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T 1 1 THE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS OF OUR PEOPLE PARAMOUNT TO ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS OF STATE POLICY. VOL 7. RALEIGH, N. O., SEPTEMBER 20, 1892. No. 32 - I rcR NATIONAL FARMERS' ALLI- IPB ntn llintlCTDI A T ANC& UNION. Prejident-H. L. Loucks, Huron, gouth Dakota. Address, Washington, Djretary-Treasurer J. H. Turner. Address, 239 North Capitol H W., Washington, D. C. Lecturer-J. H. Willetts, Kansas. EXECUTIVE BOARD. ,i W Macune, "Washington, D. C. AJouzo Wardall, Huron, South Da- ,jaF. Tillman, Palmetto, Tennessee. JUDICIARY. a A . Cole, Michigan, o' V. Beck, Alabama. U. D. Davie, Kentucky. JTATIO'AL LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. g L Loucks, Chairman. C W. Macune, Washington,-D. C. tf 'arm Page, Brandon Va. L. p. Featherstone, Forest City, Ar kansas. . W. F. Gwinn, White, Tennessee. OBTH CAROLINA FARMERS' STATE ALLI ANCE. president Marion Butler, Clinton, C Vice-President T. B. Long, Ashe ille, N. C. Secretary-Treasurer W. S. Barnes, teleigh, N. C. Lecturer C. W. Thompson, Clinton, NSteward-C. C, Wright, Glass, N. C. Chaplain Rev. Jno. Ammons, Madi son Co., N. C. Door-Keeper R A. H nry, Ellijay, N. C. 1 Assistant Door-Keeper H. E. King, :'?enut, N. C. Sergeant-at-Arms J. S. Holt, Chalk ivel, N. C. State Business Agent W. H. Worth, fialeigh, N. C. - 3 Trustee Business Agency Fund W. v. Graham, Machpelah, N. C. CIECTJTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH OABOLINA FARMERS' STATE ALLIANCE. 8. B. Alexander, Charlotte, N. C, halrman; J. M. Mewborne, Kinston, M. C. ; J. S. Johnston, Ruffin, N. C. TATE ALLIANCE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. Elias Carr, A. Leazer, N. M. Cul oreth, M. G. Gregory, Wm. C. Connell. TATE ALLIANCE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. R. J. Powell, Raleigh, N. C. ; N. C. English, Trinity College: J. J. Young, Polenta fH. A. Forney, Newton, N. C. North Carolina Reform Press Association. CJJiccrsJ. L. Ramsey, President ; farion Butler, Vice-President ; W. S. Barnes, Secretiry, PAPERS. .-Tojressive Farmer, State Organ, Raleigh, N. C Caucasian, Clinton, N. C. The Workingman's Helper Pinnacle, N, C. Watchman, Salisbury, N. C. Tanners' Advocate, Tarboro, N. C. Country Life, Trinity College, N. C. Mercury, Hickory, N. C. iattler, Whttakers, N. C. Agricultural Bee, Goldsboro, N. C. Alliance Echo. Moncure, N. C. Special Informer, Raleigh, N. C. Carolina Dispatch, Hertford, N. C. Each of the above-named papers are requested to keep the list standing on the first page and add others, provided they are duly elected. Any paper fail ing to advocate th-e Ocala platform, will be dropped from the list promptly. Our people can now see what papers are published in tjieir interest. WHO HAS LIED? It is reported that Matt W. Ransom said that W. R. Lindsay had a confi dential talk with him after they spoke together at Madison and that Lindsay would withdraw within four days thereafter. In reply to a letter written to Mr. Lindsay giving said report, the following reply was received : I have seen the hidden hand of de mocracy and no Matt Ransom can ap ply the lash so as to cause a change in political sentiments. This lie is circu lated to weaken my cause, perfectly in keeping with bad manners. W. R. Lindsay: IN MEMORIAM. Mr. Editor: At a regular meeting of the Wilson County Farmers' Alli ance, July 14, 1692, the following reso uitions were passed unanimously : Whereas, on the 11th day of June, 1892, our Father saw fit to take from our midst our dearly-beloved brother and leader, L. L. Polk, President of the N. F. A. and I. U. ; and whereas, it His will, not ours should be done; therefore be it Resolved, That while we bow humbly and submissively to this decree, yet we feel that in the death of our brother the loss to our cause and to our country J irreparable, but that his words and deeds yet live; that we will remember aim and will try to emulate his noble example. ' 2. That we and each one of us should stand true to the cause for which he so gallantly and nobly gave his life. 3. That to his family we tender our heartfelt sympathies, and thatacopv of these resolutions be sent to them JhiJ S pag0 be used iQ the minutes of this Alliance as a memorial page and upon which these resolutions shall Replaced. 