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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-27
WILLIAM j. BRYAN, POPULIST.
stewart Bears Testimony to the Nominees
Radical Principles.

If additional evidence were needed
that William J. Bryan is a populist it
may he found in the declaration of the
1opllllStS themselves, their allies and
abettors III the W. conventions which
met ~ st. Louis last week and indorsed
Mr.. Bryan. In the silver convention
William NJ. Stewart. Republican Unit
ed states senator from Ncvada. bore
testimony to Mr.. Bryan's principles in
these words:
know William J.. Bryan. He believes
VIII VIZ bt!lcNc. He Is as true TO his prin-
Glples rs a needle TO the pole. He is not a
Democrat III good and regular standing.
having said time and again that if the Dem
ocrallc party adopted Il gold platform he
would not support il.
In the same convention Judge Scott
of Nebraska. in the course of a feryid
speech. invoked the Almighty To scnd
peStllence and disease. war and famine
upon the nation rather than subject US
TO tour more years of oppression under
Grover CicN Gland"
He then called for three cheers for
Bryan. which We're heartily given, show
ing the estimation in which a Democrat
lc President was held by a gathering
which ihdorscd the Nebraska candidate.
So much for the silver convention.
In the lopulist gathering the testimony
TO Mr.. Bryan's populistic orthodoxy was
even stronger.
Judge Green of Nebraska. an intimate
friend and associate of Mr.. Bryan. in
answer to Il question from a Texas dele
gate, said: II know Mr.. Bryan. I
know him personally. He is my friend,
and say to you he is as true a Populist
as you or l."
As Judge Green is. according to his
own statement, a Populist of thirty
years standing. more convincing could
hardly be asked for.
But the proof a~ccumulates. James b..
Weaver of Iowa. twice the candidate of
the l'upulists for the presidency of the
United States. in nominating Mr.. Bryan
said:
] place in nomination for the presidency
Of the United States Il distinguished gentle
man. who. let IL hc remembered, has al.
ready been three times indorscd by the
Topuiist party Of his own statc-oncr for
rsDre>rutaiivc ii Congress. once for GIFTED
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-27

The popularity of hazing at West
Point has received a temporary but
serious setback. The young mar who
obtained so much entertainment u of
the torture of a fellow cadet will have
a year of confinement within the limits
of the barracks in which to think the
matter over. This severe sentence will
undoubtedly deter other cadets from
iHdulging in similar cruelty, and should
be an instructive object lesson to par
ents Of other young men who practice
hazing i'll colleges where the only pun
ishment is expulsion. If a few fathers
would administer a little retributive
justice to their haZing sons a college
education would be robbed of much OF
its present t~errors.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-27

The history of railways in this coun-
Try, writes NJ. +. Ingalls,, in the Engi-
neeriDg Magazine, shows the progress
lvcness of the Anglo-SaXon race proba-
bly, better than anything else that his
tory records. Greater than any CON
quest of territory, more important than
any other step in civilization has been
the progress Of the railways in the last
fifty years. An illustration of this
progress are the statistics published by
the Pennsylvania Road, which has Just
celebrated its semi-centennial. Stats.
ties were not SC well kept in early days
as now, but in 1852 this road reported
thai ii had carried 102, 000, 900 tons of
freight one mile at an average rate Of
8.7p cents per ton per mile. In 1895 it
reported S.173,21S,403 tons Of freight
one mile at the rate Of 80 cent per mile.
Nothing like this in the history of the
development of the human race has
ever been known. The propelling pow
OF of steam has advanced the material
world more in fifty years than all else
that mad ben discovered In the fifty
preceding centuries. The year 1895
was probably. says Mr.. Ingalls,, the
turning point in the management Of
railways in this country. Up to that
time dishonest and Illegal practices
were the rule. Even the interstate COM
merce laws did not put an end to the
perniciouS systems of ~rate-cutting, dis
EXAMINATIONS, etc. "Probably," he
writes. "a worse state Of affairs never
existed in reference to a large business
interest than that which prevailed
anon railways in the early part Of
1879" \ meeting of representatives of
the lines between the Mississippi River
ana the Atlantic Ocean and north IF
the OHIO and Potomac was held in New
first steps Of a great reform were Ia
ken. and out of which grew the Joint
Traffic Association. The result of this
has been that since Jan. l tariffs have
ben maintained practically all over the
country with such uniformity as in all
MS twenty-five years OF experience in
managing railroads Mr.. Ingalls, has
never known. The present duty Of rail
way companies is to see that this in
provement is made permanent. If this
reform movement is not carried on, if a
return is made to the methods Of the
two years ending June 80. 1895, those
Of US writes Mr.. Ingalls,, engaged in
this profession would lose the respect
| OF ourselves and of our fellow-citiZens,
and descry eddy So"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-27

