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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07
SPEECH.
An Eastern Opinion of It.

The Sioux Falls Press prints a
comment upon Senator Pettigrew's
speech from the Cincinnati CONNER
cial Gazette as follows:
Senator Pettigrew of South Da-
kota delivered a tariff speech yester-
day which deserves careful reading.
1t will be recalled that this north
western republican was one of the
three distinguished senators in his
party who voted against the final
adoption of the conference report on
the Mckinley tariff bill in 1890.
The others were Senators Plumb of
Kansas and Paddock of Nebraska.
Senator Pettigrew has been regarded
as a low tariff man, although a ster-
ling American and affirm Republican.
What one who has occupied his
position against what many have been
regarding as high tariff would say
in opposition to the Wilson tariff bill
is of more than momentary interest.
Senator Pettigrew opposed the Will
son bill and spoke earnestly against
the senate amendments to that meas
ure. He Ia among those who OPP
posed the democratic decentralization
of silver. He believes in the liberal
coinage of both gold and silver, and
contends that as the market varies
the prices for products of the farm
vary. Senator Pettigrew insists that
an arrangement for the free coinage
of both gold and silver could be
entered into between the United
States and all of the countries OF
Europe without England, and that
the latter would be forced to come
into the Union, even though she
were ignored in the arrangement.
as England can not maintain her
commercial interestes with the world
and remain outside of a monetary
union. He holds hat a liberal use
of silver is of greater advantage to
England than to any other country,
and that in fact England ran not
much longer hold out On a gold basis.
This was limited at by Senator Came
ron of Pennsylvania in a speech
recently delivered by him. but it has
not heretofore been openly assumed
by any one
Senator Pettigrew in his speech
takes high ground against the demo
cratic idea of a tariff for revenue
only. and ardentIy resists the Wilson
bill and the senate amendments TO
that measure. Senator Pettigrew is
ole of the brainiest of the Young re-
publicans, and representing a state
so largely interested in agricultural
pursuits as South Dakota, his speech
is instructive.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07

The vote on the sugar schedule
amendments seems to corroborate all
that has been charged against the
democratic senate and is out and oat
sugar trust Legislation. The St. Paul
Globe. that staunch administration
organ has this to say of it:
There is no use in blinking mat
tiers. There is no excuse for it. That
the steal is only half hal allowed by
the Republicans is no excuse, but
condemnation. The Republicans did
what they exist for; they were true
to the principle of their party; they
were protecting and fostering an in
dustry at the cost of all; but these
men are false to their party, false to
its principle, recreant to a sacred
trust. .
1t is this that makes every demo-
crat who is not one for revenue only,
but who is earnestly, honestly and
intelligently a democrat, sick at
heart. 1t is this that adds to the
other conditions which makes some
men despair of the republic and b~"e-
less of its perpetuity. 1t
which is making thoughtful men in
all parties ask themselves if a policy
which brings in such corrupting in
f~iuences, which is able to dominate
one party to its will and thwart the
purposes of another, is a policy to be
continued. And it is just this that
is making true democrats more rigid
in their democracy and more certain
than ever that what is not democratic
is not right.
The safety of the party now lies
in the hands of the house and of the
president. If they ratify this surren-
der of the party to protection they
will consign the party to a merited
death: but democracy, the spirit,
the principle. will live. to invigorate
some other organization which will
take up the standard this one aban-
dons and carry it to victory.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07

While the Cruiser Chicago and
its worthy representatives of the
American navy have been helping
to cement the friendly ties that
unite the two great English speak
ing countries to each other, the
American and British fleets have
entered upon a cooperative patrol
of the North Pacific and the Boring
Sea for the enforcement of the new
regulations protecting the seal fish
cries. Ali signs point toward the
carrying out in perfect good faith
Of the prescriptions of the Paris
tribunal of arbitration, with the
result of a most worthy object les
son in international cooperation as
opposed to friction, pickering and
strife. Everything now visible in-
dicates the possibility of
intimate relations be-
tween Great Britain and the United
States that will make not only for
the advantage of the two countries
but also for the peace and welfare
OF the whole world. But this very
outlook, far from affording a reason
Why the United States need not
trouble itself to build a navy, calls
emphatically for the considerable
further development of our fleet.
We shall have no uses for q vast
floating armament like E~ngland's,
but we need ships enough to per.
form promptly and creditably the
many errands that our national in
terests create, and in addition We
must recognize the desirability of a
moderate number of battle ships as
q means Of defense. The possession
by our government Of IA modern
navy M to u certain point is "a guar
sntee Of peace rather than a menace
OF War.-From "The Progress of
the World" June Review of Re-
views.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07
Not a Blame.

