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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1892)
GIVING THEM THE LIE, CREAT FORTUNES NOT MADE ; , V BY PROTECTION. -— TIi» OCt*Tlfp(»Mt(iil Assert loti of Our D«m* i ' ftrrittlc l‘r ltm«ls llelil I p to the I.l«h( •£' «f — Our Grrnlsit Millionaires “f (he Itasutt of NoifTrutertloo* argument, is more constantly dinned into the ears of our people by free-trade demagogues, and none ap peals more strongly to Ignorant and prejudiced minds, than the assertion that protection Is responsible for great accumnlations'of'tvealthland Its concen tration into the hands of a few men. t Vet no argument has less basis in fact. Jf'or tho purpose of showing that pro tection lins nothing at all to do with the amassing of large fortunes, the < New York Tribune lias been taking a ■census of millionaires throughout, the s' different States of the Union, the re turns from which, though not vet com plete, conclusively prove that the crea tion of millionaires is not a result of o' the tariff, most of them having ac* y ■ <juircd their wealth in unpro ’ tected industries. It is not, however, these moderately weulthy men who arc the objects of free-traders’ attacks, hut the multi-millionaires, the men of whom it hus been said that a few of , them control nearly one-half of the na ■ tlon's wealth. How stands the case : with them? Are they the robber . Iiarons, the tariff monopolists? Tho following Mst of tho ten wealthiest men tn tho United States,together with tho f business or industry in which their Wealth has lieen acquired, will answer: William Waldorf Alitor, reul estate. Jay (Jould, rutlruads, telegraphs and specula \ lion. ‘ John D. Rockefeller. oil. ■Cornelius Vanderbilt, railroads. William If. Vanderbilt, railroads. Henry M. Flagler, oil ■Jonit ,I. Hlnlr, railroads and bunking. Russell Sage, railroads and speculation. Collls IV Huntington, railroads. William Rockefeller, oil. Without'an exception these fortunes have been amassed by'men engaged in occupations not in any way protected —occupations that have no more con nection with tho tariff than with tho apota on the sun. The rapid multipli cation of wealth is the natural result of tho development of our country’s 1 resources, in which development ■rail* LUMINOUS PACTS How Protection llullt Up GIiuu Indus* trim. On Nov. 13, 1873, the Iron Age quotes French window gluss, size 10x11, ■•11" grade, double strength, nt 8.'. 40 pet box. Since then protection tariff 1ms built up scores of factories in America, giving employment to thousands of men, and American push and energy has so cheapened the process of mak ing that the same grade of glass can lie bought to-day ut 83.33 a box, less than half. Query. If it ean be made so cheap, what is the use of continuing the protection? It is right here. Other countries following America have also cheapened their pro cess of muking, and having cheaper la bor to work on they can undersell the Americans by the difference in Ameri can nnd foreign wages. Iteinove the tariff anil our labor will have to be re duced to their level or they will come in here nnd, by underselling, close our factories, gain control of markets and, ns in past, again raise prices. Is it not better to continue the protection and insure employment ut advanced wages to the laborer in America who con sumes and makes a market for the beef pork and flour of the American farmer? Th* Hill for Free Tln-I'lnte. The Democratic Hound last session passe'd by more than a two-thirds ma jority the bill reducing the duty on tin-plate to one cent a pound for two years and thereafter make it free. As this bill would leave unchanged all the existing duties in bituminous coal and Jron ore—both maintained in the Mills tariff—on pig iron and sheet iron; in fact, on all the successive process and production out of which tin-plate is made and of which it is the com pleted product, the bill is equivalent to a measure to prohibit the manufacture of tin-plate in the United States. This is, of course, done on the assumption tlyit tin-plate cannot be made profit ably in this country. The facts are that tin-plate is be ing mude successfully in this country, that several millions of dolturs are in vested in plant for its manufacture, and over six thousand people aro em ployed in the various tin-plate fac tories. The Democrats would destroy tho cracy must either abandon the tariff Issue altogether, or else call a new na tional convention, make a new plat form, and nominate new candidates. Of course this is meant for nothing more than what is called in Latin a rcductio ad absnrdum; that is to say, a demonstration that the position in which the party has now been placed, is not tenable in the forum of political dcbute. _ A Tariff Picture. ' “If wc do not buy we cannot sell" was ever the free-trader’s cry till the McKinley bill passed. Since then