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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1900-04-04

A lazy liver makes lazy man. Burdock
Blood Bitters is the natural, never failing
remedy for a lazy liver.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1900-04-04

Well, now they say that Carroll S.
Page, when a mere lad, once volun-
tecred to ride trick horse in a circus
ring at Hyde Park and neither buck
ing pony, scratching monkey, or
shouting ringmaster were able to
throw him. The child was evidently
father of the man and it looks as if
history was about to repeat ITSELF
BrattlebOrO Rcformer.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1900-04-04
TALKS WEEH
WOMEN OF
MIDDLE AGE

ing and became very weak When wrote to you was down
in bed had up for six months under doctors
all the time but it did good had almost
given up despair but your Vegetable Compound has made
me feel like a cannot thank you enough. I
would advise any who is afflicted have been
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1900-04-04

In short, Mr.. Fosters candidacy
is full Of encouragement, even from
the most conservative standpoint,
and we look to see it crowned with
success, at the convention.-BurHng-
ton News.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1900-04-04

Claim everything" seems to be
the motto of the men supporting
Col. Hall for Congress. -Essex Re
cord.
The clippings that we take from a
few state papers show that Gov,
Pages candidacy still continues to
thrive. The fact seems to be that
the people as well as the press are
with him. They want him because
he is worthy they want him because
he is capable; they want him be
cause they can trust him. The
nearer our approach to the conven-
ton the stronger his chances are
POHItneY Journal
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1900-04-04

1t certainly looks as though there
was an understanding between GER
tain candidates. Anything to beat
c. S. Page, who is a man the ring"
politicians cannot use.-BristoI Her
aid.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1900-04-04

write to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass, and get her ad-
vice and be cured as l have
been.
Mrs. F. H. ALLEN, 4I9 Ne.
braska Ave, Toledo, Ohio,
writes:
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-
Change of life was working or
me. My kidneys and bladder
were affected. l had beer
confined to the house all sum
mer, not able to stand
on my feet for any
length of time. Terri
bic pains when urinat-
ing and an itching that
nearly drove me wild.
l had tried many rene
dies. l told my hus-
band l had great faith 10y
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1900-04-04

Chancellor Rowell has announced
his decision in the famous Van Ness
House liquor case. He denies the Pc
tition for an Injunction, stating that
the proprietor took all the necessary
precaution and that the ale which
was furnished at the Fish and Game
League banquet was without the con-
sent or knowledge of the proprietor.
Now listen to the Rutland Herald.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1900-04-04

Massachusetts experience with tbs
gypsy moth is too well known
throughout the country to make
very popular the proposition that
the government undertake the task
of killing them off. As the moth is
thriving and waxing fat in the old
Bay state after the authorities have
spent thousands of dollars for his ex-
tinction, it is not improbable that a
national appropriation would have
quite the opposite effect to the one
intended
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1900-04-04

Former United States Senator
Philetus Sawyer, who died last week
in Wisconsin, was one Of the New
England men who went to the West
and built up the fortune of that
domain and their own fortunes at
the same time. Senator Sawyer was
one ofthe old men of the Senate, and
reither orator nor debater, but when
sagacity and good, hard sense were
wanted, the Senators were accus-
toned to tarry at theseatof Philetus
Sawyer
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1900-04-04

C. E. Bartlett of Boston, President
OF the st. j. & L. c. railroad, died at
five O'Clock this morning. He was an
estimable man and a veteran of the
civil war. He has been president of
the road ever since it passed into the
hands of the Boston & Maine. 1t is
a remarkable coincidence that the
first president of the road, Waldo
Brigham OF Hyde Park, and the last
President both died the same week.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1900-04-04

