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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-12-10
POLITICAL STATEMENTS.
Statements Of Receipts and Expenditures Of
Committees and Candidates.

The following statements of politi-
cal committees and candidates have
been filed since our last issue. The
committee statements are complete
but as there are several candidates
who have not filed the statements it
is presumed that they are not going
to do SO. In a letter to Yellow
stone county candidate dated last
week and published in the Gazette,
the attorney general reiterates his
opinion that the law does not re-
quire candidates to make such state
ment:
w. +. Hanson swears that he spent
nothing in the last campaign.
The statement of ]. c. Walker. cam
didate for assessor, shows expendi
lures of $685., $70.25 for travelling
and $25 to the committee.
q. w. Cook spent $57 80 for travel
ing and contributed 800 to the COM
mittee.
w. s. Perkins, candidate for clerk
and recorder spent the same amount
and for the same purposes as Mr..
Cook, they having Travelled together
and paid the same amount to the
committee.
E. X. Cheadle squandered all his
money in travelling, amounting to
$55.
X. Won Tobel paid % for travelling.
81 for stationery and postage and
owes the committee $25. an unpaid
voluntary contribution.
Edmund Wright, who made such
an excellent run for district clerk,
spent $196. OF this $s5 was spent in
travelling. IS for messenger service
and 800 to the committee.
John NJ. Parent put 800 in circu-
lation. $45 for travelling, 81 for trans
hitting circulars or other publica-
tions, 81 for stationery and postage,
and $50 to the committee.
Sheriff Waite's expenses were $l74,
800 being paid tn the committee and
$74 for travelling.
j. /. Corbly, who will represent the
Democratic and Populist parties on
the board of county commissioners
for four years, spent $47. 81 for trav-
cling and 40 to the committee.--
p. w. Watkins, the Populist legis-
lator, distributed $32.25, of which
$3.50 was spent for travelling, 8 80
for telephone messages and IS to his
ommittee.
1t did not cost the Populist com
mittee much to run their campaign
az shown by the following:
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-12-10
Deafness Cannot be csred

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure Deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused by an
infiamed condition of the mucous
lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube gets infiamed you
have rumbling sound or imperfect
hearing, and when it is entirely
closed deafness is the result. and un-
less the inflammation can be taken
out and this tube restored to it's
normal condition, hearing will be
destroyed forever; nine cases out of
ten are caused by catarrah, which In
nothing but an infiamed condition OF
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness (caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circu-
lars, free.
F. j. CHENNEY & Co., Toledo, o.
pB Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-12-10

means of redress of grievances, and
it made one of it's planks recon-
struction of the supreme court i'm
order to change a legal decision.
"A majority OF the American peo-
pie wish more energetic foreign
policy than they believe will come
from any administration named
Democratic. They are deeply affected
by the lamentable condition of the
Christian subjects of the Turkish EN-
pire. They mean to annex Hawaii;
they desire to sees Venezuela allowed
to retain her rightful sole dominion
over the mouth of the OrinOco. They
are intensely anxious to see arrested
the atrocities i'm Cuba and to aid In
making the island free and independ-
ent But none of the foregoing rea-
sons, not even the one concerning
the national honor In connection
with the currency, influenced so
many voters against Mr.. Bryan az
did the determination of the Ameri-
can people to plainly vindicate and
firmly establish the principle Of pro-
lection to- American Industries by
adequate tariff duties ON foreign pro-
ducts.
THAT the United States is opposed
to n single gold standard and il In
favor of retracing i'm due course and
with careful regard to the national
honor the steps taken in the demOne-
tizatiOn Of silver until gold and sill
yer shall he admitted to free coinage
at the ratio of 15k to and made the
standard money of the world and
the measure of the values of the
worlds a proposition which would
receive the suffrage of four-fifths Of
our voters, II this proposition alone
could he fairly presented them even
without further debate. To such
convictions, entertained by a vast
majority of American voters COM
mitted tn bimetallism, the friends Of
such a monetary system may conf
IDENTIFY appeal. The question is not
one of four years, nor for a decade.
1t may take as long to remonetize
silver as 1t has taken to realize the
paralyzing influence of demonetiza-
tion. But the fact that 6,OO0,0 out
of Il, ,OOO, 900 of American voters have
given their ballots for the wild pro-
ject of immediate free silver coinage
by the United States alone shows
! that the question is one which must
be compromised and adjusted in
some way. The advocates of gold
monometaIlism are crying out that
the silver question is dead. They
hope, but do not really believe, that
this is true. Never was it more i'm
pOrtant for bimetallists to exert
themselves. Mr.. Mckinley Ii pledged
by his own words to cooperate with
us.
WILLIAM 4. CHANDLER
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-12-10
PLEDGED TO BIMETTALLISM.
Senator Chandler Contributes A Timely
Article to the National Review.

