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The Weekly Jo.urnal C W. SHERMAN, Editor. ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. SUBSCRIPTION. One year, in advance, $1.00 Six months, in advance, 50 Three months, in advance, 25 ADVERTISING! Rates made known on application. Entered at the postoffice at Plattsmouta, Ne braska, as second-class matter. THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1895. "I am clearly of the opinion that gold and sil ver at rates fixed by congress constitute the le gal 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 my views on the subject thecon eplracy which seems to have been formed here and in Europe to destroy by legislation and oth erwise 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 G. Carlisle, in 1878. THESE ARE THE FACTS. To the democrats of the state of Ne braskaGentlemen: An organization presided over by Mr. Euclid Martin and claiming to be the democratic state central committee has assumed to call a convention of democrats for the pur pose of nominating a state ticket. That this organization is a usurper, without a shadow of authority to represent you, is shown by the following facts taken from the official record of the last dem ocratic convention: That convention met in Omaha pur suant to the call of the state com mittee. Mr. Euclid Martin, then chairman of that committee, called the convention to order, introduced the temporary chairman and thereby sur rendered his authority and the author ity of his committee to the convention Afterward the convention was per manently organized; the state central committee, for which we speak, was selected; the chairman thereof was chosen; the platform was adopted; the Hon. W. J. Bryan was nominated for United States senatar and the Hon. Silas A. Holcomb for governor. These facts took place in the order in which we have stated them and in each act each county in the state, through its delegates, participated. Immediately upon the nomination of the governor about thirty-six of the 550 delegates in attendance, finding themselves de feated at every point, withdrew from the convention, repudiated its action and formed an organization which claims to represent you as your state central committee. One or more of the chief bolters served on the committee on creden tials, on the committee on permanent organization and on the committee on resolutions, and either signed the com mittee's report or submitted a minority report. Besides, each of the delegates who bolted, before withdrawing, voted for the committee or which we are officers and for the chairman thereof By every rule of honorable conduct among men these gentlemen who bolt ed are bound by the acts which they participated in. But apart from that, they represent at best only about thirty-six delegates, while the committee for which we speak represents 520 delegates they represent about four counties of the ninety in the state. If these gentle men thought the last convention did not represent the overwhelming senti ment of Nebraska democracy, they could have appealed to you and taken your decision, but instead of that they have become a law unto themselves decided their own case nod now pose fc.s your representatives. Tiere is but one question at issue l-:reii tLe two committees, viz: The rl-Lt the majority to rule; the rirtt v ' delegates to control the j.-'-a ' center. ion i palest the srjef tZ tiurtT-ix delerates. If you i.e-L. ia It r:t.t v f tLe majority Aunt: lr'O order cf tLe jxrtic tte crjtrl oocniii t. l J. mtth. Chxiru;ac. Lek IIkk:ma:, Secretary. Tiik dexocraU nill ett!e ttir troubles in tte convention at Marshalltowu on Wednesday next. HoKK, tho KC"!d champion, not satis fied with the lambJL?tiuK t at the -.-.:..