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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-12-02

| Tamalpais blindfolded, and not even
pause to wipe my forehead"
We said no more on the subject, and
finally reached Larkspur, where we be-
gan to make the ascent
At the station the thermometer reg
istered 20 degrees, but by the time we
had finished the first quarter of the as
cent it seemed about a thousand.
Presently we arrived at point about
half way up the mountains, and the
major suddenly came to a halt. He
again waved his arms about and then
sat down.
ut is too great for speech" he said,
hopping his brow.
THE incline?' / ventured.
NO, sir, the scenery" he Numbered
with punctuating puffs between each
word. "a little walk like this occa-
sionally is what man needs to keep
him healthy, sir. I came of a race of
walkers. The Blazems, sir, had tramped
from England to India had there been
no water between the two places. Fork
over some grub. 1t is two o'clock"
Yes, sir" resumed the major. this
is easy walking to what I have done in
my day. The hardest climb ever had
was on one of those Swiss glaciers. I
was alone, for always prefer to travel
without guides. As far as the eve could
see there extended a mighty bed of ice,
as fiat rs mirror and without single
object on it to relieve the monotonv.
After walking for three hours it
dawned over me that I was making alb
solutely no progress, though at first I
was at loss to understand the reason.
Happening, however, to stand still
for one moment found that the glacier
was slowly slipping from beneath my
feet, and that, although I had been go
ing through the motions of walking. in
reality 1 had commenced walking in a
direction at right angle to the one 1
had been taking, and after short while
succeeded in getting. not on terra ffrma,
but on glacier firma again. But that
was the toughest walk ever had"
The major had no sooner finished his
story than he gently dropped off to
sleep, apparently with a clear con.
scienee.-San Francisco Call.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-12-02
HUMILIATION EoR HANNA.
Ohio Republicans Are Not SwarminI
to HIS Standard.

