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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-09-04
TEST.

The following test will be required Of
voters at said primary election:
II am in favor OF the Free ana
Unlimited Coinage Of Silver at the
rstioi Of le to Il, by the United
States, independent Of any other nation,
and will support the nominees Of the Silver
Party. -. -
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-09-04

The basis of representation Of the respeo-
tive counties I'M the said convention shall
be one!delegate for each Fifty votes cast
for the Silver party nominee for Governor
and one for each fraction exceeding TWEEN
ty-five, at the State election held in.1s9I, ag-
gregating lO7.delegates. and apportioned ras
follows: r..
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-09-04

The several Silver Party County Central
Committees will call q Primary. Election Of
tho people on .'t
Saturday, August 22nd, 1895.
For the purpose Of eleoting delegates to
the said convention. the primary election
y be carried out in compliance with the
lows Of theistate.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-09-04

Balance in treasury. /. :. .$1O,6 57 86|
The above balance stands to the|
credit OF the various funds as per!
Treasufer's Balance Sheet, datedl
juno ~ 1895: hn'i.i. a
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-09-04

AOpaLs'.' '.'''V 1O,lOO 10
SUMMARY
Total receipts. .S23, 9M 65
Paid from county funds. 5,558 AZ
Paid from school funds. $500 IL
Paid from road funds. 1,048 Is
: -'' ..... b-.i 'y.. - -. q
Total acknowledgements. .,s13, 266 79|
The advocate., 1896-12-30

doubtless recommend such legislation
az the local friends of salary reform
msyIagree upon.
The preparation Of these bills is a
matter which should be given the most
careful consideration. In the case Of
officers where fees constitute the COM
pensatlon for the incumbent,s services,
q provision should be inserted requir-
ing that all fees so collected over and
above an amount which will afford
reasonable pay for services performed,
should be turned into the county treas
ury. The official should be required
to keep an accurate and detailed rec.
ord of fees received. In cases where
deputies or other Office help is required
provision should be made for the same
and the amount Of the salary to be
paid specified. Conditions vary to
such an extent that what would be
reasonable salary In one county might
in another of equal population be un'
reasonably high or low. These bills,
as a rule, should be prepared by the
Representative, Senator, or both, from
a county after a consultation with the
friends of salary reform of all parties.
Let officers be paid what they are worth
and no more. Give a faithful, compe.
tent officer two terms. Require all
fees over a reasonable salary to be
turned into the treasury. These
changes In counties where salary bills
have not already been adopted will re-
suit In a liberal saving to the county
and will materially Tighten the burdens
of taxation.
The advocate., 1896-12-30
railroad companies elect their friends to
Congress, and that body has jurisdiction
Of the subject.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF STATESMAN :
SHIP

A Washington dispatch states thstthe
bill to divide Kansas into two Federal
judicial districts is being held up through
the influence Of Congressman Henderson
Of Iowa, whsi is Chairman Of the Judi
ciary committee Of the House. The dis
patch is printed in Republican paper,
and goes on to state that this action ia
being taken to discipline Kansas Rspub-
liCans for failing to support Allison in
the National Republican convention. No
pretense Of holding it back on grounds
Of economy is made,
The position is taken that now is
good time to wash little party linen and
for Iowa Republicans to get revenge for
a fancied wrong.
It is quite likely that there is no good
reason why the bill should pass. The
action OF General Henderson is simply
in line with long established and gener-
ally prscticed Republican methods. Pub
lie Office, position and influence are used
under any and all circumstances to fur
ther personal political ends. Men who
have no higher conception Of statesman
ship are unfit to represent an intelligent
people.
The advocate., 1896-12-30
DOINGs IN CONGRESS-.

Both houses are deluged with petit
tlons and resolutions on Che Cuban
question.
An appropriation bill increasing the
salary Of the Librarian Of Congress
from $4,000 to S5,OOOha been adopted,
The House Committee on Judiciary
has before 1t bill to limit the power
Of injunction in the Federal courts.
The members do not seem disposed TO
fsvOrsbly report It,
Congressman Boatner has introduced
q bill providing that the salary Of the
Vice President shall be increased from
$4,000 to $4,000 a year and that Con-
gressmen and Senators salaries shall
be 1880 instead Of $4,000.
The advocate., 1896-12-30
REDUCE COUNTY SALARIES.

