SUPPLEMENT.
PLATTSMOUTH NEWS.
Plattsmouth. - - - Nebraska
Saturday, October 2. 1000.
.'EVOLUTION CF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
FROM KICKER ?TO CROAKER V
Aggie to William.
(An intercepted Letter.)
('By T. C. Harbaugh.)
Dear William:
I'm still in a terrible strait.
Arid yet they tell me that I'll have to
wait
Till ytui are elected. I very much doubt
If I can until then 'gainst the army hold
out.
I'm biding just now, and it's very poor
fun.
And I fear that the chances are sixteen
to one
That I will be captured; so hurry up.
Bill.
And send me a grist from your para
mount mill.
Just uoir I am killing of soldiers a score.
And when you're elected I'll kill a few
more;
We know you are with us, so just bet
your jeans
We'll pull the llag down in the fair Phil
ippines, And 1' will divide when I get this domain.
And sell out again to the kinglet of
Simin.
My love give to Atkinson when h'ni you
See.
And when you meet Wellington, kiss him
for me.
I think of you often, dear Bill, and I
wish you
Success, only make me the "paramount
issue."
I'm sure you are able to catch all the
floaters.
And with your palaver to hoodwink the
voters.
"McKiuley won't do," are the words that
I pen,
lie's shooting my soldiers who ambush
bis men;
It's terrible, horrible. Bill. I declare.
His blue-coated soldiers, thev never tight
"fair,"
And, if they would let me, I say to you
that
I'd come to your rescue, a good Demo
crat. Now, keep up the battle, Cm looking to
you,
I pray for you daily that's all I can do.
T keep out of sight, for I'll never be
taken.
The "paramount issue" with me is my
bacon.
If I fchouid lose that anil to ruin be
hurl'd.
You'd lose the lest friend that you have
in the world.
Stand up for me, William, don't let me
get stuck.
Your Friend,
AGUINALDO.
(In awful hard luck).
Farm Value of Wheat.
Department of Agriculture's Fignrei
Year. Amount.
1805. $270,001,011
f270.001.011 n
205..000
1KOO.
ltfOO.
aK5.K40.211 lK
3SO.OOO.OOO
REMEMBER!
Kemember, that In 1892 you voted
for a change, and hid no chance In
your pockets afterward.
epulis sr$a?x
VDEAR BOV LETTERS, No. 10
My Dear Boy:
I want you to do a little work in poli
tics before election. I want you not only
to vote right, but to get two or three
others to vote right. I know that your
friend Morgan says that politicians are
all corrupt and that, if a man wants to
turn out a grand rascal, all he has to do
is to mix into politics. But. my boy,
there are two kinds of political workers.
A little true story will show you what
I mean:
In 1S4S, Martin Van Buren failed to
get the Democratic nomination for the
presidency. lie and his friends bolted
the ticket and he accepted the nomina
tion of the Free Soil party. His brilliant
son. John Van Buren, went up into Mas
sachusetts to make ' some Free Soil
speeches for his father. Now with Prince
John, as be was familiarly called, politics
was a game. He hail no real, lixed, po
litical principles. And it was a revela
tion to him when he got "into Massachu
setts and found men like Garrison. Ilig
ginsou, John Brown and others, of pure
character and lofty ideals, whose very
lives were laid on the altar in the cause
of freedom. When he came back from
his trip, he met a friend in New York
and the following conversation took
place:
"Hello, John; where have you been?"
"Up in Massachusetts, making Free
Soil speeches for father."
"Did you find many Free Soilers up
there?"
"Yes. and, d n it. they believe it, too."
My boy, this nation's safety depends
largely upon the political work of men
who work because in their very heart of
hearts they believe that their political
principles are founded in truth and right
eousness. That is the kind of worker I
went you to be. Don't get down to any
thing mean or tricky, but work because
you believe that the Republican position
is right, and that the election of McKin
ley and Roosevelt will be for the good of
the nation and the good of the world.
Now I will tell you what I want you
to do. I want you first to go down and
see Barney Orogan. They have been
stalling him with the statement that the
Republican party is the rich man's party,
and that the Democratic party is the poor
man's party. He sees the rich men and
great corporations growing richer and
they have told hint that whenever a rich
man grows richer it is at some poor man's
expense. They have told him that the
Republican policy makes "the rich richer
and the poor poorer."
