Nebraska Newspapers

    THE FRONTIER.
ffOVUBHBD BVBBT THURSDAY By
Tn homn Pranm Oo.
oveill,
NEBRASKA.
NEBRASKA.
IMMttlli ItaK CUBVSBtlOO.
.eldeotlal Election:
g£> METZ. SR.Douglas county
_ w. PALM.Lancaster county
. J. HALE. HedlM>n county
. PIASOEKI.. Howard county
. O. ALBERTS.Clay county
.1* KO-TKYZE.-Ballne county
L F. HARRINGTON.Holtcounty
. N. i
CAMPBELL ancecountj
b'r
■ Governor.—SILAS A. HOLCOM
■tenant Governor.J.E HARRIS
Je recretary.W. FT PORTER
,te Auditor...JOHN F. CORNELL
State Treasurer.J. N MESERVE
" .ttorney General.—.tt J. SMYTH
tateSuperintendent..—. ..W. R. JaCKHON
Commies loser.J. V. WOLFE
■ For Judies Supreme Court— __ . _
Leog Term. .WILLIAM NEVILLE
Short Term.J. A KIRKPATRICK
University Recent.THOMAS RAWLINS
The state convention of the silver demo
crats wee held In Omaha on the 4th. There
was nothing to do except ratify the nomina
tions made by the popullets, carry out a pre
arranged compromise on the electoral tick
et, and name > state central committee.
The convention named C. J. Smyth of
Douglas county, aa the candidate of the sil
ver democrats for attorney general, and
Thomas Rawlins of Dixon county as candi
date for regent of the state university, to
•11 an unexplred term.
The convention voted unanimously to en
dorse the populist ticket.
. Tbs platform adopted congratulate* the
national party upon the nomination of
Bryan ana Bewail and the platform: en
dorses the SnancUl plank of the Chicago
platform in an unequivocal manner: en
3o~ ■*"■■■ “ • ‘
Jones the constitutional amendments re
lating to ralirosd commissioner, supreme
court commissioners and public school
Made; demands a rigid enforcement of the
law relating to the Investment of school
funds of the state; endonee the action of
Go^llolcomb and condemns the course of
tlgjMbard of public lands and building* for
Its action regarding the Investment of these
fupds. *v..
Chancellor Dungan, of Cotner univer
sity, has resigned. r, ^ {,i
James WoodeMffdf'Ffcmout, aged 83
years, died last week.. ■
Firs ruined the stock of furniture of
f>:;. George W. Fell, Harwood.
The county treasurer of Lancaster
county shows 880,117.83 on hand. '
Some fatal cases of dinhtiberis'are
i;, reported in various parts of the state.
The postoffice at Glen Rook was en
* ■ ♦sired and robbed Saturday night of
•00 pennies .
A. Bartholomew of Folk county, has
been declared Insane and sent to the.
asylum at Lincoln
The hay crop in the vicinity of Bea
ver Crossing is reported the heaviest
It has been in yearn
The potato crop in the vicinity of
North Loup it not as good as last year
under irrigation treatment.
Burglars entered the store of F, W.
Smith at Valparaiso and made off with
all the jewelry in his store and $30 in
tiov. Holcomb has appointed JamCs
Holland of Broken Bow chief grain in*
apeutor. Holland is a populist and a*
farmer in Custer county. *,.
The house of Philip Asher, who lives
• mile southwest of Table Bock, was
entered by burglare Sunday while the
family were at church and a quantity
of jewelry stolen.
Frank Ferguson, a farmer’s boy near
Litchfield, was run over by a team
hitehed to' a hay rake recently, and se
riously bruised, one rake tooth went
clear through his leg.
Nannie Graham, who went insane
some time since at Nebraska City, and:
who had been cared for by the county,
was removed to the home of her unde,
Jesse Graham, in Nemaha county,
Jonathan Redding closed last week
fibs greatest .revival service in the his
tory of Barastoa. Nothing like it was
ever known. Many of the leading peo
fit of the country were converted. >
As Daniel Sughrue and wife were go
tag to Chappel their team became
frightened and ran away, throwing
them out, bruiaing Mr. Sughrue quite
badly, and injuring his wife internally..
The general merchandise store of P.
Rswlsy at Rarneston, was Burglar
ised last week of about $100 worth of
shoes, notions and clothing. Thirty
poire of shoes and eight suits of cloth
tag were taken.
