The Piatt sniouth Journal
DAILY AND WEEKLY.
C. W. SHERMAN, Editor.
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Official County Paper.
The U. S. agricultural department
will accept our thanks for mailing to
us valuable reports.
Tiijb democracy of Cass county can
make things very lively for their op
ponents if they will unite, and put
some energy into the fight.
I F. Hilton, the republican state
oil inspector, evidently believes iu the
doctrine of robbing the state of all he
ran hftld on to. He is at present about
$o,irxi ahead of the state.
l r is noticed that, cuckoo-like, the
Nebraska City News has joined in the
effoit to retire the greenback, and,
presumably, is in favor of fastening
the national banking system on the
country forever.
Tins bond-sellicg. debt-increasing
business-all done to help fasten the
national banking business on thd
country and to furnish profitable in
vestments to capitalists must be
stopped. The people will not stand it.
The News of yesterday contented
itself with renewing its tling against
Mr. Davies that he was desirous of
crippling the state university at the
behest of Fosewater. It is not neces
eary to say that such an assertion is
not true.
The Omaha council Knights of 1-a-bor
in general session adopted a mem
orial to the Nebraska congressional
delegation demanding their uncom
promising hostility to the financial
plans suggested by the president's
message. They declare their emphatic
opposition.
The president has sent to the senate
the names of Euclid Martin for post
master of Omaha and J. N. II. Patrick
for government director of the Union
Pacific railway. The appointment of
Mr. Martin wa3 evidently made at the
suggestion of Secretary Mortin. Mar
tin is one of the bolting democrats.
The Fremont Herald opposes im
peachment of Judge Scott by the legis
lature, because it will not be a great
while until his case "is submitted to the
people for them to pass upon. If he
ought to be impeached they will do it
at the ballot box." The Herald demurs
to that pleading because it thinks the
bench should be as much amenable to
the law of punishment as are other vio
lators of the statutes, and then it sig
nificantly asks," was Majors Impeached
at the ballot box."
All the financial difficulties of the
government might easily be solved by
one bold stroke, to-wit: Let the secre
tary of the treasury stop the run upon
gold in the treasury by exercising the
option given him by law, of paying out
silver and gold in such proportions as
he sees fit in redemption of greenbacks
or treasury notes when presented.
When this is done there will be no
more runs on the gold reserve and sil
ver will be recognized as standard
money.
Considerable criticism is being
levelled at the work of the state relief
commission, and of late it appears to
have taken the form of an organized
fight. The objectors are demanding a
thorough and immediate reorganiza
tion of the commission, but we fail to
see how the formation of a new com
mission, composed of men entirely un
familiar with the work of relief or the
need of it in the various localities can
do as well as the present members,
even conceding that they are ineffi
cient. Lincoln News.
Uesidks the bond project, which
would tend to discredit eilver, and
other commodities and appreciate gold,
he asks that customs duties be made
payable in gold henceforth which
would greatly increase the same ten
dency. These are the vital points of
the president's plan. In brief, it is a
plan for converting a non-interest-bearing
debt into one bearing interest,
for clothing the secretary of the treas
ury with unlimited power to issue
bonds, for still further discrediting
silver and setting the golden calf on a
still higher pedestal. We do not think
that such a plan can possibly find fa
vor in congress or among producers.
Chicago Times.
THK irNlVEKSlTY A lKKOIKI ATION,
It was an unfortunate moment when
Chancellor Caufield and the regents of
the state university fell into the traces
withthe gang of leeches and plunderers
who have made the reputation of the
city ot Lincoln a stench iu the nostrils
of the honest people of Nebraska. The
proposition which was brought before
the legislature in the form of a bill
for an aunual levy of four-eighths
of a mill on the propeity of the state
for the erection and completion of
buildings and for their equipment. At
such a time as this, when the state is
in debt to the extent of almost a mil
lion of dollars, and three-fourths of the
people are not able t pay their present
taxes and forty-ouo couuties are ask
ing for aid from the stale, it seems that
the common, ordinary judgment would
have dictated ttat this was not the
time to increase taxation for any pur
pose that was not absolutely necessary
to preserve property that was likely to
go into decay from exposure in an un
tluished conditio!:. Hut, no; the man
agemeut bad other p'ans. They wanted
to greatly enlarge the borders and make
a great display of improvement. They
cared not for the burdens of the people.
