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SUPPLEMENT.
PLATTSMOUTH NEWS.
Plattsmouth, - Nebraska
Saturday, October 20, 1900.
Nail It Fast Forever.
THE "IDLE" SOLDIERS.
From the Baltimore American.
"This country has a hundred thousand
soldiers walking around in idleness."
W. J. Bryan.)
Walking around in idleness.
Wherever the flag's assailed;
Meeting the foe with an idle might
That never yet has failed.
Lawton, and Liscum. and Logan, too
Capron the list is Ion;
Went to their death in "idleness."
And their "idleness was wrong.
Grant and Sherman and Sheridan
Why should we call the roll?
They idled away in the idle fight
In fights that tried the soul.
"Walking around in idleness"
Braving the leaden hail;
What of the glow of a nation's pride?
Is that but an idle tale?
"Walking around in idleness."
Over the Pekin road;
Scorched and worn by the galling sun,
Lugging an idle load.
Fighting with idle energy.
Cheering with idle breath
Thinking, with idle love, of home.
And dying an idle death.
Private Smith, with an idle groan.
Gone to a home above;
And idle tears mark the idle woe
And the idle mother's love.
"Walking around in idleness"
Lawton and Liscum. too;
Legions more will come idly when
There are idle deeds to do.
: SOME DEMOCRATIC TRUSTS. !
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(From the Chicago Inter Ocean.)
Merely to expose the sham of
Mr. Bryan's present anti-trust
campaign, we cite below a few of
the trusts only those with $10,
000,000 or more capitalization
organized before Mr. McKinley's
inauguration, and protected and
nurtured by the Democracy be
tween March 4, 18!3. and March
4, 1897:
Shares
When and
formed, bonds.
Am. Sugar Co ls7 ??.7..i::.00
Con. Ice Co 1'5 H.iWMiOH
National fait Co...lNS0
Nat. Starch Co 1MJ0
Sperry Flour Cc.
Cal.) 1S92
Chi. Beef Combine. Is1-.".
Am. Spirits Co 1S.S7
Cai. . Wineinak's Co.lMH
Chi. Brew. &. Malt.
Co 1S91
Mil. &. Chi. Brew.
Co 1804
Am. Tobacco Co lS!iO
Nat. Wall Pap. Co..lS79
Standard Rope Co. .lsWt
V. S. Leather Co...1!t:'.
lT. S. Kuhber Co 1SP
Am. Sota'l Fur. Co.. 18112
Central Lumber Co.
(Cal.: ' ISPfi
Am. Win. Class t'n..1VH
Pgh. Plate-Glass 'u.lMH
Am. Cotton Oil 'o..l-K
Am. Llns'd Oil Co. .1SS7
Acr. Chem. Co lspo
Stand. Oil Co 1S72
Fuel & Iron Co.
(Col.) 1S92
Coal, Iron & It. R.
Co. (Tenn.) 1SS7
Lake Superior Con.
Iron Mines 1S93
Am. (Sewing) Mach.
Co 1S93
Union Typewriter
Co 1S93
Am. Klec. Heat. Co.lstW
Elec. Stor. Eat. Co.. 1888
Gen. Klectrlc Co 1802
West. Klectrlc Co...lh9l
Anac. Copper Co 1891
National Lead Co. ..1891
Brooklyn Wharf &.
Warehouse Co 1S9.1
West. Kiev. Assn...l8S7
Diamond Match Co.. 1889
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I'nknown
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10,000,000 $
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22.412.000
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fi2.191.000
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10,000,000
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97,2TH),000
20,807,000
30,000,000
28.722,000
10,000,000
18,015.000
10.000,000
18.4.10.000
2H.34.,000
16.483. 050
30.000,000
29,822,003
30,000.000
15.000.000
11.000,000
Aggregate capitaliza
tion $1,093,881,353
Here are thirty-seven great cor
porations price-fixing combina
tions or trusts with aggregate
capital of more than $1,000,000,
000, all of which lived, prospered
and waxed fat unopposed and
unassailed during one to eight
years of Democratic rule. Yet
Mr. Bryan has the impudence to
tell the American people that
trusts are fostered by the Repub
lican, party and fought to the
death by the Democracy.
I
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Didn't Keep McKinley Buttons.
Up in Wisconsin the other day a trav
eling salesman walked into a little news
paper store at Janesville. While get
ting his paper he looked around him and
noticed a large number of Bryan buttons
for sale, but no McKinley buttons.
