Lincoln Independent.
The Official Populist Paper.
f I.JO PER TKAR IX AIV.NCL
ISSUED EVEKY FI5IDAY.
TH. TIBHI.ES. I'dilo-. KKMIV IIH KIMS,
i'ltj Mitnr. Wit. W. Kl KV., llu'liirM JUiiKr.
FRIDAY, DEC. 13. 1803.
Entered at the potit oflice of Lincoln,
Neb., as (second clauB mail matter.
Tut: total populist vote on can
didates in Colorado exceeded that
of the republicans by 7,000.
The gold standard has produced
a new profession in this country.
Members of it are called "charity
workers."
Money is the center of gravity
of all values. Any change in the
quantity of money changes all val
ues. The citizens of Omaha will have
to out up $400,000 of "sound"
money to pay for governing
selves the coming year.
them-
Tm. constitution of the United
States does not authorize the coin
age of gold..' It .says congress
shall have power to coin mom: v.
Ik a republican wants an office
' in Nebraska all he has to do is to
forge an election return and appeal
to a re-publican canvassing board.
The edition of the Indkj'KMiknt
containing the correspondence on
"what is value," has been exhaust
ed. It is useless to write for copies
containing it.
A partisan judiciary stood solid
for. Outcalt, Hill and Norris.
Stealing deposits, state funds and
Judgeships is law, and not viola
tion of law in Nebraska.
So kak as traffic is concerned, the
exactness attended in other forms
of measurmcnts counts for little so
long as the expressions of value are
so variable. JohnW. Bascomb.
One can measure ten yards of
cloth with a yard stick, but he can
not measure its value with a piece
of gold or any other substance.
The value is measured with brains.
Moshi k, acting tinder a mis
taken notion that stealing was a
crime in Nebraska, plead guilty.
Since Judge Dundy and his jury
decided that it is not, he ought to
apply for a pardon.
One of the magazine economists
talks about "the impalpable con
sequences of appreciation'' in
money, The awful im
port of a constantly appreciating
dollar no man, however learned,
can fully comprehend.
What this country needs in its
foreign policy, of which so much
is said in congress, is to apply the
Monroe doctrine to the European
financial systems. Keep them out
of the western hemisphere anil we
will be all right.
Dl ki; one week the republican
ring secured the acqi'ittal of Hill
and Outcalt, stole a district judge
ship and $23(1,000. They think
the tate is now safe from populist
demands for protection of public
funds and honest elections.
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ALLEN TEE1R CHOICE.
! Senator John I. Jones, now that
he is taking an active part in the
popnlist party is showing himself
to bean excellent fighter. His
Hong experience in the United
! States senate, he having held his
seat continuously since 1873, his
great learning, and sound judgment
in practical politics, makes him a
very dangerous foe of -the republi
can party. He attends every sena
torial populist caucus. It is a high
compliment to Nebraska's senator
that Jones should insist upon bena-
tor Allen as the populist nominee
for president pro tempore of the,
senate. Allen win receive me popu
list vote for that position. The
populist senators are making such
a tight as' wasnever made before.
They
secure
can
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them.'
rre determined to
positions where they
influence legislation.
Inhii'EM'Ent says to
"Go ahead, you are mak
ing the hearts of the common peo
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CONTEMPT OF COURT,
Judge Dundy has ordere'd W.
Morton Smith to show cause why
he should not be held for contempt
and to pay costs for delay in not
obeying the summons of the court.
Mr. Smith made some caustic re
marks about Judge Dundy in the
matter of allowing Torn Denton to
serve on the jury, and say whether
Outcalt. Mosher's cashier, was
guilty or not, Mr. Smith had pro
bably not learned, when he made
the remarks, that the ancient free
dom of the press heretofore en
joyed in this country had been
abolished, and contempt runs out
side the court room now, as well
as in the presence of the court 111
session. Mr. Smith has been an
active supporter of the party which
has brought about this change in
the unwritten law of the land, and
it is only poetic justice that lie got
ne of the first applications of it in
his own person. One Kugene
Dcbbs had this. new principle ap
plied to him and Mr. Smith thought
it was all right. Perhaps Mr.
Smith will change his opinion on
that subject now.
The boys and girls who trav
two or three miles through the cold
every morning to attend school in
this city, will know something
when they get through. The precious
smart guys who smoke cigars and
"gocalling" every night, will gradu
ate without sufficient knowledge to
keep them from starvation when
they get 50 miles from home.
sent is down on anarchy, it
must be allowed to exist until the
law is changed. The people have
just voted to keep the thieves in
oflice, and we must endure until
the people vote otherwise.
