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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-09-19

There is lamentable usage of the
press and OF partisans during election
times, and that is the wanton, outrage
Gus abuse Of the other fellow and the
other side. / have not seen any such
abuse Of Mckinley by the democratic
press, but the northern republican
journals just TEEN with the vilest and
most malicious ISLANDERS of Bryan and
his platform. He is denounced and
cartooned as the arch anarchist and re-
pudiator; tool of the silver mines: a
babbling boy; sky scraper; bag Of
wind and the punka of the Platte. /
don't know what punka means, but sup
pose it is some very bad thing like a
polecat. His Madison Square speech,
which Ingalls, said was very great
one, is ridiculed as an abortion, chest
nut, a miserable failure; and they car
toon him as little sophomore school
boy orator. This is very bad policy.
The people of all parties know that
Bryan is very eloquent, smart and
sincere man, and the reaction comes
when such ISLANDERS are used against
him. The iubilant, gnying tone Of the
republican press reminds one of Goliath
and David-"And when the Philistine
saw David he distained him for he was
but a youth, and the Philistine cursed
David by his gods, and he said come to
me and ! win give thy flesh to the fowls
OF the air and the beasts Of the fields.
Bill Arp in Atlanta Constitution.
What are you going TO do with your
boy? The question is one that must be
answered without delay; for il does not
take boy long TO become man. II
you mean to educate him, you must do
II now. While you are hesitating the
opportune season may pass. When it is
once gone, it never returns. Next year
may be too late. The idea of waiting
till your circumstances are easier il
delusiye. How do you know that your
circumstances are going to become
easier? II is better to strain point
than TO run the risk OF total failure in
SO important a matter. Can you give a
bright boy anything that will be worth
as much to him as course in college:
Money may easily slip through his fin.
gers, but nothing can rob him Of mental
discipline and stores OF knowledge
Even IL he does not prefer to become 9
scholar, it may be your duty to insist
on that policy. Parents are presumed
10 know what is best for their children
in other respects, and why not in this!
Nashville Advocate.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-09-19
Conventions at PocateIio.

The three parties, Democrats, Popu-
lists and Silver Republicans met in
respective conventions at Pocatcllo,
Thursday, and after wrestling all day
with resolutions, appointed committees
10 confer together looking TO fusion
Of the three parties.
After the appointment Of the CON-
mittees the conventions adjourned un-
Ill Friday morning at 10 o'clock. In
the evening the committees met and
went to work. Rumors say a bolt may
be looked for in the Democratic ranks,
II the general fusion Is not effected.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-09-19
Fine strained honey 10 cents at W.
A. Bulls.


The Blacisfoot Irrigation Company-Locatiou
OF Principal Place OF Business. Blackfoot,
Bingham County. Idaho.
Notice is hereby given that at a meeting OF
the Board of Trustees, held ON Saturday, Sep
tcmber 18th, 1895, there was lovied Assessment
No. ~, of 500 per share on the capital stock
of the Company. payable to John Montgom-
cry, Secretary and Treasurer, East Main and
Idaho Streets, Dlaokfoot, Bingham County.
Idahe.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
be unpaid on Monday, the 10th day of octo-
bcr, 1890. will be delinquent and advertised FOR
sale at public auction, and unless payment is
made before. enough of each parcel OF stock
wiz he sold on Saturday, the Tth day OF No
vember. 1895. TO pay said assessment with cos,
OF advertising and expense of sale.
JOHN MONTGOMERY,
Secretary and Treasurer.
Blaekfoot Irrigation Co.
Blackfoot Idaho. September l5th, 1895.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-09-19
SOME ANSWERS
To Questions Put at the Recent
Teachers Examination.

To Questions Put at the Recent
Teachers Examination.
OF the candidates for teachers certifi-
Gates who recently took the examine
tion before the county superintendent
Of schools, 20 passed, eight failed in
part and seven failed altogether. The
''civil government papers of the can
didates disclose some very interesting
reading. One OF the questions asked
was as to the four principal political
parties in the United States as their
leading principles. One candidate an
swered briefly: Democrats, Republic
cans, Populists and A. p. AS" An
other answered: "Republican party,
high tariff and reciprocity: Democratic
party, anything to win, free silver and
free trade" Another candidate de-
scribed the Populists as Democrats
one year and Republicans the next; at
present they are in favor of free silver"
In answer TO the question as to what
was meant by politics, one candidate
said: "Politics mean the ambition
which people show in electing the prop
er persons who they think will do the
best in making laws for the general
welfare of the people and the country"
Another answer contained this
"There seems to be a crisis approach
ing when there viii be but two parties
the free silver party and the gold
standard party What is considered
an original answer was that of the can
didate who said: "Politics in Butte Il
Office seeking, but in its true sense it il
the principal advocated by different or
CARNATIONS as to how the nation should
be governed. Butte Miner.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-09-19