He asked the storekeeper if he did not
keep McKinley buttons for sale, and
was told
"No, I don't keep 'era, I sell 'em. They
sell as soon as I get 'em. I stocked up
at first with the same number of both,
but have replenished my stock of Mc
Kinley buttons four times now, while
all these Bryan button you see here are
the first lot r bought. There are no Bry
an folks around Janesville."
England and Ihe ConuuwM,
. in
maged through dark, dusty, second
hand stores, besides examining the
stocks of the first-class book dealers.
Choice perfumes and toilet articles
at Atwood's drug store.
A CENTURY'S GROWTH
OF THE COUNTRY.
History of National Expansion
from Jefferson's Time.
The Life of th: Nation, Like That of an
Individual, Depends Upon Its Ability
to Develop and Grow.
An intelligent youth, fifteen years old,
who reads the daily papers, said to his
father, who is a student of politics:
"Father, what is the meaning of 'im
perialism as used in the Democratic
platforms and by Democratic speakers,
particularly Mr. Bryan; and what do
you mean by expansion?"'
The father answered: "My boy, 'impe
rialism, correctly deli nod, means 'per
taining to an empire. The use of it, as
they intend it to apply by the party you
speak of, is pure demagogy a clap
trap effort to catch votes in the coming
election. These men have erected an air
castle and are pelting it with words. But
few of the men of brains who use this
term, as applied to the conditions in this
country, believe it to be true or correct.
They have a mistaken idea that they
can scare the American people by pro
claiming against a bugaboo of their own
creation. In this they are mistaken. The
American voter is quick to detect hum
bug and is not easily scared even at the
threat of real evils. It is possible that
some of those men really believe what
they say on this subject. If they do,
they are in the unfortunate position of
those of whom it is said, 'they believe
a lie to be damned,' for these men will
be politically damned at the election in
November. Outside of these parties
there are some declaring against 'impe
rialism' who are misled by diseased im
aginations and who. while being honest,
are simply foolish."
"Well., father, what do you mean by
'expansion ?' "
"I use the word in its ordinary sense,
mv bov, which is the 'enlargement of sur
face.' '
"Yes, I understand that, but this is a
political term as used now. Does it mean
the 'enlargement of the surface' of the
country 7"
"Certainly, and but for expansion this
country would have been very small in
deed." "When did it begin to expand? Who
was the first expansionist?"
"Look at the map of the United States
and you will see that the ec ..nies of
Great Britain which revolted in 1770
were Massachusetts, which included
Maine; New Hampshire, Connecticut,
Rhode Island, New York, which with
New Hampshire included Vermont: New
Jersey. Pennsylvania. Delaware, Mary
laud. Virginia, which included Kentucky,
North Carolina, which claimed Tennes
see; South Carolina and Georgia. All
these colonies, with the outlying terri
tories claimed by them, had only 4S2.301
square miles, with a population of about
3.000,000. Just before the Revolution
George Washington, then a colonel of
Virginia militia, was the first expansion
ist. He aided in driving the French out
of Fort Duquesne, where Pittsburg now
stands; helped in annexing to Virginia
all the territory which now comprises
the States of Ohio, Indiana. Illinois,
Michigan and Wisconsin. There were
no white inhabitants save a few French
on the lakes and in Illinois. These
States cover 283.301 square miles, about
three-fifths of the area of the colonics.
At the taking of the census of 1S90, ten
years ago, they had a population of 13,
4il,S4( and wealth valued at $15,041,
035,522. Washington's expansion proved
to be a very valuable one."
"Who was the next expansionist, and
what did he do?"
"Thomas Jefferson was the next. In
April, ISO.', he purchased the territory
of Louisiana from France. Look at that
large map. All the States and territories
which you see west of the Mississippi
river to that irregular line which extends
from the Gulf of Mexico to the Cana
dian border, near the Pacific ocean, were
included in this purchase. At the time
the purchase was made it was declared
valueless, and Jefferson was denounced
as bitterly by the opposition at that time
as McKinley is now in fact, more bit
terly. In 1810, the first census after the
purchase, the entire civilized population
was 77,401. The area of this purchase
was 974.S73 square miles, more than
double that of the original colonies, and
comprised what is now the States of
Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa,
Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Ne
braska. Kansas, part of Colorado, nearly
all of Wyoming, nearly all of Montana,
the Indian Territory and the Territory of
Oklahoma. In 1890 the population of
these States was 12.033,898 and their
wealth was $11,393,352,540, eleven bill
ion five hundred and ninety-five million
three hundred and fifty two thousand
five hundred and forty dollars. These
States in 1898 furnished over one-half
the wheat and nearly one-half the corn
crop of the country, and this year will
do still better. They have nearly one
third of the total railway mileage and
are great producers of cattle, sheep.
