THE WEALTH MAKERS.
October 25, 1894
THE WEALTH MAKERS.
. HawSartatet
THE ALLIANCE-INDEPENDENT.
Coaaoltdatioa ol tta
Fanners Alliance and Neb, Independent.
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Editor
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I obooM lot (or mj good. A goldaa ahala.
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To tmpt mj hut bond to do wrong
TJato a fellow sms. Tbls Ufa batt woe
BiOahmt, wroagbt by iu'i aatanle lot!
And wko tint bath a haart wonld dart prolong
Or add a sorrow to a trick eosl
Tknt staka a bMltng balm to aaka It wbotet
My boson owaa th brotaarbood ol
Publishers' Annoanoement.
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vary earfol that all aamae an oomotly apld
aad propor poatoffle flrw. Bleaks tor rotara
rabesrlptiona, rrtara MTaioaat, eta eaa bo bad
oa application to thin offlaa.
Alwat ilgn yonr naiua. No m attar how oftaa
yon write nt do not analaet thin Important Bat
ter. Km ry wnk wn nctln latter with laeoav
pint addnwoM or wlthoot (Ignataras aad It la
aomntlmw dUBcalt to locate tana,
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chance thtlr pontoflloa addraat ainit alwaya give
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STATEMENT
CIRCULATION
J. 8. Hyatt, Baalnaat Manager of Tbt
Waalth Maker Publlthlng Company, balng
dnly tworn, tayt that the aotoal nam bar ol
tall and complete eoplet ol Tin WBALTB
Makibi printed daring tbt tlx oontht nd
Ing Ootober 11, im, waa
211,200.
Weekly average, 8.123.
to before ma and tnbterlbod la lay
thlt 11th day ol October, 18M.
K. l. UUBKBTT.
Notary labile.
ADVERTISING RATES.
gut per lack.
I etnte par Agate lint. 14 llnea to
th Inch.
TIIS3 oiaoouttTB.
spaos disoouitts. '
100 line 10 per cent
400 line 20 per cent
100 line 80 per cent
1600 llnet .....40 per cent
2OU0 llnet........60 par cent
4 timet 10 per cent
11 time . 20 per oent
S6 tlmet......S0 per cent
89 time. ...... .40 per cent
U time 80 par cent
Reading notlcta, SO eenta a counted Hat, tnblect
to th abore dltconnta. The rate art tobject
to lther time or apnea dltconnt, at choice, but
not both. Uoet to pr on Tneedaja. Addrett
all adTtrtltlag eommnnloatlont to
Waalth Makara obUtblng Co..
- J. B. Hyatt. Baa. Mgr.
STATE OFFtOEBS-
For Sovtraor ....,......Bn.Aa A. Holcomb
Lieut nant-Oorernor taaooaa Jam bi N. UArriN
Secretary ol State Hrt.AT W. MoPaddkn
State Andltor.................JoHi W. Wilson
Btatt Treatarer.......n.....n....JoaB H. Power
Attorney-General ....Daniel, B. Cabby
Com. Pnbllo Land Bldg.........8iDNiY J. Kent
apt. Pabllo Inetractlon............. Wm. A. Jomk
FOR CONGRESSMEN.
Flrtt DUtrlel . aMseaee aaaaaa t H. Wbib
Second DUtrlct............ ...... -....!. Clem Hbatbb
Third Dlatrlct.. eta e JOBM M. llBTIMB
Fonrth Ultrlct.......... W: I,. Btabb
Fifth DUtrlet..................WM. A. McKekuian
Sixth Dlttrtct. aaoaa aa t a t a OMAB M. Kbm
LANCASTER COUNT T.
County Attorney. ................ Fbedebiob Sbbpberd
Coanty iinage..........,...m..- n.niaoi
Ooantv Comaluloner ..u....O, B, Paiwateb
ri , hRi T. CBAUBEBt
TllOMAa O. KTtttK,
A. U. n EnRirK
.. C. 8. J OKU
lUprtttatatlTta
,.FBANK D. Eaokr
.JOBN HARTUHB
..O. M. Dunn
Jcdok McAnehly, the most influential
leader iu the Democratic party in North
ern Colorado, has just publicly joine'd the
Populist party. ;
Mb. Deaver, our candidate for Con-
gress in the Second district, Bome months
ago stroked kindly the supposed fusion
kitten. He is now suffering from the bite
and scratches of what turned oat to be a
tiger. " " '
The Populists of Colorado are conduct
ing a splendid campaign and will elect
their ticket, beaded by Governor Waite,
by a large majority. The Populist
speakers are greeted by immense audi
ences. Mr. Deaveb is making a splendid can
vass in the Second district and is gather
ing to his support all good, sincere and
intelligent citizens. If either of the gold
bugs, Mercer and Boyd, is elected over
him, charge it up to political combina
tions between corrupt office-buying lead
ers who are the agents of plutocracy.
