Sept. 'o, 1896.?
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
SOVEREIGN ON SILVER.
An Able Portrayal of Labor's Interest by
tht Cnampion of ,tb Toiler.
General Master Workman Sovereign
ban ni to this paper the following
communication which needs no further
explanation:
There is no middle ground on which
labor and non-producing, speculating
capitalists can ever meet in barmany and
friendship. The one class is the mortal
foe of the other. Since the dawn of civi
lization these two elements have main
tained, in one form or another, one un
broken chain of hostility towards each
TI100 moat find clash like the
meeting of tidalwavesand then recede to
meet and clash again at the firstcommo
tion. These twlever contending elements
will meet at the ballot box next Novem
ber, the speculative class representing a
monetary system Dasea on kuiu,
and banking autocracy ruling over the
nation's currency. On the other nana
labor representing free coinage of silver,
payment of bond, and the government
issue of all the money of the country.
Th nnn-nroduclnir speculators in
fWna- fnw and labor many, the
cmlrWrnhhintr and cold-gambling specu
lators in this contest invade the ranks
nf ihnr for recruits to carry on their
of rlerrredation and destruction
They first make a false claim to all the
nil the morality and all the
philanthropy in the world. They then
charge the advocates of free silver with
diahnnst.v. retaliation and anarchy.
They then pose before the world as the
ordained defenders aud saviors of the
down-trodden working pople. If ever
there was a case of stealing the livery of
heaven to serve the devil it is expressed
in the attitude of the money power to
wards labor at the opening of this cam.
nnitrn.
But they do not stop there. They put
into operation the three most potent
nowers known to conspirators; decep'
tion. bribery and coercion. The orders
already a-ien bv the money power when
epitomized mean: Persuade all who will
be persuaded buy all who will be bought
and coerce the balance. Their persuaders,
their buyers and their coercers are al
ready in the field. And the victim they
seek is labor. Wall street is taking snuff
in the name of labor and all the money
sharks are sneezing for the poor working
people of Amei ica. From Rothchild to
Mark Hanna they hold out a gilded
palm to labor:
"Oh labor, won't yon be mlnel
This chance to win I never can mien,
I'll buy and coerce you In line,
For the hand that emote you must kiss.'
The farmer has made two blades of
grass grow where one grew before and
the money power has taken in two dol
lars where it took in one before. The
farmer has had to turn over his blades
of crass and mortgage the land on
which they grew. Yet in the name of the
agricultural classes the confederated
banks plead for a continuation of the
single gold standard. The wage workers
have seen their wages go below the living
point, their homes taken from them and
then crowded into the army of enforced
idlers or driven to the squalid quarters
of the tenement districts while the gold
power has amassed untold millions and
grown haughty and despotic on the ne
cessities and misfortunes of the poor.
Yet the money power holds up gold
alone as the only hope of labor.
Every reader of the world's history
knows that gold when it stauds alone is
a coward in war, a robber in peace, and
a villian all the time. Through the
medium of a single gold standard the
subjugation of labor and the concentra
tion of the wealth of nations in the
hands of the few has been accomplished.
The system has desolated every country
and impoverished every people it ever in
fested. There is not a single exception
to this rule. Let labor glauce at the
money centers of this country from
whence comes the demand for a single
gold standard and there will be found in
the forefront of the agitation for gold a
few arrogant, haughty, domineering
aristocrats who despise the name of
labor and scorn the hand of an honest
toiler. Go on Wall street, the nucleus of
the gold agitation m America today, and
like their prototypes in the old world
they believe that a working man is born
with a saddle on his back and themselves
with boots and spurs to ride him by the
grace of God. Let Baron Rothchild, the
Czar of Russia and all the oppressors of
the poor in England and Europe come
to America during this campaign and
would they call on Mark Hanna? Would
they be received by the Belmonts and
the Morgans, the Vanderbilts and the
Sages? Or would they call on and en
courage that matchless champion of the
people, W. J. Bryan? The natural an
swers to these questions answers for
labor all the argument the advocates of
a single gold standard can make during
a thousand years.
