The Wealth Makers and Lincoln Independent Consolidated.
LINCOLN, NEB., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1896.
NO. 35
VOL. VII.
v
WHO ARE THESE MEN?
A Great Army of Soholars, Statesmen,
and Patriots from Every State-
TEEY SHOUT THE POP WAR ORY-
Gold and Silver at 16 to i No Bonds and
a Legal TenJer Paper Money
Issued by the General
Government Only.
Marching to Join Oar Forces.
The following is a fall report of the pre
amble and resolutions adopted at Wash
ington the other day by the leaders of
the bimetallic convention held in Wil
lard's Hall, the convention being com
posed of populists, democrats and repub
licans, after which they resolved to hold
a uaiional convention at the same time
and place as the peoples party, at St.
Louis, July 22, 1896:
The paramount issue at this time in
the United States is indisputably the
money question. It is between the gold
standard, gold bonds and bank currency
on the one side, and the bimetallic stand
ard, no bonds and government currency
on the other.
Ou this issue we declare ourselves to be
fn favor of a distinctive American finan
cial system. We are unalterably opposed
to the single gold standard, and demand
the immediate return to the constitu
tional standard of gold and silver, by the
restoration by this government,independ
ently of any foreign power, of the unre
stricted coinage of both gold and silver
into standard money, at the ratio of 16
to 1, and upon terms of exact equality,
as they existed prior to 1873; the silver
coin to be a full legal tender, equally with
gold, for all debts and dues, public and
private. '
We hold that the power to control and
regulate a paper currency is inseparable
from the power to coin money; and,
hence, that all currency intended to cir
culate as money should be issued, and its
volume controlled by the general govern
ment only, and should be legal tender
We are unalterably opposed to the is
sue by the United States of interest bear
ing bends in times of peace, and we de
nounce as a blunder worse than a crime
the present treasury policy, concurred in
by a republican house, of plunging the
country into debt by hundreds of mil
lions in the vain attempt to maintain
the gold standard by borrowing gold;
and we demand the payment of all coin
nhlio-ations of the United States, as pro
vided by the existing laws, in either gold
or silver coin, at the option of the gov
t. and not at the option of the
creditor.
Whereas, the demonetization of silver
in 1873. enormously increased the de
mand for gold, enhancing its purchasing
power and lowered all prices measured
by that standard; ana '
Whereas, since that unjust and inde
fensible act, the prices of American pro'
ducts have fallen, upon an average,
nearlv fiftv per cent, carrying down with
them, proportionately, the money value
of all other forms ot property, except m
peculiarly favored localities; and
Whereas, such fall of prices has destroy
ed the profits , of legitimate industry,
injuring the producer for the ben
efit of the non-producer, increasing the
burden of the debtor and swelling the
irains of the creditor, paralyzing the pro
ductive enemies of the American people,
relegating to idleness vast numbers of
willing workers, sending the shadows of
despair into the home of the honest
toiler, filling the land with tramps and
nauners. and building up colossal for
tunes at the money centers: and ,
Whereas, in the effort to maintain the
gold standard, the country has, within
the last' eighteen months, in a time of
orofound peace and plenty, been loaded
down with $162,000,000 of additional
interest-bearing debt, under such circum
stances as to allow a syndicate of native
and foreign bankers to realize a net
profit of $10,000,000 on a single deal;
and
Whereas, another call is now pending
for a further gold loan of $100,000,000,
which, but for an outburst of popular
indignation, would also have been nego
tiated in the same secret manner ana
through the same syndicate; and
Whereas, it stands confessed that the
gold standard can only be upheld by so
depleting our paper currency as to lorce
the prices of our products below the Eu
ropean; and even below the Asiatic level,
in order that we may sell in foreign mar
kets, thus aggravating the very evils of
which our people so bitterly complain,
degrading American labor, and striking
at the very foundations ot our civiliza
tion itself; and
Whereas, the advocates of the gold
standard persistently claim that the real
cause of our distress is over-production
that we have produced so much it has
made us poor which implies that the
