, pursuant to prearranged
plan between him and his
companions and pursuant to such pre-
srraeed plan and agreement. he with
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-02-16
CONGRESSIONAL.


ASHINGTON, Feb 10. When the
senate met, Senator Gor1nan presented
the Credentials OF SrnAtOr-tlect Nc
L"urln IT Mississippi and the oath of
office Was ,.,.lulni1tpred
Senator HAIRS ot Tennessee presented
d bali to prevent conflict between the
federal AID stale courts in all cases af-
Testing private rights.
INr house bill to compel the Rock
Island Rtlirotd company to sop its
trains at Euil and Eou'rt 20 mt, Okla
business. ana : n !tO: plult of Com
lie 'ticut took tn floor iii opposition to
the measure.
stevenson Voted Az.
A motion TO lay on the table the
Oklahoma bill, compelling railroads to
stop at regular government townsites
Was defeated by ii to %. Petfers am
e}.dment providing for woman suffrage
/" the Oklahoma 1ownsitt bill was de-
t"ated, yeas - hays AZ.
The DILL was finally passed yeas 2S
nays -. Vice President Stevenson yot-
ing yea.
The House.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Ii. During the
call Of committees for reports Mr. Wise
of Virginia, from the committee on in
terstate and foreign commerce. reported
back the New York and New JERSEY
bridge bill and accompanying veto of
the president. with the Recommendation
that the bill do not pass over the veto.
MI. Cummings, rising to u personal ex-
PLANTATION, stated that some time ago
he introduced a popular loan bill.
Since then members had received COPIES
OF an amendment t. the iii, which
t"cy appeared to think came from him.
He denied all responsibility for it. and,
moreover, expressed his unult1rahl. up-
position to II.
Mr.. Bland then moved to go into COM
mittre of the whole for the further con-
sideratlon of he seisnorag Ilil. Pend
ing that motion he again MA lie ii fruit
less effort to fix the limit Of the debate,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-02-16
MkANE Is GUILTY.
The "Ex-CZar Of GraVcSend" Likely
to SpenG Some Time Behind
Prison Walls.
Jary's Verdict Was Guilty" But
They Recommended Him to the
Mercy of the Court.
Dugan Convicted of Murder in the Sec
end Degree by a Minneapolis Jury.
He Killed Harris.

BROOKLYN, n. Y, Feb. .G.-The jury
in the Mckane trial filed into the court
room at 10 o'clock a. M. and five min
utes later the prisoner appeared in
charge of deputy sheriff. He was
surrounded by his counsel and his faith
ful friends from Gravesend. Mr.. Shep-
hard and the counsel for the prosecu-
tion sat around their table. Clerk Byrne
asked the foreman of the jury if they
had agreed upon verdict and received
the reply that they had found the pris-
oner guilty.
The prisoner sat quiet, but his friends
were very much affected. The verdict
may mean an Imprisonment in states
prison for two years or ten, at the dis
cretion of the court.
Mckane is now i'll the Raymond street
Jail. awaiting the sentence which is to
be pronounced upon him Monday morn
ing at nine o'clock. Only the clemency
10 which the jury earnestly recon-
mended him. stands between the Gar
of Gravesend and term of incarcera-
tion in prison. In view of this the pris-
Oner may receive something less than
the full limit of the law. An appeal to
the general term, and to the court of ap-
peals stands in the way of the execution
Of the sentence, whatever it NAV be.
But the lawyers who have heard the
trial feel confident that these appeals
mean merely delay, and not reversal.
The indictments against Mckane, on
which he was found guilty, charged
conspiracy to falsify election returns.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1894-12-31
Ser sam Der ftbtrt16em Gtveaab TIT.

