The Wealth makers of the world. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1894-1896, February 07, 1895, Image 7
Feb nary 7, 180.1 THE WEALTH MAKEIW ccccocccccccccccocooccccco q Lucas Building, St. Louis, Mo. q 'j XL Fj 8 o o o o ( o u o o o o SEE HIM "SWAT 'EM" BOTH. There is no hope of relief from the conditions that now curse the American people, until both of the old parties have been destroyed. They are the willing and subservient tools of corporate power, and are utterly unable to perform a single noble and patriotic act. This is the sentiment that is breathed forth by every line and picture ia Vox Populi, the illustrated Populist paper that is now producing such a political sensation throughout the United States, and from the columns of which the above cut is taken. VOX POPULI is a 1 6-page publication, and more than half of eaehissne is given over to Pictures and Striking Cartoons. The statistical matter of each single number is worth more than the subscription price for an entire year ($1.00). The circulation of VOX POPULI is general throughout the United States.' Every leading Populist takes it In the campaign of 1895-6 it will appeal t the eye and the intellect of more people than any other journal in the nation. Whether poor or well-off, you cannot afford to do without VOX POPULI. Single copies are sold at 10 cents, but any sub scriber to the paper ia which this advertisement appears, who wishes a sample copy, can get the same by stating that they are subscribers and sending 4 centi in stamps to cover postage, etc., to VOX POPULI, St Louis, Mo. VOX POPULI and The Wealth Makers, both one year tor 1.5a Address. The Wealth Makers. Lincoln. Neb. 8 () () () () () () O o () () n BILL'S POLITISAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. By Thomas E. HilL This is a large octavo book of 450 pages, condensed by tabulation into a small book that it may be universally sold and circulated at a low price. Its purpose is to clearly present, in a manner entirely non-partisan, the merit attaching to each party. No partiality is shown in behalf of any political organization. Like the dictionary, it simply defines. It gives the best-known argument in favor of each, and leaves the reader free to choose which he will serve. It treats upon the important live issues oi the time, and is an indis pensable work to people who would intelligently discuss the political situation. It is a very exhaustive compendium of Political Facts, and literally answers thousands of questions. To illustrate: - What are Democratic principles? Wbat does a single-tax advocate propose' If all tax was placed on land, what would be the tax on the form! What would be the tax on suburban prop erty, and how much on the acre wort h two million dollars in the center of the city! What does a Republican believe! Why be a Republican and favor high pro tective tariff I What are tfc arguments for and against protection! What do to Socialists want What woul4 be UseoKdlilomlf SaiJlstf principles prevailed! What do the Populist desire! If government owned and operated the banks, and banks never failed, and people never hid their money and all money came out and into active circulation, and money was so abundant that interest became low, and all enterprise started up and everybody had employment, what then! What do the Nationalists want! Why nationalize the railroads, the coal mines and various industries! What do the eight-hour advocates pro pose! If working certain hours yields cer tain profit, how could working less hours yield more profit! How could women be benefited by voting! What started the financial panic of 18931 Who commenced the tirade against silver, that resulted in the repeal of the Sherman law! Who started the stampede on the banks In 1803, by which 714 of them failed in eight months, and four hundred million dollars PRICES. . Bound in fine morocco, stamped in gold, convenient and durable for editors, public speakers and others who wish to use it constantly as a work of reference $1.00 Bound in substantial, elegant cloth 75 Bound in paper cover 25 SENT POSTPAID ON RECEIPT OF PRICE, Ail alio tot ult at thi offles of till Publication. Use the Northwestern line to Chicago Low rates. Fast trains. Office 1133 0 Street () () 8 () ( ( O O () () () () () 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o o 8 were drawn out of the banks and hidden within a period of ninety days! . Who was President of the United Statei. '.z. 1849183918681 Who have been the occupants of the prext dentlal chair since 1H7I Who have been members of the Cabinet during every presidential administration! How many Democrats, Republicans, and members of other parties have we had in each and every Congress! How many lawyers in each Comrressl