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THURSDAY
MAY 28 1896
Following is he platform adopted
by thcrJmocrats of Cherry county in
mass convention assembled Saturday
April
Vfnc Iicmnerats of Cherry oojuity m mass
ronvnatTsi aM niliVoil do niftrT pur allegiance
to tlrv rnnip1is ot Hi Democratic party as
foniHiiatMl bv Ji iiron pwl exemplified by the
illrstrits line of his successors in Democratic
leMltftKhi from MiuIimhi lo Cioelauct
V rjU dcuouinv rhe Kopublutan doctrine of
prolcrtii a a Irunl st rbliny of the sreit
nmjaiit of lh AiiiK n peepk for the benefit
of tht w We ill adhere to and maintain the
3tMwoc atic ihPtruiP of a riiT fr reenue
only5 Yebriic tin interests of the masses
of nrpojaljtKn w 11 be bfst conserved by the
collet t on of such Uvsas shall In- limited to the
neccs ittis of tl urn eminent honestly and
uconttiiicalh iumimiretl
WevDiv s iir faith in the ftme honored doc-
trine r the Dcniociatip paitvas to international
tradi l latioii v iotcrciiar by which the
partieu Miiiir -hall enjoy leciprocal
advantages x uMicethp ham reciprocity
sehOMO of the litiuibliestus which jungles with
the iopks Oestii lr fleer exchanges by pre
tenYinjc to c taMish closer relation while en
artirjr prolnbitiv tariff taxes against those
court ies of the worl i tlwt stand rejdy to take
ottr entire snijtlus ut priHlnct in exchange for
commodities w mci are nectSanejana comforts
ofiL e imoiiriur ovn nijle
thf condition of the public mmd
with relerencc to tip financial nolicy of this
tnnntry and rei omning the importance flf a
Inriirsohitioi ot this quMioo unliesttat
insry impress nir iiialribi opposition to the
rri n i unlimited coinage of except bx
intern ltionsl iii- munt andTitil ik1i
can be piociccd v livor the prsen
stad jrd or value We denounce the action of
the itrjiuhlicau couutx convention in intenton
ailyonittinj to slate its views on this imnorntiit
J oesTi jn as a reivii on of the cowardly and
liocor practices t t at
FxiiL liy mp Piidi tHe idminisiration for its
exeellc ait conduct of puilic hftairs its visorons
forcig i policy and itMinparallellPd management
n ma intaining the prblie credit against -foes
Jroni utiiout and toes from withm
Wa5t for the Fourth of July
Hc Kinleys triumph is democratic
oppor tunity New Yor7t World
The jorth Chicago rilling mills em
hrpLrrvg sl thousaB men Jlivo
after having been closed
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r75tljtbe national organizations of
the Methodist Baptist and Presbyterian-churches
all in session at once
congress ought to adjourn and let thein
run-the- government
The Cleveland World says Mclvinley
will stand on the platform Better
isnt likely to be a movable one
except -possibly the financial plank
and that lie can straddle Delphos 0
Courasit Bepublican
The A P As and McKinley are
getting together Why not They
are both foi republicanism and protec
tion to American industries Spring
view Herald
This4s a candid admission and one
which ew republican papers care to
make
A republican organ deplores the fact
Let silence like a poultice come
and heal the -blows of sound A
noiseless locomotive has been invented
arad is now at work in the jards of the
Sew York Central railroad in 2STew
York City This is a boon to human
ity whose value cannot ie overesti
mated and the inventor deserves
much credit for his invention Emi
nent authorities claim that the loco-
motivq is fully as noiseless as
a republican candidate for president
being interviewed on the finance ques
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a sauna money candidate and adopt a
setnd money platform Going before
the country with sneh n candidate and
such a platform we can I believe
carry Xew York ew Jersey Con
necticut and Indwuia which means
that the country wall be carried by the
democracy
Chairman IlJirrity is in a position to
know what he is talking about and his
words should have great weight with
democrats regardless of their financial
views When masked if it is certain
that the sound money men will control
the convention he answered
I believe it is Theresill be a spir
ited contest Tio doubt but sound mon
ey will prevail One element of the
convention willbe in -favor of free
coinage of silver another will favor a
compromise to catch both the gold and
silver men but the honc3t money men
I am sure will be in the maionty and i
the platform will contain a square de
in favor of the gold standard
And I wiah to predict too that the
platform will in the end be adopted
by the whole convention I consider
the talk about bolting as nonsense
The democrats will express their views
and fight till a vote is taken Then all
