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The Press., 1896-03-26
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The farm near Eagleville known as Holt farm, of 125 acres, new house, was sold Thursday at auction by the adminis- trator to George w. Vinton for $7OO.
 There has been quite good deal of real estate exchanged within few days. B. T. Bennett, known as the great Amer ican trader, has exchanged large farm near Ashford town with Charles Carpen- ter for small place in the lower part of town. In turn MT. Bennett traded the latter place with Mrs. George Swift for a tract of pasture land. Mrs. Daniel Crane has purchased the Henry Brown farm for $25OO, and will take possession April 1st. It will be run as dairy farm, for which it is we'll adapted. Wm. Reynolds has rented three farms, aggregating between eight and nine hundred acres. Clarence Hawkins has purchased the T. R. Sadd farm and taken possession. Everett Zoun has hired the LevaIley farm. Sev- eral farms in town are for sale, and they are SO cheap that it is a wonder that more do not leave crowded villages and procure pleasant homes in the country.
 Gurleyville.
 (COrrespondence.)
 School in district No. IA commences Monday, the 3Oth, with Miss Cora Lan- phear of Chaplin as teacher.
 Edward E. Simonds, who has been employed in the machine shop at Willi- mantle for few weeks, is now employed for W. w. Potter at Willimantic.
 -John Durham has purchased a val uable COW.
 Lila M. Simonds cut her hand quite badly last week while washing lantern globe. Dr. Marsh was summoned and dressed the wound.
 Mrs. Menerva Church and son of Chaplin were the guests of Mrs. Charlotte Turner last week.
 Mir and Mrs. Herbert Bosworth of Moose Meadow were the guests of Henry N. Mason last week.
The Press., 1896-03-26

BEFORE you purchase a
 Carriage, call and ex- anime the Largest Stock ever shown in this town. l have on hand, Surreys, ConCOrds, all prices and styles. Business Wag- ons, Democrats, Traps, Farm Wagons, &c., also a good assortment of secondhand work.
 My facilities for repair ing are unsurpassed, and prices the lowest.
 All work warranted as represented.
 JOHN c. WIGHTMAN,
 Stafford Hollow.
The Press., 1896-03-26
UNION. Mashapaug.

-Keefe Brothers are moving their port able saw mill from Palmer on to Lyman Moore's lot, and will soon commence to cut off the timber.
The Press., 1896-03-26

We are ready to show to- day the advance guard of new spring jackets and wraps, charming silk waists, and cos tunes, and skirts, pretty miss es' jackets and children's reef CTS. The show will be large and rich, and will be worth coming from far to see.
The Press., 1896-03-26

The collection is equal in richness to any that we have had so far in spite of the fact that genuine old Oriental rugs and carpets are getting rarer and rarer every day. But the wonder of all wonders is the prices. We never before were able to sell choice Oriental gems for so little money-$3 to $145..
 Catalogues mailed to any address.
The Press., 1896-03-26

A. s. PARKER, Local Editor and Business Man
 ager of Coventry Local Register. Copies of the Local Register for sale at the post Office, South Coventry.
The Press., 1896-03-26

this place.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-08-06
c. E. sIDLINGER,
SENATORIAL CONVENTION

A delegate convention of the peO-
yle'S party of the Thirty-sixth senate
,ial district of Kansas will be held at
XiDgman on Wednesday, August H.
1896, at II O'Clock a. M, to nominate
candidate for State senator from said
district.
at said convention each voting pre-
sinot in said district will be entitled to
GEO delegate. No delegate shall be
allowed to give a proxy to anyone out
side the precinct for which he is elected.
Under said apportionment the various
OOanbies are entitled to the following
number of delegates: Reno county, 40;
Kingman, q; Pratt, 20; total, 81.
u is recommended by the committee
BbaS each county choose its delegates
Do lhis convention at time when most
convenient to them.
II. II. IsLEY,
Committeeman, Kingman Co.
JOHN V. LEE,
Committeeman, Pratt Co.
o. W. HENDEE,
Committeeman, Reno Co.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-08-06

THERE have been many experiments
with the X-rays on consumptives with
the hope that these raves contained
force that would prove fatal to the
germs of the dread disease. DR.. VIM.
Shrader Of the University of Missouri
at the head Of the electrical department
OF that institution and high authority
in electrical matters has been making
experiments which he says are very
favorable. He has treated several
patients with good results and expert
ments with guinea pigs and rabbits
were all that could be desired. 1t is
known that ordinary light has marked
effect on the germs and it does not seem
unreasonable that these X-rays should
have some powerful effect on them.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-08-06
COUNTY CANDIDATES.