The quality of principles and policies
in politics are never above the business
and character of the men who originate
and propagate them. The principles of
a single gold standard can never rise
above the character of Wall street. It
can never rise above the selfishness and
greed of the plutocratic combinations
behind it. The clamor of the avaricious
Shylocks and usurers of the world for a
single gold standard is the true test of
its virtue ana tne omy test 01 its cnar
acter. The agitation for a single gold
standard did not originate with labor,
On the contrary it originated with the
supercilious millionaire classes who have
for years maintained an organized brig
andage on labor and the honest business
interests of the country. Why should
labor be dragooned into the service of
an avowed enemy on false promises and
delusive theories? , ,
The money power wants a single gold
standard for purely selfish reasons. They
know that if they can destroy silver as a
money metal no other legislation will be
needed to change the payment of the
outstanding government bonds, both
principal,andinterest, from coin to gold,
and with the scarcity of gold the govern.
ment will never be able to pay its bond
ed debt, and with the gold of the world
in their control they can lock it up or
Bend it to a foreign country and force the
government to increase its debt at their
will. Tne same is true 01 an private
debts. This scheme of the money power,
if successful, will change all debts to gold
: payments. The aggregate indebtedness
of "the American people is reported to be
forty billion dollars but for the purpose
of this illustration cut it down to twenty
billion and supposing it draws only
three per cent interest per annum we
then find that with a gold production of
fifty million per year (it is only forth-six
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gold for every twelve minion we are
obligated to pay. 1 u bcuww wu-
spiracy to force laDor inw m Vnryvam'
ous position of agreeing to pay Shylock
what it nas not ana can n"
Already the American peopie are
driven to tne direful position 01 paying
interest to foreign money cuarg aK
rrmn,m tin,? nnnti ftllv more than twice as
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much as our enure guiu uuu.w-.
The creditor classes know that the
debtor classes cannot perform a physical
impossibility and they hope through a
single gold standard to confiocate the
homes of the people and enslave labor
for the payment of the fixed incomes of
the idle nth.
A train the advocates 01 a smgie gom
standard know that there is not now
and never will be enougn goia in xne
world to meet ten percent of the demand
for money, and therefore they propose
to destroy all government money ex
etpt gold and then authorize the banks
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to Issue tne currency ui w wuuv.j
which will increase the debts of the peo
na nnnrhnr billion dollars and afford an
opportunity to the banks to compound
their incomes from the necessities of the
people and enslave labor to an oligarchy
of speculating wealth.
If an r laboring man doubts that the
real designs and purposes of the gold
power are to destroy every form of
government money except gold and
force a transfer of the monetary pre
rogatives of the government to the
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bauks, let nim reaa ttouse ivou .iu. 1 ,
now on the calender of the lower house
of congress and then read a statement
from the committee on banking and
currency of the lower house of congress
published in the American Danser ui
New York city, January 8, of this year.
They will convince the most prejudiced
advocate of gold among the laboring
people that his only interest in a single
gold standard is to defeat it at the
nnminff election.
The money power in us aesperawuu
to conquer the people is now closely can
vassing the employes of great corpora
tions and an implied threat of discharge
is imposed on employes if they dare sup
port the free coinage 01 silver, iuey pay
employes in silver and then taunt them
with the ridiculous cry apout niij-ceim
dollars, but they never pay off in gold
fur thev know that there is not enough
gold in the country to pay off the labor
ing rmonln for a single month if they
were all working at a dollar a day. It
would require the entire gold produc
tion of this country for a space of more
than ten years to pay on our twenty
million working people for a single
month if they were ail working at the
nresentlow rate of wages. But the
monev power is iust now weeping and
wHilinor over the ridiculous statement
that the wages of the poor will be cut in
t.wn if we have free coinage of silver in
this country. Yet from the credit
strengthening act to the repeal of the
purchasing clause of the Sherman law
every statement made to labor by this
combine has proven to be a lie and every
promise they have made has proven
false. In fact they have not redeemed a
single pledge they have made to labor
since the day Christ scourged them from
the temple, and every one wno Knows
their history knows that if free coinage
of silver would reduce wages they would
he among the first to advocate it.
