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The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-01

The jan proposition is to be
given a thorough test in Mahaska
county this fall. Heretofore the
proposition has been tackled onto
the regular ballot and not more than
one voter in three thought to ex-
press his sentiments. This year,
however, the proposition is printed
on a separate sheet and the voter
win be forced to think of it and to
vote either for or against. We be-
lieve the proposition should carry
from an economic standpoint alone.
The expense of keeping up two iails,
as at present, neither one of which
is safe, would more than pay the in
terest on the money invested in a
new structure. History repeats itself
and we will always have criminals,
therefore we must prepare to take
care of them and provide prison
that is safe. The expense of new
jail would not be felt even by the
largest taxpayers.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-01
WHYHE "FLOPPED.n

Nobody has put the republican
side of the argument in the camgaign
more tersely or comprehensively that
Representative Joseph d. Sibley, of
Pennsylvania, in his his recent speech
atkBradford, y said Franklin Murphy,
of the republican national committee,
'Being accused of Topping, he
confessed, and told why he Topped.
If 1 may be allowed to boil down
his remarks, this is what he said:
HHe saw men earning twice as
much now as in 1895.
"He saw everybody employed now,
while in 1896, AZ per cent of the wage
earners of the country were unem-
ployed or working on short hours.
she saw the country manufacturing
for home consumption and for export
now, instead of importing as in 1896.
HE saw a pound of wool selling
for 80 cents instead of II cents, as in
1896 and cotton at 10 cents instead
0f cents,
"He saw an advance under McKin-
ley of 25 to 125 per cent in the price
of all farm products.
"He saw S765 ,OOO, 900 more paid to
wage earners in this country in 1893
than in 1896,
"He saw thirty five miles of empty
freight cars side-tracked and idle on
the New York Central railroad for
two years under Cleveland, and now
every wheel turning.
"He saw our boys in blue being
shot down by savages and the Bryant
tes sympathizing with the savages.
she saw every month a national
surplus, instead of a deficit, as in
1895.
"He saw that we were lending
money to Europe, instead of borrow.
ing it from Europe, as under Cleve-
land.
"Aud when he saw these things he
went and 'fopped.'"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-01
WY sUcH RANTS

Father Nugent ought to read as
good a paper even as the Oskaloosa
Times and he would know more than
he professed to know about the Phil
ippines. In his speech here he said:
lone man in the republic without
the consent of the people or an as
sembled congress, has seized 1900
islands on the other side of the globe,
and purchased ten millions of human
beings at So per head, and placed
them in the keeping of sixty thousand
American troops. After he has done
this, his party comes before the peo-
pie and not only asks, but positively
demands of the people, powers larger
than the constitution that it may gov
ern new world outside the republic. "
Father Nugent is man of great
power, but we do not believe if he
would try he could misrepresent the
administration any more than he has
done in those few words.
Dewey, the great Irish-American,
won the islands by his great victory
in Manila Bay, and Bryan and his
party leaders urged the ratification
of the treaty. Congress ratified the
treaty in February, 1899, by the terms
of which we paid Spain $40 900 900 for
her property rights there. Even Bry-
an, with all, his craftiness, has ad-
mitted this, and Father Nugent is
surely too good man to go on with
his misrepresentations,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-01
FOWLER FOR McKINLFY.


Bishop Fowler, one of the greatest
men ths Methodist church in America
has ever produced is heart and soul
for Mckinley. In an address before
the Marquett club in Chicago he
said:
"All men honor Lincoln to-day. All
men will honor Mckinley tomorrow.
AS a believer in American history /
am an expansionist. That is what
we have been doing in all our past.
1t is republican doctrine and demo-
cratic practice. Expansion is the
law of the Saxon life. When he ac-
cepted the individual accountability
directly to God, without Intervention
of any man, then God gave him self
reliance, and set about the Job Of
subduing and saving the world and
he is out and at it. Expansion is in
our blood, in our history, in our re-
ligion; it is our destiny. To call ex-
pansion imperialism is either foolish
or insincere, or both. 1t is practicing
fallacies upon the uninformed and
confiding. Imperialism is absurd.
"If Bryan is elected he will seek an
immediate repeal of the present tar
iff law and secure free trade. This
will stop our spindles, close our fact
cries, cool our furnaces. This will
transfer our work beyond the seas to
strangers, leave our laborers idle and
their families hungry"
"If Bryan is elected he will call
back our armies, turn over all the
tribes of the Philippines to be robbed
and murdered by the Tagals, and
pull down our flag from where our
heroes have planted it. We do not
want that.
"If Mckinley is elected, he will re-
tain the gold standard, preserve
sound money, pay all our salaries
and wages in money worth 100 cents
to the dollar. That's what we do
want.
"If Mckinley is elected, he will
keep our flag floating over all our
territory, preserving our national
honor. That's what we do want.
"If Mckinley is elected he will
hold United States up to the front as
world-power, secure an open door
for trade and the gospel, and help
perpetuate civilization, thus hasten
ing the end of heathenism and the
christianization of the world. That
is what we do want. Therefore, let
us send him back to his job"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-01

