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About The Wealth makers of the world. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1894-1896 | View Entire Issue (May 30, 1895)
c May 30, 1895. THE WEALTH MAKERS. h A Letter From Chairman Edmisten Deak Sib.- As tou sin ted to ma ran would publish any matter I saw fit to ask to bay published, you will please finfl Atwlnaort on h-HMa wliinl. f iloatM nil. H.hA1 i. I. f "It. T Most respectfully yours, J. H. El)MI8TEX. THE EDMISTEN ARTICLE. Since The Wealth MAKERs.the preten ded fopuhst paper at Lincoln, has seen fit to attack the Governor, Senator Allen Ex-Congressmau McKeighan, the State Committee, and in fact allowing no one to escape who does not bow to the would- be dictators, we wonder if it would not be a good idea to give their record so that the public will understand why these attacks are made and what the prime motive is tbat leads up to such actions, The voters of this state are familiar with the course of the "A. P. A." organi zation, and now at all times it renders service to the Republican party. No matter how corrupt the man or the scheme if it is labeled "Republican" it has the hearty support of that order. The fact has just developed that one and probably both the manager and editor of The Wealth Makers are members of this notorious organization, and they dare not deny it. It is understood at once why they can afford to pursue the course they have wnen tney are simply rendering service to tneir masters to an order that ques tions the loyalty of every citizen who does not believe as they do. We can understand now why The Wealth Mak ers nas said so little about the A. r. A. legislature which stands charged by the people with being the most corrupt that ever assembled in the state and which dealt in little else than vicious measures. It is very easy now to see why the col umns of The Wealth Makers are filled with slander against the men who have made it possible for the Populist party in this state to attain to the position it occupies and who, without a single ex ception, are opposed to enforcing a reli gious test upon citizens of this country, believing that all men, regardless of their position in life, their education, color, or religious belief, are entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It is con trary to American Independence that a religious test should be forced upon the citizens of this country. If we bow to the dictates of this organization we sacri fice our liberties and yield up the rights of our free institutions. Patriotism urges every man who is loyal to his country to stand firm by her liberties and her institutions. To the manager of The Wealth Mak ers, Mr. Hyatt: What have you to say about your record as an A. P. A.?" What have you to say Mr. Gibson about your silence regarding the A. P. A. legislature? Stand up and explain to the people what you mean bysuch actions. If the charges made against the mana ger and editor of The Wealth Makers that they are members of this un-Ameri can organization be true, they have succeeded in deceiving the people up to this time, covering up their" guilt in the matter, and venting their spleen by riticising others who have spent their time and monev freelv for the benefit of the Populist party. This might also be the clue to the real reason of the defeat of Judge Holcomb one year aeo for . supreme judge. Should the charges be sustained as facts that they have betn failing under false colors and the People's causesuffer ing defeat on account of treachery, tlit-n the fate of every impostor should be their just reward. This matter will bear close investigation and if they prove themselves to be innocent no harm can resultfbut if they are guilty then they are deserving of such criticism as will expose their false position and uncover their hypocritical attitude by uncovering this masked battery of the enemy. n' l, u L I c . : ii . l iiw yi uuaum rvosuu lur cubuu uiis suspicion is, first, their close relation to the Lincoln State Journal. Evidently , the mutual feeling between the two is such that neither The Wealth Makers nor the Journal has time to criticise each other's actions. In fact, with such a friendly feeling existing between the two, i it would hanlly be expected, yet this fact Vte familiar t all, that both of these I papers are continually criticising the members of the People's party. Would this indicate a mutual understanding? Or is it possible for the minds of these two editors to run exactly in the same nV. n'lw. I. 4-1. .. J We are reliably informed that the same matterwill go into both papers and that matter is frequently prepared at The Wealth Makers office and furnished to the Journal, or at least The Wealth Makers take the pains to typewrite mat ter for the Journal. Does that indicate anYindertitandiug? e