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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-10-22

One OF the charges maze Dy ne
publicans again the populist board
of county commissioners Is unwar-
ranted extravaganza. When, as
every one knows, we had almost a
total crop failure, and when the
populists only had two members on
the board, the total poor fund ex-
pense for 1898 was only ~s1,334.69
and 1894 only s1,S30.60 ; while in
1895, when we had a good crop in
the county, the same poor fund ex-
pense was S3,60S.08. In 1898, the
county warrants drawn against the
general county funds amounted to
$22, 016. 90 in 1894, $50, 421. 90 /;
in 1895, s29,434.00 in 1896 to
July l, S15,660. 90
These figures which are taken
from the books of Day County prove
the charge conclusively to all fair
minded people. What all the items
are that 60 to make this additional
burden on the taxpayer would be
hard to find out. 1t would be a tire
some task to go over each and every
bill presented to and allowed by
his populist board of county com
sioners and find out inst where each
and every one of these over-charges
are that go to make up this greatly
increased expense ; but, day by day,
here and there, in the county books,
We stumble upon and run across
some of these over-charges. 81 here
for lead pencils that could have been
bought for so cents somewhere else,
ands1 there for pens that could have
been bought somewhere else for so
cents +; 81 here for % cents worth of
blanks, and 81 there stuffed into a
bill where the county got nothing
for it a railroad ticket and SO in
cash to some paupe;r shipped out of
the county to Minneapolis, and S25
extra on court calendars /; a book
here bought for S14 that could have
bought elsewhere for S12, and a case
of ink there bought for 81 that could
have been bought elsewhere for
$3.50 I; 10 cents a lire for printing
where other people used to ask and
receive only 5, and a large bill of
fees to a populist county Judge
where a serious doubt exists as to
the legality of paying the same.
And so on, and on, and on, and on,
and that is the way this large in
crease in the expense of running
Day County has accumulated. There
can be no doubt about it.
There are some people when they
are told of this political misconduct
that get out and howl about being
abused in order to gain a false sym
patty for the time being. This
article is not written for the purpose
of abusing any one. 1t is "ssruight.
haired" politics. The administra.
ton of the ~tinances of Day County is
a question in which every citizen and
taxpayer in the county is interested.
These are facts which we believe
every voter in the county should
know.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-10-22

Voters of Day County, bear 1
mind the fact that the RepublicaI
candidates for the Legislature Al
publicly pledged to railroad reform
Not only in that particular, but 1
every case may they be relied upO'
to do their duty. Citizens of esta8
lisheu reputation, honesty, and III
tegrity, your interests will be saf|
in their keeping. Listen to no pa1
tisan attacks upon their character
for they cannot be substantiated
Do not be fooled into voting agalns
them, and let Day County be repre-
sented in the next Legislature b
men who will not betray you for
railroad pass or flag station
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-10-22

tion which feels itself injured by the
war. 1t i safe to say that never did
a generation display such remarkable
longevity. From the Omaha " orld-
Herald Mr.. Bryan's personal organl
Nov. Is, 1892.
BRYAN'S PARENTAGE.
Editor National Tribune En-
closed 0 will find a tribute 70 the
character of Judge Bryan, father to
the nominee for president, which
facts can be substantiated by com
rades at this Home. This IS not a
campaign lie, but the round truth as
the editor of the Lawrence (kan)
Journal can and will prove. Can
any veteran conscientiously vote for
such a mar for president when the
poison OF rebellion is bred ~ ms
blood ? Please print it N your
paper over again. am a foreigner
by birth have served four years
and two months in the late war, and
would do so again, although | am
over Go years old.
Respectfully, your comrade'
Herman Grasley.
Serrt. Co. ID, Hath Pa. National
Home, L~eavenworth' Kan.
A DIFFERENT PICTURE.
The Journal has become weary OF
hearing and reading the praises OF
old Judge Bryan, father of the dem
ocratic candidate for president. He
has been pictured as a saint, a man
of irreproachable character and OF
deep religious convictions, Ii has
been said that he always opened
his court with prayer and closed It
with a benediction. As a matter Of
fact, Judge Bryan was 1o old
scoundrel, who put in his time talk
ing treason, organizing lodges of the
Knights of the Golden Circle, and
making speeches abusing the soldiers
and the government. He narrowly
escaped lynching several times at
the hands of the soldiers, and he
richly deserved hanging. He lived
in the hottest hotbed of secession
north of Mason & Dixon's line, and
he prided himself upon being a
leader of the X. G, Cs, whose bust
ness it was to encourage treason and
murder soldiers. He was one of the
rankest and vilest of copperheads
that infested Wabash County, and
because of his superior abilities was
one of the most dangerous men in
the county. Knowing these things
as the Journal does, the constant
singing of the virtues of the old
rascal has a tendency to make one
weary.-Lawrence Journal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-10-22

