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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-10-11
A. R. U. MEN ANGRY.
Denounce Popullst Officials
for Using Pullman Passes.


The expose published In yesterdays
Journal regarding the acceptance and
use Of railway and Pullman passes by
members Of the state board Of railway
commissioners, seems to have stirred up
q great deal Of CONSERVATION and feeling
against the officials referred to-among
the leaders OF the local A. R. o.
President R. J. Sloat and Secretary
Harry Chapman were particularly de-
cided in their expressions Of contempt
for the practice and all who are party
to it.
"Pshaw," said Mr.. Sloat, "there 10 no
use in denying that il man will &C.
cspt pass in the first place he will ride
on it. It's human nature. The way to
stop it is to return the passes.
ANY man who will accept pass from
a railroad or the Pullman company a.
lows himself to be bribed. 1t 10 moth
ing else and have no use for any man
who does it no matter what party be
belongs to. When a railroad gives q
man pass it SAYS to him, here, I have
done you favor, you know what this
is for. Now DO easy on me and you can
bet tho pass holder feels a. though be
ouhgt to be.
II am down on all that sort Of thing
No man can work for the good Of the
laboring classes honestly and hold a
railroad pass, and certainly not when
holding Pullman pass, either trip OF
annual.
"This talk about saving the state
money by the state officials accepting
and using passes is the worst sort Of
rot. II any man says that be doesn',
charge mileage where he is allowed
even II be does use his pass
he Is assuIedly q liar. The state
doesn't procure the passes and
the companies don't give passes to the
officials because they love the state
II believe that three-fourths Of thu
members OF the legislature hold passes
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-10-11

Put not your faith in the political re-
former. for in the end be rides on Pull
man passes and stingeth like an adder.
State Journal, Sept. Is, 1894
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-10-11

The Populist state officials have
driven away the railroad vote by ac-
cep.ing Pullman passes As politicians
these leaders ought 70 DO taken to an
imbecile asylum. They haven't sense
enough to avoid the most ordinary
pitfalls.-State Journal, Sept. II, 1894
THIS Pullman pass expose is shock.
ing. It never seems TO have entered
the craniums Of the Populists in the
state house that they were elected by
the people to reform abuses. They
rushed for the honey jar en- masse and
smeared themselves all over.-State
Journal Sept. 10. 1894.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-10-11

saws his passes all came to him without
solicitation, 90 it looks rather strange
that the auditor Of state, the man who
keeps the tax records, should be omitted
in the distribution or favors.
II the state board Of railroad assessors
want to be above suspicion they should
not accept passes from corporations
whose taxes they regulate.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-10-11
DoDcED IN BOTH GASES.
Fred Close Didn't Want t.
Contribute HIS Share to
Support the Gov.
eminent.

Col. Fred ]. Close, who came to To.
peka when Governor Lewelling was in.
augurated, lives just outside OF the city
in Topeka township.
When the township assessor called or
him last spring for list Of bis personal
property he made and swore to state
ment which reads: "All personal prop
erty is listed in Doniphan county, Kan
sas"
A few days ago County Clerk McCabe
wrote to the county clerk Of Doniphan
county, asking him to send him a list Of
the personal property statement Of Fred
J. Close for the year 1894.
To-day the following reply was re-
ceived: Troy, Sept. 2S, 1894. Dear Sir;
No statement Of the personal property
Of Fred J. Close for the year 1894 is on
file in this Office. Yours truly, W. H.
Forncrook, county clerk.
Colonel Close will now be summoned
before the county commissioners and
will be asked to explain why be made q
false return, and the county clerk must
according to law add 80 per cent. to bis
tax as a penalty for making a false re-
turn.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-10-11

Nj. Prather continued: u haven't a
Pullman annual, but when went east
last fall l had trip pass. | wrote tic
The Pullman company and asked for a
pass, and they sent me trip pass"
"What do You think about the use Of
passes, any way, Mr.. PrstherT
II am opposed to the system, but as
long as passes are sent out and used so
universally. | see no reason why I
sbeuld not use mine"
Mr.. Prather says he hasn't Pullman
asuual, but Mr.. Biddle and Mr.. Little
hpsh say they have, and Mr.. Biddle
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-10-11
- ~ - ~ - -
ltnltn Il ths State Board Of Railway
Assessors
lave Annual Pullman Passes in Their
Pockets.
TIEI BOLDLY SAY so
h Ghh Journal Reporter When
Questioned.
attorney General Little Rides n His
Continually.
10 DOES TREASURER BIDDLE,
nN State Treasurer Got His Without
Solicitation.
attorney General Little Rides n His
Continually.
n. State Treasurer Got His Without
Solicitation.


