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Published Erery Thursday by
The Herald PrtHshini Company.
T. J. O'KEEFE . . Editor
J. 13, KNIKST . I . . Associate Editor
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Entered at the pastoflice at Alliance,
Nebraska, for transmission through the
mails, as second-class matter.
Bryan's Itinerary in Western Nebraska
Following is the correct schedule of
W. J. Bryan's speaking tour through
this section:
Norfolk May 29, afternoon,
Spencer May 30, 0 a. m.
O'Neill May 30, 3:30 p. m.
Long Pino May 30. 6 p. m.
Ainsworth May 30, at night.
Valentine! Sunday, May 31.
Chadron June 1, morning.
Crawford June i, 12:30 p. m.
Alliance Juno i, at night.
Scottjbluff Juno 2, 10:30 a. m.
Kimball and Harrisburg Juno 2, af
ternoon. Sidney Juno 2, night.
Important Notice
There will be a business meeting at
the court house hall immedi
ately after the Bryan speaking next
Monday night, to which everybody who
believes in the principles advocated by
Mr. Bryan is earnestly requested to be
present. Messrs. Arthur F. Mullen
and Chris M. Grucnther, president and
secretary, respectively, of the Bryan
Volunteers of Nebraska, will be pres
ent. As to the work of this organiza
tion and concerning Mr. Grucnther we
urge you to read the article from the
Columbus Telegram entitled ''Tho Way
to Win," which js. reprinted iu this is-
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sue of Tho Herald.
The Way to Win
From tho Columbus Tolefiraml
Mobs have sometimes defeated a dis
ciplined army, but not often. Unor
ganized public sentiment in behalf of a
public cause has sometimes been able
to defeat organized and disciplined op-
position to that cause, but not often.
With tbia .statement. of history the Tel
egram 'asks the frionds of Mr. Bryan to
carefully read the following article irom
tho Omaha World'Herald:
For the most part the Omaha Bee, as the
organ and mouthpiece of tho republican
party of Nebraska, is right in making this
statement of political conditions:
Nebraska domocrntlc organs arc entitled to
all tlio solnco they cnti got out of tho fact that
U10 republicans uro already setting about tho
work of completing and Improving thclrpurty
organization with a view to tho coming presi
dential campaign. Orgunlziitlon counts In po
litical buttles, as In military battles, and tho
superior organization of tho republicans In
Nebriiskn.ns contrasted with that of tho dem
ocrats, Is to bo credited, In ltirgo part, for the
steadily growing republican majorities. Ah
long an tho republicans keep us fur ahead of
tho democrats In the matter of organization
us they uro now thcrn will bo noiUittlon about
Nebraska's position in tho republican column,
It may be unpalatable, hut it is the (ruth.
Republican victories in Nebraska of late
years have been due to superior republican
organization. In almost every campaign
the democrats have had the advantage so
far as regards the issues and tho merits of
the contest. They won campaign after
campaign on paper. And on election day
tho republicans have won by virtue of their
organization; an organization which the
democrats had practically nothing to op
pose. Democratic organization in Nebras
ka has been a poor and sorry affair during
these years, a pretense rather than a real
ity, and so the party has been rather a mob
than a well-led, disciplined army.
It yet remains to be seen whether there
is to be a change this year. In C. M.
Gruenther, of Platte county, secretary of
the state committee and of the Bryan Vol
unteers, Nebraska democrats have an or
ganizer of masterly ability, who has skill,
courage, experience, and a genius for tak
ing infinite pains. Hut he and his associ
ates can do nothing unless they are given
the support they must have by the demo
crats of every county and every precinct.
To the members of the democratic state
committee, to the members of democratic
county committees, to members of Bryan
Volunteers, to the loyal democrats in every
cltf, town and road district in the state,
the World-Herald commends a soulful
study of the Bee's statement of the case.
It is organization that wins, and it takes a
miracle to win without it.
We-testify to the truth of the state
ment of facts made by the editor of the
Bee as to party organization, and we
commend the appeal of the World-Herald
for a better democratic organization
in this state. And the friends of Mr.
