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IfOETH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, FRIDAI BVEHBSfe OGTOBER 30, 1896. NO. 91. tol. sn. I t PI flflffi Slaughter! Slaughter! Slaughter! 2- our hat ' We have got to make room for mmense Ike or Fall 6-oods and for reason wilt sell all of our goods at marvel-ons-loV prices lower than ever known in Western 5T ebraska. I tt THE POPGC2AT3 GIT THE ! Mr. Editor: Wlicn Frank Ed-1 rnonds spoke in Fox Creek precinct he challenged me to meet him. in joint discussion fce'-wcakl give me some lessons iir fiaance. As I was then expecting- to go to Colorado I coul3 make no arrangements. Hearing" that he vras to speak in Curtis Saturday t)ct. 24th I wrote ilr. Camp ton of the democratic' committee offering- to meetEdnionds in joint discussion on the financial issues. It was given oat that there was to be ajomt debate between us and the crowd assembted-expecting" it to take place. At the last moment they backed square down refusing- to divide time although I offered to let J. L. White help out the young cyclone and meet both t)f them on the same- evening-, two, ajrainst one. C. A. Sibley. Now is Your Chance! - We positively will allow no -undersell nk Comparison solicited, f reely shown. one to Goods BRYAN CONDENSED. HIS SPEECHES REDUCED TO A-COMPENDIOUS FORM. COSTLY READJUSTMENT. Buchanan Oct. 26 18. WE3ER & VOLLMER, PROFS. First National Bam, KOliTII PLATTE, XEB. CAPITAL, - SURPLUS, - $50,000. mm, H. S.Vftifc, Present P.' A. mute. - - te-Pras t Anfeur McNasara, - Cashier. A geaerai banking business raBsacfced- JUFFZZEUCE 13 3ESTH0DS. There is a great difference in the camdaign methods of the two parties. The republican managers have relied on the educational methodt and have sent speakers and documents to every state, coun ty and precinct. Where men did not understand the question at issue, explanations were made; where they were in doubt argu ments were made; where they asked questions answers were given. There was no appeal to -prejudice, but in every case appeal to principle, and strong- efforts were made to convince those opposed to republi can policy, but there was no resort to personal abuse. ISTo roorback, no misrepresentation of prominent men. no lies as to the atlitede of this man or that, no forgeries of letters or documents have been charged to the republican commit tees, std fce or national. The mo&t that can be said against them is that they have been aggressive and zealous in conducting the campaign and handled their opponents vth out gloves. The democratic maaaers.on ffae other hand, early resorted to mis- iwpraisadlbieK and forgery- T&ey misquoted LWicote. Hamilton, Web ster, Blaiue and Harrison; they sent out from London, New York and other points letters -written to mis lead; they put in circulation false hoods as to the attitude of prorai aent republicans, aad later most outrageous statements as tne con- versation of prominent business men. They started the cry of coercion when they found that rail road men and laborers iremrrallv awav from tbeic. drifting There s Use! You can't find in these United States the Equal of the Genuine - - - 8531 -T-- -i kwith Round Oak, Yciu mav lit: you'll get (SEE THE X AME OK THE LEG- Tf vou are Dusted you cannot this to post you. A. L. DAVIS left Keroember, it's the rosabination of good points that makes the Perfect Store. That's where we pet the IMITATIONS. They can't skal the whole ri t i stove. mey steal one thinsr and think they have itall.butirF.VlL8. They build another. It fails Still they keep on crying srood as the fiOUNDi 0 A K. Borne peculiar merchants say thvy have them, when IT'S NOT SO. tfe deceived. We write SOLD ONLY BY The Great aad Oaly Eardware Man L. in Lincoln Go. that no one Owes. were Weeks airo tfaev abaneonea arru- ment and resorted to the itho-Js of the malcontent, and the trixter. Their hone for success rests on A. their abilitv to inflame, irritate aud deceive the people. Inter Ocean. Genemilj Xlejietltloas of the Sam Ideas In Similar or DlfTsreBfc Werds Prepeei tioci of Winch Ther Chiefly Coaaat Thrr Are. "XhUslea," All or Theza. Iir. Bryan's speeches up to the pres ent time number at least 275. They tvould fill net-Jess- than 1,000 columns of The Pioneer-Press. As ther are gen erally repetitions of the same ideas in pimiinr or different "tvords. it has oc- In discussing the meney craestion m his message of 1862, Lincoln t said he thought the g-eeenbaci would serve a rood onrnose. but that a return to specie payments meaning- gold, for there was. no sil ver in" circulation then should be made at theearliest practicable per iod, "Fluctuations in the value of the eurreocy are always injurious, he added. ,vand to reduce -those Suc- ations to the lowest possible point will always be a leading- purpose in wise legislation. It is a Ood-tliifii to hare cohF dence. but tne young" chap in Chi cago) who offers to bet his labc : during- the vvhoie oi his life agains 51.000 in gold the election of M .; Kinley seems to be overdoing- the -business slightly. The young man represents himself