Dws This Account For Lower Taxes N
Pullman CaHs
Topeka State Journal, Of Sept. IA, 1891.
The State Journal Is to-day able to
give its readers the first plausible reason
Tor the reduction Of the Pullman taxes
In Kansas, which was made this year by
Ihe state board Of ralload assessors.
The members OF the state board Of
railroad assessors all ride on Pullman
passes.
y fwo members Of the board are not in
The city, but majority, or a controlling
number Of the members Of the board Of
assessors are here, and in an interview
with a State Journal reporter, frankly
admit that they not only have railroad
passes, but they ride on Pullman cars
lrse Of charge.
T. rov sn,ea,s that tba men. who
only few months ago were trying to
make political capital out Of the Pull
man strike by pretending to be enemies
n tbat corporation and the friends Of
the A. R q. had Pullman passes in
ths;r nockats At the time.
Attorney Genaral John II little. one
n tho uambers Of the hoard Of railroad
s.ss.sor. rides IN a Pullman nass and
.hsn a State ,Journal Reporter asked him
,bout h be said; Eyes, / have Pullman
nass and Il il on apnual.n
sHow about your railroad passes, Gen.
.rslw
"Ob, have passes over all the Kan
CAS- roads. They are annual passes,
GOOD in the state only, and | make good
use Of them. One thing about nv
masses. though; YOU must remember
they save the state considerable money,
mI don't charge nv mileage up to the
utate when | ride on my passes. Ny
salary Is S2,50O year, and aside from
that / have contingent fund to draw
an for extra expenses. When l 20 out
IN the western part Of the state to have
! receiver appointed or on some other
official business, my salary goes right
on and | am entitled to have nv ex.
penses paid out Of the contingent fund
Nv expense includes my travelling and
Sctel bills, telegraphing and other such
items, By using my passes the state ID
saved the largest part Of the expense
nv use Of passes Is simply q saving ia
the state"
sr.vr rpr.sunrn RIDDLE ALSO.
stoto Troosurar w II Riddle alsr
,,dss an railroad masses. and be- il The
,ossossor a. n little niece Of nasteboard
rh;oh savs nPAsSr on all the Pullman
comnany no no
M BddLa did not like to talk about
.hs matter and did not volunteer any
information on the subject, but when a
State Journal reporter called at his pri-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-10-11

RIDING on Pullman pass and she'd
ding tears over the misfortunes Of the
A. X o., must be trying on the nerves,
but Attorney General Little's nerves
stood the strain.-State JourDal, Sept.
Is, 1894.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-11-02
Seeds That terminate Most Rapidly

The time required for terminating
varies from few hours to two years.
The seed of the tropical mangrove
sprouts even before the fruit has fallen
off the branches into the soft OOze be-
meath. The seeds of the willow will
germinate a few hours after being
sown; those Of spinach and kidney
beans in three days; of lettuce in five
days. of some pinks in ten days; of
the willow in eleven days; and of the
walnut and pine in four or six weeks;
while those of the rose, hawthorn, ash,
logwood, maple and other trees do not,
under ordinary circumstances, germi
nate till from one and half to two
years after being put into the ground.
Most Of the crosses terminate within
one Or two days The seed of the COM
mon cress, used III mustard and cress,
on being forced, frequently yields a
crop within forty-eight hours after be-
ing sown. The period of time required
for termination varies in accordance
with the nature Of the seed and the
surroundings and circumstances under
which it is grown. such as soil, tenn
perature, moisture, etc. The seed of a
globe tGrnip is exceedingly small, not
larger, perhaps, than the twentieth
part of an inch in diameter, and vet
IN few months this seed, elaborated
by the soil and atmosphere, increases
to twenty-seyen millions of times its
original bulk; and this, in addition to
a considerable bunch OF leaves. From
experiments recently made it has been
proved that a turnip seed may increase
its own weight fifteen times in a min
ute. On peat ground turnips have
been found to increase bv growth 15.-
$50 times the weight oF their seed each
day they stood upon it.--Brooklyn
Eagle
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-11-02
Poverty not on the Increase.

