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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-09-24
Anarchy, or Centralized respotism.

The title of this article may appear
startling, and yet, looking at the
charges made by the opposing factions,
one is led to believe that the people
OF our country are "between the
Devil and the deep sea-" without any
possible chance of escaps by reason
ofreaping the fruits of either, Anarchy,
or, Centralized Despotism, in this
presidential campaign. The Chicago
platform is denounced as revolutionary
and anarchistic, while the candidates
are denounced as populistic; and their
followers as frenzied with silver craze.
On the other hand it is charged that
the millionaires and plutocrats who
are organized into combines Of trusts,
corporations and syndicates, under the
single gold standard banner will so
rule or ruin the country that the
masses of the people will become sub
servient to their will and power, and
thus reduced to abject slavery. We
believe that there is tendency of
very small but powerful minority to
subjugate the government to their will
and pleasure and defeat the great
majority in their rights and immuni-
ties under the constitution. The
majority of the people have hereto.
fore been able to take care of their
own government and we believe that
they are able to take care of it still
Notwithstanding they are denounced as
anarchists, communists &c. If the
people choose to vote for the free
coinage of silver, are they not able to
manage the financial affairs Just as
well as the plutocrats of the county? |
The great secret lies in the fact that
the millionaire plutocrats do not trust |
the plain people with the affairs of
the government. 1t has been said
that the plain people do not bother
themselves about politics, that the poll
ticians would see to, and attend to that.
Well yes, they have seen to that only
too long, while the people have not
paid much attention to it until they
found that the politicians had eaten
out their fruits of their labors, and
now they propose to call halt and
demand reckoning. ].
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-09-24
HIS ORATORY WON.
FRANK s. BLACKS SPEECH SECURED
HIM THE NOMINATION..

His Troy Friends Gail Him n Second Lin
coin. Some of the EpIgrams that Cap
tivated the New York Republican Com
vention mt Saratoga.
When Frank S. Black. OF Troy, be-
gan his speech as temporary chairman
of the New York State Republican Con
vention few present realized that he
was casting an oratorical spell over the
delegates second only to that which
William Jennings Bryan wrought in
the Chicago national convention. Such,
however, proved to be the case, for
Black, with little or no following in the
commencement was triumphantly
nominated for Governor upon the
fourth ballot, and succeeding to, the
day of his brilliant utterances. His
speech had for a setting the rankest
and most insane lot of nominating
speeches that were ever heard in any
Shte convention. Perhaps this fact
added lustre to his effort.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-09-24

nv LINCOLN,
"No dollar Is good that is not worth
assSauch in London as it Is in Lincoln.
an0 dollar that willis when You take
1t TO salt water is too weak for this ro-
bust Republic
Stree trade, under the name of tariff
re1or1n, has ploughed deep into the vi
tails of American thrift, and yet this
Old doctrine, now so generally rejected.
Is again presented to the American peo-
pie unrecommended by a single sue
cess, unredeemed by single practical
virtue, unchanged in any of those Bit
ter aspects which have been prlcked by
mi%ortune into the memory of our peo-
pie, and the only inducement offered TO
try this heresy again is that it is now
accompanied by another heresy equally
dangerous and infinitely more dishon-
orable.
THE two parties are no further apart
now than they were when the Ameri-
can people, in fit of somnambullsm.
sent Benjamin Harrison back to In
dianapolls and Grover Cleveland back
to washington"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-09-24
A FAMOUS CHINAMAN.
u HUNG CHANG, HIS RED JACKET
AND OTHER ORNAMENTS.