Whence originated the names of "Brother Jonathan," "Uncle Sam," "Loco-Foco," "Silver Greys," etc., etc.! What were the Irenes Involved In the Missouri Compromise, the Monroe Doctrine, the Dred Scott Decision, Fugitive Slave Law, etc., etc. I What of the biographical record of the great leaders In our early history, Including Washington, Patrick Henry, Hamilton, Webster, Franklin, Clay, Calhoun, Jefferson and others! What has thrown so many people into Idleness of late years! Why so many tramps! What is the history of the Coxey move ment! When did the coal miners' strike begin and what was the extent of that movement! What are the facts abeut the Pullman strike, the American Railway Union and the boycott of the Pullman cars! What ate the remedies proposed whereby capital and labor may each have Justice! Bee "Hilt's Political History of the United States." We want yon to notice every new "ad" in our columns. They are put there es pecially for your benefit I'fcUIM.K'M Vli. TKOItM. Adopted by tht Convnflon at Om aha Nebraska, July 4, 1H02. Assembled upon the one hundred and sixteenth anniversary of the Dwlumtion of Independence, the People' Party of America, in their first national conven tion, invoking upon their action tbe blessings of Almighty God, puts forth in the name, and on behall of the people of the country, the following preamble and declaration of principles: Tbe conditions which surround us beat justify our co-operutiou; we meet in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, political and material rain. Corruption dominates the ballot box, the legislatures, the Congress, and touches even the ermine of the bench. The people are demoralized; most of tbe state have been compelled to isolate the voters at the polling places to prevent universal intimidation or bribery. The newspapers are largely subsidized or muzzled; public opinion silenced; business prostrated; our homes covered with mortgages; labor impover ished; and the land concentrating in the hands of the capitalists. The urban workmen are denied the right of organi sation for self-protection; imported pau perized labor beats down tbeir wages; a hireling army, unrecognized by our law, is established to shoot them down; and they are rapidly degenerating into Euro pean conditions. The fruits of the toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal fortunes for a few, unprecedented in the history of mankind, and the pos sessors of these in turn despise the re public and endanger liberty. From the same prolific womb of governmental in justice we breed the two great classes tramps and millionaires. The national power to create money is appropriated to enrich bondholders; a vast public debt, payable in legal tender currency, has been funded into gold-bearing bonds, thereby adding millions to the burdens of the people. Silver, which has been accepted as coin since the dawn of history, has been de monetized to add to the purchasing pow er of gold, by decreasing the value of all forms of property, as well as human la bor, and the supply of currency is pur posely abridged to fatten usurers, bank rupt enterprise, andenslave industry. A vast conspiracy against mankind has been organised on two continents, and it is rapidly taking possession of the world. If not met and overthrown at once it forebodes terrible social convul sions, the destruction of civilization, or the establishment of an absolute despot ism. We have witnessed for more than a quarter of a century the struggles of the two great political parties for power and plunder, while grievous wrongs have been inflicted upon the suffering people. We charge that the controlling influence dominating both these parties have per mitted the existing dreadful conditions to develop, without serious effort to prevent or restrain them. Neither do they now promise us any substantial reform. They have agreed together to ignore, in the coming cam paign, every issue but one. They pro pose to drown the outcries of a plundered people with the uproar of a sham battle over the tariff; so that capitalists, corpo rations, national banks, rings, trusts, watered stock, tbe demonetization of sil ver, and the oppressions of the usurers may all be lost sight of. They propose to sacrifice our homes, lives and children on the altar of Mammon; to destroy the multitude in order to secure corruption funds from the millionaires. Assembled on the anniversary of the birthday of the nation, and failed with the spirit of the grand generation of men, who estab lished our independence, we seek to re store the government of the Republic to the hands of "the plain people," with whose class it originated. We assert our purposes to be identical with the purpose of the national constitution: "to forma more