Mr., Griffin, a noted English statistl-
clan, has compiled figures which at
fectually disprove the socialistic
theory, that the erich are growing
richer. and the poor poorer and says
it would not be far short of the mark
to say "that the whole OF the great
material improvement of the past
fifty years has gone to the masses"
Persons possessed of moderate means,
say from $3.50 to $4,000 year are in
creasing much faster than those of
greater fortunes, while the average in
crease of individual incomes has
been greatest among the wage earning
classes-Not only have the masses on
an average received larger incomes,
but they enjoy more comforts and
luxnries, they own and inhabit better
houses. wear better clothes and live
better.
To illustrate, he takes the case of a
village of 500 inhabitants expanding
into manufacturing community OF
$4,000. He assumes that in the vii
lage nineteen twentieths of the popu-
latiOn were we'll TODD and only one
twentieth were poor. The proportion
would give pauper class of twenty
five. After the village has grown
into city of $4,000 a census of It's
pauper class is taken, and is found to
number thousand persons. Those
who look merely at the superficial fact
of absolute increase will denounce the
modern industrial system for having
produced thousand miserable human
beings where there were only twenty
five before, while, in truth, the pro-
portion of the paupers to the pros
porous was far greater formerly than
it is now. In the village there was
one unfortunate being to twenty for
tunate ones; in the city there is but
one to fifty.
Mr.. Mallock further illustrates his
argument by pointing out that Gas a
village swells into o city more people
will die in it; and yet the death rate
may be much lower. 1t follows that
if we would estimate the real charac-
ter of modern progress, We must con-
slider not the actual number of the
poor, but the rate of pauperism.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-11-02
of Interest TO Lum5ermen.

The lumbermen of Canada are busy
people. Some 100000 logs have been
RATED into Collingwood for the pur-
pose of being cut up in the mills there.
This work will provide employment
until fall, when another supply of logs
will be on hand, and all this lumber
would have been cut at Saginaw or
Bay City had Protection remained to
American lumber interests. COlling-
wood is one of the border towns of the
Canadian lumber industry and there
are many other larger towns where a
greater amount of lumber is cut and
sawed Free lumber will lie of great
advantage to Canada, us also will he
the lower duties on barley, live stock,
mests and vegetables, besides others
that are placed upon the free list.
American Democratic Free-Trade Tar
if tinkering is great thing for the
farmers Of Ontario.-American Econ
Omist.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-11-02
Miners On the Coal Question.
w. X. STEWART.

The fact that British Columbia coal
miners have opened offices in Tacoma
and other Washington cities affords a
practical lesson in tariff reduction that
is causing many persons who inclined
to free trade to do some pretty serious
thinking. 1t is discussed ON the
streets perhaps as much as any other
topic. The coal up there is all mined
by Cinnamon, as everybody knows, for
British Columbia is over-run with
Chinese. A miner from Carbonate, a
former populist, by the way, was in
the city yesterday. He gave some of
his acquaintances a stiff talk Oil the
subject of Chinese competition, say
ing:
every ton of that British Columbia
coal sold here cheats us miners out of
digging just SO much, and renders us
unable. to buy from the merchants Just
to the amount OF wages the mining of
that ton OF coal would be worth. The
factory that would sell the merchant
the goods we should buy finds its mar
ket DESTROYED just so much and the
men who work for this crippled manu-
facturer have to lay off or accept odd
jobs whenever they can get them. l
say, boys, there is something in this
very tariff question after all. Tn
darned II can see, come 10 look into
it little, why we should let other fell
lows come IN here and compete with
us when we already have all the COM
petition we can stand.
"Now, let's figure on this minute"
The Carbonate miner continued.
"Those British Columbialls will send
to Washington no less than 100000
tons>ef coal this winter. That Is n
low estimate. The Chinese get about
4O cents ton for mining it. We get
~ cents and 81. That 100000 tons
means just 100000 tons less to be pro-
duced by the mines of Washington, or
III other words $4,000 to 100000 less
ia be distributed among American
worklngmen. That $4,000 or 800,
OOO would keep about 500 families in
mighty comfortable circumstances this
WINTER. | tell you it would, bows.
But suppose they must go hungry,
and simply put the food that belongs
to them into the mouths Of British,
Columbia Chinese"
80 the talk s"es, and increases i'm
sincerity rs the days roll bv.-Ledger.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-11-02
Same Here, BY J0ye!