11eber bic Sortf6ritte, pel9e bic 8au=
Nrbeiten Der ftbirii9en Gtfenbabn Big gum
1. Q3) October 1894 gema9t baben, fDnnen
mir folgenoe interefante @tn5elbeiten NIT
tbetlen :
1. SIM 0iftrict Der @effibtrH6en @iienz
balm pon S19eliabinsf bis Omsf GAS
@erf) 1T in Der 3eit bonn Mai 1892 bis
1. October b. S. Der @iIenba6nbamm fertiqz
seiteat, NIT MuSnabme Der 8efeItigunq etriz
ger 9ammobbGnse Bel TGiiien. Die flint
li9en 8auten iinb gleibfaGs bolenbet bis
auf bic grDben 8riiden iiber BEN Sobol,
Sf6im unb Srttf9. 9amit bic G3iiqe aber
f6pn jebt 5pii9en S19eliabinsf unb Smsf
ungebtnbert Derfebren %fOnnen, itnb iiber bic
beiben eriten S1ifIe temporGre 6oGabriiden
gelegt. 0as fir ben 8au Der bret 1tdnbiaen
8riiden n0tbtge @iien 1T bereits na6 ben
@telen bes 8riidenbaues ee19afft iporben;
in ben Sohol itnb au9 bereits ale Cations
gslegt, INN Die Mauerarbeiten fir Der
8riidenbau bornebnen 3u f0nnen. Die Sc
legrapbenleitung Lungs Der 2inie lit fertto
unb I@pn i'm 8etriebe. @pn Der @e1ammt2
3a6l Der 8auten fir ben 8etrieb 1inb fertio
so Percent Der 8d9terbdus9en, SO Ser
cent Der 9altfd1 ernen, so 8ercent Der Sea-
1ernen unb 81 Yercent Der lleberfabrten
Muf Der 2inie beftrben ii9 bereits inn Sc
triebe : % 2ocomotiben, $50 aebedte
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1894-12-31
Die

0te % e1tau8fe IIun9s=0tp1p
m e, nit berefr 0er1telung bas 8ureau Of
ENGRAVING in 8afbington felt 16 MOnaten
bef6dftigt mar, nerben II enbli9 oemz
nG3t CUR 8ertbeilung fertig fetn. Ser
Sti6 lit Is BET "a 3oG, bds 8apier 26 BET
SO 3oa grpB; feines SdpanSPapter tptrb
ba3u pertpenbet, unb Der Druid tpirb in etnem
I90nen parmen Braun ausgefiibrt. Sn
benz oberen Selbe 1ibt Columbia, por i9r bret
9naben, mel9e bic bret in Mmertta borz
banbenen &afen reprGfenttren; i'm unteren
Sel0e erblidt man Die &eprGfentdnten Der
iibrigen bier Welttbeile, europa, Nften,
Mfrtta unb Muitralien, in einem antifen
&uberf9iff Columbus I'M Steuer, tpel9e
b~epunbernb gu ibrer S9peiter Columbia
empprbltden. Die 8erbinbung 5lpif3en Bet
ben 9ruppen tpirb bur9 einen 19%pebenben
Genius bergeteut, pel4er Der Golumbta
einen 2Drbeertran5 btnaufret9t. Der Sbetl
Der S9rift, peI9er auf alien Stplomen
gtet91autenb fem iptrb, tit auf Der Platte
g%rabtrt, tpdbrenb Der gfame bes ~@mpfdngers,
Iotpte bic 4ngabe, pofiir bds 9tplom 5uge@
1pro9en ppr6en, in feinem Sppenbrud aus
gefiibrt pirb. Ser Std 1T mad einem Sc
mdlbe BON 2otp treffli9 bom beuti9en 8ra@
Deur &ne9t ausgefibrt.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1894-12-31
sur NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. SeS
SSitriten 8tSmarG+