Brvan can have that good organization
which they desire if they will get be
hind Secretary Grcunther to gather the
party workers Into-an organized army
for the apprbachiug campaign. He
does not appeal for money. He wants
men men with tug courage of their
convictions meiiW.ho.will join the state
oganization of Bryan Volunteers, or
some local Bryan club men who lia'Vo'
enough hcart'in tho cause to inako some
littlo offering of time or talents men
who. will keep the. officers of the state
committee and tho Bryan Volunteers
posted every day and hour as to the
best locations wlfero work may be done
and votes mado for Bryan. That's
what Secretary Grucnther wants, and
that's what every democratic paper in
the state should urge in his behalf. All
his heart, and all his brain, and all his
brawn ho freely gives to a causo and a
leader dear, and his masterly organiz
ing powers will win Nebraska for Bryan
if only tho believers in Bryan and his
principles will do their part. Remem
ber, you men who love Bryan, that Sec
retary Gruenther needs your help in tho
present campaign. Ho wants men of
good heart to enlist in his army of de
votion to a righteous cause, promising
no pay to any soldier, savo only that
rich reward which will bo the portion of
every man who docs a good part in the
battle now to be fought between lovers
of liberty and simple justice on the one
side, and the beneficiaries of organized
greed on the other.
Are you with him? Then join your
home Bryan club today. If there is no
such club in your city, village or town
ship, then organise, one instantly. Ad
mit men to membership without any fee
or dues. Those of you who can afford
a small offering for state committee ex
penses should pay tho small tee for mem
bership in the state organization of Bry
an Volunteers, and you should do it to
day. Remember, you friends of Bryan,
that tho corporation enemy never rests.
His hands arc strong and his purse is
full. But you can smother that enemy
in Nebraska if you will get behind Sec
retary Grucnther and push.
How can you help? There are many
ways. You can help by organizing
Bryan clubs in every district in the state.
You can help by personal appeal to re
publicans whom you know to bo friend
ly to tho principles which Bryan cham
pions. You can help by keeping in
touch with Secretary Gruenther, an
swering all his letters thts day they are
received. You can help by aiding him
in making perfect the poll of the state
which he is now planning. And finally,
if you trulv believe in Bryan and his
cause you can help by speaking a good
word for the man and the cause when
ever opportunity shall offer.
Why? " ..: ,.,.:
The attention of our readers is called
to the significant and undisputed fact
that the big newspapers, the big corpo
rations and the big trusts are against
Mr. Bryan.
Why are these interests opposed to
Mr. Bryan! The best answer can be
found in the fact that these same inter
ests became opposed to PresidentRoose
velt as soon as he began to inaugurate
the doctrine of the "Square Deal,"
Every day you meet lifelong republi
cans who volunteer the information that
if Mr. Taft aud Mr. Bryan are the pres
idential nominees, they will support Mr,
Bryan. There are several hundred of
these in this county, and it is the same
everywhere. Four years ago thousands
of democrats voted for Roosevelt, and
doubtless many of them would do so
again were he nominated, but Taft men
will be a scarce commodity this fall,
Mr. Taft is the choice of the classes
but he can never square himself with
the laboring masses.
District Court Concludes
Court adjourned today. There being
several cases not ready for trial at this
term, Judge Harrington will return in
about two months to hold another session.
The case of Herbert Anderson vs. R,
Noleman, to quiet title to a quarter section
of land, was continued. The case of the
State vs. Volley Wilson wasalsocontinued.
Mrs. Helena Ridgell was granted a di
vorce from W. S. Ridgell.
Myrtle Robinson was granted divorce
from Clarence . Robinson and defendant
given custody of son.
Mary Helebrant was granted a decree
from Frank Helebrant, with S200 alimony
and Sioo attorney fees.
Tin case of Thos. Shrewsbury vs. Al.
Wiker, contesting Wiker's right to the of
fice of sheriff, was dismissed.
The replevin case of Otto vs. Richard
son was settled out of court,
Tho case of Hashman vs. Leith, in which
Si 500 was asked for damages from a fire
set out by Leith, the jury found for plain
tiff to the amount of $957.50 and costs,
Suits by other parties against Leith were
settled out of court.
