The Algona Republican from Algona, Iowa • Page 4

THE 1 BY MILTON STARR. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year, in Advance $1.50 Six Months 75 Three Months 40 TOPICS OF THE WEEK. The Dingley bill, which is being talked of now as a possible settlement of the revenue question, is the bill introduced by Dingley of Maine at the last session of congress. It is estimated that if passed it will add as much as i'orty million dollars annually to the revenues, and yet all of its provisions are contained in a few Hues. It imposes a tariff on wool and lumber equal to 60 per cent of that provided by the McKinley bill and raises the rates of tariff imposed by the Wilson- Gorman bill 15 per cent.

In no case is the rate to exceed that of the McKinley bill. With the aid of the silver republicans this bill might have been passed at the last session, but they said in substance that the government could not have money for running expenses until their demand for free coinage of silver at 16 to 1 was complied with. It is said now that, the people having passed upon the latter question, they will no longer stand in the way of the passage of the bill. Should it pass the question will be whether Cleveland will allow it to become a law. The success of this bill would probably obviate the necessity of an extra session soon after the fourth of Marcb.

If it is not passed tbe extra session will need no further justification. It might bave been supposed that the democratic party would be rid of Bryan after the election in case of bis defeat, but he means to fasten himself upon the organization for four years at least, and he has already begun mapping the campaign of 1900. A national democratic or democratic national convention, it is presumed, will be allowed to be held that year, but it is clear that according to Bryan's notions the usual deliberations of a national convention in formulating the party platform and nominating the presidential candidate will be superfluous if not presumptuous. In an interview at Kansas City Monday he laid down the terms upon which democrats who supported Palmer or McKinley this year will be allowed to come back into the fold. The requirement is simply that they renounce their sound money views and bow down to silver.

He regards his nomination at Chicago as a perpetual commission as leader of the party and custodian of the keys of life and death. Here is what the Boy Orator says: administration's idea of civil service is a full permission for all officials to do whatever the administration wants them to do. The democrats who worked with and supported the republican party in the late campaign will be gladly welcomed again into the ranks of the democratic party, but only as silver democrats. The democratic party is now a silver party. There can not be two republican parties.

The charge that grieved me most and was unjust was tbat I had deserted the democratic party in 1892 and voted for General Weaver. Those who made; the charge knew we bad fusion in Nebraska and that I acted upon the recommendation of the chairman of the national democratic committee. These men will find it very hard now to accuse me of not being a democrat. I am not ready to make future plans public. I do not intend to lose my residence in Lincoln.

I will lecture some. I will engage in nothing that could invalidate my position as the head of the silver forces." The closing remark indicates Bryan's intention not to allow either the populist or the democratic party to get away from him. The country probably never had another such exhibition of youthful conceit. The treatment of the Cuban situation by the Cleveland administration is about as cold-blooded and unfeeling as is tbe treatment of Armenia by the great powers of Europe. We complain bitterly against the latter as inhumane but the sentiment of tbe civilized world does not count.

Neither does the appeal of Americans influence the president. The will of the people of fchis country was expressed by congress last spring in the resolutions calling for the recognition of Cuban recognition of the Cubans as a people actually making war and entitled to the benefit of the rules of civilized warfare. Cleveland at that time thought the people were too fast, and it is explained that he wanted to give Spain a couple of months more time in which to tame the Cuban spirit of liberty, with which object he- appeared then and now appears to be in full sympathy. That brief opportunity seemed to be all that Spain had the hardihood to ask for, but it was insufficient. It has looked for a year at least that in order to crush the aspirations of the Cubans for independence it would be necessary to treat them as the sultan is treating the Armenians and exterminate them.

It seems, too, that they are a difficult people to and more time has been needed. As the Spanish diplomats came to understand Cleveland better they asked for larger opportunities and from time to time what has been asked or demanded to allow of the suppres- of liberty in Cuba has been granted. The president has persisted in ignoring or disregarding the sentiments of his own country and has been guided by the wishes of Spain. At the present time Cleveland is still waiting, wbi'lV Spain, with larger armies than before at command, and inspired by desperation, is making a last attempt to crush a brave people. It is said that he will give the Spaniards all the time he can before decid-.

ing what he will recommend to con- 1 gress. One of the most creditable things accomplished by the present administration Was the bringing about of arbitration of the Venezuelan has at last consented to that, method of settlement of the boundary dispute. What has been done in this instance shows what might have been by a proper assertion of the American spirit in dealing with the Hawaiian and Cuban questions. The Bancroft Eegister notes the fact that most of the papers of this county are outspoken against legalizing the saloon. It might have made the statement stronger yet, and said that so far, no newspaper in Kossuth has declared in favor of reinstating the institution.