European bimettallists need not
believe that the selection of McKin-
ley and Hobart by Overwhelming
majorities is a decision to pcrma-
nently accede to the single gold
standard. The Bryan proposition
was soon seen by the American
voters to be simply that the United
States should accept silver mono
metallism: should give up all at
temps to keep gold and silver at
parity; should send gold to pre-
MUM and thereby make it mer-
chandise merely, and should base all
American prices upon silver only. 1t
can hardly he considered. upon re-
lection by any true bimetallist that
such action on our part would have
helped the cause of bimetallism in
any country in the world. 1t is true
that the Bryanites called themselves
bimetallists and that Mr.. Bryan in
his recent outcry from his temporary
political entOmbment addresses not
the Democrats, nor the POpulists,
nor the people. but the bimetallists.
This, however, is a sheer affectatiOn.
mo Bryan orator or writer has
seriously denied that the adoption
of his policy-the immediate, unlimi-
ted free coinage of silver by the
United States alone-would send
gold to- n premium and keep it there
for an indefinite period. Surely that
| would he silver monometallism; and
metallism is any better stepping
stone tn bimetallism than gold mon
ometallism? 1 had supposed that
it was generally agreed by thought
full and rational bimetallists every
where that it would not help. but
rather hinder, the cause of bimetal-
lism for the United States to leap at
once to free silver coinage. How,
then, can the late decision of the
United States against immediate free
coinage injure the contest for bimet-
allism? There the question might be
left, but a fuller survey of all the
causes of the defeat of Mr.. Bryan and
the election of Mr.. Mckinley may he
| useful.
| conservative peOple-and Amer
lea has more conservatives than
Europeans think-were alarmed at
the character of the followers of Mr..
Bryan. All the socialists and wild
men of society whom Europe has sent
US shrieked for Bryan, although the
great bulk of our adopted citizens
voted for Mckinley, The platform
seemed to cOuntenance rioting as a
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-12-10

Job printing at the Argus.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-12-10
The South Not for Silver In Future Cam
paigns.

As for the South,-which, apart
from the border States of Kentucky,
Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware,
was carried for Bryan,-it must be
remembered that for long time the
Republican party has been practically
nonresident in that region.
The Populist party had arisen in
recent years as a bitter antagonist
Of the old Democratic organization.
But this year the union Of Democrats
and POpulists in favor of Bryan re-
suited in greatly confused party sit
uation all over the Ssuth. 1t is ex-
tremely significant to observe that
Mr.. Bryan's Southern victories were
won by majorities only IA fraction as
large as those cast for the Democrat.
ic candidates i'm the four preceding
presidential elections. The more in.
fiuential Southern papers which sup
ported Mr.. Bryan are declaring very
generally that the free silver propos.
ition has now been definitely shelved
by the action of the American people
III i'm view of the facts now known
the campaign were to be tried over
again, It'll not likely that the South
ern vote which was cast for free
silver on November could be pOlled
again. I'm short, although Mr.. Bryan
carried n large number Of States and
will have a respectable vote i'm the
E..llasra "a canaa ha advn
Gated was one that i'm it's very mature
could not survive a defeat. Mr.
Bryan seem not to have comprehend
ed this fact, for he announced hii
intention to devote the coming fOul
years to the free-silver propaganda
I'm preparation for the campaign u
1900. He will not find it SO easy al
he imagines to- reassemble that army
which had enlisted for ninety days
only, and which was dispersed Oh
November 3. He will find, for ex
ample, that Tammany, ardent as i
| was i'm the silver cause for few brie
weeks, can never be rallied agaiI
under that banner. 1t is a lost caus'
SO far as practial politics is concern
and the sooner Mr.. Bryan discover
that fact the better it will be for hi
future career. His gifts and aptitude'
are varied, and he may yet perform
useful service and attain worthy o
his ambition, II he does not allow q
single idea-a fallacious one at that
Ito take complete possession OF hi
mind.-From "The Progress of TIN
World" in December Review q
Reviews.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-12-10
Bonds Of Officers.