will fall in line with the majority
These opinions are and should be
-endorsed oy all true democrats The
growing habit of bolting is a repre
hensible one and we sincerely hope
that it w31 not spread to the national
convention Any man who will attend
that convention with ttie intention of
bolting if the majority is against him
is a fraud and undeserving of the sup
port of honest men The - national
convention should bear the same rela
tion to politics that the Supreme Court
does to law and while its decisions
may be questioned they should be re
garded as final and respected accord
ingly Otherwise the object in hold
ing national conventions namely the
desire to obtain an expression of the
will of the majority is defeated and
-politics becomes a farce
11141 - IIK l4IITll 1VI1I1I VUIIC - Til till -- - a
uu wwi xi w Av ALimster to d arkey lerreii nas an
cents mgner tnan tne domestic pro- g7rered his criUo s and it seems that 1e
duct and concludes therefrom that
free wool decreases the price of the
American flece and increases the
prico of the foreign article Wonder
if that man ever saw two articles of the
r Bame nature which differed in quality
as well as price
ilowa democrat declared for free
silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 and en
dorsed Horace Boies for piesident
Boies has never declared himself
for -16 to 1 he is in fact opposed to it
although he favors bimetallism and
the enactment of such Jaws as will
maintain the parity of gold and silver
He sought to have a plank embodying
-his financial views substituted for that
declaring for 16 to 1 in the Iowa plat
form but was turned down
AN EFFECTIVE STRIKE
Probably the most unique and atthe
same time effective strike and boycott
everknown is that of the street ear
men at Milwaukee The -strike has
been on for about four weeks and no
acts of violence have 3een reported
Plenty of men were found to take the
place of the stiikers and the cars are
run regularly but the only passengers
tlsey carry are the motoneers and con
ductors Everybody walks or patron
izes the buses carryalls and express
wagons furnished bv the strikers and
run parallel with the car tracks No
borcott has been ordered but if a
business man is seen riding on a street
car it means for him social ostracism
and the loss of most of his trade sym
pathy for the strikers is so strong
The women annoy the non union men
by evtry means tne iertne Drain ot a
sympathetic daughter of Eve can de
vise Such being the case the street
railway company will have to soon
capitulate The laboring men of other
cities shoula profit by the example set
in Milwaukee and when forced to
strike do so in a quiet orderly manner
Public sympathy will then be with
instead of against them
has been guilty being polite to the
sultan After tbe noise has hushed it
turns out that not one American life
has been lost and t hat the sultan never
refused a favor asfeed by the American
representative Ar English consul was
killed several Freuoh and Italian
priests lost their live and a Russian
vice consul was wounded
American life had bean lost
critics would have demanded
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If an
Terrells
that he
produce the sultans bend at Washing
ton Sioux City Tribtme
California republicans declare vigor
ously for free silver 16 to 1 and Mc
Kinley Are they fools -or knaves
The idea of McKinley being fit for a
silver advocate to vote for Only last
year he said If the republican plat
form declares for free coinage3 I will
not be a candidate I will not run on
a free silver platform Norfolk In
dependent
WBauxtwi ixxrEWKaxm 1 a iwti
The Wilson tariff will this year pro
duce 30000000 more revenue than
did the McKinley tariff in the last
year of its existence This is an in
controvertible tact Paradoxical as it
may seem the republicans want to
j aise the tariff to reduce the revenue
as McKinley did in 1890 and raise it
again to produce more revenue as
they now claim it will do
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CHERRY SCUKTY IHCEPEKDrHT
DEMOCRATIC OPPORTUNITY 1 Inview of affi the talk about
democratic national committee re
cently said in an interview in New
York that the democrats are by no
means sa hopeless as the republican
newspapers picture them Speakiag
of the national convention he said
There is no doubt now that
national convention will name
silver
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William Jb U arrity chairman of the -basing been demonetized and not bang
a fegal tender the following from the
National Bimetallist of May Q will be
of interest to thdse who wish to know
the truth about the matter