Near v every campaign document tnev
issue, nearly every speech they make
and nearly every editorial they write
contains a threat against the people,
Thev threaten to withdraw credits, fore.
clone mortgages, confiscate collaterals,
bankrupt industries and pauperize labor
if free coinage of silver is adopted in this
coantry. They invade the sacred rights
of citizenship bv threatening to ais-
charge tens of thousands of working
people for their political opinions. ,un
the 22d day of last May the authrized
mouthpiece of Wall street, rieny uewa
in his letter, proclaimed the disposition
of Wall street to destroy the last vestige
of free government in America. Ho
openly boasted that if the people elect
a two-thirds majority of congress in
favor of free silver Wall street will evoke
conditions and events that no congress
has ever yet dared to disregard and that
the cause 01 free silver win De oeieatea
when its success seems most certain.
Then like the boasting edicts of a king
he said: It is on this reserve power that
Wall stree is now reposing."
In the name of labor I want to say we
are willing that the gold-gamblers shall
use their persuasive powers among the
people, but they shall not succeed by
threats, they shall not coerce labor by
anv form of duress nor buy the presi-
dency with SnylocK gold, inese goia
gamblers come to labor from the ciub
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rooms ot the associated oanKs in tne
form of a sham .angel with borrowed
robes of virtue and a stolen sceptre of
authority, trying to persuade the world
that fortitude and submission combined
are lovely, that a suffering creature on
bended knees with teeth set to endure
every form of persecution is a spectacle
wortnv 01 STiriDaiuv anu revei-Buro. u
this counterfeit angel labor is asked to
write sad stories and pathetic poems
and yield up their lives with a martyr's
confident hope of reward, but to the en
treaties as well as threats 01 this angei
of greed and gold we reply that submis
sion to evil is tacit encouragement of
the evil itself, to submit to the pain is
to sanction the torture. Submission to
wrong that cannot be righted is a virtue,
but submission to wrong that can be
righted is a crime. The working man
who is willing to sell himself into slavery
rather than suffer temporary inconve
nience or incur the displeasure of this
hybrid angel deserves to wear the yoke
of bondage.
To the end that the working people
may concentrate their forces to stay the
hand of this social roDDer ana leei secure
and encouraged through the orgauized
efforts of their friends, I have determined
to establish a campaign labor bureau at
Chicago. All labor organizations will
be represented. Able labor leaders will
be placed in the field and such literature
distributed as will treat our most sacred
cause of labor from a labor standpoint
and I most earnestly appeal to the
friends of labor, free Bilver and good
government everywhere to contribute
financially and otherwise to Jthe support
of this campaign labor bureau. 1 desire
to place one hundred or more labor
speakers in the doubtful territory and
open communication ffith the working
people. Let us meet the enemy on its
own field and steer the ship of state from
the rocks of monarchy and despotism
against which it is about to dash to
pieces and wreck the frame work of a
superstructure that cost so much of hu
man sacrifice and so much of human
blood to construct.
. Address me at box 34, Sulphus Springs,
Arkansas, J. R. Sovereign,
Gentral Master Workman Knights of
Labor.
Ulion) w produce only one aouar m
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Banker and Life Insurance President (in pathetic double snuffle) : "My
dear sir, yon won't vote for free Bilver and the cutting in two of your bank
balance and insurance policy, will you?"
Despairing Worker: "Gentlemen, I'm less worried abont bank bal
ances and insurance polioiea than I am abont getting work to support my
family." National Bimetallism
A GREAT SURPRISE.
Chancellor Ducgan Resigns as Head of
. Cotner University.
Chancellor Dungan of Cotner univer
sity has sent in his resignation as head
of that institution, thereby causing an
intense surprise on the part of the uni
versity people and the citizens generally.
"During the greater part of the summer
he has been in the field in the interests of
the institution but has met with little or
no success. At a meeting of the friends
of Cotner recently he gave a statement
of the financial condition of the institu
tion and averred that it would require
a bonus of f 1,000 to open the school
this fall. Of this amount only $250 had
been promised, that by Mr. Call of St.
Louis.
At the meeting in question a commit
tee was appointed to solicit pledges for
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xne remainuer 01 iue uuiuuuu m nuuie
manner or other it reached the ears of
the chancellor that this committee in
tended asking that he send in his resig
nation and it was to prevent such that
he took the step himself.
