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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-09-15

In 1872 fine wool sold at 20
cents a pound. In 1894 it sold
at % cents. It gradually declin-
ed even with a high tariff and
will continue to decline unless
silver is reinstated-
An honest Swede wrote the
following letter to the Holdridge
Citizen
lone mite las yak ma and Mrs.
Peterson, go over and see Yon
Yonson. Yon ha ba poplist. Ha
tank ha no al bot poltix- Ha sd,
when poplist max laws we hay
plenta mona When republicans
max laws we hav pnew mona
Ma ask Yon af ha lik Brine for
president, ha sa mo. poplist max
big mistak if they endorce Brine
at st. Luas." Yon ha tel me
story lax des. MA boy Vim run
way from ma and work for big
Anmil Show man in Minnesota
Ma get telegraph lax des from
Anmil Show man." "Yoar boy
YIN eat up by tiger, what ma
do ?" Ma telegraph bak, put
YIN in box ship Holerege, Neb-
raska." Ma wat wan wax and
ha cum. Ma open box and find
big tiger. Ma telgraf bak lax
des. big mistak. tiger in box
not Vim" Anmil Show man tel
graf bak, mo mistak. YIN in
sid tiger" Sam way at st Luas,
poplist party be insid democrat
party and both ba ded lax tiger.
Ay tank Yon purity craza on pol
Tx, but ha hav som sense left.
Mrs. Peterson ha sa, Yon rite
bout that tiger besness and ay
tank so to-" OLE PETERSON.
We are of the opinion that Ole
is mistaken, for the Democratic
and Populist parties are far
from being dead.
Hon. Jas. L. Evans, Mobiles
vile, Ind, for four years a cor-
gressman, a lifetime Republican.
has come out for free silver. He
will give MIR. Bryan his cordial
support. Mr.. Evans has been
in the grain business in Mobiles
vile for forty years. He has
this unique offer posted in the
office
II will contract to buy all the
No. 2 wheat you raise in 1896 at
sixty cents a bushel provided
Mr.. Bryan is elected, and with
him a free silver congress, or /
will sell you all the No. 2 wheat
you want to buy at fifty cents a
bushel provided Mckinley is
elected"
The Board of Commissioners
met yesterday to fix the tax levy
for 1896.
If you don't register you don't
vote.
The patent for the Challis
townsite has been granted.
There was a great variety OF
campaign badges exhibited ia
Boise last week. The goldbug
badges were printed on yellow
ribbon and the silver badges
were on white. One original
character wore red badge bear
ing the legend II am Mon
grel, but don't associate With
.yaller' dogs. Nugget
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-09-15

To THE LADIES OF CHALLIS
AND VICINITY.-We will have on
sale for (5) days only Sept. 10 to
goth, a complete line of Ladies',
Misses and Infants Cloaks at
Eastern prices. Please call and
make your selections. r. n.
HULL & Co.
j. G. Leonard writes from the
Yellow Jacket. Aug. 81, to the
Boise Democrat as follows
Got here on the 29th inst.
Am surprised at the prosperity
of the camp. A 6O-stamp mill is
running full blast, crushing 100
to $50 tons daily. Seventy-five
to 100 men are employed by the
Jacket Company in the mill and
mines. A dynamo in the mill
lights mill and mine. Wages 50.
Some of the mill men get more.
Board 81. The mill is run by a
6-foot Pelton wheel with plenty
of water the year round, with
150-foot pressure. A saw-mill
in connection under the same
roof cuts all the lumber and
timbers for the mines. Two
tramways running from the mine
three-fourths of mile up the
hill that brings the ore down
and carries the timbers back to
the mine. A steam boiler and
pump is in readiness for heating
water and pumping it into the
batteries in winter time. Am
told the mine pays S6, 900 a
month clear of expense.
THE Columbia Company has
a mill and mine and are putting
in a cyanide plant. There are
about $50 men employed in the
camp.
"A fine showing of quartz is
found on Wilson creek ten miles
away. Assays as high as S400 a
ton. No wagon road. Plenty
of wood and water for milling
purposes at hand, also water
power. Jas. B. Short, formerly
of Challis, G. Rasor, Jas. Cochran.
j. West and Pete Ryan. have
made the the principal locations
and secured water rights, etc.
From the looks of specimens
brought out one can make SO a
day with hand mortar. with
so, 900 of ore in sight.
This part of Lemhi county
will be q record breaker in the
near future.
"A placer is being worked
with success in the creek below
the Jacket.
about dozen families in the
town. School is in session. Miss
Penwell of Challis is teacher,
Rev. Mason of Challis preached
yesterday and gave a magic Ian
tern show in the evening.
II met Dan Steen at Fourth
of July creek coming in. HI
was nearly starved, only piece
of bacon left, and two lame hors
es. Came over state wagon roac
via. Banner. Says it is terror
1 opened my mess box and fec
him. Also took him in out ol
the wet Gt rained all night. We
slept in the wagon. He'll dc
some development work on sew
eral claims he owns here, before
returning to Boise. l send yol
sample of how he looked wher
J ! sow him last. Place it on ex
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-09-15
Democratic County Convention.