Some horses will s%tubornly refuse 10
AXE the bit. y boy with q Shetland
pony hit upon Il novel method Of in
ducing a stubborn animal to allow of
inserting the bit III its mouth. He kept
stall, and rubbed a few drops on the bit
every time he put the bride on the
pony. After a while the pony asso-
ciated the molasses with the bit, and
as horses are fond Of sweets, he showed
less reluctance as he was thus reward
ed every time he submitted. Kindness
conquered in his case. and the sugges-
ton of a little molasses on the bit is one
that may be followed.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-27

1t is a wholesome sign of returning
reason in the criminal world to read
that a stage coach has been held up in
Colorado with a strict observance of
all the traditional rites and ceremonies.
Three masked men, the usual equip
ment of the good old days, did the bust
ness with a graceful Difference to the
timidity Of the four ladies In the party
and an uncompromising inSistence on
the strict attention Of all the fourteen
men. The eighteen passengers were
aligned in the road with almost mill
tary precision. according to the re-
ports, and the transfer of cash and
jewelry was conducted with fastidiOus
bandit propriety. At the conclusion Of
the performance the coach resumed it's
journey with its newly enlightened and
lightened occupants. and the three rel
les Of a decadent industry bowed
themselves" away into the woods. This
revival Of an ancient custom on its
native heath is %reassuring to resi-
dents of cities who feel they have been
overworked by the transplanted prac-
tice bunglingly INDUCED in by callow
.nfitators. If robbery is to flourish in
any honorable guise it must be in the
Tar West and limited exclusively to
stag g coaches.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-27

The decline in The value Of farm prod-
uctS is sufficiently accounted for without
reference to the 'crimc of 1S13.' by the
increase of acreage i'll cultivation. In
the United States alone. the amount of
land planted in wheat, in 1870. was %
:Sl,ol2 acres: in 1871 it was 39.olG.S97
arr"s-an increase of 10 per cent. The
yield of wheat in the United States in
1870 vas 292, 10000 bushels: in 1891
1t was gil. tSO,OOO buShels-an increase
Of more than 100 per cent. In addition
to tins increase III the amount of wheat
produced in this country. a similar in
crease has occurred in India. Russia and
South America. Prices are fixed by the
law Of supply and demand. The increase
III the supply has lowered the price. 4
similar increase has taken place i'll the
production of corn, oats, cotton ana other
aGricultural nrnlur1S.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-27

Ouiseonsirg. Immediately afterward
he was elected a delegate from the new
territory. although at the time acting
As a delegate from Michigan territory.
He also introduced the bill making
Iowa a territory, and when that Com
monwealth became a State, in lS46.
he was made one OF its first Senators.
Gen. Jones, indeed. was of those
pioneers In American history whose
lives, covering the most vital period Of
the nations growth, are ~inseparably
connected with the story Of the United
States. There are several Of these men.
who, like Gen. Jones, disappeared from
public notice in later years, but who
were lone the less important factors in
the national progress. But the distin-
guished Iowa citizen was typical Of the
class. And to men of his stamp, who
Qaved the way for the oncoming civil
zation, posterity will always be COM
PEELED to acknowledge its Indebtedness.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-27

There has been an awkward pause
heirs 10 large estates, but it is broken
by a report from Texas that amply
compensates for the intermission.
Thomas r. Watts. a youth Of 90, is the
beneficiary. He is at present in the
hay business at Arcadia, and he has
been Informed that property worth
$1S,000,0O0 in the heart of New York
Oity' has been waiting for him for six
years. If this fortune proves as tickle
as others of the kind Mr.. Watts can
soon be congratulated IN a marked adj
dition to his stock of experience, even
If he is forced to sacrifice some of his
stock of hay TO acquire it.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-27
POLITICAL NOTES.

