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The Conservative, 1900-11-15
MIR. FLINT ON THE SITUATION.

Mr.. Chas. R. Flint says: Had
Bryan been elected, it would have re-
suited in throwing out of employment
this winter not less than 75O 900 wage.
earners. AS it is, we have an assured
basis for business and look for good,
healthy trade. Orders amounting to a
very large sum were contingent upon
the result of the election. If Bryan
had been elected, the concerns in which
I am interested would have been forced,
owing to the contraction which would
have followed mistrust, to have closed
down manufacturing to such an extent
that it would have thrown 10000 work.
ers out of employment Doubtless new
industrial corporations will be organized
and existing industrials, which are we'll
managed, will, in my opinion, have an
excellent prospect for business ahead of
them, but the industrials that do not
adopt up.to date methods and which do
not give the public substantial part
of the benefits of the economies which
are secured by consolidation, will invite
the competition of new companies
The Conservative, 1900-11-15

down their furrowed cheeks, while you
swing listlessly in your hammock
listening to the music of the bondsman's
groan. 1t will be like trip to Long
Branch. You will be listening to the
serf-sea?
"Anything can do for you with the
emperor, let me know. Yours,
E. f. WARE.
The Conservative, 1900-11-15
Kansas RevOlts.

The expected has happened in this
state, and in the country at large. Fusion
has been overwhelmingly defeated in
Kansas, and Bryan has been absolutely
crushed in the country at large.
The result of the late presidential
election is far-reaching. William j.
Bryan will never again be the leader of
the national democracy; and fusion
cannot revive it's dying embers in Kan
sas. 1t is hopelessly beaten.
Will the Mack Love democrats and
the Breidenthal populists continue to
work the played out fusion racket? If
they do, they will be worse beaten two
years from now than they were on last
Tuesday. This is certain
Will the blinded fusion democrats and
the crank populists- strange bed fellows,
agree to dissolve the partnership that
has brought such destruction upon them,
and journey alone in the future?
We believe that only by radical reor.
ganization of the democratic party in the
state and nation, can the breath of life
be preserved in the democratic party in
Kansas.-Topeka Democrat.
The Conservative, 1900-11-15
THE FASCINATION OF CRIME.

It is said chat burglary exercises such
fascination that, once the delirium of
it's danger is tasted, man can never
put that fatal wine away. An old and
distinguished lawyer once told me that
one of the most brilliant young lawyers
he ever knew said to him, at the con-
clusion of a legal duel in which he had
resorted to the sharpest kind of practice
and won: "That was the most delicious
experience of my life."
Yes, and it was the most fatal. He
became, and is, an attorney of uncom-
mon resource, ability and success, with
many cases and heavy fees; neverthe-
less his life is failure, for his profes.
sion and even his clients know him for
dealer in tricks. Senator Mcdonald,
an ideal lawyer in ethics, learning and
practice of his profession, told me that
one of our justices once said to him Of
a certain great corporation lawyer of
acknowledged power and almost unriv-
aled learning:
"Mr. would be the greatest
lawyer in the world if he were not
scoundrel. AS it is, brace myself to
resist him every time he appears before
me-" One of the ablest Circuit court
judges of the federal bench said almost
precisely the same thing of the same
Enthusiastically Evening Post
The Conservative, 1900-11-15
A Voice From Iowa.

If William Jennings Bryan will settle
down to honest work on his farm, and
remain there for at least four years, he
may outgrow some of his foolish theories
about popular government. He will at
least make good start in the right
direction. For the past five years he has
been a disturber and q demoralizer.-
Davenport Democrat.
The Conservative, 1900-11-15

it has the regulations and the estates of
millions of men, but the lesson, if learn.
ed, will be worth to the democracy and
to the republic all that it has cost and
more Chicago Chronicle.
The Conservative, 1900-11-15
HOW TO GET A DUKEDOM.


