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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1901-12-27


Two things in the treatment Of
nasal catarrh are now fully under
stood, First: the drying process
is delusion that produces more
mischief than benefit. Second ;
science, common sense and expert
enco proclaim Ely's Cream Balm
co be instant relief. and final, GER
tain cure. 1t cleanses the diseased
membranes and never makes the
patient sneeze. Price 80 cents.
Sold by druggists and by Ely
Brothers, So Warren Street, New
York.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1901-12-27
x Il X
ONllRDA.

S. 5. BcllomY was at LOUISA on
business last week,
There was a grand party at b, f
Whites one night last week.
Quitea number Of young folks
attended the last day Of VIII Bur-
toms school Friday.
Miss Fanoie Bocook has been
visiting Mary White for the last
week
Ira Nanhorn will leave for col
age in the near future.
Thomas BeIlomy and d. X. Kin
ner have almost com pIeted the jolt
On James Fullers house which has
helped the looks OF his place con-
Siderable, Ev5r Green.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1901-12-27

Geo. A, Points, Upper sandusEy, o.
writes: Il have been using Foley's Hon
ey and Tar for hoarseness and find it
the best remedy ever tried 1t stopped
the cough Immediately and relieved the
soreness Take none but Foleys. A
NJ hughes.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1901-12-27
Fruit Trees for s,s

Any variety OF apple, peach or
grape, S.. per hundred Plums,
pears and ounces, % cents each.
Cash with order. Also, picked
winter apples, Janncus so per
hbl. I. o. b. here. Smith cider,
Red Harmon aud Ben Davis $500
per barrel Lob. here. Rome BCau-
ties, Red Wine Sap, Putuam Rus
SETS In block apple, 1875,
Now Is the time to plant lrees.
J. II, ENGbIsH, lroniopi O.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1901-12-27

The Louisa Furniture Co. has a
full line ofrugs, carpets, blankets,
trunks, CRATES, and stoves OF all
kinds. Examine thelrlino before
buying.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1901-12-27

The fragile babe and the growing
child are strengthened by Whites
Cream Nermfnge. 1t destroys
worms, gets digestion at work, and
so rebuilds the body. Prise - cts.
Sold by A. NJ. Hughes, Louisa, Ky.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1901-12-27

After exposure OF when you to,l
cold coming on, takc doe Of Honey
aud ar tnever fails To sto, a cold II
teken in time. 4 NJ Hughes.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1901-12-27

satisfied people are The best advertisers
Tor Foley Honey and lar and all who
use il agree tlat It is u splendid remedy
for coughs and solids or sore lungs
4 NJ hughes
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1901-12-27
Announcements.


The friends of Rowland c. Burns beg
to announce that he is a candidate for
Congress in this district III 1902 sub
ject to the action of the Republican
party. He believes that moMtain
man is as good as any one.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1901-12-27
DANISNILlE.

Charley Davis is building new
house near the forks OF Hood.
Miss Ethel Grub /, thinking OF
going home Friday.
Mrs. W. c. Davis has typhoid
fever.
Dave Harris went TO Flat Gap
last week.
b. K. Wheeler was ON our creek
Monday.
Rabbit hunting is all the go here
now.
On account OF tho steady days
rain last Saturday no meeting was
held Also on SUNDAY it being SO
cold there WAS no preaching.
Henry Sparks has returned from
Boyd whore he went to attend to
some business.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1901-12-27
Burning Of chambersbufg.