They forgot that the fact that their
institution was receiving annually
some $r5,'0o from the government and
three-eighths of amill levy (amounting
to $tK,MM last year) as a regular tax
from the state, was sure to rurnish
food for criticism. Not content with
simply asking for this increased levy
the chancellor went on the tloor of the
house, where he had no right to be,
and lobbied for the passage of the bill.
Furthermore, they thought their bill
would go through without a fight, and
were astonished beyond measure when
Hepresentative Uavies took the I'oor
and iu an hours speech completely
knocked the foundation fiom beneath
them, and defeated their pet scheme.
It was to be expected, however, that
the mouth-piece of the Lincoln rob
bers' roost wouUl fall to abusing Mr.
Davies, and charge him with opposing
education: but it fell to the lot of the
riattsmouth News to attack him at
his home, and charge him with a de
sire to cripple the institution. So fur
from that beiujr true, however, Mr.
Davies showed himself as favoring all
ihe appropriation necessary to finish
up the bud lings now partly constructed
so that they could b put into use, but
he opposed an unnecessary and ex
travagant increase of taxation, and
this he was able to convince the legis
lature was right.
Let us look at thi matter a moment.
The state university has a library
building under roof but untenanted,
which cost the state some ?7o0o0. To
finish or furnish that structure wou! J
cost probably :M,04 or ?,. more.
The opposition was willing that this
be done. A bill is before the legisla
ture, to be pushed through, to increase
the rate of assessment, so that instead
of $12,000, which the half-mill addi
tional levy would now produce, the
levy would reach nearly a half-million.
This, in the face of present conditions,
would be simply monstrous.
On the present university levy Cass
county la3t year paid $1,71. In addi
tion to this, the proposed levy of half a
mill, at last year's valuation, would
amount to S2,2v7, making a total tax
on Cass county next year of $l,r'l for
state university purposes, which would
be largely increased if valuations are
increased. Considering that ('ass
county has less than a doen of its
children attending this school, we sub
mit that this is a big tax, and that Mr.
Davies did the light thing by opposing
it even at the risk of meeting the cits
pleasure of the News as well as of the
State Journal .
On the other hand, the support of
the Lancaster members and Lincoln
ring for this extravagance was to be
expected. Gov. Crounse, in his late
message, says that in the preparatory
department alone r,71 pupils, or f0 per
cent of the whole number in attend
ance, haii from Lancaster county, and
"presumably mostly from the city of
Lincoln," Gov. Crounse also ppeaka of
the request for a large sum of money
made by the regents of the university
as not meeting with his approval.
"The request comes," says the mes
sage, "at a time when both the condi
tion of our treasury and of our people
can illy respond to it,' and closes his
remarks with the suggestion that "the
question of cost and ability to pay it
mii3t be considered in connection with
the question of desirability.'''
Must the ex-governor be classed also
with those who desire to "cripple'' the
university ?
Doubtless the superior intelligence
of the News editor can explain why
taxes should just now bo more than
doubled for university purposes, while
the most rigid economy and every pos
sible cutting down is required every
where else. Is it paid by the Lincoln
ring to crush out Mr. Davies ?
Mr. (jLahstonk is reckoned the
broadest statesman of his time, both
in England and on the continent, and
hia views on the financial problems of
tireat Hrltain are of weight and ought
to be considered. When he presented
the Homo Kule bill to tho house he
said:
'This billrontitlu.4 provision furj;ovorniuciit
loan to the people without the lnterintlon of
bttiikft, and this is one of the goo 1 thlnij that
wo need hero In England aUo, and the door of
which 1 Lollevo will soon oi'ti to tis."
