THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. Match 26 189b. I HOMftS JILFftTKICK & (O Successors to IfcT. B- Palconer dz, Co.; OMAHA, NEB. Our stock is now complete in every department. Everything new and desirable in Dry GOODS, CLOAKS, CAPES, LACES, NOTIONS, LINENS, DRESS GOODS. SILKS, ETC. Prices always the LOWEST. Write for Samples. Now Gloves ForlOASTEItJiistUccolved. THOMAS KILPATRICK & GO. GOLD CONSPIRACY The Indignation of the People Against it has Been of no Avail. SHYLOCK IS IN ECSTASIES. The only Question now is, how the Robbers Will Secure Their Swag. Lying Obfuacationg of Goldlte Newspapers. The following is clipped from an article by John Clark Itidputh L. L. D. in the March uumber of the Arena: Theconspiracy of thelnternational Gold Trust seems to have triumphed. The indignation of the people against it has been of no avail. That power, which became organic as a bondholding class in America just after the close of the civil war, has, by its league with the financial system of Great Uritian, succeeded in trampling down truth and justice, in choking the protests of ft mighty people, in desroying their industries, in reducing them from proprietors to tenants, in taking away the rewards of labor and enterprise, and in establishing a condi tion which tends inevitably to the early and permanent institution in the United States of a peasantry subordinated to the will and purpose of their masters. The visible gold in the world amounts to about four hundred and eighty-five cubic feet. The greater part of this, nearly all of it indeed, is owned by private parties. It is controlled finally by a few men who hate free institutions and who care nothing for the rights of mankind or the interest of civilization. On the basis of these four hundred and eighty-five cubic feet of gold it is proposed to con duct the business of the 'world! It is the most monstrous schemeever known in his tory. The public and private debts of the American people amount to about forty-five billions of dollars. Of this debt less than ten per cent is held abroad. Most of the foreign holding is in Great Ikitian. Yet by the bond of this ten per cent the United States has become an ap pandage of Great liritiau. The indepen dence which we thought we had achieved one hundred and twenty years ago and which we supposed we had confirmed four score years ago, has been reconverted into a miserable dependency which might suggest to a pessimist that it would have been better never to break with our good mother at all! The present aspect of the world is that of one centralized power, having its seat in London, with outlying dependencies. India with nearly four hundred millions is one dependency; Australia with four millions is another dependency; Canada with six millions is a third, the United States with sventv million is a fourth: the states of the Latin Union are the fifth. Germany and Russia are flattered with the belief that they are members of the league; but as matter of fact they are only Cambaceres and Lebrun in the consulate. The First Consul and the only one of any importance has his headquarters in the banks of England. It is now only a question how the rob bers who have despoiled mankind in the two civilized continents by means of the Bond and the Dollar are going to get off with their swag. They must have a little time and opportunity. In order to se cure these, they cajole the nations with pleasing delusions and fancies. One of these fancies is impending universal war, War iB an exciting circumstance, and the prospect of war serves to distract the attention of people from the wrongs which they have suffered. The rumor of world-wide war is the substance of the daily news. People read it and believeit Shylock is in ecstasies over the success of bis ruse, and if be thought he could sell more bonds he would plunge all nations into a bloody and exterminating conflict, Another one of the illusions is the fact! lions discovery of gold. The prooaKan da having itsheaduarters in London and its American branch in William street. New York, has been engaged during the Tear 1895 in the dissemination of the news of gold discoveries in all parts the world. South Africa is teeming with gold; the mountains of South America are founded on gold, and the outcroppings of it are seen in many parts; the Austra lian hills are made of gold; California is nothing but gold; The Alaskan mines are - also rich in gold; the very sea-bottom on ' several coasts reaching out for leagues is a mine of gold; new discoveries are made ' in Colorado, and Arizona, Wew Mexico and . GenririA iuMaH flmlathnt nrehariiMoH nrifk very mail. Boon it will be that gold ; 'I U a drag in the streets; it shal all b"1 heaped up in crates, from which the passerby may help himself and his friends. The price of gold will thus be brought down, and we, the managers of the en terprise, will have to adopt strenuous measures to prevent, the over-coinage of gold as money. Strange that all this ineffable lying should be propagated by the press and be believed by an intelligent peoplel Another pleusing fancy of the gold i tea is the great and prosperous revival of business. Why, here is a marvelous para dox! Business, according to the great distinguished organs of public opinion, revives and does not revive! Enterprise once more goes forward with a bound, and enterprise does not bound forward at all, but remains inert and dead! The farmer with his fat-lean kine re joices