simply call attention to the matter rder to give the readers of. The ealth Makers to understand that i uru i M ii i iiuvi m tv inor a t n n t tMini.it is advocuting is not true, and in order to eet at, the truth of the matter it wnnldf a 1 17 IWYi Kin t-rk mvuotiirata 4hiioa vutiwifa aud see if there is sufficient proof to war rant tneir exposure. If so. then our in formation is correct. It becomes neces sary for The Wealth Makers' manager and editor to justify themselves on account of the course they have taken and it also becomes necessary for them, to substantiate the charge against the leaders, the officers and the state com mittee of the People's party in this state. And I now challenge them to show any thing that would justify them in the statement that the state committee or Governor Holcomb had any understand ing with the Democratic party in this state whatsoever and I brand thpeditors of The Wealth Makers as publishers of falsehoods iu this matter and they are charged as guilty of such until they can i show unquestioned proof of their state- I ments. ' If the Populist party would become a great national party and if it would rise into greater prominence and maintain the confidence of the masses of the peo ple, its advocates cannot afford to be carried away with every ism that comes up neither can they afford to take any newspaper or man as a dictator and live only by his advice. Wc say the principles of the People's party are dearer to the hearts of the peo ple than the imaginary isms of any indi vidual. The principles upheld by law abiding liberty-loving people will mould intb good and will formulategovernment in tyi interest, of those to be governed. The cry by The Wealth Makers that "some one is about to kidnap a political party is bosh, and the men or set of men who advocate such a thing are not ii iii u lormea correctly or tney are nursing Vsome bad motive. Stop and consider. I I call the attention of the People's party Most respectfully. J. II. MlMlSTKN. Chairman of the State Central Committee of Nebraska, for the People's party. AND OCR REPLY. Dear Sir.- You must have misnnder itood the offer I, the editor, made you. I lid not intend to suggest that you could ase the columns of this paper to bring wholly baseless charges, ad libitum, against its proprietors, but was so ready to do justice and to right any possible injustice that might be done you that f ou were offered the free, full use of our columns to speak for yourself of yourself or of any others whom you might think wronged. Now let me say in all kindness, I have not charged you personally or impliedly with anything which cannot be traced to head errors and not heart evil. In fact, I can believe you were governed by good motives, or what you considered the beat interests of the party, when you held conference with the Democratic lead ers. I think it was not what you called a deal, or trade, but the assurance to the Democrat leaders that "what is right" would be done if they endorsed our candi dates, that made what you and Gover nor Holcomb consider a moral obliga tion to recognize them in appointments. I have characterized this as a great evil and have opposed it strongly for the party's sake in the interest of the peo ple's cause in the days to come. I have done it honestly. Now let us put self out of consideration and leave the whole matter with the people. I hold that the people did not, will not, cannot confer on the chairman of the state com mittee nor on any man or men power or liberty to meet and confer with the lead ers of another party to obtain through them support for our candidates, and that our party cannot be placed under any sort of obligation to the leaders of other parties. I believe our final success as a party is impossible if we do not keep distinctly clear from entangling alliances or the appearance of agreements with political opponents. We do not gain anything really when we, for any con sideration, get old party votes. But now to meet your charge and the fabric of evil which you have reared up on it. First, we want it distinctly understood that we have not 'attacked' the State Committee. We do not believe that the State Committee acting officially ever dis cussed or sanctioned either trades or conferences with the Democratic leaders. We do not believe it favors fusion any more than The Wealth Makers does. Mr. Edmisten isnottheStateCommittee. He should be careful how he speaks for it. Second, the fact lias not developed, as you allege, that either the editor or busi ness manager of The Wealth Makers is a member of the A. P. A., because it is not a fact. The editor of this paper never belonged to but three secret socie ties, and they were two of them temper ance societies, viz., the Sons of Temper ance and Good Templars. The third society was known as the C. I. A. (Citizens