true remedy is to close the factory,
abandon the farm and throw a multi
tude of people out of employment a
doctrine that leaves us absolutely with
out hope for the future; and
Whereas, tbe difference of exchange be
tween silver standard countries and gold
standard couuntries is equivalent to a
bounty equal to the difference between
the value of gold and silver, in favor of
the products of silverstandard countries
exported to gold standard countries.and
a corresponding tariff against the pro
ducts of gold standard countries ex'
ported to silver-using countries; and
Whereas, the cost of production other
wise in the old world, and particularly iu
China and Japan, is far less than the
eost at which similar products can be
produced or manufactured in this couni
try by American labor without reducing
our fanners, miners, mechanics, manu
facturers, and other industrial workers
to the level of Chinese coolies;
Thefore, be it resolved, That over and
above all other questions of policy, we
are in favor of restoring to the people of
the United States the time-honored
money of the Constitution gold and sil
ver, not one, but both the money of
Washington and Hamilton and Jefferson
and Money and Jackson and Lincoln, to
the end that the American people may
receive honest pay for an honest product;
the American debtor pay his just owiga
tions in at) honest standard, and not in
a standard that is appreciated 100 per
cent above all the great staples of our
country; and to the end further, that sil
ver standard countries may be deprived
of the unnatural advantage they now
enjoy in the difference in exchange be
tween gold and silver, an aavantage
which tariff legislation alone cannot
overcome.
We therefore confidently appeal to the
people of the fuited States that, leaving
m abeyance tor tne moment au oiner
questions, however important, even mo
mentous, they may appear, ana sunaer
ing, if need be, all former party ties and
affiliations that they unite m one su
preme effort to free themselves and their
children from the domination of the
money power a power more destructive
than any. which has ever been fast
ened upon the civilized men of any race
or m any age. And upon tne consum
mation of their desires and efforts we in
voke the gracious favor of Divine Provi-
dence.
WORK FOB NEBRASKA.
After tbe Bankers and Business Men
Have Ruined it Tbey Ask the
Farmers to Save the Cities
The following very pertinent remarks
were recently printed in the Chadron Sig
nal: '
Attention is especially called to an arti
cle on the inside pages of this paper
headed "The Nebraska Club." This at
tention is so directed because the Ne
braska club sends us a special request to
aid in its good work and also because
there are several pertinent comments to
make on the resolutions there.
It is a good sign when the merchants,
bankers and manufacturers of Omaha
organize to keep Nebraska farmers from
leaving the Btate. For the last fifteen or
twenty years these same Omaha business
men have presented nearly a solid front
of opposition to every effort of the farm
ers in tne interior oi tne state to secure
reasonable treatment and protection of
their rights. During all these years it
has apparently been the preferred in
tention of Omaha business men to secure
the good will of foreign corporations and
money lenders rather than that of the
farmers of their own state whose in
dustry has been the foundation rock
of Omaha's prosperity. Iwo years ago
this opposition took the form ot municv
pal madness. The Omaha business
men's organization arrayed themselves
in a political combination against the
farming sections of the state. They tried
to organize the whole business commun
ity of Nebraska with them against the
farming class. One of their frenzied ap
peals for that purpose lies on the desk
before us as we write. '
The prosperity of Omaha and every
other city in the state depends directly
ou the prosperity of every farmer and
stock raiser in Nebraska. This is a very
trite saying, but apparently it has re
quired the migration of thousands of
farmers from the state in the past few
years to bring a realizing sense oi it
home. Now the prosperity of the farm
ing class does not depend upon growing
big crops. It depends upon getting fair
prices for those crops and reasonable
rates for hauling them to market. The
business men of Omaha and the cities
must expect to co-operate with the farm
ing portions of the state in securing these
privileges if they expect to keep the agri
cultural population we have and secure a
million more by 18SJ0.
The Pop Editor Ahead.