Hon. Chas. A. Prouty has issued a
pamphlet in which he sets forth fully
and at length the reasons why Gen.
circuit should not be elected to the
United States Senate. We wish we
might give it place in our columns
because it is, in Vermont politics at
least, unique document. The criti
cisms of the State press are some
what varied as Of course might have
been expected. That it is an aggres.
sive document and that it is aimed
particularly at Gen. Grout is gen.
orally conceded. Whether it were
wise to have devoted so much space
to showing why his competitor
should not be chosen, and so little to
the reasons why he should be elected
the press are not exactly clear
Prouty is "bright as a button. =
Whether he is long headed and dis.
Greet man of affairs will better ap
pear "when the mists have rolled
away" and the results of his notable
pamphlet are seen.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-02

differences satisfactorily and fairly af-
ter full hearing given to any one,
whatever his views may be, if he ex-
presses them decently and in proper
language.
There is danger in Imperialism
aye, but it is not from the direction in
hich Bryan is looking. The only dan
ger of Imperialism that will come to
this country is if it is invited as reae-
ton against anarchy. Anarchy is the
handmaiden of tyranny. If ever we
grow to substitute lawless mob VIC
lence for orderly liberty that we en-
JOY under the law, if ever we grow to
substitute the rule of brutal force for
the rule of the ballot, if ever we grow
to exchange for government by debate
in legislatures of the country and on
the stump, violence that finds express
sion in either word or deed, then we
will indeed be within a measurable dis
tt ice of losing our liberty. Then, and
not till then, the worst thing tfls coun-
try can have is man sitting in ease
at home, exciting other men who are
ignorant, to deeds of violence, and
whether the exciting of violence be by
the politician or the editor of news
paper, the effect is the same"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-02
soLIcIrupE ron YOUNG MEN.

j. Sterling Morton, secretary agri-
culture under Cleveland: In speech
at st. Louis, on Saturday, September
Is, Mr.. Bryan became hysterical and
paroxysmal as to the safety of the
young men of the United States in the
presence of trusts. He was especially
anxious as to the young man in his
relations to and danger from his sup
preston by the money trust" and re-
ferring to this said:
SIS he safe when national banks con.
troll the volume of money with which
he does business?"
Why did not Colonel Bryan inquire:
Is he safe when shoemakers control
footwear; tailors, clothing; and bak-
ers, bread?
In the same exhortation Bryan says:
rs the young man safe when for
eign or domestic financiers are allow
ed to determine the money system I'M
der which he lives?"
Whom would Colonel Bryan have to
control monetary systems, except do
nestle and foreign financiers? Would
he have Coin" Harvey and Altgeld
and himself determine safe systems of
finance for the young men?
OF all the f1apdoodleism and f1abber-
CAST which Mr.. Bryan has recently
evolved, this seems to be altogether the
most diaphanous.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-02
STREET CAR MAIL COLLECTION.
Postmaster Lee Receives Authority to
Continue the Service Permanently.

Postmaster Lee has received au-
thority from the postmaster general
to continue the street car collection
of mail as permanent feature of the
postal service in this city. This an
nouncement will be received with
great pleasure by the public, who, dur
ing the experimental trial of the same
for the past six months have found it
one of the most valuable features of
the postoffice service in this city
Mail deposited in the street car mail
boxes is taken up as the cars pass
the corner of Second and Market
streets, at II a. M, p. M, and 1925
p. M, and at II p. m. the last collec-
ton is taken after the cars go to the
barn at night. Mail for Chicago, TAX
en- up on the IL p. m. collection, is
dispatched at 1850 and reaches Chi
cago at $3.50 a. m. Mail for western
points is dispatched on the fast mail
at 2:57 a. m. Business men residing
on the south side and in the east and
west ends of the city, as well as resi-
dents contiguous to the street car
lines in all parts of the city, find this
service q great convenience. On Sun
day the two evening collections are
made. from the street car boxes at
7:25 and II p. M, SO that mail de-
posted in these boxes at any time on
Sunday is forwarded on the first mail
trains leaving the city. Ottumwa
was the fourth postofice in the Unit
ed States to secure this valuable
street car collection service.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-02
THE IMMEDIATE ISSUE.