This was an important statement.
yet, nil but two of the New Voik
papers the Y or.d and suu sup
pressed it from their cabled report, he-
cause of their servility to the banks on
Wall street. Tho Sun, however, pub
lished this extract with an editorial
note headed "Gladstone a Green
backer," and preceeileil to say th;t our
national bank notes must at least be
superceded by national money issued
directly to the people. Instead of
keeping in line with the grand old
Huwardin, Mr. Cleveland lakes his
cue from the representatives of the
Hothschilds and the Shy locks of Wall
street. 'And to such u Htate ban this
country come !
I r is not often that Tin: Jri:'.i.
is compelled to enter the field in de
fense of a republican ollieial ftoin an
attack by a newspaper of hisown party
faith, but the unfair attack of the
News of this city upon Hepresentative
John A. Davies. because of his oppod
1'i'U to the university appropriation,
alTords Mich an occasion. The first
chat go the News makes is that Mr.
Davie "followed in the wake of Iloe
water." Mr. Davies, we happen to
know, was opposed to the scheme uf
the university miuugets before the
llee had said any thing about it. So, it
seems, that Kosewater has followed in
his wake instead. The next charge
the News makes is that the object of
the opposition is to cjipple the univer
sity, which is as mean as it is untruth
ful. Mr. Dttirs Is a college graduate
and. we believe, fully appreciates the
value of such a school and the neces
sity of properly maintaining tt, instead
of "crippling" it. Next the News
speaks of it being over-crowded with
students, and that it would be crippled
if this appropriation were withheld,
preventing the "completion f build
ings which stand ro and tenant
les- in the campus. "Hoofes and
tenantles,' Indeed, and will the News
explain why they are in this condition
If the News had been disposed to be
fair and candid the explanation would
have been made or the charge would
not have been entered against Mr.
Davies. Two years ago an appropria
tion was asked for to erect a library
building, which was said to be very
necessary for the growth of the school.
They got it, and, if we are not misin
formed, the entire appropriation was
used in putting in a very lare and
elaborate foundation and the first
story, leaving it in its present "roof
less" condition so that the managers
could appeal to the legislature, just as
they have been tiding, for money to
complete the structure a thing which
ought to have teen done with the
money they had. Now that the state
is in debt and is very pwir from a nop
failure is a bad time to ask for an in
crease in taxation to carry out schemes
to simply make room for Lincoln's
high school pupils to secure their edu
cation at the expense of the state.
Hecause "de Kleine Folk" and "de
grosse Folk" look upon that institution
as their alma mater does not justify
them in assaulting and impugning the
motives of an honest and faithful
representative. The state university
is crowded for room, we understand,
because some sOt) of the pupils of the
Lincoln schools are using its rooms.
The management wanted a half mill
tax levied for the completion of their
unfinished buildings, and opposed the
limitation of this Jew to $;o,(hm, while
it is believed the levy would, under the
new system of assessment proposed,
produce a half million dollars. Let
the university people come to the legis
lature with clean hands and show that
they mean to deal fairly, and then It
will be time to talk about men trying
"to cripple" the institution by op
posing the appropriations thoy ask.
Mr. Davies is right about this matter,
and fair-minded men will say so.
Fon the information of tho News
man (who seemi to be wandering in
darkness on the. subject, and to have
fallen into the error of supposing that
democrats aro opposed to education)
the fact is state ! that the founder of
the first university established in
America was a democrat. His name
was Thomas Jefferson; he lived in
Virginia; wrote the most memorable
of all political documents the world
ever read; was president of a country
called the Unite d States, and is revered
by many people as the greatest of all
democrats. He didn't believe, how
ever, that a university should be con
ducted in the interest of a gang of
plunderers. It is barely possible that
tho News may have heard of him.
A FKI.i: COIN.WJi: IlII.I. KKl'OKTKI).