Ii Is Richer Than Anybody, yot we Send
Money to Convert His Ueathen Sub
jects. In Many Things Ho is Up-to-
Datei I'm Others, Ages Behind.
There never has been so picturesque
a visitor to America as LII Hung
Chang.
Although he is seventy -four years OF
age, this is the first time he ever left
the Orient.
Ii Hung Chang is at once the embod-
iment of the old and the new. He rep
resents the oldest civilization on earth,
and yet is the champion of many ad-
vanced and progressive ideas. He is
not only the richest man in the world
but he is also one Of the INST infiuen-
tial, holding, as he does, the power of
life and death over millions of his sub.
jectS,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-09-24

Welded to ideas that were old before
the dawn of modern European civiliza-
ton, Ii Hung Chang is a thorough
democrat Living in Il country where
people worship their ancestors, he is
self-made man, with hazy ideas as to
the identity of his own grandfather.
BY the force of his own genius he has
risen to commanding influence over
royal and princely houses whose origin
is lost in antiquity. Inheriting nothing
but brains and energy, Ii Hung Chang
has absorbed power in every FORM
Wealth, place, honor, fame, military
and political power, all are his.
Neither Europe nor America can
offer a single man whose achievements
equal those of Ii Hung Chang. He is
richer than any Rockefeller, Wander
bilt or Astor. He Is more powerful
than either Bismarck, Gladstone or
Cleveland. Neither Queen Victoria nor
Emperor William possesses tenth of
the despotic power of this Celestial.
There are few men whose learning ia
so great and whose observation has
been so wide and varied Aside from
all of this, there is no human being
either in Europe or America whose
daily life Is surrounded by such bar
barrie splendor and picturesqueness.
In his intercourse with foreigners, Ii
Hung Chang years ago abandoned the
absurd formalities Of the Chinese. He
was easily accessible to intelligent
travellers, whom he delighted to en-
tertain and question. Interviewers,
artists, and even ordinary tourists
from Europe found no difficulty in pass
ing the innumerable barriers of his pal
aces at Tien-Tsin and sitting down to
dinner with this wide-awake China
man.
Distinguished visitors to China were
sought and entertained by him. He
made elaborate preparations to receive
and entertain General Grant, with
whom he had lengthy discussions re-
garding America, the civil war, and
the politics and social customs of the
United States. He asked particularly
about West Point, and surprised Gen.
Grant by his knowledge of many things
pertaining to his own career.
Ii Hung Chang stands six feet one
inch in his stockings, and the boots
which he wears have soles of wood
about an inch thick.
The famous yellow jacket is Of the
finest satin, and is embroidered on the
breast and back with double dragons
IN a circle. Ii uses a Chinese water
pipe with long stem and a silver
bowl as big as your fist, in which the
smoke passes through scented water
Missionaries, merchants, diplomats
and diplomats wives have supplied
enough information in respect to the
domestic life of Ii Hung Chang to en-
able us to form a very complete idea
Of his home life.
He is very kind and gentle to all
whom he likes, very formal to all
others. He worshiped his late wife,
and treated her with an affection and
respect which would do credit
to any Christian husband He recog-
nized the superiority of Western in
sentlons, and utilized all that he could
IN the administration Of his personal
Affairs.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-09-24
Keep the Farm Tidy.

Be thrifty farmer, as it means a
great deal to yourself, as well as to
those dear to you. Thrift begets con
tentment. A little time spent here and
there, repairing things needing a little
attention, adds great deal to the
pleasure of the good wife indoors, who
loves to see the buildings kept in order
and general appearance Of neatness
outside.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-09-24
Curfew I'm Kansas.

The City Council Of Topeka, Kan
sas, has enacted curfew law. 1t
provides that all children under 16
years of age found on the streets or in
public places unaccompanied by guar
ians after p. m. in summer and 8
p. IN. in winter shall be arrested and
dned not less than So nor more than
$50. The fire bell rings every even
lng fifteen minutes before the hour.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-09-24
Army Worms Work at an End.

State Zoologist Warren reports that
the ravages of the army worm in this
state have ceased. He does not be-
lieve the little pest will return next
summer. A conservative estimate
places the damage to crops in this
state at $4,000 this season by the
worm.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-09-24
MANS Opportunity

Oh, woman, in our hours of ease.
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please;
But at resorts where men are few
You like each blessed thing we do.
Chicago Record.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-29
LExINGroN,s CELEBRATION.

