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The Wealth Makers and Lincoln Independent Consolidated,
VOL. VIII.
LINCOLN, NEBR., THURSDAY, Aug. 20, 1896.
NO.ln.
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STATE FAIR AND CARNIVAL
Preparations to Make Both the
Greatest Ever Held Going
Rapidly Forward.
The Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben Isue an Of
flcial Program of the Festivities
for the Week.
Omaha will be in gala attire during
the week of the state fair.
All the indications now are that the
number of people attending will be far
greater than one year ago, and it is an
assured fact that the state fair will be
the largest and best ever held in the
state, and that the attendant festivities
will surpass anything of the kind ever
seen in the northwest.
W. D. Mann of Woodlawn, who for the
past twelve years has had charge;; of
work on the grounds for the state board
of agriculture, arrived early in the
week and at once set a force of men at
work building additional accommoda
tions for live stock and making other
improvements. The force will be largely
increased this week and kept busy until
the fair opens. The Omaha people will
also be out in full force tomorrow and
for the next two weeks doing their share
of the work. Among the improvements
which will be appreciated by visitors
and not already noticed will be those in
the arrangements for furnishing meals.
They will be much better than last year
and at any time of day, and without a
long wait, meals and lunches can be ob
tained at small cost. A new office, that
of water superintendent, has been cre
ated by the board, and the numerous
ice water tanks will be kept filled all the
time.
Commissioner Utt of the commercial
club is now in communication with the
railroads and is confident of having them
extend the half fare rate to all points
within 200 miles of Omaha. The state
board has as usual obtained half fare
rates from all points in the state, and by
getting the concession asked for, the
same rate will apply to a large number
of cities and towns in Iowa, South Da
kota and Kansas.' With the combined
'-.attractions of the state fair and carnival
under the direction of the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben
many thousands of visitors
from the three states named areexpected.
From letters received it can also be stated
that a large number of visitors from
other states, both east and west will be
here.
CARNIVAL PREPARATIONS.
The work of preparing for the carnival
of the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben has been
v"going on steadily but quietly since the
middle of January, while the planning
for it commenced almost immediately
after the close of the last carnival. But
of all this only those who have become
nf fho mvHt.ic order know any
thing. Those on the outside must, uutil
the carnival itself comes, rest content
with the assurance that the parades, the
grand ball and the other features will
far surpass those 01 last year, aub
Lnnin that nil the promises made by
Samson, the lord high chancellor, were
carried out last year, ana as ne nas ai
his command this year many more loyal
".. . i 1 1 n 1 1
and enthusiastic subjects 01 An-oar-ueu
Tiia nrrwnioua fnp thin vfinr deserve credit.
During the year a large number of
prominent men from the different cities
and towns of JNebrasta, ana aiso a num
from other states
have been received into the order and
today Ak-Sar-Ben has loyal subjects
from the Atlantic to tne raciuc.
ILLUMINATING THE CITY.
The preparations for illuminating the
: atppota Ami mi 1)1 in buildings have been
going on rapidly for the last ten days.
There will be 1,000 more electric lights
than last year, not countiug tne adai-x-Jrional
liirhts provided by individuals.
une illumination ui iue umj uu.u i.uib
year will be magnificent and the same
can be said of a large number of office
buildings and business blocks. The dec
orations will also be more extensive
than a year ago.
The following program has been pre
pared and will be sent out this week
Monday, August 31. Opening day of
state fair. Arrival of visitors. Omaha
illuminated in honor of its guests. In
formal receptions. Merrymaking on the
streets and special attractions at all
places of amusement. .
Tuesday, September 1. Grand mill
tary and civic parade, headed by the
Twenty-second regiment, L. S. A., and
band from tort Urook, with militia or
ganizations from Omaha and neighbor
ing cities, and all the great social and
secret organizations of the vicinity. A
parade that will take two hours in pass
ing.
Wednesday, September 2. Parade of
beautiful floats sent in to represent
counties of Nebraska in competition for
the $500 offered in prizes by the Knights
of Ak-Sar-lien, and headed by famous
bands from different parts of the state.