The senate finance committee has
favorably reported a bill for the unres
tricted coinage of silver dollars of
11 J grains of silver at all the mints,
the government to retain the seignior
age, which is described as the differ
ence between tho coin value and the
bullion value at New York on the day
the bullion is offered to the mint. This
seems to be a reasonable compromise,
and if adopted will relieve tho strain
on the money market to some extent.
If adopted by thn senate it may pos
sibly pass the house. The vote on the
adoption of the lepoit iu favor of the
bill was not a strict party vote. Sena
tor Jones of Nevada voted withthe
democrats iu favor of the report and
Senator Mcl'herson of New Jersey
voted withthe republicans against it.
As a compromise the measure should
be passed, and if so it will surely be a
measure of relief. It will set the
w heels of commerce and Improvement
in motion, and will prove that it is the
use of metnl as money which gives bul
lion its ahie.
Let congress pass the bill it neces
sary, over t he president's veto - mid it
w ill put silver money iu circulation in
spite of the treasury and of the bauks.
and will p4ve the way to free and un
limited coinage of tiId and silver!
Hail the day !
Why Mut Vr ltrr
N'i- v Y?k J...:!ii i.f t ;:? c.
L Hecause while up to 1-m-j
the hanksMipplied all gold
required for export, since
July 1, lrj, they have
drawn for that purpo-e
from the treasury
MILLION
1 1. lire w ithin the
SUl.e period, the batiks
htve withheld gold from
customs payments which,
under their former n-ate.
would have gie the treas
ury a gold income amount
ing to - iT;i
MILLION-
If I. Hecause. within the
last thirty-one mentis the
the treasury has suffered,
from this policy of the
b tuks, a direct and indi
rect arlittcial gold dep:
tion of
MILLIONS
Here, iu a nutshell, is the explana
tloa of the condition of the treasurv
and of the causes compelling its vir
foully needlt kH loans.
Is the president prepaied to sanction
another han of SIoo.ik 0, before
this enormous source of leakage iu the
re-erve js repaired '.'
If the president omits that precau
tion, how can he escape having to l or
row another i loo.t tHi.in o within
twelve months 'f
Are the hanks pie pared to persist in
a policy which thus makes its abso
lutely impossible to keen good the
treasury reserve ?
If tney are, wtiiiin how many
months will they and the treasury be
compelled to suspend gold payments
Have the financial and commercia
communities nothing to say about the
perpetuation of thisshurniliatiug lisca
farce?
Off; versatile and breezy contempo
rary, the News, takes direction for the
spread of his canvass by slavering
Tom Heed all over with uumeritet
praise for his "coin" bonds bill. If the
News ha! taken the pains to note
closely the course of Mr. Heed on
Thursday in the house ijt would have
saved its friend from a humiliating ex
po.suie. Mr. Ke-d proposed coin bonds
instead of "gold" bonds, but when it
came to a "shew-down" he was afraid
to stand by a plain declaration as to
what Ins bill meant. An amendmen
w as offered declaring that "nothing in
the act shall be construed to vitiate the
policy of the government to pay al
coin bonds in gold and silver at the
option of tho government," and he
voted against it, and then, after his
own proposition had been voted down
he voted for tho "Cleveland gold bond'
bill. The only conclusion to be reached
as to Heed's course is that ho wautec
to catch just such suckers as the News,
by pretending to be what he Is not
opposed to gold bonds. Oh, yes; such
a course as that will "help every in
terest between the two oceans," but
chieily the mouoy-Ioaner of Wall
street, who wants gold bonds. The
common people of this country have
no desire to pee a single government
bond of any kind issued in time of
peace, and that's wherein Heed shows
with whom ami for whom ho stands.
As a "straddler" Heed is a success, and
Hro. Hoik seems to have fallen coin
pletely into his trap.
Alan, th Mighty Una fallen.
Papllllon Time.
