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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-12
GOV. STEUNENBERG MISREPRE-
SCENTED.

Governor Steunenberg of Idaho, has
been calling down some of the yellow
journals, especially the San Francisco
Examiner. and the New York Journal
or Mr.. w. r. Heart. Both these Dem
ocratic papers misrepresented the gov
errors testimony in the Idaho mining
Investigation. They exaggerated that
given by the rioters; minimized, con-
ocratic papers misrepresented the gov
by the authorities. The governor pro-
nounces as an outrageous lie the state
ment OF the Democratic yellows that
when he gave James r. Sovereign as
his authority for certain statements to
which he testified. Sovereign arose
and exclaimed, THAT is lie!" On the
contrary, as every one present knows,
Sovereign sat silent and abashed, and
said nothing.
AT the conclusion OF the CJeu
dAlene investigation in WASHINGTON,
when Attorney Robertson was arguing
on behalf of the miners Of Idaho, he
held the Republican members OF tn /,
military affairs committee respons de
for the failure to subpoena e iward
Boyce, labor leader, and Father Beck
er, the Catholic priest. He said that no
less than five applications had be n
made for these witnesses, but the com
mittee would not send for them. Chair
man Hull interrupted Mr.. Robertson
calling his attention TO the fact that all
OF the Republicans but one had voted
in favor Of subpoenaing Father Becker,
and all of the Democrats but one had
voted against it. 1t was tie vote, and
the proposition was lost. Mr.. Sulzer,
during one of the hearings, dramatical-
ly demanded that these witnesses be
sent for, but when the matter wa
brought up In executive session he was
silent and made no motion. On an
other occasion he voted against send
ing for Father Becker.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-12
Story Of the NIinuet.

There is an interesting story told Of
the minuet, which is, perhaps,the most
popular of all Paderewski's compost
tions. Paderewski, while a professor
at the Conservatoire Of Warsaw. was
one evening at the house Of the Polish
poet, Swicztochowski, who expressed
the opinion that no living composer
could compare with Mozart in beauty
and simplicity. At the moment Pa
derewski merely shrugged his shout
ders, but the following evening he APP
peared and asked permission to play
his host little thing Of Mozart's
which perhaps he did not know. He
played the minuet. Swlcztochowski
was enraptured and cried triumphant
ly: Now you must acknowledge that
a piece like that could not have been
written in our time!" WELL" said
Paderewski, quietly, that happens to
be minuet composed by me-"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-12
BRYAN A FALSE PROPHET

Extract from speech in Congress on
June by Representative Fowler:
AT New Haven, Conn, he Bryan in
1886 said:
No party ever declared in its plat
form that 1t was in favor of hard times.
and yet the party that declares for a
gold standard In substance declares for
a continuation of hard times.
The very hour that the result of the
election was known, times began to
grow better.
At Minneapolis, Mimi, he said:
The gold standard means dearsr
money; dearer money means cheaper
property; cheaper property means
harder times; harder times mems
more people out of work; more people
out of work means more people desti-
tute; more people destitute means more
people desperate; more people desc err
ate means more crime.
Every month since the national e'ec-
ton money has been growing ca r,
lower, and cheaper; property of every
description has been gradually but con-
stantly rising; fewer and fewer people
are out of work; fewer people are des-
titute and crime has constantly de-
creased. These statements, with the
various changes rung on them. con- tt
tute all that Mr.. Bryan said in those
unnumbered speeches in 1896, and
there is hardly shred Of fact or truth
left in any one of them.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-12
EXPANSION THE CHIEF ISSUE
This Country Has No Interest In Foreign Affairs
Why Labor Is Prosperous False
Prophet---Indisputable Facts. Governor Steun
enberg Misrepresented.
: . NsIoN IS THE CHIEF ISSUE.

