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About The Wealth makers of the world. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1894-1896 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 29, 1895)
VOL. VII. SO MOVES THE WORLD. "We sleep and waka and ileep. Dot all thing! move; Th Son file forward to hit brother Sua ; The dark Earth follow, wheeled in herelllpM; And ham an thinga. returning on themselves. More onward, leading op the golden year." The prices of wheat and corn are fall ing. - "Non nobis solis" not for ourselves alone. Ex-Justice Strong of the Supreme court is dead. Peru and Bolivia have settled their controversy. Chicago's new civil service law ha gone into effect. Forest fires near Spokane, Wash., have done great damage. First National Bank of Franklin, Ohio, closed its doors last week. Business is slacking off again. It was a manufactured political spurt. Mill workers at Dundee, Scotland, are out on a strike, 25,000 of them. The Masons are in Boston this week attending the triennial meeting of the grand encampment. Cloak, knee-pants and vest makers to the number of 8,000 to 9,000 are out on a strike in New York. The Denver hotel disaster which caused the loss of something like a score of lives was caused by a drunken engineer. An ex-convict of Atlanta, Ga., has be gun suit for $6,000 against the convict : leasing company for mal-treatment. General Coxey spoke at Des Moines August 23d, and at a Populist picnic at Fountain Grove iu North Chicago a day or two later. A firein Milwaukee last week destroyed nearly half a million dollars of property. Railroad yards and warehouse district iburned over. The Chi nese government is allowing the American missions to be destroyed by the ianatical heathen who hate foreigners. ' Spain is getting hot over this govern ment allowing fuuds to be collected and munitions of war gathered for the Cnban insurgents. The New York board of health has re duced the death rate from diphtheria 46 per cent. Anti-toxine is used and the pa tients isolated. Kansas City has just got possession of iber water works, by purchase. The peo ple hereafter will be furnished water at cost, a great saving. The assessors have only valued the -diamonds of the people of Chicago, in sum total, $27,000. How is that for equality before the law? Potato bugs have gathered on the rail" road track between New York City and Bay Ridge and Coney Island, in such numbers as to stop the trains. The Christian Endeavorers of South Dakota seem disposed to take a hand in politics, in the matter of the saloon business. Why single one evil out? Why not pitch into the whole group of evils? Chicago's new public library has cost $2,000,000, and $600,000 of this has been expended for painting: and decorat- I mg. ine uurary nas uu us saeives ii. " mi i i I : i . i i ni " -000 books. The Dan Head &Co.. bank at Kenosha Wis., closed its doors last Saturday and a great number of farmers and others -are expecting to lose their savings in consequence. Hon. A.J. Balfour, first lord of the treasury, says plainly that an interna tianal agreement on silver would not be secured or helped by an international conference. France is backing down a little in the Waller case. Mr. Waller is a citizen of the United States and has been imprison ed near Paris. He was formerly U. S. -consul at Madagascar. The manufacturers of window glass have formed a trust to raise prices. The wage question they also settle by refer ring it to a committee. The wageearn ers are of course not on that committee. Four cases of suicide in Chicago in one Iay last week, besides two unsuccessful attempts. And the Times-Herald is forced to admit that "the present fre quency of self-murder is one of thet wors of social symptoms." The Chinese government has shown hostility to thecommission demanded to investigate the outrages committed against Christian missionaries in the -Cheng-Tu riots. The members of the 'Commission are virtually prisoners. The Salisburygovernment is doing what it can to establish a parcels post between "Great Britain and the United States. 'The old parties here oppose postal ser vice enlargement to iuclude parcels, be- -cuuse it is not acreeable to the express "comnfinies. Bull fighting has been introduced into 'this country, at Cripple Creek, Colorado. ' The bulls were Herefords and not dis posed to fight, but were tortured until human decency sickened at the sight. Eight thousand people gathered to see the, fight last Sunday. Keir llardie, member of parliament 'representing the laboring class, now lect uring in the United States, says for pub lication that he is a "socialist through and through." "We are drifting to socialism," he said, "and the day is com ing when its principles will be under stood and appreciated." Mr. llardie will speak at the Labor Day celebration in Chicago. A Mrs. Woodworth of Illinois is con ducting faith healing meetings at Lake City, Iowa, and no auditorum in town will hold the crowds that come. The churches are dividing over the subject of faith healing, and much bitterness is be ing shown. One minister who pro nounced it a fraud was waited on by a committee and informed that he would destroy his influence and ruin his church. "There is no controverting the fact," says a press report, "that cures are ac complished by some agency." - A Hoodoo Meeting Editor Wealth Makers: . . The regular Democrats met at Syracuse last Saturday that is a few of them