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C. W. SHERUAN, Editor.
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braska, as second-casa matter.
We believe that the rank and file of the party
fehould at once asert themselves tit the demo
cratic party and place It on record In favor of
the Immediate restoration of the free and tin
limited coin ai;e of gold and silver at the present
ratio of lfl to 1. as such coinage existed prior to
1ST3, without wailing for the aider consent of
any other uaUon, such gold and sliver coin to
b a full legal tender for a't debt, public and
private.
The ruling question now is, have
you read 4,Coin ?'
Tiik bog crop is two and a hlf mil
lions short and stil! hops do r.o:
bring a big price.
liov. McKinlky is booming himseli
for president in Georgia and Florida
lie already has captured both of tho
state delegations.
You can set it down that the bankrr
or business inan who speak? of silver as
dtshouest money and jet pays it out
over his couuter at par, is a dishonest
liar and fraud. He'd $ ell his country
for a mess of pottage.
TriE republicans generally concede
that the democrats have put up the
best nominations in this city this
spring and this is the maiu thing,
after all. Good men will make good
official, and poor men poor officials,
uo matter what party they belong to.
The greed of Shylock for his pound
of tlesh. wheu he gleefully whetted his
knife on his shot?, in contemplation of
his savage satisfaction, was no more
supreme than the greed of the money
ctagers as exhibited by their opposi
tion to the rehabilitation of stiver.
It is altogether probable that if thr
silver mines and the Ucky mountains
belonged to the btnk of England there
would be no opposition to free silver.
If the R Jthshilds owued those mines
twenty-five ears ago it is saf to say
silver would never have len demone
tized. KvEit since Mr. liliine smashed bis
silk tile with his fi3t while denouncing
the McKinley bill, in the house ways
and mean committee room, the fate
of IM! McKinley has been sealed.
Without UUine's reciprocity scheme
attr-f-htfd thejrepublicitn party would
have ban wiped out of existence in
1S02.
TiiE:tKis one thing which may be
said of Mrs. Mary E. L.ease. The A. P
A. :s tihting her, because she was
born in Ireland. Mrs. Lease is likely
to be the d-?mo-pop candidate for mayor
of Wicbit.i. Whatever may be said of
her idea, it, is a fact Miat she ia the
most bit ii.iiit, forceful and dramatic
woman orator of her time.
::;:ai -i..L'oiiTEU,ex-United States
in vvhiii, and his bondsmen have been
s ted in the federal court at Omaha
under direction of authorities at
Washington, to recover between 34,000
and 53,000 of fees claimed to be due
the government. These republican
government officials, it appears, claim
everything they ever get their hands
on. .
Tub republican legislature, by the
vote of every member of the party in
the house, has voted a bounty of $1 a
ton to the igir beet business. The
s ime body has voted to cut down the
rate for leg il advertisements In the
newspapers. Itobbing Peter to pay
Paul, you see; but it's a saving at the
spigot and wasting at the bung.
The republican legislature has
ai iei a bounty on chickory to the beet
euar bounty bill and have pushed it
through. Now if they will only add a
bounty on wheat,corn and oats the list
will be nearly complete. TVe fact is,
tvery man who v tes for a bounty of
this kind is committing perjury as
well as violating every principle of
j u:i :e and equality, and it only needs
it revolution of the politics of the state
t orove it to them.
Has our good neighbor across the
wayloit faith in nfli iavils, that he dare
not or does not print that from O. M.
Peterson? Last week he. asserted
that that affidavit proved how much
Representative Davies had paid for
The Joukxais lufl lence. Since then
he has not chirped about the affidavit.
Bee mis that admission proved that he
was either too cowardly to expose Mr.
Davies or that he was a hypocrite, and
had no faith in h!s own statements.
Which horn do you take, neighbor ?
NOM K SOLID TKUT1I3.
In the preliminary remarks to his
address Tuesday evening on the topic
"Jefferson Still Survives," Mr. Uryan
called attention to some things the late
congress hud done, in which he stated
that the 53d congress which has just
adjourned has been charged with in
competency and its end has been hailed
with joy; but I tell you that the his
torian of the future will assign to that
congress a place as the peer of that of
ny congress of late years. It lias re
duced public expenditures; it has
passed an income tax measure; a bill
for the coinage of thesilver ehinioragc.
and a bankruptcy law, the only otu- we
have had just and lair in its earnings.
It has, besdles, pas.-tid a bill for Ifce
taxation of greenbacks', equalizing Ihe
uurdens of taxation on the rich hid
poor; it hs refused to retire the green-
i.tcks, to issue gold bonds and extend
the Union lcitle liens. It passed u
resolution providing for the election of
Unite! S'uS-s senators by .direct vote
the people, which was defeated b
he senate. lie also t:iid that "any
uan who is to good to participate in
politics, municipal n.i national. Is rot
worth the naiue of an American citi-
. a &r a
in. iieaiosaiu: tins n iin'ii uu
not so much lofe.tr from the man who
votes twice as from the man who dors
not vote nt all." Such fads cannot be
iwelt upon too much.
