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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-11-29


1t will not be a surprise to any
who are at all familiar with the good
qualities of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. to know that people every
where take pleasure in relating their
experience in the use of that splendid
medicine and in telling of the benefit
they have received from it, of bad
colds 1t has cured, of threatened at.
tacks of pneumonia it has averted and
Of the children it has saved from at
tacks of Group and whooping cough
1t is grand, good medicine. For sale
by Brunt & Parmau, druggists.
Geo. holland, Rockland, O.. says,
my wife had piles forty years. De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve cured her.
1t Is the best salve In America" 1t
heals everything and cures all skin
diseases. Wangler Bros.
"A man may dress as well as his
own good judgment and the assistance
va ou attoe'O toiipt may CiCCt. ne
may take his " tubs' but if his diges-
tive organs are out of order, he will
have an unwholesome appearance.
His complexion and the white of his
eyes will have yellowish csst. His
tongue will be coated, appetite poor,
his teeth rusty, his breath abominable.
He is one big, unmistakable sign OF
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They are made of refined, concentrated
vegetable extracts. Nothing in the
least harmful enters into their COM
position. They hunt down all i'm
purities, and make them move on
They are the product of many years.
study and practice. DR.. Pierce can
not afford to put forth a worthless
article.
Address with 81 cents In one-cent
stamps, tn cover cost of mailing only,
Worlds Dispensary Medical Associ.
alton, Buffalo, N. Y, and get free
copy of the Medical Adviser
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-11-29

Don't take peck of any old Lind OF
pills to cure pint of disease when a
dose of Morley's Little Liver Pills for
Bilious People will cure you while you
sleep. One q dose, Sold only by
Brunt q Parman.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-10-13

of the inquisition, amid the shrieks and
agonies Of its victims, while it COM
PEELED Calico to declare, in solemn
denial to the great truth he had dis
closed, that the earth did not move
around the sun.
"It was judicial tribunal which, In
France, during the long reign Of her
monarchs, lent itself to be the instru-
ment of every tyranny, as during the
brief reign Of terror it did not hesitate
to stand forth the IMPLYING accessory
of the IMPLYING guillotine. Aye, sir
it was judicial tribunal in England
surrounded by all forms Of law, which
sanctioned every despotic caprice OF
Henry VIII, from the unjust divorce
of his queen to the beheading Of Sir
Thomas More; which lighted the fires
Of persecution that glowed at Oxford
and Smithfield, over the cinders OF
Latimer, Ridley and John Rogers;
which, after elaborate argument, up
held the fatal tyranny of ship money
against the patriotic resistance OF
Hampden; which, in defiance of justice
and humanity, cent Sydney and Rus
sell to the block: which persistently
enforced the laws of conformity that
our Puritan fathers persistently re-
fused to obey, and which afterwards,
with Jeffreys on the bench, crimsoned
the pages of English history with mas
sacre and murder, even with the blood
of innocent women.
AYE, sir, and 1t was judicial trib-
unal in our country, surrounded by
all the forms of law, which hung
witches at Salem; which affirmed the
constitutionality of the stamp act,
while it admonished Jurors and the
people to obey, and which now, in our
day, has lent its sanction to the unut-
terable atrocity of the fugitive slave
law"
At the close of the war, the late
jeremiah S. Black, in arguing the IA
nous Milligan case, while commenting
upon the tendency of the courts to
usurp power, stated that when King
Alfred the Great attempted to correct
the abuses which had grown up in his
kingdom, he found 1t necessary to
hang upwards Of sixty judges. While
the Americans may not be able to hang
a lot of their usurping judges, the day
is dawning when they will impeach
and send into everlasting disgrace a
number of men who commit these
crimes against free people.
Very truly yours,
JOHN P. ALTGELD.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-10-13

