Aug. 20, 1896.
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
FROM POLUUST HEADQUARTERS.
A Letter From the Chairman and Sccre-
ttry of the Sute Committee.
To tbe people of the state of Nebraska:
The political situation is such that
every loyal American citizen must at the
coming election decide for himself wheth
er he favors American Industries under
American control, or whether he will sus
tain a financial policy for the American
people dictated by a Wall street syndi
cate in the interest of foreign aristocratic
money power. The issue is so clearly
drawn that patriotic thinking men in all
walks of life, without regard to political
affiliations, are aroused and are uniting
in thought and action as never before in
the history of this country, determined
that the American people shall not be
placed at the mercy of those who bold
their bonds and mortgages and who
seek to fix the a.nount and. determine the
kind of money in which these bonds and
mortgages shall be paid and also control
the value of their products and tbe price
of their labor.
Our civilization, our prosperity as a
people, our hopes, our homes aud our
happiness are involved in this issue.
Financial slavery once fixed upon us un
der a gold standard may remain as a
permanent policy. The great patriotic
common people may never again be able
to lift their burden thus imposed, nor be
able to throw off the yoke now sought
to be fastened upon themselves and their
prosperity by those who add nothing to
the productive wealth of our country but
who live from the toil of others.
The result of the elections this year in
this country may determine the great
question whether a gold standard shall
be forced upon the people, not only of
this country but of the industrial world,
who are now suffering as we are suf
fering. We believe the permanent adop
tion of such standard will result in un
told suffering and strife among our peo
ple. Therefore, in the interest of good gov
ernment and believing that the people
are the government and that they have
a right to govern themselves without
the consent of any other "nation on
earth , we in the name of Peoples Inde
pendent party of the state of Nebraska,
without reference to former party lies or
afliliations request, that all persons
viewing the present situation as herein
Bet forth are hereby invited to unite
their efforts .with ours in this struggle
for human rights. We further request
all persons who desire or will consent to
take part in the way of speaking or ad
dressing the people, both experienced
speakers and also the young men of tins
state who have never been active in pol
itics, many of whom are graduates of
our colleges and who are engaged in dif
ferent professions, whatever your calling
may be, we most boartily extend this in
vitation for your valuable assistance in
carrying this state for silver and pros
perity. To all persons accepting this invita
tion we would request that you at once
-place yourselves in communication with
the state central committee at Lincoln,
Nebraska, who will be pleased to corre
spond with you, assigning you work
where we may unite our efforts in one
common course.
Respectfully yours,
J. H. Edmisten, B. R. B. Weber,
Chmn. Sec
Papers friendly to the reform move
ment please copy.
ONE GOLD BUG DEMOCRAT.
But 100 Silver Republicans Have Joined
the Biyan Club.
Hastings, Neb., Aug 19, 1896.
Editor TxDEPENdEjJT: Professor To
ber addressed the Bryan silver club at
the court house last Saturday afternoon
in a speech of one and one half hour's
length and through the medium of charts
showed conclusively to bis audience that
the advocates of bimetallism at the ra
tio of 16 to 1 are the true friends of the
American policy as adopted by the Chi
cago and St. Louis platforms which de
clare for the double standard without
waiting for the consent of England.
There is but one single standard dem
ocrat and not one single standard pop
ulist so far as heard from in this county
and there is not one of the Hanna list
as claimed in this county. It is prob
able that the same thing is true of every
, county iu the state. Bryan will carry
this county by at least 100 'majority
and is a sure winner in the state,
f ' There is at least 100 silver republicans
yin this county up to date who have
signed the Bryan clubs and that number
I will be doubled within thirty days from
this writing. If we could induce the re
publican campaign committee to keep
Horr in Nebraska until election day he
would be worth 5,000 votes to the silver
cause. '
John U. P. In a Fix.
Thurston says he based his charges
against Bryan on the word of the Chi
cago. Chronicle. This is what the same
paper has to say about Thurston:
Who and what is John M. Thurston?
What is his record as the paid attorney
and fugleman of corruption and public
plunder? To whom does he owo his sat
in the United States senate and to what
interests has he devoted his time not
only previous to his election, but since
be has occupied a public office?
For twenty years he has been in the
employ of the Union Pacific railway com
pany, the most' notoriously dishonest
and corrupt railway corporation in the
world. First as 'assistant attorney and
later as general solicitor. He has de
voted his time and his energies to the
interests of a concern which has robbed
the people of tbe United States of more
millions than Bryan's employers ever
owned.
That corporation elected him to the
Nebraska legislature, it sustained mm
in the political councils of the republi
can party and it finally rewarded him by
securing his election to the United States
He has not been ungrateful. His elec
tion to the senate has not abated his
zeal for his benefactor, though he is nom
inally no longer in its employ. A sen
ator of the United Stares, he is notor
iously a lobbyist for the Union Pacific
road. Representing the state of Nebras
ka, his efforts are devoted to the fasten
ing afresh noon that commonwealth the
chains of tbe most cruel and oppressive
railroad monopoly in the United Statt.