Industrial Alliance), planned to supple ment the work of the Farmers Alliance by organizing workers iu the towns More than that, I have no acquaintance, so far as I am aware, with any member of the A. P. A. Though a Protestant, I am not in sympathy with that organiza tion. The only "dragon" that I have any fear of is the dragon of organized greed, and the tail of that monster draws about as many stars Irom the Protestant heaven as it does from the Catholic. If our files are examined they will show that we editorially condemned the A. P. A bill which was passed over the governor's veto. It has been the policy of our party in this state to say nothing in its state platform about the A. P. A. Look at our last state platform. The Wealth Makers has also deemed it wise to avoid religious controversy. We welcome all voters, Catholic as well as Protestant, and placed both sorts on our last state ticket. Our files will show that The Wealth Makers supported the Catholic candidate as strongly as it did the rest, speaking editorially in warm praise of him. Regarding our attitude toward the last legislature those who care to look it up can find our very plain spoken opinion of it in the April 11, 1895, issue of our paper under the heading "A Tborougly Swinish Drove." Besides, we each week published a write-up of the legislative doings, prepared by Mr. Edgerton (Secre tary of our State Committee). The editor of this paper could not attend the sittings of the legislature and dothework of his editorial office also. He there fore depended mostly on Mr. Edgerton, whose business was that alone, to write up the work of the legislature. Fifth, we are suspected, by Mr. Edmis ten, it is alleged, of being in close relation with the State Journal. Now, Friend L, isn't that just a little too ridiculous for any one to take seriously? The idea that the Journal man's mind and mine run in the same channel! We do not know Gere or Jones, but we fear they will believe this is the unkindest cut of all. You state that you "are reliably in formed that the same matter will go into both pnpers and that matter is frequent ly prepared at The Wealth Makers office and furnished to the Journal." Yourentire paragraph is built up on this assertion, and it is an assertion that has no basis or shadow of fact under it The supposed basis of what you state was a misstatement and perhaps n misappre vera. hension. When you were here, May 18, refereuce was made by you or Mr. Edger ton to Mr. Wolfe's letter appearing in the State Journal, and Mr. Hyatt stated that the letter was first brought to us. For Mr. Wolfe's convenience we copied his manuscript on our type-writer and gave him a copy extra. This copy we supposed he took to the State Journal, but have since learned that he did not. He took them -the original manuscript. So this fabric of our alleged relations with the State Journal all goes to the ground. We feel like apologizing to our readers for thus waetingspace to answer entirely unsupported, false charges, but Mr. Edmisten would not be satisfied if we did not go into detail. We Second the Motion JohnG. Carlisle, he Says there's a surplus in the treasured And John G. Carlisle, he Knows a heap more than you and me. If John G. Carlisle, he Says there's a surplus in the treasuree, Then John G. Carlisle, he Ought to set it out bo's the folks can see. John G. Carlisle, he Is likely right as he can be. But, 'Tain't that; To stand pat John ought to say where the surplus's at New York Sun. LINE OP HOMESEEKER9. Thar Are Four Applicants In It for Each Klckapoo Claim. Oklahoma City, Ok.. May 27. All or nearly all of those who located on claims In the Klckapoo reservation came to Oklahoma City last night and this morning'. They crowded around the doors of the land office-like a mob all forenoon. There were two to ten ready to file on the same claim. The land officers struggled manfully to ef fect an organization among the boom ers that their application for filings might be made In a systematic manner. Receiver Ross made a speech to the impatient crowd, in which he said the doors of the land office would not be opened and that no filings would be re ceived until a line was formed and num bers given out. This had the desired effect and about 11 o'clock the organi zation was effected by dividing the line Into squads of ten. each squad selecting a captain. The line was constantly re ceiving recruits during the day, and at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon No. 1,82) had been given out. STOLE HIS WIFE. Bev. Mr. Sharp Will Neither Prosecute Nor Forgive Her. Des Moines, Iowa, May 27. Rev. P. A. Shar.j, pastor of the Church of God, of Stuart, arrived In the city yesterday to confront his erring wife and her be trayer, Elder Samuel Roberts, who had eloped together and were arrested here. The arrest