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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-07-10

"Did you eve notice that Hall
marker always speaks of. whisky as
rum?"
"Not always When he gets it at
the drug store he calls it tonic" Gin
cinnati Inquirer.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-07-10

CALIFORNIA WINES DIRECT. Delivered
ceases 24 qtsl $40; 2l0 gal kegs, SITS; As gal kgs
$40, asstd. Pacific Wine Co., Los Angeles, Cal.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-05
Another PopOcratic Forgery.

Another "bald, unblushing forgery" as
it is called by John G. Nicolay, Lin
coins private secretary, has been put
in circulation by the Bryanites.
This forgery is a quotation from an
alleged speech by Mr.. Lincoln, in which
he is made to say that "as a result of
the war corporations have been en-
throned and the era of corruption in
high places will follow, and the money
power of the country will endeavor to
prolong it's reign by working upon the
prcjudices of the people, until all wealth
IS aggregated in Il few hands and the
republic is de~stroyed;'
The war was hardly over when Lin
colin was assassinated. The speech is a
forgery on the face of it, notwithstand-
ing the fact that Bryan has made use
of it. But Mr.. Nicolay, who, in writing
he life of Lincoln. had access to al
his papers, and who, as private secrc-
tary, personally knew of Lincoln's pub
lie addresses, is the best possible au-
thority on the subject. When he says
that Lincoln "never said or wrote any
thing that by the utmost license could
be distorted to resemble it," there can
be no doubt of the forgery. No cam
vass in this country has ever been
marked by such unblushing forgery as
Observation-Disclosures Press.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-05

Americans are in TIE midst of il mar
velous era. Several hundred million dol
lars have been added to the value of
American products in the last ninety
days. The magic of Aladdin is tame by
the side of the sober truth of modern
trade. h widest dreams of the apos-
ties of fiatism pale into insigniticance in
comparison with the simple fact of to-
day. Nature is making money for
Americans faster than any printing
press could DO it. The rise in the prices
of the products of American farms
means the beginning of a prosperity that
needs only the success of the honest dol
lar at the November election to Guaran-
tee its ~permanence.
Most of the chief farm products share
in the advanced prices. Most of these
commodities are being exported in vnor-
nous quantities. and in exchange Amer
lea will get European gold. No one can
say truly how much has been added to
the wealth of Americans by the rise, but
a few figures will give the reader an ink
ling of the mighty force at work for
American veal Corn has risen :. cents
a bushel, wheat II cents and oats t
cents. Competent grain men estimate
that those advances have added TO the
value of the holdings in this country on
the three cereals alone the following
enormous sums:
W Heat.--. .-.......... ........ JO,Ooo,eoO
'"tS ............ -o,ooD,oOo
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-05
RISES
WHEAT
WHY
ureat Natural Demand for the Cereal. but the
White Metal Is a Drug on the Market.

While silver for weeks has been dron-
ping practically without int%errup,ion
from about 20 cents an ounce to loss Than
90 cents. wheat has been shooting I'M as
II 1t had wings.
1T is peculiarly interesting ut this time.
when Mr. Bryan and the other soon-to-
pe-shuhed-out lights of the free-silyer
hcresy have been examining a variety of
pleasing fictions down the throats of
farmers. to call attention to the practical
~ simultaneous rise in wheat and drop
in silver.
probably the free-silver folk will say in
regard to the remarkable rise in vhont-
aR4nt IL cents a bushel in a month:
Wv hat did We tell YOU? lis rs clear -
daylight; everybody knows that frrn .;l-
Yer VIII succeed, hence they are huyinr
wheat now. as it will 40 Ia \ dollar nf
i'aSt after Mr.. Bryan's election. Thot's
why Europe Is buying such quantities of
wheat" vi
Won't Work Both ways.
Ill lhls Is the frco->ilvcr argument for
the advance iii wheat. why is il that I'm.
rope is not buying silver M GJi, rnnts an
ounce If Mr.. I%iryan's election will roisn
It's price to S1.23!
VII: bryan : contention has been that il
was Impossible for wheat To rise as lnpr
as the gold standard prevailed. Mr.
pr!an Knew as well as any of us thar
ne was lying when he said that. What
noes ne say about it now. His silence
III ~ ne SupJect Is most expansive. Posi-
ply ne Is racking his brains to account
lor IL. and 1t is probable he NAV get off
something equally Illuminating as his ey.
P'Inatioh OF the gold import movement
ne fact is, this advance i'm whnat
W ""Hy uue as IT is to natural cauSeS'
- u stunning hlnNN f.. IL. "a
lhiiacy. II is u.ricsS to tel fh.. f,rnr
~ III ''hl"t get more for his wheat I
:" " ~ r'iniiH ON II gold Standard /
mn ne * receiving 10 cents - husL.i
u"r' FOR 1t than hc WIS u utnuth 49,.
''~h that this has boon
s'' arguments of thu. FREE. Lii.
'Is Wi T.. I,int pIt ..-,it, ,,t
2xx. = " .i.....a ~ III G...n "''
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-05