1 want you to go down and tell him
that when a farmer rai-es a thousand
bushels of corn, the farmer is richer and
no man is the poorer, but some poor man
v.-ill get the jol of cutting that corn and
be the better off. Tell him that when a
man digs a thousand dollars worth of
gold out of the ground he is richer, but
nobody is the poorer. Show him that
there is such a thing as a natural increase
of the world's wcfllth which benefits all.
Tell him that in this country, whenever
the rich are doing the best the poor are
doing the best: that when coal operators
make money miners have more work and
better pay: that when railroads and man
ufacturers are making money labor is
most abundant and receives its highest
reward. Tell liim that the Republican
party is the party for the whole people,
rich and poor alike. Tell him that we do
not believe in arraying one class against
another, but that all classes should work
together for the common weal. And then
point him to the results of McKinley's
administration as proof of what you say.
And keep poking the truth at him until
he sees it and promises to vote for Mc
Kinley. Then go and see Will Barton. A Dem
ocratic neighbor is trying to get him to
trade on a part of the ticket. Tell Will
that this is not the year for a Republican
to monkey with his ticket. He will get
it tangled up and twisted till his ballot
will not be counted if he is not careful.
There is too much at stake this year. Tell
him to let his Democratic friend vote as
he will, but that this is the year for
straight Republican votes. Do this, my
boy, and then vote right yourself, and
when the news of victory conies you can
cheer with a vim and rejoice that you
have a share in the glory.
YOUR FATHER.
Farm Value of Corn.
Feparttnent of A jrricnltiire's Fi jrnrc.
V'-ar. AmoiiKt,
1 !.-. $7O.K7.",7:il ) ,,
181)!).
71 1.7HJ.207 I mn
h5U.M10.000) iep.
1DOO. 8."
WHICH? WHEN ? WHY? WHAT?
Suppose we do make the Filipinos inde
pendent; are we also going to make the
Macabebes independent?
Are we going to make the Moros inde
pendent? To establish a Viscayan government
and a Sulu republic?
How about the Negritoes and the sev
enty or eighty different tribes that speak
different languages?
Are we to establish an independent
government for each?
We must do one of two things. We
must either establish from seventy to
eighty independent republics or else im
pose the government of one tribe on all.
As such a number of independent re
publics is an impractical proposition, are
we to impose a Tagalog government on
the Macabebes? a Moro government on
the Viscayans? a Sulu government on
the Negritoes, and so on?
If we are to impose one government
on another, is it not better that we know
lieforehand what it is to .be in other
words, try our own government?
WHERE NON-ENGLISH PAPERS STAND
Ninety-two of the leading papers pub
lished iu foreign languages, in the Unit
ed States, show their presidential pref
erences as follows:
Rep. Dem. Ind.
German .....It 12 3
Scandinavian ........19 2
Italian 7 2 2
French 2 1
Bohemian 3 5 1
Folish 3 4
Jewish 2
Slavonic 2 1 1
Dutch 1
Swiss 2
Totals' 5S 2J 8
YOU GOFOERYTHIHG
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.
'V. (From the Colorado' Springs Gazette.)
To the Feopie;pf the United States, Greeting:
Four years agd-
You demanded work for your idle sons.
You got it. You iever had so many people employed s now.
You wanted your Idle capital to be employed.
You got it. '' v.
You wanted to see the army of tramps mustered out.
They are gone. -L )
You wanted your soup bo'.es closed.
They are closed. v
You wanted to get rid of the receivers of your railways and banks.
They are gone.
You wanted to see the smoke conjing from the stacks of your smelters,
mills and factories.
It came. Many have since been kicking about the smoke nuisance.
You wanted the savings hank deposits lo increase.
Never so large in your history as at present.
X
You wanted to see interest rates decrease ti'at your people could borrow
more cheaply wherewith to develop your resources.
You got it. Interest has never been so low now. i
You demanded more money. The circulation 'i,iust be increased per j
capita. J
You got it. Got it so suddenly it almost dazzled yoc.
You demanded that one dollar be just as good as auc'her.
You got it. That is the kind we have now, and you cau set all the silver J
or paper you want at any bank.