Congressman Haingb is telling the peo
ple of his district that the unjust distri
bution of wealth, financial panics, en
forced idleness, increase of farm mort.
gages and chattel loans, starvation, etc.,
are all caused by "whittling." If all men
would vote the Republican ticket, stop
whittling and go to work, they would be
all right. The dry goods box, the jack
knife and meddling with politics, is what
causes poverty to spread.
Tra census of 1890 gives the mortgagii
indebtedness of the people of the United
States, and it makes an average of ninety
six i$96) dollars per capita. That would
be an everage of $480 to each family of
five persons. Of course all the people are
not in d bt, but that shows that the bur
den is very much heavier for those who
are. In "Nebraska the per capita real
estate mortgage indebtedness is about
$105, or $525 per family of five, or $1050
per lamily mortgaged if only ?balf of iUh
families are mortgaged.
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XOIOPOLIBTB. DUPES AID OAVES
The Business Men's Association, not of
Nebraska, as alleged, bat of Omaha, has
favored this newspaper office with a copy
of the list of the illustrious patriots who
hare plunged into publicity to defeat the
Populists and save the now prosperous
bnaDu Interests ot Nebnska, from the
blight and depression which an found
onlj la Populist-ruled states. The list
contains, If we have counted correctly,
840 names. It is a pitiful number to
publish in a stats containing a popula
tion of a million and a quarter, but when
so few hasten to the rescue all the mors
honor belongs to this "Daniel's band."
The motto blacklettered and under
scored at the head of the Association
circular reads:
"Nebraska's Prosperity Paramount to
Party Politics."
Which may be interpreted to read,
'Monopoly business is business,' and the
pocketbook controlling us monopo
lists requires both Republicans and Demo,
crats to unite to down the Populists.
Win. A. Pazton and John A. McSbane(
both Democrats, stand at the head of
this so-called "Business Men's'' movement
to elect Majors and the whole railroad
gang.
The first paragraphs of the letter which
this band of fat-pockstbook patriots
address "to the voters of Nebraska"
read as follows:
Four yean ago prohibition threatened
tbs prosperity of Nebraska. The busi
ness men of Omaha and the state, with
out regard to party affiliation, then
united to ward off the danger, and,
largely through their efforts, prohibition
was defeated. Today Nebraska is threat
ened with Populist domination. As busi-
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business depression wnicn tne supremacy
of Populism would entail upon the state.
Same old gang (according to their own
shameless confession) which rose up to
save the saloons four years ago. We
note, however, a few changes in the
personnel. Rosewateris now in better
company, and John Dale, the former
Prohibition leader of Omaha, has sold
his soul to evil and his name stands in
the list along side ol Pete Iler'e, the big
distiller and Omaha member of the
Whiaky Trust. Dale deals in bonds, and
bonds are in store for him.
Out of the 830 signers of this appeal to
elect Majors and defeat the people's can
didates we find over a hundred signers r
who are not wealth makers but wealth
takers, and as the occupation of con
siderably less than half of the signers is
given there are probably a much large
number of monopolists, speculators and
useless non-producers in the list printed.
Another thing we notice, viz., a great
deal of space is wasted in the sprawled
out heading of the B. M. A. circular and
in the double leaded Long Primer type
used for the letter, and this so crowds
their space that they cannot tell (?) the
occupation of two-thirds of the names
they give. They also use the same names
of quite a number two or more times
(See the names of J. H. Millard, Geo. H.
Payne, Herman Kountse and others.)
Now it Is more than probable that the
five hundred names of men whose occu
pation is not given are chiefly employees
of the rich fellows, and they must needs
do as their employers desire.