5. That a copy of these resolutions je sent to The Progressive Farmer for publication. H. F. Freeman, J. T. B. Hoover, W. S. Barnes, w T Committee. L. Grimmer, Sec'y. v" - 1891. January 6 1.45 13 1.3 " 20-1.41 27 1.39 February 31.37 101.35 171.33 241.31 March 31.29 10 1.27 17 1.25 24 1.24 311.22 April 71.20 14- 1.18 211.16 " 281.14 May 51.12 12 1J0 19-1.08 " 261.06 June 21 04 " 91.02 , 161.00 23 .99 30 .97 July 7 .95 14 .93 21 .91 28 .89 August 4 .87 11 .85 18 .83 25- .81 September 1 .79 8 .77 15 .75 22 .74 29 .72 October 6 .70 " 13 .68 44 20 .66 27 .64 November 3 .62 10 .60 " 17 .58 24 .56 December 1 .54 8 .52 15 .50 22 .49 29 .47 1892. January February it 41 it March tt tt April tt tt May tt tt tt 5 .45 12 .43 19 .41 26 .39 2 .37 9 .35 16 .33 23 .31 1 .29 8 .27 15 .25 23 .24 30 .22 5 .20 12- .18 19 .16 26 .14 3 .12 10 .10 17 .08 24 .06 31 .04 7 .02 : June TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS Dear Friends: The death of Col. Polk makes it necessary that the affairs of his estate be settled. We can no longer look to him for any income to help in dull seasons to pay the bills of The Progressive Farmer, but on the other hand we must settle up some large accounts we owe, and . settle the:n at once, too, or have trouble and extra expense. Not only are there ac counts against The Progressive Far mer that must be met, but there are also other bills, and quite large ones, too, which we have to meet. Now if our subscribers will be as faithful to us as we have been and expect to con tinue to be to them, we will be able in a very short time to get all these mat ters settled and go right on battling for the people. We did not think we would make any urgont call upon our fcubpibors to pay up back dues and renew until later in the fall, but this necessity is now laid upon us, and we feel confident the good brethren will not lay this paper down and neglect and forget our present needs. We have prepared a table above which shows the date of earn issue of the pa per since Jan. 1, 1891, and up to June 11, 1892 the date of Col. Polk's death. Your label may not contain one of these dates, but it may contain a date falling in this period embraced in the table. If so, you owe us something, and to find the amount look on the table for the date on your label, or the date preceding the date on your label, and opposite this date will be the fig ures showing the exact amount you were due The Progressive Farmer when Col. Polk died. These little amounts due us, if all paid in at once, will help us straighten out all our press ing obligations that promise us trouble if not settled at once. Brother and friend, this statement of the case is before you, and though it may be hard for you to raise a dol lar or two dollars, or even a smaller amount now, will it not be much easier for you to do it than for us to lose $4,000.00 or $5,000.00 on account of your failure? If you find the amount you owe is less than $1.00, send $1.00 before August 20th, 1892, and we will enter you up a year and an extra month. If it is more than $1.00 and less than $2.00 you owe, send $2.00 and we will enter you up two years and two months extra. Send us not only your own renewal, but get up a club and send along with it. You can do much good in your community by circulating this paper. In writing us always give the amount sent, and the name of the postoffice to which your paper is going, and your own name plainly written. Let us hear from you at once, please. Yours, J. W. Denmark, Business Manager. ISN'T IT STRANGE? Tom Watson says : 4 4 This Congress made no attempt to repeal the McKin ley tariff which they so much denounce. Isn't it strange? This Congress has spent a half million more than the bil lion dollar Congrees, up to this date. Isn't it strange? This Congress refused to put refined sugar on the free list and thus destroy the sugar trust which is levying its illegal tribute on every home in the land. Isn't it strange? The House has instructed the commit tee on ways and means to report a bill to tax incomes, and the Democratic leaders refused to obey the House. Isn't it strange? The last Congress was in session seven months and passed no general laws eicept those to spend the people's money. Isn't it strange? A non-Allianceman, Mr. W. M. Stubbs, of Roper, Nash county, writes that he thinks the time has come for every man to rally around the reform banner. POLITICAL PLATFORMS. A. Series of Interesting Documents.' Milestones in the Development of Politi cal Parties Since the Organiza tion of the Oovertiment. -1880. GREENBACK, CHICAGO, JUNE 9TH. Civil government should guarantee the divine right of every laborer to the results of his .toil, thus enabling the producers of wealth to provide them selves with the means for physical comfort, and the facilities for mental, social and moral culture ; and we con demn as unworthy of our civilization the barbarism which imposes upon the wealth producers a state of per petual drudgery as the price of bare animal existence. Notwithstanding the enormous in crease of productive power, the univer sal introduction of labor saving ma chinery, and the discovery of new agents for the increase of wealth, the task of the laborer is scarcely light ened, the hours of toil are but little shortened, and few producers are lifted from poverty into comfort and pecu niary independence. The associated monopolies, the inter national syndicates and other in3ome classes demand dear money and cheap labor, a "strong government" and hence a weak people. Corporate control of the volume of money has been the means of dividing society into two classes; of the unjust