THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
Jan. 21. 1697.
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The Silver Knight recount thirty-one
fnilnrwi !nr the week l)t. This is the
prosperity for which McKinley was "Ad
Tance Agent."
The Rothschild Syndicate, of London,
has bought the Tom Boy, of Colorado,
one of the richest gold mines of the
United States.
In the Idaho legislature no solution
lias been reuched vet. Dubois holds the
silver republican vote. The populists
and democrats have not been able to
agree on anyone.
Georgia recently passed a most rigid
anti-trust law, the most sweeping meas
ure of the kind yet known. South Caro
lina will soon follow. What's the mat
ter with Nebraska doing the same?
The arbiUatToutreaty between the
United States and Great Britain prob
ably marks the beginning of a perpetual
peace among all the greater nations. It
is one of the landmarks of civilization.
The refunding bill for the Union Pacific
railroad having been defeated, now let
the government proceed to foreclose its
mortgage and buy in the road. That is
the short cut to government ownership.
Senator Kyle is leading all other can
didates in the South Dakota senatorial
fight and it now seems that he will be
the man. . The other candidates are
Loucks, Goodykoontz and Judge Plow
man. 1
The Indkpendent is glad to chronicle
the fact that State Treasurer Meserve
is strictly living up to his promises to
the people and is demanding the cash
The transfer from Bartley is being made
slowly and we refrain from comment un
til it is completed.
Monday saw three more important
bank failures: The German National of
Louisville, Ky.; the First National of
Newport, Ky., and the Minnesota Sav
ings bank of St. Paul, Minn. They
were crushed between the weight of too
much McKinley prosBerity.
The Maine Populist is no more. L. C.
Batetnan, its editor, announces that he
must abandon it in order to make a liv
ing. The Populist has been one of the
rabidest "middle-of-the-road'' sheets in
the nnion. Our sorrow at its demise is
somewhat tempered by this fact.
It is probable that a new legislative
apportionment will be made. Judge
Maxwell was asked to give an opinion
as to the constitutionality of such a pro
oeeding and he Baid there was nothing
to prohibit the present legislature from
making a new apportionment. He said
it could be based on the vote at the last
election.
One of the largest land-owners in
Wyoming has started a co-ojerative
stock farm. He cuts his land up into
100-acre tracts, puts on each a house,
corral and stables. He charges a Bmall
rental, furnishes irrigation and guaran
tees his renters a market for their stuff.
His experiment will be watched with in
terest. People in New York City have long
talked about the "wild and wooly west."
Well, we may be "wild and wooly," but
we don't have "Seeley dinners," where
women dance iu the nude, as they did
in the upper tendom of New York City
the other day. New York City should
clean out her own filth and quit trying
to talk morals to the rest of the coun
try. There is one editor of a country weekly
in Nebraska who in his way is a genius.
Of course, there are others. But we
are now speaking of only this one. His
name is W.ills, of the Central City Demo
crat and he uses the first person singu
lar. His humor is quaint, fresh and gen
uine. He is truthful, he is honest.
Brother Wills, we don't know you per
sonally, but you are all right.
The Indianapolis monetary conference,
, composed almost wholly of bankers and
atock jobbers, aftjer several days of pro-
found meditation, solemnly aunounced
two things: First, that the gold stand
ard must be maintained; second, that
tba greenback must be destroyed. There
is one refreshing thing about these peo
ple. They do not try to hide behind
the flimsy pretext of "international bimetallism.'!
ANA FI'llOI'KI A1 E SELKCTION
It is announced throughthe public
preKH 111 what seems 10 ne an uumui na
tive manner that John Sherman is to be
premier of McKinley' administration
This is as it should be. McKinley was
elected by the gold standard forces and
it is quite appropriate that the fore
most gold standard advocate in Amer
ica should be at thehead of his cabinet.
