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About Plattsmouth weekly journal. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1881-1901 | View Entire Issue (June 27, 1895)
1. The Weekly J ournal C. W. SHERMAN, Editor. ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. fact that he ha3 many friends amoDg all classes of people. His arrCSt was an outrage for which the perpetrators ought to pay severely. I'ODli Vs. CAltLlSLK cm MONET. DOS'T LIKE THK MIIJSII. The recent democratic convention in Illinois has evidently given the gold bugs of the east a big scare, and I of Secretary Carlisle, wherein he says: Editor Journal: There is one point in the discussion of the money or silver question gold value that seems to be overlooked by the friends of silver money. I call attention to the speech SUBSCRIPTION. One year, in advance, tl.OO Six months, in advance, .50 Three months, in advance. . . . . .25 JLDVEBTI3INQ Rates made known on application. Entered at the postoffice at Plattsmouth, Ne braska, at second class matter. THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1S95. "I am clearly of the opinion tbat gold and sil ver at rates fixed bj congress constitute the le gal standard of value in this country, and tbat 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 myviews on the subject thecon splracy which aeems to have been formed here and In Europe to destroy by legislation and oth rrwise from three sevenths to ane half the me tallic money in the worH is the most gigantic crime of this or any other age. Theconsumma tion of such a scheme would ultimately entail more misery upon the human race thau all the wars, pestilences and famines that ever oc curred In the history of the world." John U. Carlisle, in 1S78. In the South Dakota lexicon, the more you steal from the people the easier you get off. Whenever you hear of cyclones in Nebraska you may know that there is no drouth. The state received another soaking yesterday. Rain news is no longer rare news. they have employed Win. D. Bynum of Indiana (one of Cleveland's cuckoos) who deserted the cause of-silver two years ago to revel in the charms of government patronage,to make twenty speeches in that state for the gold standard, and have agreed to pay him for his work. The announcement of this fact has had the effect to arouse the free silver men in the state to a determination to make an open light for bimetallism from this on, and we predict that ere long Indiana dem ocracy will take its place in line with Illinois and Nebraska for the white metal. Tp.kasuky officials have admitted that the real reason why there are no more silver dollars in use is because tbey are unpopular with bank cashiers aud tellers, who, if they are paid out to the public, tire them back to the treasury and denaaud silver certificates instead. Mr. Eckles could find this out if he chose to do so, right in the treasury building, and there is no necessity for him writing long disqui sitions on the unpopularity of the silver dollar. One treasuiy othcial remarked to the writer last year: like silver for every day fact is the banks don't like it, and that is why you see so little of it in use here in Washington." "The people use, but the The business men of Elmwood have a very good trait. They have two newspapers, and these two papers are very liberally patronized with adver tisingin fact better than those of any other town in the county. The Illinois state legislature, after being in session for over five months, adjourned on Saturday last, only to be called together again by the governor to enact needed legislation for the pro tection of the people. He wants them to revise the revenue laws, to compel a "It is not the coin that determines the value of the metal, but the metal that determines the value of the coin." This is the vital point In the issue I shall attempt to show tbat Mr. Carlisle is wrong in principle, as well as in fact. A little reflection on this point will reverse his statement. Thus: To find the value of an ounce of gold we are compelled first to use a coined legal dollar. There is no other method known to mau by which commodities are appraised or valued except by legal dollars, and these are made by authority of sovereign law, without regard to material from which they are stamped or coined. While it Is true that commodities, gold or silver, can and may be ex changed for other commodities when sold, their value is and must be esti mated by legal money. Every product of labor or nature that goes on the market for sale or. barter is subject to chaDge of value, and the law of supply and demand. But when the owners of gold or silver elect to place the metal in the power and control of the government, and have the same coined into legal dellars, the metal value sinks and becomes material, while the legal value is fixed in accordance with our constitution, which gives to con gress the power to "coin money and regulate the value thereof." If they do not or