did. They generally understood that this was to be a county convention to nominate county officers, et al. But the Morton sheet printed the call which only allowed them to select delegates to Omaha. This made a little streak of sulphur visible. A motion was made that the chair ap point a committee to select delegates to Omaha (just like the common herd could not do that.) The chair nearly emptied the room when he selected five on the committee. They returned in a few min utes to report, but the smoke had not yet cleared away and Henry Boyden and two others talked about the'great job of harmony they expected from the 'sound' money fellows if they only had a show and they urged an adjournment sine die until the "sound" fellows had a rap at the convention business. The program was for an adjournment to be taken and let them select their delegates to Lincoln and they would adjourn and ' then the hurmony on county matters could be scraped up-in huge chunks and the entire ticket elected in other words "fuse." Two fellows clapped their bands which took away a little of the sulphur hue. Then the delegates were named for Oma ha amid a silence that was oppressive. No one stirred until one of the chosen delegates to Omaha moved that the re port of the committee be received and they discharged. Two voted yea and "nary a one voted no." By the way, the fellows that go to Omaha are not of the common herd. Then the mocion to adjourn was made and seconded by one of the inside gang, and when the motion was put as there were three speakers there were also three ayes and no noes, and the dense (?) crowd fiied down to the two irrigation foun tains to see a man. Such was the enthusiasm that was manifest. We understand that several precincts did not hold primaries but the knowingoues didn't let that little matter stand in the way of their great aggrega tion. And so the end came and there will be four Democratic conventions in Otoe county. A. Spectator. Stanton County Nominations Stanton, Neb., Aug. 24, '95. Editor Wealth Makers: The Stanton county People's Indepen dent convention passed a resolution against fusion, and put the following ticket in the field: For county clerk, Geo. Enos; for treas urer, J. F. liobinson; judge, W. II. Por ter; superintendent, W. H. Woodruff; surveyor, Geo. Porter; coroner, W. Lay ton. Yours, W. H. Woodruff. Phelps County Populist Convention at Hold radge Holdrepge, Neb., Aug. 24, '92. Editor Wealth Makers: The Phelps county Populists held theii convention August 24th, and renominat ed Wm. A. Garrett county jndge; Simon Knudson, Sheriff; L. C. Huck, Clerk o' District Court. They also nominated John S. Johnson for treasurer; John B. Anderson for connty clerk; D. C. Clay for superintendent of schools; P. O. Billings for surveyor, and Dr. D. S. Palmer was nominated for coroner, this will be his third term. Eleven delegates to judicial convention for the 10th district at Has tings instructed to vote for the present incumbent, Judge Beal, were chosen. Al so eleven delegates to the state conven tion were chosen, instructed to vote for ex-Judge Samuel Maxwell, for judge of the Supremo court. Every township was represented and the best of harmony prevailed. Convention Dates The Otoe county Populist convention for the purposeof nominatingcandidates for county offices will be held at Syracuse Oct. 1st. Dr. P. Heed Madden, diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat, 1041 O street, over 11. 1. ticket office. One bottle Ayer's Sarsaparillals worth five of any other blood-purifier. Dr. Miles' Nerve Plasters 25c at auSrugglsts. j LINCOLN, NEB., THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1895. A New Danger We have never seen attention called to the danger of our institutions by the founding and endowing of great schools, colleges and universities by our million aires. On the contrary, the millionaire is lauded without stint and others are urged to do likewise. We have quite a number of such in the United States and they are pointed to with pride by the plute press as irrefrag able evidence of the philanthropy of the financial, monarchs who thus nobly dis pose of a portion of their wealth. The poor or common people are stop ped from even grumbling, for the most of these concerns there is a showy pro vision for some "poor but deserving young men and women." But There are conditions attached to the professorships. " These magnificent seats of learning are to be made the vehicles for teaching plute ideas, plute doctrines, plute politi cal economy, plute-colored philosophy, and plute finance. The professors of political, social and industrial economy are to teach with gags in their mouths, being absolutely under the domination of a wholly pri vate and irresponsible cabal. We have already had several instances where teachers of ability, even famous teachers have been removed because they refused to teach the sociologic fallacies of the plutocratic patrons of the school. This has now become a perfect menace, and it may be necessary for the state to subject these pretentious concerns to public discipline. Under the caption, "Victim of Mono poly," the New York World publishes the following, to which we earnestly invite the attention of every reader of the Kan sas: Chicago, Aug. 9. Edward W. Bemis, Professor of Political Economy in the Chicago University, severs his relation with that institution this week. Prof. Bern is has "resigned" because his resig nation was