tions as to how to go about it to secure
the royal decoration:
GAS the empire is now an established
fact and you had son in the Twentieth
Kansas, you have just claim to the
appointment of duke. My advice to you
is to make application soon. Don't ask
for something equally as good but you
insist on duke. They may want to make
you an earl or marquis or something,
but don't you be switched off. You
just hold the emperor up by the gills
and he's bound to come to your terms
Dukes don't have to be confirmed by
the senate, and it's life appointment.
There is no salary attached to the Office,
but you have right to enslave and hold
in bondage any democrat or pop wher-
ever he is found. They are what we
call in law 'fere nature,' that is, wild
stuff. The man that gets them has
them just like ground hogs and pelicans.
If you get in early you get your first
pick. You want to go for Webb McNall
and D. o. McCray just as soon as you
get your commission. They expect it.
They said if Mckinley were elected we
would be nation of slaves. They have
their mind made up to be slaves. You
tell them: Empire is here. I'm duke
and you are my meat follow me- And
they will follow you right off anywhere.
think Joe Waters is all right too.
"You want to have iron heels put on
your boots and make your slaves wear
rundown collars so that you can put
the iron heel of despotism on their
necks without the consent of the
governed. The duties of the Office are
few and simple. I've been in Europe
where they have dukes. You wake up
in the morning and you call in your
slaves as you want them and you talk
Shakespeare to them. For instance,
you summon McCray and shout at him:
'Forsooth, knave! Bring me this morn
ing my matutinal martini He goes
out and brings you in cocktail of
which he drank half in order to prevent
you from being poisoned by the jointist.
Then you shout: What, minion, ho!
and in comes McNall, and you order
oatmeal or Goldfish balls or anything you
want and then say, 'Arroint,' which
means for him to kick himself off. Then
you bring in Joe and say, 'Ha, varlet, q
Keywester- three for dollar Then
Joe will get down on his hands and
knees and say, yes, your dukeness,
and then you will say, 'exeunt omnes'
and everybody will Immediately go out
in brackets. Don't be apprehensive
about where the mouey is to come from.
You II have plenty. You will coin the
sweat and blood of the serfs. If they
won't work, you can have the regular
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-03-15
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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-03-15
BIC GRAVEL ROAD PROJECT

A committee of representa-
tive farmers composed of Vic
tor Hagan, John A. Hayes, Geo.
w. Green, John Clapper and
John, jim and Charley Jewell
waited on the county court Mon
day and asked that it turn two.
thirds of the county revenue
from saloon license at Monroe
City be turned over to that
road district. A little investi
cation convinced the court that
it had authority to do so and
the order was made according.
ly. This will give that district
$500 year from the single sa.
loon at Monroe City. 1t is very
probable that another one will
be opened soon, which would
swell this item to.$800.
The money will be spent in
extending the gravel road
which now runs south of Mon.
roe for five miles.
John and Joe Hays, John and
George Iseman, Geo. w. Green,
H. p. Mudd, Woodford Bannis.
ter and number of others have
pledged 800 to $500 each for
the road. With the assistance
of Monroe City they expect to
eventually extend the road be-
You'd the Harry Cleaver farm in
South Jefferson township. This
would not only increase the
convenience and value of the
farms along the line but would
put a fine territory in easy
reach of Monroe City. That
enterprising place is already
the center of 80 miles of gravel
road. Heavy loads can be haul
ed into town when it is almost
impossible TO get to Paris on
Observation-Disclosures Appeal.
At last Monroe and Indian
Creek townships come into
their own. The time to gel
W hat you ask for is just before
an election. The 1885 VS. $47. 81
is beginning to bear fruit and il
the future it will be the mos
prolific bearer of any tree il
the orchard
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-03-15
SAGE OF SAWHAW SAYS.

Moonlight walks in the sum-
me time are usually a case Of
two late.
A mans wedding notice and
epitaph are in some cases the
only evidences of good charac-
ter lett behind.
When you start a boy out to
Sunday school take the fish
hooks out of his pockets.
A witness who is told to re.
fresh his recollection is really
| dvised to consider the advisa'
bility of further perjury.
1t is safe to say a boot. owl
thinks there is no music like his
own.
Put your trust in sense and
not in incense.
Lawyers are never so happy
as in trying times.
When you nail a lie spike the
enemy's guns.
A man who plunges into a
mystery naturally dives head
foremost.
Men are never in a hurry t.
be hanged, nevertheless they
die because they can't stand the
suspense.
| It is even harder for a policial
to please than place his work
ers.
| A lie ont of whole cloth is
pretty poor goods just tn
same.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-03-15
DONE BY AGREEMENT.

