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ARE WO A KIND Olereland. Carlisle. John Sherman and McKinley are all JBimetallists When They Talk SEPUBLIOASS BEGAN THE GAME They Grabbed all the Money and Then Left the Democrats to Play it Out. 'Coin1 Always Means Goli When Either Oae is ta Power. Editor Independent: The following article was prepared for the Crawford Beacon, which I hare been editing for the past eight weeks, from the farm. This week when I was ready to hand in my copy, I found no populist paper, as it had been bought from under us and turned into a republican sheet, with a sycophantic editor. As there are some things in this article which the public should read and consider, I send it to you, hoping you can use it. It is hardly possible that the republican politicians will be able to fool the people who are groaning under the pressure of the gold payment policy, into again putting them into power. The current talk among them is that the republican party is in favor of bimetallism. Under this kind of talk and in repudiation of Cleveland's gold policy, a republican con gress was elected at the last election. But the first vote taken gives the lie to this profession of bimetallism. Cleveland and Carlisle have always averred that they were in favor of bimetallism, and that the way to bring it about was to givi the creditor the option and pay in the kind of money he demanded. Now the republican politicians, from Reed and Sherman down, are in favor of bimetal lism of the same kind. Not six months ago Sherman said that the country was as safe financially in Cleveland's hands as it would be in the hands of a republi can. But these fellows all talk different when they are at borne from what they talk and vote when at Washington. Their talk is for the people, but their votes are for the money kings. The financial policy of the republican party is the same as that of the democrats. To verify this we will give some facts and figures from the record. The present financial difficulty as far as the public treasury is concerned is di rectly traceable to the two following statements: It is held that the word "coin" where it appears in the law means gold. This construction was placed on the law by President Harrison'sadininis tration and put into practlcein the same manner as the Cleveland administration has done. When Harrison took his seat, he re ceived from the outgoing administration eighty-four millions in round numbers. According to the secretary's report when he retired, he turued over to the demo crats twenty-five million, mostly in sub sidiary coin. These two amounts are both exclusive of the gold reserve. When Secretary Carlisle was called before the house committee on appropriations, January 21, 1895, in his examination we find the following questions and an swers. Mr. Sibley: I would like to ask you what objection there could be in having the option to redeem either in silver or gold reHt with the treasury, instead of the note holder? Mr Carlisle: The secretaries from the beginning of resumption have pursued a policy of redeeming in gold or silver at the option of the bolder of the paper. During the last three years of Harri son's administration, there was with drawn from the treasury in gold $117, 212,258, nnd dunngthe lastuiue months thereof, $98,746,008 this brought the Harrison administration to the bond issue, with an empty treasury and the reserve depleted. It is not generally be lieved that the renublicans would have issued bonds but the following order will certainly satisfy the most skeptical. Treasury Depaktm ent, Office of the Secretary Washington, D. C, Feb. 20, 1893 Sir: You are hereby authorized and di rected to prepare designs for the 8 per cent bonds provided in senate amend ment to the sundry civil bill now pend - ing. The denominations which should first receive attention are $100 and $1000 of the coupon bonds and $1000 and $10,000 of the registered bonds, This authority is given in advance of the enactment in view of pressing con tiugencies and you are directed to hasten the preperation of the designs and plates in every possible manner. I inclose a memorandum for your guidance in pre paring the script for the body of the bond. Respectfully lours, Charles Foster, Secretary, To the Chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing: As another item of evidence in the case we find on page 70 Special Report No, 2621, the following:- Mr. Turner Taking into consideration all theae conditions which Ton anticipate, what In your judKment would be a fair conjecture of the condition of the treasury at tbe end of the next fiscal year t Secretary Foster I should say the next fiscal year would show a deficit. Mr. Turner Can you give an approximate esti mate according to all the dataaccesnable to yon. Secretary Foster I will only say this, that if I was to have the management of the treasury I Bhould insist upon an increase of revenue to tbe extent of $ .O.OOO.OuO. Mr. Turner In order to meet those conditions which yon anticipate? Secretary