Mr.. EDITOR: The county convention
is near at hand, but as yet we haYe
heard very few names mentioned as
candidates for nominations. A glance
at the names on the republican county
ticket would lead one to suppose that
they considered this 'yaller dog
year." and if we are wise we will
profit by their mistakes. This is espec-
tally true of the Seventy-sixth repre-
sentative district. While it is gener-
ally conceded that anybody can beat
Botkin, we should remember that
success in November is worthless
should our candidate fail to be properly
equipped for the dTties of the Office.
Consequently good judgment should be
exercised in selecting man. He
should not be so young as to be bOyish,
nor old enough to be childish. A ro-
bust pair of lungs will no longer be
taken as evidence of legislative ability.
Two very essential qualifications
which we should be sure our candidate
does not lack, fair education and
good horse sense. These are indispens-
ible. If you are acquainted with a
man whom you think will Gil the meas
ure, trot him out or forever after hold
your peace.
We have in our minds eye man
who possesses in addition to the quail
ifications before mentioned, many 9TH
ers which contribute to the makeup of
a frst class legislator, and whilewe are
about 1t we might as we'll remark that
his name is William Astle, of Haven.
He is an old soldier and an old settler,
with probably a wider range of ac-
quaitance than any other man in this
district. He is a practical farmer and
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-08-06
FOpULlsT COUNTY CONVENTION.

A delegate convention of the peoples
party Of Reno county, Kansas, is hereby
called to meet at the auditorium in the
any Of Hutchinson on Saturday, August
", 1896, at 10 o'clock a. m. for the pur.
pose of nominating candidates for the
SOllOwing county offices: Clerk Of the
OOUrt, probate judge, county attorney,
and county superintendent.
il is recommended that after the vari-
Sns county officers have been nominated
abe delegates Of the Seventy.sixth and
BsTenty-seventh Representative districts
respectively organize into separate con-
7eniiOns aud nominate candidates fol
the legislature from each of these dis.
Hiets.
Having been fully demonstrated by
Aie Rction of various conventions hereto
fore held, State, national and lesser di-
visions, that the silver issue is the only
supreme and overshadowlng question for
solution In this campaign; that lis the is
sue which has caused the disruption, ell
S1er open and avowed or quiet and I'M
Sficial, though nevertheless fully deter
mined. of every political party which
las as yet held its national convention,
We hereby invite every voter regardless
d previous party affiliations, who is a
Believer in and supporter of the policy
Of Ihe free, unlimited and independent
coinage of silver at the ratio of 10 to
70 participate in the primaries Of the va
nous wards and townships.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-08-06

OUR gold standard republican breth
zen point with pride" to the wonder
hlprosperity of the.eouutry under bene-
Scent rule Of our good Uncle Benny and
Bill Mckinley. Then they say when we
again restore confidence, we will no
longer be menaced with bond issues
and troubled by falling gold reserve.
But they should remember that during
she benehcent reign of this same Uncle
Penny and Bill Mckinley the amount
Of free gold in the treasury fell from
sls9, 900, 900 on July l 1889 to 81 ,OOO,OOC
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-08-06

SINCE we wrote little squib which
appears in another column on Chester
Longs probable plan Of campaign we
have learned something which seems
either to prove him to have more of a
resemblance to political chump or
more political honesty than we sup
posed. When he was nominated at
Wichita on his silver platform last
spring, although there was no opposi-
ton to him in the convention, an at
torney by the name of Smelling of An
thOny, made a fifteen minutes nomin.
ating speech enumerating as is usual all
his good qualities, real or supposed, and
painting the pretty congressman as a
very great man. A few days ago, we
are informed, Chester made an opening
speech in Anthony, got up on the st.
Louis platform, danced aud shouted
on it and made Smelling so mad he
went off and joined the free silver
forces, allowing bis congressional pro-
tege might go to warmer country,
where the wind don't blow and the
sun don't shine.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-08-06

