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VOLUME XIL
OfNEILL. HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA. JULY 7 1
.NUMBER 52.
OGAL NEWS ITEMIZED
The Local News of O’Neill u Caught
hy the "Kids."
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RATHER INTERESTING NdTES
General Item* of Intorwt Published While
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Hewi It Still Kiwi.
Miss Airgie Bentley spent the Fourth
jn Atkidsoh.
Sanford Parker came in from Spencer
last evenlng.__
; Gene’Nekton spent the Fourth, with
I his pyents at Niobrara.
| Mike Dec, of the Lincoln State Jour
thc city today.
I yfal, is in
Miss E
Emma Love of Wilber, Neb., is
Visiting Mrs. Maylon Price this week.
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FOR SALE—A good team five years
Old: Inquire at this office. 51-2
Mis>bBridsret elati went to Omaha
last Saturday morning to visit with her
brdther for a few months.
Citato r, Machine oil for sale,
48-3m O’Neii.i, GitooKnY Co.
Nellie Daley is employed in the
)ds department of Pfund Ay
storey
L. Mack,
-At once bv J.
of oats, for which he will
mnrket price.
obbs and Miss Ella Per
ifot Springs last Th,urs
s visit with friends.
wns up from Oharn
K and called at tbis
^Lcrops m good con
of the bride's
aesday, June
' Miss Moran
L>orsey, Neb.
Relating.
for general
kwill be paid
liquire of
|1azelet.
i boys went
■y and Sun
' reunion at
|>rts they en
ear tbe F. E.
ng, a Mackin
bave same by
paying for tbis
Doykendall.
r O’Neill people
in Page. Agent
Inline, informed
oV6| tbeir road
They all report a
rent
I
The supper amF entertainment given
by the children of the Catholic cliurch
under the supervision of the ladies was
a success socially and financially. The
'proceeds were about $58, which goes to
the'eburch (and.
6. Wl', Lessinger, 0. 8. Evans, T. V.
Golden abd son. Parnell, S. B. Howard,
H. B. Kelly, and J. L. Coppoc went
down to oWaha the first of the week at
tending the convention,
borne Tuesday evening..
Thev returned
Pat Mullen, Jim Harrington, Dick
• J5*wver, Malyon Price, Clyde King,
Lloyd Gillespie, Col. Pope and Mr.
Lusliia, together with their respective
wives, beheld the eagle uncaged at
Atkinson on (lie Fourth.
McCjOrmick Harvesters are the only
kind that gives universal satisfaction.
,1 have a car load ready for "the farmers
of Holt county. Send your orders in at
once if .you wish to secure one of these
. valuable machines. For sale by
51-2 ’ O. F. Biglin.
urphy.who lias resided m Lm
lie graduated from the uni
Notre Dame, about Ji year
ed in this city list Saturday
and will spend a few weeks
,tires. Felix has numerous
who Ire pleased so see him j
hi b prospering.
Aoroing Frank Toohill
!>sod hif botcher shop to J. C. Hayes
I kereaifter conduct the business.
I win go on the road for a
' months with his patent grader, after
which he will remove to Omaha and en
gage in business there. Tub Frontier
. is sorry to see Mr. Toohill leave the city
hut wishes him success.
Last Saturday morning. Tim Hanley,
Pat Biglin, Willie O’Connor and D. H.
' Cronin went doWn.to Omaha to spend
the Fourth. At Fremont the boys met
John McBride wh^ tlso went down to
see the first independent national con
vention.o"Theie was a grand parade on
Monday forenoon and Splendid fire
works in the evening. -- The boys re
turned home Tuesday evening each de
claring that he had a glorious time.
1 «'L&f
Mr. Dutcher, of AtkiiMV^aii leased
the Hotel Hayes and is frying •» Util
week. ■ *
As we go to press we learn that ’Chad.
Metz lias purchased the O’NelH Cigar
Factory. .
In the postoffice deal Jack'/Hazelet
acquired title to the Riggs residence on
west Kid Hill. * '
J. C. Harnish has resigned bis posi
tion in the land office and accepted a
deputyship under Clerk Butler.
We understand Higgs Bros, have
purchased a newspaper in Arkansas
and will soon remove to that state.
