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Lincoln Independent. .The Official Populist Paper. ?l..X PER VEAR IN ADVANCE ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY. II EMI Y M'CEINS, L'liliIishi'r.V FRIDAY, NOV. 8, 1803. Eotered at the post oflice of Lincoln, Neb., as second clasit mail matter. TO POPULISTS. We have now been publishing the Im'KI'KNOKSt, weekly, in this city, four months. During this time our circulation has steadily increased but most of it ha? gone on the books and no pay for it. This we cannot afford to do in justice to our selves and to our paper. Two duties now devolve upon you: ' First, pay up your subscription. Second, take off your coat and .roll up a good circulation in your neighborhood. We arc loading up for iS. Let us hear from you. Democracy ! Oil democracy! Mk. I'.kvan is all right in his way but he don't weigh enough. W. II. Giu kn for judge in the Twelfth district had a walkaway. Mk. I'hki.I'S like Mr. Wolfeubar ger may be said to be out of poli tics. Now ton iSijC). The fight is squarely between the populists and republicans. I'jnii.R the courts are just and right or the people have been un justly criticising them. Ki ntuc'ky repudiated Carlisle and his gold bug ideas by going over, boot and saddle to the g. o. p. Tiir; till to the Nebraska denuv cratic kite will certainly not have siiver trimmings in the next na tional convention. Tin: populists lost a good and honorable man in Judge Hush "in the First district, and in Judge Weltv in the Eleventh. Tiik pops will come up smiling next year, juts the same,but where will William Jennings Bryan and his democratic party be? Tuosr. promised good times arc hourly expected. Ve trust the g. o. p. will see to it that they arrive promptly on schedule time. Tnu free silver men can get no consolation from the democratic party. There is only one place for them in the populist party. In the Fifth judical district, Judges Dates comes up smiling to the front while Wheeler is defeated. There's a loss of one judge to the populists. Tin: democrats are congratulat ing themselves that Mississippi is all right. Well, they ought to be entitled to one little green spot on this great terrestrial ball. Thi: great secretary of agricul turc will now probably nurse his so-called presidential boom. Otoe county went democratic. J Sirloin is a greater man than Mr. Carlisle. Oi k old trieiul "IVte" (Meson was rc-clcitcd treasurer of Saun-j dots covnty by a hand some vote, Mr. O!eon is ..ne of the old liners for populism in Saunders, and we are pleased to mi; him sue cestui, 'In peps iinie than doubled their vote in low-, the republican ' ,nv Ml,v,u- u,t l!" lncni (ell shert on the total vol.- and the wl , c''Mi tl , iUltlU vi ton' der.HKuMtm.klo the wood. There H , xtI um " "''a1 i o..,v one rUi for ho.u .t denuv ,lu 10 can W ,d,t l um,U Sl ciat -iii the populist pail). PUnt eppcsilion , the ; mum v power. So erv thing Win b.i:ik tail ami the catdi H i,,U to tit ? mn Meat md be ier ,kipsi.u with tbed. ihmM. then! ai.oimUhed. the t ie. lion of the it i that the depoMl .i wax ual ntx, pr,,,.,!.. ( U-vrk.id and wann and IjU about Urn-hint; the ; ij,ttit. re anxum U the tana! . tl.v Kt bold ,.t h,m but fi,,,,,, vi A kUI,aJfl ,.frM. tV.vr1v.uNtiltlt..nhey w,U wa'k , ,!c;., a, sii.tmart ami llawUv. isp l U b diet Inn n.lu,l lh..t () know that th. icpubbi an ut. b raroM.iuut.e-ii of mhk t .Mtv .onto ol iho I. in. nl tatl ct(ftt.y tr,ki Mctn vUi,, tie w land, a. i bot wlmdai. milM hiu C;(U ,, ( ,! U, tiling Utter. Baimim at itUaify t MUhi lat Km lijl.t. tutk) and Mai)lnd bmuuri'i hitm 111 tin ettau do t not r pne THE RESULT. The election is over and the populists have polled more votes than they ever, did before, not only in this state, but in every state so far heard from. It appers that Judge Maxwell has been defeated by a small plurality, and that in county officers and judge ships we have about held our own. The Bryan wjng of the democra cy is wiped out, the gold bug demo crats polling nearly twice as many voies as the free silver democrats. Perhaps this eloquent and enthus iastic young man will learn after a while that the democratic party is as much a gold standard party as the republican party is, and that any man who remains in it and votes its ticket is only an efficient ally of the Morgan, Belmont, Rothschild, Sherman ring. The election demonstrates that the populist party is the only paity in which a vote counts for any thing toward the free coinage of silver, a rise in prices or relief for the business man or farmer. It still stands as the only hope for relief from usury, low prices and serfdom t3 foreign money syndicates. It is for American n terests against the world. Its theories of money have the endorsement of every econo mist in this country, in England and on the continent of Europe. It is right. It holds to the truth, and truth crushed to earth will rise again, for the eternal years of God are hers. Let us open up the campaign of '96 tomoriOw. VOTIM TO DESTROY BUSINESS. Iu the nothern part ol the state wheat brings from 32 to 36 cents, oats 9 to 10, corn 12 to 14. Going into a laundry in Lincoln enquiry was made as to the the price of washing. 