March n, 1807
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDEN1.
nown n Knoxvilie.4
A CRIPPLE CURED.
The Chicago "Tlmea-Herald" Correspond
ent at Knoxvilie Meet an
Old Friend.
From the Times-Herald, Chicago, III.
At the Normal Institute at Kuoxville,
Tnwa nn Aumiat 6th. the Knoxvilie cor
respondent of the Chicago Times-Herald
vpa mnph anrnriaed to iU6et bis old
friend, Mr. A. T. Coun, whom he believed
to be a life-Ion cripple from rheumatism
and sciatica, moving around as brisk as
anybody. As the last time Mr.-Conn
huH been seen bv the Times-Herald man
ha was on crutches, and in a terrible
nn1ition. the subject of his recovery
. wan the toDia of conversation. . The fol-
lnwino- la a resume of Mr. Conn's story:
"You are aware that from overwork
and exposure in April, 1894,1 contracted
spintW nnd rheumatism and grew stead
ily worse, notwithstanding, the best of
medical treatment that the neighbor
hood afforded, uutil I was at last con
fined to my bed, and what little locomo
tion I Derformed was done on crutches
From the time I was taken until August,
1895, 1 tried every remedy I could hear
of. without an v relief whatever. It was
at that time that a friend recommended
Dr. Williams' Pink Tills, and was en
thusiastic over their virtues that I was
persuaded to try them, and began to
take them in September, 1895. I was
rather discouraged at first to find my
self decidedly worse, but was urged by
my friends to persevere and give the
medicine a fair trial and so I did. After
a while I began to feel an improvement,
thouirh it was not noticeable to those
around me, but I knew I was better, and
soon was so elated that I foolishly dis
carded mv crutches, and received a se
vere fall for mv rains. This so retarded
my recovery that I became disheartened,
and gave up taking Pink Pills, so great
' was my discouragement. I, shortly after
this roiBhap ard set-back, began again
to take the Pink Pills steadily ana per-
severinurlv. and In a short time could
walk without crutches, and in January,
1896, was abla to discontinue the medi
cine altogether, being entirely cured
Since then I have cleared a piece of brush
land, and planted and attended this
year's crop. I took in all seventeen
boxes of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills before
I whs entirely cured."
Mr. Conn's address is Pleasant ville,
Marion Cof, Iowa, where he is as well
known as in Knoxvilie, his former home.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain iu a
condensed form, all the elements neces
sary to give new life and richness to the
blood and restore shattered nerves.
They are also a specific for troubles pe
culiar to females, such as suppressions,
irregularities and all forms of weakness.
In men they effect a radical cure in all
cases arising from mental worry, over
work or excess of whatever nature.
IMnk Pills are sold in boxes (never in
loose bulk) at 50 cents a box or six
boxes for $2.50, and may be had of all
druggists, or direct by mail from Dr.
Williams' Medicine Co., Schenectady,
N. Y.
FOR THE WOMEN.
An Opportunity to Get Dress Pat
terns at Less Than Half Price.
HINTS BY KATE WALLACE CLEMENTS.
189 Child's Double-Breasted Jacket.
4, 6, ii, 10 and 12 years.
Nut brown Yigoyn cloth decorated
with narrow bands of fur made this
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girls ranging from four to twelve years.
The back introducing the popular Em
pire style descends from a short square
yoke, falling in soft flutes oat the lower
edge- The fronts close i m dou ble-breast-ed
fashion, the right front overlapping
. the left and closing with handsome pearl
buttons and button-holes. Shoulder
and under arm seams complete the ad
justment. A handsome cape collar is
provided that is slashed, forming square
tabs; it is included in the seam with the
rolling collar that finishes the neck. The
sleeves consist of comfortably-shaped
linings that are faced with cloth to the
elbow, where met by full puffs. The
wrists are adorn 3d with full flaring cuffs,
, outlined on the upper edge with fur.
Pattern No. 139 is out in five sizes:
Four, six, eight, ten and twelve years of
age, and sell for 35c.
