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PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY By
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OTgim.T.,~ Nebraska!
OVER THE STATE.
A spirited religious revival Is In
progress in Beatrice.
The water in the Blue river is higher
than for three years past.
Botd county boasts a calf that
weighed 175 pounds at birth.
The Washington County gold find is
attracting a good deal of attention.
Personal taxes in Nance county are
to be collected by distress Everything
goes.
Wakefield will have wide open
saloons this year. Last year it had the
“hole in the wall" system.
The populist state convention to
nominate state officers will be held in
Hastings some time in August
Tobias trustees have passed an ordi
nance that no barb wire fences shall
be harbored inside the village limits.
Ox account of illness ex-Senator In
galls of Kansas was compelled to can
cel his engagement to lecture in Hast
ings. '
a new Diograpny oi me later years
of Col. W. F. Cody has been begun by
Col. Prentiss Ingraham in the Duluth
Press.
Heavy rains in the vicinity or Far
ntm did considerable damage. The B.
A M. railroad was badly washed in
several places
An unknown man was found uncon
scious on the roadside near Barada,
and died before medical aid could be
Summoned.
The Oxnards have contracted with
Hall county farmers for 600 acres more
of beets than were ever before planted
in that county.
At O’Neill the case of Dunham,
charged with cattle rustling, was given
A to the jury last week. They returned
a verdict of guilty.
Bkrnab Kerman, one of the early
settlers in Holt county, is eighty-seven
„ years old and mentally and physically
as vigorous as anybody. ^
Rev. G. W. Damon of Battle Creek
his retired from the ministry for an
indefinite time and notifies the public
that he has become an auctioneer.
Hardy was visited by three young
tramps who had been offering for sale
KAa various designs of jewelry. They were
placed in jail to await developments.
Len Rudd of Aurora was arrested by
United States authorities for opening
letters personally addressed to his part
ner's wife, and gave bail to appear for
' trial. ’
At Nebraska City a runaway team
jumped onto a buggy in which sat Mrs.
Kjejdin, The vehicle was badly dam
aged and the occupant seriously in
'A , jured. "
% Miss Edith Steininoer stood on a
high chair to remove some loose paper
iL.- from theceiling. When she came down,
:£ it was with sufficient force to fracture
her arm.
N. F. Peterson, a well-to-do Dane,
living five miles southeast of Mlndcn,
cut his throat with a razor while in
sane. It is not certain whether medi
cal aid can save him or not
A fish story comes from Milford to
the effect that Mrs Norton of the
Resort hotel went down to the river
edge to look at the flood and scooped
in a seven-pound pike with her sun
: A bonnet
Wm. M. Geddes of Hall county will
■ ' be a candidate in the republican state
convention for the nomination for
state auditor. Friends are strongly
urging his claims and are hopeful of
; success.
‘ Little Goldie Stolts of Beaver Citv
A ; was burned to death last week. She
was in the field with her father, who
was burning stalks, when her clothing
caught fire and she was fatally burned
gA before her father could extinguish the
a flames
The city council of Lincoln has
.adopted a resolution instructing the
city attorney to begin suit upon the offi
cial bond of Elmer Stephenson, who,
as city treasurer in 1803, lost <20,000
in the Capital National bank.
Washington dispatch: Judge Strode’*
‘ hill for the pensioning of General Thay
er was today signed by the president
The delay of several days which occur
redbetween the receipt of the billet
the White house and the signature gave
rise to unnecessary fears as to the safe
ty Of the bill, but the signature settled
|A the matter permanently and satisfacto
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durglahs robbed the Postofflee at
Hdwi lut week. They secured a claw
bar by breaking Into the Missouri
Pacific tool house, and a drill, sledge
and other tools from a blacksmith shop
near by. They opened the safe, get
ting about *60 worth of stamps It is
supposed the parties who broke into
the depot a few days precious were
the robbers
CoujfTT Judge Garlow of Grand
Island in writing to the carious county
judges in the state asking them to
meet at Lincoln the latter part of next
month in order to confer with each1
other about some necessary changes in
the laws more particularly affecting
that office Mr. Garlow expects to
have quite an assemblage present at
that time The meeting will be held
the latter part of May.