In an authorized interview given out
at Chicago, Mr.. Bryan says:
IF i am elected l shall be absolute
the office according to my platform as
far as the platform goes, and accord
ing to my own judgment in all matters
not covered by the platform"
This is clear and unequivocal and
leaves no question as to what Mr.Bry-
an proposes to do should he be elected
president of the United States. Refer
ring to Mr.. Bryan's democratic plat
form we find that the one issue of all
those presented in that document,
which demands Immediate" attention
and action is the following:
1--WE reaffirm and endorse the prin-
ciples of the national democratic plat
form adopted at Chicago in 1896, and
we reiterate the demand of that plat
form for an American financial system
made by the American people for
themselves which shall restore and
maintain bimetallic price-level, and
as part of such system the immediate
restoration of the free and unlimited
coinage of silver and gold at the pres
ent legal ratio of 16 to 1 without wait
ing for the aid or consent of any other
nation"
The other platforms on which Mr..
Bryan is running for the presidency of
the United States are based almost
solely upon the demand for the free
and unlimited coinage of silver at the
ratio of 16 to 1. Here is the "imme-
date" issues Are the people of the
United States going to jeopardize pre-
sent prosperity by the election of Mr..
Bryan? Let it be fully understood
that Mr.. Bryan is pledged to the i'm
mediate" restoration of free silver
coinage at the ratio of 16 to 1.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-02
SENATOR JONES AND THE ocTo-
PUS,

Senator j. K. Jones, chairman of the
democratic national committee, is a
defendant in a proceeding brought I'M
der the antitrust law of Texas. He
has company in his trouble.
John e. Searles, known in Wall
street as one of the biggest Trust
Magnates," is a co-defendant.
The Texans have placed these two
gentlemen under fire because they are
the heaviest stockholders in con-
Germ known as the American Cotton
Company. John Il. Searles is presi-
dent Of the organization.
The chairman of the democratic ma
tional committee says his company is
but "a large business concern" But
the Texans-and Texas is democrat
ic state-think differently.
1t is charged that the Jones-Searles
combination constitutes a conspiracy
against lawful trade and free compe-
tition.
The American Cotton company is a
monopoly if there ever was one. Not
only is it entrenohed behind $7,000,000
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-02
Col, Martin at Work.

Indianapolis Journal: L. M. Mar
tin, of Des Moines, Ia. arrived in In
dianapolis yesterday morning, to take
charge of the national gold democrat
ic headquarters, which are to be op-
ened in the Indiana Trust building.
Mr.. Martin spent most of the day get
ting his Office in shape to transact
business. He is one of the most prom
inent men of the gold democratic par
ty, being the Iowa member of the ma
tional committee. In 1895 he was
in charge of the speakers bureau of
the gold democracy. in Chicago. Mr..
Martin was formerly general manager
of the Iowa Central railroad.
He says he is not in the least alarm
ed over the result of the election. He
feels that it is impossible for Bryan
to be elected. He thinks at least 80 per
cent of the gold democrats will sup
port Mckinley, as they did in 1896.
Mr.. Martin is not an anti-imperialist.
In fact, he laughs at the democratic
cry of imperialism" and declares it
is only scheme on the part Of Bry-
an and his supporters to alarm the
voters and divert their attention
from other issues. Mr.. Martin says
he has not heard of the republican
party declaring for imperialism"
and he sees no reason for people to
get frightened. Neither is he alarmed
over the cry of "militarism." He reas-
ons that it will be an easy thing to
reduce standing army when the SOL
diers are no longer needed-when the
country is at peace with other ma
tions.
Mr.. Martin asserts that it is of the
greatest Importance that the voters
of the country, believing in an hon
est dollar and good government, do
their duty by going to the polls and
vote as they believe. Apathy" he
declared, sis the only thing that can
possibly elect Bryan"
Mr.. Martin feels that the coal min
ers' strike Is an unfortunate thing just
at this time, because it gives Bryan
and the yellow journals an opportunity
of arraying one class against another,
a policy which Bryan pursued in 1896.
While President Mitchell and others
are trying to settle the trouble amic-
ably Bryan and the yellow newspa-
pers are feeding fuel to the flames.
Mr.. Martin says that about the first
literature that will be sent out from
headquarters will be the address of
the national democracy, which is now
being prepared by special commit
tee. This address will show the po-
sition of the gold democrats in this
campaign, and will be sent broadcast
over the country.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-02
a MISTAKEN IDEA.