The administration should not be
blamed for abandonment of the
civil service reform idea. 1t got
away while the presiient and secre.
tary OF state we're gone fishing
Sioux City Journal.
Neither should the president be
blamed for going fishing. He wan
ted tovget away and forget for a
short time his fool congress.-Iri-
quois Chief.
We think it would be the best
thing for the country if congress
would adjourn aud all 90 fishing.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07

adjustment of the sugar schedule
of the pending tariff bill are SO
positive and explicit that they a
not be dismissed as mere sensational
newspaper gossip. 1t may be that
some of the accused persons are In
nocent, and that others have been
influenced BY political rather than
pecunlary conditions; but there is
good reason to believe that a syste-
matte and stupendious wrong has
been perpetrated, that large sums
of money have been made by specu-
lators having advance information
that could have come only from
certain senators, and that the bill
as it stands is calculated to be
greatly profitable to the Sugar
Trust. 1t is hardly to be supposed
that this familiar and obnoxious
organization would be thus favored
If 1T had not in some way specially
commended its interests to the kind
less of the men engaged in arrang-
ing the tariff duties. The story is
that it contributed half a million
dollars to the democratic campaign
fand In 1892, on an express promise
from the leaders of the party hat
the sugar duty should be fixed to
its satisfaction, and that said duty
has been manipulated in accordance
with that bargain and in repayment
of that financial assistance.
This story is so well supported
~ known facts with regard to the
action of the democratic majority
of the Senate Finance Committee
on the sugar question that the coun-
try will not be satisfied without a
thorough investigation of the mat
ter. The senators who are directly
implicated in the alleged abuse of
power certainly cannot afford to
treat such thing with Indifference;
and those who are free from suspi-
cion IN the case are equally bound
to insist upon the full and rigid
probing of charges that so seriously
affect the reputation of the body to
which they belong. If there was
no pledge given to the Sugar Trust
In return for its munifcent cam
paign contribution, then the people
have a right to know how the sugar
schedule came to be so arranged as
to guarantee the trust an absolute
and perpetual monopoly, with the
opportunity added to make an
enormous profit by the postpone
ment of the operation of the duty
until next January. 1t will not do
to say that this remarkable advan-
tage is accidental, when so many
other interests are treated with
pronounced hostility. The prefer
ence thus shown to the most grasp
ing and gigantic corporation in the
land viii! have to be explained in
some way. AS the affair now stands
the inference of conspiracy and
corruption is the only reasonable
one; and it is for the democratic
senators to show, if they can, that
this idea is incorrect and unjustiti-
able.-St. Louis Globe. Democrat.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07

Ben Shannon's famous pet NAL
tese. "'Grover Cleveland" came on,
of his hiding place the other day
with a fine family of kittens. A
H;llite friend of Ben writes that
st is simply a practical Illustration
OF the fact that you can never tell
what Grover Cleveland will do
nextn."-Huronite.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07
Like the one In Georgia.

The Ruralist, in speaking Of
Viewers nomination for congress,
says he will make an old fashioned
campaign.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07
County Delegate Convention.

The Republicans of Day county, South Da-
kota. will meet in delegate convention at the
opera house in Webster. on Saturday. June -.
1894. at one O'Clock, y. m. 10 elect fifteen dele
gates TO represent said county in the Republic
can state convention, called To meet at lank-
ton on the I'D day of August 1894.
The basis ef representation will be one dele
gate FOR eseh township and one delegate for
each twPaty votes or major fraction thereof.
cast fo1 Hon. &. H. sheldon for governor in 1892
da1avutaS us fplIuvrs
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07

Los:-A long wlnded, much
abused TRADE against capital. labor
and everything else, known as the
Chicago platform Liberal dis
count on its return and no questions
askrd. /. A. NJ. \ DEMOCRAT.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07
History Repeats Itself.

Weaver has been nominated
for congress by the populists of the
seventh Iowa district.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07

Best Man In the Party.

If Mary Ellen Lease should fall a
victim of her ills it would be a
we're blow to the populists.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07
keIiey's Whipping Post.

The Bristolite speaks of the party
lash. Well, it should know its
powers as it has been getting it hot
for some time.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07

Congress has not taken a fall out
OF the Russian thistle for several
days, but Jack F.ust has.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07
Oregon returns indicate a sub
stantial Republican majority.

b eckenridge continues to exhi.
bit his monumental brass in Ken.
lucky.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07

Dated at Chamberlain. South Dakota, this
5th day of May, A.. d. 1894.
BY order of the state central committee.
j. NJ. GREENE. Chairman.
j. III. SCRIvEN, Secretary.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07

a personal friend of Capt. Lucas
who feels there has been an injus-
tIce done the captain by the report
which has been circulated through
the state to the effect that he favor
ed the appointment to Annapolis
Naval Academy, Of a nonresident
in preference to a South Dakota
boy, sends us the accompanying ex-
tract, with the following request:
will you please give place to the
following explanation of how Capt.
Lucas could not secure a cadetship
for a South Dakotan, and oblIge his
many Republican friends.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07
LUCAS AND THE CADET.

