The Nebraska independent. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1896-1902, May 14, 1896, Page 5, Image 5
WOMEN IN POLITICS. WHY A WOfllAN THINKS THAT THEY ABE AS MUCH INTERESTED AS MEN. Government Plays a Vital Part m , a Woman's Life. No one should be more interested in politics than women. Politics plays a vital part in a woman's daily life. Noth ing affects a woman's welfare and the welfare olv all those dear to her, more powerfulfy than the outcome or result of practical politics, and yet there is no subject more ignored by the average woman than politics. Practical poli tics puts into operation and f jforces or not, the laws good or -bad, w. jlch con cerns the moral and physical welfare of "a woman's beloved son or daughter, and the woman sits at home and mourns because her little son in spite of all her love and care is destroying his brain with cigarettes and debasing his body and soul with drink. The woman took no interest in politics. She did not know or care to know the name, the character or the policy of the men elected to make the laws concerning the sale of liquor and cigarettes, or the name,character or policy of the man elected to enforce or ignore as the case might be, the laws of her village or town or state. According to her thinking, all that, is politics and in no war concerns ber or hers! In the process of the evolu tion of the human race, women have supplied the moral element. The moral element cannot be ignored in life with impunity. Cecil Rhodes has found it bo to his cost in South Africa. He tried to manufacture a revolution with out taking the common people into ac count. Here and there women are beginning to recognize that politics is a part of the moral element in life. New parties spring into existence because old parties in the process of time and flushed with ill gotten SpoilB, ignore the moral element. All through the history of the past the moral element has continually asserted and reasserted itself as a vital force in life to be reckoned with, finding its ex pression in reform parties which spring into existence from the ranks of the "common people." At the present day ' the "new party" the so called : "populist" party is the latest assertion of the moral element in life. The main idea of this new re form party is the settlement of the "money question" in such a way as to benefit the masses of the people. The legislation on the money of the people, as it now exists, tends to the production of a few millionaires, and what were never before known in history, multi millionaires, while the mass of the peo ple suffer from the scarcity of the money concentrated into the hands of a few, through legislation or in other words through practical politics. The "money question" a question of the welfare of the many against the few, is one of the cardinal doctrines of the people's party. "The mouey question! Oh! that's politics. We will have nothing to do with that!" say the women. Yes, but politics is a part of the moral element of life. Women cannot afford to ignore the moral element. They are re sponsible because they supply it to the race. The women of the south ignored the "moral element" in slavery, and they paid for it at the cost of the blood and lite of their husbands, brothers and sons. The consequences of the ignoring of the moral element in the lives of na tions as of individuals, are inexorable, and just as inexorable if the consequences are impalpable; felt though not seen. Farmers and their wives form the larger half of the nation. How does the "money question" affect the farmer's wife? ' There is just so much money in circu lation. If there is not enough for the business of the people, it is scarce and hard to get. The prices of the articles the farmer produces go down and the price of money goes up, so that only a little money will buy a great deal of corn, wheat and flour, and everything else that the farmer has, including his land. In many cases the farmer does not get enough for his produce to pay the ex penses of raising his crop. There is where itStncerns the.farmer's wife. She has sons and daughters for whose physical welfare and moral . and intellectual development, she is respon sible. If her husband with all his hard toil, early and late, can only succeed in giving them enough to eat, what be comes of the moral and intellectual de velopment? Money is needed for that. The daughter is bright and pretty and with the natural longing of her sex, wants dainty dresses and ribbons, and she should have them. They are her natural right. Where is the money to get them with, if the farmer's wife is to take no ijnterest in the "money question" because , jehat is "politics?" And the sons with '" all their natural longing for what they should have! No wonder they break away from the dull and sordid life of most farmers to help fill up the cities and find that life there is a battle for ex istence which crushes the moral element out of most of them. Practical politics is the concern of the farmer's wife. It is her concern to know what the money policy of the next presi dent will be and to talk to and infleunce ' her husband, son and acquaintances as to whether the present existing system of finance which has produced distress in aland teeming with plenty, shall con tinue or be overthrown. How does politics concern the mer chants wife?. The merchant can sell no goods when the farmer has no money . and can buy only the barest necessaries of life. The merchant gets into debt if he can sell no goods. The merchant's wife is concerned here.. Her children are as dear to her and have as many waufj as those , of the farmer's wife. Practical politics ' is the concern of the merchant's wife. Every individual in the nation is affected by the right or wrong settlement of the money question. The whole nation is chained