The people of Bethany regret the chan
cellor's resignation deeply as he has al
ways been a true and loyal friend of the
university. As yet the board has not
acted on his resignation and it is as
serted in some quarters that it will refuse
to accept it.
ASSISTANT RFPUBLICANS
Meet in Convntion and Adopt tbe Follow
ing Platform at Indianapolis.
, Against Free Coinage of Sliver.
Ihdiawafolis, lnd, Sept. 3. The
platform agreed upon by the resolu
tions committee after an all night
session of the subcommittee and an
all morning debate by the full com
mittee is as follows:
"This covention has assembled to npliold the
principles upon which depend the honor and
welfare of the American people in order that
Democrat throughout tho union may unite
their patriotic efforts lo avert disaster from
their country and ruin from their party.
t The Democratic party is pledged to equal
and exact justice to all men of every creed and
condition; to the large t freedom ot the indi
vidual consistent with good g.vernm at: to
the preservation of the federal government in
it constitutional vigor and to the support ot
the states in all their just rights; to economy
in the publio expenditures: to the maintenance
ot the public faith and sound money ; and it la
opposed to paternalism and all class legisla
tion.
CHICAGO CONVENTION.
"Th declarations of the Chi airo convention
ttaok individual freedom, the right ot private
eontraet, the independence of the judiciary,
and the authority of the President to enforce
federal laws. They advocate a reckless attempt
o inoreass the price of silver by legislation to
tat dsbasement ot onr monetary standard and
threaten unlimited issue of paper money by
the government they abnndon for JKepublio
an allies the Democratic cause of tariff reform
to Court the favor of protectionists to
UMATOK CAKKKKY OF LOUISIANA, PER
MANENT. CHAIRMAN.
their fiscal heresy. In view ot these and
Other arave departures from Democratic
Srineiplea, we eannot support the can
ldate of that convention, nor be bound by
Its aoU. The Democratic party baa survived
many defeat, but could not survive a victory
won in behalf of the dootrine and policy pro
claimed In its name at C hicago, The condi
lions, however, which make possible such ut
terance tor a national convention are the
direct result of olass legislation by tbe Repub
lican party. It still proclaim a it has for
year the power and doty of government to
raise and maintain prices by law, and it pro
poses no remedy for existing evils eicept op.
KMsiv and unjust taxation. The National
mocracy her convened therefore renews its
declaration of a faith In Democratic princi
ples, especially a applicable to the condition
of the times.
TAXATION AMD TABrFV.
'Taxation, tariff, excise or direof, i right
fully Imposed only for pnblie purposes and not
for private gala. It amount Is jnstly mess
ared by publiosxpenditurss, which ibould ba
limited by aorapuloas economy. The ram d
rivsd by the treasury from tariff and excise
levies Is affected by the state of trada aad ot
consumption. The amount required by the
treasury is determined by the appropriation
mad by Congress. The demand of the Repub
lican party for an Inorease in the tariff tas ha
its pretax in the deficiency ot revenue which
has it oauses in the stagnation of trad and
reduced consumption, due entirely to the lot
cfconfldeno that has followed the Populist
threat of free eolnage and depreciation of our
money and the Republican praotioe of extrava
gant appropriation beyond the neaJ of good
government.
"We arraign and condemn the Popnliitio
conventions ot Chicago and St Louts for their
100 Deration with the Republican party, In
greasing these conditions, which are pleaded
In justification of a heavy Increase in the bur.
ien ot th people and a further retort to pro
tection. We, therefor, denounce protection
ana its ally, f re coinage of silver, as cheme
tor the personal proat of a few at the expense
f tne many, and oppose the two parties which
stand for the schemes a hostile to th people
at th republic who food and shelter, com.
fort and property ere attacked by higher taxes
and depreciated money. In Una, we resmrro
the historio Dmooratio doctrine of tarift for
revenue only.
AMERICAN SHIPFIN0.