perfect union, establish justice, in sure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty ourselves and our posterity." We declare that this republic can only endure as a free government while built upon the love of the whole peopleforeach other and for tbe nation; that it cannot be pinned together by bayonets, that the civil war is over ana In at every passion and resentment which grew out of it must die with it; and that we must be in fact, as we are in name, one united brother hood. Our country finds itself confront ed by conditions for which there is no precedent in the history t the world. Our annual agricultural productions amount to billions of dollars in value, which must within a few weeks or months be exchanged for billions of dollars of commodities consumed in their produc tion; the existing currency supply ia wholly inadequate to make this exchange. The results are falling prices, the forma tion of combines and rings, and tbe im poverishment of the producing class. We pledge ourselves that if given power we will labor to correct these evils by wise and reasonable legislation, in accordance with the terms of our platform. We believe that the powers of govern mentin other words, of the people should be expanded (as in the case of the postal service) as rapidly and as far as the good sense of an intelligent people, and the teachings of experience, shall justify; to the end that oppression, in justice and poverty shall eventually cease in trie land. While our sympathies as a party of re form are naturally npon the side of every proposition which mil tend to make men intelligent, virtuous and temperate, we nevertheless regard these questions im portant as they are as secondary to tbe great issues now pressing for solution; and upon which not only our individual prosperity, but the very existence of free institutions depends; and we ask all men to first help us to determine whether we are to have a republic to administer, be fore we differ as to the conditions upon which it is to be administered; believing that the forces of reform this day organ ized will never cease to move forward un til every wrong is righted and equal pri vileges established for all the men and women of this country. We declare, therefore, UNION OF THE PEOPLE. First, That the union of the labor forces of the United States this day con summated, shall be permanent and per petual; may its spiritenter into all hearts, for the salvation of the republic and the' uplifting of mankind. Second, Wealth belongs to him who creates it; and every dollar taken from industry, without an equivalent, is rob bery. "If any man will not work neither shall he eat" The interests of rural and civic labor are tbe same; their enemies are identical. Third. We believe that the time has come when the railroad corporations will either own the pwiplo or the people must own tbe railroads; and should tlx govern men t enter upon the work of own ing and managing the railroads, we should favor an amendment to the con stitution by which all persons engaged In the government service shall be pro tected by civil service regulations of the most rigid character, bo as to prevent the increase of the power of the national administration by the use of such addi tional gonernmeut employes. FINANCE. We damand a national currency, safe, sound and flexible; issued by the general government only; a full legal tender for all debts public and private; and that without tne use 01 banRingnorporations; a just equitable and efficient means of distribution direct to tbe people, at a tax not to exceed 2 per cent per annum, to be provided as set forth in the sub-treasury plan of the Farmers' Alliance, or some better system; also by payments in discharge of its obligations for public improvements: We demand free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at the present legal ration of 16 to 1. We demand that the amount of cir culating medium be speedily increased to not less than $50 per capita. We demand a graduated income tax. We believe that the money of the country should be kept as much as pos sible, in the hands of the people; and hence we demand that all state and na tional revenues shall be limited to the necessary expenses of the government, economically and honestly administered. We demand that postal savings banks be established by the government for the safe deposit of the earnings of the people and the facilitation of exchange. TRANSPORTATION. Transportation being a means of ex change and a public necessity: tbe gov ernment should own and operate the railroads in tbe interest of the people. The telegraph and telephone, like the postofflce system, being a necessity, for tne transmissionof news, should be owned and operated by the government in the