cannot regulate the value why give congress the power? If this position is net correct then all legisla tion becomes a farce and that feature of the constitution itself is a farce and a fraud and we must return to barter aud traffic. According to the Carlisle theory there is not now nor never has been a "sound" dollar, dime, nickle or cent, as they are all stuffed more or less with alloy. I now go farther to In his letter to the governor declin ing the appointment as an aid on the governor's staff 'Edgar Howard of the Papillion Times makes it quite evident tbat he does not think much of the militia. He says: "I am opposed to the state militia, root and branch. I regard it a constant menace rather (basis CAKLlM.K'a POSTULATJSSi Secretary Carlisle, in his speeches in the south made the follow ing five points which it is the hoast of the goldites that the tree silveiitts will not attempt to answer:-. i Thr la not u free coiuape coun try in ihe world that is not on a silver 1 First Premium at the Columbian Exposition than an aid to the public peace. The state soldiery throughout the union has been organized always at the be hest, and often at the dictation of cor porate capital, which insists that the state shall plunge its bayonets into the breast of organized labor in order to force compliance with organized cap itals demands. Rare indeed are the instances where state soldiers, have been called Into the field save by re quest of the representatives of some corporation whose galling burdens have rendered restless and revengful their employes. Who ever beards of the 2. There is not a gold standaid coun try in the world today that does not use silver for money along with gold. 3. There is not a silver standard country in the world that uses any gold as money along with silver. 4. There is not a silver standard country in the world that has more than one third of the circulation per capita of the United States. 5. There is not a silver standard country in the world today where the laboring man receives fair pay for-his day's work. let us make a few postulates that are as equally true as the above. . There is not a gold standard coun- The Singer Man'f'g Co. kkci:ivj:i 54. First Awards, Helntf the Inrct-t number of awaras oriiame. by any exhibitor ami more than double tue number received by nil other Sewm Mar-.hln companies, a warns recuiveu on mu """"""f Family Sew'liur Machine. V. S. No. 2. I K c H. and Single Thread Automatic Chain Stitch Machine. Sew In Machine Cabinets, Art Embroideries. Laoen. Cur tains Upholstery, Amucruruiuinm, Sewing an-l fcluorower , mnj '- chine otfc- Alito 43 Awanl. covering mat-nines for manufacture In every line where a Sewlni? Machine ran te used oU ool . Cotton and Silk (Moth. Knit o;J Leather, etc., for Ornamental stitching llutton holei. Kyeleta. Barring. Over teaming, staying, etc. AGENTS WANTED. militia being called out to right the try in the world in which the farmers wrongs of the. poor? When has the and laboring people generally are not state unsheathed a sword or hurled a clamoring for bimetallism. shell into the ranks of capital at the request of labor? In vain you will search the records for reply." Follow in o is one of the declara tions of rights inherent with a free people, adopted by the recent Memphis convention: "The right to regulate its own mone tary system in the interests of .its own people is a right which no free govern ment can barter, sell or surrender. This reserved right is a part of every bond of every contract and of every obligation. No creditor or claimant can set up a right that can take pre cedence over a nation's obligations to promote the welfare of the masses of its own people. This is a debt higher and more binding than all other debts, and one which it is not only dishonest bat treasonable to ignore. Under the financial policy that now prevails we see the lacd filled with idle and discon tented workingmeu and an ever grow- 2. There is uot a gold standard nation on earth that haH adopted that system except at the dictation of banks and bankers. 3. There is no silver standard coun- trv in which the condition of the com- mou people is not better than it would be with a gold standard. 4. The Rothschilds or soma other syndicate of "financiers" have control of the financial affairs of every gold standard country in the world, and have dictated its adoption. 