If the saloon is to be back the iniquity cannot be charged up against the editors. The suggestion of Senator Allison's name in connection with McKinley's cabinet was to be expected, as much on the ground of acknowledged fitness as because he was a candidate for the presidential nomination. Twice have his high qualifications been recognized by tenders of cabinet positions, and no doubt a like proffer of honors will come from the president-elect. Heretofore Mr. Allison has declined to leave the senate to accept executive responsibilities, and there is no reason to believe that he will now adopt a different policy.

Should he do so the legislature may be called upon at the special session to elect a successor in the senate. In that case a great scramble would ensue. NOT A LIQUOR BENEFIT. Now that Gov. Drake has called the legislature to meet in extra session on January 19, the standbys of the liquor interest have given notice of their intention to push a bill legalizing the manufacture of intoxicating liquors.

The governor bases his call for the extra session on the ground of economy in completing the revision of the code. There has been considerable opposition to the extra session based on the same consideration of economy, so that it would appear that economy is at present a general popular demand. In view of that fact it would seem that the liquor people had better wait. There is no other private interest that we have heard of that has suggested that the legislature shall be kept in special session at the expense of the taxpayers for its benefit. Another thing that would seem to have a bearing is the fact that the whole question of manufacture was gone into at the regular session and the liquor men met with a decisive defeat.

They had now better wait until the people are heard from again on that question. If we must have this question at the front continuously the legislature next fall can be elected on that issue, but in the meantime it will be the proper thing for the brewers and distillers to affect the vir- ture of modesty though they have it not. The solons should confine themselves strictly to the code, and do some solid work that the state can afford to pay for. WE ARE INVADED, Algona is having an experience of the tramp infliction in the I'm-m and guise of an army of peddlers and agents. The town has had strolling pack peddlers and carpet-bag merchants from time immemorial, but never before was there anything that might with so much reason be described as a horde or an army.

The time has been when a family would pass an entire day in uninterrupted quiet and free from intrusion by people who had to introduce themselves. Now the lady of the house is likely to receive half a dozen calls in the course of the forenoon from the army of the uninvited, and some housekeepers have practically given up all the serious objects of life other than giving audience to callers, whose intrusion is strictby for business who have absorbed the commercial spirit of the times and who think that we should have prosperity at once. These callers may be divided into civilized, half-civilized and barbarous. They may be classified again as those who openly carry a grip and those who hide their wares or samples under their coats or cloaks and whose mute appeal for recognition compels the conviction that they must be long lost brothers or forgotten sisters. None of them call when there are men folks about with clubs- Some article new to the household economy, and included in the estimates for subsistence, or the smell of a strange liniment or medicine first tells the secret of a successful invasion.

Tuese unexpected visitors usually have engaging manners, carry OB a lively conversation, ask questions In regard to the family tree and affect an easy familiarity calculated to throw nil but the most experienced and watchful off their guard, and induce a volubfe exchange of personal Prom a memorandum at band the following abridged list of articles of commerce, retailed in Algona during jnojith, is 'stove freckle eradioator, blueing, improved curling-iron 1 oat-tueal, kettles greatest purl-' fler, cake pan, cook bodk, guide to a happy married life, six varieties of soap, sanitary corsets, flat-irono, fine underwear, patterns, perfumery, for instantaneous reproduction of old masters, boot-jacks, carpet brushes, histories of the rise and fall of man, cosmetics to renew the beauty and freshness of youth, court-plaster, rat poison, stewing kettles, wart eradicators, hair renewers, headache medicines, pimple extinguisher, specifics to prevent the teeth from falling out, directions for restoring prosperity when lost, bed-bug exterminator, rules for preservation of the temper and retention of mental faculties unimpaired, preventives of cold extremities, deodorizers of the breath, meditations for the incurably dyspeptic, eye-water, axle-grease. these articles begin to pile up in the house there are interrogations, mild suggestions of retrenchment, economy and reform and of a return to the plain living and outfitting of our ancestors, then, on the other hand, a setting forth of opportunities neglected, roads to happiness untrod and perhaps unsuspected, and an appeal to the loftier sentiments of our being. There is at present one of the most successful of workers in our proposes to teach the ladies cookery. He is a very sweet man, and indications point to a long and profitable stay. Culinary articles heretofore uncalled for have begun to pile up.