-. ' yirv r Hv;,s:t3V con c!'v4Io tackle jJryanon Saturday !?at at Madison, Wis., but, asbefo:e, Cbue out second best. lie will learn something Ly-and-by. A LESSON OX SILVXCK. Who is to gain by the maintenance of the geld standard ? The money lenders and hoardes. How and why will they be the gain ers ? Because gold, being the sole measure I of value, all property and wages will continue to decline, while money will grow more and more valuable. The idle dollar will grow in purchasing power. The program of the gold staudard advocates is to destroy the greenbacks, retire the silver certificates and sell the silver dollars for "old junk,"and turn over to the money lenders the issuing of the paper certif icates of the country at a good round profit, its quantity to be under the con trol of the banking combination, and by which the people will be completely at its mercy, aud can be given object essons in finance, (like the late panic) at their pleasure. Who will be losers by the main tenance of the gold standard? All people who work and who do not oan money. How and why V To begin with, it would mean the complete mastery of mammon over manhood the money-lender over the money-earner and the crushing out of the independence of the masses. For mechanics to strike to maintain wages would soon be reckoned treason and punished as such, and only a revolu tion, similar to that in France in 17S8, could right labor's wrongs. Monopo lies would increase in power and soon control all production, as well as all prices. The farmer more than ever will be subject to the dictation of the gamblers in the produce exchange for the price of their grain. It will be the rule instead of the exceptiou for the miners to submit themselves to slav- ery, as many' have recently proposed in Ohio. This conilict is the conflict of the ages; the fight of the masses against the classes, and it must be fought out It cannot be avoided or evaded. rV niv rcna itlian tlia verrlnnt milt' wump could find no fault with Mr Cleveland in his attitude respecting official interference with politics ; but times have changed, or Mr. Cleveland has changed, one. Now it is the rule for bis appointees not only to meddle in party politics, but to do everything they can to control the caucusses and conventions of their party. In fact, those officials who are most zealous in playing the cuckoo are the surest to be high in official favor with the presi dent. In the state of Iowa, for in stance, were it not for the dictation and interference of federal oiJicials, the president's policy on the money question would scarcely have a friend in the coming state convention ; while it Nebraska the federal brigade is well known to be the soul and body of the bolting organization, and without its influence it would not exist for a single day. Mr. Cleveland cannot be ignor ant of these things. To presume so would be to make him 'wilfully an ig noramus. He must know what his friends are doing, for they are all act ing in seeming accord, from Missis sippi to Iowa and from Kentucky to Nebraska. There is no question, m fact, but that the whole campaign has been directed with the full knowledge of the president, if not, indeed, by his hand. What, then, must we conclude? The ambitions and environments of the presidential office have so overcome his first principles that he is deter mined to rule the party or bring it to ruin. Today he is standing in exactly the same attitude that James Buchanan occupied when the fight for the ex tension of slavery was raging in 1SG0 when every federal officer was made a recruiting agent for the proslavery propaganda, and whenever the Doug las wing of the party carried a state the friends of the administration bolted or voted for the Breckinridge electors That is just w hat is going on now, and that accounts for the bolting organiza lion in Nebraska and the threat of a lot in Illinois. President Cleveland is net U.e satr.e man be was w hen he went into tin white Louse ten years ago. Havicg enteied ict a contract w;th Wall street and the Kothchilds to run the (leasers of this country he seems to Lave cozic'uded Le would run its politics if he could. TaK kindly word of invitation from Tm: Jouuxal to the Nebraska City News wa not taken in good part' that publication. Like the bad toy in the apple tre it applies its Cngers to its nose and says aucy things back nen air. Morton in ivhi or :i sug- KflHl & fc ioioii fcfto f lien, the republicans, 1 was not a crime, but when tho btate convention in 1S'J4 at the Suggestion 'of Mr. Bryan, took a a course of that kind for the same pur pose, it made a heap of difference to the News evidently. The News is a very virtuous democratic publication except when John Watson is a candi date; then, however, it would see the best democrat in Cass county sacrificed before it would lift a band to save