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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-12-18
TROY.
CENTER MONTVILLE.

Mrs. Mary Furbusb. who has lived
with Daniel Sanford in the northern part
of the town for come years, died Dec. 18th,
aged 81 years and two days. She suffered
shock of paralysis some time ago which
was the immediate cause of her death -
Nora Waterhouse has returned from a
visit to her uncle Mr.. McCriliis in Bel
fast Mrs. F. 3. johnson is home from
Fairfield. John Ramsey of South Lib
erty, was here last week and put some
supports under his barn which was badly
lurched over.-Milton Wentworth is work
ing in the ironing department of Volney
Thompson carriage shop.-W b.
Jaquith has been putting some cutters on
A. G. Morses house in ox-Diph
iberia is reported in the family of J. F.
Thompson at Halldale. Schools there
suspended to await developments.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-12-18
Somerset.
ST. ALBANS.

There will be two Christmas trees in
town this year; one at the Union church
and another at the Friends Miss Ada
Southland, one of the school teachers has
been obliged to close her school for a
while, as she has been having tic
mumps.-The report that Hon. ID. ID.
Stewart has had shock is not correct
He has been confined to the house by In
flammation in the mouth. probably
caused by teeth that had been filled.-L.
G. Dillingham; and Allen Martin each
own fox hound and run them together
They have been out III times and have
captured 10 foxes. Will Cooley captured
an otter and sold the pelt for S. Win
Lowell was not so fortunate. He had au
exciting race with very large one across
the ice on Indian stream. He succeeded
in poking him several times with u cord
wood stick, but the otter reached the
shore and crawled through barb wire
fence and escaped.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-12-18
PLAIN AS 4 PIKE-STAFF.
A RIGHTEOUS DECISION. =

RIG HTEOUS DECISION.
Attorney General Childs deserves
credit for putting forth his opinion,
that, when Art. ", Sec. 9, Of the
State Constitution says:-"No senator
or representative shall, during the
time for which he is elected, hold any
office under the authority of the
United States or the state of Mime
sofa, except that Of postmaster" it
meant that no senator or representa-
tive shall, during the time for which
he is elected, hold any office under the
authority Of the United States or the
state of Minnesota except that of
postmaster. One would think that it
would require no ghost to come from
the grave. and no Attorney General
from the Capitol, to tell us
that; but our glorious courts have
been so long engaged in perverting
the will of the people that it is not at
all impossible that our Supreme Court
may yet reverse the Attorney General;
and by splitting some verbal hair into
fifty parts and applying its micro
SCOplC lCkdl w OuO vi Uuc
filiments, reach the conclusion that
the Cons tiGutiOn meant the exact op-
posite Of what it said!! Indeed the
Supreme Court of New York had to
get up on fence top and declare:
If the words embody a definite
meaning, which involves no absurdity,
and no Contradiction between differ
ent parts Of the same writing, then
the meaning, apparent upon the face
of the instrument. is the one which
alone we are at liberty to say was in
tended to be conveyed. In such a
case there is no room for cons true
tiOn. That which the words declare
is the meaning Of the and
neither courts nor legislators have
the right to add to, or take away from
that meaning"
What sensation that must have
created among the lawyers of New
York! What check it put on ingen-
uity! What encouragement to judi
cial mentality!
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-12-18
HOW TO RUN RAILROADS.

Corn. millions of bushels of it, will
be burned, because the railroads that
were given millions of acres of land to
"develOp the country" wont haul it
to market and leave the farmer
enough TO pay for raising it. AS re-
suit; it will be used for fuel and thus,
while thousands are hungry. we will
be burning bread.-Exchange.
And why should the corporate ns
own the railways any more than they
own the Highways? What are the rail-
ways but highways The only differ
ence is that the motive-power is steam
instead of horses; and steel rails are
laid for the wheels, in order to de-
crease friction. II the whole people
are competent to own the highways,
and no one has ever doubted that
proposition,-then surely they are
competent to own the railways. 1t is
no more necessary that the state
should own the horses aud wagon S
and employ the teamsters that work
on the highways, than there is that
they should own the cars and hire
the employees that work on the rail-
ways. Let the nation own the rail
ways,-the tracks, the ties, the rails;
and let anybody run trains on them,
under proper regulations to insure
safety, cheap rates and fair play.
II combination prevents competi-
ton, and becomes Injurious to the
public. then as last resort let the
nation take direct charge Of the
whole business. 1t is no more com
plicated or difficult than the postal
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-12-18
4 GOOD IDEA.