distribution of the products of laoor, and building up monopolies of asso ciated capital, endowed with power to confiscate private property. It has kept money scarce, and scarcity of money enforces debt trade, and public and corporate loans debt engenders usury, and usury ends in the bank ruptcy of the borrower. Other results are deranged marfcets, uncertainty in manufacturing enter prises and agriculture, precarious and intermittent employment for the laborer, industrial war, increasing pauperism and crime, the consequent intimidation and disfranchisement of the producer, and a rapid declination into corporate feudalism. Therefore we declare : 1. That the right to make and issue money is a sovereign power to be main tained by the people for the common benefit. The delegation of this right to corporations is surrender of the central attribute of sovereignty void of constitutional sanction, conferring upon a subordinate, irresponsible power, absolute dominion over indus try and commerce. All money, whether metallic or paper, should be issued zrA its volume controlled by the govern ment, and not by or through banking corporations, and when so issued should be full legal tender for all debts, public and private. 2. That the bonds of the United States should not be refunded, but paid as rapidly as is practicable, and according to contract. To enable the government to meet these obligations, legal tender currency should he sub stituted for the notes of the national banks, the national banking system abolished, and the unlimited coinage of silver as well as gold established by law. 3. That labor should be so protected by National and State authority, as to equalize its burdens, and insure a just distribution of its results; the eight hour 'law of Congress should be en forced ; the sanitary condition of indus trial establishments placed under rigid control; the competition of contract convict labor abolished ; a bureau of labor btatistics established ; factories, mines and workshops inspected; the employment of children under 14 years of age forbidden, and wages paid in cash. 4. Slavery being simply cheap labor, and cheap labor being simply slavery, the importation of Chinese serfs neces sarily tends to brutalize and degrade American labor ; therefore, immediate steps should be taken to abrogate the Burfingame treaty. 5. Railroad land grants, forfeited by reason of non fulfillment of contract, should be immediately reclaimed by the government; and henceforth the Eublic domain reserved exclusively as omes for actual settlers. 6. It is the duty of Congress to regu late inter State commerce, all lines of communication and transportation should be brought under such legisla tive control as shall secure moderate, fair and uniform rates for passenger and freight traffic. 7. We denounce as destructive of prosperity, and dangerous to liberty, the action of the old parties in foster ing and sustaining gigantic land, rail road and money corporations and monopolies, invested with and exercis ing powers belonging to the govern ment, and yet not responsible to it for the manner of their exercise. 8. That the Constitution, in giving Congress the power to borrow money, to declare war, to raise and Support armies, to provide and maintain a navy, never intended that the men who loaned their money for an interest con sideration should be preferred to the soldier and sailor, who perilled their lives and shed their blood on land and sea in defense of their country ; and we condemn the cruel class legislation of the Republican party which, while pro fessing great gratitude to the soldier, has most unjustly discrinated against him and in favor of the bondholder. 9. All property should bear its just proportion of taxation, and we demand a graduated income tax. , , 10 We denounce as most dangerous, the efforts everywhere manifest to re strict the right of suffrage. 11. We are opposed to an increase of the standing army in time of peace, and the insidious scheme to establish an enormous military power under the guise of militia laws. 12. We demand absolute democratic rules for the government of Congress, placing all representatives of the peo ple upon an equal footing, and taking away from committees a veto power greater than that of the President. 13. We demand a government of the people, by the people, and for the peo ple, instead of a government of, the bondholder, by the bondholder, and for the bondholder ; and we denounce every attempt to stir up sectional strife as an effort to conceal monstrous crimes against the people. v . 