,xpANsIoN IS THE CHIEF ISSUE.
The London Times, as well as other
,oreien papers, British, German or
rrsnch. occasionally say something
rransihle about American politics. The
r;mes saws that the Boer question
In not figure in the canvass OF 1900
= this country. THE real issue" 1t
aaoiares. lis expansion. and the forth
.oming election will decide whether
No country is to remain within con-
irental limits or to see transmarine
synansion." The South African war.
e n views the situation in the United
states is not going to be discussed
nth any prominence in the campaign.
There is sense in this forecast. The
limited States has SO many issues OF
its own that 1t Is not compelled to go
abroad to get questions to discuss. All
that will be left of the South African
question by the time the election In
This country occurs in November will
no the purely political aspect, and
that ia a matter which will have to be
dealt with by the British voters. 1t
will be a matter of England's internal
interests, and the United States will
have neither the right nor the dispo-
sition to interfere in 1t In the slight
est degree.
II will be we'll for the individuals
who are trying to put the Beers In
American politics to understand that
the United States has passed beyond
the period wheo its elections turned on
European concerns. Since the end Of
the war of 1925 the United States
has cut loose from all entangling alli-
apces with Old World prejudices or in
terests. The war Of 1776 gave Ameri-
ca political independence. That OF
1912 gave it social independence. This
is a nation of $4,000, 900 Of people. 1t
has many concerns Of its own, which
II asserts the right to deal with in
its own time and in its own way. Eng
land, Germany, Russia, France and
the other great countries also have Is
sues of their own, with which neither
the United States nor any other coun-
try has any right to interfere. There
Is much sympathy for the Beers in the
United States, and there Is hope that
they will eventually gain fair share
of independence in their new affilia-
lions, but neither the South African
nor any other strictly Old World con-
Germ is going to be made an issue Ia
the coming presidential canvass. We
will talk about the Philippines, Cuba
and other questions with which We are
directly concerned, but we will let
British, German, Russian and all other
sorts of foreign politics alone.-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-12
HARMLESS GERMS.
A Little knowledge Is Dangerous
Thing.

A Little knowledge Is Dangerous
Thing.
In the abundant talk about bacteria,
during these later years, there Is
cause for alarm to those In whom "a
little knowledge is dangerous thing"
II the air is swarming with bacilli,
say they, where Is safety? How shall
the human organism protect itself? At
first the wind Of science swept us into
mad generalization. Germs were
everywhere. and all germs were harm
full; therefore. the more food, clothing
and coins were sterilized, the better
for us. Then, when 1t was discovered
that not only the food We eat, the air
we breathe, but the surface and cavi-
ties of our bodies. swarmed with bac-
terra, while we might be enjoying ro-
bust health. 1t was decided that only
certain forms of germ growth were
harmful. These were labeled with
great care and ingenuity until 1t SEEM
ed as If every disease was at last pro-
vided with specific cause; and as
soon as that was done, farther adj
vance in science made us aware that
even a specific disease germ has no
power except under favorable condi-
tions, where the body is disposed to
that disease. Ferdinand Hueppe, the
German professor of hygiene, has re-
Gently declared that the causes Of ill
ness can no longer be regarded as II
they were as simple as a problem In
botany. No germ, however deadly,
can be the sole cause of disease. nor
can it produce poisonous effects in
more than one body in four, even
though it enter them. The conditions
prevailing in the cells and fluids of a
given body may change the deadly
germs of tuberculosis or cholera to
harmless products. when no sus-
ceptibility to disease exists, we may
harbor the bacillus with impunity."
Therefore, while no care should be
omitted to bring about the best sani-
tary conditions, we need not give way
to hysterical horror over germs. BY
keeping the body in condition of
good general health, we are doing all
in our power to thwart the criminal
class of bacilli and to give the police
man germ a chance-Youths' Com
panion.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-12
WHY PROSPERITY FOR LABOR.

Prosperity keeps on visiting wage
earners in all parts Of the country. In
Brooklyn, N. Y, the pipe caulkers and
tappers have secured SO and an eight
hour day. The Seigel, Cooper Com
pany has placed its stores. both in
New York and Chicago, on the cooper
alive plan. the employees to share in
the profits. At Troy, N. Y, painters
have secured an eight-hour day with
cunt any reduction in wages. At Jack
sonville, Fla. the large East Florida
Printing Company has become un-
Ion shop, with shorter hours and high
er pay for the hands. Two mines In
Maryland have agreed to pay Is cents
a ton increase to miners. Boiler
makers in the Roanoke and Western
railroad shops have been given an adj
vance. Nearly all the largs shops in
Omaha have signed a scale of 40
cents an hour for sheet metal work
ers. In Kansas City the carpenters
are getting 37k cents an hour. At
Bay City, Mich, the street car men
have been given nine-hour day. At
Providence. r. L.. 500 machinists have
been given an advance in wages and a
nine-hour day. In Philadelphia the
National Bible Publishing Company's
pressmen have been given an advance
in pay. At Elwood, Ind, an advance
OF 2A to cents an hour has been
granted to workers in the building
trades. A 5 per cent increase has be IN
given to 10000 stove moulders all over
the country. At st. Joseph, Mo-, the
plumbers have been given an advance
of rs cents day. At Taylorville, H.,
$50 more coal miners will be employed
At Indianapolis, carpenters have been
given cents an hour advance, an
eight-hour day, time and half for
overtime, and double pay for Sundays
and holidays. Plumbers there receive
$21 for forty-seven hour week. At
Denver the bricklayers have been Civ
en- IS per day of eight hours. At Potts
vile, Pa, 300 miners are receiving bet
ter pay In the collieries. At Newton,
Pa, all wage-earners have been grant
ed nine-hour day. At Quakertown,
Pa, an advance has been given to 100
cigar-makers. At Cumberland, Md,
about 1000 miners have been given an
advance of 10 ce0ts a day. At Millville,
N. j.. more pay has been granted to
6iaoo -pio"Cio dhd HUH luth Will Dc
employed. At Trenton, N. j., puddlers
have had their wage increased so
cents, and now receive 81 day.
Employment agents at Omaha report
that nobody need be idle there who
waots work. At Houghton, Mich.
there is scarcity of men to work the
copper mines. The b. & o. r. r. has
let contracts for 81 500, 900 for improve
ments, which will furnish work for
many men. Vessels loaded at Phila-
delphia have been unable to sail for
lack of sailors and bonus has been
offered to secure them. The Reading
Railroad will spend 81 $50, 900 to con
struct a belt line around Reading, en-
ploying many more men. At Con-
shohocken, Pa, the Longmead Iron
Company has increased its output and
put 200 more men at work. At Read
ing, Pa, cigar-makers are booming
having turned out 10000 900 cigars in
three months.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-12
INDISPUTABLE FACTS.