interests 01 tne people. LANDS. The land, ' including all natural sources of wealth, is the heritage of the people, and should not be, monopolized for speculative purposes; and alien owner ship of land should be prohibited. All land now held by railroads and other corporations in excess of their actual needs, and all lands now owned by aliens, should be reclaimed by tbe gov ernment and held for actual settlers only. RESOLUTIONS. . . The following resolutions were offered independent of the platform, and were adopted, as expressive 01 toe sentiments of the convention: Resolved, That wedemandafree ballot and a fair count in all elections, and pledge ourselves to secure to it every legal voter without federal intervention, through the adoption by the states of the unperverted Australian secret ballot system. Resolved, That therevenuederived from a graduated income tax should be appli ed to the reduction of tbeburdenof taxa tion now levied upon tbe domestic m dustries of this couutry. Resolved, That we pledge our support to fair and liberal pensions -o ex-!Jaiun soldiers and sailors. Resolved, Thaw ne condemn the fallaov of protecting American labor under the I present system, which opens our ports to tne pauper and criminal classes 01 tne world, and crowds ont our wage-earners and we denounce the present ineffective law against contract labor, and demand the further restriction of undesirable immigration. Resolved, That we cordially sympa thize with the efforts of organized work' ingmen to shorter the hours of labor and demand a rigid enforcement of the exist ing eightrhour law on government work, and ask that a penalty clause be added to said law. Resolved, That we regard the main tenance of a large standing army of mercenaries, known as the rinkerton system, as a menace to our liberties, and we demand its abolition, and wecondemn the recent invasion of the Territory of Wyoming by the hired assassins of flutocracy. assisted by federal officers, Resolved, That we commend to tbe thoughtful consideration of the people and the reform press, the legislative sys tem known as tne Initiative and Referen dum. Resolved, That we favor a constitu tioual provision limiting tbe office of a president and vice president to one term, and providing for the election of the senators by a direct vote of the people, Resolved, That we oppose any subsidy or national aid to any private corpora tion for any purpose. H. E. Taubeneck, Chairman, Marshall, Illinois. J. H. Turner, Secretary, Georgia. Lawrence McFarland, Secretary, New Xork. M. C. Rankin, Treasurer, Terre Haute, Indiana. Notice our cheap clubbing rates with 'The Prairie Farmer" and "The Picture Magazine." Send in your subscriptions You will want good reading matter for the family during the long winter even ings. Errors of Youth.? SUFFERERS FROM Seitoiis Mility, YontMnI Indiscretions, Lost MM, BE YOUR OWN PHYSICIAN. Many men, from the effects of youthtul Impru f) deuce, have brought incut state of weakness A that has reduced the general system to much at to SS induce almoat every other disesset and the real Q eause of the trouble ecarcely ever being suspected, they are doctored for eve rything but the right one. W During our eateniive college and hospital practice m we have discovered new and concentrated reme- A dies. The accompanying prescription is offered am. w as a curtain akd app.FDY c i rb, hundreds of m cases having been restored to perfect health by its aa. use after all other remedies failed. Perfectly pure A ingredients -must be used in the preparation of this A prescription. R Erythroxylon coca, ) drachm. 9 Jerubebin, t drachm. - Monies Dioica. ( drachm. A Oelsemin. 8 grains. Kxt ignatise aniens (alcoholic), 2 grains. A Kxt. lentandra, J samples. m Glycerine, o,. a. Mix. Make 80 pills. Take 1 pill at 8 p.m., and another 9 on going to bed. This remedy is adspted to every weakness In either sex, and especially in those W cases resulting from imprudence. The recuperative powers of this restorative are astonishing, and Its use oontlnued for a short time changes the languid, debilitated, nerveless condition to one of renewed S life and vigor. A To those who would prefrr to obtain It of os, by 0 remitting 1, a sealed package eontaing AO pills, A carefully compounded, will be sent by mail from 0 our private laboratory, or we will furnish 6 pack- ages, which will cure most cases, for (A. iUucun 9) soersoVg ctmfldtnttal. 