PLATTSM011TII JOURNAL I'LATTH. MOUTH. NEiiKASKA. It i nnwlxe to kp an oil or gas store burning In a alepinK room, aa thereby the pure air Is vitiated and tho health of the occupant.! of the room placed In jeopardy. Richard Flenry Stoddard, the blind banker and poet, has given up dictat ing much of his copy and writes most of it. In cplte of his blindness he writes a remarkably clear hand. President Loubert of France Is the first Chief Executive of that country to take to a bicycle. He haa been late ly riding one more or leas publicly and several Parisian papers have, in con sequence, critlcined him as undign'.fled. The board of education of New Brunswick, N. J., has decided to abol ish the vertical system of handwrit ing taught in the public schools and go back to the method of slanting writing. The board adopted the ver tical system two years ago as an ex periment. The unmarried woman is the only one who has any liberty of action in France. Quite recently, through the long, persistent effort of Mme. bcnmanl, the right to use her own earnings was secured to the woman worker. But if she i3 married she cannot draw them out of a bank with out the written consent of her hus band. If she Ls unmarried they are at her free disposal. When the Kansas State Board of Health recently asked the counties to send in a list or physicians and sur geons within their borders Morton county reported that it had none. The state board investigated and found this to be true, and, as a reason, learn ed that there had not been a ease of what might be called real sickness there within two years. Some most astonishing facts hare been brought to light In the Jewish wcrld. concerning the number of Jew ish suicides in the United States. It appears that in 113 days no fewer than 6C8 Jews out of 400.000 killed them selves. " In England the proportion averages eight in 100,000. In Russia 2.7. In Austria sixteen in 100,000. No reason Is suggested for Jews in a free country wishing to make away witi themselves at such a rate. It seems rather odd for Indians to hold the balance of power in any part of this country, but the Omaha Bee says that this is the case in Thurston county. Neb. The entire population of tlse county is about 6,000, half of whom are Winnebago and Omaha Indians, about equally divided. The white men are Republicans and Fuslonlsts in about equal numbers, and the Indians having been given the right of suffrage, will determine what county officers are to be elected. The heaviest failures during the first tlx months of this year were those of speculative and brokerage concerns which never added much to the wealth or worth of the country. Omitting their twenty-eight millions of debt, the "average defaulted liability" to each failure was ten thousand three hun dred and eighty-five dollars, which is about sixty-five hundred dollars less than the average liability last year, and. in fact, is the lowest average re corded In 26 years. Foolish election bets seldom afford such delightful opportunities to dem onstrate their folly as a wager recent ly made by two western men, one of whom has agreed that if his candidate is defeated he will twist the tail of a vicious mule belonging to the other man once a day for three weeks, "or until Incapacitated." Doubtless the mule who is made a "factor" In the tit la nnt an offensive partisan. He may not even be interested in politics at all; but if the terms of the wager are fulfilled, he will probably see to it that the man who twists his tail does net vote any more. Will contests are so common and so destructive that one feels like applaud in the wisdom of men who incorpor ate their estates under the name of. "ThP John Jones company," and reeularly transfer stock in the com pany Just as they wish their property should be distributed. It costs some thing to incorporate, but it doe3 not exhaust an estate, as the contest over a will might, and the chief corporator ia oM tr c-uard himself against the fate of King Lear by retaining a sub stantial interest. The wonder is that mnnovpil men have not devised eren better methods of protecting their es tates, against Impudent claimants and greedy lawyers. The readiness with which wills are contested and the ap parent ease with which they are fre quently broken must have troubled the mind of every man who has an estate to leave. A farmer in Clay county. Iowa, has a bin containing about eight hundred bushels of wheat. A little over a month ago he proposed to market the grain, but on going to the bin he dis covered that a hn had established her rest on the whect. was setting there and that to remove the grain would break her up." He decided not to disturb her but wait until she came off with the chicks. In the meantime the pric of wheat advanced until the fanner discovered h had gained over flOO by allowing the hen to sit it oat. l t Vt- HEADQUARTERS OF PEOPLES 5 o OFFICERS J. If. EDVtiSTEN, Chmn. . J i KENT, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE First District, A. II. Weir. Lincoln; Sec ond District, C. A. Whitford, Arlington; Third District. O. L. (Jossard, Oakdale: Fourth District, S. H. Craig, lieatriee; Fifth District, C. W. Jehter, Clay Center; Sixth District, A. M. Morrissey, Valentine. 