Foster Not only those conditions, but the gold conditions as well. These conditions come about under the highest tariff the world ever saw under the McKin ley bill, and will satisfy any one who thinks more of country than of party, that the republican party is managed by the same kind of bi-metallists as the democratic party, and will also sntisfy them that it was not the tariff but the construction placed upon the word "coin," by the treasury officials, and the second cause, "giving the option to the creditor." The government receives certain rev enues and is supposed to use these revenues to meet expeuses, but as soon as it surrenders the option of payment to the creditor, they all demand gold and it follows as sure as day follows night, that the revenues are paid in something else, and thus the revenues are not avail able to meet this demand. These same officials who are such sticklers about gold payment when it is going out do not de mand gold payment to tbe government. ( therefore the revenues are paid in silver, ' greenbacks, and national bank notes, and they issue bonds and borrow gold to keep up the order they themselves have made. The republican party adopted this policy as we have shown and pursued it until the treasury was empty. Then tbe democrats took it up just where the republicans left off and pursued the same course. This may not be pleasant for tbe republicans to know, but it is the fact. The corpse being in the possession of tbe democrats, the public generally supposes that they did the kill ing. But such is not the case. It was dead when it was turned over to them and they are simply mutilating the "ntiff If the American people do not know any better than to elect another republi can president or congress, they lack the necessary intelligence .to maintain a government of the people which the fathers planted and left to their care. H. G. Stewart. WORDS THAT WILL LIVE Compare the Bombast of Thurston with What Our Allen Said on the Monroe Doctrine "Mr. President, back of all this rises the vision of an oppressed, patient, toil ing people, asking for relief; and while we have indulged here in empty phrase, their condition has been daily growing worse. Is it not the better part of valor the higher and better part of statesman ship to meet the just demands of a plead ing humanity by giving our country re lief; by giving to our people a greater volume of money ; by making their toil more remunerative, their property more valuable? Shall we not awaken in their breasts a new hope, a new life and a new energy by giving renewed activity to in dustry, and gladden their hearts by bringing to the wife and children of him who labors a smile of gladness and sun shine where the clouds of poverty and sorrow sit, and by putting into their mouths a new song? "If, unhappily, the time shall come, which God grant that it may not, that American valor must again be displayed on the field of battle in defense of Ameri tan institutions and against foreign greed and aggrandizement, we may con fidently expect the sons of America to march under the flag of the free, conse crated by the blood of a hundred years, to permanent and glorious victory. Then for every Grant there will be a Lee; for every Sherman a Johnston; for every Thomas a Jackson; for every Sheridan a Stuart; Mason and Dixon's line will be blotted from the map of the United States, and true Americans, North and South, welded by the blood of the Revo lution, the war of 1812 and the war with Mexico, renewed by the estrangement of 1861, as lovers renew and intensify their affection by estrangement, soothed and sustuined by a united and splendid American womanhood, will give to the world a lesson in valor that has never been known before. And when the end comes, as it surely will come, and the storm that has racked us in a great civil strife for renewed American freedom shall have subsided, and shall arise once more from the ashes of its deadly conflict with the enemies of human liberty, crowned with a new glory and encircled with a new halo, shall we not place the songs of our recent civil strife, with the sacred memories of other days, aud sing that sweeter, grander, more inspiring and God-like song, dear to all American hearts: s "My country, 'tis of thee. Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing; Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims' pride, From every mountain-side Let freedom ring." creasing as compared with last year. We insert Dunn's report for last week: "Failures for the week have been 323 in the United States, as against 281 lost year, and 63 in Canada as against 58 last year. The wonderful success of the popular loan alters the face of events. January operations become ancient his tory as the nation mounts above all doubts and fears to a solid certainty that the people can and will uphold their government. The influence of this event upou all manufacturing and all trade cannot be lightly estimated. It strips the silver situation of all its power to hurt." Dunn