People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1895 — Page 5

Organize Legions. Land is the basis of an security. Who committed the crime of ’93? Gold is not money until declerM so by law. ' - Stick to your party and ruin your country. Debt is devilish, dangerous and demoralizing. Why should either old party have another chance? z Any money is sound that the people are willing to receive. Human rights are greater than all other rights combined. Interest represents the product ot some other man’s labor. Gold, bank notes and guns is the platform of the plutocrats. And now the Sugar trust is taking its turn at robbing the people. There’s a "ring” to this “sound currency”—the bankers’ "ring." The initiative and referendum is the only safeguard of the people. If Pharoah don’t let the people go he mhy encounter a Red Sea. There seems to be plenty of confidence but not much prosperity. ' If Grover don’t quit writing letters he wjll give his party the jim-jams. The bankers want to do business on confidence, the people want a cash basis. The bankers are perfectly willing to use flat money if they can reap the profit. "Sound currency” means more bonds and less money; more poverty and less happiness. Aristocracy is devoting more attention to the comfort of the poodle than of the people. The country is not so much in need of "sound currency” just now, as it is of sound statesmen. If the logic of the gold bugs? is good Uncle Sam has never paid the soldiers for saving this government. The men who are trying to stay on both sides of the silver question will likely drop through between. A “sound currency” means a dear dollar; a dear dollar means cheap products; and cheap products means cheap labor, Carlisle’s denial that he ever was in favor of free silver would have more' weight if he'had not always voted for it in congress. The men who buncoed this government out of nine millions of dollars are the chaps who didn’t want Coxey to walk on the grass. We herewith enter a protest against the two old parties occupying the same bed together until the marriage ceremony is performed. All monopolies are based on the power of centralized wealth, and the People’s party Ik the only anti-monop-oly party in existence. . v If silver money was issued by the banks they would take five cents worth of it, call it ten dollars, charge ten per cent interest on it, and name it "sound currency.”

“Is one of the old parties in power in the United States?” asks John Bull “Yes,” says Columbia. “Then let us proceed to ‘skin’ the people,” says Shylock. And the game goes on. , It is not very flattering, but true, that the men who made up “sound currency” convention at Memphis were the same kind that Christ scourged from the Temple in Jerusalem. When our lawmakers become more attached to the opinions and systems of other nations than our own they have grown “too big for their pants” and ought to Ke elected to stay at home. The oqly reason a bank note is good is because the government guarantees it, which is the best evidence that a greenback, or treasury bote, is better, for It costs the people next to nothing to piK it into circulation. The intrinsic value of the silver in a dollar is about fifty cents; the intrinsic value of the paper in a bank note is less than one cent, yet the bankers call the bank notes “sound currency." The reason of this, is they are enabled to collect interest on they owe. One of the most incongruous sight' cn earth is n gold bug .advocate with nine patches on his pants, a-ragged coat, no money, and not more than thirty-five cents’ worth of credit There, are several million of these an« mils that will voti the gold rtug inkcis That nine million dollar “gouge” which Cleveland and Carlisle helped the syndicate make against the United Stites treasury amounted to more than all the money that has ever been stolet from trains by all trainrobbers in the past twenty years, yet the “gang” to •Uli permitted to ran at large.

Have you a party "boss?* The cuckoos are cuckooing. Things look different to the pie eaters. "Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.” a ■■ What does it take to constitute a Democrat? Plutocracy never did advocate an honest dollar. What the Democrats need Is a harmony convention. » "Honest money” is anything which the bankers approve. What the bankers condemn is safe for the people to adopt. “Sound currency” means more bonds, bank notes and interest. International bimetallism is the cuckoo’s altar of refuge. The only way you can control the railroads is to own them. Until men learn how to vote they will not know how to live. WANTED —The wreck ot any trusts the Democratic party smashed. Capital is the child of labor, but it has but little respect for its parent. The rich paupers are more burdensome to support than the poor ones. "Sound currency” is the bankers' name for a dragnet to fill their own coffers. Any dollar that the people agree to redeem in the products of their labor Is good. The bankers are the only men who ever discredited the money of this government. * The civilization that makes a man a criminal because be can’t find work Is diabolical. Even a fifty cent silver dollar Is much to be preferred to one that bears two rates of interest.

