The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, September 18, 1896, Image 4

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% ' By F. M. K1MMELL.
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Iv. EEPUBLICAN TICKET.
99u - _
x- For President ,
j ; \ > William McKinlev of Ohio.
HI V F ° r Vice President ,
. Garrett A. Hobart of New Jersey.
H X" ' For Presidential Electors ,
At Larce J. E. HoUTZ of Lancaster ,
At Larce F. J. Sandilek of Saline
First District A. J. Bukniiam of Nemaha
Second District A. C. Foster of Douglas
Hi ' * Third District..Solomon Draverof Knox
Hi Fourth District G. A. Derby of Seward
Fifth District. . . .J. L. McPheely of Kearney
j Sixth District M. L.Friese of Valley
Hi For Congressman Fifth District ,
| William E. Andrews of Adams County.
HI For Governor ,
9J | J. II. MacColl of Dawson County.
99 i For Lieutenant Governor ,
J ! j Orlando Teft of Cass County.
9j | I For Secretary of State ,
9Jj | | ' > ' J. A. Piper of Harlan County.
H | For State Auditor ,
HI j { . - P. O. Hedi.und of Phelps County.
B > § ' I For State Treasurer ,
Eg C. E. Casey of Pawnee County.
B | i For Attorney General ,
9B1 J , A. S. Churchill of Douglas County.
1 For State Superintendent ,
9Bf \ H. R. Coruett of York County.
9 ] j For Commissioner Lands and Buildings ,
9B | I II. C. Russell of Colfax County.
9 | ' x For Supreme Judge 4 years.
9B § { Robert Ryan of Lancaster County.
'
H j For Supreme Judge i years ,
99 | N. P. Kinkaid of Holt County.
9 | j For University Regent ,
Kl J I W. G. Whitmore of Douglas County.
9 § j For Representative 65th District ,
991 R. P. High of Lebanon Precinct.
K3 § I For County Attorney ,
H | ! • Harlow W. Keyes of lndianola Precinct.
Bf j For Commissioner First District ,
99jfi 1 Alex. D. Johnston of Valley Grange Prec.
Hp | ' j Fifty thousandRepublican majori-
Ifj ty in Maine ! Well , wouldn't that take
Hwfa 3tou to the circus !
P | | j It is definately settled that Mr.
Bryan cannot be elected , and those
I who have "salted" gold eagles through
m fear of such a catastrophe might as
H ' well dig them up and go to doing busH -
H ' iness. Bix.
B I I M. E. Ingalls , president of the
HH 1 Chesapeake and Ohio-and Big Four
W I . railroads , in an address to his fellow
HE I employes , said they could vote as they
H 1 pleased , and any attempt to remove
H I a man for political reasons would re-
H I suit in the dismissal of the official
K 1 1 who discharged him.
H [ a . The demand for speeches by Con-
9 gressman Andrews continues brisk.
B Tew men now on the stump inUebras-
Hj ka are capable of or are doing the
9 I effective campaign work the little
B 1 parson is performing. His speeches
B j j are models of logic and effectiveness ,
H S showing careful preparation and deep
BBH I study. _ _ _ _ j _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ H No authority has yet been cited for
9 the publication of the constitutional
9 j amendments in the daily issues of
9 newspapers of the state. Nor has
999 - any satisf actoy reason been given for
1 shutting out deserving Republican
! ' weekly newspapers all over the state.
99 ( Such authority and reason will be de-
_ _ H manded , and of right ought to be.
_ H The Republican state ticket is be-
9j ing worked with an energy that means
H much for success in November. The
H several candidates are out campaign
ers ing earnestly and successfully. While
H everything is apparently harmonious
H " and the goose hangs high. The. coun-
999j try "must be saved" , and the Repub-
H lican party is well constituted to play
H ; the role of savior.
9 It is also true that , although high
B prices and low prices are immaterial
B at any one time , the change from one
B to the other , from one period of time
B to another , affects the burden of out-
H standing time contracts. Men make
B contracts for dollars , not for dollar's-
H worth. Selling long or short is one
_ _ _ thing ; lending is another. Borrowers
_ _ _ B and lenders never guarantee each
_ _ _ „ other the purchasing power of dollars
_ _ _ B at a future time. If the contracts
_ _ _ were thus complicated they would become -
_ _ _ come impossible. Between 1850 and
_ _ _ B 1872 the debtors made no complaint
_ _ _ B and . the * creditors never thought of
_ _ _ B getting up an agitation to have debts
_ _ _ B " scaled up. The debtors now are deB -
_ _ _ B manding that they be allowed to play
_ _ _ B heads I win , tails , you lose , and Mr.