Edgar Thompson and Hank McEvony
met again with shot guns on the Fourth
for a purse ‘ of $20. Thompson got
eleven out of twelve birds and won the
money. _
Rush vide Standard: Gene Cress and
wife oarne up from O’Neill Saturday
morning and will remain in Kushville
for some time. They are staying at
Col. West’s._
Director-General Davis has received a
petition from the trustees and elders of
forty-six German Evangelical Protest
ant churches of the middle states, rep
resenting a membership of 03,000,
strongly urging the opening of the ex
position on Sunday.
The American Ostrich Company has
sent to Chicago for exhibition at the
world’s fair thirty birds from its ostrich
farm at Fall Brooks, San Diego county,
California. Tho’ ostriches have been
sent (fn thus early in order that they
may become thoroughly acclimated by
the time the fair opens and appear at
their best. _
Our citizens who celebrated at Scott
ville report a ve-y pleasant time. Hon.
Ben White of Qrnaha, was orator of the
day and made a splqndid speech. Be
sides many other amusements an inter
esting game of ball was played in the
afternoon between Dorsey and Scort
ville, the latter team winning by a score
of 12 to 5.
Editor Evans, the independent of
O’Neill, has taken .upon himself the task
of making up n legislative ticket for all
three parties in his part of the state. He
has determined upon Mullen, Golden
and Mathews as the independent, demo
crat and republican candidates for the
senate and is now looking up men for
representatives. Great head.—State
Journal. _
In addition to our large stock of gro
ceries we have added dry goods, boots,
shoes,-hats and caps, and would invite
our friends to call and examine our
stock and get our prices. We feei that
we can do you good by saving you
money and selling you good goods. Our
stock is all new and fresh and of the
latest styles and- fashions, and not an
old stock as some of our competitors
would like to make you beleive. Call,
and see for yourself and get prices.
52-3 Pfund & Wagers.
Boys, when you speak of your father
don’t call him “the old man.” Of course
you are older now than when you learn
ed to call him “father.” You are much
smarter than you were then; you are
much more manly looking. Your clothes
fit better; your hat has a more modern
shape and your hair is combed differ
ently. In short you are “flyer” than
you were then. Your father has a last
year’s coat and a two-year-old hat, and
a vest of a still older pattern. He can't
write such an elegant note as you can,
and all that—but don’t call him “the old
man.” Call him father. For years he
has been rustling around to get things
together; he has been held to the thorny
path of uphill industry for years, and
the brightest half of his life is gone
from him forever. But he loves you
though he goes along without saying
much ubout it, and if he knew you were
bad it would be the heaviest burden he
has to bear.—Ex.
The state reunion, O. A. R., for the
yea* 1893, will be held at Grand Island,
Auput 29 to September 2 inclusive. A
rate of oue fare for the round trip ban
been announced from all parts of the
•tate on an railroads. The attendance
is expected to be larger than in any
previous year. A program is being ar
ranged with a view to having it particu
larly pleasing to all veterans, sons and
daughters of veterans and members of
the women’s relief corps. It will em
brace some new and attractive features
not heretofore witnessed at any reunion
in Nebraska. Accommodations
will be more ample than ever before in
every respect, and the camp will be lo
cated on the same ground it occupied
last year. Seating accommodations will
be provided at the speakers' stand. Full
particulars can be had by addressing
Seth P. Mobley, chairman, George H.
Caldwell, secretary, or Harry Harrison,
quartermaster. Communications con
cerning booth privileges should be ad
dressed to S. N. Wolbach.
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/ "Yox Popult Vox Dsi.’'
Tie recent change In (he poatofltce
hitting created considerable discussion
"Tna Frontier today sent a reporter
%ut to interview a few prominent re
publicans and business men on the sub
ject and here is wbat they say: -
Patrick Hagorty—Tho people should know
what Is going on, and they should have a
chanoe to Hay who Is going to conduct the
office. And whoever wins In an opon light
lot him have It. Thoro are numerous young
men who are more than this young man. and
If the republicans of O’Neill can have noth
ing to say about matters of this kfcid they
will oxerolso their right at the polls this fall.
Clarence Selali— l think this Is u serious
mistake, that the republicans should have
been more generally consulted, and think*
that it forebodes no good to the republicans.
It bus the appearance of being a bargain and
sale, I think there are older republicans who
should be preferred when the party has fa
vors to bestow.