In response to numerous inquiries
MEMORIAL DAY
Thirty years have passed since the
close of the civil war vand today the
United States are united in fact as well
aa in name and those thirty years ot
peace and quiet have served to unite
the followers of Grant and Sherman
with those ot Lee and Jackson Sat
urday May -30 is the day set apart for
exercises commemorative of the affec
tion and veneration we bear for the
dead heroes who participated m that
eventful struggle of five years
The day is not especially devoted to
oratorical display but carries with it
the beautiful custom known only to
our own land of strewing flowers on
the graves of the honored dead This
of itself is one of the most touching as
well as beautiful ceremonies known to
mankind and should serve to instil in
the hearts of all a feeling of patriotism
and love for our native land that nei
ther time nor absence from home can
eer efface
The orations of the day should not
be of a partisan nature political or
sectional Its observance is calculated
to promote patriotism and brotherly
love not to breed distrust or discord
AH over our broad land the day will be
observed usually under the auspices
of the Grand Armv of the Renublic or
the Union Teterans Union those two
organizations composed of soldiers
who wore the blue and this year more
than ever will those who wore the gray
participate in tne exercises This is
as it should be Occupying prominent
places on the program of our local ex
ercises we find the names of a son and
daughter of Confederate soldiers
The day is without political signifi
cance All men who wore the blue
were not republicans all men who
wore the gray were not democrats
On historys page no uaraes sbine with
greater luster than McClellan Hancock-
Shields and Porter who fought
for tiie Union and voted the demo
cratic ticket among those whp battled
for the lost cauee none showed more
valor than Longtreet Mahone Mosby
Wyckham and Walker who advocated
the republican cause and voted the
ticket
The day is not one of celebration
it is one of sorrowr rather Time has
healed rhe wounds of many and grief
is less poignant than in years gone by
yfc tears and sorrow luther than laugh-
ter and gayety should predominate on j
Memorial Dr F iT ssess sndlova
murft be extended to those erring ones
who fought so nobly for lvhat -they
ponsidered right not curses and abuse J
ilntnp Cn l x rt T1TV fll I MntlCN
Empire scretehing wide lier arms over
al the landed portions of garth grazing
on her hills and meadows horses and
cattle that shall stand first in the mar
ket of the world sending forth proud
vessles that shall ride as monarchs of
the seas View her capital metropolis
of the world with its palaces cathe
drals courts fountains parks and
gardens Wander through Westmin
ster Abbey where lievside by side the
dust and ashes of the conqueror and
conquered where lie the remains of
poets warriors kings
Shift the fancy to a summer clime
where the gayety of France and the
wave kissed zephyrs of the Loire greet
the weary traveler and see on every
hand the abundant reward awaiting
the agriculturalist the numerous
manufactories of silken fabrics the
school of culture and refinement whose
teachings have placed the French first
in the society of the world and made
Paris the center of fashion
Far to the southeast Italy extends
decked in florid beauty Whatever
fruits are found in other climes what
ever blooms in torrid tracts here seem
kindred to the soil Here history
oratory poetry philosophy education
arts and statesmanshiphave flourished
each in its time
Visit Rome and feast the eyes on
the architecture that displays almost
divine skill Enter her library and
read iEneid Iliad Odyssey The His
tory of Rome the Philippics the
Triumphant Ode productions from
Greek and Roman pens that lift the
soul and cause the nerves to vibrate
through the human frame
Behold the United States But here
language has lost her puny power and
even tears seem weak to express the
mingled feelings of pride and awe as
we gaze on our own loved land with the
proud Father of Waters flowing in its
majesty from Minnesota to the Gulf
with her lakes the greatest fresh
water bodies of the world and her
mountains mines of wealth and treas
ure We see Niagara Yellowstone
Park the Garden of the Gods the
Queen of Lakes the Prairie City the
Literary Emporium and each helps to
imprint deeper the patriot passion on
our hearts
Scattered throughout the whole na
tion are manufactories of almost every
known article of traffic schools and
instituted colleges where the youth
ful citizens of the republic can be edu
cated and prepared to fill offices of
