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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1900)
r A. M. Stevenson, Senator Lee Mantle, Peffer and Others Out for McKinley. Interest Charges Reduced and Bank Deposits Rapidly Increasing. Fusion Bugaboo* Intended to Divert At. tention From the Beal Issue*. Omaha, Aug. £0.—The outlook for the re-electiou of President McKinley grows brighter each day. Judged from the prosperous conditions that exist everywhere In the United States, and from the magnificent administration of affairs during the past four years his re-election has never been doubted for a moment. We find, however, other forces working, though less pow. erful and less Important, than those above referred to, that are worthy of notice. In looking over the list of big guns in the Populistic and Democratic party we find them one by one drop ping out oi ranx ana announcing themselves for McKinley. Noted among these is the Hon. A. M. Steven son of Denver, Colorado. Mr. Steven son will be remembered as chairman of. the Colorado-Teller Republican stale committee and one of those who walked out with Teller from the St. Louis convention in 1896. Ex-Senator Lee Mantle of Montana is another of those Silver Republicans who fol lowed Senator Teller in ’96. He, like Stevenson, announces that not only will he refuse to support Bryan, but that he will use every effort to secure the re-election of President McKinley. Ex-Senator W. A. Peffer of Kansas, one of the most widely known Popu lists in the United States, has within the past ten days made positive an nouncement of his intention to support McKinley. Coming nearer home we find the Hon. J. E. Boyd, Nebraska’s only Democratic governor, announcing that he will not support Mr. Bryan this year. Mr. Boyd, however, does not announce that he will support Mc Kinley. W. F. Wappich, one of the stalwart Democrats of Omaha, an officer of the late Kansas City conven Sk tion and a delegate to the late Demo r cratic state convention; the Hon. E. Wyman, at the present time a member of the state legislature from Buffalo county, are among those prominent in Nebraska politics who refuse to stand for Bryan and his fallacies. In his an nouncement, W. F. Wappich brands imperialism as a false issue and an nounces in his discussion of the Philip pine question that Mr. Bryan has put the cart before the horse. In speak ing of this important subject Mr. Wap pi£h says: “I am a thorough believer in the course being pursued by the present administration as regards the Philippine islands. I can think of no other course of procedure for the erec tion of stable government there. First of all order must be wrought out of chaos and the Filipinos forced to re spect the law. Until this is done a stable government for them is impossi ble and independence for them is not to be considered. After the establish ment of law and order in the Philip pines will be the best time to consider what kind of a government they are fit for. I think the preaching of Fili pino independence is premature. Mr. Bryan probably knows that he is put ting the cart ahead of the horse, but by doing so he is enabled to use the ^ Filipinos for campaign purposes and that is all he wants to do.” Low Rate of Interest. Benefits resulting from sound finan cial legislation promulgated by the au thorized representatives of the Repub lican party are beginning to fall into the hands of the people. Already the rate of interest on farm and real estate loans has dropped to about 5 per cent, which means a sav ing alone in interest to the debtors of Nebraska of more than $1,000,000 per year. Four years ago it was difficult to borrow money on good security at less than 10 per cent, and very few if any loans were made at a lower rate than 8 jier cent. Today money is abundant at 5 and 5% per cent. The figures rep resenting the full amount of the mort gage indebtedness of Nebraska are not at hand, so the exact amount thus saved can not be accurately com puted. The report of the state labor commissioner just made public, how ever, shows that during the first six months of 1900 farm mortgages were filed to the amount of $11,472,208, and the interest saving in one year on ■ this sum alone, compared with the rate l of interest charged four years ago, amounts to upwards of $500,000. The same reports show that there were 578 less farm mortgages filed In the first six months of 1900 than in the first six months of 1899. They further show that in the first six months of 1900 the farm mortgages filed amounted to $11,472,208, while those paid off amounted to $12,747,192, a dif ference in favor of the borrower or debtor class of $1,274,984. On town and city property there were 247 more mortgages paid off during the first half of 1900 than during the first half of ! the previous year, and the amount; paid off exceeded the amount addition- j ally mortgaged by $1,051,248, showing ; a reduction in mortgaged indebtedness on town and city property for the first . six months of 1900 of $1,051,248. These reports also show, that while the amount of chattel mortgages filed for the first ualf of 1900 exceeds the , •mount filed for the first half of 1899>,i by $1,207,000, the amount paid off for the first half of 1000 exceeds the amount paid off during the first half of 1899 by more than $3,000,000. Other Evidence of Prosperity. Nothing contributes more to evidence of prosperity in Nebraska than the