'Ihe clerk said 75 cents per dozen for unstarched things, Si. jo per dozen for shirts. Two bushels of wheat, seven bushels and a half of oats or six bushels of corn for washing one dozen pocket hadkerchiefs and un der clothing, or twelve bushels of oats and ten bushels of corn or nearly four bushels of wheat for washing a dozen shirts. When this statement was made to the clerk he said "we have to pay 25 cents a bushel for oats to feed our delivery teams." This reply was made: "In Lan caster county there was a failure this year, oats lias to be shipped in here and the J 5 cents is a trib ute you have just voted to continue paying to the railroad corporations and money power. If you keep voting for dear money and cheaper oats, wheat and corn, pretty soon it will take half an acre of each to pay for a week's washing, and about that time this laundry will close for want of clothes to wash. If you have only the clothes of bond holders to wash, one laundry will be able to do all of it in the city of Lincoln. You have voted to destroy your own business and make yourself a tramp." A WORD ABOUT IU810N. The men who manage politics for Wall street and Rothschilds in this country arc among the bright est intellects of the whole land. They lay plans that take years for their accomplishment. They threw their whole force for the election ot Cleveland and elected him. Thcv now intend to throw all their intlu j Prcsilll l- jenco for the republican nominee , 1,11 Prtsi,li nt w "a '"re and elect him. It was a frequent ! l,owcr tlliUI any ruIt r "n t,:e wnoIt j remark beard among them alter !',rlh s'm-onl of Russia ' the r, i.al of the Sherm m ai t "Ml: 311,1 the Emperor of China. This we have to do now is to contiol 1897. When it conies time fcr Gorman's re-election, the republi cans will see that Maryland is all right for Gorman. In Kentucky Blackburn had to be downed and as no body could do it in the demo cratic party, Cleveland and" Car lisle aided the republicans to do it. What they really wanted 'was to make sure of the electoral votes of those states next year for a gold standard republican president, and they did it. Hints were terown out during all the last session of congress that the republicans would carry some southern states this time. They, intimated that they would be Louisianna and Mississippi and and ttiat sugar would be. the bait that would catch them. But that was to throw the enemy off their guard. The republicans and dememo crats have a fusion scheme which works splendidly. The machine never slips a cog. This time Gorman helps Sherman. Next time Sher man will help Gorman, and " they and their friends will all stay in of fice and help Wall street and Roth schilds. They work that sort of fusion all over this state in the election of county officers wherever the populist party is strong. At the election preceding this in several counties in the northern part of the state, the democrats helped the republicans. This year the republicans pre helping ' the democrats. The republican paper in l'onca came out three or lour days before the election and openly advocated the election of a demo crat for the most important oflice in the county. It was returning the favor of the preceeding election when a republican won by demo cratic votes. By this sort of fusion, the two old parties act as one force, both in national and state politics. The average old party voter is only a decoy duck. But don't get angry at him. He don't know any better. POWES OF THE PRESIDENT. The danger that lies in the ap pointing power of the president, is well illustrated in the vote for Ma honey in this state. It is the only power that could have forced that many men in this state to have voted to endorse the . selling of United States bonds to foreign syn dicates at a lower rate than the bonds of the Fiji Islands were quoted at on the day that the con tract was made with the House of Rothschilds. Before any more ap pointments are put into the hands of the president, it will be well to consider long and