Premonitions of a revolution of the cooking of our grand-mothers are detected, and the most probable outcome will be a new culinary establishment throughout, which few families can afford and new dishes to which we are unused and for which our digestive orcans may be unprepared. Most of these visitors have not been found out. What they might do under temptation can only be judged, in a community like ours, from what we read of results elsewhere. We learn of one case in Algona, however, where a shrewd housewife ran a little detective agency on her own hook. She ha.d made a purchase, but the small in her purse was insufficient to foot the bill she had run up, so leaving a few pieces of silver on the table she betook htrself to the family strong-box in another room.

Happily a mirror was so adjusted that as this lady moved into a back room, the door being left open, it reflected the scene in the front room and she distinctly saw her visitor gather in the small change she had left unguarded. She had the nerve to accuse him of his theft and eventually to extort a confession and a restoration of the money. It is one of the singular and unaccountable things that women, who are afraid of mice, will always admit a well dressed man to their homes and place more confidence in the stories he tells them, and buy his goods more freely and with less question as to price or quality than of any business man of their own town whom they have known for a quarter of a century. Another strange infatuation is that which possesses the minds of some persons that their connection with civilization is through this class of men, who are the leeches and the sponges of legitimate who give nothing to the community, but who live and fatten upon the communities which other men have built up. What remedy there may be for this state of things is not clear.

We have passed an ordinance taxing the dogs instead of offering a premium on their multiplication, which, with the right breeds favored, might have been more judicious. We objected to them as expensive and in the way to the extent of becoming a nuisance, and because they were liable to attacks of hydrophobia. But it becomes a serious question whether a mistake has not been made, and whether the present condition of the town may not be due to the lack of protection which, with the women unable or unwilling to use the shotgun, they might have afforded. We have the things that will please your eye, your appetite and your pocket book. M.

Z. Grove Sou. Dr. Kay's Lung Balm cures every kind of cough. Pleasant aud safe for all ages.

See ad. During several years resid uce in the far west, I had many rtuni- ties for observing the wpuderf ffects of Chamberlain's Colic Chple and Diarrhoea Remedy. Its effiea was demonstrated in the alkali ions, where the water produces' olent purging. It allayed the attack when all othe remedies failed. I repeatedly saw the greatest distress from diar- rhoea cured in a few minutes- I tbe remedy myself with the most satisfactory results, and can recommend it for the complaints for which it is'in- dicated.

H. Y. Gilingbam, editor of the Bepublican, Phoenixville, Pa. This remedy is for sale by all diug- gists. TOWNSHIP OFFICERS, The Men Who Were Elected to Administer Local Affairs in the Varioun Justices, fiV.M.

Taylor, E. H. constables, Lo'uls ttackman E. Justice, 1 Wv Palmer; trustee, Geo. 'clerk, G.

Keibsamen; assessor, II. constable, P. Coleman. Justices, 13. Watkins, J.

N. Easterly; John Kerr, Wm. Knoll; cler.k,S.N. Hurrlsv assessor, El- meif Hodgson constables; Wheeler, A. I).

Paine; highway supervisor, district No. 1, Wm. WhltforcU No. 2, Elijah hurt. Justice, C.

RIckard; trustee, A. L. Bovven; clerk, O. A. Potter; assessor, O.

E. Bush; constable, J. H. Jones; supervisor district No. 1, L.

H. MllIen; Np.2, J. LaPlant; No. 3, L. E.

Potter, No. 5, A. Brown. Justice, B. D.

Kellogg; trustee, 0. Aspegren; clerk, Geo, Twist; assessor, C. E. Hand; constable, W. T.

Murphy: supervisor No. 1, E. M. Hamilton. Fen Justice, F.