figures setting forth the amount of money deposited in the various banks of the state. Today the deposits of the national banks in Nebraska amount to more than $30,000,000. The deposits of the state banks amount to more than $25, 000,000, a net gain in four years of over 40 per cent. In the last three months the deposits in the state banks have increased more than $3,000,000, or at the rate of more than $1,000,000 per month. Think of the people of Nebraska in creasing their bank deposits at the rate of more than $1,000,000 per month and then talk about calamity! Nor does this include the deposits in the national banks, which would per haps double the amount, or show an increase in the deposits of more than $2,000,000 per month. Under such conditions what excuse have Mr. Bryan’s followers to offer for making a change? Bryan’s predictions of hard times are completely shattered by these exhibits. If the Republican policy has brought prosperity, which it surely has, how could an opposite policy, intended to upset the Republican policy, bring other than the reverse? The Demo cratic policy is the opposite and it would bring opposite results—it would mean hard times instead of prosperity. This problem will admit of no other philosophy; will admit of no other solution. This is something for the people of Nebraska to think about. Lay aside partisanship for a moment and give these facts and figures sober and dis passionate thought. Partisanship is all right in its place, but when it is so deeply rooted as to prejudice the-voter against subserving his best interests it becomes at once a dangerous men ace. Prosperity depends upon the voter—he can vote to have it or vote it away, just as he pleases. Principles arid policies that carry with them a guaranty of prosperity—principles that have been tested and proven sound can not be exchanged for principles fraught with commercial disaster, without that result attending it. “The wages of sin is death,” and no amount of false philosophy can change It. A Board of Control. Should the Republicans succeed In electing their candidates for governor and a majority of the legislature, many much needed reforms will be in augurated at the next session. One of the most important! of these reforms is the enactment of a law creating a non-partisan state board of control, whose duties would be to ex ercise superintending and managerial control over all the state Institutions. The State Campaign. The pathway of the fusionists is be set with many embarrassing obsta cles. The one hardest to overcome is the administration of Governor Poynter. Poynter has played fast and loose with the public institutions and there are many fusionists who refuse to excuse him or condone his offenses, even on the ground of partisanship. The manner in which he has managed the state institutions is gradually com ing to light, arid it is a continuous story of shameful incompetency and fraud. Nor should Governor Poynter be permitted to escape righteous retri bution. He has persisted in interfering with the management of each institu tion and he therefore becomes jointly and directly responsible for the evils thereof. When it is said that his ad ministration is distinguished from all the rest for incompetency, discord, retrogression and dishonesty, it is say ing a great deal, and yet it is merely a dispassionate statement of the facts. This dlstinguishment, however, does not apply to Governor Poynter alone, but extends in scope so as to include the various state departments. Thus far reports of fraud and incompetency have been confined to the executive department, in so far as that depart ment was connected with the manage nftent of " state institutions. Subse quent reports, after the state institu tions have all been reviewed, will deal with the other departments, all of which will be of keen concern to the electors of Nebraska, irrespective of partisanship. it may ut* uepenueu upuu iuul iuu fusion campaign management will re sort to every possible scheme to divert the attention of the voters from the real issues. They will seek shelter from attacks on the record of the state administration behind such false alarms and bugaboos as “militarism” and “imperialism.” They know that they can offer no defense, so far as Poynter’s administration is concerned, nor can they hope to achieve success, in the face of unexampled prosperity, by making an open issue on party principles. Their guarantee of contin uous prosperity, in the face of the ter rible distress and suffering under Democratic rule will hardly be accept ed as being in any way substantial, and the only thing they can do is to re sort to some scheme to divert atten tion and lead the voter astray from the real questions involved. It is highly improbable, however, that pub lic credulity in Nebraska has reached that point where everybody can be so easily duped. This is a cam paign in which the voters of Nebraska are likely to do their own thinking, and, assuming this to be true, the bug aboos and schemes of wily politicians are not likely to prove much of a re straint to a free and intelligent exer cise of the right of franchise. i LIGHTNING RODS. Aa Electrical Paper Hint* at Their Value. In the course of a discussion on the familiar question of the value of lightning rods, the Electrical World and Engineer says: “We would take the position that there is abundant evidence to show that lightning rods do protect tall