_ _ _ B St. John and others tell us that they
_ _ _ B have the votes to carry it ; as if that
_ _ _ B - made any difference in the forum of
H discussion. Extract from article by
H W.-G. Sumner in Leslie's Weekly.
BB _ B Senatorial Convention.
_ _ _ B The Republican convention for the
_ H , 29th'senatorial district will be held in
H McCook , Monday , September 28 , 1896 ,
H at one o'clock. Red Willow county is
H entitled to eleven delegates.
B First Glass Hand-Picked Apples at
H 70cents , a bushel or $2 a barrel at
B Knipple's. Gall early. They are
H fine and will go rapidly.
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Miss Birdie Happersett is here from
I lndianola assisting Mr. Lamborn in
the bank.
O. Frost came homeMonday morn
ing , from York and returned there
Wednesday morning.
Jno. J. Lamborn of lndianola has
temporary charge of the bank during
Mr. Stilgebouer's illness.
S. W. Stilgebouer and wife of Danbury -
bury visited their son F. G. Stilge
bouer , Tuesday and Wednesday.
Hon. C. A. Atkinson of Lincoln will
address the citizens of Bartley and
vicinity , next Saturday afternoon at
2 o'clock , on the issues of the day
from a Republican stand-point.
M. D. Frost is taking a two weeks'
vacation from his woik in the shops
in McUook , and after spending a few
days at home , left Monday evening
for the eastern part of the state.
The young men gave another of
their delightful socials , Tuesday even
ing. A short program consisting of
music , recitations and select reading
was rendered and listened to with in
terest by all. Refreshments consist
ing of peaches and cream and cake
were served and the proceeds amount
ing to about five dollars was turned
over to the Ep worth League.
On last Friday evening the McKinley -
ley and Hobart club headed by the
Bartley cornet band went to Cam
bridge to attend the Republican rally.
A large crowd including the Ladies'
Marching club , went to the depot to
meet the speaker. After the train
arrived a torchlight procession
marched through the principal
streets , then to the opera house where
the Hon. Wm. P. Williams of Chica
go addressed a large and attentive
audience. Mr. Williams made an
able speech and all were pleased with
his clear exposition of republican
principles.
As the band was returning from
Cambridge , Friday evening , their
wagon was upset just east of J. Mad
ison's house , about half way from
Cambridge to Bartley , and all were
thrown to the ground. F. G. Stilge
bouer , leader of the band , was thrown
under the wagon box and his right
arm severely bruised. None of the
other men were injured beyond a few
scratches and a general shaking up.
It was a narrow escape for all and
while Mr. Stilgebouer is confined to
the house it is almost a miraole that
he "Was not injured worse. We under
stand he is recovering rapidly and
will soon be out again , though proba
bly not able to resume his work for
sometime yet.
COLEMAN.
H. Spencer had nine bushels of
peaches.
Henry Wales took a load of wheat
to townTuesday. . ,
H. K. Bixler is running his sorghum
factory day and night.
There will be a good many more
bushels of corn than was expected.
Bob Traphagen is just slapping the
fall grain right in. * That sown first
looks nice.
Geo. Howell was in McCook , Tues
day , and was trying to trade a horse
for a 2nd W stove.
A large number from this .town
stayed in McCook , Saturday night ,
and heard Mr. Williams speak.
That .bloating , blighting , blasting ,
blistering carbuncle on society was
opened and dismissed , Tuesday.
S. D. McClain is back among his old
friends again. He did not visit New
Orleans or New York , while away.
That rain Sunday night was a good
one. The ground is wet a foot deepen
on the prairie and is in splendid con
dition for plowing.
The pig weeds are ripening up nice
ly and will be about a full average
crop if frost holds , off. " Uncle Billy
has some pig weeds big enough to
butcher.
There was an unusual number of
square-built , able-bodied men , and
plump , pretty women on the streets
of IticCook , Tuesday. About one-
third of town four were in McCook
and that settles it.
Don't be afraid of getting up too
much hay and fodder. Fix for a long
hard winter. Have the sheds in good
shape. Uncle Billy is putting up
fodder. He's got three shocks cut ,
and will soon be done now.
