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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-04
1T is POSSIBLE.


New York is the most independent
state in the Union. Beginning With
1872 we have at once this picture of in.
dependent voting:
lS72-Grant (President) 5s,524. Re.
publican.
ls74-Tilden (President) 5O,3l7. DEM
ocratic.
In 1875, 1876 and 1877 the state con.
tnued to go democratic. In 1879 a
split in the democratic party, with Rob
inson and Kelly both running for gov.
ernor, gave the republicans 42,777 plu-
rality. The republicans carried the
state in 1880 for Garfield by 2l,oss iplu-
raiity. Then came the revolution
as shown in these figures:
lSSl-Secretary Of State-l3O 222
Republican.
lsS2-Governor-l92,s54. Democrat
ic.
1sS3-Secretary Of State Is ,5s3. Re,
publican.
l984-President--l,O4 ,O47. Democratic.
The ress son was the people resented
the interference of the federal govern
ment in the Cleveland Folger campaign
OF 1882 and recorded their resentment
in a plurality Of l92,S54 for Cleveland.
Then the republicans won again, and
then the people, attracted by Cleve-
lands candidacy for the presidency,
gave the democrats plurality in 1884.
In 1885 this plurality increased TO
II 600; in 1886 it was 5000; in 1887 it
was 1900. Then came the notable
illustration of independent voting on
election day, 1888:
Harrison (President) 1902 Repub.
lican.
Hill (Goyernor)-l9,l7l. Democratic.
In 1889 and 1891 the democrats car.
ried the state. In 1892 Cleveland IS
plurality was $500. From 1898 to 1896
the republicans carried the state on the
silver issue. Now compare the results
in 1896 and 1897:
1896-Mckinley (President) 26s, 400.
Republican.
lS97-Parker (Chief Jus tice) 60;sse.
Democratic.
Is there any more remarkable exam.
pie of independent voting than New
York? Is it not more encouraging to
MIR. Bryan? New York voted against
him on the silver question. Its history
shows that with that question out Of
the way itmay easily vote with him.
New York w World.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-04
LOSING HIS TEMPER.
AB6olUIECY PURE

1t is good sign that the republican
boss, Mark Hanna, is not only discour.
aged by the progress of the campaign,
but is losing his temper and taking to
personal abuse and vilification of Mr..
Bryan says the Pittsburg Post. In his
speech at Chicago. on Tuesday he talked
of tearing the mask from the face of
that arch-hypocrite, Bryan" following
this up with d variety of falsehoods and
misrepresentation as tos Mr.. Bryan's
position and gloriticationsof Hanna as a
friend Of labor and lifelong advocate
of the interests of workingmen. Mr..
Bryan's daily speeches, which are not
only listened to by tens Of thousands,
but in printed form reach millions the
day after their delivery fully answer
the low and vulgar abuse Of Mark
Hanna. Mr.. Bryan never descends to
anything Of this kind. Its is left to the
Hannas ofspolitics the blackmailcrs Of
trusts and the bulldozers of labor.
When Hanna vouches for himself as q
special friend oflabor;. he ignores the
fact that such idle boasting is read in
Ohio, where his open record and secret
acts are we'll known, and where he is
recognized as the treacherous assailant
of the interests Of labor. We do not
regret the campaign has assumed the
shape cf abuse of Bryan by Hanna. 1t
invites comparison between the two
men, and between Bryan and Mckinley
who is merely jumping jack in poll
tics for Hanna's manipulation.
In the collection of trust and monop-
ly representatives Hanna got together
at Chicago for the purpose of fat frying
he gave very blue account of the re.
publican outlook in some of the western
states conceded to be decisive of the
presidential election. He, does not find
things looking as he would wish in
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and even New
York he comedies to be;a danger point
for the Mckinleyites. The frankness
of Hanna is generally held to be a de.
vice to draw funds from backward con-
tributors. He does not find in the
matter Of assessments the ground as
easy plowing o four years ago. In one
& liS Y 8 IS /, I sssss he bageed
4 million of dollars il 1893 for political
purposes. he admits he has been able to
exsract only $4,000 thisl year. With
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-04
M'GINNIs AT SHENANDOAH.