General Dyrenforth, commander
in-chief of the Union Veterans Union
pays his respects to Bryan in the fol-
lowing terms:
81 regard Bryan as an ally OF
Aguinaldo, rebel against the con-
stitutional authority of our country.
regard him as an enemy of our
country, just as I regarded rebels
and copperheads during those years
when rebels strove to destroy the
government of the United States
under the leadership of JEFF Davis.
Their principles are practically the
same.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-01
LARRY M,CORD.

Eddyville Tribune: Larry McCord
was in townMonday calling on friends.
Larry is a candidate in Mahaska
county for recorder, and his universal
popularity will without question carry
him into Office on tidal wave. Re-
gardless of politics the south part of
the county will give him an almost
solid vote, and this is due him in many
ways and especially for the clean rec
ord that he enjoys socially, morally,
and politically. The McCords are not
strangers in this section; the name of
the family has been synonym for
uprightness and honesty at all times.
Those that seem to know the condi-
tions that exist in his own township
say that the fact of his receiving over
a hundred votes above his ticket two
years ago will be eclipsed at the com
ing election.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-01

"A. s. Wisegarver, who recently
removed from Illinois. to this city
says it is an open secret that Mr..
Bryan was paid for every speech he
made in Illinois this fall. At Abiding
ton the committee had failed in rails
ing the last sl5 of the SIS he was to
receive and the crowd was to wait
until the amount was made up. The
delay here made Bryan late at Gales
burg but he got s140 for a twenty
minute speech, the amount he was to
have for forty minutes. Seven dollars
a minute is pretty good for stump
speeches, and considering the amount
invested beats the profits on any
trusts-in Iowa anyway.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-01

Bryan admits that he has grown
rich in the past four years but he
denies getting his money out of
politics. He says he has made most
of his fortune of 100000 out of the
sale of his book, ''The First Great
Battle" And this is one of the most
fragrant monopolies ever perpetrated
on the American people. 1t actually
cost less than 90 cents to produce
copy OF the book, but Bryan had a
cinch and he charged s4.00 for them.
Three hundred per cent profit beats
any other trust on record.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-01
THE POPE rs PLEASED.

Archbishop Ireland in an interview
in the Chicago Tribune on Wednes-
day said:
81 have read in different papers
the arguments thrown out for the
purpose of turning away Catholic
voters from the Republican party to
the effect that Catholic interests have
much to suffer under American oc-
cupation in the Philippines and Cuba.
"To all such arguments l give one
and the same reply. In Rome, where
Catholic interests in those countries
are well understood, there is entire
satisfaction as to the attitude of the
American government towards those
interests. If the authorities in Rome
are satisfied why would not Catholics
in America be satisfied?
SIN one of the audiences which he
graciously granted me, the Pope said: /:
We are we'll pleased with the re-
lation of the American government
to the church in Cuba and the Philip
pine Islands. The American govern
ment gives proof of good will, and
exhibits in its acts spirit of Justice
and of respect for the liberty and the
rights of the church. The reports
we receive from Bishops and others
indicate this. Difficulties of detail
occur as q consequence of war and
of newness of compilations, But we
understand such things, we have con-
fldence in the intelligence and the
spirit of justice OF the American gov
ernment, and believe that the future
will not lead us to a change of senti-
ment toward it. Under the American
government there will be due respect
for rights OF property and conscience
You will tnank in my name the Presi-
dent of the republic for what is be-
ing done ~, 81
"The Cardinal Seoretaryof State
Rampolla, on my telling him of my
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-01
-naa Mnines retail