A Young People's Societv of Chris
tian Endeavor was organized at Zion
Hill church with W. M. Rozell , presi
dent , John Smith Jr. , vice-president ,
Mrs. Alta Smith , secretary , Mrs. W.
M. Rozell , treasurer. They start out
with a . membership of seventeen. We
predict that the number will increase
right along and that the influence
will be on the line of Christianity.
Lpng live the Y. P. S. C. E. at Zion
Hill church. May it increase in inter
est and in numbers until the church
will be filled at each meeting. Thev
meet every Sabbath at 7:30 p. m. fast
time.
. VAiLTON.
The rain has retarded threshing
greatly.
We are blessed with an abundance
of rain at present.
S. A. Speer and Fred Burton will
work the Jack Moore place this com
ing season.
We nobice our old neighbor Alonzo
Swank has returned from Missouri 1
and will remain with us for a time.
DennisDutcher and Samuel Flem- •
ming are prospecting and visiting in '
the east. We miss the boys greatly. '
We are informed that owners of !
some of the idle ranches on the Driftwood - ;
wood are arranging to stock them in
good paying shape.
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" iMfflOK PARMEESr
FREE SILVER AGITATION IS SERIOUS
LY CROWDING THEM.
Hard to Secure Extensions Moncy-Lend-
era Chary About Kenewluff Mortgages
Former Dictator of Terms' Becomes
the Suppliant.
"We will bring back the good times
which you had before the crime of ' 73"
is a favorite argument of the free sil
ver demagogue , especially when ad
dressing an audience of farmers. All
the ills and woes that mankind has
fallen heir to since the memorable day
when congress is said to have rele
gated silver to its natural position as
subsidiary coin are recounted and
mutiplied with harrowing details for
the purpose of impressing upon the
minds of the rural voter that the panacea
for all ills is the free coinage of silver
at 16 to 1. So persistently has this
been dinned into the ears of the farm
er , months and months before this
campaign opened , that it has in many
places come to be considered as an in
controvertible fact , just as the theories
that the earth was flat or that the sun
moved were for centuries regarded as
beyond question.
Within the last few weeks , however ,
there is more than an indication that
farmers are beginning to have their
misgivings on the free silver millen
nium , either present or future. Things
are not ripening as they had been led
to believe would be the case. The
only things that mature are mort
gages , and , while in past years there
has been little or no difficulty in re
newing these at the borrowers' own
terms , this year things are just a little
different. The consequence is that
farmers are dcing a little more than
their usual amount of independent
thinking and are not slow to discover
that the glittering promises made by
the silver agitators are only silver
plated at best , and that if things con
tinue to rub the wrong way a little
while longer.as they have acquired the
knack of doing recently , even the sil
ver-plating will wear on ! and leave but
common pewter. The silver agitator
has invited farmers to look back over
the past in order to color the picture
which he holds out for the future.
And farmers , especially the farmers of
central Illinois , have * begun to look
back , and this is the picture they see.
Glance at the Past.
Away back in 1866 , when the "crime
of ' 73" was still unhatched , the great
corn belt of central Illinois was settled
L.y the sturdy yeoman who , following
Horace Greeley's advice after the close
of the war , had "gone west. " The Il
linois Central Railroad company , the
greatest of all pioneers in this state ,
had for sale sections of land from one
end of the state to the other which
were then being freely sold at $6 to $8
an acre. Men who knew next to noth
ing about farming beyond realizing
that it meant hard work settled upon
this soil which by dint of assiduous
labor they presently converted into
rich farm lands. While these farmer's - ,
were toiling and sweating to make the
best of the opportunities offered them ,
the dark "crime of ' 73" was perpe
trated. The panic of ' 73 which no
body has yet accused of relationship
to the "crime" of that year , like
wise intervened to offset the prosperi
ty , which was settling in all over he
country. Disasters enough to
momentarily shock the • 'very
foundations of natior commerce
fell thick and fast. Yet despite oil
this havoc and ruin , ne unskillful la
borers who had become farming
"business-men , " as Bryan calls them ,
found themselves in 1876 , three years
after the panic and "crime , " in a posi
tion to sell their holdings of Illinois
lands for an average of $25 an acre ,
or more than three times as much as
the land had cost in the "good old
days" before the "crime of 73" was
perpetrated.