Des Moines News: Ottumwas Sec
ond thought was wise. After defeating
the proposition to accept Carnegie's
proffered gift of $4,000 for library
that city voted the second time to &C.
cept.
Ottumwa did not defeat the library
proposition the first time. On the
contrary the proposition was accepted
by large majority. But legal tech
nicality compelled second election,
and then the proposition again carried,
and by largely increased majority.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-02
PLEASE ANSWER. Mr.. STICK.

Hon. A. G. Steck is billed for a
speech at Bunch, in Davis county, to-
night. The Courier would like to ask
Mr.. Steck to answer the following
questions:
If elected will you cast your vote
in favor of measure for the adoption
of free coinage. of silver at the ratio
OF 16 to 1?
2.-If elected will you vote for a bill
introduced in congress to repeal the
present gold standard law?
3.-If Bryan is elected and issues
an order on the secretary of the treas
ury to pay all obligations of the gov
eminent in silver (where not specified
as gold obligations) and to pay the
current expenses of the government in
silver will yous if elected. vote in favor
OF measure introduced by a republi-
can to take away that power?
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-02
THE NEW PARAMOUNT ISSUE.

At Canon City, COL, where he was
insulted for the second time in two
days, Governor Roosevelt spoke re-
Duke to such rowdyism. He said:
81 have made up my mind within the
last forty-eight hours what the para
mount issue is. The paramount issue is
to keep the orderly liberty that made us
what we are. The paramount issue is
to keep our national self respect by
each individual keeping his own self
respect, respecting our fellows, keep
ing the right of free speech and keep
ing the right of political discussion, so
we may be able to settle our political
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-02

that his reelection was a menace to
free government and the liberties of
the people. They caricatured him in
the trappings of royalty. They pictured
him in the act of tramping the federal
Constitution and the charter of the
Bank of the United States under his
feet.
The poster unearthed by the re.
publicans was found among the for
gotten relics of the Smithsonian In
stitution at Washington 1t bears
at it's top large engraving of
president Jackson in kingly robes and
crown. Under the picture is the
title. King Andrew the First" and
above it is the sarcastic sentence,
Born to Command At the sides are
the lines, Had 1 Been Consulted" and
"Of Veto Memory" Below the car
toon is the following indictment in big
black type:
King Andrew the First, Born to
Command.
A king who, possessing as mucn
power as his Gracious Brother Will
liam ~, makes worse use of it.
"a king who has placed himself
above the laws, as he has shown by
his contempt of our judges.
A king who would destroy our cur
rency, and substitute-old rags, paya-
BILE by no one knows who, and no one
knows where, instead of good silver
dollars.
"a king born to command, as he
has shown himself by appointing men
to office contrary to the will of the
people.
"a king who, while he was feeding
his favorites out of the public money,
denied a pittance to the old soldiers
who fought and bled for our independ-
ence.
A king whose prime minister and
heir apparent was thought unfit for
the Office of ambassador by the peo-
pie:
Shall he reign over us, or shall the
people ruler"
Republicans have right to be much
pleased with this evidence that Jack
son, the patron saint of the democra-
cy, had to face charges of Imperialism.
They point out that he squelched the
nullifiers of South Carolina without
the consent of the governed" and
that he vetoed the charter of the ma.
tional bank in the face of popular opin.
ion, and they are glad to be able to
show that the cry of Imperialism has
not succeeded as bugahoo in the
past. Democracy seems to be unable
to find any new and original issue.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-02