union and gave his time, his energy
and his talent to the prosecution OF the
war for the destruction OF human sla-
very. His eloquent words are firing
the hearts Of all the patriotic men In
New England. The brave worGs for
freedom Of this venerable republican
statesman Of Massachusetts are re-
echoed rrom the plains and mountains
Of the migaty west by the leader OF
the new democracy, William Jennings
Bryan of Nebraska. The populists OF
the whole country are all OF them
right on this momentous question. but
that was to be expected, because they
are always right on every question.
Our German-Americansh have also seen
a great light and have ceased their
worship of gold in order to save their
adopted country. Mckinley Is up
against the hardest combination that
anybody ever struck. His ideas Of for
eign conquest are being overwhelming
ly repudiated by the people. Every
day adds to the volume of mighty pro-
test arising against this unholy war.
The American people are sickening at
the flowing blood Of patriotic men
fighting in the holy cause Of liberty.
The great principles of self-govern-
ment and universal freedom are as
much alive to-day as they were when
Washington reviewed his ragged regi-
ments at Valley Forge, or when Grant
recnived tho sword of Lee at ADDO-
mattox.-Percy Pepoon.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-10-13
Comfort.

comfort
One by one Worlds harms are smitten;
One by one its ripe wrongs fall.
One by one are carved and written
Mans sure triumph over all.
One by one the desert places
Grow with green, and gush with light.
One by one Gods finger traces
Moons and stars across the night.
One by one the cruel letters
or the tyrant flesh slide off;
One by one we learn the letters
or the alphabet of love.
One by one the proper pretense
OF usurping falsehoods die;
One by one new recompenses
Fill our void up in the sky.
One by one our days of weaving
From things earthly go toward
Gorgeous harvest days of cleaning
In the full tracts of the Lord
One by one the needs and cravings
OF old hungers fail and pass;
One by one the Heavens dear strawinSs
Bless our fields of barren grass.
Spite of weary months of sorrow,
Spite of long and laden years,
Bitter waitngs for the morrow
Wherein lieth joy for tears;
Spite of tired hearts plowed with trouble
Spite of blighting, and of blame,
Spite of wastes of stones and stubble,
Spite of paths of woe and shame.
Spite of whatsoever evils
Make the sacred places foul,
Spite of whatsoever devils
Dog the footsteps of the SOUL
Though the earth be still unshriven,
Though the years seem still undone,
Yet shall all, save man and Heaven,
Pass and perish, one by one.
Richard Realf.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-10-13

The signs Of the times are very
promising. The conscience of the peo-
pie is fast awakening to present condi-
tions. Four months ago 1t seemed as
II imperialism and militarism would
blind the eyes of the people and that
the prospect Of false glory would OBJ
scure the patriotism Of the masses. A
wonderful change has come over the
public mind-the love and generation
for the declaration of independence is
still supreme in the hearts of the
patriotic people; the love Of human
liberty is still widespread among
Americans, and we rejoice that 1t Is
not confined to any one party or any
one locality. The voice of the noble
republican leader, George S. Boutwell,
of Massachusetts, now So years old,
sounds as loud and clear as when in
1850 he plead the cause Of the fugitive
slave, or when in 1861 he defended the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-10-13
ALTGELD STIRRED UP
GOVERNMENT BY INJUNCTION
AGAIN DENOUNCED.
Two Men Sentenced for Six Months I'M
prisonment without Having Commit
ted Any Crime Under the LAVA
Sample of the Corporations Influence.

