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About The Lincoln independent. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1895-1896 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 4, 1895)
A YOUNG ECONOMIST. He is the Populist Candidate for County Clerk. He Writes as Soundl Political Econ omy as Ever did John Stuart Mill. T() THK VOTEKS OK LAM.'ASl KU (JOIX- 'rv, Nkb. My work being of such a nature that I will not be able to make a thorough campaign and thus meet all those by whose suffrage our public servants are chosen, I take this method of saying a lew words in regard to my candidacy j and my jwsition on the financial ques tion. 1 was nominated by the populist par ty, without any solicitation on my part, lor the ofllce of county clerk. I am not an ollice seeker, never having sought an ofllce or received a nomination for any ollice before. I am a populist because I believe in the eternal principles of the Omaha platform and that if they were enacted into law and carried out in good faith they would go a long way toward establishing justice upon earth and would give to those who toil the products of their labor, and until that is done justice to labor will not have been done. As to my fitness or qualillcations for the ollice of county clerk, I would say that 1 am accounted a first class pen man and accountant. 1 have been in business college work for the past live years and at present holdfa the position of principal of the business department at Cotner University. As to my position on the financial or any other question, 1 presume it should have nothing to do with the selection of a county clerk. Hut as the linancial question is the all absorbing topic of the day, I deem it only proper that the people should know how I stand on the subject. I believe in the free and un limited coinage of silver and gold at the ratio of M to 1 as long as we maintain the present specie basis spbtem. If we must have a specie basis, by all means let us have the base enlarged. It is the legal tender quality of the silver dollar which holds it to a par with the gold dollar, not withstanding because of its restricted coinage and the conse quent surplus on the market, the bul lion value is not much over half if any, vl the legal tender value, There are a great many people w ho believe that the silver dollar is redeemable in gold and, that that is what maintains its value. uch is not the case. The U. !S. govern ment is under no obligations either moral or legal to redeem the silver dol lar or silver certificate in gold, and what is .more does not do so. No man can take silver dollars to the U. !. Treasury , aud have them redeemed in gold. That is a "gold bug" lie made out of whole cloth in order to blind the people to the beneflcient effect of the legal tender quality and what it would do for the people. - ' The difference between the bullion value and the legal tender value of silver dollar is supported by nothing but the fiat of the government. It is as good as ! gold in this country because it will pay any debt which gold will pay, unless gold should be especially stipulated for. That (the contract clause) is the only weak place about the legal tender law as it regards silver, but notwithstanding that, its other legal tender qualities maintains its value. Money is not a commodity; it is the Mamp of the government; "a printed legal decree." I I should be stamped on a material whiih has no commodity value. It would then be as sound as the government is sound. It's value would depend upon the stability of the gov ernment and would be just as sound as a government bond or the title to vnr land. Commodity money (money stamped n a cuinmndity ) makes cowards of men, Ucause if the government does not ko down they can take their yellow stutr and go abroad. They say the govern ment tan go to hades Imfnre they will rnk their lives. Flat