0 NEW ENGLAND MEDICAL INSTITUTE, J No. 7 Tremont Ro w, Boston, Mass f) MISSOURI SOLONS. tliw I'hlpp Department HlortJ Mill En KrneaHil In the) llous. Jefkekhon Citv, Ma, Feb. 4. Fhipps' bill fixing a license tax of .") upon each line of goods over two car ried in department stores went to engrossment by an undivided vote. Tha entire afternoon in the house, was consumed in the discussion of the cigarette bill. It was a hard fight, and at last the bill went to engrossment somewhat amended. It is made a misdemeanor for any one to sell or give a cigar to any child under the age of 18 years. A second section providing that any boy under 18 years old using tobacco or smoking a cigar or a cigarette In any public place, might be fined from 82 to $5 for so doing, was stricken from the bill. The desire was to incorporate the New York law into the statutes of this state, but the defeat of the second section eliminates the strong est feature of that law from the en grossed bill. Senator Tears introduced a bill pro viding that the state librarian and the reporter of the supreme court give bond, and it fixes the amount of the bond. Senator Pears introduced a bill cre ating the oflice of building commis sioner for the state university. Some time ago the senate adopted a resolution calling upon President Jesse of the state university to fur nish certain information, as regards the number of teachers, professors, and their salaries, in that institution. President Jesse hus not yet complied with the request. Senator Goody koontz introduced a supplemental resolution asking why the previous resolution has not been answered by information asked. The senate has passed the Macon road law by a unanimous vote. This bill was recently defeated in the house, but it was done without an understanding of its provisions and effect. Since then the bill has been so amended as to apply only to cities of the third and fourth classes. New York v llltln Itetnrn Home. Bkookljtn, N. Y., Feb. 4. The mil itia all through the city have received orders to return to their homes. A guard at each of the armories will, however, be maintained. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS BREVITIES J. Alvin Sankey took the first prize in oratory at the college of Emporia contest. Che! Long, probably tha boldest horse-thief in the business was cap tured near, Chandler, Ok. Mrs. John Hudson of Oak Grove, Ma, wife of a well-known farmer, was killed by a runaway team. Specials from various parts of the state indicate that much snow has fallen in Nebraska. Tha mercury i at zero and a high wind prevails. The wife of Douglas Balls, a farmer, residing eight miles east of Oklahoma City, gave birth to three babies, all of whom are alive and doing well. The Rev. W. E. Ilinshaw, whose wife was so foully murdered by sup posed burglars at Belleville, 111., three weeks ago, is charged with her mur der. A wholesale raid on the safes in Cheney, a small town west of Wichita, was made by persons who have man aged to get away without leaving a clew behind them. Elinira, N. Y., Daily Gazette makes the announcement that Thomas Ryan of Topeka, ex-minister to Mexico and ex-congressman from Kansas, is soon to locate in that city and accept the presidency of an insurance company. If our advertisers do not treat you right, let us know. We want no "fakes" in Thk Wealth Makers. Isn't there something in our "Three Cent Column" that will profit you? We invite attention to the advertise, ment of Crete Nurseries on eighth page These nurseries cultivate direct tracti with the plants, at low prices, for choic stock. Tbey have planted seven million trees on tree claim contract's and sent out trees for many thousands of success ful orchards. Improve your time by getting up a club for The Wealth Makees. TIRED, WEAK, NERVOUS, Could Hot Sleep. Prof. L. D. Edwards,' of Preston, Idaho, says: "I was all run down, weak, nervous and irritable through overwork. I suUcrcd from brain fa tigue, mental depression, etc. I be came so weak and nervous that I could not sleep, I would arise tired, discouraged and blue. 1 began taking Dr. Miles' Nervine and now everything Is changed. I 6leep soundly, I feci bright, active and ambitious. InmrlnmnrninnnA day now than I us-d to do in a week. For this great good I give Dr. Miles' Ecstorative Is'ervine the sole credit. It Cures." flr. Miles' Nervine la sold nn a, nnair.lm eiiariintee that the first bottle will benefit. AndruKglstsellitatll,6bottles for 15, or It will be sent, prepaid, on receipt of price 1 1 I SUICIDE IN A CHURCH. A Young Now York Woman Kills II aelf In ConfsioniI iiox. Nkw Yokk. Feb. 4.A few minutes before 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon two women in the church of the. Epiphany on Second avenue, this city, heard the sound of a body falling for ward by groans and gasps from a con fessional box in the southeast corner of the church. One woman summoned the assistant sexton, who hurried into the church and opened the confessional and found lying in a heap, with blood flowing from her right wrist and throat, the almost lifeless body of a young