BY request Of some q my old
comrades IwHl write what Wit
messed at the burning OF Cham
bersburg. sheridan burned the
Valley Of Virginia far about enc
hundred miles such as hay stacks,
barns and mills, and we were
ordered to go to Chambersburg
and burn that in tetaliation Wei
were in the valley Of Virginia and
started to march across the Poto.
mscrlvcr | think we crossed at
Martinsburg and marched all night
and weroUrderod for every man to
stay stricllyiu his place, MNcom-
pany was the rear company in the
line Of march, went to sleep on
my horse and when awoke | wa-
riding beside the Colonel in front
of the regiment, never could ac-
count for how i got there. We
marched until break of day, then
We arrived in sight q Chambers.
burg and we're sim asletp. They
had battery planted in thoroad
in front OF the town and when we
rode up they fired grape and canis-
ter and one Of the shots passed /
thought right over my hat. They
did not hav 20 fire the SECOND time
to wake me; that one was enough.
General AyerilIs brigade was there
and they retreated. The Colonel
drew our regiment up in front Of
the town and told us the orders
were TO burn that town and those
who wanted to could take part and
those who did not wantto he would.
not force them forhe did not APP
prove of the order himself, a few
of ourregiment went and they as
sisted great many OF the ladies
to get out vauablcs. They would
! follow along behind thcm, praIS-
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1901-12-27

The damage case Of Charley
Mammon against the CONSOLIDATE
I'd Light and Railway Company,
on trial at Huntington since Tues
day, resulted in a verdict last ev-
enEng Of twenty-five hundred dol.
lars in favor Of the plaintiff says
the Advertiser. The case was
warmly contested from beginning
to end. quite a large number of
witnesses We're examined aud ey-
cry point was dwelt on at length,
A skeleton limb was exhibited as
evidence, also miniature railway
ears, etc. The attorneys for the
defense demurred to the evidence,
and the case is being argued to-
day.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1901-12-27

Congre,sm Jas. A Hughes, Of
Huntington. has succeeded in hay-
ing a post Office established at
West HamIn, Lincoln county, on
the Guyandotte Valley Railroad.
He has also succeeded in getting
the department to agree to carry
the mail for the various postoflices
along the route. This will be a
great convenience to the people
along this vaHcy.--Cttleltsburg
Press.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1901-12-27

The eases Of Miss Margaret Mac
Beth against 5. f. Bonbam and
that Of John c. Huddleston against
Mrs. Bonham both for breach OF
promise, have been compromised
ami the suits dismissed. The mat,
ter was disposed ofin Circuit Court
Saturday afternoon.-Eluntlngtou
Advertiser.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-02-28

would have wished, but taken as IA
whole it's operation and results have
been very satisfactory.
In the first place it brought the can
didates for nomination closer TO the
people than was possible under the ola
law, and in so doing forced the atten-
ton of the voters upon the candidates
and compelled a scrutiny and lnVesrl'
cation of the character and worth OF
the candidates by the mass OF the
voters. That the voters themselves
appreciated the law and the opportun-
ity it afforded to express a personal
preference for the nominees, was
shown by the fact that in our last pri-
mary election approximately three
fourths of the total vote Of the county
attended the polls, whereas, in olden
times it was unusual to get out more
than a third as many.
By placing the nomination Of candl-
dates for Office in the hands OF the
voters themselves this law did away
with any possible foundation for the
claim that the nomination was con-
tro1led by a ring or machine.
The workings of our primary cleo
ton law last fall beyond doubt, re-
suited in the selection of as satisfac-
tory and worthy a lot of nominees as
could possibly have been selected
under any other plan. There are, OF
course, some weak points in our law,
as it at present stands. To my mind,
the law ought to be amended so as to
make it impossible for voter to par
ticiDate in the nomination OF the can
didates for more than one political
party. 1t might also be we'll to make
the voters right to participate in the
nomination of the candidates of any
party depend upon his affiliation at
the last preceding election, but to
this suggestion there are many OBJ
viOus objections.
Take it all in all the primary cleo
ton law of Hennepin county has
proven eminently satisfactory to the
great mass of the people and its at
tempted repeal at this time would
create storm of public protest.
/ sincerely trust that you can sue
coed in getting your legislature to take
a favorable view Of your proposition
Yours very truly,
W. A. Kerr.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-02-28
"DEMAND."
THAT WAS THE WORD IN THE
PLATFORM AS AGREED UPON
IN COMMITTEE.