The People’s party is not going to monkey with any Trojan horses, no difference what they are labeled. If the People’s party stands firm it will receive the support of millions who are disgusted with the, two old parties. The Democrats have not yet discovered the "good western man” who will be an available candidate for the presidency. * The people will not make the platforms of the two old parties next years If they do they will not nominate the candidates. Selling bonds for $1.04*4 that were worth |1.20 in the market is the kind of financiering that the "sound currency” men want. The treasury deficit has passed the $50,000,000 mark, but then the deficit In the party that caused -it is much greater than that.

Our transactions with foreign nations in gold is as a commodity, it passes by weight for what it is worth In the market,and not as money. Standard Oil king. Rockefeller, says he only wants to accumulate $500,000,000. This sum would represent the labor of one million men for 500 days at $1 each per day. The stealage of deposits last year by bank officials amounted to $25,000,000; that by train robbers less than $1,000,000. There ought to be some way to stop both gangs. To an ordinary man it would seem that the Democrats had done enough mean things without now stealing a part of the People’s party platform and a great deal of its thunder. Carlisle, in denying that he ever favored free silver, Is adding to his reputation as a bad statesman that of being a prevaricator, but when a man starts out to do wrong he don’t care for lying a little.

This government made considerable fuss about Nicaragua paying England a tribute of $75,000, but ft says nothing about the nine million dollars which Carlisle and Cleveland gave the Rothschilds syndicate. the gold-bugs propose to dominate I the Democratic party or join* the Re ! publicans. The silver men are for sllj ver if they can get It through the I Democratic party, but If they can’t ' they will do without it. They wouldn’t I have it through the People's party. Anarchy Is defiance of law; there Is a law' against trusts manipulating prices; the Standard Oil trust, the Beef trust,, the Sugar trust and Leather trust have all raised prices in defiance cf law and the old parties dare not touch them. Who are the anarchists f If there is as large a margin of dej ficits in Carlisle’s speech which he is f expected, to make at the “sound cur- ' rency” convention at Memphis, as there seems to be In his estimates sf the , Treasury receipts and dtobwrsemento, it ought to be kept to soak for forty years after delivery.

THE PEOPLE’S PILOT. RENSSELAER, IND., THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1895

THE SILVER PARTY.

MAY DRAW VOTES FROM THE PLUTOCRATIC PARTIES And Thus Aid the Populists in Capturing the Presidency—People's Party Men Advised to Stand Firm by the Omaha Platform. Because the new Silver party favors some of the principles embodied in the Omaha platform we feel a kindly interest in its success, to the extent of all recruits that it may get from either of the two old parties. But we deem it only proper to point out to Populists that if its mission is to absorb the People’s party also, the cause of reform will be set back for years. We are willing to admit, in fact the People's party has always maintained, that the financial question is the paramount issue. But we are not willing to admit that it is the sole issue. We are opposed to any fusion, alliance, contract or bargain, that will have a tendency to weaken and disband the organization of the People’s party. The writer of this article lives in a district (in the South) represented in congress by a Democrat. That Democrat fills the bill so far as gauged by the platform adopted by the new Silver party—that is he favors free silver on the same terms the new party does, is opposed to national banks, favors the government issue of money, and is opposed to the issue of bonds. If the People’s party is to adopt the suggestions of some of its leaders, and join hands with the new party on that platform, what is the use to put up another candidate in this district advocating the same thing this Democratic candidate will? The logical result in this and many southern districts would be a total disintegration of the People’s party and its absorption by the Democratic. Call it a single plank platform or what you please, it is very unfortunate that the suggestion has been made that we make the fight on the platform of another party, and even to support a candidate in whom the people have had no part in placing in the field. The platform is very good as far as it goes. So far as we know Mr. Sibley is a very good man, and if we were going to vote for any other man than a straight out Populist we would like to vote for him. But we did not join the People's party for “three years,” or for any stated time. We expect to remain in it during its "life or good behavior.” Whenever it begins to trim and bargain and traffic like the two old parties, we will leave it. In the campaign of 1896 the Southern Democrats will occupy about the same grounds now occupied by the free silver party. We are not going to assist in giving the Democratic party another “chance.” We see no good reason for putting a man up that covers no more ground than the Democratic candidate will cover and calling him by another name. So we will stick to the People’s party, fight under its flag and for its principles, and if the people ever do save this country by peaceable methods, they will rally around our banners, and save it through the People’s party. It is their only hope. The new party is a makeshift. It is a cowardly excuse for ignorance, which is as unjustifiable as it is demoralizing. The transportation and land planks of our platform are as well understood by the masses as the currency question, and if the silver men have not taken time to inform themselves on these questions, they should not be allowed to become stumbling blocks in the way of people that have. Besides the silver people are making the silver question, the main issue in spite of their protestations to the contrary. Nine-tenths of their literature is devoted to free silver, when the main feature of the currency question is not what the money shall be made of, but who shall issue it. The silver people subordinate this question and all others to the one for free coinage of silver. For these and various other reasons we think the People’s party should hold its organization intact, abandon none of its hard earned advantages, but press the fight wherever it can be done to the best ad-