he has been silenced by such facts as this, that we exported only #842,958,40:1 in the year ending March 31, 1890, which dosed six months before the McKinley bill became a law, and that we exported_#1,009,284,500 in the year ending March 31, 1892, which opened six months after tho McKinley bill became a law. “Let Well Enough Alone." President King of the Erie railroad, one of the most widely known Demo crats in business and financial circles, lms nnnounced that he will support President Harrison and vote for his re election. His reasons are that the ad ministration of President Harrison has been so clean, sufe and able that noth ing can be gained by a change at this time. Mr. King is a thoughtful, conserva tive man and he voices the sentiments of thousands of substantial citizens in 1 both parties when lie says in effect “Let well enough alone.” I A llrltlnh View of Our Tariff. j • “The promoters of the McKinley tariff meant it to push forward the policy of America for Americans. One method of realizing it was to keep all work within their own dominions. The country was to be made self-supplying; j what could be produced at home was ! not to be bought abroad. That was I the key-note of the McKinley scheme, I and it is working out the idea of its de signers with the precision and effect- | iveness of a machine.”—Sheffield Daily Telegraph. / Han No Candidate* The New York Sun hasn’t any candi- ' date of its very own this year, so it is ; kind of sloshing* ’round with a kindly | I ain-r^. 00 TRANSPARENT John Bull s Candidate Cannot Cross the Bridge on a Substitute Issue. ' -:-:---- -- Wuh and telegraphs have played a prominent part, and the effect of which has been to greatly augment the value ■of real estate. It is nothing but pure demagogy which would make protec tion responsible.—American Economist COT THE BEST OP IT. Democrat llerawo a Republican ■rf' la Short Order. The Democrat and the Republican' . were sitting on the fence talking poll §§teo in a neighborly fashion. ’r:?’ “Well, I’m in favor of tariff for reve nue only,” said the Democrat. | “And that medns,” said the Repub tican, “a general reduction of duties on imports?” { “Certainly.” : “To be followed by a larger importa ' Hon of foreign-made cheap articles?” v •<()( course, and what we are after )pre lower prices.” | “Of course, and the low prices will >; (Molt in a decreased demand for our .' home products?” v “Naturally, yes.” p:: “And that means closing American ><Workshops and sending workmen to idthe farms*” “Well, haven’t we millions of acres ||f the best land in the world?” '"Sure, and when all these workmen l;get to be farmers the increased supply ■ift farm products, with no factory ’pandit to buy the stuff, will push prices pelm to starvation point and the farm will have to quit the business.” M*k*But we shall have lower prices.” “Who is ‘we’?” asked the Republi ||enn, plump to the point. “With the %'w-Mrldngmen in factories changed to 'farmers, and the farmers starved and ^mortgaged ont of existence, what have :-ipou got left to compose your ‘we’ to •Whom low7 prices will be such a ben K;|Se Democrat naked for time to look , vp the record and End out where the r.-^wu' waf. Be ia now a Republican. new industry and throw all these peo ple out of employment. Their Old Story. The Democratic cry of “Retrench ment and Reform” is disclosed to the people as a humbug. It was known to be a humbug when the Democratic leaders took it up. They knew that the only place where retrenchment was possible was in the pension ap propriation and they also knew that no reduction there was possible while there was a Republican President and Senate. The measure for reducing pensions has not been framed and will uot be until all departments of the gov ernment are in proper order. Then it will come along with free silver coinage and free trade. TOO WEAK TO STAND UPON. The Democratic Papers De aoitnoe the Tariff Planlt Adopted at Chicago. We reproduce in another column, says the New York Sun, the remark able analysis with which the Post-Ex press, an independent free trade jour nal, has shown the surprising empti- j ness and absurdity of that part of the Chicago platform which relates to the tariff, to protection, and to free trade, No one in possession of his right mind can peruse this analysis without perceiving that this part of the platform is a mere tissue of absurdity, without sense or logic sufficient to stand by itself long enough for its measure to be taken. When read in connection with the masterly and indestructible view of the question presented by Andrew Jackson in his second annual message, the plank ap pears as little short of lunatical, or idiotic. Nothing more destitute of reason or coherency was ever offered to the public as the manifesto of a great political party. , The Post-Express maintains that by reason of this preposterous and lament