The Washington Post, in an able ed
itorial, contrasts the surplus Of almost
three hundred million dollars in the
Urited States treasury at the present
time, with the balance four years ago
which was the result of bond issues in
time of peace. 1t also shows that
Notwithstanding the heavy war ex-
penses that have been, and arc being
incurred, the surplus for this fiscal
year will amount to about $65,O0O,OO0
as compared with the deficit OF nearly
100000, 900 four years ago. 1t Is point
ed out that this is not the result OF
the war taxes alone, because, compar-
ing the month of May this year with
May, 1896. there was an increase OF al
most $6,500,0O0 this year In receipts
from customs alone.
The people OF the United States are
paying 100000 a day for tropical
products used in American manufac-
lures, or for food and drink. Most Of
the articles can be produced in more
or less degree In the islands which
have recently come into closer rela-
tionship wit hthe United States. These
articles comprise sugar, coffee, silk,
rubber, fibres, fruits and nuts, tobacco,
tea, cotton, gums, cocoa. spices, rice,
cabinet and dye woods, liquorice root,
indigo, cork wood, ivory, sponges, etc
AS our island possessions begin to de-
velop under American administration
we shall procure more of such articles
from those sources, and In return for
our purchases the people of the islands
VIII buy more of the products Of our
farms and factories.
The Pacific Slope, from Puget Bound
10 Lower California is unit for expan-
sion. The voters out there will no
more vote to retire from the Philip
pines than New Workers would vote to
abolish all Atlantic commerce. 1t is
not difficult to convince them that trade
follows the flag.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-12
strange Duel.

Three of Col. Pitchers men were I'M
able to hear the signal to retire when
Col. Pitcher withdrew from Ladybrand
and were taken prisoners by the Beers.
subsequently duel was fought be-
tween one of these men armed with a
sword and a Boer armed with rife.
The latter shot the soldier through the
hand. but was Immediately run
through the body by his adversary.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-12

The treasury department has used
about $2S, 1000, 900. of its surplus, and
will use about $25,000000 more, In re-
funding high priced bonds, thus max
ing saving in interest to the treasury
department. On this account it was
DOT deemed advisable to reduce the
war revenue taxes at the last session
of congress. The committee on ways
and means, however. has obtained
leave to sit during the recess. and
should the present rate of surplus con-
tinue, bill to reduce the revenue viii
be pushed through at the next session.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-12

Tommy" said father to his pre-
cocious 5-year-old son and heir. your
mother tells me she gives you pennies
to be good. Do you think that Is
right?" "Of course it Is" replied
Tommy, lyon certainly don't want me
to grow up and be good for nothing.
do your"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-12

Since 1897 there has been a general
upward movement in the prices o
commodities in the United States. This
was the cry Of the Democratic party in
1896: Give US free silver and prices
will advance all along the line" But
the Republicans killed free silver and
prices went up all the same.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-12
SAME OLD CIRCUS.
Same old circus,

Same old band:
Same old sawdust,
Same old stand;
Same old beasts and
Same parade;
Same old peanuts,
Same lemonade;
Same old clown and
Same old jest;
Same old crowd with
Brand-new Zest.
Same old Bryan,
= Same old planks;
Same old platform,
Same old cranks:
Same old howls and
Same laments;
Same old Pops In
Same old tents;
Same old speeches,
Same old tricks;
Same free coinage
AS In ninety-six.
Chicago Record
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-12
SHARPSHOOTING
From Various Kopjes.