hogs and horses. And yet their produc
tive capacity is in its infancy. - When
irrigation is established, as it soon will
Ik the products of these States will be
doubled or tripled. And there is one ad
vantage of this purchase that can never
be estimated in money, which is the con
trol of the Mississippi river. Jefferson's
purchase has turned out to be a good one,
notwithstanding the bitter opposition to
its consummr.tiou."
(To be continued.)
Meanre of Coin.
Money is measured by troy weight,
in which twenty-four grains make a
pennyweight, twenty pennyweights
one ounce and twelve ounces one
pound. The sliver dollar weighs 412
grains, and $1,000, as near as it can be
expressed Intelligently in print, weighs
71.C14 pounds, or a fraction over seventy-one
and one-half pounds. In avoir
dupois the same would weigh 58.92S, or
nearly Qfty-nine pounds.
job&na ui-
the identity of his munificent patrvu.
Now is your chance to save your eye
sight. Dont fail to let Dr. Richards
examine your eyes. -
PARDON ME, BUT-
l'ardon me, but
If you were going to rent your farm to
a man, you would feel surer of getting
your money if that man had had Eome
experience in farming, wouldn't you? If
you have a job, a steady job, and you
knew there was going to be a change of
managers of the business, factory or
whatever concern it is that hires you,
you would feel safer if you knew that
the incoming manager had had experi
ence in managing your line of business,
would you not? You'd feel more certniu
of his running the business successfully,
wouldn't you? You'd feel surer of hold
ing your job, wouldn't you? If you are
hustling around for a job, you'd rather
get one if you could, on a farm, in a
factory or in a business that is run by
an experienced manager, wouldn't you?
For you'd figure it that your job would
be more likely to pan out, to be a steady
one, wouldn't you?
And;
When you take a ride on a railroad
train, you wouldn't feel particularly com
fortable if just before the train was to
start you saw a young dry goods clerk
climb up into the engine cab and begin
to yank the lever. Now would you? You
wouldn't want to be working at the
mouth of a mine and know that a poet
was running the hoisting engine, would
you? You'd be afraid of your corpus,
eh?
Now, when it comes to politics, don't
you think a man ought to try to show
just as good sense in voting as he does in
his trade or business? Bryan is long on
wind, we can all agree on that; but Mack
has got the engineer's license. He's been
over the road. But Bryan claims he has
an entirely new method, a method of his
A MISCHIEVOUS DONKEY.
RAILROAD ACTIVITY i
PROVES GENERAL PROSPERITY. I
MILKS OF RAILROAD BUILT.
Year. Miles.
1892 4,441
1893 l.f-TO
1X99 4.500
19O0 '. 5.100
Estimated by Interstate Com
merce Commission.
NUMBER OF RAILROAD EM
PLOYES. 1S99 928.924
1S93 783,034
Republican increase 143.S90
THE WAGES PAID THEM.
1899
1S93
$322,907,89(1
445,508,201
Republican increase. . $77,439,035
1 GROSS RECEIPTS OF RAIL-
ROADS.
Year. Amount.
X 1892 $1,100,030,840
1894 1,000,943,358
5 1899 1.313.01O.118
Decrease of $102,093,482 between
X 1892 aud.lS94.
own, for running the government steam
boiler. He's crazy to try his new meth
od and if she busts, she can bust. Mack
maintains, though, that you can't monkey
with a steam engine. 'Twont do to let
the water get too low, and you've got to
shovel something besides air into the fire
box. Bryan said in 1890
That just as sure as Mack got into the
cab the boiler would explode, the road
would become foreclosed at auction, the
right of way given over to foreign na
tions and the inhabitants of the terri
tory along the route would become pau
pers. But,
Four years have passed away and the
old engine is still doing biz. They've
lengthened out her boiler some and hitch
ed on several new coaches. The eagle
still sits on the cowcatcher and has both
eyes peeled for obstructions. There was
a foreign critter got on the track once,
but the eagle screeched and Mack, he
turned on fifty million dollars of extra
steam. They didn't hold any post-mortem
because the foreigner was so cut up
and scattered they couldn't find the re
mains. Because of the fact that the for
eigner, however, did undertake to cross
the track, there have been several impor
tant branches added to the road.
