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About Plattsmouth weekly herald. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1882-1892 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 30, 1888)
With feeling. riANO. 1. Where the now - 2. While she lived, 5 6 And Lost the g;ii to ua Whero the hap But -when all -0- -0-'0' '0' staccato. it STREETER'S ACCEPTANCE. He Sets Forth the Theory of Re form of the Union Labor Party. At the request of several of our pat ron, wo publish in full the letter of ac ceptance of A. J. Stieeter, cnntliilate for president on the Union Labor ticket. T.'ie llm.J. TV. Qahont. Chnirmnn, and Ttolt ert Schilling. Hevrct iry, of tlie JS'alioiiiil Ex ecutive Committee- "New Wisdsok, Im., July 14. Gen tlemen: Your favor of June 20 to h mil, giving notice of my unanimous nomina tion by the Union Labor party at its na tional convention held in the city of Cin cinnati, O., May 15 and 16 last, for the ofiice of president of the L'nittd S.ates, and with this notice you also send copy of platform. "I am truly thankful for this distin guished honor. To be nominated for the highest ofiice in the gift of the people is more that I expected, and more than I deserve, and I would have been pleased Lad the convention conferred this distin guished honor upon another more worthy thin myseif. But it has come to me free as the air and the sunlight, and I deem it a duty I owe to both the conven tion and the people there represented, to accept the nomination, and if it shall be the will of the people to elect me, there -will be some radical changes made in the administration of affairs, and to the extent of my ability and energy, and with a firm hand, the government will he administered more in the interest of the great common people, but not to the injury of any class of our people, for all should be cijudly protected in their per son and prourty by the firm hand of the law. But the great common p.-ople; those whose hands have made the coun try what it i: have not h id ju-tice. Unfortunately it is the government itself that has brought the people to the con dition th y are in.struggling with poverty and debt. Through b id laws and their wicked enforcement by corporate monop olies, greedy combinations and avari cious trusts have become favored classes in the administration of affairs, and these have forced the people into their present condition. They now cry aloud for re lief, and it is the duty of the jovern ment to help them in-tead of further aiding the privileged classes to their in jury. 'I hold to this principle: The pros perity of a nation is measured by the prosperity of its industrial people. If they are prosperous then the nation is prosperous; indeed; but if its productive people are struggling with poverty, tnxes and debt, then the nation is poor, though its treasury, like ours, he over flowing with idle money. Such is the condition of our nation to day. They tell us the country is growing ri'h, but the farmers EVA -BT- ax--- -i white fluw'ra are grow-lug, life w all ideas -ure, 6 tmll - l.iK Now we ., 0--0 0-'0 2 tie -winds are sigh - Ing, our dark-eyed treas-ure, As And --rr-i 4r- - py birds our griefa are Blng - Ing are o - ver, 6 3 1 In In the the -0-' ' '0' -0 i - -Copyright KuaJtel Bros.. and other woiking people are growing poor. Did our fathers ordain and estab lish this government to be a machine to enrich the few at the expense of the many? I think not. But, on the con trary, the true intent of law and of gov ernment should be to protect the weaker members of society from the encroach ments of the stronger. The stronger are better able to care for themselves, but the weaker need the fostering care of the government, and hence governments arc institutions among men. This funda mental priucipal has been subverted, and in lieu of it we have a government of the capital class, now merged into mon eyed aristocracy. 'If elected, no recomendation will be made to demonetize s?lver again, ror will the secretary of the treasury advise the destruction of the remaining green backs in circulation. The law for the coinage of silver will be enforced in the interest of the people, and instead of coining the minimum amount of $2,000, 000 per month, the maximum ct 4,000 000 per month will be coined. We need more money in circulation, and the coin age of silver should be as free as gold. Iustead of so much talk about idle mon ey in the treasury, that department of the government should be conducted on business principles bonds called, the money paid out and interest stopped. I am advised that the act creating the 4 per cent bonds was tampered with and the time of payment changed in the in terest of the bondholders, and this after the act had passjd congress. We know the people did not do this thing, and if changed it nius-t have been the work of the bondholdeis or their agents. I deem it good law that the bondholders should not reap the benefits from the un lawful acts, and such bonds should be called in and paid at their face value. 'There is something wrong and we all know it. We have tried a change of ad ministration from one old party to the othir, but it gave the people no relief. We are even worse off than when the change was made. Still interest, taxes, high rates of transportaton, and othf-r combinations take nearly all we can an nually produce and leave but little on which to live, and less to pay our debts. A government that does not aid its in dustrial and working people to pay their debts Is not a government of the people and is unworthy of their support. A government that has by iU policy toler ated monopolies, greedy combinations and trusts, and iias not protected people against their spoliations, is unworthy the support of Ua working people. Unfor tunately, these unho'y monopolies, com binations anrl trusts have increased in numbers and power and strength from one administration to another, untill they have forced upon the country an other irrepressible conflict a conflict in volving the prosperity and happiness of C0.000, 000 people. It is an irrrpr.