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THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 18W.
AlMte leui-rtic form.
We, the democrats of the mate of Nebmnka, in
i-ouveiitloii aitHvinbleil. renew our allegiance to
the principle taught by Thomaa J e demon ainl
couraKeoualjilefuUl by Andrew JarkHoii.anU
leiimtil that the great problems now before the
eole Hhall be aolved lj the application of
thune principle to preaent conditions.
We congratulate the democrats of Mashacbu
nctU upon the candor and fraiikiicit which char
acterlzed their platform urterauceitof yexterday.
We rejoice that they, no longer iuirblliig about
the ratio or holding out the delusive hope of in
teruatloiia! co-operation, have at last consented
to unbuilt to the people the iietlon, whether
the United s:aten nhall have monouietallaia or
tl metal ixui whether the American people shall
delitterately adopt the English Bjttteiu of liuaiice
or restore the gold and Hilver coinage of the con
stitution. Tlie ' Massachusetts demand for a
Klugle gold Ktandard and tor the redemption of
all government obligations In gold alone pre
Heiita the paramount issue of the campaign, and
we welcome the contest.
We endorse the language used by Hon. John
(i. Carlisle In lH;t,wlieti lie denounced the con
spiracy" to destroy silver as a standard tnoney
an "the most gigantic crime of this or any other
ae," and we agree with him In the declaration
then made that the consummation of such a
scheme would ultimately entail more misery up
on the human race than all the wars, pestilences
and famines that have ever occurred in the
history of the world." We are not willing to Le
parties to a such a crime, and in order to undo
the wrong already done and to prevent a further
rise in the purchasing power of the dollar, we
favor the immediate restoration of the free and
unlimited coinage of gold and silver at the pres
ent legal ratio ot lo to 1, as such coinage existed
prior to lsTi, without waiting for the aid or con
sent of any other nation, such gold and silver to
be a full legal tender for all debts, public and
private.
We are opposed to the retirement of the green
back and demand that the secretary of the treas
ury. Instead of issuing interest-bearing bonds
for the purchase of gold, shall recognize silver
a money of redemption and exercise the right
to redeem greenbacks, treasury notes and all
other coin obligations in silver when silver is
more convenient.
Believing that general laws should not be set
aside by private contract, we favorsuch congres
sional legislation as will, without interfering
wirh valid contracts already in existence, pro
hibit for the future the making of agree
ments for the payment of any speciiic kind of
legal tender money.
.We are in favor of a tariff forrevenue only.
We are in favor of a constitutional amend
ment authorizing the collectionof a n income
tax as a part of the federal revenue system.
We are in favorof tbeelection of United States
senators by the direct vote of the people.
We are In favor of a liberal pension policy.
We are In favor of the initiative and referen
dum system as an aid to securing a government
of the people, for the people and by the people.
The democratic party haa ever been the party
of religious liberty in the country. It has al
ways been and is now opposed to the union of
church and state in any form or under any pre
text whatever; it is opposed to the imposition
of any religious test for office; it is opposed to
all secret political organizations of every kind
or character, or any open political organization
based upon religious prejudices, as contrary to
the spirit and genius of our institutions and thor
oughly un-American. It stands by our public
school system as a means of popular education
and is opposed to any diversion of public school
funds to any sectarian purpose but it recognizes
the right of parental control and the rights of
conscience in the education of children as in
accord with the fundamental doctrines of the
democratic party, that the largest liberty con
slstent with the rights of others Insures the best
government.
A TALE OF WOK!