There will be a Democratic
County Convention held in
CUSTER, Idaho, on SEPT. 80,
1896, for the purpose of nomin-
ating county ticket.
Primaries will be held in the
several precincts on Saturday
the 2eth day of September to
select delegates to said conven'
ton, between the hours of 9 and
z o'clock p. M. The apportion.
ment is as follows:
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-09-15
COUNTY CONVENTION.

At meeting of the Peoples
Party County Central Committee
Of Custer county held in Challis,
August Goth, it was ordered that
the Populist County convention
To nominate the following county
officers
State Senator.
State Representative.
Sheriff.
Assessor and Collector.
Probate Judge.
Treasurer.
Three Commissioners.
Coroner.
County Surveyor.
will be held at CUSTER, on
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 80, 1896,
at 2 o'clock p. m.
Primaries will be held in the
several precincts, to select dele
gates to said convention, between
the hours of 2 and 8 o'clock p.
M, on Thursday, Sept. "a, 1896.
The apportionment of dele
gates is as follows
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-09-15

To the Republicans Of Custer Co. Id

To the Republicans Of Custer Co., ID;
In compliance with instructions
of the County Central Committee,
a county convention of delegated
representatives of the Republi-
can party of Custer county is
hereby called to meet at CHAL-
LIS. IDAHO, on OCTOBER 3rd,
1896, for the purpose of nominat-
ing the following county officers:
State Senator.
State Representative.
Sheriff.
Assessor and Collector.
Probate Judge.
Treasurer.
Three Commissioners.
Coroner.
County Surveyor.
The county central committee
recommend that Primaries be
held Sept. 26, 1896, in the fol
lowing precincts. The appor-
tionment of delegates is as fol
lows
Antelope. ....1 Crystal -. Il
Bayhorse. g Houston 4
Bonanza. - Pahsimari. Il
Battle Ground. 1 Stanley Basin.1 1
Challis ......5 Sunol. Il
Clayton. % Ramshorn. Il
u q
TIL oc
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-09-15

IHOS. JOSE, Chairman.
A. K. ZEIGLER, Sec.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-09-15
Total

OINA4
]. P. SPALDING,
Chairman.
CHAs. BAKER, Secretary
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-29

would raise prices and it would not take
as much of the commodities to buy a, dol
lar. He ridiculed the claim that free sill
yer would Mexicanize the currency or the
people and asked why this country should
not be compared with gold standard Egypt,
Turkey and Liberia. He advanced the new
claim that the coinage ratio fixes the COM
mercial ratio of gold ard silver. He ridi-
culed the Republicans for crying election
frauds and then denounced them for CO.
ercing employees. He said that no direct
coercion was attempted on the occasion of
the sound money parade, but that the em-
ployer invited the men to turn out and
they had to go. He asserted that thou
sands of men in line carried banner that
they hated and shouted for Bryan. The
most conspicuous of these Bryan shouters
were Arthur Morrison, Pinky Blitz, Casper
Welch and other gang pluggers, whom Mr..
Cowherd sets up as the representatives of
the honest laboring men of the city who
We're indirectly coerced into marching in
the parade.
Mr.. Cowherd made no reference to the
corrupt administration of his friend. John
May, while superintendent of streets; nor
to his (Cowherd's) refusal while mayor to
sign an ordinance requiring contractors
on city work to increase the pay of masons
and bricklayers employed by the city. He
seemed perfectly at home with S. NJ. Ford,
a leading Populist who was on the stage,
though in his Pink Hill speech a couple of
years ago he scored Populists without
mercy. He wasn't fusion candidate for
congress then.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-29
THE PoPocRATIc PARADE.


