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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-09-21
THE SILVER PLATFORM.

The National Silver party in conven-
ton assembled hereby adopts the follow
ing declaration Of principles:
l.. The paramount issue at this time
in the United States is indisputably the
money question. 1t is between the gold
standard, the gold bonds and bank cur
reucy on one side, and the bimetallic
standard, no bonds and government cur,
rency on the other. On this issue we de.
clare ourselves to be in favor Of a dis.
tinctiveiy American system. We are
unalterabiy opposed to the single gold
standard and demand immediate return
to the constitutional standard OF gold
and silver by restoration by this govern
ment, Independently Of any foreign pow
or, Of the unrestricted coinage OF bott
gold and silver into standard money a
tho ratio Of 16 to 1, and upon terms O
exact equality as they existed prior t.
1879, the silver coin TO be full legal ten
der equally With gold for all debts an,
dues public and private, and We favo
such Legislation as will prevent furthe
demonstration OF any kind of legal ter
der money by private contract. w
hold the power to control and regulat
paper currency is inseparable from tn
power to coin money, and hence that a
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WIN. J. Bryan: 1--WE are engaged in a
great struggle, one of the greatest strug-
giles in which the people Of this country
have v engaged in a time of peace-it
is q struggle between democracy on one
side and plutocracy on the other, and
there is no middle ground for any man
to stand upon. They who are not for US
are against US. Whether we win now or
not we have begun a warfare against the
gold standard which shall continue until
the gold standard is driven from our
shores and back to England. We have
been opposed to importation OF criminals
and paupers from abroad, and We shall
oppose importation OF a financial system
which is criminal and which makes pau
pers wherever it goes.
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THE CAKGO RUINED.
stenmer Alaska Has q Rough Experience.
On q Superior.

steamer Alaska Has q Rough Experience
on Lake Superior.
MARQUETTE, Mich, Sept 2l.-When
off Big Bay point. in the storm of Fri
day night. a steampipe on the steamer
Alaska burst Nothing could be done
TO repair it until the steam was ex-
hausted. The vessel lost her Roadway
fell into the trough of the sea and ex.
perienced the toughest handling in her
history. as a terrible sea was running.
The entire cargo between decks con-
sisting chiefly of paving cement. cocoa.
nut oil. nolasses and patent medicines
was ruined. filing the deck with a
thick and viscid mixture. The ma
chinery was slightly damaged by the
breaking of pipes and connecting rods
The bulwarks were knocked out Ey the
rolling barrels of cement, and the for
ward rail had to be cut away in order
tc drop the startoard anchor, while lay
ing to to rerair the busted pipe Th7
Alaska was bound from Buffalo tC Du
luth and mcst of her cargo was for firm
N St. Paul and Minneapolis.
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WOULD POSTPONE COURT.
Omaha Judges Believe 1t Difficult TO Sc
LaIr Inru "A DrAan

Omaha Judges Believe IT Difficult TO Sc.
cure u Fair Jury at Present.
OMAHA, Sept II Although the dis
trict court is rot &c unt!,
Sept, %. the judges who are in the city
held a conference 10 discuss informally
the question Of postponing the s@m
moning of a jury panel until after the
election. 1t has been represented by a
number Of attorneys that %summoning
of juries and the trial Of jury cases at
the present time would be very unsatis-
factory to litigants, In the present
contest. when politics are cutting so
great a figure. it is openly asserted that
1t will be most difficult to secure a fair
jury for cases which may possibly have
political influences bearing upon them.
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BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