desired. His scalp dangles at the belt of monopoly. Because heop posed the greed of corporations aud argued against the lawlessness of trusts his chair will be filled by another. The issue raised by the case of Prof. Bemis is already a fruitful topic in all the seats of learning. There is a crisis at hnnd among educators. It is the old story of capital against labor, only now it has invaded the universities. The case of Prof. Ely, of the University of Wis consin, is an illustration. He was charg ed with being a Socialist ond writing against the present order of things, lie was tried and vindicated. Prof. Bemis is not as radical as Prof. Ely, although he studied under him at John Hopkin's University. Prof. Bemis is a quiet man, persistent, but not aggressive, and a hard worker. He is recognized among economists as one of the wheel horses in the work of gathering material for revision of the principles of economic science on induc tive methods. He is not known by any one as a crusader against established order. He believes that such natural monopolies as gas, water and street transportation should be owned and operated by and for the public, though he does not hold that the change should come at once, or, perhaps, ever univer sally. The Chicago University was founded and has been richly endowed by John D. Rockefeller, who has given $4,000,000 to it. Rockefeller has made $75,000,000 in thirty years. The methods by which this great wealth was acquired have been strikingly presented in Henry D. Lloyd's book, "Wealth Against Com monwealth." Mr. Lloyd showed it to be the productive merciless industrial war fare, lawless conspiracy and abuse of municipal franchise. Mr. Yerkes, the street railroad magnate, is another ben efactor of the university. He has given $500,000 to the university in the form of a telescope. Mr. Yerkes has made $10,000,000 in ten years. It was said at the time that in giving the telescope Mr. Yerkes desired to concentrate the gaze of the people on the heavens and away from the streets. The resentment against Prof. Bemis was aroused by hissturdy condemnation of the abuse of municipal franchises. He holds strong convictions regarding the robbery of the public by corporations and city authorities. He has made a long personal investigation of economic problems, as presented in the large cities and he- has given his convictions to students at the university, and to the big university following in this part of the state. He did not indorse the Pull man strike, but he does favor labor unions. After the strike he delivered an address to a number of millionaires in Dr. Brown's church, and criticized the strikers. "The railroads, too,'' he said, "are law breakers, and must be made to obey the interstate commerce act. They are, in fact, as much lawbreakers as the strikers." At this point Marvin Hughitt, president of the Chicago & Northwest ern Railway, stepped up to the pulpit and shouted, ''I consider that language an outrage. To imply thut the rail roads cannot come into court with clean hands in infamous. This was doubtless the reason for his dismissal. Prof. Bemis was popular with the stu dents who all sympathize with him. lie was seen today by the World correspon dent. He said that he preferred not to speak of his interview with the univer sity authorities, but that the report had spread that he was radical in his econora ic views, he wonld say that he was in substantial agreement with such econo mists as Seligman, Ely, Andrews and Walker, though not going so far in some directions as Prof. Ely. He believes that a university should be inclose touch with the labor movement and municipal aud monopoly problems, aad that it is true conservatism to introduce legislation, more honest and just local taxation and such methods of city government and monopoly control as prevail in Glasgow Birmingham and other of the best gov erned European cities. Pittsburg Kan-Ban. Armed Christian Endeavorers Why not? If its a good thing for Sunday Schools why not for Christian Endeavorers? Think of a million of Christian Endea vorers white endeavors and colored armed with rifles, bayonets, swords, cannon and gatling guns and a great Christian Endeavor Navy of ironclads, rams, and torpedoes. What a power they could bring to con vert the heathen to a knowledge of Christianity I If it is a good thing for the Sunday Schools, why not for the Christian En deavorers? Geo. T. Angell. Large Fortunes and Low Wages Dr. Edward McOIynn In Donaboe's Magazine. The three principal matters which have all to do with the increase of wealth in society as at present constituted are the natural bounties upon which man con stantly exercises his faculties, and every thing which enables him to use them to better iidvantnge the -means of trans porting the produce of his labor to all parts of the earth with ease and cheap ness: and the medium which facilitates exchange of commodities between men is money. The study of these three prin cipal sources of wealth to a community will reveal two facts: That the people have been as indifferent to them as the money makers have been attentive and that while the indifference of the one ac counts for their ever-diminishing wages, the attention of the other accounts for their immense fortunes. It is from the natural bounties that all wealth of the community springs. The land and its resources, the forest and its riches, the rivers, seas and oceans with their teeming life