Ohio Republicans Are Not SvarminE
to HIS Standard.
Considerable interest has attached to
the case of Marcus Alonzo Hanna,
United States senator from Ohio, who
is a candidate, for the full term, for
the seat he now holds by virtue of APP
pointment. Mr.. Hanna became a ma
tional figure as manager of the McKin-
ley campaign, and, naturally, the whole
country is more or less principally
less) interested in his struggle to escape
being pushed of the political earth. Mr..
Mckinley thought so well of his cam
paign manager that he took John Sher-
man out of the senate and put him in
the cabinet, in order to produce a va
cancy in a berth into which Hanna
thought he would like to slip. Gov.
Bushnell took the hint and made him a
senator. 1t is now said that Bushnell
covets the place which Hanna would
hang on to.
Uncertainty still invests the future Of
the great Ohioan. He is in doubt as to
whether or not he can command the
number of votes necessary to elect him.
There are those in Ohio, republicans,
too, who wouldn't give two cents for
Hanna, as an object Of alteration. He
is not loved overmuch in certain Buck.
eye republican circles, and there are
g. o. p. camps in Ohio over which flags
would not be dropped to half mast If
your Uncle Marcus Alonzo were to pass
in his political checks. In so far as the
legislative vote in Ohio is concerned, Il
is clear that the Buckeyes have voiced
their approval of any course of action
that will result in keeping Mr.. Hanna
at home. IF he shall succeed in captur-
ing the prize, his victory will not be
due to the irresistible force of public
opinion applied to his case. but rather
to the facilities that are afforded for
showing the public how little ice 1t cuts.
If he shall be elected it shall be interest
ing to note his bearing and speech when
he is approached with a view to secur-
ing his influence for the promation of
a scheme to put the election of United
States senators in the hands of the peo-
ple.-Binghamton IN. W Leader.
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rally, Capt. Phil and his men fought
their way to Wilton's line and scored a
touchdown in turn.
The score stood ten to six against Cas-
cade in the middle of the second half,
when there was an accident. Hastings,
one of the Cascade half backs.
wrenched his knee in a scrimmage and
lay grooming on the field. Stubby
rushed from the side lines and joined
the group about the fallen player. Capt.
Phil was in a frenzy.
Its all up with us now" he groaned.
''No show to win. We can't go on with
ten men, and I'd rather be thrashed out
of my boots than to quit" Then, catch
ing sight of Stubby, he shouted: Here.
you, Fields, you can help fill hole,
anyway. Hustle into Hastings togs and
come on"
Stubby felt as though he was tread
ing on air when he emerged from the
clubhouse few minutes later, clad in
the suit which Hastings had taken off
and which fitted him, as one of the Will
ton men sarcastically remarked, "as
though it had been hung on pole"
Uumindful of the jeers of the crowd.
Strbby made his way across the field
to the captain, who hastily gave him
his instructions.
Keep right behind me when I run
with the ball." said he, land help guard
Off That's about all you can do"
Stubby obeyed orders carefully; but
the Cascade players were discouraged
by the loss of Hastings. and again they
were forced down to their own five
yard line, where at last they got the bali
on downs.
Zone minute more to play" shouted
the referee.
lizard. men," cried Phil. Here's your
last chance. Don't give up yet"
In moment the ball came shooting
back toward Phil. That usually steady
player in his excitement made clear
miss of it and it bounded past him.
Stnbbv was close behind his leader,
and. quick as a flash, he swereed to one
side, and, catching the ball, turned in
his tracks and ran with it.
The crowd in the seats had seen the
ball go past Phil, and thinking the
game over had set up great shout
But it died away in silence as they
saw the derided half back, his red hair
streaming in the wind. double and turn
until he had passed every Wilton player
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and was dashing toward the goal with a
Gear field ahead of him. Then the Cas-
cade team, who were far behind in the
chase, took up the shout, and it seemed
to bear Stubby on like great wave,
for he put on an extra dash of speed and
finally fell across the goal line, where
he lay painting and exhausted. Phil
quickly kicked the goal and Cascade
had won the day.
Stubby rode back in triumph on top
of the coach, but at the lane which led
to his home he got down, and the party
went on to the school without the hero
of the day.
The election of a master of cere-
on Monday evening, and on that after
noon, as Stubby was leaving, Hastings
limped up to him and said:
you're to stay with me tonight. l
drove over and asked your father this
morning, so it's all right"
Stubby wonderingly assented, and
after dinner seated himself with the
others in the big hall where the cleo
ton was to take place. A box was
passed around for nominations. Here
and there white slip was dropped into
it. When the junior monitor had I'M
folded all the slips he rose in his place.
81 fnd," said he, but one name
that of Edward Fields"
Stubby flushed holly. So they were
making fun of him again. He tried to
slip away, but Hastings held him to his
seat. With great cheering and hand
clapping the nomination was made an
election, and before he knew what had
happened Stubby was lifted to the plat
form. He stood there, blushing furi-
ously, not knowing whether to run
away or stand the ground, until some
body called out good-naturedly:
Come, Stubby, you're elected; make
your speech"
At last the situation dawned on the
boys dazed mind. He glanced about
helplessly until his eyes fell on the two
who had been candidates for the place,
now sitting side by side. Then he said,
slowly:
Fellows, you know I don't know
anything about such things, but If Phil
and Harry will help me I'll accept"
And the great shout that arose as the
boy finished set the seal of lasting IA
vor on the popularity of Stubby Fields.
ROBERT EARL.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-12-02
CHANCE FOR INJUNCTION.
Why Don't GOIdites Use This Weapon
Against KIOndike Miners4

Why should not some person get
out an injunction against the poor
man, or anybody else, from digging
out gold in Klondike? We have been
educated for the last several years to
believe in two things as being advan-
tageous in this country. One is that
a scarce, high-priced, so-called honest
dollar is a blessing, and that the less
we have of them the more honest they
will become. We have also been
taught to believe that government by
injunction and injunctions of all kinds
are a good thing. Now, If these two
propositions are correct, why should it
not be a good thing to issue an injunc-
ton against any person producing any
more gold which can be coined into
gold dollars? If there is any reason
for demonetizing half the money al
ready in existence in the world, why
should there be any good reason for
taking any more money out of the earth
to add to that which we already have?
We leave these questions for the gold
bugs to answer. We are not in favor
of an injunction against digging gold
in Klondike, or any other place. In
fact, we think the more gold that is dug
up and the more silver that is added
to the circulation, the better it will
be for all parties concerned. But il
the position of the republican goldite
party is correct, or the democratic an
mex thereto, then there certainly should
be an injunction issued against the pro-
duction of any more gold for the pur-
pose of making it into money.-Illinois
State Register.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-12-02
THE MAJORS TOUGHEST WALK.

