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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-15

Most men gan console themselves by
the fact thaa their Fiyes won't tell
what they tn INK of them.
Virtue is not left stand alone he,
who practiceslit will taye neighbors. &
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-15

handed up to the conductor, and were
thrown out the same way. The coup
ing links were made of wood, so that
When car ran off it would break and
save the others from running Off.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-15

An Ingenious Belgian inventor has
constructed life-saving collar that
will fit the necks Of children and
adults. 1t will keep bodies Weighing
over 200 pounds afloat.-New York
Journal.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-15

Two heads may be better than one.
but not IN the same family.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-15
ally popular to the extent of $4,000
pictures year.-New York CONNER
cial Advertiser.

Premature consolation is but the
of sorrow.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-15

spraDx from LImsss 5.sE
4 The shaddock, citron, ol1InSo III and
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-15

her cataleptic state exhibits some curl
GUS phenomena.
The representative., 1900-10-04
National Suffrage Bazaar.

The National Suffrage Bazaar, which
Is to be held in New York city the first
week in December, promises to be a
grand success.
Women all over the United States are
working with will to make credita-
BILE showing for their respective states.
Besides the various state booths,
there is to be Lucy Stone, Susan b.
Anthony, Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth
Cady Stanton table. The first donation
to the Susan B. Anthony table has been
given by Miss Anthony herself, in the
form of nicely made quilt of star pat
tern, with white background, pieced and
quilted by herself when IA years of age.
Mrs. Fannie J. Wheat has given an
order to one of Wheeling's manufactur-
ers of fine china for a handsomely dec
grated vase, bearing on one side cor
rect copy of late picture of Susan 3.
Anthony. This is to be a donation TO
the bazaar.
Among the useful articles that have
lately been contributed for the bazaar
are several barrels of New Orleans mo-
lasses and bale of cotton from Louis
iana
The representative., 1900-10-04
New York.

Don't be afraid of L. P. Cummins'
writings; he is logical and will do good.
Tell middle readers not to meddle with
the expansion question or Imperialism
they are Democratic green apples,
not understood by the masses. Don't
help that old imbecile Democratic party
or octopus which has existed the past
forty years by sending traitors into
fusion.
Feed the people with any truths
that tend to destroy the Democrat
party leaders, not the masses who are
led by the string.
Don't you see it is the leaders-Cro-
ker, Hill, Gorman-thousands of them;
they are gold standard Republicans
with the old Democratic coat on, scent
ed up with all the rotten stencil of
Bryanism, imperialism, expansion, car
toonism, oppositionism to anything the
party in power does. Don't advertise
one word of Democracy that will help
elect Bryan, man who fought Nc
Kinley in '96, saying if Mack was elect
ed it would ruin the country, and then
sent message before daylight the
next morning congratulating Mack on
his election. Bah. Such logic! Then
got in bed with railroad officers to go
lecturing. They pulled iohim out Of
that; then he waited dntif the Spanish
war was three-fourths Over and got
up regiment that would mot elect him
to an office: then at the last end got up
another and the governor got him ap-
pointed to another office; then he in
sisted on going to Cuba: There they
pocketed him and he bleated and re-
signed and bah, bahed himself into
the lead of a party which had no issue
in opposition to its brother which was
in power.
Tell middle readers to have courage.
Democracy has put up the last garment
it has--its old dirty shirt and are TAX
ing their last throw with the political
dice. The new deal must, come. Edu-
cate, cast your bread upon the waters
and after many days it shall return.
l have not voted an old party vote
since 1877; was a Brick Pomeroy char
ter club organizer. With kind wishes
to all true reformers.
VIM. A. JENKINS.
Woodville. JEFF Co., N. Y.
The representative., 1900-10-04
The Fourth District.