Messrs. Lundeen and Leggy and
Baedeker A Pruitt shipped a large col
lection of York county farm products
to Elmwood and Monmouth, 111, to be
•laced on exhibition at the county
: taira at those places -. ..
Major Clarkaon of Omaha, recently
chosen at St Paul as commander-in
chief of the Grand Army of the Repub
lic, waa given a public reception on
* bis return. There was a great throng
•ad happy congratulations
“ William’Ernst, who raised the large
com in Rector A Wilhelm’s exhibit at
the state fair, was offered ssn per acre
far his farm of 850 acres, one-half mile
dram Duncan, by R- a Edwards of
Qmaha,tbut he refused the bid.
''Cornelius Epp, the Russian free sil
rsritiff York county, who lost his
Spoon ca that question, was declared
■sane and taken to Lincoln. Too much
meditation over free silver arguments
fhe cause of his mental derange
£ Kawrau flimntaj ud groping
forties ton tota otpiind nnstl}
•Moad Doehlen and jb^y got what
Jtoj w»t»ft«r in abundance. Then
Sjtnongh of U>to Wild fruit along th«
bato supply
7-M
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-,rv _ regiment with jelly
W? 7wr*‘
A smooth WnM fakir at Tecnmaet
)Mt week Mlieeed a few of the cUiseni
f*.*ty>l?t,y89-^or to»»e electrio belts
which heboid for a dollar. The fakii
hie audience hr throwing awai
*F* *• aee the boyi
•enable for it. ,
: had boys at Analog broke iatt
•he building formerly oocupled by th<
Weak of Analog, taking a number o:
Article# of more or leaa value and all
Jjf them for whatever they could get
The ownera of the property have prom
Jr** to give them the lull limit of the
$■;:
&V
Two traafpe were Uken ' from i
freight car at Table Bock by the, eit^
tnarabiU. the third one eecaping. Tbrj
had fifteen or twenty pair* of mizet
with them and ere being belt
foe wieatlfleatlon of men ant
Both men are dark and re
tbie lultaaa One has erooket
&■' */> -Hv*,- • lr.
J. B. Nelson of Creighton broke his
inn in two pieces recently. While.
Mining to town with * toed odbay the
tongue broke end ren into the ground,
•topping the vehicle so suddenly that
he was thrown to the grpuud with the
, foregoing result
The city mershel of Wymore end s
tonstable from the seme place came to
Table Rock and identified the prisoners
snd goods spoken of heretofore and
left with tneir prisoners for Gage
sonnty. They ere wanted for robbing
h store at Barneston.
There Is a law prohibiting cursing
snd swearing in public, but if It were
strictly enforced at Shelton, says the
Clipper, the revenue from lines would
be sufficient to pay all the expenses of
the village and the levying of taxes
would be unnecessary.
Following is the mortgage record for
Platte county for the month of August,
1806; Farm mortgages filed, 18, 910,
688.76; released, 14, 811, 486.85; town
and city mortgages filed, 4, 9,302.30;
released, 6, $2,830; chattle mortgages
filed, 48, 814,428.71; released, 6, 9614.73.
At this writing the board of manag
ers of the state fair are busy figuring
up to see where they stand. The total
expenses are not all known at present,
bnt they will not be much at variance .
with those of la4t year, possibly a trifle
larger. Taking this as a basis they
will be short about 812,000 of enough
to pay out* : : . v- , j
Arthur Gut**, • young mu ubput 25
yearn of age, who lives seven miles
south of Nebraska City, committed
suicide by shooting himself in the head ,
with a 44-caliber rifle. The bullet en
tered the left temple, going through
the skull and coming out at the • fore
head, causing instant death. Us was
tomewhat unbalanced mentally.
Dr. Clark T. Beeby of Shelton, was
fatally' shot.1 ' He 1 and George Smith
were snipe hunting in a small boat on
Wood river pond, and on their return
young. Beele, seeing game, drew the
shotgun towards him, the hammers.
caught on the boat and discharged bpth
loads into his breast He was a young
man and soon to have been married.
Harry Straw of Nebraska City, com
plained to the police that Charley Lane
was destroying the happiness of his,
married life, and on the police going
to the house the said Lane was dis
covered under the bed, apparently
asleep While investigating the case '
the woman.tried to shoot her husband,
but the revolver was taken from her.