ounce. As This silver is worth in the
market G6 TO 67 cents an ounce the mar
gin of profit is easily seen to be Il very
heavy One-10 TO 20 per cent.
Moreover, some of the mines represent
no actual Investment whatever. Count
ing ''water' and all. the Elkhorn mine
has a nominal capital of only $ $1,000, 600.
1t has paid dividends amounting to ST.
212,OOO. The Granite Mountain is nomi-
nally capitalized at $4,000. 900. 1t has
already returned in dividends tn -
stockholders S121o" ""o
show enormous profits on investments
that are largely fictitioas.
Yet the mGiil-Iun-~..aIrcS who own
these properties coolly ask the people of
the ountry to pay them incalculab BILE mil
lions of additional pratt by coming each
~ cents worth of their product into
S1-29 worth of legal tender money.
They ask the country thus almost ex-
aetly to dOuble to them the market price
Of a product already so profitable that it
pays them millions every year to, produce
it.
So far as they 4re concerned tree coin
age would do precisely this. It would,
enable them to pay a dollar Of wages
or debt with 81 cents worth of silver.
How far the process would enhance the
general value Of the silver dollar no man
caa know. But this much is clear:
Every penny of the advance be it much
or little. mast be paid cut OF the 1eo-
pies earnings, while every penny of the
difference between the new price oi sill
yer and IT'S mint price will represent so
much of robbery from creditors AMI toll
ers.
In brief. this great silver trust is IL
conspiracy among a hundred or 50 multi
millionaire m-ine-OwnerS TO rob The pub
lie and to levy a tribute upon tie wages
of everyone who works.
Is there any conceivable reason why
any w~orkingman, any savings bank de-
positor, any holder Of u life insurance
policy. or any other honest man should
vote for this rings programmed?
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-05
A PRELATE'S COUNSEL
One of Americas Great Catholic
Leaders is Opposed to
Organism.
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND'S LETTER
The Chicago Platform Declared to
be a Threat Against So
cal Order.
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND'S LETTER

The letter OF Archbishop Ireland. writ
Ten not as a probate. but in his private
capacity rs a citizen. cannot fail tu carry
WEIGHT with multitudes of voters of his
W fai:h, and il is good reading for
everybody. He does not lay spcciaI
stress u?on til" financial plank of the
chicago platform. but upon its dcclara-
ton relating TO the federal authority and
the integrity of the Supreme court. The
archbishop points out in unmistakahle
language the revolutionary character of
that platform. He says: The move
tnehi which had its expression in the
Chicago convention and which now seeks.
by means OF popular suffrage, to en-
throne itself in the capital of the na-
tion. Is in its logical effect against the
United States: it is secession" He
quotes the frank announcement of arbi-
trary interference by federal authorities
IN local affairs and observes: In these
words there is the old secession doctrine
that states are independent Of the ma
hnhAl government ~ WASHINGTON; there
- INC an~nninn"nt Of the Iniou: there is
h"N'" served moon the tag of .Nmrrir,
nA't outside of IL" bi~trict OF t,nlumiia
At ~ NNrln"t p"v~"r ~ -"ir-nS=cr,i.n or
self -1"r.nSs-' And nEohn. .-Eh. a.,
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-05