The congressional committee OF the
Midroad Populists met for Organization
last evening in the Court block. The
committee as appointed by F. r. Hays,
chairman of the convention, is as fol-
lows: F. R. Hays, Milo Clark, M. D.
O'Brien, John M. Egan, L. Berthaumc,
and Omer Wright, st. Paul; Peter Bog
ge, Cambridge; R. H. MCGEE, Wyoming
City; s. Powers, Saltwater and y.
George, Forest Lake. F. r. Hays was
elected chairman and Milo Clark secre-
tary. The attorney generals opinion
that since the party presented no con-
gressional nominee at the last election
their candidate could only be placed IN
the ticket by petition, was received and
plans perfected for circulating the Pc
tition next week. At a meeting of the
county committee completed ward or
ganizations were reported in the Fourth
and Eighth wards.
The representative., 1900-10-04

for Capt. Van SAINT for governor, and the
whole Rpublican state ticket, and be-
lieve it is the duty of all honest Popu-
lists to do the same thing
In this state the past record Of the
Democratic party shows that they must
be wiped out, as a party, before any re-
form movement can succeed. Let us make
their vote in the state this year the low
est that it has ever been. Their political
death will insure the success of Populist
principles later. 1t has come to this
that the Democratic party, or-the Pep
pies party and their principles, must
perish from. the earth forever: Popu-
lists, which shall it be? Let us bury
that old fossil party SO deep in Minne-
sofa this year that the devil will not
be able to unearth them in a thousand
years. Then, and not until then, will
it be possible for Populist principles to
succeeds. A. N. NELSON.
The representative., 1900-10-04
IDA Hustled HARPER
WOmaM'a Indirect Influ enCe.

In the description of Teddy" Roose-
velt's recent triumphant progress
through South Dakota, the papers re-
port that, among other demonstrations
of enthusiasm, Huron turned out a
troop of women rough riders. They
were the daughters of the leading Re-
publicans of the town, and were rough
in their riding only"
Nobody suggests that these ladies'
were out of their sphere riding in the
midst of a bowling throng of cowboys,
whose enthusiasm for the candidate
went even to the extent of lassoing with
their lariats the smokestack of the en-
gine that drew his train. No; for the
women were only exerting their ''indi-
rect influence" But if the same women
had shown their political preferences by
going quietly On foot to the polls and
dropping a slip of paper into the ballot
box, they would have lost all the femi-
nine efnement.-Woman's Journal
The representative., 1900-10-04
Loves Sweet Story.
Melody, maid of Dundee

MELODY, Maid of Dundee')
Written for Home Department of The
Representative.
The story of love is the story of man,
And tits rosy and fresh as the day it
began;
From Eden of old to the cottage just
built.
True love has its Paradise free of all
guilt. e.
AS Adam and Eve had each other to
love,
So love but for one is the will from
above:
For love between two and not between
more.
Is life ever living for love and galore.
Chorus
"She pleaseth me WE'LL" she pleaseth me
we'll:
1 care for none other; she pleaseth me
WELL
"He pleaseth me well,' he pleaseth me
we'll;
l care for none other; he pleaseth me
well.
The song of all love songs is Solomon's s
song;
In truth and it's practive we see right
and wrong;
And love he must know who had hun
dreds to love,
Yet not one of thousand was called
his Fond Dove"
But in his love song the lovers are one,
For only one loved is loves labor done;
my Beloved is mine. and surely I'm
HIS
Is Eden still blooming In hearts deep
abyss. --MONSSINI.
The representative., 1900-10-04

PHILADELPHIA, Sept 28-William
Browne & Sons, wool dealers, who also
own and operate the Phoenix Mills COM
pany, manufacturers of yarns, have ask
ed for an extension of time from their
creditors. The liabilities Of the firm are
variously given at amounts ranging
from $1,OOO,O0O to $1,7O0,OOO. Samuel
Browne, a member of the firm, stated
that with an extension of time the firm
would be able to pay dollar for dollar.
Announcement is also made that q
meeting of the creditors of the firm of
James Martin & Sons, dyers and finish
ers, was held at the firms mills in this
city, to consider an extension of time.
The firm is a large one. No statement
of it's assets or liabilities has been made.
The representative., 1900-10-04
The Home.
Woman's Department.

