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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-04-02
THE MADAGASCAR MATTER.

Paris, March 2S.-An official cOmmu-
nication has just been issued relative to
the statement by Mr.. Curzon in the
British house of commons yesterday.
Mr. Curzon made the announcements in
regard to the annulling of existing treat
les with Madagascar that it was sub
ject of extreme importance. When the
English government had received official
notice of this he said they would take
proper steps to protect British interests.
The French government, in it's note,
asserts that France occupies in NADIA
gascar a special condition and that it
is entitled to special treatment in con-
sequence.
France will accordingly grant to Great
Britain in Madagascar the benefit of the
most favored nation clause so far as
other nations are concerned.
France will not, however, give Great
Britain the benefit of the most favored
nation clause if it is interpreted to mean
that Great Britain will accord the same
commercial rights in Madagascar as is
accorded to the French government.
France, in other words, will insist upon
being the most favored nation.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-04-02
NJ. BERTHELOT RESIGNS.

VI.
Paris, March 2S.-M. Berthelot, min
the ground of ill health and family rea-
sons.
The premier, NJ. Bourgeois, has sue
ceeded M. Berthelot as minister for for
eign affairs and Nj. Doumer, the finance
minister will ad interim, take the port
folio of minister of the interior, pre-
viously held by NJ. Bourgeois.
LIE Paris says that there was bitter
discussion between M. Berthelot and M.
Bourgeois at the cabinet council today.
Dispatches of the gravest Character were
reproached M. Berthelot with having
mismanaged the Anglo-African question.
Hence the resignation of the minister
for foreign affairs.
La Liberia alleges that the cabinet
got rid of NJ. Berthelot because his
handling of foreign affairs was distaste-
full to a majority of the chamber and
that newspapers mention concludes with
pointing out that NJ. Bourgeois, who has
identified himself with NJ Berthelot's
policy, is equally responsible. The cab
met changes have caused a great deal
of comment here and there was consid-
cradle excitement in the Hobbies of the
chamber of deputies this evening. The
general opinion expressed was that a
government statement must be made to
the chamber before the holidays.
The Soir says that the premier, NJ.
Bourgeois, who has just been agreed
upon as successor to NJ. BerthelOt as
minister of foreign affairs, and NJ
Dourmer, the minister of finance, who,
ad interim, has assumed the duties of
the ministerial position just vacated by
Nj. Bourgeois, and NJ. Lockroy, the
minister of marine, held long confer
ence tonight, the subject under discus
sion being the Egyptian question and
pending difficulties in the field of foreign
political affairs. The presence at the
conference Of NJ. Lockroy, the minister
of marine, was much commented upon
it being even stated that important meas
ures had been adopted, even the ex-
IRENE of placing the French feet into
a condition of readiness for all emer-
gencies having been agreed upon. These
reports, however, are not confirmed.
The announcement is made that NJ
Sarrien has declined the portfolio of min
lister of the interior.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-10-08

Meanwhile. ut the age Of twenty-five,
Gov. Clouch had chosen from among
the fair maidens Of the neighborhoW
one whom he admired above all others,
and it is still his boast that the best
deal he ever cons'lmnated was when
he led gentle Aduie Barton to the altar
and made her his wife. to share his
successes and enjoy the prosperity
which he has won ut such cost OF bodily
toll and mental eXertion. The simple
happiness and conSeniality OF their
lives has passed into Il proverb among
their friends and in all his busy life
Of commercial care and politicalt VeNa-
ton there is one thing the governor
always has time to do. and that IS to
contribute an hour, or day, II need
be. to the pleasure Of his wife. 10
them have been born three children.
only one Of whom lived to the age OF
maturity, the others dying in infancy.
The governors only child, Nina. is
the wife Of Roland H. Hartley, a prom
inent Minneapolis business mani, and
brother Of the we'll known 't'il'
Hartley Of Duluth. Gov. ClOugh is
also a grandfather, for Mrs. Hartley
is the mother Of Il handsome boy, who
bears the name of Edward, and whose
portrait is comprised in the family
group herewith presented:
Drifted Into Politics.
The question has often been asked.
how did Dave Clough. Il hard-headrd
practical man of business, come to
drift into politics? The true answer
has never, to the knowledge Of the
writer, been given. About ten years
AGO. that is to say in 1885, there was
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p. ~ 1,,,o almost SOLELY to the net.