0as @6GuBtapitel bes Ioeben po1enbez
ten Summelpertes r0ie polittf9en aeoen
hes 5iiriten 8ismarf" (Nerlag S, 8.
Gotta, GtuttgarD biGbet Die ~@ntlafungss
geI9i9te bes e~iIernen &an5lers, SbnD9G
in tbren @tn3elbeiten grDBten Sbeils be-
fannt, muB es bod in bobem Maabe irz
terefiren, bic @ef9i9te bes Sturse5 zines
Staatsmannes BON 5ol9er peltge19i1tl:=
Gen 8ebeutung pte bic 8tsmards i'm 3u=
1dmmenbange unb auf 9runb unbe3neiz
felbarer Mittbeilungen fennen Su lernen.
Ser Meinungsberf 9teOenbetten atpiI9en
&atIer unb 8an3ler m0gen btele ~borangez
gangen fem, alletn Dffenbar uno bor aaer
Welt nar Der WtberIpru4 in ben Nnf9auz
ungen beiber MGnner ert g%etpDrben, als all
ienem 4. Sebruar 1890 Der rGet9san3etger"
atpei fai1erli9e @rldi1e an ben &ei6sfan3z
Ter unb an ben MtniIter Der DHentlthen
2(rbeiten perOfentli9te, Die betbe bonn Sir
item 8tsmdrd n d gegengeaet9net tparen.
Ser cine Der betben @rlahe beaog 1tb, tpie
befannt, auf bic @inberufung elmer inter-
ndtiondlen &onferen5 our 8%eritdnOtgung
iiber bic @rbetteri9 uBgefebgebung Der anz
bere betraf bic @inberufung bes Staatsz
Snbem Der 8an5ler Shirt 8isz
ndrd bic @egen5ei6nung ablebnte, befunz
bette er bamtt untpiOerlegli9, baB er Die
Observation-Disclosures fir bieies &orgeben bes
in Der 8~ebanblung Io3ialzpoltttf9e
ni9t iibernebmen polle. lteber bic
Gren3en Der befannten 8OtG9aft &aiier
@ilbelms bes @riten BPM II. Npbember
1881 poute Der Girt Nei6stanaler unter
feinen 1mitdnben binausgeben. Sn bteier
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1894-12-31
. A u w A :
! ! Yiueu,.
Smmer 3%uberldif
retn ~DegetQbtlii(
gonfommen aeIt6madlDs, bibI@ ibersoaen,
ab, re9uliren, reinigen uno ftarten. Ra6pap's
fir bic 9eiltng oaer 8eI9merbsn bes Wto9ens, Or
terleibs, Der Nieren, Der 8Iaie, nerbDie Rroni
S9pin6el, @ertieo, @erit0pfung, 9Gr1orrbol6er
3raut6aftes Gopfmeb,
TranenleiOen,
StltOIt
SerOantngsbei6merOen,
9Dspepite,
GeritOpi
-un6-
gle @ranfhetten Der Qebt
Mae Granfbeitet Der Qebt

Maon beubte bic fpIsenben @amptonte, tpeld
Stbrun9 Der 9erSauun9s=Srgane BerriiDren
ltopfung, trtltere 96morrbatben, 8lntonbrang I'M
Sdlre i'm Mtagen, ~Sfeiaung sum Grbreben, Cobb
Miberlutaen 9egeH Nabrun9, S1ipere I'M Wto9en,
luIitOBen, nnrubtger 9er3I9lag, GrI9iitterung oi
itidInesanf6ae beim &ie9en, 8titonen, Sleden o
tpebe oer ben @ugen, Sleber uno BUMPER &opfi
&tbnnn9s 6ei6perber, 9elbe 3auts unb Mu9e
SbmerSen in Der Seite, 9rIft, Sen GlirbntaB
plbbli6 oeritdrttes @eraflopfer, brennenbes Sc
ben Weihtbetler. ,
Giuige 9plen bon &obpop's 8tII I befre
@niteHI BON BEN 9enannten 8eI9lper6en.
Prcis csc pes GdeGteI.
Sm baDea BET aHett 94potb
Man idret5e an ST. & a 10 a s. 80, g. F..
Esa- 9tew govf, fir einen GathQeber.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1894-12-31

i'm giebcl. = 9ie 9tei9sta9S GrOfnltn9. :
&olfSpertreter in 2ipree. : SocialoemOtra
tide 6le9eleien. &om Gei6sta9Sbau.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1894-12-31

sSObann 30 0 t muB IN yteiD yorf etnen
9DppeIgGnger 6aben. SIS unterliegt
feinem 3peifeG, boB es Der e4te Sobann
Moit mar. Der am Nbenb 0es lebten @onnz
taq in einem G6icdgDer Sbeater in 6auptz
mann's n@eber" ben alten 8aumert CAB.
On bemTelben M6enb fol er aber in elmer
Mnar9tItenber Iammlung in SEEM Yorf, na9
8eri9ten bortiger 8ldtter. cine fur9tbare
paute gebalten baben.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1894-11-01
iIlllIIllIIIllllIIIIIlIIlIIIlIIlllIllIIIIIIIIIiE m

6. N. WALES, of this city, who
was formerly Republican, is now
writing and talking with the Popu
lists. and publishes long commu
nication over his own name in 6
Republican paper in which, after
stating that the Democratic party
cannot enact into a law single
principle contained in its platform,
says: s'We are not posted ss to
what the principles are as set forth
in the Omaha platform. Against
these principles both the old parties
vote and act together" Now, il
Mr.. Wales is not posted as to what
the principles of the Peoples party
are, how does he know that "both
of the old parties vote and act to.
gether against them?" There are
too many people writing and spout
ing about things on which they are
"not posted" 1t is rather disgust,
ing to have such people pose as
statesmen. They know little enough
about questions on which they are
posted without endeavorlug to odu-
cate the people in reference to eco
nomic questions on which they ac-
knowledge they are "not posted"
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1894-11-01
Historical Facts.
% the Editor OF the Ledger.