Are Politics Too Corrupt for Women. I.
(By Rev. DR.. David Gregg.)
II the present condition Of our politics
be such that our women, In doing polit-
tcal duty, are necessarily in danger OF
unsexing themselves, and of losing their
sense of delicacy, then the duty Of the
hour is not to prohibit women from ex
ercising their political rights; the duty
of the hour is to take out of politics the
things which would unsex and which
would destroy the fine sense Of womanly
delicacy. The very question admits that
women are good and right and pure,
but that politics are wrong and bad and
corrupt The very question admits
ton, the very elements which women
alone can contribute. The objection
couched in the question is tantamount
to this: Would you bring women down
to the level of men?' This is rough on
men.
Who will corrupt the women when
they go to the caucus and to the polls?
Will you? Will their fathers and their
sons and their brothers be the guilty
parties?. These are the men who go to
the polls. Will the men whom our
women meet in the churches be the
guilty parties? These are the men who
are in the caucus, or. IL not there, should
be there. ....
The objection couched in the question
is a slander upon American manhood,
than which there is no finer type Of
manhood on the face Of the earth. Be-
sides this, If there were a single mascu-
line biped mean enough or low enough
to insult any woman while in the dis
charge of her political duties on election
day, there is moral sentiment sufficient
in every polling district Of the republic
to put that man behind the bars in
Rtantar.
The representative., 1900-10-04
Tru SITS.

Down with the trusts is one Of the
favorite expressions of the average DEM
ocratic> politician in this campaign and
yet Jaycay Jones, chairman of the ma
tional Democratic committee, holds on
to his stock in the American Cotton
company, and Mayor Van Wyck of New
York, is the boss of the ice trust. These
worthless are opposed to all trusts, Of
course, except the ones in which they
are interested, and Whitney and john
R. Mclean are the same sort of good
Democrats 1t reminds us that once up
on a time a prominent Democrat Of
Mississippi and a good Methodist, at
tended a state Prohibition meeting ae
Jackson, in which he offered a resolu-
ton looking to the organization of a
Prohibition party in Mississippi, If the
G. o. P. did not do certain things p.
d. q. The G.. o. P. promised, of course,
it's leaders always promise anything to
get the coon. CHANGING to meet this
champion of temperance few days
afterwards, we found him in a jolly
mood, and forthwith he pulled black
bottle on us. With some surprise we
remarked: Why, --, thought you
was a Prohibitionist?
To which he replied: ooh, hi! (hic)
of course l am (hic) in favor of Pro-
tin te (hic) touther feller."
Tho DomOcrafic 1oadorp in this "a M
paign, from Bryan down, are violently
opposed to the trusts which the other
fellows have organized and are manag-
ing, but the hostility to trusts does not
extend any further than this.-Okolona
Messenger.
The representative., 1900-10-04
HIT BY WOOL DECLINE.
William Browne & Sons Ask Credit
Ors for an Extension.

William Browne & Sons Ask Credit
for an Extension.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept 28.-William
Browne & Sons, wool dealers, who also
own and operate the Phoenix Mills COM
pany, manufacturers of top and wors-
ted yarns, have asked for an extension
of time from their creditors. The liza
bilities are given at amounts from ST.
O00, 900 to $1,70Q,O0O. Samuel Browne, a
member of the firm, stated that with an
extension of time the firm would be able
to pay dollar for dollar.
The Brownies were the active spirits in
the recent formation of the worsted
combination, and it is stated in wool
circles that about six months ago they
bought 100000 pounds of WOOL A fall
in prices, the wool men say, caused them
a great loss. The announcement was
also made today that meeting of the
creditors of James Martin & Sons, dyers
and finishers, was held at the firm s
mills in this city to consider an extern
sion of time.
The representative., 1900-10-04
A GOOD SUGGESTION.
Duluth, Minn., Sept. 2