A reasonable reduction Of county
officers salaries is one of the reforms
to which the incoming Legislature
should give special attention. These
salaries should be sufficient to com.
msnd the services Of the best expert
enCed men, but they should not be
high enough to enable an officer In two
terms to accumulate q small fortune.
It is very likely that 1t viii be impossi-
bic to secure an agreement on q gen.
eral salary bill. Such form Of leglsls-
ton is open to many objections and
would be productive Of unsatisfactory
results In many counties. Wherever
it has been possible special bills for
counties have already been pushed
through by Populists. In one or two
cases these bills have been fsthered by
Republicans, but where one has been
80 urged ten have been the result Of
the efforts Of Populist legislators. In
cases where counties have no Popnlist
Representatives In the Legislature the
Fees and Salaries committee viii
The advocate., 1896-12-30

among investors, the scheme Is no effort 20
"unload" shares; it 10 exactly what lite pro-
jector declares it to bean endeavor 10 inter.
est the employees in the property by making
them part owners Of It. There can be no
doubt that the plan win succeed, not only 20
the extent OF the men who subscribe, but
through the influence Of these upon their fell
lows. The greater part Of the disregard Of
property rights Is due more to thoughtless.
ness and ignorance than to dishonest inton.
hon; ownership Of no matter how little, win
often change thief into an honest man and
an anarchist into q l&w.loving citizen. The
new stockholders Of the Illinois CenGral-and
more than 10 per cent. OF the men have OIL
ready made applications FOR stOck-will inev-
itably begin TO study the rights Of the COM
pany, as we'll as their own rights 90 woEkmen,
and the combination Of the two interests will
have many beneficial effects besides the pres.
sFVstion Of order and the prevention Of
strikes, for there is lot Of education in being
compelled to study both sides Of question; ;
to be satisfied with only one side is the usual
khinO
The advocate., 1896-12-30
THE LOUD POSTAL BILL.

4AAH AVbO AVOAeA4 DAA1s
The discussion of bill to change the
rate of postage on second-class matter is
bringing to light some interesting feat
ures. Newspapers belong to this class,
and so do magazines and library publl-
cations-suc as monthly volumes to be
used as books in a uniform collection and
published monthly or qusrtely. The
Postmaster General thinks q reform may
be effected by limiting second-Class mat
ter postage to regular publications that
60 to bona Jide subscribers only, cutting
off extra editions, sample copies, return
packages and the like. On the other
hand, newspaper publishers, aud we
think wisely, urge that il any class Of
publishers need the friendly aid Of the
government in handling their publica-
tions expeditiously and chesply in the
interest Of their readers, they are entitled
to first consideration, because they reach
class of people that constitute a ma
jority, most Of whom are not able to take
high-priced periodicals nor to purchase
costly books.
Discussing the Loud bill few days
ago, Mr.. John Elderkin of the New York
Ledger said to Washington reporter
that this bill "would tend to decrease
the circulation of all weekly and monthly
periodicals of the best class, as we'll as
the circulation of all religious journals,
which are advertised chiefly by means
Of sample copies sent through the mails.
If rigidly executed it would wipe out
nearly all the trade journals, which carry
on their subscription lists the names Of,
and circulate free thousands Of copies to,
advertisers, and which constitute medi-
ums Of information and business ex-
changes for all the great industries OF
the country. But the hardest blow Of
all, he said, "would be that which it
would deal to the manufacture and dis
tribution Of cheap literature in the form
Of paper books or libraries by which all
the best popular works Of fiction and
science, which for twenty-five years have
been distributed broadcast in the humble
homes Of the farmer and artisan all over
the land"
The weight Of this class Of matter Is in
creasing because the price of paper has
fallen greatly OF late, and more Of it can
be used without increasing expenses on
that account. The ADVOCATE does not
regard this move as one in the direction
OF economy. Let the people have read
ing matter as chesply as possible. II re-
forms in carriage Of the mails are to be
inaugurated, let them begin by reduc-
ing the pay Of railroad companies that
charge and receive as much every year
for carrying the mails as the cars used
for that purpose cost. This has been
stated several times by POstmasters Gen.
eral in their annual reports. When Mr..
Wansmalker Wvs asked why he could not
get a reduction Of rates for carrying
lmsils on railroads he answered that The
The advocate., 1896-12-30