-Des Moines retail merchants,
members of the retailers associa-
tion, are more than pleased with the
results of the shopping excursions
to date. The concensus of opinion
of dry goods merchants is that their
out of town trade has increased
about so per cent over the same
trade for the corresponding time
last year. Clothiers and tailors fig
ure about a 80 per cent increase;
carpet and furniture dealers about q
20 per cent increase and the miscel.
laneous trades an increase of from
20 to 40 per cent in out of town shop
ping results.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-01

Dear Friends:--I send you clip
ping which explains my position per
fectly on political matters and think
it we'll worth publishing. Please tell
my old friend Eli Ketner that de-
sire to apologize to him for the
many free trade talks we have had
as did it through ignorance.
My eyes have been open for the
past six years. and have been doing
all / can for protection ana sound
money. Your old friend,
@. H. PHELPs.''
Following is the clipping referred
to:
William Hintz, one of the best
known German farmers in Hancock
county, Ohio, gives this reason for
his conversion from Organism: 81
used to be a democrat, and was
one until found that by voting the
democratic ticket / was voting
against my sheep. / had big flock
of sheep on my farm. The demo-
cratic party in 1892 initiated free
trade and took the duty off wool,
The price fell to IL cents. 1t made
me think. / studied the question
hard and conscientiously and from
all sides. / looked at it in an un-
biased manner. What was good for
me certainly must be good for my
neighbor, and he must also suffer
with me. If the price of my wool de-
preciated, the cost of clothes might
be less, but would have no money
to buy them. / studied the matter
carefully and came to the conclusion
that | might Just as well kill my
sheep as vote the democratic ticket.
Then came the cry of free~sllver.
In my life have found that it is
wise to follow successful men.
Therefore, If man is money
maker, why not watch him and try
the same methods yourself? ! found
that the men of the country who had
morey were against free silver. !
asked myself why, and concluded
free silver would be bad for my
sheep. l voted for Mckinley and
the republican platform and have
done so ever since. | shall support
the republican ticket this year. am
no longer a democrat, but republi-
can. The democratic platform shifts
it's planks too often to suit me. am
satisfied with the present state of af-
fairs and 80 are my sheep"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-01
The Kansas Telephone Company

The Kansas Telephone Company
has placed an order for one million
dollars worth of new equipment, and
the Baltimore s. Ohio Railway has
ordered $4,000 new freight cars, pro-
yiding Mckinley is elected. If Bryan
wins both orders are to be cancelled.
These deals on smaller scale are
multiplied all over the country, and
show what a disasterous effect on
business the success of Organism
would have. & sa. f-'.f
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-01
..Never had as much business in

Never had as much business in
my life, y said Attorney w. R. Nelson
of Eddyville, who was in town Satur-
day. "Have been too busy to devote
much time to politics, but am going
to vote the straight republican ticket
this fall. - 1t will be remembered
that Mr.. Nelson was a full fledged
democrat up to two years ago when
he broke the ice by voting for Major
Lacey. There are others, too, just
like Mr.. Nelson.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-01

1T cannot be too forcibly i'm
pressed on the minds of the voters
that in order to vote this fall they
must first register, Once every four
years the registry books in every
ward must be revised and each voter
must register anew. This is the
quadrennial year and it behooves
every voter to see that his name is
placed on the books in his ward.
This must be done next Saturday,
Nov 3, or not at all. The booths are
kept open until O'Clock.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-01
srEcK AT ROSE HILL.

We sent short hand reporter to
Rose Hill to take the Steck's speech
in full so that we may quote him ac-
curately.
Mr.. Steck surprised his audience
by arguing that the country is not
enjoying prosperity.
This is what he said:
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-01

Thefollowing Impartial Associated
Press Dispatch sent out from Wash
ington is a handsome endorsement
Of the administration and notes
the fulfillment of Republican pro-
phesy made four years ago:
The gold in the treasury on Fri
day amounted to s451 AT ,4O4, the
highest point ever reached since the
foundation of the government. This
is said to be the largest gold fund in
the world
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-01