You demanded the markets of the world for your surplosv products and J
goods-. .
You got it. Got it so suddenly it almost dazzled you. V X
You wanted us to stop borrowing money in Europe. X
We stopped it. and Kurope is now borrowing money from us.
You wanted the government to collect every dollar of the Pacini rau-oad
debt, instead of a PORTION, as Mr. Cleveland proposed. X
Mr. McKinley made them pay every cent, principal and interest.
Yon wanted Cuba liberated. '
It was done.
You wanted the rights of our people maintained at home and abroad.
It has been done. X
What you really wanted the worst was what Mr. McKinley promised: X
"AN 1IONKST DOLLAR AND A CIIANCK TO FAUN IT."
You got both. Not from the Bryanites, but it was none the less accept- X
able to the man behind the dinner bucket.
If you want more things of this sort you can get them from ihe same T
O source. Yours devotedly, AMMI PKTTIGREW. Z
THE FANGS AND THE TAIL.
WHICH REPRESENTS
I
Antl-Free Silver Countries. Free Silver Countries.
The United States. Bolivia. i
Austria-Hungary. China. X
Belgium. Colombia.
Brazil. Ecuador.
Canada. Cuatemala. X
Chile. Honduras.
Costa Rica. Mexico.
Denmark. Nicaragua.
Egypt. Persia. X
France. Peru.
Germany. Salvador.
Great Britain. Tripoli.
Greece.
Japan.
Norway. X
Portugal.
Russia. f
Spain. X
Sweden.
Switzerland.
Turkey.
Uruguay. X
Venezuela.
X
X
X
Mr. Bryan wants to transfer the United States from the first
column to the second. Does it look as if it would pay?
: :
I WAGE EARNERS.
"The whole tree silver movement Is a corns pi racy against
X w8."-BDurke Cookrsn, 1800.) J
X WAGES UNDKIt FREE SILVER. X
2 CHINA. Unskilled labor ... 10 cts. to SO cts. per Uay
7 Skilled labor .... 20 ctm. to 40 cts. per day
X MEXICO, Unskilled labor . .. 43 cts. to 60 cts. per day
Skilled labor .... OO cts. to $1.80 perdajr
5 IN" THE C S. UNDER GOLD BASIS.
Unskilled labor
J Skilled labor
J WHICH IS THE
THAT YOU ASKED FOR.
REAL PROGRE
SS? I
s
$1.00 to $l.SO per day
$2.00 to $3.00 perdiy
BEST FOR YOU ? J
wmmmmmmmmm
i SI10 W WSJAMILLl
A Story
BY ALMA L. PARKER,
CIIAPTEK VII. (Continued.)
All eyes now turned toward Simon,
as he arose to his foot.
'Mr. Chairman." he said. "I feel
duty-bound to make this anuounee
nieut before this assemblage of wise
men. 1 must disown all traitors In my
family. I have always tried to treat
my children right, and to train them up
in the way they should go, but I see
my efforts have been In vain. This
daughter I have always loved; she,vw
at one time the pride of our family,
but if she has turned out to be a t-old-heartetl
traitor and have her name
written with those infernal goldbugs.
who could blame me if I disowned her?
I will therefore say to Miss Viunie
Grey, with the honorable convention
for witness, that you are no longer a
welcome guest at the home of your
father; that you shall never enter my
home again, nor plant your feet on my
land, nor come where I can ever look
Into your face. I have no use for
traitors, even If they bear the honora
ble name of Hrey."
V CIIArXEK VIII.
The Ideas of the Irishman.
The sensational episode at the con
vention was now almost forgotten, for
another yejr had come and gone. It
was near the "nd of lliH. Simon's fam
ily seemed to Tu prospering financially,
but it was not tL" happy family that It
was in the days 'ien Vinnie occasion
ally came home. 'ie had mm- been
married over a year;'ie no longer bore
the honorable" name W "Grey."
"I'ii," said Anna. " I caVr stay away
any longer. I simply turt' see Vin
nie. it's a downright sliaiiH the way
we treat her."