The citizens o^ York county are.
greatly pleased with the outcome of .
the product exhibit from that county
at the state fair this year. The county
exhibit stood eleventh and1 the premi- '
um of 9125 also adds to the credit of
those in charge of the exhibits The
York Roller Mills were also successful
in securing four second premiums oh
their'products •
Curtis Smith, the 11-year-old son ol
Fred Smith of Tecumseh, met a fright
ful death whlle.at play in Chittenden’s
elev ttqr. He. attempted to jump into
the elevator as it was descending from
the top floor of the building past the
second floor, where he was in waiting.
Ills headHvas caught between the ele
vator and the shaft, and his skull terri
bly crushed. He died almost instantly.
The experiment of holding the state
fair over on Saturday was tried this
year for the first time, and it is not
likely that it will be continued. Not
only does this plan seriously embarrass ’
the exhibitors, who are thus left only
a few hours in which to remove their
exhibits before Sunday, but judging by
last week's experience the people are
not disposed to patronize an extra day.
A smooth-talking man has worked
the southwestern part of Pawneecoun
ty. selling various kinds of patent med
icines claimed to be made in Sarpy
Oounty. He said that in any. case
where they did not give entire satis
faction to step into J. F. Griffith’* drag
store and ha was authorised to refund
their money, Griffith’s high standing
in business snsblad the fellow to sell a
lot of his medicine, but he la not re
funding any money to his victims
The First National bank of Beatrice
dosed its door* 4he other day, immedi
ately following a meeting of the board
of directors The failure is due to a
variety of causes The successive crop
failures of the pest litre* or four y**ra
causing a gradual drifting of money
; eastward, coupled With the steady and
graduAT withdrawal of money by its
depositors to supply their constant
wants had but one result, the placing
of the bank in a position whare it was
unable to pay current checks
A distressing accident occurred at
the home of Mr. and Mrs William
Emery, Republican City. Mrs Emery
had gone scroes the street to a neigh
bor’s fee a few moments when her lit
tle boy, about 5 years old, put some
rubbish and cobs into the washing ma
chine, la and around which the little
girl not quite two years .old, was (flay
ing; poured some oil on and set fire to
it The little girl was frightfully
burned all over Mr body and face ana
died ttom her Injuries
me Heoraaice Philatelic society held
its annual convention la Omaha lest
week. The society bow numbers
nbaut ISO members, so of whom were
weeeat The reports of the officers
showed a greet increase in the elBei*
ency of the work over last year. The
following officers were elected: Pres
. ident, Fred B. Wilson, Wayne; rice, N.
B. Hapson, Omaha; secretary aad treas
- urerv U L. Thurston, Omaha; auction
manager. F« & Parmelee, Omaha; at
K teSM, Frank Brown, Omaha; pur
chasing agent, H. C Bennett, College
View; counterfeit detector, E. W. Fitt,
Plattsmouth; exchange superintendent,
H. P. Hughes, Howe; trustees, W. B.
Hapson, C L Thurston and C. Pay.
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As Johnnie McKetJan,son of James
I McKeeganof Bancroft, Was crossing a
■ bridge on horseback the horse slipped
on the muddy planks aad fell, throw
ing the boy under him, breaking his
i right leg below the knee.
C Epp, one of York county's most
i prominent and well-to-do Russian farm
. era, is charged with briar insane. He
, is a recent aileer convert and does
nothing but talk silver. He is reported
to have climbed to the top of his barn,
on straw stacks and for hours talk on
1 "the silver question, imagining that he
! is a second redeemer of the country,
and that he ia a better talker than his
candidate, William Bryan.
MR.HOBART’S LETTER
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ACCEPTANCE OP THE 8T. LOUIS
NOMINATION; ' ■<&
A Dlseassloa of tba Iubm of the Can*
Ptlfa, Especially tha Silver Question—
Ho Points Oat tbs Evils Upon Which tbs
Motion Will Tall If an Unlimited Cur
rency Issue is Made.
Hobart's Acceptance Letter.