him. The amount of money issued and now supposed to be in circulation in the United States is about $1,600,000,- 000, while the amount reported to be on deposit in the various banking in-, stitutions of the country is reported at about 34,000,000,000. The difference is made up of what is called bank credit that is, the same money is used by the bauks to loan out to perhaps a dozen different persons in iotation,all being credited up with the amounts they put on deposit. For instance, Bill Jones (not our Bill) has $10,000 which he deposits in the bank and gets credit. Along comes Brown aud bor rows that sum to pay a debt with to Smith. Smith, in turn, places the money on deposit, and gets credit. Williams then borrows the same money, and pays a debt to Johnson, while Johnson again deposits ic in the bank, thus being credited with a deposit of the same money and thus the process goes on, the bank in its re port mentioning credits by deposit of these sums, aggregating perhaps $50, 000 to $75,000 while only $10,000 was all the money that it took to make up this sum. This is why so many banks close up in times of panic because too many of these depositors call for their cash at once. The State Journal, whose Washing ton bureau is Seeretary Morton's per sonal organ, says: "With two state committees in Nebraska and with the certainty of two conventions, the situ atiou in Nebraska will naturally be a trying one for the secretary of agricul ture, especially if he counts upon land ing the free coinage fish in the sound money net. Mr. Morton is extremely anxious that there shall be an educa tional campaign in Nebraska during the fall and winter months, and is working very hard to induce Secretary Carlisle to open it. Assistant Secre tary Hamlin is also likely to be heard on the stump in Nebraska at Mr. Mor ton's request. He is one of the bright est and most forceful of speakers on economic subjects in the entire admin istration galaxy of orators and Mr. Morton is extremely anxious that the people of Nebraska should have an opportunity to hear him. It is not at all unlikely that Secretary Morton him self will feel it incumbent upon himself to make a series of addresses in the state. In the meantime William Jen nings Bryan and his following are not likely to be idle, and the prospects are therefore exceedingly good fora liv. ly convention campaign, in which dem ocratic fur will fly in half a dozen dif ferent directions, while harmony will roost high in the most distant tree from which it can be a spectator of the harrowing scene." Hoke Smith, in a recent speech, said: "With the democratic party fighting further high-tariff legislation and opposing bad money, we shall go to th6 country in 1896 assured of suc cess." This is the slogan for 1896 and every democratic paper ought to have it nailed at its masthead. Fremont Herald and Plattsmoutii Journal, please copy. Nebraska City News. Of course, that's all right. If dem ocrats could agree upon what "good money" and "bad money" is, there will be no trouble about uniting and winning a victory. In 1S80 aud 1884 the democratic platforms declared that the "gold and silver of the constitu tion" was "honest money," and was therefore good money, and in 1B92 tie party did not gainsay that. On a plat form which would agree to carry into effect those declarations making sil ver as good as gold bylaw the democ racy can sweep the nation. No doubt of it in spite of Hoke Smith aud the News. Thk democratic state convention will be held in Omaha on the 22d day of August. Euclid Martin and his fellow-frauds are advertisingthat they will hold a democratic convention in Lincoln some time in September. Martiu and his gang are republicans in disguiee, and should be prosecuted as frauds. They have no more moral or legal right to call a democratic con vention than has John M. Thurston, the man whom they assisted to a seat in the senate. l'apillion Times. At the recent Lancaster county democratic convention, no platform was adopted but the delegates to the state convention were instructed to vote for a resolution demanding the immediate, restoration of the free aud unlimited coinage of gold arid silver at the present ratio or 1U to 1, witnoul waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation on earth. The attention