Walker of Massachusetts, who,
it is said, is to be the chairman of
the house committe on banking
and currency, has introduced a bill
to allow the National banks to
gather up all the greenbacks and
treasury notes, turn them over to
the government and receive double
the amo.mt of National bank notes
14 return from them. That is only
a littlegiftof Jj50.ooo.ooo to these
friends of the distressed business
man and farmer, to the pure, pa
triotic, self sacrificing bankers.
That is not "financial madness."
No, not at all.
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TOM BENTON, JDEYJSAN.
The respect in which our courts
have been held have never received
such a staggering blow as during
the last week. The manner in
which Uutcault s trial was con
ducted and the jury selected, threat
ens the very foundations of govern
ment. Already there are deep
rumblings of discontent. The Lin
coln Courier charges a conspiracy
in which the court took part, and
in every part of the state ihere are
angry threatenings. The part that
Judge Dundy took in it, is de-
scribed by the Omaha Bee as foi-
lows
(tiiiinll. Iii-ini; tried on practically the .iiiu'
cliarfc 1111 MohIht, it wni. rrifurth'tl a a disiu:ili
finitioii fur u juror tuiiiiw.-uii opinion an to tho'nilt
or ImiiKi iiri. of citbtir? Ifonton ftirtlii-i-mlil that In
1011I1I render u fair awl impartial verdict lu tliin
ac. Hn wit cliulU iwl for cnUM by Mr. Sawyrr.
Imt Oiili-.-ill' attorney objected. They til"" linked
I teuton If lie hud any opinion ax totlicjfullt or inno
cence of Slotdier w ith respect to the coiinln In the
Indictment on which Ontcult wan to Ik- tried. He
replied no, and the altonieyB for the defeiiRe in
fiMed that he Willi (-oni)Hdciitto nit.
Air. Snwyrr tlii'ii a:.ked lienton whether, if itwee
true that many of the count in tint present Indict
merit were Identically the n unc in liiiiKtiiigutowh'rli
Moeher plead guilty, lie would still believe Mother
Utility, he answered "No." .Mr. Sawyer then in
Muted on bin ehalenjie for i'ntih, but wan over
rulod by .IihIjjc Dundy, who laid that while the de
fence illicit, hae eunc to challenge Denton (lie
prosecution had none, and for the purpose of this
cam- lfcnl.oii wax a coin)iclcut juror.
It is almost unbelievable that
after Tom Denton had said that he
would not believe Mosher guilty
even after Mosher had plead guilty,
that a federal judge should decide
that the man was a competent
juryman.
This case and the Hill case is
causing more serious thought
among honorable lawyers and pa
triotic citizens than any thing that
has ever happened within our
borders since the state was organ
ized. The Indepenhext counsels
coolness and forbearance in the dis
cussion of these matters. It must
be constantly remembered that
it is the people themselves that are
to be blamed. They have just
voted to keep the set of men who
have done this, in office by nearly
7,000 ma jority. They did it when
they knew that the republican
judges had allowed the insane asy
lum, penitentiary and county treas
ury thieves to escape by the score.
The people seemed to want this
kind of courts and judges, and the
Independent insists that the ver
dicts and renderings of the courts
which the people have intrusted
with power shall bequietly endured
until the voters shall say they want
a change to a nonpartisan and just
judiciary.
Some very honest people are get
ting unduly excited about the Mon
roe doctrine, Venezuela aud war
with England. John Dull has al
together too good a thing in taxing
us to pay interest, to go to war
about a little strip of land in South
America. England will help the
republicans to raise a racket to go
into power on, and maintain the
gold standard and that is all there
is in this slush about the Monroe
doctrine at the present time.
A LINCOLN restaurant man ad
vertised ten cent meals. Some of
the regular customers, boarding by
the week, talked of leaving, fearing
that they would be oven tin with a
rough and dirty crowd. They
were astonished to see the tables
fill up, with intelligent, cleanly
business men, teachers, students
anil clerks. Deiore the tstablish
mcnt of the gold standard, these
people would have been ashamed
to be seen eating a ten cent meal
hi-di nun i. alter the election
the gold bug papers, both demo
cratic and republican, were full of
declarations to the t licet that -'free
silvrr" was "downed," that it had
un-'ccasen to tie an
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issue, ui to us a
prominent question.
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in fee
days when tin- fao coinage lulls
began to pour into the i ongrs
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UHIVEESITY PROFESSORS.
December 7th, Mr. Roach re
ceived the following additional let
ter in answer to his
"what value is:"
inquiry about
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Ur Ait Slit: I n.l.iaid your letter and jut found
11 lulu morning. My an.werwould a-ree with that
of Mr. Ponder. Sirry for the delay.
Your Truly.