The pop editor is on the average so
much the superior of the gold bug peucii
shovers that there is no comparison to
be made between them. The superiority
of a populist paper consists in its accu
racy and truthfulness, but when one of
the pop editors starts out to lie, the re
form club, John Sherman and crew, can't
hold a candle to him. To show what a
pop editor can do in that line when he
really tries, the following example from
the Southern Mercury of January 30 is
respectfully submitted:
The people's party national committee, com'
nosed largely ot "proxies." endorsed the coarse
ot all of the officers of the committee. Including
the action of the secretary, i. a. Turner, who
has left the party and is now one of the editorial
staff of tbe Silver Knight, a republican tree eilver
paper published at Washington.
If any one knows where that has been
beaten, please mail an account of it to
this office. The fact of the matter is the
committeemen present at St. Louis were
so nearly unanimous that there was
never a roll call at all, and so the "prox
ies" held by those present were never
voted.
St Louis Fops at Work
St. Louis populists are jubilant over
that city having secured the popu
list national convention and are
thoroughly organizing in every ward of
the city. A big mass meeting will be
held there in a few days, and Senator
Marion Butler, Chairman Taubeneck,
Gen. Weaver, Ignatius Donnelley, and
other speakers will be invited.
Both To Blame
The blame of increasing poverty restg
upon two pillars rascals in office, and
fools out. This is not very compliment
ary to our servants Or to ourselves, but
the truth should have right of way at
any cost. C. E. Walker, L.L.D., Coun
cillor American institute of Civics.
TKB BANKER'S OBJECT X.SSSOH.
What the Conspiracy Cost tbs People of
' the United States.
Chicago, February 1, 1896.
Editor Independent Your attention
is called to a brochure by Mr. J. W,
Schuckers, who was private secretary to
Salmon P. Chase, secretary of the treas
ury, during the war, a copy of which is
herewith mailed for review. Mr. Schuck
ers aided very largely in preparing . the
law under which the greenbacks were
issued to carry on the war. Few men
have as intimate knowledge and per
sonal acquintance with our financial laws
and prominent financiers as wr. ocnucs
ers. ' '
The object of publishing "The Aew
York National Bank Presidents' L'in-
spiracy Against Property and Industry"
not alone to can attention w uie
great injustice to the industries ot mis
nation, but to point out tne uanger auu
possibility of such a recurrence at tihe
will of the men who originated and car
ried into effect the scheme of which Mr.
Schuckers writes. " .
Largely through the operation of the
conspiracy above reierrea to, i na
tional banks were closed during tne nrst
eight months of 1893; thirty-one were
closed during the first weeK in JUiy ana
seventy-two during July of that year.
Four hundred millions of dollars were
withdrawn from circulation during June
and July of 1893 to force this object
lesson uppon us. : '
This panic closed the doors of more
than 800 manufacturing establisments,
at once throwing upon the charities of
the public 467,000 workmen.
I ours very truly,
Edw. B. Light.
The work of which Mr. Light writes
is published by the National Bimetalllst,
134 Monroe street, Chicago. Ed. Lml
THE BUGLE HAS SOUNDED.
Call for tbe National Convention of the
People's Party, July 92, 1896. K
The members of the people's party and
all others who favor its principles are in
vited to assemble in their various states
and territories and choose delegates and
alternates under the methods and upon
the basis of apportionmentashereinafter
prescribed, to assemble in national
venf.on at SeflJouis,4MoTn JuT2, T.
D., 1890, for the purpose of adopting a
platform and nomination of candidates
for president and vice president of the
United States, and transacting such
other business as may properly come be
fore them. The number of delegates ap
portioned to each state by the national
committee under the basis adopted is as
follows:
Alabama, 54; Arizona, 4; Arkansas,
20: California, 39; Colorado, 4o; tonnec
ticut, 7; Delaware, 3; Florida, 8; Geor
gia, 61; Idaho, 7; Illinois, 54; Indiana,
30: Iowa, 30; Kansas, 82; Kentucky; 25;
Louisiana, 15; Maine, 9; Maryland, 9;
Massachusetts, 21; Michigan, 29; Minne.
sota, 53: Mississippi, 15; Missouri, 38;
Montana. 11: Nebraska, . 51; Ne
vada, 7; New Hampshire, 4; New
Jersey. 12: New York. 44; North
Carolina. 95: North Dakota, 12
Ohio, 40; Oregon, 17; Pennsylvania, 42;
Rhode Island, 4; South Carolina. 18;
South Dakota, 17: Tennessee, 24; Texas,
95: Vermont. 4: Virginia, 53; Washing
ton, 17; West Virginia, 8; Wisconsin, 25,
Wyoming, 7; New Mexico, 4; Utan, o.