According TO the Cologne Gazette,
parafiIne is found TO be al excellent
remedy for snake poison. The paraf-
fine oil is worked thoroughly into the
wound and then allowed TO stand on II
in a pool or the bitten part poulticed
with paraiiine.
Jinks--Dull place; nothing going or
Jenks-The deuce there ain'tl oul
board bill Is going on,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-09-19
Mckinley Republican Contention

The Mckinley Republicans Of Bing-
ham county met In convention to-day,
Friday, at noon. Hon. Rocky Rounds
was elected temporary chairman and
James Nj. Stevens, secretary.
Mr.. Rounds made a smooth, conser-
vatisc speech on taking the chair and
urged the convention to nominate its
very best men for the legislative and
county ticket. The usual committees
were named and the convention took a
recess TO one o'clock.
Re-assembling the reports OF com
mittees were received and adopted and
the convention proceeded to the nomi'
nation OF the ticket in executive ses
sion.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-09-19
Convention Call.

The tenth annual convention of the
woman's Christian temperance Union
Of Idaho, will convene in the Baptist
Church in Pocatello, Oct. I'd, Sd and 4th
and 5th. An interesting program is
prepared for every meeting OF the ses.
sion, our friends are cordially invited.
PRES, MRS. II. MITCHELL,
SEc'Y, MRS. EVA BARTON.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-09-19
The Tar Levy.

At the meeting of the board of coun-
ty commissioners, held Monday, the fol-
lowing tax levy was made:
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-16

for years. A new spirit pervades the
party. It's organization is in the
hands of altogether new men; and a
certain portion of the stay-at-home
Democratic vote finds this sufficient
reason for new political activity. The
great wave of approval which has fol-
lowed the nomination Of the Demo-
cratic ticket is matched by the in
crease in the registry lists. This view
is borne out by a comparison Of the
Increase in registered names in
the different wards. While only gen
eral conclusions can be drawn from
the figures, the increase Is as large
in the wards heretofore Democratic
as In those which are presumably Re-
publican. The lists give every reason
to Democrats for encouragement and
elation. On a full vote. st. Paul is un-
questionabIy a Democratic city. There
is going to be a full vote this year.
and big slice Of the increase in the
wards supposedly Republican will go
to the unassailable Democratic ticket
The registration reports for the first
day suit us right down to the ground.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-16
AN ENTHUSIASTIC RALLY.

The most ardent supporter of the
Democratic ticket must have been
more than satisfied if he was one Of
the great and enthusiastic crowd at
Market hall last night. The people
came out to show their opinion Of the
Democratic ticket, and right royalty
did they welcome the action of the
convention and the candidates whom
it named. The best thing about the
rally was the feeling Of intense
earnestness that pervaded the vast
audience. Those men were not there
out of curiosity, they had not drifted
in casually from the street, nor were
they there merely to hear the speech
making. They came with a purpose,
which was to be read on every count
enance; the purpose to hold up the
hands Of the Democratic party and
witness their faith and their devotion
The whole meeting, from beginning
to end, was worthy Of this spirit
The men who spoke were not office
seekers, but patriotic Democrats, de-
termined to put their party in the lead
before the people; and public-spirited
citizens, to whom 1t means everything
that the right men shall have charge
of our affairs for the next two years.
1t was a peoples meeting, to declare
their present loyalty to the Demo-
cratic ticket and all that it represents.
No one who saw the splendid reception
given to Mr.. Cullen could have failed
to measure his deserved popularity
with our people or to be convinced
that he is the man Of their choice.
Right merrily was the campaign
opened with enthusiasm, with con-
fidence, with devotion to the peoples
cause. new spirit is abroad in st.
Paul; spirit Of broad fidelity to pub
lie duty, without self-seeking, and Of
willingness to work and sacrifice for
the welfare Of the people. That is the
spirit before which difficulties vanish
like dry stubble before the breath of
the prairie fire. Let the Democrats
continue the good work as they began
1t last night, and they need not wait
for the counting of the votes to know
that victory Is theirs
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-16
AT A Loss.

