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And This From a Democrat.

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The representative., 1900-12-20

The Peoples p;
States, assembled
t1On this 10th da,
6rming our unsh
cardinal tenets
party, ~ net TO
platform. and j
anew to continue,
grand principles
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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18
Dewey For Judge.

Des Moines, Jan. 17.-With the sem
atorial matter settled, the chief topic
of discussion here among politicians
is the probable successor of Judge
Woolson. 1t is well known that the
entire congressional delegation SYM
pathizes with Senator Gears aspira-
tions, and it is altogether probable
that this appointment will go to that
locality most friendly to Gear.
1t is we'll known thati5Dewey of
Washington is pressing his claims.
He lives in the direction of Burling-
ton; he has served nine years on the
bench; he belongs to the Sixth Ju-
dicial district, which is substantially
the Sixth congressional (Lacey's)
district, which was solid for Gear,
and may fairly count on the
support of both Lacey and!Hedges.
Aside from that he is an astute poll
tician and has very large acquaint-
ance. All things considered, it must
be conceded that he is a very form
idable competitor.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18
WEALTH rs NO SIN

In his inaugural address Governor
Shaw touched upon much abused
subject in his usual inimitable way.
In discussing,wealth and it's relation
to trusts he said:
rs the mere possession of wealth
objected to, or is it the improper use
thereof? 1t cost $50 900 to develop
certain gold mine; during the pro-
gress of which scarcely penny was
realized, and no one knew when, if
ever, it would pay. Was any one
harmed by the expenditure? The
outlay was wholly by those who had
the money, and the enterprise was
voluntary. The money was expend-
ed for labor; and the wages, when
earned, were spent for the necessaries
of life and thereby men and women
were supported, children clothed and
fed, and those who produced the
grain, and the vegetables, and the
meat, and the cotton, and the wool,
and the manufactured fabrics were
afforded a market and were given
employment. The loss rested solely
upon those who believed that later on
they would realize something from
their investment, and their hopes
were not in vain. The next few years
witnessed yield from that mine of
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18
A FOOLISH La w.

The Montezuma Republican takes
the right view of the matter when it
says:
"To our mind the most absurd law
on the statute books is the one max
ing 20 per cent valuation the basis
of taxation. A stranger comes into
the state for the purpose of investing
money and he goes to the county rec
ords to examine the rates of taxation
and discovers that the residents of
certain town are paying fifty mills in
taxes. That startles him and he de-
cides not to invest where taxes are
SO high. If some one were with him
to explain the Righteousness Of the
law he would probably not be dis
gusted; but investors do not go about
matters in that way. If property
were assessed at it's full value in the
place of finding community paying
fifty mills in taxes he would find only
twelve-and-a-half mills charged up
against the property, and that would
make q much more favorable impress
sion upon a stranger than present
conditions. What sense is there in
assessing property at it's actual cash
value and then adjusting the tax on
only one-fourth of this value?"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18

equal to the best in the state, with a
moral vigor really refreshing, with
an unusual Catholicity of spirit, so
that all religious and non-religious
people find it's Christian spirit free
and forceful, and faithful should be
the pride of Oskaloosa and Mahaska
and adjoining counties.
And Penn is a power not only first
among mental and moral forces; ex-
cept the railway companies it brings
to Oskaloosa and saves for it probably
more money than any other two in
stitutions in the community. To turn
$500 or more in to the trade of the
town annually is no small matter.
Recently wealthy Iowan, hoping to
bring good college to his own city,
said: IT would rather have one good
college come here than dozen fac
tories, although believe in factories.
Factories get up and go away. A
college brings and leaves more money
with US; it brings better class of
citizens, those who will build up an
intelligent college community; it
brings the best young men and women
from far and near, and after they are
developed in mind and character-a
process with a very healthy reflex in
tluence upon the community, many
of the best of them settle with us and
bring up good families. A good col
lege is a great and permanent bene-
fit"
Pres. H H. Seerley, of the Iowa
State Normal school, also says: ga
city can do nothing that will bring
her business more permanent good
and her young people more personal
benefit than to have great aud sue
cessful college in her borders"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18

as many millions. To whom did this
wealth belong? To those who had
assumed no risk, or to those whose
courage, enterprise and hope had led
to the development of wealth-pro-
ducing plant? Who was damaged or
made poorer by the enterprise? AT
whose hearth was the fire extinguish-
ed by reason of the outlay? Whose
children suffered through the night,
and who was compelled to sit at
empty tables? Evidently no one. l
say that wealth itself is not harmful
to this country, and the evil which
we all recognize and would each
gladly remedy lies not at its door,"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18
GOOD HAN GONE

