Plattsmouth herald. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1892-1894, December 15, 1892, Page 2, Image 2

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VIOKR
ON' DEMCCIiACY.
' rriniiilniit l)i !iior.i y " S'
In Ift tioC'tH ;it B."n i 'i"!1' H'-iI
to do What ll w;i Mm- t" '
t j do AI.iIm I. .IK
Dem crai8 it Ch..ri;rt.
Tin cili.en i.f l'lultnon'li u ill
r.illi'iiilnT C Ihrr, ulm (lis-
ril-,-i-i'il the till ill 'I'hMi.m in this
rily early in tin- c.miai-n and who
lilso wrote tcwr.il articles on Ne-lra-!ii
liit-h were nl -lis-1 in
TlIK . ALU. Since the election it '
Ii.im been (leeill"'l if I v i Mll'le 1 iy the
New Yi.rk I tihniie M keep tile fads
before the people, an I he has writ
t 'li .mother letter wich is as follows:
"For the lir.-t lime in thirty two
year the tlcmocnil ic jmrty fun Is it
pelf in a position where it will lie
com pel leil, after the fourth of March
next, to assume the full rcspou
Hihility nf legislation. l)iirin thirty-two
years they have not at any
time h.il full control of nil the
branches of the legislative ami ex -eciitivc
lctartinents. They have
many tiniescoutrolleil the house of
rcpiesenlativee, bill lis a rule, the
republican senate has Htood be
tween them and nil vicious legisla
tion. ,
Many measures have been passed
through the democratic bouse, em
bodying features which never
would have been embraced in a bill
laid not tbe democrats themselves
known that those features could
not In- passed through the senate.
WImmi the senite, altliotiuh rcpubli
liean, ihially passed a free coinage
bill, the democratic house, having
nn enormous majority, failed to
pass the bill, although a large ma
jority of the democrats in that Hume
house bad been previously com
niitted to the free coinage of Hilver.
I was well known that President
Harrison would have vetoed
wny such measure had it
been passed, and a large
number of democrats, fearing that
uch an opportunity would
treiurtlieii President Harrison in
the east, joined with the republi
cans and killed the bill. The repub
Iicana opposeu me measure u
cause they did not think that it
would be good legislation. The
tletuocints, many of them, opposed
it simply as a political trick. Several
democratic houses in the past
twelve years have formulated a re
vision of the tarilT. One of their
bills, known as the "Mills bill,"
oassed the house. The others of
those bills were defeated by the
votes of Randall democrats, who
joined the republicans in opposing
Its passage.
The congress dill not in any way
attempt to form a general tarill bill
The ways and means committee
headed by Mr. Springer, merely put
through the house several small
bills, well knowing that the senate
would not pas a single one of
them.
yuite a uuinber of democratic
journals are now claiming that, on
account of the election, the repub
lican senate should now aid in the
passage of those unfinished mens
ures. Is there any where on record
another such case of monumental
cheek? These journals would have
the republican members of the sen
ate join in the passage of measures
in which republicans do not believe
simply to relieve the democratic
party from the responsibility of
that legislation. No republicans
will be fool enough to he caught
with that kind of chalT.Kepublicans
ueneve in tne lantl law as it now
Mtanda. We know, it has been work
ing wellfor the nation during the
short period of its existence. Yi
have full faith in its beneficial
effects in the future.
Hut, these journals tell us, the
people by their votes have decided
against the ".'icMnicy lull. 1 hey
tell as that the people have finally
promoted in favor of certain rcdical
changes in legislation on certain
great itestions which were at
issue in tbe last campaign. That
uiav be true. For the sake of th
argument, let us admit that it is
true. Docs it follow on the account
that the republicans should them
selves vote for measures which
they do not believe r Such radical
changes of law are seldom, if ever,
attempted during the "short ses
sion" of congress. There lire only
about s-eventy working days in a
''short session" of congress. All of
the time is needed properly to form
and pass the appropriation bills
and other bills of urgent necessity.
To prepare a bill for the revision ot
the tarill on the lines laid down in
the Chicago platform will require
months of hard work. That is the
kind of work which the democratic
party has been promising the peo
ple that it would itself perform
when once in power. If the demo
t oiin ss as soon iilu r the l!h of
. l.ncii as po.-sihlc, .-o th it lie' x
i oi'ress may Ini iiiulate the kind
of bills these larilf l Hoi n;er-!eMi'c.
i i .it" .is i:i ob-ei 'v 'it i"i l,'"'s, not
,i Millie one ol these joiilnttis la
ors the calling of an etra session
. i congie-s. It is i, ut evident to
every one that. v hat they ale seek
illy" to do is to aoil the responsi
bility ot legislation, and il pos.-ilile
d throw i es pi.usibi I ity upon the
republican senate '.' 1 1 is ho ied and
believed lh.it tin re is not in the
senate ot the I'nited Stales a single
ic publican who will take one step
i . i . i . .i . . .
in die (lirecuon wiihii iirium i.us
desire.