There has been a howl and a
disposition to kick in certain
quarters over the district about
the rule adopted by the Con.
gressfonal Committee, giving
the candidate who carries a
county, at the Congressional
Primary the right to name the
committeeman from that coun-
ty, claiming that it was in
Fuckers interest, to enable him
to continue himself in Con.
gress.
This charge and howl is the
W orst of rot, as the rule was
not adopted arbitrarily by a
r tucker committee as charged
or Mansur committee either,
but that rule was agreed to by
both W. II. Mansur and w. w.
Rucker, and presented to the
Committee by both Candidates
in person, along with the other
rules and regulations and adopt
ed in their presence by the
whole committee without dis
senting vote, and with the APP.
proval of Mansur.
Now why should the Mansur
supporters howl at Rucker for
something Mansur agreed to,
and which was done upon the
agreement of both candidates for
Congress, and what is there in
it any way? We have no doubt
but that both distinguished
gentlemen would waive their
rights in the matter, if there is
any objection to it. and ask the
counties to elect or select the
Congressional Committeeman,
for if Rucl1er is strong enough
to carry county, this same
strength would select a COM
mitteeman that was friendly to
him, and the same is true if
Mansur should carry a county.
MILAN Standard.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-03-15
Churches.

GRACE BAPTIST-At I. O. O. F..
nall. Preaching every Sunday Hoo
a. M. and 1880 p. IN. Sunday school
9:45 a, m. B Y, 2, U. 300. Prayer
meeting Wednesday.
notwithstanding evepy SUNDAY
morning and evening Sunday
school at 9:45. B. Y.P. ID.
IN. Sunday. Prayer meeting We'd
nesday evening Deacons meeting at
z p. m. the last Sunday in leach
month Dean j. r. Pentuff, Supply.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES even y Sunday
at II d. m. and 8 p. m. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening. Sum
day school at 7. Y. p. s. C. E.
meeting at 2 p. m. Sunday. M. ].
Nicoson, pastor.
M. e. CHURCH, SOUTH-Seryices
every Sunday morning and evening.
Sunday school at $50. Epworth
League at $3.50 Jr. Epworth League
at 23O p. m. Mid-week prayer meeting
wednesday evening. Womans
Home Mission Society Thursday
in each month. Womans FOREIGN
Mission Society Thursday in each
month 2:3O Rev. J. A. WALES
pastor.
ST. JUDE'S EPISCOPAL-Sunda,
school at 9:45 a. m. Preaching a.
Hoo a. m. and 100 p. m. Sunday
Evening prayer meeting 500 p. m,
Friday. Rev. w. A. Hatch, Rector
PRESBYTERIAN - Services SECOND
and fourth Sundays morning ant
evening. Sunday school 9:45 a. m
Y. p S. G. E. meeting TOO p. m
Sunday. Mid-week prayer meetin.
mt 800 Wednesday evening. J. E
Travis pastor.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES at 500 and 1910
a. m. second and fourth Sundays il
each month. Father d. +. Sullivan
pastor.
BAPTIST, Colored.-Services the frs
Sunday in each month. ]. B. Haw
kins, pastor
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-03-15
DID YOU EVER?

No! / never have been so
overwhelmed with acres,-yes,
acres--of simple grandeur as
when Our train passed the Wick
flower farm at Despatch, N. Y.
Before us were immense strips
of beautiful clear pink,-sea
shell pink they call it,-remind-
ing one of the charming tint on
the lip of the conch she'll of the
Florida Keys; the most pleas
ing tint in the whole range of
color. These huge strips were
alternated with similar strips of
white, and this great garden of
the acres represented the lead
ing Asters of the day, Vick's
DAYBREAK and PURITY. Make
a note of this, for you want
these asters sure. Write fol-
the Garden and Floral Guide
Describes in full the new de-
parture in seed selling, anC
mention what you intend tc
plant, to JAMES VICK'S Sons,
Rochester, N. Y.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-03-15
FASHIONABLE GOWNS.