Mr.. Wesenberg of the Duluth
sible suggestion. He says it is not
fair to require the delegates to a con-
vention, after paying, probably. their
own expenses, to put their hands in
their pockets TO contribute to the in
cidental OUTLAWS; and that, before they
leave home, they should take up, from
their constituents. collection, which
they can hand over at the state con-
vention. Thus the burden will be
distributed over a great multitude.
who will have to pay but pittance
each, while otherwise tt falls heavily
on few earnest ment.
We hope our friends will follow this
suggestion. If each one of the 81, 900
voters. who supported Mr.. Owen last
year, would donate five cents each, 1t
would give us $4,350;-if one-half
would give ten cents each it
would furnish the same sum. This
would make a magnificent starter for
the campaign'of 1896. We have now
got clear Of that wretched Macdonald,
who paralyzed the campaign Of 1894.
and there is no reason why $4,000
should not be raised, for campaign
purposes. in 1896. The way the m oney
is pouring into The REPRESENTA-
TIVE, for subscriptions, shows that
there is olack of liberality or interest
in the battle. A successful party
must move on the pulses of the peo-
pies hearts; but Macdonald anchored
his stern to a cushioned chair. in ST.
Paul, and, looking wiser than God ever
permitted any man to be, he dictated
oracular letters to the ineffable
Stoughton, whose soul was fixed on
"bacsheash;" and together they dis
cussed "high strategy" which ended
in wind and dish water.
The Right is Right, and, with the
help of God, it must prevail over trail
tors, feols and idiots. We are going
in to win and we aCill win. II any
man thinks we will not let him 20
back and crawl under the baggage
wagons, and wait there.till the victory
is won.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-12-18
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND CIR
CULAITON.
SHALL WE HAVE IT!

We would call especial attention to
Q communication in another column
from ]. e. DoGds, of Wheaton, Mimi,
wherein he gives notice that a meet
ing will be held at Wheaton, Dec. u,
to make arrangements to furnish a
copy of THE REPRESENTATIVE, for
three or six months, to erery family IN
Traverse county,
AS Mr. Dodds truly says, If this ex-
ample is followed throughout the
state, THE REPRESENTATIVE aooatld
hare 1OO,O0O subscribers ~ one month";
The old parties have no man, from
their United States senators down,
who would dare to meet us and pub
licly discuss the great questions Of the
day. Not that we are any smarter
than other men, but because zee haze got
the facts on our side'
9TH rice is he armed that hath his quarrel
And he. but naked. though locked up in
Whose conscience with injustice is corr
rupted."
Their only hope, Of continuing the
villainous disagreement which is re-
ducing the people to poverty. in the
midst of the most abundant crops
ever raised in this state, is that the
voters will not get at the facts. Give
us access to the public mind and we
will shake the life out of Plutoc racy
as terrier-dog shakes the intestines
out Of a NANCY rat.
For the Lords sake, brethren, take
hold and push this work! We ask no
office-no reward-no profits. We are
working for nothing and finding our
self; but for Truth and Righteous ness
sake, take hold and follow the ex-
ample Of Traverse county.
Give us 100, 900 calculations and if we
do not drive the plunderers into a
gopher hole we will let you take our
head for football.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-12-18
WHY NOTo

