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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-09

Jonesboro Tenn, Sept. 6, 1897.
To the Editor
After journey of two weeks
through some of the most mountain
stained counties Of East Tennessee,
from Jacksboro, where our conference
convened on the 2lst and 22nd of Au-
gust. 1897 to our field of labor in Wash
ington county we come to halt long
enough to sound our trumpet TO your
readers and let them know that the
East Tennessee conference Is not quite
dead yet, nor are we dying. No, we
are just beginning to rouse ourselves.
True enough we have been taking
medicine; not the various wide famed
herbal bitters but that which flows
from the inspired lips and pen of our
worthy leader, Prest. Elias 5. kimball
and his assistants.
When we went forth from our place
of conference in 1896, We did IT with
determination that we would do more
work than we had ever done before
The reports of the Elders at our con-
ference this year show II Verlhcatiou of
our desires and Intentions. Instead
of reporting meetings by the hundreds,
they were numbered by the thousands.
Instead Of numbering baptisms by the
units. they are numbered by the score,
Yet we have not reached the height
of our ambition. We have not come to
n place where there is no more work to
do The are yet cities to capture,
villages and settlements to visit, peo'
| pie to baptlze, and opposers OF the
| truth to make friendly. AS long as
| there Is yet unharyested grain in the
| field, the harvester must not cease his
| earnest and energetic labors.
! At our late conference our hearts
| and minds We're stored with useful
| knowledge and new devices by which
| to reach the most people in the short
est time with an end in view of ac-
| rDn1pliRhiuw tho most good. Without
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-09

Death grimly
bars the passage
way through the
door of happiness
for thousands up
on thousands OF
wistful WON II.
The woman whose
nerves are racked
by pain, and
whose strength is
Slapped by debili-
tating drains, due
to weakness and
disease of the or
gans peculiar to
women, cannot be
happy, She is not
only shut out from
happiness, but
death daily con
fronts her. Ma.
-ternity, to a wo.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-09
FROM MISSIONARY FIELDS.

prepaid soil who can efface the i'm
pressions that are formed upon the
mcldng minds which are bound with
iron bands Of TRUTH Let US put our
shoulders TO the wheel and help roll
the work along, and hasten the day
when the earth shall be covered with
Righteousness as the waters covers the
sea. LESTER A. STEVENSON,
Conference $. S. superintendent.
Sent 10 1897.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-09

Ifyou are poor cook, buy
a cook book, follow directions
closely, see the result. Fail
ure six in ten times. How
long would you keep a cook
who failed half the timer
That's just the point. We
tell your doctor or your drug
gist precisely the ingredients
of SCOTS Emulsion. To
make it they follow our for
mula, But they can't make
it; they haven't our precise
knack; don't know each step
perfectly. When you can
get the best, the result of IS
years experience, why exper-
iment with substitutesi
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-09

in this district, and the opinion of the
people In general is that we in Utah
are corrupt, having several wives
apiece. Yours truly,
NATHAN HAUKES.
The advocate., 1897-01-06

properly attached to others for legisla-
tive purposes, but let the greater part
Of che coming session be devoted TO
matters Of interest to all the State.
Let our naturalization, taxation, trans
portation and ballot laws receive due
consideration. Let the annual elections
be replaced by biennial ones, thus saw
ing many thousands Of dollars each
year. Let the statute that enables the
foreigner to vote as soon as he is In the
State six months, whether mentally
qualified or not, be adjusted so that the
native born, educated citizen shall at
least have an equal chance with the
man who comes to our shores with no
idea of our form Of government. Let
our usury laws be so framed that there
shall be some way in which they can
be made effective. Let our laws be so
fairly framed that justice may be done
to all, both the resident tOiler and the
nonresident investor.
When the people of the west want to
be disorganized, they will make their
desires known. Until such time, Rep
resentstives from that part of the
State whose people have In times past
had to call for assistant Attorneys
General and militia in order that they
may be able to "govern themselves"
would do well to keep hands off.
F. G. JOHNSON.
Phillipsburg, Kas.
The advocate., 1897-01-06

at q loss 60 know just how q maximum
rate law can be made uniform in this
State If the privileged company
should set up ita claim to tax our peo-
pie all the "trafic will BEAR" This
new question has never been deter
mined, although one very much like
1t was decided against the State Of
Pennsylvania In g proceeding against
the Reading Railroad Company.
From the foregoing it will be seen
that we must have q maximum rate
law, If for no other reason than to test
the power of this special corporation
to tax the people without limit. And
If the POpulist party fails to do Ns
duty In this regard IL ought to be rel
egated to political desuetude.
J. M. DUNsMORE.
ThAyer, Kag,
The advocate., 1897-01-06
Our School Laws.
Phillipsburg, Kas.

