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The Weekly Journal C W. SHERMAN, Editor. ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. SUBSCRIPTION One year, in advance, .... Six months, in advance, . . . Three months, in advance, . . $1.00 .50 ADVERTISING Rates made known on application. THURSDAY, JUNE 1.3, 1S95. Entered at the postofflce at Plattsmouth, Ne braska, as second class matter. 'I am clearly of the opinion that gold and sil ver at rates fixed by congress con stltute thele Kal standard of value In this country, and that neither congress nor any state (under the con stitution) has authority to establish any other standard or to displace this standard." Daniel Webster. "According to niyviews onthe subject thecon splracy which seems to have been formed here and In Europe to destroy by legislation and oth er ie from three-sevenths to one half the me tallic money in the world is the most gigantic crime of this or any other age. The consumma tion of such a scheme would ultimately entail more misery upon the human race than all the wars, pestilences and famines that ever oc curred In the history of the world." John t;. Carlisle. In 1STS. A neav dally paper has been started in Chicago by W. II. Harvey, author of "Coin," and C. S. Collins, a lawyer of Arkansas, who is a close student on the money question. It is called the "Chicago Daily Coin." Unbounded success to the enterprise. Tiie popular judgment against Tom Majors last fall seems not to have been regarded by the state league of repub lican clubs. In defiance of that ver dict these clubs have chosen Majors as a delegate to the national league of clubs. They do not recognize decency. The supreme court has decided that the income tax law is unconstitutional and void. Isn't it now in order to amend the constitution? We changed it once tor the benefit of the negro and we certainly ought to be able to change it for the benefit of the white man. Johnson News. Toe single gold standard may be the best thing in the world for the people but no evidence that it is so has been submitted which proves that the gold stanbard is a sure and safe route for'a very few to great wealth and an equally sure and safe route to abject poverty to many. Tecumseh Journal. In one of our exchanges a hardware merchant says:w 'It will surprise many to know that twenty leading staples in the hardware line declined in price during 1&94 an average of twenty- eight per cent." No hardware mer chant conveyed such intelligence to his patrons after the passage of the MeKinley bill, however. The efforts of the Sioux City Trib une to belittle such men as W. J Bryan of Nebraska because he has the good sense and manhood to disagree with Grover Cleveland and other mon ometallists falls fiat of its own weight and will hurt nobody but itself. Nine out of every ten democrats are with Mr. Bryan on the silver question. Sac County (la.) News. Last Saturday the announcement was made that the president had ap pointed Richard J. Olney, attorney general, to be secretary of state and Jadson Harmon of Cincinnatti to fill the chair left vacant by the promo tion of Mr. Olney. Like Mr. Olney, Mr. Harmon has been, and will con tinue to be, a railway lawyer, which is enough to condemn him in the eyes of most people. Patkick Eg an, who is something of republican and quite a close observer of public events, has issued a word of warning to his republican brethren to not be too over-confident in their as sumption that the "freesilver craze" is dying out. Tat says that the agitation is only beginning and warns the repub lican party that it will have to settle this question within the ranks of the party as well as the democrats. Tiie people of Nebraska will not soon forget the fact that two years ago, when by fair means and foul the gold standard democrats gained con trol of the state convention the bimet allista simply made their protest and then submitted to the rule of the ma jority. Also that last year, after a long and fair fight, the bimetallists won, in the face of all the power of the officeholders and the railways, by two to one, the gold standard people bolted or seceeded and set up a pre tended ieparate organization of their own. This seems to be the policy adopted by the goldites in other states, and the symptoms indicate a plan to xre the national convention by get ting fake or seceediug delegations from enough states to control the convention through the aid of gold standard com mitteemen. Coming events cast their shadows before. Having by adverse legislation de stroyed nearly one-half the value of silver bullion or added that much to the value of gold, which amounts to the same thing, the single standard men are horror-stricken because bi metallists insist on the restoration of "the gold and silver coinage of the con stitution," and charge them with be ing "fiatists." They do not generally know t!iat the Greek rrot