able part of the platform, the Demo mention of Gresham (who is not a can* didate) and of W. Jennings Demore it (who cannot get a nomination) and the most kindly enthusiastic remarks for Adlai Stevenson. One Reason for It. The Gray's knocked out In Indi-an By Grover and his orew. And that is why they've lost their sand. And now are (cellnit blue. Composition of Coal. The composition of Pennsylvania an thracite coals has been made the sub ject of a most exhaustive analysis by Mr. McCreath, a well-known chemist connected with the geological survey of that State. The specimens, which were obtained from mines regarded by most consumers as producing coals of equal value, were collected from one hundred to two hundred tons of coal, as it was ready to be shipped to mar ket, the amount collected in each case for analysis ranging from one hundred to two hundred pounds, the bulk of each specimen being final ly reduced by the ordinary methods employed in sampling mineral products for quantitative and qualitative analy sis. From the table of averages given, it appears that the maximum of fixed carbon obtained in any one specimen was 83 3-10 per cent as against 90 to 93 per cent as has frequently been re ported by different authorities; and the minimum of fixed carbon was 73 per cent instead of the generally reported 33 or 84. A Loud Ticker. Mamma-^You look as if you hadn't slept much. Little Dot—No’in, 1 didn't. Mamma—What kept you awake? Little Dot—I waz waitin’ for the new clock to go to sleep. Not Silent. St. Peter—Um—I never heard much of you on earth. Deacon* Loudd—Yon didn't? Good ness me! My shoes squeaked louder than anybody’s in church. A F.IRJIURV FRIEND. A farmers' friend went forth ono day. To suilT the scent of the new mown buy. He’d a scheme to work and a game to play. On the honest, trusty farmer. He hail fame, and hie name was Charles Van Wyck; He’d a cheek as hard ns a railroad spike. For the railroad pass he’d a keen dislike^!) But he loved the honest farmer. He wore hia favorite old blue coat That had raptured many a farmer’s vote. And bo «ang In a soft, free, silvery note, In the ©iir of the honest farmer. “O. I’m ihe original far era* friend; Invented the scheme myself. If It works with you. as it works with mo, It will fill your la • with pelf. Firat put ine into the governor’* chair. And then into the senate. Then you stay here, while I go thcro, And thus we’ll both be in it.’* Now the suu was hot and the air was dry, And the sly old schemer passing by. Brew rein In front of the farmer's uoor, And began his song about tho working poor. •*Your hand is the baud that holds the bread, Give me your vote,” the old man said. ‘‘Follow me and I’ll lead you through. And show you a scheme that is good for you.** Bnt the fanner heard not. a word he said, ’Bout the honest hand that holds the broad, For fast asleep in his easy chair. On the broad front porch us he rested there, He dreamed a dream ai d seemed to see Himself in a greut tine apple tree. And as he shook with might and main, And the apples fell like drops of rain. Down on the ground was old Van Wyck, With a cheek as hard as a railroad spike, Urging the farmers all to strike. And he saw that as fast as the apples dropped, Into the old man's bag they popped. Into that farmer’s ear tho flies Buzzed like a politician’s lies; ’Till at last awaked from his troubled dream. With a bound and a wild unearthly scream. The farmer reached for his old emooth bore. And the yuller dog stood near the door. You’ve heard of the witches of Tam O’Shante", <»f the old grey marc and her midnigh- canter, But never witches or old grey mare Made better time than was made right there, And no bull pup with a drooping lip. Has ever held with a tighter grip Than that yallar dog as he saw tho chance, And c.oscd in on the slack o’ the oid man's pants. It's the guess o’ this plain country bard That the scene which occurred lu that farmer’s yard. Will occur ugotn on election day. And the very old llarry’ll be to pay. Bnt the most embarrassed man at the end, Will he Vau Wyck th.* farmer’s friend. A LA HIAWATHA, Just two years ago this summer We’d a drouth th«»t was a hummer. From a rain lens sky the sun light Burned the grass and caused a corn blight, Ami the people lost their reason When they saw I he dronthy season. And they danced like ghostiy creatures, Bound a hoard of famine preachers. Came a hungry green back faiker, Chief McKeightui money maker. Came like Quantrelfs bloody r riders, Vandervoorts and Keuis and Shrader.