Some v?ry excelleut people, and
tmong them so able a man as I. Ster
ling M rtoa, bslieve that the govern
ment cannot create or increase values;
and yet, if rumors that have been in
circulation for lo! these many years
are to be believed, Mr. Morton gained
much of his wealth by re tson of values
created bv ac. of congress. The said
rumor is based on the stalemeut that
years ago, when the I Joss Shepherd
regime was in control at Washington,
everal million in I -on da of the Ii.
'rictwere issued lo pay for the im
provements carried on then; that these
bonds were of extremely doubtful pay
ment and consequently they went dow n
in price and were hawked about at
bout half their face value, and at such
low prices a syndicate was formed
hicti had influence in congress (and
if which, it is rumored, Mr. Morton
was a member), and bought up these
district bonds quietly, and then by the
persuasive eloquence of its members.
induced conjress to reorganize thedis
trict government and assume itsdebts.
including the bonds. This done and it
was marvellous how quickly the value
of these bonds rose to and above par !
Why, the boud hol lers got r ch so
rapidly they could hardly contain
themselves. Now, the truth of the
main facts here stated cannot le gain
said. 'Whether or not Mr. Morton wat-
t beneficiary of the pcheme is, of
course, only based on rumor. Hut the
endorsement by Uncle Sam created a
value in those district !wnds which
has been of the most permanent char
acter, lu fact bialwry is full of illus
trations of the creation cf value by law.
Yet, such philosophers as Morton and
the whole gold standard crew deny
that the government can by law estab
lish bimetallism - a thing which gov
ernments did do for many centuries.
In making such denial they simply
deny patent facts. They admit that if
all Europe were to adopt a double
standard it would be an accomplished
fact, and yet that admission upsets
their former deuial. If a half-dozen
governments can maintain bimetallism
(which is in effect the creation of val
ues that can only be created by law)
the burden is on them to show why the
United States, the greatest nation on
earth, cannot do so alone and without
their aid or consent. And we believe
if these gold-bugs had a little more pa
triotism and a lit tie less greed and sel
fishness they would admit it.
The city ba lly need3 a straightfor
ward, honeat, economic government.
The ejection of the democratic conn
ciltnanio nominees in the several wards
will have a strong tendency in that di
rection. 2o stain of dishonesty rists
upon any of them, but all have records
that will bear the closest inspection.
W. J. White is a man successful in his
business and always true to the public
as well. ('has. Grimes is now in the
council. Ilia friends point to his record
with pride. lie originated more busi
ness than any other member. He has
been true to his convictions aud to his
professions. lie needs no euloey or
vindication. Chas. C. Parmele has
been in public life and is both capable
and honest. He is a man of business
and no job will stick to his fingers.
John A. (Jutsche is a man cf ability,
hiving served in the council with
credit to himself and for the good f
tlr .:ity, every man in town knows he
can b trusted to work foreconomy and
hnne.sty. He don't have to appeal to
nationality for support. Ho will go
into U:o council with experience and
knov.-JeJgo at his back, and boodlers
know enough to give him a with berth.
J. W. Burwick is a man of mature
years, of good education and good
habits, who can be relied on to do his
duty conscientiously and always in the
public interest. It now looks is if all
five of these gentlemen will be elected,
and if they are, every citizen may rely
on having elected a set Of splendid
men to attend to the city's business.
Spring time is at hand. The rest
and recuperation of winter is passed.
The frost-locked earth has been re
leased from the grasp of ice. Nature
is springing into the vigor of youthful
life,and it becomes man and communi
ties to take on lh energies of the
season awaken, like natuie, from
the uleep of winter. The men who
c raipjse the active elements of life in
this community must realize that
niuglv nnd alone each man can do a
little toward advancing the IntereM
tf the whole; tint that if all will unite
tor a dtfinite purpose the little that
each man would contribute might
make a mighty effort which wo.iM at
complhh much for the city u a busi
ness center. Th community its n
who'e is like men in n I'O.tt, going tij
stream Tht-y must share each others
bur lens and help eac'i other, acting us
a unit, or they and their craft will drift
d v. n stream; but if each one plies an
oar, wl'.h I ho rudoer kept in proper
order, the craft will move up stream
villi ease and satisfaction. With
such an effort this town eau have n
prosperous season before her.