Iowa Odd Fellows sincerely mourn
the loss of the secretary of the Grand
Lodge, VIM. Mussen, who died at his
home in Des Moines on Thursday
afternoon. He was one of the early
members of Fort Des Moines Lodge,
No. %, l. o. o. F., and held all of the
chairs in that chapter; he also had
filed the chairs of grand master and
grand patriarch of the Grand Lodge,
before he had been elected grand
scribe. He was faithful to the prin-
ciples of the noble order of which he
was worthy member, and which
will honor him as mortals may at the
last rites.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18
X KeOkuk Gate CitV:-

-Keokuk Gate City:-"A young
Iowa bridegroom who got marriage
license to join him in marriage with
the 15-year-old daughter of an un-
willing father-in.law, has been stop
ped by the parent from the use of the
marriage license in novel way. He
got court to enjoin the young man
from using the license but answer in
court instead. Undoubtedly that
young man will become a fierce
Bryanite, a clamorous supporter of
the Chicago platform and against
government by injunction"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18

-Marshalltown finds it impossible
to reach an agreement with Tama
county relative to the sewage now
being emptied in Iowa River, and it
is possible the big glucose works will
be moved from Marshalltown. The
apathy to enterprises because they
do not always smell like bouquets is
becoming too common elsewhere as
we'll as in Oskaloosa. .8
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18
In the appointment of senate co

In the appointment of senate COM
mittees by Lieutenant Governor Mil
liman, Senator Blanchard was made
chairman of the important commit
tee of Congressional and Judicial
districts. He was also named on the
Railroads and Constitutional Amend
ment committees. Mr.. Blanchard Is
one of the leading men in legislature,
and Mahaska is proud of his standing
in that body.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18

Robert Meredith, of this city,
author of the famous book; "Around
the World on Sixty Dollars" con-
tributes to the HERALD today an in
teresting article on Tutuialla, the
Samoan island which the United
States has just acquired by treaty
with Germany and England. The
paper is written in Mr.. Meredith's
plain and careful style, and will be
round especially interesting at this
time
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18
Teamsters Organize.

The teamsters of Oskaloosa met last
Saturday evening in the farmers
club room and took the preliminary
steps in effecting an organization
which will affialiate with the other
local and international trade unions.
On Wednesday evening the 18th inst.
they will meet again at the same
place to perfect their application
for charter, for which they are as
sured of large list of names. o. S.
Lemon was elected chairman and s.
Gallen, secretary.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18
Contract Let.

The board of supervisors let the
contract on Tuesday for the steel
bridge work of the county for the
coming year. The contract went to
Fair Williams Company Of Ottumwa.
I prices agreed upon were as fol-
low
20 to foot spans $500 per foot.
SO to As foot spans $500 per foot.
4s to 64 foot spans $3.50 per foot.
Piling, wood caps, SIC per foot.
Filing, steel ca ps, 42c per foot.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18

Iowa Capital. The Iowa State
Bottlers' associat on must be queer
body of men. With practical unan-
unity they have declared that they
are satisfied with the present legis-
lation governing their business in the
state of Iowa. To find a man nova
days who would not like to revise
the coda from one end to the other
is to run up against an exceptional
character.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Explosion of a Gasoline Launch
Kills All on Board.

Santiago, Jan. 1.-THE gasoline
schooner, Anita, blew up last even
ing while entering Magdalena Bay,
where the battleship Iowa and the
cruiser Philadelphia are now en-
gagged in target practice. The schoon-
er's entire crew were blown to atoms.
The dead are: Captain Funcke,
Mate Charles Anderson, Engineer
William Forrest, and three seaman
whose names could not be learned.
1t is supposed the thousand gallons
of gasoline on board ignited.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18

With war expenses 3S per cent
less than one year ago and the treas
ury surplus for the last six months
of 1899 over s21 900, 900, those demo-
cratic soothsayers who saw the re-
public tottering on the brink of an
abyss of imperial financial ruin have
quickly turned their attention to
other fields for criticism.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18
statesmen and edito

Democratic statesmen and editors
who were predicting that the Dingley
law would be failure as customs
revenue producer are lodging that
question now. The customs receipts
under that law, in the six months
ending with December, 1899, we're
s113, 800, ,470, while those in the cor
responding six months of 1896, the
last year of the low tariff Wilson law,
we're but SGT ,645 900.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18
DISTRICT 'COURT.
New Cases Docketed and Old
Ones Disposed of.