money nukes pa triotsof iiii'ii;ltccaiiM thexalue of their dollar depends mi the government jusi the same an the title of tlit'ir lands. Hut i.uppone tin' ,'i eminent should yo town; who would have the gold do )ou think? Mot-t assuredly the money power Mould httvtt it nil raked in and the laborer would be h it thilt for 1 hum If. No, the holnl ion o thflHUIiri.il qut-s f ion w ill U the adoption a pun ly but )stem id money ;tiid the rt.ililihm tit ol .1 K-iVrlliilii'itUt ftthtetii "I hoik. I l.t Irirlul ilr.mi el itiltrfl wliuh the f -le hip HM iiliititf iuiit U lopx'd, itul lh only Wtt)tml'i ll,Ui-f.o the j;.,M rtillit III to jjfo W lii'lv Ililo (). UMik 0 il tut v.i , llft-ll"! irt-Miiij wholly 1t l.f t, U.f it H ,. 1 1,,. o l' would h o It d". 1 he roomy tjnt-lmui H inlerrt iii'lioii, rfitd ii. Ill we ii.le 4 hiour ( try jlfiu wfoi h will knot W Ihe l.im 1 ri i.f (I. r litoiivy I'M'lt r ill Hi hi' id, the in jhi itl 0lii It will "' I t lltd, w llllll M t el into nhotiM Vlottitl io ti y ll wr.vl id ttii Mirli'i bfiiMt I UOIHii It i- liVlir "I I in.iolniiii tl, opU Willi inoiii y l4iiuedoii to II. m, lN'.. i ntf tt.t Mi to d'.iw IokIi If ili i'i- lit 1 1 if t a ot Hi loci, wtu it M l .lity of ttir goMPiii it. i i.t i i fuiin.h le with lln ir o o'i'iiiK ii.nlinin a n' f nine, When our fathers cast oft Hie nk of j King li corgi? they thought they had as far as they were concerned dethroned the tyrant. They looked over the world and beheld poverty, misery aid degre dation among the people. Hut the light of a century and a quarter has disclosed the. fact that away back of the monarch on bis gilded throne sits the real tyrant avarice.in his gilded den; that mona-ch-ial governments, the tyrany of kings and the hereditary succession of power are but the outgrowths of an underly ing system of robbery so old that it is revered, and at the communion table of Christendom it is given the seat of honor. siMriM l.;mii: and the inevitable debt system for usury is the arch tyrant that is crushing humanity today; this is the monster which must be dethroned ana his sceptre broken. Voters of Lancaster county, arise in your might, burst asunder the shackles blind party prejudice and cast your vote for the preservation or trie American republic and American liberties. Yours for truth and right, (J. II. Wai.tkkh. Hethany, Xeb., Oct. 3, WJT,. a"reTt"failure. Tho Long Promised Republican Ratification a Complete Fizzle. The republicans opened their cam paign on their convention day. Long and costly preparations had been made for it. Xumerous banners and trans parancies had been painted and 2"0 coal oil torches had been bought. All these were paraded through the streets, mostly in the hands of boys, with a very large colored contingent. After march ing through the principal streets they .yere rounded up at Funke's opera house and marched in, heralded by brass bands and a drum corps. After all that, the opera houe was ot.ly a little more than half tilled. It was the biggest failure the republican party ever made in this state. Mr. Frick of Fremont was the speak er. He told some stories (some not very delicate) which were listened to in al most perfect silence and then he began to talk tariff. It fell Hat. ven repub licans no longer listen to tariff with pa tience. Finally he got on to the money question and denounced the freu coin age of silver with vigor and bitterness, Considering Mr. Frick's mental ca pacity it would hardly be fair to accuse him of willful falsehood when he de clared repeatedly with great distinctive ness and vigor, that the only reason sil ver dollars were at par with gold was because any man could take them to the United States treasury and have them redeemed in gold. The poor fel low probably did not know any better. When he got through the audici ce were so wearied and disgusted that it was found impossible to hold them any