The following bOnds Of county
officers have been received from Judge
puBose and filed since our last issue:
James NJ. Croft, assessO-D. A.
Meagher, j. NJ. Vrooman. Jacob
Holzemer and Geo. NJ. Stafford, q, 600
each.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-12-10

County Commissioner meet first Monday in
March, June, September and December
The District Court for Fergus county sets as fol-
lows: Monday MaruiI 25d. Monday, June list,
Mon ay Aug ust 9th aud Monday, November 9TH.
lsg6.
SCHOOL. BOARD
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-12-10

The expenses of the Democratic
campaign, however, were consider
able, SO much i'm fact that $1S2 of the
amount is still unpaid. The follow
ing is the statement of it's treasurer,
B. G.. White:
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-12-10
The FaVofite Home DenedI.

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If you have eaten anything hard to
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pleasant sleep.
II at any time you feel your system
needs cleansing and regulating without
violent purging, take SIMMONS LIVER
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,. II. Zeilin . Co.. Philadelphis-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-11
CLEVELAND MAY BOLT.
i DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT TO
WHOOP'ER UP FOR M'KINLEY.
Possibility Growing Out o.
the Mixed Political Sit
uation

<ea York, June TO- A Washington
Gispatch in he Herald says Rather
than support free silver democratic
candidate on free silver platform,
President Cleveland and some OF the
members OF the cabinet will vote To-
Mckinley The matter has resolved
itself into question Of whether the an
minisfration officials would support a
I &c silver candidate, whether thes
sfOuld remain netruai and stay away
frtm the polls, or whether they should
vote the republican ticket. A member
D. the cabinet, to whom the president
has talked freely on the subject said
the president believed The money ques
ton vas Of more Importance than all
other political issues al this time, and
II was absolutely essential that the
cause Of sound money should triumph
tS an overwhelming majority al the
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-11

November ele>%ion. He said the preSi
den. thought this result could best be
attained by unitiug the sound money
m.nS support III favor Of the repuhr
can ljckt, in the event of the adoption
u = satisfactory sound money plank
a :, Louis. This support " the re
publican tickle; by the administration
Will We based. OF course, upon an nm.
eGUNocal declaration in favor Of the
gold standard by the s, Louis convrn-
ton Mr. cleveland does nor want y
Straddle plank adopted ut either st.
Louis or Chicago
Springfield. III. luuc 10 The fol
lowing telegram was received from the
New Work Herald by Coy Altgcld
what Arr Your views on the prohNil-
iN ot Cleveland supporting Mckinley
ami the conSeuueuces OF such action
To this the governor ~ piled AS follows,
England enabled benedict Arnold to
raNiSh Virginia after he had betrayed
the colonies which had trusted AND hon
orrd him BUT no power on earth can
enable Nr cleveland tN further iniurr
the Democratic party which had hon
orrd and trusted him and which he has
n ';yaycd in a more cowardlN manner
than Arnold did the colonies ny all
means let him support Mckinley, for
then democratic success Will be as
surrd
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-11