The United States Tobacco jour
complains sarcastically of the delloI, "
cation of tobacco. the money s'"H
of old Virginia." and l%aln"ntS lng t 'o,k
ing of the good old times when ~ ,hp
three gold dollars to buy II polhu ="
weed" nth
Borrowed money which was WAR por.
100 cents on the dollar. wh'h the
rowcd. should be repaid in money u, Is
same kind. This is not poiillcs'
common honesty. GAYS.
The Westerly Or. H. Weekly ~ \
IF Il vote for Mr.. Bryan is a Vo,r Lard
50-ccnt dollar. a vote for a gold-s'a ,ote
Democrat might be described rs tive
for ii 75-cent dollar. The only enc for
vote for Il 1O0-cent dollar is a W."
Mckinley and Hobart. u.s mon.
We DO not know what McNihies 'uihat
ular majority will be, but we kho"
it ought to be-siXteen to one. THE
The st. Paul Dispatch says'u mean
election of Altgeld III Illinois VIII silver.
as much in prestige for if'c e Bry-
among free silver Democrats. as
an were to carry the state. make
If the government has power 10 tron,
money" why does it collect mercy
us? Why does it not make nv"
and let us alone? IN the
The true cause of the drop hetter
price of silver has never bcen ,nn Of
stated than by Lieut.-Gov. say has
New York: ''The bonanza n'ln, NJ The
had the same effect upon tho pre- has
white metal that the bonanza i"|
had upon the price of wheat.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-27
States senator and only last week LOT que

State. senator and only last week for she
presidency. a..
The inference in the last clause tha'
the Coliseum convention was Il fopulin'i.
gathering is both plain and sincere p"'
of that later on. ..
The best evidence. however. OF ii man :
faith-political or otherwise-ls 70 "r
found in his own words. On the Attn OF
November. 1893. at Lincoln. Neb. Mr.
BRYAN. in addressing Il Democratic Sla'o
convention which had voted down a Tree
silver resolution 10y a two-thlrds liiJoF-
ity. made this declaration:
If the Democratic party. after YOU go
home. indorses your action ana lhiS "
comes your sentiment, want 10 promise
You that | will 90 ont ana serve my cuuh-
try and my God under some other haule'
if ] 60 alone.
Divcstcd of the hyperbole, which is
Mr.. Bryan's f~avoritc rhetorical inquire;
this declaration meant that he would
desert the Democratic party and becoil"
a Populist.
Does anyone doubt that he mas lui-
filled his declaration:
Mr.. Bryan is the nominee of three ma
tional conventions. Two of these were
openly and avowedly Populistlc. The
third-the one which mot in Chicago
was Populist in everything but name,
and that name was stolen from IA party
with which it had no sympathy.
That it was a Populist convention was
proved by the fact that it nominated
Mr.. Bryan. That gentleman could not
have accepted the Democratic platform
of 1892 or of auy previous year. He
could not have faced a Democratic con
vcntion with his record behind him.
Nor. on the other hand. could the Chi
cagO convention have nominated a Demo-
crat. The feeble attempts that were
made TO do 50 showed the estimate in
which Democrats were held by the con
v|eution. Teller. the Republican. was
accorded consideration and might have
been nominated. but Democrats of life
long standing were either contemporary
thrGSt aside - not mentioned nj all.
1t WAS Il Hopulist convention. The
two 81. ID,IiS aSscmblagcs which have
adjourned after indorsing Mr.. Bryan
were also popnliSt conventions. He
has had the Endorsement If no one but
PopuliSts for the last three years. He
is claimed by the populislS. lie is cX-
plotted rs a I'opuli>t. He admits that
he is a pomljSt. II" is "A Populist.
Is any further argument necessarily
From the Chicago Chronicle DEM.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-27