Father Nugent: "You should vote
for Bryan because he is the foe Of
centralized wealth and power. He
does not hold it crime to be rich; he
holds it crime to be criminally rich.
1t Is not a crime to be rich If you gain
your wealth under laws made for the
welfare of all the people. But he
holds wealth to be a crime when it is
acquired under laws made for the sole
purpose of robbing the masses for
the benefit of the classes"
How about that fortune of 5000, ,o0o
Bryan has cleared up in three years
from his book monopoly2
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-01

Sunday mornings Council Bluffs
Nonpariel was sent out with an ele-
CANT and elaborate trade supplement,
setting forth many attractive features
of the city and the advantages of
Council Bluffs as a trading place.
The Nonpariel is always alive to the
interests OF the community it repre-
sents, and is itself one of the most
successful business institutions in
Western Iowa.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-01

1888 Lacey, Is, s,Ooo; Weaver, 1871;
Haskell, 1923; scattering, 4.
Lacey's plurality, s2s;majority,
sos.
1890 O-Lacey, 1882; White, 1902;
Engle, 1,04s; McMillen, 201.
Whites plurality, $50. No ma
iority.
1892 Lacey, 17,747; White, 1852;
Owens, 2, $50; Reece, ,449. Lacey's
plurality, 1,175; no majority.
1ss4-Lacey, 1s,4ls; Taylor, 1852;
CLARK, 5,663; Gilchrist, ,E5O2. La
cey's plurality, s,sSe; e;smaiority,
GIL.
1896 Lacey, 81 ,97o; White,I 20, ,76s; /;
Branson, 26S. Lacey's plurality,
1901; majority, 933.
1s9s-Lacey, 1878; Weaver, 1s,267;
Turner, ,51s; Morris, ,294. Lacey's
plurality, 1,471; majority, $50.
Year. Plurality. Majority.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-01
There seems to be a little en-

There seems to be little en-
thusiasm on tap in Ohio. Alliance
Monday night was the scene Of one
of the biggest political meetings ever
held in the old Mckinley district,
famous for its big meetings and
notable speakers in the past The
meeting embraced the dedication OF
a mammoth foundry building of the
Morgan Engineering Company, one
Of the chief products of which is the
disappearing gun carriages used in
coast defenses. Temporary seats
were provided for 10000, and nearly
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-01

every one was occupied. All the sur
rounding towns contributed delega-
tions and bands, Canton, the presi-
DENTS home, sending about 1900
people, and all the roads entering the
city were obliged to leave people on
account Of lack of accommodations.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-01
STAND BY THE TICKET.

New Sharon Star: Without word
to say against any nominee on the
democratic tickeG, we are fully as
sured that every candidate presented
by the republican county convention
is competent and worthy. They were
selected with care. They deserve
the full support of the party, every
republican vote, and if they receive
it all will be elected by handsome
majorities. 1t is simply impossible
for any democrat in Mahaska county
to be elected without republican bal
lots. They so understand the situat-
ion, and are running through the
country begging republican votes,
something they are not entitled to,
something they ought MOTTO receive.
Accept this good republican advice,
to stand by your party ticket, by the
men you would expect to stand by
you if you were one of the nominees.
This is fair and right. Remember
that you cannot be unjust to Others
without being unjust tosyourself.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-01
BARKED THE WRoNG TREE

DA ASh ~ = AA'S - NSON' ~ = 49, - :
Going up on the Rock Island train
to Des Moines the other morning the
writer was amused at an incident that
occurred just the other side of Prairie
City. A big fellow of the Bryan per-
suasion, who had made himself tire
some to all on board, sat down in a
seat behind a farmer who got on at
Prairie City, and leaning over ad-
dressed the farmer. "How is every
thing here" he enquired. 80, all
right, +" replied the farmer. "Work
is scarce around here, is it not?"
"No, guess not" "I saw six fellows
standing around the depot there, ap-
parently with nothing to do. If times
are good why are they not at work."
urged the Bryanite. "Pooh! those
fellows won't work, 'replied the farm
er; 81 tried to hire every one of them
to help me dig my potatoes, but they
refused S1.25 per day. You can't
Judge the country by them" The
Bryanite had sudden desire to smoke
a cigar and he went into the smoking
car with his mouth shut so tight that
crow bar would not bulge it.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-01

