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The Irish standard., 1896-08-22
L.awIer Explains.

"I can tell you one thing, whatever
else the action of the Democratic state
convention may accomplish. it shall not
drive me out of the Democratic party
That was the statement which Daniel
w. Lawler made after he had been driv-
en- from the councils of the party and re-
fused permission to aid in naming the
state ticket which he expected to sup
port.
II confess did not expect to see the
convention go to the lengths to which
scme of the delegates thought it neees-
sary. am Democrat just as much as
have ever been, and Iexpect that when
nv party has seen the error OF it's way:
and recovered from it's present national
blunder, we may again be q great and
grand party, but I have made no secret
of the fact that I could not support the
platform adopted at Chicago told all
nv friends so, and I also told them prj-
vately that l should support the state
ticket which the party would nominate.
"As long as this was not national
convention, but a purely state affair, and
and as I did not have any idea OF any
thing else but supporting the ticket, it
seemed fair that if my neighbors in St,
Paul wanted to send me, l had a perfect
right to sit in the convention. The con-
duct of Nc Cafferty, McCutcheon and my
self may be constructed into a desire on
their part to have us withhold our support
to the Lind ticket. do not know what
course l shall find it necessary to take.
The whole thing came very suddenly
and precipitously, even though it was
apparent some action was to be taken.
There is one gratifying feature in the
whole matter. It is this, that the men
who were the most active in having me
removed from the roll of delegates were
personally my friends. 1t was not a per-
sonal matter and Ibid not so regard it.
although I have no idea where they will
find precedent for refusing to seat a
delesate who proposes to support the
ticket to be named, and who is regularly
chosen by members of the party in good
standing
The Irish standard., 1896-08-22

to a man who had shown That Dv a le-
gal technicality he could win property
valued at $780, You must remember
that some things legally right are not
morally right. We will not take your
case, but will give you a little advice for
which we will charge you nothing. You
seem to be a sprightly. energetic man;
we would advise you to try your hand at
making $500 in some other way.
. One Of the most interesting anecdotes
is the one quoted from Joe Jefferson s
autobiography. Jefferson and his father
were playing at Springfield during the
session of the legislature, and as there
was no theater in the town had gone TO
the expense of building one. Hardly mad
this been done when religious re-
vival broke out The church people con-
demned the theater and prevailed upon
the authorities to impose license, Whlcu
was practically prohibition. I'm the
midst of our trouble says Jefferson. "a
young lawyer called on the managers:
He had heard of the injustice and offered
If they would place the matter IN his
hands, to have the license taken on, de-
claring that he only desired to see fa1r
play, and he would accept no fee Whethel
he failed or succeeded. The young law"
yer began his harangue. He handled the
subject with tact, skill and humor, trac-
ing the history Of the drama from the
time when Thespis acted in cart to the
stage of today. He illustrated his speech
with number of anecdotes and kept the
council in a roar of laughter. His good
humor prevailed and the exorbitant tax
was taken Off. The young lawyer was
Lincoln" .-..
The notes of one of his speeches in a
case against fraudulent pension agent
have been preserved. They are anus
ingly brief, as were all Lincoln's notes:
mo contract-not professional ser'-
ices. Unreasonable charge-noney re-
tanned by def't not given to plh-Revo-
lutionary war-Soldiers bleeding feet
Pl'ff's husband-Soldier leaving nome
for army-Skin deft--Close.
Another one of the anecdotes is related
In connection with case involving bodily
attack. Mr.. Lincoln defended, and told the
Jury that his client was in the fix of man
who. in going along the highway with a
pitchfork over his shoulder, was attacked
by q fierce dog that ran out at him from a
farmers door yard. In parrying Off the
brute with the fork its prongs stuck into
him and killed him.
''What made you kill my dog?" said the
farmer.
what made him bite me?'
But why did you not go at him with the
other end of the pitchfork?"
'sWhy did he not come at me with his
other end?" At this Mr.. Lincoln whirled
about in his long arms an imaginary dog
and pushed his tail toward the jury. This
was the defense plea Of "Son assault
demesne ne-loosely, that The other fellow
brought on the fight quickly told and in
a way the dullest mind would grasp and
retain.
The Irish standard., 1896-08-22
lINCOLN'S HUMoR.
AsaLaw Practitioner He Was One Oh
the Strangest.