Thomas Curlou-ex-membor of the republi
can state ocntral committee—I wop surprised
to learn of the appointment. It seems to mo
that a due regard for the patrons of tho
office dictate that bofore appointments of
tills character are made, some consideration
should be given to them, or at least a res
pectable portion of them, for tho purpose of
ascertaining tholr choice. I am opposed to
any rule which apparently savors of minority
dictation and until such tlmoH as our*law
makers gives to localities tho exclusive
right of determining who shall fill such offices
1 deem It very poor judgment on the part
of any person lntlucutlal enough to bring
about such an appointment to attempt to do
so on the recomendutlou of two or three men
of apparent political standing. Two or three
or even a dozen men should never ussumo to
say what appointment would give satisfac
tion to a certain locality unless such numbers
constitute a majority of such locality.
No community or locality, deserves to be
or should bo Ignored In appointments of this
character and If such a state of ulfulrs exists
In this Instance the parties responsible
therefor, those nssnmlng to act as well as
those giving ear to them will no doubt ascer
tain lator just what the people think of It
hut viewing the matter at a distance It seems
to me good taste and good judgment would
liavo suggested that It would have boon well
enough to have doue a little ascertaining be
forehand.
W. H. I’leroo—The appointment as It comos
on’the eve of a presledntlul eleotlon. In a
county where the parties arc so evenly divid
ed, seems to me vory poor politics, to mako
an appointment of this kind without ascer
taining tho wishes of the party,
.I. L. Mack—While I like John llnzclet and
think him a nice man, 1 think that by giv
ing him the uppoIntmenMlt Is an Imposition
on tho older settlors,
A. L. Towle—I have nothing to say, I leave
that to the business men of O’Neill.
C. E. Butlor—John llazelot has been here
working under me, In the clerk's office, for
four years, and was always honest,' Indus
trious and trustworthy, and think bo will
make a good postmaster.
J. C. Smoot—Think It was an outrago on the
peoplo and the republican party at largo.
J. H. Merldeth—I think It savors two much
of ring rule; It will have a strong tendency
to drive republicans to oxpross their views
against this method of procedure sit tho bul
lot box this fall' It was a vory bad move on
tliu eve of a campaign to glvo a man with no
standing in tho county that offico.
Doc. Morris—I am perfectly satlsilod. as
the office Is properly conducted, I don’t care
who runs It.
E. S. Klnch—I am am opposed to one ortwo
men running tho politics of this county, and
that the voters and tax-payers of O’Neill
should have something to say In matters of
this kind. I am bitterly opposed to ring rule.
1 think this will be tho cause of defeating the
republican legislature ticket In the county
this fall.
H. H. Gillespie—I think that Mn Hazolet
will make a very efficient postmaster and see
no reason for dissatisfaction. I think It is
essential to recognlfee youug republicans.
Barrett Scott—I think that the new post
master will be an Improvement on the old
oue.
11. C. McEvony—While I have nothing per
sonally against John Hazolet,I think there is
many republicans hero who are more deserv
ing of the position than he Is, for the reason
that he Is a comparatively new man, and has
never taken an active part In politics. He
has had a good position ever since he has
been here and hold the offioo of deputy clerk,
which 1 think Is all he is entitled to at the
hands of tho republicans. I also object to
the one or two men saying who or who shall
not be postmaster. X beleive that the patrons
of tho office, or at least the republicans
should have something to say about an ap
pointment when a man sees flt to resign. I
also agree with a largo majority of republi
cans that It will be a detriment to tlie legis
lative ticket this fall and may possibly lose
us u eJnited States senator.
Wbw ie need at a nice spring suit be
•of* tlld give ueVcall. We can furnish
you » nice epring euit, latest styles, from
S35 up. Patronize borne institutions sat
isfaction guaranteed.
' 47-6 Bstlend & Sbldkn.
Matrimonial Chime*.
Yesterday morning at 8:30 Rey. M. F.
Cassidy performed the ceremony that
united Jamee McManus and Miss Tillie
Kelly, both of thia ,city. Charles Mc
Manus wa#kroomaman and Miss Allie
Slattery bridesmaid. The ceremony
was performed in the presence of the
relatives and a few friends of the con
tracting parties. The groom is a young
man who has many friends in this city
and is steady, industrious, and possessed
of good business ability. The bride is a
young lady who has resided in this city
about four years and has numerous
friends residing here.
Tun Fnoirfinn joins the many friends
of Mr. and Mrs. McManus in wishing
them a long and happy life, and that
their cup of Joy may never be moistened
by the tear drops,of sorrow.
Aatt-$rnst Twine.