There are several large corporations
Ill this county welding great infu-
ence. 1t is to their interest to get
certain men elected. Let lis pointout
a few.
Vt is to the interest Of the banks OF
this county to elect banker Deckebach
state senator. Banks get to use pub
nc funds without paying interest.
1t IL to the interest of the mill com
panles to get Minis and Heath elected.
"A logging law is important to them,
and men who are allied to such cor
porations cannot do justice to the log
gers.-Montesano Economist.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-11-02
News of all Sorts.

STILL nothing has been heard from
the lost ship Ivanhoe, and there can
now be no doubt of Der going down
with all on board, including Fred
Grant, part owner OF the Post-Intelli-
gencer.
The steamship Tacoma, which ar
rived from Japan last week, reported
finding a big fir tree 1900 miles from
the American coast and about 1000
from the Asiatic coast. The big tree
was standing perpendicular about
twenty feet above water. 1t evidently
left Puget Sound about the time the
Wilson bill passed and is on the search
for foreign markets.
HERE it is again. The following is
from the Trade Regis err, of Seattle,
and the Logging boys might well read
it: The state Legislature will soon be
in session, when there will be an effort
to change the lien laws, railroad mat
tiers and probably the adulteration OF
foods. These are subjects upon which
there is much to be said, and should
be said SO as not to allow the laws to
be framed one-sided.
The election franchise is the most
precious inheritance of the citizen O,
this land. At the last day a man will
be called to account for his civil as
we'll as his private acts, and the penal
ty will await him if he helps to put
bad men in power. Woe to the repub-
lie if the state is made up near beer
mugs and whisky glasses. If alcohol
is to be our political king, the day OF
the republic will soon be ended.
OPP Ireland.
WORD has been passed down the
democratic line to give great promi-
hence to every sign of business i'm
provement in any part of the country.
1t is doubtless true that there is some
improvement. This is America, even
If the democratic party is in power,
aNd the country cannot VIII lly go
back on itself. But the revival of
bus ness is due to thf prospect and
nrs,A,:so ot al:.A
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-11-02
Tie Off Year.

The nueer combinations and shlfty
tactics of the democracy this season,
in all sections of the country, are due
to their clear conception of the tact
that this is an off year FOR them. They
comprehend that in a stralghtout
fight they have no chance of success
anywhere north of the old Mason and
Dixon line. Immense republican ma
iorities in such states as Maine, and
wave of republican victory sweeping
over old democratic towns III states
like Connecticut, tell the tale OF
boundless enthusiasm among republic
cans and hopeless apathy in the DEM
ocratic ranks. Wherever the issue has
been Joined, crushing defeat has been
the lot of the followers of the COnse-
Grated One. Nowhere throughout the
North have they hope OF triumph IN
contests yet to be decided. In but two
states are they making struggle in
dicative of even lingering hope. In
California, relying upon local issue,
they present line of battle which
shows an intention to make a serious
fight; but the conditions are all I'M
favorable, and their rout will be as
complete as that OF the Chinese at
Ping Yang. In New York, under the
leadership of the accomplished ring
master, Dave Hill, and counting up
on the support of the liquor interest
and other like allies of that shifty
leader in past contests, they will make
desperate effort to retrieve their fall
en- fortunes; but their hope is baseless,
their defeat inevitable, and the Empire
State is certain to repeat its emphatic
verdict Of last year. In no state is
there any crumb of comfort for the
democracy, except where they can
pick up an occasional bone by fusion
with the rag, tag and bobtall OF the
opposition-populists, disgruntled re-
publicans Or any other element of dis
affection or disorder. 1t is an off year
for them with vengeance-a year
that will go on their calendar as the
year of the greatest storm and dark
neSS.-Press Times
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-11-02
Poisonous Leaders.

