FEE GRABBING GAME.
TOO MUCH PRACTICED IN FED
ERAL COURTS.
Lively DUcuilon In the Senate on the
Subject Senators Chandler, Tillman
and Tfit Strongly Criticise the Fee
System The Robbery and Plunder"
of United States Marshals.
Tariff Bill l'ut Aside.
"VYASHTKBTon. Feb. 14. It was ex
pected that the tariff bill would come
np in the 'Senate yesterday, Mr. Mor
rill, chairman of the finance commit
tee, haying given notice of a motion
to that effect. But the subject was
not mentioned daring- the day, and the
ntire session was given to routine
business. Considerable progress was
Bade on the deficiency bill, and the
item of Federal court expenses
brought out strong criticisms from
Mr. Chandler. Mr. Tillman and Mr.
Vest against the fee system.
The item of $210,000 for salaries of
judges and officers of the Federal
courts in the Indian Territory
prompted a speech by Mr. Chandler.
Two of the judges (Springer and Kil-g-ort)
are ex-members cf Congress, and
liad gone to the Inaian Territory
'w ith all the extravagant notions en
gendered by life in Washington and
membership in a billion dollar Dem
ocratic Congress."
Mr. Chandler said he was not yet
prepared to make charges, but he be
lieved from letters received that all is
not as it should be in the administra
tion of the Indian courts
Mr. Chandler declared that the fee
system was responsible for the grow
ing extravagance cf federal court of
ficers, lie spoke of conspiracies in
Alabama, South Carolina and else
where to get up fraudulent prosecu
tions to swell fees of oflieers.
This brought Mr. Tillman, Demo
crat, of Soutu Carolina to his feet for
a characteristic speech. He agreed,
with Mr. Chandier, that the fee sys
tem was wrong. A Supreme court
judge had recently pointed out that
court officials were encouraged to get
up fictitious prosecutions. There is a
class of habitual witnesses in the
South. They do nothing bnt earn wit
nesses fees, going around "bam-bo'-zling
negroes" and getting whole
teams of negroes to prosecute fictitious
eases. The thing to do was to reform
the law.
Mr. Vest spoke of the "robbery and
plunder" practiced by United States
marshals in order to obtain fees There
were coterie.- and rings of these mar
shals who made it a trade to go
around arresting men and dragging
them hundreds of miles to jail, not for
purposes of justice, but to swell mar
shals' fees.
The deficiency bill was laid aside at
4:14. m. Mr. Hale called up the bill
making February 12 (Lincoln's birth
day) a national holiday. Mr. Hill,
Democrat, of New York, said he
had intended to offer an amend
ment making the birthday of Andrew
Jackson a legal holiday, but in order
not to interfere with the measure, he
would subii.it the bill separately. Mr.
Hawley objected to the immediate con
sideration of the bill, and this pre
vented action.
BRAIN PHOTOGRAPHED.
Or. Simon of Tletr York Experiments
Miccrssf ully Without Cathode Kays.
New York. Feb. 14. A human brain
has been photographed. Dr. Carlton
Simons of ll East Forty-sixth street
exhibits a pictire of his own brain,
obtained from a process in which the
cathode rays a doI a factor. He has
been nearly three years in completing
his experirtifTit.s
He tells the itory of his efforts a
follows: '"The ' brain has been my
especial study and I have worked in
dependently in t juiet way for nearly
three years to photograph it. I first
sought to accomplish my purpose
by passing a continuous current
of electricity through the brain, il
luminating it j the spark, and then
I tried the intrrupted current, but
this produced ptralysis of the brain,
rendering senstiess the subjects. The
Firinciple is illtstrated by a flash of
ight on a darli night, which carries
images, tbroatrl which it travels to
the eye. From) this, indeed, it was
suggested to mi the same idea might
be applied to ie brain. Again, you
know, the firetj- is made almost trans
parent by its thy lantern.
I am still far from having perfect
ed the instranvnt by which I am able
t" photograph ithe brain. Of course
the more solid tructures are reflected
on the plates, and I found that the
les exposure I gave to the photo
graphic plate tie easier I wa3 appar
ently able to piotograph translucent
material."
NEW INDIAN POLICY.
rretary Snaitt Favors Selling: All Lands
Not Xeedd by the Indians.