OUR PRICE, IOC. Send your address
for this pattern to Nebraska Independ
ent, Lincoln, Nebr.
Material required 44 inches wide:
For 4 years old 2 yards.
For 8 years old, 2 yards. ,
For 12 years old, 8.
Mutual Insurance,
Mr. Editor: With your permission,
one of your subscribers desires to call
the attention of your readers to a few of
the many peculiarities and discrepancies
appearing between the sworn statements
on file in the State Auditors office and
the statement published in the January
number of the "Nebraska Farmers' Insti
tute", of the business of the Farmers
Mutual Insurance Company transacted
in the year 1896, being the published an
nual report of such company for the
benefit of its members. As a matter of
fact the two statements should be ex
actly alike In every particular as the
worn statement was filed with the aud
itor on January 15, and the newspaper i
statement was made to the number at
the annual meeting January llith, anut
states that it is a "statement ol receipts
and expendituresof the Fanners' Mutual
insurance company iur no jvar xu
and also "Tba-compauv then at the
close of the year finds the following ti be
a statement of its resources ana nauui
ties December 31, 1890.
The newspaper statement culls atten
tion to a surplus at the end of the year
1895 of $10,928.01. The statement
filed with the auditor for 1894 business
states that on December 31st of that
year the company had on hand in cash
fOUl.57. if to tliia amount mere u
added the total income of the year 1895,
a per auditors statement, viz: $.'12,788.-
la, ana Irom we amount inus uuiameu
there be deducted the amount of ex-
nenditures for 1895 as per auditors
Ktatement viz: f32.788.15. there will
be shown to be a balance of f 561.57
on hand. In other words the claim
of a snrnlus of 810.928.01 on De
cember 31. 11895. is shown to be false,
as there was at that time ouly a surplus
of 5G1.57.
said newspaper states the companies
surplus on December 31, 1896, to be
$5,609 40. If to the cash on band De
cember 31, 1895, viz: $2,938.99 as per
auditors statement, there' be added the
income for 1896, viz:. $28,869.89, and
then deduct the expenditures for 1896,
viz: $32,370.64, there is shown to be,a
deficiency of $561.76; or in other words
instead of the company having a surplus
of $5,609.40 on December 31, 1896, it
had in reality a deficit of $561.76.
The company claims by the newspaper
statement to haveon December 31, 1896
cash on hand to the amount of $853.78.
The statement in the auditors office
states the cash on hand same date to be
$165.87. The total resources for 1896
as furnished the auditor are $16,236.96.
They are stated in newspaper to be $9,
720.75, a discrepancy of $6,510.21. The
total liabilities for 1896 as furnished the
auditor are $5,242.75. They are stated
in newspaper to be $4,117.35; a discrep
ancy of $1,125.40. The amount of
notes and return premiums on hand De
cember 31, 1895, was $19,831.11, of this
amount there was cancelled in 1896 $7,
427.02 as worthless. The supreme
court was wise in ordering this company
to discontinue taking notes for premium
as it has proven to be a great source of
loss to the honest members of the com
pany. The company's statement, more
over, shows that the orders of the su
preme court are being ignored. The
amount of notes on hand December 31,
1896, is $7,113.88, to which should be
added $1,416.41, the amount of "poli
cies in process of collection,"making $8,
530.29 as the amount of notes still due
and unpaid. Another significant feature
of the note business is that there is
"commissions due agents when notes are
paid the sum of $2,464.14. The snug
sum of $790.11 was paid for "attorneys
fees aud court costs" in 1896, and there
is still due and unpaid for such services
$201,40. The amount paid for postage
is another interesting item, viz: $585.00.
This is enough to post seventy-seven let
ters every working day in the year.
