The Weekly Journal
C. W. SHERMAN, Editor.
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T11URSDAY, FEB. 20, 1S9G.
Nebraska republicans will be
ewungtothe support of McKiuley if
Manderson can doit.
Other explorers are now conceding
the possibility of Nanseirs having
found the north pole, and the only
wonder now is that it was not dis
covered long ago.
The free sityei advocates will con
trol the democratic national conven
tion beyond a peradventure. The
talk about a bolt will come, if it does
come, from the other side. Hut let thr
goldbug3 bolt. They are descendants
of Shylock, anyway, and have no part
among democrats.
It is a noteworthy fact that soon
after the U. S. senate had passed a free
coinage bill the government was able
to sell a hundred millions of coin
bonds (payable in silver) at a premium
averaging $1.1!. Surely this is proot
that the men of money are not fearful
of the results of free coinage.
Manderson received a black eye
among the politicians of the state en
campment of the Grand Aimy by being
turned down as a delegate to the nat
ional encampment. Congressman
Strode, however was elected. It was
claimed that Manderson's member
ship of the L,oyal Legion an associa
tion of.otTtcers of the late war was
responsible for his defeat.
What is the matter with Cass
county securing one of the delegates to
the democratic national convention?
There are a whole lot of available peo
ple here, notably, Hon. J. M. 1'atter
son, Frank J. Morgan, Matthew
tiering and numerous other good men.
Old Cass is entitled to a delegate and
a pull ought to be made for one.
A good deal of talk is indulged in
in favor of Judge Caldwell of the
United States circuit bench for presi
dent, and Eugene V. Debs, the victim
of Judge Woods' tyranny, for vice
president by the laboring people of the
country, and it is altogether possible
that this combination may unite all
the elements of opposition to the gold
standard infamy.
The North pole has at last betn
found by Prof. Nansen, a Norweigian
explorer who let t Norway in the sum
mer of 1S93. The report sent in is that
he is enroute home, and that he found
Miepoleona. range of mountains, sur
rounded by a large body of land. It
this report is verified the ignis fatuus
of exploration for the centuries has at
last been settled, and it is hoped that
expeditions to that region will cease.
Senator I'jsttiguew of South
Dakota has commended himself to all
men who admire sincerity in public
life by declaring himselt unqualifiedly
for bimetallism, and that he desires to
be a delegate to the St. Louis conven
tion for the purpos9 of helping to make
a free coinage platform, and he chal
lenges the gold standard. men to a
square fight on that issue. Pettigrew
is no dead head in politics, but a man
who well deserves the office he holds.
J. Sterling Morton is credited
with sending 895,241 packages of gar
den seeds to Nebraska last year. No
doubt many of these seeds went to
drought sufferers, but if he had been a
little more careful in his distribution
hereaways lffe might have been more
successful in getting them distributed
among poor people rather than the
rich. If reports are true, he gave out
more seeds to friends of his in Otoe
county than anywhere else. His pre
tense for reform was a very thin dis
guise. Food For Thought.
In 1865 the national debt was 2,C30,
000,000 in round numbers. At that
time wheat was worth $2 30 per bushel
and it would have taken 1,116,000,000
bushels to have paid it. In 1S91, in
cluding the last infamous issue of
bonds, the national debt was $SS9,O0GV
000; wheat was worth 61 cents, and it
would have taken 1,474 ,000,000 bushels
to pay "it- 38,000,000 bushels more to
pay less than one-third of what the
national debt was in 1S69. Has the
purchasing power of the gold dollar
increased?-Senator Tillman's Speech.
XEVKK UlVK UP Tllli SI III.
Charles Grimes, who does some writ
ing over his own signature for The
Journal, has declared himself in ef
fect to be tired of fighting for bimetai
li3m,and,although lie still believes in it
because he has lost hope of its winning
I soon, is ready to abandon the cause. I
confess I am not made of that sort of
metal. Having satisfied myself that
the cause of bimetallism of the free
coinage of gold nud silver on teinis of
pquality at the present ratio is a just
one and of vital importance to the
masses of the American people, I pro-
onse to stand by my colors to fight
while there is hope. And unlike him,
I do not believe the cause js hopeless,
hut that it is sure to win m the near
mure. It may be of his youth, but
rhere is a lightness ann frivolity in his
style of treatment of this question that j serious subject. If you have studied
seems shockiug to me. For thirty years .: t;,e column in which my free silver ar
! mocrats have been battling tor a ', ticlo appeared, you will have seen that
revenue tariff, and it was twenty ye:irs
f ih.il time before even a hope ef suc
cess came to them. Did t-emocats
lose heart and .surrender the tight to
' heir high protection adversaries? Not
!y any means. Although they sav
iheir champion "Ilomsoi.tar'lisll Mor-
cison go down in dereat at Lome t
Bland did last year) a victim of theccr- j
.. 1
ruptmg power o! the Mammon oi iio-
tection, the kept up the contest. Next
ihey saw the Mills I ill go down in tie
feat before a Mammon-worshiping sen
ate, but instead of giving up the battle
.Ley j ersevcred until in the Wilson
Dill a partial victory was n !to be
for the time thrown away, however,
by reason of the betrayal of the cause
by the man whom it had elected presi
dent into the hands of the gold ring of
New York and London).