The aim of the most elegant.
ly dressed women is not so much
to follow the exact line of fash,
ion as to adopt it to their own
Individuality, and while retain
ing the general characteristics
to devise unique details which
shall make their apparel differ
emit from that Of others.
For example, one woman will
have the decolletage of hel
evening gown outlined by a
piping of scarlet velvet which
contrasts dazzlingly with the
skin.
Another will cut the edge in
to fantastic forms which resi-
upon the shoulders in points OIL
scallops with An odd effect.
An unusual arrangements ol
flowers, a daring combination o
colors-these are the resource:
for obtaining original results
Boston Traveller.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-03-15
HOLLAND.

The Dutch took Holland some
time ago and after watching
England's performance with
South Africa they are becoming
frightened and the next thing
you will hear will be that the
Hollanders have voluntarially
requested Germany to annex
her to prevent England from
sticking them down her greedy
NAV. The little nations are
being "assassinated" by, the
larger and stronger one,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-03-15
Court Directory.
MONROE COUNTY.

AUNHOH UOUNTYs
Circuit CouTt-Meets at Paris third Monday
In April and fourth Monday In October.
Probate Court-Reguiar terms Of Paris, second
Mondays in February, May, August and
November.
MARION COUNTY.
Circuit Oourt-Meets at Palmyra, second
Monday I'm February and Arst Monday in
September.
hannibal Court Of Rommen Pleas
second Monday in January. first Monday in
May and third Monday in September.
RAILS COUNTY,
Circuit Court-Meets ct New London, thiRd
Mondays in March and August.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-03-15
A BACHELORS REFLECTIONS,


A BACHELORS REFLECTIONS.
The best friend you think you
have in the world thinks he has
a better friend than you.
You can never find out much
about a man by asking him, or
about a woman by watching her.
The man who calls the woman
he is in love with a flower"
never caught her out in the rain
with no umbrella on.
A really good woman is never
able to decide which is the
dearer to her-her husbands
love or her own reputation.
Every woman who has been
married over two years goes to
her grave with the belief that
her husband has only been good
to lug things around, while she
mana ges.
A man always feels queer
when a woman tells him she is
crying because she is glad"
Among the women new conner
is never considered neighborly
until she has sent the hired girl
to borrow at least two nutmegs
and three cups OF sugar.-N. Y.
Press,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-03-15
Miss Mary Caldwell left last

Miss Mary Caldwell left last
week for the Future Great
where she joined Miss Maude
Evans who has been there sew
eral weeks. They will study
the art of building those won.
derful creations that ladies
wear as top rigging, together
and then bring a fine line Of the
beautiful things home with
them fog their spring trade.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-03-15
City Directory.
CITY OFFICIALS.

Grady: -
second Ward-D. A. Ely. J. W. Rel.
Hhrd WaTd-A. Boulware, d. d. Nelson
Secret Societies.
acknowledgements Lodge No. Ga, A. F..
&c A. M, meets first and third Satur-
day nights of each month.
Monroe City r. A. Chapter, No. 1O4
meets fourth Monday nights in each
month.
ODD FELLows-Monroe City LODGE.
No. 26S, meets every Thursday night.
SUPREME COURT OF HONOR
roe District Court No. 467 meets
every Monday night.
"A: o. o. W. Monroe City Lodge, No
1906 meets first and third FRIDAY
nights of each month.
MODERN WoopMEN-Monro e Citv
Camp, No. 1896 meets every Friday
night.
The r. N. Of AS meet LIST. and 3rd-
tuesday evening lin. the M. W.
A. hall.
r. Il. o. Sisterhood, Monroe Citv
chapter Fl. meets the second and
fourth Saturdays in each month.
MASONIC, Colored. -Advance Lodge
No. b, meets first and third Tuesday
nights in each month.
BETHLEHEM CHAPTER No. d meets
Ast Thursday in each month.
VIRGINIA COURT meets 1st Thursday
in each month.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-03-15

Col. Leroy Black, was able to
be out last week, for the first
time in several. He looked per-
fectly natural standing around
the n & st Joe Station,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-03-15

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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-03-15

Eugene Madden is a happy
and coutented man. A bouncing
boy has arrived at his home,
Iron County register., 1900-02-22
Perjury and Treason.