A I ready several democrats elected
to tin' next congress are beginning
to 'hedge" on the tarilf ijueslion.
Many ol theni are advising the
parly to "go slow." If these gentle
men believe that the people have
itinoiinced their will upon this
great ipiest ion, and it they lielieve
that the recent election shows that
the people are in favor of a radical
hange in the revenue laws, why do
they call out "go slow.- What
sense is there in going slow? Is it
possible that there is any danger in
oing too fast, if the road is the
proper one and the one in which it
is for the nation to travel':
It may as well be understood,
once lor all, mat the replliiucan
party believes in a protective tarilf.
We believe ilso in reciprocity,
and that that doctrine is working
well for this country.
We are utterly opposed to re
establishing the old system ol
"state banks."
The republican belief is now ex
pressed in the laws, and as long as
the republicans have perfect faith
in all those doctrines there will be
no changes made by republican
votes. The democratic party chum j
that the people have decided
against the present policy of the
government and in favor of demo
cratic notions upon those vital
questions. Very well. Admit that
such is the case. The question is,
by whom should those changes be
made? Certainly not by the people
who believe that such changes
would in j in e the country. The
democratic party has been clamor
ing for these changes for years.
The republican party has net its
face solidly igainst them all.
Why? Hecause it has not believed
that change would result in good
to the people of the nation. The
democrats tell us they believe that
good results will follow. Very well,
gentlemen! Go ahead! Pass your
laws if you believe in them! Then
take the responsibility yourselves!
If all the blessings follow such leg
islation which you have been
promising for years, you will be en
titled to all the glory; and you
should not seek to havcthat glory
shared by a republican senate.
It is a little curious to see our
democratic friends hemming and
hawing so soon, seeking delays,
sort of trembling, as it were, on the
brink. A month ago they seemed
to be tumbling over each other in
their eagerness to get to the edge
of the pool, where they could throw
themselves into the waters of a free
trade tariff and of wild-cat money.
Thirty days have not elapsed, and
yet chills are already running up
ami down the backs of a large num
ber of these noisy financiers, and
they are fairly shaking for fear
that some one will take them at
their word and push them over the
brink. Why all this hesitation?
Why tremble at all? Can it be pos
sible that they have been preaching
something that they did not be
lieve? That they really never meant
what they said? Ifthev have been
in earnest, if they have been hon
est, why seek to throw thr responsi
bility of legislation upon their op
ponents? Yh) not accept the
' logic of the stiuation?"
Democratic gentlemen may as
well utop first as last seeking legis
lotion of that kind from ihe repub
bean party. We believe as firmly
in the viciousness of such legisla
tion as we did before the election.
ICvery republican will oppose it in
every manner possible, while re
publicans control, every step taken
in a direction which he knows will
be disastrous. More than that, we
shall not cease to warn the demo
cratic paity of the dangers which
we believe lie in the path of all such
legislation. The republicans ot the
next congress will speak against it,
vote against it and in every way
emphasi.e their conviction that
such legislation will be disastrous
to the country.
A large majority of demon .its no
doubt believe that in such conclu
sions we are wrong anil that thev
are right. They claim to believe,
and believe honestly, that a taritt
"lor revenue only" will bless our
country; that reciprocity is a Iraud;
that it is well for the country to re
turn to the old system of state
Tho Annual Report of
tary Foster.
.ecro-
A 3URPLUS OU HAND.
Rt'ci-lpts, Expcnditarf s, Estimates,
Surplus an I SuKt.-Micns L')it,
cussed - voi s a rt sil c .1
ChaiiKe-tho Ituport
1 ri'iisury ot tho Motion.
The annual report of Secretary of
the Treasury Foster shows the gov
ernment revenues from all sources
during the past fiscal year were
f I'Ja, i-OV I; e x pern 1 i lures, .i: 1 1 ."i,UA
S Ki, leaving a surplus of If'.i.'.il 1. lai).