for the word "money" means "made by law," and that by the law of many nations gold itself is made money, and but for its use as such it would have no fixed value and would fall far below its money value. It is fair to estimate that two-thirds of the value of gold at the present time is the result of fiat ism; that is, of the law making it money. Gold monometallists are, therefore, as much fiatists as are bi metallists, and it is the most arrant falsehood to deny it. The question of bimetallism or monometallism, there fore, is the practical one, is it better to have two metals for basic money or only one? The history of the world up to 1873 is opposed to the one-metal theory. The experience of the last twenty years shows that only the rich and atlluent are benefitted by the single gold standard and only rich peo ple, and those who do not work for their bread, favor its continuance. The fathers, of the republic adopted the double standard. Under it the na tion prospered and there was a fair distribution of the wealth acquired. It was abolished stealthily and without notice to the people generally. Since then the rich have been growing richer and the great mass of the people be coming more and more dependent. There can be no question as to this fact. Look about you. Tenury and want is the let of the many, while a few are able to live in luxury and idle ness. The single gold standard would allow the banking fraternity to corner the money of the world at their pleas ure: bimetallism would make this im possible. Bimetallism is the hope of freedom for the masses ; the gold standard means poverty and eventual slavery to all who labor. Choose ye. tiii: icKri'iu.icAas ani hii.vki;. Eastern republicans, no less than eastern democrats, have no other idea than that the demand for the free coin-1 age of silver in the west is but a mo- j mentary whim a sort of "craze" ' which will subside as rapidly and com pletely as it has risen. They do not realize that it is a deep laid, profound and abiding feeling in the hearts of the j people, arising from a sense of injus tice and wrong to the toilers of the land. One of these days, however,the eastern politicians will learn better. Recently Senator Teller, than whom there is no wiser or more practical man in the senate, gave it out that Colorado would not follow party lines into the gold standard camp, but was for free silver first and the republican party afterwards; and now comes Sen ator Dubois, of Idaho, who is now at the east, for the purpose of attending the convention of republican league club. He believes and says that unless silver is absolutely and unequivacally recognized, it will be useless to expect the present western republican states to remain in line. In an interview published recently he very significantly said: "It would be hardly worth while for us to go into a campaign if the na tional republican convention does not declare for the free and equal coinage of silver and gold. The eastern re publicans might as well understand this right now, and I will read the riot act at the Cleveland convention. Sen ator Cameron of Pennsylvania is our candidate for president. We want a man who will not straddle or tem porize, but one whose position cannot be questioned. Mr. Allison, I can as sure you, will get no support from us. I have been talking to Congressman Hull of Iowa, who is in Washington, and he seemed to think that Mr. Al lison would get the support of our en tire section, but I corrected the wrong impression. Senator Sherman's fail ure to declare emphatic opposition to the use of silver is extremely signifi cant. "If we are not careful the democrats will sweep the country at the next elec tion. If the democrats declare for free coinage they will gain five republicans for one democrat they lose. We do not care what kind of a platform is ad opted, but we w;ant a man who will sign a free-coinage bill if it is sent to him." In Boston a man was sentenced to eight years for robbing a man of $3. Why cannot men learn to not steal small amounts? It is a crime against the dignity of the commonwealth and j the individual. I ILLINOIS DKMOCItACT. Illinois democrats have joined those of Nebraska in declaring for immedi ate independent action in favor of free and unlimited bimetallic coinage at 1G to 1. In a great state convention held on the 5th the following platform was unanimously adopted: "Whkkeas, Silver and gold have been the principal money metals of the world for thousands of years, and sil ver money is recognized and used as henest money between individuals and between nations, notwithstanding the various ratios between silver and gold; and, "Whkkeas, The demonetization of silver has deprived the people of the free use and benefits of an invaluable an original money metal and has in creased debts and added to the bur dens of the people by lowering the value of labor and labor products; and, " Whkkeas, The