*; Came a dozen other speakers. Boodle suckers, otllce seekers. And they talkeil in ways eratic. Of the people plutocmtlc. Of the ral road and the loan client. And the bulls and bears of Wall street, And of Shylock and his vices, And the robber tariff prices. Talked they all like long eared nsscs, Bode they all on railroad passes. Talked they ad of deprivation. And of hunger and stnrvn ion. How republicans and sinners. Were appressiug the bread winners,.' By mani pula ting grain rates. And controlling heaven’s flood gates. And how through the tariff si .ught.T, Grover had a six pound daughter. And they shouted forth defiance. And enrolled in an alliance. And the farmers paid assessments, Paid they in great wads of l oodle. From the pockets of the nianv, « a me the quarter, nickle. penny. Till the sum was many thousands And the boodle suckers fattened, Fattened on these contributions. O. the gentle summer shower! Freshening the grass and flower. 0, the rain from heaven deoending, Bringing harvests never ending! Filled again Is every wlo-at bin, Plenty is the corn Modamin, E'en the hopper Pah-puk-keena Fails to enter the arena. Thrift and wealth in every valley Makes the peoples spirits rally: Makes them stay within the corn field, Gathering the go.dfeu grain yield. And refrain from ghostly dreaming. While the earth with fruit is teeming, And the pearly r .in drops falling, Bobs the hoboes of their calling. Now the hoboes curs*e the weather. And they murmur ihus together, ••Farewell to our boasted glory! Wa ted is our ghostly story t Darkness spread her mantle o’er us. Soon we'll join tho^e gone before us. Join the host of gho tly strangers, Join the late lamented grangers, In the realm of the disgusted, in the kingdom of the bust d. The Mnlle Ha* Loti ll* Grip. 'How now, my good Lord Bryan my good how fares your grace and whither doth the battle tend?” ■Oh my kind Horatio, is that you? Come nearer me good fellow, for I need a friend. 'Come near to me Hor atio, and let me have your symoathv. Place your cool hand thus upon my temples Horatio, for I am feverish, I am not well.” ••Tut tut, my boy, be not so peevish in this hour of mighty consequences! See you not how yon bold Knight doth rush the battle? He has already gain ed the moat and with his mighty bat tle ax is pounding at the castie gate as he would shiver it in splinters with his ponderous blows?” ••Aye, aye, Horatio, I see. I see it all too plainly, and the sight doth make the shivers chase each other up my spinal column. But Horatio, he has no science; this burley Knight of ’69. He has no skiil or grace of movement. He is but a plain XebrasKa product, born to a life of toil, a mere digger in the mine of musty books. And for me, whose every tone is charged with eloquence, and whose every motion is graced with Dleasing attitudes, for me whose name has been carried on the wings of fame to the four corners of the land, for me. in whose career the bourbon busom beats with high anticipation, for me to be matched with this bull dog, who closes his jaws upon republican truth and then holds on, this bludgeon swinger who pounds me with common facts as asootty blacksmith would forge an iron beam, and then to have this sweaty moo of red neciced farmers gather round and cock their heads and nod and lean and listen to his vulgar argument, and when I smile my sweet est smile, and soar my SDlendid Deri ods as a boy would soar a kite, to have churlish yeoman turn away, and smile among each other, as if iD cold deris ion of my matchless eloquence, it makes me sick; Horatio, and if I had that hasty chalenge back. I d let ihi, sharp spured warty legged rooster of tbe tariff have his way: and as a bi-d of swifter wing and brighter nlumage I d sail me up among the bright free silvery clouds of dizzy eloquence, and never have any handsome feathers ruf fled by the blows of this snort winged bhanghigh who fights upon a dung hill of common ordinary facts. "Buv my lord, you magnify your own calamity too much.” ••Stop; Horatio! Utter that word again, and by the spirit of old Hick ory Jameson I'il turn your picture to the wail forever. Know you not. fool ish boy, that by the token of that ac cursed word this present evil is now tome upon me! Never speak that word to me again. good friend, as you would have my blessing in the years to come. You see, 1 thought to please the farmer in the arouthy year, and when Heil’s next-door neighbor, Texas, biew her scorching breath across Nebraska fields and withered all the crow. I tnought to please the farmer with my sympathy, and so in immagery I led him to the very poor house gate, and showed him there within the dingy quarters he must occupy, when tariff robbers had con signed him to the bankrupt’s cell, but no sooner had the word calamity escaped my lips, when lo! prosoeritv burst forth iike a blooi .ing garden of sweet flowers, and now these ungrate ful farmers, despising my prophesy, do hiss at the very word calamity, and say that I have slandered all the com monwealth. And so I say, Horatio, speak not that word to me again.” ••but my lord, by this same evil token which you now despise, you planted your banner on those castle walls two years ago. And will you now turn tail and ruu, and let them