It would seem that even as early as
1852 Lincoln had acquired reputation
for story telling, says McClure's Maya
zine When not busy during the ses-
sion of the court he was "habitually
whispering stories to his neighbors, fire.
quently to the annoyance Of Judge Da-
Wis. who presided over the eighth cir
cult" If Lincoln persisted too long the
indpe would rap on the chair and es-
claim: Come. come, Mr.. Lincoln I
can't stand this! There is no use try
;ng to carry on two courts. | must adj
iourn mine or yours. and I think yours
will have to- be the one.'' AS soon Rs the
group had scattered the judge would call
one of the men to him and ask: What
was that Lincoln was telling?"
Jns his law practice Lincoln seems to
have been singularly conscientious, his
first effort being to try to arrange mat
iters 30 as to avoid litigation. Nor
would he assume a case that he felt was
not found upon right and Justice.
6. /. eve will not take your case 4, he said
The Irish standard., 1896-08-22
Bryan In Congress.

Perhaps no better idea of the habits
of thought and the animating political
convictions of William J. Bryan could
be obtained than by merely noting the
measures with which he was identified
during his four years service in the
house OF representatives, says the Re-
view Of Reviews. There seems to be a
logical connection between all of them
the list is clearly such one as might
be drawn by a public man inheriting the
democracy of Thomas Jefferson, educat'
ed under the tutelage OF the early apostle
of personal liberty, Lyman Trumbull
and growing to ripe manhood in the agri-
cultural regions OF the West. His firm
convictions and his sturdiest work were
for radical tariff reform. Protection he
denounced as fraud and robbery. His
Nebraska home, far from the busy man.
ufacturing centers, gave him no outlook
upon smoking chimneys and whirrine
wheels, and to him could come no dis
quieting thought that great industries:
might suffer if the fostering hand Of the
government by which they had been aid
ed to reach maturity were suddenly with
drawn. He saw before him the farms OF
his neighbors in Nebraska. He saw the
corn, the wheat, the cattle and live stock
growing without the aid Of the nation S
taxing power and selling at prices fixed
without reference to protective tariff.
He saw, on the other hand, his neigh
bors taxed on their wire fencing for its
makers profit, on their farm implements
on the lumber of which they built their
little homes, Oh their clothing, and on
everything they had to buy. Looking
upon 1t from Nebraska outlook he could
see nothing in the tariff but device for
the spoliation of his constituents that the
East might profit. He was fond of quot
ing that famous obiter dictum Of the su-
preme court of the United States: To
lay with one hand the power of the gov
ernment on the property of the citizen,
and with the other to bestow it upon fa-
yored individuals to aid enterprise and
build up private fortunes. is none the less
a robbery because it is done under the ia
yor of the law and he gave it homely IL
lustration we'll fitted to impress the peo-
nle of his own district in this para
BILE: =
ST desire to say that no man on that
Cthe Republican, side of the house will
stand up before you and justify law
that takes from one man one cent and
gives it to another man. Take an illus
tration:
"Here are ten men owning farms side
by side. Suppose that nine of them
should pass resolution, Resolved, That
we take the land of the tenth man and
divide it among u.s. who would justify
such a transaction? Suppose the nine
men tell the tenth man that he will get
it back in some way, that it great ad-
vantage to live among nine men who
will thus be better off, and that Indirect
ly he gets an advantage from the tran
saction. Should you dare to justify that?
You would not justify the taking of one
square foot of his land.
IF you would not dare to do that, how
will you justify the taking of that which
a man raises on his land. all that makes
land valuable? How can you justify the
one if not the other??'
The Irish standard., 1896-08-22
TRUE WESTERN GIRL.

sible-''.
The Eastern prospector on the plains of
New Mexico brought his jaws firmly to-
gether. and his, eyes gave forth glitter
Of defiance.
4 --'.Of Western grit. s
For one moment he glared resolutely
upon his dinner, which the winds had now
nearly covered with a fine. dry sand,
picked a fewsof the larger pebbles out OF
his teeth, and went and gaxed hungriiy
unon an AGED and innutrit ious Oh cactus
plant Truth sssS 1. # q s. n $
The Irish standard., 1896-08-22
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what is ~ TRUST, pa pa =
4 assucia hat doesrl
The Irish standard., 1896-08-22
THE BOTTLE AND THE DROP. (

