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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-19
"whAr are WE HERE EoRro
Wei F~ianagnn's Own Story of How III
Uttered the Famous Remark.

- -
WEI Flanmgmnss Own Story of How He
Uttered the Famous Remark
Flanagan of Texas" IL q name that
always brings up a famous question:
'What + we here for?" Whether IN
New York, Chicago or San Francisco,
that name on the hotel register always
brings q crowd of people to see the man
who originated one of the most famous
phrases in American politics. The SEN
tence has gone into history and become
a mart of it, 1t was one of the memora-
ble incidents of one of the most memo
rable conventions that ever assembled
in A~merica-the Chicago national Re-
publican convention which defeated
Grant and nominated Garfield. Ever
since then somebody in every conven-
ton, large or small, has arisen to ask,
"What are we here for?' Web Flana-
gan of Henderson, Rusk county, Tex,
is the man who said it first of all. To a
writer for the Galveston News Flana,
gan told the story Of the phrase. This
is the way he told it:
''It was in Chicago in 1880. / was @
member from Texas in the national CON
vention. When the committee ON plat
form and resolutions reported, Barker Of
Massachusetts offered to insert q planl
pledging the party to civil service re
form. | arose in my place and said
Mr.. President, Texas has had quit'
enough of civil service reform. Out o
1. 800 Offices in that state /, 900 of then
are filled by Democrats. We believ'
that to the victors belong the spoils
Every proposition Of this sort come
from states that are threatened with
Mugwump invasion. Sir, the boys II
the trenches are demanding recognition
Party service entities them to something
at the party's hands. They need tn
offices, and, sir, what r we here TO
but for the ofices?' Immediately th
delegates and the galleries yelled. The,
shouted till they were hoarse, and !
was several minutes before the Chairman
was finally able to restore order. Tn
next day the incident was in all OF tn
papers, and from then till now it ha
been travelling around the earth. 1hav
seen it in foreign papers and have hear
it time and again in national CONVEX
tions since then. It was simply q forci
BILE way / had of expressing myself.
never had the slightest idea that m
chief claim to fame should be a chanc
expression in the confusion of o grea
national body"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-19

FOR RAINY DAYS. the weather is
stormy and wet does not cause the sur
prise it would have caused ayear or two
ago. The San Francisco dress reform
suit IL designed solely for wet weather,
when skirts, conventional hose and
shoes afford very unsatisfactory protec-
ton against the rain. The costume has
o cutaway jacket that resembles she
popular outing jacket, O short skirt AND
dark wool boomers that reach TO the
knees. Below the knees are rubber leg
gings, and the boots are supplied with
ordinary rubber sandals. An alpine
hat serves as headgear. and there are
collars, cuffs and q very mannish waist
coat that has q satin back and straps
and buckles to tighten it. There are
two rows of gilt buttons and small peck
cts for money and q watch.
The jacket has revers, pockets, gaunt
letlike cuffs of the dark wool, and tin
front opens without any sign Of fasten
ing oven the waistcoat. The vest AIS
has rolling ravers and Ia cut low. TIL
skirt liz made in large plaits, the from
being smooth and gored, and the length
I'm inches may be regulated according y
the taste of the wearer. The popula
skirt, however, seems one that reache
about two inches below the knee. I'm
der the skirt and well concealed from
view are the revolutionary boomers
which are Of a decidedly baggy charac
ter. They are held in at the waist an
knees by rubber bands.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-19

tention. In q very few years the words
were familiar all oven the country, and
America took rank a. q national air
with THE Star Spangled Banner. Z
During the war the northern soldiers
found inspiration in the song even while
bullets were flying. and on Feb. 90,
1868, Bartlett's entire brigade of the
Army of the Potomac celebrated Wash
ington's birthday by singing "Ameri-
ca in chorus at Camp White Oak
church in Virginia Five martial bands
played the air, and 2, 800 men composed
the grand chorus.
DR.. Smith was pastor OF the Water
VILE lie. J Baptist church from 1884 "a
] l842, preached at Newton, Mass, for
| i2 years thereafter and was professor In
| Waterville college, now Colby univer-
sity, while a resident OF Newton. He
has been editor Of various Baptist pub.
lications, reads or speaks I'D languages
and liz the author of numerous religious
books. His famous missionary hymn,
1.-THE Morning Light Ii Breaking, :
was also written while he was o theo'
logical student &C Andover. DR.. Smith
and his wife reside At Newton Center,
eight miles from Boston.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-19