r. vos due almost solely to the act-
,vitv of Mr.. Chiitls that the interpreted
tion Of the constitutional prohibition
y ~ainst the holding of a state office ny
INV member Of the legislature was
hr0npht before the supreme court.
and q precedent was estaDllsheu
which, it is UNIVERSAL y admitted WI,
accomplish one OF the greatest ahu
most needed reforms OF the present
day. a o,o
Other cases which were tried were
followed up by Mr.. Childs with such
distinguished ability as to evoke ap-
nlnuse from the whole Northwest
were his handling of the Holden muir
der case: the Great Northern Northern
Pacific consolidation case and that III
which the city of Duluth is now
Darty. Though ne has served TWO
terms, and though several OF the
ablest and most distinguished lawyers
of the state were candidates for the
nomination in the state conventloh'
Mr.. Childs was nominated Dy an
easy majority, and so general was the
belief that he would be elected that,
had he chosen to go out OF his way
for the purpose, the Democrats or the
state would have given him their en-
dorsement. He did not want it. for
the reason that he is a consistent and
conscientious Republican, who has
done his whole duty by the people. who
elected him, and he felt confident or
the result when it was placed III the
hands Of the people whom he had
served
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-10-08
The Price of Bryan's Triumph.


And at what price will this ultimate
result be gained in the case Of Mr..
Bryan's election? At the price Of the
most violent and destructive crisis on
record, such a crisis as can only be
brought on by a sudden subversion Of
the standard of values and Of the
whole basis of credit. At the price of
indefinite business paralysis and dis
tress. At the price Of the ruthless
spoliation Of the savings accumulated
by the toiling masses. At the price Of
robbing our war veterans of half the
value of their pensions. At the price
of greatly increasing the number of I'M
employed by discouraging enterprise,
and Of curtailing the value of the
wages Of those remaining at work. At
the price of the respect Of the world
for our intelligence and practical sense.
And worse, far worse than all this, at
the price of something that has never
been forfeited since this republic was
born-at the price Of the greatest good
a nation can possess and for the pres
ervation of which it should shed it's
last drop Of blood-at the price of our
national honor. For this nation. so
rich and powerful, would stand before
the world as wanton, reckless repudi-
ator, as nothing better than fraudu-
lent bankrupt. This will be the cost
of the experiment. Are you willing to
pay this price?-Carl Schurz in Chi
cago.
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Unfortunately in the path OF the

Unfortunately in the path OF the
current pressing above; lines fitted to
block and tackle. with Il wicked-looking
swamp hook" to catch the key log OF
the rollway, are worked by horses on
the shore and 4 start is thus made
toward moving the great body OF logs
from it's bearings. But 1t Is essential
that Il few men. ready with cant-hook
or neayey, should be out upon the
logs in order to operate the lines so
that the key logs may be set in motion.
All this time the volume OF water above
is swelling in volume and pressing
against the obstruction to force its
way into the natural channel. After
great cXertOn Of man and beast. an
an opening is finally effected, and the
stream of water begins to scethe and
boil and roar like Il tempest. 1t is no
uncommon occurrence to see logs two
or three feet in diameter broken ana
shiyercu by the pressure above, anu rs
the great mass begins to totter ana
move, the driver realizes that he has
no time to wait for an invitation, but
must pull for the shore in veritable
prose fact if he ever escapes with his
life. There are probably no statistics
in existence to show the number of
men who have lost their lives in the
course of such work rs that above out
lired, but a hundred would certainly
not 90 above the mark for the upper
Mississippi alone.
1t not infrequently happens that when
the break occurs the men are not all
able to reach the shore, and when this
occurs, the man who is left on the logs
has to take his chances of life in bat
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went up to the supreme court of the
United States were won by Mr.. Childs
in contests where the best legal tai
ent in the nation was arrayed against
him.
The cases Of the counties Of Brown
and Redwood, against the Winona Il
st. Peter Land company, in which
those counties were saved thousands
of dollars Of back taxes and penalties
were successfully conducted by Mr..
Childs, the cases being carried to the
highest judicial tribunal of the land
and there fought out on their merits
and by the invocation of all the tao
tics of the legal profession.
In the discharge of his duties Mr.:
Childs had in his care the celebrated
cases of the treaSulers of Meeker and
Hennepin counties, respectively, the
cases attracting much attention and
Mr.. Childs receiving great credit for
his able and fearless conduct of them.
When the state found itself unable to
i, bring the oil companies doing business
in Minnesota under the operations Of
an effective inspection law, Mr..
Childs aid was invoked, and through
him an arrangement was made by
which Minnesota has one of the best
and most effective oil inspection laws
in force in any state in the Union.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-10-08
AUGUST IT. KOERNEE.
Republican Candidate for state
Treasurer.