trust and responsible positions in pub
lic and private life We are furnished
with an abundance of the best possi
ble literature in newspapers magazines
and numerous volumes on a variety of
subjects We are governed by codes
of laws which it would be hard to sur
pass and u Walk on freedoms soil with
freedoms banner streaming oer
Our oceans- arer spanned with cables
and our states are connected by wires
by means of which we communicate
thoughts with the rapidity of the
lightnings flash commerce is carried
on speedily and conveniently with the
steam ship ana the locomotive and
cotton is made the staple product of
the southern states by the cotton gin
But pause for a moment have God
and Mature given all this and adapted
it to the use ot man while he has
quietly reclined on the couch of sloth
History answers no Tis said God
helps those who help themselves and
history verifies the statement It has
been established by experience that
idleness is a monster which hardens
benumbs debases not only the body
but the mind as well and diminishes
the power of both mind and body to
enjoy the good things of this life And
on the other hand employment is the
great secret of success and happiness
and if all men had a better share of
worthy employment there would be
fewer cries of hard times and grim
visaged starvation would be expelled
from our land
Tis labor not in the sense of mere
drudgery but efforts to accomplish
some end which nas a high aim and
a noble purpose for its foundation
and stimulus that has since the crea
tion bpeu the universal motive power
which moves the soldiers sword the
politicians brain the orators tongue
the writers pen and the -painters
brush
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and immortalized their names by
standing still with folded hands wait
ing until some power should be mirac
ulously granted them to hold their na
tions spellbound but they have made
laborious and frightful endeavors to
rise Demosthenes as a boy sickly
awkward stammering shut himself up
in an underground room and copied
the history of Thucydides eight times
that he might be infused with its
thought and energy filled his mouth
I withpebbles and exercised his voice on
the seashore until it rang out full and
dear above the tumult of the tide
Shakespeare the greatest literary
genius the modern world has known
and who arose in his time as a lily
above the dark waters of the pond
has not left his numerous volumes to
inspire fucure generations without a
life of activity and labor
In America we see the greatest
arisen from the ranks by labor What
more noble character is to be found in
history ithan Abraham Lincoln who
sustained and preserved the Union
during the trying days of the civil war
Who has contributed more to science
and the art of invention than Benja
min Franklin who with a steel key
and silk kiie and string drew lightning
fromthe clouds chained it and placed
it within the grasp of man He was
not bom to wealth and luxury but
mounted round by round the ladder
of success by effort ever following the
adage Seest thou a man diligent in
his business and he shall stand before
king3 And he in truth did stand
before kings and in that capacity did
much to mould the destiny of our
great Republic The greatest laurels
won by American authors have been
placed on the brow of Whittier in
whoes boyhood thiough a torn straw
hat crept the sunbeam to give his
face that ruddy glow and rich brown
which bespeaks a -store of boyish
health His bare brown -feet left their
prints on hills and meadows as with
turned up trousers he marched to his
own whistled tunes to paint his lips
with strawberries from the hill and
learn a lore of nature not to be- found
in books
We would not have you think that
weconsider him whoi keeps the shop
and mart- who carries on commerce
and trade who tills the soil and makes
it yield an abundance to- supply the
wants -of man and enriches the world
who digs deep1 into the bowels of the
fcarth and makes it yield up its yellow
treasure who guides the vessel safely
across the stormy ocean is degrading
himself far frorm it He is the one
whomakes the happy home and the
law abiding citizen who sees the world
with a smile and dares to look it in
the face
Gleaning verses from historys scat
tered pages it is at once apparent that
all great events in the worlds history
and all the domestic joys of nations
are the outcome of incessant toil We
see our western plains once known as
the Great American Desert dotted
with happy home and populous cities
which have been planted by the hand
of labor Shops manufactories ware
houses school buildings and church