Thursday night the sound of music
and the tread Of hurrying feet an
nounced that the political campaign
in Shenandoah had opened in earnest
and dem ocracy in the person of the
Hon.. V. r. McGinnis unfolds to an
attentive audience the principles advo-
Gated.
The opera house was packed. Ham.
ilton's Juvenile Band furnished the
music. Prominent members of the party
occupied the stage.
Mr.. McGinnls is an entertaining
speaker. Every utterance Is measured
with seriousness and calm Judgment.
His declarations are terse and effective.
The issues are stated and then estab.
llshed by an abundance of evidences.
The speaker considered the Philippine
question, imperialism, the trusts and
the money question IN the order
named. The position taken by the
democratic party on the same was
clearly and definitely outlined. We
would gladly repeat the noteworthy
declarations made upon each question
but there were 80 many deserving of
mention that greater space than this
issue will permit would be necessary.
We would say to those who failed to
attend that they missed good political
treat.
Mr.. McGinnis is making clean and
effective campaign. Scorning to stoop
to an abuse of the opposition and hav-
ing the manhood to laud their worthy
efforts and their virtues, he is gaining
admirers on every occasion and wins by
his personal bearing as we'll as by his
deep and earnest advocacy of his party's
principles.
Quite number of ladies were present
and evidenced deep concern in politi-
cal affairs by their close attention. The
campaign opened under encouraging
auspices. Let US keep our shoulder to
the wheel and let the opposition wait
for November surprise. .-snenandoa oah
World.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-04
THEN AND NOW.

The republican campaign text book
for 1892 (pages 157 to 159, gives the
following as the position Of the re-.
publican party at that time on the
question f d lRimetalism:
"Nine-tenths the people are bi-
metalists. They want both money
metals used, because they believe both
are needed to sustain the worlds COM
merce. The republican party honest
ily and intelligently answers their
wishes. President Harrison is a BIZ
metalist, as his official papers and
speeches show. The republican plat
form declares for bimetalism and in
that respect faithfully represents
the course Of the party. The re.
publican policy seeks a. broader
monetary basis. The worlds COM
merce expands so rapidly-the volume
of paper currency and of various credit
substitutes for money, which must
be supported by the specie basis, has
become SO vast-that scarcely any can
be found to deny that commerce and
industry would be safer If the entire
stock of $3,7ll,345,OOO gold and $3,-
$685. 900 silver in the world (see es-
innate of Director of the Mint Leech,
Table Az, could be freely employed
as foundation, instead of only part
of that amount. As matters stand in
the great commercial nations of the
world, the credit system and the com.
mercial exchanges now rest upon the
stock of gold as the only basis. A
bimetallic system would render the
commerce and industry of these ma.
tions safer and more healthy. Serious
losses and great risks are incurred
through the constant disturbance Of
exchanges between gold-using and sill
ver.using countries. Even in Great
Britain, where gold monometalism is
worshiped AS it is nowhere else, the
greatest statesmen and the most pow
erful boards of trade are at their wits
end to discover some way of escaping
the frightful losses in commerce with
the east which have this very year
involved great banks and firms in
ruin. !"
The money plank of the republican
party adoptedsat Philadelphia June 2l,
1900, states:
"We declare our steadfast opposi.
ton to the free and unlimited coin.
age of silver. We renew our allegi.
ance to to the principle of the gold
standard.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-04
Hon. v. r. McGinnis. who,is a candi

Hon. v. R. McGinnis, who.is candi.
date for congress against Peter Hep
burn in the eighth district, is making
many friends and many votes in his
manly, honorable canvass throughout
the district. Wherever he has spoken
he makes an impression that BODIES no
good for Hepburn's success. Every
voter can cast his ballot for Mr.. McGin-
mis- with perfect satisfaction, knowing
that he will make congressman who
will look after the interests Of the peo-
pie and not Of the railroads and other
corporate interests. Bedford Free
Press.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-04

Col Hepburn, Of this county when
hers republican candidate for con-
gre from this district, said in Osceo-
Ia, ~ I 1l - Ao Declaration OF
dependence 13-the grandast document
except the Bible eyer written-was
good rhetoric, nice to listen to, but it
was impracticable." When the Decla-
ration Of Independence is not good
enough for congressman he ought to
be put on the retired list. Mr.. Hep
burn, we will retire you November g.
Shenandoah World.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-04
a WORD TO DEMOCRATS.