longer. So the other fellows who were expected to speak didn't have the chance. The whole thing was a monu mental failure in intellect, in numbers, in enthusiasm and respectability. Fred Miller Raids a Gambling Den. Xot one gambler has been arrested in this city since the republican boodlers got hold of the government until last Wednesday. Then it was not done by the the police but by the populist sher iff, Fred Miller, who uponthecomplaint of 1'eter (iladrock, raided the gambling house of Tom Wedick and F.d Shears, and ai rested the whole outfit. It is im possible for the sheriff ,however, to close theliambling houses That fallsjwithin the pule of the city government which is republican. Within a few hours the place was again running wide open u:,der protecting aegis of the republi can ring rule now all powerful in Lin coln, the parties having given bail and gone back to their regular business. While the populist sheriff was trying to clime a gambling den, the police were out hunting for boys to carry torches in the ratification march. The decent citi zens of Lincoln are getting pretty weary of this sort of government. Dr. Oreene Resigns. Dr. J. L. Hri-ene created a ripple of surprise at the governor nil'icc Tuesday iftenioo'i by handing in his resignat ton, as Urst assistant physician of the Ne braska ItospiUl for the liiHune at I .ill coin, In his letter to the goieriior Dr. Iir-eiie H.tJ the relations between viM'rinteiilciit Abbott, Dr. NewUi ker und hiuiM'lf are, and h iv bo o, f the most plejhant uud coidul nature, but owiutf to long i-oiitiiniisl application bU health ha t broken down ii d his pliM run l..m enjoined n loin a lnt rent ami llt'lll'lll f I Dill IIHllt.ll WHIT). ll.'Vl MOT I p . oinli fii'i-t-pted the rt-fiigimt loo and l .iilii il il bin Mll'Ct'tiior Di, '. I . 1'oltill ot Noi th Loop, Naliy county. D,' ( !? ii l the Hipulist nominee for i-oio iii-r of Hint eoiiiily and conn . liiyjUy rn "in'iii-iiiti'd In ivii.ii iriidi d-d I.) Ide u'Miiii n il. I IliU Wl-rk mOiUiloi lliH .iuooii tArii by Hoiw-'ior Holioiiii iii Ntfml lii I l.i' tliiid 4- In hi, and tin- tnsl ilulioii will now oiio oinli i Io ami In- wilt iioiim' H.e 4ilir auHioti'y Hut l.4 l4yU'M IMTi-lMitby t flnrl Hutn ii'ii IIk atti'iept 'l Ho U-t Ii gll.lir to a-Hillne the OtlHllO powei ii well at the Ii tfil,it ie i. o limii lll) iHiifii-til iti'-nl that Mii .M 4H iciiitilafv io-1 t'O'uiu i'. I aki S I Ni't i m i s i mild J .mi :i t i If ;j imt. A PARTISAN NOMINATION. The Republican State Convention Nominates and Norval Accepts as a Partisan Judge. The Issue Made and Populists Gladly Accept It. The republican state convention was held according to the programme in Funke's opera house on Wednesday. There was no eagerness manifested to get the news for every intelligent citi zen in the state well knew what had been laid out for it to do before it met. A lew days ago Tom Majors came to Lincoln, as was announced in tho 1n dki'endknt, and was soon followed by Holdrege. What the corporations want ed was then and there written out, and the convention went through the for mality of endorsing it. That this is an exact stitement of the facts in the case is proved by the olllcial report of the convention in the state Journal which is aB follows: J. K. Frick moved to appoint u com mittee of seven on resolutions. Itobert St. Clair raised a laugh by moving that the gentlemen havingthem prepared bring them in. Thechairinun said the proposed committee might be made tho carrying committee for the package, The mutton carried. The men who formed the great body of the delegates were mere automatons, the corporation pulled the string and they jumped. As far as the platform is concerned, it is a wiley efTort to revive the tarilT question and side track, as far as possi ble, all financial Issues. Judge Norval was of course nomi nated by acclamation. He was nomi nated as a