The Weekly Journal
C W. SHERMAN, Editor.
ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY
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PLA.TTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA.
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Editor Jouknal: My friend,
Doud, having replied, tliroMb the
riattsuiouth News, to my
article in
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One year, in advance $1.00
Six months, in advance, 50
Three months, in advance, 25
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THURSDAY, JAN. 9, 1896.
Wouldn't it be a picnic for Uncle
to see Johnny Bull and Germany get
into a lively scrap !
The announcement has been made
by Levi P. Morton, governor of New
York, that ho is a candidate for the
presidential nomination.
Do you know what money is? It
i n. thi created bv law for man's
benefit, and the more there
money in the world the
mankind.
debt shall be made, thug adding 15,
ono.000 a year to the taxes on the peo-
nle What an incubus this would be
to be imposed all because President
Cleveland wants to satisfy a fad to
nermit the greenback holder to have
nrivileee of demanding wnar, kina M thr Jouiwtal.. I sent it letter to the
money his note shall be redeemed in. News in reply, which has failed to ap-
It is rather an expensive luxury, sure- pear4 and T aeuti you the following:
ly, for the country at large. The law Fust, my statement that eery poa-
plainly says the United Statestreasurer aiule effort is, and haw been, made to
.t,oii hiivn this ontion. tmhanre the value of the dollar, is
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clearly a fact, as is evidenced by the
Toiin Sherman has made a speech arguments used against the admission
in the senate in which he opposed the of silver bullion to the mints of the
retirement of the greenbacks, and fav- nations for coinage on equal terms
ored rather that they be made tho re with gold; moieover, the press, Un
serve of the banks upon which they se- tattd to and coulrolled by the owners
cure their circulation. He also f re- of gold and the money power is cm-
tn favor hiniPtsillism- but said atauuy KeepmK ueioi uc iuut ... ...
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nothing as to his method for keeping
is of real
better off is
The Venezuelan government is ne
gotiating in the United States for war
supplies, and four heavy guns have
been sent from Caracas to fortify the
harbor at Maricaibo.
Moke than forty million tickets were
sold over the Brooklyn bridge in 139-5
averaging 130,000 passengers and 2,000
teams daily. That bridge i3 a species
of socialism that pays on the investment.
the two coins at par. If his process
for keeping the greenbacks afloat
good why would it not be the best
thing to make the reserve up of silver
instead of greenbacks, and thus give
silver a recognition which it does not
uow possess, and tend directly to keep
gold and silver at par. It is strange
that so wise a head as John Sherman's
should not see such a point as this. If
he is not a hypocrite on the bimetallic
question it strikes us that this is the
very proposition which would find
favor in his sight. The scarcity ot
gold and its high price grows out of
the demand for it because the legal
tender note holder is given the option
rade of ridicule and silly twaddle about
"fifty-cent dollars," and every pos
sible actiou is being taken to discredit
the us of silver as a money metal, car
rying tho idea all along the line that
the free coinage of silver is a new idea.
Alien, in fact, it has been the practice
of the ages; at least since .J u -J as sold
our Savior for thirty broad pieces to
the filse Jews. For further evidence
on this point . Brother Doud is referred
to the columns of the News audits
contemporary, the Tribune. I do tot
thiuk there is any effort of the debtor
class to pay their debts in a cheaper
money than is written in the coutract.
The object and aim of the friends of
free silver is to maintain a stability of
Drices. If it is a fact that the debtor
danger and is fairly entitled to the op
tion. This idea that the Uuited States
money must be regulated and con
trolled by the market value of gold
in some world market, subject always
to speculation, gambling, fashion and
superstition, is an outrage on common
sense. Every nation ought to and
should make its own money. All set
tlements and commerce between
nations aie and ouglu to be made ana
settled with commodities, whether gold
silver, wheat, corn or hogs, on a basis
of contract.
The above argument is made on the
theory of metallic God money. If this
prophet has been deceived, the Lord
has deceived mm, and if it fails them.
will go on the theory of scientific
fiat money created by authority of
people under the rule of initiative and
referendum. JL. (jr. iodd
of demanding gold in its redemption, class makes efforts to pay their debts
When the farmer prospers, every
body else is prosperous. With plenty
of real money in circulation, which bi- muddler.
metallism would insure, prosperity
n-nniH onmn tim farmer a sure as I Lovers of
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the sun is to rise.
as well as because of the settled policy
of the banks to maintain the single gold j
standard. If the national banks were
compelled to keep silver as their re
serve fund it stands to reason that
that would create a demand for silver
dollars that would relieve the strain
upon gold and also create a new con
fidence in silver that would be a sub-
stantial aid in solving the hnanciai
n rlipan monev. sureiv men enoLB
have been unavailing.