Paterson, N. J.. Sept. lOt— The
following is. In part, tiarrett A. Ho*
oart's letter of acceptance cf the Re
publican nomination for Vice Presi
dent. It deals almost exclusively with
finance and tariff, and makes about
8,000 words:
"Hon. Charles W. Fairbanks and
others of the Notification Committee
of the Republican National Conven
tion. Gentlemen: 1 have already, in
accepting the nomination for the ofllee
of the Vice Presidency tendered me by
the natioaal Republican convention,
expressed my approval of the platform
adopted by that body as the‘party
basis of doctrine. In accordance with
accepted usage I beg now to supple
ment that brief statement of my views
by some additional reflections upon
the questions which are in debate be
fore the American people
xno piatiorm declarations in refer
ence to the money question ezpraaa
clearly and unmistakably the attitude
of the Bepub’ican party as to this su
premely important vubjeot. We stand
unqualifiedly for honesty in finance
and the permanent adjustment of our
monetary system, in the multifarious
activities of ■‘trade- and commerce, to
the existing (fold standard of value.
We hold that wry dollar of currency
issued by the United States, whether
of (fold, silver or paper, must be worth
a dollar in gold, whether in the pocket
Of the man who toils for his daily
bread, in the vault of the savings
bank which holds his deposits, or in
the exchanges of the world. ■ -
“The money standard of a great na
tion should be as fixed and permanent
as the nation itseif. To secure and
retain the best should be the desire
of every right-minded citizen.
“The free coinage of silver fit the
ratio of Id to 1 is a policy which no
nation has ever before proposed, and
it is not to-day permitted in any^mint
in the world—not even in Mexicdt*’ It
' is proposed to make the coinnge un
limited, at an absolutely fictitious
ratio, fixed with' no reference to in
trinsic value or pledge of ultimate
redemption. With silver at its pres
ent price of less then seventy cents
per ounce in the market, such a policy
means an immediate profit to the
Seller of silver for which there is no
return now or hereafter to the people
* or the ^government. It means that
for each dollar’s worth of silver bull
ion delivered at the mint, practically
two dollars of stamped coin will be
given in exchange. For 9100 worth
of bullion nearly 200 silver dollars
will be delivered. *
“Let it also be remembered that the
consequences of such an act would
probably be cumulative in their ef
fects. The crop of silver, unlike that
of_ hay, or wheat, or coru—which,
being of yearly production, can be
regulated by the law of demand
and supply—is fixed once for all. The
silver which has not yet. bean gath
ered is all in the ground. Death or
other accident of the elements cannot
J augment or diminish It. Is it not
more than probable that with the
enormous premium offered for its
mining the cupidity of man would
make ah over supply continuous, with
the necessary result of a steady depre
ciation as lohg as the silver dollar,
could be kept in circulation at all?
Under the laws of finance, which nre
as fixed as those of any other science,
the inevitable result would be a cur
rency all and' absolutely fist There
is no difference in principle between
a dollar half fiat and one all flat The
. latter, as the cheapest, under the logic
of‘cheap money,’ would surely drive'
the other out.
“The proposition for free and un
limited silver coinage, carried to its
logical conclusion, and hut one is pos
sible, means, as before intimated,
legislative warrant for the repudia
tion of all existing indebtedness,
public or private, to the extent of
nearly fifty per cent of the faca of all
such Indebted nesa It demands an
unlimited volume of fiat currency,
irredeemable, and therefore without
any standard value in the markets of
the world. Every consideration of
public interest and public honor de
mands that this proposition should be
rejected by the American people.,
m MOSEY RAMMia
"Reitlag on itabl* foundation*, eon
tlnnona and Unvarying certainty of
value should be its distinguishing
characteristic. The experience of nil
history confirms the troth that every
coin, made under any law, howsoever
that coin may be stamped, will finally
command in the markets of the world
the exaot valne of the materials which
compose it. The dollar of our conn*
try, whether of fold or. silver, should
be of full value of' 100 cents, and by
so much as any dollar is worth less
thsn this in the market, hy precisely
that snm will some one be defrauded.
“The necessity of a certain and fixed
money value between nations as well
as Individuals has frown out of the in*
terchsnge of commodities, the trade
andbnsiness relationships which have
arisen among the people of the
world, with the enlargement of
human wants and the broadening of
human interests This necessity has
made gold the final standard of all
enlightened nations Other metals,
including silver, have a recognised
commercial value.'and silver, eapec*..
ially, has’a value of great importance
tor subsidiary coinage. In' view of a
sedulous effort by the advocates of
free coinage to create a contrary im
pression, it cannot bo too strongly
emphasised that the Republican party
in its ptatform affirms this value in
s<Iver, and favors the largest possible
use of thie metal as actual money that
ean be maintained with safety. Not
only this.lt will not -authorize, bnt
will gladly assist in promoting a
double standard whenever it can be
secured by agreement and eo-opora
tion among the . nations. The bimet
allic currency, involving the free use
of silver, which we now have. Is cor
dially approved by Republicans. But
a standard and a currency are vastly
different things.
GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS.
“If we are to continue to hold our
ptM* among the great commercial
nation*, ire mast cease joggling with
this question, and make our honesty
of purpose elear to the world. No
room should be left for misconception
as to the meaning of the language
used in the bonds of thb government
not yet matured. It should not be
possible for any party or individual to
raise a question as to the purpose of
the country to pay all its obligations
in the best form of money recognized
by the commercial world. Any nation
which is worthy of credit or confi
dence can afford to say explicitly, on
a question so vital to every interest,
what it meana, when such meaning is
challenged or doubted. It is desira
ble that we should make it known at
once and authoritatively, that an
"honest dollar” means any dollar
equivalent to a gold dollar Of the
present standard of weight and flne
nesa The world should likewise be
assured that the standard dollar of
Amerloa is as inflexible a quantity as
the French Napoleon, the British
sovereign, or the German twenty
mark piece.
“Any attempt on the -naet of the
government to create by (t flat money
of a fictitious value would dishonor
us in the eyes of other peoples, and
bring infinite reproach upon the na
tional character. The business and
financial consequences of such an im
moral act would be world-wide, be
cause our commercial relations are
world-wide. All our settlements with
other lands must be made, -not with
the money which may be legally cur
rent in our own country, but in gold,
the standard of all nations with
which our relations are most cordial
and extensive, and no legislative en
actment uan free us from that inevit
able necessity. It is a known fact
that more than SU per cent of the com
merce of the world is settled in gold
or on a gold basis.
"Such free coinage legislation, if
ever consummated, would discrimi
nate against every producer of wheat,
cotton, corn or rye—who should in
justice be equally entitled, with the
silver owner, to sell his products to
tile United States treasury at a profit
fixed by the government—and against
all producers of iron, steel, zinc or
copper, who might properly claim to
have their metals made into current
coin. It would, as well, be a fraud
upon all persons forced to accept a
currency thus stipulated and at the
tame time degraded.
THE DOLI.AH OF OUR FATHERS.
“The dollar of our fathers, about
which so muoh has been said,- was an
honest dollar, silver maintaining a
full, parity of intrinsic value with
gold. The fathers would have spurned
and ridiculed a proposition to make a
silver dollar worth only S3 cents,
stand of equal value with a gold one
worth 100 cents The experience of
all nations proves that any deprecia
tion, however ' slight, of another
standard, from the parity with geld,
has driven the more valuable one out
of circulation, and such experience in
t matter of this kind is worth much
taore than mere interested speculative
opinion. The fact that few gold coins
are seen in ordinary circulation for
domestic uses is no. proof at all that
the metal is not performing a most
important function in business affairs.
The foundation of the house is not
always in sight, but the house would
not stand an hour if there were no
foundation. The great energy that
moves the ocean steamship is not al
ways in view of the passenger, but it
is, all the same, the propelling force
of the vessel, without which it would
soon become a worthless derelict
“It may be instructive to consider t
moment how the free and , unlimited
coinage of silver would affect a few
great interests, and 1 mention only
enough to demonstrate what a calam
ity may lie before us if the platform
formulated at Chicago is permitted te
. be carried out
EFFECT ON SAVINGS BANKS.
“There are now on deposit in the
savings banks of thirty-three states
and territories of this Union, the
vast sum of •S.OOO.OUO.OOO. These are
l the savings of almost ‘ 6,000,000 depos
itors In many eases they represent
the labor and economies of years
Any depreciation in the value of the
dollar would defraud every man,.
woman and ohild to whom these sav
ings belong. Every dollar of their
earnings when deposited was worth
100 cents In gold of the present stand
ard of weight and fineness Are they
not entitled to reeeive in full, with
interest, all they have so deposited?
Any legislation that would reduce it
by the value of a single dime would
be an intolerable wrong to each de-:
positor. Every beak or banker who
has accepted the earnings' of these
millions of dollars to the credit of
our eitlsens must be required to pay
them back in money notone whit leu
valuable than that which these banks
and bankers received in truut
0,000 building tad loan associations,
with shareholders to the number of
1.800.000, end with assets amounting
to more then $600,000,000. Their av»
erage of.holdings, is nearly. $?00 per
capita, and in many cases they repre
sent the savings of men and women
who have denied themselves the com
forts of life in the hope of being able,
to buy or build homes of their own.'