were disposed to be so yerv
table enter 10 a contract to CIV Sua
farmers 40 cents for thei,e
when 1T was only worth AZ "A
market ? 1t would have heo1
charitable. 1t would havo az
them in their business. nm
been compelled to shin
abroad and compete with ~
wheat raising. They might
helped out the merchants Of /
county on the same score.
really fair and exactly ZONES,
our great big hearted countv
missloners should single ont III
Kelley, a populist editor Of Al
ullst newspaper, and give him n
sort of a chance to feather bis !!
nest, and especially when the n
payers of Day County have - \
for the feathers Just thins u
is 1t fair ? is 1t honest t? XII
protectlonist Kelley, the n.y.
critical demagogue, who n,as9
around over Day County IN J
gloves ald soft lily-white has,
preaching reform to farno,,
telling them there il notSia- !
protection, Thu man KeIIsv |
more than once made the @stats.p
that he corld lie to the peoOla
Day CoGnty all he pleased and i
the Primers and other people won
believe him before they would !
fellows on the other side.
We are in favor Of protest
that protects the whole conn,
We are in favor of that kind
protection that keeps foreign VII,
out of our home market /; 4
Keeps out foreign flax /; that k,
out foreign barley f; that keeps !
foreign hay f; that keeps out fore
manufactured goods /; that kind
protection that protects every {
mer In his business, every lsbo
in his work, and every industry
the whole country. Kelley is |
in favor of that kind OF protectu
Ii any man doubts that Kelley
featherlng his nest out of his D
itics, all you have to do is to St
into his place of business. VII,
but two or three years ago he /
nothing, he now has thousands |
on thousands OF dollars worth
costly machinery ; a steam eng
to run the press that prints
blanks ; railroad passes, receiI
while preaching reform for
populists at Pierre, TO ride
while selling blanks and books
other equities. If he had o
made the little ballot. box sche
work while at Pierre, he mi
have worn a plug hat along "
hls kid gloves. Reform {! Refor
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-10-22

"No one need be i'm any
doubt about what the Re-
publican party stands for. Ii
stands, now as ever, for hon.
est money and a chance to
earn it by honest toii."-Wm.
Mckinley.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-10-22

Does the old soldier who is think
ing of supporting Bryan read and
ponder over the utterances of that
candidate, his organs, and his sup
porters. Let him read the following
and see in what respect he is held
by the popocrats
BRYAN AND THE OLD SOLDIER.
AN UTTERANCE FOUR YEARS AGO,
The next session Of congress will
have to wrestle with one deficiency
of $50, 200, 900. This is on account
of pensions. The appropriation for
pensions for the next year must not
be less than S150,O0o,o0O. 1t is
therefore easy arithmetic to perceive
that the appropriation that congress
must make for pensions next session
must aggregate not less than $780,
100000.
This tremendous sum would in
itself be enough to run q reasonable
government. One would not COM
plain if it were an honest debt, be-
aus it was never earned by any
act of patriotism or heroic service.
The government is held up and des-
poiled Of no mea portion OF this
and it seems helpless to defend it.
self, One cannot help being CUR
ious to know how many more yyesrs
il will take to exhaust the genera
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-10-22

Experience IS the best teacher
and the experience of the American
people with the democratic party
during ths past four years is the
greatest safeguard against the
election of Free Trader Bryan. GA
burnt child breads the fire."
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-10-22

Senator Pettigrew ia his talk to
the Sisseton Indians described the
free aud unlimited coinage Of silver
as meaning more money with
which to pay the Indians" Petit
grew is a demagogue.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-10-22

Twenty seven years Of protection
QS65 to 1889 decreased our public
debt 81, 646. 301. S7S. Three years
of democrats low tariff increased
m public debt 1862, 1929, $50.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-10-22

Good money never made bad
times"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-10-22
Our Ticket.
National.