Washington Feb. 14. The Secre
tary of the Inferior has transmitted to
Congress agrements made with the
(irosventre an Assinboine Indians at
the Fort Helkiap Indian agency, Mon
tana, and the ndians of the Hlackfeet
reservation in Montana. In his letters
of transmission Secretary Hoke Smith
formally emaciates a new policy,
which will be extended to all Indian
reservations, tie saj-s: "I am firmly
convinced ths the better policy in
such cases is "or the government to
take charge otind sell for what they
ill brinsr sue lands as the Indians do
not need, tb net proceeds being
placed in thetreasuryof the United
States to be epended'for their ben
efit." DID HE BNP THE POLE?
Jliplorer Nans Sneeess Imported in
a Dpich From Siberia.
St. Petersbg, Feb. In. A tele
gram receivedhere from Irkutsk, Si
beria, says a Siberian trader named
Konchnareff, Jvho is the agent of Dr.
Fridtjeff Nan-n, the Norwegian ex
nlorcr, who siled in the Fram, June
24, 1893, for ta Arctic regions, has re
ceived inforation that Dr. Nansen
has reached te North pole, has found
land there, nd is now returning
towards civllation.
LINCOLN FOR FIVE YEARS.
The Capital City Secures the Grand Army
Reunion.
Omaua, Feb. 14. The most impor
tant work in connection with this en
campment, the location of the reunion,
has been settled, and Lincoln carries
off the prize. This question has over
shadowed everything else, and when
the friends of the capital city found
they had triumphed they at once
cinched matters by making the con
tract for five years, and for that length
of time at least this troublous contest
will not present itself again.
A short time was allowed speakers to
present the claims of the competing
points, and Colonel Pace of Lincoln, M.
L. Havward of Nebraska City, Captain
Lee of Orleans and Captain Henry of
Fairmont advocated the selection of
Lincoln, and A. V. Cole of Juniata,
Judge Burton of Hastings and S. M.
Elder of Clay Center spoke for Hast
ings. Long before the ballot was com
pleted it was seen that Lincoln was go
ing to win, and A. V. Cole, on behalf
of those who were for Hastings, moved
that the vote in favor of Lincoln be
made unanimous, which was done with
a whoop. A motion was immediately
made to make the location for five
years, which carried by a unanimous
vote.
J. H. Culver was chosen department
commander. John Erhardt of Stanton
was promoted to the position of senior
vice commander without opposition.
For the place of Junior vice command
er three candidates were nominated
J. N. Cassell of Aurora. Thomas L. Hull
of Omaha and Thomas J. Majors of
Peru. Majors was choserr.
J. IL Culver, the newly elected de
partment commander, was born in Mer
cer county, O.. June 13, 1845, moved to
Wisconsin in 1S47 and was educated in
the state university at Madison in that
state. He erffisted in company K, First
Wisconsin infantry, September 20, ISfil.
and was mustered out with his regi
ment in 1S04. He went in as a drum
mer and came out as color bearer. He
took part in all the engagements of the
Army of the Cumberland, including
Chickamaucra, Missionary Ridge and
Lookout Mountain. He came to Ne
braska in 1SG9, locatine at Milford, his
present home. He there engaged in
the newspaper business for several
years and was postmaster under Grant
and Harrison. He joined the Grand
Army in lSGfi and has attended every
encampment and state reunion held in
Nebraska, being twelve years a mem
ber of the national council. He is cap
tain of troop A. the only cavalry com
pany in the Nebraska National Guard
THE SILVER SUBSTITUTE.
House Amendments Thereto Io Not
Meet With Favor.
Washington, Feb. T4. The amend
ment to the Senate silver substitute for
the House bond bill to coin the Ameri
can product of silver was defeated
in the House by -1 yeas to J18 nays.
Mr. Brum's amendment for the re
tention of the seigniorage by the gov
ernment was defeated, 35 to 85.
Mr. Corliss of Michigan offered an
amendment for the coinage of the
American product and the retention of
the seigniorage. It was defeated
without division.
The session of the House from 11:30
to 12 o'ciock this morning was devoted
to general debate on the bond bill, the
speakers being Messrs. Grout of Ver
mont, McCall of Tennessee, HaUey of
Illinois and Willis of Delaware
against, anil Mr. Doolittle of Washing
ton in favor of free coinage. This
closed the general debate. The House
immediately reconvened. General de
bate on the bond bill having closed,
the Senate substitute to the bond bill,
under the arrangement effected, was
then opened for amendment and de
bate under the five minute rule.