4-4"i"H"H'-H""K4"HM"H ! ! ! Heaimjuarters Pec 'EOri.F..S INDEI'KNDENT 1 ARTT. Lincoln, Nebraska. The matter appearing in the follow ing columns is prepared under the di rection of and endorsed by the chair man ind secretary of the Peoples' Independent Party. J. H. Edmistex, O. D. Wilson, Chairman. Secretary. (AIL OIUED BUGS Republicans Asking Help From Little Red Devils. FIRST TIME IH THE STATE'S HISTORY That the Midnight Marauder Have leen Called upon to Serve as Step pins Stones to the State House Weak Argument. The taxpayers of the state of Nc braska are very much interested in the management of the affairs of the com monwealth, and are. as a rule, gener ally in touch with what concerns them deeply. It is possible they are paying more or less attention to the many state institutions, and it is proper that they should. 1 axes are as sure as death and one is about as ready to meet the last as the first, and yet a person onght to cheerfully pay what he is called upon to pay in the way of taxes, because he is, in a certain sense responsible for them and if they are hitrh he has no kick cominc. If the national, state, and municipal govern ing were done on a proper basis, the burden of taxation would be lighter. but because they are not so done, we are pavinir a higher rate of taxation than we ought to. An examination of the records on file at the state house will show the enormous amount of taxes republican officials have caused people to pay be cause of mismanagement or down-right theft while in charge of the state and other institutions. So black is the pag-e on which their doeds of sin and shame are recorded that it practically blots out their white-spotted good deeds, and now they would seek to make the page fairer by direct and in direct attacks upon the state institu tions and the present managements, but we shall, in these articles, from time to time, endeavor to show how fallacious are their arguments by sub mitting' figures from the records that any one may varify by investigation. The following figures in regard to the Lincoln Insane asylum, were com piled bv a gentleman who is right at home with the subject, and if a repub lican asks you to prove them take him to the books and let him find out the truth. The article ought to be a suffi cient answer to the cry of "Sham He form." A Big: Saving:. The state of Nebraska has a hospital for insane at Lincoln. Acute forms of insanity are treated there, entailing greater expense per patient than at Hastings, where cases of longer standing are treated. But the "sham reformers" have a knack of doing state business in a bus inesslike manner. During the period commencing Jan uary 1, 1892, and ending December 31, 1894, this hospital at Lincoln was in charfe of a republican state adminis tration. A period of three years. Total cost for maintenance of in mates during period, Slf6,S49.32. Average cost per year. $05,616.44. Average number of inmates during perion, 331. Average cost per inmate per year, $193.24. The next period began January 1, 1895, and ended May 31, 1900. A period of five years and five months. Governor Ilolcomb and his appoin tees did not assume control until June 18, 1895, because of litigation in re moving the republican superintendent. ISut it is useless to split hairs. Call the whole period as under fu sion management. Total cost for maintenance of in mates during perio.d $314,741.30. Average cost per year, $56,259.90. Average number of inmates during period, 35G. Average cost per inmate per year, 8158.03. Swept From Its Mooring. Su Louis Republic. Abraham Lincoln, the greatest re publican, never missed an opportunity to assert his faith in Jefferson's teach ings, as embodying the soundest Amer icanism. Imperialism has swept the republican party of today from its old time moorings. It has ceased to be an American party. Its present IIam.il tonian politics of empire and the strong central power should be p.s sternly re buked and rejected by the American people as they were in Hamilton's own days. l . 1:1,1 -5- r THE INDEPENDENT PARTY F NEBRASKA. O. D. Tr ?. WILSON, Seso. -t- ! Not a bad showing, eh? Over 940 per 'ear in maintaining each inmate. Yet the unfortunate wards of the state were never better clothed, better fed and better housed than in this year of our Lord, 1900, with Governor William A. Pointer as chief executive. They were never given better medi cal treatment or had better nursinir and attendance. Forty dollars a year! Suppose, like Maud Muller and the judge, we say "it might have been." During the first period, under a fu sion reform administration, "it might have been" $156,923 79 It really was 196,849 32 Republican mismanagement $39,923 53 liad republicans been in. control dur ing the last period, "it might have been" $382,272 SO It really was 314,741 30 Fusion saving. .8 07,531 50 Taxpayers, are you sighing "it might have been" over the past five years and more of fusion government? Do you want a change? A vote