He Got on n SprintinS Glacier and
That's Why He Didn't Get Along.
We started out in the early morning
from the hotel, the major carrying a
pair of field glasses, light overcoat, an
umbrella, and a book describing the
glories of California. 1 contented my
self with carrying small hamper, and
more than once found myself wonder
ing how my companion dared attempt
the trip.
''Pooh, pooh!" he said in answer to
one of my questions concerning his
ability to get through the performance
creditably. Pooh, pooh, sir! have
scaled the Himalayas and the Mountains
of the Moon. assembled Popocatapetl,
and have crossed the Sahara on foot
Why, sir, 1 could run up little hill like
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-12-02
Imperttnent Interference.

Speaking of the mission of the United
States silver commission, the London
Times says: at is amusing, almost
impairment, for some gentlemen from
the United States to come here to tell
US how to improve our methods of cur
rency and banking" The Times is
right. This country has no business
TO interfere with the coinage and cur
rency laws of Great Britain; and the
same thing applies to the shylocks of
London who are debating to this coun-
try a financial policy that is running
its producers and compelling the people
to pay tribute to England. But there
is this excuse for the United States
some English gentlemen inteISered in
our affairs frst.-Illinois State Reg
lister.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-12-02
IT Is TIME.
In this age. when gold is king,
Seated on q brazen throne.

In this age. when gold is king.
Seated on brazen throne;
When it's thought the proper thing,
To rate men by what they own;
When the brute is more and more
And the spirit, less and less;
When the world IS lorded DER
By corruption and excess;
It is time that men OF worth
Boldly step into the van,
With this message to the earth:
Down with Mammon, up with Man.
We have seen the idIer feast.
While the toiler lacked for bread.
We have seen the king and priest
Rob the living and the dead
We have seen the thief arrayed
In the purple robes of state,
While the honest man was made
To beg succor at his gate
It has ever been the same
Since this reign of wealth began.
Let us stop the sickening game,
Down with Mammon, up with Man.
Earth Is far too wise and old
For lording or a slave,
To respect band of gold
On the forehead of knave;
Far too old for war and hate;
Old enough for brotherhood;
Wise enough to found a state,
Where men seek each others good.
we ndN0 worked TOT SELF TOO long;
Let us try a better plan:
Let US labor for the throng;
Down with Mammon, up with Man.
Many Of the brightest, best,
OF the earth were counted poor.
Some possessed mot where to rests
Others toiled and hardship bore.
Homer, at the dawn of Greece,
Sung and begged from day to day.
Buddha, born with palaces,
Flung the baubles all away
Wealth is by the devil priced,
God has cursed 1t with ban;
Let US hear the pauper, Christ,
Down within Mammon, up with Mani
Oh, my people. will you heed?
Be no more like beasts of prey;
Turn from selfiShness and greed;
Let US find a nobler way,
From the WORKOUT lies of old,
Let US make the whole world free.
Down with kings and priests and gold,
Up with God, humanity.
Lust for gain breeds hate and crime;
Let US crush 1t while we can,
Let US bring the better time,
Down with Mammon, up with Man!
u. A. Edgerton, in Silver knight Watcl
man.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-12-02
TRUE PRINCIPLE OF LIBERTY.