and weeps! The collapsed Dinsot teil thousand larm yards are bursting with -high-low wheat! The gold organ erfonns this paradox for the reason that it must. According to the organ, the adoption of the Wilson bill in 1893, place of the war-tariff schedule that had befm aggravated to an inflammation by the McKinley law, prostrated all enterprises, ruined all industries; and neither can the one revive nor the other flourish again, until the flamboy ant protective scheme shall be revived. Therefore, sayeth the capitalistic press, business does not flourish and cannot flourish again until the wrong shall be righted, after the next presidential elec tion. Hut on the other hand, crieth the organ, the adoption ot the single gold standard instead of the bimetallic stan dard of the constitution has restored confidence, and with the restoration confidence, behold how the business re vived, all enterprises rise from the dust; all manufacturers rekindle their fires and pour forth their treasures. Hence busi ness, in the same act and by the same token, both revives and does not revive! The proclamation of prosperity and of ndustrial despair goes forth from the same gold organ on the same dayl The fact that the alleged ruin of American industry by the passage of the Wilson bill and the alleged revival of all Ameri can industries by the coincident passage of the Gold bill of 1893 do not consist, seems not at all to trouble theadvocates and owners of the honest dollar! All this furnishes instruction for the people and amusement for the few whose understand ings cannot be durkened with the lying obfuscations of a goldite newspaper. GOV. HOL00MB PETITIONED. He is Asked to Use His Influencs Against Militaryism in Fublio Schools, University Place, Neb., March 18, 1896 Editou Independent: Encouraged by like sentiment heretofore expressed in the columns of your valuable paper, I venture by request of the Lincoln Ex ecutive meeting of Friends, to ask space in your paper for the following mem orial to the Governor, which we believe will be duly appreciated by many o your readers. Very Respectfully, Addie A. Gailock. Clerk. The following petition bearing about seventy-five signatures is herewith pre sented to Governor llolcomb: Whereas, all history shows that war and its attending evils is a relic of bar- berism, at best but a passionate means 01 deferring justice, whose blood written pages should never have darkened the pagesof al9th century history, their re petition 01 which could and should be ren dered impossible by proper legislation, and, Whereas, the peace lovintr DeoDle of this country and of our state of Nebras ka are deeply concerned in regard to re cent legislation by our national congress looting to the establishment of military training in our free public school system, ana, V herea8, realizing that what we put into the schools of a nation will appear in the life of a nation, and we believe further that such training will engender a spirit of militaryism that will not only be detrimental to the peaceable interests 01 our country, but will also inculate er roneous ideas of true patriotism and statesmanship, and Whereas, all warlike tendencies are in imical to good government, contrary to the spirit and teaching of the Scriptures ana retrogressive to the universal "brotherhood of man" (which is the es sence of true reform), therefore, be it Resolved, that we, through the Lin coin Executive Meeting of Friends, re spectfvlly and most earnestly petition thee, Silas A. Holcomb, Governor of the Mate 01 Nebraska, to use all proper in nuence within thy power to discourage militaryism in all its forms and to pre vent, 11 possible, the introduction of mil itary training into the public schools of onr state. Delinquent subscribers must nay on. a lease in pare FAITUFDL GUARD They Have Stood by Their Guns for Twenty Tears. WILL NOT DESEET THEM NOW The Correctness of Their Principles Insures Their Final Triumph. The Course Pursued by the National Committee and Members of Con gress Eminently Wise. It is with greatest pleasure we pub lish the following excellently written letter, but take occasion to express sur prise that such able men will be led to imply that the present efficient, capable, honorable and honest leaders of the pop ulist party are willing, or could be in duced to "trim and compromise just to get iuto office. Some of them have been tried in the fiery furnace, heated seven times hotter than ever before and have come forth without the smell of fire on their garments. Others of vigorous intellect and fine education have devoted almost a life time to the upbuilding of populist principles and are today in poverty, when if tfley had been willing to serve the money power and the corpor-1 ations, they might have lived in luxury and left a fortune to their children. Is it sensible to believe that these men, many of them now near the close of life, are engaged in a con tempt able scheme to betray every trust, abandon the works of a life time and turn traitors for the hope of getting an office? They have all been offered offices, they have all been offered money in the years gone by and rejected them with scorn and contempt. This writer knows that the one among them most bitterly assault ed once had $40,000 in cash laid own on bistable and was told that if he would cast just one vote, it was his, and the offer was rejected. Has that man changed his nature? Will he for the chance to get an office betray those who have