buildings of non-conducting material, but that the protection employed is not always the most economical. Instead of carrying a single stout copper rod through Insulators from the chimney top to the ground, we think it would be more effective to employ half a dozen uninsulated galvanized iron tel egraph wires from roof to ground, and inter-connect them all on the roof, with the object of providing a conduct ing network enclosing the house, rath er than an isolated duct beside the house. There are numerous instances on record of lightning discharges hav ing been conveyed to ground from the tops of telegraph poles through the ViUiUtti7 iiu, o auu na^ that purpose without injury to the wire, and such material is both plen tiful and economical. In all cases the ground that the eye sees not is prob ably of more importance than to suc cessful insurance than the conductor that the eye can behold.” The reader may be reminded that by the term "ground” the electrician means a con nection between a wire above the sur face of the eaTth and the layer of per petual moisture in the earth. Unless this connection is made with great care it will prove worthless, and in the case of lightning rods rob them ut terly of their value. It takes little to interrupt the flow of electricity. A short air gap or burial in dry earth will render the whole system void. Any form of lightning rod, cheap or expensive, ought to be carried down three, four or five feet below the sur face to a region where the soil keeps moist all the year round. Water is one of the best conductors known, and if a thunderbolt which otherwise would make mischief can be led down to damp earth it will quickly and harm lessly distribute itself. The practice of attaching a big piece of old iron to the lower extremity of a lightning rod is a good one to observe, but even this will be of no benefit if the soil about it becomes dry. Everything depends on a good ground connection. ANCIENT ROME'S PORT. It Was at Ostia, a Place Mow Miles Inland. When ancient Rome numbered a million Inhabitants the task «t pro visioning it was no small one, so the port of Ostia, now twenty-one miles by rail from Rome, was the most im portant in the empire. It was settled in the second century after the foun dation of Rome, and rapidly became an Important commercial center. At present the Tiber washes down 8,500, 000 tons of sand a year, and this grad ual extension of the delta has left Ostia miles inland. At Ostia the ware houses covered one-half the town, which was two miles long by one wide. The city contained fine temples, villas and theaters and the ruins • ere so extensive that for five centuries the villagers burned marble for lime with out exhausting the supply, and when Cosimo de Medici visited Ostia he found the villagers eejaged in burning a whole ancient marble temple to get lime. The peasants have destroyed many valuable old buildings and statues in this way, according to the Scientific American. At present there are ruins of some of the old ware houses with their floors raised three feet above the pavements, and of pri vate houses. The manner in which these ruins have withstood the cen turies speaks well for the masonry work. The bricks are about one foot eleven inches square, the stone care fully cut and fitted, and the effect is neat and rather beautiful, though stuc co covered most of it. Egypt alone shipped 190,000,000 bushels of grain to Rome, and Sicily, Sardinia and other places poured in their enormous sup plies of foodstuff*. In addition to this may be reckoned *he vast quantities of building materials, especially mar ble, which were imported. The Claud ian harbor was used as a great naval station, and here was also the central postofilce for foreign correspondence. Frince and Fisherman’s Boy. Ten years ago. wl' n the crown prince of Japan was i his thirteenth year, his highness sp.<tnt a summer at Fut'uniguara, Ise. While out in the water one day the prince noticed a fisherman’s boy of about the same age as himself, whose skill in swimming drew forth his admiration. The lowly youth, whose name was Yei, was pre sented to the prince, and these sprang up a friendship between the two. His highness was once more back at Ise the other day on his wedding tour, and the prince tfiought of Yei. He wanted to see his old friend, and after a good deal of trouble, the order was convey ed to Yei, now grown a sturdy young man, but still poor and lowly. In high delight the prince talked freely of the past and then allowed Yei to take leave of him loaded with various pres ents. Sampling Japanese Coal* Twelve samples of Japanese coal have been received at the war depart ment for test, with a view to ascertain ing its suitability for the purpose of the quartermaster’s department in China and the Philippines. So far as the tests have gone, they have demon strated that the coal compares favor ably with the product of American coal mines $nd wall meet the needa^of the departments—WaahingtonjStar. _ GIRLS IN BLOOMERS. AitoaUhed a Youth Who Strolled Into Their Gymnasium* While it has not been heralded wide ly that the summer classes in Colum bia University will be run on a co educational basis of extreme liberality^ assurance of this fact was demonstrat ed to a dignified senior who viewed yesterday the drilling of the class of girls in calisthenics In the college gymnasium, says the New York World. He entered the building purely through