Volga Tribune, 16: The ~canyassing OF
the ballots for this county convinced the
commissioners that too much cannot be
taken in the appointment Of members of
election boards, and that the election
boards cannot be too particular as to
who are made election clerks. Bad
spelling, bad figuring, bad footing, bad
penmanship and the wrong placing OF
anne and figures showed up most fear.
fully In at least one out OF every four OF
the precincts. Notwithstanding the in.
~strnetions are plain and the blanks sup.
piled would Q TO be a band of steel tc
hold these officers to correct work, blum.
ders m made without number and
without excuse
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-19

Pierre dispatch, Is: The Carter Pub
fishing company has commenced an
action against the state in the supreme
court to recover s5,424.40 which State
Auditor Hippo reiectsd {. This suit
grows out of the public printing con-
tract let two years ago. The claim is
made that they did not get the work to do
to which they we're entitled under their
contract, and they now ask that this
amount be paid them. The auditor re
fused to audit the claim, for the reason
that the work was already paid for. The
same company will o have completed
volume four OF the territorial court re-
ports.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-19
manufaCturing IMPOSES

Aberdeen News, Is: The day before
election granulated sugar retailed in
this city at twenty-one pounds for a
dollar. At that time the News called
attention to the fact, predicted that il
would not last long, and also reminded
the public of an allusion made a month
previous to a contract between the sugar
trust and democratic national committee
whereby sugar was not to be farther adj
vanced before election but on the con
trary was to be reduced. GRADUATED
sugar was selling in this city yesterday
at the rate Of 18 pounds for a dollar and
today the wholesale price advanced
half cent over yesterday.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-19

Huronite, Is: The value of a sense
lessly yit~uperative campaign is pretty
well illustrated in the Codington result
The Journal of that city set out on the
personal abuse" plan, and its party
suffers the most humiliating defeat that
has ever come to it. The day is past In
which papers can add to their influence
and the respect in which they are held
among men, by dealing in misrepresenta'
ton and other malicious exhibitions OF
personal hate.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-19

A scheme to secure a valuable water
power in Union county, South Dakota, is
being worked up by Elk Point parties
The plan is to connect the Missouri
river near Burbank in Clay county,
twenty miles above Sioux City, with the
Sioux river by a canal straight east
across Union county a distance of eigh:
and a half miles, the fall being nearly 81
feet. This will give a water fall of 1900
horse power which will be utilized for
manufacturing purposes.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-19

Dell Rapids Tribune, II: The late
election went against a number OF our
republican newspaper brethren. Bros
Blosser, OF the Washington Springs True
Republican, and Patten Of the Salem
Special, we're defeated in their candidacy
for auditor in their respective counties,
as was also Bro. Clough, OF the Egan
Express, who was q candidate for clerk
of the courts. You have u condol-
epces, orothersl
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-19
Forest Air.

There. is a general impression that the
humidity of the air is greater in the
woods than in the open fields. This ID
contradicted, however, by the result of
observations recently made i'm Germany.
It was found there that the humidity,
both relative and absolute, was slightly
greater In the open than in the woods,
and this was true equally in the morn
Ing and in the afternoon.
AS 10 the temperature of the ali
among the trees, Ii was q trife higher
than in the open in the morning, and in
. more marked degree in the afternoon.
Youths Companion.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-19

According to the Clear Lake Courier a
shortage has been found in the accounts
of Y Treasurer Anderson OF that county;
not a very large shortage. but enough to
show that Mr.. Anderson was incompe-
tent to handle the business, and though
he claims not to have received the money
he does not show in whose pockets the
dollars are iingling.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-19
THE LADIES OF CHINA
THEY WELD CONSIDERABLE lNFLUs
ENcE I'M ORIENTAL POLITICS.