L. llannoy; trustee, Aug. Kraus; clerk, J. M. Moore; assessor, Wm.

Dehnert; constable, J. Butler; supervisor No. 1, Ferguson; No. 2, J. Hayenga; No.

3, E. W. Dreyer; No. 4, Lohse. Gai-lield Justices, Phil.

Dorwolller, John Mertz; trustee, H. Bell; cleric, -R. Bernlnghaus; assessor, H. Dorwelller; constables, Clemens Kirsch, Ch. vV.

Car- stadt; supervisor district No. 1, Wm. Anderegg; No. 3, John LudWlg; No. 3, A.

Anllcker; No. 4, J. B. Wagner. Justices, N.

H. Beard, J. Kelling; trustee, Daniel Rasmussen; clerk, N. W. Griffith; assessor, W.

H. McAnnich; constables, Wm. Thackney, S. W. McAnnich; supervisor road district No.

1, W. O. Hall; No. J. Sutherland.

Justices, G. O. Austin, 11. W. Barge; trustees, B.

C. Lindberg, J. H. Welp; clerk, assessor, Jno. Knapp; constables, J.

A. Freeh, T. M. Ostrander; district No. 1, E.

MIchal; No. 2, Peter Ewen. Justices, Wm. Schrader, John Isebrandt; trustee, Leander Gingrich; clerk, Lev! Good; assessor, KobesTjaden; constables, C. C.

Rippentrop, John Lever- Ings. Justice, W. A. Smith; trustee, C.S. Pendleton, H.L.Baldwin; clerk, R.

A. Richardson; assessor, S. E. Hart; constable, Lewis Ohnstadt; road supervisor No. 1, T.

A. Thompson; No. 2, W. A. Smith; No.

4, Jasper Woodward. Justices W. R. Peet, C. H.

Wunn, trustee S. H. McAdams, F. M. Sly ter, clerk J.

B. Bengtson, assessor S. V. Carter, constables P. M.

Howard, A. L. Bigelow, road supervisor No. 1 Theo. Miehle, No.

3 John Hermer. Justices F. R. Hedrich, Jos. Dunwoodie, trustees Rdbt.

Buchanan, Perry Burlingame, clerk 3. C. Andruss, assessor J. A. Armstrong, constable Bert Masten, road supervisor histrict No.

1 S. C. Newcoinb, Justices, L. T. Clement, F.

Trimble; trustee, A. Dunlap; cleric, E. J. Skinner; assessor, Wm. Boyce; constables, B.

F. Kleist, G. W. Brown; road supervisor district No. 3, A.

G. Johnson; No. 5, August Torino; No. 1, August Rosman; No. 3, A.

W. Montgomery. Justices, Paul Feohner, H. L. Simmons; trustee, A.

K. Clapsaddle; clerk, W. L. Niver; assessor, Chas. Chambers; constables, F.

II. Ford, W. H. Raney; supervisor road district No. 1, Wm.

Riloy; No. 3, Christ Shake, Jr. Justices, Annas Smith, Victor Tripp; trustee, Saben Julius; clerk, Samuel Warbnrton; assessor, Jas. Warburton; constables, Aug. Missall, Gustav Glelter; road supervisor district No.

1, E. Eliot; No. 3, H. A. Arneson; No.

3, P. Kopper. Lotts Justices, P. J. Walker, Fred Mosback; trustee, C.f E.

Roupe; clerk, Roupe; assessor, Jno. Markgraf constables, Frank Dau, Robert Zumach; road supervisor district No. 1, Jno. Schallen; 2, Aug. Markgraf, 3, HenVy Ramboth, 4, Michael McDonald; 5, N.

Crawford, 6, P. J. Walker. Plum Justice, Delbert Ferguson; trustee, M. L.

Godden; clerk, J. Altwegg; assessor, Geo. Holman; constables, Henry Smith, Wm, Gilbrido; road supervisor district No. 1, Jasper Mandsley; 2, Geo. Holman; 3, A.

R. Taff; 4, J. E. McEnroe. Justices, R.

Jain, E. McWhortor; trustee, Timothy Fox; clerk, J. W. Stott; assessor, LeRoy McWhorter; constable, E. O.