for Deitrieh, the banker. might give you a change that would take a great deal of change out of your pockets A vote for Poynter, the farmer gov ernor, will insure two more years of good government. Aimed at Poynter. These attacks on the state institu tions, of course, have back of them a fixed purpose. If you eare to note the fact, you will notice that no matter how abusive of the superintendents and employes the articles are. the blame is always placed upon the shoul ders of Governor Poynter as the ap pointive power. The republicans do not hope to elect their full state ticket, they do hope to elect Dietrich, their energies are bent directly to ward the destruction of Poynter and and the making of Dietrich- They want the governorship, and they want it badly. They will not only lie and cheat to get it, but they would sacri nee principle for the sake of winning out in the present campaign. N ow, Poynter may not be a consistent strig man. Amonc a certain set of people, but out among the farmers he is almost idolized, and w hen that por tion of 'Nebraska speaks, you'll find that they are more interested in those questions affecting their interest than thev are in unproved cases of miscon duct and mismanagement of state in stitutions. There never was a time in our history when the institutions were more economically run, the inmates better cared for, than they are now. A glance at the records will show that we speak the truth. Have no Issue. In their despisable attacks on the various state institutions, the republi nans confess that they have nothing solid or of merit with which to go be fore the intelligent people of Nebraska and ask for votes. In the absence of a legitimate cause they have started up on full time their famous campaign thunder-maker, and he is serving the master with all the power at his com mand. We have had experience with the man before, and we know him to be a good fellow and one that doesn't believe the half way of what he says. The way of the transgressor is hard, and when our republican brothers find out that lying doesn t pay, they may mend their ways and become demo crats or pops, as they prefer. ' Their situation reminds us of an old Indian down in Kansas who was discovered eating a piece of half spoiled meat, When asked why he was eating it, he replied: "1 will like it; it's my sup per." And so we may conclude that these republican thunder-makers are lyin about the state institutions not be cause they like it, but because they have no other or better way to employ their talents. In Nebraska, where it is known that the republican writers are not telling the truth, these attacks will have but little or no weight with the voter and will have no bearing on the election whatever. If perused in the east they may cause wonderment but as every section has troubles of its own, we presume that those elsewhere will care little what the conditions are. Mldroadism and Pie Counter. It is really amusing to study the po litical situation in Nebraska, and wit ness the antics of the midroaders. They are like grains of pop corn in hot popper. They get hotter and hot- The Dishonesty of Protectionists. Oranha World-Herald. When the advocate of a high protec tive tariff admits that the home manu facturer is able to undersell the manu facturer he asks to be protected against he admits the fallacy of the high pro tection idea. Can't Head It Off. Kansas City Times. The democratic landslide is begin ning early this time, and it looks as if llanna will not be able to head it off, even if he had a slush fund as high as the Allegbenies. ter until by and by they burst open. Here in Nebraska the mid-roader, or a few of him, are so tickled at being able to push their bellies up to the republi can pie counter and be served with II anna's choice mukes, that they can not keep still about it. De Clem Deav er is on the payroll of the republican party and he gets S2."0 per month for raising all the hullabaloo be can. He reminds one of a chunk of mud that is pitched into a placid lake. There is a slight ripple of him, and that is all. Jerome Sharap contemplates a trip east on a campaign tour. We have not learned what salary he draws, but f his salary is in proportion to his ability to speak correct English, it is very small, so?nething like thirty cents. Then there is Uncle George Brewster, the trumpet-toned, who wants to start mid-road paper with republican money so bad he can't hardly wait for the "wet" to get off the proposition. There are one of two wther mid-road- ers who are enjoying a "pull" with the national republican committee, and they are satisfied happy in fact; but there are a whole lot of other people, decent fellows in a way, who 6ee through the skin game, and are going to tell something by and hy. They dicln t get any pie. Another Affidavit. Speaking of mid-roaders calls us to that pile af affidavits in regard to the Grand Island convention, and we plucked the following hot one. Read it carefully, and you will be convinced that the Grand Island gathering was little better than a rcpbulican side show to which free tickets