1t VIII Not Express the Sentiment of
the Voters of Kansas City ON
the Money Question.
The free silver parade that is to be given
here Saturday night, while 1t may be Il very
large and imposing one so far as numbers
are concerned. will be in no way indicative
of the feeling on free silver in Kansas
City. The whole country has been secured
for hundreds of miles around for recruits
and the local managers will be assisted In
the gathering by the free silver people from
dozens of cities and towns in Missouri and
Kansas. Over in Clay county there is a
systematic effort being made to get horse
men to ride in the parade.
Yesterday the local managers sent word
to the Popocrats at Independence that
every man and boy in the eastern portion
of jackson county must be brought in for
the parade. The appeal was of the most
urgent nature, and set the managers there
to work. They announced that those who
needed tickets would be supplied IL they
would go, but that plan was later changed
and the plan of having a free train was
adopted. The Independence people win thus
be brought in free and walk for the good
of the cause.
Yesterday arrangements were made with
the Missouri Pacific for special trains to
7 run into Kansas City from Lexington and
Sedalia to bring in such of the citizens
along the line as are willing to come to
Kansas City, and help swell the throng
that is needed to bolster up the cause OF
the Popocrats.
Over in Kansas the silverites have been
instructed to help the jackson county con-
tingent and they are hustling there. With
all of the outside assistance it would not
be surprising If the numbers should be
very large, but 1t will not be representa-
ton of how Kansas City feels or is going
to vote on the financial question.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-29
WILL BE CLOSELY WATCHED.
in Getting at the Ballots and Re-
turns of Tuesday's Election.


turns of Tuesday's Election.
County Clerk Crittenden was in -Independ-
enee yesterday arranging for the election
next Tuesday in the precincts in Jackson
county outside Of Kansas City. He said
that while the returns were being received
on election night he would permit repre-
sentatives of each party to be present in
his office, but would not permit a crowd to
assemble there. He also said that he would
place the returns in a vault in Kansas
City, the combination of which would be
known only to himself.
The honest voters of Kansas City will
take the necessary precautions to prevent
tampering with the contents of the ballot
boxes, which, in order to comply with the
law, must be sealed and kept in that con-
dition until ordered opened by the courts
or the ballots are burned at the expiration
of the lawful time for preserving them.
Notwithstanding Mr.. Crittenden's declara-
ton that he will preserve the ballots and
the returns intact, the public will keep
closer watch upon his Office until after the
official count is completed than two years
ago. Many citizens remember that both
Mr.. Crittendent and Recorder of Voters
OvEley then declared that they would
sacredly guard the ballot boxes. They also
remember the forgeries in the office of the
recorder of voters and that the ballot
boxes from the country precincts were
tampered with while in the office Of the
county clerk. This latter fact was proven
by the recounts in some of the contested
election cases. If Mr.. Crittenden wants to
convince the public that the ballots and
returns will be safe in his possession he
should notify the gangsters who frequently
make his office a loafing place to keep
away. People Judge officials as we'll as
others by the company they keep.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-29
TAKES NO PART IN POLITICS.
Veteran Company A Defended From
the Charges of Gang
ORGANS.

Of9anSs
The two gang organs of this city have
on several occasions declared that Veteran
Company A was fighting the Republican
county ticket and in other ways taking an
active part in politics. Captain Henry J.
Taylor sends the following letter to the
Journal effectually denying this report:
To the Editor of the Journal.
An ARTICLE which appeared in the journal
of Tuesday and a reply in the Times of
Wednesday, leads me to ask in the kindest
and most respectful manner possible that
the Journal and all other city papers as
we'll refrain from publishing any article
coming from individuals that would impli-
cate Veteran Company A in any manner po-
htically.
In the whole sixteen years of our exist
ence we have never participated or taken
any part whatever in politics as an organ
ization. The members of Company A are
old enough to think for themselves individ-
ually. No recruit is ever questioned as to
his political or religious faith. We even
refrained from extending the military hon.
ors due that gallant old hero, General Sick
les and his comrades, simply because they
were ON a, political tour. Veteran Company
A, to my mind, is as gallant q band of
heroes as ever carried muSkets in any
cause. In its ranks may be found almost
every political faith, yet We never talk
politics at headquarters. The same could
be said of religious beliefs, although it is
not out of place to say that the stock on
hand in that matter. ann sorry to say is
rather low at present. 1t is Thought by
some people that our headquarters are used
for Matching political schemes, holding in
dignation meetings or organizing clubs,
etc, etc. Let me say to the public that
Company A pays s25 per month for these
headquarters in order that we may have
the privilege of serving the great state of
Missouri as soldiers in case of riot or war
This rent comes pretty heavy sometimes
on us. and if we get chance to sub-rent
occasionally to help us along, we should
not be held responsible for what other or
ganizations do simply because they occu-
py our headquarters. sincerely hope that
everyone will refrain from mentioning Com
pany A in a political way.
HENRY J. TAYLOR
Captain Commanding Company A Veterans
LOC...POL lsfM
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-29
CANDIDATE coWHERD SPEAKS
Stands ON n Platform Which He Wig
Orously Denounced Two Years
Ago at Pink Hill.