reports multiply tb2teal q last des-
perate el ds trusts sSsisfs
t.!ss country. propose to adopt
'again the methods used before for the
coercion of the people by bringing on,
just prior to the election, A Panic.
This done, and 1t can easily be done
by the industries and financial agencies
which Mark Hanna typifes, the cry
will be raised by republican newspapers
and speakers that the panic is wholly
due to apprehension Of the democratic
party at the polls and that only by Nc
kinley's reelection can prosperity be
regained. No long political memory is
needed to recall the success with which
this game was played to force the re-
peal OF the Sherman purchase law in
1898. True, in accomplishing their OBJ
Ject, the financiers nearly bankrupted
themselves and might have wholly
bankrupted themselves had not SUI
pine and unfaithtul secretary of the
treasury and comptroller Of the cu1.
rency allowed the New York banks to
violate every portion of the National
bank act and to continue in business
for weeks while admitting bankruptcy
by refusing to pay their depositors.
To-day after four years of Mckinley.
ism the monopolists of money and of
industry are vastly stronger than they
were in '93 or '96. In '96 Individual
employers coerced their workmen by
declaring that they would shut down
their plants if Bryan were elected. To-
day one man sitting in gorgeous office
on Broad or Wall streets, New York,
can send like notice to the thousands
OF employees of twenty or forty formerly
independent factories now welded into
one trust under his control.
In '96 the banks were an organized.
coherent and conscienceless force for
the coercion of their customers. To- dav
there are fewer small banks and more
big ones. The process of consolidation
has proceeded there as in other indus
trial enterprises so that again word
spoken from New York at the behest Of
the few men can shake the financial
system of the entire nation;
The devices which we're tried 40 s,c
cessfully in '93 and again in '96 will no,
improbably be attempted again. If i,
succeeds, there is no reason why time
after time our national elections should
not turn on the whim of a few million.
aire monopolists. That would be eouiy.
alent to the end of the republican form
Of government. 1t is for the people oi
this nation to prepare to meet this line
of political warfare. Let them bear in
! mind that though there was promised
an Immediate era of prosperity after Nc
kinley's election, there followed per.
iod of multiplied bankruptcies checked
only by natural and not political forces
The fnanciers may threaten and
the trusts bull-doze, but they cannot
permanently crush down the industries
of the nation without themselves falling
beneath the ruins. Their worst will be
done prior to the election. If the people
take the reins of government into their
hands, there will be NO oopportunity.tfor
successful repetition of the effort to CO.
cree whole nation.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-04

An able writer, once well known and
popular as a contributor to the Wiscon.
sin press says: ''We have slaughtered
80, 900 men for no cause but their deter
mination to be free. and have erased
cities and villages from the earth"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-04
POINTS WORTH REMEMBERING.

The democratic national platform in
brief, stands for:
The Declaration Of Independence.
The Constitution of the United States
Fair treatment Of Porto Rico, under
the constitution, observing faithfully
every pledge made to them.
Prompt and honest fulfillment of every
pledge made to the Cubans
Independence and a protectorate fol
the Filipino, the same as the Cuban.
Expansion for trade, but opposed tc
seizing and holding territory which can
not be governed under our constitution
No taxation without representation
Government by consent of the gov
erned alone.
The Monroe doctrine in spirit ane
letter.
Opposed to militarism and larg,
standing army in time of peace as ,
menace to liberty.
Unceasing war on private monopoliel
and trusts in every form.
Enforcement Of antitrust laws.
Tariff for revenue only.
Enlargement of the powers Of the in
terstate commerce commission.
An American financial system, mad.
by Americans for America, the free coin
age Of silver and gold at the legal ratio
Of l6 to1, and all money, gold, silver and
paper to be issued by the government
aud all legal tender for all debts, publ,
and private.
Reduction of the public debt.
Retirement of national bank notes tt
be substituted for government money.
Election of United States senators BY
direct vote of the people.
Opposed to government by injunction
and the black list.
Liberal pensions to American soldier
and sailors.
Government construction Of Nicarau
qua canal.
Statehood for Arizona, New Mexico
and Oklahoma and territorial govern
ment for Alaska and Porto Rico.
Improving and reclaiming arid land
of the west.
Chinese exclusion law.
Friendship with all nations entangl
ing alliances with none.
Graduated income tax.
Sympathy with Boer republics.
Opposed to lavish appropriations ant
war tax levies.
Opposed to ship subsidy bill.
Reduction and speedy repeal Of un
necessary war taxes.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-04

When our republican spellbinders
are denouncing the south for disfran-
chising negroes by putting an educa-
tional qualification in their constitution
they should be asked why in Porto
Rico an educational qualification is ap.
piled. They should be asked why the
colored Filipinos are denied the privi.
lege Of self government on the ground
Of alleged unftness.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-04
CONGRESSIONAL TICKET.
STATE TICKET.