constitution of the United States prohibits any state from using anything but yold and silver com as a legal tender for the payment of debts, thereby recognizing that coin composed of silver or of gold is honest money and lit to be used as a legal tender: therefore, be it "llesolved, By the democrats of Il linois, in convention assembled, that we are in favor of the use of both gold and silver as the standard money of the United States, and demand the fieeand unlimited coinage of both metals at the ratio of It; to 1, without waiting for the action of any other nation, and that such coins shall be a legal tender for all debts, both public and private and that all contracts hereafter executed for the payment of money, whether in gold, silver or coin, may be discharged by any money which is bv law legal tender. "Besolved, That we request the democratic national committee to call a democratic national convention to consider the money question not later than August. 1 &).". If the committee refuses to call such a convention, then we invite the democratic state com mittees of other states to take concur rent action with the democratic state committee of this state in calling such convention." Even men with great reputations for wisdom sometimes make grave mis takesnot to say fools of themselves. The sustaining of Judge Woods in the Debs injunction case by the United States supreme court was one of these. Debs in jail is an object lesson, not to say a martyr, to the cause of the right of trial by jury previous to condemna tion. It is hard to make common men believe that a court has a right to try and condemn men to prison for com mitting offenses which are not punish able by stat.ite law; or, in other words, that the court can make an order (which is not a part of the law) and then sentence men to terms of impris onment upon a charge of its violation. without giving the accused a right to a trial by jury. Courts are not and ought not to be superior to the legislative power; and whenever they arrogate to themselves legislative functions thev sap the foundation of confidence in the hearts of the people for government itself. II auarcnism ever obtains a foothold in America such decisions as this in the Debs case will be one of its chief causes. Long use of power makes tyrants of men, no matter if they do sit in seats of justice. The campaign of IkUi) maybe said to be already open. All interest in the local contests of this year are ap parently lost sight of, except as they have connection with results in the greatest national struggle since 1864. In the east, north, south or west it is all the same the utmost anxiety is shown in what the next national elec tion has in store for the people. Not during the last twenty years have the common people been studying their in terests so intently. And in ouropinion we believe great good will come there from. The voter has been fooled, hoodwinked, and led estray in the past but we do not believe he will be so easily trapped again. Concentra tion of effort is what is demanded and this seems almost assured. It will be only equaled in intensity by the great est struggles which the nation has passed through. Now is the time to form convictions for future action. Osceola Democrat. It gives the average gold standard advocate a fit of rabies when he con templates what the silver miner is to make by the free and unlimited coin age of silver at 16 to 1. He never thinks that every cent that demone tization took from silver was that much of a robbery of the silver miner a benefit which the gold miner has en joyed during these twenty-two years without question. They deny that money is the edict of law, while admit ting that to invest silver with the same rights as gold will increase its value. The silver miner in fact cuts a very slight figure with the bimetallist. He simply wants justice for himself and the working world. Leave your orders for job work with Tub Journal, an artistic job guar- anteed. The Old DulUr. How dear to my heart is the face of the dollar The thoughtful subscriber produces to view. Nothing else could excel this feeling of pleasure Excepting it be the production of two. The old silver dollar; The workingmnn'a dollar; The dollar that Sherman and Cleveland eschew. We would like to have more of those good iron dollars. Ami propose to have, too, before wo get through with the silver agitation. C'anper (Wyo.) Derrick. The official appointees of the admin istration in Nebraska, together with a few of their friends, have organized what they call a "sound money" league for Nebraska, by which it is presumed they mean to expend part of their salaries in printing and circulat ing literature of the gold standard type. Possibly they also mean to keep up the secession movement from the state democracy, begun last year. They are fighting a losing battle, how ever. Nobody believes they would take this