to lse strong- and healthy and willing- to work until he dies, in case he loses, receiving nothing but his clothing and food and allowing- the winner to appw pnate all the proceeds of his toil, it amounts to a bet of about 30 to 1 on McKinlev. It wouid not be con sidered wildly extravagaBt odds i it were not for the Hrnasai . condi tions of the bet. curred to U3 that it would be conven ient to reduce them to a compendious form. They consist chiefly of the fol lowing propositions: 1. The reason why we should legis late to open our mints to the free and unlimited, coinage of silver at the ratio of S to 1, without waiting for the con sent of another nation, is that this ia the only way in which we can show our independence of other nations. It is only by turning the government over to the control of the silver trust that we can demonstrate the ability of this nation to run its own affairs without foreign dictation. 2. The fact that all other great com mercial nations in the world prefer the gold standard Is a conclusive reason why the United States should prefer the silver standard. If it is good fur them it must be bad for us. 3. England thinks the gold stand ard is a good thing for her. Therefore It must be a bad thing for the Ameri can people. For the United States to adhere to the gold standard after having done business upon it for fifty years is to surrender to British dictation. 4. England thinks free trade is a good thing for her. Therefore we adopt legislation dictated by British interests and policy, and open our ports to the free and unlimited importation of ner products, to the prejudice of our own industries and laboring classes. 5. Prices have gone down and debts are more difficult to pay because gold has appreciated. Free coir.r.ge will raise silver to a par with gold, so that prices and wages will remain the same and debts just as hard, to pay. This to the creditors. Free coinage will reduce the value of the dollar and thus raise prices and make it easier to pay debts. This to the debtors.' 6. The reason free coinage will raise silver to a par with gold is that some body will pay JL29 an ounce in gold for all the silver in the market, which he can boy cr 66 cents an ounce. The name of this mysterious purchaser Mr. Bryan has not felt at liberty to dis close. If he shouldn't happen to come around and. stay around when the mints are opened to free coinage then why then the money question is the simplest thing in the world. But if - he should come around, the creditors would have the advantage of having theii- claims paid in 100-cent dollars, while the debtors would be unable to pay them in 53-cent dollars for the money question ia the simplest thing in the world. 7. The way to make the laboring classes nrosoerous is to reduce their wages to half their present purchas ing power and rob them of half the value of their savings deposits and life insurance policies. The laboring class es will fully understand how this would benefit them for the money question is the simplest thing in the world. S. The trusts are the enemies of the people. Therefore, the government should be put In control of the biggest and moist ranacious of them, all the $aW,0jO silver trust. 9. The way to Increase the volume of the currency Js to contract It by ex pelling ?6eo,000,000 of gold from circu lation and reducing the value of the Sl.lOO.000.000 that remains one-half for the money question is the simplest thing in the world. .10. It is a mistake to think that you want a kind cf money in which the Vv hen Bryan and his free silver fol lowers talk about raising prices by cheapening the dollar, they try to mis lead the people Into believing that 2V erything would rise in price uniformly ; and that all the farmer or merchant would have to do to adjust himself to r changed conditions would be to mark up his produce or wares by say SO, 90 or 100 per cent. But no one who will take the trouble to reflect upon actual facts will for a moment imagine that depreciating the currency would result in a uniform rise in prices. No intelli gent person will contend that the fall in prices has been uniform. On the contrary, some articles which have been directly affected by new inventions and improved Industrial processes soic only a few yeara ago for four and five times what they now bring, while oth er commodities which are produced solely by hand labor have had a sta- tionay market. Reduce the country to a silver basis and a greater inequality in price move ments would be manifest. Suppose we were given a 50-cent dollar tomorrow, what would be the result? Imported articles which must be paid for at gold prices would, of course, rise at least 100 per cent. But would all articles and services experience the same ad vance? Not at alL Would free coinage place the lawyer in position to double his fees? Would it enable the physician to charge for one visit what he now gets for two? Would it give the clergyman double wedding fees? Would free silver fill the theaters at prices twice wfcat are charged for seats today?