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IProf. Fov-lerV anxwer wan power inexcbantfe.l
One result of this correspond-
ence has been to give a great stim -
nlnns tn the. sfndv. in thtt nniver-
sity, of the most important ques-
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nuu tin pitM.aii.il w i'iv """"
oi civilized men. A vast amount
of good has, and will continue to
result from it. College professors
and college students generally are
earnest seekers after scientific truth
and when it is presented to them
they, are more ready than any other
class to accept it.
The trouble in the past has been
that political economy has received
but little : attnetion in our own in
stitutions of learning where it
should have been one of the chief
and most important subjects
taught. Of the numerous gradu
ates of college and universities in
this city, perhaps there are. not
twenty who could give a definition
of the science or tell an inquirer of
what subjects it treats.
A gentleman reports to the In
dependent that one of the profes
sors of the university said to him
some months ago, that he wished a
paper could be started here that
would, in a popular yet scientific
manner, discuss the money ques
tion. He did not care to know
what John Sherman h?d said or
what Carlisle had said but he wanted
to know what was the truth about
it as taught by the great standard
authorities.
The Independent, while it can
not give all its space to economics,
was established for that very pur
pose, and each week will print
more or less articles teaching po
litical economy as laid down by the
great standard authorities.
It is a pleasure to learn that of
twenty or twenty-five heads of de
partnents in our State University,
more than half have sound views,
and as for the rest, most of them
have never given it any thought or
study. It is believed tiiat when
the professor of political economy
in the University gets over his "in
crements of pain" and takes a few
more "doses of labor," that even
he will come to understand that
the price of commodities, other
things remaining the same, is fixed
by the quantity of money in circula
tion. ALLEN IS AFTER TEEM.
Senator Allen is stirring the pol
iticians up with a long pole, mak- j
ing it hotter for them than he did :
even in the silver session.
Cullom made a formal
about sea coast defences.
Senator
speech
Mien !
replied:
'I want you to know that the interior need pro tection
as well as ll)ecou--U and that if there is any
slreemlicniii!;. I want the interior to have a share.
It may be populistic talk, but it is Hie hoshI
truth ju-l the same.''
The politicians don't know what
to make of Allan's robust patriot
ism and sound sense, so they sent
out this squib as a Dee special:
It Is tills kind of talk, acenrciinj to politiciann
here, that i atlrnctin the attention f populist-
to scnater Alien as presidential timber, uiiii the
further determination of the populists In the sen-
ate to iiominatp full set ot otHcen. noi- fur
toward showim; Allen's hand in liinnipolatiii;;
iillairs to keep tepuhlicai, from or.iniiiiy the
senate.
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Massachusetts, has introduced a !
resolution to impeach Minister I
Dayard for denouncing protection j
belore a Scottish audience. Day-
ard's former speech, in which he1
nid trie .'mil rican neunle needed a '
strong master, which was certainly j
an insn t to t-icrv American uti-
Cn , did not troublt these itptibli. !
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THE ACT OF PERFIDY.
The silver dollar was dropped
from our coinage in 1873, but sil-
j ver was not demonetized. The
I dollars in existencce remained a
i full legal tender. The demoneti-
I y.atioil of SlhtT Was accomplished
j J une 22, 1874, when the revised
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statutes of the United States were,
by act of Congress, made the law.
j These Statutes, Sections 35H5, and
35() contain the demonetization
1 law n the following words:
. The "old coins of the I'nited States Khali be u
lesral tender in all payment at their nomitcil
value, but the nilver coino shall lie a li-wl tender
i at nicir iioiuiiiat Tallin for any amount no; cx-
leedingjfr, in any one payment,
No man in either branch of Con
gress at that time, except John
Sherman, has ever said that he
knew those words had been in
serted, when he voted for the
I adoption of the Revised Statutes.
The commission that revised the
statutes violated their oaths and
committed perjury when they in
serted them.
It is to these words and to these
lawyers, that economists refer
when they
perfidy."
speak of the "act of
WILDCAT MOMY.
In a letter dated Jacksonville,
Florida, May jS, 1H71J, Francis K.
Spinner, ex-treasurer of the United
States, said:
My experience has been that about once in a
generation, wiy in about twenty years, a paper
currency ban-don a promUe to pay specie will fail
and lirins,' dii-lrehi- upon the country inning udi u
currem-v.
In thif country It was so in 110. in IK!7. in IsT.7,
and in 1S7H. The last time pr.iiiMtiircly. An it bun
been In llu- pact no I fear it will lie ii! the future,
lliflorv, in finance im well ns in other thine?; re
peal" ilelf. The fame caiiM-will biins; tin fame
result.
