Oct i, 1896.
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
TO RAISE A FUND
For the Free Distribution of Silver Lit
erature.
Several prominent silver men in
Lincoln Lava authorized the Inde
pendent to announce that they will
duplicate every dollar contributed
'duriuff the next ten days for the pur
pose of buying silver literature for
free distribution. The plan will be
carried out as follows: The Inde
pendent will publish each week the
names of all those making donations
and the amount of the donation. It
will then collect from the silver men
who have guaranteed it, a like
amount, and turn the entire amount
over to Hon. G. L. Laws, the nation
al committeeman for the silver party
and state secretary for that party in
Nebraska, and take his receipt there
for, and publish a copy of the re
ceipt along with the names of
the contributors. Note Those con- ,
tributors who do not wish to
have their real name published may
sign a fictitious name for publication;
the publication of which would be a
I receipt to them for the money. ZZZ
Q AH donations and all drafts, checks, Z
and post office orders should be made
payable to the Independent Publish
ing Co., at Lincoln, Nebraska.
The Independent guarantees that
the agreement above outlined will be
fully carried out. The committee is
practically without money and
those who can afford it should not
hesitate to send in their contribu
tions. This is jour opportunity to
make one dollar of yours buy two
dollars worth of literature. llemem
ber the donation must reach this
: office within the next ten days.
Independent Pub. Co.
If you are in need of clothing, write to
the Hub Clothing store at Lincoln and
the Nebraska Clothing store at Omaha
and get their catalogues giving samples
of cloth and prices. Compare their prices
and buy where you can save money.
They are both responsible firms, and
ship their goods to all parts of the state.
See t heir advertisements on page 5
When writing them mention the Nebras
ka Independent.
The Truth of the Hatter.
The Call of yesterday ""morning con
tained quite a lengthy interview with
Mr. Russell, the commissioner of public
Lands and Buildings, in which it was
charged that Warden Leidigh of the
Penitentiary repeatedly refused to make
a report of the financial condition of
that institution. .,,
A reporter for this paper investigated
the matter and finds that at the begin
ning of Warden Leidigh 's administration
the Board of Public Lands and Build
ings appointed James Whitehead as
financial manager of the penitentiary
and in a letter to Warden Leideigh said
be was to act as their financial agent.
He lets all the contracts, both of prison
labor and for supplies and does so with
out any requisition from the board.
Warden Leideigh has had all these mat
ters taken from his supervision. Hence it is
impossible for him to make any report
as to the finances of the institution he
knows nothing about them. After receiv
ing the letter from Commissioner Russell
he asked Mr. Whitehead to give him a
financial statement. This he refused to
do stating that he was under no obliga
tions to make a report to him, as he
acted under instructions from the board
of public lands and buildings and not the
warden. The following letter of Warden
Leidigh to the commissioner fully ex
plains the warden's position:
Aug. 8, 1896. Hon. H. C. Russell,
Commissioner Pbblio Lands and Build
ings, Lincoln, Neb. Dear Sir; Your
communication of August 6, requesting
me to furnish yon with a report of the
business of this institution, at hand and
contents noted.
I have asked the agent of the board of
public lands and buildings, Mr. J. White
head, on several occasions to furnish
this office with a report of money re
ceived and expended on labor account,
but he has refused to furnish such report,
stating that the board had informed
him that he did not have to make a re
port to me.
It is absolutely necessary that the
agent should furnish me with his report
and also the semi-annual report to the
governor. I would have made these re
ports a month ago, if I could have ob
tained the figures from Mr. Whitehead.
. Yours respectfully,
Geo. W. Leidligh.
In the opinion of most people the
board of Public Lands and Buildings
have wholly exceeded their authority in
appointing Mr. Whitehead as financial
manager for the state penitentiary. The
statutes provide for the officers of that
institution and determine their duties.
Section 14 of chapter 86 provides that
all transactions and dealings of the
prison shall be conducted in the name of
the warden, who shall be capable in law
of suing and being sued in all courts and
places, in all matters concerning the
said prison, by his name of office, and by
that name be is hereby authorized to
sue for and recover all sums of money,
or any property due from any person to
any former warden of said prison, or to
the people of this state on account of
said penitentiary." That is what
the statute says. It explic
itly states that all transactions
and dealing shall be in the name of the
warden. But the board of public lands
and buildiugs, considering themselves
a body superior to the lawmaking body
of the state which made the statute, ap
pointed Whitehead financial manager of
the institution, vssigning to him the du
ties to which the statute imposes
upon the warden, and thereby render
ing the statute null and void.
This is the manner in which a repub
lican board is managing our state insti
tutions. WbUe that board is insisting
upon reports would it not be a good
idea to have James Whithead make a re
port in regard to the moueys he has re
ceived as financial manager of the state
penitentiary? Thus far nothing has
been heard from him. He has entire
charge of these matters. He has with
out bond to the governor of the state
assumed the duties of the warden who
is under a 1 10,000 bond.
HOW LABOR WILL TOTE.