kill the goose that laid your golden egg? Bruce up my lord and have some spunk! Remember how you swiped the ground with that long, drooping, willowy wisp from Omana! Brace up my noble lord, and smile as you did then. Ring in some verses with the smile, and cheer these brawny grangers with smooth speech! Why, by my hallidome, as I remember now. that smile alone was then worth full one thousand votes in every bailwick. Mount the turret there and give ’em the smile again. Trot out the old iamb story, and mayhap for its very age they'll listen and reverence you once more.” ••An, good Horatio, mores tne run: There was a time when I oouiii piay that smile upon the multitude, and even as a warm sunbeam kissing a baby's chubby face will maite him dream of angels, so that same smile of mine shed out across the gaping crowd, would warm their hearts and give me easy access to their confi dence. And when I wove in with my handsome Grecian smile a few smooth ly curving gestures, the yawping hood lums would open up their lusty throats and from the very bottom of their stomachs would come such mighty veils as would silence the belching thunders of old Vessuvius. Hut aias! Horatio, the Grecian smile hath lost its grip, and the curving gestures no longer weaves the wanted spell upon the crowd. Horatio, whatever be the issue of this uncertain hour, remem ber me. that I was eloquent. And if this bold young tariff slugger doth o’ercome here, then hang my picture on the wall, and in the coming years when you have wed. and curly-headed babes climb upon your knee, then point them to the picture, good Ho ratio, and say that I was eloquent.” take Down Vonr lrul»e Color* and Fnt up Your Ticket a* You *l«-an it. The independent press of the state are carrying at the head of their col umns what they call their state ticket: For Governor. c. h. van wick. For Lieutenant Governor. C. 1). SHRADER. But that ticket is a deception. It does not convey the real meaning of the Van Wyek and Shrader move ment. Their ticket should read: For U. IS. Senator. C. II. VAN WYCK. For Governor, C. 1). SHRADER. i Van \\ yck is not running for gov ernor. Everybody knows that. Van I WycK has no ambition to be governor i and remain in Lincoln among the peo j Ple this slate. His ambition ali | points toward Washington City, where his home is, and where iiis principal t property and money interests are. The oniy personal effects of his that are purely of Nebraska, is the old blue coat that he has worn for years while among tne farmers, in sham humility, as a decoy to capture the farmer vote. And it is Snrauer who is the real can didate for governor. Shrader, who damned the constitution ana insulted the supreme court, he is the precious patriot who lias consented to save this commonwealth by becoming its gov ernor. notwithstanding he despises its constitution and refuses to ooey the manuates of its highest court. Go out into tue country precincts of Ciay. and Adams and Hamilton counties, where hundreds of independents have come back to the republican party in the last few weeks, and the loyai farmers there, who love the constitution and respect the law, will tell you that the tnoughtof Shrader being governor of Nebraska manes them ashamed of the independent movement. Trying, to Fool the ^tvedn. As the calamity leaders feel their grip loosening, and the sand slowly but surely sifting out from under their ;f®** l'*ey begin to clutch at straws, lhe desperateness of their losing the cause is shown in the silly attemnt to make capital out of the story'that someone in tne republican state con vention turned to his nearest seat mate ana said '-D—n the Swedes.'' If the Swedes of Nebraska were overgrown chucale headed boys, as the caiamitv leaders seem to have sized them uo‘ then an appeal to their sensitiveness on such a childish proposition might avail to arouse their anger against tne republican party, llut in the first place no one knows for sure that such a thing was said. In the second Diace no one knows who said it In the third piace everybody knows that if it was said, it was said by some hot heuaed fool, who is not in a position to control or represent the renublican lastly the Swedes of Ne braska are not mere grown up children that they should take offense on so flimsy a pretext. The Swede who left his humble home across the sea. where men who are born poor remain poor ; and die poor, came to this country to ! belter his condition and found the re mibiican party welcoming' him with | open arms to a citizenship that has no peer in any land under the sun. with a I 160 acres of land as a homestead thrown into the bargain; who has since steadily prospered and is now well-to do. with land and home and public schools and all that blesses and exalts manhood, will not. on such childish pretext, turn his back upon the repub lican party, the only party that ever honored