Illuminations and fire works. The
knights' parade.
Thursday, September 2. Great
mystic parade of the knights of Ak-Sar-Ben,
celebrating the feast of
Olympia. Twenty gorgeous floats in
line, representing various classical-divin-ities
and carrying out with absolute
fidelity the story of the feast. Mounted
Grecian soldiers will accompany each car
as it rolls along, and a radiance of light
be shed on all by the royal torchbearers
and the bearers of red fire. The muni-
,n cipality has again arranged for a lavish
electric illumination of the streets, mcao-
descent lights being strung at distances
of a foot apart along the leading thor
oughfares. The city hall and leading
buildings will be a blaze of light.
Friday, September 4. Court ball of
the knights at the den, and ceremonies
attending the coronation, and unmask
of the king and queen. A superb fiesta,
. ti nrhinh Rnectatorn tickets m&v ha hurl
f T r "
at a very reasonable figure. Ball tickets
admitting gentlemen and ladies, will be
secured upon proper introduction, from
the board of governors at $10. It will
be the greatest semi-public function ever
undertaken in the west.
Saturday, September 5. The north
western Scandinavian Singing society,
1,000 voices, give a festival of song at
the den.
SAMSON IN COMMAND.
The arrangements for this gala week
are in the bands of the board of govern
ors of the knights of Ak-Sar-Ben, of
which K.S. Wilcox is president, a. J.
Penford treasurer, and Clement Chase,
secretary. All communications, how
ever should be addressed to Samson, box
777. Omaha.
Let all the great west come to Omaha
for the fall festivities. On all sides let
us hear the famous yell of the knights:
Samson, Samson, we're his menl.
We're the knights of Ak-Sar-Ben!
Rah-rah-rah!
. O-ma-ha!
COMMERCIAL CLUB BUREAU.
The commercial club state fair bureau
of information and rental agency will be
located in the big hall on the second
floor of the board of trade building, saix
teen and Farnam streets, and the read.
ing and club rooms on' the fifth floor
will be open day and night during the
fair. All visitors to the city are extend
ed a cordial welcome to them.
The bureau of information and rental
agency are simply and solely for the ac
commodation of visitors, ine rental
agency is not for the purposo of making
money, or in opposition to the hotels or
boarding houses, but to assist both them
and the visitors. All of the hotels will
be filled to their utmost capacity.
THE RAILROAD SITUATION.
A Change in the System a necessity.
The statistics of "American .'railways
are among the most unanswerable argu
ments why a change in the system is an
absolute1 necessity. Take for instance
the list of railways sold under foreclos
ure since 1876. Here it is:
i Stocks and
Year No. roads. Mlleaers. bonds.
t876., 30 8,840 S217,84S,O00
1877...
1878...
1879...
1880...
1881...
1882...
1883...
1SS4...
1885...
18S6...
1887...
1888...
1889...
: 54
.v.... 48
...... 65
31
29
...... 16
18
...... 15
...... 22
...... 45
31
19
25
I 875 : 18,9S4,U0
1,906 - 811,634,000
909 243,228,000
1775 203,882,000
1,617 127,9i3,000
867 65,42h,000
,354 37,100,000
710 2.M04,000
1,156 278,404,000
',67 ' 874,100.000
i,47 828,181,000
,696 64,555,000
,930 137.815,000
,825 ' 182.495,000
1890 29
1891 ., 21
1892 28
1893 23
1894 42
1895 52
1,223 186,069,000
,922 95,808,000
,410 ' 94,S9S,000
,643 318,999,000
,831 761,791,000
Total 643
75,554
$1,265,196,900
There we have in twenty years more
than $4,000,000,000 of stocks and
bonds either scaled down or wiped out
of existence. The immense-liquidation
of last year over $760,000,000 was
divided into $326,231,000 of funded
debt and $435,560,000 of stock, the lat
ter being practically extinguished in the
reorganization. .
A German Vote Offered McKinley.
Woodlawn, August 17, 189.
Editor Independent: From the Ger
man paper I saw that a German McKin
ley club was started in Lincoln, and that
Messrs Fred Beckmann, Boehmer, Nic.