Some of the western papers have
made a great deal Of fuss over the
appointment of a cadet for the An
napOlls Naval academy by congress-
man Lucas. 1t is alleged that he
ignored South Dakota aud appo:n-
ted a young man named Victor
Stewart Houston, a nonresident.
The fact is that NJ .Lucas had prac-
Ideally little to do with the appoint-
ment. He designated Frank
Clough, of Deadwood, a son of Rev.
z. E. Clough, as his appointee.
with Will Brennan, of Hermosa, as
alternate. Brennans teacher in the
Black Hills college advised him,
after seeing the examination papers
not to 60 to Annapolis, as he could
not stand the examination. Clcugh
went and passed an elegant mental
quiz" but failed in physical
strength. These two designations
exhausted the rights of the South
Dakota Congressman. Secretary
Herbert had a young man III Ala
bama whom he desired to appoint.
In the meantime Capt. Houston, of
the United States steamer Dale
was anxious to get his son into the
academy. He was advised by Sec
rotary Herbert that If he could get
Mr.. Lucas to indorse the applica-
ton he would make the appoint
ment. Mr.. Lucas found that he
cou Id not get a South Dakota boy
IN, and that it vas q question Of
Houston or an Alabama boy. He
therefore Endorsed Houston and he
was appointed, but only after South
Dakota was barred - Washington
Cor. Sioux City Journal.
Further comment on the matter
is unnecessary, IS the above clip
ping fully explains the situation
and places it IN its true light before
the people.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07

By order of the county central committee.
May %. 1884.
JosEPHUs ALLEY, Chairman.
c. w. STAFFORD, Secretary.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-07-28

was adopted 1nto the family o1 my fathers younger brother when my father was betrayed and imprisoned. We all supposed that he had shared the fate of those who were executed at Manlxato, Minn Now, the savage philosophers looked upon vengeance in the field of battle as a lofty virtue. To avenge the death of relative or a dear friend was considered a great deed My uncle. accordingly, had spared no pains to instil into my young mind the obligation to avenge the death of my father and my brothers. Already I looked eagerly forward to the day when l should find an opportunity to carry out his teachings.
 Meanwhile, he himself went upon . the warpath and returned with scalps every summer. So it may be imagined how l felt toward the Big Knives. On the other hand, had heard wonderful things of this people A race whose power bordered upon the supernatural, they were almost wakan (mysterious) I learned that they had made fire boat 1 could not understand how they could convert fire into a boat, and thus unite two eIe- meHts which can not exist together. l thought the water would put out the fire and the fire would con sume the boat, if it had shadow of chance! This was to me preposterous thing But when l was told that the Big Knives had created Fire Boat Walks-on Mountains Ia train) it was too much to believe.
 Why" said my informant, ''those who saw this monster move said that it flew occasionally from mountain to mountain, when 1t seemed to be ex- cited They also said that they be- lieved it carried thund bird, for he frequently gave his usual war-whoop as he was swiftly borne along"
 Several warriors had seen, at dis tance, one of the first trains on the Northern Pacific, and had gained too great an impression of the wonders of the pa1e-face. They had seen it go over deep creek; hence they thought it jumped from one bank to the other. I confess that the story almost quenched my ardor and bravery
 Two or three young men were talk ing together about this fearful inven- ton. But, said one, II understand that this Fire Boat -Walks-on-Mo tains can not move except on its tracks -
 Although boy is not expected to join in the conversation of his elders, ventured to ask: Then it can not chase us into any rough country?'
 No, it can not, was the reply, which I heard with great deal of relief - St Nicholas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-07-28
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