Mr. Dingley, chairman . f the ways
and means committee, explained the
parliamentary situation. He wonld
make the motion to non-concur in the
Senate free coinage substitute, while
Mr. Crisp, representing the minority
of the committee, would move concur
rence. The latter motion would take
precedence and would be the pending
motion, open for amendment until 4
o'clock, when the vote in committee of
the whole would be taken.
Under an arrangement made with
the minority, he said, two hours would
be allowed to-morrow for closing the
debate in the nouse, an hour on either
side, the final vote to be taken about 2
p. m. Mr. Dingley and Mr. Crisp then
formally entered their motions.
Mr. Johnson of California, Repub
lican, moved to amend the motion to
concur by striking out the first section
of the Senate substitute and inserting
a provision for the free coinage of the
American silver, and for levying a
prohibitory duty on foreign silver.
The latter portion of the amendment
was withdrawn in deference to a point
of order that it was not germane.
MRS. LEASE TALKS.
he Has No Intention of Entering the
Ministry Permanently.
Wichita, Kan. Feb. 1 4. Mrs. Lease
qualifies the story that she has de
cided to enter the ministry. She will
preach at the Central church of Christ
next Sunday, both morning and eve
nin;r. She said: ''The announcement
that I was to preach seemes to have
caused considerable surprise, but I
don't see why it should. This is noth
ing new. I never have been detained
in a town whiie on a lecturing tour
that I have not been tendered a pul
pit and on some occasions I have had
wonderful audiences. My political
speeches are never without the ethics
of Chrt. I earnestly believe that
the evil times that have come
upon us are the results of our moral
delinquencies. As for leaving the
lecturing field, nothing is further fr; m
my intentions."
A S4.000.000 Fire.
Lima, Peru, Feb. 14. The city of
Guayaquil, Ecuador, was visited by a
terrible fire last night. The Peruvian
consulate, the St. Augustine church
and several blocks of buildings were
destroyed. The losses will aggregate
over S4.000.000.
Jackson and Walling Indicted Again.
Cincinnati. Ohio. Feb. 14. The
grand jury of Campbell county, Ky.,
sitting in Newport this morning, re
ported to Judge Perkins indictments
against Scott Jackson and Alonzo M.
Walling for the willful murder of
Pearl Bryan.
j THE QUEEN'S SPEECH.
DECLARATIONS ON THE BOUND
ARY DISPUTE.
' The Right Hand of Fellowship Extended
- - . m r-t . . w 11
to uncie am uoTtrnmrni ana liiiwr
al leaders All Anxious for Arbitration
The Monroe Doctrine Approved
English Speaking People Mast be
Friendly.
ajONDOn, Feb. 13. The speech of
Queen Victoria from the throne, deliv
ered in the House of Lords at the
opening of Parliament yesterday, fur
nished the occasion for some remark
ably pacific declarations on the Venez
uelan boundary dispute. From the
remarks of Sir William Vernon Har
court and the reply of Hon. A. J. Bal
four, First Lord of the Treasury, it is
clearly apparent that both the Con
servative and Liberal leaders are de
termined upon a pacific solution of the
dispute. These declarations were
made in the House of Commons imme
diately after the reading of the speech
in that body.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt said
he was rejoiced at the paragraph in
the queen's speech with regard to
Venezuela, as it held out the hope
that the question could be settled at
an early date.
It has been said that the appoint
ment of the Venezuelan commission
was an offense to the people and gov
ernment of Great Britain. Happily
the government does not take that
view. The commission is to inform
the government of the United States,
with which our government desires to
co-operate. How can the United States
of America co-operate with us unless
they have the information which will
enable them to . co-operate in settling
the boundary?
Hon. A. J. Balfour, first lord of the
treasurv. and Conservative leader in
' the house, was loudly cheered when
! he arose to reply to the Liberal leader.
He said: "Sir William Vernon Har
court nas devoted mucn time to at
tacking views which the government
has never held. Neither I nor my
friends ever said that the Monroe
doctrine was one to which we had a
right to object. It is of British origin,
and I do not see why we should crit
icise it.
"The American commissioners (on
the Venezuelan boundary) have ap
plied to us to aid them with any in
formation we have on the Venezuelan
question, and we have promised to
give them all the information we are
able to give at the earliest possible
moment. (Cheers.) No false pride or
diplomatic punticillo will be allowed to
stand in the way of a settlement as far
as we are concerned.