The several territories and the Dis
trict of Columbia shall be entitled to 4
each. ,
The state committee in each state and
territory is charged with the duty of pro
mulgating this call in their respective
states and territories, and determining
the method of choosing said delegates
whether by state conventions at large
or in congressional districts or both. The
officers of the state and district conven
tions are urged to send names of dele
gates as soon as chosen to the chairman
of the national committee. All credea
tinls to the national convention shall be
signed bv the chairman and secretary
of the conventions which selected the
delegates.
Signed, ' H. E. Taubeneck,
Chairman National Committee P. P.
Attest; J. II. Turner,
Sec. National Committee P. P. ,
GEN. COPPINOEB CONFIRMED.
The A. P. A.'s Succeed in Getting- a Low
Bank Officer Made a Brigadier.
There was a hot fight made in the sen
ate against the confirmation of Briga
dier General Coppinger.but itdid not win
Coppinger was confirmed, although he
was promoted over the heads of thirteen
colonels who outranked him. Some of
those who voted for confirmation de
clared that they did so in resentment of
the interference of the American Protec
tive Association, and declared that
otherwise they would have opposed the
nomination because of its invidiousness,
The debate was a most animated one
from start to finish. It developed that
General Coppinger had come to Amer
ica at the beginning of the war at
the instance of Archbishop Hughes, and
it was asserted that tbe nomination
had been made largely at the instance of
Mrs. Blaine, whose daughter was Uea
eral Coppinger s wife.
The Merchants Hotel Restaurent at
the corner of P& 12th st,sorne time since
advertised ten cent meals. ithin a few
days new tables have to be put in once
more, waiters hired, for every one that
comes once, comes again when they saw
the clean table linens, white napkins, and
abundant food, all for ten cents. There
never was such a meal with such service
put up for ten cents before.
WHO THE TRAITORS ARE
Thurston. Baker, MoBride, Elkins, and
Nelson all Tote for the Gold
Standard-
MASQUERADING DATS ABE FAST
What Cornea of Electing Fre Silver Ro-
- publicans to tha Senate They
all Vote Against Silver.
John U, P. Thurston Is for Gold
Washington, Feb. 1, 1896.
Editor Independent: This has been a
memorable day in the senate. Even in
the height of the extra session there was
never such a scene of disorder and excite
ment on the floor of the senate as there
was to-day. The vice president had to
call for the sergeant at arms to preserve
order, a thing that doesn't happen once
in a decade in the senate. The row was
kicked up by the silver democrats who
did not want to be put on record on the
issue of bonds and such like things, so
they objected to the amendments being
offered to the free silver bill, and said
that unanimous consent had been given
to take a vote at 2 o'clock
Senators Allen and Butler kept ft hot
for them all the afternoon. 1 hey were
determined that the democrats and re-
publicans who had talked so long and
loud (at home) should do some talking
in the senate where it would go on rec
ord. Ohl how they did squirm and
twist. Bnt Allen and Butler wouldn't let
up, and Stewart jumped in just to show
them he was there and determined they
should vote on the question of bonds or
no bonds. He ridiculed the discussion
going on. It was an aress paraae, ne
said. Every one knew the pending meas
ure would receive no attention after leav
ing the senate. As it was merely a ques
tion of recording opinion, the vote
should be taken on all collateral ques
tions
Poor old Morrill,' weak, feeble, and in
his dotage, undertook to make a set
reech for the cold bugs. No one could
3hear him twenty feet away. His cracked
voice has changed to the treble of a sec
ond childhood. He tried to tell how
cheap silver could be produced and Teller
replied by saying the mines at Cripple
Creek were turning out gold at 25 cents
an ounce. He referred sarcastically to
the frequent characterization of "silver
barons" aud asked what had become of
the "cold barons."