Don*? loaf around the corner grocery
asguing with your neighbors about the
bent tool to use in surface cultivation,
but buy a new Pivotal Frame Captain
Kfidd Disc Culticator, which will render
, lb taf to dodge the crookedeat corn
Md unnecessary to dodge the Sheriff
*hKWl If yon use the Captain Kidd,
you will hare money to pay your bills
and won't hare to dodge. Write us for
descriptive circulars and "What Others
Bay.M Nemaska Mouse Plow Co. ,
Omaha, Neb
Postmastxu IX P. Daria and wife oft
Columbua were notified by wire to
«wme to Chattanooga at once, as their
little daughter, stopping with her
grandparents waa at the point of
death. She has been troubled for
' *—» months with ralrular heart die
S. Fraitck, the merchant tailor of
Beatrice who Wedt to Atchison, in
oeerch of goods stolen from his store,
telegraphed that he had found the
a nod that the . burglar, W. fi,
mieg. waa under arrest. Bequisi.
papers will be produced and
(Browafag brought to Nebraska for
trial ;,:
Bukgi.ars forced an entrance to
Bareehouse Bros, general merchandise
store at Adams about 1 o’clock in the
morning and secured 910 in cash and
a few articles of clothing. After
drilling the safe they were frightened
away before they had time to blow it
During a storm lightning struck the
High school building at Cedar Bluffs,
setting it on fire, and but for the
prompt action of the fire department
the building would have been burned
to the ground. The loss is estimated
at $100, fully covered by insurance.
Lightning also struck the fine hew
residence of George Young, damaging
it about $150 worth.
JoSas Rky.voli>s, who was arrested
for having assisted Kingen and YVinne
gar to break jail at York and make
their escape, was tried before Judge
Wildman, who ordered Reynolds to be
held as charged for trial in the district
court under a bond of $200, in default
of which ho was again put in jail. Rey
nolds admits having hauled the prison
er away, but denies having rendered
any other assistance.
is tbe district court the city of Lin
coln began suit the other day to fore
close its lien on the Lincoln street rail
way, including equipments, tracks,
franchises, etc. The suit grows out of
the non-payment of taxes A number
of years ago when the city attempted
to force collection the company enjoin
ed it, and for some technical reason
injunction was allowed, and the case is
now pending in the supreme court
A Hot Springs (Ark.) dispatch says:
The twenty round go this afternoon
between Danny Daly of Uangor, Me,,
and George Stout of Omaha was one of
the best events ever seen here and at
tracted a crowd of three thousand spec
tators The men fought twenty rounds,
all of which were lively throughout
In the last round Stout dislocated
Daly’s arm with ah uppercut and the
decision was given to'the Omaha man.
The safe in the postofilce at Waco
was blown open and robbed of 813 in
silver and about 8100 in stamps. The
building was generally ransacked for
plunder, but nothing else of any par
ticular value was taken. The tools
used for drilling a hole in the safe were
taken from a neighboring blacksmith
shop The explosion blew the safe
door completely off its hingep, and
strange to say the noise was, not heard
by any one.
P. J. Kai.ing, ex-treasurer of Exeter
township, Fillmore county, it is alleg
ed, is short in his accounts about 8325.
There has been some prospect that the
township board would prosecute him
for embezzlement, but it is now likely
that his brother will furnish him
money enough to make up the short
age and that the matter will be settled
in that way. In any event the town
ship is not likely to lose anything, as
his bondsmen are perfectly good for
the amount
Speaking of the Nebraska Club the
Kimball Observer says: “We feel the
necessity of such an organization.
There must be something done to
counteract the efforts that are being
made to entice our people to leave Ne
braska. Sharp business land specula
tors have taken advantage of the dis
couragements of a great many people,
on account of the shortcrops two years
ago and low prices of farm products
this year and are holding out every in
ducement for them to go south.”