If any of our Lincoln goldbug friends
are in doubt as to the course which the
laboring men wilt pursue when they en
ter the voting booths on election day,
they need only to be referred to one In
stancethe great labor demonstration
which occured in Brooklyn the other
night in honor of William J, Bryan. It
is indeed convincing proof that the toil
ing masses are alive to the great issues
now before them as never before in his
tory. '
The labor vote is one which the money
power cannot control. Organized labor
cannot be coerced or bullied.- It is accus
tomed to waging battle with the enemies
of the people, with those who seek to
maintain the money power in control of
the govjrnment and who would degrade
labor to the lowest level. The labor
unions years ago perceived the truecause
of the steady decline in prices and the
reason, why thousands of men, strong,
capable and willing to work are unable
to find employment, and they declared
in favor of the restoration of bimetal
lism. In the Chicago platform they now
find a straightforward expression of
their views and a binding promise to
carry them into execution, if given the
opportunity, and in William Jennings
Bryan they perceive a man, honest, able,
sincere, whose heart beats In sympathy
with theirs.'
This Is why the voice of organized
labor is raised in loud acclaim to greet
the leader of the silver hosts on, his tri
umphant tour of the country.
The Hanuacrats may threaten. They
may try coercive measures, they may
seek to intimidate and even to corrupt'
but their efforts will be in vain. Pluto
cracy cannot win in the great battle
this year. The protest of the millions
against an unjust system that has cre
ated millionaires and paupers, palaces
and poor-houses will be registered at the
polls on November 3, and the doom of
plutocracy will be pronounced by an
overwhelming vote.
In this connection we are impelled to
republish the following letter of Secretary
M. S. Hays of Central Labor union of
Cleveland, Ohio, to the secretary of the
New York board in regard to Mark
Hanna's attitude toward organized
labor:
"Cleveland, O., Aug. 30, 1896.
Dear Sir and Brother: In reply to yours
of the 24th inst., in which you desire to
learathe attitude of M. A. Hanoi re
latin to lubor unions, I will Bay that
previous to the republican convention at
St lx)uis the 0. L. U. of this city pro
pounded a number of questions to the
republican workingmen of this country
to ask of M. A. llanna. In that
manifesto it was charged that U an
na had wrecked the Seaman's union of
the lower lake regions; that he had em
ployes and refused to allow them to or
ganize now; that he had assisted in de
stroying the iron workers' unions of
Pennsylvania; that he had attempted to
break up the carpenters' unions of this
city by employing scabs on a new man
sion at a critical time this spring when
tne eignc-nour day was being put into
effect; that he bad a strike of laborers in
the shipyard in which he is interested
this spring, and told a committee of the
men, who demanded the same scale of
wages paid in a competing yard, viz.,
11.85 a day, that if they voted for Mc-
juniey tney mignt receive Higher wages,
and dodged the issue.
"Neither Mr. llanna nor any of his
satellites has dared to meet these ques
tions, ana tney are unanswered today.
Here in Cleveland he is so well known as
a labor crusher that not a solitary mem
ber of a labor organization, or, in fact,
any other citizen, will attempt to, defend
the man's malodorious record. I will
add that several weeks ago Mr. Hanna
attempted, through a third party, to
nave the president of the U. L. U. or my
self wait upon him to have a 'talk,' but
bis overtures were treated with the scorn
that they deserved. If Hanna has any
thing to say he can come before the C.
L, U. and say it. He has been challenged
to do so. Yours fraternally.
M. S. Hayes.
"Corresponding Secretary, L. C. U."
In view of the above facts, it would be
strange indeed if any member of or
ganized labor support Mr. Hanna's can
didate, Major McKinley, in preference
to the people's champion, William J.
Bryan. V .
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LACK OF INFORMATION.
It is surprising to notice the lack of
information which some of our goldbug
friends betray in their discussion of
prices in India and the manner in which
England nses silver to turn and control
the market against us, using the differ
ence between the silver prices in India
and the silver-using countries and the
gold prices in the United States to force
down prices and compel the American
farmer to sell at ruinous rates. If the
goldbugs and others who are studying
this question, but have not yet advanced
far enough to get the facta clearly fixed
in their minds, will remember that the
Indian wheat grower knows nothing
about gold prices and that it makes not
the slightest difference to him what the
rupee is worth in gold, they wilt make
more rapid progress in obtaining an in
telligent comprehension of this subject.
The Indian, wheat growersellshiscrc; J
for silver. His taxes, debts and wr - '
are paid in the same silver coin. 11
rupee today will bny as much, and 12
will go just as far in paying the coct c!
producing wheat as it did in 1CD cr
187S when worth much more in golJ.
Thus, the Indian wheat grower, wither .
reducing at all the price he receives, eia
sell bis wheat in London tor a smg." . r
gold price than he could in 1880 or 173,
equivalent to the fall in the rupee ti
measured by gold. Where the Anted:
farmer received is 1804, for instance, 6
cents in gold, less freight and olh;?
charges to Liverpool, for wheat sold t
England the Indian farmer received tl.l'J
in silver, and the silver is worth as mm.li -to
thd Indian farmer as the gold ij
worth to the American farmer. Silver
has not lost any of its purchasing power
in India, and it is therefore utterly ab
surd to talk about the working man o!
India getting wages that have lost in
purchasing power.
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