The minister of the interior proposes
to amalgamate all the railroads of the
Argentine Republic and for o state mo-
nopoly.
The president has appointed John
Ridgely Carter of Maryland second Sec.
rotary of the United States embassy at
London. 5%
James Swimmer, a full blood Chero-
kee Indian, and Henry Williams, col.
ored, were hanged at Tahlequah. I. T.,
for murder.
The Second National bank of Troy,
N. Y, has closed its doors and placed
its affairs in the hands of the national
bank examiner.
Eddie Bald, the bicycle rider, broke
the worlds unpaced record for half a
mile at Manhattan Beach. Time l 10,
starting from scratch.
The two factories Of the Piqua Fabric
company at Piqua, O., were destroyed
by fire shortly after midnight. Loss
&6O. 900. insurance $40 900.
London is now we'll into the autumn
fever visitation. There are 4,457 pa
tients in the hospitals, of whom 3,649
are suffering from scarlet fever.
The Democratic state committee of
New Jersey has refused to accept the
resignation, of its chairman, ex:United
States Senator James Smith, Jr.
Four powder mills at H~azardville,
Conn. were blown up. Lightning
struck one mill, and the explosion set
fire to three. No one was killed or in.
jured.
Rev. T. w. Russell, pastor of the
Second Presbyterian church of Of
tumwa. Ia, swallowed his false teeth
at breakfast and died 80 minutes after
wards.
AT the annual meeting of the stock.
holders of the Chi / go, Milwaukee and
St Paul road the ODD directors were re-
elected. The directors met and re.
elected old officials.
Over 1900 children were turned
away for lack Of room in the public
schools at New York at the opening.
The total enrolment of pupils was
l6l, 900. against l56, 600 for last year. =
Pratt. Simmons & Krausnick, whole.
sale milliners of st. Louis, nave made
an assignment in favor of thu Missis.
sippi Valley Trust company. Liabili.
ties, sl50, 1000; nominal assets, e20O, 900,
Two-thirds of the gold producers OF
Cripple Creek, Colo. representing $2O,.
600 ,0CO a year. have signed an agree
ment not to sell their bullion to ths
government for less than par in golt
dollars.
Acting Secretary McAdoo has form
ally awarded contracts for bnildin,
three battleshlps. each to the New
port News company, II to the Cramp
and II to the Union Iron works, Sar
Francisco. @
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currency intended to circulate as money
should be issued and it's volume con-
trolled by the general government only,
and it should be legal tender. We are
unalterably opposed to the issue by the
| United States Of interest bearing bonds
in time Of peace, and We denounce as a
blunder worse than q crime the present
treasury policy, concurred in by the re-
publican house, of plunglng the country
in debt by hundreds Of millions in a vain
attempt to maintain the gold standard
by borrowing gold, and We demand the
payment Of all coin obligations Of the
United States as provided by existing
laws in either gold or silver coin at the
option OF the government and not at the
option Of the creditors.
2. That over and above all other ques-
tons Of policy, we are in favor OF restor-
ing to the people OF the United States
the time. hOnored money Of the constitu-
tion-gold and silver, not one but both
the money OF Washington, Hamilton,
jefferson, Monroe, jackson and Lin
coin, to the end that the American peo-
pie may receive honesty pay for honest
product, that the American debtor may
pay his just obligations 10 ar honest
standard and not in a standard that has
appreciated 100 per cent above all the
great staples Of the country, and to the
end further that present silver standard
countries may be deprived Of the unjust
advantage they now enjoy in the differ
ence in exchange between gold and sill
ver-an advantage which tariff legisla-
ton alone cannot overcome.
We therefore confidently appeal to the
people OF the United States to leave 10
allowance for the moment all other sues-
tions, however important and even INC.
mentous they may appear-to sunder If
need be all former party ties and afhilia-
tions, and unite in one supreme effort to
free themselves and their children from
the domination OF the money power-a
power more destructive than any which
has ever been fastened upon civilized
man Of any race or in any age. And
| upon the coCsummation Of our desires
and efforts we invoke the gracious favor
OF Divine Providence.
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Sioux Falls dispatch, Is: Congress-
man rowne Of Duluth and Ex-Governor
Horace Boies OF Waterloo. Iowa, will
speak on silver day "wednesday at the
tri state fair, to be held in this city next
week. 1t is the intention to make that
day the largest political demonstration
ever held in South Dakota. Bryan
marching clubs from all over the state
will be in attendance. Special trains and
special rates have already been arranged
for. Both gentlemen will speak in the
afternoon and evening.
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warded to Gettysburg and been received
and receipted for by a prominent at
torney Of Sioux Falls, Joseph Kirby.
KIRBY, who had been in attendance on
United States court, decamped as soon
as Express Agent J. H.. Howe, Of Gettys-
burg, gave his testimony. His disap-
pearance from Deadwood has caused a
mild sensation. 9
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-09-21

The most important part of~the mess
g of President Diaz OF Mexico at the
recent opening Of the Mexican congress
was that referring to financial affairs of
republic The cash revenues, he, stated,
amounted to s5O,OOO,OOO, the largest an
nual revenue yet recorded. The surplus
IN the treasury OF the little republic is
now in excess of six millions Of dollars.
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Remit.

From a letter written by. Rev. J.Gun
derman, OF Dimondale, Mich, we are
permitted to make this extract: II
have 20 hesitation in recommending DR..
Kings New Discovery, az the results are
almost marvellous in the case Of my wife.
While l was pastor Of the Baptist
Church at Rives junction she was
brought down with pneumonia succeed.
ing LsGrippe. Terrible paroxysms OF
coughing would last for hou. ewith little
interruption and it seemed as if she
could not survive them + friend re-.
commended DR.. Kings New Discovery
t was quick in it's work and highly salts
factory in results" Trial bottles free at
c. H. Woods drug store. Regular size
SOC. and S1.OO. -
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Deadwood dispatch, Is: In the trial
OF Thomas J. Wallace, James King and
Edward Baxter before United States
Judge Garland for the robbery OF the
Highmore postofice, it was proved that
the stolen stamps and cash had been for
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Typhoid Epidem &c at J.EsrSclfg b.rr.ok.
ST. LOUIS. Sept. 2L-As result Of
an epidemicqof typhoid fever at Jeffer.
son Barracks over 10 sick and GONZALES
.ent soldiers will be left behind when
the troops start, Oct. 8, on their prac.
tice march The epidemic Ia not abat.
ing. There are "a patients enrolled on
the sick report. Many are 80 i'll that
recovery is almost impossible.
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will Dis,n .. Offensive rartisan..

OTTAWA, Ont, Sept. 2l.-At . gov.
eminent caucus it was decided to dis.
miss all officials of the public service
who had taken an active and offensive
part in politics.
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THE SILVER TICKET.
National.

For President
WILLIAM J. BRYAT Of Nebraska.
For Vice President
ARTHUR SEWALL of Maine,
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The DAILY
MONDAY, SEPT. 81, 1886.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
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TO ADVERTISERS.
THE DAILY LEADER makes q special feature OF
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aud resources of the city of Madison and Of the
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J.P. STAHL, Proprietor.
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Lost-A crochet sack and other arti-
c!es pinned in a napkin-Leave at this
office.
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Choice groceries, delivered to any part
Of town. M. WILLARD.
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state.

state.
For Presidential Electors
ii. P. LARSON OF Bon Homme.
r. N. GOODYKOONr ~ OF Dawson.
FRANK VI. McLAFRESH OF Lawrence.
T. N. RINGROsE OF Brown.
For Representatives In Congress
J.E. KELLEY OF Moody.
FREEMAN KNOWLES Of Lawrence.
For Governor
ANDREW LEE OF Clay,
For Lieutenant Governor
p. II. CROTHERS OF Kingsbnry.
For Secretary Of State
j. W. HARDIN OF Jerauld.
For Auditor
j. Fl. KIPP OF Campbell.
For Treasursr-
W. $. LOGAN of Hal son.
For Attorney General
MELVIN GRIGSBY Of Minnehaha.
For Superintendent OF Public Instruction
MISS KATE TACBMAN of Brown.
For Commissioner OF School and Public Lands
A. NJ. ALLEN OF Uodingtop.
For Railroad Commissioned
VT. LAFOLLETTE of Brule.
ALEXANDER KIRKPATRICK of Hand.
W. H TCMPKISS Of Pennington.
or SeLator-
NJ. E. HART.
For Representative
NJ. q. nEGDAL.
JOSEPH POWERS.
For Sheriff
j. A. EcGOVERS.
JOHN FLEMING.
For Register OF Deeds-
CHARLES II. THUkOW.
For Audit9I-
E. {. kEI Il.
For County Jatee-
Il. MEG kATIi.
For Clerk OF Cuurt:-
A. HARMS.
For States Attorney
OSCAR o. MURRAY.
For superintendent OF Schools
c. W. DAUGnERTY.
For Coroner-
5. NJ. jerks.
For Surveyor
W. r. SMYTuE.
For Commissioned I'd district
JOHN N. WALKER.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1896-09-19
The indians Want 10 Dance.


The dancing fever has again broken
out among the Indians of The Chey-
enne ard Arapahoe reservation in
Oklahoma. As the result of the
visit of 60 Colorado Indians have
disobeyed the orders of the agent,
Captain A. e. Woodson, and have
spent two days and nights in wild
revelry.
The visitors came for the purpose
of teaching the Cheyennes and Ara
pahoes new dance originated by
their tribes, but WoodsoD forbade
them TO have the dance or to inter-
fere in anyway with the Indians who
up to that time, had been quietly
working on their allotments. The
Colorados were ordered to return TO
their reservation, but instead with
several hundred Cheyennes and
Arapahoes, they went to Cantonment,
65 miles north of the Canadian
river, and began their dance.
The agent sent Indian policemen
with orders to dispense the dancers
and send the visitors home. They
were having great feast in addi-
ton to the dance. They sullenly
obeyed the agents orders. They
declared that their dance was simply
a @corn dance,' butt IS claimed that
it was the ghost dance or some
thing similar to it.
The chief concern of the agent
has been to keep the Indians al
work on their allotments and break
up their savage customs, out they
do pot take kindly to restraint. The
agents interference with their dance
has incensed them, and trouble is
feared.
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Gleanings.

London has an association for the
suppression Of street noises.
England has had three "blood
rains, one blue snow, three falls OF
black snow and one shower Of I'M
known beetles" since 1928.
There is said to be a "hell's half
acre. in southern California 40
miles square, in which every rod
has a boiling spring or sprouting
geyser.
Manchester is about to erect a
equestrian statue to Sir Charles
Halle, the musical conductor, who
never mounted horse in his life.
In Bulgaria the proprietors of a
medicine by which they claim to cure
a specified disease are liable to be
imprisoned if the medicine fails to
produce the desired effect.
An intoxicated musician was ar
rested in Saarburg, near Metz, not
long ago. The policeman who lock-
ed him up forgot all about him, and
a week later the musician was found
dead from starvation.
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Home Comforts aud Pleasures.


Look forward to the duties of the
day cheerfully, hopefully, pluckily.
If appetite is inclined to run away
with itself, don't attempt to follow
il.
Let "bad dreams" be buried with
the "desd past" without recital of
the uncanny details.
Don't speak of the aches and pains
of "last night" or of the disappoint-
ments or unfortunate occurrences of
yesterday.
Think tkoughtiuIly, chat cheerful
ly, behave beautifully and don't
"move back your chair" with feel
ing Of stomach heaviness.
"Come to breakfast, with a smil-
ing face and thankful heart that
will admit of joining heartily TO the
"Amen' response to paterfamilies
"Grace before meals"
See that meats are well cooked,
vegetables fresh, and the refrigera'
tor ventilated and pure and sweet
as the breath of babes and sucklings,
and "clean as q whistle. Good
Housekeeping.
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Words Of Wisdom.
Love is lille hate is death.


Love is lie hate is death.
The pious wine was invented in
the pit.
Thoughts are things which fly
without wings.
Living thoughts produce life In
other men.
The real prayer comes from the
life /; not the lips.
Our prejudice is always an enemy
to our good.
We are made richer by whatever
makes us more grateful.
The problem of dying solves itself,
when men learn how to live.
The deafest people are those who
have ears and will not hear.
Enmity cannot live long when it
can find no enmity to feed upon.
Bowling down to a golden calf
would soon transform an angel into
a beast.
Do good TO them that hate you,
and you will soon have them hating
themselves.
They that seek find, only when
they seek in a way that means some.
thing.
An old truth stated in new way
will hit and stick where it has often
missed.
Say yes to stubborn man when
he expects no, and you will soon
wear him out.
When we stop looking toward the
wrong place, we will not find it SO
hard to stay in the right place.
Many man will find himself con-
demned IN the Judgment, by being
measured by his own yardstick.
Many a man who likes to stand up
and talk nice in church, never gives
up his seat in crowded street car.
We can insure against fire, and
guard against thieves, but there is
no protection against the tongue OF
gossips.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1896-09-19

.Ferguson-George, if should
cease to care for you and fall in love
with some handsomer man, what
woeld you dot
Mr.. Ferguson with ferceness)---
I'd sue the scoundrel for 100000.
Mrs. Ferguson (applying the cor.
ner of q handkerchief to her eye)--
And yet when told you how dear
ly I'd love you the other day if you
would only buy me that 1889 vase
at Spotcash & Co.'s you only said
H'mph l-Chicago Record.
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Courtship.

Nothing 10 this life could ever be
such perfect happiness as courtsbip
would be if it were.
Courtship is frank. 1t classics
women and men as angels and brutes
and no doubt they are.
In courtship people can be happy
So hours and miserable week, all
in one day of standard length.
Courtship is the name usually
given TO the issue and acceptance of
challenges for the matrimonial com
bat.
Courtship is rainbow gateway to
cline of storm, a quarantine sta
ton outside the port of disiilusion.
Cou:tship is the philosophers
stone. 1t transmutes all it touches
to gold-sometimes FOOLS gold, but
it shines.
Courtship is magic lens through
which plain face becomes to one
pair Of eyes beautiful. To others
the lens is clear glass.
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The man with a weight on his leg
can't hope to win in the race. A
man with a weight on his health
can't expect 10 compete in life and
business with those who are not
Handicapped. If his brain is heavy,
and his blood sluggish, because of
constipation, he will not succeed in
doing anything very we'll. Con-
stipation is the cause of nine-tenths
of all sickness. Symptoms of it are
sallowness, listlessness, poor appetite
bad taste in the mouth, dizziness,
biliousness, and lassitude. Constipa-
tion can be cured easily and certain
ly by the use of DR.. Pierce's Pleas
Pellets. They are not at all violent
in their action, and yet they are
more certain than many medicines
which are so strong that they put
the system all out Of order. The
great advantage Of the pleasant
Pellets" is that they cure perma-
nently.
Send 81 one-cent stamps to cover
cost of mailing only, and get his
great book, The Peoples Common
Sense Medical Adviser, absolutely
free. Address Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, No. 6G3 Main
Street, Buffalo, n. Y.
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Mills, Not MINIS.


More truth cannot be crowded in
to an equal number of words than is
found in this passage of Maj. Nc
Kinley's speech in reply 10 con-
gratulatory address from some Of
his old comrades in arms:
/ do nots know what you think
about it, but / believe it is good
deal better to open up the mills Of
the United States TO the labor of
America than to open up the mints
Of the United States to the silver of
the world.
This goes hard and straight to the
root of the matter.
Times are not dull in Pittsburg
because there is no mint coming sill
yer or gold dollars in that city, but
because the great iron works are not
running on full time. There was no
mint at work in South Chicago when
the rolling mills were at work by
night and by day, but there was a
wage roll of $6,O00,0O0 a year. 1t
was not because of the activity of
the minis that Louisiana nearly dou-
bled its sugar output, but because Of
the Mckinley bounty. 1t was not
because the minis were more active
in 1891 than in 1893 that in the
first year men were striking because
they could not earn more than SO
per day, and in the last were hunt
ing for work at IS cents, ard for the
most part, not finding it. The mints
were turning out as much money in
1898 as in 1891. But the mills were
not turning out SO many yards of
cloth or tons of iron.
Start the mills and the minis will
become active. Return to protec-
ton, and the currency will settle it.
self.-Chicaoo Inter Ocean.
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She Pitied Him.

One of the leading physicians of
Washington is small of stature ard
very boyish in appearance, says the
Star. A lady entered his Office the
other day, one of the busting sort
of women who never quit talking.
Boy she said, addressing the
physician, lis the doctor in? But 1
can see he is not"
"He is in began the physician,
bus the visitor interrupted him.
sob, he's in, is her Then he's en-.
gagged. I'll wait. Does he allow you
to sit at his desk that way? ~
MADAM ?"
'Oh, of course, you would say he
does, but I'll warrant you'll catch it
if he sees you there. You look sort
of pale. I should think the doctor
would give you something to make
you stronger. Your ma ought to
send you into the country. That
would make you grow. How soon
do You think the doctor will be dis.
engsged?"
"Madam, l tried to tell you be,
fore-I do not think yen can see the
doctor to-day"
"Well, I'll come the next time Pm
in town. But you ought to quit
staying in this Office and go into the
country. Not that it is any Of my
business, but l do hate to see boys
look so pale and puny." She disap-
peared, and the doctor is wondering
what she will say when she calls the
next time she comes into the CITY,