PAUL BRAY PROTESTS.
Waller's Son-In-Law Says HJs Father Haa
Been Libeled by Secretary Olney.
Washington, Feb. 13. Paul Bray,
John L. Waller's son-in-law, is trying
to get the Kansas delegation together
in opposition to the President's mes
sage on the Waller case. The message
and accompanying documents may
not be printed for three or four days
and it is unlikely that the Kansans
will take any action as a delegation
until they receive all the facts. Bray
takes issue with the declarations made
by Secretary Olney and declares the
historv of the case as an attempt to
libel Waller.
It is not likely that Bray will mus
ter any support to Waller's champion
ship. The case, as presented by the
record, is regarded as conclusive by
men on both sides of the house. Bray
believes that Waller will not avail
himself of the opportunity opened to
bring a suit in French courts, but that
he will return home at once upon his
release. Kansas City, Kan., may see
him in the next camv;iirn.
BY CATHODE RAYS.
Roentgen's New Ligbt Used In a Chicago
Surgical Operation.
Chicago, Feb. 13. Cathode rays
were put to a practical use for
the first time in America to-day in
a surgical operation. Castar Smith,
who was shot in the hand several
years ago, offered himself as a sub
ject to Dr. James E. Burry and
Electrician Charles E. Scribner,
who have been conducti-.r a
series of experiments in the labora
tory of theWestern Electric Company.
The bullet was a .small one and could
not be located by ordinary means.
The injured hand was exposed to the
cathode rays for about an hour. The
sensitized plate upon which the
wounded hand rested disclosed a like
ness of the anatomy of the hand and
between the bones of the third and
fourth finger could be seen the like
ness of the bullet. An operation with
out the use of drugs was performed
and the piece of lead was removed.
MANITOBANS AROUSED.
The lntrodnction of the Remedial Bill
Causes Great Excitement.
Ottawa, Feb. 13. The Hon. A. E.
Dickey, minister of justice, introduced
the Manitoba remedial bill in the
House of Commons last night. The
features of the bill have been out
lined. Mr. Dickey announced that the
dominion government expects Mani
toba to facilitate the passage of the
bill. If it did not, further legislation
would be asked. The bill was given a
first reading. It is in the second read
ing that the debate will begin.
The introduction of the remedial
bill caused the wildest excitement in
Manitoba, the province most directly
interested in the passage of the meas
ure. The Greenway government
openly announces that any attempt to
coerce Manitoba into submission will
bring on serious trouble and perhaps
rebsllior
Congratulations Received by Tillman.
Washington, Feb. 13. Since Till
man's speech in the Senate he has re
ceived over 7,000 letters of congratu
lation. They are from- every State in
the union. Some of them contain res
olutions from granger .and Knights of
Labor organizations, indorsing the
Senator's speech, and all of them ask
for copies of it.
liooniing Whitney.
Jackson, Miss., Feb. 13. Prominent
Democrats of this State have started a
boom for ex-Secretary of the Navy
Whitney for president.
CIVIL SERVICE DISCUSSED.
A Bequest From Secretary Oarllule
Precipitates a Debate.
Washington, Feb, 13. A discussion
of Secretary Carlisle's observance of
civil service methods came up in the
Senate yesterday late in the session
on a provision of the deficiency bill
for the appointment of twenty-five ex
pert money counters. Mr. Chandler
sarcastically pointed out that the
Secretary's letter requesting the
twenty-five counters asked that he be
given the selection, as the civil service
commission was not able to furnish
the class of .counters required. It was
thus discovered, said Mr. Chandler,
that the civil service commission had
broken down and was so feeble and
dilapidated that it could not furnish
money counters.
Mr. Lodge, Republican, Ma&sachu;
setts, said there was no decreptitude
in the civil service commission. This
request of the Secretary was due to
his desire to control the appointments.
Mr. Allen arraigned the civil service
system. It would in time turn over
onr Government service to a lot of
'cigarette smoking dudes." The Sen
ator said the two frauds of the publie
service were the civil service commis
sion and the inter-State commerce
commission.