Special Privileges to None, Equal
Rights to All, Says Bryan.
''The welfare of the people," said Mr..
Bryan recently, must be sought, not in
the securing of special privileges to
themselves, but in the denying of spe-
ciaI privileges to anyone" Hare we
have the true principle of liberty, equal
i-y, fraternity--a principle that secures
equal rights to all, while it does not de-
Stroy or neutralize individuality. Here
in we lack, because, while the people
make their own laws, they have not
been able to inaugurate system that
will prevent few people from securing
special privileges at the expense of the
many. The only remedy is to educate
the people to act not as individuals, but
as a whole, because the people are the
source of authority. And it is not so
much what they do as what they do not
do that has created the problems which
give us so much trouble to-day.
What is the source of id1eness? The
casual observer says it is this immediate
cause or that one; he does not go to the
root of the matter. Mr.. Bryan said:
Neither labor organizations nor any
other form of protection can secure to
labor perfect immunity if the general
level of prices continues to fall. The
idle man is the menace to the man who
has employment, and the number of
idle mem must necessarily increase if
we have a money system which con-
stant1y raises the value of the dollar
and constantly lowers the market value
of the products of labor"
How the sophistry of the single gold
standard argument disappears before
the clear, logical reasoning of Mr.. Bry-
an! The short crop of wheat in foreign
lands raises the price of that grain the
world over. This country reaps the ben
eft, but big crops of wheat cannot
check, except it be temporarily, the
system (which constantly lowers the
market value of the products of labor
and constantly raises the value of the
dollar" We simply live in FOOLS par
adise if we think otherwise.-Los An
peles Herald
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-12-02
TARIFF DILEMMA'S.
Republicans I'm Trouble Over the
DinEIey Law.


Dingley Law.
The republicans will discover, if they
have not yet reached that stage of en-
lightenment, that the Dingley tariff
dilemma has two horns.
Just now the tariff thinkers are squirm-
ing on the horn of a deficit, but, with
an optimism worthy of Mark Tapley,
they laugh at the suggestion that they
are hurt, and assert that after Deem
Der the deficit of $60,ooO,000 will be
made up by increased importations and
prosperity will dawn.
Is that so?
For the sake of cheerful amenity let
the assertion be accepted. What, then,
have the republicans gained? To be
sure, they have cured the deficit, but at
what expense?
American manufacturers were prom
ised glorious dawn of prosperity after
the Dingley bill had performed its per-
feet work. Will an increase of importa-
tons so enormous as to yield an extra
revenue of $6O,o00,0o0 be considered a
blessing by the manufacturers of this
country?
w. s. Gilbert's paradox in ''The Pr
rates of Penzance" is nothing compared
with the delightful paradox perpe-
trated by Dingley, which promises a
tremendous boom in the way of impor-
tations and sunburst of prosperity
to home manufacturers as coincidental-
ly beneficial results.
Protection which does not protect is
one horn of the dilemma. Protection
which produces a deficit is another
horn. If the republicans escape the
one they will be pierced on the other
Chicago Dispatch.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-12-02
IF Mark Hanna is to he sent 70 th

III MaTR HuIlIla Is 20 De sent 70 the
lenate from Ohio, it would be meet and
proper for the Marylanders to complete
their work of centralizing the powers of
government in the hands of one man by
sending to that august assemblage the
granddaughter of Napoleon. II we must
have ''the man on horseback" in this
country. give us the right article.-st.
Louis Republic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-12-02

A report shows that there are 2,17s
persons in the world known to have six
fingers on one hand and All with seven
fingers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-12-02

During all of Mr.. Hanna's brief
career as a political boss, and as senator,
not a word has ever. passed his lips
which would subject him to the least
suspicion of knowing anything about
any public question, or of having the
least conception of the duties of pri-
vate citizen or a public representative.
He has simply earned and enjoys the
reputation of an inscriptions political
boss. To place upon his shoulders the
toga that has been worn by Wade and
Sherman would be ludicrous misfit.
To set him up in the senate to be gazed
at for six years as the flower and bios
som of the business man in politics and
in Office would be satire on the period
and a severe object lesson for the future.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-12-02
GOLD COMFORT.