On September 18th the thirty-fifth
anniversary of the battle of Lexington,
the citizens of this city will invite all
who will come, to meet with the veter-
ans of the Battle of Lexington on the
grounds where the gallant Mulligan
and fearless Price met in battle array.
1t has been thirty-ive years since
the event which we will on that day
commemorate. The ominous clouds
which then covered the nations sky
have sunk back into the ocean from
whence they came.
The Battle of Lexington is an event
of history now, not treasured in preJu-
dice or malice, yet remembered as an
occasion which called into action
heroes who would die fort their country.
1t is appropriate for these veterans
to commemorate an occasion which
stands as an example of heroism and
manhood. Lexington will welcome all
who come, and on that day prepare to
entertain all of them.
The event will draw a great crowd
from all parts of the state and Lexing-
ton will see that all the arrangements
are perfected to make this a memora-
BILE occasion.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-29

The INTELLIGRNcER is in receipt OF
an advertising proposition made by
the SedaJia board of trade. The prop
osltion is that the INTELLIGENCER pub
lish nineteen editorials, which are
written by Sedalians for the next nine
weeks, for which, provided we advo-
cate capital removal, we are to receive
a certain sum of money. We can't
accept the proposition. However poor
the Sedalia opinion of the INTELLIGEN-
GERS integrity, we can not enter with
her in the gigantic steal which she IS
trying to make from the taxpayers of
the state. Sedalia will find 1t a hard
matter to buy up the press of the state.
She may buy some papers but those
she buys will not help her in her cause.
Upon receipt of the proposition we
advised Sedalia that the INTELLIGEN-
GER was not for sale.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-29
JUDGE YOUNG AND THE CONGRESS
SIGNAL NOMINATION.

The result of the congressional con
vention at Odessa, Tuesday, is accept
ed by Judge William Young as cheer
fully as by any democrat in the county
The INTELLIGENCER makes this state
ment with a full knowledge of the fact!
connected with the first mention o
Judge Young's name for congress, anC
of all of the developments of the cam
| paign that followed the announcement
of his candidacy.
Eight months ago the outlook fol
democracy was not bright; but few
dared to hope that the people would
triumph over the combined opposition
of money and federal patronage, in the
Chicago convention. The money plank
of the Chicago platform had not been
be made, and every silver nan was
charged with his duty.
For reasons that were considered I'M
portant, it vas thought that the silver
cause could be best subserved by having
a candidate in the field whose record
was clear on that question, and that
this candidate should be a Lafayette
countyan. 1t vas not at his own in
stance that Judge Young announced
himself a candidate. The silver demo-
Gratis of this county assigned to him the
task of making, at that time what
seemed to be a sacrificial race. He
accepted, not of his own desire, but for
the purpose of subscribing a cause that
was very dear to hun.
A month ago the prospects of his
nomination were excellent. 1t seemed
that Jackson county could not unite its
factions on any other man. But when
the prospects of his nomination were
brightest, Judge Young commended that
if the Jackson county democracy could
unite on a silver candidate from Kansas
City, il would be best for the party and
the cause.
4HC 1ELLAOENSEh WOulu navy LC-
joiced had Judge Young been nomina-
ted at Odessa. This county would have
rejoiced with US. But we feel that it
is due Judge Young to state the facts
in connection with his He
made no canvas in Jackson county for
votes, maintaining at all times that he
wanted the party there to unite on a
Kansas City silver man. He came back
from Odessa with no sore spots. He
accepted defeat as he would have ac-
cepted VIctory-in the old democratic
way. In making the ace he served
the purpose that he and the silver men
of the county desired most to accom-
plish. HE made the fight not for the
nomination alone, but for a cause that
he has been fighting for the last
thirty years. The result of the con-
vention is acquiesced In by him, and no
man will fight harder, longer or ADLER
for the election of the young orator
statesman, William S. 'Cowherd, than
will William Young.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-29

The so-called s'sound money! con
v~ention at st. Louis made the follow
ing nominations for state officers:
Governor, j. Med. Trimble, of Kansas
City; lieutenant governor, Albert F.
Osterman, of St. Louis county secre-
tary of state, ID. H. Mcintyre, Of
Audrain county; state treasurer, w. F.
McIlrath, of Chillicothe; state auditor,
Edward P. Porter, of Jasper county /;
encouragement, Nicholas d. Thur
man, of Galloway county; railroad
commissioner. Harry A. Coster, of
Platte county; supreme judge, Theo-
dore Brace. All the nominations were
made by reclamation. The delegates
10 the Indianapolis convention were
instructed to present the nam of Judge
James o. Broadhead, of st. Louis, for
president.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-29
WE MUST GET TOGETHER.