There was paid to agents "as commis
sion" in 1896, the enormous amount of
$11,342.33 for securing $12,196,753.00
of business, which is a cost to the mem
bers of $2.54 per $1,000.00 of business
secured. There was also paid "officers
and employes for salary. Directors ex
penses, and to state and special agents",
the amount of $3,522.90 or 73 cents per
$1,000.00 of busiuess done, making a
total expense to the members for amount
paid to the officers and agents of $3.27
for every $1,000.00 of business secured
in 1896. to whiqh should be added $1.45
per $1,000.00 for losses and other ex
penses. Making a grand total of ex
penses of the company in 1896 of $4.72
for every $1,000.00 of business secured.
The grand total of the expenses to the
amount of insurance done in 1896 of all
the other mutual insurance companies in
this stats is only $1.01 per $1,000.00.
Any stock company will sell one year in
surance for $3.00" per $1,000.00 when
they write five year policies. The Farm
ers Mutual Company is taking from its
members 4 times as much as the other
state mutuals are taking, for same class
of insurance, and 1 times more than
the stock companies take.
To any disinterested person it is evi
dent, or would be on proper examina
tion, that the members of said company
are being deceived and easily fleeced for
the benefit of its officers and agents.
A Subscriber.
March April May
Are the months in which to give special
attention to the condition of yours
physical health. If you pass safely
through theso months and find yourself
strong and vigorous on the arrival of
warmer weather, you may reasonably
expect that you will be well in summer.
Now is the time to take Hood's Sarsa-
parilla, because now is the time when
the blood must be purified, enriched and
vitalized, and because Hood's Sarsapa
rilla is the only true blood purifier prom
inently in the public eye today. Hood's
Sarsaparilla has power to make you
healthy and guard your system against
disease. ,
Filthy Cleanliness.
Every one will remember the clean,
brave fight Mr. Hearst and the editor of
the New York Journal, made for bi-met-alism,
in the late campaign.
Mr. Ilerst who is also editor and pro
prietor of the Sanfrancisco Examiner, is
ouly thirty-four years old, but he is rec
oguized by all decent, fairminded men as
the ablest, cleanest and best newspaper
man in America. Not satisfied with
owning the best paper on the Atlantic
and pacific const, it is said that he will
soon start another in Chicago. On this
last enterprise the 1$. & M. State Journal
of Lincoln, Nebraska makes the follow
ing comment:
"This will be a calamity to Chicago
and the northwest. The Chicago dailies
are now almost withoutexception, clean,
able and enterprising. Mr. Hearst s pa
pers are enterprising, able and dirty."
O ye gods! Of course the B. & M. Jour
nal deeply sympathizes with any com
munity that is affected with a "dirty"
newspaper. Having always kept it col
umns free from filth, it turns faint even
at the prospect of a stench as far away
as Chicago.
The B. & M. Journal's idea lf a clean
newspaper seems to ne one that never
tells the truth when a falsehood can pos
sibly be substituted.
The only commendable thing about it
But who are its friends?
Up to its neck in the accumulated filth
of a quarter century, it howls "dirt" at
others to attract attention fnoni its own
pitiable condition.
A Plague of the Night.
ITCHING PILES AUD OTHER RECTAL
TROUBLES EA8IL1 CURED BY
A HEW ABD SAFE
METHOD.
A Remarkable Number of Cures Hade by
the Pyramid Pile Cure.
About one person in every four suffers
from some form of rectal disease. The
most common and annoying is itching
piles, indicated by warmth, slight moist
ure and intense, uncontrollable itching
in the parts affected.
The usual treatment has been some
simple ointment or salve which some
times give, temporary relief, but nothing
like a permauent cure can be expected
from such superficial treatment.
The ouly permanent cure for itching
piles yet discovered is the Pyramid Pile
Cure, not only for itching piles, but for
every other form of piles, blind, bleeding
or protruding. The nrst application
gives instant relief and the continued use
for a short time causes a permanent rei
moval of the tumors of the small para
sites which cause the intense itching and
discomfort of itching piles.
Many physicians for a long time sup
posed that the remarkable relief afforded
by the Pyramid Pile Cure was because it
was supposed to contain cocaine, opium,
or similar drugs, but such is not the
case. A recent careful analysis of the
remedy showed it to be absolutely free
from any cocaine, opium, or in fact any
poisono'is. injurious drugs whatever.