chance. He remained through his own volition. His presence was tolerated with lofty disregard by the girls. Heretofore rumor alone has es tablished the fact that frugality in at tire is conducive to free movements of the body in athletic exercises as prac ticed by the young women constitu ency of a co-educational institution. It may be stated, however, on the au thority of an eye-witness that Colum bia University co-eds affect bloomers, loose waists and a woman suffrage contempt of secluclon while undertak ing the routine of gymnasium drill. The senior sauntered into the building yesterday in search of a cool place. He was surprised to hear the strains of a rag-time march, to the rhythm ot which a dozen girls were marching up and down the floor under the tutelage of an Instructor. The senior held his peace and also his breath for fear ot discovery. The fair students proved themselves apt in all the figures taught men In similar drills. Hopping, skipping and ever so little of kicking were practiced, all unhampered by skirts and other things. Just as work on the parallel bars was to begin the senior was discovered. Instead of squeaks and cries of alarm and much running to cover the girls regarded the senior with complacency. Of those In the big gymnasium he alone turned uncomfortably red and would have sought the long grass had there been any handy. The young women “chin ned," "dipped” and "vaulted" over the bars, accomplished "easy ones” on the horizontal bar and unquestionably en joyed themselves. The exhibition gave the senior deep food for contemplation, however, and he admitted that the cooling effect of the gymnasium as he found it was not up to what he had contemplated. AN INEBRIATED BEAR. Had fua with the Boys Who Expected to Hare Fan with Him. Altoona (Penn.) Spe. New York World: A tame performing bear, usually well behaved, got tipsy to-day. For several hours the bear made a bear garden of the little town of LiBtlc, near here. The bear and Its owner, a Frenchman, were quietly walking Into Listlc with the purpose of giving a performance, when they fell in with a crowd of men who were tapping a keg of beer by the roadside. The Frenchman let It be known that neith er he r'lr the bear was a teetotaler. Without growling, the bear emptied growler after growler. The French man got his share of the beer. He and the bear fell asleep. Two boys came along and thought they would have some fun with the bear. The bear woke up, got mad and had much fun with the boys, chasing them into Lls tic. There a man named Dietz, a pow erful fellow, seized the bear. After a brief wrestling match the bear threw Dietz and bit ’’rough his right arm. The bear tteao tried to eat a child sit ting on the steps of a barber shop, hut the child was saved. The bear then went nosing around the village store. Men were about to sally forth with shotguns when the Frenchman arrived and profusely apologized for the bear. But the men wanted to kill the bear anyhow. But the sheriff, however, decided to permit the French man and the bear to pass the night in a toolhouse on the edge of the town on condition that they would leave the town at. d&vbreak. Sawdust Briquettes. In the large sawmills of Joseph Fl alla, In Austria, the sawdust Is util ised by being made up Into briquettes; these form a good combustible for boiler furnaces for household use. The sawdust is impregnated with a mixture of tarry substances and heat ed to the proper temperature; It Is then passed over a plate of iron heated by steam, from which a screw convey or takes it to the screw press, where it is compressed into briquettes of the required Bize. The press turns out nineteen per minute, weighing two fifths of a pound each and measuring 6 by 26 by m inches. The calorific power is about the same as that of lig nite, with but 4 per cent of ash. The factory turns out more than 6,000,000 briquettes a year; the cost is about 16 cents per thousand, and the selling price reaches 51. leavlifg a consider able margin of profit. New Une of Chaperonln*. A young woman in the city of New York needed to work, but hardly knew what to do. While wondering and wor rying also, for she needed work, and while U-lking of it with a friend, was asked if she would be willing to take the friend’s daughter to and from school every day until some employ ment was found. The offer was ac cepted, with a wage of 53 a week. The scheme was so satisfactory that the young woman was shortly asked to go with the daughters to mattnees, excur sions, etc. The Idea spread, soon other girls joined the party, so that she earned 512 a week, and the second year the number rose to eight, which yield ed her a comfortable income, beside af fording her many pleasures In the way of concerts, plays and outings that she could not «thenwfc»e ha vet had. A Mother Telle How She Saved Her Little Daughter^ Life. I am the mother of eight children and have had a great deal of experience with medicines. Last summer my little daughter had the dysentery in its worst form. We thought she would die. I tried everything I could think of, but nothing seemed to do her any good. I saw by an advertisement in our paper that Chamberlain’s colic, cholera and di« arrhoea remedy was highly recommend ed and sent and got a bottle at once. It proved to be one of the very best medi cines we ever had in the house* It saved my little daughter’s life. 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