Ross, Trompen, and John Geoler were
elected as committee. These are the
right men in the right place. Three of
these gentlemen are county officials. We
know that it is the duty of officers to
work for the welfare of the people, and
therefore this committee has a noble task
to preform.
The people of this state lost about
$230,000 under state treasurer Hill.
About $000,000 school money should
be in the state treasury but high officials
claim that there is not a cent in it. Lan
caster county lost about $40,000, under
Treasurer Burnham and about $50,000
under Treasurer Cobb and the city of
Lincoln lost about $20,000 under Treas
ures Stevenson. All this money must be
reimbursed by new taxes. . . .
All these Treasurers belong to the Mc
Kinley party, therefore I hold that these
German McKinley converts should go to
work and see that every cent of this
money is reimbursed before the election.
This would secure them every German
vote. ,
I am a populist but if these gentlemen
can bring me real proof before the next
election that every cent of this money is
restored to the respective treasuries m
good sound gold dollars (siiver would
not do as these gentlemen declare they
are only worth 53 cents) then I will vote
tlie straight McKinley ticket, but if they
cannot do this 1 believe we should not
trust the public money again to that
party. Fred Schavirzer,
He Don't Bide on Passes.
Several hundred people crowded into
the little station of the Rock Island road
a few minutes before 2 o'clock this after
noon and watched with interest William
Jennings Bryan, the candidate of three
political parties for the presidency, pur
chase two tickets and pay for them.
"It looks strange to see a candidate
for the presidency buying railroad tick
ets," said a friend to Mrs. Bryan while
this was occurring.
Well." she replied, "he always has
bought his tickets, and , I don't know of
any reason why he should not do so
now." N. i. World.
D. P. Sims, dentist rooms 42. 13 Burr
Bl'k., Lincoln, Nebraska. - 14
REPUBLICAN FALSEHOODS REFUTED.
The Government Issues a Circular Stating the
Facts in Regard to Monetary Laws.
Neither Silver Dollars Nor Silver
Gold-Official
There are ten different kinds of money in circulation in the United States,
namely, gold coins, standard silver dollars, subsidiary silver, gold certifi
cates, silver certificates, treasury notes issued under the act of July 14,
1890, United States notes (also called greenbacks and legal tenders), na
tional bank notes and nickle and bronze coins. These forms of money are
all available as circulation. While they do not all possess the full legal
tender quality, each kind has such attributes as to give it currency. The
status of each kind is as follows: .
Gold coin is legal tender at its nominal or face value for all debts pub
lic and private, when not below the standard weight and limit of tolerance
as prescribed by law; and when below such standard and limit of tolerance
it is legal tender in proportion to its weight.
- Standard silver dollars are LEGAL TENDER at their nominal or face
value in payment of all debts, public and private, without regard to the
amount, except where otherwise expressly stipulated in the contract.
Subsidiary silver is legal tender for amounts not exceeding $10 in any
one payment. " .' ' ' ' i
Treasury notes of the act of July 14, 1890 are legal tender for all debts,
public and private, except where otherwise expressly stipulated in the con
tract. . , :
United States notes are legal tender for all debts, public and private, ex
cept duties on imports and interest on the public debt.
Gold certificates, silver certificates and national bank notes are not legal
tender, but both classes of certificates are receivable for all public dues,
while national bank notes are receivable for all public dues, except duties
on imports, and may be paid out by the government for all salaries, and
other debts and demands owing by the Plaited States to Individuals, cor
porations and associations within the United States, except interest on the
public debt and in redemption of the national currency. All national
banks are required by law to receive the notes of other national banks at
.par. .
The minor coins of nickle and copper are legal tender to the extent of
25 cents. , .
gold coins.
The coinage of legal-tender gold was authorized by the first coinage act.
passed by the congress, April 2, 1792.
The total coinage of gold by the mints of the United States from 1792
to June 30, 1896, is $1,814,692,253, of which it is estimated that $567,
931,823 is still in existence as coin iu the United States, while the remain
der, jl,J4O,T00,4JiO, has been exjorted or con
sumed in the arts. The gold bullion now in the United States amounts
to $32,268,955.