With the cash balance, national
bank redemption funds and ;i few
small ileitis added, the surplus is
fl'l.V-'O.liH, which can be applied to
the redemption of bonds and na
tional bank notes. Compared with
the fiscal year 1 Vil , the receipts have
fallen off IfJL'.liT.'WJ, the principal
losses being iu customs receipts,
.tl-'.IHi'.l.'.'ll, and in profits on coinage,
$"i,isl.47'.l. On the other hand, there
was a gain of Sfl.'.c.lS.ii'HJ in the inter
nal revenue receipts, of 2,1 12,7 1 f in
sales of district of Columbia bunds
and other matters woich make up
the difference. The interest on the
public debt decreased $1 l.lilIl.Ol'.t.
F'or the present fiscal year the
revenues are estimated as follows:
KKCKIl'TS.
ITOIIll llstnlll't $l!W,lll IKKI
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I
I iiti-rtinl revenues
iMiseclliiiit'iius ... .
l'ostul service
ll.ri,lli,IKHI
'JI'.ll,lH
w,:i;i:t,;j."iO
Tot at $ii;:t,:;i,.riO
KXI'KNIHTl'kES.
Civil establishment $1(,0 (l,(M)
Military est ii lil isli men t I:i,ihi,ikhi
MiivuI I'stiililisliint'iit SI ,'MMI,000
linliiin service Ki.iMi.imi
IVnsiim l.vs.i o,i itn
lntiTfst on public delit vtt.uno.umi
1'oHtul service ... K),iiu),iiu
$IiU,3.13,Xi(I
:0'
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Totul
This leaves an estimated surplus
(for the year of $'2,000,000; available
cash balance in the treasury at the
end of the fiscal year, fl'.IV.WJ.m
The revenues for the fiscal year of
1SK4 are estimated at $W0,121,H(13; ap
propriations required, H"7,2H,335;
exclusive of sinking fund or esti
mated surplus, $;12,8)0,0:K), which,
with the cash balance above the
gold reserve, would make an avail
able balance of $T)3,8;V2,4()7; deducting
accuring obligations would leave
$47,852,407. Chargeable against this
are the unexpended river and har
bor and ordance appropriations of
$ 44,0()0,(XK) and no account of the
sinking fund requirement, amount
ing to $48,ti(X),000, and bond redenip
tions estimated at $5,000,000.
The secretary says the estimated
receipts are based on the condition
prevailing prior to the lateelection
Public opinions having decreed a
change pol icy in the tarilf 1 laws,
future conditions render it impost
ble now to estimate the annual in
come with any degree of accuracy,
and it is impossible to pertlict
what effect the proposed radical
changes will have on future reven
ues other than that the itivc table re
sult of the tariff reduction agita
ting will be a falling off in impor
tations anil revenues, lie says the
fads fully justify the opinion that
the large increase in receipts can
be ascribed to the marvelous pros
penty of the country under the
present revenue system, and would
if continued, enable the department
during the coming fiscal year to
meat all abligations without im
pairing its cash balance, and there-
uiter continue to show meterial im
provement. The condition of the
sinking fund show? $00t"),."10.081
more than required by law credited
to it, and recommends the repeal f
the act of 1NM authorising the ap
plication of surplus money to the
purchase of I'nited States bonds, in
view of the large decrease in the
national debt ami probable future
condition of finance.
The treasurer has difficult) with
x lie iimiieu amount ot cash on
baud, about 1,IH 10,000,1 mil in the re
demption fund, to keep a sufficient
stock of gold, and if shipments con
tinue as large as during the past
two years the gold iu the treasury
will lie diminished below the r
erve line. The maiiitenauceof silver
at par has also increased the possi
ble charge upon the gold reserve,
and the secretary therefore sug
gests that the redemption of gov
ernment obligations should be in
creased to at least twenty
per cent of the amount
treasury notes issued, or to be is
sued under the act of J uly II. l'.Ht;
iu view ot the probable falling off
in receipts he thinks the revenue
should be increased to enable the
treasury to mr intain a gold reserve
of not less than jjTi'i.UHl. lie sug
gests an additional tax on whisky
as an eas method of increasing t he
revenue.
I Ie say s Hi at vv ha lev er uiaj be t lie
outcome of the international mone
tary conference, it will give a clear
er idea of the views ami purposes of
the countries represented. Iu pass
ing, the secritary says a good word
1 for reciprocity, On the subject of
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customs the secretary recommends
the absolution of fees and the es
tablishment of a fixed salary for
collectors and surveyors, a consol
idation of customs districts and in
vestigating the secretary with the
power to abolish districts and dis
continue minor ports of entry, a re
vision and modification of the cus
toms and navigation laws and rec
ommends the appointment of a
commission for the purpose, lie
gives statistics of American com
merce and American ships and sug
gests the continuance of a policy
encouraging American ship build
ing, against the subsidized foreign
ships, with the ultimate view of
their use to the United States as
naval auxiliaries.