of the News is called to this fact. WOCLI) KXTER LAVKKV. Grand Island Fiee Press. Massilou, 0.,Juiy 18, 1895. Mayor Delmagro, or Spring Valley, HI., who was asked to set at rest the question of the truth or the report seut out that several hundred coal miners of that district had volunteered to enter a state of slavery if guaranteed the necessaries of life by the mine owners, has made the following reply: 'I am unable to say wtiether our miners would accept such an offer as was described in the telegram. I firmly believe, however, that one-half would be willing to sign such an iron clad contract." The above appeared anions the Associated press dispatches of the daily papers of the 19th. This country has been cursed by a protective tariff to "protect and dignify" labor every since we had a government and ever since the war it has been put on to the prohibitory point. Still labor is ground dotvn until it will voluntarily enter a state of slavery if guaranteed the necessaries of life. A people that will voluntarily enter slavery, without a physical struggle, for the privilege of being allowed to live are not fit to live and a government that by class laws will reduce a people to t hat condition of desperation is not fit to stand. Dignify labor" by reason of a pro tective tariff? Just think of it. This dignified labor voluntarily entering a condition of slavery if given enough of the wealth they produce by their labor to merely sustain life. Let the ad vocates of a protective tariff and a gold standard defend such results, as no honest man who has a speck of hu manity in his soul can do it. A few weeks ago, when the price of wheat, was keeping pace with the ther mometer in its upward tendency, the goldbug element was siting this fact in support of their claim that the cut ting off of one half the redemption money had no effect upon the price of the products of the Boil. They did not refer to the fact that in the advance the farmer did not share to the extent of a farthing. What is the condition now? Just as the crop of wheat is about to be harvested and placed upon the market the price is tumbling and when the farmer comes to dispose of his crop it will be the same old story. The manipulators so arrange it that the producer must dance to the music set by boards of trade and exchanges, and all the while get the worst of it. Falls City News. The Fremont Herald wellsas: "If the newspaper men of the state will make an organized effort, to have the libel laws amended it will be possible in the near future for them to feel se cure from the malicious attempts of a certain element in Nebraska politics to further personal ends by invoking the aid of judicial tyrants to dispose of some editor who has incurred the wrath of the machine. Not one among the respectable members of the fra ternity would ask for anything more than is accorded every citizen of the country by the constitution. This much newspaper men in common with others are plainly entitled to." The best evidence of the fact that Harvey completely vanquished his gifted adversary, Ilorr. in the finan cial debate at Chicago is found in the fact that the gold advocates by one ac cord have been trying to discourage people from reading it, and have rep resented it as a dribbling "hippo drome." If every honest man in America were to read the debate it would result in clearing their minds from all doubt and lead them one and all to the support of the bimetallic standard. The great Bannock Indian war is now known to have consisted entirely of the killing of a dozen or so Indians most of them while they were pris oners, and not a single white man was even shot at. It resulted in the adver tising of a portion of Wyoming that was heretofore a complete terra incog nita, and the moving about of troops at so slow a pace that a whole settle ment might have been wiped off the face of the earth before a soldier got there, had the redskins been as blood thirsty as they are pictured. "Wiin s rmanciai rcnooi' was a fiction. Now it is a fact. Prominent Druggist of Illair, Neb., Writes Magnet Chemical Co. Dear Sirs: The goods which we bought through your salesman are sellers; the Magnet Tile Killer es pecially sells good and gives excellent satisfaction. We have re-ordered through our Jobbers several times. Respectfully yours. Palmer fc Taylor. For sale by Gerintr & Co. Money to Loan On farming lands. Low rates, long times. No delay in securing loans. Inquire at First National bank. 7 The Weekly Journal will be sent to any postorlice in the United States one year for one dollar, in advance. li mor ri Ic County Convention, j There will b a delegate convention ; of the democrat party of Cass county, held at Union on Tuesday, August 20, ! 