presented to the Committee on
Resolutions at the last Republican
State Convention, a proposed plat
form, in which was this plank on the
subject of Primary Elections:
"The great reformation effected in
our general elections through the Aus
Italian Ballot inspires US with conf
dence to apply the same method in
making nominations so that every
voter may exercise his sovereign right
of choice by direct vote without the in
PREVENTION or interference of any poIiti-
cal agency. We therefore demand that
caucuses and conventions for the NOM
ination of candidates for office be ahol-
shed by legislative enactment, and
that all candidates for state, iegisIa-
tive, congressional, and county Offices
De nominated at a Primary Election
upon the same day by direct vote un-
der the Australian ballot"
A motion was made by Mr.. SWEET,
the representative of the Sixth Con-
gressonaE District on that Committee,
TO strike out the wo "demand" in
the primary election plank and sub
stitute in lieu thereof the word "rec-
ommend." After some little discus
sion with reference to the proposed
change, the motion was put and lost
my recollection is by unanimous
vote. 1t may possibly be, however,
that Mr.. SWEET himself voted for his
proposed amendment. The plank
was adopted by the Committee with
the word demand" in the Primary
Election plank and | read it to the
Convention as Chairman of the Com.
nittee on Resolutions, and it was So
adopted.
H. w. chynoWeth,
Chairman Committee on Resolutions
The above is exactly in accordance
with the facts as they transpired.
Walton A. Houser,
Secretary of Committee on ResoIl.
ton.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-02-28
WISCONSIN PRESS OPINIONS

The aim of the Milwaukee Journal. yelled
under the cry of populsm, is. evidently. to
attack his primary election law plan In
cidentaIly it may have reference to several
other policies advocated by the governor
and opposed by the Journal on the general
principle Of opposition to anything the gov
eFnOr may do 3 In his message Gov
eraOr LaFOlIette advocated equality of tax
burdens being imposed upon those who were
less aEle to bear them. because of the es-
cape OF large portion Of the personal prop
arty from taxation. Was this Dopuiisn ?
The very foundation Of our whole system of
taxation is supposed to be equity. If equity
Of taxation is pOpulism, then the mass Of
the people are willing TO be called pOpu-
lists. The governor expresses a determine
tion to enforce economy in state matters
and weed out the drones and idlers draw
ing pay from the state. Is this popuism !:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-02-28
Madison Stafa.l

Shall the people be allowed to select their
own candidates or shall they be chosen for them
by handful of delegates who have themselves
been chosen by two handsful of delegates who
Ii turn were chosen by four handsful of dele,
gates who were chosen NJ a caucus in With
there was present about one voter ont -
twenty. And 1t IS as sadly true as il is trnIv
sad that this one voter who speak for the OH.
nineteen who do not care to at end fba c., ~
Is too often an individual who is Iookinc f Us
some political reward and who in nowise refacfg
the ntlient OF me nineteen absent citizens and
brous system being about four remo Il.ts c
IRON fe original tFa voter is expected to give e
reIs5oh 70 the preferences of the citizens The
process Is Spre 70 retain minute fraction onIy'
4 any an at all OF the local sentiments that may
cIled Pc leaoed te original caucus vet this is
t tnat some new modus operandi for giving ex.
be adopted. as " e1nu4ud'es
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-02-28
(The Inland Ocean. Superior)

Inc republican party is absolutely committed
70 the passage of primary election law. Or
that issue Governor LaFollette fought and won
ana the republican party cannot honorabIv 60
oack on platform of its own choosing. ~
GrantIng that the present proposed lav 10
cnmoersome and imperfect then make sI,cb
Moderate .r changes as may be agreed upon bnt
No new law embodyine radical changes is
ever perfect IN its original form. Chan1as 80 -
be made OF course from time to time as a,rIe,
ence dictates bnt a beginning must be Inada
some TINE and In this case the beginning must
There severy reason to believe that the eov.
ernor IS thoroughly in earnest in the mater.
ana no better time could be found for the
inauguration OF this much needed reform.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-02-28