Mann; road supervisor district Xo. .1, Timothy Fox; 2, J. Latimore; 3, Ellis McWliorter; 4, Lewis Owen. Trustee, Martin Rahm; cleric. G.

B. Ludwig; assessor, G. G. S.tudor; constable, John Faber; road supervisor district No. 1, Andrew Imerfall; 2, John Huska.

Justice, A. Fisher; trustee, W. Klain; clerk, J. Finnigan; assessor, M. J.

Jones; supervisor road district No. 1, J. N. Zeller. Justice, Frank Thola; trustee, Frank Froehle; clerk, Mike Evans; assessor, Jno.

Haupt; constable, David Havington; road supervisor district number 1, Geo. H. C. Randall; 3, F. F.

Kruse; 4, Hans Sorensou. Justice, C. A. Molinder; trustee, C. A.

Molinder; clerk, A Bui'gesoii; assessor, A. Clemenson; constable, Albert Anderson; road supervisor, number 1, L. A. Anderson; 3, Albert Anderson. Justice, A.

U. Heckart: trustee, W. Kerr; clerk. Ed. 7 anHouten; assessor, Jul Jenson; constable, P.

Thorson; sup- orvisor district 1, R. Campbell: 3, N. Kessell; 3, M. Thompson; 4, T. Fitzsimmons.

Justices, G. M. Parsons, W. J. Patton; trustee, Sam Stenssy; clork, Kasper Kohlhaus; assessor, C.

C. Dunn; constables, E. B. Cassel. Jno.

Bommel; road district 1, Henry Bormau; T. A Column. Justice, N. E. Bradburn; trustee, A.

Martin; clerk, W. J. Burton; assessor, Ellas Curtis; constable, 0. T. Wood; road.supervisor district number N.

E. Bradbury. Trustee, Herb. Bailey; clerk, Geo. Sarcbett; assessor, Stepbeu Tjaden; A farm House, fflpature and -rlliefesuttoftising Oaks with circulating draft, they distHtmte the heat evenly, useless fuel and do more work titan way other, They are the "FAVORITES." -Otto Falkenhainer, STOVES and HARDWARE.

Free Not exactly free, but the way McKinley it, THE BEST FOR THE MONEY. HjOT We are showing the largest and finest line of Solid! Silverware ever shown in Algona. We are introducing the latest designs and patterns of the celebrated Gorham Mf all of which are 93(H 1-1000 fine. Our line of Silver Novelties is simply immense. Call and line and get our catalogue of the latest up-to-date Dingley Pugh, Up-to-Date Jewelers, and Originators of Low Prices in the Jewelry Business.

constable, C. B. Hoflus; supervisor district 1, J. D. Ames; 2, Henry Reid; 3, F.

Pompe; 4, H. Bailey. 'Obed Robinson, Nels Johnson; trustee, Leonard.Falk; clerk, F. J. Kernan: assessor, Jno.

Kennedy; constables, C. D. White, Byron Corey; supervisor district 1, W. H. Fox; 2, John Govern; 3, L.

-Falk; 4, W. J. Mar.tinek; 5, C. Corey; Oj A. P.

Nelson; 7, Studen; 8, W. H. Kuzn; 9, H. Pasvogel. If.

P. Hatch, F. A. With am; trustee, J. B.

Besch; clerk, H. P. Hatch; assessor, J. L. Cotton; constables, J.

F. Smith, O. V. Weslenhaner; supervisor highway district 1, Henry Meyer; 2, Thos. Schumacher; 3, P.

C. Pliil- lips; 4, Phil. Zeller; 5, Cbas. Bell. BELSHAZZAR COMING.

The First Rehearsal of the Great Oratorio. Caste and Chorus. The first rehearsal of the oratorio of Belshazzar was at the Congregational church Monday evening. Following are the parts assigned: Belshazzar, Prof. Forde; Zerubhabel, Dr.

Hist; Cyrus, Geo. Hamilton; Daniel, Dunt Smith; Festus, Art Tellier; Nitocris, Zoa Wartmair, Antonia, Mrs. Sessions; Shelomith, Mrs. VV.H. Horan; child of Zerubbadel, KateLantr.v; Haggard; Princess.