The divorce case of Amelia Johnson vs.
Emmett Johnson consumed all of Wednes
day, nearly 70,000 words of testimony be
ing submitted. The Johnsons resided on
a ranch in the western part of the county.
They have been married twenty-eight years
and have a family of eight children, all of
whom are favorable to the mother. Di
vorce was granted and division of property
made, plaintiff being awarded 1440 acres
of land, subject to mortgage of $3,000, and
defendant 320 acres of deeded land, bis
homestead of 480 acres, and personal prop
erty consisting of about fifty head of cattle,
An Official's Plea
For a Nonpartisan
View of Officials.
By GEORGE B. McCLELLAN, Democnt. Miyor of New York.
ESS than four years
elected aa their cbiof magistrate an honest and consci
entious man. They know what ho waa and what ho
represented. TILEY KNEW HIS IDEALS, HIS
HOPES, inS PURPOSES, and had they stopped
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to think nbont thn
known what to expect from his election. Now that tho inevitable has
occurred, instead of accepting it, thoso who a few months ago woro
loudest in his praise aro THE MOST VITUPERATIVE LN
.THEIR DENUNCIATION". It is not so long since that thoso who
disagreed with him ran the risk of being charged with lezo majesty by
tho vory'newspapors that now oven question hi3 honesty of purpose.
When you believe that your party is doing right STAND BY IT.
When you boliovo that a public official is doing his duty STAND UP
FOR HIM. It is only human for you to think that woro you in his
place you could do bettor than ho is doing. But tho chances aro alto
gether that you could not, and, besides, you have no idea under what
difficulties ho may be laboring.
DON'T PULL DOWN; BUILD UP. DON'T ANATHEMATIZE THE
POLICIES OF GOVERNMENT UNLESS YOU HAVE 80METHINQ BET
TER TO SUGGE8T IN THEIR PLACE. DON'T SENSELESSLY OP
POSE THE PARTY IN POWER FOR DOING WHAT YOU WOULD
VERY LIKELY DO YOURSELF HAD YOU THE CHANCE. DONT
CRY OUT AGAINST YOUR SUCCESSFUL OPPONENT FOR STEALING
YOUR THUNDER WHEN HE IS PROBABLY APPLYING IT BETTER
THAN YOU COULD.
Make up your minds in what fundamental principles you beliovo
and why you believe in them. Then, no matter how you may, adapt
them or apply them, adhero loyally and honestly to thoso principles
so that you may say with Pericles, "Wo alone regard a man who takes
no interest in public affairs not as a harmless but as a useless char
acter, and if few of us aro originators wo aro all sound judges of
policy."
Religion Divorced From Life
And Humanity Brutalized.
By RABBI TOBIAS SCHANFAR.BER. of Chlcitfo.
R
UMANITY has not advanced to tho height destined for it
because men have divorced religion from life. They have
MADE RELIGION SYNONYMOUS WITH RITUAL
ISM AND DOGMATISM. But religion is everything or
it is nothing. Its influenco should bo felt in tho home, tho busy marts
of life, tho legislative halls, tho pamo as in tho church or synagogue.
. WE NEED A LITTLE LES POLITICS IN RELIGION AND JK
LITTLE MORE RELIGION IN POLITICS. WE HAVE COMMERCIAL
IZED RELIGION WHEN WE SHOULD HAVE RELIGIONIZED COM
MERCE. It is when ritualism takes tho place of righteousness that pious
deacons of tho church permit thdmselves to rent out their property to
low brothels for immoral purposes becauso this nets them a larger re
turn than when rented to respectablo families. What can wo expect
of those1 who aro not affiliated with church or synagoguo when thoso
who aro devotees at religion's shrine rent their tumbledown, ram
shackle, uninhabitablo tenement houses to tho poor becauso this brings
them usurious returns ?
H
It would be nothing short of a blessing if some firo should sweep
out of existenco these dilapidated tenement houses, for they aro THE
MOST PROLIFIC BREEDERS OF THE WHITE SCOURGE
that claims 150,000 victims annually in this country.