They have aided in the erection of
over a million of houses, wliioh are
now affording comfort and abel'tor for
6.000. 000 of our thrifty pcnpie.
“Free coinage at the> arbitrary rate
of sixteen ounces, .of silver to one of
gold would be equivalent to the eon*
fiscallon of . nearly half the savings
that these people have invested. It
would be tantamount to a war upon
American homemakers. It would be
an invasion of ‘the homes of the prov
ident,’and tend directly to ‘destroy
the stimulus to endeavor and the com
pensation >,of honest toil.’ Everyone
of the shareholders of these associa
tions is entl.Ci|ed to be repaid in money
of the same vhlue which he deposited
by weekly payments or otherwise in
these companies. No one of them
should be made homeless because a
political party demands a change in
the money standard fo our country,
ns an expertinent, .or as a concession
to selfishness or greed.
npx fkhslogans.
■“ “One hundred and forty millions of
dollars per a**)um see due to pension
ers of the 1st* yThat sum repre
sents blood spilled anM suffering en
dured in order to presertys this nation
from disintegration. In Wany cases
the sums so paid in pensions ere ex
ceedingly small; in few. if any. are
they exoessirn The spirit that would
deplete these to the extent ef a far
thing In tne name that would organize
sedition, destroy the pence and secur
ity of the country, punish, rather
than reward, our veteran soldiers,
and Is nnworthy of the countenance,
by thought or rote, of any patriotic
citizen of whatever political faith
No.party, until that which met in
Chicago,,has ever ventured to insult
the honored survivors of our struggle
for the national life by proposing to
scale their pensions horizontally, and
to pay them hereafter in depreciated
dollars worth only S3 cents each.
“The amounts dne, in addition to
the interests already named, to de
positors and trust companies in na
tional, state and private banks, to
holders of fire and accident insurance
policies, where the money deposited or
the premiums have been paid in gold
or its equivalent, are so enormous, to
gether with the sums due, for State,
municipal, county, or other corporate
debts, that if paid in depreciated
silver or its equivalent, it would not
only entail upon our fellow country*
men a loss in money which has
not been equaled in a similar experi
ence since the world began, but it
would, at the same ttme, bring a dis
grace to our country such as has never
befallen any other nation which had
the ability to pay its honest debts In
our condition, and considering our
magnificent capacity for raising rev
enue, such wholesale repudiation is
without necessity or excuse. No
Eolitical expediency or party exigency,
owever pressing, could justify so
monstrous an act.
The Tins.
--wane me nnaptflal issue which
has been thus considered, and which
has come, as the result of the agita
tion of recent years, to occupy a
peculiar conspicuousness, is admitted
ly of primary importance, there is
another question which must com
mand careful and serious attention.
Our financial and business condition is
at this moment one of almost unprec
edented depression. Onr great indus
trial system is seriously paralyzed.
Production in many of the important
branches of manufacture has alto
gether eeassd. Capital is without
remunerative employment. Labor is
idle. The revenues of the govern
ment are insufficient to meet its ord
inary and necessary expenses. These
conditions are not the result of acci
dent. They are the outcome of a
mistaken economic policy deliberately
enacted and applied. If would not be
difficult, and would not involyeun^
violent disturbance of our existing
commercial system, to enact necessarv
tariff modifications along the lines of
experience. °
“Our party holds that by a wise ad
justment of the tariff, conceived in
moderation, and with a view to sta
bility, we may secure all needed rev
enue, and it declares that in the
event of its restoration to power it
will seek to accomplish that result.
It holds, too, that it is the duty of
the government to protect and en
courage in all practical ways the de
velopment of domestic industries, the
elevation of home labor and the en
largement of the prosperity of the
people. It does not favor any form
of legislation which would lodge in
the government the power to do what
the people ought to do for themselves,
but it believes that it is both wise
and patriotic to discriminate in favor
of our own material resources, and
the utilisation, under the best attain
able conditions, of our own capital
and our own available skill and in
dustry. The Republican party, <n its
first successful contest under Abra
ham Lincoln, declared in favor of ‘that
policy of national exchange which
secures to the workingman living
wages, to agriculture remunerative
prices, to mechanics and manufactur
ers an adequate reward for their skill,
labor and enterprise, and to the
nation commercial prosperity snd
independence.* The principle thus
enunciated has never been abandoned.
