davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The advocate., 1894-04-18
SENATOR ALLEN AND THE CoxEY ARMY.

SENATOR ALLEN AND THE COXEY ARMY.
Since the first moment that the
Coxey movement began to be talked
about, we have seen no criticism that
has been az much Of a surprise az q
recent one by Senator Allen, of Ne
brasks. Since he has been in the
senate, we have watched his course
with good deal Of interest. He has
displayed marked ability in debate,
and we had come to regard him as a
man of broad views, and Of humane
impulses. This recent criticism, how
ever, betrsys a weakness that was un-
expected. 1t partakes too much of
the spirit of caste to be received with
favor by the common people whom
Mr.. Allen was supposed to represent.
We have never believed that the
Coxey movement would acc omplish
anything. We have expected, in
fact, to see it suppressed by military
force if il should assume proportions
beyond the power of the police and
the vsgrancy laws; but we have not
heretofore expected to see PopWlSst
senator encouraging the use of force
to suppress it. Whatever may be
thought of the aVisdOnD of the move
ment. it can only be regarded as a
manifestation Of the great unrest Of
the people, and as such no man who
is fully in sympathy with the op-
pressed classes can feel it in his
heart to utter a word Of Censure
against any such peacesble demon
stration of the unemployed.
The time is approaching in this
country when there will be q final
contest for supremacy between the
powers Of plutocracy and the COM
mon people. The people are now
scanning the field for standard bear
ers IN this contest, and we desire to
observe, at this stage of the proceed
ings, that the man who shall lead to
the final victory must have q heart as
we'll as head. He must possess that
quality of craftsmanship that has
spark Of human kindness and SYM
pathy in it for the poor and the un-
fortunate. We had supposed Senator
Allen to be that kind of q statesman,
and had been looking toward him as
possibly the coming man, but this
criticism is SO hesrtless and 80 cruel
that it must receive the condemna-
tlon of every man who looks upon the
impending revolution as something
more than a mere scramble for indi-
vidusl or party supremacy.
The advocate., 1894-04-18

CoxRY ought to make q detour to New
York and give his army q chance to impress
Wall street.-Cspital.
That's about right. If such a de-
tour is contemplated, however, the
army ought to go prepared for busi-
ness, and have a general house clean
ing when it gets there.
The advocate., 1894-04-18


give their places to cheaper men
'the wretched lsborers of Europe
who have come here to compete fol
the places of American workingmen.
These are the causes that underlie
the great distress of the present time
and the Capital is well aware Of this
fact. We regret as much as the
Capital can do the worse than useless
expenditure of money for drink. We
regret the misery and Che suffering
that result from this abuse. We
would not undertake to hide the
magnitude of the evils growing out
of the drink habit. There are two
facts, however, relating to the an.
nual expenditure of the billion dol
lars that we desire the Capital not tc
overlook.
Q) That by far the greater part Of
it is expended by the wealthie1
classes-those who fill their cellars
with the finest wines and the highest
priced liquors of all kinds that the
market affords, those who banquet
at Delmonico's and other like places,
and who sustain the gilded palaces
of vice in every city in the land. The
part that is expended by the poor is
infnitesSimal IN comparison.
(2) In too many instances poverty
is the cause of the drink habit rather
than the drink habit the cause OF
poverty. Enforced idleness leads to
despondency and this to recklessness
and dissipation. This is a fact too
we'll known to be disputed. The
Capital seems to base It's whole ar
gument upon this question upon the
presumption of innate human de-
prsvity, whereas, in fact, the good in
human nature would almost always
predominste under favorable condi-
tions. The establishment of equal
and exact justice to all men and of
equal opportunities in life would
come very near to the establishment
of the kingdom of heaven in the
earth. The ADVOCATE has never in
timated that the government should
Supply wheat to those who by res-
son of Incidence or shiftlessness or
viciousness or by the waste of their
substance in drink neglect to care for
their own needs or the needs of their
wives and children" What the AD-
vooATE has claimed and what it claims
now IS that it is the province of the
government to secure to all citizens
alike equal and exact justice and
equal opportunities, thereby enabling
those tuho are not indolent or shift
less or viciottS, TO SECURE FOR
THEMSELVES the necessities, the
comforts and even the Injuries Of
life. If the Capital will give its at
tention to this proposition it will find
enough to do without setting up nom
sensical propositions that the ADvo-
CATE never thought of and proceeding
to demolish them.
The advocate., 1894-04-18
THE ovERPRoDUCTIoN OF WHEAT.