-ssihle conflict that will determine whether capi A ft 4 1 4 II r 2. 4 S 1 rnf f -4 1 m 1 fch! -0 r P t 1 J i i i I i 4,1 i I i -Mt I, ,. I i i. i "7iTi 1 1 1 ,- - ' a -r PL ATTSMO DTH WE&Ly HfcKALD, THUKSDA Y, AUGUST SO, RAY JANE EYRE. 2 4 2 C- 1 the sun - uy vale, luim her from our home; 4 1 1 1 -- N-i 1 J 1-3 1- J I iS3 Jr -0- -0 p I 1 JI 1 ; ii- -a- rjS!t 0 they float o'er hill and dale. in Bud - noss now wo roam, r. a 5 1 3 1 1 : 1 1 sun-shine, liglit and gay, realm of bright -er day, s I -0-'0' 0 -0- 1871. tal shall rule this country, or the people who iuhabit it. The other irrepressible conflict involved the liberty of 4,000,000 people, but this one involves the right and liberty of 00,000,000 peopie to the enjoyment of the fruits of their labor. To settle the slavery conflict it cost the government a deal of money, of life and of sorrow, and it is to be hoped that this conflict may br settled peaceably at the ballot box and by the restoration of the government to the people to whom it belongs. But settled it will be, and let us hope without seas of fire or rivers of blood. 'Hence it is the part of wise states manship to look this growing conflict square in the face, and to make such changes in the laws and the administra tions of the same as will restore confi dence and prosperity to the people. Such is the object and latent of the un ion labor party. If either old party had given relief, then there would be no ne cessity for the Union Labor party. But beth have been tried and both have failed. We see people leaving their old parties every day going to some new or ganization, and these changes are a vig orous protest agains; the wrongdoing of the obi parties. Some are saying: 'Let us reform within our old party,' but that is a hopeless task. For history has no record of a political party that ever reformed within itself. It takes a new organization to do that, aud that is what ' we are doing. 'The tariff is a minor issue when com pared with the greater issues involved, and so complex as to be difficult for many to understand it. Xo legislation whatever on the tariff will cive cheaper transportation nor cheaper rates of inter est on money, nor protect the people against the increasing combinations, mo nopolies and trusts now sapping the pros perity of the people. Owing to the great diversity of opinion on the tariff and among all partus the Cincinnati convention thought it best at this time to leave that question out of the platform. I believe, however, that there should be a revision of the tariff laws, and that protection should be giv en where needed and the tax reduced wherever it can be safelv clone. 'We are a temperance party, in favor of good government, better morality and a higher Christian civilization. Believing as I do, that cheap tobacco and whisky are not in the interest of better morals and a higher civilization, but the reverse of it, I am opposed to the removal of the government tax on these conditions. Such would be a retrograde movement of demoralizing tendenc ies, and would lead thousands of young men into the gutter and degradation. We are the frleiuls of the soldiers, too. Not in a sectional sense, to antagonize the blue and the gray. No. But, forgetting the past, let us plant freedom's flag upon the hilltops of every state, and concede to all the same patriotic devotion to our flag, our ft ft , r Hr , , J t7 There now MrcpHoiir lit tie Wo blmll meet our lit - tie c n onus. fX'0 - f : 5 V- Down tlio wood-landd birds -0- -I - Down tlio wood-lands birds Vit staccato -0- ruiss miss But we'll ov er country, and our hopes in a higher civi lization. The Union Labor party wil deal justly and liberally with its citizei, soldiery. 'The platform says arbitration should take the place of strikes and other injur ious methods of settling labor disputes. That is right. Labor strikes are unprofita ble ami often failures, and disturbers o business. Laws should be enacted t compel the employers and employes t. submit their disagreements to arbitration. Corporate capital is sometimes too ano j gant and relies too much on Pinkerton'.- militia. The very sight of this force ir ! ritatfs the working people when in troubl'1, and has a tendency to widen tin breach between capital and labor. In Illinois we pay a large tax to mantain an efficient state militia and police force, aud why this force of private militia hi s their headquarters in Illinois is more tnan I ran tell. Their services should be j dispensed with by state authority. '"I will not discuss the platform gener ally, bi t the laud plank, opposing mo nopoly in land, demanding the forfeiture of unei rned grants, limitation of land ownendiip, etc., meets my approval. The ownership or control of lines of commu nication and transportation is demanded by the people. A national monetary sys tem in the interests of the people instead of speculators in money, is good. Equal pay for equal work for both sexes is jus tice. The platform is erood, as a whole, and meets my approbation. In conclus ion I will say, I will observe my duty to those who were pleased to put me in nomination: will hold their banner aloft until thn ides of November shall have come, and until the last vote shall have been counted. I have the honor to be, very truly yours, A. J. Streeter. Olu Mr. Thurman had better either re main at home or stick to his favorite theme, the history of the American states, to start forth on a garrilous tour assert ing that the levying of tariff duties is simply robbery, taxation against the American consumer, is certainly too raw for a party which is just now engaged in trying to fool the people and make them believe that it is in favor of tariff system. The ass in the lion's skin was a succc-sss to this sort of business as it is now going on. Old age grows garrulous, and pap py Thurman wont make the way any smoother for that back action letter of acceptance which poor G rover is now fooling with. To hear the old man de nounce the industrial system which has made this country so great, reminds one of those days when he wrote the Chicago platform which declares the war a fail ure. He was younger and had more sense then than he has n -w, yet he should have been embalmed long prior to 1804. s -1 .Tv :? r m m 0 ft b l 1J Ej0 -:! VIZ 0' -0 1 J . 