We notice first that the national banks
of Omaha are all in the list. Well, that
only shows that they fear the Populists
when they get a majority in Congress
will do as they propose to, i. e., give us
government banks and money at cost,
in place ot so-called national banks which
now monopolize money and loan it to
us at a ruinous profit. To these we say,
let the issue be drawn; we are prepared
to fight it out on that line if it takes the
rest of the century.
We notice also that one of the signers
is "Standard Oil Co." (By way of expla
nation we will say that the Standard Oil
Co. is not a person, but an octopus, a
a devil-fish. One of its blood suckers did
the signing. And we are bold and proud
to say that the Populist party will
neither receive nor give quarter to the
Standard Oil Co. There are several other
trusts whose agents have signed the
aforesaid letter to the voters, and that is
all right. ,It all shows that the big
monopolists are looking ahead to the
time when a Populist Congress will be
elected. It isn't the state ticket and the
state legislature or iramediatelocal gains
that they fear. It is what would be sure
to grow out of such Populist gains.
We note that John A. McSbane, presi
dent of the Union Stock Yards, doesn't
like the Populists, even though most of
his fellow Democrats endorse them. He
knows if they elect the next legislature
they will pass a Stock Tarda regulation
bill. All the big packers of South Omaha
are also 'agin a Populist government,'
because the Populists oppose their mono
poly there and at Chicago.
The liquor dealers are against us, and
it is time a foolish fraction in oar party
found it out. We ought to advocate the
destruction of liquor selling for profit in
all our platforms.
There are quite a batch of real estate
agents who are anxious to head off a
political party that preaches against
land speculation. They want others to
be leeches. The president of the Pacific
Express Co. also set himself and his com
pany in array against the People's party
That is to be expected. Then there are
some few honest business men who do
not know any better than to oppose the
party of liberty, justice and progress.
In an accompanying letter signed by
secretary John Peters (two good names
on the wrong man) the business men ol
the other cities of the state are urged to
form Business Men's orgaiaixations at
, once. But Omaha Is the only city whert
the bnsiness men even of th anti-Populist
persuasion will think it advisable to
publicly array themselves against half
or more of the people.
THE BABKEES' OUBXES 0T SCHEME
The American Bankers Association met
in Baltimore week before last, and with
their light enlightened the world. What
the bankers don't know about "honest
money" and a safe sound financial sys
tern can't be found out, of course, and
only Populists could be so uncharitable
as to charge them with selfish motives
and scheming to sustain and obtain
financial legislation enabling them to
draw the greatest possible stream of
interest income from the workers. The
fact must be admitted that the bankers
are morally superior to and unlike other
men. They anxiously care for the inter
ests not of money louners only, but of
borrowers also and especially of the poor
wage earners, when they demand the
scarcest, hardest-to-get dollar of growing
value for the all around purposes of legal
tender. For reasons satisfactory to
themselves they object to the $376,000,
000 greenback issue secured by the tax
paying property of the entire nation; al
so to the 152,000,()OO of Sherman
Treasury notes, representing the purchase
price of silver bullion stored in the Treas
ury vaults; and to the f 339,000,000 of
silver certificates: all these issues of paper
they call "undesirable currency." It
costs them just as much now to get hold
of such money as it does other people,
therefore they call it "undesirable."
What they want is currency to lend the
Deoole which costs them nothin. Their
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bank note United States endorsed cur
rency has cost them only one cent on the
dollar. So they declare ''that it is de
sirable for the Federal Government to
withdraw all of these issues," called "un
desirable," and they have a plan to sup
ply the people with bank notes of a new
fosue on a different plan from those se
cured by bonds.
The American Bankers Association at
Baltimore, as we stated, enlightened the
country concerning its need of more cur
rency (Strange, wasn't it, when this same
Bankers Association last year demanded
and compelled Congress to stop buying
and coining silver?), and that they alone
(Why they alone?) be allowed to issue it
under an elastic system, so that at times
when the people needed more they could
make and lend tbem more. The principle
that all this is based on is biblical, you
Bee; for to him that hath money the gov
1 ernment shall print, endorse and for a
half of one per cent a year give him (that
is, the banker) fifty per cent more money
but from him (all the rest) who must
borrow of the banker, the banker shall
take away, in usury, that which be
Beetneth to have.