It is when pious frauds, wolves in sheep's clothing, divorco reli
gion from lifo that they permit themselves to perpetuate THE
SWEATSHOP EVIL, another foul breeder of death and destruc
tion, and find excuses to continuo tho INFAMOUS CHILD LABOR
inhumanity and the barbarous factory conditions that send thousands
upon thousands to untimely graves.
THE GREAT PRESIDENT OF THESE UNITED STATES OF
RIGHT IS INSISTENT IN HIS DEMANDS THAT LAWS BE ENACTED
ALONG THESE LINES BY OUR LAWMAKING BODIES. HE IS
SPEAKING SIMPLY THE LANGUAGE OF RELIGION AND CLOTHING
HIMSELF IN THE ROYAL GARMENTS OF THE PROPHET8 OF IS
RAEL AND HUMANITY WHEN HE THUNDERS INTO THE EARS
OF THE DO NOTHING LAWMAKERS IN CONGRESS HIS DEMAND
FOR JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS. HE WOULD HAVE THEM
AND ALL PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THE HOMELY VIRTUES
OF RELIGION SHOULD COLOR OUR EVERY THOUGHT AND GIVE
DIRECTION TO OUR EVERY ACT.
"Watered Stock" a Definition
Of Legalized Larceny.
By Governor JOHN A.
c
HE tendency of tho great
ference of tho elephant to tho worm is too common.
FALSE CAPITALIZATION IS ONE OF THE GREAT
CAUSES THAT HAVE BROUGHT A SHOCK TO THE FAITH
OF THE PEOPLE. WATERED STOCK IS THE MIRAGE IN THE
DESERT OF OUR COMMERCIAL LIFE. THE BILLION DOLLAR
STEEL TRUST, QUOTED AT 75 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR TODAY AND
AT 8 CENT8 TOMORROW, TYPIFIES THE CLASS.
Watered stock has become a COMMON PHRASE OF LEGAL
IZED LARCENY. H tho mad race is to stop beforo tho runner
falls, corporate business must bo reorganized on a rational basis. No
corporation should bo permitted by law to issue a share of stock that
does not stand for paid in cash and is not certified to by stato exami
nation. Every dollar invested in a commercial enterprise should ear,n
a fair profit, and ovory investor is entitled to? a' fair rate of interest
on his investment. But ho is not entitled to a rate of interest and
profit on STOCK WHICH HAS NO BASIS.
Public service corporations, railway corporations and pther corpo
rations fix a charge altogether out of proportion to the investmept.
ago tho people of this country
mnttnr nt nil t.hnv wmilrl rmvn
JOHNSON of Minnesota.
to crush til small with the indif
ROOSEVELTCONTRDLS
The Republican Party Nothing
but a Name.
TAFT TO BE THE NOMINEE.
President Has 80 Decreed, and 400 Fed
eral Employees Will Do Hit Bidding.
White House Autocracy Has Dis
gusted G. O. P. Leaders Mr. Bryan
at' the Governors' Conference About
John Mitchell.
By WILLIS J. ABBOT.
This administration Is making histo
ry, and the sincerity of purpose of the
president conquers even those public
men who question his policies and who
are Inclined to resent tho gradual In
crease In the federal power for which
he so emphatically stands. Tho confer
once of tho governors of the states of
this Union held at the White House
was a notable event and will by future
historians be estimated ns one of tho
great political occurrences of the early
years of the twentieth century. Pres
ident Roosevelt has done many clever
things, but none more clover than this
one. lie brought together Democratic
governors Insistent upon state rights
and Republican governors who are In
clined to look leniently upon the ex
tension of the federal power. He har
monized them so that all went away
applauding his programme. He brought
ns distinguished citizens In private lifo
Mr. James J. Hill and Mr. Andrew
Carnegie, Mr. W. J. Bryan and Mr.
.Tohn Mitchell, who fraternized and,
wit Vut -rlflclng any of their Indi
vidual beliefs or convictions, parted
tho best of friends and equally devot
ed to tho purposes for which tho con
ference was cailod.
