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THURSDAY, J AX. 2, 1&9C..
Has anybody een or heard tell of
anybody else who has Keen any "pat
riotic" editorials in the Little Loy
alist of a recent date?
Toe great need of tkis town is not
only that business men hhall sell as
cheap as they do in Omaha, but that
they shall have the courage to adver
ti3e the prices. That's the way to
stop trade from going to Omaha. The
can all do it if they adopt the cash
principle.
There will be no actual trouble with
Great Britain over the Venezuela mat
ter. She has been so long accustomed
to having her way in gobbling up the
odds and end3 of possessions the world
round, that when Uncle bam met her
bluff it was a great surprise, but she
will come to time handsomely. Make
a note of this.
TnE Crete Democrat thinks "now
that Dick Outcalt, cashier of the de
funct Capital National, has been de
clared innocent of any of the charges
made against him by the jury, it will
be in order for the U. S. court to jerk
up all those who have lost money in
that rotten institution and fine them
for attempting to convict the officials
of perjury and theft.'
There is a good deal of affinity be
tween wealth and aristocracy. The
wealthy planters and merchants and
bankers of Cuba are all found on the
side of Spain and against the revolu
tionists. During America's struggle
for independence the wealthy men of
New York city were all tories, and
throughout the country the tories were
made Hp almost entirely of the men ot
wealth. In this .aspect of things
wealth of men or nations is not de
sirable.
The American system of govern
ment is founded upon individual free
dom; the European system is founded
on the divine right of kings. Our
government comes up from the citizen;
the ether comes down from the head
As our government is different so
should our financial system be differ
ent. Ours should be framed so that it
will tend to dissipate scatter or
diffuse the wealth among the people
instead of concentrate it in the hands
of the few.
Congress is denying itself the usual
Christmas vacation in an endeavor to
work out some scheme for the relief of
the national treasury. The republi
can majority will take advantage of
the situation to push for higher pro
tective tarifTs and for the issue of more
bonds. The easy way out of the diffi
culty would be to start all the mints to
work at full capacity turning out the
popular standard silver dollars, and
issue orders for the execution of every
Englishman who comes over here and
talks treason against the people's
money. Papillion Times.
The strange, unpatriotic and pro-
English attitude of the Omaha Bee re
gardieg the Venezuela dispute is rap
idly bringing that newspaper intodes
repute among citizens of this locality.
Its publication of Geo. W. Smalley's
letter Sunday, is especially condemned,
because a more pronounced and detes
table exhibition of disloyality to every
thing American wa3 never read by an
American public. Smalley takes the
side of the English in every respect
and denounces the president and Mr.
Olcey for everything mean he can
think of; and the Bee prints the letter
on the first and second column of its
first page, with every evidence of en
dorsement. That paper ought to be
boycotted till it is brought to its
senses, and to realize what loyalty to
ita country means.
The attitude men take on the money
question is a fair indication of their
position on the Venezuelan dispute.
Seeming to realize that their system
depends upon the good will of England
the goldbugs are found to be carping
at the president and the Monroe doc
trine. In other words they are antag
onistic to the independence of their
own country. On tbe other hand, the
men who favor bimetallism the free
coinage of gold and silver at 16 to 1
are uniformly and enthusiastically in
f ? vor of the Monroe doctrine, and for
standing by tho president in the posi
tion he has taken of defiance to Eng
land and her schemes of plunder and
robbery of American territory. The
logic of this situation can be under
stood at a gUnce. The free coinage
men are for freedom and independence
from British rule in finance as well as
in our foreign policy; the goldocracy is
erected by British aristocracy and de
pends for success upon British favor.
It is that policy which is making the
times easy for the rich and hard for
the poor, and the present situation
shows that the rich, in their craze for
gold, have lost their love of free insti
tutions, while the poor and that takes
in the great mass of Americans hav
ing little or no property to place their
hearts upon, are alive to every patri
otic impulse, and realize that freedom
is their bulwark and defense against
oppression.
Cul'in Situation.
The situation in Cuba is daily becom
ing more interesting r.nd critical.
Three weeks ago the rebel forces were
cou G ned to the eastern half of the
Island, Gomez and Maceo, their com
manding generals having their army
in the province of Puerto Principe
2o0 miles east of Havana, with what
Gen. Campos, the Spanish cammander,
termed an impregnable wall of bayo
nets stretched across the island to pre
vent access into the country west.