A UANKEItnf this city calls in ques
tion the proposition that the govern
tneul can create value in a thing, and
says the proposition made by "Coin,'
that the government could add to the
value of anything by creating a mar
ket for i:, is ridiculous, ami that cucli
valueM would only be temporarily.
We pre urn I the fact with due deferenct
to the gentletnau'a wisdom an
moderation, that he is mistaken. If
Uncle Sam offers $o0 apiece ftr a
certain quality and kind of horop, aud
keeps that offer open always the price
of such horses will be fixed per
manently. If Uncle Sim opens his
mint to the fire f-oiti;i?e of si'.ver
putting 'Sil 1 grains o" pure siher into
a dollar, making it th- unit of value
with full legal tender power, that fact
will fi the price of silver bullion thi
world over, and even ?o good a man s
our banker friend cannot, d are not.
gaiusav it.
riK m wen-n. to repopulate Africa
witli negroes from the Unite i Stales is.
for the soiul time, taking shape in
the south, a shipload of colored people
having left Savanah recently for
Liberia. The plans seem to have been
well-matuied, and an abundance of
land for farming purposes secured for
all who make the undertaking. It is
believed to depend for success on the
problem ns to whether, uuaidtd, the
colored man h is the elements o.' enter
prise and indepemler-ce sufficiently de
veloped to Mirceed in caring for him
self and living in a civilized and en
lightened state or condition. Judged
by the results as shown by ih history
of thai race for many centuries Ihe
prospects are, to say the least, not very
encouraging.
An old contributor toTnr. Jouunal
admits that he is in favor of the use of
silver, but is opposed lo free silver, be
cause, he says, he has some money out
atiuterest and he wants that interest,
when he gels it in, to "have a large
purchasing power." We re afraid our
old friend has let the bankers' cat out
of the bag. They are not so anxious
about an honest dollar (which is of the
same purchasing power always) as they
are for a dollar with a "large purchas
ing power." Free silver would not
give us a dollar with as large a pur
chasing power as tho present dollar,
but it would bo quite as honest and
would help the poor man instead of
crushing him.
Tjik republican party has always
professed a great deal of love for the
old soldiers aud said they should be
given every position possible. That is
they way they talk, but when an op
portunity presents itself the old sol
dier is forgotten. If anyone doubts
that let-them look at the legislature.
During the entire cession the halls
have been crowded with old soldiers
who were competent to fill many posi
tions, but out of the 1C4 places only
fifteen were rewarded by the party of
"patriotism, progress and prosperity."
Mr. HuYANs iid the other evening
that the little book "Coin" is destined
to exercise as great an influence In con
vincing the people of the error of
monometallism and of converting them
to bimetallism as had tho "Uncle
Tom's Cabin" of Mr. 8'.owe it awak
ening the conscience of tho nation to
the enormity and wrong of human
slavery. Tli it was a true prophesy.
V tnHr With n l.n-c- rur li!lnr I'iiwit. !
The bioux iJity etevaud rauio.ul was
sold last week titul-r the hammer for
$50,000. 1 1 is said to have cost $100,000.
Do you see the beauty of a dollar vdth
large purchasing power V Do you see
who is benefited by a panic? Not the
little stock-holders, because tl.ev lost
iheir "Wild" because they could not
protect their property L"t tho dance
of death and htukruptcy merrily pro
ceed. Th fes:ive noiso may In time
awaken the victims who are being
robbed by the conspiracy of wealth.
Till-: wheat crop of the world is
shorter than usual, nod yet the price is
lower than it was ever known to be.
Will tho go'd standard people tell us
why?
It is the general opinion ttmt a mere
wasteful and extravagant legislature
has never met in Nebraska than the
present, and it Is only prevented from
showing its band fully by the, fact that
the governor will not join in the looting
of the treasury. Witness the effort to
a Id another half-mill to the levy for
the state university, the claims of
every state institution for additions
and improvements, the sugar bounty,
Sai and heartrending as were
the details of the recent terrible mine
explosion at Kvanston, Wyoming,
wherein 0 men lost their lives, and
nearly all of whom were the husbands
of large families, it Is some comfort to
know that some 30 of them were mem
bers of the A. (). U. W., and conse
quently left to their families the 32.0"0
insurance. fnrnUhed by that order.
Very few, if any, of them could afford
to insure in nny of the old hue com
panies. J.J. Hill, the great railway finan
cier of the northwest, has just re
turned from a tour of some months
iu Kurope, w belt lie has been a close
observer of the trnd of events, and he
con' s back certain in his own mind
th.f. siUer will b- reft tbihtat d at the
ratio o? 15 or 1G to !, aud that before
a gteat while. He thinks Europe is
obliged to come to it for self-protection
aud Kngiaml will have to accept
the change because she is f.tt losing
;rade in India aud the east, which she
can never regaiu so long es the price of
silver is so low. Mr. Hill is a valuable
convert to bimetallism.