It would bo futile and foolish to as
sert that no politics was talked by the
delegates to the convention. But the
two statesman whose names nppear
most frequently In discussion of the
Democratic presidential nomination
talked no politics for publication. Nei
ther Mr. Bryan nor Governor Johnson,
though pursued Incessantly by newspa
per men, said one word concerning any
personal candidacy for the nomination.
Mr. Brynn utterly refused to give any
Interviews on political matters, and his
speech before the governors, which
was received with such enthusiasm as
tho White House neer before wit
nessed, had not one line In It that could
be described as pnrtlsan. Neverthe
less Mr. Bryan left tho conference a
.stronger man than when ho went In.
He had shown the governors and the
delegates that he stood for certain Is
sues that were not necessarily partisan
and that he was quite as able to ap
plaud the president upon Issues which
he believed to be right ns to oppose
those ho thought wrong. There was no
more enthusiastic reception given to
any one, not to the president himself,
than that given to Mr. Bryan when he
spoke.
What the Governors Thought.
After the conference was over rep
resentatives of a New York paper
which is bitterly antagonistic to Mr.
Bryan polled the governors on their
preferences for a presidential nominee.
Here Is the result: livery Democratic
governor was for Bryan; every Repub
lican governor who did not come from
n state having u "favorite son" was for
Tnft. Governor Folic of Missouri said
in my presence: "Missouri's vote nt
Denver will bo cast for Mr. Bryan. It
Is well known that I am n supporter of
him." Governor Comer of Alabama
said, "I am for Brynn and believe that
he will bo nominated nud elected."
On the Republican side perhaps the
strongest statement mnde by any one
outside of the states In which "favor
ite pons" are being urged was that
from Governor Warner of Michigan,
who said: "Quote me In the most vig
orous terms as being in favor of Taft.
The entire state of Michigan Is for him,
and I have no doubt that he will be
nominated and elected."
Here In Washington there has ceased
to be any doubt of the nomination of
Tnft, but every tiny the doubt of his
election Is becoming more general.
A Story From Alaska.
Thomas Cale, territorial delegate
from Alaska, elected on n nonpartisan
ticket, told to a number of friends In
the house cloakroom the other day n
story which has no particular political
bearing, but which has some Interest
as showing the enthusiasm which Mr.
Brynn Is able to awnken among his
supporters. Mr. Cale was n miner In
the far recesses of tho Klondike In
1890. A paper In Dawson rejoicing In
the name of tho Dally Nugget prepar
ed during that militant year of poll
tics a golden souvenir and Invited Its
readers to vote ns to whether It should
be given to Mr. McKInley or Mr. Bry
an. Tho editor of the paper was n Re
publican and .hnd no doubts ns to
what dliectlon the gift would take.
Tho souvenir was a golden circle
within which were feuspended small
models of the miners' tools, the pick,
the windlass, the pan nnd the other
necessaries of the prospector. Tho
election was held on Canadian soil
nnd was, of course, purely a senti
mental affair. Thomas Cale traveled
on foot sixty miles from his camp In
the Klondike wilderness to Dawson,
rolling himself in bis blanket at nlght
driving his dog team by day, merely
to cast his vote. The result of 'the'
election was that the souvenir was
awarded to Mr. Bryan by n vote of
more than three to one, somewhat to
the dlsffUBt of the Republican news
paper proprietor who hnd offered 1L
Cale says that Mr. Bryan told him
that it was' deposited In his snfe as
among the most prized inemorlnls of
his ilrst campaign.
Tho Two Conventions.
Tho Republicans have practically
Hnlshed their selection of delegates to
the Chicago convention. On tho sur
face it appears that tho convention
will easily nominate Secretary Taft
That nomination, if mnde, and I think
it will bo mnde, will bo accomplished
by tho power of one man. There is
no longer n Republican party. There
is only a Roosevelt who controls the
Republican party. To what extent
the president can follow' up his deter
mination to nominate Taft by forc
ing his election Is yet to be determin
ed. Recently the Btntement appears
that nearly 400 delegates to the Chi
cago convention are federal employ
ees, owing allegiance to Roosevelt and
doing his bidding. That is a very
good start for a nomination to be
made by merely n majority of votes.