partisan and accepted as a partizan. His exact words were: "I ac cept tho tiomiuation as a republican.' He was not given the nomination be cause he was a jurist or a lawyer but be cause he was a republican, and he so understood Hand replied; "I accept as a republican," The retullican managers In this state therefore take one more step toward the overthrow of free institutions, and abandoning all the traditions of the fathers of the republic, openly proclaim themselves in favor of a partizan Judi ciary, The populist pari y gladly accapts the issue made and will wage its battle for a non partisan judiciary such as Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Vraiik lin and other founders of this republic believed they had provided for. The people of this state have now only to decide in this election whether they want a partisan supreme judge who will make partisan decisions, or one who will deal out justice to all parties alike. Do they desire, when men steal thousands of dollars from the state, if they are republicans, that they are to go unpunished, It being the "opinion of a partisan judge that It Is simply a "mis take of judgment, ' and not a crime. There was no enthusiasm in the con vention frqm beginning to end. It was not at all like a republican convention of ten years ago. Kvery leader sat in a gloomy sort of silence for nearly an hour after the convention assembled before the ofllcial proceedings began. They all had the appearance of men who had some serious trouble rest ing on their minds, or perhaps it was the rellec tion that they hid sold their manhood and their indpendence and dare not even rise to make a motion or a sugges tion. It was a demonstration of how the money power can make slaves and serfs of once fair minded and free American citizens. Solved at Lrst. The leaders of both old parties have been engaged for the last three years in interpretations of the tlnanciil plunk in the national platforms. Manyand var ious have been these explanations, but the following is about the clearest as any of them, especially of the silver plank. "Kvery whichress of the why ness, should be equal to, and Inter-changi-able with every platform of the whatueHS; therefore we demand that every American whereforeness of the whichiies shall be equal in value to every n hence neM of the whtchovernehs of the whole clvihed world. Tho Missouri World. I'libltshed Weekly at I hillicotlie, Mo., ii a people paity pan r that gives the geiieml new and in ikes a Kclalty of populi-.! new, (orivioiiii lee und ftM lnn It is not a l"Cil pas'i but H as goo I for oiii' hi ate us another. It nii'iilates inevny -litem tie tun ui. It i four paift, s twenty four inch col 1 1 1 ii li i ta the pae, I'llce.Vl cent- peal'. l iitiioli-r. unpin copy free Mitvinii World Mtilln oihe, Mo. We will mi,, I tl,' World and I Ik I n hi It W' M li'Hi one )e ir IT "I Non-rartinsn Judge. 'Ihe "I'lilft' o I n 1 4- f"i( i, t y 1,4 vi put in iMitiinat ion vi veu i iiiuiid iir for HiK d 'lrtct belli It oil 4 ( latliiot Hill leave tlo lti inltiely f r-s miii uhloH tmii ,iMVow ui.y -'liiieit ifiril and f,,iliii'l tl, 11 to I," pli l'e ,nt llo'iio paittit .iduohl-'Ual ion pnlne 1 1. ot I'aioerttu's tmtnuiftiit is tin' plan o e wlil nii waul I i eal at vtnir ol J'let'. lS,inli Kievelillt n'reet, j 1 here uro plenty f LaraMi left at cltin ut if the lVr-i k r los' fct I. THE JUNTA KONPLUSSED. They Attempt to Draw a Warrant of 84,000 in Favor of A. D. Bcemo' and Fail. Warden Leidigti still holds undis puted possession at the penitentiary aud things have been excessively quiet around the btat.e house for some time, but on Wednesday the Junta came to the conclusion that it was about time they had to do Bomethingjor give up the fight. Russell aud his coadjutor put their heads together and concluded to draw a warrant in favor of A. I). Ileem- er for 4,000 fur maintenance of