John Sherman is the man who struck
rlnwn nilver in secretin 1873. He has
been the man who, pretending to be
friend silver, has btruck it treacherous
blows again and again. He is the man
that entered public life a poor man and
is now a multimillionaire. He is the
man whose policy as secretary of the
treasury was to steadily contract the
currency. He is the, man who as United
States senator has been the attorney of
the money power in the national con
gress. He is the man who utilized the
services of the treasury employes under
him in building his Washington mansion
He is the man whose picture hangs in
Rothschild's bauk of England their
American agent. In a word, he is the
father of almost all that is damnable in
our present financial system.
It is altogether fitting and proper that
Mr. McKinley should select John Sher
man for his secretary of state. It fur
nishes in advance an index to the char
acter of his administration.
TRANSFER OF CASH.
The countiug of the cash goes on slow
ly, in the transfer of the state treasurer's
office In settling the matter of state
depositories Treasurer Meserve has
asked the supreme court to pass ou the
following points:
First Is the state treasurer compelled
to accept certificates of deposit In lieu of
the state funds deposited in banks which
have been designated as state deposi
tories? Second Where a designated deposi
tory bank has received more state
money than the amount of its bond en
titles it to, is the state treasurer who
makes such excessive deposit liable for
the excess or for the whole amount de-
posited in such bank?
Third Can two members of the board
approve a bond and designate a bank as
a state depository when the governor,
who constitutes the third member of the
board, refuses to give his consent to
such approval?
State Treasurer Meserve has refused
to accept certificates of deposit on so-
called depository banks. His reasons
are found in the last two questions:
First, that several banks have an ex
cess of deposits over what their bonds
call for and second, That Russell and
Piper designated a number of banks as
state depositories that Governor Hol
comb refused to approve.
A RAILROAD BOODLEK'D UALL.
George F. Washburn, member of the
populist national executive committee,
has issued an appeal to the populists of
the United States, which in the main, we
approve. Wre believe a conference should
be called, as suggested by Mr. Wash
burn, as soon as practicable. Such a
conference doubtless will be called soon
by the national executive committee.
But here comes Van Dervoort and
calls a conference, in pursuance of Wash
burn's suggestion.
What right has VanDervoort to call a
conference? He has no official connec
tion with the party. The party has
never delegated any such authority vor
any authority of any kind whatsoever)
to him. He is a railroud boodler. He
is not a populist. His object is to di
vide the forces of reform. He is em
ployed for that purpose.
His gall is unspeakable.
He, the railroad lobbyist, the republi
can police commissioner; whose name is
a hissing and a hy-word in the months
of all decent people in his own state!
ne notify Mr. ashburn that if he
wants his conference to be countenanced
by honest people, he wants to rescue it
at once from V an Dervoort. That crea
ture will kill it.
ANTI CORPORATION BILLS.
Mr. Straub, of Otoe, has introduced a
number of anti-corporation measures
in the house that possess much merit
and in their present, or an amended form
should pass the legislature. His bills
provide that telegraph companies, tele
phone companies, express companies, life
and fire insurance companies, shall file
yearly with the state auditor a state
ment of their gross earnings from busi
ness in Nebraska and that . a tax of 3
per cent shall be levied upon them.
Another bill of Mr. Straubs provides
that the rental of telephones in a city
shall be not more than $2 per month
and out of town connections shall be
30 cents; that ten word telegrams shall
be 20 cents and one cent for each word
additional.
THE EXPOSITION APPROPRIATION
A bill has been introduced in the legis
lature for a 350,000 appropriation for
the trans-Mississippi exposition at Oma
ha in 1898.,
The Indepedpent would be loath to
say one word to injure the Omaha Ex
petition. We are proud of the fact that
it is to be held in Nebraska and hope
and believe that it will show forth ade
quately the great resources of the west.
But we warn its promoters against ask
ing such an appropriation aa that pro
posed. This state is already a million
and a half in debt. The taxpayers ar
now struggling under a load grievous to
be borne. For God's sake, don't pile
any more on them. They cannot carry
it.