In the crisis now upon us it must be
tenaciously adhered to. , While we
must insist that our monetary stand
ard shall be maintained in harmony
with that of the civilized world, that
our cnrreney must be sound snd
honest; we must' also remember that
unless we make it possible for capital
to find employment and for labor to
earn a mple and remunerative wages,
it will be impossible to attain that
degree of prosperity which, with a
sound monetary policy buttressed by
a sound tariff policy, will be assured.
“In 1892, when by universal con
sent we touched the high water mark
of our national prosperity, we were
under the same financial system that
we have to-day. Uold was then the
same standard, and silver and paper
were freely used as the common cur
rency. We had a tariff framed by
Republican hands under the direction
of the great statesman who now logic
ally leads the contest for a restoration
of the policy whose reversal brought
paralysis to so many of our industries
and distress upon so large a body of
our people. We were under the policy
of reciprocity, formulated by another
illustrious statesman, of the genuine
American type. We-tpay, if we choose
to do so. return to the prosperous con
ditions-Which existed before the pres
ent administration came into power.
. “The Republican party has always
stood for the protection of the Ameri
can home. It has aimed to secure it
in the enjoyment of all the blessings
of remunerated industry, of moral
culture, and of favorable physical en
vironment. It was the party which
instituted the policy of free home
steads, and which holds now that this
policy should be re-established, and
that the public lands yet vacant and
subject to entry in any part of our na
tional territory ahonfd be preserved
against corporate aggression as homes
for the people. It realizes that the
safety of the state lies in the multipli
cation of households, and the
strengthening of that sentiment of
which the virtuous home is the best
and the truest embodiment; and it
will aim to dignify and enlarge by all
proper legislation this element of
securitr. .
WHteEL. WISDOM..
A punctured bicycle tire |*n flat!
tellure. _
Ia a lantern-jawed man light com
plex ion ed?
The ln-come-taeka ia or are what the
wheelmen dread moat
This la good advice for everybody ia
general and for bicycle rider* in par
ticular.
The man with a broken bicycle chain
regret*, with Darwin, that he cannot
■apply the mining link.
HILL OBJECT&
****** ?»Hf Venator, Oral law tm Be
Bound by Instruction*
Albany, N. Y., Sept. 11_United
States Senator mil telegraphed as
follows to-day to Ncrton Chase, chalr
man of the Albany county Democrstie
convention: “I observe in a morning
paper that I have been elected a dele*
gate from the Third Albany district,
to the State convention under*
instructions to vote for the in*
dorsement of the Chicago platform
and candidates. This action ie
taken in opposition to my wishes and
judgment, as expressed to yon yester*
day, and I decline to accept the eleo
tion upon the conditions imposed or*
upon any condition which would re
strict my freedom at Buffalo to act ia
each manner as I consider best for the
interest of my party. ’’
Of the twelve delegates in the conn* •
try seven, including Senator Hill, are
considered as gold men, but the en
tire delegation ia instructed to sup*
port Bryan and SevYalll '
FRANCIS, >QR PALMER J
BeeUra Strongly for the Indlnonpoftl* ‘
CoDTentlon Nominees.
Washington, Sept, il.—To-day See*
retary Francis sent the following tel
egram to Mr. Bynum: “Regret that I
• cannot accept your, invitation to'at
tend the notification of Oenerala
Palmer and Buckner at Louisville- -
Saturday evening. These old heroes
have fought valiantly for thein con
victions on many a battlefield, but no
patriot ever enlisted in a nobler cause *
than that which they have consented
to lead. It is the maintenance qf the
country’s honor and the preservation
of the integrity of Democratic princi
ples on whose perpetuity depends the
survival of our institutions May the
nominees receive that earnest and
zealous support which their high char
acter and the National Democratie
party's pure aims so richly merit.
D. R. Fh Alt CIS."
Coal Mm In CobUm
Kansas City, Mo., Sept 1L—EvU
dences of the exUtence of > combina
tion of coal miners and coal .dealers to*
force up coal prices and maintain
them are multiplying daily, and this. ' •
morning*an Operator admitted that
such an agreement existed! From1 his.
standpoint a combination seemed to*
be a good thing, for it had* already
secured an increase of $8 for each cay
load of the product of his mines
kola’s Natural tins CarolrsL
Ioi.a, Kau., Sept 11.—The natural
gas carnival, which is being held in.
loin every night this week in connec
tion with the Allen county fair, is at
tracting visitors from all over Kansas
and many from other states The gas
is supplied from eight wells, with an
(Wgregate output of 60,00u,<>00 cubic*
feet daily, and it is estimatedithat not
less than 10,000,000 feet .are burned
each evening.