For President
WILLIAM MCKINLEY, OF Ohio
For Vice President
GARRETT A.. HOBART,
of New Jersey.
For Presidential Electors
J. l.. TURNER, of Bon Homme.
r. ID. EDWARDS, of Lead City.
II. j. WOODS, of Minnehaha.
II. NJ. of Campbell.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-10-22

Vote to remove the blight OF
populism from Day County /!
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-10-22
COngresSiOna


Congressional.
For Representatives in Congress
II. j. of Yankton.
CoEI CRAWFORD, of Hughes.
State.
A. G. RlNGSRUD. of Union.
For Lieutenant Governor
d T.. HINDMAN, of Marshall.
For Secretary of State
w. III. R0DDLE, OF Brookings.
KIRKG. PHILLIPS, of Pennington.
II. e MAYHEM, of Sanborn.
For Supt. of Public Instruction
FRANK CRANE, of Codington.
For Attorney General
s. V. JONES, of Turner.
For Land Commissioner
ia. LOCKHART. of Grant.
For Railroad Commissioners
N. p. BROMLEY, of Sphinx.
ID. W. McFADDEN, of Custer.
Legislative.
c. SCHULTZ, of Racine.
For Representatives
ANDREW E. HEaMAH, of Liberty.
= County.
G. B. KNOTT. Of Bristol.
dc KIDDER. of Kidder.
JAMES u. kAIHBDN, OF Andover.
For auditor
Oh. sLETTEN, of Union.
For Clerk of Courts
L. j. LANGLAND, of Highland.
For States Attorney
JOHN III. LUND, of Webster.
For Superintendent of Schools
ELMER SYVERS0N, of Egeland.
For County Judge
E. W. TAYLOR, of Webster.
For Coroner
NJ. G. sCHENECKER, of Bristol.
For Surveyor
JOS. ALLEY. OF Webster.
For Justices of the Peace
j.. p. REiLANDER, of Kosciusko.
Il. w. HARRIS, of Webster.
NJ. REXFORD. OF Waubay.
ARTHUR JOHNSON. of ADdover.
For Constable
H. BOND, of Andover.
A. WOLFE, of Racine.
j. l.. PAUL. of Waubay.
FELIX RONDELL, of Kosciusko.
Commissioners.
Second District
F.C. MOORE, of Raritan.
Fifth District
il. LEE, of Highland.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-10-22

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Fresh oysters Fec|
Ia,n Restaurant
Mss Billings re.ur'
bon her sad mission
%Dvigbt's Flour 4
than ever
saturday vas the
|pD lOf pu''"
| sopounds Of gran
at the Elevate
Dell Chapman has
Woodland hou
Buy your winter c
|stops, A dandy ior
Vim. Doese, who r
ynn., arrived for a
lgOod assortnel
Boxers at the Furn
| Mr.. Chas. Anders'
|rit at her old home
by morning.
IAiul line OF all tn
THUS Pionee
| 0. ]. sletten OF Pi'
bounty auditor, spei
by in the city.
Dsst cold rolled st
ssgths for 25c at Il
There will be a me
[Y. I. church Saturc
Zone everybody.
few Moquette a
i Benjamin & Fost
Frank Gruby and
sagency Saturda1
hY.
G~asoline-10 cent
pore gallons at Ba
A. H. Kramer toe
n the Twin Cit
selnesday mornln
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sak. Enquire at
ne.
& II. Prior OF Nil
by and Tuesday
Ltsr bis property i
Ross the Jewelel
wing Machine n
|l binds.
Rev. F. W. Nazar
eiver an address
Nuse Sunday at 3
lou can get 20
ssr for a dollar
mStore.
Nike Huber Jr.,
lg THE past year il
sshed home Tuei
The Elevator Sill
to 100 per Gel
Ply ther.
W, and Mrs. W
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e 18th inst. OF n
wa forget tina
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ad departed for
6lRL WANTED
general housey
Kramer.
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the Cong'l chu
R'Ordial i~nvitati
% not buy a fu
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%1evator Store.
Harmon and
hshlp n
renewed alleq
La1ell's celebr,
refreshing,
"neer drugstor|
Don't forget tn
ElAe N. E. Chur
| ''ic and recital
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Elevator stoI
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.vssity prepared
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-10-22
Legislative.