Mr. Wolcott interjected a brief but
somewhat sensational speech. He
said the real menace to the country
was the power of patronage lodged
with the executive, and which had
never before been used to such an ex
treme as under the present adminis
tration. A free coinage bill would
have passed through the last House of
Representatives had not the power of
patronage been brought to bear by
the administration, especially the pa
tronage controlled by the Secretary of
the Treasury. Colorado is to-day flood
ed with appointments, many of ttiem
unfit ones, made by the Secretary of
the Treasury for Congressmen who had
ratted" on the silver bill. Thus con
stituencies had been debauched. Tho
best service that could be performed
would be to deprive the President and
his cabinet officers from the entire
power of patronage, so that no longer
Senators and Representatives would
hangaround the White house and cab
inet offices begging for morsels of
patronage.
At this point the Senate adjourned.
WITH PLEASURE.
Salisbury's Reply to Bayard for nor
land's Venezuela Case.
London, Feb. 13. The Times this
morning publishes the correspondence
in the Venezuelan case following Sec
retary Olney's note to Lord Salisbury.
February 3 Ambassador Bayard sent a
note to the premier making known
the Venezuelan commission's desire
for the evidence sustaining the British
claim.
Lord Salisbury replied as follows,
under date of February 7:
Your Excellency: I have the honor
to acknowledge Yonr Excellency's
letter of the 3d inst. Information
which is at the command of Her
Majesty's government upon any sub
ject of inquiry that is occupying the
government of the Unised States vll
readily be put at the disposal of he
President. Her Majesty's government
is at present collecting the documents
which refer to the boundary questions
that for some years have been dis
cussed between England and Vene
zuela, in order that they may be pre
sented to Parliament as soon as the
collection is complete and ready for
the press. Her Majesty's government
will have great pleasure in forward
ing" advance corle to Your Excellence.
Radicals Will Support Arbitration.
London, Feb. 13. At a meeting of
the Radical party of the 11 use of
Commons it was decided to support
the general principle of arbitration in
any differences arising between Great
Britain and the United States.
UVt: STOCK AMt J'KODl'LE MAKKKU
Quotations From New York,
Louis Omalm and I lew
hioizo.
St.
here.
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Hutter Creamery separator..
Hutter Fair to good couutry.
F.trps Fresh
Chickens -Hressed, per B
Ducks Per lb
Turkeys IV r lb .
Geese- Per it;
emons Choice Messinas 3
oranjres IV r box 2
Honey Fancy white, per lb...
Apples I'er bbl 2
Jweet potatoes Good, per bbl 2
Potatoes Per bu
Beans Navy, hand-picked, bu 1
Cranberries ape Cod, pr.bbl 8
Hay Upland, per ton 6
Unions I'er bu
15 room Corn Green, per lb
Hops Mixed packing 3
Hoes Heavy weights ........ 3
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13
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18H
14
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Pork 8
Lard....-.! 5
Cattle Stockers and Feeders. 2
Hogs Averaces 4
Sheep Lambs 3
Sheep Westerns 3
NEW YORK.
Wheat No. 2, red winter
orn No. 2,
Oats No. 2,
Pork 10
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ST. LOUIS.
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Cattl tuckers nd feeders.. 2
Hogs JIi.wi Packers 3
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A Famous Jockey Dead.
LEXrNGTOX, Ky., Feb. 13. The fa
mous colored jocky, Isaac Murphy,
died cf pneumonia this morning, at
his home here. Murphy was known
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and
had ridden to victory the most famous
horses in America. He was 35 years
old and left a wife in possession of
about $1 00,000.
Arkansas City, Kan., a Dry Town.
Aekaxsas Cixr, Kan., Feb. 13.
County Attorney Fink yesterday suc
ceeded in closing1 all the joints in this
city and says they will not be allowed
to reopen.
JAPAN AND SILVER.
GROWING RICH ON THE USE OF
THE WHITE METAL.
Enabled to Compete with the I Pro
ducers of the Entire World William
E. Cnrtls Sounds a Warning Note to
Crngreas.
William E. Curtis, writing recently
from Japan to the Chicago Record, said
with regard to the use of silver in Ja
pan: "Speaking as one who does not
believe in silver money nor bimetallism
unless it be universally adopted and all
the nations of the earth agree to main
tain the value of silver, I must, never
theless, admit that it is the uniform
testimony of all concerned that the de
monetization of the white metal by the
repeal of the Bland law in the United
States and the suspension of coinage in
Irjdia was a great thing for Japan.