For this reason the Pyramid Pile Cure
is probably the only pile cure extensively
recommended by physicians, because it
is so safe.so prompt in the reliet anorded
and so far as known the only positive
cure for piles except a surgical opera
tion.
In one year the Pyramid Pile Cure has
become the best known, the safest and
the roost extensively sold of any pile
cure before the public.
Nearly all druggists now sell it at 50
cenis and $ I per package.
Address the Pyramid Co.,Albion, Mich.,
for book on cause and cure of piles and
also hundreds of testimonials from all
parts of the United States.
If suffering from any form of piles ask
your druggist for a package of Pyramid
Pile Cure and try it tonight.
'in the House Friday.
The first thing that came before the
house on Friday morning was the
matter of the vote of Representative
Fouke, Gage county s republican repre
sentative, who supported House Roll
117, the Soderman script bill, that pro
vides for the issue of state-'warrants in
small denominations that shall be re
ceivablefor taxes and for debts due to
the state which are intended under the
provisions of the bill to circulate as
money. ' They draw 2 per cent iuterest
from the time of their issue until paid
Mr. Fouke was the only republican who
voted for the bill and must have been
seen after doing so as he was extremely
anxious to have the record changed, but
Mr. Soderman objected to any tamper
ing with the journal.
The next bill that was taken up was
house roll 124 by Sheldon, which pro
hibits the further selling of school lands,
provides for their lease, rents from which
are to be turned into the state treasury.
This bill was passed by a vote of 80 to 4.
Among the reports of standing com
mittees were those compelling railroads
to erect fences through certain lines; an
other one to increase the power of the
secretaries of boards of transportation;
an anti-pass bill; one compelling rail
roads to carry bicycles as baggage, all
recommended for passage, most of which
will probably become laws.
The bill to reapportion the state, in
troduced by Sheldon was reported favor
able by the committee, but after con
siderable discussion of the constitution
ality of the proceeding aud the advisa
bility of the expense necessary for tak
ing the census of the state, it was indefi
nitely postponed. This kills the bill and
the state will not be reapportioned. The
vote was 47 to 44.
The resolution introduced by Waite of
Lancaster instructing the Nebraska sen
ators and congressmen to use all efforts
to annul the recent proclamation of
Grover Cleveland to set apart for a re
serve lands in the northwest states was
passed unanimously aurt sent to Sena
tors Allen and Thurston by telegram.
The territory which it is proposed to
vacate in the proclamation of Grover
Cleveland is already inhabited by some
25,000 people engaged in agriculture,
manufacturing and mining, most of
whom are dependent upon the wholesale
houses of Lincoln and Omaha for their
supplies. If the proclamation of the
president is approved by congress all of
these people would necessarily leave the
territory thus vacated and the trade
would be lost.
Senator Dundas introduced a bill in
the senate providing for the construc
tion of a state vault and the appoint
ment of a commission of three watch
men to guard the vault in which the
moneys and valuable documents of the
state shall be deposited, and an appro
priation of S20.000 for building and
equipping the said vault in such a man
ner as to make it impossible lor robbery,
and heavy penalties are provided for the
punishment of state officers who fail to
turn into the treasury and have deposited
in the vatilt all moneys received by them
for the state.
Everybody Savs So.
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pleasant and refreshing 4o the taste, act
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and bowels, cleansing the entire system,
dispel colds, cure headache, fever habit
ual constipation and biliousness. Please
buy and try a box of C. C. C. today 10,
25, 50 cents. Sold and guaranteed to
cure by all druggists.
Notice of Chattel Mortgage Sab-
Notice ia hereby given that by virtue of two
chattel m or tirade dated Junel, 1898 and Anjrust
8. 1896 and duly filed in the office ot the county
clerk ot Lancaster county, Nebraska June 20,
1888 and September 2d 1896, and executed by T.