The effect of this era of prosperity
soon became manifest. Where former
ly miles and miles of prairie farms
had been innocent of the vestige of
anything like a municipality , villages
and towns sprang into existence. Men
who had gone into the farming busi
ness as a venture and who had for
saken the beaten paths of ordinary
commerce "to go west and grow up with
the country" found themselves pos
sessed of a snug little capital upon
which to embark in more congenial
business than that of agriculture. The
"business-men" of the villages were
the men who had sold their farms ,
still leaving a goodly portion of their
capital invested in the shape of mort
gages on their lands. True , there was
not quite so much in it for the lender
on farm mortgages as there had been
in the good old days when 8 per cent
to 10 per cent interest and 5 per cent ,
commission was the regular rate
for farm loans. But still there was
enough to warrant the retired farmers
loaning their savings or acting as
brokers for other small capitalists
seeking giltedge security for invest
ment.
Prosperity Follows the "Crime. "
For nearly twenty years under the
changed condition of affairs consequent
quent on the "crime of ' 73" farmers
and their creditors managed to strug
gle along somehow without any very
keen agitation for free coinage of sil
ver at 16 to 1 worying them. The en
tire country blossomed and prospered ,
farmers grew rich , many of them re
tired to join the ranks of small capi
talists , while those who stuck to the
plow were so content with what na
ture and their own industry gave them
that no sooner was a piece of land
spoken of as being for sale than there
were a dozen farmers whose lands ad
joined , bidding for the farm that was
on - the market. As machinery im
proved the task of cultivation became
easier and the crops grew more and
more plentiful. To clear off a farm
mortgage from the proceeds of thr
farm during the existence of the mort-
*
gage became the rule rather than the
exception. New obligations were un
dertaken almost exclusively for the
purchase of additional lands , and the
proceeds of the mortgage in actual
cash going to swell the savings of the
quickly increasing ranks of village
bankers and tradesmen. Thousands of
successful firms , anxious to give their
children the benefits of city education ,
moved to Chicago and many of these
men are today counted among the
leading citizens of the western metro
polis. %
Meantime the price of the farm land
in central Illinois has risen from $25
an acre in 1876 to $75 , ? 80 and in some
cases $100 an acre in 1894 andl895. And
as every succeeding rise in value of
land meant a corresponding addition
to the number of small capitalists
eager to invest their savings in farm
mortgages competition for this class
of investment grew proportionately
keenr , leaving the borrowing farmer
the option of picking and choosing
who should be his creditor , and , in
short , practically dictating his own
terms for the loan. Not a word about
the free coinage of silver , except here
and there by a few agitators whose
croakings nobody heeded outside the
circle of village loafers at the corner
groceries. The "crime of ' 73" slept
peaceably in its grave , and even
"Coin's Financial School" had not
yet started on its mission of mischief
to convert contented farmers into dis
gruntled and contentious agitators.
An era of low prices for agricultural
products , not confined to this state
only , nor yet to this country , but uni
versal wherever men obeyed the
scriptural injunction to "till the
earth , " offered the first setback to
the uninterrupted quarter of a century
of progress and plenty. Farmers all
the world over , who never heard and
probably never will hear , of the
"crime of 73 , " suffered no loss than
the farmers of Illinois from the fact
that nature and science had outrun
the demand of the non-productive portion
tion of mankind. Commercial disas
ters , such as the business community
passed through twenty years previous
ly , made the summer of 1893 memora
ble as * an epoch of general ruin.
But. unlike the panic of twenty years
ago , when the agricultural community
quickly recovered after the spasm had
passed , the year 1893 brought in its
wake a blight more lasting and more
hurtful than anyone had dreamed pos
sible on the former occasion It
brought the free silver agitation.
Levelheaded farmers , unswerving in
their loyalty to sound political princi
ples , dazed by the unnatural and pro
longed depression , fell easy victims to
the sophistries of the free silver agita
tor. That something was wrong the
farmer realized. Speculation and
overproduction had injured his mart ,
and for the first time in the history
of American agriculture a lasting set
back threatened the farming communi
ty. And at this juncture the free sil
ver agitator caught the unsettled farm
er , instilled into his mind the per
nicious doctrine of repudiation , and
for a while at least threatened to con
vert the honest farmer into a dishonest
repudiator of his just debts.