Would it not be good plan for the
Peoples Party League of Hennepin
county to hold meeting and appoin
a committee Of active men to welcome
the delegates to the convention of
January II, direct them to their
hotels and otherwise take charge of
and aid them? We will place our Of
fee, GAP Boston Block, at their service,
free OF charge, as a kind of head
quarters, where lists Of hotels, rates,
etc., will be placed. Who will volun-
teer to help in the good work? i.
As Mrs. Leases speech will be a po-
,litical one 1t is understood that the
meeting at which she speaks will be
under the auspices of the League, and
Major Bowler, the president of it, will
probably introduce the speakers.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-12-18

money. Commerce is swappagc Of
products for products-not of products
for money. Money may be required
if the balance Of trade is against one
country and in favor of another: but
il they cannot get gold and silver
then TIE nation we are in debt to
takes it's pay In wheat, cotton, to-
bacco. corn, meats, manufactured
goods, etc. Hence gold premium
acts as high tariff for the protection
of nation, by stimulating a demand
for its productions.
This country of ours is constructed
upon theory new in the world, to
wit,-that the comm onality is as good
as the aristocracy;-thatl legally there
can be no aristocracy. Our universal
public school sys tenn means that there
shall be no peasants in this land:-all
are to he educated thinkers, scholars
and gentlemen. by the very force Of
our institutions we are lifted up on
plane a hundred m lies higher than
the iaboring classes of the old world.
1t therefore becomes grave and
solemn ques tion. 1--WE do not speak now
for the Peoples Party but for ourself
alone), whether we must not he as
widely separated in our financial sys-
tenn from the old world as we are in
our governmental system? When Mr..
Cleveland and Mr.. Sherman invite US
to get down in the dirt and scramb BILE,
with the nations across the sea. for
the possession of the yellow metal,
which now dominates the world, does
he not invite us to descend from the
high plane Of Republican institutions
to the base depths of European condi.
tions? Does he not ask our farmers
to become peasants and our workmen
serfs, like the Russians and Hun
garians? Is not that the process of
transition we are now going through,
of which all these strikes and organ
izations are but symptoms? Must we
not reverse the words OF Ruth and
say: "Thy country is not my country,
and thy God is not my God" For they
worship Mammon and we worship
Christ. They bow to the creatures
call princes; we bow to the Golden
Rule.
Reduced down to its last analysis
does not this great struggle, which we
are now ngaged in, mean:
"Shall America lift up Europe to
American condition, or shall Europe
sink America to European condi-
tions? Which must perish ,-Plutoc-
racy or Democracy?'
Think this all over, friends, and see
If we are not right.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-12-18
NEW SUBSCRIBERS TAKE NO
IICE.

This paper will be received by many
who did not themselves subscribe for
it, and they may fear bill will be
sent. Look at the number on the
label. IL there is none then it is
merely a sample copy. If the number
on the label is ID more than the num-
Der of the current issue Of the paper,
then some person has paid for the pa
per for 13 weeks or months in ad-
vance, and the party receiving it will
be charged nothing for that time. If
at the end Of the three months they
do not want the paper, send us notice
and it will be at once stopped. If we
do not receive such notice we will con-
clude you want to subscribe and will
continue to send the paper until we
hear from you.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-12-18
a TRICK OF THE ENEMY.

Two different pOstmasters have
THE REPRESENTATIVE, by falling
back on some petty regulation Of the
Post Office Department., as to the
mode in which newspapers should be
folded. The same question has also
been raised against the Penny Press,
which says in recent issue:
To all Postmasters: AS frequent
complaint is received at the Office OF
the Penny Press" from the country,
that great delay is occasiOned through
the fact that postmasters do not
promptly distribute copies of this pa
per to their customers, under the
contrary to law" and that therefore
they will handle them at their con-
venience, instead of the convenience
of the customer, your attention Is re-
spectfully called to the following
facts:
"The Post Master General at Wash.
ington has suspended the rule requir-
ing papers to be folded to the guar.
ter size pending an investigation Of
the machinery now 80 commonly In
use, which only folds half size;' and
directs the postmaster at Minneapolis
to forward all newspapers, SO folded,
until further notice." Under these
circumstances every postmaster
throughout the country Is required
to handle the Penny Press" just as
promptly and efficiently as II the pa
per were folded in the old way. Your
attention is respectfully called to the
above and may easily be confirmed by
applica tion to the postmaster at Min.
neapolis if any confirmation be need
ed. The penny Press" Publishing
Company.
1t is a little singular that these
scruples have only arisen in the case
of free silver papers!
We fear we would not be permitted
to breathe the breath of life if some
of these postmasters had the right to
draw technical strap around our
wind-pipe. Bigotry in the old time
used to burn men alive. Now it is
shrunken to raising bubbles as to
whether paper is folded quarter size
or half size. Great is the progress Of
civilization. t--..s-
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-12-18
A GOOD JOKE.
LETTING HER DOWN EASY.
An exchange says:


An exchange says:
Ladies calling on the Pope have to
wear prescribed costume, consisting
OF black, high-necked gown. no bon
net and a black lace mantilla worn
Spanish fashion over the head. At
recent reception, some American
ladies, not knowing this regulation,
appeared in low necked gowns. The
Pope was much put out at this faux
pas, and commissioned cardinal TO
were unsuited for the occasion. The
cardinal. who prides himself on being
q man OF the world, broke it to the
ladies in this tactful manner: 1.-THE
Pope is old-fashioped. and does not
like decollete dress, but for my part,
l have been so much among savages
that do not mind them"
This reminds us of the story of poor
Mr.. Murphy who fell from the scat
folding Of building he was working
on and was killed. His friends picked
up the corpse and proceeded to carry
it home. Some one suggested that it
would be kind act to send one Of
their number ahead to break the
dreadful news gen W to his wife. Mr..
OFlynn, vivacious, but kindly
hearted little man, volunteered for
the sad task; and this is how he did
it. He ran ahead, in high state Of
excitement and pounded at the door,
1t was opened.
''Does the widow Murphy live
here?" asked O'Flynn.
NO" said she, 1.-THE widow Murphy
does not live here, but am Mrs. Muir
ply"
You lie' he shouted, "the corpse
is just coming around the corner"
And so he broke the news gently to
the poor mans wife.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-12-18
IMPORTANT.

Send in to the editor Of THE REP
REsENTATIvE your orders for Mrs.
Lease. There are great many appli
cations, but they are scattered all owe r
the state, and it is difficult to con-
struct route for her until all are in.
II you have not heard from your ap-
plications repeat them at once to
avoid the possibility of mishap.
Remembe you will have a magniti-
cent speech and will greatly advance
the cause of Reform.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-12-18
MORE DEATH TO POPULISM
"Sound Money" says:

SOunQ money says:
Here's pipeful for the cheerful
idiot to smoke who yawps "Populism
dying" In Nebraska, HOlcomb, the
Populist nominee for governor, last
year, had $4,000 votes and had the n
dorsement of the Democrats. In the
late campaign the Populists went it
alone, had no Democratic indorse-
ment, and their candidate for SUI
preme judge received over 100000
votes, 900 more votes than HolcOmb
received one year ago, and making
clean estimated Populist gain Of 3d.,
900 over last year."
"Populism" cannot die. 1t is indie
structible. Fools and knaves may de-
lay its victory; but God intends thai
this world shall continue to improve
in the future, just as it has imp roved
in the past. Mankind came out of
holes in the ground, where it gnawed
the bones of the wretches it had
killed. Now only Harry Hayward
crops out here and there to remind us
of the original, base starting point of
our race. No man will pretend, for
one instant, that the two old parties,
ruled by the money-lenders, with
scarce any difference between them,
save the issue of who shall hold the Of
fees, a noble, generous
thought in their souls or in their plat
forms, fiddling over dead questions
and fooling the people with tricks and
platitudes, are fit to lead the human
race out Of the slough in which it
finds itself wallowing. God saved
this nation and held it together in
1865. He will not abandon it in 1896.
And there is no instrument now pre-
senting itself, above the face of
events, that is fit to be his instru-
ment in this work, except the Peoples
Party. 1t may have its cruidities and
l,imperfections, but its creed is as
broad as the continent and as gener-
Gus as the principles of our noble gov
eminent; neither sectional hatred nor
sectarian bigotries have any place in
its beliefs; its heart is with the poor
and struggling: and It's whole soul
! sympathises with justice and right
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-12-18

will get good circulation, for their
wares, among the people of the oun-
ty, and the adjacent counties, besides
our general and immense state circu-
lation. II you can get twelve bust
ness men In the county to insert their
inch card, at 81 per week, for ID weeks,
you can circulate 1000 copies Of this
paper, at our reduced rates, for three
months. without the cost Of penny
to you or those who receive and read
them. And the merchants would get
an increased Peoples Party trade!
Are you ready to spend a day or two.
canvassing for advertisements, II
thereby you can carry the county, and
help to carry the state for the Peo-
pies Party? What say you?
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-12-18
a HINT TO THE WISE.