Fa km Kits of Illinois are complaining
that their lands have of late years re
ceded iu value $10 to $15 per acre.
They ought to sell out there and c nie
to Nebraska. Here in tlass county, in
quiries at the register of det-ds' office,
much to our surprise, discloses the fact
that farm lands have not decreased in
value to any precepib'e degree, not
withstanding the great deprtfrsicn In
busine.-s all over the country and
throughout the world. The fact i
that lands of such excellent quality rs
Cass county affords aie a scarce ar
ticle in the world's market, and like
.old ut;d-r tn oioin-lalltMu, th-y are
getting scarcer every d .
TilK lighting of the streets ot cities
:as been found to be in the Ui: of
public economy as well as public
morals Such lights have a direct ten
dency to le.-sen th commission of
crimes, such ns i!i"ft ai d a!.s ". It is
a veri!i:atio'i of tlor scriptu.tl saying
that bad mMi love darkness rather
than litht bram- their deeds are
evil." So it is in hue with this doc
trine for the city council to provi ie
ample light for the city. The abroga
tion of the gas ordinance and the sub
stitution of electric lighin will probably
be unsatisfactory before a great while,
but r.nder present circumstances the
afiliction will have to be born with for
a time.
Tiik report fr m Saturday night's
two fires Is that after stretching over
1400 feet of hose thero was no water
pressure, has made a good many
people wonder why, and to think that
the city is paying pretty heavily for its
whistle. W o are told that the record
at the pumping stall n shows that
there was a pressure of 07 lbs. there on
Sunday morning befor the pumps
were started. This should give 04 feet
of water In the stand-pipe after the
fire was over, so that tha fault cannot
be attributed to the Inc k of water or
pressure from the stand pipe. The
only conclusion that is reasonable is
that the system of laying the main is
faulty, or that the mains on the outer
circuits are allowed to clog up with
sand. The situation demands Inves
tigation, and An believe that if a prac
tical engineer were plnc-d iu charge
of the works the fault could not only
be located, but remedied.
In these times almost everything
which ia the product of labor is greatl
reduced from form r price-. True it
Is that corn and pork, which hp- tin
usually scarce, aie h'gher in prico than
usual, and in fact, the former locally
brings a higher price than the wot id'-
Carpets and Rugs
For the Spring Trade we
have replenished our Stock
of Carpets and Rugs at prices
to tempt anyone needing
goods in this line.
We Have the Stock
To select from in Cotton
Chain 2-plys, all Wool 2
plys, all Wool 3-plys, Body
Brussels and Moquettes.
Our Rugs are well select
ed and lower than ever in
prices.
LACE CURTAINS,
POLES and FIXTURES
and WINDOW SHADES.
Newest Goods at
Hard-Times Prices.
E. 6. DOM & M.
market affords. Lands ar kept up in
price because the accumulations of
other years are used to invest in lands
adjacent to farmers homes for their
sons and daughters, but this does little
t relieve the monotony of tailing
prices. Fewer men are emp'oyed in
all sorts of manufactories ar.d lower
wages paid. Abo it the only things
that do ih go down j;te otlb'ial salai
irs and the ir.tei'.-t oi dehis already
Incurred. A man hore may shrink
iu value, hut '.he del; I and inteiest he
owes mvrr becotrcs Icm. Who ever
heard of a tnoue-Io n.er voluntarily
rtduciug the rat cf interest on the
note he holds ? Ilul :hi is aliunde to
the mala qu-sti-n:. the rcacity of
money, the 1 tok of ctitcrpi Le, tte con
stant reduction in prices and the in
creasing misery of the poor. The la
mentable results following ti e con
traction of the currency consequent
upon the establishment of th". single
gold standard were predicted by John
Sherman back in lSGy, before he had
so! I himself to the enemies of his
couutry. Then he pictured the pres
ent time thus:
"To every M?ron except a carlulJH out of
iJelL,ora ahiriM ofcer or annuitant. It Is a
perUx! of lom, danger, larMtuda of trade, fall
of wec, nunjieiiBion of enterprije. bankrupiry
anl tllnaiiter.'
The increased scarcity of gold, the
sole standard of value, is fast bringing
the ruin upon our country so vividly
predicted by John G. Carlisle, when
he said that the destruction of silver
would "entail more misery upon the
human race than all the wars, pes
tilences and famines that ever oc
curred in the history of the world."
Does It not become men who love their
country and their kind, and especially
every laboring man, to unite to over
throw the present condition and bring
about bimetallism V
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Attorney at Law,
rLATTSMOUTH. NCH.
OFFICE Second Boot of tLc 'I odd L.Uc
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