The principle of the equality of man
and of free government itself, is at
stake in the fight for bimetallism and
tosurreudcr at a time when that prom
ises to l e the main issue to be fought
out in the coming presidential cam
paign, seems to rr.e to be the part ot a
coward, or of a man too frivolous t
look at anything seriously, or one
whose interest m his fellow man is r.os
very deep. For one. I shall r.ot desen
the ship. Chakles W. SnEiniAN.
What Mr. Grimrn Think.
I'o C. W. Sherman, !.
Sir: In last evening's issue of The
Journal there appeared a signed edi
torial criticising my courj-e upi n the
tree silver issue. In that article you
go to the extent of quoting me as being
a political coward and as being o! a
wtakeuing disposition. I feel sure
that my course m politics, brief and
short as it has been .does not in the
least bear out your assumptions. 1
have never yet deserted what I re
garded as the right idea in politics. It
is true that 1 have upon occasion
adopted political methods to win and I
oelitve that you will eventually, have
lo do the tame for the silver question.
I am glad to state that we agiee upon
the fact that free coinage is necessary
to national prosperity. It is because
of this that I favor free silver. I am
tree to confess that I do not regard the
chances of an immediate adoption ot
tree coinage as bright. To my mind
teu y ears at least will pass before this
is to Lm accomplished. I am not averse
to giving you my reasons in brief.
They are, first, '.he strongly maiked
predilection of the people to vote the
republican ticket. Your intimate
knowledge of politics should teach you
that the republican nominee for pres
ident has a most excellent chance for
election. The results of the past thiee
y ears in elections are more significant
than all the free silver editorials in the
world. They clearly demonstrate
that the republicans are in the
ascendancy at present. Now what
republican is there that can re
ceive the nomination that is a
silvtr man. You can scan the list ot
candidates from Alpha lo Omega and
the silver man is not to te found. Al
lison is the nearest approach and Alli
son is the ideal western republican.
He is the western man with eastern
ideas. So we can expect a gold man
on the republican ticket. Now, as to
the democrats. Are they better off?
Rather worse, 1 take it. A two-thirds
vote rule precludes silver candidates in
that convention, and will probably
force the nomination of some milk-and-
water man like Morrison of Illinois,
who will campaign the country, apolo
gizing for democratic existence, and
digging a grave for the party eo deep
that all the angels in heaven cannot re
su-sitate tho corpse. As to populists.
they are rapidly vanishing from the po
litical map. A temporary excrescence
upon the body politic their force is
spent and they will return to the par
ent parties. A strong populist might
carry a few southern states and in this
way aid a republican. Should the
election be thrown into the house of
representatives tho republican is sure
of election. Without the president no
f re-silver bill can bicome a law and I
believe that the chances for the presi
dency are very remote. In your edi
torial you state that thirty years was
necessary to secure tariff reform. Why
then should free silver come sooner?
What has brought this condition about?
In my opinion it is the intemperate
zeal of the silver men. They have ti
raded and abused and threatened and
their papers have preached free silver
far and wide until they have disgusted
people beyond measure. A ceaseless
ding-donging of a theory into people's ;
ears, day in and day out, causes it soon
to lose cast. It becomes tainted with
hobbyism, and that is a i ositive death
to any theory. You have rode your
free silver horse a merry mile, and
have paraded him upon every occasion
and surelv it has been advertised
enough, but why was it that only
twelve men were present at the silver
meeting last night? Uefiect upon that.
