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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-01
now.lr WAS DONE.

Editor David Brant, republican him.
self and former member of the legisla.
ture of Iowa from the Cedar Rapids dis.
trict, was In Des Moines to witness the
close Of the struggle of the senatorship,
and furnished the following interesting
news in his Clinton Herald:
"The only basis upon which the ac-
ton Of the Gear supporters at the house
caucus can be explained is upon the dual
hypothesis that to the victors belong all
the spoils and that all is fair in war.
There have been all kinds of legislative
caucuses in this state for the nomina.
ton of speakers, senators and minor Of.
ficlals but up to Saturday night not on
ever denied the members of the legisla.
ture the right to cast his vote in secrecy
as is accorded to all voters at the polls.
The Australian ballot was invoked to
keep imperious persons and powerful in.
fiuences from determining how electors
cast their votes and then Furnishing them
for acting against the wishes Of
those who would dictate how they
should vote.
'.lt is fact already we'll known that
the two Blythes, Ed. Hunter and a few
other leaders made up the entire list ot
candidates for over fifty places in the
house and had them printed and ready
to be cast while not half dozen of the
forty.three members who voted the
tickets knew their composition till they
reached the state house half hour be
tore the caucus was held. Young men
and women who were candidates heard
day or two before the caucus was held
that Gear slate had been made anG
asked their members to ascertainv heth
er they were on the slate so that if no
they might go home and save expenses
but no information could be secured upo1
the subject even by the members sup
porting Gear.
"The disposition Of the forty or fifty
places were nearly all placed at the dis
position of. doabtfs mgmb bess IA sur,
Gear county stood not the least chanc,
Of getting any of the better positions j
they were needed in securing votes
Thus two Of the best paying positions
chief clerk and journal clerk, were givel
to Warren county, evidently for tn
purpose of securing vote for Gear
Many other such instances could b.
given. 1t remains to be seen how th'
Blythes will apportion the committe
1 places"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-01

Mr.. William Waldrof Astor raised
the rents on all his New York property
the other day on the plea that it was
made inevitable by the increased assess.
ments. What part his recent generos.
ity in equipping full rapid. fire battery
for the campaign against the Beers may
have had in compelling this levy upon
his American tenants, he didn't explain
%or perhaps an increase in the income
tax which he has to pay in England,
but helped to beat in the United States,
may be involved.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-01
puRELy pIcKw,cKlAN.

/ Mr.. McKinley's 'tweedledum. and.
tweedledeen talk to congress on trusts
has encouraged several administration
organs to declare that the trust issue is
settled. sit will be out OF the reach of
the Democratic platform Makers" say
these Republican press prophets. "The
Republicans will take charge of the trust
problem, and the people will be satisfied
with their solution of it."
Congressman Grosvenor, however,
who is the mouth piece of the admins
trations in the house, has already pune.
tured all these vaticinations concerning
Republican .trust.busting" with federal
weapons. 81 am states rights man."
he declares, Sin this trust matter, and
the United States has stretched its
statutory powers to the limit in legislat.
ing against the trusts in the Sherman
act"
Griggs, Mr.. McKinley's New Jersey
attorney general, talks in the same
strain as Grosvenor. Trusts operating
interstate business, like the sugar trust
and the coal oil trust. for example, car.
not, according to these purveyors of the
presidents opinions on governmental
policies, be curbed in their extortion un.
less the several state legislatures do the
curbing.
When it is considered how completely
in the grasp of the trusts and their pol
itical agents are amajority Of the states
that cast their electoral votes for Nc
kinley, some idea can be had of the
practicability and nearness of the rem
edy proposed by MIR. Nc KinIey's two
meuthpieces. :.
The mild protest of our imperialistit
president against trusts is purely Pick
wickian.-kansas City Times.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-01

Senator Hale has declared in public
speech that it is high time the true sem
timents Of the American people con.
cerning the contest being weged for the
subjugation of the Beers was made
known to the world. This is a frank
confession on the part Of Republican
senator that the administration does
not represent the people. All the peo.
pie Of the United States outside of New
York g Anglo.maniac clubs, rejoice at
every news Of British reverse, and yet
the administration is permitted to- put
this nation in the position of sympathy
and actual alIiaRee, Rith England
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-01