Ex-Gov. Altgeld of Illinois has ad-
dressed the following letter to the
editor of the Illinois State Register.
1t is fully characteristic of the grand
old man of Illinois, who never equivo-
Gates on any subject:
notice an able editorial in your
paper on a fragrant case of government
by injunction in the United States
court at Springfield. Three men were
sentenced to prison for six months, not
on charge Of violating any law, but
simply of having disregarded an In
junction. 1t appears that Judge Allen
of the United States court at Spring
field had issued an injunction in case
OF dispute between a coal-mining
corporation and its employees. Or
course the injunction was in favor OF
the corporation and against the en-
ployes. 1t related to matters over one
hundred miles from the court. II the
Injunction covered matters that were
already covered by law, then 1t was
unnecessary, and its only purpose
could have been to deprive the men OF
a trial by jury. If 1t covered things
not already covered by law, then it
was simply legislation; that is, the
Judge made law himself and called 1t
an Injunction. In either case 1t was
usurpation and violation of the fun
damental principles of our govern
ment. Having thus issued this injunc-
ton, the Judge then had these men ar
rested, sat in judgment himself IN
their cases and, without an indictment
and without jury trial, he sentenced
them to prison; he being thus legis-
lator, Judge and executioner. All this
not for things done in the presence OF
the court, but for things alleged to
have been done over one hundred miles
away. There Is not country in
monarchial Europe in which judge
would for one moment think Of exer-
cising such power. AS you say:
"If these men had violated any law,
they should have been indicted and
tried by a jury of their peers; and, If
found guilty, had the penalty of law
inflicted upon them. That would have
been government by law and in con-
formity with the spirit of the constitu-
ton of the United States. But in the
case Of these men sentenced to six
months Imprisonment, they were not
charged with violation of law, but sim
ply disobedience Of an order of court"
The fact that they were not given
trial by jury indicates that there was
no case against these men and that
they could not have been convicted in
the orderly administration of justice.
The constitution Of the United States,
and the constitution of all the states,
guarantee to every man the right of
trial by jury In all cases before he can
BIZ puEShed for crime. This funda-
nieatal right, guaranteed in the most
solcyun manner by law, is thus brushed
asids with wave Of the hand and men
are sent to prison at the mere within
or caprice Of Judge. AS ar American
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-10-13

benefit Of American growers and brok-'
ers. Raw cotton is not the only i'm
portAnt thing to be considered. In
Admission, Ala, where have sum-
mer home, mill was established some
time ago for the manufacture of cot
ton goods. These are all shipped to
Asia, and the demand has proved so
great that the owners have been forced
to double the capacity of their mill.
And this is not an isolated case.
Liverpool has built on American
cotton at the expense Of American
growers, while Manchester has thrived
at the expense of American spinners.
Why should the United States continue
to enrich those British cities? Why
should the price of the cotton growing
in Alabama and Texas be fixed by men
in Liverpool? Manila offers the key
for escape from this commercial thrall-
dom. There, at the very door Of Asia,
is an American city with a splendid
harbor, and the day Is coming when It
will rob Liverpool OF much Of its cot
ton trade. Cotton and cotton goods
will be shipped west to the Pacific.
carried to Manila and distributed from
that port up and down the Asiatic
coast without paying toll to Liverpool
or Manchester. There is not only the
saving in transportation to be con-
sidered, for the rehandling In effect
entails a number of extra charges.
Remember that Asia has two-thirds OF
the consuming power of the world.
AMI you see the Importance Of this
trade and the promise held out to Ma
MIA. l am sure this is not fantastic
dream. The tide of trade has turned
to the westward, and the almighty dol
lar is riding on its crest to the con-
quest of the far e.st. Westward no!
should be the battle cry of King Cot
ton and his loyal subjects in the south,
for there is his coming empire. What
has been done can be done again.
Hongkong is no dream, yet 1t has risen
from the sea as though called into be-
ing by the magic Of Aladdin's lamp.
Its rise is prophetic Of Manila's coming
glory.
"In 1912, hardly more than fifty years
dSO, Tue oilC VI AAOh6hoAo We -
so sterile that 1t had no heritage. To-
day 1t is the second seaport In the
world, SO far as its commerce is con-
cerned. Liverpool is first, and 1t Is
question whether Hongkong does not
dispute second place with New York.
What has built up the big British port
of Asia? Cotton. Mostly American
cotton at that. The most important
commerce of Hongkong was Its i'm
ports Of cotton and cotton goods. The
city may be said to be founded not
only on a rock, but upon cotton. Ma
Mia should have that cotton trade In
the future and should gain the great
ness that goes with it. Americans
grow the cotton and American spin
ners are now able to compete with the
cheap labor of Europe. 1t only re-
mains for Americans to seize the OPP
portunity offered them and enter In
upon their own. The almighty dollar
is not blind, and it may be depended
on to conquer the orient"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-10-13