position if they hadn't got the cue from Washington. Honest people hate deception in whatever form it may appear. Had Mr. Carlisle made a frank statement to the effect that his former expres sions regarding the money question were in perfect harmony with what he believed to be right at that time, but owing to his having given the matter deep thought in the years elapsing since the date of his speeches in favor of silver, he was obliged to admit tha his position was wrong and the very op posite embodiment of truth, who would have dared question his sincerity. Fremont Herald. SYSTEM IN HOUSEWORK. What May II Accomplished by "Tlinlnf One' Turns." It is strange to note how few people re guided by their judgment in matter! of everyday life. The prejudices, the Impulse of the moment, and often mere superstition govern the action in thingf of rltal moment. This la not only true of persons without education, but ot persons who are well informed on gen eral matters and versed in the affairs of life. There is a good old prorerb which says: "CounW ten before you speak. While it is absurd on the faco of it, it is full of suggestion for people who act upon impulse, rather than from their sober judgment. It were well, indeed. if people stopped deliberately beforo they rushed headlong into action. This pplies not alone to Gutters of moment. but to the everyday affairs of life. There is a certain class of housekeepers who rLse early in the morning, often In the wee miiu' hours, kindle the fire. and go rapidly from ono thing to an other, without system or apparent thought. They take ten steps where one only is strictly necessary. It is ten chances to one if, in the progress of their erratic work, they do not create aa much work again for themselves by untoward accidents, und in this way and that, as there was originally in tended to do. 8cch people are not in dolent; they are often over-energetla They are the always-busy women, who never have time for anything outside their housework, and often break down from nervous exhaustion long before fheir time. There is another class of housekeepers who are not such early risers, who arts not so heavily cumbered with many things as the all-busy one. whose houses seem alwavs in order, whoso larders are full, whose tables are always bounti fully supplied, and yet seem to do their work by magic. The gruff Duncan Kftock, in complimenting Jeanie Deans, aid the fairies must help her, for he never saw her working, and yet tho kouso was always in order, and tho Scotch lassie answered him modestly that much might be? done by "timing Jn's turns." This art of "timing ain's turns' is the difference between tho orerworked housekeeper and her more systematic sUter. Every stroke in kitchen work should be done with care end directness toward a result. The worker must plan her work, for without a plan she is as much at tho mercy of accident as a rudderless vessel at sea. It Is sufficient to say that the woman who begins her kitchen work by creating a great dust and flutter in tho pro cess of xnaTlng her fire has not seriously advanced in her day's duties. She has begun by making additional work instead. This pieco of work, by proper thought about tho drafts and proper management of the stove doors that prevent the dust and ahes from flying about the room, can easily be done with no dust, except what can be wiped up in an instant. A little care In preparing the breakfast will enable a systematic worker to keep her stove neat and clean, without the necessity of continually polishing it to keep it bright. Tho same may be said of every branch of housework. The systematic housewife never takes ten steps when one is necessary. She raises no dust and flutter in her work. She is not the victim of such inexplicable acci dents as try the nerves of her less for tun ate and harder-working sister. Bui she keeps her house in order. -N. Y. Tribune. tin itotherea llnr. Ilaven't you written that letter yet, Annie?" "Yes, George, dear. That is, all ex cept the postscript. I'm trying to think of something to say in it." Harper's Bazar. I'rofetvioutil Jealousy. Editor of the Clarion I tell you, the Clarion is booming subscribers coming in at the rate of ten or a dozen a day. Editor of the Bugle To stop their Subscriptions, I suppose! Truth. Don't Mistake th Symptoms. Beware, young man, upon the brink Of the matrimonial question! It's love you feel that's nhat you tniaifc Cut It mav bfl indU-Mtioa. A BALL AT THE ELYS EE. XIow th Plain Dre of Oar Minister Thr I)lHtliiulitlie Iliiu. A modem ball at tho palaco of tho Elysee, ill Paris, where tho president of Franco lives, ia an extraordinarily bril liant and picturesque sight, for, besides tho military trappings and gold braid of tho army officers and tho exquisito, del icately tinted toilets and elaborate coif fures of tho Frenchwomen, there aro tho varied "habits" of tho many members of tho diplomatic