The basis for the estimate of the amount of gold coin in the United States
was established in 1873, when the amount in vaults of national banks and
the treasury was ascertained from reports to be $98,389,864. To this was
added $20,000,000 as an estimate qf the amount of gold in use on the
Pacific coost, and $10,000,000 as the amount held by all other banks, and
by the people. The amount thus ascertained was $128,389,864, to which
has been added from year to year the new coinage reported by the director
of the mint, and the imports as shown by the custom house reports; and
from which have been deducted the exports and the amount consumed in
the arts. It will be seen that more than TWO-THIRDS of the gold coins
struck at the mints of the United States HAVE DISSAPEARED FROM
CIRCULATION. -
silver coins. "
The silver unit is the dollar which contains 412 grains of standard sil
ver 900 fine. The amount of fine silver in the dollar is 371 grains, and
there are 41 grains of copper alloy. The standard silver dollar was first
authorized by the act of April 2, 1792. Its weight was 416 grains 892.4
fine. It contained the same quantity of silver as the present dollar, whose
weight and fineness were established by the act of January 18, 1837. The
coinage of the standard silver dollar was discontinued by Hie act of Febru
ary 12, 1873. The total "amount coined from 1792 to 1873 was $8,031,
238, and the amount coined from 1878 to June 30, 1896, was $430,790,041.
The coinage ratio between gold and silver under under the act of 1792 was
15 to 1, butby the act of 1837 it was changed to 15.988 to 1 (commonly
called 16 to 1). This is the present ratio.
Of the $430,790,041 standard silver dollars coined since February,
there were held in the treasury June 30, 189 $378,614,043, and the
amount outside the treasury was $52,175,998. Silver- certificates to the
amount of $342,619,504 have been issued against that amount of the
standard silver dollars held in the treasury. The commercial value of an
1 ounce of fine silver June 30, 1896, was $0,6924, and the commercial value
of the silver in a silver dollar on that date was 53.55 cents.
SUBSIDIARY SILVER.
The amount of full weight fractional sjjrer coined prior to 1853 was
$76,734,960.50, and the amount of subsidiary silver coined since that
year is $144,942,175.50.
SILVER CERTIFICATES.
The act of Feb. 28,'78,autboriHing the issue of the standard silver dollar,
provided that any holder of such dollar might deposit them in sums of not
less than $10 with the treasury or any assistant treasurer of the United
States and receive certificates therefor, in denominations not less than $10,
said certificates to be receivable for customs, taxes and all public dues. The
act of August 4, 1886, authorized the issue of smaller denominations of
$1, $2, and $5. Silver certificates have practically taken the place in circu
lation oMShe standard silver dollars which they represent. The amount
outside the treasury July 1, 1896, was $331,259,509, while the amount of
standard silver dollars outside the treasury was only $52,175,998. Neither
silver certificates nor silver dollars are redeemable in gold.
The act of April 2, 1792 established the first monetary system of the
United States. A mint was established. The bases of the system were:
The gold dollar or unit; the silver dollar or unit. The ratio of gold TO
'Bilver was 1 to 15. The coinage was UNLIMITED and there was no mint
charge. Both gold and silver was legal tender. TIL3 STANDARD WAS
DOUBLE. Official Treasury Department Circular No. 123, July 1, 1891
Certificates are Redeemable in
Information.
Working the old Game.
The big Tudor Iron works in East St.
Louis have shut down and give as an ex
cuse, fear of free icoinage of silver being
successful in the election, and a number
of smaller factories have followed their
example- with the same purpose of cre
ating a scare in the minds of the people.
The money stringency in the banks is be
coming tighter every day and it is now
practically impossible to secure loans
ou any kind of security in any part of
the country. Correspondence to the
bureau shows that these conditions ex
ist in every section of the United States
without difference. It remains to be
seen whether the monied lords and mo
nopolistic interests have the people by
the throat bo tightly that they can
never again accomplish reform for them
selves and the benefit of their children.