The reciprocity bubble has been
punctured most effectually by it's own
friends. 1t is vastly amusing to find
leading representatives Of the milling
interests, including one of the great
Washburn-Crosby Milling company,
unable to state to the committee at
Washington how the reciprocity agree
ments, formerly enforced, affected
their own industry. If there was any
interest in this country that could ben
eft by trade reciprocity, 1t was sup
posed to be that Of the millers. AS
far as trade statistics dealing with the
operation Of reciprocity show any
thing, they could be turned into eff
fective arguments in it's favor only as
they deal with the exports Of flour.
These men are either sagacious
enough, however, to avoid that branch
OF the subject, or they are, as they
profess to be, both ignorant and in
different; because reciprocity counted
for so little in their calculations that
they never gave it a second moments
attention.
In point Of fact, as the Globe has
shown upon several occasions. the
only apparent advantage worth men
tioning derived by this country by its
reciprocity treaties is found in its
trade with Cuba. The increase Of ex-
ports from the United States to that
island was very marked, and consisted
principally in an addition to its sales
Of flour. This was not due, however.
at all to our reciprocal arrange
ment with Spain, but to decrease Of
duties, which offered exceptionally IA
Vorable terms to the exporting milling
concerns. The millers themselves are
aware Of this, and Of the fact that
McKinley's reciprocity was a humbug
and sham. They failed to put in the
plea that was expected from the busi-
ness side, and Congressman Fletcher.
as a politician, was forced to come to
the rescue. He, Of course, not being
hampered by too intimate connec
ton with the facts in the case, de-
Tended reciprocity with all the zeal of
the partisan. The little episode is ex-
ceedingly instructive, because it ban
lshes the last argument urged in favor
OF reciprocity as a business proposi-
ton, and relegates it to the realm
where 1t belongs-that Of pure party
politics.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-16
CRISP SELF-REFUTED.

Either ex-Speaker Crisp is one of
those men who cannot grasp the force
and effect Of a statement, or he is one
OF those other and more numerous ones
who advocate measures merely be-
cause they think the populace want
them, although they know their un-
soundness. In either case the result
is apt to be the same. Arguments are
made that, carried to their conclusion,
defeat themselves. In his Joint de-
bates with Secretary Smith the ex-
speaker illustrates this. when the
United States fixed the ratio at Is to
while France had ratio of 1914 to L."
he said, gold did as it always does
and went where it could get the most
for itself; it went to France and left
the silver with us. Gold disappeared
from the currency. Then our friends
said," he continued, 1--WE want some
gold in circulation and we will change
the ratio so as to get it back. Our
forefathers changed the ratio to 16 to
in 1884, and gold went where it could
get the most for itself, and came to
the United States"
The marvel is that this man did not
sense the logic Of his statement Of the
historical fact, and see that it did not
completely demolish the cause he was
arguing for; a "bimetallism" that
would make both silver and gold, SIM
ultaneously and concurrently, STAND
ards" based on the free coinage Of
silver at 16 to 1. Does he not realize
can any thinking man fail to see that,
if gold went where it could get the
most for itself" when our congress
decreed that one ounce of it was worth
fifteen ounces of silver, while in France
one ounce would buy fifteen and half
ounces, 1t would not stay here If con-
gress should say now that 1t shall buy
but sixteen ounces when it can get
thirty in any other country? Can hu-
man nature, with its universal i'm
pulse to get the most in exchange for
its products, be changed py congress
sional decree to desire to get the least?
Again. When the ratio was changed
in 1884. gold did come here, but silver
went out. No man would exchange six
teen ounces of silver at our mints for
the equivalent Of an ounce Of gold.
when he could get the equal of a gold
ounce for 151s ounces Of silver at the
mints in France. Is Mr.. Crisp so little
acquainted with the springs of human
action as to think that, if a difference
Of per cent sent all our silver abroad
after 1884, difference in the opposite
direction now Of so per cent would
not send our gold abroad? Would any
man give an ounce of gold for sixteen
Of silver when he could get thirty for
it elsewhere? Would it make any diff
ference whether the bullion was in
coins or in bars? Would men give
out gold coins equally with silver ones
when the latter were but half the
value of the former? What is there
in this subject Of money that produces
such lapses in reasoning and judg-
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-16
NOT ENTITLED TO RELIEF.

1t appears that we are to have the
After the general disturbance that was
made last year, the failure of the con-
tractors to do the work, the holding up
Of their bills and the final arrangement
for new contract, with a definite un-
derstanding that those who assumed
its responsibilities would be held to
the strictest accounting, it Is an ex-
traordinary affair to have not only
er they should or should not be obliged
to do the work, but a proposition act
ually made to the council to modify
the contract in their interest. 1t may
mense amount Of extra work is i'm
posed upon the contractors by requir-
ing them to remove refuse from the
various commission houses. But that
is no new thing. The commission
houses have not been established re-
Gently, nor have they changed their
methods of doing business. The work
which they entailed was known per-
fectly in advance of the letting Of this
contract. The specifications required
the removal Of all garbage within the
limits Of st. Paul. without exception
or reservation. No bidder for the con-
tract could have failed to understand
this detail, and if he did he ought to
be the only sufferer from his careless
ness.
Year after year we have had the
same succession Of events and argu-
ments to impair the garbage service
in this city. There has been a perfect
rage among bidders to obtain the con-
tract at almost any figure. They have
the unsuccessful were prepared to
carry their case to the courts. Then,
as soon as the contract was awarded,
sometimes at figures apparently less
than the actual cost Of service, the
sympathies Of the council have been
appealed to in order to save them
from loss. The public is tired Of the
whole performance The removal of
garbage means the removal Of garb-
age. The contractors, like any others,
should be required to observe the bar
gain that they have made. If they
cut corners too closely in order to get
the work. that is not the public's af-
fair. There should not be a hint Of
any such thing as modifying an ar
rangement freely and fairly entered
into, because those who engaged to
perform necessary public act may
have blundered in their calculations.
The only way ever to obtain efficient
service at fair price is to enforce a
contract to the letter, and let this
stand as warning to bidders in fu-
ture.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-16
THE CITY COMMITTEE.