together by links it cannot break. "What is to the injury of one is to the injury of all." Now, practically, what can the women do to help their brothers, husbands and sons? There are other questions press ing for solution such as government .1 ownership of transportation and means if communication, but as the chairman l)f the populist party so well puts it, "the money question is the largest part i (of every question." i i nave said tnat tne women Bupply tne ' moral element in tne evolution of the human race. Today, the women form I the grtatt part of the nii'inbership of the ehurvh of th Christian religion. They do the niaiu part of procuring the funds to pay the salaries of the miuiHters and to build the churches, and morally sustain the ministers by their presence at the services. Now what the policy of the next ad ministration on t he money question shall be, is as much, a religious and moral duty of the women as keeping up the churches. In many localities it has be come a question whether, on account of the prevailing distress, the people can keep up their church. Thus the "money question" or practical politics goes into the very life of the churches as well as in every thing else. In the end, the women are working for the church if they go in to "practical politics" and use every means in procuring funds to help their populist brothers and husbands in the right settlement of the money ques tion. The men, who are working against great odds, need the help of the women and they need the money which . the women can procure for them, just as they procure church funds. "Practical politics" does not have a pleasant sound, but it is vitally necessary some times to preform unpleasant duties for the welfare of those one loves. A woman does not like to see her husband or father or son, toiling day in and day out without longing to help him if she only knows how. Women supply the moral element in the evolution of the human race, and they will be true to that func tion to the end. They are the hope of the race. Bkight Eyes. William V. Allen. Human, yet faultless as a man One of our standard bearers o! the truth: From popnllsttc view the van , Increases while the avalanch forsooth. In humid atmosphere momentum, gains Sweeping onward all men to level plaines. The trnth needs no apologr: For man since Adam's time did fall and rise From crashing wrong to truth's theology. Above the mire with her pure emblem price, 'Mid songs of praise ascending unto heaven. While shouts of victory, o'er giant wrong, is given. Moses, David and just Joshua. On down unto God's own dear precious Son Our Brother King. In this late day Washington, Jefferson. Lincoln last bnt one: But since the world of night and day began Truth has her promised leadership in man. Men but wait the call of Him Who made the universe, pronounced It good And marshalled forth the stars, though dim To shine alike for all common brotherhood; Thus Allen, brave, from earth's tabernlcle sprung Heralding dawn of day from black night is wrung. Ring forth ye bells of dawn, 0 ring In joyful strains of right enthroned once more: Of right by man, upheld, Oh 1 sing The Death of wrong midst worshipers of yore. Truth never dies, from out the soul again ' It springs to nobler growth in mortal man. MATTIE CRESS STANCHFIELD. Retribntlon. Upon the application of three of its own directors, a New York court has ap pointed a receiver for the New York Times. It has been one of the most blatant of the supporters of the Cleve land policy and one of the staunchest adherents of the single gold standard. The "object lesson" which it has sought to impress on others has come home to itself. No sympathy is needed. The Times has aided in bringing ruin on thousands of business men, and in reducing thou sands more to absolute want. It has assisted in paralyzing the productive en ergies of the country, and in corrupting the springs whence flow the streams of national prosperity. It is now reaping its reward. The president's "object las- son has come home to one of his recog nized apologists. The retribution is just Denver News. Hastings Items. Hastings, Nebr., May 12, 1896. Good prospect for crops and the marked increase in every line of business, prompts us to insist that the Adams county fair association begin at once to arrange for an exhibition of the products of the farm this fall. Hon. Chas. W. Everett of Denver, Colo., will deliver the Memorial address on Decoration day. The Free Methodist made their first ap pearance on our streets on the evening of May 6, and attracted quite a little in terest. They conduct their meetings very much like the Salvation Army peo ple. Prof. George Norlan of Hastings won a scholarship and five hundred and twenty dollars in cash for his thesis, written and submitted to the University at Chicago recently. There were about two hun dred competitors. About one hundred cars of fat cattle have been shipped out of this county in the last week or ten days. Tramps and sneak thieves are work ing this city. They are entirely too numerous. Miss Carrie Louise Ray will present Miss Jerry in Monologne with the as sistance of stereoptican illustrations at Presbyterian church Tuesday evening. Mrs. Carrie Dutton of this city was elected vice-president of the Nebraska P. E. O. society for the ensuing year. Two small boys were up before Judge Renolds Saturday, charged with robbing henroosts. One was sent to the reform school; the other fined one dollar and costs. Some time ago Mrs. Thomas obtained a verdict against this city for $ 600 damage for an accident caused by a de fective side walk. Now it appears City Attorney Bowen has succeeded in getting a bill of error by Judge Shiras and the case will go to the United States circuit court of appeals. The storm of Friday night was rather severe in the southwest part of this