Allen made a vigorous plea lor nis
amendment to prohibit the further is
sue of bonds, but it was defeated by a
vote of 21 to 54. Several out and out
gold bugs voted for this, hoping that if
t was tacked on to the free coinage diii,
that they could defeat the whole thing,
At last a final vote on tne main ques
tion, the free coinage of silver, was
reached and it passed by seven majority
instead of fourteen as a previous vote of
some weeks ago indicated. The traitors
all came from the ranks of free silver re
publicans. They were Thurston, McBride,
Llkins, Nelson, and linker.
The following is the vote:
YeaB
Allison,
Gorman,
Gray,
Hale,
Mitchell (Wle.)
Morrill,
Murphy,
Nelson,
Palmer,
Piatt,
Proctor,
Sherman,
Thurston,
Vilas,
Wetmore 85.
linker.
Burrows,
Cattery,
Chandler,
H awley.
Hill,
Davis,
Elkins,
Faulkner,
Frye,
Galllnger,
Gear,
Gibson.
Nays
Allen,
Bacon,
Hate,
Berry,
Bianchard,
Brown,
Butler,
Call,
Cameron,
Cannon,
Carter,
CUiKon,
(3.-. rk.
0- krell,
Hoar,
Lindsay,
Lodite,
MoUride.
McMillan,
Martin,
Mills,
Daniel, Push,
George, Hoach,
Harris, Bhonp,
Irby, Squire,
Jones (Ark.), Btewart,
Jones (Ner.), Teller,
Kyle. Tillman,
Mantle, Turple'
Mitchell (Ore.), Vest,
Pasco, Voorhees,
Pefler, Walthall,
Perkins, Warren,
Petti grew, White,
Prltchnrd, Wilson 42.
The following pairs were announced
those for the motion being given first
Cullom with Blackburn. Aldrich with
Hansbrough, Sewell with Gordon, Brice
with Wolcott, Gray with Morgan, Smith
with Dubois.
Editorial News Writing.
The sooner Mr. Templeton gets some
one on the Nonconformist who can get
the news and then truthfully state it, the
better it will be for that paper and for
the party. In writing about the two con
ventions to be held at St. Louis on the
22 of July, the Nonconformist says:
The name of the populist party is to be
talned with its machinery, the silver people con
tributing the platform and the candidates, rer
haps we are mistaken in this, but so we have In
terpreted the desires of the rent)emn who
managed affairs at St. Louis for the populists on
the 17th and tor the Himetallc League at Wash
ington on the 22d.
In other words, the populists are to be asked
to abandon all of their platform except th
money question and also forego the nomination
OI any ot their own men on tne iicnet.
Now how did the Nonconformist get
hold of that news? It had no represen
tative of the paper at St. Louis or at
Washington. Who made that sort of a
bargain? What proof has the Noncon
formist of the truth of the statements.
The editor of the Independent was at
St. Louis. Attended the sessions of the
national committee, and can state posi
tively that no such program was even
mentioned or even suggested. Thut's
what comes of writing news items in an
editorial room.
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Mors or Bnassll'a Dirty Wort.
Warden Leidigh submitted a report to
the board of public lands and buildings
this afternoon, showing that there is due
the state of Nebraska from contrac
tors for convict labor from August ,
1895, to January 31, 1896, the net
i of 14,809.63. This is divided
among the different contractors as fol
lows: Lee Broom and Duster company,
2,333.18; Lincoln Range and Furnace
company, foai.4U; Ldncom uooperags
company, f 1,208; Buckstaff Bros. Man
ufacturing company, $577.05. Besides
these amounts, the warden's report
shows that over $1,200 has been re
ceived in cash and and otherwise from
the convict labor, making a total sura of
over 10.000. The net earnings of the
convicts under the management of War
den Leidigh have been over f l.uuu per
month. The amounts paid for labor
range from 30 to 45 cents per day. It is
rumored that the state may not be able
to collect a few hundred dollars of the
amont due. One of the contractors got
behind in the payment of his bills and
Warden Leidigh notified him that he
would not permit him to remove any more
of the finished product on hand until the
laborforthesamehad been paid. Thecon-
tractor agreed to the arrangement and
was paying for the labor as he removed
the products from the plant, but Com
missioner HuBsell interfered at this time,
and in the name of the board of public
lands and buildings peremptorily di
rected the warden to permit the contrac
tor to remove all of his goods from the
prison, and the finished product was re
moved.