THE Mexican silver dollar "Obiect
lesson" is one that can be worked by
the silver men as we'll as the gold men.
A firm in Michigan is offering dollar
per bushel for wheat to be paid in
Mexican dollars. Now if those dollars
were a legal tender in the United States
so that they would be good for taxes,
interest, debts, payment of freight
charges, etc., we would have, perhaps,
something like an object lesson in
silver.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-08-06

CHESTER LONG was nominated on
silver platform last spring at Wichita.
Then came the St. Louis convention
with its gold standard plank. ItwOuld
seem as though Chester ought to make
some Roadway among the various ele-
ments. He can stand on the silver
platform With one foot and please the
silver men, and on the gold platform
with the other and please the gold men.
He has been sending out Congressman
Clearey's gold standard speech and
will probably go on the stump and
make silver speeches as he did two
years ago.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-08-06

TASISIANY has at last given Bryan
and Sewall an unqualified endorsement
and by an overwhelming majority,
This is of considerable significance at
this juncture. Not because it shows
any change of convictions on their
part, for they have none, other than
that they want the biggest measure of
spoils to be marketed as the result of
this campaign. If tammany saw any
other way clear to the spOils it would
take it. It's significance, therefore, is
in the strength the tiger sees in Bry-
ans candidacy.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-08-06

THE time for the county convention
is coming ever nearer and as yet nc
one seems TO have much of an idea
what is to be done. Everybody who
has anything to say is for a union Of
all silver forces in all parties in OppO.
sitlOn to the regular republican gold.
bug ticket, with representation given
to all sides but no one seems 20 know
just how it should be done. AS it
stands now there seems to be enough
democrats and silver meu talked Of
for nearly all the offices, and of p5pu-
lists, the same. Somehow a decision
must be made among these. We know
of 10 better way than for members of
each party to determine among them
selves upon what they want and may
reasonably demand. Then when the
convention comes together they will
have the matter in some definite shape
and should be able to get together.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-08-06

SEVERAL conventions have been held
in various States for nominating presi-
Dental e lectors. So far as We have
been able to ascertain, they have m sde
some kind of a deal with the democrats
by which only one set of electors ap.
pears, where there is likely to be need
of the populist vote to elect Bryan
electors. But there has been much
friction and even boiling. In Missouri
the pOpulists threaten to bolt Bryan
and vote for Norton if the democrats
do not endorse the Bryan and Watson
electors. The convention was 10 COM
plete control of tine middle.Of-the-road
men, and it has at least made doubtful
the election Of several congressman.
1t is very evident that the nomination
of Watson has so complicated things
that it will be next to impossible to
maintain the integrity of the party and
elect Bryan. 1t may in several States
require that most of the populists bolt
their ticket, or else let the whole ticket
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-08-06

AT ABILENE the pOpulist State con-
vention organized temporarily by elect
ing Judge DennistOn temporary chair
man, and o. W. Hendee secretary. At
ter the usual committees were ap-
pointed the convention adjourned till
4o'clock. At that time the olganiza-
ton was perfected by making the tenn
pOrarY organization permanent, and a
conference committee to meet the one
from the democratic was appointed In
the evening session the proposition of
the democratic convention was accepted
with an unimportant proviso. A fight
by the Lewelling followers defeated
Harris, and Senator John w. Leedy OF
COfey county was nominated for gov.
ernor on the fifth ballot. Further par.
ticulars we have not heard.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-08-06

WHEN an apostle of Mckinley wakes
ardent and asserts that all our hard
times are due to the beastly democratic
tariff, just ask him how or in what way
the aforesaid law operates to produce
such times. There is only one way we
could conceive by which it could so
operate. That is by opening our ports
to flood of foreign imports produced
by the "pauper labor of Europe"
This argument is, we believe, their
stock in trade, but the facts are that
we have imported much less under the
existing tariff law than under the
Mckinley law, and even now the bal
ance Of trade is greatly in our favor.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-08-06