county and near Trimbull northeast of Hastings, considerable damage was done to windmills, granaries, cornenbs and sheds, and in several instances trees were blown out of the ground. Messrs Berg and Stony havecommenced suit against the Adams county bank for an accounting, and claim damage to the amount of $20,000. The plaintiffs allege in their petitions that the bank has ap propriated to its own use a large amount in notes aud other securities which it now fails to account for. The notes were placed in the bank as collateral security the plain tills allege. Farmers are very busy planting corn and a large acreage will be put in this season. - Tuition at the State University is free. It is simply the 12, 13, 14, and 15th grades of our public school svstem. Write for catalogue. Insurance Department. Conducted by J. solicited. Y. M. Swlgarl. Correspondence In Iowa and Illinois where the mutual men and the Mutual Fire Companies have been in operation for many years the public sentiment is in favor of co-op erative insurance and the officers of those states could not be induce J to say a word derogatory to the interest of a purely Mutual company. I will give you some extracts from a speech by Hon. C. K. Durfee the state insurance commis sioner of Illinois before the national in surance association which met at Chica go, Illinois, Febuary 12, 189G, viz "Up on assuming the duties of my present position I became vtry much interes ted in the principle of mutuality or co operation as demonstrated by nearly 200 Mutual Fire Companiesin this state, controlled and managed exclusively by farmers." "In the early days there was much and persistent opposition to overcome, one idea was extant that the insurance bus iness could only be undertaken by ex perts aud that experiments carried by the initiated could only lead to despair1" "It is not necessary to enter into the detailed reasons given by the opposition as to why your plan must become a fail ure. Suffice it to say that the remarka ble success achieved by you is shown from the fact that out of 230 Mutual Companies organized in this state under special and general laws only about thirty have ceased to do business in the last twenty-five years, while during the same period of time 250 old line com panies have fallen by the wayside and at the present time but about a dozen old- line companies chartered in this state are doing business." "A carefully collected list of special charters granted to the state of Illinois from 18o5 to 1870 shows that the Addi son Farmers Mutual Insurance Company was chartered on February 15, 1855. The second was the Crete Farmers Mu tual Insurance Company February 20, 1851. Both are doing business today. "From this small beginning forty-one years ago, has grown up an interest with a mamncent showing of over 82,000 pol icies in force in nearly 200 companies, covering $112,200,000 on December 31, 1895 being an increase during the year of about 3,000 members and about 19,000,000 in the amount at risk. "Your meeting here in national con vention is a happy thought. "If co-operation in a neighborhood is valuable to the people why should it not be extended to the whole state and bet ter yet to all the states. In this age of fierce competition you must act together as all other interests are doing. "In conclusion permit me to say that your farm is your capital, your crop is your dividend, your Mutual Insurance the guarantee against unforseen disaster each dependent upon each other and your present and future prosperity de pendent largely upon then all. We have attended several meetings of the Iowa Insurance Association and every time we hear a similar talk from the different state officers including gov ernor, auditor, secretary of state in fact the, whole of the state officers in that state well know that the Mntuals are a factor that could be-felt from center to circumference in case any one should op pose the plan. They have an organiza tion composed of delegates from the dif ferent local companies and are at all times ready for an enemy, but last win ter they came near losing their law. It was done in this way, the old lines tried to pass a law to regulate Mutual Com panies, which had the Mutuals not put up a strong fight would have been passed, in which case the Mutuals would have been relegated to oblivion. Now the insurance lohby is at work in this state with two objects in view. It is their scheme to allow no one to be nominated for governor, auditor, senator or repre sentative who is favorable to the Mutual law or the "Valued Policy law." This we are told to be a fact, and if it is, the Mutuals must unite in onestrong force and be able to combat as one man with about 16,000 voices. It need not be carried into any particular political party but all members of local compa nies should know bow to ant and see to it that there are nominated for senators and members of the house only men who are friendly to our just cause. If every member of the senate and house were members of mutuals com pany, I doubt if a bill would be even in troduced that would in any way injure or cripple the stock companies, but on the other hand if they have the power they will tell the people that if you want any insurance you must buy it of them. It may seem to some that we are need lessly alarmed but there are some of us who worked so hard to have this law passed and in both sessions since its passage (and especially the last one), we have worked incessantly to keep it on the statutes and have so far succeeded but, while we have been doing this work without any pay, and willingly too, we now feel that to battle further is im possible to do it alone. There are forty seven companies in the state and every one is as much interested as we are and should contribute with their good will and assist us too by sending the best