If any one finds a stray church organ
held under suspicious circumstances it
is probably the property Of the congre
CATION Of the Pleasant Valley Church.
Barton County. Kan. That is believed
to be the only church in the United
States to-day that has lost its organ by
theft. The crime is somewhat unusual,
as ordinarily church organs would be
regarded aS too bulky to be successfully
concealed by robbers. II is particularly
heinOus IN this instance, as the instru.
ment represents the results of numer.
ous socialS and church festivals. There
Is no suspicion that the music emitted
by the organ has had anything to do
with its abrupt taking off or that the
singing inspired by the organ has arous.
ed any latent predatory instincts in n
of the congregation. The sole theory
entertained is that some aggregation Of
persons simply stole the organ either
because they wanted an organ or need
ed the money it would sell for, and that
is the kind of a person chiefs Of police
have been notified 10 look out for.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-27
The Whole Trouble with Silver.

The trouble and the whole trouble and
iniGuity of the silver basis would be it's
uncertainty. its mobility, its erratic quail
lt!y., The yarlStick, TO use a familiar
smile. would be 80. -. 30, 10 inches in
a single day. or. in other words, the
worth, the purchasing power, of silver
would vary. for no one can for a mo-
ileht thihk that any country or fedora
li"n of countries could maintain the nar-
ity between gold and silver under The
load OF the latter metal which would he
poured i'll under free coinage. Yon
might Just rs we'll expect them to be able
TO make every poor man rich. The silver
reln would 20 for its bullion worth. and
IN" lah"fcr. III" mistress of the house.
every ore, would have to receive The
market quotation daily III order TO ''ad-
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-27

Some sympathy is expressed in Ger
tain English circles over the fact that
the allowance of Princess Haud b not
large enough to be really and truly roy
al. AS she will receive about $4,000
a yea out OF the sum granted the
Prince Of Wales by Parliament it is not
likely the young woman will suffer. If
the royal %worshipers in England are
really sorry for the Princess there is
nothing in the world to prevent them
from adding to her income by contrl-
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-27
SAW HOW FREE SILVER WORKS
Though a Lifelong Democrat, He viii,
Not Vote for BRYAN.

Another well-known Hoosier Democro.
who finds he cannot c~onscientiously snn
port the presidential nominee on = ff""dpo,
silver platform is Capt. William Scbradt
Of J~effersonville. Ind. who is chief hnol'l
keeper for the firm of HARRISON & CAN
right of this city. Capt. Schrodt has al.
ways voted the Democratic ticket pro.
viously under all circumstances, but the
populiStic dose this time. he saws. is ON
tirely too bitter for him to take.
Many years in the life of Capt. Schrod,
have been spent in Mexico. Central
America and South America, and bo oh
served the free silver plan in its ac,nal
workings. To a reporter for the Evcning
Post he said:
Il find it impossible to support Mr.
Bryan on the platform upon which ho
was nominated. He may he a very hril.
liant young man. and | have no douit
that he IS; Still, his monetary views are
SO decidedly opposite to those | hold that
| will not he able to vote for him. II is
well enough for people to talk about free
silver. but when they have lived far
wears in Il country whore they have tried
il. as | have. they will not be 50 ram.
pant for something about which ,lrv
now know nothing. 1t has been four ar ar
five years since | was in Mexico. but
am satisfied that there has been lir,lp
change. There were millions of panrcrS
then. and Mexico will always have rho
poor with them III large numbers.
zone advantage to Impoverished fami-
lies down there was that they could
take their silver plate to the mint and
have it coined into money. but the poor
had no silver plate. Laborcrs there cpt
80 cents q day. aS Il general thing. bat in
Sonr remote eases. for skilled labor. the
workmcn are paid - cents. Their silver
- - =
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-27