The lamentations of J. Sterling
Morton over the decadence and down
fall of goldbugism in the democratic
party will hereafter supercede the
lamentations of Jeremiah in their evi
dences of grief and woe. Win. E. Cur
tis, the regular Washington correspon
dent of the Chicago Record,interviewed
the weeping secretary of agriculture
recently and drew from the bucholic
member of the cabinet such a doleful
tale of sorrow and despair that one can
well imagine there were tears in his
voice a? he spoke. The secretary has
given up all hope that the Wall street
managers will control the Chicago con
vention, and greatly fears that the sil
ver men will elect the president. His
only hope seems to be that the repub
licans may adopt a gold standard plat
form, so that democrats of his stamp
may cast a vest pocket vote for the re
publican candidate, and thus save the
country from the awful fate of re
adopting bimetallism, which he regards
as the worst fate that could befall it.
Imagine Mr. Morton with his party
record behind him advising democrats
to vote for McKinley and a protective
tariff, and one can have a faint idea of
the despair that fills his. woeful bosom
at the thought of a victory for free
coinage ! "Silver sentiment is uni
versal all over the west," sobs the
lachrymose secretary, "and it is grow
ing." Just think of that. lie had
just returned from California, and he
says "right there in San Francisco,
where they have more than $100,000,
000 of gold coin in the vaults of their
banks, where deposits are paid in gold
by specific contract, and where green
backs have never been good enough
for them, the people are crying for
50-cent silver dollars !" Could any
thing be more horrifying to the super
sensitive secretary ? . And then he re
lates how that after he bad submitted
to an interview in a San Francisco
paper (as is his custom on every pos
sible occasion), he was even threatened
with personal injury unless he left the
state at once. Horror of horrors,those
Pacific coast lunatics didn't want to
bear from him any more. Might it not
be well to appoint a commission of
lunacy to examine the mental condi
tion of such a people ?'
But that isn't all. " We have selected
a goldtug delegation to Jtbe Chicago
convention," says he, "but they don't
expect to act very good seats." Uncle
Tobias Castor, Euclid Martin and
their gang of bolters "would be glad to
have a bench in the top row in the
rear end of the upper gallery," and
"from present appearances will not get
beyond the vestibule." Sad, isn't it ?
As to the candidate, he thinks he
ought to be of the 1! brand Bland,
Boies or Bryan.
"It in a mistake to suppose," he adds
"that all the silver men are iu the min
ing 8taf.es. In Missouri they are
wilder than Texas steers, and in Illi
nois pretty near all the democrats have
gone crazy and ar following Altguld
into Hiiarcliy and free silver." Now, is
not that a fearful condition for the
democrats to be in V
In all this interview there is only one
cloud with a silver lining, and that in
found in this lone sentence: "Ihe men
f property in the deniocmtie party
-till retain (heir reason," but he adds
the melancholy rellection that "they
are iu a very small minority and help
less.'' What a set of paupers the great
mass of the democrats must be !
So it tin i)3 out that in all thene years
while Mr. Morton has beeu denouncing
other men as populists and cranks hi
fealty to the democratic party was
only a pretense and a sham. lie will
not follow the party unless it con
tributes to make him richer as a
hoarder of gold. That is where the
milk ih the cocoanut comes from.
There is one consolation, however.
The party will be better off without
him and such as he, who imagine
that the government was only created
for the benefit of the tew who are
rich.
...Those Unsightly Q
Walls
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
Dr. Marshall, Graduate DENT
IST, Fitzgerald block.
Arthur Cross of Elmwood was a
L'lattsmouth visitor today.
Dr. J. B. Ilungate came in from
Weeping Water this morning.
Presiding Elder Van Fleet of Ne
braska City was in town today.
Ask your grocer for that excellent
brand of flour Heisel's "Plan-sifter."
Messrs. Tom Patterson and II. X.
Dovey went up to Omaha this after
noon. Ask your dealer for a "Cabinet"
cigar, the best five-cent smoke on the
market.
The county road sciaper is doing
some missionary work over on Pearl
street, near the jail, today.
Misses Alice Wilson and Lillian
Stoutenborough will attend summer
school at the state university this year.
Otto Wurl's "Cabinet" cigars have
not been on the market very long, but
smokers have discovered that they are
strictly all right.