men they have to our association meet ing, iu June next. Come let us council together, work together and pull to gether for a common cause, for the com mon people. Had it not been for un iformity of action with the Iowa Mutuals they would, have suffered last winter, by a proposed change in the statutes under which the purely mutuals are in corporated. The same set of menf who were there last winter working for the downfall of the Mutuals will be in Lincoln next winter for the same purpose under some pretext. During the last legislature they were urging the passage of a law that provided that the auditor should for mulate a standard policy for all com panies that did business in the state. The bill was being pushed along until we urged a provisiou excepting the Mutual companies and the house com mittee so recommended, but the bill died then as no one was anxious to push it farther. Just think of a Mutual and a stock company using the same kind of a policy and more especially when the stock com pany had the say iu getting it up. The above was only one of a dozen schemes to injure our cause. We will send this paper to every presi dent and secretary of Mutual companies and ask in return that the swrutury an swer the following questions for publica tion in this column r.: Whi-u was your company organized? How much at rik January 1st? How much increase the first four mouths this year? Howmany members have you now? How much have you paid in losses this year? How much of an ussonmiieut fills year? How much has it cost you since your com pany was organized for $1000 including fees? Date and place of holding annual mooting? If you know of any unincorporated company please give me the name and Costoftice of president or secretary or oth. We hoDe that the secretaries will respond at their earliest convenience as we must commence to fortify ourselves with statistics that can be relied upon. We have sent a similar list of ques tions several times and marked the paper but ouly a few secretaries have re sponded. I do not know why unless they consider it a populist scheme but such is not the case. The owners of this paper kindly gives us space for mutual in surance matters and we use it. If you do not want to read any thing but this department we do not care, but we hope all officers of mutual companies will sue to it that your secretary sends us the above report asked for. If we had the names of all the agents aud directors of mutual companies we would send each of them also a copy of the paper contain ing the report. If you do not feel like spending a dollar just now please send 25 cents for a three months trial trip and if at the end of three months you are not satisfied that you have received the worth of your money in information A insurance subjects we will satisfy you in some way. No cannard about this. You may send the money to the In dependent Publishing Company or to us, just as you like I will promise, (with the co-operation of , the secretaries) to make it warm for any man who is so narrow as to cast slurs at the farmers who are being taught to do their own business in a businesslike way. Now please read all that the Illinois com missioner of insurance says again and then imagine that this year will be a test for the mutual cause in Nebraska. If we win next winter the auditor will gladly attend our meeting and tell us how much he knows about the co-operative plan of iusurance but if we are de feated ( and we will be if we" are dormant) the auditor when invited will have urgent business to see to that he must not neglect, he'll be sorry of course. . Again let me Bay to the President will you see to it that your secretary re ports to us. I presume that there are men in this state who will think that the statement above in regard to the number of failures in Illinois Mutuals and stock companies will be well worth a years subscription, but time will tell. J. Y. M. S. Business Directory. Men whose advertisements appear In this eoK amn are thoroughly reliable, and Business so (ranted to them will receive prompt and carelul attention, McNERNET EAGER, Attorneys-at-law, 10S4 O Street, Lincoln, Neb. Telephone 660. w. L. STARK., Attorney-at-Law, Aurora, We braska.. LONG & MATHEW, Attoonys-at-Law, Loup City, Nebraska. DR. H. B. LOWRY, 11T North 11th Street, Lin coln, Nebraska. pHARLES A. MUNN, Attorney-at-Law, Ord, Ha braska. M. A. MILLS, Aitorney-at-i.aw Osceola, Ne braska. HA. EDWARDS, Attorney-at-Law. Grand land. Neb. Office over First Nat'l Bank. J. M. LDOAS. Dentist. Brace Block. Lin coln, Nebraska. I SHAMP IMPLEMENT CO., Bohanan Block, Lincoln, Neb. Farm Machinery a specialty. Machines shipped to all parts of the state. I T. M. 8WIGART. Mntaal Fir and Cyclone Insurance, Lincoln, Neb. Agents wanted. WHEN In Lincoln, Populists should stop at the Lludell Hotel. It is Populist headquarters. M. LEESE, Lawyer, S.H South Eleventh Street, Lincoln, Neb,, Will personally attend to all business with care and promptness. DEBDROW A THOMSON, Attorneys and coun-- selors-at-law. Room 4, over Cent Neb. Nat'l Bank, David City, Neb. ROBERT WHEELER, Attomey-At-Law, 239 South 11th street, Lincoln, Neb. Xx-Jndge Fifth District. Business given prompt attention throughout the state. Dr. Edward W. Lee nt south utk st. .Qmaha. Nebr. H. D. RHEA, AUorieJat-LaW , Offloe 3d Floor, Brownell Bloek. Telephone 108. X.XHCOZ.V, MX? Consumers' Purchasing Agency. If you are in need of any kind of mer chandise, dry goods, groceries, clothing, farm implements, buggy, bicycle, or in fact anything, I can save you money by getting you inside wholesale prices. If you will write me, giving full partic ulars about what you need, I will quote you prices on anything you want. I will be as careful in making a purchase for you, as if I were buying for myself. 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