That is John M. Thurston's record. It
is not an enviable one.
THURSTON KNOCKED OUT.
The old man of t&e Mountains Wipes
up the Earth with him.
Thornton Turn Tail and Leave the Ring.
Washington, Aug.; 17. This after
noon Senator W. M. Stewart gave out
for publication a reply to Senator
Thurston's letter to ' him, published in
the papers this morning, regarding the
charge that Mr. Bryan had been a paid
lecturer in the employ of silver mine own
ers. The letter quotes Thurston's state
ment that he had not assailed Bryan's
character in any instance or by any
word, and Stewart asks Thurston how
he can reconcile that statement with the
following language used by him in the
speech which gave rise to the contro
versy: "The proprietors of the big bonanzas
have found it profitable to keep a large
number of lecturers and other spokes
men on the road preaching to the peo
ple. Among the many who have thus
been employed and carried on the pay
rolls of the big bonanzas for a number
of years is William J. Bryan of Nebraska,
a paid agent and spokesman of the free
silver combine."
The letter then continues:
"Your disclaimer in connection with
the foregoing statement requires expla
nation, provided you consider your rep
utation for truth and veracity valuable,
but your explanation that you 'would
be the last man to assail the character
of Mr; Bryan' reflects either upon your
veracity or your knowledge of the law
of libel. If you are a lawyer, and the
fact that you have been retained'by the
Union Pacific railroad for many years
.indicates that you are useful in some
ways to that institution, you ought to
know that repeating a Blunder of libel is
equally as slanderous or libelous as the
original matter. -
"You assume that you are not assail-
lingfMr. Bryan when you quote what ir
responsible newspapers sav of him and
giving to such statements all the credit
your high otficial position can confer.
lou belittle your understanding when
you say it is the duty of Mr. Bryan to
enter into personal controversy with
every hireling newspaper scribbler who
is employed to slander or defame him
The people understand the animus of
partisan newspapers and make proper
allowances for their assertions, but whim
you clothe their slanders with your of
ficial robes it is a lame and cowardly de
fense on your part to protect yourself by
skulking behind miserable newspaper
scribblers. I called your attention to
the injustice of your charge, not the
charge of newspapers, which I have again
quoted for the purpose of calling your
attention to the charge you made, sup
posing you were an honorable man and
would retract the 'charges at once, if
you ere unable to prove them. Instead
of doing so, you repeat other stale slan
ders against Mr. Bryan, myself, Senator
Sharon, Governor Stanford and others,
which if true, do not prove your charge
against Mr. Bryan.
I shall not reiterate in kind and quote
what venal newspapers, or even respec
table men, say of you, because it is not
pertinent to the issue. The issue whether
you have unjustly and without truth
assailed the character of Mr. Bryan.
You cannot avoid that issue by pretend
ing that you only repeated a falsehood
which somebody else originated. Do
you fear the repeating of a falsehood,
and ascribing it to irresponsible parties,
will impair your influence in favor of the
cause you are advocating? Youmustre
member, my dear senator, that there is
a sense of public justice, which is out
raged by slander and libel which you can
not justify by claiming you have a right
to repeat it because you bad not the
courage to originate it. If you have no
case against Mr. Bryan, which you have
already virtually admitted by citing
incompetent hearsay to prove your
charges, your slanders will be harmless,
so far as he is concerned, but can you
afford to be published to the world as a
peddler of Blander which yot cannot
prove? If you have any friends wBo sup
posed that you were both honest and
brave they will be sorely disappointed if
you fail to fraukly avow your error and
retract your slanders which I have quo
ted above."
Chicago, August 18: When asked by
a reporter for the United Press if he had
read the reply of Senator Stewart to bis
letter regarding the charge against Mr.
Bryan, the senator said he had glanced
over it, and did not think he would
answer it, because he had not the time.
Lincoln, Neb., August 19. Senator
Thurston has given out through this
mornings press reports that his state
ments concernirg Mr. Bryan's employ
ment by the silver miners was based on
hearsay evidence, and that he is forced
to admit that the charge was wholly
without foundation in fact. He then
proceeds in a long tirade against Sena
tor Stewart which he will have to take
back in the same manner in a very few
weeks.
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ever produced. In fact,
rui fi
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1100(1 S rlllS Constipation. 26 cents.
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Bed Spreads.
Special This Week.
. 75c Bed Spreads........ .... 58c
$1.00 Bed Spreads 89c
$1.28 Bed Spreads .......$1.13
11.75 Bed Spreads $1.58
$2.50 Bed Spreads ,....$2.25j
Ladies' Leather Belts.
25o Leather Belts, thia wm1t 1
40c Leather Belts, this week....
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- 48 pairs GenH' Buff plain, square,
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30 pairs Gents' Kangaroo and
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Stationery
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This
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fine Dress Shirts
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0n
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25c SCARFS, .nice summer stvles.
, nice su
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Gottonade Pants
Made up well and good styles, for this
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