"By the way, Caesar" asked Lucretta
Rorgia. tanning herself languidly, is the
count disposed Of satisfactorily?"
81 rather think so, replied her brother
significantly displaying small but ex-
quisitely chased phial. which the drug-
rlst had cerelessly neglected to label; Il
cot the drop on him, SO to speak, at lunch
con-
!. 'Tis well-but I do wish, Caesar. you
would cure yourself of the habit of using
slang It's positively dernorallzina l;1 8 { Sc
Truth. &S 81 s35 Il
The Irish standard., 1896-08-22

MADE OF IT.
The Rev. Mr.. Longnecker (solemnly)
Man is made of. dust. 3s &.
/ Young skofiing gtonS So the girls think,
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-05-28
riour on time-at Kimball Mill
Feed on time-at Kimball Mill.

Inc populace of this section are
IN a tremor of excitement
equaled only by the nervous wave
that spread over the country in
4s-over the discovery of rich
deposits OF gold in the northeast.
ern part of the county. The dis
covery was made by j. W. Par
mely, a thrifty farmer and stock.
man IN that vicinity; he commun.
icated the secret to his father and
brothers and a great effort was
made to keep the matter quiet
until the lands richest in the
mineral could be secured, but
Notwithstanding the strictest pre-.
cautions, the facts have become
known to the public and the sem
sation is immense. Some Of the
nuggets We're unearthed upon
government land and the neigh
borhood is thronged by eastern
parties who have been making
improvements in order to Get
clnches upon the mining claims as
soon as the land can be surveyed
for that purpose. The gold is
found in sand as well as in quartz
and as these two articles compose
the bulk of the country, the new
ly discovered wealth, according to
good mathematical authority,
cannot be estimated. Samples of
the sand and rock which were sent
to Chicago have been declared by
a competent assayer to contain
from SIS to SIS worth of gold to
the tor. Land in the vicinity has
taken a tremendous boom, and
the people are absolutely wild
over the possession of a tract of
country that was formerly sup
posed to be simply ordinary Da>
Eota dirt.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-05-28
HOODS PILLS cure Liver Ills,
BiliOusness, Indigestion, Headache.
A pleasant laxative ALI Druggists.

EDITOR CHIEF:-
l had the privilege today of
meeting with the two schools now
in Eden township, Buffalo county,
at tue school house that has been
known as the Krick school house,
for a picnic dinner, and atterward
some very pleasing exercises
Which consisted Of recitations and
de :lamations from the scholars of
both schools, together with some
select readings and singing a
number of songs the most of
which were patriotic. The whole
Of the exercises were good and
gives credit both to pupils and
teachers. For my part l was
pleasingly entertained, and the
earnostness and zest put into the
singing showed they must have
had sone drilling in that line,
and we consider it good to lnstill
this spirit into the young and
they will not lose it IN after years.
The school house was filled and
al appeared pleased and satisfied,
and went away saying this was an
afternoon well aud %profitably
spent, and congratulating their
teachers, hoping that they would
be continued in the schools in the
future.
| think if parents of school
children would attend the schools
oftoner, a great deal of criticism
would be saved that the teachers
Get, some of which may not be
Just and surely is not pleasant.
WIN. Thomas.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-05-28

Ashley Poustord and Joe
s.chla wcnt to lHimbajI Friday
N heir waccjs, returning Sunday
Ibc buys maze remarkably fast
ia. c.u'oG home, mtkinc the
miles in onc ilolr and
uaut.s.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-05-28

7. ,. McGhes, OF Waterbury,
h, Used t. drive the mail route
e Feon hcTc aud Washington
VAS over Monday alter
eaa Of lis goods which were
a:, uese: ani intends to move
id his family 20 Highmorc.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-05-28

l.. ". Blsland and family left
hi. momin@ for CcnterviIle, this
where they make their
home.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-05-28

VII Kent went to Washington
:~.e., Sunday.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-05-28

IA1'> r": on May 141h, 1896,
n the NE. ser ica 27-IoG-08 il
(ooary one thtce yer Old
9Ay' cray, watch eyed: ona bay
0',1 Coll. Que year Old, with white
+.3'n 'a-o and two wire 1col.
~ have eane by paying
q. -..
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-05-28

Mr.. and Mrs. f.. E. Dye were
'nrhtrlain visitors yesterday.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-05-28

r. Governor Mellette died in
Eansa. Monday.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-05-28
(1e,
|1tiOnS
brtunes