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Suppose all the gold obligations now due against the United States should be presented at one time, could the government pay them? Suppose that all depositors should call'at the banks at the same time for their deposits, could the banks pay them? Suppose all the bank notes were presented for redemption at the same time, could the banks pay them? If not why call it an honest money system? It is safe only in the event that payment is not asked. Any kind of government money is safe that way. All this howl about “sound currency” is a fraud. The government could not redeem its obligations if it was asked to do so. Neither could the banks. The whole business rests on confidence. The banks are good if you do not ask them to do wbat they promise to do. The government paper is good as long as you do not present it for redemption. You must have confidence. You must be willing to pay the banks interest on what they owe you. Whsn you borrow money of them you must give them abundant security. When you deposit money with them they give you no security. It is the “best banking system in the world.” You must throw up your hat and shout for, the gold dollar and bank notes. This to "sound currency.” It is all in favor of the poor man. you knew. That is the reason the bankers want it— so as to help the poor

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man. They are always very solicitous for the poor man and his interests. And the more solicitous they are the poorer the poor man gets. Take off your hat and shout for the gold dollar, bank notes, rags, slavery and crime.

Not a Christian Nation.

A radical and unadulterated gospel knocks on the head a lot of unmeaning talk about Chriatian nations. There is not a Christian nation in the world today. A Christian nation would be a nation composed wholly or chiefly of Christian persons. Where is there such a nation? We sometimes hear men talking about England and America sending rum and ruin to other countries, and then winding up with, "and these are Christian nations.” Fiddlesticks! Because a nation formally recognizes the Bible, does that make it Christian? Not at all. England a Christian nation! Germany a Christian nation! America a Christian nation! They are flooded with drink of hell’s own brewing; they are reeking with Iniquity; they are crimson with blood; and men dare to call them Christian nations. Could a Christian nation pour distilled damnation down its throat? Could it legalize prostitution? Could it fill the high seas with ships of war? Could it keep men armed to the teeth? Could it spend a thousand times more for drink, tobacco and harmful luxuries than for sending the gospel to the heathen for whom Christ died? Of all the bitter delusions that ever filled men’s minds, this is the worst. There is not such a thing as a Christian nation on the face of the earth. There are some nations that have a measure of civilization, and for this we thank God, But such a thing as a Christian nation does not exist. — Ram’s Horn.

As a Beginning.

Let the United States own a trunk line from New York to San Francisco , and it would "control” all transconti- ' nental lines. That is ajl we ask for the present. This much accomplished, and we can well afford to await the , course of railway events. The same ! may be said of the trunk line from those two cities via Chicago to New Orleans, and one to Boston. The railway question would be practically settled. The government would have, railways to buy in advance. To buy the total railway mileage of the United States at once was never proposed by any intelligent advocate of governmental ownership of railways. In buying those railways every dollar they are worth should be paid the present owners. We desire no spoliation. We op- ■ pose the robbery of the many by the few. We oppose the robbery of the few by the many. Rockefeller robbed the j American people of from twenty to , seventy millions a week or two ago. ; For doing that we called nim a freei booter. The same conduct on the part of the government would be equally as I reprehensible. We ask for a civlllzai tlon which will deal justly by all men, I and the rich man is included in this , statement as well as the poor man. Jusj tfee is even handed. It is every man’s duty to demand lt.—rProgressive Age.