were given out with a lavish hand. Here is what three good Nebraska citizens swear to: State of Nebraska, Gage County. ( ss Louis Werner.Chas. J. Ilaer, Wm.V. Purdy each being duly sworn on oath deposes and says: That they are resi dents of the citv of Beatrice. Gatre county, Nebraska, and have resided ityK said city of lieatriee for several years last past, that they attended th mii road populist state convention lieid at Grand Island, Neb., Jvly 20th, 1900, as delegates and participated in said convention as delegates. , Affiants say that the so-called mid- road populists of Gage county did not hold primaries to select delegates to a county convention or any other con vention, and aid not bold a county convention, and that they were not selected as delegates to attend said mid-road populist state convention by a primary election or by a county con vention. Affiants further sav that they were selected delegates to said Grand Is 'and convention by one S. H. Calland. a resident of Beatrice, Nebraska. The said S. H. Calland came to affiants and requested them to go to Grand Island on the 19th day of July, 1900. to attend said state convention, saying that if they would go he would furnish them with free transportation to Grand Island and return from Beatrice, and would see that their hotel bills were paid, and that it should not cost them one cent; and affiants say that on the afternoon of July 19, 1900. the said s. II. Calland did furnish them wiih free transportation over the Burlington & Missouri railroad from Beatrice, Gage county, Nebraska, to Grand Island, Nebraska, and return and did pay a part of their hotel bills while in Grand Island, Nebraska, attending said con vention. Affiants further say that to the best of their knowledge there was twelve persons who went from Gage county, Nebraska, to attend the Eaid conven tion held at Grand Island and affiants say that they were informed that of the twelve that attended said conven tion five were formerly populists, five were formerly republicans, and two were formerly democrats. Louis Wkrnkii, Chas. J. Ha;kr, WM. V. PUKDY. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th day of August, 1900. Chas. E. Bush. Notary Public. Thinner Than Tissue Paper. If we were suffering the tortures of the damned, and there was no avenue of eseaoe save confession, we would most certainly confess, and if our re publican contemporaries were honest in their dealings with the people, they would confess to beincr about the smallest peck of potatoes to be found anj'where. How men, supposed.to be possessed of ordinary eommon sense will publish such feeble stuff as the republican state central committee is sending out is beyond our ken. We want the intelligent. Nebraska people to peruse the articles attacking the state institutions. We do not for one moment-fear what the verdict will be. No man of intelligence, after carefully reading one of these articles, will say that it is anvthinar but a skimmed- milk affair. Take, for instance, the effusion which republican papers printed last week about the Blind Asy lum at Nebraska City, it that article isn't about as poor and thin an argu ment- for republican success at the polls then we miss our guess and are a poor prophet. There are one or two p-eneral charges unsupported by a statement of facts, and then there is a horrible indictment because of bed bugs. The bed bug has been roundly abused bv nearly every housewife in the land, and soundly cursed by many a weary lodger, but, we believe, this is the first time in history tnat the poor bed bug has been selected as a step ping stone to the state house. We are spending, according to offi cial figures, 8713,000 a day upon war. Is this good, ordinary horse sense? Especially in view of the vast good that money could accomplish in the arid areas of the west by irrigation, or the relief that could be afforded the crowded slums of our large cities? Young man, how are you going to cast your vote? For or against the in- stations secured to you by the blood of countless Is a than Hales? Imperialism teaches avarice and greed. Shun it. GREAT COTTON CROP. .boot il0.0OO.OO4l Arm of Cotton In the South ThU Year. The cotton acreage of the south this year will not be far from 2G.O00 acres, the largest on record. Good prices are expected by the raisers for the reason that the crop of India last year was al most a total failure, while ours was small, and the present Egyptian crop is far from promising. Both the rot ton raiser and the textile manufactur er are consequently expecting a boom. There are now ubout 100 miles in the towns along the western parts of North and South Carolina, Alabama and Georgia, either built or in the course of erection. Many will be of larje capacity and business in them will begin before the close of the cur rent year. Out of the 3G6 mills now in operation there are forty-six woolen mills and about tho same number of knitting mills. The number of looms foots up 95.316, aggregating 3,332,007 spindles. About one-third of them ar run by water power, for as yet the south is not fully utilizing its abund ant water supply. Most of them are run by steam, while some use electri city. When towns, like Augusta are blessed with a good water supply they depend on this motive iwer exclu sively. Visitors to the south aro sur prised at the number of these mills, which are visible everywh.e after crossing the cotton belt. 