citizen l protest against this outrage.
Our government had existed for more
than a century, and during all that
time it protected life and property and
maintained order. The law of the land
was found ample for every emergency;
government by injunction was not
heard Of during all that time. But
with the advent of corporate power
and corporate control in our country;
that is, during the last few years, this
usurpation and innovation has been
established and used as club to
five years no man has been appointed
to federal judgeship who was not
satisfactory to the corporations. Prior
to the war, the slave-owner used the
lash and the bloodhound as rear guard
conveniences to coerce the colored
laborer; today the corporations use the
United States courts, the United States
marshals and the prison as side-door
conveniences to coerce their white Ia
borers. While the instruments have
changed, the hand that Yields them is
that Of the boss, and the flesh that
quivers under them is that Of the la
borer. Jefferson declared that in the
federal judiciary would be found the
grave Of American liberty. Here was
an aristocratic branch of the govern
ment; here were men holding office for
life, not elected, but appointed, and
responsible to nobody; men who would
in the very nature of things be selected
by and from the powerful influences Of
society, and who, by education,
by association, by taste-if not by d.
rect interest-would be on the side
that is inimical to liberty. The great
Lincoln attacked the Supreme court
Of the United States because it had be-
come convenience to the slave power,
and it's decisions were in violation of
the principles Of free government.
After the Dredd Scott decision, Charles
Sumner denounced the Supreme court
Of the United States in the most
scathing terms for having lent itself
as a convenience to the slave power,
for having falsified facts, suppressed
truth, and trampled upon the most
sacred rights of man. Subsequently,
in commenting on the tendency OF
courts to exercise arbitrary power, he
said:
LET me here say that hold judges,
and especially the Supreme court OF
the country, in much respect, but
am too familiar with the history of ju-
dicial proceedings to regard them with
any superstitious reverence. Judges
are but men, and in all ages have
shown a fair share of frailty. Alas!
Alas! The worst crimes Of history
have been perpetrated under their
sanction. The blood of martyrs and of
patriots, crying from the ground, surr
mons them to judgment.
at was judicial tribunal which con-
demned Socrates to drink the fatal
hemlock and which pushed the Savior
barefoot over the pavements of Jeru-
salem, bending beneath His cross. 1t
was a judicial tribunal which, against
the testimonies and entreaties of
her father, surrendered the fair Vir-
ginia as slave; which arrested the
teachings Of the great apostle to the
Gentiles and sent him in bonds from
Judea to Rome; which, in the name Of
the old religion, adjudged the saints
and fathers Of the Christian church>to
death in all it's most dreadful forms,
and which afterward, in the name OF
the new religion, enforced the tortures
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-10-13
Notes.

Well -organized trade unions are the
greatest protectors of labors rights,
the best known means to work for
human progress and thorough fed
Grafton of all unions SIMPLY means abb
solute success.
Clauses in the Kansas City councils
contracts of the High School building
in that city require that all labor en-
ployed thereon shall be union labor.
The headquarters of the Brotherhood
of Boilermakers is located in Kansas
City
The United Hatters of North Amer
lea appeal to organized labor for as
sistance. They do not ask financial
aid, nor do they ask any one to make
the slightest sacrifice of either time
or money. Their request Is a sim
pie: do not buy or wear fur or
felt hat, either soft or stiff, unless the
genuine union label is sewed In 1t"
Mr.. Edwin ]. Wood, secretary OF
the Coremakers' International union,
reports that that union is now In It's
most prosperous condition, with for
ty-seven local unions. The interna-
tional union issued eighteen charters
last month. The wages of coremak-
ers have increased wonderfully in some
instances, and have almost doubled
those paid last year. Union men are
in demand throughout the country.
General Secretary Henry G. Barter,
International Longshoremen's union,
reports that the union has gained
1000 members during the present
year. Previous to the last conven-
ton in July, twenty eight local unions
were organized, and since the conven-
ton eight more unions have been
added to the roll. The International
Longshoremen's union embraces in its
membership all classes of 'longshore
workers.
The law passed by the last legisla-
ture of Nebraska, limiting the hours
of labor of females in manufacturing,
mechanical or mercantile establish
ments, restaurants and hotels, to sixty
per week and not more than ten hours
per day, so arranged as to permit OF
this ten hours labor at any time be-
tween the hours of 6 a. m. and 10 p.
NJ, has been the means of again
bringing before the people Of Nebras-
ka the question of an early closing or
stores and business houses.
General President Martin Fox, Iron
Molders' union, reports that since the
previous general meeting of the union.
in 1895, out of a total of 1872 griev-
ances, BOG were settled without a
strike. OF the eighty-six strikes sane
toned by the general office, the union
was successful in sixty-two, lost twen-
ty-two and settled two by compromise.
OF these, forty-nine were for advance
in wages, forty of which were success
full, while nine were lost Twenty
nine were against a reduction OF
wages; eighteen were successful and
eleven were lost. The disbursements
for strike purposes during the four
years amounted to $175,708.49, or an
average monthly expenditure OK
$S.660.5s.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-10-13
Fatal Second Time.