corps. Theso uniforms alono are sufficient to furnish a brilliant mass of color and elaborato display. Described in detail and according to their nations, they aro theso: Franco. A coat of dark blue, em broidered with gold ornaments and loaves. Russia. A green tunic, embroidered in Bilver and figured in lilac. Germany. A dark blno coat, em broidered in gold and faced with gold ornaments. Austria. A coat of green cloth, em broidered with a gold acanthus palm. England. A coat of dark blue, also embroidered with an acanthus palm of gold. Italy. A coat of royal blue, embroid ered with golden leaves. Spain. A coat of bluo, embellished with gold leaves and ornaments. Portugal. A coat of bluo with golden leaves. It should be remembered that tho rank of a diplomat is shown by tho embroid eries that adorn his uniform. Tho high er standing ho has tho greater tho amount of gold that is upon his person. Embassadors and ministers plenipoten tiary havo their collars and cuffs, their breasts and tho facings of their pockets set off with golden thread. Tho st-cre-taries of embassies and tho various con sul generabj havo just a shade less of adornment on their uniforms. From an overplusago of gold laeo tho other extreme is reached in tho conven tional evening clothes of tho American embassador, who appears a solemn and marked figure in the gay assemblages in his relief of somber blaek and white. The French presidents usually wear or dinary evening clothes, cut in tho con ventional style, but their white shirt fronts aro broken gorgeously by tho broad rod band of tho Legion of Ilouor and the great star of that order. New York World. Does th Eye See? The question asked in tho headline may sound odd to you if you havo never taken tho trouble to givo tho subject serious thought, but I ventnro tho broad statement that you aro not ablo to an swer tho question "offhand. " It is an admitted fact, I must confess, that tho eyo is tho "organ cf vision," yet thero is but little doubt, even in tho minds of opticians and physiologists, that tho phenomena of "seeing" is chiefly men tal in other words, that it is tho mind and not tho eyo that "sees. " How often havo you seen a friend who seemingly was engaged in looking intently at Eomo object on tho table, at tho opposito tido of tho room or at some picture, who on being aroused from his day dream would confess that ho was "looking at nothing in particular." Tho explana tion of the fact that ho saw "nothing in particular" is plain enough if properly set forth. It is because his mind was busy with other times ami scenes. Faces, bits of wayside scenery, etc. were being presentea to view m tho panorama of tho mind, and tho "mind's eye or mental vision was engageu in eagerly scanning pictures of impres sions made thereon months, years or scores of years before. Another test of this mind vision theory is to shut your eyes tightly and then ply tho brain to tho task of recalling faces and forms that havo wot been seen by tho eyo for years. And, again, if yon want to know whether your companion looked at his watch with his brain or his eyes, ask him tho time of day after ho puts tho timepieco in his pocket. St. Louis Re public. II U Thirst Wan Very IVeclou. Some years ago whilo traveling from Kansas City to St. Louis tho seat in front of mo was occupied by a typical cattleman and a man who looked liko an eastern clergyman. Tho western man, a whole souled, genial fellow, after tell ing his companion all about his western ranch and about the business which call ed him to Chicago, reached down in his grip and drew forth n bottlo of generous proportions. "Pardncr," said he, "thero 's tho best liquor west of Kansas City. Throw n hooker into you and givo mo your opin ion." The clerical looking man, though ter ribly shocked, managed to say, "Friend, I havo not drunk for 40 years. " The Texan jumped from his scat and exclaimed: "Great guns! I would givo $1,000 for your thirst." Chicago Times-Herald. Ready For the Cholera. Some years ago thero was an outbreak of cholera in Franco, and instructions wero f orwarded to tho mayor of a cer tain village totako all necessary precau tions, as tho epidemic was rapidly spread - ng. At first our worthy magistrate did not know what to da After awhilo, how ever, he reported that ho was ready to receive the dread visitor. Upon inquiry toing mado, it was discovered that by Lift orders a sufficient number of graves had boen dug in the local cemetery to bury the entire parish if required. Nervion. . Calm and the Storm. "Mrs. Dasher is a very quiet dresser, Isn't she?". "Mercy, no. She storms at her maid ontil she can be heard away in tho top fiat." Chicago Inter Ocean. Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast that however high we reach we are never satisfied. Machia relli. English leather gloves were sold all Iver Europe in 1247. 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