Kansas Cattle Company Attached. ^
Ellsworth, Kan.. Sept. ll.—Twen
ty-sin attachments for 97,000 has been
placed on the EUs'wortli Land and
cattle company of the county.) r of
which W. C. Wornall of Kansas City,
Mo., is president. The company owns
about 6,000 acres of land. here'.and
wintered 2,100 head of cattle, on
which they have lost money.
Aotor James Lewis Dead*
Nbw York. Sept 11. —James Lewis,
tlie comedian, long a member of
Augustin Daly’s company, died to-da*
at West Hampton, L. 1.
Another Hew Orleans Bank Closed.
New. Orleans, La., Sept. 11.—The*
Mutual National bank closed its doors
this morning. The capital stock was
only 9300,000l
LIVE STOCK AMD PRODUCE MARKETS
Quotations From Hew York, Chicago, St*
Louis, Omaha and Elsewhere. .
OMAHA.
Butter—Creamery separator.. It 9 18 .
Butter—Fair to good country,. 1< a is
Eggs—Fresh... 11 A 11 54
Poultry—Live hens.per*. 554® 8
Spring Chickens. 8 n 9
I prlng Ducks.-. 7 A 754.
Lemons—Choice Messlnas. 6 00 ® V SO
Honey—Fancy White....;. 13 os 15
I otutoes— New... 20 (H 25
Oranges—Per box .. 5 00 A 6 50
Hay—Upland, per ton...'.. 4 50 9100
Potatoes—New... 20 A 25
Apples-Per bbl......;.... 150 A'2 50
SOUTH OMAHA STOCK MARKET.
Hogs—Light Mixed... 2 DO OaQO
Hogs—Heavy Weights..2 70 9280
Beef—Steen. 2 00 A 4 25*
Bulls. 2 00 @3 00
M liken and springers.22 00 @30 00
Stags.150 A 2 00
Calves. 3 00 A 6 00
Cows . 10> A 2 90
Heifen. 2 00 A 2 90
Frnrken and Feeden. 2 50 A 3 40
Cuttle—Westerns.. 2 00 A 3 SO
Sheep—Native Feeden. 2 00 A 3 23
cheep—Lambs...—. 3 00 A 4 00
• H1CAUO.
Wheat—No. 2 Spring. MH9 Hit
Corn—Per bu... 19 A
Oats—Per bu...: .'..13
Pork.... 5 HI
Lard. a 72
Cuttle—Western liangen. 3 20
Choice Calves. . 3 00
Hogs—Medium mixed. 8 85
Sheep—Lambs. 3 25
Sheep—Western range. 3 00
NEW YORK.
Wheat—No. 2, Red Winter. K254A
Corn No. 2...... 25 A
Oats—No. 2,. 1954A
Pork-. 9 » A10
Lard—.-. 4 10 0 8
ST. LOUIS,
Wheat—No. 2 red, cash. 5 ’HA
Corn—Per bu. 17 A
Oats—Per bu.. l« A
Hogs—Mixed parking. 2 90 A 3
Cattle—Native bhlp'ng Steen. 3 CD A 4
KANSAS Cl i Y.
Wheat—No. 2 hard. . f054A
Corn—N a 2... IS A
Oats—No. 2. 17 A
Cattl-—stricken and feeders.. 2 50 A3
Hogs—Mixed. a 00 03
Sheep—Lambs .. sou @4
Sheep—Muttons.2 00 AS
No wither* Tour hjr htlmtR ^ ,v>
, 6pRiSQrniDv ItlL, Sept I, Th»:
presidential candidate of the' gold:
standard Democrats, General John U.
, Palmar, will not make a Southern
, tour next week. He will leave to
morrow dor Louisville and return
Monday to try two lawsuits in Clay
: county, 11L
OMSHtlnt Gold Democrat* Asa
Msw Hatch, Conn.,Sept,'ll.—At the
1 meeting of the exeoutivd committee
of thi gold Democrats ofJ Connecticut
here, it was decided to putna full state
I ticket in the field, including Presip
| dential electors.
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