Washington, June 10 Chairman
nnsley, OF the house ways and MEANS
committee, has reported on the men
CrC TO American manufacturers by the
Threatened invasion OF the products ot
the orient and upon the effect OF the
difference Of exchange between gold
standard and silver standard Coun-
tries upon tho United States mauutact-
uriug and agricultural Interests, The
report says the sudden awakening OF
Japan from the oriental slumhcr Of
centuries is being followed Ivy the
equally rapid Mcsterntaing Of her
methods OF Industry that while the
Japanese do not have the inventive
faculty Of the Americans. or oven ut
the Euroi cans, their initiative tacut-
Ties are wonderful rheir standard Of
NNinE would Ne regarded ~ practical
NtarNauoH Ivy w0rkmcn Of the United
States and THEW uatiN hours OF lalor
average twelve such skilled work.
men rs harksmiths, carpenters ma
sons. compositols, tailors ami plaster.
crs receive III Japanese cities only
from II to ~ cents, and factory opera
uNrs 20 - cents pvr day in our money
and nearly double those sums IN lap
auCsc silver money According 90
the report, manufacturing wages N
the United States are twenty five per
cent higher in pun chasing power than
n uuArte Of century $40 in ConSc.
uucurc of which the labor cost Of pro
durtton in Japan II largely diminished,
while ,ne labor cost of production IN
the United Slatcg has been Increased,
except Us comlrrGcted by larger use ot
labor saving devices. II Is
evident that so far rs the Japan
csc people consume foreign products
they must pay nearly twice as mach
for them as they would pay II they
were not ON a silver basis, a fac, which
clearly dHmuishrs the purchasing
power of Japanese wages one half, The
report continues.
"The silver standard countries Hike
Japan and Mexico IN which, az II Is
rmimed the prices Of domestic pro
ducts estimated IN silver remain the
same ms In 1877. are put to disadVnn.
taRc in their trade with the foreign
countries on a gold standard, IN that
thC latter countries are able to use sll.
yer which costs neatly nt'N per cent,
less tEan 1t did in 1913 for payments
for the products Of silver standard
,ounuies practically paying onr-halt
MS much in their money for products
ut they paid in 1873 Will, silver stan
dard countries pay or nj least paid in
'>02, riRhtN-tNr rcy cent. moro IN vii.
YER and only hftoCr Ter cent less IN
gold for products OF the gold STANDARD
countries than tley did In 1873.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-11
MIR SAGE SUSPECTED RuNCO.


1t was lust after 10 o'clock yesterday
morning when Russell Sage lett his
office 10 call on Mayor Strong, MIR.
Sage end George j. Gould had IN aH-
poiumcul to talk with the mayor about
rapid transit. ana doubtless the tinan
cirr's mind Was filled with the subject
as he hurried alonE up broadway, looN-
ing neither to the right nor to the lett.
lie lad gone about block. aud Wa,
near the Trinity building, when two
dappcr young men stepped up to him,
One wore a beautiful pink-striped shirt
white collar and a check tie The
other the taller Of the two, thouGh
more quietly dressed, had II tie almost
to match. He had a smooth manner
too, and there was friendliness in his
voice rs he said
"Nh Mr.. Sage. ar you going to cad
on the mayor
Mr. Sage stopped Ind began backing
of. The attack lad been sudden, and
moment He locked nj the pink
stripcu shirt ami the check necttie.
Young man, he said, you're mis-
taken in the man Now 80 away.
You're mistaken, What would | want
to see the mayor fore" !
Rapid transit" said the taller O.
the young men, smoothly.
Again Mr. Sage hesitated, hut n
glance at the pink-striped shirt wa
enough. GO away, ! say, he said
stil backing off Nov so away
You've picked up the wrong party
You can't work me with any game like
that. Now go away
1t was plain that he was IN earnest
Go way, Go way he said You've
made n mistake.
The young man with the pink shin
blushed pinker than the pink strcaks
in the shirt, while the other young man
said. We'll, III be d I'D"
While he WAS saying 1t Mr Sage had
started on uptown. His bcnevolen'
face Wore troubled look, and he muir.
INJURED My, my In Broadway, TOO
The two young men followed Nh
Sage to the mayors Office where they
succeeded in interviewing him for their
newspapers Mr. Sage said My. my!
the second time when he saw them and
learned that they were reporters r
New York Sun.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-11
REGARDING 4 TAX on BICYCLES
The Question Viewed from the stand.
point q the Cyclists.