The struggle seems to be the final one
in deciding whether liberty is to live on
the shores of the westarn hemisphere
and the republic of our fathers is to be
perpetuated.
, Make the Gold Dollar Smaller.
Brewster, Neb., August 10, 1896.
Editor Independent: Please allow
me the pleasure of contributing to the
columns of the Independent. The paper
reaches me regularly on Saturday of
each week, always bringing cheering
news of the fight for emancipation from
financial slavery. Let the good fight go
on and long may the Independent live
to enjoy the victory which seems so near
and to which it has so gallantly con
tributed. We are not idle in this country but
have secured space in the News for the
publication of of populistic doctrine and
shall make a fight for Bryan and free
silver. While we have no objections to
Sewall personally, we prefer Watson be
cause be has fought a good fight for the
principles which we as pops hold dear.
He has felt the heavy hand of corporate
oppression and injustice in being robbed
of the fruits of victory won in a struggle
to uphold the constitutional rights of
the people against the grasping, liberty
destroying' power of the money kings of
the country, backed' by the power of the
government. Such men should not be
deserted. Crop prospects in this coun
try are good. Corn is growing rapidly
and so is the free silver sentiment.
It is refreshing to see the way farmers
and wage earners generally are warming
up on the money question. Thinking
men everywhere irrespective of party,
are studying this questidn as they never
did before. Many things have combined
to bring about this state of mind in the
masses. Chief among these causes is the
depreciation in valueof all kinds of prop
erty and the consequent fall in wages.
Under the operation of the single gold
standard of money, gold has steadily
appreciated in value while every form of
property has depreciated or gone down
in an inverse ratio. Silver deprived of
its redemption quality and reduced to
the plane of mere merchandise, its value
measured in gold, has suffered in com
mon with all other products. Whenever
a gold bug runs out of an argument, as
he often does, he will declare that the ra
tio of 16 to one is not a fair one because
it does not represent the relative value
of the two metals. He always wants to
make the silver dollar larger, say 30 to
1. But he never says anything about
making the gold dollar smaller.
A. H. Shull.
Utterly Contemptible.
The insinuations fiat Bryan could be
bought to lend his matchless eloquence
to a cause in which he did not believe or
paid to forward the interests of a selfish
clique of men is utterly contemptible. It
would be no more contemptible to
charge McKinley with introducing the
bill which bore bis name for the express
purpose of putting money into the cof
fers of the Andrew Carnegies of the coun
try. Denver rsews.
Tell as About it.
i at. tnis tune two years ago Airs. iaa
... . .
Notson was tramping over the state urg
ing her friends to vote for H. R. Corbett
for superintendent of public instruction
she had left her two children in the care
of friends and traveled over the state
spending her time and money in Cor-
bett's interest, as it was understood he
would appoint her his deputy, if elected
Did he keep his promise? Where is Mrs
Notson now? Where are the two chil
dren? Whose were the two babies fished
out of the Missouri river? Corbett is up
for office again. Mrs. Notson needs no
office now. Tell us all about it Mr. Cor
bett, and the partyourduplicity played
in this horrible tragedy. Omaha West
ern Laborer.
Banker '.Grow Denperate.
The following is part of a letter re
ceived by Joseph Harrison & Co., gen
eral agents for the Penn Mutual Life In
surance Co., from the senior member of
their firm, who is now in Philadelphia,
dated August 8. The letter concludes
with the following:
There was a semi-panic in stocks yes
terday and today the bankers are going
to play the devil with everything. They
are beginning to realize that silver is
likely to win. I find the interest in the
free coinage question to be even more
wide spread than I thought. All classes
and conditions are reading and investi
gating the subject, and the more they
read the closer we get to a Bryan voter.
1 rom expressions heard and which, by
the way, are not always in our favor, I
am very confident that New York will
repudiate McKinley.
I be whole country is ablaze with the
question. Old time radical protection
ists seem to have forgotten the tariff in
the great and ovewhehning question of
the free coinage of silver. I think we are
going to win." )
HOT UNDER THE COLLAR.
Insurance Agents wish for the Fool
Killer.
The Insurance President's Gold
Standard Letter has Buined
Their Business.