Brother Doud savs: "Increase the
number of silver dollars five times and
decrease their value five times.
lirother Doud. look a little out, if
that theory is true and you sue
ceed in making the farmers believe it,
if they have good sense, they will vote
to change the base; but the idea of
the possible increase of the number of
metallic dollars, either gold or silver,
There is fortunately every prospect
that the bond bill recently passed by
the house will be slaughtered In the
opnntp that it will be substituted by i.nt th-it npnnl situated like the in-
a free coinacre measure bv the commit-1 hii;t!nt c.uhn. mav be freed from
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tee on finance.which has charge of it. ti1P;r voi-e Gf bondage. From the time
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now in the world two. or five, times is
liberty throughout tueueyonii any reasonable prediction or
world hail with joy the triumph of the I experience. I hold that the increase
patriotic cause of Cuban independence. I 0f the circulation of money would
As long as human sympathy warms I raise prices somewhat, but not to the
the heart of man toward thoso who are I extent predicted by Mr. Doud. Some
nr, i.t- frranf! thft wish will ito I thin?? must be ilone to cive the wor
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The chances are said to be good for the
passage of the house tariff bill.
The names of the Venezuelan com
mission have been given out by the
president, and are as follows: Richard
Alveyof Maryland, David J. Brewer I and aain have efforts been made by
of the settlement of the island until
now they have been taxed to the limit
of their ability to pay by a government
that neither knows nor considers their
wants or welfare and allows them uoj
ronrwaanfatinn in legislation. lime
of the supreme court, Andrew Vhite
of New York, Frederick Condert of
New York and Daniel Gilman, presi
dent of the John Hopkins university
The selections are considered strong
ones.
shipers of a golden god to understand
that there is a God in Israel who never
ordained that the whole universe of
mankind should depend solely upon
one single substance to furnish i
money medium tor all the uses of com
merce. If the theory of metallic in
trinsic value is to prevail, then silver
must necessarily be recognized as a
money metal. The gods will not dis
criminate at this late day.
I am willing to admit the solemn
truth that "the Lord helps those who
help themselves" and have good
sense, etc.; but. Friend Doud, what
oer cent have cood sense? The facts
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We're Right
in the
'Push"
WHY?
Because our Win
ter stock of
the bravest spirits in the land to free
themselves from their heartless rulers,
but to no effect until the present re
bellion broke out about a year and a
half ago. since which time the pros
pects of final success have been gradu- J iXTe tne largest number are fools and
uiii7 crmwintr hrifhter. With a his-1 t)m lialnnrf rln not. 1c Tl O V milfli. Ilow-
These dark, moonless nights the I . . th years of PVer. when the head of the eovern-
electric arc lights glimmer and twin- st le for independence, it is but oient is extravagant and prolli-
natural that Americans should take 1 ate, how natural that states, counties.
the hopes and ambitions of the Cubans J corporations and individuals suould
i...,tQ on.i finri thprp I fall into the same oitcii. ine siaie
kle like little stars in the firmament.
and give out a light almost equal in
size to that of a tallow dip. In fact.
their lizht i3 so "dark" that even
Councilman Grimes.can?t see their re-
llection. Isn't it possible for the city
fathers to stir up the lighting com
pany a little?
MIC. O ilCLISLK VS. TLI1-: ALLIAN t'K.
Mr. John G. Carlisle professes to be
a democrat, but, in view of the pro
posal he makes to congress respecting
the issue of bank notes one can but
wonder where his democracy comes in.
If democracy means at y thing it meaus
the equality of citizens before the law
that every one can have equal
chances with other men, and that
special privileges shall be pranted to
none. One of Mr. Carlisle's pet
measures is that national banks shall
have the privilege of taking three per
cent, government bonds at par and by
depositing them with the U. S. treas
urer may issue bank notes up to the
face value of the bonds, paying for
the privilege simply a tax of of one
per cent, which is designed to cover
the cost to the government for look
ing after the banks. Yet if a private
citizen were to go to the treasury and
ask for a similar privilege Mr. Cariisle
would think it preposterous. When
the alliance proposed a few years ago
that the government should make ad
advances to the farmers of the country
on their grain in warehouses, and on
their farms, at 2 per cent, Mr. Carlisle
thought it a preposterous, wild and
Utopean scheme, while, in fact, there
is not a feather's weight of difference
in the principle involved in the propo
sition he makes, and that set forth by
the alliance, except that the privilege
he wishes granted is to corporate
wealth, while the other was a measure
that could be accented by tho individ
ual citizen.