Cd. SCHULTZ, of Racine.
For Representatives
PAUL ZAFFT. of Waubay.
ANDREW T.. HEMMAH, of Liberty
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-10-22
sE W.Smail

Fehad he first sn
saturday mornii|
/ a TO +. W. Small
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-24
England's Great Statesman
in Humanity's Cause.
TO PUT DOWN The TURK.
Believes That 1t Is Time for
His Government to Act.
Yale Students Act Like Cow
boys at Bryan's Meeting.

Liverpool, Sept. 2i.-Hon. W. f..
Gladstone appeared this afternoon
before an audience which packed the
immense auditorium of IieDgler's
circus The occasion was a meeting
of the reform association to protest
against the massacres OF Armenians
in Turkey. Mr. Gladstone rendered
n resolution rendering the British
government hearty support in any
action which it might see tit to take
To prcyen; the recurrence OF such
outrages. Gladstone in his address
denounced the sultan as the author
Of all the atrocities. and demanded
that they be put a stop TO. lie de-
clarcd IL was time for all parties
10 put aside party feeling and
stand 10y the government. The
speaker held that the government
might not be justified in plunging
Europe in n general war, but i. need
not abandon the right OF iudepend-
cnt judgment or allow herself to be
dominccred over by other powers.
She should withdraw her ambassa-
dor from Constantinople and dismiss
the Turkish ambassador from Lon
don and then inform the sultan she
would consider means OF enforcing
her humane demands.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-24
OPEN REBELLION.
said to b. Threatened By the Leadvil,s Z
Mioers.

Denver, Sept. 2i.-The impression that
the presence of troops in LeadviIle would
end the strike has been dissipated by the
reports which have reached Governor Nc
Intyre from Leadville. He is told that
miners from Aspen, Cripple Creek and
the san Juan are quietly gathering at
Leadvillc and that at an opportune mo-
ment the strikers will wipe out the entire
National Guard and burn the town. The
governor has inquired unofficially Of
Briyadier General Wheaton, commander
OF the military department of Colorado.
as TO what assistance the federal author
ities can render in case of emergency on
short notice. Colonel Merriam, of the
Seventh infantry, stationed at Fort Logan,
has been apprised that his command
may receive orders to take the field, and
his troops will he ready when the official
call comes. When federal aid is needed
the governor will address President
Cleveland directly, who in turn will,
through the secretary Of war, order Cen
cral Wheaton to act.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-24
..i. s,ua.,,. ,.,., m. Cow,ov.

New Haven. Conn. Sept. 2I.-Iale
students broke up Bryan's speech
here today. A crowd of 800 COL
legians were in the assemblage Of TO-.
600. When Bryan waved his hand
Tor quiet the Yale men broke ont
10 fnll the college cheer. following
with three long Yales, nine rahs,
another Yale. and then Mckinney
Repeatedly did they break forth into
this cheer so il was impossible for
the nominee to speak. After
order was restored Bryan At.
tempted ,o go on. but the students
would not de.ist. Finally when he
did speak. whenever he made n pDint
pleasing to the crowd Of sympa,hiz.
crs the students rounded il out with
yell finishing with Mckinley as Il
climax. Finally a detail of mounted
police attempted to quiet the eHu-
hcrant lalerzians, but withou. sue.
cess. Disorder continued and Bryan
finally gave up the attemp, and the
crowd was dispersed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-24
Az fo- SI,ppiny Cb,id'. F.e..

New Orleans. Sept. 2i.-Thc slap
ping of child's face caused the
death OF three persons in Gretna. a
villsge across the river, this morn.
ing. James Hawkins. n negro. slap
ped n white child while in the street
last night. \ policeman in endeav-
oriug to arrest him after midnigh,
fired at random into crowd Of me-
groes. killing Alexander and Arthur
Green. Hawkins was lodged in jail.
Early this morning mob broke
down the door and took him out and
hanged him. and threw his body in
the river.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-24
Zcbras Stronger Than Horses,

The zebra is an almost incorrigible
little beast, and up to now all attempts
to train it to work have had small sue.
cess. The Beers, persistent and method
ical, have conquered it at last, and put
the hitherto unruiy animal into the
traces of their mail coaches.
Together the Zebras show an inclina-
tion to bite, but when harnessed with
mules they are easier to manage. This
utilization of the zebra is one of the
greatest Importance TO South Africans.
Horses are likely 70 be killed by hyenas,
while the zebras are match, with teeth
and hoofs, for any hyena.
Beers find that the zebra is capable
OF greater movement han the horse and
is not so susceptible to disease. Strange
to say, the little striped beast is also
stronger than tie horse, though its
weight is less than cnc-half that Of the
other draft animal. Magazine
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-24
Doinr- Of the Bankers Convention.