The Right Kind of Money.

We hold to the opinion so often exi pressed, that this country can never be permanently prosperous while its money circulation Is limited, and the little that there is, under the control of the money mongers of the country. The only safe money of a people Is that which the people create themselves and decree they will use. As long as they have confidence in themselves, and as long as they themselves use their own money and are satisfied with it, the other nations *of the earth will respect it in proportion to their respect for the commercial strength, and their confidence in the moral unrightness, of the nation. Money should be only a medium of exchange. It should have no intrinsic value, because then it becomes subject to the eternal law of supply antkdemand, and may vary accordingly. Furthermore, when a commodity, under our present system, it may be corralled, controlled and cornered by a few men and made abnormally i scarce or dear. This age demands a money for the sons and daughters of men, not a money for the few who may use it, for the impoverishment and . enslavement of the many.—Progressive Age.

One Reason.

One reason why the Supreme court did not sustain the Income tax may be found in the fact, that under It William Waldorf Astor would have to pay a tax of $178,000; John D. Rockefeller, $152,000; Russell Sage, about $90,000; Jay Gould’s estate, $80,000; Cornelius Vanderbilt, $80,000; W. H. Vanderbilt, $75,000; Henry W. Flagler, $60,000; William Rockefeller, $60,000; John Jacob Astor, $50,000; Moses Taylor, $50,000; Hettie Green, $30,000. A total of $905,000 taxes from eleven individuals in one state! Now you can see how the court reversed the former decision. —People’s Party Paper. The appreciation in the purchasing power of money has dou ed the value of Shylocks’ cash, bonds and notes. This is eqpiyalent to transferring the property from the debtor to the creditor without rendering an equivalent. In’other words, speaking from a moral standpoint, it Is stealing, and in God’s sight the men who are responsible for it are thieves. You can’t make a thing right by passing a law to keep a man out of prison for doing it. - The power that controls the currency controls prices. This is why the banks are in the field to strike down silver and any other kind of money issued by the government but gold. They want the power to issue bank notes,which will give them full control of the business of the country.

FOREIGN.

The czarowitz of Russia is reported to be in a dying Condition. Reports from Spanish sources say a large body of Cuban insurgents have surrendered to Gen. Campos. Two days after the British evacuated Corinto the Nicaraguan authorities received a shipload of munitions of war which were worth much more than the indemnity demanded by England. Mrs. Emily Faithfull, a noted philanthropist of England, is dead. The sultan of Turkey has promised reforms in Armenia, and the ment of those implicated in the attack on the foreign consuls at Jeddeh. There have been no deaths from cholera at Mecca since May 22. It is reported Prince Alfred Wlndischgraetz, President and Premier of the Ministry of Austria, has resigned. The Japanese are rapidly evacuating the Liao Tung peninsula. The movement will be completed in ten days. The Rothschilds will issue a Chilean 4% per cent loan of £2,000,000 at a price of 93% in order to place the paper currency of Chile on a specie basis. There are grave fears of a religious war against Christians in Turkey. Foreign envoys have been attacked and insulted. The government is said to be unable to suppress the ill feeling.

POLITICAL.

It is said the Ohio democrats, in their coming convention, will declare for a gold standard. Nebraska league of republican clubs selected thirty delegates to the Cleveland convention. Senator John M. Thurston and F. W. Collins are among the number. It is said the democrats of Illinois who favor silver will call a national meeting of democrats who hold the same faith, immediately after their state ■ vention

CASUALTIES.

William Cowart’s team took fright at a dog fight while returning from church near Moulton, Ala., and ran away. Cowart and his two children were killed. An explosion in the city of Parkersburg, W. Va., did immense damage to the city. A cloudburst in lowa caused Curtis Lake to burst its bounds, inundating thirty miles of territory and sweeping away railroad tracks and bridges. It is feared much loss of life has been caused. The intense heat throughout the country seemed to reach its height Sunday, many deaths from it being reported. George Daley and Mabel Moore were fatally burned in a fire at Portland, Ore. The boiler at Deal’s sawmill, near Downsville, N. C., exploded, killink Ed Deal, Pender Oxford and Gordon Oxford, and fatally injuring Reuben Jones. The steel steamer Norma was sunk in Lake Huron by a collision with the Canadian propeller Jack. Three of the Norma's crew were drowned.