JOHN LIVINGSTON WRIGHT.
Bryan's Election and Flock Owners.
Gooding Bros, of Idaho have seen a
contract for sheep which is typical of
the feeling among Western wool raisers.
The contract calls for the payment of
$83,000 for a band of sheep in case Mc
Kinley is elected and $50,000 in case
Bryan is successful. McKinley's elec
tion represents an immediate difference
of $35,000 to one flock owner.
The presence w
the crowds was a feature of the day.
At several uolnts. notably Marshall,
Minn., the youngsters were present In I iZLu,uim.aM. wc m"
large numbers. 0Q0 children in tbe in-
BRYAVS LITTLE DOT
ASKS SOME QUESTIONS.
A Colloquy that Ended in Talk About
the "Goblins."
Mr. Bryan, the handsome Democratic
candidate, was on the Lincoln train to
day-. A bright little boy, his son Georgie,
sat by the candidate and was asking
childish questions.
"Papa," he said, "what did the Hun
garian miuers out in Colorado mean
when they shook flags marked 1G to
in Roosevelt's face?"
"Why, my son," said Bryan, as he
beamed on his boy with loving smile.
"why, the miners meant that they want
ed our money to be 1; to 1. That U,
they wanted it so that It! ounces of sil
ver would be one ounce of gold."
'"But, papa, 10 ounces of our coined
silver will buy one ounce of gold now,
won't it?" asked Georgie, opening his
eyes wide.
"Yes, my son. Congress did pass
law making tnat ratio. Sixteen ounces
of our coined silver will buy one ounce
of coined gold now."
"Then, papa," said Georgie thoughtful
ly, "if gold and silver are now 10 to 1
by act of Congress, what more do they
want? What do they keep yelling for
'10 to 1' for?"
"Well, my son." said Bryan thought
fully, " '10 to 1' is all right for the farm
er, mechanic and business man, but the
miner wants more for his silver. He
wants to sell his 10 ounces of uncoined
silver, which is really worth, in the mar
o
Increase of $240,000,700 between X
1894 and 1S99.
TONS OF FREIGHT CARRIED J
ONE MILE.
1890 123.007.257.153
1895 83.227.515,891
Republican increase.
,ET EARNINGS
ROADS.
1S99
1895
:'.S.439.742.202 '
OF RAIL-!
$450,041,119
349.051,047
Republican increase.
Gain in numlier
amount paid in wages
. $100,990,072
of employes.
, tonnage and'
earnings during McKinley's adminis
tration over 1895:
Gain of 143,899 in number of em
ploycs.
Gain of $77,459,035 in wages.
Gain of 203.002,412 in tons.
Gaiu of $238,238,050 in gross earn
ings.
Gain of $100,990,072 in net earn
ings.
(rain of 2,750 in miles built.
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ket less than eight dollars, for sixteen
dollars' worth of gold."
"Why, papa, that would be paying a
fifty per cent bonus on silver, wouldn't
it? It would be buying it at twice its
value. It would be just like the govern
ment buying all the hogs and corn and
cotton at twice their market value,
wouldn't it? That would be nice for the
farmer, papa, but the miners wouldn't
be in it, would they?"
"Georgie, hush," interrupted the boy's
father.
"But, papa. I will hush in a minute,
but say. if the government should buy all
the miners' silver at twice its market
value the farmer and the mechanic
wouldn't be in it. would they, and "
"Hush. Georgie, don't talk so much.
You don't understand that we are using
the '1G to 1' to fool the miners until after
election."
"Oh! I see, papa," said Georgie; "if
we should give an ounce of gold, worth
sixteen dollars all over the world, for six
teen ounces of -silver only worth eight
dollars, we'd have to buy all the silver
in the world billions of dollars and "
"Hush, Georgiel hush:' interrupted his
father.
"And, bye and iiye, papa." said
Georgie, "the rest of the world would
have all our valuable gold and we would
have their cheap silver worth 50 cents
on the dollar. . I see, papa, it's all a joke.
It's what they call the 'bogie.' It's like
plutocracy and Caesaristn and imperial
ism. It's a scarecrow and "
"Georgie," said the loving father, "you
must hush. They will overhear you."
Then the fond father put his arms
around Georgie and gave him a big ba
nana to eat.