it Will claim to have answered argu-
ments that it has never even alluded
to. We have shown by official re-
ports in preceding articles that in no
year in the recent past have we pro-
duced wheat enough to have properly
supplied the wants of our own peo-
pie after having supplied the actual
market. The Capital has never even
attempted to show any error in our
figures or calculations.
According to the Capitals theory,
that overproduction is the cause of
low prices, the price should rise and
fall according as the product should
be greater or less than the average.
In the first article we published in
reply to the Capitals theory, we
demonstrated, taking two census
years for our calculation in order to
use only official figures, that the sup
ply in 1880 was less in proportion to
population than in 1870 and still the
price was much lower. We have
clearly shown that the price bears no
relation to the supply, but is depend
ent upon other causes entirely, The
Capital has never attempted to re-
fute this proposition.
In our last article, we laid down
the broad, general proposition, that
there can be no real surplus so long
as the wants of our people are unsup-
piled. This the Capital has never
disproved; still in it's issue of April
10 it says:
The Capital has met each and all Of these
assumptions and disprovsd Of them. But
the Advocate has not dared to face the
Capitals proposition, that the government
should not be expected TO supply wheat TO
those who, by reason of Incidence or shift
lessness, or vioiousnesS, or by the waste Of
of a billion dollars year in drink, neglect
to care for their own needs and the needs
Of their wives and children.
What is the use of such nonsense
as this? When or where has the
ADVOCATE ever intlmsted that any
such duty belonged to the govern
ment2 By setting up such frivolous
and nonsensical propositions as this,
intimsting that they represent our
sentiments, and then proceeding to
demolish them, the Capital seeks to
cover up its INABILITY to answer the
arguments we have actually submit
ted. We now desire to ask the Cspi-
tai squhrely if it means to intimate
that the great volume of human suf-
fering and want Of to-day are a re-
suit of any of the causes it has
named? If the answer shall be in
the affirmative, we will observe in sd-
vance that the editor of the Capital
knows better. It's own news columns
from day to day give the lie to any
such pretense Even in this very is
sue containing the editorial upon
which we are commenting is a Chi
cago dispatch announcing lockout
by the building-traders alone in this
single city which deprives $4,000 men
of work. not for anv NJ tho o0nsos
The advocate., 1894-04-18

You ought to read the new book "The
Dogs and the Fless." See premium list
The advocate., 1894-04-18

Da1aOn House, Topeka, KA&1sl.1s-slSOpSr dAy
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-08
SPECIAL NOTICE.

From and after this date. all Resolu-
tions, Obituary Notices, Tributes of Res
of like nature, inserted in our respect
i've papers, will be charged for at the
rate of four az cents line. II you de
sire notice of this character published,
count eight (S) words to the line, and
accompany the same with the cash, 9TH
erwise no attention will be paid to the
order.
Local advertising interspersed with
regular local matter ten (10) cents per
line. each insertion, but when pub
lished under the head of preferred To-
GALS only five (5) cents per line will be
charged. Legal advertisements at the
rates. provided by law. Transient adj
vertisements payable in advance. All
yearly advertisements payable quarter
iy. Yearly rates furnished on applica-
ton. GEO. w. TIPPETT,
PUBLISHER REGISTER.
LIVIA N. POFFENBARGER,
PUBLISHER STATE-GAzETTE.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-08
THE LATE STRIKE.
GOmpers Says 1t Has Indirectly Benefited