The farmers pay the burden of the
taxes in Nebraska. Their principle
staple is corn. That is today selling for
eight and ten cents per bushel, less than
the cost of production.
Gentlemen, don't seek to make thisbur
den any heavier. Let the state be run
with the rigidest economy until the peo
ple have time to recover and get a new
foothold.
STATE BOARD OF TRANSPORTATION,
Monday noon the newly elected secre
taries of the state board of transporta
tion assumed their offices. The republi
cans 111 the oast nave ceieoraiea mis
event by calling up the spirits (liquid),
but this was not indulged in during the
late installation.- The new secretaries
are Joseph W. Edgerton, Grand Island
(populist); Gilbert L. Laws, Lincoln (free
silver rep.), James C. Dahlman, Chad
ron, (dem.). Let us hope that this board
will serve the people so well that it will
remove much of the odium which past
boards of railroad lackeys have left up
on this office.
The chief executive of the house of rep
resen tatives would make an excellent
chief executive for the state of Nebraska
Senator John P. Jones, of Nevada, the
great free silver philosopher of congress,
has been re-elected to the senate for an
other six years.
A report comes from Washington that
the hearing on the Maximum Rate Bill
is liable to be taken up by the supreme
court in a week or two.
An experiment has been made at the
State University experiment station
which shows that, for the amount of
heat given out, it is cheaper to burn
corn at ten cents a bushel than coal at
six dollars a ton. In other words the
amount of heat is the same for the same
cost with corn at 9 cents per bushel, and
coal at f 4.87 per ton, or corn at 10 cents
per busoel and coal at $ 5.41 per ton.
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TO AMEND THE BALLOT LAW.
Speaker Gaffin has introduced into
the house four bills to stamp out intim
dation and bribery in elections. These
bills are House Roll 1G9, to prohibit
and punish bribery; House Roll 170,
provides a penalty for non-residents of
the state voting at state elections;
House Roll 171, to prohibit and punish
the bringing in of illegal voters into the
state; Houso Roll 172, to stop the in
timidation of voters. All these are mer
itorious measures and should be enacted
into law. This session- of the legislature
must make it impossible for the frauds
of past elections ever to occur Again in
this state.
BRYAN DON'T LECTURE,
The New York Journal says it can
give with positive authority the actual
facts in connection with William J. Bry
an's lecture tour contract.
Although the first and last lecture at
Do Give's opera house, in Atlanta,
brought receipts amounting to $2,300.
Mr. Bryan was induced to cancel his con
tract by the actions of his managers,
who insisted on making a hippodrome
of his appearances Rather than de
part from thedignified positiou he main
tained throughout the campaign, he de
cided to return to his home in Lincoln.
Mi. Bryan was led to believe from the
very start that his tour was to have
been of the most nonsensational. He
understood that he was to be taken
strictly on his merits, and the most
formal and modest method of billini?
was to be UHed in aunouncinsr hiscom-
ng.
Instead of this, he was confronted in
Atlanta with huge posters stuck indis
criminately throughout the city and
picturing him in a most vulgar and dis-
tastetul manner. One hill showed him
in lithograph standing beside Jackson,
Jefferson, Lincoln and Washington.
This particular bill was most obnoxious
to the defeated candidate, and most in
imical to his sense of judgment. He
was so disheartened at the coarse dis
play that had been made of him that he
was tempted to refuse to enter the opera
house. Kindly consideration for the en
thusiastic audience booked for the house
only deterred him from refusal.
However, when he went upon the
stage, he had fully determined to speak
no more under thecontracthehad made,
lie so announced himself to his manag
ers, Roache & Comstock, next day.
It had come to Mr. Bryan's ears pre
vious to his entry into Atlanta that
Koache & Comstock had quarreled in an
ugly manner over the notoriety that
each was to get out of his affiliation
with him. This he was willinc to dabs
over, as it had not become public, but
the vulgar display of posters and the
wording 01 trie advertisements offended
him to the soul.