14. In the furtherance of these "ends, we ask the co-operation of all fair minded people. We have no quarrel with iadividuals, wage no war upon classes, but only against vicious insti tutions. We are no content to endure further discipline from our present actual rulers, who, having dominion over money, over transportation, over land and labor, and largely over the press and the machinery of govern ment, wield unwarrantable power over oifrinstifcutions and over 1 fe and prop erty. 1880. REPUBLICAN, CHICAGO, JUNE 2D. The Republican party, in National Convention assembled, at the end of twenty years since the Federal Gov ernment was first committed to its charge, submits to the people pf the United States this brief report of its administration. It suppressed a rebel lion which had armed nearly a million of men to subvert the National author ity. It reconstructed the union of the States, with freedom instead of slavery as its corner-stone. It transformed 4,000,000 of human beings from the likeness of things to the rank of citi zens. It relieved Congress from the infamous work of hunting fugitive slaves, and charged it to see that slavery does not exist. It has raised the value of our paper currency from 38 per cent. t5 the par of gold. It has restored, upon a solid basis, payment in coin for all the National obligations, and has given us a currency absolutely good, and equal in every part of our extended country. It has lifted the credit of the nation from the point where 6 per cent, bonds sold at 86c, to that where 4 four per cent, bonds are eagerly sought at a premium. Under its administration, railways have in creased from $1,000 miles in 1860, to more than 82,000 miles in 1879. Our foreign trade has increased from $700, 000,000 to $1,150, 000.00C in the same tin, and our exports, which were .-,000 lesa. our. imports in 1860, were $264,000,000 more than our imports in 1879. Without resorting to loans it has, since the war closed, de frayed the ordinary expenses of gov ernment, besides the accruing interest on the public debt, and has annually disbursed more than thirty millions for soldiers' pensions. It has paid $888,000,000 of the public debt, and by refunding the balance at low rates, has reduced the annual interest charge from nearly $151,000,000 to less than $S9,000,000. All the industries of the country have revived, labor is in de mand, wages have increased, and throughout the entire country there is evidence of a coming prosperity greater than we have ever enjoyed. Upon this record, the Republican party asks for the continued confidence and support of the people, and this convention submits for their approval the following statements of the prin ciples and purposes which will continue to guide and inspire its efforts: First We affirm that the work of the last twenty-one years has been such as to commend itself in the favor of the nation, and that the fruits of the costly victories which we have achieved through immense difficulties should be preserved ; that the peace re gained should be cherished ; that the dissevered Union,now happily restored, should be perpetuated, and that the liberties secured to this generation should be transmited undiminished to future generations that the order established and the credit acquired should never be impaired; that the pensions promised should be extin guished by the full payment of every dollar thereof ; that the reviving indus tries should be further promoted, and that the commerce, already so great, should be steadilr encouraged. Second The Constitution of the United States is a supreme law and not a mere contract; out of confederated States it made a sovereign nation. Some powers are denied to the nation, while others are denied to the States, ' but the boundary between the powers delegated and those reserved, is to he determined by the National, and not by the State tribunals Third The work of popular educa tion is one left to the care of the several States, but it is the duty of the National Government to aid that work to the extent cf its constitutional duty. The intelligence of the nation is but the aggregate of the intelligence in the several States, and the destiny of the nation must be guided, not by the genius of any one State, but by the average genius of all. Fourth The Constitution wieely forbids Congress to make any law re specting an establishment of religion, but it is idle to hope that the nation can be protected against the influence of sectarianism while each State is ex posed to its domination. We there .fore recommend that the Constitution be so amended, as to lay the same pro hibition upon the legislature of each State, and to forbid the appropriation of public funds to the support of sec tarian schools. ; Fifth We affirm the belief avowed in 1876, that the duties levied for the purpose pf revenue should so discrim inate as to favor Ameican labor; that no further grant of the public domain should be made to any railway, or other corporation ; that slavery having perished in the States, the twin bar barity polygamy must die in the Territories ; that every where the pro tection accorded to citizens of Ameri can birth must be secured to citizens by American adoption, and that we esteem it the duty of Congress to de velop and improve our watercourses and harbors, but insist that further subsidies to private persons or cor porations must cease ; that the obliga tions of the Republic to the men who preserved its integrity in the hour of battle are undiminished by the lapse of the Hfteen years since their final victory to do them perpetual honor is, and shall . forever be, the grateful privilege and sacred duty of the Ameri can people. Sixth Since the authority to regu late immigration and intercourse be tween the United States and foreign nations, rests with Congress, or with the United States and its treaty making powers, the Republican party, regard ing the unrestricted immigration of the Chinese as an evil of great magni tude, invoke the exercise of those powers to restrain and limit that im migration by the enactment of such just, humane and reasonable provisions as will produce that result. 