"We demand that henceforth modern and
UVsral policies toward American chipping
shall taaa th nlae of our imitation of the
resmctea statute or tne eighteenth century,
which were abandoned by every maritime
power but tbe Unite.1 States, and which, to the
nation' humiliation, have driven American
capital t the mi of alien flags and alien
crews, have made the Stars and Stripes an
almost unknown emblem in foreign countries
and have almost extinguished the race of
American seamen. We oppose the pretense
that discriminating duties will promote ship
ping and that scheme is an invitation to com
mercial warfare upon the United States un-
American in the light of our great commercial
treaties, offering no gain whatever to American
snipping, while greatly increasing 'ocean
freights on our agricultural and manufactured
products.
GOLD AND SILVER.
The experience of mankind has shown that
by reason of their natural qualities, gold is
the necessary money of tb9 large affairs of
commerce and business, while silvnr is con
veniently adapted to minor transactions, and
the most beneficial use of both together can be
insured only by the adoption of the former a
standard of monetary measure) and the
maintenance of silver at a parity with gold by
its limited coinage under such safeguards ot
law. lbus Is the largest possible enjoyment
or both metals g uned with the value univer
sally accepted throughout the world, which
constitutes the only pra-tic ,1 currency as
suring the most stable standard and espi
cially the best and salcat money for all
who earn a livelihood by labor or the produce
of husbandry. They cannot suffer when paid
in the best money known to man. but are tbe
peculiar and most defenseless victims of a de
based and fluctuating currency, which offer
continued profits to the money changer at their
cost. Realizing these truths, demonstrated by
long public inconvenience and loss, the Demo
cratic party, in the interests of tbe masses and
of equal justice to all, practically established
by tbe legislation of 131 and 18 3 the gold
standard of monetary measurement and lik
wise entirely divorced the government from
banking and currency hsues. To this long es
tablished Democratic policy we adhere and in
sist upon the maintenance of the gold stand
ard and of the parity therewith of every dollar
issued by the government, and ws are firmly
opposed to the frei aud unlimited coinage ot
silver aud to the compulsory purchase of silver
bullion.
, CURRENCY. REFORM.
"But we denounce also the further mainten
ance of the present costly patchwork of na
tional paper currency as constant source of in
jury and peril We assert tbe necessity of such
intelligent currency reforms as will confine the
government to its legitimate fuuetions, com
pletely separated from the banking business
and afford to all soctious of our country a uni
form, safe and elastic bank currency under
government supervision, measured in volume
by the needs of business.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND.
"The patriotism, fidelity and courage with
bich President Cleveland has fulfilled his
great public trust, the high character of hi
administrtaion, its wisdom and energy in the
maintenance of civil oner and the enforce
ment of tbe laws, its equal regard for the
rights of every class and every section, its firm
and dignified conduct ot foreign affairs and its
sturdy persistence in upholding the credit and
honor of the nation are fully recognized by
the Democratic party aud will secure him a
place in history beside the father ot the re
public. "We also commend the administration for
the great progress made in the reform of the
publio service and wo indorse its efforts to ex
tend the merit system still further. We de
mand tbat uo backward step be taken but
that the reform ba supported and advanced
until tne undemocratic spoils system of ap
pointment shall be eradicated.
'We demand strict economy in the appropri
ations and in the administration ot the gov
ernment.
'We favor arbitration for the settlement ot
international disputes.
"We favor a liberal policy of pensions to de
serving soldiers and sailors of the United
States.
THE SUPREME COURT.
"The Supreme court, of the United State
was wisely established by the framers of our
constitution a one of the three co-ordinate
branches of the government. Its independence
and authority to interpret the law of tbe land
without fear or favor must be maintained.
We condemn all efforts to defame the tribunal
or impair the confidence and respect which It
has deservedly had. The Democratic party ever
has maintained and ever will maintain
the inpremacy of law, the indepen.
dence of it judicial administratioa th
Inviolability of contract and the obliga
tions of all good citizeu to resist every Ulega
trust, combination and attempt against the
just right of property and the good order of
society, In which are bound up th peace and
happiness of our people.
'Believing these principles to be essential to
the well being of the republic, we submit them
to the consideration ot tho American people. "
The platform was adopted without
dissent amid prolonged cheers.