There will be a number of new
divorce cases to be tried blythe Feb
ruary term of the district court. The
cases that have been filed with the
clerk of the court since the last term
of the court are as following:
O. Bargdell VS. Mary A. Bargdell.
Cecilia Harris VS. Simon Harris.
Carrie B. vs. WilliamIE. Harris.
w. HI. Yater VS. Sarah w. Yater.
Sadie VS. Chas. Brown.
Louisa s. Chanwell VS. w. P. Chan
well.
l. S.Williams vs Pearle E.Williams
S. E. May VS. Nora B. May.
Otie Thjel VS. Alfred Thiel.
May Thompson VS. John Thompson
BERTHE o. Auer VS. George j. Auer.
A peculiar suit has been fled with
the clerk of the court entitled City
of Oskaloosa vs Mahaska county.
The case is a suit to recover fees
from the county to the amount of
S2424 80 that were dne from state
cases during the administration of
Byron v. Sewers as Mayor of the
city.
Mr.. Sewers filed his transcript of
the fees in the cases that came be-
fore him as state cases. The bill was
not allowed by the county on the
grounds that the statutes provided
that the Mayor be compensated by
a salary and the balance of the fees
over and above the amount of the
salary be paid into the treasury OF
the city. The county failed to allow
the city the fees that 1T refused to
allow Mr.. Sewers and the city now
brings suit to recover the same.
An injunction case has grown out
of the moving of the Greasby foun-
dry from the former location at the
Sewers Manufacturing plant to the
old livery stable at the corner of
First Avenue and @ street. The case
is entitled Daniel Walgamood and
Priscilla Davis VS. George Greasby,
Edna Hankins and Chas. Moore.
Chas. Moore as agent for Mrs.
Hankins who resides in California
has rented the place that was form
erly part of the Milo Bump barn to
the Greasby people for foundry pur-
poses and the plaintiffs raise objec-
tions on the ground that the foundry
renders their properties valueless as
tenement properties or residences
on account of the great noise, the
smoke and the dirt that must of
necessity be part of the foundry.
| The properties of the plaintiffs are
quite close to the foundry and it is
claimed that they will be greatly
damaged if the foundry is permitted
by the court to be operated. A tenn
perary injunction has been secured
and the plaintiffs ask that it be made
permanent.
Not Guilty.
The jury in the case of State VS..
Annie Baker, indicted for larceny
from person, returned verdict of
not guilty. The jury, having been
duly instructed by the court, retired
at three O'Clock yesterday afternoon
and were out all night and came in
this morning at seven O'Clock agree
ing on aequittal. The case was over
the alleged larceny of s10.25 cash
| from the person of j. B. Pearson on
the night of December 9TH last. The
defendant was colored woman.
The court is now engaged in the
case of l. G. Southwick VS.. The Cen
tral Iowa Loan and Trust Go
In the sale of the Nugent-Verveer
liquor house yesterday the business
was purchased by E. d. Nugent sor
the sum of 81, 500.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18

Wood Violet, our Madison town
ship correspondent, makes the sug-
gestion that the name be changed
from Farmers Institute" to MA
haska's Mid-Winter Fair" There's
music in that name and the suggestion
is worthy of serious consideration.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18

The HERALD has abiding faith
in the ten men who have been asked
to frame a franchise for the city
water works. The ordinance may not
be exactly as we would write it, but
what ever these ten men agree upon
will receive our hearty support.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18

"A movement is on foot in Fort
Dodge to start ''People's Church. "
A fellow who cannot be suited with
one of the many churches now in ex-
istence must be like the fellow who
hangs jury, and wonders why the
other eleven are such big fools.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18

%. @. Heacock, of the Brighton
Enterprise, seems to have made
good use of the time he spent in the
Washington county jail. He has
prepared an interesting series of art
icles concerning the early history of
Brighton which are now appearing
in the Enterprise.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18

-Supt. Bailey, of the Gas Company,
has been again reminded of the
power of the advertising properties
of the columns of THE HERALD. He
losta dog Friday morning, and about
noon brought in local to trace him.
In less than an hour, and before the
paper went to press the dog came
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18

Every intelligent American who
has visited the Philippines since our
occupation began gives the same
testimony concerning the character
Of the people. They are totally unfit
to conduct an independent govern
mant
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18

Abba Union: "Law Bros, a
Centerville real estate firm, loaned
over $3.50, 900 within one year. That
is at the rate of $50, 900 per month or
$500 per day. The firm carries an
advertisement in every paper in APP
panoose county, and the liberal ad-
vertising brought the business"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18

Here are the twelve words which
are spelled in the "new" way by Chi
cago University: Catalog, demagog,
prolog, pedagog, decalog, altho, tho,
thoro, thorofare, thru, thruout and
nropram.,,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18
Fingers Mashed.

Harry Sewers met with painful
accident at his laundry yesterday.
His fingers caught between the
rollers of the new machine which he
recently put in and were badly
mashed. II the machine had been
thoroughly heated and running at
full speed he would undoubtedly lost
his arm.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18

Things are unusually lively at
Washington just now. In the words
of another, "The president has
congress on his hands; congress has
Roberts on it's hands, and Roberts
has three wives on his hands,"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18

--Maquoketa Excelsior. The ques-
ton is not so much whether this is
the nineteenth or the twentieth cent
ury as it is to what century fossils
like Hoar and Atkinson belong.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18

If we had only kept to our orig
inal thirteen states we would prob
ably have never gotten into this
frightful Philippine muss. AS it is,
we are quickly sinking into oblivion,
and will probably carry Boston with
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18
CLEVELAND AND DEMOCRACY.