The scheme of the only wise financiers,
as flashed forth at Baltimore, has been
more briefly stated as follows:
i ., the bank8 to i8(sue dreuifttini.
notes to the amount of fifty per cent, of
their paid-up capital, subject to a tax of
one-half of one per cent, a year, and an
additional circulation of twenty-five per
cent, of their capital, subject to "an
additional heavy tax." Create a guar
antee fund of five per cent, to redeem the
notes of insolvent banks this fund to be
obtained by reauirine the banks to de
posit two per cent, the first year, and
pay one-half per cent, as long as may be
necessary thereafter.
i Notice, in the first place, the banks un.
der this paper money system (Don't let
any one but a banker question their
financial wisdom and unselfish public in
terest) would have all their paid up capi
tal to loan, and in addition would have
practically given ttfem fifty percent more
j fiat capital in the shape of government
I printed and endorsed bank notes, one
, half of one per cent a year being all the
government is to charge for making, and
making good, this money. Then notice
that they want permission to inflate their
assets twenty-five per cent more to give
elasticity to the volume of the currency
(the farmers' cub-treasary idea), and for
this extra twenty-five per cent of bank
notes they are willing to pay "au addi
tional heavy tax," planning of course to
charge it, in addition to their usual per
cent, to borrowers. The security is sim
ply an estimate (their own) that not
over five per cent of the bankers will
prove dishonest or fail through lack ot
ability to loan on good security or reali
zable paper. If more than five per cent
of the banks should fail for any reason
the government would nave to stand the
loss.
Now notice, this bank note, elastic,
paper, flat, privately-issued currency
which the bankers of America propose,
and which, therefor , must be stlfe and
sonnd and free from any of the vagaries
of the dangerous greenbackers and Pop
ulists, is to be based on property, not on
anybody's property, for then the farmers
and great and Bmall manufacturers
could get what money they needed at one
half of one per cent a year, but on the
bankers' property alone. The bankers,
you see, area superior, more deserving
class of citizens. They were not born to
live by their own sweat, but to lend flat
paper capital to the workers. The gov
ernment, that is, the people, ought to
give them government endorsed notes, at
the trifling labor cost of one half of one
per cent a year, in order to haveachance
to borrow back their own made nnd en
dotxed paper at bank rates amounting
to from six to thirty-six or morn per
cent a year.
But on certain important thin (to these
infallible financial teachers and the Fop.
ulists agree, e. g., that the pt-plt no'd
. f i ir. rnpm innw rnni: Ton hilt
more money tnan the metals supply,
that it should be sufficiently elastic in
volume to meet the varying needs of in
dividual borrowers, and that property,
not gold or gold and silver alone, depos
ited or promised, but exchangeable prop
erty of any sort, if there bo enough ot it
and the government will endorse the par
per issued on it, is a good basis for paper
currency.
The difference between us Populists
and the American Bankers Association
is very considerable, nevertheless. They
would allow men with $50,000 worth of
property to exchange it for currency,
gold, silver, or paper, and on this cur
rency, not deposited (and no bonds be
hind it) bat kept in their own hands or
loaned at interest, they would have the
government manufacture, endorse and
loan them at one half of one per cent a
year $25,000 of paper, fiat money. A nd,
take notice, the currency on which this
$25,000 might be borrowed and the
amount borrowed could all be wasted,
lost or run away with, and the govern
ment would be the loser. We, on . the
contrary, would allow every man (equal
rights) to borrow money of the govern
ment on his property, but would loan
only on real estate (mortgage security)
which cannot be run away with, lost, or
transferred away from the government
mortgage, and on staple articles of value
which are kept for perfect security under
bond in government warehouses. The
rich and the big land-owners we would
not lend to beyond a certain safeamount,
est they by it increase their land-hold-ngs
and so oppress. - The poor who have
no land we propose to provide for and
see that they come to their natural in
heritance by cutting off interest, reducing
rent and equalizing the burdens of taxa
tion.
Now, which plan for providing the peo
ple money is the better plan? Hand this
article marked to your neighbor and ask
him what he thinks after reading it.
The new song book, now ready for de
livery, is Immense. Fire in your orders.
Thirty-flve cents a copy.