There was a meeting of the execu
tive committee of the Nebraska club
held at Lincoln, at which E. A. Barnes
of Grand Island presided. A commu
nication was read from Omaha in which
the progress of the work of raising the
85,000 pledged for that city was de
tailed. It was decided that the secre
tary should write to corporations out
side of the state which do business here
and present the objects of the club,
with the view of getting their sub
scriptions to the membership fund.
Interest in the matter of the as
sault on the Dawson family by the Vic
McCarty gang in Sarpy county in July,
1804, has been considerably revived at
Alliance recently. Hon. R. C. Nole
man, attorney for the Dawsons, is in
receipt from the British embassy dated
April 3, l^OO, in which the ambassador.
Sir Sulian Pauncefote, states that the
case has been referred to the commit
tee on foreign affairs of the house of
representatives with a favorable re
commendation from the state depart
ment The case is brought for the
sum of 846, (XXX
Growing out of the experience had
at North Loup last year in the way of
planting crops exclusively for seed
purposes, W. A. Prentice and a number
of others will enter on the same line of
farming this season, the gentleman
named having contracted with a Lin
coln seed firm to put in a quantity of
peas, beans and table corn of choice
varieties, the firm agreeing to take the
product in the fall at a stipulated
Srlce. With irrigation within reach it
i thought great success will attend
the enterprise. •
James W. Hand, who has for rears
been a resident of Nebraska ‘City,
ended his life by taking "Rough on
Rats.” He bought two boxes of the
poison and took the same. Every
effort was made to save his life, but
without avail. He has held several
positions, but owing to the poor condi
tion of his health was not able to keep
them, and becoming discouraged, took
this method of putting an end to his
life. He was in fair circumstances and
the sot seemed uncalled for. He had a
life Insurance of (2,000i
uh. w. u. uiBBB oi Nebraska City
was In Fremont last week for a few
days, under instructions from Secrets*
ry. Morton, to look up and verify or
discredit a complaint which had been
filed in headquarters to the effect that
scabby sheep had been shipped from
that vicinity to Chicago. Most of tha
sheep have been shipped, but at the
ranch of Mahoney & Sullivan he found
about 400 head which be reports to be
in a reasonably fair condition, and ex*
pressed himself as well pleased with
the manner in which the gentlemen
have cared for their stock.
Thk Prague Farmers' elevator was
burned to the ground. The cause of
the fire is not known. The elevator
was insured for 91,300. This makes
the second time inside of eight months
that the elevator has been on fire and
as there was nobody running tha ele*
vator since it was built, it makes the
affair somewhat of a mystery.
Charles Tisrl, a German aged
about 50 years, made a probably suc
cessful attempt to commit' suicide at
Plattamouth by shooting himself
through the windpipe. The weapon
used was a 33-calibre revolver. He had
bean unable to secure employment and
became despondent in consequence.
ALTGELO 10 CARLISLE.
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE SECRE
TARY OF THE TREASURY.
IS SHARPLY CRITICISED.
The Illinois Governor Bepllee to the
Address of Mr. Carlisle Recently
Delivered in Chicago on the
Monetary Question — Hakes
Charges In Regard to the
Bond Syndicate.
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Springfield, 111., April 27.—In an
open letter made public to-day Gov
ernor Altgeld replies to the address on
the money question swhich Secretary
Carlisle recently delivered in the Au
ditorium in Chicago. The letter is as
follows: “A teacher should be will
ing to answer questions. At the close
of Mr. Carlisle’s speech a number of
gentlemen arose and asked for further
information, but he turned his back,
and slipped off the stage and by direc
tion of his managers the questioners
were hustled out by policemen.”