' Why he Left.
They say you'll get relief through the
republican party. Now let us see. Only
eleven out of forty-nine in the committee
voted for a resolution to commit the
country to the free coinage of silver.
then proposed to coin American silver
and it was voted down. 1 then pro
posed a compromise and they voted that
down and I rose in the convention and
moved the substitution of a free coinage
plank and then it was voted down by a
irntp of 7 to 1. Is that an expression of
the republican convention? It must be
taken as that ana men i saw ut my
convictions and loyalty to my constitu
ents demanded that 1 leave the conven
tion and left. Henry M. Teller.
A P. 8ims, dentist rooma 42, 43 Burr
Bl'k., Lincoln, Nebraska. 14
BRYAN IN INDIANA
Tbe Conquering Hero Again Addresses
a Vast Multitude.
South Bend, lnd., Sept 10. The pres
sence in South Bend of William J. Bryan
was made the occasion of a democratic
rally last night in a spacious open
square, known as "the government lot."
Like tbe open air meetings at Columbus
and Toledo this week, the affair was re
markable in the vast concourse of peo
ple that gathered to hear the democratic
nominee speak. With the thousands of
excursionists who came from many
points in Indiana and Michigan to aug
ment the throng of interested towns peo
ple, the crowd is believed to have num
bered 25,000.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan were escorted to
the scene of the meeting by a number of
local and visiting silver clubs, many of
which had bands with them. Senator
Blackburn and B. Shively, democratic
candidate for governor, were on the
stand. George Feldman, chairman of
the democratic committee, opened the
meeting and was followed by Mr.
Shively who presented Mr. Bryan.
There was almost a panic just after
Mr. Bryan began, owing to the attempts
of those who came late to get into posi
tions near enough to hear. The pres
sure from outside started the crowd
swaying back and forth, and as this
spread over the vast mass of humanity
the throng became a series of surging
waves that caused some excitement.
Mr, Bryan was obliged to pause and Mr.
Shively, realizing the serious aspect of
affairs, began addressing the people in
calm, clear tones, begging for order. His
words brought the audience to his senses
and Mr. Bryan went on.
PUTS PRINCIPLE FIRST.
Democratic Nominee for Vice President
is Working tor the Cause.
Chicago, 111., Sept. 4. Several days
ago Chairman Jones of the democratic
notional committee wrote Mr. Arthur
Sewell. stating that many democrats
throughout the county, and especially
throughout the west, were objecting to
fusion with the populist on the electoral
tickets, for the reason that they do not
wish to be disloyal to Mr. Sewell. It re-
nlv to Senator Jones' letter Mr. Sewall
forwarded the following copy of a letter
written to Mr. Bryan:
Bath, Me., July 25, 1896.-Hon. W. J.
Bryan, Lincoln, iMeb. Aiy Dear Mr.
Brvan:In view of the action of the St.
Louis convention today I cannot refrain
from giving my thoughts on the situa
tion. ,
My advices are that you have been
nominated as candidate for president
and Mr. Watson for vice president. 1
also learn through press dispatches that
vou are somewhat undecided whether
vou ought to accept or decline. Now, I
desire to say to you, with the utmost
I frankness and good feeling that you
must not allow any personal consiaera
tion for me to influence you in your
action.
I desire that you do just what you be
lieve is best for the success or tbe ticket.
The principles we are fighting for are so
paramount to any pprsonal considera
tions that the latter " should not have
anv weight or influence whatever in
vour action.
I cannot for a moment allow myself to
be a factor in any action on your part
that could in the slightest degree hazard
an electoral vote for you.
With kind regards to Mrs. Bryan, and
believe me your sincere friend,
Arthur SSwall.
NOMINEE ENTERS INDIANA.
Each Town in Turn Gives Mr. Bryan a
, Warm Welcome.