To THE LEGISLATORS ELECT OF
KANsAs:--An educated people cannot
long be an enslaved people. The great
victory won by the progressive forces
of Kansas In the late campaign could
not have been accomplished by an ig.
norant, illlterate, uncultured populace.
The Populists and other progressives
must be the best friends Of our free
school system, from the humble COM
mon schools Of the country district to
the proud University on Mt. Dread.
Many members Of your honorable
bodies have been teachers In the coun-
try schools and know something of
their needs. Most of you are patrons
Of our schools, some are on school
boards, some perhaps have been
County Superintendent or on exsmin-
ing boards. You are we'll qualified
to improve our school system vastly In
many ways.
1t is our boast that good education
Ia within reach Of all Ksnsans. But
we must sadly confess that the theory
in the matter Is far better than the
practice. Our system of school taxa
tion creates favored classes in school
ing. The system Of district taxation
should be abolished at once, and either
county or State taxation probably the
former) substituted. Under the dis
trict tax levy method there is no possi
bility of equitably dividing the
railroad TAX among all schools. The
districts through which the roads
rum must be the favored ones, though
all citizens contribute to the railroads
income. The farmer who lives from
ten to twenty miles from the station
pays just as high freight, express anG
telegraph charges as the one near by
and besides, he has the disadvantage
of long hauls to and from the station
If human laws fail to make mer
more nearly equal, they are radically
wrong. You have the lOng-desired
opportunity to correct some of these
hoary, time hOnOred evils.
Take the tax levy in Russell county
as an example of the injustice Of the
system. Five districts have levied
the full 20 mills allowed by law. Ii
nine districts out of the seventy In the
county, the total tax for school pur-
! poses Is 20 mills or over. One distrlci
| has ~ mills, one 2S, one "a and one 26
The bond levleg In addition 60 Chs
The advocate., 1897-01-06
DlsOrganIzatIOn--in a Horn.
Thayer, Kas.

EDITOR ADvoCATE:-The scheme
of Mr.. Ury of TT. Scott to disorganize
certain counties in the western part of
the State shows how some statesmentH)
i'sprain their thinkers" In order to
find subjects on which.to legislste. II
the gentleman will use his influence
and exercise whatever talent he may
have in framing legislation that will
be of benefit to the people Of the State,
he will then be at least trying to do
that for which he was elected.
"Disorganize," forsoothl The gen.
tleman evidently does not realize the
magnitude of his scheme. He does
not know that the fifteen counties OF
the Sixth district which are included
in his great measure cast at the late
election about 1S, 600 votes, that each Of
seven Of them cast over 1000 votes
that FIVE of them cast over 1900 votes
each, that two Of them cast over 1900
votes each, and that one of them
(Phillips) cast nearly 5000 votes. Al
least ten OF the fifteen have county
court houses, and some of them county
jalls and poor farms, and in fact all the
machinery Of county organizations.
The county of Phillips, for instance
has population Of perhaps $4,000 peo'
pie honest, energetic, intelligent citi
zens. She has one town Of over 1,0OC
inhabitants; three additional ones with
from 500 to 800, and seven othel
smaller places. She boasts Of three
lines of r0iIroad and eleven railwa!
stations, one of which is a division
town. She has 1873 school districts
seven graded Hchools--three Of which
are regularly constituted high schools
and numbers among her inhsbitsnt
teachers and business and professions
men that will compare favorably will
proud, rocky old Bourbon. She has
fine county farm, q very large count,
poor house and very few inmates TO
IL. Her assessed valuation Is between
| | and 2 million dollars, and she pay
her taxes as promptly az does the rock
ribbed and turbulent county which ha
elected the distinguished dlsorganiZe
as It's Representative. She produce
this year over million bushels Of corn
many thousands Of bushels Of whiCl
are being fed within her own borders
Within her boundaries are to be fOun
six Touring mills, four broom factories
six banks, and mercantile establish
ments innumerable. She has not ha'
business failure since 1894, and whll
she is, like Bourbon and some othe
counties, laborlng under heavy bonde'
indebtedness, her people are 6ghtin
msnfully to maintain her honor an
: save their homes. What Is said Q
! Phillips may be, to . greater or les
degree, said Of the other counties at
} feCted.
Now the people Of Kansas do nc
think that We need Ury schemes
badly as we do measures Of relio
|. SmalleE-vOtiRG counties may be vaE
4 j
The advocate., 1897-01-06