well what the result will be. If all the presidents, superintendents and other em ployes of the railroads of Nebraska had been appointees of the presi dent, Mr. Mahoney would have surely been elected. Before gov ernment ownership of railroads can be thought of there are several other things to do. That a power to fix railroad rates is a power to tax, no man can deny, and that the power to tax is a function of government is stated in some form 111 every state i constitution. When we can once enforce this constitutional right of government, it will not be so hard to get hold of this taxing power now usurped by railroad corpora tions and we must do it without I ' x,,',u,", tlic "Planting power of power must lie unladed and not extended. ItOHTISl) THIS AIK. Why will it 1 1 jui populml papers continue to lire tditori.d wad ut l'i thin air when tlioiHaiuh ol b!tHh and lies! 1 m tines Mand within easy rjnge Newly two year ji;i the author cl ihu pub "M"" ,n u,v '""-'.M M A wy , l,,r,,,U 1 ,U l'"P"M in 1hU ,W Ul," ml ''P 1 V,,-,l',f f ntwi Irflsr bad g.ven ut an . mU ,Ml !,"n,"l ! t'vlu at,. that ,', 'iM ta I ittaJo on d !Vi r atom . and that b would in J r I !. a change t ( ihv nam of were authorized, written out and submitted for revision before they were sent to the paper for publica tion. Every one of our senators and representatives declared against the proposition, as also did Senator Jones who was not a mem ber of our party and had not even withdrawn from the republican party at that time. There was never a populist in Washington, either in or out of congress, during the three sessions of the 53d congress who ever pro posed such a thing. Even the Bi metallic league denounced it, and Gen. Warner threatened to leave the league rooms, lock the door and never come back if such a res olution was passed. There was no man more fierce against it than Senator Stewart. They each and all said that the proposition to al low banks to issue money and con trol the volume of it was so vicious that they would have nothing to do with a party that advocated it. These are all matters of record and have been stated and re-stated a hundred tunes. Taubencck and Turner and the whole populist na tional committee were against it. Now what is the use of wasting ink and. paper fighting a thing that does not exist. But there was a class of men who did favor a single silver issue. Why don't these editors ever men tion them? It was the democratic free silverites headed by Bryan. They put out a manifesto for the silver issue alone and all signed it. Why don't you go for them? These remarks are commended nto the Dakota Ruralist. Ei.i.i."iu) results show mob plainly than ever that there i- '.it one sarfe pkee for the free . ver advocate, and that is iu the popu list party. A man who holds party ties above principle will never ac complish much for monetary re form. Moki: bonds, less money; more misety and less comfort sems to be what the people want. Busi ness men who are complaining of no business and hard times ought now to lie down and take things as they come. They have again voted for these conditions, BUEAR BEETS AND THE ELECTION. That the sugar beet swindle has been a great factor in the recent election in this state can not be de nied. It is true that the beets first sent to the factories were un ripe and too low a grade to profit ably manufacture into sugar, but the mail part of the crop has for many days contained more than the required 12 per per cent. The crop in the northern part of the state is enormous and many farm ers have their all invesstcd in beets. In many cases they have given chattle mortgages to pay for the labor of cultivation. The factories will not take the crop and no one dare ship without an order from the Oxnards, for they will not re ceive the beets at all unless they are ordered. Their orders to ship have played a very important part in the election. Some raisers have received orders to ship as high as J5 and 50 cars, while a farmer ad joining, and having exactly the same quality and standard of beets can not get an order ship at all, land is told to "silo or feed your j beets." In every instance so far j investigated the .big order to ship jhas come to the man who worked i for and supported the lepublican 'tick.!. ' The cowardice that the eeono dust have lorctnld ould tome villi poverty here ha a h nion ' titration. II these i.upovt nhed j and nwiudU d l.irmers had a t vv i c-ctta dollar in their pen Kct. th y w..i. Id make the utatc ring with their ret- st. but being without ; mom y and bk ly U t e (oreed up ?on the comity for mppoil dining tin? coining wiuttr they will av liUWf ami dii nothing, and net v ar try M i;cl favor Iroi.i the tin. who have ubll them l y uin an. I tilkim; anv way th-) are told to by the men who have leonr) , . 