"It's no more than she deserve" 6flM
her father, "and what's nnovivou
won't go to see her either. 'i;ili -s 'J.iu
wish me to treat you as I tpat
As long a her name is llarr!n::!n. .uiit'i
she's on the side of kepuMiraiiism.
none who belong to this family circle
shall ever go to the town sh- lives in""
Simon had Imh'ii so rigid iu his orders
that even Cynthia, to Keep peace in
the family, had never sec n Vinnie ii e
that memorable convention day. I'.ut
you could plainly see that trouble was
rooted deep iu her soul. She was really
heart-broken, and prayed for the day to
come when Simon would repent.
One evening as they were M ated to
gether in the parlor. listening to Si
mon's explanation of the new political
question, called "expanison," there
came a knock at the doer.
"Who could it be?" they all whis
pered, as .Timmie ran to open the I or.
"Is this where Mr. Simon Grey
lives?" said a familiar voice.
"Well, I'll be gol darned." said .1 i iu
mie, "if it isn't I'nele l.ra."
Hearty were the hand shakes, and
when Ezra took Simon's hand in his he
held it for a moment, glanced 'round
the room, and asked in a bewildered
way: "Where's Vinnie?"
"Oh. she's married." said Simon
bravely, hut the other eyes in the room
tilled with tears.
"Oh. yes." he said, "I remember now
of you writing about it. I came very
near never finding you. Simon." he sa'd
laughing. "The old weather-beaten
house, having been painted and en
larged. made the place look different.
I wasn't sure that you lived here; but
I concluded to call and find out wheth
er you lid or not. I couldn't find you
at the poor house."
"Great heavens, Ezra, you didn't call
at the poor house to find me!" Simon
said, excitedly. "You must have a very
poor opinion of me If you did."
"Don't be surprised, Simon." said
Cynthia, "at Ezra expecting to tiud us
in the poor house. You know we told
him. if McKinley was elected, we'd
probably go there. I have been ashamed
many times of what Ave said, and the
prophecies we made; but really, we
didn't know any better then."
Ezra Grey laughed. "That's all right,
Cynthia. I'm glad you were mistaken,
for I should much rather find you living
in your own comfortable home. ,Y"ou
all look well; guess you have had plenty
to eat."
"Of course we have. Uncle Ezra,"
said JImmie. "Ia used to tell. us we'd
starve to death If McKinley was elect
ed, but gee whiz! we never had so much
pie and cake to eat In-fore. We've got
some money hid around here, too, son-e
place, bein that pa's afraid to put it in
the bank. Ma'd skin me alive if I'd tell
you where we kept it."
"Jiminie," said his father, "if you say
any more I shall make you leave the
room; do you hear?"
"Iieckon I do. I hain't deaf."
"I tell you, Ezra," continued Simon.
"It has been rough diggin' to make a
livelihood these years. I have had to
use keen management."
"Your mortgage Is paid. I presume?"
"Oh, yes. I paid that the spring after
you were out here with my wheat
crop."
"And your new house is paid for?"
"Yes. by the skin of my teeth, you
might say. Suppose I hadn't ought to
have been so extravagant, for lumber is
dreadful high these gold-bug times."
"Now, Simon," said Cynthia, "don't
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op"-Country Life.
GUIDE ROCK. NEB.
pretend just because your prophecle
didn't come trm-t'.i.tt we are still hav
ing hard times. Yo know, Simon, we
never made money ia;ier."
"Cynthia." iutcrrupftd h.r better
half, looking bothered, ''yen don't know
what you're talkiu' about."
"Now. Simon," said Ezr:l, "Judging
from appearances. Cynthia n-tist be
right. What are Ixigs worth n.T?"
"About $1.50 at present. I bclier."
"What nre calves worth?"
"Well, they're too awful high. Thfc
war raised the price of beef."
"Ibtt how could that affect It?"
"Why, it makes a greater demand."
. "Ah. Simon, but you told me when I
was here before that supply and de
mand had nothing to do with the regu
lation of prices."
"I don't remember about It; If I did.
I've changed my mind since then. I lere,
hogs are a goou price, but they are
scarce, and they ought to be higher
than they are. If It wasn't for them
rich fellows that have control of the
markets we'd get what we'd ought to
have."
"Oh. Simon, you're too hard to satis
fy. Why, you wouldn't be satisfied
with Heaven, unless I'.ryan was Ood,
and there was fne silver. What's corn
worth now?"