To the Editor of the Ledger.
Mexico, Mo-, October 26.-
One Of our Populists friends stat
ed in the Court House that the Bank
of England was chartered to enable
we Rothschiids to lend to the En-
giish government, and as one oi
the eonsfs-xations OF the loan the
collection OF inle.sst was made legal.
1t may be OF interest fs-torically that
interest was legalized untie. lanes !
about 1880; the bank was org~iz.
ed 1894 and Meyer Anselm Roths
child was born 1743 and was com
paratively poor man until 1892.
?????
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1894-11-01
IL Was iDr. Holmes.
FroIn the Rastnn TrsDscr;n+

The story is recalled of youns
Virginia country girl dining in thai
city some years ago, in the days
when DIR. Holmes went to dinners.
Seated next her at table was home.
ly, little old gentleman, whose name
she did not catch. He began to
talk with her, and asked her how
she passed her time in the country.
"Oh, We read, my father and j"
she said.
"What do you read?" asked the
little old man.
"Well, the 'Autocrat of the
Breakfast Table for one thing, she
answered.
81 should think you would not
care to read that more than once, "
remarked the little old man, in a
tone of slight disparagement.
"My father and I may not be
judges OF literature, - airily said Miss
Virginia, with a faint accent OF
scorn, shut when we get to the end
of tha .Antncrat, wa ganarallp turn
back to the beginning and read it
over ogain."
The little old man smiled at this,
and disposed to be friendly, but
Miss Virginia was SO digusted with
his tone concerning the 'Autocrat'
that she met him with chilly ndif-
ference.
As soon as the guests went into
the drawing room her hostess whis-
pered reproachfully to her: "You
didn't seem to find DR.. Holmes as
interesting as I hoped"
'Dr. Holmesl" shrieked Miss
Virginia. There was tableau and
an explanation.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1894-11-01

The writer desires to call the at.
tention of Democrats in Audrain
County to the fact that Populists
are not endeavoring to secure any
votes from the Republicans. You
don't lear of Populists interrupting
Treloar in his speeches. You don't
hear of the Populists challenging
Treloar for discussion. You don't
hear of Populists making any kind
of a move except in the direction of
taking votes from the Democratic
ticket. You can take Mr.. G.. n.
Wales late sereed, as published in
a Republican paper, as a fair exam
pie as to the way the wind is blow
ing. There is not single Republi-
can in Audrain County who will
not vote the Republican ticket.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1894-11-01
VOL. XXXVI.

THERE is a great deal of hogwasb
being published and mouthed around
about the ''Dinner Pail Brigade"
being out of work. The early riser
In Mexico viii find that the dinner
pail brigade all have employment.
You will find them between 6 and
Z a. m. going to work in the various
parts of the city. There is distine.
ton between the tin pail in which a
mans dinner is carried and the tin
pail which is used to rush the growI.
er. There has always been and
always will be work for either Dem.
ocrat, Republican or mugwump who
desires work at living wages. Those
who use the dinner pail to tote beer
in are always in shape to express an
opinion in reference to those who
use the same kind of pail to carry
bread and meat in.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1894-11-01
WHAT DOLLAR BILLS WEIGH.
A Guessing Contest I'm Which Several
Gained knowledge OF Gravity.
From the New York Herald

From the New York Herald.
Several customers were chatting
in Lafayette avenue grocery store
one evening recently when the grocer
pointed to a half barrel of small
beans and asked how many of them
it would require to make a bushel.
Various estimates were offered
One man recklessly put the number
down at $4,000, which occasioned a
laugh from all the others who had
guessed much larger quantity,
ranging all the way from 5000 to
1000.
"Well, gentlemen" remarked the
grocer, ''you are all wrong. There
are approximately 119, 900 beans in
a bushel."
No one was inclined to believe
him until he showed them that it
took sixty beans, selected at ran.
dom, to weigh half an ounce. The
rest of the calculation was simple.
Snow, then,' said one of the
party, "since we are engaged in
guessing contests, how many dollar
bills would it take to weigh as much
as silver dollar?"
One said 100, another said
seventy five, while the grocer, who
knew all about beans, put the
figures at 800.
''All wrong" remarked the man.
SIT takes just twenty-five. This
was proven to be the case by ex-
pertinent.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1894-11-01