was the culmination of a sen sational affair. Several years ago Rob erts, a singing evangelist, came to Stu art to help Rev. Sharp conduct revival meetings. He was well recommended and was taken into the Sharp family. Boon there was talk of his actions with Mrs. Sharp, and finally a week ago Rev. Mr. Sharp ordered him out of the bouse. Soon Mrs. Sharp wanted to go for a visit with her sister in Cedar Falls. She started for that place, but instead of going, met Roberts and they came here, staying at a hotel as man and wife. Sharp suspected all was not right, and discovering what had hap pened, came here with two friends and a warrant for the arrest of the pair. The warrant was served by the two friends of Mr. Sharp, who was at the time unable to leave his room. Mr. Sharp declined to prosecute either of the guilty ones, and Roberts was told to get out of the State also. 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Dispatches from down the lines of the Wisconsin Central and Chi cago & Northwestern roads say the fires are looking bad. ' Iron Mountain, Mich., May 25. Forest fires are raging near here and this city Is enveloped in smoke. The flames are fanned by a south wind and the mer cury is 86 in the shade. Everything Is very dry. Ramsay, Mich., May 25. This town Is surrounded by forest fires. The peo ple are In great fear that the town will burn and are taking necessary precau tions.. The weather is oppressively hot Six Years for an Ex-Judge. Springfield. Ohio. Mav 27. Ex-nniin. Judge Charles E. Morris, who srnl hv a series of straw mortgages $10,000 from Via CI titan a' PtillHInic r - -w. .kuAiu..je auu uveal as sociation, was arraigned, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to six years in the penitentiary. For a George B. Shaw Memorial. Eau Claire, Wis., May 27. A move, tnent has been Inaugurated by mem bers of the Knights of Pythias to erect a memorial to the late George B. 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It was suggested to Secretary Herbert shortly before the New York sailed that It would be an excellent idea to have a display of fireworks at the opening of the canal and that the President's por trait would look well among othre set pieces. The Secretary thought well of the suggestion and the order was ac cordingly given. Princely Gift to a School. New York, May 27. Fast upon the announcement of President Lowe's gift to Columbia College comes that of a princely benefaction to the New York University, the greatest that has come to it in its history of two generations. It is a central building, to be built on University Heights, at One Hundred and Eighty-first street, value J250.000. lenx That Marti Is Dead. "Tampa, Fla., May 27. Telegrams re ceived yesterday by Cuban leaders from Jamaica emphatically deny that Marti, the Cuban leader. Is dead. Homeseekers Excursions. 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But is the Baltimore. plan a reform? It gives the associated banks the power to expand the currency and relieve the country. It also gives them the power to contract it at will and create universal distress for their own private gain. It puts the credit of the government behind every bank note. It donates all but half of one per cent of the profit on the note issue to the banks, and it leaves plenty of opportunities for a Napoleon of Finance to wreck a bank and leave the government to pay the notes. It leaves the banks free to demand the highest interest that the several states will allow, and affords no relief to farmers and business men of moderate capital. Contrast with this The Hill Banking System. In "Money Found," an exceedingly valuable and instructive book published by Charles H. Kerr & Company of Chicago, and for sale at the office of this paper at 2$ cents, Hon. Thos. . Hill proposes that the government open its own bank in every large (own or county seat in the United States, pay 3 per cent on long time deposits, receive deposits subject to check without interest, and loan money at the uniform rate of 4 per cent to every one offering security worth double the amount of the loan. This plan is not an expense to the government, but a source of large revenue. It secures the government amply, which the Baltimore plan does not. It relieves the distress of the common people, which the Bal timore plan does not. It protects not only note-holders but depositors, who are un secured now and under the Baltimore plan would be still worse off. In a word, the Baltimore plan is in the interest of the bankers, the Hill Banking System is in the interest of the people. Consider them both, and ask your congressman to vote for the toe you believe in. And send us 25c. immediately for the book, "Money Found has no equal in its line. Address, Wealth Makers Pub. 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