one of the most interesting and PIC
turesque characters in American his
tory is removed by tie death of Gen.
George w. Jones. Probably there is no
man now living who has taken a more
notable part in the early development
of the country than did Gen. Jones.
He was a drummer boy in the war Of
1872. He saw active service in the
Blackhawk war of 1882. His life coy
cred nearly the whole range from the
earliest period of the nations history
to the present time. He knew the Mar
quis de Lafayette. and he was an init
mate friend of Jefferson Davis, being
one of the pall-bearers at the latter's
funeral only a few years ago. When
the complete history of the develop
ment of the United States comes to be
written, the name of this pioneer in the
nations growth will hold a peculiar
and not inconspicuous place. Far back
in the '3Os Gen. Jones became a dele
gate to Congress from what was then
the territory Of Michigan. having for
his associates James X. Polk, Alexan-
der H. Stephens and Abraham Lincoln.
1t was he who presented the bill for
the formation of the territory of Wis
consin, naming the region after The rjv-
or which Father Marquette called the
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-27

DO Won wish to Know how YOU ON!
turn the tide in favor of sound mone}:
Let our great railroads run free cXc'lF'
sions to Mexico and Colombia free oiiiy
10 representative laboring men mot walk
ing dclegateS,-and show them the l,rar
teal operations of free silver; show I III
it's glory and in its fulne>s: show now
pleasant ii is for labor to be c%rucllled ~
the cross of silver. All expenses sho'mi
be paid. and Il most merry crowd II WIN
he. 1t is not bribery nor buying OF vo'r>'
but education by object-lesson.-b,EEr
mcr. Ala, communication to the N'"
Work WorlJ
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-27

There are Si.JO0.O00.0O0 in wages 10
be paid the Workingmcn of This country
annually AT - cents ON the dollar. That
j. what the Democratic platform means.
Who are the creditor class in the lHit"d
States? There are the hondholdeT>. vino
have about 5000. 600. 900 of government
bonds. they could be paid in silver collars
worth 30 cents each. Then there Gene
the 10000. 900 laboring men. from the
farm hand to the railroad engineer, from
the counter girl to the cashier. earning
from 81 10 81 each per day. AT the low
est average S1.o0 Il day. making 3d.
0OO.U 600 Il day for 300 working days.
S4.:O0. 0OO. 600 annually. seven times as
much as all the government bonds ont
standing. To pay the worhingmen ID ~
cent silver dollars would mean the an
nual loss Of one-half their income. or
S2,2JO.O0O.O 900: or in plain words ms
wages would be cut down from Sl.lO 10
- cents a day.-A Workingman in New
York Tribune.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-27

just" You can grant nothing TO nm
certain primary money except the ru run,
of the holder. You might as well gr run
that the druggist could accommoJaan.tt
himself to a variable measure for ,oi
sonous drugs. The Lord help the patient pmt
who would have to adjust" under s,i n.
circumstances.-H. A. Fairbairn in STa"rn
York Evening Post. Ncw
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-27
Coinage and the Tariff: A l'able'

\ woman in Colorado, who lived "'
log cabin. and whose husband had S"nv
to the store to buy tea and sugar VA
cooking her dinner, when a bear pom"
his nose into the door. Leaving hd
dinner. she stepped aside. took cow !
gun loaded with buckshot from the W"a,
where it hung. and shot the bear " w.,
She had shot the bear. h %rcsutlep n J
cooking. That night her husband h'i
bear steak for his SuDDer.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-27

Arthur j. and Gerald Balfour have
politics is concerned. They are nephews
Of Lord Salisbury. Comments upon the
subject Of %hypnotlsm are unnecessary.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-27

The crank who attempted to assassin
ate President Faure with blank cart
ridges evidently thought he was fight
ing a French duel.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-27

A man has been discovered In Mary
land who has lived eighty-fve years
on frogs legs exclusively" Lucky
dog! How can he afford it2