CLEVELAND AND DEMOCRACY
Grover Cleveland, the only Demo-
crat who has led his party to victory
in 80 years, has been kicked out
boots and saddle by the Bryanites.
He feels his humiliation keenly and
while he is a man without party he
is still an American and has faith in
the people who are now oppressed
by predjudiced and frey tongued
leaders. Being invited by the Chica-
go Tribune to make contribution to
a supplement devoted to Andrew
Jackson. Mr.. Cleveland, lin response,
sent the following letter:
princeton, N. j., Jan. 4, 1900.-I
am only able on account of illness to
sit up occasionally for a short time,
and must forego contribution to
your supplement commemorative of
the splendid career of Andrew Jack
son. | wish it was to be published
at time when saner counsels pre-
vailed in the party he did so much to
strengthen and place upon firmer
foundations.
1t seems to me that the inconsis-
tency of unreasoning andifalse party
leadership is impressively exhibited
when the claim is made that Jack
sonian democracy sanctions the de-
gradation of the peoples currency
and reckless disregard of the re-
straints of law anC order.
Yours very truly,
Grover Cleveland"
The ex-president could hardly have
done better if he had been able to
write at greater length. The divid-
ing line between Jacksonian demo-
cracy and Bryan democracy is clear
ly indicated by Mr.. Cleveland.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18
them in their present depressed and
depleted condition.
The democratic press continues

The democratic press continues
to bow WOW about an alleged secret
treaty between America and Eng
land. Like all their arguments for
the past five years there is nothing
in the report but they have not the
honestly to confess their mistake.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18

What a world of good could be
accomplished for Oskaloosa ii meet
ing similar to the one in Kalbach's
hall Thursday night could be held
Nbout once a month. An exchange
opinion, and a united action among
ae business men is the life of any
town
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18

Farmers who didn't get what
they wanted in their Christmas stock
ing should cheer up. More than 49,
O0O, 900 packages of seeds are now
ready for free distribution by the de-
partment of agriculture.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18

Secretary Cages action in pre-
venting a financial crash is looked
upon by the populists as particularly
reprehensible. A wave of disaster
would have been splendid card for
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18

The Globe-Democrat notes that
Mr.. Foo 1stuff, the only prisoner
thus far captured by the British in
South Africa, has been released on
parole
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18

The Colfax Clipper has changed
form and is now issued in and IL
pages as accession demands. Mr..
Robinson always gets out readable
and newsy paper.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18
Robbed a Bank.

Grafton, w. Va, Jan. 17.--Burg-
lars entered the Phillips bank last
night, blew open the safe and secured
seven thousand dollars.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18
In Favor of Dreyfus.

Paris, Jan. 17.-Petitions with a.
700 signatures were presented to
President Loubet to-day asking re-
instatement of Ex-Captain Dreyfus.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18

The Pella Advertiser concludes
from the number of troops sent by
Great Britain into South Africa, Her
Maiesty's ministry must believe in
is to 1.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18

The various reviews of the
years business and commercial pro-
gress in the United States do not in
dicate any Immediate necessity for
adopting free silver.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18

--The beers have prohibited the
sale of intoxicants during the war.
They have discovered that sober
soldier shoots straighter than
drunken one.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18

What an awful octopus the farm
ing industry of America is! 1t is
estimated that the capital invested is
sic, 900, ,OO0, 900.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18
col pryon oopes out in

Col. Bryan comes out in favor of
extension" but is opposed to Eek
pansion." 1t is difficult to distin-
guish the difference unless he wants
to grow taller without filling out any
or talk more without saying as much.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18

the 26 was almost stopped when the
collision occurred.
There was an investigation Of the
matter in the office of E. E. Kerwin
in this city on Saturday night and
Sunday but the outcome of the mat
ter has not been made known.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18
PENN COLLEGE,

Such an institution as Penn with an
intellectual standard and curriculum
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18

-Eddyville is going to have
brass Band. There is no cause for
alarm here, however, Eddyville is
ten miles away.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-01-18
Official County Paper.

The expense to the taxpayers of
Monroe county for guarding the
smallpox at Coalfield is S67 so.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-06-15
A Kentucky Mine Strike.

Pineville, Ky, June 1.-THE
Courier Journal correspondent was
informed this afternoon that about
$50 miners employed at Straight
Creek mines, one mile from here.
were on a strike. They claimed
last Saturday was payday, but the
company refused to pay them,
claiming that Saturday, the 10th,
was their regular payday. The
miners refused to work until they
their pay.