tries to think that the country will get on a boom and that the "silver craze" has actually been killed, but the figures that he gives tells a different atnrv Tim fnilnrpH Inst week were 42 more than the same week last year in this country and in Canada five more. Total this year 1505, Canada 273. Only a little more thau one month of the year gone and the failures nearly three times as large as they were during the whole year of 1865. Failures for that year were only 530. We had enough money during 1865 to do the business of the country with. There can be no permanent pros perity in this country until there is a large increase in. tbe money volume. Chauncy II. Depew Bays it is Glorious John It Thurston Says it will Start Things a Booming. The gold bug and plutocratic State Journal as well as nearly all of the old party press have been for years deceiving the public. They would say that a com munity was prosperous when it was run ning in debt for every improvement that was being made. It would seem that all the old party politicians think tuat a city, county, state or nation is pros perous just in proportion as it runs in debt. As an illustration we quote some choice statements made by old party leaders Chauncey M. Depew says, "This is glorious, the new loan will act like an elixer of life upou the nation, things will boom from this on." No man having the experience that Chauncey M. Depew has had should make such a reckless statement. Is it possible that those who call themselves the leaders in the east do not understand the situation iu the west and south. The real result of this $100 000,000 loan will be to lock up in the vaultsat Washington $112,000,000 and of course it will contract our circulating medium or currency just as much as the people pay into the treasury for the bonds, aud yet that great alter dinner statesman suys it is glorious aud will act as an elixir of life upon the nation. When this money is paid in there will be about $289,000,000 of our currency locked up in the vaults at Washington. One buudred millions of it will be gold and the other $189,000,000 greenbacks. We quote a statement made by ex- Secretary Foster which follows: "With national credit sustained, business im proving, every body cheerful and the outlook cheerful, a new epoch of Ameri can prosperity ought to start from this date." It is very evident that ex-Secretary Foster has not been among the people west of the Mississippi river very much during the last two years or he would not have said that the outlook was cheerful or that everybody was cheerful or that business was improving. Everybody knows thctsuch statements are absolutely false. Even our John M. Thurston, Nebraska's senator, had to say: "The new loan will do more to start things a-booming than anything else could possibly have done; it is a testi monial of the people's faith in their country." Just think of it, to add to our debt $100,000,000, to plaster this fair land of our with $4,000,000 of in terest each year for the next thirty years and to lock up $112,000,000 of our money circulation, John M. Thurston has the audacity to say that that will ptart things a-booming in this country. Thurston certainly ought to know that there is not a dollar west of the Missis sippi river to boom anything with. Every day and every week shows that failures, bankruptcies and misery aro in- HE DRESSED THEM DOWN Allen Tells the Lords of the Senate What He and the People of Nebraska Think of Them. In a discussion in the senate February 10, Senator Allen said: Mf? President, I have observed every time the appropriations committee walked into this chamber with a bill that every other man is supposed to take a back seat and not question their author ity or what they want, but to tamely submit to dictation I was going to say obstreperousness, but perhaps the re mark is a little too harsh until the ap propriations committee havegot through and see fit to announce that they are ready to retire and consider other bills. I want at this time to record my pro test, however feeble it may be and it no doubt is feeble against the system which has grown up here I do not know how long it has been in existence of the sena tor in charge of an appropriation bill walking into the chamber, buttoning bis coat up tight to the throat, and saying, "We want unanimous consent to con sider all the committee amendments be fore any other man is heard," and after that is done to sit like a watchdog and object strenuously to every amendment which may be offered by any other sena tor. I am perfectly willing to concede, Mr. President, that the committee ou appro priations knows much more than the en tire senate; I think possibly their selec tion indicates that aud forecloses the questiou, and that we who are seut here to represent states which are not repre sented ou the committee on appropria tions are supposed not to be iuterested in the distribution of the public moneys of the country, and that our states shall have no voice whatever in such distribu tion, except