On January lst an advance Of SIS per
top or $500 per car load was made on
nails and wire by the American Steel &
Wire Co., and from that date nails
jumped to $3.35 per keg, barbed wire to
81 and plain galvanized wire to $50
per 100 pounds. How do the prosper.
ity howlers like this? Has prosperity
struck the consumers of these goods
with such force as to justify them in
standing the raise.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-01

The Gear and Cummins papers of the
state are still firing dun dun bullets at
each other. Lafe Young, Of the Des
Moines Capital, and Dave Brant of tt g
Clinton Herald, have issued declarations
of independence. They give hints that
they could tell things that would not
reflect credit on the present organiza-
tion.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-01
Subscription Rates:

Prof John v. Crowell, of New York
says: '$l6,OOO,O 900 600 are invested in
farming" That may be true, but it is
on record that the income from the in
yestment barely paws the interest on
the mortgages.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-01
THE PEOPLE AND The NATIONAL
BANKS.

Secretary Cages singular and mex
bank of New York was not necessary
to arouse American jealousy of the
national bank system. 1t has become
forced upon the people more and more
that this system, with the new CO.
operation and thorough organization Of
the banks by means of clearing houses
and other associations, has become as.
positive menace to the we'll being of
the country as was the great bank of
the United States which Andrew jack
son destroyed. The political power of
the national banks was we'll shown in.
the presidential campaign of 1896, when
they were unit in antagonism to the
peoples will. Beginning their opera
stions by forcing a wholly artificial and
most disastrous panic, they went on
through the methods of coercion and
bribery to terrorize and to corrupt the
voters.
To-day the Republican party, in
4 trenched for time in absolute and
insolent power, is preparing to multi
ply prodigiously the privileges and the
1 powers of these national banks. Are
publican paper, the New York Sun, in
an article, condensation of which
appears elsewhere on this page, de-
1lunnces the plan its party and goes
/ straight to the very heart of the matter
by declaring that the national bank
must 60. 1t says: ITO make an ap.
preciation Of the national bank curren:
cy,a part Of the Republican program
is to raise deliberately and unneces
sarily an issue which the party Of
Bryanism will be only too happy to
take up
But despite the solitary protest Of
the Sun, the issue is raised. In house
and senate the Republicans are aligned
in favor Of the national bank policy,
and the party Of Bryanism that is,
the party Of true and progressive Dem.
onaeyis ready to take it up. and
confidence in victory ia
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-01

Seasoned native lumber, dimension
stuff and bridge plank, material fol
barns and barn frames always on hand.
+. D. CLOSE.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-01

Representative Champ Clark, Of No ;.
thinks it is about time to put up wood
pulp and printing paper on the free
list, in order to head off the paper
trust, which is putting the screws on
the users Of printing paper, and he
thinks such q bill might be put through
congress, because the Republicans
would fear the influence of the country
papers, the publishers Of which feel
the increased price Of the paper most.
He said one editor in the district
wrote him that the increase, in the
price Of paper would cost him $500
more to print the same number Of
papers in 1900 that he printed in 1899.
He thinks something will have to be
done or many small publishers will
have to choose between shutting up
shop or raising.their subscription price.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-01

A branch office, Of 'sBlalr'' the Des
Moines florist, has been established at
The REPORTER Office. Parties desiring
cut flowers can leave their order at tins
office and the flowers will be promptly
furnished. Can quote prices on any cut
flowers, and guarantee flowers fresh.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-11
Dying In Poverty.

Toledo, Ohio. Jan. 1.William w. Gage,
a cousin of the secretary of the treasury,
penniless and depending upon charity
for medical attendance. is dying at a
boarding house in this city. He is a
widower and lost all of his property dur
ing the civil war, while he was living in
the south. He was for time prisoner
of the cOnfederacy. A number of years
ago he came to Toledo and has been a
real estate broker. Three months ago
he became i'll and his money was soon
exhausted. His landlord has been pro-
viding for him and today notified Secre-
tary Gage of his condition. The dying
mans only son went to the Klondike
three years ago and has not been heard
of since.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-11
All Is Anxiety.

Z London, Jan. 11.-Even the announce
ment Of the arrival of Field Marshal Lord
Roberts and General Lord Kitchener at
Capetown has failed to stem the grow
ing impatience Of the country at the pro-
longed inactivity in the main British
cainps and the entire absence of news
giving.an adequate insight into the local
situation. The public and press. being
unable to form any just judgment as to
the actual position of affairs, stories are
rife that inacuon is forced on General
Butler owing to the exhaustion of the re-
serves Of ammunition and there are even