woman. A doctor was called, who saw that the woman's condition was hopeless,' and twenty minutes after the discovery she was dead. In a pool of blood in the confes sional was found an old fashioned razor. With this the woman had al- most severed one of her hands and her throat had been cut from ear to ear. There were no services going on at the time. She was insane and worth 940,000. Katie Morrison was her name. HEARD NO CRIES FOR HELP. Tha Men of tha Crathle Dear Hearties uosh Mlaa Uanckner'a Experience. Rotterdam, Feb. 4. Captain Gor don of the Crathie, the steamer which is allegod to have sunk the Elbe, the man who was at the wheel when the collision occurred and the members of the crew who were on deck at the time have been examined judicially and have all affirmed that they did not see the vessel with which the Crathie collided, that they did not see a vessel sink and that tbey did not hear any cries of distress. The charts show that the place where the Elbe went down the water ia 126 feet deep. London, Feb. 3. Miss Anna Bueck ner, the only woman saved from the Elbe, says that when the first boat capsized she swam until she caught one of the oars of the other boat which had been launched and then somebody on board the latter craft shouted: "Push her off." They tried to do so, but she held on so firmly to the oar that she was finally pulled on board. Paaaenger and I relit ht Collide. Pittsbuko, Pa., Feb. 4. The Balti more & Ohio express train from Cin cinnati jumped the track at Woodell at 10 o'clock this morning and collided with a freight standing on a sidln&r. One man in the caboose of the freight was instantly killed and another bad ly hurt The baggage car went over one side of an embankment and the smoker over the other side, but none of the occupants were seriously hurts Powdered f ornooba Sold a 11 ran. Omaha, Neb., Feb. 4. A cereal mill here, it is alleged, has been grinding up corncobs and selling them for bran. This sort of "bran" costs $200 per carload while the real costs $300. The milkmen here have been puzzled at the small amount of milk produced by their cows since this bran was placed on the market a month ago. Corncobs have the quality of drying up a cow. One Election Law Violator Sentenced. St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 4. The first conviction of unlawful acts in the re cent election came to-day when Ed ward Miller, who had been on trial in the criminal court for the past two days on a charge of fraudulent vot ing, was found gnilty and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. A motion for a new trial was filed by his attorneys. Ill Flrat Crime Fatal. Denver, CoL, Feb. 4. Frank Wie comb, while attempting to steal a 6ack of coal from a Union Pacific freight car, was shot and probably fatally wounded by Special Police man Peter Daily. Wiscomb had no work and determined to steal rather than see his wife and baby starve and freeze. lo Prevent a 1M order. Dktboit, Mich., Feb. 4. William Brusseau, a nurse of the wife of Dr. Horace E. Pope,, a dentist, swears that he found Dr. Pope sitting on his wife's bed, holding a cloth saturated with chloroform over her mouth, the doctor fired at him,' but missed him. Then he seized a hatchet and buried it in the skull of the doctor. Coinage for January. Washington, Feb. i. The monthly statement of the director of the mint shows at the several mints during January, 1595, as ; follows: Gold, 83,698,300; silver, 8:64,00O; minor coins, 963,300. Of the silver coined 8200,000 was in silver dollars. Since July 1, 1894, the number of silver dollars coined was 3,392,978. Co-Operative Making Proposed. St. Joseph, Ma, Feb. 4. The collar factory of the Wyeth Hardware com pany which was burned a few weeks ago, will not be rebuilt, but the em ployees will try to operate another factory on the co-operative plan, the Wyeths agreeing to take the entire output Advised to Stop Warring. Shanghai, Feb. 4. It is stated on good authority that the British, French and Russian ministers at To kio and at Peking have received in structions form their governments to advise Japan and China to arrange terms of peace. Pnblio Debt Statement. Washington, Feb. 4. The monthly statement of the public debt shows on January 31 the public cash in the treasury amounted to $934,446,269, an increase of the month of 513,542,574 The grand jury is investigating the theft from the county clerk's office of the will of the late James Q. Fair. Several members of the grand jury believe that some deputy in the clerk's office committed the theft or knows the thief. Matt Ryan,' the notorious crook, murderer and jail breaker, was cap tured last night at Pittsburg, Kan., and was brought to the Douglas county jail, from which he sawed his way out last November.