as that voice may be indi rectly represented by the appropriations committee. Mr. President, I am a little bit loath to say this, because I have some favors to ask of the appropriations committee not favors, but I have some measures which are to go upon appropriation biils, and I am a little loath under those circumstances to make this statement; but it does seem to me that the true and the natural and proper thing to do is to give the eutire senate, as representing the entire nation, an equal opportunity in the formation and enactment of ap propriation bills. I do not think it was ever contemplated by the fathers of this country that two or three men should control the appropriations of this na tion, amounting to $450,000,000 or $460,000,000 a year. What I say is not prompted by any personal dislike for any member of the appropriations committee, for I think they are all my personal friends I cer tainly feel friendly to them but this practice is raising up in the senate of the United States a government of the com mittee. We have been taught to believe, especially wo who live away in the inter ior of the nation and are therefore sup posed to know but little about public measures and public men, that this is a government by the people, for the peo ple and of the people; but, Mr. Presi dent, the American people must unlearn much they have been taught within the last few years. They must learn tbe great truth that, so far as the senate of the United Stales is concerned, it is a government of the committee, by the committee, and generally for the com mittee, anil not for the country. A RELIC OF THE PAST. Surgical Operations for the Cure of Piles and Rectal Diseases The Dominant Issue. The political prospect is that this year of 1896 will witness the, most thorough and searching discussiou of the whole financial question that has ever taken place in the entire history of civilization. And whether the reformers of all schools are pleased with it or not the monetary question overshadows all others in the politics of America at the present time There are many sincere and honest re formers who believe that the land ques tion is of immensely greater importance than the money question, and should be given precedence and settled first .Others equally sincere and honest insist on the greater importance ol the transporta tion question. Others, still, that the referendum and initiative should be the first issue fought out to a settlement. But there are" times when the political activities of the people drift irresistible in a certain direction, and nothing can turn them aside. Such appears to be the outlook with reference to the money question in the campaign of 1896. Men of all parties and ol all shades ot opinion on the money question are becoming hourly more and more profoundly inter ested in forcing some kind of a settle ment of that, at the present time, most unsettled of questions. Journal of the Knights oi Labor. NO LONGER NECESSARY. A Medical Discovery Which .Will Change the Treatment of All Such Diseases. It has long been thought not only by some physicians but by people in general that the common, painful and exceeding ly annoying trouble, piles, was practi cally incurable by any other means than a surgical operation, and this belief has been the cause of years of needless suffer ing, because of the natural dread of sur gical operations. There are many salves, ointments and similar remedies on the market which afford some relief in casesof piles, but the Pyramid Pile Cure is the only prepara tion so farintroduced thatcan be reliably depended upon to cure to stay cured, every form of itching, bleeding or pro truding piles. Mrs. M. C. Hinkley of 601 Mississippi St., Indianapolis, was told by her physi cians that nothing but a surgical opera tion costing between seven aud eight hundred dollars could cure her as she had suffered for 15 years; yet even in such a case as hers the Pyramid Pile Cure ac complished a complete cure. She says: "I knew an operation would be death to me and tried the Pyramid with very lit tle hope and it is not to be wondered at that I am so enthusiastic in its praise." Major Dean of Columbus, Ohio, says he suffered for 40 years from piles aud 20 years from itching piles and in his case two packages of the Pyramid cured him. Mr. D. E. Heed of South Lyons, Mich., says I would not take $500 and be placed back where I was before I used the Pyra mid Pile Cure, I suffered for years and it is now eighteen months since I used it and not the slightest trace of the trouble has returned. The Pyramid Pile Cure is sold by near ly all druggists at 50 cents aud $1 per package aud as it contains no opium, cocaine or other poisonous drug can be used with perfect safety. No one need suffer from piles in any form who will give this excellent remedy a trial. Made by the Pyramid Co., Al bion, Mich. Any druggist can get it for you. POP EDITORS OF ILLINOIS. Do Thou likewise Gilead, Feb. 5, 189.6. Editor Independent Please find within one dollar and fifty cents to ap