The Dowagsr Empress Has Nodded the
Policy Of Her Country, and Lady Il Hung
Chang Possesses O Superior Education
and Accomplishments.
Ii Hung Chang has sunk under q
weight of woes. It was his misfortune
to be prime minister Of China when the
war with Japan came ON. China was
beaten at every point, and Iii was dis
graced. But this was the occasion Of
bringing out the strong qualities of his
wife, Lady or Marchioness Ii, to trans
late her title into its European equiva-
lent. I'm America she would be thought
N lady of inferior education, but in Chi
ma she Is a prodigy indeed, for woman
there has been SO pressed down by ages
of barbaric custom that she can rise even
o little only by the most tr~anscendent
genius.
It is indeed an extraordinary fact that
each of the three countries just now 80
prominent has n talented woman OF
great influence in public affairs. The
dowager empress of China was born in
extreme poverty and sold as a slave at
Ia, yet she became O favorite of the
emperor. Her son succeeded to the
throne, and she was practically ruler
for many years. The empress of Japan
is universally loved for her charities
and is q leader in all social reforms and
the adoption of western ways. The
queen of Korea is of the great Min fam
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-19

James w. Cone, clerk OF the lower
house of the state legislature every ses-
sion since statehood is said to be again
slated for that position by a majority OF
the newly elected legislators. MIR. Cone
makes q model officer and Is q valuable
assistant To the speaker.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-19

Hughes county will present the name
of Chas. IL. Burke, Esq, of Pierre, as a
candidate for the speakership of the
next legislature, Mr. Burke is highly
spoken OF as a gentleman well qualified
to fill the arduous duties OF speaker.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-19
The wonders Of the sky.

The Professor enthusiastically)-Ah,
Miss Nomer, astronomy il q grand
study Look now, for instance. at Orion.
Wonder Ii Mars, Owen there II Jupiter,
and that beautiful blue star is Sirius.
Hiss Nomer deeply interested)-Oh,
professor How wonderful But tell me,
how did you astronomers sven find ont
tbs names OF all those stars?-Answers.
Dr. Prices cfeam Baking Powder
World's Fair Highest award.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-19
NEW YORK, Jal

NEW YORK, Jan. s, 1888.
/ have seen Rose several times and shall say
Roodby tomorrow. i do all / can for her, but
nothing on earth can render her lonely life less
weary, poor souli As for Gods reward for
what ] have done, i can hardly appreciate
Ii. IT'S more hk punishment for mtsdeeds
(of which Nv done many than grace for good
ones Gle I've done any. Homelessness Is the
actors fate, physical ~incapacity to attain
what is most required and desired by such o
spirit as / am slave to. If there be rewards,
/ certainly am well paid, but hard schooling
in life's hankless lessons has made me some
what Of a philosopher, and I've learned to take
the buffets and rewards Of fortune with equal
thanks, and in suffering all to suffer- won't
say nothing, but comparatively little. Dick
Stoddard wrote q poem called 1.-THE Kings
Bell, which fits my case exactly (you may
have read it,. He dedicated it to Lorimer
Graham, who never knew an unhappy day in
his brief life, instead of to me, who never
knew q really happy one. You mustn't suppose
from this hat I'm i'll in mind or body. On the
contrary, ] Am well enough in both. Nor am
/ q pessimist. merely wanted you to know
that the sugar Of my life Is bitter ~sweet-per-
haps not more SO than every mans whose ex-
perience has been above and below the surface.
Business has continued large and increases o
little every night. The play win run two
weeks longer. Sunday at 4 O'Clock / start for
Baltimore, arriving there at 10 o'clock.
Tomorrow a meeting of actors, managers and
artists at breakfast to discuss and organize, III
possible, a theatrical club like the Garrick Of
Taudou
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-19

OF women now
ride their wheels
in divided skirts.
bloc IN and
CATERS thatreach
to the knee, and
in New Yerk and
Brook lyn the
bloomer girl is
ESQ often seen ped
aling her bicycle
along the streets
and in the parks
that she no lon
ger attracts spe-
cial attention.
With such an
opening wedge
i'm evidence, the
news that 80 San
Francisco WON
en- have promised
to wear a reform
costume w b Q
" d.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-19

James A. Ward, late democratic candi-
date for governor of South Dakota it is
reported will soon leave Pierre to live in
Huntsville. Alabama.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-19
Matter OF Tasfe.