Mr. Altgeld quotes at length the
oft-quoted speech made by Mr. Car
lisle in 1878, in which he declared that
the demonetization of silver would
ultimately entail more misery than
wars, pestilences and famines or the
destruction of half the movable prop
erty of vhe world, and declares that
he can not understand how Mr. Car
lisle changed his views when he be
came a member of President Cleve
land’s cabinet. He also refers to the
change of views of Secretaries Hoke
Smith and Herbert, who had long
denounced silver demonetization
and declares that, unlike Saul of
Tarsus, they have been ashamed to
discuss their conversions. He asks
whether they were “scoundrels and
lunatics ’ until they got to be old men
and the tinsel of cabinet positions not
only made them honest,but gave them
brains. He asks Mr. Carlisle to ex
plain why for 200 years, despite vari
ations in annual production, gold and
silver held the market ratio of 16% to
1. Explanation is asked of the state
ments of Baron Rothschild and other
eminent financiers in 1860 that the
sum of the two metals taken together
formed the measure of values,and why
Wherever silver was stricken down it
was by the arbitrary act of govern
ment and not by commerce or busi
ness.
Mr. Altgeld asks Mr. Carlisle if,
when the volume of money was re
duced and property values fell corres
pondingly, but debts, taxes and in
terest were not, a great crime was
not committed against the debtor and
producing classes and how either
debtor or laborer can spend as much
money as before, thus injuring the
great home market. He holds that as
rises in prices are dependent in in
creases in volume of money, stagna
tion must continue until the volume
of money is again restored. He quotes
from the bank reports and the treas
ury statements that there was only
9227.000. 000 in gold in sight July 11,
1876,as acontradiction of Mr. Carlisle’s
statement that there were 9600,000,000 '
of gold in America, and asks
why Mr. Carlisle makes such mislead
ing statements. In closing he says:
“A year ago Mr. Cleveland sent for
his former law partner and close
friend, and through him Cleveland
and Ci^lisle together made a secret
contract with another friend, who was
a former client ot Cleveland’s, by
which that friend and his associate
speculators were enabled to make
90.000. 000 or 910,000,000 out of the gov
ernment in a few weeks on a small
bond transaction. . And the reason
given for this extraordinary and even
criminal procedure was tbat the spec
ulators and sharks of Wall street had
agreed to protect the government
against the'gold reserve until the
following November. Following that,
the wealthiest, the most enterprising,
most powerful, most industrious and
thrifty nation on the globe paid
tribute to a small band of
speculators for protection. And
when the month of November arrived
these speculators withdrew their pro
tection and then the government pro
ceeded to issue another 9100,000.1)00 of
bonds, increasing the burdens of our
people. Now, Mr. Carlisle Plight have
expatiated on this, and pointed out to
the AmeYican people the lofty charac
ter of the statesmen involved* in these,
transactions, for, strange to say,many
of our intelligent people are utterl'v
unable to comprehend it. While Mr.
Carlisle does not seem to have been a
success in the capacity of a bunco
steerer among the laboring men of
Chicago, there are many points upon.
which he could be very interesting,
and I would suggest that they bring
him back and let him talk about mat
ters in which he is at home. ”
A Divorce ia toe Army.
Leavenworth, Kan., April 37.—
Mrs.-Virginia Brady was granted a
decree of divorce from Lieutenant
Jasper E. Brady by Judge Myers of
the Districteourt yesterday afternoop.
The ground was gross neglect of duty,
and there was^ no contest Mra
Brady was given the custody of their
2-year-old child. The suit was en
tered late Thursday night and an
effort was made to keep the matter
out of the papers. They are both
well-known in society and army
circles.
Senator Stewart's Daughter to Wed.
Washington, April 27—Senator and
Mra Stewart announce the engage
ment of their daughter. May Belle, to
Mr. Payaon. The wedding will take
place at the Stewart Castle, May 10.
The young couple will reside in Balti
more, where Mr. Payson is at present
engaged in buslnesa
Mm/ Mexican Miners Burled.
Kt. Paso, Tex., April 27.—The Santa
Eulalia mines of Chihuahua caved in
yesterday. Seven miners have been
taken out dead and thirteen wounded.