Longs Hook
that Hump
pigs in Go.
|e," etc.
one c~Onceires
some time or
put it in prac-
X talents may
ection. May
ne. Why not
3: :. ::
and
per.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-05-28

Money loaned on chattle mort
cages at IL per cent. Highest mar
ket price paid for county warrants
and school orders. Interest paid
on time deposits. Exchange
bought and sold,
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-05-28

r.r.oo timc--at kimb4l Mill
r..IoqG;ne-at Kinball Mill.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-05-28

TIA GENERAL BANKING BUS
MESS TRANSACTED.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-05-28

Way


Pubmitting thd
Fous inyentiom
,eding month. |
K PATENTS
TORS, and the|
offer is to end
s Of an invent-|
hind. At the|
Fish to impressl
=. .. -
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-05-28

,)r. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Fair Highest Award.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-05-28

W. II. STROUD.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-05-28


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F.nioad Comd
fuF offers ~
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-02
TOM WATSON NOT TALKATIVE.
HE REFUSES TO DISCUSS a RUMOR
THAT HE WILL RETIRE.

He Also Declines to Comment on n
Report That He Fnvors the NOmI-
nation of Straight Out POpuIist
Candidate For the Presidency.
watson to Speak at Atlanta Tues
day Night.
Atlanta. Ga, Oct. 1.-Candidate Tom
Watson made speech at Stone Mountain
to-day. in which he defined himself
squarely as to the state campaign, de-
claring that he was for Seab Wright.
and wanted to see him elected governor.
Tonight Mr. Watson occupied room
at the Kimball house He was seen about
the lobby, and talked upon everything
but politics, and his own personal rela-
tion thereto in national way. with all
whom ne met, Upon that subject he was
as silent as the Sphinx.
When shown a press dispatch sent out
from Washington this afternoon
to the effect that he had become so
disguised with the manner in which he
has been treated by the managers and his
party in general, that he is about to re-
tire. he refused to open his lips in reply.
The same dispatch also stated that Mr..
Watson was believed, in Washington, to
be anxious 10 have a regular presidential
candidate other than Bryan put out by
the populist national committee This
also he declined to discuss.
Mr.. Watson will make a speech in At
lanta next Tuesday might closing the
populist campaign.
Walter b. Hill of Macon will open the
pnp1IfGt mn rrvfnp Fulton
county for Wright, on Monday night, at
the Moody tabernacle.
Tomorrow night Gov. Atkinson will be
the central figure In a great democratic
rally at the Moody tabernacle, which will
be the last of the democratic campaign
meetings in this county. on Tuesday
night, the eve of the election, the gov
ernor will invade Floyd county, Seab
Wrights home, while Mr.. Wright is ex-
pected to come to Atlanta that day and
speak here at the tabernacle
Mr.. Watson seems to be sore on the
managers of the national compaign for al
lowing him to be traded off in the fusion
between the populists and democrats in
the several states. He has practically
nothing in the states where there has been
fusion, the populists having taken the
local nominations and given the demo-
Gratis the electoral tickets or majority of
the electors.
IN ms speech at stone mountain, MT.
Watson defended his course In opposing
fusion on the electoral ticket. He said
that he had refused fusion with the re.
publcans in Georgia and in Texas. His
reason for so doing was that the populst
party was organized as protest against
the old parties and fusion would be con-
doning their faults. IF we were to fuse
with either of them, we would thereafter
be stopped from attacking them, and
would have to admit that they were
right"
populist leader, who Is close to Mr..
Watson, says tonight that Mr.. Watson
has nothing to gain by running, no poss-
BILE chance to be elected, even If Bryan
is elected, and therefore, Mr.. Watson will
retire.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-02
BRYAN TO STUMP INDIANA.
His Managers Confident of Carving
the state