Gompers Says It Has Indirectly Benefited
DETROIT, July Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
OF Labor, who was in the city, speaking
Of the recent strike, said:
Although failing in the dramatic
sense, wormen have secured many adj
vantages by it. Concessions of more or
less Importance have been made by en-
ployers in over 1000 instances for the
purpose of avoiding what they imagined
would be general strike for improved
conditions.
''The injunctions of the courts, while
they had the effect to defeat the rail-
road strike, have made the worHmen
feel more keenly than ever that If they
expect any material change from exist
ing wrongs, they must depend wholly
upon themselves and their own efforts
The strike has gwen great impetus to
organization in trades and callings
There are 100, GOO more men in the
unions than there were two months
ago"
Speaking Of the initiation of the po-
itical movement, Mr.. Gompers said
that a political program had been laid
out for the Federation of Labor at the
Chicago convention, and it was ex-
pected that at the next convention mat
tiers would take form Pending the
adoption of platform, local bodies are
at liberty to take such political action as
In their Judgment will best subserve
their own interests.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-08
NEws m 4 NuTsnELL


Etsns Of Interest Gathered From An Parts
OF the World.
G. r. Brand has secured the Toledo post
mnstership.
Trixis Bennett. the actress. has suicided
nt Hot Springs.
Seven people died aud five seriously pros
trated By heat In Philadelphia
The Adams Express company claims to
have lost s1ss 54s In Ohio last year.
Al receiver nas been appointed for Paul
Boynton's water show, in London
Receipts of livestock in Chicago were
5000 head the largest ever known.
After an earthquake in southern Cali
tornia n blue ball Of fire sped across the
sky.
Train wreekers ditched an Alabama
Southern train at Trenton. Ga. No lives
lost
The first claim for damages against Chi
cag0 for property destroyed during the
strike has been filed
H NJ NELL estimates the cotton acreage
at q ,OcO, 600 acres and the growing crop at
nearly 100000 bales
A grand jury in Chicago has issued re-
port stating that gambling Hourishes there
under police protection.
The United States steamer Bennington,
AAANA45 A4lOuAO G4LeIa anu GQEt6 OGueE
refugees aboard. Is ut Aculpaco taking
coaI
A Washington dispatch saws of the tariff
situation that there are signs Of weak
ening among the senators for the first
time.
The will of James E Ward, the steam
ship capitalist. gives all his property
more than 81, 10000 in vaIue-to an only
daughter
Mn. Harris of Kansas, member Of the
house committee on Pacific railroads,
wants the government 70 take Charge Of
the Pacific railroads.
Two contested election cases are likely to
occupy the attention of the house this
week. contests over the seats for the Sec
ond Kansas and Fifth North Carolina dis
triets.
The experts who are delving into the
family history Of Ceasario, the assassin of
President Carnot, have discovered that
four of his relatives died in asylums for
lunatics
Consul Downs, at Amsterdam, under the
the date of July ID, informs the state de-
partment that the chamber of commerce
of that city has recommended the estab-
Hshment OF a new line of steamers direct
from Amsterdam to New York.
George F. Curtis, clerk in the United
States supreme court law library, and Miss
Mary Stevenson. eldest daughter of the
vice president, are sad because Mr.. Steven
son has separated them They were en-
gagged but the vice president says nay.
Mrs- Jessie Lingerfelter of Barr street,
Cincinnati, used coal oil to clean a bed 1t
ignited from gas jet and an explosion fol-
lowed which covered the woman with the
burning oil Her husband in smothering
the flames was seriously burned The
woman Will die
Representative Picker is preparing a
bill for the reimbursement of the state of
South Dakota by the United States gov
eminent for the sum expended by the state
to suppress the Sioux uprising in 1891. A
similar bill for reimbursing Nebraska re-
Gently passed the house
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-08
Notice to Physicians.

NOTICE is hereby given that special
IN session of the County Court of Ma
son County, West Virginia, will be held
at the Court House of said County, on
Thursday, the I'd day of August, 1894,
for the purpose of receiving sealed bids
from physicians and to appoint physi-
clan to attend all persons confined in
jail as lunatics, and persons charged with
felony or misdemeanor, and furnish all
medicines and drugs for, and give prop
er attention to all such persons at a
stipulated, fixed and exclusive annual
allowance. Such appointment will be
awarded to the lowest responsible bid
der, the court reserving the right to re-
ject any or all bids. The person receiv-
ing the appointment shall give bond
with sufficient security, to be approved
by the Court, for the faithful perform
ance of the trust and agreement.
Given under my hand this 25th day
of July, 1894.
Attest: j. P. R. B. SMITH, Clerk.
iuly25-2w.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-08
NOTTCE.