Miss Lillian Stoutenborough of this
eity, who taught school at Mynard last
term, has been appointed a teacher in
the primary department of the schools
at Union.
Mrs. Peter Welsh returned to her
home at. Omaha this afternoon, and
was accompanied by Miss Bertha
Xitka, who will visit at the metropolis
for a few days.
For a clean, cool, sweet; smoke Flor
do Pepperberg, Buds and Bock'y are
superior to any other brands of cigars
in this western country.
J. PePPERBERG. Mf'r.
Miss Kate Hartigan of Hastings, as
sisted by some of the best local talent,
will give an entertainment, under the
auspices of the P. E. O. society, at
the Presbyterian church on Tuesday
evening, June 16.
A couple of well-known young men
"came together" a la Corbett style,
shortly after noon today, but the mill
was decidedly one-sided, inasmuch as
one of the aforesaid young men was
not "in it." No arrests were made.
J. L. Gideon, formerly one of the
proprietors of the Tiibune in this city,
is minus a $100 bicycle. He left it
standing on the sidewalk in front of
the Bee office in Omaha yesterday, and
a thief came along and rode the wheel
far, far away.
The remains of Wm. Claypool, who
died of consumption at Kansas City,
were brought to this city on No. 5 this
morning and interred at Oak Hill cem
etery. The deceased was married two
years ago to Miss Grace Swartz, a niece
of Mrs. A. N. Sullivan.
The celebrated Anheuser-Busch beer
can be secured at the "Casino," at
Henry Miller's, and at Hans Goos'
saloons. The lovers of good beer
realize that the Anheuser-Busch is the
"finest in the land,"hence its popular
ity. Call in at these resorts when you
want a glass of first-class beer.
Kew York Bakery Ice Cream Parlor.
Orders for ice cream taken and de
livered to any part of the city. We
use nothing but pure cream no
adulteration. We also make the
brick layer ice cream in any flavor you
may desire. Sherbets of any kind.
We solicite your patronage.
C. Saul.
i
May be very cheaply and quickly
bcautliled by the application of
new
Wall paper.
....To repaper vour house with one y
of tiering & Co.'s New Patterns, Is S
almost equal to new furniture. It
makes a nice background for the J
pictures and brightens up the en
tire room. Gerlng & Co. have the
largest stock iu the city from which
to select and you are sure to be well
pleased, both in figure and quality
of paper, as well as the price,
ooooooo
Q Qering & Co., Druggists, t)
PLATTSnOUTH, NEB. f)
Itiftycle Given Away
By Morgan, the Leading Clothier, to
the most popular lady in Cass county.
Following is vote to date:
Mabel Roberts, Plattsmouth S3 0
Maude Eaton , i'lattsmoutn 77 ho
Iiessie Walker, Murray -Ml"
Alice Murray, Mynard f. 0
Km ma Wehrbein, Plattsmouth ......... T. )
Ethel Perry, Mynard Slo
Anna Meisinger SiO
Mrs. Ilattle Stickland, Wabash 2i
Lizzie Horn, Cedar ('reek !i0
I SO
A BICYCLE FREE
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Stattt Me'llnf; of County CuiniuliiKiiiiirrx.
Messre. G V. Young, J. 1'. Falter
;tud J. C. Hayts of this county at
tended .t meeting of county commis
sioneis of Nebraska at Norfolk last
.veek, and returned Saturday much
pleased with the results of the meeting.
Many subjects of interest to the com
inissiouers were discussed ana much
litrlit was thrown en subjects f im
portance in the mangt ment of county
affairs. A constitution and by -jaws
for peimanent organization was
adopted. Report of the session ap
pears in the Norfolk News, from which
the following is taken:
On motion the question box plan fur
receiving subjects for discussion was
adopted. The first question taker, up
was, what do jou pay for land taken
for county ronds, and is it necessaiy
t-'i survey before road is a legal high
way? Discussion showed that prices
vary from nothing to $50 per acre.