However much the friends of good
government may regret it, the factnow
j appears bold and bald that the gang
r- o
has chased Auditor Moore into a cor-
uer, and that his reform woik is at an
end. Hut such is man. Today he puts
orth the tender leaves of honesty; to
morrow's sun of integrity warms the
plant and gives promise of a harvest of
good; next day the serpent comes, and
he pioud man falls upon his belly in
the dust before the reptile, and sells
what of honesty he may own for votes.
t is so with Moore. We run it love
dm for the good that he has dot;e,ujne
the less condemning his surrender to
the wolfish gang, whose members are
ever snarling and snapping at the state
louse doors. Since the downfall of
Auditor Moore the fight againid the
wolves must bo waged single-handed
ami alone by Governor Holcomb, and
may a merciful Providence give him
utrt ngth and courage to light a good
fight.
I'uk l'ullmaii Memorial church, the
gift of Georgo M. I'ulliuan, has teen
recently dedicated. In handing over
the tleed the "Duke" feelingly referred
to the early religious struggles of his
patents. He neglected to make any
note of the present day struggles of his
employes to buy bread after rent,
water taxes and such like have been
deducted from their niggardly wages.
As a contribution to modern architec
ture the Pullman church will likely at
tract attention. but it is woefully handi
capped at the start in its alleged mis
sion as a reminder of the meek am
lowly Naarene who went about doin;
C'wd. and whos guiding precept was
to "do unto others ev n as ye wool
that they should do unto you.' As
travesty upon the Christian religion
the Duke's present role instinctively
recalls the reference in the Good H-ok
to the ilev:l s aptitude iu .plating
scripture. Ilx.
A id t.L has be-n introduced in the
house requiring township and schoo
district treasurers to publ.sh hemi-an-
nual reports of the financial condition
ot their respective districts. It is
claimed that in electing th t Ulcers to
these1 positions, esecial!v in the
count rv districts, no attention is given
to the qualification of thrse gentlemen,
and as a result when an oftcial holds
several terms his books manage to get
so btdly mixed that neither he
nor his district knows "vthere
theyaieat." Under the proposed law
these treasurers must make a showing
twice a year and it is thought that
during six months they may not t
come so badly mixed but that they can
extricate themselves, while the know
ledge of the condition of the district is
something that every tax payer should
know. It is a good law and should
pas.
The riattsmouth News has quoted
from Henry Wattersoti as having
abandoned silver, and that he said "if
a free coinage law could pass into law ,
it would expel gold furu the country."
As to that prediction i' is no better
than that mad hv tb "linar cu rs" of
Wall street in 17. when they pre
dicted that the pnsstg of the HI and -Allison
act would banish go!. I from
this country, while the fact was in the
tv elve years that followed more than
a million dollars in gold came to this
country , or wre coined and remained
here. As to Mr. Watterson, he has
not been for free silver for four years
past, to our Know ledge, and has played
the part of a traitor fo the white metal
ever sine the death of Seuator Heck
pretending to be what he has not
been.
Why fll frldty an fnlurky Iy
Mayflower lauded on Friday.
.Hastile was burned on Friday.
Moscow was burned on Friday.
Shakespeare was born on Friday.
Washington was born ot Friday,
unerica was discovered on Friday.'
Queen Victoria was married on Fri
day. Hattle of Marengo was fought on
Friday.
King Charles I. was beheaded on
Friday.
Uattlo of Waterloo was fought on
Friday.
Julius Caesar was assassinated on
Friday.
Hattle of New Orleans was fought
on Friday.
Declaration of Independence was
signed on Friday.
That was a brilliant idea of the ex
press messenger on tho Santa Fe train
who saved the money of the express
company by inducing tho train robbers i
to believe that it would be "more pro
litablo for them to rob tho passengers.'
The company cannot reward so faith-
uu iipcnain, tuw uifcuij - reciunj as
there is no reason to suppose that the
nasseneers made un a nurse for him.
As the robbers seem to have made
quito a haul they are doubtless thank-
ful to the messenger for his admirable
suggestion.