Republican Candidate for state
Treasurer.
August Koerner, the Republican can
didote for state treasurer, was born in
Germany July 7, 1913, and emigrated
to this country when fourteen years
Of age. He lived with his sister IN
Missouri until 1860, when he went to
Vernon, Ind, to learn the milling busl-
ness. The war Of the rebellion tlred
the ardor Of the eighteen-year-old Ger
man lad, resulting in his enlistment i'll
the Sixth Indiana and re-enlisted in the
Twenty-sixth Indiana volunteer i'll
fantry. His service for the stars and
stripes covered period Of four years
and three months, during which he was
in seventeen battles, including the
siege of Vicksburg, and received Il
wound in the left arm from minnie
ball at the battle of Prairie Grove.
After the close of the war he went
to Troy, Ill.,, and engaged in book
keeping. In 1863 he made a trip to
Minnesota, where he was married to
Miss Katie McGannOn; in 1857 he
moved to Minnesota, and settled on q
farm in Meeker county, but after los
ing three successive crops by hail and
grasshoppers he abandoned farming
and engaged in clerical work in Litch-
field. In 1877 he was elected register
of deeds, Il position which he occupied
for three successive terms, each time
by an increased majority. In 1890 he
was appointed postmaster at Litchtield,
which position he resigned to accept
a seat in the 1893 legislature, to which
he was elected by handsome plural
ity. in one of the most determined polit-
zeal contests ever known in the cOun-
ty. He was a member Of the Repub-
lican state central committee for a
number Of years, from which he re-
signed when he became a candidate
for state treasurer. His faithful and
efficient service in these various posi-
lions, and his recognized integrity and
ability resulted in the warm support
which made him the nominee for state
treasurer; in 1894, securing his election
by the largest vote, with one exception,
given any state officer.
Mr.. Koerner's administration of the
treasurer's office during the past two
years has been such as to win the
hearty appreciation Of all classes of
business men, without distinction OF
party. He has faithfully and intelli-
gently served the best interests Of the
state and people, with partiality to
none, allowing no personal friendships
or prejudices to swerve him from a
thorough administration Of the states
finances upon the strictest business
principles. Though his first term of
office has included the financial strin-
gency that caused several banking i'll
stitutions to close their doors, the
states interests therein have been
managed with such ability as to in
sure its treasury against loss, and all
investments have been made with the
ccution and prudence that can only
be achieved by close personal attention.
Mr.. Koerner was nominated by the
Republican convention for reelection
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-10-08
JOHN l.. GIBBS.
Republican Candidate for Lieutcn-
ant Governor.

Republican Candidate for Lleutcn-
ant Governor.
John l.. Gibbs was born in Bradford
county, Pa, May 3, 1888. He received
an academic education; graduated
from Ann Arbor law school in 1861.
and admitted to the bar; was elected
county attorney of Freeborn county i'll
1862. His occupation outside of his
state duties is that Of farmer. He
served five terms in the legislature Of
Minnesota, beginning with the session
of 1864. He was speaker Of the house
of representativ es in 1877 and also in
1885. Jan. 10, 1887, he was appointed
by Gov. A. X. McGill railroad and
warehouse commissioner, and was re-
appointed by Gov. Merriam. He is
married and his present residence is in
Freedom county. He was prominent
member for speakership honors before
the last session of the legislature.
Like Gov. Clough. John L. Gibbs is q
self-nlade man; from Doyhood working
his way on Il farm, earning money to
pay for an education, and ever since 4
toiler with hands and brain. Mr.. Gibbs
is practical farmer, not of the prolX
or fancy sort, but one who to-day holds
the plow and milks the cows OF his
famous herd. When a mere lad he
lost his father, and thencefOrth he was
a hardworking farmer boy. He paid
his way through the common schools
and SusQuehanna college, and gradu-
ated from Ann Arbor law school. He
came West upon Greeley's famous adj
vice. in 1860, leaving the railroad in
Illinois, where his money gave out,
and then, by force Of circumstances, he
walked through Iowa and into Mime
sofa as far as Albert Lea. There he
taught school for one year, and then
settled in Geneva. Freeborn county,
where he has been engaged In practl-
cal, every day farm labor to the pres
cnt time, a period Of thirty-four years.
Few men in the Northwest have done
more for the agricultural interests OF
Minnesota than John L. Gibbs. He
has conducted his agricultural efforts
in progressive and successful man.
ner. With the welfare of his farmer
friends at heart, he has ever been at
the front in giving them the benefit OF
his own study. With voice and pen he
has done more for the farmers OF Min
neSOta than any other man in the state,
and his work in this line has been en-
tirely unseltish, and solely to improve
the condition Of his associate agricult-
wrists. Twice he has been put forward
by the farming interests as guberna-
torial candidate, and as the coming
lieutenant governor and presiding Off
Ger Of the senate, he will have rare
opportunity, that he will not be slow to
embrace, in the appointment of com
mittees in the interests of public and
Driyatc agricultural welfare.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-10-08
HENRY w. CHILDS.
Republican Candidate for Attorney
General.