Chicago, Oct. 1.-Mr. Bryan is to speak
in Indiana next week, and his schedule
has been arranged as follows:
Tuesday Oct. 6.--Jeffersonviue, 7:45 a.
M; New Albany, $50 a. m; Soottsburg.
9:15 a. M; Seymour 9.55; Columbus, 1885;
Franklin, 1850; Indianap polls, 1850 D. m
The committee has arranged for meet
ings in Indianapolis both afternoon and
evening.
Wednesday, Oct. 7.-Leave indianapolis
$50 a m, arrive Noblesvile 9:4O Upton,
1OI5; Kokomo, 11:O5 Logansport, 12:D;
Winamac, S:15; North Judson stop fifteen
minutes; Crown Point, $40; Hammond.
night meeting.
A special train has been secured for this
trip and speakers of national reputation
will be left at each place where a stop is
made to continue the meetings after Mr..
Bryan's departure
Chairman Jones, who returned last eve
ming from the east, says he feels greatly
encouraged over the outlook, and SAYS
the sentiment in favor of free silver is
growing rapidly throughout the country.
and if the election was to be held to-day
Bryan would be elected
He believes this sentiment will continue
until election day and that the free silver
nominee will receive the largest majority
Of the electoral college vote ever given
to presidential candidate. Mr.. Jones
says he has no doubt whatever of the re-
suit in Illinois, Notwithstanding the Nc
Ktnley managers and papers manufacture
contrary reports.
The national managers express the
greatest confidence of carrying Illinois,
their only fear being, as officially declared.
that IAN attempt will be made to debauch
the polls in Chicago on election day"
Arrangements were completed to-day
for Mr.. Bryan's trip from Cincinnati to
st. Louis, on Saturday A special train
will be provided to leave Cincinnati at s
a. m. Stops will be made long enough for
brief addresses at Lawrenceburg. Aurora,
North Vernon, Seymour, Mitchell, Wash
ington and Vincennes, and at Lawrence
Wills, Olney and Flora Ill. 1t is not known
at what hour Mr. Bryan will reach st.
Louis as the length of his stops will be
regulated by circumstances.
Hon. Leon Bailey of Indianapolis was
at national democratic headquarters to-
day, and declared that If the election were
to be held to-day Indiana would give
Bryan $4,000 majority.
Senator Teller, Chairman Jones and
Chief McConvilie of the speakers bureau
conferred to-day, regarding the formers
itinerary, but no programme was definite
ly mapped out. Senator Teller, however,
will speak in Illinois, Wisconsin and Min
neSOta.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-02
BLACKBURN BOAsTFUL.
He is Confident Bryan VIII Garry
Thirty States.


Thirty states.
New York. Oct. 1.-Senator j. c. S.
Blackburn Of Kentucky who addressed
a Bryan mass meeting on Tuesday even
ing, was still in the city yesterday and
was at the Waldorf. He practically ad-
mits that this state IS lost to the demo-
Gratis, and talks bitterly about what he
calls the treachery of certain leaders, but
when he comes to speaking OF the situa-
ton over the country. he grows enthu-
siastic. why" he said yesterday, IN
this campaign have covered this country
south and west pretty thoroughly, and
am convinced that Bryan is going to carry
thirty of the forty-tive states. / base the
calculation of the fact that there is an up
rising in favor of free silver over the
country, and upon what / have seen and
heard" Senator Blackburn says that peo-
pie of the east are lamentably ignorant
about the situation in the west
How will your state go?" Mr.. Black
burn was asked. He glanced at the
speaker with an astonished looked. Ken
tucky' he said emphatically, will go for
Bryan, and his majority will be a large
one" Il make the predictions that the
Palmer and Buckner ticket will not carry
a county, congregational or state election
district, and that the total Palmer vote
cast will be insignificant" 81"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-02
ONE KILLED AT WASHINGTON.
A Mans Corpse Taken From the
Ruins of Restaurant.

Ruins of a Hestaurnnt.
Washington oct. 1.-The southern hur-
ricane which swept over this city with
such resistless force on Tuesday night
left one fatality and probably several
more in its wake here. The mangled body
of James f. Fitzgerald was dug out Of the
ruins of Charles Beattys saloon on Penn
syivania avenue at $50 o'clock this morn
ing. Fitzgerald was employed in the
navy yard as skilled mechanic. He
was "a years of age and a native Of Maine
The police believe there are at least
two more bodies In the wrecked building
i'm which the remains of Fitzgerald were
exhumed. Charles Coleman, colored, a
waiter In Kellys lunch room, has been
missing since the storm. He was In the
place a few minutes before the crash
came and has not been seen since.
As soon as the workmen learned that
there were probably others In the ruins
they worked with redoubled vigor. The
police say that the thcaters were out at
the time the storm broke In It's fury and
they believe that others who sought shell
ter in Kelly's or Beatty's saloons may be
entombed in these great piles of debris