IfOETH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, FRIDAI BVEHBSfe OGTOBER 30, 1896.
NO. 91.
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Slaughter! Slaughter! Slaughter!
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our
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' 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
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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.
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. Retards &osn,lt&j!&
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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.
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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
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f Prices 3Fi.scs:il3ie,
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