Forty-four others are still in the
minus.
A COMMERCE CONVENTION
Tariff and Consular Questions to He Con
sidered at Detroit, Beginning Jane 2.
Detroit, Mich., April 27.—A circu
lar letter of invitation to the national
commercial tariff convention, to be
held here beginning June 2, 1896, ad
dressed to all citizens interested in the
subjects to be discussed, has been
issued over the signature S. B.
Archer, secretary, chamber of com
merce, this city.
The objects of the convention are
stated to be the discussion of means to
take the tariff question out of poli
tics, to improve the consular service,
especially in Central and South Amer
ica, to consider the advisability of
recommending to Congress the crea
tion of a department of commerce,
manufactures and labor, and of form
ing a permanent organization. It is
stated that the convention will be
non-political and non-sectional.
PERISHED IN FLAMES.
ueatn Chosen by Insurgents In Prefer^
ence to Capture \>y Spanish Soldier*.
Havana, April 61.—Official advices
received here state that Colonel Aldea
while in pursuit of parties of insur
gents, encountered several bands of
them on the Carmen estate, near
Sabanilla, in tlie province of Ma
tanzas. The insurgents were fleeing
from an attack which had been made
upon them by the Key column. The
troops charged upon the Cubans from
all sides, forcing them into the cane
fields, which were burning fiercely,
and many of them perished in the
flames which they themselves had
started. The troops continued pur
suit of the fleeing insurgents, killing
many of them.
Cardinal Kampolla'a Letter.
Chicago, 111., April 37.-r The long
looked for letter of the Papal secre
tary of state has been received by the
committee on religious liberty for
Protestants in South America, and it
will be read at the Chicago Methodist
ministers’ meeting next Monday morn
ing. The letter gives the result of
the investigations of Cardinal Ram
polla, the papal secretary of
state, concerning the marriage
laws _ of Peru, Ecuador and
Bolivia, and also the religious liberty
that is accorded to the people in those
countries. Furthermore, the letter
announces what the Holy See proposes
to do in the matter. Itev. John Lee,
chairman of the committee, declines
to state in advance anything further
concerning the details of Cardinal
Rampolla’s communication.
A Fir. at Leavenworth.
Leavknwokth, Kan., April 61.—Carl
Hoffman’s Chickering hall and his
wholesale and retail music house, the
largest in Kansas, were damaged by
fire early this morning. The building
was valued at about $25,000 and the
stock and fixtures at $20,000. The
loss on the stock and fixtures is $1»,
000 and on the building $11,000. The
building is insured for $13,000 and the
stock and fixtures for $10,000. Many
pianos and other musical instruments
were either consumed or ruined by
heat, smoke and water. The fire
started in the shipping room in the
basement, and was not controlled for
three hours.
No Treaty With the Osages.
Independence, Kan., April 27.— H.
D. Gorman, nephew of Senator Gor
man of Maryland, who, with W. M.
Traskett of Arkansas and Judge Rook
of Georgia, was appointed by the gov
ernment as a special commission to
treat with the Osage Indians for the
purchase of their lands and allot
ments, passed through last night on
his way baek to Washington. The
commission did not accomplish any
thing and- the limit of their appoint
ment has expired.
Ante-Nuptial Anno.ncem.iia
Bloomington, I1L, April 27.— Infor
mation received from the family of
Viee President Stevenson at Washing
ton is to the effect that Miss Julia
Stevenson, elder daughter of the Vice
President, and Rev. Martin D. Hardin
of Danville, Ky., will be married at
the New York Avenue Presbyterian
church in Washington on May 28.
The invitations are not yet issued.
The bridegroom is a son of Hon. H.
Wat Hardin, the distinguished Ken
tucky Democratic politician.
8am Cook’s Silver Flows.