She-But how can You think I'm
pretty when my nose turns up 30?
He-Well, all ! have 10 say Is that
IL shows mighty poor taste In backing
away from snch d OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ard.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-19
RRMs OF SUBSCRIPTION


THE DAILY LEADER makes q epeeiai feature on
and resources OF the city Of Madison and OF the
state Al large emitting it TO the patronage OF ad-
j. r. STAHL, Proprietor.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-19
Better Than / SsNngs Bank.

be destroyed by IRE. 1t is q saw
bank which never breaks, and
+ pays large interest to it's deposi-
tors. 1t has been truly said that
real estate is the basis of all
wealth, and he or she who possesses
it, be the quantity ever SO small,
has something tangible on which
to rely in times of adversely, as it
has a fixed value, which
cannot be said of perishable prop
erty.
The owner of a piece of real es-
tate is the owner Of a
HON E,
or that out of which he or she can
make a home at pleasure, and the
time is not far distant when the
owner of a home will be independ-
emit indeed as well in this country
as it now is in foreign countries.
Every person expects to be the
owner of a home sometime, but
he masses of the people let the
opportunity for securing a home
pass UNDECIDED, and soon prices and
terms of payment are beyond their
reach, and the consequence is they
live and die without a home, as
poor when they leave the world az
when they entered it, never having
acquired a portion of the earth az
their own, when a little exercise Of
good Judgment at the .opportune
time, and a small outlay, would
have secured to them a good home
and the money which they spend
for rent during their lifetime
could be applied to the comforts
and enjoyment of life, or laid by
Tor a "rainy day"
They who arrive at the "shady
side" Of life
WITHOUT A HOME
are indeed to be pitied. Contras
the condition of the person wh'
owns his own home with the on
who rents. Which will you select
You can have either condition; !
remains for you to decide. Th
Risest and most prosperous peopl
in this country are purchasing al
the real estate their means vii
admit of, and are advising. thei
friends to do likewise. A yer
intelligent and wealthy old gen
tleman who resides in. Illinois, an
who has travelled extensively an
been very observing, wrote US
few days ago, and in his letter h
said:
"Real estate In your section c
country must very soon be in az
tive demand at much advance
prices, as all of the good, chea
lands are gone, and your land
must command prices equal I
, those of thestates just east of yo,
and your cities, especially sue
BUSINESS centers as Madison, mus
; grow rapidly and city lots advanc
in value accordingly. [ look upo
investments in real estate in, you
locality as the best that can b
made at this time"
Opinions coming from men {
this character are If value an
should be needed.
If the possession of q home wei
not within your reach, how earne'
would be your wish that it wa
and how great your anxiety to
the happy possessor OF q piece I
his earth you could call your owl
While there is now a most fayo.
able opportunity for securing sue
a home, do you know that this q
portunity will soon disappear, an
{ you have not improved it /
purchasing, you will ever after r
!. greet it. Tie you are a single perso'
buy not orly for a future HON
: but as an
INVESTMENT.
Every dollar deposited in a eli
lot or a farm will be there for ye
: when needed for your own use. az
will earn many more dollars
( INCREASE I'm VALUE.
? The foundation Of many
fortune has been lain !
II .ZEA GE ~ G5
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-19
Cenversasaoual Clocks.

A Ganeva arm Ii notwithstanding pho
geographic clocks. which talk the hour
instead at striking IL I
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-19