Ago at Pink Hill.
Ex-Mayor w. S. Cowherd, one of the
latest recruits to the free silver idea. who
is running for congress on the Popocratic
ticket, was the chief speaker at a we'll at
tended and enthusiastic meeting at Music
hall last night. DR.. G. w. Fitzpatrick
presided and in taking the chair made a
short speech, denouncing corporate infiu-
ence in the election and abusing the sound
money Democrats. Thomas NJ. Spofford.
a candidate for the legislature, whose ELI
gibility by reason of short residence has
been denied by good lawyers, made a
speech of the regular type, which was
well received. Mr.. Spofford comes from
Tennessee, and in telling negro stories he
made no pretense of CLOSING over the Of
fensive epithet of 'nigger." Mr.. Cowherd,
who followed him, told few negro stories.
but he tried to say negro all the time,
but the inevitable "nigger" cropped out
about half the time. Mr.. Cowherd attempt
ed the Hibernian dialect, but with only in
different success, and this effort at twist
ing the lions tail fell rather fiat.
Mr.. Cowherd made a speech which was
very cordially received. 1t was not, how
ever, MS flHh SpeecH WHERE ne Ue-
nounced Populism and sectionalism in un-
measured terms. He made no reference
to that effect and stood squarely on plat
form which he then denounced. He spent
a great deal of time abusing the sound
money Democrats and the use of the Amer
lean flag by the sound money men.
He said in the early part of his speech
that he did not believe in abusing the
sound money Democrats. If he was Trim
BILE or Stilwell he would be for the gold
standard. too, but he did not run bond
factory; he did not grind out corporation
every week. He did not blame Gardiner
Lathrop, who had one foot on the Santa
Fe railroad and the other on the American
flag. He said he would do just as Mr..
Lathrop was doing for 5000 year. He
didn't blame Thomas r. Morrow, whose
completion of the Winner bridge project
depended on the sale of gold bonds. He
didn't blame Henry Wollman, the
attorney for the Standard OIL trust. Then
he told how he had fioored Henry on the
street. Henry told him that this silver
proposition was like a proposition to fill
up a jug of whisky with half water to
make more whisky. Mr.. Cowherd came
| back with this crushing rejoinder. The
! gold standard is like offering bottle of
| champagne to some thirsty workmen who
were about to tap keg of beer, and then
| cruelty drinking the champagne yourself
Mr.. Cowherd said that all the trusts were
| for Mckinley, notably the American Bis
cult Company, the nail and coal and beef
| trusts. He drew a pathetic picture of the
ragged and tattered farmer bearing the
| great burden of gold standard. He men,
| toned the Journal and answered its argu-
| ment that more money would not make
more prosperity by saying that more money
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-29

fast; then that bearing-down feeling.
Her doctor says, "cheer up, you have
dyspepsia; you'll be all right soon"
But she doesn't get "all right" She
grows worse day by day, till all at once
she realizes that distressing female
complaint is established.
Her doctor has made mistake.
She has lost faith in him hope van
ishes; then comes the brooding, NOR
bid, melancholy, everlasting BLUES.
Her doctor, if he knew, should have
told her and cured her, but he did not,
and she was allowed to suffer. BY
chance she came across one of Mrs.
Pinkham's books, and in it she found
her very symptoms described and an
explanation of what they meant. Then
sho wrote to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn,
Mass, for advice. feeling that she was
telling her troubles to a woman.
Speedy relief followed, and vigorous
health returned.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound instantly asserts its curative
powers in an those peculiar ailments
of women. It has been the standby
of intelligent American women for
twenty years, and the story recited
above is the true experience Of hun
dreds of women, whose letters Of
gratitude are to be found on file in
Nra. Pinkham's Hbrax1.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-29
HOW TO PREPARE BALLOTS.
Provisions of the Election Law Now
I'm Force i'm Kansas City
and ST. Louis.