!; For Secretary Of State.
:-ss 8. sR. CHA of Folk County -
1nss Ia sef teSSte b 4
y. esiAaOl, of Dels! sase tounty.
IL Z. WiELiAlsss y sUihiien connsy.
4 For Attorney Genera 4, e. s
C.J. HARPER, OF Des MOfnes County.
Il For Judge Of Supreme Court,
J.. W.ElkEEIAND, Of Wayne County.
For Railroad Commissioner
J. E. ANDERSON, OF ofWinncbago County
For Electors atLarge,
JOSEPH ElBOECK. Of Polk County.
q. IA. MAGKEY, Of Wapello, County.
For District Electors.
Tirst-F r. MILLER, Washington.
~ I &c. nd-F. u KELSEY. Jackson
y Z ahS10-JOHN ELWANGER, Dubuque.
FOurth-M. j. CARTER, Winneshiek
Iifth-H. M. REBOK. Tama.
isg Sixth-J. G. WILLIAMS. MahnslSa,
SeveLth-C. g. LOOMS, Polk.
as sEiRhth- M. b. MARING, App8noose
Ninth. y. SHAY, Pottawattamfe.
Tenth-L. ]. ANDERSON, Carroll
k.tVenth-W. W. STOWE, Dickinson.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-04
The republicans think

The republicans think it impudent
for Mr.. Bryan to condemn our Philip.
pine policy while his partisans in the
south are stamping out negro suffrage.
The Baltimore Sun, (gold dem.) says;
cit is the essence of hypocrisy for the
republican party to condemn negro
.disfranchisment, while it is riding rough.
shod over the political rights of the is.
lands acquired from Spain.'
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-04
Favorable reports of McGinnis come
from all over the district.

A quarter Of million inhabitants Of
Pennysylvania are anxiously looking
for the Hanna-McKinley full dinner
pail. The search will grow more vigor.
GUS until election day. The working.
man, even though pauper, can vote.
Do not forget this fact!
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-04

There are according to the Balt-
more Sun, 900 names on the member
ship roll Of the German.American
Democratic association of that city.
nearly every one of whom voted for
Mckinley in 1896. Maryland will roll
up big majority for Bryan in No
vember and the Sun is doing grand
work in the cause.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-04

Mark Hanna wants money and wants
it bad. The coal barons should be in
vited to feast. That increase Of one
dollar ton ought to make respectable
campaign fund, even if it does represent
and human tears. &
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-04
M'6INNIs, GREAT SPEECH.

.. "A altefNOOn, and
though the dny was rainy and road,
muddy. there was an enthusiastic crowd
present, and they were Well repaid foi
the attendance by hearing the rrea,
speech Of Y. R. McGinnis, democratic
candidate for congress in this district.
II was mastery and statesmanlike
presentation of the issues Of the day,
The speaker read from the first republi.
can platform Of 1856, and showed the
difference Of the party to-day from what
It was then. He made an elegant ples
for the rights guaranteed by the constr.
tuition and Declara ton of Independence
to all men and showed this nation had
attained its great power because oi
those principles Of justice and liberty,
and that it would be great mistake to
turn our backs on them now. He said
that the pages Of history taught us that
all nations of the past had gone down to
ruin and decay from one or more Of three
causes: concentrated wealth. centralized
government and colonial possessions. and
warned the Amer ican people to be ieal-
ous OF their liber ties for as Patrick Ii enry
said, Eternal vigilance is the price Of
liberty" Mr.. McGinnis dealt with the
Porto Rican question, the Philippine
question, trusts and money and also the
prosperity question on which question
the republicans base their sole hopes OF
success. What prosperity" there is,
was shown to be not of Hanna's or Nc.
Kinley's making. On the trust question
the speaker showed the lnslncerity OF
the republican congress on that proposed
amendment deal. After fostering trusts
and failing to prosecute any Of them,
they hope to tide over this election in
question by proposing constitutional
amendment, the last thing before con-
gress adjourned, knowing that nothing
could be done in that way to hurt the
trusts for three or four years. Mr.. Nc.
Ginnis wanted to know whoever heard
of the Hanna.McKl administration
wanting the constitution changed to do
anything else. They haye trampled on
the constitution in every other matter,
but when it comes to trusts they are
very jealous of the s'rights of trusts" nm.
der the constitution. But that is not the
trouble. All the trusts are for Mckinley
and Griggs the attorney general is from
New Jersey and the tool of the trusts
The republicans brag about putting the
only trust law on the statute books
Then why don't they enforce it? What
is the use Of law when the executive
officers won't enforce ii? II that Law
was not sufficient they have had con.
gress and president the last three years
why didn't they pass another? The
speaker appealed to the people who are
the jury in these matters to study them
carefully and to decide these questions
for themselves and then vote the way
which seemed right.
The Demo- Il would like to publish
the speech ~, but space forbids, and
Mr.. Mcts will be in the count,
again for those to hear him who did mol
| get out to this meeting. Oscaola Demo.
icrat.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-04