the prisoners. Meantime a friend of Audit or Eugene Moore slipped around and told him that Russell and Hartlett were about to put him in the hole so deep he could never craw l out. I f the voucher I was presented to him and he issimd the warrant, every decent Kan in the state would be after him red hot, for it is not pretended Hint Heenier has expended one cent for tho maintenance of pris oners. In the secon;! place, if here fused to issue it, the whole gang would be down on him and never forget it, Moore did not let the grass grow under his feet for a second, but bounced in on the Junta and stopped the w hole pro ceeding. At last accounts the Junta wore hold ing frequent consultations to devise some means to get the penitentiary out of the hands of Warden Leidigh and Gov. Holcomb, aud get hold of that .M0O,O(X) appropriation, but up to the hour of going to press they were still in the wilderness. Ileemer hasn't got hold of any part of that i?U,000 salary yet and he feels mighty bad too. The In DKncxMiNT extends to him its heart felt commiseration. To be weaned from the public teat is hard to bo endured, but there don't seem to be any help for it. LF.HAL NOTJCK. 'Jo Frank II. Kay lor, Mrs. Frank II. Kavlorai.d J. J. Hubbell. You, and each of you, are hereby noti fied that on the Kith day of September 1H'., John Vj Miller and II. L. Paine, partners, as Miller At Paine, dledd their ....lit inn In tliH (list rict COIIlt. Of IUl'CaH- I,,- ,,iiiov ut.t i of Nebraska, auainsl you Impleaded with William S. M Inner and iMarina ausiier, mo ooji-ei, aim prayer of which are to foreclose a cer tain mortgage executed by William Misuer and Martha Misner to J. J. Hubbell and assigned to plaintiff, said mortgaged being upon lot No. three m block No. live, in Crystal Springs addi tion to the city of Lincoln, Lancaster county, Nebraska, to secure the pay ment of a certain promissorv notedated iini.iii '(! ix'.i for I, e sum of tWW.OO past due and payable prior to the commencement oi unn ncmm. .I i. ,lnu iiTim ill not A Ihft Jilt-It" IB IHMI Ul,o ' - sum of .mou and interest from April 1st, INytf, at trie raie vi i" i- e in, iui ,..,,,. i,.r which hii iii nlaintitfs pray for Pa decree, and that said real estate be sold l salisiy trie same. You are require io i"-"-tioii on or before Nov, IHth, IS'JS. m Dated this 1st day 1 1 October I8!.. Mi U.Kit k I'aim:, Plaintiffs. FIGS AND THISTLES. You cuu'l h ii I lliodi-vil up, but you cua tli ut blm out. - We all liut tti (ruth that hit un be tweeD the eye. The nmiuDUt liiimilily unilnrtakeii to carry a tlK it kill itxelf. Nevsr nit, yoiireir in the power of a roan who will kii-k a Jir for fun. If yon want to live long, dou't try to live morn limn onu day at u time. The urn ii wlio conrrolx liiinnelf will uUo conti-ot a gri-nt inany otlwr people. (lod liun ltowlo.ru proiumed to fond the mnii who will mil lukn bin coat off. What do you Mippoitn tho auxelx tliink of a man who i itoiu ton In-ht to die i lchl 'Jim jwior want money, ami tlm rleii w ant Io spenil it., Mint I Inn m whiit kivoh to tlio vvoiltl iii-osjien. The kouriiiK luiw k hit uo nr fur mu.i utiil rat4 tba ery of I lie pHrlrhlK1 ahovo the hong of tlm night inhale. It H linid to hellevii in the rii.'0ui of a man who Uoy looks ni iIidiiIi he had been throw intf hiMiljai-lK at a cat.. There mi-h Iiiiuii-U of men w ho ehew and kinoke, who alway howl when their ive want stmlhur feutlier n Ihelt Imii neu it Ik not thoM- who hnv e iloue the iiiokI vil, hut Iiimh who hnvt ii-iiiiI the moit truth, who are the w tekileil in the miht Of lioil 'I'lie ilevil i in-ir i w areil hy a haii'lniiH til tit on a I'Milot lnl.le. in lulile that (imke. him inn I- the one that U will ten til the heart. I lie Hum'. Hern WORK OF THE AMTIST3. Inrllo-i mnioiit in tli hoith wall if ( Im -.t( l-'ii,- Iih l.rotiiil't lo lijiht a niiin t uf eai vel lonfc aiel wimh Iwenlv live )JIe tnlie lit III !..HI ..I.m ,l..lol J lii.vle of I'loU.ll I ,l IN wiil lii'iel the (l(;,i of nil lu li oi, l( fevt kit idt lo-k h IU I" tillnl I'll lh luillU Ill-Id of l.ril v l.'ii 111 Ikmi.i. "I lh loitv won. I . Vol k lliioll..i loli-,,ii i., . ut (ton l-i n ll lei . I t.. 11 i" u i t 10 .III ) ! 