Mr. Bryan had the close, advice of
friends before he shut off his tour after
the lecture in Atlanta, and thev agreed
with him that he would be wise to dis
continue any euch outrageous sensa
tionalism. Mr. Bryan promntlv arave
Mr. McBee a certified check for the f 10,-
uuu ne naa received, tie was paid $1,
UUO for Ins night's work aud his rail
road expenses.
Far from being compelled toauiton
account of discouragement in respect to
audiences, air. jsryau had every reason
to believe that the tour would have
been a great financial success. He val
ued his dignity and standing too highly
to submit to vaudeville advertisement.
David Ci ty Press.
As Senator Allen says, republicans
must eitner vote lor nis resolution and
court investigation of the alleged cam
paign frauds or vote against it and
and plead guilty. David City Banner.
TALKS LIKE A POPI LIMT.
Governor Pingree,of Michigan, though
elected by the republicans, made some
recommendations in his inaugural, ad
dress which sound very populistic to us.
Here are a few of them. We quote from
the Chicago Sentinel:
At the outset he recommended abol
ishment of party conventions, which, he
says, have become the mediums of trick
ery, bribery and fraud. He advocated
instead the direct vote of the people in
nominating candidates.
The governor urgd that the property
of corporations be taxed as other prop
erty is, and argued that present railroad
rates were a proper nubjech for legisla
tion. The legislature was urged to consider
the question of uniform 2-cent fares.
The governor proved that he favors
direct legislation by insisting on the ref
erendum; the referring of legislative acts
to the people in the granting of public
franchises.
After denouncing the trusts aud com
binations of the present day, the govern
or warned the legislators againHt per
mitting Michigan to become the field for
operations through which great corpo
rations might acquire possession of the
state's mineral resources, and in con
nection therewith control the lake ship
ping interests. He advised considera
tion of the supervision of corporations
by a corporation commissioner, who
should ascertain the exact available as
sets of every corporation before permit
ting it to enjoy corporate privileges.
On the subject of railway taxation, he
advised the creation of a state board,
which should determine the value of all
corporate property not now taxed lo
cally, and which should levy taxes there
on, in the same proportion that private
property is taxed.
The governor came out openly against
"the paid lobbyists who infest our halls
of legislation," and added:
"If the legislators are not intelligent
enough to give intelligent thought and
action to public measures without the
aid of those who wine and dine, cajole,
flatter and bribe, at least steps should
be taken to modify the nuisance."
In regulating the granting of public
franchises, the governor advised as fol
lows: Reserve the right to fix rates of charges;
let the construction of plants be under
supervision of the municipality. Pro
vide that no mortgage be executed or
bonds issued to a greater amount than
one-half of the cost of the plant.
Require the corporation to file sworn
statements of its receipts and expendi
tures, certified by a public accountant.
Provide against consolidation of com
panies. Provide that no franchise be extended
during the life of the original grant, and
especially provide that no. franchise be
granted without being submitted to a
vote of the people.
He also favored the establishment of a
state board of arbitration and declared
unqualifiJedly for an inheritance tax
and an income tax.
POSTOFFICE STOPS US.
A complication with the postoffice de
partment prevented us mailing-out Tues
day's edition of the Independent, so
that our subscribers will only receive the
paper once this week. The Independent
is entered as a weekly and it cannot be
sent out twice a week until entered as a
semi-weekly. We hope to have the mat
ter adjusted in a few days, when sub
scribers will receive the paper twice a
week as promised.
CURRENT OPINION.
An exchange remarks that the prin
cipal excuse of Cleveland aud Olney for
not favoring the Cuban resolution is
that the agitation is hurting the busi
ness of the bond sharks. Independent
Reform Press, (Pueblo, Colo.)