Father Nugent: "You must not
forget that the Kansas City conven-
tion endorsed the Chicago platform
in its entirety, and emphasized in u
special manner the free coinage OF
silver at the ratio of 16 to L."
No, we guess the voters around
here won't forget that, ,-even if Judge
Steck has.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-01
-Liston McMillen predicts a mai

-Liston McMillen predicts a major
ity Of 1000 in Iowa for Mckinley,
and ,0OOi in Mahaska county for Major
Lacey. Mr.. McMillen bases his claim
on the fact that the farmer, the wage
Garner and the business man are unit
ed this year as never before and pre-
sent solid phalanx against the dam
gers of Organism.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-01

Designing mud singers are still
repeating the falsehood that Major
Lacey draws pension. This is un-
true in every way. He never even
applied for pension and as there is
nothing the matter with him he could
not get one if he would try.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-01

St.Mary's Catholic church cleared
about $500 from the fair held last
week. This is prosperity indeed and
their friends throughout the COM
munity congratulate them. In this
connection we might repeat what
Rev. Nugent says prosperity is, but
we forbear.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-01

conversation with the Pope, said that
the statements made to me by the
Pope were such as he, from his per-
sonal knowledge and belief, was ready
to repeat, and that / was at liberty
to make them known to the Ameri-
can people at large.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-01

Republicans lost 400 votes by
scratching the ticket last fall. If
they will just vote straight this year,
and there is no occasion to do other
wise, the Republican maiorities will
be satisfactory. Don't be induced to
scratch, you don't get any thanks for
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-01

-Bryan's latest lament is that the
laboripg men of the country are un-
able to sit down to a s13 per plate
banquet, as he did with BOSS Crock
err in New York. His sympathies
run in strange directions.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-01
C.H. PHELPS WRITES,

g. H. PHELPS WRITES,
The following communication from
our fellow townsman will be read
with interest and satisfaction by his
old time friends here:
Brush, Colorado, Oct. 27, 1900
OsKALOoSA HERALD,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-01
SOLD GLORY

In his speech Father Nugent said
of the flag of the country;
considered in itself, apart from
every other thing, it is simply a few
yards of cotton cloth on which the
stars and stripes have been painted.
Our flag is not the emblem of a ma
tion, an army or navy. 1t is the
sign of a principles cotton HERO
glyph which stands for the word
liberty. Once separated from the
principles of liberty and the idea of
self.government, it becomes as mean
ingless as cloth on clothes line.
1t may be used on equal grounds by
the American soldier in the Philip
pines and the American bandits in
Tagging a train for robbery on the
western plains. The republicans
have formulated the famous ques-
ton, Who will haul down the fiag?'
They themselves have formulated
the answer. Anyone who is strong
enough may haul it down. If it no
longer represents right, but might,
then the strongest hand may haul it
down, and the flag that goes up in
it's place is better flag than it be-
cause it is the emblem of q greater
force, On the policy of the present
administration it is a misnomer to
any longer call the flag 'Old Glory
With more fitness we may call it
'Old Cory or old Gold, or old
Business They have made it the
flag of the trader, the banker and
the buccaneer."
We give this to our readers with
out comment. 1t needs none. What
do you think of it?
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-01
NOT COD-LIVER OIL

but SCOTS emulsion of cod
liver oil. They are not the
same far from it.
SCOTS emulsion is cod-liver
oil prepared for the stomach.
Let cod-liver oil alone if you
need it. When your physician
orders toast, do you breakfast
on hour9
Pure cod-liver oil is hard to
take and hard to digest, A
man that can keep it down,
can saw wood. He thinks he
is sick; he is lazy.
Wen send you little to try Il you like.
SCOTT BOVINE. 4o9 Pearl street. New York
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-01

Our friends, the Democrats, are
mum as oysters over the successful
settlement of the strike in Pennsyl-
vania. If it had not been settled,
what noise they would be making?
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-01

How about government by in
Junction. How much would the local
managers of the Democratic party
give to have that paragraph stricken
from the platform?
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-01
VOTE ON CONGRESSMAN.

VOTE ON CONGRESSMAN.
The following gives the vote on con-
gressman in the Sixth district for the
past twelve years. The figures are
taken from the Iowa official register:
1SS6-Donnell, 1854. Weaver, 16, ,572.
.# Scattering, so. Weaver's plu-
rality, 618; majority, 56S.