Work has already been started
on the ladies' edition of the Mexico
Evening LEDGER to be published on
Thanksgiving day. Several contracts
Tor advertising have already been
made and the prospect is that this
will be the most popular edition of
the daily LEDGER ever published.
Every department of this issue will
be under the control of Mexico
ladies except the mechanical part of
it., The proceeds will be devoted to
the M. +. Church, South, and the
Episcopal church of Mexico. Those
who desire advertising space should
see Miss Belle Morris, Managing
Editor, at once.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1894-11-01

We are again compelled to call
the attention OF our country cores
pondents to the necessity of their
having their communications in the
office by Tuesday afternoon. The
writer is fully impressed with the
fact that the country correspondence
of a newspaper is one of its most
interesting features. Last week we
had to leave out two very interesting
communications on account of ar
irving too late. When possible our
correspondents from the country
should send their letters in early or
Monday.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1894-11-01
Some Interesting Statistics Taken
From state Mine Inspector
Evans Report.

State Mine Inspector Evans has
just completed some valuable sta
tistics for this year. Coal mines are
operated in "a counties in this state.
The output during the present year
in Audrain county is 43, ,910 tons of
coal valued at $64,724. The total
output in the state is 5, 1888 1922 tons
valued at SO, ,O13 ,075-
Coal is taken from 1852 shafts, e5
slopes, 83 drifts and 55 strip-pits,
making total of 365 operated mines
in the state. The number of men
employed lsS 1854 in winter and6, 424
during warm weather. The output
from the mines fell S07, ,120 below
that of last year. This, Mr.. Evans
says, was due to the strike of coal
miners, blockade of transportation
facilities and general stagnation OF
business during the spring and sum-
mer. He estimates the loss in wa :
ges sustained by the miners at
$3.50, 900.
The average price paid for mining
coal was ~ cents per ton for lump
coal and general run of mines. The
miners averaged 129 days work for
the entire year, and their earnings
during that period Of time amounted
to $3.50. On a basis of six
months work, Mr.. Evans finds that
after. deducting the rent paid by
miners, cost of powder, oil, black
smithing and doctor bills, averaging
SIG. II, the actual per capita earn
ings of each miner amounts t.
$2I1.21 per year, or SIT 60 pc
month. During the year forty -si,
accident occurred in mines, of which
a Eneteen were fatal, and left thir
i ten widows and twenty wer
noniatal.
/, Thu counties sustaining the great
h est lossin the output of coal per tol
y are given IS follows: Bates, 1856,
q 243; Meean.- -276 ,997; Ray, 122,
553: lafayette, vi .997: Henry
). Al ,4s9; Putham, 2oao9. verno
. county alone shows an ine.sase, th
g excess over last year being "a %
" TONS
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1894-11-01
What Champ CLARK Said.
HE DID NOr CALL. THE GERMANS
a LOT or BANNED LoP-
EtKED DUTCH.
1t Was a innnken Republican Editor
nhe, interrupting ar. Clark In
His speech, Made The Remark
-simply n Campaign Lie.

When the campaign lie was first
circulated in reference to Hon.
ChampClark IS abusing the Germans,
Mr.. Sannebeck, City Councilman
from the third ward of Mexico, and
Mr.. Phillip, prominent resident oil
this city, both wrote to Mr.. Clark
in reference to the report circulated.
We publish Mr.. Sannebeck's letter
and Mr.. Clark's replies to both Mr..
Sannebeck and Mr.. Phillip. These
gentlemen did not believe the state
ment in the first place, but in the
interest of fairness Immediately
wrote to Mr.. Clark in order to hear
both sides of the matter. Campaign
lies circulated in 1894 have the same
effect that campaign lies always
have-they react and make votes for
the parties lied upon. Mr.. Sannebeck
and Mr.. Phillip are solid for Clark.
Hon. Champ Clark, Bowling Green, Mo.
MEXICO, Mo-, October 22.-DEAR
SIR: l notice an article in last
weeks ST. Louis Westliche Post,
where you have been reported in
speech at Cottleville, Mo-, as calling
US Germans lop-eared, white headed
Dutch. How is this? / am
German-American, born in Louis
vile, Ky. Have supported and
used what little influence l had in
your behalf in every race you
made in this district since I
lived here the last five years. This
kind of talk don't set well with us
people and hope it is not true.
Yours respectfully,
F. A. SANNEBECK.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1894-11-01

IT sounds right funny to hear
chronic loafers posing as Populists,
write and talk about the "rights OF
citizenship against rights Of prop er-
ty, the rights of capital against the
rights of labor" Let men who
work the soil or at the bench OR
in the shop, and not men who work
the people, who work the ground DO
the talking.