1. . ( We aie in need ol money. pay up u . iiptieu WHAT IS SOCIALISM? That what The Iniiki'ENoT.nt has said in regard to "socialism is true, that it logically ends in free love, and that all the great, writers and leaders of that party so declare is proved by the London dispatch of October 31st, printed in all the dailies. After reading this, popu lists should understand that that there is an impassable gulf bet ;veen populism and socialism. The dis patch reads as follows: London, Oct. 31 The newspa pers of this city are devoting muc'n space to the latest phase of Miss Lancaster, the young lady of weal thy parentage who became a social ist, residing in the working dis tricts of London, and who was de sirous of living with a workmau named Sullivan, a prominent so cialist, although neither of them believed in marriage. The two decided to dispense with any for malities and started housekeeping together, whereupon the young lady's parents consulted a special ist on diseases of the brain and had her confined in an asylum for for the insane. The case attracted much attention, as Miss Lancaster was an eloquent speaker upon socialism. After Miss Lancaster's incarceration in the asylum Sulli van for a time searched for her without result, but eventually he obtained knowledge of her where abouts, and, after seeking the as sistance of the commissioners of lunacy, the release of Miss Lan caster was ordered. At the time the affair was treated as a joke, and Miss Lancaster, who is about 24 years old and fairly good look ing, was called "the woman who would." John Burns, the socalist-labor leader and ex-member of parlia ment, took a leading part in the release of Miss Lancaster. Burns had the pleasure of escorting Miss Lancaster from the asylum to her home, where she and her lover had a levee, which was largely attended by enthusiastic socialists and others who hold the views regarding matrimony entertained by Miss Lancaster and Sullivan. The lovers took occasion to announce to their friends and admirers that they had not in any way clumged their opin ions on the. subject of matrimony and that tjicy intended to carry out their original programme of living together as man and wife without previously going through any relig ious or civil ceremony, such for malities being, in their opinion, useless and stupid. The Marquis of Oueensberry has written a letter on the subject to Sullivan, expressing great interest in the case and offering to contrib ute toward the expenses incurred in obtaining the release of Miss Lancaster, adding: "We doubtless have similar opinions upon mar riage. I advise you, however, to go through the ceremony for the future protection of your wife and children, but the instant it is fin ished protest against it and repudi ate it. Changes may follow. We want changes inthe law. I should like to know you and shake hands with you and your wife." AN EXPLANATION. For several weeks there has seemed to .be something wrong in Chicago populist newspaper re gions. Several things that have appeared in the Sentinel did not have the old ring and clatter of the armor worn by Col. Norton for the last twenty-five years, and one or two things that appeared forced a remonstrance from this paper. Now it is all explained. Col. Norton has sold his interest in the Sentinel, and retired. For twenty live years Col. Norton has battled for the right, and that he is entitled to retire, no one of us, however we may regret it, can deny. That Col. Noitoa had nothing to do with the disgraceful attack upon Chairman Taubencck all will bo glad to know. The follow inn let ter from Mr. Tauhcneck clearly ex plain the whole situation. Col. Norton will still have the resp. 1 1 and admiration if every Inn- popu list, ivhiel. he has so long enioxid. Mr. Taubt neek Utter 1 a bil low. Cot . S. I . Nikiv t tut a4. 