The secretary recommends a
change in the methods of disburs
ing public monies and the set
tlement of public accounts by put
ting the entire matter of control and
audit under the direction of a cotup
troller general or chief comptroller
of the treasury at the head of a
board of officers.
Try tlie"Crown" coufc'h cure. Urowti &
Rurret Kuurantee it,
Failed toCet Orders.
A small wreck occurred at Ash
land Friday morning, the U. A 1.
Ilyer running into a freight train.
The accident happened about 4:2a a.
m. The freight train was a double
header and passed through Ash
land, the conductor failing to regis
ter and get his orders. Tbe trains
were running slow on account of
the snow, or the accident might
have been more serious. The en
gineers jumped from their windows
and escaped injury. Kmor Shep-
hard, conductor of the freight, was
severely injured, but nil the passen
gers escaped.
Herold's Double Store.
UNDERBUY AND UNDERSELL, (
Our Two V
Watchwords.
" 't
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corwtuiT law
". Jo I look?"
That depends, niaJani, upon how
you feel. If you're suffering from
functional disturbances, irregulari
ties or weaknesses, you're Riire to
"look it." And Dr. Pierce's Fa
vorite Prescription is the remedy.
It huilds up and invigorates they
pystem, regulates and promotes the
proper functions, and restores health
and strength. It's a legitimate
medicine, not a beverage ; purely
vegetable, perfectly harmless, and
made especially for woman's needs.
In the cure of all "female com
plaints," it's guaranteed to give sat
isfaction, or the nmiiey is refunded.
No other medicine for women is
sold bo. Think of that, when tho
dealer says soniething else (which
pays him better) is "just as good."
THESE two words epitonize tho whole phi!
osophy ol mercantile success underbuy, not so
much to make extra protit on poods, but to sell
again at a proportionate under price, and with the
"Knock-down Logic" of our uninatchable bargains,
sweep all competition Irom our path tike the chalf
before the wind. We earnestly invite you to call
and examine our goods and prices which appeal
with the burning eloquence ot genuine bargains to
your sell interest. We call your attention to the
following "Trade Qnickeners":
Trade Quickener No 1.
Hats at Half Price A complete stock of Mens'
and JJovs'hats, consigned to us by W. A. L Gib
bon & Co., wholesale hat house of Omaha, being
the stock of one of their customers who failed. We
bought them for 50c on the dollar and are pre
pared to sell them at a proportionate under-price.
Trade Quickener No. 2.
Shoe at Less Than Cost, to Make $3,000
worth of Ladies', Misses', Children's, Men's and
l'oys' Shoes knocked down at auction to the high
est bidder. We took thu lot at about 40 per cent
under the regular price, and the price that we are
offering them at will be a great bid for yur trade.
We are also offering in our Shoe Department 1,
500 pairs of Ladies', Misses', Children's, Men's and
Boys' Sample shoes, being the entire line of sam
ples of shoes manufactured and carried by one of
the largest wholesale shoe houses on the Missouri
river Kirkendale, Jones it Co., of Omaha and
we are ollering them at exactly factory prices.
Trade Quickener No. 3.
Underwear to the consumer at prices that other
dealers pay. We buy our underwear in case-lot
direct from the mills, saving the middle-man 'e
profit, and can sell it to our customers at the same
prices that the western wholesale dealers charge
the small country dealer. Call or send for our
prices on underwear and be convinced of the truth
of this statement.
We have opened up the store room formerly oc
cupied by Ilrown fe Itarrett, druggists, so that we
are now readv to do business on a larger scale than
ever, in our Immense Double Store building. See
our Fall and Winter line of Dress Coods and
Cloaks before buving. We can
cent, in these two nVpaitments.
save yon 20 per
William Herold & Son,
505 and 507 Main-St., Plattsmouth, Neb.
"Times have changed." So have
methods. The modern improve
ments in pills are Dr. I'ierce's Pleas
ant l'ellcts. They help Nature, in
stead of fujhting with her. Sick
and nervous headache, biliousness,
costivencjw, anil all derangements
of the lirer, stomach and bowels
ate prevented, relieved, aud cured.
F
G. FRICKE & CO.,
KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND
A COMPl.KTi: ST( M'K OK
Bmgs, : leucines, : Paints,
AM) OILS. DKUGOISTS1 SI NOKMHS AND I'l'KK I.iyrOKS.
PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY FILLED at am. HOURS.
THE. DAILY HERALD FOR I5G.