Every means by which the peoples
~disregarded is being called into use by
the enemies of democracy. Mark
Hanna has stationed his ''lackey boy"
Cyrus Leland, at Kansas City with
millions of dollars with which to
corrupt the voters of this imperial
state. The republican party has
nominated II renegade gold standard
democrat for governor, and a ticket in
sympathy with him. All that money
can buy will go to the republican ticket.
As a further assistance to the republic
cans, the s'gold boilers" from the dem
ocratIc party have nominated a state
ticket, every vote cast for which will
be a vote for Lewis.
On the other hand, the democrats
have nominated q sterling young man
for governor, who made a valiant fight
for the money of the constitution. The
ticket upon which his name appears is
in sympathy with the common people.
The friends of free silver must not
underestimate the forces that are
against them in this fight.
The populists have a full state, con-
gressional and county ticket in the
field. The populists believe IN free
silver. They do not stand a ghost of a
show in the election. But if their tickets
remain in the field it will materially
ieopardize the success of the free silver
movement in Missouri. The leaders
in this county, Geo. Wilson, Lee
Slusher, Col. Childs and others surely
realize this. Every vote that is cast
against the democratic tickets is q vote
that will count for the republican
ticket. The populists do not want to
see Lon Stephens slaughtered because
he dared follow the promptings of
his heart and fight the plutocrats.
They do not want to see Cowherd
defeated because he bid defiance to
plutocratic greed. They do not want
see a silver democrat in Lafayette
county defeated in order that a republi-
can gold bug might have an office.
In view of the organized opposition
and the paramount issue of the fight
now being made, the silver men of all
must get together and get to
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-29
Annie Gray ShulI.


On last Saturday evening the new:
came flying down the wires to us thai
Annie Gray Shull vas dead. We
became Mortified, s%tupefied, almost
paralyzed when the truth was forced
upon us; for we could not believe that
God in his great goodness had taken
Annie Gray away from her loving
husband TO whom she had been united
but one month; her devoted brothers to
whom she was mother as well as sister,
and a father who at the time of her
death was off in the Indian Nation
searching for a home to which he might
m day be able to unite all his loved
together, and be at peace with man
But our Father willed it otherwise. He
took her to her heavenly home to be to
Him bride, sister and helpmate."
Annie Gray was born at Dover, 1873,
on the 18th day of March. Married to
Victor Shull, son of our worthy towns
man Godfrey Shull, ON the I'D day of
July. Died, near Pittsville, johnson
county, on the I'D day of August, 1896.
She became a member of the Cumher-
land Presbyterian church, having united
with Edenview church at the age of
seventeen. This remark was made by a
friend of hers THAT never would any
other girl be rs much missed in a COM
munity as she will be-" She was a
devoted Christian, always ready to help
wherever a helping hand was needed.
To her husband she seemed a superior
being, she knew his every thought and
acted accordingly. On their wedding
day, which ought TO have been the
happiest day of her life, a cloud over
Swallowed her-from that hour she was
doomed. Shortly after the ceremony
was performed she was taken with a
Chill, from which she never rallied,
resulting in fever which she bore with
a fortitude unparalleled. She was very
happy and fell asleep in Jesus as a babe
lulled to rest in its mothers arms. Oh!
what a glorious death to die; her mother
waiting at the golden gate to bear her
up to the great white throne.
She was buried at Odessa cemetery,
services being conducted by Rev. Mar
tin, of the Baptist church. Such a
funeral procession has seldom been wit
messed by the people of Lafayette
county as was witnessed that day.
Friends! fIiendsl friends! what a con-
course follow that beloved form to its
last resting place. The coffin was
lowered and q shower of floral emblems
descended with it. The grave was filled
and OH its mound was another shower
of roses such as we seldom see in our
own dear Maehpelah. Thus has passed
away the dear girl we knew as Annie
Gray. A FRIEND.
The partial ecliPss Of the noon last
Saturday night was eclipsed part OF the
time by dark banks OF flying clouda,
But there were periods when the eclipse
was plainly visible and it waa Viewed by
large numbers of people who remained
awake expressly to observe the rare foe.
currence.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-29
WILLIAM :.