The governor's message was a long
one and it was likewise a farreaching
one. The east will piensntake notice
that we have as an executive officer for
the state of Nebraska, a statesman, a
business man and an honeBt citizen.
Cortland Herald.
It should be borne in mind that Thos.
Jefferson the first popocrat ran for the
presidency in livd and was defeated.
just as Wm. J. Bryan ran 100 years
later and was defeated. It should also
be borne in mind that Jefferson was
elected four years later and was reelected
in 1804. The parallel is the same. Bry
an will be elected in 1900 and reelected
in 1904. When we celebrate the hun-
dreth anniversary of the inauguration
of Jefferson we will be inaugurating his
most worthy successor. Wymore Ar
bor State.
Wong Chin Foo, a heathen Chinee, is
in Chicago tryiug to convert thewindy
city to t'Oniucaiiism. In Ins opening
service Wong gave utterance to the fol
lowing sentiments:
"You have taught Christianity for
twenty centuries, and with what result?
You are a race of money grabbers and
traders.
"I admire American genius and thrift,
but 1 deprecate American morals, lour
jails are nned with criminals, and your
courts with divorce cases. Men rob in
broad daylight on your streets; children
knock their parents down, and people
are committingsuicide because they can
not find work."
"There are cities in China containing
300,000 inhabitants without a single
policeman. In Chicago there are thou
sands of them, and yet people are not
sale here even in broad daylight. Sioux
rails rress.
Speaking of direct legislation, W. J
Bryan, before he was nominated for the
presidency, said: "The principle of the
initiative and referendum is democratic,
It will not be opposed , by any democrat
who endorses the declaration of Jeffer
son that the people are capable of self
government, nor will it be opposed by
any republican who holds to Lincoln s
idea that this should be a eovernment
of the people, by the people and for the
people. f acts from Denver.
Fifty-four countries own their own
railroads and the United States isn't
one of them. Sixty-eight countries own
their own telegraph svstem and the
United States isn't one of them; neither
is Cuba. Southern Iowa Educator.
Iu Arkansas distinguished jurists, in
cluding the chief justice of the state, de
clare that there is no legal objection to
that state building, equiping, owning
and operating a railroad or leasing it- to
others to be operated. They also say
that convict labor may be legally em
ployed in building such a road. The
spirit of the times is moving upon the
hearts of men. The old systems are be
ing outgrown. Star and Kansan.
, 'Those eastern papers who are abus
ing the populists of Kansas as "repudia
tors," anarchists," etc., should read the
report of the warden of the penitentiary.
By that report it appears tat the repub
lican party, not the populist party, is
headed for that institution. For al
though we have a large majority of the
voters outside of the prison, but in the
prison, they have more than five to our
one. The vote in that institution stands
as follows:
Republican 426.
Democrats 178.
Populists 72.
No party 198.
Frobably it was because so many of
their party got into the penitentiary or
were fugitives from justice that the pop
ulists had such a majority." Norton.
(Kansas) Liberator.
SNAP SHOTS.
What have become of "Hardy's Hits"?
We have never seen any of them since
once when a Journal' typo spaced the
head wrong. Men should not let little
things of that kind discourage them.i
Dancing in the "altogether" had quite
a run in New York s swell society a week
or two aero till the police stopped it. It
will soon be time for onr good Christian
brethren to send missionaries to New
York.
Of all the detestable men in the world
the most detestable is the hypocrite. A
rogue who is honest and frank about his
shortcomings is preferable.
for the hypocrite in addition to his
.roguery, constantly lives a lie to cover
it up. Goody-good people make us
weary. God bless the man who appears
what he is, who says what he thinks,
who stands with open countenance before
the world. But save us from the man
who pretends to be better than his fel
lows, who thrusts his piety offensively
into view, whose face is clouded with a
solemnity through which the sunshine of
lauuhter never breaks. Such a man will
bear watching. In nine cases out of ten
he is a hypocrite; and in the tenth case
he is usually a tiresome old fool. God
give men broad-minded, big"hearted,
whole.souled men.