111. My Iar Sir: just received a Icttu Iroiii Mr. Maxwtil Matin, thai Jon bad vcred ) mit t uum c lion xv ith tins Wiekly Sentinel oni turn Mm v, nd that be prom ised 'U M write or l 11 lue ot tin jlatt, th it I may know ym was not ! ipoiiMbb lor the fount that paer, a well as the l.vpfes. ha talk, n, I nnuU r tet that I was Hot tubulin d of tin fait neoiH-r. Without publishing my first re ply tu von, or Rivtnjj tl allium u on lth i.bs, the l.xpiess at) I Week U N ntine! made an unwar ranted atlack on me. I received many letters from members of our National committee, as well as others, using harsh language to wards the conduct of these two papers, and blaming you for all. I was of the same opinion, and concluded that if you intended to fight it out before the public on personal grounds, I would expose what any reasorable person would think was double dealing. Many good people have been misled in not knowing that you had severed your connection with the Weekly Sentinel. It is due to the public, as well as you and mjj self, that I make this explanation. I desire for all to know tiiat 1 hereby retract every unkind, un complimentary word used against you in this discussion, and also apologize for the language used and exonerate you from any unfair or unmanly dealing. Hoping that this explanation will, as much as possible, undo the injustice done you, I remain as ever, Fraternally Yours, II. E. Taimiknix K. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Wear a clean apron while ironing or bod -making. To clean bamboo furnituro use a brush dipped In salt water. TheeyesHUouldbe bathed every night in cold water Jtiiit before retiring, and they will do better work the following day. When very tire.l l!n on the back, al lowing every muscle to relax, letting the hands go any way they will, and keep the eyes cloned. Oil stains may bo removed from wall paper by applying for tour hours pipe clay, powdered and mixed with water to the thickness of cream. If you have to sew all day, chungu your seat occasionally, and no obtain rest. Huthing the face and hands will also Htimulate and refresh! For stains In matting from grease, wet. the spot with alcohol, then rub on white castilo soap. Let this dry in a cuke end then waah off with warm milt water. Where it Is desirable to see the tongue of a very snuill child the object may be accomplished by touching the upper Hp with a bit. of sweet oil, which will cause the child to protrude i;s tongue. Sore or inflamed eyes are reMcved by bathing in tepid or warm water in which a little salt has been dissolved. An individual towel should be used in all such cases never one which is usiod in common by members of the family. ... FASHION'S FANCIES. A quaint little costume for a child of four years Is made of white exuhmere. The skirt is plain, save for three bands of satin ribbon. The waist is close fitting, and a yoke is outlined by rib bon bands mulching the skirt. FYom shoulder to elbows the . sleeves are trimmed with the ribbon. Over the sleeve tops and across the front and back Is set a very deep fall of open work embroidery or Irish point lace. A bow of ribbon on either shoulder and a ribbon eash are worn with it. A child of five years has a dress with skirt made of cambric elaborately em broidered. The waist is gathered into a yoke and belt, the sleeves are full puffs to the elbow with wide ruffles of embroidery below An Eton Jacket of velvet and a very wide velvet sash tied with long loops and ends, make an appropriate and dressy finish. A dainty dress for a doll hiw a vel vet petticoat and silk skirt with an embroidered edge. The wnist of silk is elose-fittiuB, and an Eton jacket of velvet Is worn with it. The sleeves are large and have close bands at the wrists. A sailor hat with a wing is set on over the yellow curls. A bonnet for a little girl is made with the crown of solid embroidery. The brim ia of openwork embroidery and lace, and is slightly plaited over the top and falls almost straight down either side of the front. Ribbon string are tied in a bow under the chin. A hat for a tiny girl is made of pl.ilt ings of taffeta set one over nnolher to form a brim. The crown has an up right trimming of the plaiting and there nre very large bows on either side. A dress for a tiny nlil is made of ri-pon In nernrillon plnli from the yoke to the feet. The tdeeves tire very I irge puffs from shouldi-ru fo elbows, with tltt.'d bandd and 11 ruffle of em broidery below. . collar of embroidery extends fur nut over the ideevi-s and l finished at the link with a niching of idalltd 1 lid on I A drc Htil! for a small ln Ik ui.uli vt velvet. Tb k'ifit triiiii'eni and o;it me nf thU 111atrri.1l. Hi viet in of while nil 10 or ollk. ,'lid lln-re are i-tit-in,l'lied tiiriiK t ovir nill.ir nnd iu.Ti of One tumbiic. t r-IGs AND THISTLE. j llvt i v dulUr (Ivt'ti ilui hrf In ih I nm nf I'hriM, itra n.cM abe. Whuo'ver luvr ln U 4 ulnnef. rtn j mjiiir bu murii he m.iy ti l ih i Ti ii rrlliun ttiifftit lo Mni n I trliitU en I be nrM mi t i i i li ruin h , Whjt mini i iil' rn i il pi ii.li it iw by anrtihr mM In tbw t ! TK imIJ i full f rn ti k -r J hv i hunt l pnv tt. 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