The Ooldites Alarmed.
Tho certainty that the people have
united and turned egainst their torment
ors has created confusion in the ranks of
the enemy. The robbers have heretofore
succeeded by stealth. Every advance
they have made upon the rights of the
people they have conducted underacover
of lies. From the inauguration of the
scheme to demonetize silver when John
Sherman visited London and Paris in
18G7, every fraudulent step until now
has been taken in the dark and under
some plausible, honest or patriotic pre
tense to attract the attention oi tne peo
ple, while the enemy despoiled them of
their property.
The two old gold parties nave stmiea
their platforms with equivocations, eva
sions, and every possible device to de
ceive the people for the last twenty years.
liven the bond deal of last February was
claimed to be a patriotic transaction, to
attract the attention of the people from
a ten million dollar steal. The beating
of drums, the diplomatic wars, the slan
der of American credit, the mock patriot
ism of the New York World in collecting
evidence from the Rothschilds and other
foreign bankers, to depress American
credit, shows most conclusively that the
conspirators are alarmed.
Standing up for Nebraska.
Judge W. L. Greene foreclosed nearly
fifty mortgages in Custer county at this
month's term of court. Why? For the
reason that in most of these foreclosures
no defense was made. Why? Because
the farms foreclosed on have been aban
doned, most pf them being sand-hill
farms and not worth enough to pay lore-
closure expenses. Thieving loan agents
made exorbitant loans on them, got
commission both ways, and Judge
Greene now gives the loan companies
title to the property, thus giving them
also the pleasure of paying taxes ou these
mountain goat farms into the treasury
of Custer county. Judge Green is a ben
efactor and is "Standing up for Ne
braska" by his decisions. New Era-
Standard.
What tbe Idiots Bay.
None know better than the masses
of
this country do that ia the event of free
silver coinage they themselves would be
the chief sufferers. None know better
than they do that a depreciated currency
means the paralysis of industry, the cur
tailment of wages and a general inflation
of prices. N. Y. Advertiser.
Depression of trade and inflation of
prices is good. Everybody knows, of
course, that a continual fall in prices al
ways stimulates trade. Ed. Independ
ent. Tbe Way Tbey All Dolt.
When Parson Andrews was stumping
this district in the race for congress, he
remarked here in Franklin, during his
speech "that the person who would vote
for issuing bonds in time of peace, was a
traitor to his country," and yet just so
soon as the little preacher had an oppor
tunity he voted for them. Franklin In
dependent. Tbey are Dandles.
If the people of Nebraska .have not a
bellyful of republican rascality and bood
ling, when in the name of heaven will
they get it? Russell and Churchill are a
pair of dandies and are making great
records in that line. Colfax county
ought to be proud of her state official,
lie is a lulu. The Yeoman.
A Tellow Doff Tear.
It is about time that the people kicked
the robbers and ringsters out of the
board of public lauds and buildings at
Lincoln. It is given out now that
Churchill and Russell are to be renomi
nated this fall in spite of their record as
boodlers. Republicans figure that this is
a "yellow dog " year and the dogs are
happy. Chadron Signal.
When you need shoes go to Webster &
Rogers. 1043 0 street. They will sell
you good goods at gold standard prices,
AM BBTHTTSIASTIO POP.
Shouts for Allen, Holoomb, and tha
"Independent."
Valparaiso, Feb; 3, 1896.
Editor Independent. Please send a
sample copy of your paper to the en
closed list, and if this proves to make
subscribers of them, I'll gladly send yott
others that I know Bhould and would
like to read it, if the $ can be raised.
I have read a good many populist
papers from dinereni states, some ui
them quite strong on certain lines. Bat
I believe under the present management
the Nebraska Independent will be a
terror to the shylock press, as Senator
Allen is to the D. S. senate, and as Gov
ernor Holcomb is to leaches who have
for years been sucking the very life blood
from the already oppressed people of this
state.