1880. DEMOCRATIC, CINCINNATI, JUNE 22D. The Democrats of the United States, in convention assembled, declare : First We pledge' ourselves anew to the constitutional doctrines and tra ditions of the Democratic party as illustrated by the teaching and example of a long line of Democratic statesmen and patriots and embodied in the plat form of the National Convention of the party. Second Opposition to centraliza tionism, and to that dangerous spirit of encroachment which tends to con solidate the powers of all the depart ments in one and thus to create, what ever be the form of government, a real despotism. No sumptuary laws ; sepa ration of Church and State for the good of each ; common schools fostered and protected. Third Home rale, honest money, consisting of gold and silver and paper convertible to coin on demand. The strict maintenance of the public faith, State and National, and a tariff for revenue only. Fourth The subordination of the military to the civil power, and a gen eral and. thorough reform of the civil service. ' -Fifth The right of a free ballot is the right preservative of all rights, and must and shall be maintained in every part of the United States. Sixth The existing administration is the representative of conspiracy only, and its claims of right to 3urround the ballot boxes with troops and deputy marshals to intimidate and obstruct the electors, and the unprecedented use of the veto maintain its corrupt and despotic power, insults the people and imperils their institutions. " Seventh The great fraud of 1876-77, by which, upon a false count of the electoral votes of two States, the can didate defeated at the polls, was de clared President, and for the first time in American history the will of the people was set aside under a threat of military violence, struck a deadly blow at our system of representative govern ment. The Democratic party, to pre serve the country from the horrors of a -civil war, submitted for a time in firm and patriotic faith that the people would punish this crime in 1880. This issue preceeds and dwarfs every other. It imposes a more sacred duty upon the people of the Union than was ever addressed to the conscience of a nation of free men. Eighth We execrate the cou.se of this administration in making places in the civil service a reward for politi cal crime, and demand a reform statute which shall make it forever impossible for the defeated candidate to bribe his way to the seat of a usurper by billet ing villains upon the people. Ninth The resolution of Samuel J. Tilden not again to be a candidate for the exalted place to which he was elected by a majority of countrymen, and from which he was excluded by the leaders of the Republican party, is received by the Democrats of the United States with sensibility, and they de clare their confidence in his wisdom, patriotism and integrity, unshaken by the assaults of a common enemy, and they further assure him that he is fol lowed into theretirement he has chosen for himself by the sympathy and re spect of his fellow-citizens, wno regard him as one who, by elevating the stand ard of public morality, and adorning and purifying the public service, merits the lasting gratitude his country and of his party. Tenth Free ships and a living chance for American commerce on the seas and on the land. No discrimina tion in favor of transportation lines, corporations or monopolies. Eleventh Amendment of the Burlin game treaty. No more Chinese imnii gration, except for travel, education and foreign commerce, and therein carefully guarded. Twelfth Publi 3 money and public credit for public purposes solely, and the public land for actual settlers. Thirteenth The Democratic party is the friend of labor and the laboring man, and. pledges itself to protect him alike against the cormorant 3y and the commune. Fourteenth We congratulate the country on the honesty and thrift of a Democratic Congress which has re duced the public expenditure $40,000, 000 a year, upon the continuation of Erosperity at home and the Eational onor abroad, and above all, upon the promise of euch a change in the admin- iBiiaiiuu ux cuo guvcruuieuit aa snail insure us genuine and lasting reform in every department of the public service. TO BE CONT