'Statistics but recently collected by the Southern railway furnish interesting informa tion along this line, which shows that there was a gain last year of 13.09C looms and 422,049 splndlea in the mills of the south. These new mills are dis tributed as follows: Twenty-five in Alabama, forty-four in Georgia, two in Kentucky, two in Mississippi, 123 in North Carolina (which bears off the honors as the cotton manufacturing state of the south), sixty-five in South a'AiliDa,. nine in Tennessee and thre jTrVtrginia. They make all sorts of common fabrics, such as tickings, sheetings, prints, shirtings, drillings and so on, but only a few make the finer grades of goods. A great deal of hosiery and underwear are manu factured by the knitting mills and a South Carolina plant makes art squares and ingrain carpets, whila others manufacture all kinds of cloth for suitings, including flannels and blankets. Altogether the future looks attractive for cotton mill settlement n the south, where operatives have the advantage over their colleagues In the north, inasmuch as nearly every family has a few acres planted in cot- tor, which they find time to cultivate. A large and remunerative trade is ex- nected with the orient in cotton goods and the farmers are confidently expect ing 8 and 10 cent cotton. MOLLY PITCHER'S WELL. An Kffort to lie Blade to Erect a Hand some Monument There. The story of Molly Pitcher is his toric, but that the well from wnlcn she drew the water for the men in tho battle of Monmouth is still in use near Freehold, N. J., is not generally known. It is situated on the farm of William A. Thompson, and, though nearly 150 years old, is still supplying all the water used on the place. The old bucket has vanished, but pipes have been laid to the well, and the water supply seems to be inexhaustible. On an upright post a board stating that this is Molly Pitcher's well has been fastened. It is now the intention of the Sons and Daughters of the Revo lution to bring the fact to the knowl edge of the public and to erect upon the spot a handsome and permanent me morial. The battle of Monmouth was fought on Sunday morning, June 29, 1778. Molly Pitcher was an Irishwom an, the wife of one of the members of the New Jersey company of artillery. While her husband stood at his gun she drew water and carried it to the hot and thirsty men. Men fell on all sides of her and the bullets whistled about her, but she went on her way fearlessly. She was 23 years old. On the day of the fight she wore over her gown an artilleryman's coat and on her head a cocked hat. While en gaged in her labor of mercy Mrs. Pitcher suddenly saw her husband fall beside his gun. She sprang to the gun to take her husband's place and avenge his death. There she contin ued until the close of the battle. She was noticed by some officers high in command and on the following morn ing she was introduced by Gen. Gresne to Gen. Washington, who placed her upon the list of half-pay officers for life. She did not long survive her husband, but died near Fort Montgom ery, among the highlands of the Hud son, soon after the close of the war. Her grave is at Carlisle, Pa.," and Is marked by a handsome monument. Lltica Globe. Threw Red, Tape to Wind. Sir Thomas Mcllwraith, who recent ly died, was Premier of Queensland, Australia, in the early eighties. Hear ing of German designs upon New Guinea, he threw red tape to the winds and boldly- annexed the great equa torial island to the British empire upon his own responsibility. The late Lord Derby was the colonial secretary of the period, and he promptly dis aTOwed the action of the Queensland Premier. Germany then swooped down down and seized the northern half of the island, and Lord Derby accepted what was left. Electric Floats. Sixteen electric floats built rn New Orleans at a cost of $42,000 have been told to Denver for an exhibition there, ind they will then be sent to Wichita, Kas., for the next street fair. They ire the first electric floats built in the vorld. A Bridegroom at HO. In tho village of Dodru a Tnrk named Ismail, Bald to be 120 years old. frequently walks to Bartin, tea inUen UUtant. to sell eggs. lie ban had thirty-tour wives, tho last of whom he married only a few days axo. The brido is CO years hid Junior, and tho marriage was celebrated with much solemnity, to the sound of drums and fifes and of volleys from firearm. The whole village was en fete. Tho wedding procession Included all tho male progeny of the patriarch bridegroom, consisting of 140 sons, grandsons and great-grandsons. Tho number of his female progeny la not stated. Hall's Catarrh Core Is taken internally. I'rice. 73a If Noah ever callod his wlfo an angel he undoubtedly meant an ark angel. 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