7 -0- -0 vz g, , 0 Lj, Cut we'll cv - er ?f JE if: j?. 0- 0 0 9 -S- I rrn r i ! 7 : , 4i ill 1 ' l&SS. IovimI one, loved one, Dtir - ling, lit tlu Dur - ling, lit - tlo ?Lj i 1ZZZZZ-ZZ0ZZZZZZZZ0ZZZZZZZ. 3Zj j - - -x - n 0 ' uro warb-liug, Warli ling o'er their Joy .0. .0- .0. -j 0 0' 0 M f " --J?" i- ni o wurb-ling, Warb ling o'er their Joy -0- -0-'0' '0' -0- -0-0 " 0- -0- '0' -0' , r "f r our loveil one. Inr - ling lit - tie K 0. , V y y K our loved one, liar - ling, lit - tie 10 - WENT DOWN AT COLOEN GATE Tho Two Vessels Collide In a Dense Fog and One of Them Sinks to tho Bottom in Less Than Five Minutes. Found Craves in the Ocean. San Fkancisco, Aug 22. One of the most terrible marine disasters that ever occured on the Pacific coast happened in the bay of San Francisco a short distance from Golden Gate at 10 o'clock this morning. The steamer City of Chester left her dock here at 9:30 and started on hcrreg ular trip to Eureka, on the toi thern coast of California. An unusually large num ber of passengers stood on her decks and waived adieux to friends standing on the wharf. The Chester steamed slowly down the bay, and when within two miles of the Heads encountered a thick fog so peculiar to that locality. Captain Wal lace, of the City of Chester, began blow ing his steamer's whistle to warn all ves sels of his approach. The Chestr pro ceeded cautiously on her way when the hoarse sound of another whisle floated ncross the water. Captain Wallace an swered the signal and gave the proper warning to the stranger to p?s on the port side. This was evidently not under stood, for ia one moment those on board saw the huge prow of the Occidental and Oriental steamer Oceanic emerge from the fog. The Oceanic had ju-t arrived from Hong Kong aud Yokohoma, and was moving up the bay to htr dock. The huge steamer was so close to the Chester that there was no possibility for the lat ter to escape. The cabin passengers were nearly all on deck and the captain, seeing the danger, called on them to prepare for the shock. A panic at .once ensued, par ticularly among the women and children, of which there was a lar-e number. The Oceanic struck the Chester on the port side at the gangway, and the shock was territne. Her prow cut into the Chester's upper works and then crushed down the bulworks, tearing the great timbers and iron plates and breaking into the state rooms and cabins. The wildest confusion prevailed among the passengers. They crowded together, some shreiking with fear and others pray ing for help. The bow of the Oceanic crashed into .the middle of the Chester cutting her almost in halves and causing va Kay. va Kay. I I I - 1 1- y - oua lay, zzxzf 0 I oua lay, 0- -0- va Hay. 1 va Uay. her to reel under the terrible blow. When the vessels were locked a number of the passengers were passed up over the Oceanic's bow and rescued in this way, but as soon as the large steamer could clear herself she swung around and immediately began to lower her forty four boats. At the moment of the shock the moht of the officers. and crew of the Chester seemed to lose possession of their senses, and several passengers stated afterwards that some of the crew took the first op portunity to climb aboard of the Oceanic and left the passengers to cut away tho boats, and one of these was lowered as soon as possible and a number of tile" passengers taken off in them. Others provided themselves with life preservers and jumped overboard. The greater portion, howev.-r, were compelled to re main on the steamer, which began to set tle immediately after the collision. Tor rents of water bean to rush into her hold and in five minutes after the colli sion the Chester disappeared sinking, in fifty fathoms of water. Those of the poswengers and crew who came to the surface were picked up by the Oceanic's boat, but the greater num ber were drawn down by the rushing water and neyer appeared again. As soon as it was known around the bay that a collision had occured a num ber of tugs and boats of every descrip tion went to their assistance and render ed what assistance they could in picking up the living or elead. Of the twenty three steerage passengers only two were accouted for this afternoon, and it is be lieved the others were lost. The cabin passengers numbered seventy, and of these ten are lost. The names of the cabin passengers lost are as follows: G. W. Anderson, Oak land, Gal.; Mrs. S. E. Prater, San Diego, Mrs. C. II. Ilrtiiey, Eureka, Cul.; J. A. Hampton and wife. Virginia, jy.; C. T. Davis, Springfield, Cal., and Miss Davis, his niece: J. Greer, Kapa, Cal.; Miss Welch and Mrs. Porter. The followiug members of the crew are lost: E. It. Chambers, Stewart; R. Fulton and Adam Biehmond. None of the survivers were landed until 1 o'cloc k, and at a late hour this afternoon there was still much doubt as to the number of those lost. Send your job work to the Herald K K b 4 I 0 0 ofiice.