The city committee Of the Demo-
cratic party was completed last night
by the appointments at large Of Chair
man McCafferty. The ward members
Of the committee have already been
announced by the Clio be, and the
names of the members at large are
published this morning. It is repre-
sentative body, composed Of men fa-
miliar with political work and able to
carry out the necessary details of or
ganization. They cannot do this at
too early day, considering the near
ness Of election and the work that yet
remains to be done. The choice Of
Mr.. ]. G. Michael as chairman Is g.
particularly happy and suitable one
Mr. Michael Is one Of the ablest young
Democrats Of the city, whose excellent
work as chairman Of the county COM
mittee Is known to Democrats and
commends him to their approval. Mr..
Michael Is just the man to organize
and carry out the campaign, and he
will have all the assistance that an
efficient committee and an interested
public can give him. The work is now
fairly under way, and it must be push
ed with vigor and without a moments
intermission until the morning Of elec-
ton.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-16
WITH INTENT TO AMUsE.

Florence-What is the first thing you have
to learn in golf? Marion-What to wear
Puck.
Vernal Fastidiousness: "Any signs Of spring
out your way, Mr.. Gobbidge?" "Yis, sor;
me billy goat won't ate a tin can widout it's
got a Crane label on to it.''-Chicago Record.
Wife-I wonder you will eat things that
you know are sure to hurt you.
Husband-My dear, when there Is some
thing nice set before me, I eat 1t without
thinking of myself. I am an altruist-Boston
Transcript.
you can get separation from your wife on
account OF her making practice Of throwing
things at the dog
"But, great Caesar mister!" said the man
with the haggard look and the black eye,
nigh every time she throws at the dog she
hits me!"-Indianapolis Journal.
In the Chemical Laboratory: Professor
What has become Of Tom Appleton? Wasn't
he studying with the class last year?
"Ah, yes. Appleton-.poor fellow! A fine
student but absent-minded in the use of
chemicals-very. That discoloration on the
ceiling-notice it?"
YES"
That's Appleton. ."-Pearson's Weekly.
The Coroner-we found nothing in the
mans pocket, ma'am, except three buttons,
one handkerchief and receipted bill.
The Sobbing Inquirer-A receipted bill ?
Then 'tain't my husband! d!-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
"Birdie," said Mrs. McGinnis to her daugh-
ter, what were you sitting up reading last
night? Was it a novel? Tell your mother -
Eyes, ma, it was novel" "And who writ
it?" Dumas the elder ''Now, don't tell
me that. Who ever heard of an elder writin'
a novel you'd sit up half the night to read?'.
Texas Siftings.
Jones-I've always been sorry for one man,
who didn't have an opportunity to see much
of the world.
Brown-Who was that?
Jones-Poor Atlas; he had 1T on his back
New York Truth. = - ~ -
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-16
AT THE THEATERS.

Hi Henry's minstrels will appear at the
Metropolitan tonight beginning an engage
ment of four nights and Saturday matinee.
They are looked upon as a standard attrac-
t1on. They number over sixty stars. Among
the .specialties which have made minstrelsy
so celebrated is that Of the prince of come
dians, Arthur Deming; the only McNish in
new artistic feats; the Rexford family, triple
mounters; the Crawford Brothers, acrobats
LIE Roy Millard, the musical artist, and Mas
ter Joe Williams, the wonderful boy vocalist,
and the celebrated and original troupe of
Hindoo fakirs. This is their first appear
ance outside of the regular Lyceum course
of Maj. T. B. Pond. Their feats are mys-
erious, marvellous, wonderful, inexplainable
and complete example of the startling won
ders of Hindoo necromancy.
The Grand was we'll filled at both perform
ances yesterday, and both audiences hugely
enjoyed Dan Sully in his old favorite, "The
Corner Grocery" One of the features of the
performance is the singing of Miss Michelena,
which is really above the average. Miss
Michelena is a splendid actress besides
being a singer. This attraction will continue
for the balance of the week, with a matinee
on Saturday.