spires dawn -upon the vision on every
hand East and west are made one
by the iron rail
What has been the foundation of
our present condition of liberty Was
it not a desire for freedom and a labor
to attain it Was it not labor prompt
ed by the noble purpose of freeing
themselves from the yoke of English
tyrants when our forefathers stood up
and bore their noble bosoms to th
whistling shot and shell on the battle
fields of Germantown Brandy wine and
Bunker Hill
Let us for a moment consider a
question which Is the subject of much
comment in newspapers and magazines
of the present time The place that
woman holds and should hold in the
affairs of a civilized nation Those
who are awake to all the latest dis
coveries in science and the current
events of history who are educating
themselves up to the highest standard
of the male sex are they not preform
ing labor in preparation equal to any
of their brothers if it is by am
bition men have gained wealth fame
influence and position so if woman is
willing to make equal efforts should
not society grant to her the same right
to tame power and influence We
think it should and as a natural out
come of -effort it will Each day sees
her rise higher in tlie educational
social and business circles of the world
Even though her right to such position
There are those who seem to beu dbVed oud
i gifted by nature with talents and ca
pabilities which will make them lead
ers among men but even these do not
nso tp blights of fame without an
itnartai t her cnifU am
her bliss at labors call whether
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the
part be acted by man or woman
Again viewing life from a spirilu
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Nnhire a inottevklml alike -all
Grants her blissxt Labors Earvwt Coll
Unroll before you the glowing pan-
the National Bimetallist will state orama nf nadns and beheld an
that siver dollars aie
for all
fuMlegaltenaei rerj reaims with their takes rivers
debts public and ivateexceyt
forest dU d wWe extenled
expresslv stipulated in the con- -
where
tract This is the provision of the
Bland Allison act of 1878 and it is
stiH in force
Business men throughout the courr
try have a profound distrust of Mc
kinley on account of his record on the
-currency question and his present si
lence and I do not believe that dis
trust can be removed by the adoption
of a sound money platform by the St
Louis convention Even if McKinley
should speak out later the distrust
would remain in a greater or less de
gree for business men cannot under
stand why any man should hesitate to
give his views on such an important
question as the currency William F
Harrity
One of the most unique publications
ever turned out of a print shqp is The
Comet the first numbeij r of which
struck this office the othefday caus
ing the oflice catto have a fit but other
wise doing no damage The Comet is
a 3 column folio published by our old
friend Morris Church in the interest of
anti monotony and is issued from
the office of the Bassett Eagle which
paper owes its neat appearance to his
connection with the mechanical de
partment and will no doubt prove a
strong factor in the fight against mo
notony and kindred evils
A special from Chadron dated May
21st says A secret caucus of repub
licans was held in this city this even
ing which selected the republican can
didates for senator in the Fourteenth
senatorial and Fifty third representa
tive districts Frank Currie of Whit
ney was chosen for representative and
8 Backey of Ainsworth for senator
Mr Backey is well known to The
Democrat and his candidacy causes
no surprise but we hardly thought his
boom would be launched from a secret
caucus Maybe the Chadron politi
cians were a little previous
result of accident
thenes the two
Cicero and Dern os
greatest
orators that
fame nre not the only worthy aims or
existence which are attained by labor
ever lived have not swayed multitudes but character the one thing which
comes back with the mourner from the
portals of the tomb is often gained
only by the severest struggles and the
most heartrending trials Character
with the imlnence it sheds around it
lasts throughout eternity Is it not
well worthy our most ambitions efforts
then to make for ourselves a charac
ter whose light shall shine and warn
other souls from the rocks and shoals
of life and whose radiance shall gleam
in splendor on the judgement day
What the nation most needs what
the world most needs today is more
men and women with kind hearts and
willing hands Activity is the beauty
of life On a beautiful summer morn
ing when the thronged streets of the