GenCrAl.
The Republican candidate for attor-
new general was born in Onandaga
county, New York, in 1913, was educat-
ell primarily in the public schools Of
that county and finished his education
in a course at the seminary Of the
central conference of New York, sub
sequently taking up the study Of law
while engaged in educational work as
a teacher in one Of the high schools
Of that section. He opened an office
and practiced law in the city Of SYRIA
cuse until 1883, when he removed to
Minnesota and here resumed his pro-
fessional work in Fergus Falls, Otter
Tail county. In 1887 he was chosen
as the assistant of Attorney General
Clapp, and held that position during
the six years of his ncumbency OF the
office. In 1892 and 1894 Mr.. Childs
ran as the Republican candidate for
attorney general, and in each case was
elected by a majority which was a
flattcring testimonial to the esteem in
which he was held by the party and the
people of the state ut large.
While acting as the assistant Of Gen.
Clapp Mr.. Childs displayed great abil-
ity in the handling of the difficult cases
which were intrusted to him, and some
of the hardest fought cases which ever
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HON. ALBERT BERG.

Candidate for Secretary of State,
Republican Ticket
The portrait Of Secretary of State
Albert Berg is an excellent likeness,
and bespeaks the vigorous young man.
hood and genial and jovial disposition
so we'll known to all his acquaint-
ances. Secretary Berg has performed
his official duties during the present
term in an able manner and will be
reelected by rousing majority. In
the election of 1894 he erceived 4,75S
votes more than Nelson for governor,
and ran ahead of the highest vote for
any state officer by 1.721. while his
majority was 1,72O more than that Of
any other state officer
Albert came from hardy and patri-
otto stock. his father, Jonas Berg. hay
ing laid down his life for his newly
adopted country. as a Union soldier in
Company d of the Third Minnesota
regiment. On Oct. >. 1861. he left his
young wife with Their only child. AL
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A step Toward Fiat Money.

81 will ask you to remember the
fundamental facts in this controversy.
1t is really fight for honest money
and honest currency against the de-
basement of the currency and the i'm
pairment Of credit. Free silver is but
a step toward fiat money. At bottom
the Bryanites are hostile to the men
who save, to tine men who put their
money in the savings banks, who are
investors in any form Of productive
capital, whether bonds or real estate
or crossroads stores. Every dema-
gogue in the land, every man who
hates with venomous hatred the we'll
TODD because they are well-to-do, the
thrifty because they are thrifty and
have worked and saved, are arrayed
against us.
But free silver is not the worst thing
in the Chicago platform. The platform
contains an attack on the supreme
court, and therefore upon the main de-
pendence of our liberties. 1t contains
a demand that the laws shall not be
enforced in certain contingencies. This
means free riot, and it is fitting that
with the demand for free silver should
80 the demand for free riots. The men
who are ready to strike down the cur
rency Of the country are ready to strike
down at the same time that safeguard
of our liberties which we have received
from our forefathers in the constitu-
tion-the supreme court.-Theodore
Roosevelt to the Commercial Travellers
of New York.
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be recognized in that way. Tho firm
Of Clough Brothers. of which he was
the senior member, transacted an
enormous business, employing thou
sands of men in the woods. en- the riv-
or and at the mills, until the death Of
Gilbert Clough, in 1880, since which
time the entire management Of the
immense estate has devolvcd upon the
governor
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American Farmer Is All Right,

There IS no need to worry about the
American farmers vote. 1t will be-
cast on the right side of the great ques-
lions that are to be settled in this cam
paign, and the bowling of the free
coinage deMagogues, who are trying to
legislate millions of dollars of extra
profit into the pockets of the silver
mine owners, will have no effect upon
the result-Clevelan Leader.
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The Paper Which, rs the Organ OF
Democracy, Opposed Governor
Clough's Election, Pays That Gen.
tlemnn n High and Unusual Com
pliment-A Deserving Tribute to
a Man Who Has Won HIS Way by
His own Personal Excrtions and
Sterling Merit
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by unanimous vote, and his support
ers at it's forthcoming election will
number thousands of appreciative vot-
ers from all political parties.
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James Thompson McCleary of Man.
kato was born at Ingersoll, Ontario,
Feb. 5, 1853; was educated at the high
school there and at the McGill uni
versity, Montreal; is by profession a
teacher; taught for some years in Wis
consin, being for two years superln-
tendent of Pierce county schools; re-
signed in 1881 to become state instl-
tute conductor of Minnesota and pro-
fessor of history and political science
in the State Normal school at Man
kato, continuing in this position until
June, 1892; during summer vacations
has conducted institutes in Wisconsin.
the DakotaS, Virginia, Tennessee and
Colorado; in 1888 published Studies in
Civics, which is largely used in the
best schools in the country; in 1881
was chosen president Of the Minnesota
Educational associations; was elected
to the Fifty-third congress as Repub-
lican, receiving 1S,207 votes, against
1929 votes for w. S. Hammond, Dem
ocrat, 6,2GS votes for l.. G. Long, Pop
ulist, and 1888 votes for =. H. Bron-
son, Prohibitionist.