AT TECUMsEH, says the State Jour-
nal, a meeting was held Friday night
by II. G.. Laramer and a confederate,
to organize a republican club. Al the
close of the speeches a vote was taken
to see how many were platform re
publlcaRs" and how many were silver
men. The vote stood, gold men, 5; sill
yer men, 80. They are going to arrange
for series of joint debates to convince
the wandering sinners"
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-08-06

WE hear much talk from republicans
to the effect that the cause of bond is.
sues is a lack of revenues under the
present democratic tariff laws. The
newspapers repeat it. The stumpers
cry it and the street corner statesmen
rant about it. 1t is their only possible
way of attempting to shift the respon-
sibilities Of past issues and of taking
the responsibility Of the prospect for
future ones. Their national platform
sets forth most forcibly and clearly
this subterfuge they are throughout the
length and bredth of the land attempt
ing. In arraigning the Cleveland ad
ministration itsays: "In administrative
management it has ruthlessly sacrificed
indispensable revenue, entsiled an un-
ceasing deficit, eked out ordinary cur
rent expenses with borrowed money,
piled up the public debt by 262 million
dollars in time of peace, pawned Amer
lean credit to alien syndicates and
reversed all the measures and results
of successful republican rule" Now
the facts are that in the year 1894 I'M
der Cleveland the money in the treasury
amounted to Sl1 10 per capita. In 1893
it was $40 81, per capita. In 1891 under
Harrison it was $40 81, per capita. In
1882 under Arthur it was only IS SO, per
capita. We see nothing in these figures
that would indicate that there was not
enough cash on hand to meet current
expenses. The fact is that the only
shortage that existed was in 4 the one
kind of money that is yellow. The
gold was drawn out of the treasury by
alien brokers and the bonds were issued
to maintain the gold standard and con-
tinue to redeem all our obligations in
gold.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-08-06

Two years ago Governor Morrill, did
not quite have a majority Of the votes
Of the State, This year with about
three fOurths Of the third party prohi-
bitiOnists amounting to 5000, and as 1t
appears now, all the democrats voting
with the populists, besides the enOr'
nous gains from the republicans on the
silver issue, we cannot see the faintest
glimmer of anything handsome for the
republicans in this State.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-08-06

A FEW days ago we heard a proml-
nent Hutchinson man who said he was
a free silver republican, remark: 1T is
wonderful what schemes will be
worked during the next three months
to bring silver into disrepute. l know
manufacturer in Ohio who is so in
love with the gold idea that he says he
will bring in all the Mexican silver
dollars he can get, carload may be.
and pay his hands off with them, two
dollars for one Of our money" Of
course this is intended to have two
fold effect, i. e., to give them so much
bulky, incOnyenient money and to
show them the value of the silver
money Of Mexico. To men who think,
neither of these objections are valid.
We all know that under free coinage,
the use Of the silver certificate would
be continued, and it would be an easy
matter to get the silver dollar con-
verified into such certificates whenever
anyone got enough to make them in
convenient. AS for the value of the
silver dollars, supposing that ours
should become the same as theirs, it is
plain that when we have anything to
sell we would get twice as much for it,
while taxes, debts, transportation
charges, ETC., could be paid with the
same number of dollars they can be
cow. Such rise in price would encour-
age investment in all sorts of property,
and money that is now in hiding while
with falling prices it becomes more
valuable, would come out that with
rising prices it might not become less
valuable. With falling prices money
is the best property there is. With
rising prices it is the poorest. With
rising prices houses, lands, and produc-
tive enterprises are the best investment
there can be; with falling prices they
are the poorest. With rising prices
and money seeking such investments,
demand is made for labor, which de-
mand is Immediately reflected in higher
prices for it also.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-08-06

business man. His crop of corn is not
altogether on his toes, as Is the case
with the republican candidate, so we
will not have to depend on windy ut
terances as evidence of interest in
freight rates. His integrity is unques-
toned and the dissatisfied elements of
all parties can unite on him.
We trust that the old angling road
question is not immortal and believe
that the people of Haven township
are too broad gagged to allow dead is
sues to interfere with living interests.
Should William Astle be nominated,
success is ours. D.
Valley Township, August 8, 1895.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-08-06

plank excluding the use of silver which
might he coined under free silver law
from being used in payment of exist
ing contracts, swas passed. Nearly
everyone else seems to deny it. Yet it
is said the national committee will
have to decide it. Also it is said that
some sort of au anita. p. A. plank
was adopted, which does not appear in
the platform and there is little wran-
gle over that.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-08-06