Duluth, Mimi, Sept. %, 1900.
Dear Sir: Allow me to offer the sug-
gestion that the names of the Midroad
candidates for congress in the districts
in which candidates have been nominal
ed, should be printed in the Representa-
tive Immediately after the list of candi-
dates for state offices. We have now
four candidates in the field, in the First,
Third, Sixth and Seventh DISTRICTS and
it seems to the writer that we should
endeavor to let as many people know
through the columns of the Representa-
tive that Messrs. Seberger, Boen, Lowe
and Paradis are our candidates for con-
gress.
Mimi, where filed petition containing
$50 signatures, nominating Peter J. Sc
berger for representative from the Sixth
congressional district
We want every true blue Populist in
the Sixth district to turn in and work
to roll up as large vote as possible for
Mr.. Seberger and the state ticket. Fus-
ion is practically dead in this district,
and there is every prospect of a lasting
revival of the Populist party following
the coming election, provided good
showing is made by the Midroad candi-
dates. If every man who believes in the
principles enunciated in the Omaha and
Cincinnati platforms will vote this fall
for POpulist candidates., standing on a
Populist platform, this good showing
will certainly be made, and the way
opened up to"victory for our principles
In the near future. Mr.. Seberger and
his fellow candidates are making great
personal sacrifices in order to hold up
the standard of true Populism this fall,
and it is due to them, no less than to
the cause they represent, that every ef-
fort be made by all who have any inter-
est in the welfare of the people of this
country to enable them to poll large
vote in November.
1 trust that you will not overlook the
suggestion with which my letter opens,
and that the names of our candidates
for congress will appear hereafter in the
Representative.
Yours very truly,
ALAN A. BRACKINREED,
81 West Michigan street.
This is very proper suggestion.
The names were so printed in one is
sue of our paper, but afterwards, through
some mistake, were left out. They are
excellent nominees and a credit to any
party and should have a very generous
support. l. D.
The representative., 1900-10-04
Poplar Bluffs, Mo-, carrying 10 months
old babe and accompanied by two other
children, the Oldest Of which was Il
years. ~


To the Editors Of the Outlook:
There are certain questions concern
Ing the vested interests of humble peo-
pie to which 1 should like to call your
attention. For instance, some years ago
a railroad magnate secured great tracts
of heavily timbered land in a rural town
whose inhabitants were wholly of old
New England stock. Ignorant French
wood-choppers with their families were
brought in to clear the land. That fln-
1shed, these ill-paid workmen were left
without resOurces-many Of them falling
upon the town. The magnate-not a
resident-made great fortune to spend
elsewhere. The old inhabitants, besides
having their hills denuded. with all the
evils that follow, were left to stagger
under a burden of taxation and to see
their children tainted with a lower
civilization.
Again, a couple of years ago, a Con-
necticut corporation advertised for help.
Some 30 men responded. Can you
speak English" was asked of every ap-
plicant, and those who could not got
the place. In this way wages are ground
down to the standard of Italians and
POlanders, fruit trees and hen coops are
no longer safe and frugal laborers are
burdened with taxation.
If the course taken by Gov. Tanner to
protect local interests against corporate
greed was wholly unjustifiable, cannot
great employers be required to give
bonds for the support of paupers COM
ing upon the town through the whole
sale introduction of low-paid, non-Eng-
lish-speaking laborers?
~ ELIZA H. MERRILL, =
FOrestville, Conn.
The representative., 1900-10-04
Wish to Know Result Of Election
Before Making Large
Purchases.
Lack of Orders Compel Joliet
Steel Plant to Shut
Down.
By Wire From Chicago, Oct. 4.