Fortunately for the good name of the
farming community the free silver agi
tation has reached its zenith just at
the time when its effects begin to show
with telling force upon its misguided
followers. Already the difficulty of
renewing mortgages has shown farm
ers that the willo'thewisp which
they have been pursuing can but lead
them to a quagmire. Already the haste
to renew loans , which will not mature
for months , to come , betokens a
changed state of affairs between farm
er debtors and creditors more forcibly
than tons of campaign literature could
depict. Men who for decades have
dictated their own terms to lenders
suddenly discover themselves in the
position of suppliants anxious and
humble as the ne'er-do-weels who were
the scorn of the community for their
shiftlessness. The consciousness of a
wrong intended makes moral cowards
of men who have grown gray "look
ing the world in the face. " And the
beginning is but yet , if this insane
free silver agitation is not speedily
expurgated from the agricultural com
. Post.
munity. Chicago 1
Why Not Be Honest ?
Chicago Eight Hour Herald ( Labor ) :
The silverite wants a larger volume
of money , but professes to want sound
money everr * dollar at par. At the
same time he insists on the ratio of
16 to 1 , and opposes every proposition
to restrict the coinage to United
States silver. Then the question sug
gests itself , if the silverite is honest
in his demand for a larger circulating
medium , why does he insist on a ratio
of 16 to 1 and that the United States
mints be open to the coinage of the
world's silver. If our only desire is
to coin gold and silver on a common
level why do we not agree to put a
dollar's worth of metal into both coins
and restrict tae coinage to the product
of American mines until the supply
proves inadequate ? Simply because
when we talk free silver we are talk
ing for a depreciated currency and in
flated prices.
Cart , Then Horse.
No better customers for the farm
ers' products can be found than the
workingmen of our own country , but
they cannot be customers unless they
have employment and wages. Our
Democratic friends , as usual , get the
cart before the horse. They would
have the price of the farmers' prod
ucts increased without giving the
farmer customers. There are more
consumers than there are producers of
farm products , for while the farmers
themselves are producers , they are also
large consumers of their own prod
ucts while men of the shops , mills and
factories are only consumers of the
farmers' products. When labor is fully
employed at good wages there is no
trouble about good prices and large
production of the fruits of the hus
bandmen's toil. Mansfield ( O. ) News.
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PLEASANT RIDGE.
E. C. Goehring- threshed KiO bushels
of wheat off of 15 acres of ground.
Frank Everist threshed . ' 111 bushels
of millet and 210 bushels of wheat.
Miss Minnie Harris went to Orleans ,
Monday , to attend the Methodist col
lege at that place.
It took us a whole week to recover
from that snubbing Box Elder gave
us about that poetry.
Miss Rachel Goehring- , after a pleas
ant visit with her brother and fam
ily departed for her home in Beatrice ,
Thursday.
We heard a good joke on Frank Ev
erist that happened while he was at
the fair. He was driving around in a
handsome rig , three hundred dollar
team , free silver tipped harness , etc.
He felt grand and considered himself
second in importance to McKinley.
As he was driving- along something
that he saw made liimfeel like laugh
ing and he put his hand over his
mouth and snickered to himself , when
a lady tbat was passing turned to her
escort and said : "It does beat all
what ignorant people one sees in
Omaha in time of a fair" .
BOX ELDER.
Our poetic effusions must have been
rare , To have such an effect on pee
ple's hair. We hope you got your hair
straightened out ; It needed it badly ,
we have no doubt.
Is it any harm to write in rhyme ,
Though there are heights we cannot
climb ? May we not roam in fancy
free , Along the borders of poetry ?
The cloud-capped Andes are white
with snow , We cannot ascend them
well we know , But we can travel
around on Nebraska's plain , And
write somewhat in a poetic vein.
Of course we were writing for mon
ey and fame , And hoped thereby to
gain a glorious name , But now we are
piunged in deepest woe , To think that
you could treat our poetry so.
If you are wise and great and good ,
Why didn't you let us be happy while
we could , For we thought that poetry
was fine. Containing' a gem in every
line. But now we are at a loss to
know what to do. Only to exclaim ,
and you too , Brutus , you too.
BOX ELDER.
Ben King is back from Kansas.
S. C. King returned from the state
fair , last week.
Stephen Belles is improving the
time in sowing r3re.
Mahlon Campbell has had a bad
time curing his broom corn in the
rain.
rain.M.
M. E. Piper had the misfortune to
lose one of his work horses , last week.
If it could have rained as easy last
July as it does now , what crops we
would have had.
Elza Ward left the country , last
week , but changed his mind and came
home in a couple of days.
The amount of fall plowing being
done would certainly indicate that
every one has not lost faith in the
merits of Nebraska.
One night last week Mont. Doyle
took the dogs and went coon hunting :
not only that but he caught the coon.
Pretty good for a blind man.