Kvf.kv man who casts a republi
can ballot hereafter leaves hope of
prosperity behind. '
Tin: National convention of the
republican party will meet in St.
Louis, June 16, 1896. When the
committee got together it was found
that the short campaign scheme
didn't have any friends at all.
Di kino the last 100 days over a
hundred million bushels of corn
have been exported and yet the
price does not go up. Why? The
quantity of money in circulation is
decreasing.
Dan kino and Currency Walker
wants us to pay interest on the
other fellow's "promises to pay,"
and calls it "sound" finance. That
is alnut as sound sense as voting
the republican ticket to bring
prosperity.
The legislature of Montana has
presented a memorial to Congress
through Senator Mantle, against
the issue of bonds. It would be
a good idea if all the legislatures
of the different states would follow
suit.
Tin: Associated Press says the
S1X populst senators have resolved
not to obstruct the organization of
the Senate, but will put up a pop
ulist candidate and then withdraw
and let the republicans have it.
You can believe that or not, just as
voti see fit.
Tm; republicans are trying to
; make ,,s i,cijcve tnat Cleveland is
I ft t ...lfl ,.vrr livrl
t,le br-al( st "iarl " 110 LX er Jlv'--
1 on this earth. According to them
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li- has reduced the pay of millions
1 .irown other million? nut of
an" U'TOWn Ollll r lllllllUIla OUI OI
work in all pans of the world.
He stopped the mills in England,
i wrecked the industries of Australia I
and played smash wit!', all the rest
of mankind by his tariff policy.
Tlx re has been a fall in prices all
0 . r the world and Chveland did
it with his Wib on bill.
M ,NV republicans honestly be
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comin!' into power will "restore
commence uim coiiihi. m e win
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tcr tun. s. They suvir stop to
think they can't buy co.i
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confidence, ' r get boot- rsho ;
with it. It always tikes money lo
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BICIIARDS VS. SOCIALISM.
Students and Professors Taking a
Lively Interest in Live Issues.
Mr. L. D. Kichards, of Fremont,
late candidate for governor, read a
paper before the University Polit
ical liconomy club Thursday night,
entitled "Socialism and the Distri
bution of Wealth."
If that paper should ever come
before a court, it would be pro
nounced unconstitutional, for the
title did not at all indicate what
was contained in the bill. He
made some remarks about social
ism but none at all about the dis
tribution of wealth. A great part
of the paper was devoted to an
effort to prove that the wages of
laborers wages of labor he called
it had constantly 'increased since
1850. To do this he took the per
capita wages of mill hands in 1850
and 1890 as shown in the U. S.
census, and the average price of
fourteen principal articles of con
sumption, l'roin these data he
concluded that laborers received a
far larger share of the products
than thy ever did before. To Mr.
Kichards the aigument was evi
dently conclusive.
No doubt laborers could buy
more of these fourteen commod
ities with their wages in 1890 than
they could in 1S50, but there were
three very important items which
Mr. Richards forgot to deduct
from the wages before anything
could be bought; viz, the increase
in rents, the increase in taxes and
interests. Both rent and taxes in
the neighborhood of wage earners
have more than doubled. Deduct
these and Mr. Kichards will find
that the laborers actually receive a
smaller amount with which they
can pay for these fourteen com
modities than they did in 1850.
It had been announced that there
would be a free discussion after
the paper was read. The presi
dent undertook to suppress it and
there was a very sharp resistance.
I'inally "a free for all" took place
which was highly interesting.
There will be another meeting of
the club in some part of the uni
versity next Wednesday night.
Senator Ai.i.en introduced a bill
last Monday disfranchising any
citizen of the United States who
shall solicit or accept a title, patent
of nobility or degree of honor from
a foreign nation and punishing this
act as a crime by both fine and im
prisonment. Mu. Edmins 1 en's management
of the state oil inspector's office
has resulted in a saving to the
state for the first year, over that of
his republican predecessor, of 1,
2S0.04. Mr, ICdminstcn is keeping
the populist record good.
The Senate committee on fi
nance has been increased to twelve
members, and will now stand seven
for free silver and five against, it.
The Associated Dress says that
Senator Jones retains his place, net
as a republican but as a populist,
and the committee will consist ot
six republicans, four democrats and
one populist. There is a vorid of
meaning in this dispatch. Oh! if
we only a had pop newspaper man
there to tell us what it was.
Try "UK. I II Ml 01"
For 1 5ivl D us;,
And "ROACHINE"
For Roaches I leus, Ants,
Moths awl All Vermin.
l-r .-'ale Only ly
RIGGS' PHARMACY.
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J. S. EATON.
Physician and Surgeon.
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Surgical Diseases o( Wcrrsn,
And Chronic Diseases
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