-. LOUIS. Sert. 2i.-The afternoon
session ~ the Bankers convention was
rather rruFy and unintcrestirE. There
v"T" few u any spectators. and less
than two score of bankers attended.
Herman Justi, of Nashville. presented
n lengthy paper discussing the ques-
tinu a 10 whether banks should go
on bonds. Justi took the position that
they should not. 1t was not read, but
was referred to the executive commit
tee for publication. a dozen or more
subjects regarding the practical and
technical Operations of banks We're pre-
sentcd and discussed informally.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-24
ABBREVIATED TELEGRkM5.

Callias Bey, husband of p. T.
Barnuul's widow, Is dead at Constanti-
nople.
While kneeling at her devotions Mrs.
Margaret Eagen was robbed in the
Holy Family church, Omaha. in broad
daylight.
". W. Wylie. who has spent more
years in the National Yellowstone park
than any other man, says the geysers
are gradually lessening in activity.
Ernest Gula. of Chicago. fell from a
wagon in Ogden avenue, and in strik-
ing the ground bit off his tongue and
broke his nose.
DR.. Lewis Swift, astronomer Of Mount
Lowe observatory, California. has dis
covered two new comets about one de-
gree from the sun.
The body of James McNerney, a
wealthy contractor OF Port Lee, n. j..
was found in the Harlem river. He
had been robbed and murdered by foot
pads.
The postponed race between Joe
Patchen, the PAGER, and W. H. Hamil-
ton, the bicylist, has been declared off,
the weather conditions again being un-
favorable Tuesday.
The sinking of the steamer North
land in her slip at Duluth was the
result of carelessness, not malice. She
has been raised and the loss Will be
covered by less than S504
Dynamite has been found hidden in
an empty house near Galway. ireland.
and an uniSnited bomb was picked up
outside window of the residence of
the deputy lieutenant of Cork.
Yesterday Queen Victaria had
reigned one more day than George III.
who had the record for length of reign
in England. II the queen lives until
July, 1897. she will have reigned sixty
years.
The confirmation of Queen Wilhelm
inc Of the Netherlands, has been defin-
itely fixed for oct. "A. and it is under
stood that the announcement of her
betrothal will take place Immediately
afterward.
Fred Pfeiffer. saluonkeeper at Chi
cago. successfully defended his days
receipts against two armed bandits.
The robbers put bullet through Pfeif-
ers right wrist. but he kept up the
fight and the desperadoes fled without
booty.
The banking schooner Charlie Mayo
has brought into st. Johns, Nd, eight
men who were rescued from the sinking
French vessel Jessie on the Grand
Banks Saturday, when the ship was
broken apart at the stern, owing to
heavy SeaS.
a collision betwseH an express and
an excursion train occurred at the
March COMMUNICATIVE station of the
Great Eastern railroad in England.
Both trains We're wrecked and seven
teen persons We're injured. many of
them sustaining serious injuries.
Mrs. Sally Alhcrson. :15 years old,
died near Colbert. Tex. this week She
was the wife of Chief Alberson, who
was in the Creek war with General
Jackson in 1872. She was the Oldest
person in the nation. and has great
grandchildren who are more than
80 years old.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-24

san Francisco, sept. 2I.-Miss Emma
Ashley. who shot at T.. j. Baldwin, the
millionaire horscman, in court and mar
rnwly missed killing him, was yesterday
acquitted on the ground OF temporary in
sanity. The shooting occurred while the
suit of Lillian Ashley against Baldwin for
seduction was in progress. Emma Ashley
i the plaintiffs sister. and sat behind
Baldwin In court and fired pistol at him
nj close range. The bullet grazcd Bald
wins head, but did no further damage.