BRADsTREET's report shows an in
crease of ten business failures day
over the corresponding week last year.
This must either snow that the closer
we get to Mckinley and confidence the
worse off we are, or else that the pre-.
vailing idea is that we are getting
rather toward Bryan and silver. Re.
publicans appear to be in the predica-
ment described by the colored preacher
when he said: "Bredren, days broad
way and a narrer way wat leads to
eternal damnation; an dey's a broad
way and a narrer way dat leads to
eyerlastin' perdition." If they say the
present worse growing condition of
thing is due to silver legislation they
admit the likelihood of Bryan's cleo
ton. If they contend that Mckinley
is entirely safe, it throws the burden of
the responsibility onto the gold stand
ard, with a confession that 1t will be
no better after Mckinley is elected.
They may contend that the outlook is
glowing" but if it is, it is as with the
darkey, glowing with hell's flames
and fury"
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-08-06

A RUMoR has it that the long ex-
pected and much lamented change in
the English sovereignty is near at hand,
The Prince of Wales is about another
Charles II, on whose door was so aptly
written:
Here lies our sovereign Lord, the King,
Whose word no man relies on;
He never said q foolish thing,
And never did a wise one.
These mediocre qualities, however,
do not imply that he never did any
wicked things.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-08-06
E6llOwing is the apportionment:

At the various township or ward pri
naries one delegate for each township
~ ward will be chosen to the Senatorial
convention at Kingman, Wednesday,
August II, 1896.
The primaries will be held in the
country precincts at 2 O'Clock D. m.
and in the wards at p, m. unless
otherwise stated in the township no.
tees
After the convention work is over,
he central committee will hold a ses-
zion for important bushes.
o. W. HENDEE, Chairman.
ZIG. NETTLETON. Secretary.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-08-06

MAJOR MCKINLEY seems likely to
have little unpleasantness with an
Obstreperous republican candidate 70 r
Congress in a district adjoining his
own, who persists that he has always
been a silverite, is yet, and that they
can't pull him off nor force him to be-
lieVe anything else.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-08-06

SOME eastern papers in their rawlings
are giving vent to some maledictions
which in the west appear like curiositles
or the frenzy of one gone silly with fear
Following are one or two choice ex,
cerpts from Leslie's Weekly, a New
York publication which some day may
be historic trophies. Under the head
1.-The Party Of Anarchy, the suggested
idea being reinforced by an arm and
flaming torch representation, it says:
THE democratic party under its new
leadership has become the party of
anarchy, population and treason y
Under the head Hacking the CoEsti-
tuition" it says: "The democratic party
has claimed heretofore to be peculiarly
the party of the constitution. But now
that it has been largely absorbed by
the populists 1t seems to be dominated
by purpose to mutilate the constiru-
tiOn-tO destroy utterly 50 much of it,
indeed, as stands in the way of the
revolutionary schemes which the rul-
ing party element aims to carry out"
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-08-06

INSURANCE Commissioner Geo. T.
Anthony will be dead before this pa.
per reaches its readeas, at least the
doctors have so announced. Puen-
monia is the cause and the desease has
50 near done its work that the patient
is in an unconscious condition.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-08-06

THE democrats seem to be haYing
some trouble to determine what their
platform is. Their official stenographer
it seems, was either somewhat of a
chump or has been touched" By some.
thing nasty. He is claiming that one
Of Hills amendments to the currency
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-08-06

in 1898. Yes the gold reserve was be-
ginning to be an unruly member Of the
republican team with inclinations to
run off to England even before our
Uncle Ben let go the rains of govern