The trouble with most Of the so-called
dyspepsia cures, is that they don't cure.
They give only temporary relief. IndigeS-
tlon usually extends all through the diges-
tive tract, from the stomach clear down 10
the large intestine; the liver too Is fire.
quently involved In the trouble, being
torpid and inactive. For a thorough,
radical, permanent cure you must have the
whole digestive organism set right-nOt
violently stirred up, but regulated. DR..
Plerce's Pleasant Pellets will invigorate
the liver and help it to actively Secrete the
bile; and act gently on the bowels to pro-
mote a regular healthy movement. This
means a complete and lasting cure Of diges-
tive troubles.
The advocate., 1896-12-30
1895,

interested In the Cuban question; not
because they claim any proprietary
rights in the island, but because they
have claims on adjacent islands, and
because their possession and owner
ship there affords them commercial
facilities in times of peace and strate-
glc advantages in time of war with
this country or with Mexico or any OF
the nations south Of as.
It is not at all improbable that the
seizure of Cuba by the United States
would involve us in a war of great
magnitude; and in that event we would
soon find ourselves troubled with sert-
GUS complications both at sea and on
land. Our facilities for equipping an
army are excellent. We have the
raw materials, we have machinery
and men. We could easily arm and
clothe 100000 men in sixty days. We
should probably require a good deal
more time than that to add enough to
our navy to make it what 1t would
have to be In order to cope with the
ccmbined fleets of several powerful
European nations.
Our great cities are exposed to the
deadly work of lOng.rsnge guns, and
while the interior Of the country could
be and would be at all times made per
fectly safe from raids of the enemy,
yet our situation would be that Of
fighting a war with foreigners outside
our own country, and we the sggres-
sOrs. We would be compelled to de-
fend Cuba on sea and land, and would,
at the same time, have to defend our
own exposed borders, which means a
line Of 1900 miles.
If there was nothing to do but 20
and capture Weyler's army, send the
Spanish soldiers home and stand guard
while theCubans organize government
of their own, the work could be done
with but little trouble and expense.
But that Is not the case at all. We
should have to whip Spain and her
allies, and then keep a standing army
on the island and a naval squadron In
and about It's hsrborS for years to
come.
These and other considerations of
weight will be discussed in Congress
deliberately. High as feeling runs In
many places, it is hardly to be expected
that any aggressive movement will be
made by the government until the
whole situation has been carefully
gone over. Differences among our
selves will soon be adjusted, and what
we conclude to do will be done after
due preparation. The ADVOCATE ia
Of opinion that the whole matter will
be settled to the common advantage
Of all parties concerned.
The advocate., 1896-12-30
COOPERATION AMONG RAILWAY PEOPLE

CO-OREhAIAUN AMUNu hAAuWAA EEOGuE'
The Illinois Central Railway Com
pany, whose work requires the services
of more than twenty thousand men,
has insugursted movement to make
It's employees stockholders. In that
way the managers expect to interest
the men In the business of the com.
psny. Being part owners, they would
be less likely to either neglect their
work or permit others to do so. 1t is
believed, too, that such ownership
would greatly lessen the danger of
strikes If not wholly prevent them,
There can be but one opinion as to
the wisdom of this plan, speaking in
general way. The principle involved
is altogether right, and we'll managed
In any good business out of debt, it
could not fall to produce satisfactory
results. And there is no business bet
ter adapted to such scheme than that
of the common carrier when things are
normal.
But there Is one drawback In the
case of most American railroads. The
same trouble exists, we suppose, in all
countries where railroads are managed
as private institutions. The trouble
is debt. The railroad companies of
the United States are all In debt. In
the aggregate, more than one-hslf their
capitalization consists Of bonds run
ming at interest at long time. The
bonds amount to more than the roads
are worth In the market, and the In
teFest on them would alone amount to
a profitable income on the business
done. But the interest, of course,
goes to the bondholders, and there Is
nothing left for the people who own
the stock. This puts the companies at
the mercy Of their creditors, and that,
In times Of poor business, works disas-
trously to the stockholders. Dissatis.
faction inevitably results and that
always INJURIES business.
If the Illinois Central is able to pay
It's debts,n now and will do 30 and then
keep out Of debt, It's cooperation plan
will work well. Golfers Weekly, re-
ferring to the subject, says;
As the stock Of che company Is dividend
paying, Sud has always been IN SctlYp demand
The advocate., 1896-12-30
Special Rates to Silver Convention and In
auguratlOn.