J. H ay den to the Lincoln Transfer Couyany to
Hecnre the payment of $15.00 and upon which
there ia now due the- anm of f 15.00, Default
haying been made In the payment of aald eum
and no olt or other proceed inn at law having
been instituted to recover said debt or any part
thereol, therefore we will sell the property there
in aeecrioea:
One potato cultivator.
One Horrel horse eight years old.
One Browa ateel eight foot rake.
One bay horse ten years old, at public auction
at the corner of 8th ana P streets, Lincoln. Lan
caster county. Nebraska ou the 261 h day of
March 1897 at 2p. m. of said day. Dated this 6th
day of March 1897.
Lincoln Transfer Company
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Remember we are going to carry,
DOKfT 3VEX00 XiOOATIOX, 2NT. - " '
THE LEADERS WITH OS
Continued from 1st page.
ces possible to rout the common enemy.
The success 01 tne otner reiorms uamea
ia the Omaha and St. Louis platforms
depend on the unity of action and fidel
ity of the leaders ot tne party tnat nrst
made the free coinage of silver and gov
ernment issue of all the currency an
issue, and I earnestly insist that we
should stand firm and unite all the forces
possible to push on to victory and the
overthrow of the money power in this
nation. J. W. Ewing.
CHAIRMAN CEN. COM. N. Y.
I notice ia the newspapers thut there
are those who call themselves populists
who favor the retirement of the silver
issue frbm the platform. The people's
party took up the silver 16 to 1 ques
tion in 1892, in its national platform,
believing it to be one of the most impor
tant questions bearing on the welfare
and prosperity of the toilers of this na
tjon. I believe that to be an indisput
able fact today, and am sorry that any
man within our party lines has the as
sumption to advocate the dropping of
that issue. In my opinion no man who
is a true populist would take such a po
sition. If there are any of that kind I
would surest that they seek affiliation
with the Hills and Flowers who are
Rocky fellers and have no sympathy
with any policy not dictated by Lom
bard and Wall streets. Such men should
have no voice in shaping the policy of
the people's party in the future. We
were nearly made bankrupt by endors
ing lastfali. Let us keep our hands off
in the future and stand on our own plat
form, for God and humanity. The peo
ple cannot be fooled much longer. D. M.
S. Fero.
STATE CHAIRMAN OF IDAHO.
I have noticed your reply to Mi. Wash
burn, dated January 30th, and wish to
express my commendation of the senti
ments expressed in that letter.
We populists in Idaho would look up
on the abandonment of the 9ilver issue,
at this time, by the peoples party, as a
most cowardly and imprudent course.
Should the peoples party pursue such
acourse.it would have lived in vain,
and while I do not anticipate any sued
action by the peoples party, I can assure
you of a positive opposition to such
proceeding by the populists of Idaho.
P. II . Blake.
STATE CHAIRMAN OF IQWA.
Sometime ago I received a circular
letter from George F. Washburn of Bos
ton concerning the future action of the
peoples party. At the' time I gave his
letter little attention feeling sure that it
would meet with the fate it deserved. It
was followed by a copy of the Boston
Herald containing a symposium on the
matter. I then saw what I at first sus
pected, that the whole thing was being
engineered in a most clumsy manner in
the interest of our enemies. I have been
the more suspicious because I have mis
trusted the source from which it emi
nated. If there is any one thing that
the late campaign demonstrated it is
the absolute unity of all monopolistic
elements in favor of the gold standard.
To beat them on the silver issue is to
not only inflict defeat upon the whole
tribe of monopolis but to harden
and train an army which will go on to
greater victories. It is in the midst of
the battle that traitors desert and cow
ards run and those who have stood
their ground in one fight make the better
soldiers for future encounters.
He must indeed be blind who saw in
the late campaign only the silver issue
and he is is indeed an ungallant and un
gracious soldier who would find fault
with the devotion of our allies and would
wish to desert them as long as they hold
their ground on the battlefield. Let the
Van der Voorts, the Coxeys and the
Washburns go. The time has passed
when they can win the coveted notoriety
by longer remaining with us. We need
them no more. 1 hank hoa that in his
providence he has put it into their hearts
to desert us that our councils may no
longer be divided by their ambitions.