But when It comes to the election a
different Issue will bo raised. Tho
president can control a convention, but
to control the nearly 15,000,000 voters
of the nation requires a different order
of talent. It Is not probable that Mr.
Roosevelt appreciates the hostility of
public men In his own party to him.
His popularity with the voters In cer
tain pnrts of the country may bo ad
mitted, but his strength with the lead
ers of his party must bo questioned.
A Pennsylvania Republican congress
man told mo only a few days ago that
he expected Bryan's nomination nnd
hoped for his election. As ho turned
nway ho said: "This seems a strange
thing for a Republican to say, but we
would like to get back to the system
tinder which congress hnd something
to say In regard to the government
of this country. We nro tired of a
White House autocracy, and wo would
willingly retire for four years in order
thnt the record of the last twelve
years might be obliterated and the
precedent set during that period might
now bo set aside."
It is extraordinary how strong this
feeling Is. It Is not reflected at all
'adequately in the newspapers, because
the men who will talk in this way to
a correspondent or to a political friend
will preface their remarks by saying
that they must not be quoted by name.
For example, a New England senator
never mind whom a senntor who
hns been quoted for some time as be
ing one of the "allies" opposed to Mr.
Roosevelt, told me Sunday that the
fight was up: that Taft would be nom
inated, nnd nominated not by the con
vention, but by the power of Roose
velt. He did not like the nomination.
Rather was he for Fairbanks or for
Cannon. But he snld that the tre
mendous power of the administration
being put back of Taft hnd already
accomplished the nomination and that
It was Idle now to attempt further to
antagonize it. Therefore they would
accept the inevitable and Mr. Taft
would receive the nomination. "But,"
said he, "a nomination grudgingly
granted Is not equivalent to an elec
tion, even though granted by the ma
jority party. You are likely to find
In thd coming election mnuy Republic
an public men who have ordinarily
been out fighting in the open for the
Republican candidate who this year
will look upon the campaign season as
a good time to take trips to Europe
nnd who will shed no tenrs if Mr.
Bryan Is elected. There nre many
who will bo entirely content with four
years' relief from the present domi
nant influence in the White House.
Of course wo will be back In tho fight
four years hence, with n determina
tion then to keep your friend out of
power for twelve years more."
Newspaper readers would be aston
ished to know how general this feel
ing is among Republican politicians in
both house and sennte, and of course
to be in either tho house or the sennte
means to be a politician. The defeat
of the Republican ticket by Mr. Brynn
this year, which is expected, would
cause very few regrets nmong the .
men who occupy desks in the two
halls of the capltol. The autocracy of
the AVhlte House, tho absolute despot
ism or the speaker and his four nllles
In the house of representatives, the
puissance of Aldrlch nnd his steering
committee, have reduced tho ordinary
Republican senntor or representative
to n position of complete impotence.
They resent It, and they would like
to substitute for the widely advertised
"square deal" a new deal.
The Future of John Mitchell.
When John Mitchell, the former
president of the United Mine Workers
of America, was in Washington last
week somebody started the story that
he might be the candidate for vice
president on the Democratic ticket.
The suggestion took like wildfire.
Everybody was talking nbout It, ex
cept John Mitchell. One of his habits
Is to talk little and to do much. Par
ticularly Is he disinclined to talk
about himself. I have known him
since the days of the anthracite strike
and have admired him much ns an ex
ecutive. Perhaps he would make n
good vlco president, because tho duty
of tho Incumbent of that office is to
sit on the rostrum nnd let gentlemen
like the Hon. Jeff Davis or the Hon.
Chnuncey Depew talk to 'him. Mr.
Mitchell would be admirably equipped
for tho place of a sagacious listener.
no did, however, say to me that,
while he admired President Roosevelt
for the many good things he had done
in the cnuqe of lnbor, he himself was
a Democrat and hnd been all his life.
He now holds no office in the gift of
his labor organization nnd indeed de
clined n pelon frorn,ttbnt organiza
tion. How far the suggestion of his
cnndldacy may go no one can tell, but
If the favorable opinion It awakened
in Washington nffords any criterion tt
may go far indeed.
Washington, D. O.