BuBNAWpAVAs
To THE FREE SILVER CLUBS OF
KANSAS The Western Passenger AS
soclstion has made an open rate Of one
fare for the round trip to Topeka to
the inaugural exercises and the meet.
ing of free silver clubs January l and
10, 1897. The representatives Of clubs
will meet at Hamilton ball at 10 o'clock
q. m. of the 18th. Prospects for large
attendance are very flsttering. If
clubs will send me their lists Of dele
gates In advance, 1 will arrange them
90 ss to facilitate the work Of Organi-
zstiOn when we assemble. Free silver
papers are requested to republISh this
notice. d. G. TILLoTsoN,
State Organizer Of Free Silver Clubs.
The advocate., 1896-12-30

Boys on the farm should read the Kan
sas City Machinery Company advertise.
ment thIe week,
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-10
GOOD ROADS BENEFITS.
The Profits Do Not Ali Go to the Farmer
City and Town Also Gain.

City and Town Also Gain.
Whenever the farmer is prosperous.
every one partakes CT his prosperity, ard
it is of the highest interest to every ma
tion III its strife for pre-eminence that
in it's struggles it occasionally touches
the ground and gains new strength, and
it can do this only by fostering to the
greatest degree the interests Of the cul-
tivators Cf the soil, says writer in The
Industrial World. That shortsightedness
which fails to perceive that manufac-
lures must depend upon agriculture is to
be remedied by putting on the glasses
with which history is read.
There is noWay in which the farmers
interests can be better subserved than by
improving the roads over which they
carry their products to market and re-
turn with the products Of the manufac-
furers. It is evident that the products Ct
the one have as much need Of good roaGs
as those of the other.
Macaulay says that 1.-THE chief cause
which made the fusion Of the different
elements of society SO imperfect was the
difficulty our ancestors had in passing
from one place to another. The chief
cause of the badness Of the roaCs seems
10 have been the defective state Ct the
law. Every parish was bound to repair
the highways which passed through it.
That a route connecting two great towns
should be maintained at the cost Of the
rural population is obviously unjust. .
We now have trunk lines cf railways
connecting the populous cities, but the
traffic is not all from city to city. What,
indeed, have the cities to exchange with
each other but the things brought to
them in one shape or another from the
CT untry? What do these congregated
people do, who find employment where
they live together, except TO work ard
transform material which is brought III
from the country? And all this lateral
has its cost increased by all the d ffieul
ties and obstacles to transportation. The
marketed products Cf the surrounding
country go over common reads to reach
the railroads so that all along the great
lines the country roads bring their
freight.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-10
WHERE THE LOSS BELONGS.
Don't Charge 1t to the Crops When the
Real Cause Is Muddy Roads.

Don't Charge 1t to the Crops when the
Real Cause Is Muddy Roads.
Time spent i'll marketing farm prod
Bulletin
This less falls Gu the crop produced
by the farmer. The dappled fields OF
green and golden wheat know it and the
corn leaveswhisper it to the lazy pump
kins following in autumn sun.
They know that against them will be
charged all the time CT hCrses and men
employed i'll transporting them to mar
ket.
They know that if the road to town
is very bad and but half load can be
marketed in twice the time required for
marketing full load with a good road,
it will all count against them when the
years business is finished and the books
are balanced.
They know that production and con-
sumption are the great contending fac
tors of the farm. Horses and men are
consuming the crop while they are pro-
ducing it. The consumption Of it does
not end until it is exchanged for its cash
equivalent. The fewer the number CT
horses and men, and the less the amount
of time employed i'll producing and mar
keting it, the more there will be to
credit to the worth of the crop.
The mud tax, OF stony road tax, CT
the steep grade tax is assessed against
the product Cf the fields.
If the farm ism I a paying investment,
the why should be looked into.
The farm itself may show profit.
The miserable road to market may be
the Improbable part of the business.
Roads should be SO made that loads can
be hauled to market when fields are too
wet to work
Quit charging the fields with the great
loss of time, the br, ken vehicles, the
wornout horses ard the many other ills
occasioned by poor roads.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-10
What the Roads Needed.