There was a division of opinions on
question of necessity to survey. Not
necessary to survey if section corners
can be located.
Do railroad companies repair cros
iocs on public roads laid out after the
company gets the right of way? All
roads in counties represented put in
and repair crossings- whenever re
quested by the county board, except
the C. St. P. M. & O.
Which is the cheapest and most
satisfactory method of improving the
county roads? Here the question of
r.-ad machinery and the prices paid by
t e different counties was thoroughly
. iscussed. From the wide range if
prices of the same tools and machinery
in the different counties it would seem
t'tat the dealers in road machinery
L ve no uniform price. Unquestion
ably the road grader is the best ma
chine for building roads; some counties
use nothing else.
In opening a section line road with
out a petition is it necessary to open
road clear across the section ? Dis
cussion brought out the fact that the
board may declare any part of a sec
tion line to be a public road "when
ever the public good requires it."
Need not be opened clear across sec
tion. Have county boards authority to
buy bridge material such as piling and
lumber and sell it to contractors at
cost, for use in county bridges? Thee
seems to be no law prohibiting the
board from buying bridge material
and building their own bridges as tonk
as the cost of bridge does not exceed
$100. Boards can save the county
money to buy material and build their
own bridges. No objection to board
selling lumber to contractors as long
as individual members are not inter
ested or profited in the contract.
Should boards of equalization con
sider grievances on account of exces
sive assessment of former years ? Tax
payer has no recourse for excessive as
sessment after the board has passed on
the assessment as an equalization
board. Circumstances might be such
that in case of error in former assess
ment board should, in justice to the
taxpayer, correct the error. Taxes
voluntarily paid cannot be recovered.
What method do vou follow in col
lecting delinquent taxes? 'Very few
boards take any action in this case
other than to censure the county treas
urer for neglect of duty to push the
collection of delinquent taxes. Some
counties employ collectors on a per
centage. This plan gives good results
where used.
Should assessments on real estate be
made in full quarter sections or
eighties when owned by the same per
son, instead of by forties? This ques
tion brought out the fact that nearly
half the counties represented do as
sess in larger descriptions than forty
acre tracts, and the plan is a success,
being a great saving of county ex
penses. On motion the president appointed
the following committee on program:
F. J. Morgan invites you, one and all,
At his mammoth Store to call.
By one and all ''Morgan, the Clothier," is known,
A household word his name has grown.
Energetic and progressive; liberal-hearted, too,
Frank J. Morgan always shows something new:
The latest a Lady's Bicycle he gives you free.
Call at his store, this fine present to see.
The most popular lady in Cass county, do not forget,
On the Fourth of July this wheel will get;
So, rally boys, your tickets now procure,
And for your best girl the bicycle secure.
With all purchases of $1.00, ten votes they give,
And make this offer, no matter where you live.
Happy you sister, wife or sweetheart make;
Send in your tickets and the bicycle take.
While this offer lasts, bear well in mind,
The best of Bargains at MORGAN'S you'll find
tmwttommrtt o
He Is Dead...
To his own interests who does not
get his watch and Jewelry repair
lug done by a man who under
stands his business. If your wutch
is repaired nt Coleman's Jewelry
store
It Will Run...
We guarantee every piece of work
we turn out to be entirely satis
factory. A nice line of Watches,
flocks. Jewelry, Silverware and
novelties.
COLEMAN'S - JEWELRY - STORE,
One Door East of Old Stand.
Try The Journal lob Department
Fred GCrug toing Co.,
OMAHA, NEB.,
CABINET BOTTLED BEER. .
A High Grade ager Beer,
PUREST IN THE MARKET.
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A. O. Johusi n. G. VV. Young and F.
W. Tucker.
; Ou motion it was voted to hold trie
next convention in Liu coin on the
second Tuesday in December, 1896.
i PERSONAL, POLITICAL AND PERTINENT.