Since then the patriot army has broken
through that wall, carrying fire and
sword with them, destroying tobacco
and sugar plantations and the railway
lines as they went, fighting and whip
ping detached bodies of the Spanish
army wherever they could pounce upon
them, eluding the main army of Cam
pos and with great strategy avoiding a
general engagement, until they are
now almost within sight of Havana.
Gomez forces have advanced through
the provinces of Santa Clara and
Matangas two hundred miles, in the
verv face of a force four or five timas
a3 large a3 his own, and is now in full
march upon the capital city having
Gen. Campos and the Spanish army in
his rear, frantically endeavoring to
catch up with the fleeter-footed na
tives. To be sura Campos has the sea
route open by which he can move his
troops from Matangas. Spanish re
ports from Havana brought the report
Tuesday that a great battle was in
progress, and later told of a great vic
tory won over the insurgents, on a
plantation between Cardenas and Ma
tan can, but it turns out that only a
small portion of Maceo's command
was engaged just enough to hold the
Spanish troops in check while the main
army was gettiDg out of the way and
well on the road toward Havana, which
seem3 tobethe objective point of the
onward march. Gomez entire com
m ind i3 said to be about 12,000 nn-n,
while the Spaniards have a force of
fully S0,000 well-equipped men, mostly
rawrecuits from Spain. It is impos
sible to understand the otjact of
Gomez strategy up to the present time.
but thus far it has had the effect of
frightening the wits out of the Span
lards, and it can be well assumed that
as long as he is doing what the Span
iards do not waut him to do be is do
ing just the right thing. The Cuban
cause has wonderfully brightened
lately.
There is a son of the late General
McClellan in the house, Geo. B. Mc
Clellan, who represents one of the New
York City districts. Tammany Hall,
the friend of his father, picked him up
a few years ago, elected him an alder
man by the biggest majority ever given
anyone for that oface in the city of
New York, and while in that position
he way acting major of the city dur
ing the several absences of Gilroy.
Later they sent him to congress. The
Tammany people always look after
their friends, and in young McClellan
there is promising material for a big
leader. Hi3 first bill was to authorize
the president to confer military com
missions on all those officers who bad
been appointed by Abraham Lincoln
but had not been confirmed, though
they had served in tbe rank conferred.
The republicans in the house of con
gress have passed a temporary bill
adding about 60 per cent to the duties
under the Wilson bill, and have the
impudence to say it is "a tariff for rev
enue only," and to meet present emer
gencies. They then postponed their
holiday recess in crder to pass a bond
bill giving the secretary of the treas
ury power to issue coin bonds at three
percent. Neither of these are the
measures suggested or desired by the
secretary and now they boast of their
patriotism ! Both of these measures
bear the impress of the "cuteness" of
the man from Maine, but they show
no evidence of statesmanship. They
seem to fall into line with the presi
dent's goldbug policy without doing so
in tact giving him to understand that
they agree with him, but have not the
courage to say so. Both measures are
cowardly political makeshifts, arid
never will be passed by tbe senate.
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IGNOBAXT OR DISHONEST WHICH?
Hon. Grover Cleveland, President:
After discussing at length the manner
in which the greenbacks and treasury
notes are used to drain the treasury
of gold, you say: "I have ventured to
express myself on this subject with
oornoofnAQO onl nloinnaflo r f onAAAh
nave you, as a matter of fact, ex
pressed yourself with plainness of
speech? Do you not know that tbe
retirement of greenbacks and treasury
notes is powerless to protect the
treasury so long as you refuse to re
cognize silver as a standard money
equal with gold in legal tender quali
ties? How, according to your idea,
can the government maintain the
parity between gold and silver except
by redeeming silver dollars and silver
certificates in gold or demand?
If, after the retirement of green
backs and treasury notes, you refuse to
furnish gold on demand to those
presenting silver or silver certificates
will not gold go to premium according
to the same theory which has led you
to redeem greenbacks and treasury
notes in gold?
If you expect to follow the retire
ment of greenbacks and treasury notes
with a proposition to retire silver dol
lars and silver certificates, why do you
not use enough "plainness of speech"
to convey that idea to tbe American
people now? Have you neglected to
follow out the gold standard to its
logical conclusion, or do you shrink
from disclosing the heartless and
merciless steps yet to be taken by the
worshipers of the yellow metal?
Those who believe in bimetallism
warned you two years ago that a re
peal of the Sherman law was impotent
to relieve the people; were you ignor
ant then or did you purposely tieceive?