There seem to be many differences of
opinion in regard to the provisions of the
new election law in regard to the manner
of casting and counting ballots, and other
provisions, although the law is very plain
If carefully studied. The new law estab-
fishing boards of elections commissioners
for the cities OF st. Louis and Kansas City
did not alter the provisions of the~law al
ready in effect providing how the voter
shall mark his ballot. In order that every
voter may thoroughly understand that he
must absolutely scratch every group of
names on the ballot save the one he desires
to vote, the section of the law which ap-
plies is reproduced:
Section i1Si-On receipt of his ballot the
elector shall forthwith, and without leaving
she polling place, retire alone to one of the
places, booths, or compartments provided
TO prepare his ballot. He shall prepare his
ballot by crossing out the groups he does
not wish to vote. by drawing a line or
lines lengthwise through a part or all of
the column of names in the rejected groups
"a partial erasure of a group of lines
aengthwise of the column or in any other
manner than by the erasure of a name TO
substitute another. to be taken as a re-
lection of the whole group-and then make
all changes on one group by striking out
the name or names of candidates ne does
not wish 10 vote for. and write the name
or names of his choice underneath so that
the remaining part shall express his vote
upon the question submitted"
Voters should become thoroughly Impress
ed with the fact that a line drawn length
wise through any part of one of the col
uInns scratches that entire column. For in
stance. sound money Democrat who de-
sres to vote for the Mckinley electors and
the remainder of the Democratic ticket
cannot do so by drawing a line through the
Bryan electors and then drawing a line
through all of the Republican column en-
cep; the Mckinley electors. at the same
time drawing lines through all the other
columns on the ballot. Such ballot would
DE rejected as II would be held that the
voter had scratched all the columns. and
had Therefore. not voted for any one OF
t.iem The only way for the voter to &C.
Cvnplish his purpose would be TO either
draw a line through all the columns save
she Republican column, and then. leaving
The Mckinley electors stand intact, tc
draw horizontal lines through the name
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-29
MORE GANG TACTICS.
timidation Fake i'm Connection
With the POpOcratic Parade.

The public is warned against a possible
sensation next Saturday night. when the
Popocratic parade is to take place. 1t is
rumored that General Gang Manager Joe
Shannon is busy arranging for cut and
dried event of some sort, calculated to
create sympathy for the silver cause. What
it is to be none but the gangsters know
but those who are at all acquainted with
the political methods of Shannon are sure
that he would not stop at having rotten
eggs thrown at the paraders If he thought
such an act would enlist the commisera-
ton of the uninformed.
story that number Of packing house
employees were to wear masks. SO to pre-
tend that they feared the loss of their
places If their identity was known, was
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-29
READ BRYAN's SPEECH.
L. T. Dryden Inficts the Crown o.
ThOrns and Cross of Gold on
n Helpless Audience.

The free silver Democrats gathered in the
lower court room at Independence last
evening The exercises consisted in read
ing William Jennings Bryan's speech de-
livered at Chicago. l.. T. Dryden read the
article from a newspaper and dwelt spe-
officially on Mr.. Bryan's cross of gold and
crown of thorns. This was the climax of
the evening. After quoting Mr.. Bryan no
more recitations were given. T. C.. Caldwell
presided at the meeting. The excuse for
reading a back number speech was said
TO be a request from Chairman Jones Of the
national committee, and out of Difference
to his wish the speech was inflicted.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-29
E. C.. CROW TALKS "C0ERCION.'
The Popocratfc Candidate for Attor-
ney General Speaks of Syndt-
Gates, Bonds, Etc.

A free silver meeting was held at the
Democratic wigwam. Eighth and Walnut
streets, last evening. The speaker of the
evening was Edward C. Crow. the Demo-
cratic nominee for attorney general He
talked of the mortgages on the farmers
land and how each of the money standards
would affect them. and said he thought
1t every mans duty to vote in his own in
terest, explaining how it was every mans
interest to vote the free silver ticket After
attacking Chairman Hanna and denounc-
ing his alleged coercion, Mr.. Crow talked
to the gold Democrats and told them to
keep up the reputation of Missouri ani keep
her with the states that were going for
Bryan.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-29
Democratic Ticket.


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Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-29
VIII Rally Tonight.

A big rally is to be held by the Ninth
Ward Republican Club at its wigwam at
Fifteenth street and Virginia avenue to-
night. Not only Ninth ward Republicans
but Republicans from other wards are ex-
pected. The club has been holding some
very enthusiastic meetings and 1t hopes to