And itist here let me ask if there is any
reason why our people should not begin
to shout for Gov. Holcomb, or Senator
Allen for president. I care not which,
but their names are Deing lavoramy
mentioned for the position in many other
places, and why should home be behind.
I believe that every true populist in the
state fs ready and anxious to takeoff his
hat, and if need be his coat, and put in
his best licks from now until July for
either of these men, and for one, I feel it
is time we let the world know what we
think of them at home. Then when we
go to the convention, if there are other
men as good, and that can show greater
strength for the upbuilding of our prin
ciples, we can yield to the will of tbe ma
jority. I would like to hear what you think
about this, and if you think well of it,
ask that every man who would like to
see one of these men nominated for presi
dent to say so in as few, but earnest
words as possible through the columns
of your paper.
But I did not start out to write a let
ter along this line. I have been so well
pleased with the paper, and all who read
it like it so much, that I want to get it
in the hands of every one I can.
Pardon me for taking your time, but
remember my pen and tongue goes free
and loud from now until the nearing
campaign is ended.
Yours obediently,
B. It. B. Webeb.
EWOLAHD WILL HAVE TO PIOHT
for When a Boer Loads His Gun. Bays
His Prayers, and Starts Ont He
Means Business.
If England ever gets the Transvaal she
will have to do some good fighting first.
When one of those old Dutch Puritans
puts a Bible in his knapsack, loads bis
gun, says his prayers, and starts to re
pel an invasion of his country, there is
more fight in him than in a Bengal tiger.
For about a century the Boers, or
Dutch farmers of South Africa, have been
struggling against British rule. The
love of liberty has led them a thousand
miles from theoriginal Dutch settlements
at Cape Town. After Cape Colony passed
from the Dominion of Holland to Great
Britain, the Boers, in large numbers, mi
grated northeastward to the territory
bevond the Orange river. When that
fell under British control, they crossed?
the Vaal river and founded the Trans-1
vaal, or South African Republic. British1)
aggression never stops. It was checked,
for a time by the Boer victories in the
Transvaal war of 1880-82. The most
notable event of this war was the battle
of Majuba Hill, whore 130 Boers scaled
a steep mountain and routed 400 British,
soldiers from a strong position. Byj
formal treaty Great Britain then ac-j
knowledged the full independence of the,
Boers in all the affairs of their country,'
except its foreign relations.
A Delighted Fop ,
OitD, Neb., Jan. 29, 1806.
Editor Nebraska. Independent: I an
delighted with The Nebraska Independ
ent. It is a "Feast of Reason and a flov
of soul." It is milk and meat served t
the "queen's taste." It is a hummer. I
I might give my private views I wouh
have to say I think our editors are near
Iy all "true blue," rustlers and stayer
Much has been done in Nebraska sine
18U0. May the good work go on am
The Nebbaska Independent visit ever;;
home. I). McCall.
Like All tbe Best. ft
Our glorious John Shaffroth, attorne
for the Denver Water company, and ten
porarily acting as congressman for Cok
rado, made it his business to fight shy t;
the silver men in Washington durin
their recent meeting. John is couside;
able of a coward. The Colorado woiue
elected him and ought to feel proud r,
their job. Denver Road. j
Corporations Won't Help.
The Nebhaska Independent has ot
best wishes for success and we urge upr
our readers the necessity of subscribi ,
for the paper and patronizing it as it (
have to depend entirely upon its frie. ,
for its support. The corporations v
do nothing for it, or for any other popr
list paper for that matter. Greeley Cit
ten.
Filling- a Long- Telt Want.
The new Nebraska Independent t
Lincoln is a daisy, and the way it is e
posing jobbery and rascality under o i
party reign is a caution. It; is the kin
of a paper that has long been needed
the capitol city and should be support
by all regardless of party. The Populii !
; On Lees Bepnblican Vote.
Ex-County Treasurer Hockenberger,!
' Hall county, has been sentenced to tv'
and one-half years' imprisonment in V
penitentiary and to pay a fine of $2,0.
for embezzlement. Times-lndependen'
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