CRIME. Private Watchman Joe Ketchum was set upon by thugs in St. Louis. He shot at them, killing Edwin Lorenz. Miss Mattie Robinson, of Moulton, Ala., committed suicide by cutting her throat because she was not permitted to marry. John R. Harmon was murdered by Mary, his wife, at Fairfax, Va. He attacked her. but she didn’t think the gun was loaded. Angell Mathews, president of the City, bank of Parsons, Kan., which failed in June, 1893, was found not guilty of the charge of fraudulent banking. During a row in Justice Eubank’s court at Snyder, Texas, James Dickson was killed and Tom Dean and a man named Chapman were fatally wounded. Dickson’s son was also badly hurt. At Colorado Springs, Colo., the jury in the case of Sylvester Yeoman, accused of being an accessory in the murder of Richard Newell, Jr., reported a disagreement after being out eighteen hours. A brutal murder occurred in Walnut Bottom, Ky., opposite Mount Vernon, Ind., Sunday morning, Morgan Slack shot George R. Fisher five times while in bed, killing him instantly. Mrs. Martha M. Elias and her daughter Annie were found murdered in their house at Minneapolis Saturday. A son of Mrs. Elias is suspected of the murder. A negro at St. Paul, Minn., who had criminally assaulted a girl of 14, was strung up to a tree, but was let down before life was extinct. He pleaded guilty and will receive a heavy sentence. Two brothers named Deballs fought a duel on the street at Littles, Pike county, Ind., in which several bystanders were injured. Both the brothers will die. Ex-Senator E. R. Cassell, president of the First National bank of Pella, lowa, attempted to commit suicide. He had been speculating on the Chicago board of trade and is thought to be ruined. The keeper of a San Francisco lodging house, Miss Harrington, was found murdered in her home, and ex-Senator Buck, a wealthy fruit grower, has been a^rested for the. crime. Major William Hardiman, aged 74, Was shot from ambush and killed on a lonely road near Esculapia Springs, Ky. A mob took James Freeman, colored, from a guard of four men at Columbus City, Fla., and shot him to death. He had tried to assault Mrs. Consel. Almede Chattels, who murdered little Jessie Keith last October, was hanged at Stratford, Ont. The murdered girl's father attended the execution. John Beck, a prominent and wealthy Mormon at Salt Lake, Utah, was indicted by the United States grand Jury for unlawful cohabitation. Beck is president of the Beck Bullion Mining company. John Swanagan, colored, was killed while attempting to break jail at Henderson, Ky. Janie Caldwell, the 18-year-old daughter of Farmer Josiah Caldwell, living near Birmingham, Ala., cut her throat in the presence of Joe Jennings because he took another girl to a dance. She died in his arms. I Will Owen, who murdered his wife at 1 Noble Lake one year ago, was hanged at Verner, Ark. Gulsseppe Bernagio has disappeared from Hastings, Colo. His friends say he may be a victim of the Mafia. John Albright, an engineer, was arrested st St. Joseph, Mo., charged with forgery.

LATEST MARKET REPORTS.

CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to prime. $1.75 @6.15 Hogs ........... 3.00 @4.70 Sheep—Good to choice.... 1.75 @5.25 Wheat— No. 2 May 75%@ .78 V* Corn— No. 2 May 52 @ .53*4 Oats 29%@ -29% Rye 66 @ .66% Eggs 11 %@ ,12V* Potatoes—Per bu 40 @ .67 BUFFALO. Wheat—No. 2 spring 82Vi© .85 Corn—No. 2 yellow 59 @ .59% Oats—No. 2 white 35%@ .36% PEORIA. Rye—No. 2 64 @ .65 Corn—No. 3 white 51%@ .52 Oats—No. 2 white 32 © .32% ST. LOUIS. Cattle 2.00 @5.75 Hogs 4.45 @4.65 Wheat—No. 2 red 83 @ .84% Corn—No. 2 52%@ .53% Oats—No. 2 29 @ .29% MILWAUKEE. Wheat-No. 2 spring 76%@ .76% Corn-No. 3 54 @ .54% Oats—No. 2 white 32 @ 32% Barley-No. 2 48 @ .49 Rye—No. 1 66 @ .67% KANSAS CITY. Cattle 2.50 @5.75 Hogs 4.10 @4.50 Sheep 3.60 @5.75 NEW YORK. Wheat—May .78 @ .78% Com—No. 2 57%@ -58 Oats—No. 2 32%@ .33% Butter 7 @ .18 TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 80 @ .80% Com-No. 2 mixed 54%@ .54% Oats—No. 8 mixed 31 @ .>l*4