South Bend, lnd., Sept. 4. Mr. Bryan
made a few remarks at Hudson and
Hillsdale yesterday. At Jonesville there
was a throng of nearly 2,000 people
The usual wild scramble in an endeavor
to shake the candidate's hand was wit
nessed. The same was repeated at
Quincy and Cold Water, Mich. At Stur
gis, where Mr. Bryan was met by the
Elkhart committee with a special train,
he found another crowd and muchenthu
siasm. At these points he repeated his
query:
"If the gold standard is a good thing,
why does the republican party pledge it
self to get rid of it as soon as other
nations will come to our help?( Ap
plause.) If the gold standard is a bad
thing, then why keep that bad thing for
a single moment? The American people
are entitled to good things. Ihey are
not deserving of being punished with bad
things that other nations may wani to
impose upon them. We did not consult
the nations of the earth when we desired
to set ud a government for ourselves.
Neither should we consult them when,"
we want to establish a financial j
nnliit r( nnr nam I Annlmmn. I The re- '
1 1 " "i'r
republican party nas done wnaino party
heretofore has done. It has declared
that we must endure a financial policy
that is satisfactory to European na
tions until those European nations come
to us and permit us to have wnat we
ourselves want. (Applause.) I am not
surprised that people are feeling inter
ested in this campaign. I am not sur
prised that there is an earnestness that
has not oiten Deen manitesiea Deiore.
Mr. Bryan arrived at Elkhart shortly
afternoon and was given a hearty greet
ing at the railway station by 2,000 or
more DeODle. A procession, in wnicn ap
peared many local democrats, members
of silver clubs, escorted Mr. and Mrs.
Bryan to a hotel, where dinner was
served. Governor Claude Matthews met
Mr. Bryan and presided at the open air
meeting held later in the day.
In clubs of ten or more, Cam
paign Subscriptions lOo each. No
commission allowed.
Legal Tender Function.
Why does the dollar maintain itself?
Because it performs all the functions of
a arold dollar and if you make it legal
tender for all debts, it will retain its
value. We had greenbacks issued in the
war and a great many thought they
would never be redeemed. They were de-
Dreciated. because they would not pay
all government debts. That's what de
Dreciated it. Give to the silver dollar
legal functions, make them pay debts,
and thev will maintain themselves and
not anv sooner than a gold dollar
would, will they depreciate. Henry M
Teller.
The hardship of the present financial
crisis in forcing people to practice the
most stringent economy was very ior
cibly and clearly demonstrated by a
little episode thatoccuredat the Burling
ton depot yesterday. An oia coupie wno
U'nea 1-V11 tars uPl ft CT westward to STOW HI
nil u jv wa t. j aul '
:w nnfuo arTr( nvor hAtWMm
W 1 L1I -JXAlA VI J I'kVJv . -
trains. They started about town taking ,
t n. ...M,. k,.;
in wnat was to ue seen auu uuauj iucii
interest was centered upon a sale of
cheap clothing. The bargains onerea
were more than tne oia gentleman couiu
resist, and before leaving the store he
had bown himself to theextent of a fLOO
suit Either because he was from the
east and as a consequence somewhat
unsophisticated and unaccustomed to
western ways or else torougn a aesire iu
be economical he neglected to engage a
room at a hotel to change his apparal
but proceeded to convert the platform
opposite the depot into a gents dressing
room much to the embarrassment of the
ladies who happened to be In that
vicinity. ' The old boy, however got on
his new clothes and went on his way re
joicing in the happy thought that he
could spruce up "just as much as them
city fellers." -
Constipation
Causes fully half the sickness in the world. It
retains the digested food too long in the bowels
and produces biliousness, torpid liver,' Indl-
gestion, bad taste, coated
tongua, sick headache, in
jioninia, etc. Hood's Fills
Pills
cure constipation and all its
results, easily and thoroughly. 25c. All druggists.
Prepared by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Tbe only Fills to take with Hood's SarsapariUa.
DR. S. E. COOK,
Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat.
1215 0 8TBEET, LINCOLN.
YELLOW 8I0NE PARK
Is more and more impressing itself
upon the public, as the years go by, as
being the great park of tbe land. The
strong feature of it is the fact that it is
not a man made park, True enough
man has built roads and bridges and ho
tels in order that he may see the park,
but he has not yet tried his hand at con
structing new-fangled geysers, or re
adorning or resculpturing the Grand
Canyon of the Yellowstone. These are
"as God left them. There, too, the elk,
bear, deer and other animals are not en
closed in wire fences. They wander free
and unfretted whethersoever they will.