McKinley,theLittle,untohisman Hanna:
"Mark, whatis thatrippingupsound?"
says he.
'O, that is Prosperity's op'ning hosanna;
The banks are all hitting the ground,"
says he.
"And what is that slamming we hear to
the west of us,
The stampof the terrible pop?" says he.
"O, no, but the good times seem getting
the best of us,
The factories are shutting up shop,"
says he.
"And what is that noise we hear all
around us,
That sounds like all hell on a toot?"
says he.
"That's nothing, the business revival
has found us,
The merchants are shooting thechute,"
says he.
"O, Mark, help me out, for these sounds
make me weary,
Do something to smother them quick,"
savs he.
"My nights are now sleepless and life
has grown dreary;
Prosperity's making me sick," says he.
"I have it, 0, sire," replied Marcus A.
Hanna.
"01 Wolcott is great on the blow,"
says he.
"We'll send him to London, Berlin and
V lenna,
To beg them to help us let go,"
says he.
SCISSORS DEPARTMENT.
A lot of very smart people are urging
the name of Tom WatHon for president
in 1900. Such fool friends may kill off
several good candidates during this
four years. Independent Reform Press
(Pueblo, Colo.)
A Chicago man jumped into a lake in
the park to drown himself, but was com
pelled to come out by a policeman, who
threatened to shoot him if he did not
obey. It has come to a pretty state of
affairs in Chicago when a mau can't
commit suicide without placing his life
in jeopardy. South Omaha Sun.
The appointment of our German friend,
Peter Birkhouser.to succeed that traitor,
Paul Van Dervoort as a member of the
Omaha Board of Fire and Police Com
missioners is a righteous move. Peter
made several good speeches in Washing
ton county. He is honest und capable.
Blair Republican.
The issue of postage stamps is limited
only by the demands of the people, but
no one ever heard of postage stamp in
flation, or of stamps being deprecia ted
by overissue. New Era, Springfield, O.
To people of intelligence it is amusing
to note the sigh of relief that comes
from republicans when they read some
of the late aud very ordinary utterances
of leading men in the people's party,
such as Allen and Holcomb. These men
have said nothing not in keeping with
their general expression, nor at variance
with the almost universal sentiment of
the rank and file of their party. The im
portant "two political pronounciamn
tos" from Allen and Holcomb are tajten
as a matter of course by populists whjose
work from the beginning has been if the
interests of good government on sound
businesr principles. But what feigned
astonishment from the republican press
at the pretended discovery that they
bavn't a corneron all the sense and hon
esty in the state. Now one of two things
must be a fact. Either the republican
press knew when they were defaming
their opponents that they were doing it
unjustly or else they did not know it. If
they knew it they are guilty of most
willful and malicious lying about their
neighbors whom they hoped to defeat
by such disreputable tactics, and failing
they seized the first opportunity to back
down by saying they were mistaken.
On the other hand, if they really did not
know better, they furnish a parallel to
the people of the south in war times w ho
are said to have believed that the yan
kees had horns. The republicans are
just finding out that populists do not
have horns, aud by confessing to the
discovery they prove how stupidly iguo
rant they have been. Nebraska Home
stead, (Gering.)
"I do not care to say more of the last
election than that, in my opinion, it was
a parody on popular government and
free institutions I am curious to kn3W
what will be the result of the investiga
tion proposed under the resolution of
the gentleman from Nebraska Allen. I
would like to understand why iu the new
and growing state of Texas and others
in the west there has been no increase j
population in four 3 ears, while in
old. finished and completed stated
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois there has bV
an enormous increase.such as was never
( I :.. . 1. T ' . . : t ty
iwuiiu umuiciu auy m vut? um leu ota-ies,
Senator Vest.