ANOTHER 00N8PIBA0Y DI800VEEED
The letter which we repriut below was
received by the principal of one of the
county seat schools of the state, and
shows that Mr. J. H. Miller and others
are working an underhand private corre
spondence political scheme to defeat Prof'
Jones and elect the Republican candidate,
Mr. Corbett, for State Superintendent
Mr. Miller is the editor of the "North,
western Journal of Education," a publ
cation which expects the favors nnd
friendly support of teachers of all parties,
of Populists, and Democrats, as well as
Republicans. It is the only educational
journal published in Nebraska which cir
culates more or less among the teachers
in the different counties. The only way
the N. J. of E. has entered into politics is
a way that perhaps does credit to the
astuteness of its editor. Before the con
vention Mr. Miller made known in the
editorial columns of his paper what sort
of man would be acceptable to well, to
those who know better than the people
or the people's chosen representatives
what sort of man is qualified to serve
them. He was bo good, also, as to pub
lish the names of several men, we are in
formed, whom the conventions might
select from. ButthePopulistconvention,
it seems, did not accept the judgment
and assistance of Mr. Miller in selecting
its candidate for State Superintendent.
Therefore in the September number of
Mr. Miller's monthly he kindly let the
people kuow that the Republican party
candidate was the only one (according
with his previous, description) prepared,
by teaching in Nebraska, for the Super
intendent's position.
In all this there was some art, some
appearance of nonpartisanship, mixed
with unconscious egotism, to put it mild
ly; but the alleged nonpartisan is some
times pleased to find even a poor excuse
to pull all possible private wires for bis
party man. This is what Mr. Miller, the
editor and publisher of the N. J. of E.,
has been doing. Following is a true
copy of one of the letters he has been
sending out on the letter head ot bis sup
posed nonpartisan paper, or magazine.
The name of the recipient is omitted, but
if any question of its authenticity is
raised Prof. Jones, to whom the Populist
teacher receiving forwarded it, will show
the letter itself. It reads as follows:
Northwestern Journal of 1
Education.
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 10,1894. )
Dear Friend: The campaign is upon
us, and while school people are not and
should not be violent politicians, it has
seemed to several of the workers
of the state that something
special should be done in Mr. Corbett's
behalf.
We are interested in the constant ad
vancement of the public school interests
of Nebraska. Mr. Corbett has done all
bis teaching in Nebraska, from the
country school to the city school; has
taught in our county institutes; knows
our needs, our workers, what has been
done, etc; The opposition candidate is
possibly an able man, but he is wholly
unknown to our teachers, knows nothing
of what we have been doing, of our
struggles and aims, our associations,
etc. It seems to many who have thought
seriously over the matter that it would
be a calamity to the educational inter
ests of Nebraska to allow the election of
any man, no matter what his education
al qualifications, who waa not closely
identified with the present work of te
state.
You are asked, therefore, to make a
thorough ctinvass of your part, of the
county, seeing personally every Populist,
Democrat and Prohibitionist, and solic
iting their votes. Unte npon them to
stand by th public nchool interests.
We do not care how they vote on the
rest of the ticket.
Get pledge and take their names and
you
their
names.
If any are doubtful send their names to
F. A. Barton, Lincoln, chairman of the
state committee. We look to you to do
some tall rustling. Report to Mr. Bar
ton, or to me, once a week until date of
election; also send any suggestions.
Five hundred teachers will be enrolled
workers. You are authorized to add as
many to your force as you think best.
Make every teacher a worker. Write
me. Yours very truly,
J. H. Millbb.
Let us consider for a moment the above
argument in behalf of Corbett for State
Superintendent.
Observe, it is simply and solely tbat
Mr. Corbett has done all his teaching,
just a few years, by the way, in Nebras
ka, and has taken some part with other
teachers in county institutes. So much,
of fact, is true; but comparing Bich prep
aration with that of Prof. Jones, it is
truth that argues against Corbett. It Is
assumed on the basis of this preparation,
which is not superior to what hundreds
of other Nebraska teachers have received,
that Mr. Corbett is better qualified to be
placed as Superintendent over the teach
ing fraternity and schools of Nebraska,
than is a man who has had three times
his experience as a teacher, and where
only the best qualified teachers can se
cure positions, such as the principalship
of the high schools and the superintend
ency of the city schools of Aurora, Illinois,
positions held six years by Prof. Jones.
But even this is the least part of the cre
dentials of the people's candidate.