- Would it increase the subscript tions to charitable enterprises? Would it double the contributions offered in church? Could the street railway company in crease its fare from 5 cents to 10 cents if the silver standard were introduced? If it did, would It not destroy its traffic by forcing people to walk? Would doubling Its fares mean doubling its receipts or would it not mean reducing its income? Would free silver enable cigar deal ers to raise the price of cigars to the full extent of the currency deprecia tion? If 20 cents were demanded for a cigar that now "sells for 10 cents, would the smoker not reduce his daily consumption of cigars? Could the druggist get more than 5 cents for the usual glass of soda just because the country had gone to a sil ver basis? Or would not raising the price prove ruinous to his trade? Could the gas company charge more for illuminating gas under a free coin age regime to make up for the in creased cost of the materials it con sumes? Is it not on the contrary limited by law in the charges it may exact, and even if it were free to fix prices as it would, would not in creased cas bills force people to economize on light? Would the butcher, the baker, the grocer be able to mark everything in his shop up to make good the differ ence between the cheap dollar and the hon-st dollar? Is it not an established fact that the cheaper the price of sugar tne more consumed and the cheajer ihe price of meat the more meat is n&ought? Run through the list of things the average man buys and it will be seen that there are certain articles whose prices may easily be raised to recoup the loss by a depreciated currency, while there are others where an in crease of price meann decreased con sumption and annihilation of profits. In a word, the mere readjustment of the business of a country to a new mney standard means stagnation o Industry, indefinite uncertainty m all commercial relations and untold losses to bath labor and capital. Omaha Bee. WAVE OLD GLORY ON OCT. 31, people have"confidence." The less 1 cap be found in t he Chica go confidence they have in it the. better. 11. For the same" reason vou, doiH want gocd money. "Money iry be too good." Tpu den'-t want 3our money so good that you will be scared about los ing it- "Fou want your money so bad and cheap that it can't be made any worse, and yeu will thus he relieved of any apprehension that it wilWie driven out by worse and cheaper money. These are the main propositions, ex pressed or implied, in Mr. Bryan's speeches. They are daisies, all of them. St- Paul Pioneer-Presa. Full Line of ACQBN STOVES AISTD RANGES, STOYE PIPE, ELBOWS, GOAL HODS, ZINC BOARDS, etc.. at Lowest Prices on Record. NORTH PLATTE. - - -- NEBRASKA. HHE3T SAMPLE BOOM .IN JffOSTE PUTIE Havinjr rpSHed onr raras in the Quest of style, fclie public is invited to call anJ see as, insnrin oourteons treatment. Finest Wines, Liquors and Cigars at the Bar. Oar billiard hall i suppli?d with the test makf- of tables antl compptPnt nUpnflant will uprlv all vour wants. EJklTEFS BLGGK, OPPOSITE rHE UON PACIFIC DEPOT Out ot nearly 2000 men who voted 16 members of Harvard University voted tor Brvan and repudiation. while McKmley received 14S4 ballots or fourteen rises as many. This would be very satisfadcry as a measure ot partisan difference in any state of the union.but in an in stitution of learning- it is far short of satisfactory. A body of 106 men who can declare tor fraud is not ITi 11 lii t ii crsuicaoie axtaenmenr. ior any uni versity even, of Harvard, where for the last ten years the adoration of the false for the true in public administration has proceeded with shocking- energy. Harvard's regener itiaa is still far fnm x&salete. LIKE LOVES LIKE. One does not have to go yery- far to seek the reason for he profuse display of the national emblem in this cam If you want to know what sort of people most sincerely admire Bryan, to what sort of people his speeches es pecially appeal, ta what sort of people. he persistently addresses his incendiary gabble, read the following extracts from letters -written by typical Bryanites to a New Tork clergyman. Rev. Br. Robert MacArthur. One man writes; 'I would rather vtate to injure myself if I am" sure that the rich will be injured more than I wflL" Another writes: "We want a French revolution in this country and a Robe spierre and our streets in every city in the country will flow with blood We will see that this happens if the Republican party- wins. Another: Many are looking for the second coming of Christ in this country. I am among these. I know who He is and He has come. His name is "William Jennings Bryan and he is the second Messiah. He it is to whom we have prayed. He will break down the yoke of the oppressor." To men capable of conceiving such tbeughts as are expressed, in these let ters Bryan especially appeals; every such a man, even the Third Monarchy man who wrote the letter from which the last quoted extract was taken, finds much in Bryan's speeches in full ac cord with his peculiar ideas: and It is to just such men that Bryan con stantly addresses himself. He thinks that they are "the people and he seems to be in full sympathy with them. No presidential candidate before him ever made such efforts to conciliate the lunatic vote, the crank vote, the anarchist vote, and no presidential can didate before was ever so enthusias tically and unanimously supported by all- the lunatics, cranks and. anarchists cf the country. like loves like. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. The only doubtful sOitbs ache arte these ths-t tos rsSiW l?t Whether Brvan or" McKiniey. is the Winner This Stace wfll continue to be the leading- dry goods, clotiua aad shoe establishment in this! section of the cotmtry . It has ever beea sosince the doors were Scst ooened. Goods here are always correct in style, reliable" ia quality and right in price, in a word, vsiues are as they should be in order to obtain the larger share of j the people's patronage. - i This seasom we are, if possible, jest a little j in advance of any peevio&s one as regsxds assort- ment aad valne given. That accounts for oor ability to point to the fact that there is no faffing v on in sales here- SOME FACTS ABOUT SHOES. Some shoes are like some shoe ads, mere shams. Oar shoes will stand the saase search - V mg investigation, that we invite for oar ads. We are willing you shock! pot them to any test which a good shoe should be abie to stand, and I we guarantee they will not disappoint. If 'they ; do. which sometimes hanwTK vn when stock $ k xausL uuauuj saccien, were acre to raa.Ke the matter right Can yon ask any better treat- J isent than this? Every shoe in this stock is warranted to give good service, fit and please the wearer. That's the basis on which we have built tip the largest shoe business in 2orth Piatte. Yours for business. f . - - sm, PAIR," . Retards &osn,lt&j!& a XEIXJC5-C3rl! Drugs, Medicines, Paints, FIINTTERS? SUPPLIES, . WINDOW GLASS, -.- MACHINE OILS D entsolie !A.potlie!k:e".. Comer of Spruce and Sixth-sts. & 1 il II PUB platform. The spontaneity oi its selec tion as the appropriate badge of sound money champions is wonderfully slg niflcant. There seems to have been little inclination on the part of Mr. Bryan's followers to question the right of the advocates of sound money and protection to display the national col ora as the proper insignia of their cause. The only lamentation heard was the Altgeldian wail, which is always expected when the stars and stripes are flung to the breeze. The rivalry as to who could make the most lavish display of the national emblem has been confined to the ranks of the supporters of McKlnJey. There has been no perceptible effort on the part of the pepocrats to wrest it from those who are fighting to maintain the national credit. There seems to be gen eral assent to the proposition that the flag does not go with the Chicago platform. Thi tacit recognition of the fact that the flag is the one suitable emblem of the issues for which one party is con tending Is something new in our Amer ican politics. Heretofore there has been a patriotic rivalry between the Repub licans ana tne Jjemaci p our na tional campaigns as to which side could make the most profuse display of the stars and stripes. It is a circum stance which will mean much to loyal MpnH. of the government and will be a potential factor at the polls in No vember. Recognizing this fact. Chairman Han na of the national committee suggests that Oct. 31, the Saturday before elec tion, be observed as -flag day" In every- city and town, on which day every person who intends to vote for soend money and national prosperity shall display the national colors from his home and his place of business. The suggestion is a raoat commendable one and' should meet with an enthusiastic response all over the nation. TjCZ every man who intends to vote for the preservation cf our national honor signify his patriotic intention by disi-laying a flag on Saturday. Oct. 3L It will be a magnificent object lesson in patriotism to hundreds of thousands who may be waverlnjr between sound money and repudiation. j Remember the day Saturday. Oct. : ZL Chicacro Times-Kern W. AND Ordec by telephone from Newton's Book Store. WALL-PAPER, PAINT AND OIL DEPOT.. WCvDOW GLSS,VARXISBES. GOLD LEAF, GOLD PAINTS, BRONZES, ARTISTS' COLORS AND BRUSHES, PIANO AND FURNITURE POLISHES, PREPARED HOU E AND BUGGY PAEfTS, EJ LSOMINE MATERIAL, WINDOW SHADES. ESTABLISHED JULY 1368- - ' - - - V3H SPRUCE STRKBT .NORTH : PLATTE : PMRMAGT, Dr. N. McOABB, Prop., J. 3. BUSH, M&Bager. NTOT?,fT'TT - - IN JtiifES, AJSTFT A. , . e aim to handle the 13 est Grades of Groods, sell tliem ax JrieasonaMe Figures, and "Warrant J very th i rag' as Represented. Orders from tbe eotratry and ftkm? the line of ifee U: Pacific railway respectfully solicited. Good Teams, 5lryaa,s aidress to the Mnn?oIis women tu simply a. scandalous at tempt to 5eee4v5 them and enlist their pfexp4.t2ire -o titt sffe of kutftwy. He rrsxt&l to jr iJfe fc(m tftlfeVfe tfcst th Mezzo. a ijeift Is a. 5tuST?- S5tS Tribal; ' CorniortaDie Rigs, f Prices 3Fi.scs:il3ie, ! EISBS, &7 LOOK. iyNorthrest cpnzsz of Conrthouse square. 1