But, just stop a moment and exam
ine the Carlisle proposal: A national
bank may take these 3 per cent bonds
and nlace them on deposit with Uncle
Sam, costing them $2-50 for each $100,
000, yearly, while they net a profit out
of it of $2,750, and still it gives them
the Hse of their original capital, in the
form of notes, with which to do busi
ness. In other words tho people are
taxed $2,750 on every $100,000 yearly
to keep up national banking system!
What a blessed thing it is to be rich
under Mr. Carlisle's sort of democracy.
When the farmer gets
for his products everybody
But for the effort now going on to put
the world on a gold basis the farmer
would be prosperous today. Because
the great financiers of the world are
now on a strike to control the world's
money, everybody else suffers. They
have cornered the gold, but could not
corner both gold and silver hence
they fight silver with all their tremen
dous power. And the men are fools
who fall into the gold men's trap.
yearnin? desire that success might
crown their heroic efforts; and in tne
light of such news as comes over the
wires daily, indicating an early consu
ltation of their struggle, it is not
strange that the heart of every true
American should leap with joyful sat
isfaction and the pride of patriotism
triumphant. Surely the time has
come for congress to take action recog
nizing the patriots as belligerents.
There certainly can be no longer any
in a
state cf war.
raise and ship over 125,000 men, three
times as many men as England sent
over here to fight the colonies, to fight
a few guerillas. What is our republi-
good prices! can congress doing i
prospers
The Hon. .T.Sterling Morton has at
tracted a great deal of attention the
past three weeks, on account of the
somber silence which pervades the at
mosphere about the government's
onion department. Not a word about
fKa nrsnlra nnr! Vficrnristfl dlirinET Jill
these weeks. It is the first time it has question as to the island being
hannened since he was made chief of
F w
cabbage worms, cuckoos and other in
RPints which have no contrary views
on finance. Ex.
ment is often made by the gold-bug
piess, that "if more money is coined
we shall have less in circulation."
'No, surely, I don't believe that."
But in the efforts of the "sound"
money advocate every available posi
tion is taken to scare off and befuddle
the weak and feeble-minded. (If this
position is denied I will hunt up and
furnish authorities ) I agiee with
brother D, such men are made of "frog
spawn."
Mr. T. still stands by the statement
that anv crovernment that imposes on
Spain would hardly its people and legislates to cut off the
natural supply of money iu the inter
est of the creditor class ought to be
damned. 1 am astonished at the
ouestion: "What covernment does
that? mention one." My dear sir,
this one in which we live. Is it not a
fact the closing of the United States
Was bought before the Advance in Prices;
consequently our bargains in
Felt Boots, Overshoes, German 8ox
And WARM GOODS cannot be beaten.
Come, jingle your money and see what we can do for you.
Heel-plates Free. Bring in your Repairing.
PLATTSMOOTH, NEBRASK' .
The treasury bill adopted by Mr.
Ilarrison when president in 1S92, and
followed by the Cleveland regime, of
allowing the holders of greenbacks the
option of saying whether his notes
shall be redeemed in gold or silver, has
cost this country fifty millions a 5 ear
since that time, and was the cause of
the panic of "93, and the consequent
suffering of the people since then. It
was a heavy penalty to pay for an ex
periment in finance. And there is,
unfortunately, no end to it in sight.
The Baldwin locomotive works at
Philadelphia have shipped a cargo of
twenty oil-burning locomotives to Rus
sia for use on the new transcontinental
railway, and r,have an order for 20
more. They weigh 97 tons each and
are built with spacial fire boxes for
burning coal or petroleum, as desired.
The steamer taking them out will sail
through the Mediteranean and Black
seas to Novolisk. The Baldwin works
pay good American wages to their
men, yet are able to under-bid British
manufacturers in their line, notwith
standing cheaper English labor. The
rate of wages cuts small figure in the
matter.
Mr. Cleveland proposes to retire
tne greenback as the only means by
which the treasury can be saved 'from
the "endless chain" of demands for
rM This would mean that an in
crease of 5500,000,000 interest-bearingj mind
The selections made by the presi-
dentfor the Venezuela boundary com-1 mints against the coinage of silver is
mission are recognized as men of high
rank in character and in the world of
letters and law, and there is no sort of
doubt but their researches will be
thorough and their findings just, and
such as will stand the test of all time.
In politics two of them are said to be
reDublicans. two democrats and the
. .
cutting oil the natural supply or
money? as understood, held and
preached by "sound" money ortho
doxy?.