Mexico, Mo., April 27.—S. B. Cook
of the Democratic State central com
mittee says a small percentage of the
sound money Democrats will vote the
Republican ticket, but the loss to the
party from this source will not exceed
10,000 votes. He thinks on the other
hand the clean cut, unequivocal plat
form adopted at Sedalia will not only
bring out thousands of Democrats
who were disgusted in 1804, but it will
bring to the Democracy two votes for
every gold standard Democrat who
ioins the Rcphblicans.
Vanderbilt Bax* the Defender.
New York, April -17.— Mr. William
K. Vanderbilt, the head of the syndi
cate that built, equipped and raced
the Defender, has become the sole
owner of that yacht. Mr. Vanderbilt
has bought out the interests of the
others, as it was agreed in the plans
that he had the right to do any time
after the America's cup matter had
been decided. What Mr Vanderbilt
will do with the famous craft is mere- '
ly a matter cf conjecture.
Aa Indian Oratorical Contest
Lawrence, Kan., April 27.—The In
dian pupils at Haskell institute held
an oratorical contest last night, the
first of the kind, so far as is known,
ever held in the United States. There
were ten orators and the programme
was interspersed with tnusie.
Howard nod Cable Ara Convicted.
Topeka, Kan., April 37. — Frank
Howard and Frank Cable were found
guilty in the Federal court of robbing
the postoffice at Ulysses, Urant county,
and Judge Foster sentenced them to
the penitentiary—Howard for three
years and Cable for five
FAVOR FREE SILVER.
THE WHITE METAL. WING OF
NEBRASKA DEMOCRACY.
Proceeding! of the State Convention in
Uncoln—Choice of Delegatee to the
Chicago Convention—Faith In Free
Coinage Pledged Anew In the Platform
of Principle!—The Trans-'MIulMlppl
International Exposition.
Nebraska Democratic Convention.
DELEGATES-AT-LARGE.
W. J. BRYAN . Lincoln
0. J. SMYTH.Omaha
W. H. THOMPSON.Grand Island
W. D. OLDHAM...Kearney
DISTRICT DELEGATES.
First District—
F. J. MORGAN.Plattsmouth
O. S. JONES.Lincoln
Second District—
JOHN A. CREIGHTON.Omaha
C. H. BROWN . Omaha
Third District—
CV HOLLENBECK.Fremont
G. A. LTJIKART.Norfolk
Fourth District—
C. J. BOWLBY.Crete
E. C. BRIGGS.Seward
Fifth District—
F. A. TIIOMPSEN.Clay Center
P. WALSH.McCook
Sixth Dlstrli t—
JAMESC. DAHLMAN... Chadron
DR. J. C. BLACKBURN.Atkinson
Lincoln, April 23.—The free silver
democratic state convention was not
called to order until nearly 3 o'clock.
The delay was caused by the Fourth
congressional district, whose delegates
occupied the hall until a late hour,
electing their district delegates to Chi
cago.
Chairman CL J. Smythe rapped the
delegates to order and Secretary Lee
Herdman read the call.
A committee on credentials was dis
pensed with and credentials were hand
ed in to the secretaries and accepted.
The chair appointed the following
committee on resolutions: W. J. Bryan,
Lincoln; W. H. Thompson, Grand Is
land; J. O’Connor, Omaha; James Sul
lixan, Columbus; Matt Gering Platts
mouth; Ed Fallon, Falls City, and H.
CL Bittenhouse, McCook.
RESOLUTIONS OF SYMPATHY.
The following resolutions were mov
ed by CL J. Smyth, and unanimously
adopted by a rising vote:
Whereas, Hon. Ed P. Smith has been
one of the ablest and most loyal cham
pions of true democracy in the state of
Nebraska;
Whereas, The hand of a terrible dis
ease presses heavily upon him, and he
has been, and is, suffering excruciating
pain; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the democratic state
convention, recognizing his valuable
services to the cause of democracy, and
deeply regretting that he is beset by
an awful affliction, sends to Hon. Ed
P. Smith words of cheer in his manful
battle for life, and tender to his wife
and children the assurance of its pro
found sympathy.
TRANS-MISSISSIPPI EXPOSITION.