Meanwhile the ostentatious arrogance of
the Bradley-Martin ball 1 he saturnalia
of debauch that marked the inaugura
tion of Governor Tanner the contemp
tous snubbing of the peoples friend
Governor Altgeld and the undistin
guished jubilation of plutocracy that its
victory over the down-trodden masses is
complete is making a history for our
natiou which will exhibit as tne cniei
characteristic of the epoch the cementing
together in one unbroken and harmo
nious army of all those elements that
love humanity and hate injustice. J.
Bellangee.
HON. R. F. KOLB.
I cannot act with any party that
abandons free silver as the test question.
The friends of free silver have contended
for it as an essential feature of constitu
tional government. There can be no
lapse of the constitutional financial
basis without entailing anarchy in my
opinion. I expect nothing of monetary
reform from any party that pre-termits
free coinage of both money metals as the
paramount issue of 1900. It. F. Kolk.
8. J. KENT.
I should hesitate to express an opinion
on the actions or expressions of men
high in the councils of the populist party
only for the fact that Mr. Washburn's
actions and expressions are of such a
startling character that to an average
mind, such as mine, they border on the
mysterious. I haven't the pleasure of a
personal acquaintance with Mr. Wash
burn, though I have heard much of him
through my associates who reside in
Boston. I have bad a very high regard
for Mr. Washburn, but note with much
concern that be has become the bosom
friend of those men who sought so hard
to divide our forces in thellastcampaign,
who tried every way to defeat Mr. Bry
an, and while damning fusion between
the populists and silver democrats,
sought bv every means within their pow
er, with apparently unlimited resources,
to bring about such a consummation
between the populists and gold-bug
Groceries, Hardware, Meat, Hay
We carry a complete line of the above named goods, also
buy all kinds of Poultry, Eggs and Butter.
f
. -i t
this year, at the lowest possiuie pr. -
1 democrats in
states. After
some of our southern
a somewhat extended
practical experience in the trades union
movement and as a veteran populist, I
have seen men, whether they were cranks
or knaves I know not, who would cry
long and lustily in behalf of some reform,
but the very moment that some practi
cal method was advocated that meant
the consummation of all these cherished
hopes, these pure and patriotic gentle
men would take a nightmare and fly the
track. I've sometimes thought, in the
words of Byron, that they "compounded
for sins they were inclined to, by damn
ing those they had no mind to." I
know not what others may have done,
for myself, as one populist, 1 enlisted
not only for the last campaign, but for
the war. A war of extermination against
goldbugism and all its corporate allies,
and in 1898 and 1900 I am willing to
march under any banner that stands for
the free and unlimited coinage of silver
at 16 to If with government banks of
issue, etc., and in marching on the enemy
I will, to the best of my ability, keep step
with any man who believes the United
States is big enough and great enough
to have a financial system of its own and
perform all the functions of a popular
government, whether that man be black
or white or red, populistic, democratic,
or republican. After the brillant strug
gle of 1896, to halt now would be ab
surd, idiotic, and suicidal. It would be
the rankest cowardice. 'Twould be far
worse; 'twould be treason, for 'twould
mean industrial slavery. As one of the
thousands of trade unionists who loyal
ly supported the cause of silver, I will
say that we are not babes. This move
ment means too much to us to abandon
it. We don't propose to be sold into
slavery through the machinations or
ambitions of a few. There was an issue
in the last campaign, and 'tis the . issue
yet. That issue is labor vs. capitalism.