5. There is not a couutry in the world whose laboring people would uot be greatly benefitted by the adoption of bimetallism by the United States alone or bv this country aud the nations of Europe. The Singer M'fg Co "A.11 Over tlio World." Branch Office 1.1 Hi l.ucla Ht.. Om&h- I'AKM LOAN'S. Last fall we were told that we could not borrow money or renew loans if Ilolcomb was elected governor. Xever- TnEbankine fraternity is almost solid against free coinage, and tbat is one of its best recommendations. - The experience of this country during the war proved that no class of Americans had so little patriotism as the bankers. reduction in sleeping car fares and to protect the state in case of such strikes I prove positively that the value of gold theless, I now have money to loan on Ing army of tramps, men whom lack of good farrn security, at a less rate than work and opportunity have made out- ever before. Write or call and see me as that at Pullman last year. Gov. Altgeld is very unpopular with certain classes, but Illinois never had an exe cutive who was more keenly alive to ! to the public interests than he. is fixed by law, and that it has no casts and beggars. At the other end Toe Chicago Record calls the bar gain f cr the return of Taylor, the de faulting ex-treasurer of South Da kota, a disgraceful dicker. If any one has any more dignified name to apply to it, the suggestion ought to be made without delay. Republican papers in the county are booming the chances of A. R. Eik enbary of Union for treasurer which means, we presume, that Sheriff Eik- enbary, his uncle, is to be shelved. How Croft will relish that idea, depon ent sayeth not. Talking about a "fifty cent dollar." What's the matter with a hundred and fifty cent gold dollar? Judged by the price of realty both in town aud coun try throughout the land, a gold dollar is worth 150 cents as compared with its value a few years ago. The inevitable results of the advo cacy in this country of the Hritish gold standard are the decay of patriot ism, and the growth of the rankest toryism. Both must be put down at all hazards and at any cost. They must be put do vn even if the people have to sacrifice both the old parties. There is no other issue before the country but the restoration of the pur preminence above other metals except as maintained by law and act of par liament. It is or ought to be apparent to everyone that if the gold has a value above its money value it would not be presented at the mint for coin age in order to claim the legal value. The commodity value of gold or silver bullion might be valued by its ex- that a few thousand families own one half the wealth of the country. The centralization of wealth has gone band in hand with the spread of poverty. The pauper and the plutocrat are twin children of the same vicious and un holy system. The situation is full of menace to the liberties of the people and the life of the republic. The issue changeable value for other commodl-1 is enfranchisement or hopeless servi- ties; but when we do that we find silver tude. WhaUver the power of money on a parity with commodities with can do by debauchery and corruption gold alone. The idea of fixing the I to maintain its grasp on the law-male - value of gold by law and throwing I ng power will be done. We therefore silver on the market to be purchased I appeal to the plain people of the land if you desire a loan. J.M.Leyda, 12-3m riattnmouth. Xtb. The Sherwin-Williams prepared paint covers most, looks best, wears longest, is most economical and of full measure. Sold by F. G. Fricke & Co Subscribe for the Weekly Jocn nal $1 per year, if paid in advance. The'Plan Sifter" ttour is the popular brand. Ask for it from vour irrocer. jvJS chasing power in the marketa of the by legal gold dollars Is a violation of Uh perfectconfldeoce in their patriot- - I . 1 I rw anil 1 n ('oil i rra w r a s-v o a 1 rvi people's products and the enlargement of their stock of primary money. At lanta Constitution. The Lincoln Journal calls every body a fiatist who is cot for a gold standard. Why is it for a gold stand ard if it does not believe in fiatism? What makes gold, or silver, or paper, for that matter, money if it is not fiatism the law? Can the wise Jour nal stop long enough to answer? The convention of republican clubs was chiefly distinguished for the fact that its managers were able to keep a silver plank from its platform, and prevent an open fight in the conven tion on the silver question, and the party managers throughout the country were saved from a congestive chill. A oood many people have an idea that the silver dollar is a full legal tender, yet such is not the case. The best authority known on money defi nitions makes this definition of the term legal tender: "The principal coinage of a country is legal tender to an unlimited amount, and when offered discharges any pecuniary obligations. It is only the standard coinage which possesses tuis property. (Jr, rattier, the standard coinage is that which does possess it. The supreme court of Iowav has re fused a stay of proceedings in the case of the Mulct law saloon keepers of Des Moines, who were found Dy Judge Spurrier to have filed insufficient pe titions, and all the saloons must close until the petitions are made good by new ones that shall contain the names requisite for a compliance with the law. Ob! what a dry town Des Moines will be for three months'to come ! every principle of common sense, ju- tice and equity. It is not gold or silver such as the people want, but money; I not corporation bank paper