There arc hungry people all oyer the
country ycarning 10 tax the bicycle,
Not in the general way that other prop.
crty is taxed. but they wish to levy
some Special taN or license or blight
Of son.c sort OF II because well, just
because. SupLDslLG a farmer owns a
big, heavy, na"row-tircd rOad wagon
shat Is a regulat highway paralyzcr,
one thai ploWs ruts ard punctures
payeucnts and likewise pneumatic
tired bicycle that las tread 80 SOFT
and gentle II eoudni injure a road in
million years The tax levy MAJ or
assessor or whatever you aal him
comes along and says to the farmer
Your big, naTfCw-tned road wrecker
is exempt from taXation under the gen
oral law. but this velvet footed, dainty
thing y0u use 10 run crrand8 with
shall have 10 lay special tax upon 80
as to get money tC build roads for your
vehicles 10 destroy" Wouldn't The
farmer howl II such an Inconsistent
proceeding? We almost feel JUSTIFIED
in saying he would Why, then 10
farmers wish wheels taxed when the
law exempis Wagons from taxation'
Answer The farmers own the wagons
and the other fellows the Bicycles. But
Goes that really alter the case mo.
terially when viewed frcm the high
pedestal Of justice" II does not All.
Lut Wheels should be taxed because
ICY must have good roads to travel
over, * they ten u.s. Pedestrians
must have Wallis and pavements to
travel over Lei them be consistent
and tax men for having feet or wearing
shoes, even though The latter are fitted
With soft, rubber soles We can tax
most any old thing Il The people are
foolish enough 10 permit II. But will
they?--L. A. " Bulletin.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-11

scented to the 81 Louis convention,
Mckinley will be uo"inated | came
to the conclusion that it was no use
fer me 70 do anything Immediately AT
ter the springfield convention declared
for Mckinley o. course If anybody
wants to vote for me | cannot help his
doing so, but my name will not be
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-11
SHAH AND KING BELL


\ pleasant reminiscenCe OF the late
shah Of Persia comes from tho time of
the last French exposition, When the
shah reached Paris he looked for a
crowned head worthy OF his notice
For several days he found none, Then
he came upon kirg Bell, an African
ehiettain, who, despite his English
name, was under German patronage.
Bell hAd been brought to Europe by hts
RerlhI patrons in order that he might
be filled With reverence for the wonders
of civilization,
Now when Rnll Was in his African
home he had been visited by the Ger
man explorer, Ehlers, AS Ehlers was
then OIL his way back TO the coast he
already HAD disposed OF all his red
clot& and vartekated glassware, an6
was puI To his wits end to find some.
thing to give the chieftain Tue only
available article that he could turn up
in his baggage was n tin teapot, which
had been iucapacitatcd FOR further seH-
vice by n hole IT. tbs bottom So
EhlcrS had this teapot polished ana
gave Il to King Rcll, telling him that Il
possessed the magic power OF protect.
Ing from all harm the man who carried
II. Thus II came that when yearo
later Bcll walked down the Gangway of
4 North GCrman Lloyd vessel In
RremcrhaNon he held fast in his right
hand q highly polished tin teapot with
hole IN the bottom. Wherever he
went in Berlin, Rel carried the teapot,
through the national art gallery, inter
den Linden, in the Thtcrgarten, aad
into the audience chamber of the royal
palace He would not leave 1t behind
when he started tor Parts, and whom
the shah met him he still had t.
The shah did not lot the teapot
weaken his hrotktrly feeling for n man
of royal blood Tic accepted Boll with
the teapot and ccurted his society TO
the exclusion OF ordinary European
artstocmcN. Day after day he might
he seen on the exposition grounds with
He'll uottmg by his side and swinging
the magic tin pot And when the shah
left PARTS one Of the last figures In his
view was that of the black chieftRin,
with the left hand waving farewell and
the right one sttll clutchmg East the pot
that EhlCrs gave him New York Sun.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-11
NO COLOR DISCRIMINATION.


indianapolis, June 10. The rcpub
lican state central committee ycsler-
day adopted a resolution Of protest
against The discrimination against col
ored delegates to the national convcn-
ton at St. Louis. Chairman Carter, Of
the republican national committee who
passed through the city yesterday en-
route TO St Louis, stated that there
must be no color discrimination, that
he was going to Louis for the pur-
pose Of preventing it if possible.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-11

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