They voted for the primry election
law because there was no one around
to tell them what else to do. YOU
mean, he said, they now have q
change of heart, haze come to the
mourners' bench and pray forgive
ness.
Yes. I answered, they say they
would rather now be right than con
sistent,' and it's new proposition tC
meet. Don't meet it, he said, they
would rather be wrong than honest
Those were the kind of fellows you
sent to the state convention because
they knew more than the common
people, No man ere felt the halter
draw that had a good opinion Of the
law How do you like to have such
men everlastingly naming your candi-
dates and building your platforms, he
continued. Think what pressure must
have been brought to bear to force
men to write such arrant nonsense -
Would this law perpetuate candi-
dates in office, l inquired. No longer
than they were wanted, he replied
If the law is to be formed in the in
terest of those candidates who have
not yet been able to climb over the
fence into pastures green, you might
limit the terms of Office Of all, the
same as you today limit the sheriff to
one term and the county treasurer to
two. If that is not the paramount
iSc11p Won pan 1naVa If m tho DocpTo RI
keep officials in Office only just SO long
as they require their services"
What of the proposition to first
submit to a vote Of the people, !
asked. Who wants it submitted? He
interrupted. Why l will wager it is
some dyed-in-the-wool opponent Of
your bill who does not care what tbs
people say but seeks to put off the day
Of reckoning. When the Devil saint
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-02-28

among the priceless treasures you can
lay away. Pioneer political leaders
they were in their time, and VIII al
ways be regarded as the colonial fore
fathers, who semi-annually saved the
great Badger state from political
humiliation. Yes he said, they were
the professional platform makers who
built the political structure on which
candidates were to run and for which
the country districts were sure to
hurrah according to the program.
They will be tenderly remembered as
colonial relics of the political reyo-
luton
How about the Spartan soldiers l
said, who have always been rewarded
with a blue book or railroad map for
distinguished party service before the
gentlemen from Iowa county and the
assembly crossed the Rubicon at the
present session? How about the polit-
zeal lieutenants of the first, second
third and fourth grades? viii not
their enthusiasm wane when the maps
have been shut off and the political
excitement of a red-hot convention
day with four sore-heads to every sue
cessfUl candidate has become a thing
Of the past? Will not the primary
election become a funeral ceremony?
Will not the hustling fellows, these
same lieutenants, be out Of business
when they are unable to longer re-
mind lis that their generals were the
Moses and Isaacs who semi-annually
guided the political Isrealites through
the desert wastes Of the other party
and from out the caverns of party
innocuous desuetude? How did it
work in Minneapolis I enquired.
Why he replied, the privates who
had always stood in the rear ranks,
who have never been educated in the
school of political chicanery, the bank
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-02-28

Waupaca Post: The suggestion made by
the opponents Of the bill that voters gen
erally would not get out to attend the eau
cuSes, is offset by the fact that caucus day
IS made registration day, as well as a legal
holiday Men who desire to vote at the
coming election will have to register, and
caucuses are held, they will be very apt TO
take hand in the nomination of the can
dldates for whom they viii vote at the
election: The holding open Of the primary
from in the morning untif9 at night. in
cures, and from in the morning until at
opportunity to vote Tho hin boI
ooccasloned great deal of comment around
me stare As rule the politicians those
VINO are active and instrumental in parcel
ing out and taking offices, are against it.
VINE the general feeling. outside Of the
RoiI5Ilciians3 is in favor Of it. Some farmers
Ihlnk 1t VIII be concentration of political
power IN the cities, and that only a rich
man could hope. to acquire a state Office
to be sound. ~
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-02-28

believe the fment p atform promises OF leg
selection
Primary Election Bill
personal
passage Assembly Bill No
*mary Election Bill
-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-02-28
Wisconsin S+o+o Journal

The party is committed to the direct
vote. The legislature was largely elected
on that issue. The people have put into the
name suggests nominating reform. Those
who block this thing are acting neither
wisely nor periodically. Many are gov
erned by an Interior motive, presumably the
embarrassment Of Governor La Toilette
The direct vote is no new thing to the ma
ton, although it is new to Wisconsin, The
plan of having citizens name their candf-
dates as far as possible is step forward.
The wheels of time must not be turned
backward"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-02-28