Man's handiwork is but little seen and
the park is the grander forit. Send Chas,
S. Fee, Gen. Pass. Agt. Northern Paciflo
R. K. 6c for Wonderland '90 and read.
about the park.
The New Hook Spoon Free to All
T rs.d In the Christian Standard that Miss
M. Fritz, station A., St. Louis, Mo., would Blve
an elegant plated hook spoon to anyone sending
her ten 2-cent stamps. 1 sent lor ODe and found
it so useful that I showed It to my friends, and
made $13.00 In two hours, taking orders lor the
spoon. The hook spoon Is a household neces
sity. It cannot slip into the dish or cooking ves
sel, being held In the place by a hook on tbe
back. The spoon Is something that housekeep
ers have needed ever since spoons were first in
vented. Anyone can get a sample spoon by
ending ten 2-cent stamps to Miss Frits This is
a splendid way to make money aronnd home.
U-13t Very truly, Jeanette 8.
One HoBest Man
Dear Editor: Please inform your read
ers that if written to confidentially, I
will mail in a sealed letter the plan pur
sued by which I was permanently restored
to health and manly vigor, after years
of sufferingfrom Nervous Weakness.Loss
of Manhood, Lack of Confidence, etc. I
have no scheme to extort money from
any one whomsoever. I was robbed and
swindled by quacks until I nearly lost
faith in mankind, but, thank heaven, I
am now well, vigorous and strong, and
anxious to make this certain means of
cure known to all. Having nothing to
sell or send C.O.D., I want no money.
Address Jas. A. Harris, Box 825,Delray,
Mich.
J. 8. KIEKPATBIOK
Attorney at Law. Lincoln, Neb.
LEGAL NOTICE.
To William A. Baugh, Non-resident Defendant:
Ton are hereby notified that on the 20th day
August, 1896, Lillie L. Baugh filed a petition
againetyou in tbe District court of LaacV&ster
County, Nebraska, tbe object and prayer ot
which are to obtain a divorce from yon oAt
ground that you have wilfully and malicioVBly
failed to support her, although you are fintnci
ally well able to do so, and tbat yon have been
guilty of extreme cruelty toward her without any
cause, and that you have committed adultry
with one Nellie Mason in Appleton City, Mis
souri, and with other women, whose names are
unknown to this plaintiff, in the same city.
The plaintiff prays Judgment for the custody
of the two children and tor a divorce.
Yon are required to answer said petition on or
before Monday, the 28th day of September, 1896,
JU. 8. KlKKfATKlUK,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Ho For Colorado-
Would you like to own a Fruit Farm,
a Berry Farm, a Vineyard, a Potato
Farm, a Melon Farm, an Alfalfa Farm,
a stock i arm, a Dairy P arm, a Bee Farm,
a Farm or Country Home, for profit,
health and independence, with the best
soil, best climate, best irrigating canal.
V ,. .. . . . . 1 1 L. ' a t .,. '
uenu water BU((Jl,y) uvtm railroad iacillr
ties, best markets, best titles, and the
most rapidly growing country in Ameri
ca' The Colorado Immigration & De
velopment Co., 1621 Curtis St., Deuver,
Colo., is a state organization for assist
ing people to just such locations. Write
them fully and receive by return mail
handsomely illustrated literature telling
about tbe climate, irrigation and won
derful profits to be made in Colorado by
growing fruit and other farm products;
Prices on fine irrigated farm and orchard
lands were never so low as today, and
those who take advantage of the oppor
tunities now existing will never regret
their change. 12t52
It is Just Wonderful
The time the Union Paciflo "Overland?
fast mail No. 8 makes to Ogdeh, Sali
Lake, Butte, Helena, Portland, geatdv
Ban Francisco and Los Angeles. Tkiift
Daily Meteor has the finest eqnipmeVt
consisting of Pullman Palace and Uphdj.1
tered Tourist Sleepers, Free Reclininj(
Chair Cars, and Diner. For rail informa
tion call on or address . B. Slosson.
General Agent, 1044 O St, or J. T. Maa
tin, C. T.A.
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