fNUED. CARTE RET COUNTY LIE ETING. Newport. Mr. Editor: The quarterly meeting of the County Alliance of Carteret met at Newport, Thursday., the 14th of July, and from best information that could be gathered, the people are almost a unit for the People's party, and stand flat footed upon the Alliance platform, with the head and toe touch every plank embodied in their platform. Let " the orthodox journals speculate as much as they please, that is not count ing the vote, or doing the voting; nor have they the influence to influence the vote for Cleveland, who has antagon ized our interest from the start. As they own the public press, they have an idea that they can still shape public opinion, whether autocratic aristo cratic, upon the idea give us th brains as we have, and we will shape public opinion. That is now played. Bring out another horse, if he do gray, for he is not dark. Shame to say we have emerged into an era when politics have become to be a trade (orthodox) the best mode, a manner to work common people common brains for our own aggrandizement, seems . to be their rulings for advancement for fame. It is like kissing a sweet woman pleas ing the fancy to the brain a boquet of the heart. Now let me say to Zeke Bilkins, just kiss Betsy sweetly and strongly and hard for Weaver, Field, and all the rest of the Alliance chicks, and there will be harmony in your political household. Now one word to Betsy : Give Zeke a good dinner, and about the time you thmk it has reached his toes, go to him, scratch his head ad a loving, wooing wife, and ask him to contribute to any wish that you may desire, and we will guarantee that your prayers will be answered. Try it, iBetsy, and see how it will work, for I never knew a good dinner and a sweet kiss but what electrified a body from head to foot. Now we have four national can didates in the field, moving uoon the political chess board, who shall be the winner? Time will tell ; just keep your eyes skinned and see the Knights play their part, and you will se fun. No nan can tell who wiii bo the winner. Let the lecturers do their duty ; they should be charitable, intelligent philo sophical canvassers. With such men and such a canvass made, all will be well ; we may expect to hear the ortho dox papers say this Alliance or that Alliance will vote thus or so ; but the best way to judge human affairs is to ask ourselves how is the Alliance here. Upon that interogative judge for your selves and act conscientiously for your selves, and let those who wish to wear the stripes of Jesus. We are not opposed to any m in be cause he has money ; we are opposed to that class who wish to shape legis latures with their means, detrimental to our interest for their gain. That is not right. They cannot hold us together any longer by the sectional negro baby. They can shake him until he cries him self to death, it will not affect our nerves. We are not afraid of negro supremacy on this continent, and it is an insult to a man's taste and sen -:o to to attempt to throw it to his face. It is the height of egot:sm and impudence. The report of our quarterly meeting shows an increase of membership, and the enthusiasm in ihe rank and file of the Alliance is wonderful to behold. - Respectfully, Newfqrter. "A SPOIL 'OF OFFICE," Hamlin Garland's Novel of the Grange, the Alliance and the People's Party. This story is undoubtedly the most powerful and truthful study of the great industrial revolution being car ried on by the intelligent farmers of America which has appeared in fiction. It is not a campaign book, but in many respects it is more important, as it un folds the spirit of new revolution in a manner which appeals to the essential manhood and womanhood of every reader, enlisting his sympathy before he is aware of the fact. Thousands of people will by this book be led it to the new movement, who could not be in duced to read a campaign book for the People's party; hence the wider its cir culation the better for the cause. As a story, it is strong, clear, power ful, and above all, truthful. It opens with the Grange period and describes exactly how the Patrons of Husbandry rose and fell, and the relation of the Alliance to its great forerunner, the Grange. It next reveals how naturally and inevitably the People's party camo as a logical s outcome of the Alliance movement. It deals with Western farm life, and wonderful indeed are the studies of the farm. It gives a glimpse of school days; it portrays State and National legislation with startling fidelity; the shallowness and hypocrisy, the corruption and dishon esty of money-controlled and lobby engineered legislation were never more truthfully pictured than in A Spoil of Office. ' It shows the reign of special legislation and furnishes vivid prose etchings of congressional life. It i3 published by the Arena Publishing Company, of Copley Square, Boston, Mass. Price, paper, 50 ct3. ; cloth, $1. V if I' . f"
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