"I don't know," said Simon. ' I hn ven t
had a chance to take ay to market yet.
I've been too busy to husk any nnself.
and hired hands are a scarce as hen'
teeth."
"Wages are good, then?"
"Yes, they're too almighty good ti
suit me. Why, It's enough to break a
farmer tip to hire help."
"It's a sign of good times. Simon. I
see you are prospering despite the gold
standard."
"Well, Ezra. I am as much In favor
of free silver as I ever was, la spite of
your so-called gcwwl times, but that N
tot the main reform that now confront.)
V'. The princ ipal question now 1 tin
rtTipplne war. It is a disgrace to this
inttifn."
"SitVou are an anti-expansionist, are
you. Ms. on .'
'oit'rfl(,.-lght. I am. I am on the side
of tl.o-e lOvr Filipinos who are being
oppressed. V,am on the side of Agui
lial.lo. the "Washington of the Philip
pines. They aretighting for freedom,
and they oiiL'ht touve it. If I were a
I'ilipino as I am arlVuierlcan I would
never I ay down hit .-ms, never!"
"Simon." said Ern.t Is just such
men as jou that are TfV,,ngIng that
war. Aguinaldo would hJ given up
long ago wen it not for the4ympathj
he is ha ing in this country. Hv w. you
compared Aguinaldo to Washington.
Why, you might as well eomprtji. a
blood thir.-ty tier to Washington, vro
was a civilized, Intelligent man. u li.r
tigetit man. uli.r
orant. me i ili.edV
pal traits are enn
ouicthiiig hive the
Airuinnldo is an icnora
heathen, whose priucipa
nirg and treachery.
American Iuilum."
Their conversation was hen inter
rupted by another knock at the .;..r.
"Well." said Jiminie. "wonder ul,..'
com in next? Mnt be agoiu", t-. have
lots of company."
It happened to be a stranger ti.i-t
time, who wished to know if ie- -old 1
lind a night's lodging. Simon t..'.j .,iu
that he could, to walk right in. f..r it
was very seldom that he turned trav
elers away. This one was a foreigner;
yes, he win Irish -you could tell his u.
tionality by his short, thick phy-i-pi-
and the "St. Patrick" express. on on h:
countenance.
"What's your name?" inquired Simon.
"My name is Pat Murphy, sor. and
whot's yours? Grey? Wal. tict's le t
sich a very onconnnoti sort of a name."
"We were just dSciisMii' t i, s Utiti
expausion question. Mr. Mnrj.lM." said
Simon, hopefully. "What d you thuik
about it?"
"Well, mister, I haven't a divil of a
bit of ne for the anty-expander. lie's
the feller thot's ain everything."
Simon wasn't expecting to heir such
an answer a that, and was I sgusted
when everybody in th room had a
hearty laugh at his exins". To make
matters wor.-e, the Irishman continued:
lie' the feller thot's f'rlver Iu the
way ari'l never does enything but kick
at whot the other feller's d.:n'. II
always knows Jest how Ivryth'r;.r ought
to be done, but his valuable Itifuruia
tion Is always withheld till so.net.ody
else has done the Job."
"Oh, go on." said Jimmie. who w.n
very interested In the Irish frav!er".
talk.
"Well." continued Mr. M;irp:.y. "it'
been a nachur'I succisioa of Ivints thot
To be continued. I
A Calamity Hot I.
The political calamity leml.-r is hard
put for instance-nad prmf of tie- doeful
tilings he pretends to -ee jind a;prehi tel.
Indeed, lie l.e i,;nes hig iin i ii-ijr ludic
rous in his di-nmlne-s. The rI!iwir.
excerpt from the Kansas correspondence
of the Northwestern Miii.r, is a Lua;..r
j'is illustration:
"With granaries full to h.ir-tit.g. r. r.I
g-neral prosperity abroad in (i,e Liie!.
there are Mill a few calamity howler
left. One from Krisa. wieise attet 'i.in
w as railed to the l.ig w heat re;, ra.s.-l
this year.respi.ndcd with a l-d. f .1 wi.it..
Yes. it is a big crop, l.ut these lore L.
crops m nighty hard on the IjuI.' "
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