A black and ominous cloud of trea-
son is lowering over the Capitol at
Washington. The Hannaite majority
of the committee on ways and means
in the House of Representatives and
the Senate committee on the Pacific
Islands and Porto Rico have formu-
lated bill for the government of Porto
Rico that is clearly beyond the con-
stitutional powers of Congress to enact.
The enactment of the proposed bill will
be an act of the blackest treason. The
measure is such that no man can vote
for it without being open to. the charge
of treason and perjury. If the pro-
posed bill should be enacted into alaw,
receiving the signature of the Presl-
dent, it will be an act of usurpation
clearly beyond the authority of the
Congress or President, and will be the
first step toward the destruction of the
government OF the fathers and the
founding of an empire.
Congress itself is a creature of the
The Constitution is its
breath of life. The Constitution not
only confers existence upon Congress
but it specifically defines the powers
and limitations of that branch of the
government. II Congress can disre-
gard the mandates of the Constitution
in regard to the most vital power with
which 1t is invested. namely, that of
levying taxes and collecting them. it
can with equal authority disregard
every other mandate or Limitation
placed upon it. II they refuse to
recognize the authority OF the people
as expressed in the Constitution as To-
Iron County register., 1900-02-22
Gone, But Not Forgotten.

If there was any jar throughout the
western end of the country caused by
the fitting up of the eastern end of it,
when Count Boni de Castellane stepped
from land the other day onto the ship
that was freighted with the immense
responsibility of transporting him and
his belongings back to his much-to-be
commiserated France, the people of
that section were too busy keeping
evidently in much better favor with his
wife's kin on the occasion of his out
going than on that of his incoming.
None of them were at the pier to meet
the funny little fellow when he landed
in New York. but the day he took his
departure his sister-in-law and his
brother-in-law accompanied him to the
wharf and waved their handkerchiefs
frantically at him in token of affection
ate farewell as the vessel bearing him
away sped out to sea.
They showed they were as glad to
see him go as they had been sorry to
see him come.
Evidently their rejoicings will not be
long lived, for he assured the reporters,
who collect the humorous news for the
New York papers, that he intends to
visit the United States very often, and
that he will be back again in the fall.
Probably this is an indication that the
amount of money he succeeded in bor-
rowing on his wife's property. or from
some of his rich kin, is only sufficient
to last him till 1.-THE leaves begin to
turn"
At any rate, he is not, II his state
ments are to be relied on, going to de-
vote his entire time between now and
then to spending money. A part of his
leisure he has planned to devote to get
ting even with De Rodays, editor of
Figaro, who has made so much game
of the amusing Castellane for many
weeks. He will first wait till he ex-
tracts 100000 frances out of that
damage suit he has instituted against
De Rodays. Afterward, if the ..base
canaille does not apologize, Count
Boni declares he will '.heze bones
br-r-reak."
Meanwhile, the world will patiently
wait to ascertain what the editor will
do while the bone breaking operation
is going on.-K. C. Times
Iron County register., 1900-02-22
NUMBER IS,

system for curing diseases, and is to
be feared for dangerous results which
would naturally be caused thereby.
He furthermore stated that manipula-
tion of the body. instead of being g
cure for Bright's disease aud diabetes,
and for scarlet fever, appendicitis, re,
tentiOn of urine, and other diseases
which osteopaths aver could be cured
by manipulation, would do the patient
no good, but on the contrary positive
harm. DR.. Mathews even went so far
as to assert that osteopathy, upon the
lines of the treatment laid down by the
plaintiff. was as a system very foolish
and would be more likely to kill pa
tients receiving it than benefit them
According to the testimony proffered
in the foregoing trial massage is the
magical means by which osteopaths
perform their vaunted cures. The fact
that massage exerts a beneficial effect
upon a certain class of maladies will
be denied by no physician. But when
its exponents claim that it will relieve
and cure organic disease, it is time in
deed that the gullible public should be
defended against itself.