Spfli 6HI IpIIFIfTT
III" chi"f causes Of hard Times to
day i his agitation for a radical
change in the currency of tn" c"nn-
try. If the American people put down
by an overwhelming majority this aGi-
tation-bury il out of Sight-onc chief
cause of hard times will be out of the
way. Other causes may remain, more
or less. That of the general COMPETE
ton with all the nations of the earth
must remain. Good times, however,
may be expected to come back, even if
only gradually. The overproduction that
glutted our markets has been used up;
capitalists are anxious to do something
with their money-if it can be invested
safely: our wondrous natural resources
invite investments to develop them-and,
confidence. restored. the outlook is
bright. But the essential thing is con-
1idcnce. Today il is confidence that is
needed far more than an increase in the
volume of the currency. The volume of
the currency is large enough; to increase
it i~ictitiously, surely. will not help us.
Ninety per cent. of all business is done
without currcncy-by cheques and
confidence. Those who suffer from
hard times-and they are the many
must hearken TO reason, silence passion.
turn away from delusive remedies-and
the country will be again put on the road
to prosperity.
/ ask, Is IL Hottest 10 Try W pay GU
with half the money which we received
when contracting them: National or pri-
vate, debts contracted upon Il hnan-
cial system. such that those who
loaned money gave it Il certain COM
mercial value, and believed, as they
could not at the time have helped
doing, that they would receive it
back at the same commercial value
should be paid in values of that same
financial system. That the great Amer
lean republic will as Il nation, declare to
the world that it will now make a law
compelling its creditors to be satisfied
with half. or a little more of the money
they loaned to it-and go on record III
the eyes of the world as a brOken-doWn
bankrupt. regulating nation, it is not
possible to believe. No one will say in
justification of such a possibility that
America is compelled by national poverty
TO do so. Then. no one should be able to
say that she thinks of doing SO.
There are a hundred aspects of this
question which | do not touch upon. L
merely throw out some thoughts, which
show reasons for my own present po-
litical faith, and which may be of some
benefit To others in forming their oWn
judgment.
may. of course. be mistaken. But l
have come to look upon the present agl-
tation as the great test of universal suf-
frage and popular sovereignty. Can the
people defend public honor and the in
stitutions of the country at the polls, as
they nave done on the field of battle?
Can they be so calm and deliberate in
their Judgment, so careful to weigh all
things in the scales of reason and to
can be trusted with the settlement of
grave social and political problems?
That is the question that is before us
at the present moment
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-05
WHILE
SILVER
FALLS

foreign trade estimates. from last yenr's
crop being more than 1000 900 bush
t,S- l1'St year the total crop was more
man ~o5o.UOO.ODO. This wear Thoman
pStluAates It at 300 The main
loss mas been outside this country. 50
,hat the demand for our wheat abroad
mas been exceptionally heavy. Brad
street reports total exports of wheat
ana nour Tor last week ut t.21J.19I bush
US tthe largest since September. 1899,
aeainst 3.:t'o.lG the week before and
-'ol"'o1h IN the corresponding week last
year. Hero Is an increase over last wear
81 l'"ol .''-S bushels. In the month of
N'P'c1h'.r We exported 1.Il1.I11 bush
clN' III September. 1885. 1O.1l3.So1. an
licr"aN" of .'.39t.S:iO bushels. This will
EXPLAIN to everyone except rhuckIr-hn,d.
ed idiots why wheat has risen.
No Manipulation.
lh9re has been no manipulation ahou,
it.. In fact, the spectators have hnon
p"Slufe!iy daZcd at the advance. An
"'ih"r thlng which has indirectly ma.Ja
wheat rise Is the fact that the cXuort
u'Iiand has been so heavy ib,t
mas been found impossible to
" all that was required. An tbe
freight room N European steamers has
peTii engaged up to January.
ne explanation of the decline in silver
Is us easlIy accounted for as the rise in
wheat. Soon after Bryan's nomination
.He ire'-Slirer shouters kicked I'D such
Il rtinptiS that spectators both here and
abroad thought there was some chance
OF MS success. and silver advanced ON
speculative buying to about 40 cents an
ounce. 1T was not long. however. before
thc holders became convinced that Rrv-
anS Shahces OF success were hopeless.
ana they at once began To get rid of
thclr loads. Consequently. rs more and
more holders of silver saw that they
M" l'"f u %o",i price for q white cle-
I,hlnt. and Sickcncl of their blr.-,in
me i'rI'" Of silver gradually sank mtii
Gay II ~ quoted at 6iii ccut~ an oun,c.
1 M \ "pn>Ii"rIh bly, lower than it v-,s
hiS; SuLnlnrr.. when il was thoy.ht
u mat Tho. Ibcus..ruf ia. r,r,
~. 81 Eua hnt-f"ot".I FOR RI. 'fr-r
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-05