also than you Will nave later on, as
well as the advantage of the present
Low PRICES.
If you have been renting q
house in the city, stop a moment
and think how much you have
out in rent, and If you have
been renting long you will soon
figure out that you have paid out
enough for rent to build as good
or a better house than you are rent
ing, and still you have no home of
your own. Why not put this
money into
HOUSE OF YOUR OWN,
in which You will feel q natural
pride, and have a permanent and
pleasant home for yourself and
family in your declining years. A
little energy on your part will do
it. Start at once by
BUYING A LOT.
liz you are renting g farm figure
a moment what you IRE paying out
annually for rent and how soon
this rental would buy a farm here.
What you pay out in rent in two
or three years in Iowa or Illinois
would buy equally as good a farm
in South Dakota. Stop renting
and come out and buy a farm Of
your own and feel the independ-
ence OF
OWNING A HOME.
Don't delay this until next year, as
very much advanced prices for
fSouth Dakota real estate, which is
sure to come, win soon prevent you
from buying, and your opportuni-
ty of lifetime will be- gone.
But many will say, Il have not
sufficient money On hand with
which to buy even q lot" Sup
pose you have not = and there are
many of this Glasgow can pay a
small amount down, and we will
give you all the time you need on
the balance. You q pay a fixed
amount each month, or make pay
ments any other way to suit your
convenience, saving a little for the
purpose from your other expendi-
lures, and before you know it your
lot is
PAID FOR
and you have not missed the mon
ey the amount of each payment
being so small. Had you not saved
and expended these small amounts
in this way, the chances are that
this same money would have been
Expended in some trivial way and
you would have nothing to show
for it. Surely there is 10
SAVINGS BANK
: equal to a piece of real estate, and
especially if that real estate is
sometime to be your Home.
!, 1t will surprise you when you
lsok over our list, to see how
LITTLE READY MONEY
! it will take to secure a fine resi-
dence or business lot in this city,
or a beautiful farm in this county,
t We own and control nearly all the
|, real estate which we handle, hence
can give exceptionally low prices
{ and easy terms of payment. Ii
you only have q few dollars to
: spare now, come in or write US, and
, we will fit you out with a good lot
: or more than one if you want, and
/ arrange payments satisfactorily I'd
J you. Tie you have only Q few hun.
J bred dollars to spare, and want 3
farm, come and see us, or write.
and we feel positive we can arrange
a deal to your satisfaction.
Madison, with her college, excel.
lent public schools, churches, Chau-
tauqua assembly, and other liter.
] airy and social advantages, has 9
7 wide reputation for being a
CITY OF HOMES;
. and Lake county with her excel.
lent lands, q county in which The
majority of the farmers
vi OWN THEIR FARMS,
q and we shall do all In our power tt
q continue this condition, by giving
Liberal TERMS to all
HOMESEEKERS
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-19
FIFTY eLooMER 4

xhey HAVE Gone In For Radical Dress Re-
form I'm Masse.
The bicycle has been ono OF the most
potent aida of dress reform. Thousands
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-19
EDWIN BOOTHS uNHAPPINEss.
To His Daughter He Says He Was Neveu
Really Happy.

A number of letters written by Edwin
Booth to his daughter and intimate
friends are published in The Century.
The following one to his daughter gives
an index to the melancholy that was so
marked i'm his disposition:
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-19
L

Every dollar deposited in q city
lot or a farm will be there for you
when needed for your own use, and
will earn many more dollars by
INCREASE IN VALUE.
The foundation OF many q
fortune has been lain BY
the purchase Of q city lot. Ii you
have q family. then by all means
you want q home. e You wish to
live in the city, buy . lot, or more
than one il you feel able, and COM
mence at once to improve it by
planting trees on it if nothing
more, and building or it as soon
rs practicable. You can make !
Dan for the purpose Of building il
you own your lot. IL you are .
farmer and expect to retire soon
and secure q farm, or come to the
town for the purpose Of educating
! your children then you certainly
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-17

The man knocked at the door of a
boarding house on>Cass avenue, and the
landlady opened it.
II presume you are the landlady,"
he said after saying GOOD morning.
"Why do you presume that?' she
asked, with a snap, for the visitor look
ed as il he might be some kind of AN
agent. -@
"A friend of mine, Mr.. Smith, who
used to board here, told me I'd recog-
nize you as a lady Of about So"
She fairly gasped at this.
did he tell you that?" she inquired,
with suppressed emotion.
He did, madam"
And you recognized me by that de-
scription?"
The visitor knew something about
discretion being the better part Of valor,
having been an agent for a long time.
1T did not, madam y he responded.
"It's a good thing yon didn't" she
said. when I bounced that fellow
Smith for not paying his bill for three
months, he told me he would get even
with me, and this il how he is doing
it."
Then she bounced the visitor. De
troit Free Press.