Three years ago WANTED to build two
porches to my house and had to haul
my logs three miles to get to a sawmill.
| struck the road upon which the owner
of the mill was hauling lumber to the
railroad He had broad tires Oh his
wheels and had been hauling all the
winter. wet CT Cry, and always carried
LOCO feet at load. Notwithstanding
this lie had good road. with ruts net
over three inches deep at any place. 1t
was accmfcrt to haul over the read, and
continued this for five Gays with about
the same lead that he had As the re-
suit, when got through with NY haul
ing my narrow tires had cut into his
road Up to the axles. and | saw at once
what our roads neeGed. Ger. Southern
Planter.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-10

Gold democrats at Washington
seem to have sort Of understanding
between each other not to talk for
publication about the defeat of the
silver wing. says our Washington
correspondent. This is because a
plan is already onfoot to bring about
a reorganization, and harmonic the
gold and silver wings of the party.
The silver wing, it is said, is not as
considerable, and the two factions
will not be apt to consolidate for
some time to come, al least.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-10

what we say, to accept their defeat
m nfully, and, like true Americans,
turn in and help the victors fulfil their
agreement This done, political enc
mics will soon become friends in the
great f..nt against their common
enemy ''nard times" TO this end
''rhe Times. will lend its help, and
we trust that individuals will not
seek to hamper or down its efforts.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-10

Unless there is ii hitch inthe present
programme the republicans Will be
able o legi-late as they please after
the 4th of March, regardless OF the
silver men. Should the legislation o.
the next Congress, ariff or any other
sort, fail to give the country the
promised relief from the present IN
satisfactory commercial and indus
teial conditions, the silver question
will, no doubt, keep itself before the
public. An overwhelming majority OF
the voters have just declared against
silver, and about the only thing that
would cause enough of those voters
to reverse themselves to change the
result of four years hence will be a
failure to derive the benefits they ex-
pect to get through their defeat OF
silver.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-10
We are Beaten.

We are beaten, so say the returns,
and we accept the inevitable like I'M
conouerable heroes. We made q
hard but honorable fight for what We
truly believed to be noble cause.
Ii we were in the right, the cause will
not down with single defeat. Ii we
were in the wrong it ought to down
White the fight was a bitter one, we
are not accused of unbecoming
methods in conducting the campaign.
We were beaten in the struggle, but
we are firm helieversin majority rule.
anl thu present Off 'ers elect should
receive the respect due them as the
cho &c OF thu American people, by
every true follower of Bryan. We be-
lieve that every officer, from the
President down TO the town coroner,
should be respected by the people, re-
gardl, IS of 10 itical aft iations, and
that the man occupying the lowest
position, and who is placed there by
the free eli dice OF his fellow citizens, Is
crea err than a king in all his pomp,
whose position is maintained by
right of birth. If my large proportion
Of the energy exhibited in the past few
months, is turn d to the general i'm.
nroyrment Of off sirs. this country
could h. made 10 hum from q
commercial and industrial standpoint
What We want now, is true fuiihi-
ment OF he agreement of the v'ctors,
in brin ing about tn promised good
times, AMI the trua ev .lence OF 'con-
fidence'' hy lendin III -ir FORTUNES and
,hc;r unhamnere.l aid 10 this enl
Aud again we want, the defeated pot
ton OF the community, and we mean
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-10

Exchanging, in effiey, ofthe dun my,
Tuesday night, placarded with the
noble cause of large proportion OF
this country, was not looked upon
with favor by the advocates OF either
party, and While it was not openly
condemned by the silverites of this
city, it was considered out of place to
say theleast, and showed poor taste
in ceebratinga political victory.