"Eat it, Georgie," said the bogie can
didate, winking one eye, "or the goblins
will get you." ELf PERKINS.
i jje eon...,..-.
I ginukh tomu i. ni".
1 SIMON GREY'S FAMILY
A Story of Country Life.
BY ALMA L. PARKER, GUIDE ROCK, NEB.
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CIIAPTER VI. (Continued.)
"Cynthia, you are not the loyal Popu
list that you tised to be. I'm sorry to
say. You seem to think that every
ttiins grand and good conies from Mc
Kinley. You seem to have the Impres
sion that he was the hero of Manila, but
I tell you that man's name is Dewey.
Now, Dewey, no doubt, is a great man.
I'd just like to know what bis politics
is. I'll bet he's- Populist."
"Well. I suppose that when Schley or
Sampson sink that other fleet we'll
have another hero."
"Yes, if they ever do. but they haven't
found them yet. They don't seem to
be in any hurry about it. either. They're
drawing big pay, and they're not anx
ious to find the fleet very quick. I
haven't any faith in them or McKin
ley, either, but George Dewey is all
right so far as I know."
Political Simon got very impatient.
and spent most of the time fault-finding.
CHAPTER VII.
Vinnie Grey's Remarkable Speech.
Another autumn arrived. The Span
ish-American war had ended. Cer
vera's fleet bad been sunk in almost
as miraculous a manner as the Asiatic
fleet had been. We were uow a bigger
nation than ever before, for the war
had extended our dominions, by Spain
ceding to us Porto Rico and the Philip
pine Islands. Also the Cubans bad
been given their freedom. We also bad
avenged the Maine! What a blessing
it bad been to those Islands to exchauge
Spanish rule for American!
Simon was glad we had been at war.
because, be said, It bad made better
prices for farmers' products.
He had never accumulated money
faster than since McKinley's election.
The reasons he gave for good times
were the scarcity of farmers' products
and the late war. Instead of going
to the poorhouse they enjoyed luxuries
in their own remodeled home.
Boonsville had just given Glen Har
rington and the other soldier boys, just
returned from Cuba, a reception.
Vinnie's term as Superintendent of
Schools was almost over and the Greys
wondered If the Populist convention
would renominate her. It seemed evi
dent that they would, for she had given
perfect satisfaction.
It was time for the convention, and
Simon was once more a delegate. He
was as enthusiastic as ever, and eager
to know whether Vinnie would be re
nominated or not.
Vinnie herself was interested and de
termined to attend the convention. It
had been whispered to her that she
would again receive Ihe nomination.
and for this reason she wished to be
present. She had no desire to have
her name printed on another Populist
ticket.
Vinnie viewed the convention of Popu
list delegates with keen interest. It
seemed to her that they were lucking
in the old-time enthusiasm. Was it
possible that they, like herself, were
beginning to realize that Republican
mes were not so bad after all, and
were not anxious for a eharjge?
The chairman called the meeting to
order, and after the necessary Intro
ductory business had been attended to.
they proceeded with the nomination of
the several candidates. Finally the
chairman announced that a nomina
tion for County Superintendent was
in order.
"Will some one make a nomination
for Superintendent?" the chairman
said.
A man from the Boonsville delega
tion arose. "I believe." h, said, "that
it is the will of this convention to give
our present Superintendent the nomi
nation again. I make a motion that
we give Miss Vinnie Grey the nomi
nation for County Superintendent."
And then the crowd yelled.
The motion soon was' seconded.
"Any one else wish to make a nomi
nation for this office?" said the chair
man; but the crowd was silent.
"Then I suppose It is the will of this
convention to choose Miss Grey unani
mously by acclamation. Will some one
kindly make a motion to that effect?"
Instantly Vinnie had arisen in the
rear of the room and said in a e'ear
voice:
"Mr. Chairman."
"Miss Grey," said the chairman.
"The gentlemen of this convention
have been very kind to me. I thank
them very much, but I cannot accept
the nomination."
Vinnie's declaration was a surprise to
all. and was followed by a laugh.
"She's just gasin'," said one.
"Wants to be coaxed," said another.
"Nominate her anyway." said a third.
"What's the reason you won't ac
cept it?" said a fourth.
"Order!" shouted the chairman, but
bis voice seemed to be unheard.
To pacify them Vinnie rose again.
"Miss Grey," said the chairman.
"Mr. Chairman, the gentlemen of this
convention seem anxious to know the
reason why I will not accept the nom
ination. May I have the privilege of
telling them?"