Money to I.onn
On farming lands. Low rates, long
times. No delay in securiucr loans.
Inquire at First National bank. 7 I
t'rrftldent f Hie ;onry Lli Mock t'miv-
ji4ny Vt rlt- :
Magnet Chemical Co.
Gentlemen: I have lor monins neeu
i suiTerer iiom Itching Files, and tried
numerous so-cauea remeuies which
did me no good. 1 procured a box of
Maiinkt Film Killkk. and i confess
he lirst application gave me great re
ief.and while I feel 1 am riot entirely
cured, I believe that before I have the
entire box used I will be well.
To every one sulfering with this un-
pleasantdisease f sincerely recommend
M A N ICT I'lLi: KILLLU.
Yours Truly. Sam Gosnkv,
South Omaha, Neb.
Pres. Go.riev Live Stock Company.
Nineda: later Mr. Gosnev writes:
1 am entirely cured of the I'iles and
Maonkt Fill: Killkk did it."
For sale by Gerlng Si Co.
First National Bank
I'UTTSMilt: Til, .NKll.
Capital, paid up fcbU.uoo
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CUlo:nc-T. (. '..! tions rsad'? and jroiujt'.T
remitted for. 1 1 1 -1 :;itrst-t i-rle- j.aJd for
county warrant au 1 tl&V; and (o inty bond
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SHOE
13 THE BEST.
rtT FCR A KING.
5 3. CORDOVANT.
rSLNCH tOiAMCJL3 CALF.
.L '.;-rZl $ 3.50 PCUCE.3 SOLES.
LADIES
- V ' ' S END FOR CATAlSSw
Over One Million Pecplc wear the
W. L. Douglas $3 & $4 Shoes
All our shoes are equally satisfactory
They clve the bet alae for the montT.
They ctul custom thoes in style and fit.
Th:lr earing qualities are unsurpassed.
The f rice are orjdorm, stamped on tele.
I ror-i Si to S j saved over other makes.
Ii yoor drakr cxacot scj ply ru ire can. Soli ty
Joseph F:rr7,i2R.
PALPITATION OF THE HEART.
Shortness of I3rcatli, Swell
ing of Legs and Feet.
"I 'or about f-ur yr ;r I wi trou
bled with jipitat of tho heart,
shortness of breath and swelling of
the legs and feet. At times 1 wniUI
faint. I was treated by the Ivst phy
sicians in Savaiurih, t'.i.. with no re
lief. I then tried various Springs,
without Lciieiit. Finally 1 tried
Dr. Miles' Heart Cure
also his Nerve and Liver rills. .1
tcr If jinnin ? to t ike tJn r.i J Jlt fx'.icr! I
continued taking them and I am now
in better health than for many years.
Since my recovery 1 have gained tifty
ijunds in weight. 1 hope this state
ment may bo f value to jomo oor
sutTerer.""
E. R SUTTON. Ways Station. Ga.
Pr. Milos Heart Curo i; sold on a ixsittvo
puaranteo that Uu iirst bottle will tH'tiotiu
All dructflsts s 11 it at il. 0 Uttl forfci. or
it Willi sont. prepaid, m rvrelpt of prh-o
by tho Ir. Miles Mistical Co., Klkhart, lud.
Sold by all druggists.
DR. A. MATTHEWS,
Tlio Painless Dentist,
Weeping Water, Nebr.,.
MakrsR Specialty of Fine Oo'.d Fillings, tioi-f
and Porcelain Crow ns, bridge work, etc.
TEF.TIl POSITIVELY KX Tit ACTED
WITIHU T PAIN Oli DAMJEK.
H. D. TRAVIS,
Attorney and Counselor at
Law.
V.II.L PRACTICE IN ALL THE l OlIiTS.
orncK-noom i ami i ..ion itpu.
' "vttsinoutli. - - - liob.
II. G. LIVINGSTON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
INSURAIICE,
riflttsmouth, - Nebraska
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