Now one word more and I close. Vou
confess to have been shocked at my
frivolity and lightness in touching this
the entiie, column is light and frivolous
and is written for people to amuse
themselves with. God foibid that 1
should become as some other men and
my writings should become so ponder
ous and wearisome that men would llee
from them in dismay. The Journal
hasplenty of that without mine. As
to having an interest in my fellowmeu,
;Un not commissioned to speak
When I can do them good 1 try to, and
when I am unable to. it is not my
fault. Feihaps when 1 am older, and
age lends to me the wisdom and sever
ity that goes wiih y ears 1 may become
like unto you, vastly and profoundly
disturbed over the smallest of affairs
springing, as sprung the hardy pioneer
for his gun when the Indian cry
sounded, to my feet at each passing
wind that touches the tleeping leaves
and imaging calamities innumerab e
threatening my pet hobby. Respect
fully yours, Charles Grimes.
The Joi'rnal is informed that Mr.
Sherman is delighted and eutireh
satisfied with Mr. Grimes' explana
tion of his attitude as to the silver
question, and further controversy is
unnecessary between thtm. It in ap
parent that the republican leaders are
more fearful of the disintegration of
their party on the money question
than on any other, hence they mak
their attacks not upon the gold stand
ard democrats, but upon the bimetal
lists. That fact is patent to every
body and ought to point out theii
eak point as the object of democrat
attack.
A st it A no e condition exists among
the demociats in Kentucky. There
are in tho legislature 6S republicans.
GS demociats and a populist. That
one populist has given it out all along
that if at any time his vote will elect
Mr. JSlackburn, the democratic caucus
nominee, he is ready to cast his vote
that way; and still a number of demo
crats are scattering their votes on Mc
Creary, Carlisle and others. Time
was when the quarrels of democrats
ended with the caucus, but under the
inspiration of white house politics this
is not the case now. These bolting
democrats had rather see a republican
elected to Joe Blackburn's seat than to
see a democrat elected, just because he
favors bimetallism. With such an ex
ample before them, if a goldbug should
be the candidate for president, could
democrats be blamed for bolting the
ticket? Is not that the direct result
to be expected from such a course?
Leastwise this Kentucky example
points out the fact that men of the
Carlisle-McCreary goldbugstripe think
more of goldbugism than they do of
democracy. Is it not time that real
democrats were awakening to the
situation before them.
Tiieuk is no question but Senator
Thurston has lowered himself very
much in the estimation of his republi
can tollowers by his recent conduct
and course in the senate. Ilis vote to
confirm the nomination of General
Coppinger was one thing; his bill pro
viding for pensioning all ex slaves be
fore the soldiers were provided for was
another; but the most serious thing
was his apparent willingress to sacri
fice even his wife's relations in sus
taining the Monroe doctrine, was the
last straw that broke the earners back
and set the current aga'nst him.
The gold standard democrats of the
Kentucky legislature have set the
example of bolting the party caucus,,
under the inspiration of white house
teachings. To them the gold standard
is the'only issue. So it is with the Ne
braska City News, Tone Castor and
the so-called administration demo
crats of .Nebraska. There ia no other
excuse for their pretended state or
ganization.' If there had been they
would have been willing to submit the
question to a primary election of the
party in the state. What is the use of
the News playing tie hypocrite any
longer'? '
J. W. Cutright, late of the Lincoln
News, having resigned from his posi -
tion on that paper Jan. 1st, departed
for Texas some weeks ago. and is now
understood to be at work on the Gal
veston Times. Mr. Outright began his
very brilliant newspaper career on Tijk
Jouknal, and all the old-time citizens
are not only acquaintances but ffiend
of his, and will be rejoiced to hear of
hi3 success wherever he goes. Mr.
Outright has been lecognized among
the fraternity as by odds the best all
round newspaper man in the state of
Nebraska, as he is certainly one of the
ablest and most diligent and careful
reporters known to the fraternity.
The Nebraska press has met with a
serious loss in losing John W. Outright
The Omaha and other metropolitan
newsp. pers are keeping up a bold
front and making the best showing
they can for the coming of a renewed
prosperity, but it not only does not
come, but there is every evidence at
hand to indicate that the opposite is
true times are growing worse. Money
is growing scarcer every day. and
th'ere is less chance of getting it into
circulation. Four months after the
corn crop is in crib Us pi ice will not
pay the farmer a living and four per
cent on his money; wheat is little
better, whil oats is worse. Undei
such circumstances, w here is the money
to come from to pay eight and often
ten per cent interest on other class of
business? It is not and will not be
forthcoming The f -rm renter is in
a worse couditiou, infinitely than the
farmer who works his own land. Sup
pose he paid last year S4 an acre, cash
rent, put in his crop of corn and
worked it through the season; and
when fall came husked his corn and
put it in crib. Iu this county he did
exceeding well if he cribbed f ortv bush
els to the acre. lie could then get
lo cents a bushel or $0 an acre tor
tiis crop having to pay $2 an acie
more for the use of the land than for
his own labor and txpense. as repre
sented in the crop. A healthy man
with a good team may work CO acres,
which would bring him $480 all-told,
leaving him C;1C0 for his summer's
work. Three months after the crop
was matured it. is only worth $2oG
more than his rent. Can any man piedi
cate the coming of prosperity? As
the profit of the farm is the basis ol
all prosperity, any one must see that
there is a very slight prospect of any
improvement in sight, despite the
wishes for better things.