"A few theorists, arguing from the
standpoint of what ought to be instead
of what is, insist that japan shall join
England (the Latin Union) and the
United States in an international agree
ment to maintain a certain parity be
tween the metals, but it is by no means
a popular idea. They are college pro
fessors, minority members of Parlia
ment, idle men who think and read
a' great deal and do nothing, and others
who are entirely without practical ex
perience or a knowledge of trade and
industry. Most of them nave been edu
cated in England and have got their
financial notions from reading the
Times and the Economist. The solid,
wise men, who are governing the em
pire, say: 'No, let the debtors and the
creditors of Europe and America fight
it out. Meantime we will saw wood.
The longer England holds to a single
standard the better 'twill be for Japan.
We have no foreign debt. We owe
nothing abroad. Therefore we do not
have to buy gold to pay interest
charges. The import trade is nearly all
in the hands of foreigners, and we don't
care how high foreign manufactured
merchandise is. Cotton, iron and flour
will stay down in sympathy with sil
ver and it would be a good thing if
nothing but raw material were Import
ed into Japan.'
"You will notice that India, Japan,
Mexico and other silver countries are
not only much more prosperous than
the gold countries of Europe, but their
domestic industries are greatly stimu
lated. In fact, financial and commerci
al depression is almost universal except
where there is nothing but silver
money. " Public Opinion.
Mr. Curtis is a very able writer and
adds much to the attractiveness of the
columns of the Chicago Record. The
only mystery is how any man of his
ability can so clearly recognize the de
pression of gold standard countries, the
prosperity of silver standard countries
and still be a "gold bug." The only
explanation to be offered is that he is
willing to set up and rely upon the mere
theory of "sound money," as it is
j called, in opposition to undeniable
facts.
SLY JOHN SHERMAN.
The Itenedict Arnold of
States Senate.
the Fulted
Senator Sherman in his late public
' speeches has declared himself as be
ing opposed to the retirement of the
greenbacks. The National Bimetallist
: commenting thereon expressed the be-
I lief that he made the declaration mere
ly as a matter of policy, and that he
could be safely counted on the side
j of the money power all the time. His
I resolution looking to the preservation
of the gold reserve and providing that
when greenbacks are redeemed, they
shall be reissued for gold, fully con
firms that belief. The resolution Is sim
ply an attempt to do by stealth what
he does not dare do openly. To say that
the greenbacks shall only be reissued
for gold is equivalent to saying that
they shall not be reissued at all. Under
existing conditions nobody would give
gold for them. The men who control
practical- the entire mass of gold in
the country, are the verj- ones who are
vociferously demanding the retirement
of the greenbacks. The idea that these
men would exchange gold for green
backs is absurd. Mr. Sherman and the
whole republican party had better heed
the sharp word of warning that comes
from the Chicago Inter Ocean. In its
issue of January 2, that paper says:
"Does John Sherman really think the
country would tamely submit to such
a radical monetary revolution? The
hook is baited with a merited attack
on the democratic revenue law, but its
barb Is none the less plainly visible.
The American people have had enough
demonetization on the sly." "Demone
tization on the sly." Is not that pretty
sharp? But it is absolutely true, never
theless. The resolution not only means
the permanent retirement of the green
backs, but it means the gold standard
pure and simple. It is a distinct recog
nition of that standard, and in effect
a declaration that it must be main
tained. No, you don't, John! A reso
lution of that kind might have been
sneaked through Congress in 1873, but
the people have their eyes open now,
and they are focused right on you.
National Bimetallism
"BUNKUM."
That Is What the Silver Papers Are
Saying About the Message.
What will the free silver papers say
now? The papers known by them as
the "Wall Street" organs have jumped
on the president with both feet and
call him "insolent," "stubborn" and
"utterly reckless." When the free sil
ver advocates and the WTall Street advo
cates get together as they are doing
now is it not reasonable to suppose that
the president represents the sentiment
of the bulk of the common people?
Nashville American.