are the first and only sources of real wealth, and upon them depend the artificial values which society gives to the things it needs for development. The laborer is the begin ning of all social wealth. He is the unit of value. It is bis exertion which creates all values, and the object of exertion is the support of his own life, the accom plishment of his own destiny here and hereafter as his Creator ordained. The natural bounties must always, therefore, be open to him in every society, no mat ter how complex its organization. The necessity implies a right the right of getting at the natural bounties with ease and without serious hindrance; the right of using these bounties without tax to any power save society, directly or to its agents. Now at this point we get our first glimpse of the manner in which enormous fortunes are made. To take possession of these natural bounties, to monopolize them under cover of law and custom, and to make all men who would use them pay before hand for the privilege have been the aim of the money-makers since time began; by getting hold of the natural bounties, which really belong to the community, aud should never leave their jurisdiction except in the most prudent fashion, and then only to revert regularly to the same community, the builders of great for tunes have been able to enrich them selves at pleasure without any labor worthy of the immense prizes they win. (Steam to be Displaced That electricity will take the place of steam we have no doubt. The experi ment made by the Baltimore and Ohio railway, has proven its acceptability for moving heavy trains, and theexperiment on the Nantasket Beach, just out from Boston, demonstrates that a motor car can easily be built which will pull five or six passenger coaches full at the rate of sixty miles per hour on a curve, and eighty or one hundred miles an hour on a straight line. This will work a revolu tion in transportation. The cost will be materially reduced, and the comfort ia traveling will be very much enhanced. Thousands of tons of coal per annum will be saved, and greater safety to all classes of freight ensured. We confident ly look forward to the time steam will be superceded by the mysterious current which bo obediently serves man, and which quickly returns to the earth with out losing any of its power to serve when called upon again. Progressive Age. Dr. P. Reed Madden, diseases of the Eye, Ear, None, and Throat, 1041 O street, over R. I. ticket otlice. V I ; ; MAXWELL NOMINATED Mm. Feattie and Prof, James H. Bayston Nominated For Begents A LITE LOT OF DELEGATES New Chairman and Secretary Drawn from Hamilton and Lancaster Counties Great Flow of Oratory and Fine Singing All Solid Against Fusion The state convention of the People's party met in Lincoln at Fuuke's Opera house and was called to order by Chair man Edmisten at 2:30 p. m., Wednesday Aug, 28, the building being packed from pit to dome with Populist delegates and interested spectators. E. L. Heath of Sheridan county was by acclamation made temporary chair man. Dan Althen was chosen temporary secretary, J. A. Edgerton assistant sec retary. . Committee on credentials appointed consisted of W. L. Kirk, W.J. Eyestone, O. Nelson, J. E. Dawes, P. L. Lelghton. Speeches followed by Mr. McKeighan, Governor Holcomb, Senator Allen, T. H. Tibbies, Gen. Van Dervoort, D. Clem Deaver, Deck and others. committee on platform. A committee on resolutions and plat form was appointed, consisting of W. A. McKeighan, II. N. Gaffin, W. A. Jones, J. II. Powers, II. G. Stewart and Wilbur F. Bryant. '' '' The time ' of the af teruoon session was largely taken up with speeches from the gentlemen named above. With some other matter of an interesting nature there was much said to show or affirm that our Populist leaders were not, never had been and never would or could be in favor of fusion. There was manifest a gratifying anxiety to get this fear of the fusion taint removed from the minds of the people. Four or five of the speakers dwelt on this important subject with more or lens particularity of statement and the convention was manifestly pleas ed with the eloquent earnest speeches which affirmed that no fusion was favor ed or participated in, and that the Popu list principles as expressed in the Omaha platform were by all loyally accepted and supported. Harmony was pleaded for and an uncritical spirit toward lead ers. Harmony is secured by faithful adher ence to our party principles and having nothing to do with the old parties, or party leaders. We cannot make a deal to support the candidates of old parties for old party support of our candidates and preserve peace in our own ranks. The Wealth Makers is more than grati fied to see manifest in all our men, especi ally our leaders, a fear of fusion and even a fear of having a fusion reputation. The committee on platform and resolu tions reported and the following de mands and resolves were adopted. the state platform. We, the people's party of the state of Nebraska, in convention assembled, do put forth the following platform of prin ciples: We hereby reaffirm the principles of the Omaha platform. We declare ourselves iu favor of strict economy in conducting the affairs of the state government in all its branches. We believe the judicial affairs of the state should be conducted on the princi ples of justice and honesty, without par tisan bias, and in the interests of the people. THE RESOLUTIONS AS