Tiik reports from France indicate
that the government is in a most crit
ical situation, and a revolution may
break out at any moment which will
involve the whole nation in a bloody
war.
The 1. & M. has closed its niiiht
offices at Salem and Preston.
An artesian well will be sunk at
Monroe 750 feet deep for prospecting
purposes.
Edward Smith of Gothenburg lost
barn and a large quantity of grain by
fire.
Nathan Nelson of Hed Clord was
i . i
inrown noui a runaway noise arm nis
eg broken.
Miss Anua Seltz of DSota was de
clared insane and taken to the Nor
folk a sy iu in Monday.
A Nebraska City boy nam-d 'Milln
fell twenty feet down an elevator
shaft and escaped unhurt.
A special election at Fairfield to
vote bonds for a water works system
resulted in the defeat of the scheme
Mrs. Nicholas Weber, living near
Diller, was thrown fiom a uaton artf
instantly killed, the tall breaking her
neck.
Charles Nelson of Flournoy carries
a big hole iu his hand as the result of
a chance shot from a revolver that
was not loaded.
The banRers of Saline county have
formed an organization which is ex
pected to aid them in doing a safer
and more profilble business.
Wilsonville people complain of not
being able to.secure ice fit to preserve
while Ulysses merchants are loading
500 tons daily for the H. & M.
It is estimated by Dunbar grain
buyers that 45.000 bushels of corn will
leave there this month. Over 20,000
bushels have been shipped to date.
A form of la grippe is somewhat
prevalent among the North Loup
children and the report that scarlet
fever was also in the neighborhood
has had an effect in reducing the at
tendance at school.
Lecture at ihe Chritin Church.
Chancellor 1) U. Dungaii, L. L D.,
who recently delivered his lecture in
this city on "Experiences in Palestine"
will give another lecture at the Christ
ian church Feb. 25, on "The Lnd and
the IJible." Mr Dungan's knowledce
of the bible and his extensive travels
in Palestine pre-eminently qualify him
to make the subject oneof great in
terest. An admission fee of 10 cents
will be charged at the door.
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ALL these Shoes are clean, fresh
house. They generally retail
and ALL will go at the ridiculous price ol
This is no humbug-...
We mean business, and all we ask is for you to call and in
spect these goods, which are on display.
Why not avail yourself of this golden opportunity to get FIRST. -CLASS
SHOES at SHODDY PRICES ?
R
ob't Sherwood,
PL ATTS MOUTH, NEBRASK .
The Plattsmouth Mills
With Ihe best Machinery made, manufacture
TH BEST BRANDS OF
WHEAT, GRAHAMA
RYE, BUCKWHEAT
..ri-cL Commeal.
EVERY SACK
Trade Especially Solicited Runs
Night and Day to Supply Demand.
C. HE1SEL, Prop.,
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B
uy Your
F. S. WHIT
Every purchase made at his store 2
is a guarantee that you obtained the S
best and most goods for the least money. J
Plattsmou h
The attention of farmerB 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
vh you know, and at prices tliat will
compare with any nursery in the land.
each. ..100. 1,000.
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Apple Trees, stnnoard varle
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Same, 2 yars old
Plums, blue
Pearp. 3 vears
Cherrv trees, 3 years
Concord vines, 3 years.. ...
Peac h trets
Cooseberrles
Currants, choice kinds
Will take corn or 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. -LEESIEY.
Proprietor.
Fred Krug
Brewing Co., .
OMAHA
NEB.
Fred genberger, Agt.
..SPECIAL SALE..
OF
Ladies' Fine Shoes
675 Pairs,
rnmnricinrr the hest makes in
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goods, just from the wholesale
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our
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Groceries, Dry
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Groceries
Canned Goods,
Dried Fruit,
Tobacco and Cigars.
A. P. THOMAS & SON
Have openiMi a splendid new
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FITZGERALD HLOCK
Which the puhUe is invited
to purchase.
QUICK SALES, ......
SMAI! PROFITS
Will 1h their motto. It will also be
their purpose to keep open a
First-Glass Meat Market
Where everything in that line wif
be kept in Urst-clasa order.
Farmers are Invited to call and trad.