trusted him? Does Mr. Snyder uspect him? Are all men dishonest? This suspicion was started and has been kept up by the associated press. If men will continue to believe the lies sent out by that corporation and constantly printed in the daily papers, then there is no hope for us. If men tried and proven true, men who have withstood every temptation, men whose poverty proves them honest, are to be constantly as sailed in our own papers and by our own people, on the basis of asso ciated news items, then we might as well give up the fight. It seems to us that the course so far pursued by the national committee and populist leaders in congress has been eminently wise. It is the course pur sued by Lincoln in the formation of the republican party. He, too, was assault ed most bitterly both before and after bis election, by members of his own party, just as our leaders are today, for not being radical. We all now see and ac knowledge tbe wisdom of his course. The "old guard" is true. We are proud to have been a member of it, (we published a paper supporting Peter Cooper, we have stood by the guns ever since, and here's one that is not going to surrender any principle) but it holds out the hand of fellowship to all men who will unite with us to down plutocracy and redeem this nation. We endorse every word of the following and object only to the "implication" that some body in tbe leadership of the party is going to "trim and compromise just to get into office." Editor Independent. Verdurette, Neb., March 20, 1896. Editor Independent: The experience of the human family furnishes a vast field for observation and reflection. A close observation of this field finds a vast number of compromises of human expedients intended to meet emergency, but all of such work has sooner or later perished in the using. In 1787 our fath ers compromised with slavery. In 1861 to 1800 we gathered the harvest of the compromise. This case is only one of many thousands spread all over the his tory of six thousand years. Amid this wreck of human weakness and human folly, like Bunshine breaking through rifted clouds, appears an occasional state paper asserting eternal principles, and moral heroes to defend them. These have abiding qualities. They are here to stay, and their innate life is in the etern ity of their correctness, there is no ac cident about it. Fortuitous circum stances do not, and cannot account for the imperishable feature of their lite. It does not depend on human consent. They have life in themselves, and cannot die, and will not die, Thomas Jefferson is in point here. The democrat party may die, and prob ably will die, but Jefferson never. The name of Lincoln is the life memory which vitalizes the republican party today. That apostatized and backslidden party may divide, and finally perish, but the name of Lincoln will live on in undimin ished grandness and glory. Many other immortal names might be written here, but brevity is a necessity. hy this mi perishable fame in these noble names? Simply because of their fidelity to these eternal principles. This secured them the enduring quality and fame of real statesmen. They got the result because they possessed the necessary quality. All that our country has built up in more than one hundred years, based on the principles and measures of these men, is at this moment an element of strength, safety and peace for the country from one ocean to the other, and from lake to gulf as well. It is only in the departure from this that tbe country is now agi tated from center to circumference. Po litical parties are convulsed and the wisest and most patriotic men in the land are no longer free from apprehen sions about the possibilities involved in present conditions. . We are to meet in St Louis July 22 What will we do- how will we build on what foundation? We can compromise and do more patch work, and further on find a grave as many others have done before us. We ought to build on prin ciples nearest the Great White Throne, and possibly we can. For my part I can see no use for the populist party if we are going to St. Louis to trim and com promise just to get into office. The dem ocrats and republicans can do all of that better than we can. Their machinery is quite complete and their capital ample. But I can see any amount of need for a populist party if we are going to St Louis to build np the nation on all the glorious truths espoused by the fathers and taught to mankind by Jesus Christ hundreds of years before Washington fought for them. That will be states mensbip worthy of the name. That will be health, life, peace and duration to our nation. Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln. and above all Jesus did not let down the standard to accommodate half converts, and we shall commit a fatal mistake if we do it. Will our convention be made up of men who can and will apply these heaven born principles-to the new con ditions which have grown up in a hun dred years? Well we shall have to wait and see when it comes. All may rest as sured that the "old guard" have no use for a platform shorn of the vital parts which gave our party birth. J. M. (5NYDER. BERGE AT BENNETT. He Addresses a Large and Enthusia sti Audience on the Money Question. On Monday evening March, 23, there was held at Bennett a meeting which for large attendance and enthusiasm has never been surpressed in the village of Bennett. The meeting was non-partisan in character. It was announced that