A bee is a busy little creature.
W lien the weather is tine it puts in
long hours, and if nature bad provided
it with an umbrella it would be glad
to work in the rain. It can gather
about a grain of honey a day no more
and, therefore, you wouldn't reckon
a single bee at a high valuation. But
a hive of ordinary size will shelter
10.000 bees who do a day's workout
side in the garden and 10.000 more who
do the cooking and sweeping and dust
ing inside. They make a nice little
family, and if they keep steadily at it
they make a good deal of honey, of
which the owner of the farm re
ligiously robs . them. Years anp a
speculator sent swarms of bees to the
West Indies, hoping to have honey in
plenty. But the wise little bee soon
learned that there was no use iu piling
up honey for winter, because the flow
ers were in blossom all the 3 ear round.
A bee isn't a fool by any means. Ex.
PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY.
F. G. EGENBERGER,
LOCAL AGENT, . LA1TSMOUTH
Order "StToiur:
3
.11
An exchange says: " At twenty,
when a man is young, be thinks he
knows it all; he likes to wag his active
tongue and exercise his gall; he struts
around in noble rage; the world is all
bis own; be laughs to scorn the world
of age, and lists to self alone. He
wears a window in his eye to Bee his
whiskers grow; he thinks the ladies
pine and die because they love him so.
At forty, as you may suppose, he's
knuckled down to biz; 'tis not till
sixty that he knows how big a chump
he is.
It is reported that in Birmingham
and other industrial centers in Eng
land thousands of skilled mechanics
who used to make guns, etc., are now
working double time earning big wages
in the new bicycle factories. All of
which means that England is getting
ready for a racket with some country.
AND OTHER -
63
FROM-
...THE
The Official Nebraska Konte.
All intending visiting St. Louis dur
ing the session of the Nebraska repub
lican convention should investigate the
superior facilities offered by the Mis
souri 1'acific railway for reaching that
point. Tickets at one lowest first
class fare for the round trip will be
placed on sale June 13th, 14th and
loth, limited for return to June 21.
With our fast time and One equip
ments the most complete provision will
be made for the comfort of our pat
rons. Further information will be
furnished on application to
C. F. Stoutenb oeough, Ag't.
fcpeaial Notlna.
The Cass county commiHsionerx will
meet as a board of equalization on
Tuesday, June 9. at the court house.
All parties wishing to have their
property equalized, are requested to
call while the board is in session.
JAMKS IlOBEUTHOX,
County Clerk.
For Sal Cheap.
Five acres of land inside of the city
limits. Owner is desirous of remov
ing, on account of ill health. Apply to
Chas. Grimes, acent.
I'o Von Koow
That Elson, the Clothier, is selling
French balbriggan underwear for 45
cents, worth 75 cents.
An important find of skeletons of
prehistoric people, supposed to be cliff
dwellers, was made some ten days ago
on Beaver Creek, Yavapi county,
Arizona. The skeletons were laid out
in orderly arrangement on natural
shelves in chalk like cliffs bordering
the creek. There were about forty
skeletons in all, and each was laid on
a piece of matting. They were evi
dently of full-grown people, but were
very small in size and were in a re
markably good Btate of preservation.
W. B. Elster,dentist, Waterman bl'k.
A Missouri exchange has discovered
j the fact that this is a sort of topsj
jturvy world. One man is struggling
for justice and aoother is fleeing from
it. One man is saving up to build a
house and another is trying to sell his
bouse for If ss than it cost. One man
is spending all the money he can
make in taking a girl to an entertain
ment and sending her flowers, in hop
of eventually making her his wife,
while bis neighbor is spending the
gold be has to get a divorce. One man
escapes all the diseases that man is
heir to, ana gets killed on a railroad;
another goes without a scratch and
dies of a whooping cough.
It would only cost you $1.00 to sen
the Weekly Jouuxal to a friend in
the east for a whole year.