Resolutions endorsing the Trans-Mis
sissippi and International Exposition
were adopted as follows:
WhereaB, Delegates representing the
twenty-four states and territories west
of the Mississippi river, at the Trans
Mississippi congress of 189S, adopted
resolutions providing for the holding of
an exposition for the purpose of exhib
iting the products, manufactures, arts,
industries and capabilities of these
states, and territories, and
Whereas, The said congress voted
unanimously that said exposition should
be held at the city of Omaha, Nebras
ka, in the year 1898; and
Whereas, The common interests of
the states and territories constituting
this great region will be greatly pro
moted and benefitted thereby, and the
great state of Nebraska will be espec
ially benefitted by such an exposition
within her borders, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the 800 citizens of the
state of Nebraska assembled together
as delegates to the Nebraska democrat
ic state convention, held at the Funke
opera house at Lincoln, Nebraska, on
April 22, A. D. 1896. that the holding of
said Trans-Mississippi Exposition is
hereby heartily approved, and that our
senators and representatives in con
gress are requested to co-operate with
the senators and representatives of the
other trans-Mississippi states and thor
oughly and actively endeavor to pro
cure at this session of congress the pas
sage of a bill giving national recogni
tion to said exposition and providing
for an appropriation for a national ex
hibit and the necessary and proper
buildings to contain the' same; and be
it further
Resolved, That a copy of the forego
ing resolutions be certified by the sec
retary of the convention and sent to
the senators and representatives in
congress from Nebraska.
Mr. Bryan, of the committee on reso
lutions. presented the following report:
We, the democrats of the state of Ne
braska, in convention assembled, renew
our allegiance to the principles taught
by Thomas Jefferson and courageously
defended by Andrew Jackson, and de
mand that the great problems now be
fore the people shall be solved by the
application of these principles to pres
ent conditions.
We congratulate the democrats of
Massachusetts upon the candor and
frankness which characterized tlieir
platform utterances of yesterday. We
rejoice that they no longer quibble
about the ratio and holding out the de
lusive hope of international co-opera
tion, have at last consented to submit
to the people the question, whether the
United States shall have monometal
Ism or bimetalism—whether the Amer
ican people shall deliberately adopt the
English system of finance or restore the
gold and silver coinage of the constitu
tion. The Massachusetts demand for
a single gold standard and for the re
demption of all government obligations
in gold alone presents the paramount
issue of the campaign, and we welcome
the contest
We endorse the language used by
Hon. John G. Carlisle in 1878, when he
denounced the “conspiracy” to destroy
silver as a standard money as “the
most gigantic crime of this or any
age,” and we agree with him in the
declaration then made that “the con
sumation of such a scheme would ulti
mately entail more misery upon the
human race than all the wars, pesti
lences and famines that have ever oc
curred in the history of the world.”
We are not willing to be parties to
each a crime, and in order to undo the
wrong already done and to prevent a
further rise in the purchasing power of
; the dollar, we favor the immediate re
storation of the free and unlimited
coinage of gold and silver at the pres*
ent legal ratio of 16 to 1, as such coin*
age existed prior to 1873, without wait*
ing for the aid or consent of any other
nation, such gold and silver to be a full
legal tender for all debts, public and
private.
We are opposed to the retirement of
the greenback and demand that the
secret ary of the treasury, instead of is*
Buing interest-bearing bonds for the
purchase of gold, shall recognize silver
as money of redemption and exercise
the right to redeem greenbacks, treas
ury notes and all other coin obligations
in silver when silver is more eonven- i
lent
.tseneving mat general laws snouia
not be set aside by private contract, we
favor such congressional legislation as ■
will, without interfering with valid
contracts already in existence, prohibit
for the future the making of agree
ments for the payment of any - specific }
kind of legal tender money.
We are in favor of a constitutional
amendment authorizing the collection
of an income tax as a part of the feder
al revenue system.
We are in favor of the election of
United States Senators by. the direct,
vote of the people
We are in favor of a liberal pension
policy.