Mr. D. says "the gold-bugs have not
got hold of this country and never
will." If that is so, I would like to
know who in h has got a hold of it.
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fifth is a sort of mugwump, with no Which political party uas put a goiu
party allegiance. Judge Brewer is one plank into its platform? No such
of the youngest men on the supreme plank has ever been put in auy plat
bench, and is a nephew of Judge form. True, the platforms are beauti
Stephen J. Field of the celebrated ful, but the practice of the administra-
Field family. His father was a mis-"on is aoomiuuu.B. i8h
u. tnav govi ij Lucii t uuu luuiiiuuou
should pay their debts according to
contract. Governments have power
sionary in Asiatic Turkey, where he
was born. He is a Congregationaiist in
religion and teaches a bible class in
Sunday school regularly. Andrew D. j
White, is the Cornell college man, Mr.
Gilman is president of the John Hop
kins school, and is a great scholar.
and it is their duty to coin money and
fix its value as a basis of settlement
between individuals, states and cor
porations. When money is so coined
and delivered to the owners, that is
the end of the government's business
TflK New York bankers and board d d tv in tne matter except to re-
of trade speculators have demonstrated I ceive it for a duea from its people and
the fact that they are so intensely sel-1 pay tne same out on its disbursement,
fish that their love of country is lost in J without discrimination for or acainst
their desire to boom the stocks they either on account of the material upon
hold, and that they cannot be relied on which the stamp of law has been
to uphold their government in any plated.
patriotic movement. They can not be The option always should ba in the
trusted to uphold either honor or Gnan. I bands of the debtor to pay in either !
ces of their country in time of war. It J coin. Those who loan for interest
ia wall enoutrh to keen these facts in I should alwavs take their chances on
that score. The debtor is
Prominent Druggist of lliuir. !., Write
Magnet Chemical Co.
Dear Sirs: The coods which we
bought through your salesman are
sellers; the Magnet Tile Killeii es
pecially sells good and gives excellent
satisfaction. We have re-ordered
through our jobbers several times.
Respectfully yours,
Palmer & Taylor.
For sale by Gering & Co.
BILSTEIN ft NEYILLE
Have re-opened the old BILSTEIN
MEAT MARKET in the
NEVIIXE EI.OCK
Opposite Postoffice.
Have for sale
A Complete Line of.
Beef, Pork, Veal
AND MUTTON.
All Kinds of Home-Made
Sausages.
PBE8
MAI OK
Cask aid for
HID ft S and TAI OW
Omaha, Neb.
Corner 12th and Howard Sts.
Under the management of B "'LI.OWAY
It is Omaha's newest nd best fitted hotel.
Steam heat, electric light! Rates. t.60op
i no a dv Give it a trial and you will never
always in vantto go elsewhere.
111
ifaasVvtaai
AND OTHER -
FROM-
$ i ?
PATTERSON k KUNSMANN,
The Leading Butchers,
PAY THE BEST PRICE
AT ALL TIMES FO-,
Cattle, Hogs, Sheep, Poultry,
BUT ER, EGGS and HIDES.
See them before selling. They keep on hand
the best of
Fresh, Salt and Smoked Meats,
Fresh and Salt FISH and OYSTERS and GAME
in Season.
Plattsmouth
The attention of farmers who expect
to plant orchards is called to the fact
that I have home grown trees, war
ranted to be true to name, by a man
who you know, and at prices that will
compare with any nursery in the land.
Apple Trees, standard varie
ties, 3 years old .
Same, 2 years old
Plums, blue
Pears, 3 years
Cherry trees, 3 years
Concord vines, 2 years
Peach trees
Gooseberries
Currants, choice kinds
bach. ..100.. 1,000.
i"i5 sis .60 895.66
.12 10.00
.30
.40
.35 25.00 .. ..
.05 3.50
'".'OS
.10
Will take corn 'or part trade and
give two cents a bushel above market
price.
Parties living too far away can send
orders. Will be carefully packed in
moss.
J. E. !EESLEY,
Proprietor.
H. D. TRAVIS,
Attorney and Counselor at
Law.
WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS.
orFICE-Watermmi lll'k, Upstairs,
Plattsmontli. - - - Neb.
Everything New1
Groceries,
Canned Goods,
Dried Fruit,
Tobacco and Oigars.
A. P. THOMAS k SON
Have openen a splendid new
stock of these goods in
FITZGER ALU BLOCK!
Which the public is invited
to purchase.
QUICK SALES,
. SMALL PROFITS
Will be their motto. It will also be
their purpose to keep open a
First-Glass Meat Market
Where everything in that line will
be kept in first-class order.
Farmers are invited to call and trade.