wild-cat but constituual money strength. L. G. Todd. taw and intelligence, to arouse them selves to a full sense of the peril that confronts them and defend the citadel of their liberties with a vigilance David Overmeyey, thegieat Kan sas democrat, declares for bimetallism at 16 to 1. He is the man who led the fight against prohibition, and be has fought the battle for democracy when It was a hopeless and thankless task. It is now in order tor the goldbug press to write 'Dan" Overmeyer down a demagogue. ' 4 Senator Thurston in his speech at the league convention at Cleveland said that Nebraska would give 50,000 plurality for the republican ticket next year, no matter what the platform was. Thurston must have been dream ing, as the people of Nebraska no longer vote blindly and are tired of the republican ring rule which has so long bossed this state. Nebraska City News. The recent experiment made by the Chicago Itecord of securing a popular vote on the silver question was quite a success, and demonstrated not only the drift of popular sentiment on the subject, but that a good many people are deeply interested in it on both sides. The question submitted was: "Shall the mints of the United States be immediately opened for the free and unlimited coinage of gold and sil ver, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation?" And on this proposition the voter was to vote yes, or no. The voting was con fined to the actual legal voters of Chicago, and included both Bexes to some extent, because some women are eligible to vote in Illinois. The result, after keeping the polls open for three weeks and making a daily report, was: yes, 8,028; no, 4,908, thus giving a ma jority for free coinage of 3,120. This in a city like Chicago where two years ago free silver advocates could scarcely get a hearing, is very, very remark able, as showing the growth of the 'sil ver sentiment. Is the republican press afraid to tackle the money question ? Aside from the Plattsmouth News there isn't a republican paper in tbe county that has an opinion on the question, or that apparently cares a snap about anything except hew to get its friends into of fice. That is not public spirited, to eay the least. Eastern money lords are not mak ing much fun of the action of tbe Illi nois democrats in their recent conven tion. It was so nearly an uprising of the people that it has staggered the bankers and money loaners who are de voted to the single gold standard. It has aroused them to desperation. They fear its consequence and its power. . . The present government of Great Simmer the demand for the single gold standard down to its ultimate con clusion and it has no more humanity in it than had Shy lock with his de mand for his pound of flesh. It is cold, . clammy, heartless selfishness, originating and terminating in usury, and tbe profit to be made on money loaning. The usurer knows that if money becomes plentier his kith and kin can no longer corner it, and thus their cinch on mankind will be gone, hence the fraternity of Shy locks are fighting against it. Gov. Roies of Iowa has Luothor plan for securing bimetallism that is, to say the least, ingenius. He puts himself squarely down as tin advocate of the free and unlimited coinage of silver at 16 to 1 without asking the ad vice or consulting the interest of any other nation. He says that the most dangerous enemies of silver are those, who, while claiming to want bimetall ism, demand it under such circum stances that they know it can be real ized. He suggests that this country should "coin its own silver and that this would inorease the value of the metal the world over, so that there would be no danger of a flood of the metal here' He also proposes that this country should "take up its other forms of paper money with an in creased issue of silver certificates, which would by this arrangement be given the full value that their face in dicates, and as every dollar of the cer tificates would be backed by coin it would be the best system in the world." There could be no true bimetallism with either metal discredited in the least. If our treasury were to pro hibit the exportation of gold, as France does, the problem would be easily solved. . Close Your Eyes To Quality and the world is full ot cheap things, but with your eyes wide open the real good things are few and far between. When we buy clothing we look sharp for quality and workmanship; if you buy clothes here they're right no matter how little you pay for them they're right. WE made a little purchase last week from one of New York's way-up clothing mak ers. Its not going to revolutionize the clothing business it will not even change the map of the world but it will simply put in your way for 8 or io days the chance of getting a bang-up fine suit of clothes at a price that would be an impossibility under ordinary circumstances. Thb fact that Matthew Gering was released from his unpleasant position Britain is evidently tottering to its fall