If you are determined to get 500 or
1000 or 1000 ubscribe-s for THE REP
REsENTATIvE in your county, go to
the local merchants and business
men, and solicit an advertisement of
their card at 81 per inch per week, and
send us the 'ad'' for insertion. They
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-12-18
SPECIAL NOTICE.

No person has any right to incur or
create any obligation, binding on THE
REPRESENTATIVE Publishing Com
pany, or make any contract in its
name, unless the same is first specific
ally assented to and approved of, in
writing, by the president of the said
REPRESENTATIVE Publishing Com
pany. IGNATIUs DONNELLY,
President.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-12-18

eousness. 1t is Gods party-or he
has forsaken this poor little planet.
And so, friends, have ne fear. We
are working along the lines Of Gods
purposes, and He will not permit a
gang of wolves to destroy us.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-12-18

A Republican form OF government
terventiOn OF Divine Prov .dence.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-12-18

See our club rates and special offers.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1895-03-08
A Clubbing Offer.

A great many Of our readers Linn
county like to take the weekly Oregon-
ian. Wo have made arrangements
whereby we can furnish it vt rtduct'
ion from the regular pfice tn those who
want bdtb the EXPRESS and the
Oregonlan. The regular pfice Of the
0regonian is Sl,5Oper year, and of the
ExPREss 81 80 whom In advance. We
will furnish bothfnr 80. per year in
advance saving ot one dollar 10 tlle
suI'sc:lper The Oregonian gives oil
the general news Of the country once a
week, and the EXPRESS gives all the
local news once u week, which viii
make a most excellent news service
for the moderate sum Of 81, pr year.
Those who are at present subscribers
sf the EXPRESS must pay IN all arrear-
ages and one year in advanceto 10 obtain
this special prIce.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1895-03-08

Everybody knows how difficult it is
even for an expert lapidarics to cut
diamonds, not only on account Of their
hardness, but by reason Of their atruc-
ttire and veins, which must be y7cll de
fined before the cutter begins his
work. NJ. Antoine, one Of the best
known jewellers of Antwerp, has, after
many fruitless attempts and three
years Of arduous, patient toll, at last
succeeded in cutting whole ring ont
of o block Of diamond. The ring Ii
perfectly round, with diameter OF
nineteen millitcrs about threc-quar-
ters Of an inch), Itwes exhibited for
come time in Antwerp, and wcs very
much admired. It's value is not eiyea,
as the maker will not sell ii. Outside
Of this ring there Is but one other ring
lsnown to DO cut out Of Que atosls. and
Vat y slss beautiful ssvphlss sAhk III
II i HstIS& IN, kals4kts
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1895-03-08

Notice is hereby given that the UNDER
signed has been duly appointed by the
County Court of Linn county, Oregon, the
administrator Of the estate of A. ".
Garoutte, deceased and has duly qualified
Us such administrator. All persons hav-
ing claims against the estate are hereby
required to present them, with proper
vouchers, within six months from the
date hereof, to the undersigned, at the
office Of W. NJ. Brown, in Lebanon, Linn
county, Oregon.
Dated this 22nd. day Of January, 1896.
Phil Ritter,
W. NJ. Brown Administrator
Attorney for Administrator,
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1895-03-08

THRsE are days of reform. The
governor, it il said, can not live on
the SALARY which the constitution
allows him. Well, he ought to have
thought about that last May, and
ifit 10 too much Of a burden he
should not have assumed it. We
do not hear any complaint that the
secretary of state does not get pay
for all be does, and out, of his SIS
OOO be might we'll deyide with the
governor, inasninch as the COVER
nor haH to help him to get this
fortune. A public officer ought to
have reasonable compensation for
hisserYices, but it ought to stop at
that.-Ex.