Mr. Bryar. is a greater man since elec
tion day than he was before. Then he
was only the leader of an unknown host;,
supposed in the popular belief to consist
only of a few ragged regiments of un
known anarchists and reckless repudia
tors of honest debts. Even his friend
looked upon him as the to be pitied
leader of a forlorn hope.
Today he stands before the world as
the unchallenged and idolized chieftain
of six and a half millions of the bravest,,
most intelligent and patriotic citizens of
America. He has demonstrated the very
highest qualities of political leadership
anil statesmanship. Already his cause is
recoguized as a rising one, and even now
his forces are gathering a vast army of
recruits for the battles yet to come. His
opponents, who, after the most apalling
and reckless use of money in the cam
paign, succeed in winning by the narrow
margin of twenty-five thousuud votes
out of fourteen millions, realize how
slender is their hold on power and how
uuijrienB ib wieir uutue ugaiusG ine re
sistless tide of the times aud the ever
rising waves of popular discontent that
sooner or later, will surely sweep the plu
tocrats and their minions from the
places of power they now hold in America.
Knights of Labor Journal.
Gold is a coward; it never fights wars;
when it is most needed it sneaks off and
hides; it only comes out when there is no-
danger and has always been used as a
leverage to rob the common people. Its
use as money is a relic of barbarism and-
unworthy of the civilization of the nine
teenth century. Southern Iowa Educa
tor.
A visit to the office of Mr. Bryan's
private secretary, W. F. Sch wind, is re
freshing. A Nation man while in Lin
coln etrolled in there the other day, and
such a curiosity shop we never saw be
fore. There are thousands of letters
bushels of them. Some of them contain
photographs, some of them poetry,,
some long articles ou economics, and all
of them start out with a regret4of tem
porary defeat and close with a hope that
Bryan will "lead us to victory in 1900.''
Some are earnest prayers for the preser
vation of Mr. Bryan's health four years
more, some want his autograph, and!
offer suggestions for the campaign of
1900. One letter we saw was written
by some crank in Connecticut, and con
tained sixty-one pages of closely written
foolscap, treating on the financial-question.
Some were from Maine, some from
Florida, some from California, soms
from Texas and in fact from every state
in our glorious union. To look "at the
great stacks of letters, it would seem
that Mr. Bryan's votes were not all
counted. It is needless to add that no
letteis from Mark Hauna or General
Palmer were found in the pile. Red
Cloud Nation.
Some people profess to think that con
gressman Kern's seat in the house should
be declared vacant beennsehe is a resi
dent of Colorado, or at least has bought
a farm there. These same fellows
thought it would be right and proper to
elect Oxnard senator from South Da-
koi., aunougu ne never was a residen
01 that state, and never intended to t
come one. Brownlee Hornet.
THE OMAHA EXPOSITION.
The Meeting Held to Boom It Was' a
Failure.
The meeting held in representative hall
in the state house Tuesday , evening to
hear the beauties of the Omaha trans
Mississippi exposition bIiowii up by the
gentlemen of Omaha, and incidentally to
insure the succentful passage of the bill
through the legilature to aid the expos
ition to the tune of $350,000 proved
somewhat of a boomerang, judging from
the frequent applause that greeted Rep
resentative Wooster of Merrick county
in his opposition to it.
The unadulterated unselfishness of the
Omaha gentlemen who originated the
scheme of the exposition add selected the
entire board of fifty directors from
among its own citizens, but who now
demand a donation of $350,000 of state
funds for its aid on the grounds of'state
pride," is truly appalling. That part of
the bill authorizing the governor to ap
point two commissioners from euch con
gressional district in the state to sit
with the Omaha directors at a per diem
anil expenses to see the state's appro
priation paid out by the fifty Omaha
gentlemen miuht be a bait for some ex
pectant 'commissioner" to labor for the
bill, but to the tax payer too much of
the hook is exposed.'
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juoi piiuo 111 uur metropolis, still the
farmers of Western Nebraska should not
be asked at this time to increase the
burden of taxation for the purpose of
booming Omaha real estate.
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