Amigo Republican: The mass of the PEG.
pie declared for the law in me past elec.
ton and will hold their representatives &C,
countable for carrying out their wishes at
Madison this winter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-02-28

Badger Banner: The party is indisputably
pledged to the substitution of primary
elections for caucuSeS and conventions, and
1t cannot with impunity put TO naught that
pIeuge without showing i mighty good
reason why.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-02-28

If it interferes with the system Of reward
ing political heelers with sinecures at the
expense of the taXpaying people of the
state, those taxpayers will endorse it under
any name. The governor took bold stand
in favor of reform in the matter of state
oil Inspector. and declared that fees
amounting TO $4,000 or more a year now 60
ing into the pockets of a state functionary
for duties that could be performed for
81 500 a year should be covered into the
state treasury. Was this populiSm? So be
it There are still plenty of candidates for
the place, among them distinguished mem
berS of the legislature. The office will not
suffer for lack of applicants. The COVER
nor found Il secretary of one of the state
boards piling up an expense account of
twice his salary He promptly called for
his resignation.
But il is idle to continue these examples
of the governors populsm. His most glar-
ing example of populiSm, no doubt, is the
proposition to permit the voters to nomi-
nate the men for public Office whom they
wish to have chosen, and not compel them
to delegate this right TO system of polit-
cal brokerage. Probably in the eyes Of
those who would like to continue in the
political brokerage business this is a high
handed example of populism. If it is pop
uliSm great many people in this state
have suddenly become populiStS. But ii is
that form of populism which has come to
stay long enough TO try the experiment, and
all the buster of opposition and outcry
about the people being too ignorant to
know their own minds is not going TO pre-
vent the people from giving their mental
capacities test along this line.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-02-28

derant influence of the cities over the rural
districts. The bill cannot be Judged by
what has occurred in the operation Of
primary election laws elsewhere, because il
is unique
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-02-28

Union Grove Enterprise: While perhaps
the Primary Election bill is not all that
may be desired, yet it is a step in the right
direction, and if it becomes a law it will do
away with much of the corruption that
means of Doodle and other unfair measures
which are used by INSCRIPTIONS men to
get into office. Give the whole people
voice in the nomination Of their officers and
we guarantee the character of many Off
Gals will be much improved, and Il man to
get the nomination for office will have to
have something more than a pull with the
ward heelers, in order to gain post ions of
trust and honor. We trust the representa-
tives from Racine county VIII give the
measure their hearty support and that it
may become law.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-02-28

Wausau Central Wisconsin (Rep0: A few
good people may be deluded into opposing
me proposed law, but the vast majority ap
prove IL heartily. 1t should be perfected, il
1t needs perfecting, and then promptly
passed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-02-28

Washburn Times: What the people want
they should have. If the result is not adj
themselves will find it out soon enough,
and will demand a return to the old sys-
TEN. Let us have the new order of things,
and find whether it is what it is cracked
up to be, and if it is not, there will be no
difficulty in repeating the Primary Election
matter at the next legislative session. 1t
is an experiment, and if it will do what it's
having
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-02-28

CashtOn Record: 1t is said that the law
II passed Will make an extra expense to the
state. We have not figured up the extra
cost but We don't believe the actual cost
VIII be as large as unuer the present law
1or while at present the bills are paid by
the candidates and those who expect TO be
come candidates in the future, who eN-
pect to make it back when they get in Of
nee, ana amounts 10 many thousands of dol
lars each campaign for caucuses and con
VentlonS, under the new law it will be paid
by every property holder in the state, and
VIII not tend to so much corruptness in Of
nee. II we can have cleaner politics, let us
do so even if it costs us ten cents n wear
more Tor taxes. Let the law be passed the
party pledges redeemed and fair trial be
given it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-02-28

Oconto County Reporter: What an ex-
cellent example of the unSelhShresS of our
city politicians is their denuncatioh Of the
primary election bill because it will place
TOO much power in the hands of the cities