The believers in bimetallism warn
you now that a retirement of green
backs and treasury notes is impotent
to bring relief. Are you grossly ignor
ant of the subject, or do you practice
deception while you profess candor?
Tell the American people what you in
tend to do with the silver now in cir
culation; are you going to redeem it in
gold and thus continue the drain on
the treasury, or 13 silver to be recog
nized as a standard money?
Are you ignorant or dishonest,
which? Omaha World Herald.
Representative Wheeler, of
Alabama, has introduced a bill in con
gress to reduce the salaries of all
government officials who receive $5,000
or more, 20 per cent and all salaries
which exceed $800, 10 per cent. This
is a move in the right direction and
were it submitted to the vote of the
people of the United States it would J
be carried by an overwhelming
majority. There is no question that a
salary of $4,000 a year now purchases
more of all tbe necessaries of life, in
cluding food and clothing, than $5,000
would three years ago. All salaries in
this country are too high, from the
president of the United States, with his
$50,000 per annum, down to tbe man
who cleans the spittoons at the capital
at $75 a month. Neither the govern
ment nor the state has any right to pay
a higher salary than is necessary to
secure conpetent service and every
cent over that is an unjust exaction
imposed upon the taxpayers. Rep
resentative Wheeler's bill will not pass
congress. It will never get out of the
committee room, yet it is a fair and
just bill, expressing really the demands
of the people. But political parties
are no longer organized on the lines of
the country's interest, but selfishness
is the dominant factor and each party
tries to see how much it can get out of
the treasury for its fellows. Nebras
ka City News.
TnE contention by Great Britain
could not be more concisely stated and
shown up than it was in the wind-up
of Mr. Olney's "note" to Salisbury, re
cently published, as follows: "Thus,
fcs already intimated, the British de
mand that her right to a portion of
the disputed territory shall be ac
knowledged before she will consent to
any arbitration as to the rest, seems to
stand upon nothing but her own ipse
dixit. She says to Venezuela, in sub
stance, 'you can get none of the de
batable land by force, because you're
not strong enough: you can get none by
treaty, because I will not agree, and
you can take your chance of getting a
portion by arbitration only if you first
agree to abandon to me such other
portion as I may designate!' It is not
perceived how such an attitude can be
defended nor how it is reconcilable
with that love of justice and fair play
so eminently characteristic of the
English race. It in effect deprives
Venezuela of her free agency and puts
her under virtual duress. Territory ac
quired by reason of it will be as moch i
wrested from her by the strong hand
as if occupied by. British troops ; or
covered by British fleets. It seems,
therefore, quite impossible that this
portion of Great Britain should be
assented to by the United States . "
HOT TALK BY INGALLS.
"Tbe president's message is an ad
roit appeal to the profoundest passion
of the American people," said ex -Senator
John J. Ingalls to a reporter.
"Our conception of the Monroe , doc
trine is vague, and our love for Venezu
ela is platonic, but we all hate Eng
land. It is hereditary. It is so in
tense that it obliterates party lines,
effaces sectionalism and makes us
homogenous. We divide on protection
on silver, on the race question, but in
our hatred of England we are unani
mous. The sloppy diplomatic twaddle
about kindred blood, and a common
language, deceives nobody. We feel
that'England is our only enemy among
the great powers of the earth. It has
been so from the beginning of our his
tory. At every crisis in our affairs we J
have encountered the secret or open
hostility of England, and the tone of
her press has always been " cynical,
sneering and contemptuous.
"But there will be no war. Like all
ruffians and bullies, England is a cow
ard and poltroon when it comes to a
showdown; she never fights her equals;
she kicks women and children.; she
bullies Turkey, Egypt, Hindoostan,
South Sea Islanders and African tribes
and tyrannizes over the weak and feeble
but when Grant notified her that she
muse pay ror tne depredations her pi
rates committed on our commerce in
the rebellion, or take the consequences
she accepted the Geneva award and
sent her check for $15,500,000 in f ul
settlement of our claim."
Editor Raker of the Gretna Re
porter has been sentenced to serve
year in tbe penitentiary for uttering a
constructive libel, by Judge Scott of
Omaha, and in passing this sentence
Judge Scott has committed a greater
offense against good order of society
and tbe freedom of the press than the
editor committed in either criticising
the court or in telling the truth as to
the foreman of the grand jury. It is
clearly a case of judicial tyranny, or
the desire to "get even" with news
papers who criticise courts and espe
cially Judge Scott's court. The su
preme court has been appealed to and
will doubtless prevent the execution of
the sentence.