PASSED. Resolved, That we favor the principle of the initiative and referendum in mat ters of legislation. Resolved, That we are opposed to any religious test for admission to office or for membership in this party. We invite ail reform and progressive organizations and persons to to unite with us, and deprecate any act which tends to give prestige and continued ex istence to division of reform forces. Resolevd, That if the policy of the gen eral government in reducing the volume of money is continued we must in justice to the taxpayers demand the reduction of all salaries of state and county officers. Resolved, That this convention most heartily endorses the position of Governor Holcomb in reference to the penitentiary contracts and his efforts to administer the affairs of the state in an economical manner. Resolved, That we express our sincere thanks to the mayor and citizens of Lin coln for their courtesy to the delegates and visitors at this convention. NO. 12 Father Snyder introduced afterward the following resolution and it went through with a cheer: - Resolved, That we view with alarm ths recent decision of the United States su preme court on the income tax law, and we denounce as a gross subversion of the principles of free government the sub stitution of government by injunc tion for government by law, which has resulted in the illegal imprisonment of free American citizens, innocent of any crime known to law, without trial by jury. la the speeches, which were able almost without exception, many witty, sharp hits were made at the old parties, and good work was done to open the eyes of honest men. Governor Holcomb's speech was manly and pleasing to all. lie de clared himself for the great principles of the Populist party, that he was doing bis duty as he saw it in the fear of God, and that the affairs of the state were be ing administered with much saving to the taxpayers. Mr. McKeighan said fusion was dead and that Bryan and his followers would be kicked out of the next national Demo cratic convention. Senator Allen was of the same opinion. The senator also said: "If there is a member of the Populist party who advocates fusion I do not know it." Gen. Van Dervoort spoke on organiza tion a necessity, and urged that Legions be formed in every locality. He also took able part in the anti-A. P. A. reso lution. This last called forth many strong speeches. The resolution was voted down. Rev. Alexander Irving made perhaps the brightest, keenest, most forcible brief speech of the convention. He said: "My business is to preach the gospel to the poor, and I couldn't preach it to any one else and be a Populist could I?" THE CANDIDATES CHOSEN. Judge Samuel Maxwell was after an in formal ballot unanimously chosen can didate to head our ticket, and a com mittee of five appointed to wait on him at his home in 1 remont to inform him of his nomination. i.'. There were three candidates for Regent Mrs. Elia W. Peattie of Omaha, Professor James U. Bajston of Red Willow county and Dr. A. M. Casebeer of Lincoln. The two first named received' a majority of votes cast and will be placed on the ticket. - Judge Stark of Aurora was elected chairman of the state central committee and F. D. Eager of Lincoln secretary. A new central committee was chosen, but lack of space this week prevents our pub lishing the names. THE GREAT PICNIC Gen. Coxey Addresses an Immense Audience Near tihel by We went to press too early last week to get in a report of the grand meeting in Polk county addressed by Mr. Coxey a week ago Tuesday. But it is not too late to say that it was one of the great est meetings in both numbers and enthu siasm ever held in this state. "The wood's were full of 'em." Even the State Jour nal report admitted that there were pro bably 7,500 people there, and it is al ways safe to multiply several times the Journal figures at Populist audiences. The editor of The Wealth Makers was on the ground, and avers that he never saw so large a collection of car riages at any meeting he ever attended. The songs (from Armegaddon) were well rendered and the speaking was the most convincing vote-making sort. Mr. Coxey is a disappointment to the class who come to laugh. There is no more reason able, terse, forceful, convincing speaker in the country. He is not an orator, but a reasoner. His arguments are plain and without a flaw. His plans to furnish employment for the unemployed and put sound money in circulation cannot in reason be criticised. He carries his hear ers with him in spite of themselves. The Populist party of this state is un der obligations to the Polk county men who brought Mr. Coxey to Nebraska. By the way, Tolk county is one of the livest parts of the state of Nebraska in the matter of Populist agitation, and they work for the unadulterated article there. No fusion, no falling away from principles in theirs. Deleat's Grove is their yearly stamping ground and they each year bring in great speakers to meet the greatest audiences that gather anywhere. Smyth on Silver Hon. C. J. Smyth of Omaha will speak on Bimetalism Labor Day at the City Park. Not Thai Kind or a Cow "What a lovely cow, Uncle James," said a Boston girl, the morning after her arrival, "and how comically she shakes her head." "Yes; but don't get too near that cow," cautioned the uncle, "he's an ugly critter." L. P. Davis, Dentist over' Rock Is land ticket office, cor. 11 aud O streets. Bridge and crown work a specialty