MISCELLANEOUS. The condition of Representative Hitt continues to improve. The Oklahoma National bank of Oklahoma City, Ok., has gone into voluntary insolvency and transferred all its business to the First National bank. There is a deadlock between the mine-owners and operators at Rome, 10. No coal is being taken out. The last two mines closed. It is said Minister Matt W. Ransom is returning from Mexico owing to his ill state of health. He has been grinned leave of absence for sixty days. The Turn-Fest in Kansas City is exciting local interest. In the games a one-legged man from Denver won great applause by an exhibition of rope climbing. The Union Labor league of western Pennsylvania was organized at Pittsburg with a membership of 25,000. The object is to establish an eight-hour day and to increase wages. A tornado in Iowa Saturday caused great destruction to property. A rainstorm, followed by hail, swept half a dozen counties in Minnesota doing great damage to crops. Gov. Altgeld of Illinois in an interview for publication severely denounced the Supreme court of the United States for its action in the Debs case. The French steamer La Bourgoyne, which arrived in New York Sunday, lost two men overboard during its trip. A subscription has been commenced in Indiana to provide a fund for the maintainance of the widow of Ex-Gov. Chase, who is old and nearly blind, and in almost destitute Circumstances. There is a rumor that Melville E. Stone of Chicago will be appointed by President Cleveland to succeed the late Secretary Gresham. Statements of Chicago banks show increased prosperity throughout the west. Cattlemen in northwestern Colorado have given it out that they will not permit sheep to graze on their lands. Serious trouble is anticipated. A large stretch of country in western Kansas is under water on account of heavy rainstorms. The downfall, however, will save the crops. Many eminent divines, in attendance on the Baptist meeting at Saratoga, occupied the pulpits of that city Sunday. The seaboard Air Line boycott case was harmoniously adjusted by the counsel for both sides. Sensational charges are expected in the fight of Gov. Hughes of Arizona, and his removal is looked for. The coinage at the United States mint, Philadelphia, during the month of May amounted to $2,251,862. The sixth anniversary of the Johnstown flood was celebrated at Harrisburg, Pa., by a dinner given by the governor. The plan to collect funds in the public schools June 14 for a monument to Francis Scott Key is approved by superintendent of public instruction of Maryland. It is said that notwithstanding the recent court decision Gov. Evans of South Carolina has directed the dispensary constabulary to seize all the liquor they can find. The Cambria Iron company of Johnstown, Pa., advanced wages in all departments 10 per cent. This will increase the payrolls $20,000 a month and affects 3,000 men. An examination of the books of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, finished at Galesburg Thursday, shows no shortages. The order will decide on headquarters at this session. The National Bituminous Miners’ organisation has decided against a general strike and declared the 80-cent rate in force in the Pittsburg district and West Virginia a basis for a settlement. The Minnesota State Federation of Labor will begin quo warranto proceedings to oust Factory Inspector Jones. His appointment, they claim, was not regally made and they allege he is incompetent. The schools of Seattle, Wash., are closed on account of the prevalence of fever. There are fifty-three cases in quarantine. The outlook continues to be most encouraging in the south. Merchants report an increase in cash trade and less credits, while collections are good. The new enterprises in the south for the month of May numbers over 200. Report of trade conditions, by R. G. Dun & Co., show manufactures to be in a healthy condition. At St. Louis I. N. Snowden began a suit for an accounting from his partners in the firm of Friedman Brothers & Schaefer, shoe dealers. The banquet at Chicago Wednesday night to Confederate soldiers was a great success. Prominent G. A. R. men and ex-Confederates were present in large numbers and a number of eloquent speeches were made. The Association of American Railway Accounting Officers elected officers at Detroit, Capt. H. W. Booth being chosen president and C. G. Phillips of secretary and treasurer.

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