Cora Setchell; Tanaar, Mrs. Vesper, Atalia, Louise McCoj; Zerliua, Maggio Hunt; Will Wilcox; I Jr. Ben Williams. Alfie ing is Jn- iMii'iniTHtiiHi I't'iiin chorus: Guy (TIMVO. Wiiltrv IVIiiHr.

Girl Setch- Obirke, Sid- nevSmith. Gnus I'hnbh, A. II. Winden, Wi t'rid L. Jlonar.

8 E. Mo- Mahnn. Walker, Walter Steb- hins; Misses May and BirdieIlotelling, Emm (' iirkr. imin PIHMXIM, Crete Goddanl. L'ltin Wall:" 1 Miss ClPin- mer, Mrs Samson.

Mrs L. Floran. With this array of musical talent, there need be no doubt of thR sun-ess of the ambitions undertaking. Mrs. Amy SeHey is HIP pianist.

We arw paying 14 cents for fresh SON. MONEY, I am loaning money on ftirni lands at six per cent interest. Only a small charge will be made for procuring this cheap money. The borrower can have the privilege of paying off all or any partof his mortgage at the ing interest. J.

J. RYAN, Office over the postofflce, Algomi, la. FARM LOANS AT SIX PER CENT. And the expenses of making the Joan can be paid at the option of the borrower. Interest payable annually, unless otherwise preferred.

This loan can be paid in whole or in part at any interest date. Iloxns BHUNSON. Money to Loan. I have' some raouey to loan on farms or town property, tj-i THOS. F.

COOKE. MONJ3Y TO LOAN, W. L. Joslyn has money to loan at a low interest rate. Chase Sanborn were awarded the contract to furnish coffee for the Wellington Catering Co.

during the world's fair after testing all other brands. LaGrippe, Pneumonia, and all Throat an4 Lung troubles are cured by Sbilph's Cure. 1 Sold by Frank A HARD ROAD TO TRAfEL. That is What the Mulct Saloon Will Have in Make a Vigorous Fight on it. jEorm.

of Petition That to in croft, Burt and Wesley Will Oppose. Reports concerning the success or failure of the saloon boomers in securing legal consent for mulct saloons conflicting and it is impossible for any outsider to know what the situation is. The REPUBLICAN was informed Monday that the movers were 1200 short of the 65 per cent, required. Others say the requisite number has been secured already. The men are still at work, however.

A counter petition is being circulated in some parts of the county. It reads as follows: lk To the Auditor of Kossuth county, Iowa: We, the undersigned, qualified voters of township, Kossuth county, do hereby declare our opposition to the establishment of any saloon or saloons under tbe mulct law in said township or in the said county." No saloon can be established in any incorporated town 50 per cent, of whose voters together with those of the township including it, sign this petition. If upwards of 35 per cent, of the electors of the county sign it, no saloon can be located in the county. It is altogether probable that the saloon consent statement has been signed by many persons who are not at heart in sympathy with the saloon movement. Such persons can offset the weight of their names in behalf of saloons by signing the above petition.

There is a conviction prevalent tbat the saloons can be beaten by pushing these petitions with vigor, and the disposition tA push them is manifest in many quarters. It will be much better to push the opposition and prevent the nuisances from getting a legal foothold, Opposition to them after they have been given legal standing will be made at a disadvantage. Now is tbe time to act. The people of the county have no use for saloons should register their kick now and make the kick forcible. As to towns incorporating to secure saloons, should the county vote for them, it is to be said that the statutes require a verified petition signed by at least 25 voters in the territory proposed, to be included, and some of the ing villages which would be thought of as possibly wanting saloons could uot secure such a petition, If the people the cpunty 4o their duty the saloon will have a hard roa4 to travel it can get under protection of the mulct statute.

Word is received that a strong opposition to the saloon movement will be made at Bancroft, and possibly a public ing will be called. Burt is not going to allow any saloon gang to walk oyej the town, which is one ol the cJeanjgJ, in the county. There is going to very live fight made for decenpy fit. Wesley, and no (Joubt other places wjjj emulate tbe praiseworthy examplethese towns will set. This county is too enlighten ed, too progressive, to respectable and too much above the vile qess to allow it- Walker Bros, now bave a full line Chase and Sanborfl's tea as well their coffees.

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