To these must be added an aggregated
appreciation of many millions on other
commodities. Pork, for il ltance, has adj
vanced from its low point I S1.S5 a bar
rel, and ribs have advanced nearly a
cent a pound. Lard has gone mp I1ore
than 81 a tierce. Rye has been adj
vanced nearly 10 cents a bushel. haxseed
10 cents and barley 3 cents. Cloverseed
has scored an increase of $3.25 per nun
dred weight.
The yearly sales of butter and eggs ex-
coed in cash value all the other products
of the farm. Butter has advanced %
per cent. and eggs 40 per cent The
price of cheese has risen % to sc per
cent. White beans are 10 to 80 per
cent. higher. Most of these products are
in active demand in Europe. They are
pouring across the sea in such streams
that there is not Shipping enough t.
move them promptly. Even Australia
ana india are sending for the good things
of the American farm. The seas are
covered with regular liners and With
tramp steamers fiocking "a American
shores for the rich freiShtagc.
Orchards Fail in Line.
But this list does not exhaust the
names of the staples that have scored
sensational gains. The American or
chard is coming in fer a share of the
good times. To the list may be added
California dried fruits, such as raisins.
apricOts and peaches. which have
gained from ID to 30 per cent. and are
still going up. Canned goods. such as
corn and peas. now an impor-
part of the worlds food supply,
shown material improvement in
prices. The average man may be blind
to the import Of higher prices. because
limited information. =. slight ad-
vance i'll the value of one or two articles
in which be may have Il personal inter-
est may have little significance, and
when there is such Il general rise as is
now going on it requires Il compre-
lcnSive survey OF the situation to grasp
vastnesS Of the addition to the value
of the products of the farmer.-Chicago
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-05
REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN-POTPOURI
1896,

1oCOs
(Tune-"Here's to Good Old Hines, Drink HaD
Down.")
We want an honest dollar, so we do,
We want an honest dollar, so we do,
We want an honest dollar and for It we
will boiler,
If we have to burst our collar
Now will you?
Free s~ilver'll never do, don't you see,
Free s~ilyer'll never do, don't you see,
Free ~silver'll never do, only for a shabby
few,
\ ~repudiating crew
So they be.
Protection is our cry, so it is,
Protection Is our cry, so it is,
Protection is our cry, and Wen shout 1t
loud and high,
For election it is nigh
So it is.
We're after Bryan's scalp, SC we De,
We're after Bryan's scalp, 50 We be,
We're after Bryan's scalp, and well make
him whine and yelp
After Populistic help
Don't You see?
Now, Sewall ne is sad, down in Maine,
Now Sewall he is sad, down in Maine,
Now, Sewali he is sad, and Watson he g
mad,
And it makes us awful glad
Out Of Maine.
Well vote for honess money, so we VIII,
Well vote for honest money, so we will,
We'll vote for horPSt noley-not fer Ne
braSka's Sonney,
Rut Mckinley and Hobart
So we Will.
Judge F. ]. Hamilton
Sturgeon Bay. Wis.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-05
BRYAN'S GREAT SILVER TRUST.

Conspiracy of Multi-Millicnaire Nine
Owners to Rob the American People.
New York World Dem.): The World
showed yesterday that some of the mines
produced silver at a cost of only IS cents
an ounce. The cost in other mines
ranges upward to about GO cents al
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-05
CLEVELAND AND ST. LOUIS.

Flag to the Nominee and a Floral Trib-
ute to Mrs. Mckinley.
The neXt crowd occupied all the avail
able space around the little reviewing
stand. 1t was composed of commercial
travelling men from Cleveland and st.
Louis: They presented Gov. Mckinley
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-10

when Christopher got drunk he sturned
loose on her" and beat her with his fists
"Drove me nit revolver out" said Mrs.
WilheImina Kobiska.
did he ever threaten your" asked
Mr.. Pagan,
He threatened TO make her dead, y
translated Mr.. Slater.
go kill her, in other words" unused
Judge Hazen.
So the divorce was granted and it was
arranged that Mrs. Kobiska shall have
$500 cash alimony less the attorneys
fees. Her name henceforth will be
Thin.
1t seems to have been but short time
since Christopher discovered America,
but it has been over thirty years since he
discovered Wilhelmina Thin. Thirty
years her name has been Kooiska At
ter standing it for all that time she has
at last rebelIed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-10
SEEK TO GOOD MAN
Scheme of Cy Leland to SheIve Con-
gresham Broderick.
TRADE TO BE ARRANGED