1 ul-.ik llo j ..in' 111 ; mi l w.ttef iithit i iI iI .I..! I'v il I'uli He 1 li t. .it tua Art in llti.te in. out IV t aut (iiinf l..ii,.ii ll.iit I oelo'if '( lt.tS41l.1r 'i n, iin.'w '4iut"i 111 ri'.titi 111 lil . It.iilil l l a i.'lle- tin I.1HI.-I Mull"', e In" ! 4 tla.'lum I. rlfeil.il I'I It al 1 1" 4'tlO i vlilll.ttM'H Ian 1 iii,.,.n Vil fci!.iv. of VV"lni4 lt.it l"i l' 4"! a I eiO ,i. i t I, M llW'lr't 1 nlU-.i ' ulfijf l, r.tltl. ' H t.x'i-n ..i 1 1 Hi kitlkh.w, aifiili I.I (III l. ll.( 4 1'. k " vil.,' 'liitt in M'tluma I. 1 . l in . t, I I. a lir,.l lliilit III I'miii.i It aio iiuim'i.I ui Ni.itt.ionn lw I ir- -t hi ! 'Uv Mv .ui I. Ii.iii lite tUllli.it tln.rt.itf IbK .t itnil he-el lit -r Ale iel. Ie.1 l ll.h'l ,Uikl Hula lil In ui km.. i,t ll.r in. k'l'n' '.I nil sliiMilit In' a iliv til vt to tins I'iral laiuil)' )oniinal. Kennedy, the Photographer. 1 029 O St, Lincoln, Neb. Noble Studio. Is making the finest Photographs in the City. Cabinets 2.00 Per doz- Latest Style Small Photos $2 Per Ooz All other Sizes equally low in Price. Hat ifaction guaranteed or money refunded. Heinetnher the place. KENNEDY'S. Dont' Fail to Visit the Old Reliable, Great 10 cent Store. 118 S12th. Where you will find the Mont flticK, of tht Latest iiml Chfapest in J. W. SMITH & CO., - DEALERS IN - STilPLEl G-EOCEEIES Canned Goods, Flour, Butter, Eggs, Etc PHONE 448. Fine work at Reasonable Prices. Satisfaction Guaranteed. OUR prices will PROTECT YOU RtfaiuBt being OVERCHARGED. I'llICK LIST. 0 lb boil or Htew 25c 5 Shoulder Steak 25 U " Koimd Steak 25 8 " Plate Boil. 25 " Salt Pork 25 5 " Bologna 25 :5 " Weiner-Wunst 25 4 " Litrd 25 1 " K. It. Lard 10 Sugar Cured Ham it Boneless I Iain 10 California Hani 7 Breakfast Bacon as low as.. . H Beef Koast lVp pound 5 to 8 Sirloin Steak " " 10 Porter House Steak. . . . 10 toJ2J 'eal Stew 5 jioiiini ". 25 All other meat i not on lint at low eht Hisildo prices. LINCOLN MKAT CO. t I i P Street. Try "DEAD SHOT" -or Bed Itutjs, And "ROACHINE" I'or lvoaeliei., Klein, Ant, Motha Mild Ml Veritlill. I'or uli" Only Ly RIGGS PHARMACY. 1 1 in OSTULKT. j l.'eim iiili.'l, we jfive u of iKinhi water with evirv Till rent j 1'iin h ie. I- larton Fuel Co.! 1025 O Street, ; Yard 10th ami Y.j I'ntuii it titi'li' .t 'liulty All le.i'le uf lul l uiut ai'ftiMil at 1'IWI-l.t JitH I', P.itl.in VI lo-JI O Sire. l. Nov ii itic lii to tiulniiilm Tw nt) five t ut tiU Ji'Uiai) I. 1929 0 Street. S. POLWOSKY. Ooniiiletf lino of Toys nri'1 Nov. the City. 346 R 11TH STRELT. BARGAINS! BARGAINS! AT Roys Drue Store. NiHsley's Old Stand, 10th & F St. Some Special Prices: School tablets, 1, 2, 3, 5c and up. Euvelojws, 2 packages for 5c and up. Lead pencils, plain cedar,'! cents per dozen. Lead jieneils, Beats All, lc each. Pen holders 1 uent np. School slates 3c, 5ij and up. Slat pedcils 10c J of ICO. " " 5c per dozen. School C ray os- k, si x colors in u box 5 conts. School crayons, white? jer box 10 cent. BRUSHES: (ioml Hair brush JOc, 20i- and up. ' rii.th " 10 , 15c and up. " Nail " 2 for 5c, 5c aud up. " Blaekini,' " MV, '.'(Muml up. ' ' ilauher, Tk, Iflc up. Puint liriishes very ehHp. MILI PAINTS; (iood Barn Paint 5)e Per il Miked huUM- " l.in White Ii.ad.St. bui- St rict I Pure jiti.mt. PtlTK Imiteil I.lllM'.il ()i oik: tilVe U M cull. Will nAVP Jutl lituiie Tenth and P Street. J. S. EATON. Physician and Surgeon. ir, Mrw i:i.k km it s r. i:r...i.ll BI.hI, I m i i it.M . t:!'n -. N , Vil, I ,'-'. L -) 1 1 e N'V 'n'l'i. Surgical Diseases ol Wcnun, And Chronic Diseases V St-.-Ult, l Vl'l.t fWlM tHIU U ltn4mth i A winiitt. v fl nV