his countrymen with a state t>;Hce. The Swede is not naturaiiy a part of the rag-tag and bob-tail of Nebraska, and to size him up as a chump is an insult to his good sense. The Impulse of the reeple la tv It It the Hepnbltcnns This Vear. Some one out in Dawson county tel egraphed the Dee that the republican alliance men were becoming tired of Van Wyck and Shrader and Vanaer voort, ana were coining back into the republican party. The next, day a Worid-Heraid dispatch denied the re port and asked to have a single man pointed out in Dawson county who was tired of Shrader and Van W'vck and Vanaervoort. Promptly twenty three men in one little neighborhood stepped up and signed a statement re nouncing the independent party and pledging their faith and votes to Den Harrison and the republican ticket. Out in Clay county where McKeignan ate yaller legged chickens from house to house two years ago, in Marshall precinct, where only four republican votes were polled in 1890. forty-three voters hare already announced for Iiarrt'ison. In El Dorado precinct, of the same county, where only twelve republican votes were poiied in ’90, there are now fifty voters who are tired of Elder, the ex-speaker, and of Vanaervoort the lobbyist. ' In Ham ilton county the alliance republicans are coming back by the score and are rallying to the party that stands up for America and Nebraska. Kepubii can meetings everywhere arc largely attended and the stall committee have more calls for speakers than they can supply. A Brilliant Jluu Who Hus Never I't* t<»re«l a Word In Defeime Or Hl» State. ••Tiie briiibmt young Bryan.” is the way ins admirers put it when they sueak of the congressman from the 1st district. Yes, he is brilliant, an elo quent speaker and a handsome young man of pleasing ways. But how has he used his briiiiant qualities during the few years he has been a citizen of this state? His principal business has been to talk; and what has he talked about? lias he talked about the splendid achievements of his own state in its material development? in his soaring llights of eloquence has he ever pictured the sturdy thrift and the unprecedented financial success of the farmers ana business men of his own district? When did •■the brilliant young man” ever utter to his ••vast anu mag nificent audiences” in other states, a word of praise for Nebraska? Has he ever stood up for Nebraska, and has he ever advertised the fact that more poor men have started here and be come well to do in the last decade than in any other state on the face of the earth? lias he ever told that to his audiences? Or has the general force of his eloquence been turned against Nebraska and against its reputation? Let him answer how he has used his talents. Let him now account fur his stewardship. ■ - *tan«l Up for ftebramkn. ••Stand up for Nebraska.1* says Judge Field of Lincoln. “Stand up for Nebraska.” says young Andrews of Hastings. “Stand up for Nebraska. says .Jim Whitehead of broken Bow. And the three congressmen cowards who slandered the state in congress and advertised it3 people as paupers are now dodging the brickbats of truth and denying that they ever were calamity howlers. Brvan now tries to ret ail the slander, and with graceful bows and smooth gestures he stam mers out a faint eulogy on his sturdy constituency for what they nave ac complished. McKeignan chucks the farmer under the chin and prophesies that he will be abie to keep the wolf from the farmer door a few years yet. if he, MeKeighan, is returned to congress. Kern, in his dreamy confusion, clutches in the air for an idea and admits tnat his people will oe abie to keep soul and body together if the government will loan them $2,500 apiece on their land at 2 percent per annum and if they send him back to rend the signs at the national capital another two years. In the meantime the people are doing a little standing up on their own ac count and they will never again en trust the reputation of the stale with men who will seil it for a salary of fo, 000 per year. A Practical .Man tra a Dr auter. Whitehead is a practical man, with loyal impulses strong and vigorous characteristics. Kent his opponent, is a dreamer, so unpractical 'in his plana and so weak in his judgment that he voted for everything his peo ple did not want, and opposed every thing they did want, und now his can vas for relection is spent in explain ing to his constituency. Hr>au, the Artful l)o ia<,P. • Congressman Bryan denies that he ever was a Calamity Howler. Will -Mr. Bryan tell the people of his dis trict when he ever uttered a word in defense of the prosperity of his slate, against ihe Calamity Howler? Farmer Frank McGrath, ex-presl. dent of the Kansas State Alliance, in an interview with the Kansas City Journal referred to V. O. Strickler Independent candidate for Atly. Gen'l as -A little pop eyed baby laced law. yer. ” .