The Illinois Steel company's plant at
Joliet. ILL.,. has shut down. and 1900 men
were thrown out OF work for an indefinite
period. The rod mills closed at noon. and
by midnight work had ceased in all the
other mills of the plant ,.
According to the statement of E. J. Buf-
hngton. president Of the company, the clos
Ing of the plant was caused by lack OF
orders. The company's customers have
stopped making large purchases pending
the result of the presidential election.
1t Is possible that other mills operated
by the company in Chicago and Milwaukee
may be closed. But whether such a course
is to be pursued or when the shutdown OF
other plants will take place, the official de-
clined to- state.
The steel industry, like many other
classes of manufacturing interests. depends
for its future on the reelection of Presi-
dent Mckinley.
Several manufacturers in. this state are
now in possession Of orders which include
the clause that they are to be filled only in
case, Of the success of the Republican presi-
Dental ticket this fail.
President Burlington, however, would not
talk on this subject Early in the day be
prepared q statement which he gave out
to the press, and insisted that beyond its
contents he had nothing further to say.
PRESIDENT ISSUES STATEMENT.
The statement is as follows:
I'VE have shut down our Joliet mills for
lack OF orders. Possibly we shall be COM
PEELED to shut down other mills within the
next 10 days for the same reason, although
we hope to continue most of our mills in
operation. AS the presidential election ap-
proaches many of our best customers are
postponing purchases, for the reason, as
they state, they wish to wait until they are
certain of the result of the election before
placing large orders.
"E. J. BURLINGTON, President"
''Will you say when the Joliet plant will
resume operations?" President Burlington
was asked.
mo, 1 cannot give any information on
that subject" was his reply
''You forecast a possibility of the closing
of other plants. In case you decide to shut
down any, which would be the first to
close?"
THAT l cannot tell. In fact, I do not
wish to make any other statement than the
one l gave out" continued Mr.. Burlington
AWAIT OUTCOME OF ELECTION.
He acknowledges. however, that many OF
the companys largest customers have
either written to him or personally ex-
pressed their reasons for not placing large
orders with the company at present. With
all of them it was the same. They would
await the result of the presidential cleo
tion before obligating themselves to pay
for large quantities of material.
Mr.. Burlington said that by shutting down
the mills at Joliet between 800 and 200
men would be deprived of employment The
company operates, in addition to the mills
at Joliet, the South Chicago mills, known
as the Union mills, the North Chicago
mills, and the Milwaukee plant.
The representative., 1900-10-04

In recent speech Mr.. Bryan said:
when an American boy dies for lib
erty his mother thanks God that he
gave her strength to bear and rear a
son for such noble sacrifice, but what
American mothers want to raise boys
for so much per head?"
What American mothers want is
right to an equal voice with men in de-
Gliding whether there shall be war. No
mother ever thanked God for the privi-
lege of raising sons to be shot. No
mother would willingly bear and rear
sons if she knew they were to be sac
rficed in battle But IL wars must
come, and perhaps in our present stage
of evolution they are sometimes un-
avoidable, then women demand the
right to some authority in the commits
sary department and the hospitals, ami
to some representation among the ply
sicians and nurses. Women are in re-
bellion against having to remain silent
and passive in, all the preliminary
stages which lead up to a declaration of
war. They are sick unto death of the
endless twaddle about the blessed privi-
1ege of being allowed to lay their IA
theirs, husbands and sons on the altar
of their country. They are tired of
life of spinsterhood because the young
men fill soldiers graves, desperately
tired of remaining at home alone, doing
the work of both man and woman, rails
ing the fatherless children and paying
war taxes without any representation
in government. Women are getting
very tired of great many things. and
of nothing so much as being fed on SEN
timent when they are starving for JUS
tice.
IDA HuSTED HARPER
The representative., 1900-10-04
The Difference.

Tillman, of South Carolina, is one Of
the few truly great men of the country.
He staked his political fortune on the
success of the dispensary law, and de-
clared that he would not accept seat in
the senate If the law was defeated
Both Tillman and the law have won
out. How glaringly he contrasts in
manhood with the poor, pitiful crawl
ing specimen of imbecility, Hoar, who
ate his own words to retain his seat
Southern Mercury.