Prof. Jones' fame as a teacher at Aurora,
and in Knox county, Illinois, together
with addresses delivered by him before
interstate gatherings of educators, led
to his selection and election to the presi
dency of the IndianaStateNormal School
a position which he held ten years, before
resigning to locate in Nebraska. The
October number of the Indiana School
Journal contains the following editorial
concerning Prof. Jones and his candidacy
for State Superintendent:
Wm. A. Jones, A. M., the first president
of the Indiana State Normal School has
been nominated on the Populist ticket of
Nebraska for Superintendent of Public
Instruction.
Mr. Jones waa president of our Normal
school for ten years and in that time did
more for the cause of education in the
state, as to its method and spirit, than
has been done by any other man. His
methods and his thought were not ap
preciated by the masses at the time and
we are even now only beginning to real
ize their full force.
t The acknowledged leaders in education
al thought today are standing on the
same platform occupied by him in 1870,
when he assumed the presidency of our
State Normal.
Mr. Jones is a leader amongeducation
al thinkers and he would honor the high
est educational office any state could
confer upon him. . Nebraska could not do
itself a greater honor, or confer upon its
children a greater blessing, than to elect
him, without regard to party, super
intendent of public instruction.
Following is another testimonial from
the superintendent of theCleveland, Ohio,
public schools.
Office Superintendent of Public )
Instruction. .
Cleveland, O., Sept. 17, 1894. )
To whom it may concern:
This may certify that I was a member
of the faculty of the Indiana State Nor
mal School for some years, during the
time in which Mr. W. A. Jones was its
honored president. In my judgment no
other man has done so much for the ele
vation of the general school work of In
diana as has Mr. Jones, the effect of his
work being yet clearly noticeable through
out the state. He is one of the clearest
thinkers of modern times.
Had he devoted himself to philosophy
he would have ranked not far below Dr.
Harris.
He is not a relation of mine and this
note is given in the interest of education
rather than in the personal interests of
Mr. W. A. Jones.
Very truly yours,
L. H. Jones,
Superintendent Schools.
On the same date that Prof. Jones
received one of the- J. H. Miller letters he
received the following:
State Normal SchooL,
Oswego, N. Y. Oct. 4. 1894,
Prof. W. A. Jones, Hastings, Neb.
Dear Sir: I have just learned with
great pleasure that you are a candidate
for office of state superintendent in Ne
braska. I only wish I had an opportunity
of voting for you. I should like to add
one to the votes that are cast for one so
worthy of such a position.
I hope that the state of Nebraska may
be so fortunate as to secure your service
as state superintendent. Inclosed I send
a good word for you which you may use
iu any way you please.
y Yours very truly,
E. A. Sheldon.
Above is the letter. Following is the
"good word:" ' ,
State Normal School, )
Oswego, N. Y. Oct. 4, 1894. f
7 his is to Certify: That I have kno wn
Prof. V. A. Jones for ' many years and
esteemed him as a man of rare ability in
all educational work.
I have rarely known a man who has
such clear educational ideas, and who
understands the bearing of educational
principles on teaching and who has the
educational ability to organize and super
vise a system of schools.
I hope lie may be elected as state
superintendent of Nebraska. In such an
event I believe the state of Nebraska will
have the mast able superintendent in the
country. E. A. Shelaon,
Principal Oswego State Normal and
Training SchooL
The above letter came unsolicited. The
testimonials are entirely voluntary, and
all three of these who have spoken in such
remarkably high praise of Prof. Jones
are men of national reputation.
The action of Mr. Miller in selecting and
with help, by private correspondence,
organizing five hundred or more Republi
can teachers to quietly canvass the state
in the interest ol Mr. Corbett, using his
supposed non-partisan educational
monthly's letterhead for effect, and alleg
ing or intimating his own political dis
interestedness in connection with a plea
let cnem
so biased, withholding, too, the trutii
concerning Prof. Jones' demonstrated,
attested, splendid, probably nowhere M.
equalled qualifications, is at best entirely
uncalled for and very unwise. . It wid
bring him and his paper into disrepute
with all fair-minded people. He has,
while Bailing publicly nnder nonpartisan
colors organized and led privately a
vote-soliciting canvass for Corbett, and
has, so far as his monthly (as well as his
private letter to teachers) is concerned,
thus far withheld the record and testi
monials . which establish Prof. Jones'
rare fitness for the superintendent's office
We think not one of the three great edu
cators of Indiana, Ohio and New- York
who have so highly and strongly com
mended Prof. Jones for the office, in
auestion. is a Populist. But they have
educational interests really at heart, and
therefore feel it a duty as well as a plea
sure to let the people know what they
know of him. Why did not Mr. Miller in
his school journal give the teachers ol
the state the professional record of both
candidates? That would have been fair
treatment of both gentlemen and their
friends.