More wit, wisdom and wind from
Nashville. Wall Street would consign
its own mother to the lowest depths
of perdition If the old lady ventured
to cross the pathway of its monetary
interests just ence. Mr. Cleveland has
been the idol of that monetary center,
but he stupidly imagined that he could
give the tail of the British lion a sharp
twist without hurting Wall Street. He
was mistaken and the result is that he
is getting abused in the only quarters
where he has had any friends of late
Wall street and England. The former
now regards him as a fool, while the
latter, less charitable, looks upon him
as something worse, a cross between a
fool and a knave, a man who, while oc
cupying a position of greater power
than a king, yet lacks the most ordi
nary qualification of one, namely the
capacity to surround .himself with com
petent advisers. That country as well
as the United States is full of people
who believe that the Venezuela messagt
was simply a bid for a third term. We
don't know whether the belief is cor
rect or not, but we do know that Mr.
Cleveland never yet intentionally hurt
Wall street, and that he never will.
ARE YOU A REPUBLICAN?
Are Ton a Democrat Are You for Free
Silver Coinage?
Lincoln (Neb.) special: About forty
free silver advocates from all parts
of the state met at the Lindell
hotel recently and organized the
Nebraska Silver League. The fol
lowing declaration of principles
was adopted: "We declare ourselves
in favor of the immediate restoration
of the free and unlimited coinage of
gold and silver at the present legal ra
tion of 16 to 1, without waiting for the
aid or consent of any other nation, such
gold and silver coin to be alike full
legal tender for all debts, public and
private.
"We invite all persons who believe in
the financial policy above set forth to
unite with us in its dissemination."
The organization is entirely non-partisan
and the executive power is vested
in a committee of four chosen from the
Republican, Populist, Democratic and
Prohibition parties. Ex-Congressman
G. L. Laws, Governor Silas A. Hol
comb, Ex-Congressman W. J. Bryan
and Hon. H. W. Hardy, late prohibition
candidate for governor, were unan
imously chosen as members of such
committee. The executive committee
was empowered to appoint all subor
dinate officers and was directed to or
ganize in like form all the counties of
the state, and the county organizations
are to organize the precincts in like
manner. There was perfect harmony
throughout.
That is right. The movement referred
to above is upon correct lines. The
organization should be strictly non-partisan.
There are silver Democrats,
silver Republicans, silver Populists and
silver Prohibitionists, but there are not
enough silver men In any one party to
carry the country.
Converts to the cause of bimetallism
must be made everywhere and in all
parties. This can certainly be done
to the best advantage by combining in
the same organization members of all
the existing political parties, because
the organization will then have its in
fluence with all parties. If, on the
other hand, silver men should organize
in a partisan way, every man in the
country who is not quite prepared to
concede Its overshadowing importance,
would at once retire behind the ram
parts of party prejudice, and instead
of strengthening, his sympathy for the
silver cause will weaken.
Nothing but education coupled with
organization is necessary for the com
plete triumph of bimetallism, and The
National Bimetallist sends its heartiest
greetings to the silver league of Ne
braska. National Bimetallist.
Consulting Wall Street.
Dear Editor: The effect produced by
the demonetization act of '73 can be
nicely shown by the following problem
and solution:
Given The United States prior to '73
with a certain unit of value; double the
unit of value and find the result.
Solution: (1) Let "U. S." equal the
U. S. prior to '73. (2) Let "U." be
the unit of value prior to '73. By -he
requirements of the problem, (3) "U"
is doubled and becomes "W" (Double
U). (4) Then by substitution MU. S."
becomes "W. S.," which being givun in
full is Wall Street. Therefore By
doubling the unit in '73, the United
States has become Wall Street.
Proof: (1) When about to adopt
some measure, the president or secre
tary of the treasury consults Wall
street instead of the people as a whole
through their representatives. (2) The
period of '73 has produced more Wall
street millionaires than all previous
time. History tells us that Crassus at
the time of Caesar in Rome was one of
the richest men in the republic, end
that he was worth only $8,875,000. We
say "only" because some of our nine
teenth century multimillionaires could
buy him out fifty times and not give
a mortgage to do it either.
More proofs might be given, but we
think more are not necessary. Respect
fully yours, A Student.
Skinned Cleveland Alive.
Hon. H. F. Bartine, In the last num
ber of the Chicago National Bimetal
list, literally skins Cleveland alive, bas
ing his criticisms on the president's last
annual message. Such a flaying few
public men have ever received in this
country. And in doing so the editor
still shows his respect for the high office
Cleveland fills. By the way, how are
our people patronizing The Natimal
Bimetallist? It only costs 1 a year.
Send $1 to Mr. E. B. Light, business
manager, and the address of some ter
so n in the east whom you would like to
convert to true bimetallism. Helena
News.
