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3 & g e FE} On Tuesday J. Frank Chambers, the republicsn nominee for circuit SRIPTION: democratic is announced peaking bh paign cor Ha Nov. 4, E 1 Johu Silvers. 5, H Merwin, Nov. 5, T. W. Silvera and W. E. Welch. Star school Thurman and Taze LaFollett. house, Nov. 5, A. W Pieasant Gap. Nov. 7, C. F. Box-|: ley and W. W. Graves All speaking to begin at 7: be ~] m. sharp. Virginia, Thuraday, Hons. M. V. Carroll, J. S. I and Geo B Ellis. Lone Star School House, Wednes- day, Nov 2od, Hon. M. V. Carroll ‘ransisco and T. J. na Double Branches, Friday, Nev. 4th, Hons. M. V. Carroll and M. @ Ho Olive school house, Friday, Nov 4th, C. F. Boxley. and W. E. Welch Ross school house, Saturday, Nov. 5th, S. W. Dooley and J. A. Silvers. Amsterdam, Friday, Nov. 4, 7:30 p- m., Hon. D. A. DeArmond. Red Top School House, Saturday, Nov. 5th, 2 o'clock p.m, Hon. D. A. DeArmond. November 8, |} ar clerk, went to the home of John M Col jud of the as to Butler, fore him asking iled t asked by 1an Was view of the fact that he was t a lawyer, to submit the {matter to the Attorney General ot |the state, who is bis legal adviser, jor any two reputab ti I yers of different purtics ere the state outside the of the call in the other to member e court, or t Crawford to appear before him | esday at 1 o'clock to he should not correct asked for. This alter-| native writ was put in hands at five minutes to cone on that day and was served on Mr. Crawford | just four minutes to the time he was to appear and make his answer by the sheriff's watch. By the clerk’s time and by that of sev eral gentlemen present it was then| one minute after one. It of course impossible for Mr. Crawford sbow | cause the ballot as the sheriff's a expected was College Hill school house, Nov. 5, 7:30 p. m., Hon. D. A. DeArmond. Butler, Nov. 5th, 7: 30 p. m., Gen- eral B. G. Boone, of Henry county.|ing the county clerk to place the Cornland, Friday, Nov. 4th, 7:30] names of the three republican candi- p- m, T. W. Silvers and C. F_| dates, Chambers, Zey and Gench on the middle-of-the road ticket, instead where Mr. Crawford Boxley. Vote straight. ; Vote the whole ticket. Be sure and vote right. The democratic ticket is right. Atkeson got in floor and now he is republican party on the ground supporting the It is said the President will order the Spaniards to evacuate Cuba by January 1st You popvlists who believe in free silver have but one alternative be- fore you November 8th, and that is to vote the democratic ticket, which stands for the rights of the people as against monopolies and the gold standard. ——— It is evidently the intention of the republicans to hog it all from the populists this time’ Jim Drysdale is the only one they succeeded in getting on their ticket and he is an old line republican of the blue stripe kind. The republicans are sly fel lows, ‘‘devilish sly.” W. O. Atkeson is abusing every man inthe populist party who will not permit himself led into the gold bug republican camp. Such men as. Pierce Hackett, C. R. Wolfe, J. M. Wells, T. J. Hendrickeon and others who went into the movement from principle will not be led. —————_—__ If elected to congress, Banker Jurden would vote for Secretary Gage’s infamous currency bill, a measure that will deliver the sols control of the circulating medium to the banks. Mr. Gage isa banker, Mr. Jurden isa banker, and their interests are in common.—Clinaten Democrat. ing the middle-of-the road populist ticket from the fusionists, certified up by the steering committee, obeyed | the wishes of the Peoples party of Bates county expressed by) es resolution in conventioa assembled, | POPUlists ia Bates county.” This | to prepare hisa newer in that time. Judge Coleman then proceeded to issue a peremptory writ command- were offered. bribe he indignantly repelled z that isn’t an endeavor to procure the | didates. He scant HO. reason why electiun of a candidate by a prom. | Populists should bolt the instruc 2OURE OFFICE “If auy person indirectly, ¢ given, or € gift or reward, or r employm shall, give or pr deal betwe rs of lists, m whieh suabers of the county ceurt in E tt rere Gs Pele io oaies . s era week's labor eavh party ivisory way, but he steadfastly | ca S | ce h t y ndrawing nominees to fill such fused any of these suggestions | z i . = : ates & vacancies with nominees of the and, acting under the ad of Mr {| ii i see other party, comes under its provi bers’ law cited county; . < = i jsiove. Itis well knewn that argu ments were used to induce vecancies ring tho3a eight days of caucus- ing by the steering committees. One |republican nominee for a yery im- | portant offica told us that he was asked to withdraw in fayor of his populist opponent and when he de clined, he was asked if he wouldn't withdraw if sufficient inducements | © This intimation cfa If se, th.n we would like to kcow wheris it faile. Th- actions of these parties in lirectly or cure to be erty! and jaod J. F. Chambers, r of the fusion had properly placed them. John understood that his deputy. County Clerk Crawford received a lengthy and exhaustive opinion from his legal adviser, and the highest authority Attorney General Cro in the state M. Coleman’s son in law, Arthur Chambers, is the brother of J. Frank Chambers, and it is well in the event of Frank’s election that Arthur will be w, Generel Crow main-} renting rooms in the city and hold- ing daily aud nightly sessions in an effort to barter and trade the offises, is an insult to the honest voters of these parties and a reflection upon their intelligence. Never ia our recollection has so bare faced an effort been made to corrupt the voters of Bates county. After all their dickerings the hon est voter will have his say, and you may depend upon his rebuking this effort te sell his vote in a way that will be remembered for all time by such trickaters Sa eee teen eed SAVE THE PRESIDING JUDGE. tains that the county clerk made no mistake in the arrangement of the} names on the ballot and that Judge|! Coleman had exceeded his authority i The office of presiding judge of the county court is the most im {he will not vote for Denton nt in the gift of the people has control cf the| fe practically deiude the siiver mab, Car ankest 5 part of the republicans tc vote, parti date lature republica want at the loss of | everything else Atkeson devoted sbout all the ? da last Fres Pre in fulsome flattery of C. A. Denton] rial page of his publican can- jtions of their county convention, and disregard every call to party prineiple and honor by going over to the republican party, with which they are not in sympathy on any question. He appeals to their baser passions and tries to stir up feeling against democrats, their natural allies. It is no surprise that Atkeson wants to return to the party of his first love, he has abundant reasons, chiefly among which is Hanna's barrel But will self respecting populists be carried into the repub lican camp in order to help Atkeson further bis ends and line his pockets | | We hardly thi | We understand that Capt. H C. | Dosobue, who acted committeemen to place Denton on the populist | ticket, has a grievance avd declares | He told a gest! Wednes it | was the square agreement thatE E | Buzzard, republican for lay t bomipnee > chairman of tla « sitte i sta be filled as aut y ext ns Nominated by the for Circuit Clerk. OPERA FURNITUR Pierce’s Plea HOUSE E STORE ~e - We carry the largest and most complete stock of furniture to be Kinds and All Grades of Furniture You can find at our store anything you want from a Kitchen Table the finest Parlor Suit. Wood bed complete from Iron bed complete from Rockers Cots - ~ These are new goods, we found in the county. We have all 31 .d0 50 from «45 from SO } lon't handle sec Here ia a sample for instance 3d hand up up up up stoff. call and see us. UNDERTAKING. in issuing a peremptor gard Judge Coleman's proceed with ballot as made up by bh any one is injured by actions he proper courts, learned i This opinion is clerk's cffice, open to wish to read it ou y writ. order That im the clerk's has recourse before the n the law. file in —$————— _—___. J. D. Glinn, judicial committee- man of St. Clair county, published a card repudiating the action of the populist committee in certifying up A. Denton. Badgley and W. H Deweese publish | a cardin the Bates County Democrat denying that Mr. Glinn is the legal Now for the facts. the name of C committeeman. A. He advises that tlt county clerk disre and the printing of the the all whe may ceunty finances and eupervises the work of the other county officers. He should be a broad rainded man with business ability and integrity Such @man is Samuel West, whose name is on the democratic ticket. His opponent, James Drysdale, who has succeeded in getting his name on both tickets, is a narrow minded bigot, a fanatical partisan who can see no ;good in avy other purty or man whose views do his own He is a populist for the revenue alone and when that republican. if not narrow yision. is taken away he is a Ae clerk by the grace of a fusion in 1890 and his deputy had to conduct the business of the office. He was no seoner out as county clerk than the republican and populist | esineide witb | He was elected county | Mr. Glinn was electad judicial com- mitteeman by his county convention. At the judicial convention held at Clinton neither St. Clair nor Benton competency. He mixed the city’s were represented. Atkeson and his | books up im great ehape and his crowd from Bates county took it/successor, a democrat, had to upon themselves to elect a commit- his nose fer office led himto petition & pepulist city board for city clerk. | Therein he showed his complete in- representative of St Clair county, was to be withdrawn in favor of the} middle of the road date Donohue says the scoundrels didn’t even together. populist candi call their committee Gench, Chambers and Zey, and all of the rest of the repub | licans that Atkeson put on the Peo- ples Party ticket are gold standard men and have been ‘populist haters” until the last deal was made. All jbelieve with Secretary Gage in |“committing the country more thor- | oughly to the single gold standard.” | Devton, ‘Serotula « In our Undertaking Department we e arry a large line of coffins and caskets We can suit you in price or quality of goode, we carry the cheapest to the bighest priced given to embalming by a thoroughly competent and experienced embalmer, who vives special attention to each subject. G. B, HICKMAN, Sess seca ax ——THE—— S5723% POs EG SPOT CASH STOR Speciai as attention Snake-Like in its subtlety. It lies hidden for years in the ambush of the blood, and when it strikes it voids its venom alike on strength and Saves you money on « good merchandise you every dollars worth of buy. If you haven’t tried it, come in and make a try on your next teeman for St. Clair county and dis Can any sane man for a moment concede the legality County Clerk Crawford ia separat-| of such action? Is there any doubt about Glivn’s still being com-ittee- placed Glinn. man? Atkeson last week says in the Free Press: “There are no Bryan straighten them out as best he could. A democratic sheriff appointed him on the grand jury, a democratic judge selected him as foreman, the populist for clerk, then Drysdale was asked to appomt a democrat as | door keeper and showed his narrow Partisan epirit by appointing a pop- ulist. This shows him too narrow for | ie 5 which declared that any vacancy | week he comes out squarely for gold | this impertant office. Like Atkeson Occurring on the ticket must be filled by middle-of the-road populists. | Democrats are g¢ ing to vote th year regardless of the weather or the distance to the polls. The rot tenness of the dickering of the pop- ulist and republican steering com | who are in mittees requires that the demo. standard republicans. Where is the populist who will follow him into the ranks of the gold standard he always gets his own name on the | the voting. Vote for Samuel West democrats on the jury voted fora | ticket, and the other fellows can do| | party? Who will allow the self styled |county ticket populists who are for owner of the party to take off of the silver and place on the ticket men favor of the gold stand- ard. The rank and file of the Ppopu- crate, and all others who favor put- ting honest men in office, let neither the weather nor distance to the polls prevent their being on hand to vote the democratic ticket. liste are standing for principle and | will not let Atkeson deliver them as chattele to their enemy. Atkeson wants to geta hold so he can make a “big delivery” to Hannah in 1900. |and scratch Drysdale. tickes stands for free silver and | bimetallism; every republican noni-! | mated stands fer the gold standard. ————_ Every democrat on the county | 2 If you want to cast your vote for Brank Cookrell for U. S. Senator, you must vote for Geo. B. Ellis for representative. beauty, disfiguring the one and undermining the other. Ayer’s Sarsaparitia is a specific for scrofula in its worst and most malignant forms. Scrofula is a blood disease. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla is a blood purifying medicine. Mineral medicines only drive scrofula below the surface. Dr. J. C. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla is a vegetable remedy and it eradicates the disease. There is no remedy for scrofula equal to Ayer’s Sarsa- parilla. “I was cured of a long-standing case of scrofula by Dr. J. C. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. eee oe iteelf when I was a child, by breaking out in red blotches all over my body. I was not free from the trouble until I took several bottles of Ayer’s That effected a per- — —Mas. E. H. Sorrpez, Lehigh- — purchase. wagon the more Money You will Save in 1898. WE CARRY Dry Goods, Cloaks, Fumishing Goods, Boots and Shoes, Anda Groceries: ‘All new, fresh and up to date. 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