Republicans.
A republican newspaper. intending
to furnish comfort and cheer to its
party. produces q table Of election re-
turns from the several states which
voted this year. The figures show that
in ten states the republicans had q to-
tai majority over the democrats Of 141.-
025.
1t would be much fairer in computing
election returns to compare the majori-
ties this year with those OF 1895. That
would show the gains and lossea-theI
growth or decline-of parties. For
that purpose of instruction, an an OBJ
ject lesson. let this table. showing re-
publican majorities in six states for the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-12-02
Total republican loss In eight
states from 1895 TO lS97..........762,S S9

states from 1895 to iSs7......,... .7s2. $50
This shows that In the eight states
named all of McKinley's national ma
jority was swept away, with 111,S2s
votes left for the democratic side. The
states of Nebraska and Virginia were
included in the figures of the republic
an organ. To include them in this
table would show greater republican
loss.
With unity, good candidates, an ac~
ceptable platform and n vigorous cam
paign the democrats are certain Of VIC
tory in the congressional elections Of
1898, which will be an assurance OF q
democratic victory in the presidential
election of 19o0.-Chicago Chronicle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-12-02
NO TAMPERlNa.
An UtferanCe OF o G0ldite Organ SHE
verites Can and DO Indorse.

An Utterance OF . GOld1te Organ S11~
verites Can and DO Ind0rse.
Under the head 1.-THE End Of Bimetal-
lism." the Chicago Times-Herald de-
clares that because Great Britain has
decided that it viii not take any part
in establishing bimetallism, the project
is dead. We do not quote the words but
the spirit of the article. In the course Of
the editorial referred to Is the following
paragraph:
What the English merchants and bank
ers said to the British government the 9TH
er day, with a slight change, should be
written on the wall OF every American
counttng-room and mart Of trade. They
said: There must be no tampering with
the English pound sterling We should
have it: There must be no tampering with
the American dollar
The State Register can fully indorse
the Times-Herald paragraph proyid-
ing it will accept the authorized and
vital definition of the meaning Amer
lean Dollar" Webster's International
Dictionary, edition of 1891, the latest
edition of this standard and universally
recognized authority, page AS, defines
the word dollar" as follows:
81. (a) A silver coin of the United States
containing S71.25 grains of silver and Il. e
grains of alloy-that is, having a total
weight of 412.5 grains. OBJ A gold coin of
the United States containing 1922 grains
of gold and 25S grains of alloy-that is, hav-
ing total weight of ass grains nine-tenths
fine. 1t is no longer coined
All American bimetal1ists are con-
tending for just what the Times-Her-
aid declares that "there must be no
tampering with the American dollar"
The whole trouble is that there has
been "tampering" with the American
dollar, and the "tampering" is still
carried on by the goldite gang CT
which the Times-Herald is a blatant
mouthpiece.
An American, or rather United States
dollar, according to Webster, is pri-
ntarily a silver coin containing 412.5
fine silver. Gold dollars, which formal
ly were coined, are mo longer coined"
If any other United States dollar is set
up by anybody other than that contain
ing 412.5 grains standard silver, then it
is evident that there has been tamper-
ing with the American dollar.
But the trouble with the Times-Her.
aid and the goldite gang it represents
Is that they want Great Britain to
govern the finances of this country.
They are perfectly willing that the
British shylocks shall tamper with the
American dollar; but after the Brit
ish shylocks have tempered with it
and robbed the country of billions OF
dollars, these goldites don't want any
American to tamper with the tempered
dollar.
The American dollar was good, hon
est dollar before it was tempered with.
1t would still be a good, honest dollar
had 1t not been tempered with. It will
be good, honest dollar as soon as the
gcldites and shylocks quit tampering
with it. Indeed, it is now good, honest
dollar in the estimation of everybody
but the goldite gang. The only thing
to complain of is that there are not
enough of them. There must be no
tampering with the American dollar!"
Amen!-Illinois State Register.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-12-02

states in one year .Ss7. e4S
The total majority In the union in
1896 (McKinley over Bryanl was $751;
o16. OF this majority nearly 100000
was lost in six states in 1897. This L.
almost two-thirds of the republican
majority in Is states.
But more n to be added. The fol-
lowing states show a change from
1895 to 1897 as follows: