Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 15, 1898, Page 1

ees € rand Re api a : Vor VII.—No 8 Granp Rapips, Irasca County, Minn., SatuRDA¥Y OcToBER 75 1898 Two Dotuars a YEAR iL Bry Goods The last of our large purchases have arrived and are ready to be shown to and inspected and admir- ed by the public. We are better equipped than ever before to fur- nish and please our most appreciat- ed patrons,and earnestly hope that the Ladies of Grand Rapids and r tributary points will call and, at le: allow us to show them and convince them that we areina QP gm to SELL RIGHT. We have no “\Shoddy” stuff, but Good, Honest Goods. Our Dress Patterns and Silk Waist Patterns must be seen to be appreciated, and those who have seen them have said they fare sim- Our Dress,’Trimmings ply suberb. ure in touch with the patterns, ‘he Laagest Line of Ladies’ Skirts ever exhibited at cne time. We have them ranging from $1.25 to $10. Come in and see them—the Skirts do the rest. Up to date in style. @Gloaks Now is the time—and this is the place—for we have a large stock and so come before the best are all picked out. Children’s Coats Especially are going very fast—only a few left. Ladies’ Coats, ranging from $3,5 to $15 in the Latest Styles. If you need a Coat, come now—if not in present need, make a small pay- ment and we will gladly lay the Coat aside for you. Winter is Coming On And we have in stock BOES, MUFFS, and CHILDREN’S MUFFS SETS, Underwear and Hose. Ladies, Misses’ and Children’s. We have an immense stock and assortment which cannot fail to satisfy the most fastideous. Shoes Here is where we Shine—and shinning brighter every day as the sun rises. To this department we have given special attention and ad- ditional room and are making extra efforts to handle nothing but Good, Honest, Up-to-Date Goods. We are amply stocked with Gentlemen’s, Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s shoes. Driver's, Cruiser’s low) and \ (high and More Shoes. We have a fine line—our Boys’ and Gents’ shves we cannot afford to let go by without a word of ‘aise. which is the outcome of ea Leather and Long Wearing —qualities which the so-called Schcol Shoe ‘Sold by Us*’ process. Try them, -parents! You will buy no other. : Clothing Just received and ready for sale the celebrated Hart, Schaffron & Marx’ Clothing, which bares a national reputation. +We are always pleas- ed to show these ,goods whether you want to buy or not. If you are in need, come in and look at ourstock. . Our line of Fall and Winter Overcoats and Ulsters are also of the °98 patterns and will please you. WILSON BROS.’ Neckwear— the finest in the Land. We have them. They come high, but we must have them—cannot do busi- ness without them. 2G rae snenengenseteeensenaenas: ht et eee ITASCA MERCENTILE COMPANY and CARPETS We are in a position tv sell you most anything tn the line of furniture Brass and Iron Bedsteads, and an elegant line of Carpets to pick from. Rugs, Mattings, Schmite & Sair Curtains. Give us a call. Give us a Call—a Pleasure to Show Goods. Prompt Delivery Laprairie Delivery--Tuesdays and Fridays. eae so rrr TT r ckakaal Pererrrr TTT Pr tek ksh caches chchchaacashcchchadaa shhh chchchchacachachchchncls achalasia cacachchnhnlacaca shhh cache sacashcinhacata catchall caciacachachchschnla aces chchsinchslaacacadechchchahslecatacachachchnchahae 5 =. N ‘Wi d & HH. Db. POWBRS —_ A Bicnacienss' In the hands of an idiot is just about as efficient as the ordinary cheapshot gun in the hands of the average hunter. No mat- ter how good a yo may be, if your gun isn't right you might as well stay at home. Era Shot Guus ..c2 ail They are made of fine Damascus steel, with twisted barreis, and are absolutely accurate. Dun’! waste .our time monkey- ing with a-‘snide,” cheap shot gun. Buy one of these good guns, and have all the sport there is in hunting. Other guns cost less, but this is the cheapest, because it does the busi- ness —it kills. Before going out on your fall hunting trip come in and look over our line of sporting goods. i eee “QUEEN QUALITY” THE FAMOUS SHOE FOR WOMEN unequaléd in retaining shape, wear, and lustre. Fashionable for street, dress, home, or outing. All feet and fancies fitted in toes, See Gtoxcall QUALITY , § aiaracomtort, gy’ counts “peers, 83,00, Tauftere seeets Queen Quality to"inisi-* “ FEOERDERER’S” VICI KID used exclusively. ‘The limit TOWNE’S SPEECH. The People’s Candidate For Congress Giyen a Royal Reception. 500 CITIZENS OF ISASCA COUNTY Listen to the Elogueuce and Logie of Hon. Charles A. Towne at Village Hall—Talks for Two and a Half Hours. The largest and most enthusiastic audience that has ever greeted a pub- lic speaker in. Itasca county was that which assembled at Village hall last evening, on the occasion of the open- ing‘ of the’ Democratic campaign here by Hon. C. A. Towne. ‘Lhe hall was packed to its fullest capacity, stand- ing room being ata premium. The distinguished visitor made a master- ly address of three hours’ duration. ‘That he engaged his audience’s deep consideration was evidenced by the fact that hundreds who were compell- ed to stand in the aisles remained till he had'concluded. He was frequent- ly interrupted by thunderous,applause. Mr. Towne spoke in part as follows: Ladies and gentlemen, I am very grateful for the opportunity of ad- dressing an audience im Grand Ra- pids. You have always done me the honor to greet me with a full house, and to night is no exception to that kindly rule. I congratulate you upon this exhibition of public interest. So long as the people of the United States msist in taking an interest in the affairs of their government, and so long as they manifest a disposition maturely to consider and deliberately to decide great questions of publi¢ policy, so long the institutions of the country that we love are safe in the keeping of the people. My friends this is a government of, for and by the people, and if you remember that alone among ail the things that I shall shall say tonight, I shall have suc- ceeded in impressing. upon your minds what 1s the most important and central thought of all the thoughts in regard to aquestion like this. For you and I today are engaged not ia any mere struggle for the possession of public office. This campaign is not a fight between contending hosts to divide the honors and emoluments of official place, but it is a particular phase of a fight that is as old as the progress of hAman kind, that began with the first struggles of our ancestors centuries ago and will not cease until at some time in’ the more or less dis- tant future. You and I tonight, my friends, are the exponents of a system of civil government for which the world waited, and indeed toward which it blmdly crept its way for According to the old ideas the au- thority to rule came from God, but it was deposed in the hands of few; in the nand of a king and an aristocracy with the power of perpetual succes- sion, and whenever interference took piace upon the part of the people, it was not the asserion of any conscious right upon their part to interfere, but it was solely the outcry of the oppress- ed everywhere when oppression had gone too far to bear with. The tyrant felt no responsibility to anybody but himself, and whenever Yeforms were made it was not in de- ference to the wishes of the people, but for his own safety. You have heard, scores of times, many of us, those old ringing words that Jefferson penned and the Conti- nental congress adopted and proclaim- ed to the world, and I want to recall them to you tonight. ‘These are the words: “We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Crea- tor with certain unalienable. rights— the ngkt to life, liberty and the pur- suit of happiness; that to secure these rights governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consentof the governed.” There, in the concluding sentence, is the kernel of the whole matter. The affirmation is made that the government derives its powers from the consent of the governed. My friends, from the beginning of the history of the United States until this hour, the great struggle has been between the many on the oneside, for whom our institutions and govern- ment were founded, and the tew upon the other, who, in their own behalf and at the general expense, have un- dertaken to resume into their own hands the power that belongs to all. (Applause) That is the general principle running though our whole political history—the struggle of the many against the few. Looking back, my friends, I call your attention for a moment to’the struggles between the government and the U. S. bank. That {struggle presents a phase of that grcat general contest which is confronting us now. It was a fight between the people of the United States and an institution the government had created, that sought to perpetuate itself at the expense of the majority for the benefit of the few. 1n an interview with President Jackson, Mr. Biddle, the president of the U. S, bank, said; Mr. Presi- dent;. The bank of the U.S. has so many millions of capital, so many branches in the various states ot the union that its powers are impossible for us to over-estimate. * * * ‘The bank of the United States can make any man it pleases president of the United States.” “Mr. Biddle,” said Old Hickory, (Applause) ‘what you say as to the bank may be true, but itit is true, then by the Eternal God-the bank has too much, power, }and we will take it away.” (Great and continued applatse) ¢ The next great question chat en- gaged the attention of the American people was the institution of human slavery. It peemed to millions of several thousand years. men in the United States that the in- stitution of slavery was a denial of the fundemental principles of the govern- ment,andjas soon as they realized that, the institution of slavery was doomed absolutely, but when Lincoln and his coadjutor§desired to restrict the spread of slavery and put the institution in the way of its final termination, they were confronted by the fact that no great existing political party could be found to undertake the mission of liberty. What was it necessary, there- fore, to do? It was necessary to form a new political party, As strange as it may seem to men who consider the fact ofa man lezying one political party to’¢go into another little short of treason to the country. The fact is that the ability to do so, the privilege todoso, the right to do so under certain circumstances is the very high- est attribute of citizenship ina free country, (Continued applause) ‘The reason is that the country is always greater than a party or any number of parties, and when the welfare of the country demands that a party snall cease to exist or hold power, then it is- the duty of the citizen of the country to see that the welfare of the country is. preserv- ed, even at the expense of sacrifice of party- (Applause) The third struggle in this contest between the many and _ the few is the modern organized greed of society in their trusts and combinations and many monopolies, aiming to exploit the masses of the people tor the bene- fitofafew. It is same struggle de- scribed by Lincoln. Today, we are fighting the battles that made Jefferson the first Republican, and Lincoln the greatest Democrat, And in this cause a young man, previously unknown ‘in connection with the management of the affairs of the Democratic organi- zation, a man of great ability, magni- ficent manhood, sublime courage, coming out of the Great West, un- cintaminated by the old political at- tachments of eastern development, sprang 30 the front of his party and the cause of the masses against the few, and succeeded to the leadership that had been held by Jefferson and and Lincoln, and we beheld the great Democrat and Republican in the per- son of William J. Bryan. (Great and continued applause.) (Mr. Towne then took up the dis- cussion of certain questions propound- ed to him by the Magnet, and an- swered them with — characteristic frankness and fairness. ‘he ques- tions and their answers will appear in full in the next issue of this paper.) Now, my friends, I want to call your attention for justa moment to what Judge Morris says aboyt the Teller resolution, | He invokes the honor of the United States in behalf of the proposition to pay every bond of the United States in gold, What was the ‘eller resolution? It de- clared that fhese bonds were pay- able in gold or silver. Just like the Stanley- Mathews resolution, exactly. Senator Allison, of Lowa, the leader of the Republicans in the U.S.’ senate, voted for the Stanley-Mathews reso- lutions, and is stillin the senate, and this time he voted against the, ‘Teller| resolution, William McKinley, Presi- dent of the United States, voted for fuee coinage twice and voted for the Stanley-Mathews resolution, which was identical with the Teller resolu- tion about which my friend Morris complains. The Teller resolution provided, that the bonds of the United States should be payable in both gold, and silver. My friends, all of the bonds of the United States today re- cite on their face that they are pay- able in coin, and the law defines coin in the sense in which the bonds are. payable as “coin of standard weight and fineness,” and the coin that is, thus referred to means 23.22 grains of fine gold and 371.25 grains of pure silver per dollar; and the law defining what the bonds should be paid _ spici- fically refers and says that either one of them may be used to pay bonds. Now, if a law says that either one of them may be used, why should we change that law by construction and. pay in one instead of either that we please? What right has an adminis- trative officer to place a construction on the law? But, my friends, there is no possible construction that can be placed on the law by which it can be made to say. that bonds are payable only in gold. Grover Cleveland sent a message to congress asking congress to give him the right to prove that bondssiould be payable in gold, and told congress that the country would therevy save $16,000,000 in interest, and congress voted against it. Con- gress would not give up the privilege of paying these bonds in “coin” for that amount. Every member of con- gress from Minnesota voted against that law. My. Tawnev and Mr. Fletcher, who are now in cengress from thjs state. voted against it; and say, having paidfor the right to pay in silver, we ought to do it. Now, my friends, just a word and I close. This is on a matter that I would much rather not speak of, as it refers to myself; it refers to what L did when a member of congress. When I came back from my term in congress I was received by an outpouring of several thousand people in the City of Duluth—the oniy time, let me say, the only time, before or since my time, that the people have turned out to welcome a returning congressman— before or since—and the reason they turned out for me was because I had accomplished so much for the district. Now they have hired a lot of gentle- men, Adam Bede and others, to follow me up and down the district to tell the people of the district that I didn’t really accomplish much. of anything. Why, my friend Morris so far forgot himself as to actually claim credit for getting the $770,000 appropmiation being expended upon the harbor at Duluth. Now, my. frends, when x was in congress I procured an appro- priation of three millions and over of dollars for the purpose of deepening the harbor to a depth of 20 feet. I put it upon the continuous contract . plan by which so much 1s spent this year, sO much next year and so on, and under this plan the contract for the work that was estimated to cost $3,000,000 on the old plan was let Continued on pagecight. |,