G. W. Berge, of Lincoln would talk upon hard times and money," and although the roads were bad the large hall in which the meeting was held was tilled and many were obliged to stand throughout the entire meeting. Mr. Berge said that low prices, short- nened hours of labor, forsed idleness and hard times always go hand in hand with a scarce supply of money, that with an increased supply of money, prices would rise, labor find employment and business revive generally. He said that if a gold standard was permanently fastened up on this county that times would not get better but that the march of the Ameri can people would continue in' the direc tion of serfdom and slavery. He showed how the money iu circulation had been decreased and eloquently partrayed the effects of such vicious legislation. Ho was in favor of the U. S. alone opening her mints to the free and unlimited coinage of both gold and eilver and not wait for Lngland to join us because he did not believe she would ever consent to an international agreement. The meeting was a pronounsed suc cess in every way. lue silver sen timent is stronger in the vicinity of Ben nett today than it has ever been. HA8TIHG3 IS JUBILANT Thirty Inches of Snow Has Fallen and the Greeks are Full of Water- Hastings, Neb., March 17, 189G. John Burke, superintendent of the Burlington Water System, was a Hast ings visitor this morning. Twenty-seven car loads 01 stock left Hastings last night. They were all loaded within a radius of 35 miles of Hastings. The Busy Bees and Willing W orkers of the Presbyterian Sunday school will give an entertainment in the Presbyterian church Friday evening of this week, March 20. " R. W. Norton who lives five miles east of this city shipped 184 head of fat steers last night over the Burlington for the South Omaha market. Mark Long of this city, manager of the Boston clothingstore, is prepared to make contracts with farmers for raising sugar beets or chiccory, and he promises that if he can secure contracts for about 200 acres of the beets, that a chiccory plant will be located here this year. This evening Kev. father ttoacne 01 David Citv, will lectnre at St. Cecilia church on the life and services of St. Patrick. A learned discourse is in store for those who attend. Herman Benterl. a young farmer liv ing about four miles north of this city committed suicide by hanging. He had shown signs of nervousness for several days and upon the night previous to the committal of the rash act he was so restless he did not sleep and in the morn- as ho appeared worse, stubborn and re fused to do any of the chores which was his ordinary custom. He finally lelt the house and went out about the barn and not returning for Borne itme his father went out to look for him and found him hanging in a corn crib apparently dead When cut down life was gone. No ap parent cause is known for the rash act. The political pot in this city and county is just now in a state of fermenta tion almost to tbe boiling point, in tbe city we have three different tickets: the citizen s prohibition and regular repub- j lican. Tbe last named party has been, as it were in the saddle for lo! these many years, and some of the dear people are getting tired. les very tired and the chances are good for a flop of city con trol by the election of the citizens ticket which is composed of very good timber. Farmers, merchants and an classes 01 people are very much elated over the splendid wetting the land has received from the recent snows in central .Nebras ka. With such a favorable start, the small grain is almost an assured crop. Reports from all parts of this county are very favorable concerning tne grow ing wheat, of which, however the acreage is not as large as former years, a large number of farmers will sow spring wheat this year. During the past week we nave nad in this county about thirty inches of snow which in the judgement of your corre spondent, will make about two inches of water. It has been snowing here most all day with fair prospect to continue all night. The snow has been melting and the surface of the ground is covered with water. Therefore dry creeks and drows are filling up with water and the droop ing spirits of the people of this locality are rising with the water in the creaks. The Meanest Gold Bug. Don't forget that the bi-metallist who favors free coinage of silver "as soon as it can be attained by international agreement" is a goldbug of the meanest kind and his bosses know it. People's ( hampion, The man who happens into "THE NEBRASKA." this Spring will find plenty of food for thought in the prices he finds attached to anything he may pick up. He will find a good, substantial, durable, suit of clothes marked $4.25 which ten years ago would have cost him at least a ten dollar bill He will find a fine black worsted suit selling for seven dollars the same quality as he used to pay $15.00 to $18.00 for not many years ago He will find Men's shirts marked 50 cents which a few years back would have been considered cheap at $1.50 and he will find Hats, Shoes, Underwear, Sox and anything that a Man or Boy can wear for VERY MUCH LESS than he ever expected to see them marked. What is the cause of theBe lower-than-ever prices at "THE NEBRASKA" this Spring? The main cause is the general condition of the country and together with that, is the desire on the part of "THE NEBRASKA" to make prices in keeping with the hard times. 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