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The chairman, seeing that everyone
was ager to hear what she vi-!.cd t
say, gave her that privilege-. YiniKc's
remarkable speech was as follows:
"To begin with, gentl. men, I havf
lost all faith In the Populist patty. It
lias ceased to be a parly of reform, if
It ever was one. I do not wish to i :t
lelse the gentlemen of this convention,
but I mean the Populist party as a
whole. It Is almost entirely compos. -d
of fault-finders, men who are never
satisfied with anything. You know
well as I do that we are having good
times, yet how many men In the Popu
list party are willing to acknowledge
It? If you find one, ten chnmes to
one he will say it Is because of 'sup
ply and demand. or the lat war. or
something else; the Government ha
nothing to do with it. Now. sn;ios,.
this Is true. Just trace that sam' man
back to a few short years ago, before
our last presidential election. II
would then have told you that 'supply
and demand' had nothing to do with
tbo regulation of prices, and that noth
ing could bring good times with gold
for our standard money. You know as
well as I do how they told us that the
rich would get richer and th pr
poorer: that we would all be slaves if
McKinley was elected. Now we know
that was not the truth, for no man is
more independent to-day than the
farmer.
"The laboring man has no excuse f..r
being idle now. There is plenty f
work and good pay. Factor! s by th
hundred have opened, giving men em
ployment. They earn plenty of money,
and can now afford to buy the fann
ers' beef and jork. Ah. yes. It is sup
ply and demand, but there wouldn't !
such a demand were It not for our new
protection law enacted by our I!cjul
liean Congress. Those men who trav
eled over this country, persuading nn-n
to join their so-called reform party,
were false prophets. Would you con
tinue to lelieve them? You had bet
ter trust the sure captain, who. never
lost a ship. When this People's Inde
pendent party started as a party f re
form we were all anxioirs to join It.
We were honest enough to w ish to l.e
on the side of reform, but, ah, gentle
men, time has proven that we don't
need free silver.
"Free silver will soon cense to b your
hobby, for we all now know that we
don't need that. They can't deeeive
us that way any more. I hp the gen
tlemen here assembled will reason in
your minds that the man who deceive.!
yon once may deceive you again.
Many of those who voted for free s:l
ver didn't know what fret- silver
meant, and. believing that these Popu
list speakers and papers told them,
thought it was their only salvation.
They have been very pleasantly save. I
without it, and ought to know ln tter
now.
"Suppose a foreigner came to thU
country and he didn't understand th
English language, and some people t..I I
him that he was a tdave; that he'd
never get rich until a cyclone stru. k
him.
"Why. If he Indieved what they to! 1
him, he'd probably pray night and day
for a cyclone to come. If be was vN".
he'd first find out what a cy -Ion-meant,
then he might come to a d.f
ferent conclusion; but If be made n
study of the subject, no Investigation,
of course be would never understand
until a cyclone did strike him; tli n !
would learn to his sorrow what it
meant, and be would curse the m-:i
who deceived him.
"Now, these men who deceived t;- by
saying we couldn't have good tim
without free silver, were false pr j i.
ets. I't's not believe them any lorg.-r.
but change our politics. It's treat
those gentlemen right who ha"
brought good times to our door, ar: I
who have saved our country's h.ii""
in time of war.
"You, gentlemen, who are favored
with the power to vote. I beg of v.. i t-
vote sensibly. There is no one :
contemptible than the hypocrite. '
you believe one way and vote an.
you are committing a sin before ;!.
I lcg of you to reason for your. I '
and then vote as you consclent -:- y
believe to be right, no matter v..a
others may think. Some people f t . y
find they are wrong, won't a.-k;i -edge
it, but a truly honest, upri-! '
Christian man is glad to confess I
mistake.
"We should not be foolish like t!,- ' ' I
woman, that owned a goose whi !. '
a golden egg every day. Ih-r re -'
lKrs told her to kill t!i goose ar. l
would find it full of golden egg. . '
this old woman was prospering, b-it
wasn't satisfied, so she did as tliy ' '
vised her. She killed the goose. !,': '
her sorrow there were no golden
to be found; so she didn't even have ' "
goose left, Ix'cause of her foolish g- -- 1-
"Let us not do as she did. but : ' !
be satisfied with the good times i
now have.
"You all know now why I will not t"
cept the nomination so kindly offered
me. I thank you," she said as I;e re
sumed her seat.
(To be continued.)
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