NOTICE is hereby given to all persons
In interested, that by an order of the
Circuit Court of Mason County, West
Virginia, made and entered on the I'd
day of June, 1894, in the Chancery
cause of Adam Weigand and others VS..
The Alliance Supply Company ard 9TH
ers, the undersigned was appointed
Special Receiver of all the property OF
said Company, and was authorized
and directed to proceed at once to COL
lect ali outstanding claims and demands
of every kind and character due and
owing the said The Alliance Supply
Company, and to bring such actions and
to prosecute such suits as may be deem
ed necessary and proper by him for that
purpose"
In view of the above order, all per.
sons indebted to the said Company will
please call and settle their accounts in
full with me, at the office of j. S. SPEN-
GER, Point Pleasant, w. Va. on or before
the goth day of August. 1894, and save
costs of suit.
E. ]. SOMERVILLE,
july11-4w. Special Receiver.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-08
AN OPEN SWfTcH
Wrecks Train NJ Cochran, Ind.-one Man
Killed

Killed
CINCINNATI, July 31.-Passenger train
No.-2 on the Baltimore and Ohio South
western ran into AN open switch at
Cochran, Ind, and collided with a
freight train on the siding late Monday
afternoon
The engine of the passenger train,
baggagecr and mailcar were wrecked,
but all Of the passengers escaped serious
injury
Engineer John Little of the passenger
was fatally injured when he jumped
from the engine. He struck on his head
and his skull was fractured.
William Bell OF Milan, Ind, who was
on the front end stealing a ride, was
crushed to death. The railroad men
claim that the switch was opened by
some one not connected with the rail
way company. A few moments later
NebO switch, three miles away, was dis
covered to be open by the crew of pas
senger train No. 10.
The train was laden with excursion
lists and was running slowly al. the
time, and this prevented a serious
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-08


Point Pleasant can be improved
in many respects without much ex.
pense to the town, if each citizen
would do his part. Why would it
not be good plan 10 appoint com
mittee from the Council and the
business men of our town to make
suggestions to the public of a course
to be followed in improving and
identifying our little city2 Among
us there are men and women who
would gladly give their time and
talents in aiding the people of Point
Pleasant in making this the pref
test town in the State.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-08

Chairman John t. Harris, If the
Congressional committee, has issued
the call for the Republican conven.
ton to be held at Point Pleasant on
Wednesday the 9Th of September.
This settles the matter. Hunting
ton Republicans were expecting the
plumb but, as usual, got left. Point
Pleasant is great convention city,
in proportion to it's size, and will
royalty entertain "the boys" SO let
er go.-Hunttngton Times.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-08
ReIierin Six Hours.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis
eases relieved in six hours by the NEW
GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN KIDNEY CURE. .
This new remedy is great surprise on
OF its fS bsdp Idneya in
back and every part of the urinary pas.
sages in male or female 1t relieves re-
tention of water and pain in passing il
almost Immediately. 1fyou want quick
relief and cure this is your remedy.
Sold by A. g. Van Glider, druggist,
Point Pleasant. Enov. 29-1y
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-08

"Did anybody ever get ahead OF
Bill Prall2"
eyes. Once an innocent looking
man came in from the country and
was gazing on some grind stones,
when the Stove King asked him il
he wanted to buy. The man asked
him how he sold them and William
responded by the pound, cent a
pound Well said the innocent,
give me about pounds of that big
gest one. '-Pomeroy Democsat.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-08
AUseIess Verdict.

eyes. said the old traveller, Twas
on a jury in California once. It was
q murder trial I didn't want the
fellow hanged and so stuck out
against the other IL for nine days,
locked up in the jury room, when
they. gave In, and we brought in a
verdict of Not guilty, and then 1
was ready to stab myself with spite. +"
'rWhat about7'
"aCause the mob had hanged the
prisoner ON the very first day we
were locked up. Exchange.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-08