city or the varied beauties of the land
scape are spread out before us when
but to be seems pleasant then is ifc
unalloyed joy to know that we are
carrying out a part of the Creators
divine plan to go forth among our
fellow men performing with a willing
hand such duties as all can find to do if
possessed of kind hearts Every hand
must be busy aud every mind must be
occupied then and not until then will
America see her greatest glory and
her citizens their greatest prosperity
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LUXURY OF SKABBINESS
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Being Occasionally In Olti Clothe Tirlnga
a of freedom
There is a luxury in shabbiness which
exceeds any feeling which has its root-
in pride It is the luxury of a kind
which loves above all things to avoid
trouble and to feel the advantage of a
sort of disguise which increases real
freedom of action When
Bashid xvent about in Eagdad in the
disguise of a merchant he probably felt
twice as powerful as he did xvhen he
sat on the throne of the Caliphs for he
felt twice as free H was free to act
like an ordinary citizen and yet free
also to assume his sovereign poxver afc
pleasure To ordinary men the comfort
of shabbiness where shabbiness is not
imposed upon thenr oy their narroxv in
come is that5 they feel really at liberty
to spend exactly as they please without
conforming to anybody elses judgment
of xvhat it xvould become them to do
Besides even the richest man or woman
is unwilling to expose good clothes to
injury or ruin whereas it is sometimes
quite a relief to find a suitable occasion
for finally repudiating clothes of which
one is weary partly because they are
so shabby more because like old serv
ants they are so presuming and seem
to claim a right over you and take f or
granted that you can never turn off such
old and tried friends
iNToxv if the conventions of society re
strict your liberty in one waj the hab
its of xvhich you have got xveary restrict
itin another and you never feel so free
as -when you are dressed in shabby
clothes for the protection of xxliich you
feel no kind of anxiety and which you
xvould not be sorry for an opportunity
of finally discarding The last uses of a
shabby suit are the1 pleasantest ones
You feel no responsibility for them and
yet you are not xvilling to ind an oppor
tunity for a rupture xx ith a disguise
xx hich you begin to think a little tin
worthy of you In shabby clothes you
persuade yourself that your dignity is
all interior and that you have no need
of dress to sustain it But none the less
3ou anticipate xvithout unmixed regret
the prospect of assuming a costume
more in proportion to your intrinsic
merits And when you can combine
the freedom of a nearly worn out dress
xvith the anticipations of easting off the
chrysalis and coming forth like a but
terfly you are probably at the high
water mark of self atis faction To
unite the keen sense of being abox e dress
xvith an equally keen snse of being
fully entitled io dress well and of the
intention to justify that title is perhaps
the very acme of any luxury that
clothes can confer You enjoy x our
proud superiority doubly first in parad
ing your indifference to the accidents
of dress and next to the immediate
prospect of properly asserting that
superiority on a fitting and near oc
casion X Y Ledger
A Disappointing Haul
Some folks y said a fisherman that
if a fish once gets into a pound net ifc
never gets out until it is taken out but
as a matter of fact fish often get out of
pound nets It is common for sheeps
bead bluefish Spanish mackerel and
shad to get out of them Ive been to a
pound net on a Sunday and counted 285
bluefish and xvhen the net xvas hauled
on Monday found only four or five The
fish get in and if they find the opening
and get started right can get out
They f olloxv one another like a flock of
sheep Chicago News
He before niafesc Some of
your angel cake darinjg It is angel
cake I suppose Dscausu an angel made
it sxveetheart He after marriage
Gniph angel cake You call it that
I suppose because its soggy enough
to make a lot of people into angels if
they xvere fools enough to eat it
-Somerville Journal
Txvo Views of Txvins I never xvas
so mortified m all 1113- life she ex
claimed What xvas the matter asked
her dearest friend -My maid told me
that my fiance xvas in the reception
room Yes And I threw mv arms
around him and kisPtl him twice be
fore I discovered that it was his twin
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coii engaged ton twin rm tne eon-
trary I think I
sfciJl look for one Ifc V
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