1895, at 1 o'clock p. in. for the purpose 1 of choosing tweut.-oiie delegates 'to I the democratic state convention to be I held in Omaha, Nebraska, on August 22, 189-, aud to choose delegal-o to the judicial convention to be called. The primaries will be held in the different waids and pitcmcts at the usual places, on SaUn da . August 17, 1895, at 8 o'clock p. in. for the purpose of choosing deit-natts to the conven tion at Union ami also to choose dele gates to u county nominating conven tion to be called later. The basis of representation is one delegate for each twenty votes, or major fraction thereof cast for Harvey D. Travis for county attorney in 1S94, this basis to govern each convention. It is recommended that the delegates present cast the full vote of the ward or precinct and no pioxies be allowed. The different wards and precincts are entitled to delegates as follow." : Plattsinoulh City, 1st Elm wood 5 ward 4;Sonth Rend 3 Second ward si Weeping Water 2 Third ward Center 5 Fourth ward .1! L'-nisvilie. . . 5 Fifth ward 3,Ei;ht Mile Grove Weeping Water City Avoi- First ward l;Nehawka Second ward HMt. Pleasant Third ward l! Liberty Tipton "Plattsrnoiith Greenwood SlRocIc Bluff, lstdist. Salt Creek sjKoofc Bluffs, 2d dist. Stove Creek 6 M. Archer, Chairman. Chas. Grimes, Secretary. N KIlliASKA HAPPENINGS. 6 5 3 4 ; 10 4 3 Indianola laid the corner stone of its new masonic temple August 1, with imposing ceremonies. There are twenty-live applicants for the position of superintendent of the Lincoln city schools. Chadron claims the belt as a divorce center. Five legal separations were affected in one week. Work will be actively pushed on the new addition to the state school for the blind at Nebraska City. Some of the western counties report eight inches of rain in fourdays in one week of the past month. A great manv beet fields in the vi cinity of Ciiand Island will yield twenty tons to the acre this season. Nebraska ('ity has packed 45.(KM) hogs so far this year, as compared with 90, 000 for the first seven months of 1894. William Duel, a farmer near Meadow Grove, threshed out eighty-six bushels of barley to the acre and is proud of it. The damage ti the Franklin roller mills by reason of the recent rampage of the Republican river, foots up to $1S, 000. C.J.Nelson, residing three miles from Williamsburg, claims seventy flve bushels of oats to the iter- on his farm. Pool's ranch is one of the big farms near Ravenna. It rf quired eight self binders to harvest the crop on 700 acres of wheat and '00 acres of oats. II. D. Watson, a Kearney farmer, reports a yield of seven lon and a quarter of alfafa from two and niue tenths acres of laud, at one cutting. William Hilgenkamp, one of Wash ington county's big farmers, this year harvested 400 acres of oats which aver aged seventy-live bushels to the acre. John Snidr. living at S . racuse. was stabbed in the left arm by E. A. Staf ford. The men were having a fight at the time. No arrests have been made. J. S. Harris of Johnson county threshed twenty -tight acies of wheat from the shock. His field averaged forty bushels. One acre yielded sixty bushels. The Table. Rock creamery employs thirty-two men and ships out of the state 500.000 pounds of butter a year. It pays to farmers in its territory $75,- 000 a year for cream. The two-year-old child of Charles Saxon wandered awav from home one evening last week. It was found the next day fast asleep in a deserted house a mile and a half away. The ten-year-old son of Ren Uerr, living five miles from Table Rock started to dig out a greund squirrel The squirrel proved to be a rattlesnake and the boy was bitten on the hand. He will recover. The biggest crop story of the season comes from Madison county, wheie W. D. Dawson secured a yield of 115 bushels of oats to the acre. He used twelve and a quarter pounds of twine to the