ADOLrn Landexbero, who is evi
dently a banker, writes an article for
the January Forum, in which he at
tempts to "set out the desirability ef a
complete combination of tbe banking
concerns of the country into one grand
clearing-house, so that all the transac
tions might be centralized and passed
on by the ultimate or central manager.
Of course he favors the gold standard,
and decries the free coinage of silver,
putting it on a par with with the "un
limited printing of greenbacks," and
the "issuance of paper money against
real estate." 'Of course from such an
unreasoning, bigoted source no good
thing could be expected and the
reader is not disappointed. That
writer evidently thinks tbe banks own
tbe earth, and all they have to do is to
put a fence around it.
State Senator Mighell of Hamilton
county is holding back 10,000 bushels
of corn for higher prices.
Prominent Druggist of Blair, Neb., Writes
Magnet Chemical Co.
.Dear sirs: rne goods which we
bought through your salesman are
sellers; the Magnet Pile Killer es
pecially sells good and gives excellent
satisfaction. We have re-ordered
through our jobbers several times.
Respectfully yours,
Palmer & Taylor.
For sale by Gering & Co.
Farmers who expect soon to lay in
their winter's supply of coal will
find that Ilenry Ilempelis prepared to
fill all orders for the best quality at
lowest prices. Yard at the B. & M.
shop yards 38 tf
BILSTEIN & SEVILLE
nave re-opened the old BILSTEIN
MEAT MARKET in the
NEVILLE BLOCK
Opposite Postoffice.
Have for sale
A Complete Line of
Beef, Pork, Veal
AND MUTTON.
All Kinds of Home-Made
rilKHH or
Sausages.
HMOKEI)
Cash aid for
HIDES and TAL7 OT7-
Om ah m He p.
Corner 12th and Howard Sts.
Under the management of B. BILLOW AY
It la Omaha's newest and best-fitted hotel.
Steam heat, electric light: Bates, COO, $2.50
or $3.00 a day. Give it a irial and you win
4 never want to go elsewhere.
Was bought before the Advance in Prices;
consequently our bargains in
Felt Boots, Overshoes, German Sox
And WARM GOODS cannot be beaten.
Come, jingle your money and see what we can do for you.
Heel-plates Free. Bring in your Repairing.
SHIS
PLATTSMODTH, NEBRASKA.
AND
FROM-
.the
) The Leading Butchers, (
? PAY THE BEST PRICE
AT ALL TIMES FOR i
Cattle, Hogs, Sheep, Poultry,
BUT : ER, EGGS and HIDES. ?
S See them before selling. They keep on hand C
s the best of C
Fresh, Salt and Smoked Meats, i
I Fresh and Salt FISH and OYSTERS and GAME J
C in Season. N
Plattsmouth
The attention of farmers who expect
to plant orchards is called to the fact
that I have home-grown trees, war
ranted to be true to name, by a man
who you know, and at prices that will
compare with any nursery in the land.
ach. ..100.. 1,000.
"i.sjis. oo iss.oo
.12 10.00
a 30
.35 25!66
.06 3.60
'"."as
.10
Apple Trees, stunaard varie
ties. 3 years old
Same, 2 years old..
Plums, bine
fears. 3 years
Cherry trees, 3 years
Concord vines, 8 years.. ...
reacu trees
Cooe berries
Currants, choice kinds
Will take corn tcr part trade and
give two cents a bushel above market
price.
Parties living too far away can send
orders. Will be carefully packed in
moss.
J. E. LEESLEY.
Proprietor.
H. D. TRAVIS,
Attorney and Counselor at
Law.
WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS.
OFFICE-Rooms 1 and 2, Colon Brat,
Plattssnoutn, - - - IJob.
We're Right
in the
"Push."
WHY?
Because our Win
ter stock of
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OTKER
$ $
Everything New.
Groceries,
Canned Goods,
Dried Fruit,
Tobacco and Cigars.
A. P. THOMAS & SON
Have openen a splendid new
stock of these goods in
FITZGERALD BLOCK
Which the public is invited,
to purchase.
QUICK SALES,
SHALL PROFITS
Will be tbelr motto. It will also be
their purpose to keep open a
First-Class lieat Met
Where everything in that line will
be kept in first-class order.
Farmers are invited to call and trade.
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