1t matters MOI how much Lafayette
would nave reioiced to see her ~favorite
son nominated for congress, the demo
Gratis OF this county fully and freely
acquesce in the result of the convention
at Odessa. Judge Young vas defeated
for the nomination by an opponent
worthy of his steel and IN the person
of William Strother Cowherd the demo-
Gratis nave a champion to whose keep
ing they can safely intrust their cause.
The writer has been acquainted with,
and a student of the record of, Mr..
Cowherd for several years, and above
all things we wish to bear testimony to
his sterling integrity. Cowherd is an
honest man. HIS character is free
from deception and his record is void
of a dishonest suspicion. As mayor OF
Kansas City, he bid defiance TO corpor-
ate greed and rallied his powers TO the
cause of the common people. Know
ing him we can state to the voters of
this county that his character Is such
| that he had rather die an honest death,
unknown to fame, with an honest
ambition unrealized than to live Il thou
sand years in splender and fame, and
leave a record smirched with treachery
to either a public or a private trust.
His ambition is an honest ambition.
The motives that actuate HIM in public
action are honest motives. He would
rather champion an honest cause and
90 down with it to defeat, than wear
the laurels and emoluments of a victory
that had been won by deceptive methods.
she had rather be right than be presI-
dent"
Such is the private character
of this young tribune of the common
people, whom the fifth district demo-
Gratis have named as their champion to
face in this campaign the plutocratic
influence and the halls of the next
congress, the ability and Tyranny of
Gear Reed and his cohorts. Thirty-slx
years old, an orator by birth, a scholar
by education, a democrat by principle
and precept and an honest man by
nature and inheritance, the halls of
the next congress will not contain an
ADLER or more faithful representative of
democratic principles than William S.
Cowherd. He is the uncompromising
foe of ~plutocracy and his voice and
vote will at all times and under all
circumstances register the will of the
people.
Under the leadership of VIM.
j. Bryan, directed by the democratic
declaration adopted at Chicago and
inspired by the noble ambition to serve
his country well, Cowherd will soon
assume a commanding position in
congress and in difiance to plutocratIc
greed, he will wage a brave, able.
manly and successful fight for equal
rights to all and special privileges to
one
With his brilliant e~loquence,
and his intense earnestness he will
attract and with his logical reasoning
he will convince. Cowherd is the
champion of honest politics, and in the
campaign, which is upon us, his integ-
rity as well as his %eloqnence and ability
will be a source of pride to every demo-
crat. He will be elected in November
and in congress he will make such a
that his party will call him to a
still higher place of service to his
country.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-29
GOLD RIG ROT.

This is the kind of rot which the
sable" and know-it-all gold bug news
papers are printing as mental pabulun
for their readers:
THE FOAM IS OFF THE BEER.
There's an awful lull at Lincoln,
That Mecca of the Pops,
Where lives the boy statesman
Who's to regulate the crops,
And who is now getting ready
For reception down at York,
Where he'll talk the Jim Grow dollar
Till his friends put in the cork.
You bet Lincoln needs excitement,
And Bryan is needing cheer,
For the silver craze is dying
And the foam is OF the beer.
There's a quiet DER the country
Like the stiffness after storm,
Like the eve that follows battle,
Like the hush of breaking morn.
For the billions that rolled skyward
Have receded from the shore,
And the man who played the racket
Has returned to earth once more.
And with people gone to study,
You can Danish every fear,
For the silver craze is dying
And the foam is off the beer.
M. K. Sherwood.
Give 'em some more of the ''argu'
ment"-do.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-29

The INTELLIGENCER said a year ago
that the time would come when w. S.
Cowherd would represent this district
in congress. We did not think it
would come SO soon, however, but that
time is here and the INTELLIGENCER
bids him God speed on his way to
Washington.