The anthracite coal trust expects to
reap $5, OOO. 600 in clear profits from the
advance in prices. In the meantime
2,OO0,O 600 men, women and children are
to be starved into submission by the
trust. Here is an object lesson for the
American people which Of itself should
determlre the present political conflict.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-04

Many voters we're fooled and coerced
into voting the republican ticket in 1896
|EhO HillsRet for Bryan this year. 81
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-04
COUNTY TICKET.

GEO rsz ahT%slour Ass;'Ss
Of High Point.
For Clerk Of District Court,
ARTHUR e. MOORE,
Of Decatur.
For County Attorney. 3
MARION WOODARD,
of Leon.
For Recorder.
CHAS. HI. BROWN.
OF Bloomington.
Fol. Membe,l Board OF Supervisors.
WM.H. HAZLET,
OF Center.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-04
aCold in One pax

To Cure Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo-Q Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it fails
to cure. E. w. Groves signature Is on
each box. 25c.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-04

The republican bosses are scared, and
badly scared, and well they may be.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-04
Don't Make
a P dinf
Mistake.

; The many years exper-
5 ience we have had in han
s ding paints is worth much
: to us and just as much to
: you. We buy paints with
s absolute knowledge as to
: quality and prices. We
s know there is nothing bet
s ter made than the goods
: we handle, and We are in q
S position to make bottom
5 prices. By buying close
; and selling close we are
; able to match the prices
often asked for vastly in
ferior goods.
We want to furnish every
thing you will need in the
paint line this season.
!: W. E. MYERS & co.
Druggists.
- = !. :.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-02-01
Oath Then Administered in His
Chamber by Chief Justice.
At Last Accounts Wounded Man Was
Slightly Better.

frankfort. January s1,-william Goebel
was shortly before nine o'clock tonight
sworn In ms governor of Kentucky and j.
9. W. Beokham. few minutes later tool
the oath of lieutenant governor. The oath
was administered to botn msn by Chief
Justice Hazelrigg Of the court Of appeals.
The plan to make Goebel governor wns
sst In motion sarly in the afternoon. A
statement was prepared saying that the
boards which had heard the cont ests for
governor and lieutenant governor had de-
nided In favor Of Gobel and Beckham and
that the boards intended to report their
findings to the legislature, Tut that they
had been prevented from doing so by the
action OF Governor Taylor In declaring
the legislature adjourned. The statement
says that the msmbsrs OF the legislature
were driven from place to place by the
militia and threatened with arrest when
ever they attempted to hold q meeting. 1t
was declared the belief of all the signers
OF the statsment that Goebel and Beck
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-02-01
THE WEATHER.

Boston, January 81. Forecast for
Thursday and Friday, Colder Thursday;
brisk west winds.
Washington, January 81 Forecast for
Thursday and Briday-New England:
Fair Thursday with colder near the
coast; Diminishing northwesterIy Winds.
Friday fair with rising TEN rerature.
LOCAL WEATHER REPORT. +.
Portland, Jan. 81, 1e09-Ths local
weather bureau records the following:
Sa m.-Barometer. 90, 500; thermome-
ter, 25 dew point, "a; rel. humidity, t,
06; direction of wind, NE; wind veloc-
ty, O.; state of weather, cloudy.
Sp. m. Baro meter, 29.309; thermome-
ter, 25; dew point %; rel. humanity,
81; direction of wind, w; wind velocity,
3; state of weather, clear.
Max. temp, 20; min. temp, 20; mean
temp, 23; max. wind velocity, 10 NE;
precipitation-24 hours .27.
WEATHER OBSERVATIONS.
The agricultural department weather
bureau for yesterday, Jan. 81. taken at s
D. M, meridian time, the observation for
each section being given in this order:
Temperature. direction of wind, state of
weather.
Boston. 20, W. cldy; New York. 16
NV, clear; Philadelphia, II, NV, cleari
Washington, 12. NV. clear; Albany. 10,
W, clear, Buffalo. Q. w, clear; De.
clear; clear St Paul, "a, NV. clear: 81 vincent
-; Huron, Oak, 10, w. cldy; Bis
marck, 10. W, cldy; Jacksonville, A.
NV, clear.