capital stock, but it is fortified by pat.
ents which exclude the possibility of
competition.
Nicoll's Stock Exchange handbook,
a recognized authority, says: "The
American Cotton company is a corpo-
ration which controls the patents for
machinery and processes in making
round-lap bales"
Controls Shat word itself is sug-
gestive of the Octopus" 1t is the
word over which Mr.. Bryan fumed in
his st. Louis denunciation of trusts.
Every cotton-ginning plant in the
south must have one of the machines
manufactured by the American Cotton
company. They save time and money.
The manufacturer must make his pur-
chase of the Jones-Searle combination.
1t has exclusive possession of the field.
The buyer must come to the terms of
the combination. He can buy no place
else. He cannot even buy independ-
ence from this s7,00O,00O combination.
The American Cotton Company re-
fuses to sell it's product. 1t leases it's
machines. The manufacturer attach
csc one to his plant and yearly pays
tribute to the American Cotton Com
pany. So great are the profits of this
combination that in the short time the
concern has been in existence Senator
Jones is said to have risen from the
estate of a comparatively poor man
until he is now regarded as million
aire. And the southern manufacture
ers continue to swell the bank account
of the democratic campaign manager.
William Jennings Bryan, in his de-
nunciation of trusts at st. Louis, gave
a list of the great corporations of the
country. But he left out the American
Cotton Company and the American Ice
Company The others he denounced.
But these two democratic organiza-
lions he ignored. He exclaimed:
"Those who attempt to divide private
monopolies into good monopolies and
bad monopolies will never make any
progress toward the overthrow of
trusts" Therefore Mr.. Bryan will not
succeed as a trust smasher.
Even in making his division in mo-
nopolies Mr. Bryan showed strong dis
elimination He specified such con-
Germs as the Federal Steel company.
Yet this concern is only one of several
iron and steel companies in the coun-
try. No one is forced to do business
with the Federal Steel. There are
the American Steel & Wire company,
The Republic Iron & Steel Company,
the National Steel Company. The Car
negie company. And there are others.
But Mr.. Bryan made his division in
favor of the American Ice company,
which has absolute control over the
prices in New York city, and which,
last spring, turned upon the poor of
the tenement house districts and add
ed to it's wealth by the suffering of the
poverty-stricken.
Mr.. Bryan also makes his division
in favor of concern which is SO for
titled that every cotton-ginning plant
is forced to pay tribute to it. 1t de-
ponds, when Mr.. Bryan denounces
trusts upon whose OK is being gored.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-02
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.
A Bad LAWYER.

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Bryan,
after examining closely the abstract
of title and the deed by which Spain
conveyed the Philippines to the United
States and having pronounced them
valid and complete and recommended
their acceptance and the payment of
the money, now says he has discover
ed that Spain had no title to the prop
erty. This will make it difficult for
him after he gets thru with his can
didacy business to get very many real
estate clients to engage his legal SER
vices.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-02
FRANCE HOPES FOR BRYAN.

A cable message to the Chicago
Tribune says: Henri Rochefort, edi-
tor of L'Intransigeant, declares editor
tally today that if w. J. Bryan Is elect
ed the expansion policy of the McKin-
ley administration will be struck out
of American politics for years to
come, and then continues: The
understanding has
been broken up, and we in France can
breathe freely"
Libre Parole declares that the sue
cess of Mckinley will be a menace to
France saying: "The results of the
elections in the United States on the
9Th of November interest our future
destiny. 1t is for us that Bryan Is
working. Made criminal by imper-
ialism, Mckinley conspires' against
France. Americans of the Boston
school will be happy to conclude an
alliance between America, England,
Australia, India and Africa from
Cairo to the Cape. How would we be
protected in such an event?" The
French press is unquestionably jeal-
Gus of the growing power of the Unit
ed States in the far East. The Paris
editors manifest the most extraordin-
airy interest in the American elections
and are suspiciously friendly to Bry-
an. They all hope to get the United
States out of the way in China, and
the slightest possibility of Bryan's
success is conspicuously displayed.
The picture of Bryan is run in
L'Eclair and other prominent dailies.
The republicans and nationalists are
united in the hope for the election of
Bryan as the surest means of dimin-
ishing American prestige abroad.