We are in favor of the initiative and
referendum system as an aid to secur
ing a government of the people, for
the people and by the people
The democratic party has ever been
the party of religious liberty in this
country. It has always been and is
now opposed to the union of church
and state in any form or under any
pretext whatever; it is opposed to the
imposition of any religious test for
office; it is opposed to all secret polit
ical organizations of every kind or
character, or any open political organ
ization based upon religious prejudices,
as contrary to the spirit and genius of
our institutions and thoroughly un
american. It stands by our public
school system as a means of papular
education and is opposed to any diver
sion of public school funds to any sec
tarian purpose, but it recognizes the -
right of parental control and the rights ;
of conscience in the education of child
ren as in accord with the fundamental
doctrines of the democratic party, that
the largest liberty consistent with the
rights of others insures the best gov
ernment. *.
On motion of G J. Bowlby the chair
man declared that nominations for del
egates-at-large were in order. Solec- 1
tions were then made in accordance
with the result given at the commence
meutof this article, W. J. Bryan and.
some others being selected byaccla-.,
mation. *
■ A resolution was introduced by J. G
Dahlman declaring that “the democra
cy of Nebraska presents the democracy
of the nation the name of W. J. Bryan
and recommends his nomination as can
didate for president, and that the Ne
braska delegates be instructed to for
ward his candidacy.” The reading of
the resolution was received with great
enthusiasm, but Mr. Bryan asked that
the resolution be withdrawn, and this
was done by the mover. ,
The convention then adjourned, and
moved away in a body to the Burling
ton depot to meet GoveVnor Stone of
Missouri, who spoke at night in the -V
Funke opera house. The speaker vig- A
orously denounced the administration
of Grover Cleveland at short intervals <
during his entire speech.
BITS OF KNOWLEDGE.
It costs four times as much to gov
ern American cities as is spent for the
same purpose in English cities.
A new steamboat, Just launched for
the Hudson river service, will cost
$1,000,000 and he provided with engines
of 8,000 horse power.
There are nearly 16,000,000 children
In school In the United States, nearly
14,000,000 in public schools, and nearly
400,000 teachers.
During the 900 years that the Pekin '
Gazette has been In existence 1,800 of
its editors have had their heads taken
off for having exceeded instructions.
The children of the poor in Japan are
nearly always labeled in case they
should stray from their homes whilst
their mothers are engaged in domestic
duties.
The longest paved street in the world
Is Washington street, Boston, which is
seventeen and a half miles long; the
shortest Is the Rue Ble, Paris, which is
barely twenty feet long.
In England and Scotland milkmaids
believe that if they forget to wash their
hands after milking their cows will go
dry. This superstition is diligently
fostered by the owners of the cows.
In Nebraska farms average 190 acres.
In Massachusetts 86. But in proverbi
ally thrifty Holland the average is
thirty acres. Seventeen-twentieths of
all the farms in Holland-are less than
50 acres in extent.
Japan claims the oldest wooden build
ing in the world. It is a log storehouse
in Yarn, which is now used to shelter
some of the Mikado’s art treasures. An
age of 1,200 years is claimed for it.
Some of the logs are nearly worn away
by the weather.
To send a telegram to London from
New York and get an answer takes two
hours. The message goes through
Causo, Nova Scotia, and Penzance.
When special arrangements have been
made to clear the wires, fifteen seconds
will suffice for a message one way.
RAM’S HORItjS. '
Any kind of an unrepentant sinner is
a lost one.
Bible promises were made for Bible
loving; people.
Only those -who love souls can learn
how to win them.
A negative sinner is as sure, to be lost
ss a positive one.
The slave is no less a slave whose
chain is made of gold. "*
In a cold prayer meeting the back
seats are the warmest
The office of temptation is to
us our need of Christ -
There is no greater commandment
than "love one another."
The grateful heart has music in It that
angels cannot sing.
Whoever believeth God’s truth gets
God’s reward for doing It