Rev. E. J. Vivian made a trip to
Dundy county , last week , and after a
short talk with him we are led to con
clude that it was lucky we did not
settle two counties farther west.
NORTH COLEMAN.
Ground is in fine condition.
A good rain last Sunday night.
Farmers sowing rye and plowing.
Mrs. H. H. Bixler is on the sick list.
An abundant yield of prickly pears.
Those afflicted with sore throat all
recovered.
Grass fresh and green and native
flowers profuse and beautiful.
We are getting lots of hail of the
"Hail Columbia with a broom stick"
sort.
sort.The
The ones upset by that unusual po
etry are clothed in their right minds
again.
School in district 74 running- nicely
under the supervision of Miss Annie
Irvin.
"Variety is the spice of life" . We
find it in The Tribune : if not , what
paper in this broad land do we find it
in ?
Saturday night , 107 loads of cane
had been hauled to the Bixler mill :
more going this week. Patrons of the
mill were called there , Tuesdaj' , to
stand their cane upright on account
of wet weather. Had a gallon of mo
lasses from the mill which is all O. K.
Elegant set of disli- l M
es for a mere song * at IH
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Knipple's. ;
Don't forget to come and see us - H
when you -want any kind of job ' H
printing. MVe are the people who ) H
do the nice printing. j H
$10 hanging' lamp H
for $5.50 at Knip-
pie's. H
g5iF"Buy your writing paper vt H
The Tribune office. All kinds in M
stock and prices very reasonable |
Try that 15 cent box > H
paper at The Tribune
office. Worth 25 cts. H
Also cheaper grades. ; H
We are just in receipts of a new ) M
supply of te Inlets and box. papers _ M
memorandums , etc. ' |
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Unprecedented bargains - ' '
gains by Knipple in 'M
qneensware. I
1NDIANOLA. 1 fl
W. R. Starr was here on Thursday. " M
Sheriff Neel was over near Danbury , M
this week , on business. M
Editor Mitchell's majestic tread recently - M
cently perambulated our quiet street. M
Miss Bird Happersett is doing'some M
book-keeping- the Bank of Bart- * > rV
ley , this week. j M
J. W. Dolan went to Lincoln. Frida\- fl
night , returning Sunday morning via | H
the Standpipe City. M
W. A. Minniear , the Pop war horse H
of Danbury , was doing some business fW
in this town , on Wednesday. H
W. H. Smith , B. G. Gossard and
James Robinson were county seat visitors - H
itors on business , Saturday. "
We have not heard of any of our I
farmers hereabouts attending the ' m
hog millet convention at McCook. ' ,
Sam. Graham and Mr. Lister , two H
prosperous farmers of Beaver precinct - I
cinct , spent the day in lndianola , on
Wednesday. " ; 9
County Judge Smith came down to -yH
the Populist rally , Saturday evening , *
which was addressed by J. H. Bayston. 8
returning home , Sunday evening- . 19
We are of the opinion that the farmers - * 9
mers by clubs and conventions can do " i
themselves mnch good in exchanging-
views and personal experience , and
hope to see the McCook convention
repeated.
Hon. I. A. Sheridan , recent candidate - )
date for state senator of this district ,
journeyed to Alma , Wednesday morning - '
ing , to pay his respect s to the later *
end of the Bryan ticket. Hon. Tom f
Watson of Georgia. ' JMiS i
Hon. John J. Lamborn is looking after - >
ter the state Bank of Bartlej' , this i T
week , during the absence of Mr. j
Frost , ane Mr. Stilgebouer's prostra- i
tion by having recently monkej-ed
with the Bartley band wagon.
William H. Allen and family have
moved to Maxwell , Story county.Iowa.
They have been oldtime settlers of
Red Willow county , living for a good
manyj-ears south of McCook , have V
been readers of The Tribune since IT
its establishment in June , 1882. \
The People's party folks had a § -
meeting , Saturday night. Mr. Ba\- - *
ston and Mr. McKillip gave vent to
their prejudices on the money ques
tion. Both of the gentleman have
had extensive experience as financiers
and can easily explode the theories
of John Sherman or John G. Carlisle.
Attorney Moore of McCook address
ed the people here , last week , on the
questions of the day. Good judges ' 4
have said much in praise of Mr A
Moore's able address. Some of our < I
Pop friends undertook to catechise t
him during his speech. He soon si " * %
lenced their batteries. Many said " ' •
they never listened to I
a more able or , j ;
interesting political speaker §
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