I have received a car load of twine
which I contracted for last fall. The
twine and price wBl salt you.
51*3 ' J O. F. Biomk.
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UN THE IRISHJOESTION
The Absent Editor Indulges in n
Little. Retrospect.
• . 'I
TEET SHOULD BE REPUBLICANS
An Interesting Review of the Deoline and
Fell of Irish Industries.
Pkokia, Ii.l. . July 8, 1868.
Since the democratic convention I
have had time to cogitate on some of the
issues of the campaign, and the past
week I have been so fortunate as to he
associated with a quite prominent and
certainly well posted Irishman, and
from him and his library I have learned
much which will prove interesting to
my Celtic friends and republicans in
Bolt county.
With the light of facts before me one
of the most difficult things to understand
is how the natives of the Qreen Isle,
after they omigrate to America and be
come citizens, can ally themselves with
or give aid and comfort to a political
party that has for its object the same
thing that compelled them to leave Ire
land. Time was when the products of
Irish industries were famous throughout
the world. At one time Irish ships
carried Irish products to the four quar
ters of the globe. It would simply be
an impossibility to go into the subject
of the way in which Irish commerce
has been destroyed and the Irish, as a
nation, made wanderers upon the face
of the earth, in an ordinary newspaper
article, or in fact fifty of them, A few
facts and figures, may, in a measure,
give the average reader some idea of
the story. Detailed statistics as to the
rise of Irish shipping and Irish manu
facturing are very rare. As far back,
however, as the student cares to sarch
for information touching upon the ques
tion. he discovers that in the thirteenth
and fourteenth centuries Ireland was
second to no other nation at that time
in (Jie character and quality of her
manufactured fabrics. a\ the time of
the English invasion the woolen and
linen industries of Ireland had reached
extensive proportions. Exports of those
fabrics are mentioned ns early as the
thirteenth century. The iuvasion and
conquest, however, paralyzed for a
time all the energies of the people, and
Irish industries almost ceased to exist.
They sooh rallied, however, but the eye
of Great Britain was upon them. Irish
shipping, too, at that early period was
Bomethirig wonderful. Even ns late as
the latter part of the seventeenth cen
tury (1668) the English parliament en
acted that "no commodity of growth or
manufacture of Europe shall be imported
into any of the king's plantations in
America, Asia, or Africa, but what shall
have been shipped in England, Wales,
or the town of Berwick, in English
built vessels, whereof the master and
three fourths of the mariners are>Eng
lith and carried directly thence to said
plantations." Such was the law that
eventually ruined the Irish shipping in- I
dustry. Now let us examine and see if
it can be discovered how great her ship
ping industry was even a century or
more later. In 1795, prior to the legis
lative union with Great Britain, the
number of ships that entered the Irish
ports, as given by M. Moreau was 7,086,
with a tonnage of 630.506. In 1801,
they had increased to 7,690, with a ton
nage of 711,842. As the Union occurred !
in 1800 these latter figures would not
indicate declining industries or shrink
ing commerce. Further light, however,
may be thrown on this point by the
statistics of the exports and imports.
The average annual value of Ireland’s
total exports and imports from 1774 Ui
1803 is shown in the fonowlneinKt
which is taken from British kogr<£e»
the Encyclopedia Britanien; >
1774 to 17H3,
1784 to 17K1.
1794 to lHUi.
EXPORTS,
It will be observed tfca%'froB 17gg lo
1803 the average annual tIJju, 0f exports
increased nearly, if aotj^te, thlrty-«ve
per cent. During tbff perf,* the
average annual vah:«/of importilMreas_
ed more than sixty-si* ^ cent. These
figures certainly do 10t indicate a falling
commerce. They uke„ a
source which can<,0, be discredited,
either on the grouifo o( auAut) p^^y
towards Ireland t,r ^ principle of
tariff protection. -Quoting again from
the same English at Gorily, it shows an
increase in the publ;.c debt of Inland to
have been as folio*,. In 170Q u wag
£323,438; in 1770, fWg ggg. ), 1780, it
was £1,067.-45; in W. £1,880,067; in
1800, £22.348,180; iai 1810, £15,240,790,
and in 1817—only •y,«x'ytten later—it
le render will nb
fraued in a higher
ratlo^rom IWO to 1770 nna^jiv 1770 to
17M. \jt wiU also be dbsorved'lbAVtko
lucreaM Iron 1800 to 1817 'was
than sht tine* greater In the aggregate
titan the tamaM'from 1780 to 1800 ft*
elusive. As regains Irish manufactories
It •will be «a well perhaps to quote from
the tame authority. As far back as the
year 1800 the projects of Irish looms
wotwaought for the world over. Five
mantles made of Irlah frleseu are men
tioned in a Hat M goods oxportotl duty
freo from England to 1‘opo Urban VI.