ply on mv back subscription and on an other year as far as it will go. ABtfEit DeFrance. Chicago has 22 diverging railroads: the Northwestern connects with all ot them. Fastest time, superb equipment Try it. City office 117 S. 10th St. They Extend a Helping Hand to the Silver Men. The following preamble and resolutions were adopted by the Reform Press Asso ciation of Illinois, Febuary 10, 1896. Whereas, The silvr party has called its National convention to meet at the same time and place as that of the peo ple's party, for the purpose of uniting and operating with us iu thecoming cam paign. And, Whereas, The silver party hasno press of its own, in which to publish notice of committee meetings, and calls for con vention and conferences. Therefore be it Resolved, That the reform press asso ciation of the state of Illinois looks upon the silver party as a friend and ally, in the impending struggle between the masses and classes. Resolved. That we heartily extend the columns of our papers to the silver party. for the purpose of publishing their calls for conventions, Conferences, and com mittee meetings, and do what we cau to aid them in their work, not inconsistent with the principles of, or loyalty to the people's party. Resolved, We assure the silver party that it will always find the reform press an earnest exponent of the principles it advocates, and we kindly ask its mem bers to subscribe for our papers: and cir culate them among their friends. If you read this paper and like it, send your subscription at once to the Inde pendent Pub. Co., Lincoln, Neb. SHERMAN IS 1878 FREE SEEDS I Free Seeds! Free Seeds! The publishers of The Nebraska Independent have purchased from the Oris wold Seed Co. oi Lincoln, Nebraska, a large quantity of seeds which are guaranteed to be first class in every particular. TESTED SEED. . All varieties, before leaving the office, are subject to from one to three teata in soil, and any that fall short of the required standard are at once discarded. All our readers will need some of these seeds this spring. By buying in wholesale lots we are able to make you the following , LIDEHAL OFFICII. 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Wo trust all our subscribers will take advantage ot this ofier, which is really a very liberal one, It affords an excellent opportunity for friends of The Indepen dent to get up clubs for the paper. This year above all others when we are to go through another presidential campaign you need, and your neighbor needs The Nebraska Independent. Send in your orders aud they will receive immediate at tention. Send all orders to INDEPENDENT PUB. CO., Lincoln, Neb. This Was After he had Sold Himself to the Devil, and was Playing: to Keep Down Open Revolt Treasury Department, ) July 15, 1878. Dear Sir: To that part of your letter of the 12th inst., in which you ask my views of the matter confided in the mon etary commission, I have some delicacy in replying very fully. During the mon etary conference in Paris, when silver in our country was excluded from circula tion by being undervalued, I waa strongly in favor of the single standard of gold, and wrot9 a letter which you will find in the proceedings of that con ference, stating briefly my view. At that time the wisest of us did not anticipate the sudden fall of silver or the rise of gold that has occurred. This un certainty of the relation between the two metals is one of the chief arguments in favor of a monometallic system, but other arguments, showing the danger ous effect upon industry by drovnins one of the precious metals from the standard of value, out-weigh in my mind all theoretical objections to the bimetallic system. I am thoroughly convinced that if possible for the leading commercial nations to fix by agreement an arbitrary relation between silver and gold, even though the market value might vary somewhat from time to time, it would be a measure of the greatest good to all nations. 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Pkt. 6c CUCUMBERS. Early Frame, or Short Green A popular early sort, of medium site and ranking among the best ol the pickling clem. Fruit straight, smaller at each end, crisp and tender. Also an excellent aort for the table. Pkt. 6c. Nlchol's Medium Desirable for all purposes alike. As a pickling sort It has few superiors, and is adapted for early forcing or main crop. It is very productive, of medium site, and always straight and smooth. Pkt. 6c. Long Green The leading late variety, 12 to 16 Incnes long, and of excellent quality; dark green, firm and crisp. The young fruit Is suitable for pickles, and when ripe, for sweet pickles. Pkt 6o LETTUCE. , Prize Head Forms a mammoth plant In which the outer leaves are crisp and tender, changing from a dark green in the center to a bronze at the edge. It la of good flavor and very hardy. Pkt. 6o. MUSK MELON. Nutmeg Thia Is one of the standard varieties, growing to a fair else, with thick, sweet flesh ot a light green shade. 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