Professor Swing, OF Chicago, thinks
there Is less hostility between capital
and labor than between labor and Ia
h"r. Carpenters object to large bills
from the tailor and blacksmiths kick
at plumbers bills, while laborers Of all
kinds are unwilling to pay high prices
TOR farmers products. Every man
wants to earn all he can by his own
labor and to pay as little as possible
Tor the labor of others. This is nat
ural disposition and common 10 the
natural man. But what makes il so
mischievons i that, as Professor
Swing SAYS, "there has lived and talk.
ed an army of angry orators, whose
purpose has been to make the man
who work III the vineyard hate the
men who pay them at nightfalJ. In
sucn circumstances the VINEYARD will
soon be first battlefield and then a
desert" 1t was this army of orators
WHO IN the last political CAMPAIGN
preached the doctrine of distrust. dis.
content and hate in the interest of
the democratic and populistic par
ties. To make tile men who work
hate the meia who pay them was the
supreme efinrt of the demncratio
party in the campaign of 1892. THY
i"n".i their n.arc>, responsive listsGers
IA the ioreign elemens<i onr>fopula-
ti"n. Among men who have the true
American spirit such hate rarely ex-
lists. 1t IS toe poison of monarchical
F iit'cs remaining in the blood Of
thousands who came to this country.
not to enjoy popular liberty so much
as 70 get more money than they could
earn At home.-Ledger.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-11-02
Halo Chiekamin, FOO Much Democrat,

"ATERVILL, Oct. ga short while
ago all Old sqnaw approached a squad
or nine men on the street corner and
offered gloves for sale. Each of the
nine men said to her: Halo chicka-
MIN" (no money!. With a look of dis
da'n on her old wrinkled face, she
turned away, saying: "Boston man
all the same halo chickamin; too
much democrat
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-11-02

YOU KNOW THAT before opened store few
weeks you paying for the bulk of the Merchandise
bought from Is to 50 than it's value
stock bought for cash and at right prices We
fed with small profits and marked goods accordingly
Immediately other dealers began all kinds of foolish
guments against Intelligent people Influenced by
such stuff but their Judgment One thing certain
WE ARE HERE TO STAY! And will always sell you goods
at the lowest market prices consistent with GOOD GOODS
and FULL WEIGHTS. However, need your COOPER
ALTON. We claim every person purchasing goods in Shell
ton has been benefited by efforts and should
patronage We believe customers appreciate
we not here HIGH prices would still prevail
We selling Dry Goods cheap Groceries and invite
you to call and inspect stock
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-11-02
Republican State Ticket.

For Judges of the Supreme Court.
r. O. DUNBAR,
Nj. F. GORDON.
For Members of Congress.
w. II. DOOLITTLE,
S. c. HYDE.
County Ticket.
For Legislative.
WILLIAM CALLOW.
For Sheriff.
sAM'L CALDWELL.
For Auditor,
THOS. McLARTY.
For Attorney,
C. w. HARTMAN.
For Treasurer,
w. H. MAXWELL.
For Clerk,
LEONARD J. MORRISON.
For superintendent,
G. b. GUNDERSON.
TUT aSseSSOT,
H. II. GALE.
For Surveyor,
+. ID. SHELTON.
For Coroner,
A. +. CHAPMAN.
For Wreckmaster,
A. Z. FREEBURGER.
For Commissioners,
1st Dist.-W. MUNROE NANCE.
End " L. w. SPECIE
Bird I" j. w. ROBERTS.
For Justices of the Peace Shelton PIT
G. V. DUNBAR.
l. W. WOODS.
Constable,
w. X. STEWART.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-11-02
W. C. T. U. COLUMN.
Officers.

SUPTs-Mrs. Will Baldwin, Juvenile Wor":
Mrs. Lemoine. Press; Mrs. MoHblo, Pasior meet
ings; Mrs. Rex, Flower mission NJ RS. 5. Hunter,
Scientific instruction; Mrs. DuCkworth. "f' ana
Jail work.
Meetings every two weeks on Friday ate lo"'i
in the Methodist Church.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-11-02

Or. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Awarded Gold Medal Midwnter Fair. San Francisco
BUY A CHEAP LOT In ANGLE
SIDE AND STOP PAYING RENT.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-11-02

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EIk@EIe ~ raj. .. d t.norably, by those OF
EAS5 z EtE t !, liz ,oug old and in their
EHEaSsE 9 9"n i" "litrs wherever they live. Amy
. g y va do work. Easy to learn
We furnish '>-Tythng We No risk. You
your spare all your This
entirely cad and brings ondrrf worker.
Beginners earning from S3 so week and upwards
and more ar- little experience. We furnish you the
poyment AMI teach FREE. No explain here Full
information FREE. EIs UEs 81 CO., AUGUSTA, EAIkE
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-11-02
Attention

In time to any irregularity of the
Stomach, Liver, or Bowels may