WAsHNGToN. July s1.-The old Ford
theater building, by the falling of which
on June ., 1898. 90 government clerks
met their death and many more were
injured, has been repaired and the 26O
clerks who now make up the record and
pension division of the war department.
have been transferred TO the renovated
building. 1t is said by superintendent
Wilson, who was In charge of the re-
pairing, that the building Is now as safe
as any occupied by government forces
anywhere in the city.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-08

The prisoners confined in our
Jail for petit larceny and misde,
meanors, to the number of four, un-
der charge of Mr. Hellems, is getting
the Clarksburg road in pretty good
repair-probably better than it has,
ever been. When the Legislature
passed the law requiring prisoners
of this class TO work upon the coun-
ty roads it did a good thing, and if
it is properly enforced by the courts,
it will not De many years until all
the important roads in the State
viii be very much bettered.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-08
A Quarter Century Test

For quarter of century DIR. Kings
millions who have received benefit from
its use testify to its wonderful curative
powers in all diseases of Throat, Chest
and Lungs. a remedy that has stool
the test so long and that has given so
universal satisfaction is no experiment.
Each bottle is positively guaranteed to
give relief, or the money will be refund
ed. It's admitted To be the most reli-
able for Coughs and Colds. Trial bot
ties free at Hooks Drug Store. Large
size DC. and $780,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-08

Ill tempered people, says a prom
inent physician, would become mild
hammered and kind if they would
quit eating meat.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-08
n Nav IDOL ns Much for Yon.

Mr.. Fred Miller, of Irving, ILL.,, writes
many years, with severe pains in his
back and also that his bladder was af-
fected. He tried many SO called Kid
.ney cures but without any good result.
About year ago he began use of Elec-
trio Bitters and found relief at once.
Electric Bitters is especially adapted to
cure of all Kidney and Liver troubles
and often gives almost instant relief.
One trial will prove our statement.
Price only SOC. for large bottle at Hoofrs
Drug Store.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-08

Come to this office when you
need anything in the printing line.
We do it better and cheaper than
any other Office.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-08

No matter how sloyenly the rest
of the furniture may look, the back
of the average rocking chair is apt
to have a tidy appearance.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-08

This is an age when young people
think they know more than old peo-
pie and the old people think they
know more than the young people.
1t is a observation-disclosures.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-08
Boiler Explosion.

WILMINGTON, N. c., July ia
boiler at the Ecclson g. Parmalee Lum-
her association mills at jacksonville.
n. c., exploded, killing three colored
men instantly and fatally injuring a
fourth.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-08

The average condition Of the APP
pie crop for the entire country is
only forty seven per cent-peaches
still worse.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-08

The steamer W. N. Chancellor,
was burnt the other day just above
Mason City, this county, for the
iron in her.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-08

English SPAWN Liniment removes all
Hard, Soft or Calloused Lumps and
Blemishes from horses, Bio i Spavins,
Cnrbs Splints, Sweeney, Ring bone,
Stiles, Sprains, all Swollen Threats,
Coughs, etc. Save $50by the use of one
Blemish Cure ever known. Soldby a.
@. Van Glider. druggist, Point Pleasant.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-08

The annual production of matches
it is stated, now amounts to about
10000 tons.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-08

: There is family of three children
at Point Pleasant whose names
are: Union Liberty Booth, Pontius
Plate Booth, and Star of Bethle-
hem Booth. The latter is a girl
Pomerou Tribune.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-08

Colorado it is the highest State
in the Union. Its $500 feet above
the level of the sea.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-08

The much despised English spar
rows are kept busy these days kill
ing grass-hoppers on the streets of
Point Pleasant.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-08

I colIingwood-I say. Tillinghast,
sidu't YOU tell me that Miss Elderlxin
TSIlinghast-No. Isaid she was a
zork Of art London Tit-Bits
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-08

FosrER's, O., July s1.-John Nc
Gregory was horsewhipped by some
citizens for his general cussedness.