We dislike exceedingly to attribute
worse motives than are necessary to the
man who h as secretly taken the leading or
most influential part in this organization
among teachers aimed to defeat Prof.
Jones and elect Mr. Corbett, but the cob
tent of the letter written, signed and senfr
to so many Nebraska teachers by Mr. '
Miller, puts him andhis paper under very
heavy suspicion of being in the pay of the
Republican party. We have but one word
more to say. It will not pay Mr. Miller
or his five hundred enrolled "authorized"
(by whom?) teachers to proceed farther
with their "tall rustling" for votes. If
you are thus disposed to quietly dip deep
into politics in a way so unfair and mean
and contrary to theeducational interests
of Nebraska, it will be necessary for
Populists in future to stand together for
mutual help and defense. And to set back
the work ahead j done by the Miller-led
Republican teachers we call on our sub
scribers in every schooh district in the
state to mark this article and take pains
to place it in the bands of the school
teachers to whom they send their chil
dren.
THE EDUCATIONAL B1W8 WORK
Since writing the foregoing article we
have learned who the man, F. A. Barton,
.1.-1 : f J i : 99 tknt nn-
cuairumu ui siaie uuuiiuiiitrc, man uu-
ad vertised non-political (? 1 1 1) committee
organized by the old party educational
ring to continue itself in power, is. He is
A. K. Goudy's, the present state superin
tendent's stenographer. And be is using
his time, which the taxpayers of the
state, Populists, Democrats and Repub
licans, pay for to serve all equally, and
the office and type writer of the state, we
infer, to privately, secretly correspond J
with the known Republican teachers and,
for whatever consideration may bb
necessary, get tbem, and whatever
Otoer teucners mmeir several iwnuiuta
they can interest and trust, to go out
and see every Populist, Democrat and
Prohibitionist voter and get his name
and pledge, if possible, to vote for Cor
bett all for the unselfish purpose of
furthering the educational interests of
Nebraska! . i
This explains how part, at least, of the
- r i : : a L a t
expense oi uorrespuuoiiig wiuu live Hun
dred vote-canvassing teachers is met.
The state pays for it, apparently, and
likely for the postage and paper as well.
Superintendent Goudy must know all
about this and be taking part in it. His
advice is helping, no doubt, while he is
permitting his stenographer, whose ser
vices all belong to and are paid for by
the state, to use bis time to attend to
at least a weekly exchange of letters with
over five hundred Corbett vote-canvass
ers, we nave aiso learnea oy tne an mis
sions of one of "the committee" that Mr.
Corbett himself has met with the secret
anti-Populist Corbett committee, has
oAviooA witll Vf 1 11 111- Ann(M.niti k.a
nnnnprr.inn with it, nnrt it ia onnoiunf
that he (Corbett) is thus conducting his
campaign at state expense.
Fine scheme of the ring, and a fine man
to thus pull himself up to a place oH .
honor and powerl
It would be "a calamity to the educa
tional interests of Nebraska" if such a
man, carrying on at state expense such .
secret, expensive, organized, artful work'
to-defeat the People's candidate and a
far better qualified man, should with the
help of the Goudy ring, succeed in secur
ing a majority of the votes cast and the
office. So we ask our readers to place
i all these facts and letters before their
i, t. t . ...
I jocai leacners ana neighbors who may
may have been approached by the
"an thorized" Corbett canvassers, that
by knowing all that has been plotted,
v.--! 4-..n .nil '1 XI 1 . t
milieu aiiu uiiut luejr may De auie to
vote intelligently. Also secure the mimes
of your local teachers who have been
organized under Goudy. Corbett, Miller
and Barton todo the non-partisan dodge
in appealing to voters. Wewaut tofind
out who they are who are so rpaHv to
work to avert "a calamity to the educa
tional interests of Nebraska." They
should be held in honor and be rewarded
for their disinterested service.
THE HEW DND Of 00BP0BATI0N
We have proposed a new kind of corpo
ratfon, or body, a Christian body, by
which we may become "members one of
another" and "by love serve one
another." We propose this because we
see that the moral law and the salvation
of the individual require it.
The church today is not such a body
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