acre in cutting. A farmer living near Oakdale in Antelope county threshed 210 bushels of oats from two acres. Up in that county the farmer who got less than seventy-five bushels of oats to the acre is looked upon with feelings of com miseratlon. Excursion t Kini City. On Saturday, August 10th, the li. & M. will sell round-trip tickets to Kan sas City at the following rates: From Omaha, $2 50; LMattsmouth, $2 00. The special train will leave Omaha at 9:15 p. m., and Plattsmonth at 9:45. arriv ing in Kansas City earlythe next morning. Will lesv ar-fas City at v:UO p. ui.', August Ittn, lor returw: F. Latham, Agent. Subscribe for The Daily Journal only ten cents a week. "j3 rn Bargains worth having The sweeping clearing sales in every de partment during July will be a great sav ing: to people in buying dress goods, silks, sheeting, muslin, white goods, linens, bed Bpreads, towels, ginghams, or in fact any article in the dry goods line. Bargains in every department. A Great Slaughter Clothing Sale For ten days we will sell men's, boys' and children's clothing at one half of regular prices. Don't think don't wait Dut come ana Duy your cunning ai usui price. rinthino- $ 5.00 suKs now for $ a. 50 7.50 suits now for 37S 10.00 suits now for 5-00 12.50 suits now for 6.25 18.00 suits now for 9.00 20.00 suits now for 10.00 Men's fine all wool $2 and $2.50 pants 9SC All $3.50 to 55 pants for $1.75 All $5 to 7.50 pants for $2.50 Boys' long; pants suits Sizes 16 to 19 years. All $5 to $5. 50 suits for $2.50 All $7.50 to 9 suits for $375 All $16 and Sil suits at $5.00 Boys' wash suits at 45c Boys' wash knee pants at 19c Hayden's Grocery Sale dreat reduction In our New Dried Fruits Good raisins Grapes per lb 3C 3 7lAc 10c I2C 12C 20C 7iC OC New California Prunes 7 Ihs for 50c.... " NewCalifornia Prunes 6 lts for 50c.... " New California Prunes 5 fis for 50c " New California Pears 5 Bis for 50c .... " New California peaches 5 Bs for 50c .... " New Evaporated Raspberries " New Evaporated Blackberries " New Evaporated Apples " All above dried fruits are 189; crop Coffee and Tea Golden Rio Coffee 4 Ss for $1 per lb 32c Good Rio Coffee 5 ihs for Si. 22c 35c 40c 19c 2;C 4OC g 70C Standard Java Vi lbs for $i Best Japan and Mocha 3 lbs for $1 Japan Tea Good Japan Tea Choice new colored Japan 3 lbs for $1 . . . Select new colored Japan 2 M lbs for $1 . . . Fancy new colored Japan 2 lbs for $1 ... . Best new colored Jpan 2 lbs for $1.23.. Canned Fruits and Syrups 3-Tb cans peaches 15c two for 25c 3-ft cans extra peaches 20c " 30c 3-Jb cans best peaches 2fc " 4;C 3-lb cans plums all kinds I2c Golden Drip syrup 5.0c gal 5 gal. for $2 00 Honey Drip syrup 50c gal ; " 200 Amber Drip syrup 50c gal 3 " 250 Best Golden Honey syrup -cz gal . . .5 " 3 00 Imported Chow-Chow i;cqt per gal 50c Imported mixed pickles 15c qt " Joe Hardware Grass scythes only... foe Gras swaths only. ..50c Grass sickles only...:oc Grass r;.kes only ;OC Machinery oil from 26c per gallon up. Scythe stones c each. Screen doors ic each. We carry large stocks of poultry wiie, screen wire, barb and plain wire, guns, etc. Hayden Bros-, I6th and Dodge, Omaha. Neb. F. C. FRICKE & CO., Will keep constantly on band h full and complete stock of pure WW it BBBi PAINTS, OILS, Etc Also a full line of limelr Snndrln. Pure liquors for medicinal purposes. Special attention given to COMPOUNDING PRESCRIPTIONS. Messrs. K. C. FKICKE & CO., are the only parties selling our Alaska Crystal Brilliant COMBINATION Spectacles and lye-Glasses In Plattsmonth. These Lenses are far Miperiorto any other sold lntrim-ity. possessing a natural transparency and KlreiigthiiiK qualities which will re. serving the failing eye sight. PROF. STKASSMAN. DR. A. MATTHEWS, The Painless Dentist. Weeping Water, Nebr., Makes a Specialty 'of Klne Gold Fillings, Gold and Porcelain Crowns, Bridge work, etc. TEETH POSITIVELY EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN' OR DANGER. KD. FITZGERALD, THK ni.II KKI.MI1LK Liveryman HAS PURCHASED THE Sixth Street Checked Jani, AND WILL RUN IT It.' FIKS T- CLASS S V : v SifUI attention In Funeral. LUckt M be 1111 to all lrln. Pr.ui.in x k H.lciitrto Cuotome'" hi r'" CHAS. GRIMES. XX. l bUl JUVi y- 'Mrt' xJi W , PLATTSMOUTH. NEB. OFFICE: Second floor of l.'ie Todd block. et of Lbe couri nouse. Ml)