Pottsville (Pa.) Special Philadelphia
inquirer: John Smink, aged AZ years
a miner employed at Silverton col
liery was badly injured about the bach
by being struck by heavy steel drill
He pluckily limped back to work and
was again struck on the back, this
time by a fall of coal. This accident
resulted In his death.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-10-13
Chestnuts.

Friend-Do you dictate your jokes to
a typewriter? Paragrapher-No; I
used to, but 1 got discouraged at hear
ing the bell ring at the end OF every
line.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-10-13
LABOR AND INDUSTRY
SOME NOTES OF INTEREST TO
UNION WORKMEN.

Senator Morgan Secs salvation In Ex-
pansion-Draws Apt Illustrations from
the Manner In which British Cities
Have Thrived on Our. Products.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-28

1t can be stated on authority that Mr.
Robert Porter has no connection with the
United States government during his pres
ent visit to Europe. He is understood to
be looking after the interests of some of
the largest American packing and oil inter-
ests, making ii his special business TO pre-
vent obnoxious legislation wherever this
can be done by the presentation of the
facts and to this extent our government is,
of course. in hearty sympathy with his
work. But, already stated, he does not
represent the United States government i'll
reciprocity or tariff negotiations with Ger
many. Touching the progress of these ne
Sotiations. the officials at the State De
partment decline to make any statenen
for publication at this time, believing as
they do, that premature pubic discussion
of sucl complicated matters tends largely
TO defeat the best intentions of tire govern
ments interested. The German foreign Of
flee is accredited with like motive, and
therefore ii Is assumed here that many of
the publications in the German newspapers
which find their way to the United States
are inspired by no friendly fSelin, toward
the German government when they touch
upon the subject of trade relations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-28

war upon the United States, and in the
presence of war 1t was treason to give aid
and comfort to the enemy. II protest,
said he, against discussing who is right
and who is wrong when my brothers and
your sons are being shot down in battle.
I warn my friends upon the other side
that they are hurting nobody but them
selves. The country will place but one
construction upon their attitude. The
American people will never retire upon the
demands of an enemy in the front" pro
longed republican applauseD
Mr.. Carmack CTenn.) replied briefly to
Mr.. Grosvenor. He held up to ridicule the
absurd charge that democrats were firing
nto the rear Of our soldiers. No honest
man. said he, ever made such a charge and
none ever believed 1t. If such a charge
was made it was the act of a demagogue
who sought to drag this great question
Town to the level of his capacity. Demo
cratic applause.) The democrats were the
friends of the soldiers, he continued, but
he soldiers had nothing to do with the
policy Of the administration which the
democrats criticised. The soldiers went
where they were ordered, but he commended
hat they were being treated unfairly. Ther
had enlisted in the cause of liberty and hu-
rnanity. They were being retained to fos-
'er greed and ambition. democratic APP
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