the best districts-th0Se that have the
best school houses, free textbooks,
public libraries, dictionaries, maps.
slate blsckbOsrds, highest priced
teachers, longest terms of school, etc.
have very low tax levies. But they
get large tax from the railroads.
We see struggling communities in
Spsrsely.settled parts of the county,
fifteen to twenty miles from a railroad
station, taxing themselves to the high
est limit of law and then simply able
to run school three or four months
with the cheapest beginner as teacher.
All the Conveniences of the school
room are lacking. Is 1t not nonsense
to say that such pupils have an equal
chance with their fellows along the
railrosdsp By what process Of reason
ing can any one conclude that town
children are entitled to better school
facilities than their country cOusinsp
These poor country schools mag pro-
duce their Lincolns and other states.
men, but with an improved system of
taxation they would produce citizens
better qualified to grspple with every
day life than they do now.
A State system of taxation would
probably be fought by the wealthy
eastern counties, and county system
by the towns and districts along the
lines of railroads. But the county
system can probably be adopted, nev.
ertheless. You will be guilty of q
grave sin of omission If you fail to
change the present system.
The county tax levy for schools
should be made as other tax levies are
made. The funds raised thereby
should be divided into three equal
parts, which should be divided among
the schools as follows: One third
should be distributed among the sew
ersl schools in proportion to the num-
ber of pupils Of school age In the
districts this would favor the district
having large school population; one
third should be divided In proportion
to the number Of school rooms used
this would give the far.off country
districts as large a share as any town
school room; one-third to be divided
In proportion to the assessed valuation
Of the district-this would favor the
) wealthy districts and would discourage
attempts to sub. divide districts need
lessly In order to make more schools.
The poor, thinly-settIed district would
not yet be equal to the wealthy, popu.
lous district, but 1t would be greatly
helped. Probably all districts could
be enabled to have six months
school with good teacher.
Textbooks should be as free as the
seats, the fire, the chalk and the black
board. So should pens, ink, pencils
and paper. Some effectual means
should be provided for compelling the
attendance Of all pupils of school age
who have not graduated from, the
common school course. II is q radical
step to suggest furnishing necessary
clothing for those pupils who now are
out of school for lack thereof. But
can the people better afford to let
children grow up In ignorance and
idlenessH Free dinners 1 fully expect
The advocate., 1897-01-06
CORRESPONDENCE.
Needed Railroad LeglulAtlOn.

that because Che silver question was
TO the front during the late campaign,
the Populist Legislature about TO
meet should not pass any so-called
radical legislation. believe every
demand made by our party In the past
should be put into the statutes so far
as the Legislature can do so, falling IN
which 1t will deserve future defeat.
The railroad question Is the most Inn
portsnt State issue, and legislation
should proceed along these lines:
/. Put a stop to the free pass system
except to actual employees, or reduce
fares to cents per mile. 1t is q no.
torious fact that the pass system has
been used for political ends, and In
many cases, even In our own party,
1t has dried the. Ink on the editorial
pen and closed the mouth Of the public
man.
2. Put a reasonable limit upon the
capitalization Of all railroad and other
corporations having the relation to the
public Of common carriers. AS capt.
tsllzatlon and fixed charges give the
right to practically tax the public,
some fixed relation should exist be-
tween capitalization and actual coat
of construction or price paid at fore
closure sale.
3. Establish maximum rates based
on distance tables similar to the pro-
visions contained In tho bill passed
by the Senate and Popullst House in
1893 and the Senate In 1895.
Legislation of this kind may set the
woods on fire in the locality OF O class
of reformers who have the favor of
the railroads, but will receive the fa.
vor Of the people who market Accent
corn, and show that POpullsm in Kan
sas means something more than empty
promises.
The question of maximum rate leg
islation involves something more than
mere schedules. 1t involves q question
Of power that hes not yet been deter
mined by the courts, and for that
special reason Is important.
/ believe In the principle, but am
sorry to be compelled to say that / do
not believe that any law the Legisls
Gdre rnay pass upon the subject of rate
control will stand the test of judicial
investigation. OF course the books
are full Of decisions bearing upon the
subject. And one very learned gentle
man In Topeka takes the view that be-
cause of the limitations In Art. IL Of
the constitution q mere amendment OF
the law creating corporations will put
the question Of power beyond thu
reach Of q judicial veto. All laws uH'
den our constitution must be uniform
In operation. A maximum rate Law
cannot be uniform In its operation *
this State because the charter rights o.
our railroads are not alike.
The act Of the Territorial Legtsls
ture creating the A., 7. & s. F. Rail
road Company granted that compan!
the right to regulate and ix its tolls
and this, I maintain. Is q very valuable
privilege. The constitution schedule
(section ~ distinctly rati6es oil rights
and contracts granted and existing be
tween the Territory of Kansas ant
''individuals and bodies corporate;'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-15
Mr.. DOW is SUCCEEDED.

John @. swaak b Appointed Steward Of
the County lnfismarg.
The county board this afternoon
appointed ex-Supsrvisor John c
Swank, Of Yuma. ste ward of the cout.
~ infirmary. He succeeds W. H. H.
Dow, who has held the position for
IL successive years. There we're
three applicants. Messrs. Swsnk,
Dow ana Cyrus McMichael, of Milan.
Mr. McMichael withdrew. and the
Normal vote gave Swank IA and
Dow u. The result Of The formal
ballot was Swsnk Is and Dow IL.
Charles Oberg. James Maslin and
George Edgar. we're appointed to the
positions Of janitor. engineer and
elevator boy. respectively, Of the
curt house. by the unanimous vote
OF the board.
Supervisors Britton and Fitzpst
rick withdrew from the race for The
county ipflrmary Stewardship on &C
count Of the ineligibility Of theil
candidacy, as heretofore referred to
The board reduced the salary o.
the county infirmsry stewasd from
el,sOO to $1,000 per year, and in
creased the court house janitor's sal
airy from $50 to SIS. and the engineer
from $50 to $50. the elevator boy
salary being left ss before. e25 PEI
month. ~
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-15

THr Union has again had o noe.
turasl vision Of the political boss.
ana the consequences is another exhi-
bition Of the effects OF the tantrum
that has rscked its soul. II takes up
che pending Crawford primary cleo.
ton bill now before the senate this
morning. aud maintains that while
10 offers sufficient safeguards for hon.
es. voting. no provision is made for
the people other than TO vote for
boss-msde tickets. This evil Is pic
tured as q glsring monstrosity, easy
TO point cut, yet after all IL Is
without the suggestion % adequate
remedy. The Union is diametrically
opposed TO any preliminary concen'
trstion or combination Of forces. OF
any Hsing up % any kind in advance,
yet 10 cannot see eraesly how 10 Is
within the province Of the Law 10
fully guard against any such q pro.
cedurc. A practical solution Of the
situation that IL perpleSing 10 the
uaiou might be found In Ice submit.
ting an additional section providing
for the binding and gsgging Of the
bosses % its party. % which 10 pos.
sesses 90 much fear Tor the 10 day,
preceding q primary election.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-15
Free u Charge To sufferers,

Cut this ont and take 1t to your
druggist and get sample bottle free
OF Dr. Kings New Discovery, for
consumption, coughs and colds.
They do not ask you to buy before
trying. This will show you the
great merits Of this truly wonderful
remedy. and show you what can be
accomplished by the regular sized
bottle. This is no experiment. and
would be disastrous TO the proprie
tors. did they not know il would in.
variably cure. Many Of the hes,
Physicians are now using it in theil
practice with great results, and are
relying on 10 in most severe cases
IL IL guaranteed. Trial bottles fret
ut Hartz & Ullemeycr's drug store
Regular size SO cents and 81.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-15

c. W. Hawes Camp No. 1850. NJ
W. A., held its annual election oil
officers last evening with the follow
ing result:
Consult. B. Reidy.
Advisor. Frank Munger.
Bsnker-D. G. White.
Clerk-H. d. Corken.
E.cort-W. p. Griffin.
Watchman-Peter Byrnts.
Sentry-Thsmss Casey.
Manager (for three years)-Wil
liam Eckermsn.
Physicians-Drs. G. G. Craig. G
l.. Eysrer and j. p. Comegys.
The meeting brought out an un
usually large attendance, the inter
est centering on the clerkship. Il
which position Henry d. Corken wa
elected. This is the third successive
time Mr. Corken has been called BY
the camp to assume the duties o
C ERIK, position in which he ha
proven himself faithful and efficien,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-15
CORDOYA CHAr.

Cordova, tee. 14.-Mrs +. &
Case spent Saturday at Rock Island
W. b. Pinneo returned last weeA
from South Superior, Wis
Miss S,esn, OF Missouri Valley, j:
visiting friends at this place.
Frank Tavenner, Of Lqnark. is Wis.
Ting relatives and friends here.
+. B. Hoke started for Jensen
florida. Tuesday, where he will
spend the winter.
Erastus Williams has sold his
farm in Coe township to J. Golden
consideration So. 200.
e II. eager leaves for Glen Falls,
N. Y. Wednesday, where be viii
visit bis sick brother.
+. Rathbun has moved his family
from the country and now occupie
rooms in the old hotel building.
Willie Swiizsr was thrown from
his horse Monday, on Main street
and quite seriously fractured Ii
skull.
Miss Chattie Marshall has returned
from Chicago. She was accomps
MED by little Harley Marshall, VIII
will remain until after the holiday
The spelling match and soap bub
BILE social given by the Royal Neigh
bora Wednesday Of lass week, prove'
success in many ways. Franz
Cooper carried of the prize as bes
spel!er and Miss Bessie Crosby q
the champion bubble blower.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-15
THE REASON WHY.
Every Why Has a Wherefor,
and lis Well to Look for
II AZ T;vnao

Every Why Has a Wherefore
and lis Well to Look for
II at Times.
In these days the people want to
know the
why's and whereforcs.
The leth century man IL Q natural
skeptIc.
The Why and where'or" Of .n-h l.
plain.
He reads statements Of supposed
facts.
lie is told every ailmens can be
cured.
He tries some psnacea.
IL fails: he tries another with the
same result.
Such experiments make him lool
askAnce ut future claims.
Often the fault Is his. but be DOM
see Why.
He may have . backsche or per.
haps lamo or weak back.
He used plaster or liniments. they
relieved him for . time. but failed tc
cure the trouble.
This Is his fault; then Why 10 4
that he did not know the wherefor,
OF his aches9
Had he known that the kidneys
we're the cause.
That backache generally meant
kidney ache.
That the kidneys must filter tn,
blood.
That failure to do so affects the
back.
That backache IL only tho fl 81
step toward many kidney disorders
Urinary troubles follow. Reten
ton Of urine. Excessive urine. Dis
betcs-Brighrs disease.
Dams Kidney Pills are a positive
specific for all kidney complaints
The aching back has no greater
enemy than Doan's Kidney Pills-no
" jnrious tn the most delicate con
stitution. Don't act on the bowels
but direct on the kidneys.
For sale by all dealers. price 81
cents per box. Mailed by Foster
Milburn company, Buffalo, N. Y.
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name Doau's ant
take no other.
For sale by Marshall Il Fisher.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-15
Pussi PsIes! Ptsssi

DIR. williams Indian Pile ONT.
ment will cure blind, bleeding and
itching piles when ell other oint-
ments have failed. II absorbs the
tumors, allsys the itching at once,
sets IS . poulsice. gives instant re-
lief. DR.. Williams Indian Pile Oint.
ment Is prepared only for piles and
itching Of the private parts. and
nothing else. Every box IL war.
ranted. Sold by druggists or sen,
BY mail on receipt Of price. SO cents
and 81 per box.
WILLIAMS MANUFACTURING Co.,
Propriesors. Cleveland, Ohio.
sold by n. z. Bahusen, Druggist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-15

THE supreme court will hear the
school war case from Alton this
week. This suit Is the outgrowth Of
the refusal % colored children 10 A.
tend . publio school buils solely for
tnei, race. They claimed the right
10 attend the same school as the
white children. Suit 70 attain this
end was begun. and the courts held
against the board 90 directors and
mayor end city council OF Alton. A
summons wss sen, TO the mayor and
council q, Alton requiring them to
sppear before the court In Spring.
field and show cause Why . mandt
mus should not be issued again
them compelling them TO allow o.
colored children 10 attend the same
schools the white children attend.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-15
Ice Company Officers.

The Twin-City Ice company has
'.ected officers for the year as fol-
lowe:
President. L. Keaworthy.
Vice President-Dr. +. ID. Paul.
Treasurer-J. A. Godehn.
Secretary and Manager-G. f.
Lambert.
Executive Communicable. +. ID.
Paul. j. A. Godehn, William Stolz.
Direc,ors-J. T. Kenworthy. Dr.
y ID. Paul, j. A. Godehn, q. f. Lam.
bert, William Stolz.