In. 1433 the cold was so great in Europe that wild fowl sought refuge in the cities The wild deer came down to the villages in search of food, and packs of wolves made travel unsafe on the continent
 The highest temperature ever known i'll London was recorded July 15, 1881, 95.5 degrees; at Paris, f04, on August 26, 1765; at Adelaide, Australia, January, 1911, 114; at Mourzuk, India, July 10, 1872. l33.
 The drYest place in. the world is that part of Egypt between the two lower falls of the Nile. Rain has never been known to fall there. and the in- habitants do not believe travellers when told that water can fall from the sky.
 The Dutch, who once held the su- premacy of the seas, when Holland was the first commercial nation of the world. exceled likewise in science and her mariners over three hundred years ago explored the tropics and faced the dangers of either pole
 The iewelry found recently in an excavation near one of the pyramids of old Memphis, Egypt, exhibits about as much skill in working gold and precious stones as now exists, although the arti- cles found were made 4, 300 years ago. The figures cut on amethyst and earne- lian are described as exquisite and anatomically correct.
 Mrs M French Sheldon has sailed for London en route for Africa Her purpose is to establish colonies in the country on the Tuba river, about six hundred miles north of Zanzibar. The population of this region is about forty thousand who are said to be in- dustrious and most of them are rum away Slaves who have received their manumission papers from the British East Africa Co.
 New important harbors on the North sea are projected by both Bel gium and Germany. Belgium wants to make large port at Iieyst, the little fishing place beyond Ostend best known as q quiet bathing resort, and as a spot where the old form of viking ship can still be seen in the fishing vessels. Ant wefp IS up Tn arms at the idea of such a rival. Then Germany proposes to de velop Cuxhaven into big port of war, feeling that since the development of her navy she is badly off with only two such harbors
 Although she has been long in communication with European nations. Siam is but little known by us to-day, and there are no doubt many surprises in store here for the western traveller during the next decade. In natural re- sources Siam is rich country. The soil is especially fertile and the acre age already under cultivation is ample support the entire population. Gold is found in the mountains, and copper, lead and tin have also been mined. Tn numerous localities precious stones, principally the sapphire, emerald, anne thyst and topaz, are to be found, and in some places are mined by Europeans.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-07-28
Biblical Origin of Slang.

How many of the readers of this de partment of the Republic know that the original kicker" in the metaphor ical sense is mentioned in the Old Testa-
 ment, and that an expression used by Jesus Himself is responsible for our slang phrase: Whats it to you?'' In the first book of Samuel, second chap ter and 29th verse. "a man of God" says to Eli: Wherefore kick ye at my sac. rifiee and at mine offering?r The pro totype of the second phrase alluded to above is found in the answer which Jesps gave Peter as recorded in tho last
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-07-28

William Hayes, of Boston, has in vented glass bottle that can not be reflled. When the bottle is tipped a ball-valye in the neck is thrown against the end of the tube, allowing the liquid to ofiow; when placed in an upright position the ball falls back into place, always holding the liquid in the neck of the bottle, so that, as long as there is any in the body, the tube is so firmly pressed into the neck of the bottle that it is impossible to remove it without breaking.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-07-28
POTS AND PANS IN PARIS.
Subjected to a Rigid Inspection by Gov
 ernment Official.

Subjected to a Rigid Inspection by a Gov
 ernment Official.
 I was particularly struck by the num- Der of cooking utensils saw heaped up in one of the rooms at the laboratory. 'Confiscations of the inspector" said the chemist.
 Do you survey kitchens, then?"
 Certainly" he responded. Every dish used in a public restaurant of Paris. either in tha kitchen or for the table: every pot pan and utensil in the bakeries and every beer faucet in the wine shop in short, everything used in preparing or serving foods is under the care of the inspector. The law for bids the use of lead, zinc and galvan- ized iron in the manufacture of cooking vessels. 1t orders that all copper yes sels be timed and kept in good eondi- tion. It directs that pottery which is covered with glaze containing enough oxide of lead to yield to feeble acid be seized. It orders that tin cans never be soldered on the inside, and that the materials used in their manu- facture be conformed to a certain standard. It is the inspectors business to look after all these things
 And the results?a
 "That depends. There are establish ments in Paris, like the great restau- rants, which employ a skilled timer regularly, and their utensils are al ways in order. In many little shops kept by women the copper vessels are the pride of the establishment, but in many others they are unhappily neg lected. In 1889 ont of two hundred and fifteen samples analyses here nine ty-seven contained lead. a-MeClure's Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-07-28
 Aluminium in Lithography.

The latest application of aluminium is to lithography The stone used for lithographing is found in Bavaria, and as the supply is diminishing its cost is increasing Moreover. it is very britt tie. and, being rigid, can only be used on flat surfaces We read that under a recently patented process aluminium plates. weighing from two pounds to ten pounds and costing from twenty shillings to forty shillings, do the work equally we'll. and that, being flexible. they can be lnolded into form for cylin- der presses. It is also reported that aluminium plates are taking the place of steel for engraving purposes. In yention.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-07-28

"A substitution of camels as work ing animals for horses and oxen has been going on for few years past in several provinces of Russia, and they are now common on many large estates and on smaller properties. They per- form all sthe work in farming for which horses and oxen are used, as well as being efficient in transporta- ton. A camel market has grown up at Orenbnrg, and the animals bring sixty or seventy rouhles, or about thirty-five dollars. delivered at Kiev.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-07-28
INDIAN BOYS FEAR.

idines of the Wonderful Steam En- zine Scared Him.
 es scarcely old enough to know Rng definite about the Big as we called the white men. ne terrible Minnesota massaere ed and was carried into British
 kaye alreedy told how !
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-07-28
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-07-28
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