In 1041 something like 80,000 persons
wore employed in'too manufacture of
woolen goods In various parts of that
country, 8o completely, however, has
the English government destroyed this
industry that as late ns 1870, as shown
by the ofllclnl returns laid before parlia
ment, out of the 1,800 woolen factories
In Great Britain only sixty of thorn
were Imated in Ireland employing
but 1,500 persons all told. Tho manu
facture of cotton was introduced Into
Ireland in 1777,and under the protection
of high Import duties and bounties its
manufacture Increased so rapidly that In
the year 1800 It gavo employment to
nearly 14,000 workers bhiefly lr\ tho
neighborhood of Belfast. At tho time
of the Union It was arranged that the
duties, which then stood at the rate of
08 per cent nd valorum should remain
uncliangod for eight years, when they
were gradually lowered by eight an
nual reductions, until, in 181(1, thev
stood tit 8 pur cont. and were shortly
after abolished. The Industry gradually
declined until, In 1830, the number of
factories had decreased to twenty-four,
employing only 2,033 persons. In 1850
the number of factories was only eleven
employing 3,973 persons. In 1801 the
number of factories bad still declined
to nine, employing 3,734 persons. In
1879 the number of factories was six,
and the number of persons employed
1,020. The cotton manufacturing in
dustry built up in Ireland under pro
tection from 1780 to 1800 died hard; but
it died. The silk industry which,,also
nourished very extensively there at one
time fared no better than did the cotton
Industry. According to Lord Sheffield,
who wrote somewhat extensively in
1780, he is authority for the statement
that in the year mentioned there \?ero
some 1,500 persons emplovod in the silk
industry. As late as 1826 the number
had increased to between threo and touf
thousand, but as the protect!?* duties
were abolished in 1820 tlic industry ^e.
dined until 1874, when tbs number of
factories had dwindled to two, sm^oy.
ing 400 persons, while in 3879 only one
factory remained, employing ^ 159
persons. At one timo tb« Iri|£ pooplo
turned their attention to th*'iy*ntif«m
ure of glass, and cstabHshtgi S0Ba gu*,
works, but no soon or <}$ the nttonpt
show signs of soooMf than it was met
by an act of parliament which prohib
ited the exportation- ef g|M from Ire
land. In duo couA* pt time this act
was supplements^ by n pVoTiston thut
glass should no^ be imported Into Ire
land except trou Cngland. r It will he
observed, Ihoi&or*. that while the first
, act prohibited ,tb» Irish * from selling
their glees te other people, the second
broke down/the industry and prohibited
theih Irony bnflng except from the
English Producer or ids factor. In 1636
Lord Stafford, the > govenor general of
Ireland, Wrote to his home government
that th^re were "tome small beginnings
toward a Clothing trade which I have,
***1 jlhall continue to discourage all I
***/ because'H would trench not only
'•'V the clothings of England, it being
^ur staple commodity; and if the Irish
/ihoald be permitted to manufacture
their own wool, which grows in very
gnat quantities, we should not only
Ion the profit we now make by dressing
their wools, but his majesty would lose
largely in customs; and in conclusion,
Ifmight be feared they might beat us
out of the trade itself by underselling,
which they are able to do.” The Brit
ish statesmen of 1892 still exhibit the
same propensity to shape the Industries
of the United States and the Irishmen
who have become American citizens,
as well as many citizens of Irish parant
age, are unknowingly assisting them by
giving' their votes to a political party
whose industrial policy would do for
this country exactly what a similar one
has done for Ireland. To discourage
the growth of wool the British parlia
ment forbade its exportation out of Ire
land under a penalty of £500 and for
feiture of the vessel and cargo. This
restriction continued until the English
manufacturers themselves asked for the
admission of Irish wool to use in their
factories. The destruction of Irelands
woolen industry, however, drove her
skilled workmen from home and forced
them to seek employment elsewhere.