The anti-imperialist cause is visibly
shrunken to the dimensions of an AM
erican League to promote murder and
robbery in the Philippines.
About the only argument in favor OF
the nomination of NJ. Hearst on the
Democratic ticket Is the fact that he
has literary bureau already In oper-
alton.
Mr.. Bryan is right about one thing.
The country would be no more likely
to trust him If he reversed himself ON
the old ratio.
Who would have thought that SOL
der with the military reputation of
Colonel Bryan would try to fight this
campaign with last campaigns burnt
out powder?
Chairman Jones gives IL out that the
kansas City hotels are all right, the
charges are reasonable and the cuisine
perfect. The committee on benZine has
not yet reported.
The predictions that Bryan viii be
elected are all discredited by the fact
that business is still driving along in
vigorous and confident way without
fear of the future.
The official Democratic button this
year is to be 10 the shape Of a tri-
follate clover, which will make it in
cumDent upon The Republicans to Sc
lect horseshoe design.
Admiral Dewey insists that he
stands just where he did three months
ago. And furtherfore in the matter
or retaining the Philippines, he wants
IL distinctly understood that he stands
Just where he did on the 1st of May.
1898.
Nebraska stands first at present in
its prospects for large wheat crop.
Bryan is still dangling free silver be-
fore the voters of the state, but he
can't catch them again by pretending
that wheat aod silver go up and down
| together.
The insincerity of the Democratic
leaders on the trust question was dem
| onstrated in the house of representa-
tives when they declined to vote with
the Republicans for a constitutional
amendment which would have taken
the evil in hand 10 an effective man.
ner. The Democratic leaders don't
want the trusts destroyed. They need
them for campaign material.
If the hard times that the country
suffered during the former administra-
ton were not on account of, but in
spite of, Democratic effort to prevent
them. and the present prosperity is due
not to Republican efforts to bring II
about, but in spite of the same, the
only safe thing for the lover of pros
perity to do is to endeavor to keep that
party in power whoze plumbers make
good times.
The Republican majority for SUI
preme judge in Oregon is 10,3S0 and for
the two Republican representatives to
congress 11,761. And yet Senator
Jones, chairman of the Democratic ma
tional committee, predicts that Mr..
Bryan will gain Ia the Pacific and
new states, even claiming the Dakotas.
Of all the silly predictions made by
Bryanites during 1896 those of Sena-
tor Jones were the silliest and the most
frequent.
Oregon wool prices are interes ing
as the following values, at which the
same staple grades were sold in that
state, show:
High. Low Average
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-12

These figures represent the deposits
In all banks In Nebraska under state
supervision only. The decline during
the Democratic administration of 1893
~ Is as remarkable as the increase In
deposits under the present administra-
ton OF President Mckinley.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-12
A STRIKING EXAMPLE.

Nebraska affords striking horrible
example of the effects of a Democratic
administration and free trade tariff.
It's bank deposits show 1t:
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-12

The Portland Oregooian has been
unkind enough to rake up letter writ
ten by Thomas Jefferson in October,
1928. part of which runs: by acced-
ing to her (England's) proposition we
detach her from the band Of despots,
bring her mighty bulk into the scale
of free government and emancipate a
continent at one stroke. Great Brit
ain is the nation which can do us the
most harm of any one, or of all, on
earth, and with her on our side we
need not fear the whole world" There
seems to be aoother hitch between the
principles of Jefferson" and those of
Bryan.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-12
High. Low Average
Cents. Cents. Cents.

During the last three years, on clip
of 100000 pounds, there has been an
average gain of half million dollars
to the farmers of Oregon every year.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-12

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The committee with the candi.
dates now appear.
Mr. Darragh addressed the conven-
ton. He thanked them and especially
thanked his own delegation and
friends who had worked so faithfully
in his interest. He pledged his faith
ful efforts to the district, the state
and the nation. His clean, logical,
clear cut sentences won the good will
OF the convention.
Congressman Mesick followed in
facetious speech which excited a
great deal OF laughter. He pledged
himself and his county TO give Mr..
Darragh an immense majority.
Mr.. DoddS highly complimented
Mr.. Darragh, and said that next to
being the nominee himself, he was
pleased TO see Mr.. Darragh successful.
He brought forth good natured APP
plauSe and laughter by saying: III it
does not make any difference TO you,
would prefer TO make the first speech
next time"
j. w. Milliken began by Saying: Il
can scarcely find words to express my
gratitude-Nr. Chairman | believe
| have begun on the wrong speech"
1t was hit and everybody laughed.
Both Mr.. Milliken and Mr.. Callaghas,
who followed, compllmented Mr. Oar
ragh and pledged him their hearty
support
The whole convention was in
happy state OF mind, and the utmost
harmony prevailed Mr. Darragh
was undoubtedly the second choice OF
nearly all the Mesick men rs he was
of all DoddS men, and his nomination
Is everywhere conceded TO be the be,t
possible thing for the party.