Through w. J. Bailey of Bailey Vile.
Which Congressman BrOderick's
Friends VIII Please Take Notice Of.
A plot to defeat the denomination of
Congressman Case Broderick was dis
cussed and agreed upon by the mem bers
of the Cy Leland, First district caucus
which was held in Topeka. Wednesday
afternoon and Thursday morning of this
week.
Cy Leland has been hunting a way to
get even. with Congressman Broderick
ever since the refusal of Broderick to
assist him in his senatorial contest last
winter.
Congressman Broderick thinks for
himself and is not tied down to the old
party managers in the First district and
for that reason he is obnoxious to some
of them although he is strong with the
people OF the district and of the state,
Mr.. w. J. Bailey of Baileyville.
Nemaha county, who was at one time an
officer of the Kansas Republican league
and has always been a Leland striker in
the First district is the man picked out
by the Leland forces to take the congress
sional nomination away from Broderick.
Mr.. Leland and his followers hope to
bring about the defeat of Congressman
Broderick by series of smooth political
movements which will give them control
of the congressional convention if every
thing works as they have planned.
In the first place they put it down that
Mr. Bailey controls the Nemaha county
delegation and that is solid.
Then Nemaha and Pottawatomie
counties are in the same senatorial dis
trict, and by offering Pottawatomie the
senatorship Mr.. Bailey hopes to trade
himself into the good graces of the Pot
tawatomie Republicans to such a digree
that they will also be solid for him.
John Schilling says he carries Brown
county in his vest pocket and Bailey can
have Brown. Doniphan will be deliver
ed by Cy Leland in the same manner
They can't figure to get'any votes out of
either Jackson or Jefferson but with
Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Brown and Don
iphan they will have within four votes
of enough to nominate Bailey and they
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-10
NEVER STOPS TAXING.

Red Light in the Sky Causes Wichita
10 send Ont a Fool Dispatch.
The Wichita newspaper fake artist is
getting in his work again. This time it
is not child strangled by a serpent nor
the remains of a murdered man found in
a well but prairie fire which was said
to have devastated county.
The reporter of Wichita morning
paper, who was short of copy a few
nights ago, noticed red light in the
western SKY and wrote a prairie ire fake
which was telegraphed all over the coun-
try. The STATE JOURNAL with others
was imposed on aud printed the dispatch.
Mayor J. T. Gray of St John, Stafford
county, writes to the STATE JOURNAL:
"The story of the prairie fire raging in
this county is a fake pure and simple.
There have been no prairie fires in this
county of any importance for years."
Editor John B. Hines, of the County
Capital, published at St John, says:
"There is no prairie fire in this county,
no farms are abandoned, and there are
as many acres in cultivation today, as
there ever we're in the history of the
county. We have population of 5000
inha bitants, (which of itself precludes
the idea that "many farms have been
abandoned for years." True, many of
our people complain of hard times. but
where is there a people in this country.
at present, outside of Wall Street. while
the government busies itself with the is
suance of hundreds of millions of bonds,
on the flimsy excuse of keeping intact an
illegal gold reserve. Our people are as
prosperous as any agricultural people in
this country. We have an abundance of
corn, but it sells at Is cents, and the net
result to the farmer is pittance."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-10
REBELLIOUS WILHELMINA.
She VIII Not. No More Be Christoph-
er's Wife, AIretty
THIRTY YEARS WITH KOBISKA

But Now She is In Free America and
She Doesn't Have 10 Live With a
Brute Any Longer.
The district court room resem bled po-
lice court for short time yesterday
afternoon. There was the unmistakable
foreign look about two women who sat
calmly by while Attorneys w. E Pagan
and Fred Slater worked themselves into
a Precipitation. The placid atmosphere
of the court room was also disturbed by
the swift, ceaseless roll of "geschlagen,
va. ya," aud other sounds not often heard
there. 1t was all because Mrs. Wilhel-
nina kobiska was getting divorce from
Christopher Kobiska.
''What is his manner" asked Judge
Hazen, who cannot pronounce even the
cognomen of Charowhas.
81 learned a rule for pronouncing
Polish names some time ago, your honor"
replied Mr.. Slater. sit is TO sneeze three
times and then say ski at the end, and
you can make it pass for any of them.''
The next trouble confronted the court
when the interpreter was sworn by
District Clerk E. M. CockrelL Bailiff
John Coyne got in the way and the clerk
came near swearing him, but it was
learned before it was too late that neither
Germany nor Poland is the land of
JOIN ndblNltys no eau 6p0dk aOLnlIR
but English and Irish. Then Mrs.
Wilhelmina Kobiska was sworn as the
interpreter, but in addition to being the
plaintiff in the case she cannot speak
word of English. Fred Slater was sub
stituted.
Mrs. Kobiska stood up with her fea-
lures perfectly expressionless as the dis
trict clerk held up his right hand and
asked her in English if she solemnly
swore she would true answer make to
all questions, etc. Then when the clerk
sat down she also sat down innocent of
the promise she had made, no doubt.
Mr.. Pagan asked her with the aid of
Mr.. Slater. "Did your husband ever strike
your"
"Ya, va, plenty, plenty" replied Will
helmina to the amusement of everyone.
Then she started off and talked for five
minutes without pausing at the end of
which the interpreter explained that