Thousands of them went to Franco and
to the continent of Europe from whence
two centuries before Ireland had drawn
her skilled machanics. Those who set
tied In France, by their ihlll nndVotlf. #
lty built up the French broad-ploih In
dustry which bee flourished to thl» day.*
Score* If not hundreds ft other
lances could beadduced that would ^
HNwtho manner In whtoh Great Britain
ha* creehfd out Irlih Industrie*; ;• tlw ' ■
economldBI*Mjry of that unforittn*ti:'%
Uland brittle wftfc,-,ugly fact* Hfee tjWh|e;£V’
heroin recited, NeHajkistry begin* to /J,
tbrlvo in Ireland or tbarfi»>gt *J1 Jlkely '
to compete with any Englisnhieueet*,
but It Is promptly crippled or ontlleSjg,
killed by unfriendly legislation at the ^
hand* of the British parliament. „ .Eng
land U the commorlcal rival In buetitese
and trade of overy other nation. She
has not land enough to raise bread for
her peoplo, hence the must supply her ,
needs by making goods' to sell to others. *
Even Ireland today Is dependent on
England nnd foreign countries for her
manufactured goods. In the absenoe Of
manufacturers, however, Ireland's ex*
ports consist almost exclusively of dead
moats and butter, which of course, go
chiefly to England to food her mechanics,
In 1831 Ireland contained Just one-third
of the population of the United King
dom. In f891 It contained but twelve
per cent. This Is a condition, however,
which has been brought about by.
British legislation. Let the Intelligent
reader ask himself the question why it
is that American citizens of Irish birth
or Irish parentage will associate them
selves with a political party in this
country that has for Its object the in
troduction of an I ml astral system ex
actly like that which bus rendered Ire
land the abode of poverty and destltu*
tion and forced her children to seek
homes at the uttermost ends of the earth.
The student of the "Dismal Science,”
as a celebrated writer once character
ized political tioonomy, may search his
tory from the earliest dawn to the pres
ent time and he will find no nation with
a more sorrowful history than Ireland.
She Is blost by nature, so far as natural
advantages are concerned, for manu
factures, commerce and shipping as no
other country Is blest. Her coast Is noj ,
rivalled by any other country, .Met
coast is not only surrouudnf' antr,
smehoragos, but tho land ft
indented by bays and islets
stated by a network of
gatios that no paitlsasti
than twsnty to thirty mils* from
OWtHBtthJesUOB thd
contiguous to tho coast of (tapBritain,
It is nearer than that country to the
Welt India islands, tho continent of
Ameiiea, the .west coast of France, the
coast of Spain and Portugal and the
port* of the Moditcranean. It is capable
of sustaining a population of ton million '
at the least calculation. In 1841 it bad
bight and one-quarter millions whlleto
day it is questionable if It contains a
population of four million souls. And
these are dependent upon England and
other countries not only for wheat,
floor, cornmeal, oatmeal and other nec
essaries of life, but for even tbe clothing '' ,
that covers tbeir backs. Tbe industrial
system forced upon the country by En
gland lies at tbe bottom of it all, nnd
yet Irishmen are making tbe mistake of
trying to force such a system upon the -
republic of America that bos supplied
them with a place of refuge.
y
Who Are They and What Are They!
Editor Frontier: I have been read*
log some of the Independent papers and
I seo they are wild, clear oil of tbeir
base in their political argument. They
arc crying reform, calling the two old
parties mules, jackasses and bosses and
such stuff. They don't seem to realize
from whence they sprung. They must
be the offspring of the mules and jack*
asses of which they speak. You mar
ask them where they sprung from and
they will tell you through the Chicago
Western Rural, which most emphatical
ly is not true, as the movement started
in the extreme southern states some two
years before the Rural ever thought of
agitating the subject in the north. What
was it started for? I will tell you. It
was started for a political purpose, a
southern scheme to weaken the republi
can party for the benefit of the solid
south, which is as solidly democratic to
day as it eyer was. Look at.Kansas!
The democrats and independents are
running fusion tickets to gain the day.
They are working hard to weaken a few
of the southern states so as to make the
next election democratic and if they can
only accomplish that they will be satis
fied.
I say to my republican friends, stand
by the good old party, the only party
that ever did us any good,the party that
made this government what it is today!
for yon can talk to the independents, I
don’t care who they are, and they will
tell you they would rather see Grover
elected than Harrison every time. Just
point out to mo an independent man
and I will show yon a democrat m a
democratic sympathiser. . -,.v»'
) Yours truly, .
* T. Huw
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