When the eastern presidents of life in
surance companies wrote their now cele
brated letters promising to pay policiea
in 50-cent dollars if Bryan and Sewall
were elected, they doubtless thought
they had done a smart thing. In their
mind's eye they saw a great rush of the
people to congratulate them on their po
sition and the downfall of all hopes of
free coinage. This was last week. Now
they are beginning to wonder if after all
they did not make a little mistake which
was likely to prove a boomerang in
more ways than one. At first they re
ceived letters of congratulation and col
umns of editorial from the eastern gold
bug press. This was very pleasant and
they enjoyed it. But now they 'are be
ginning to hear from the west that there
are two sides to the question. Agents are
writing to their home office that the ef
fect of the letters in the west was to com
pletely shut off business; that the people
of the western towus will not even talk
insurance with those companiea that
have declared for gold. Of course the
general agents are not in a position to
criticise directly, but there are a large
number of general hustlers who work on
commission. They find their vacation
entirely gone since the appearance of the
letters in question and whenever they
approach a man on the question of In
surance they are met with some state
ment about not wanting to be insured
in 50-cent dollar companies or sarcastic
utterances of that kind, until the poor
insurance rustler, always heretofore
noted for bis cast iron gall, finds that
even his nerve is not equal to the
task of talking down the effect of those '
gold standard letters.
, Senator Hill for Bryan.
Senator David B. Hill will support the
nominees of the Chicago convention. A
formal announcement of his position
will be made public within a few days
Senator Edward Murphy is out in the
open for Bryan and Sewall and will urge
the democratic state convention to in
dorse their nomination. -'--
John B. Stanchfleld, who will probably
be the democratic candidate for govern
or, will support the ticket and platform
put in the field at Chicago and make his
own canvass on these lines. N. Y. World.
Campaign Nastlne.
If one knows of as disreputable cam
paign trash as the following he must
have reached the sewers of New York or
London to have found it;
'"Still Mr. Bryan threatens at some
future time to inform the people whether
or not be is the paid emissary of the bul
lionaires. This charge has been repeat
edly made in the public prints, on the
rostrum and in private conversation,
but so far Mr. Bryan has continued to
draw his salary and keep silent" York
Times.
Why He Read It.
In regard to reading his speech at
Madison Square Mr. Bryan said:
"Knowing that it would be printed in
full, I thought it more important that
it should reach in correct form the mil
lions who will read it than that the del
ivery should please the few thousauds
who were present It is always unfor
tunate when a speaker is compelled to
read a political speech, but in this in
stance 1 thought it best not to risk the
errors which always creep into the re
port of an extemporaneous speech,"
Brltlih Colony.
The strongest opposition to free silver
comes from . Massachusetts, the state
that exiled Roger Williams, egged Wen
dell Phillips and mobbed Lloyd Garrison.
Massachusetts has never ceased to be a
British colony. Clark Hudson.
But Massachusetts produced a Wen
dell Phillips, a William Lloyd Garrison
and many more patriots whose eloquent
words and heroic acts have moulded the
policy of this nation.
He's Too old and SUIT.
. This week Mr. Bryan almost literally
passes McKinley's door on his way east.
His armor glistens, his spurs are sharp
ened, and his dazzling helmet challenges
all comers. Uovernor Mernam of Minn
esota and others soupd the alarm, and
press McKinley to get out after this
young man and load his guns with cur
rency ammunition to the muzzle. Bos
ton Globe.
The Facts at Last.
Washington, D. C, Aug. 13,
(Special.) Republican managers here
declare that Bryan's speech in New York
last night was a universal disappoint
ment and a dismal failure. Half the
audience left the hall before he had fin
ished his hour and and a half of read inn
from manuscript. Truthful Annin.
Good for the EngUHhinan.
The English owner of African gold
mines can bring here his gold which
cost him two or three dollars an ounce
to mine and we will coin it for him free-
coin every ounce of it into more than
twenty dollars. let our own silver Dro-
duct is shut out from our mints Mis
souri World. ,
10 campaign subscriptions $1.00.
Send in your orders.
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