in Lincoln just as soon as tbe court had an opportunity to weigh and de cide upon the cause of action makes evident the animus of his arrest. Whatever may be said of his faults of former years, his conduct for years ast has been that of a good citizen, i rtsst soon. brought out the " - f " "--.. ... -4: J and before many weeks parliament will doubtless be dissolved, or the ad ministration give place to the con servatives. In that event the bimetal lists have strong hopes of having their champion Balfour placed . at its head, and thus give a chance for free coinage. The growth of the corn crop in Cass county this year beats any thing on record. -Numerous cases are men tioned where the farmers only had time to plow it twice before it grew so tall as to make it impossible to work It a third time or to "lay it by," as the farmer says. A man named Critch field laid by sixty acres tn one field last week. Farm Loans made at lowest rates. T. H. Pollock, over First Nat'l bank. Men's fine all wool suit sack or frock style, not a suit worth less than fl and up to 15, all latest fabrics and cuts; lu this sale $4.75 and $6.50 Men's very fine and nobby suits In silk mix ture, fancy cashmere and Imported clays tbat regularly retail for tlS to in this sale for 09.50 to $12.50 Boys' all wool knee pant suits, sizes 4 to 15 Tears, bare double breasted coats; our 12.75 to H3.75 suit in this sale t y r for 51. t Children's washable suits, sizes 3 to 8, all S1.S5 and tl.75 grades at 75c Odd knee pants, stzes 4 to 14 years, all wool fabrics, 60c and 7&c values for t hree r rr days only at The man whorsits in Wall street, and by means of bank credit, buys up all last year's clams to raise the price who, taking fifty thousand honestly earned dollars, makes a Clam Digging company-bribes newspapers to be still about it creates ten banks and locks up gold then buys up every share, makes ten more banks and floods the land with paper and sells out, retiring after a week of such labor Ladioo' Waists 19c. W have divided our entire stock of wash waists Into three lots which embrace almost our entire stock. Lot 1 at 1 9c( unlaundered. Lot 2 at 48c. laundered. Lot 3 at Q9o, laundered. These waists are the very newest (roods In the market, full sleeves, pointed, yoke back, etc., and are being sold at less than cost to manufacture. We have made a similar division of our silk waists. Three lots: , Lot 1 at $2.69. . Lot at S2.G5. Lot S at $3.95. The varieties and styles of these waists are so numerous tbat we cannot go Into details; bat every dollar you invest in them will I bring you two dollars worth. DR. A. MATTHEWS, with a fortune, is a thief. Such thieves 1 bleached, i5c; 4-4 Arrow brand, 'soi shirtlnir" ... . I BC SBd be: best lDo eantm flannol Ri' or tne past we propose to leave undis CHILDRESS LAWN DRESSES 69c. 0 to 14 years, fast colors, and were made to be old at 11.23. We have an elegant line of calico, percale and gingham dresses equally low. SHEETING SALE. ft-4 bleached shestlnir. 11. oi hUo i . T v p a. v w ay. AUU Z 9U1J : Sc and He; best, 10c; canton flannel, 8tfc. turbed. Our plan is to make such thieves less in the future. Wendell Phillips. - This is the best time of the year to paint your houses, barns and fences. F. G. Fricke & Co., keep a full stock of the best prepared paints in tbe mar ket, at low prices. REDUCED PRICES ON GROCERIES Koastd or green coffees at 194c and 22tfc. worth 3o to 85o. Best tea values on earth In every flavor and quality at 25o, at 35c, at 40c and up to 5Wc per pound. Haycien Bros., 10th and Dodgo. Tlio Painless Dentist, Weeping Water, Nebr., Slakes a .eoialty of Fine OoM Filling. old unl Porcelain Crowns, ItrMe work, ttc. TEETH POSITIVELY EXTRACTED WITHOl T PAIN OK DANGEK. WATCH OUT Whom you trns-t to r'.ea.t or repair jour watch '. IT WON'T PAY YOU To employ an lnexirk'nrol amateur, who may ruin your f.iine-pie e. E. C. JOHNSON A Is a watrh-iiiAkor of i i YKAKS' KXI'EK IKNCK IN W KOI'K AND AM Kiel CA . He thoroughly unlertnTnN every l.rantli tf his business au.l W.MiliANTs KVEKY PIECE OF WOICK HE TL'IiNS OCT. Duii'I cbarse any more than amateur, f-itr.er. Better see him about that Match or clin k, ha.ln'tyou ? E. C. JOHNSON. (Smith A: I'arnieto's Drug Store.) .110 Main Street. - - llttiiouf h, el. The Plattsmouth Mills, C. HEISEL.. Prop. This Mill has been rebuilt, an.l furnished with Machinery of the bct manufacture in the worM. Their "Plansifter" Flour, Has no Sujrior in America. Oiv? It trial ami be convince!. Dr. Alfred Shipman, Office in Riley Hotel, Main Street entrance. Telephone No. 511. of M. P. lepot. Kri.leuce one bloc k outl) K Safe I - 1 1 ni hi 1 1 miMinii in 1 i Him BEST LINE TO AND yrillbllill 11 4 Those tiny Capsules arc superior to liiJsain of Copaiba, f v Cubetis and Injections. ffoWN) ey euro in 48 hours tho V J saino diseases without any incon venience. SOLD Br ALL DRUGGISTS r JJAYE YOU SSSfc. tero,acTC Cfclcavp, 111., for proofs ot cure. ( upH to 8j days. lOO-page book. fr. '