The last campaign was a campaign of
education, where every plank in the pop
ulist platform was-discussed and demo
crats, republicans and populists vied
with each other in applauding the broad
utterances of the true reformer. Corpor
ate oppression, corporate aggression
and corporate greed were held up to the
public gaze and public scorn. The
science of money was never so fully dis
cussed nor the fallacy of so-called intrin
sic value so fully expressed. Never were
such audiences gathered together to
listen to logic and reason. Audiences
that never would have been possible
without a uuion of forces and such a
leaden as W. J,1 Bryan. Audiences that
the populist party alone could not have
reached, and to convert men you mutt
arrest their attention and start them to
thinking. Mr, Washburn speaks of sil
ver as a subordinate plank in our plat
form. I do not so regard it. I consider
it a far-reaching treasure, not a panacea
by all means, but of vital interest to the
great producing classes of the nation..
Today the farmers and manufacturers of
silver using countries havean advantage
of a hundred per cent over those of gold
standard countries, even if wages and
conditions were equal. Is it a time to
quarrel over trifles when we are threat
ened with an Asiatic invasion that may
destroy our very civilization? Yea, that
has already injured us, perchance beyond
reparation. I note what you say in
your reply about the great interest man
ifested by the gold standard press in
Mr. Washburn's action. Strange; isn't
it, that so many people who pose as
simon pure populists like to see their
names and opinions aired in gold-bug
papers? How solicitous these papers
are lest the populist party make some
mistake aud be thereby caught and
swallowed up by the democratic tiger.
For some years 1 have made it a rule of
actiou in politics to try and jump in an
opposite direction from what the gold
bug wants me to. S. J. Kent.
PAWNEE COUNTY.
I am frank to say that I do not believe
the people's party will abandon the issue
of the free and unlimited coinage of sil
ver. Our platform entire lsgood enough
and carries with it truth and hope, and
it appeals to reason. Its teachings have
the admiration of millions in our own
land and the attention of the nations of
the earth. Let us therefore abandon no
part of it, and push vigorously the noble
worK we nave Degun, ana viccory win ue
ours in 1900. C. N. May berry.
FROM CALIFORNIA.
In the first place many of the promi
nent men of our pa rty will go to the"daui
nation bow wows" if it does not follow
along the exact course that they think
it should, failing to realize that they
might co-operate as it were and disap
pear and not change the course of their
grand reform movement at all. I think
this agitation at this time ill judged, ill
timed and out of place and not intended
to aid in the developement of our party.
Let ns cease this petty strife and apply
all our efforts to educate the people
along the linesOf the St. Louis platform.
As for dropping Jthe silver question, it is
an impossibility at this time, and not
one populist in a hundred entertains
any such notion. There is only one real
sincere advocate of "free coinage of
silver" in the field today and that is the
peoples party. We made it one of our
cardinal principles at the organization
of the party and it win continue as a
part of our platform until successcrowns
our effort, which will be about 1900.
But our fight is for more than free silver
and any effort, to narrow the coming
contest to that issueTonly, will prove a
failure. Free silver is but a part of the
money question. The money question
is but a part of our platform. Land
and transportation are equally im
portant and in the coming contest must
have equal prominence.
I have trespassed upon your time
more than I intended and in conclusion
will say that we are a party and not a
part of a party and nny attempt to
make a side show of us in the future will
be defeated. Wo must stand on our
own bottom and agitate all of the cardi
nal principles of our platform. C. A.
Barlow, M. C. 6th diet, Cal.
GENERAL MASTER WORKMAN SOVEREIGN.
I did nothing in the late campaign of
which 1 am ashamed or would not do
again if I had an opportunity. In fact I
am proud of the high-minded, patriotic
and Grain.
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position our party took in the Bryan
campaign, and for one I am both willing
and anxious to repeat the same fight
and meet the gold power with the same
allied forces in 1900.-J. R. Sovereign,
G. M. W.
GEN. JAS. G. FIELD, OF VIRGINIA.
1 agree with every statement contaio'd
in your letter to Mr. Washburn, and
with most of the statements (aside from
personalities) contained in the articles
in the Independent. The financial
policy of the people's party announced
in Omaha in 1892, and reiterated with
emphasis at St. Louis in . 1896, in my
opinion is the perfection of financial
wisdom for the United States, and must
nMver be abandoned, changed or modi-
I fled until every letter is fulfilled and real
! ized in the legislation of the country. It
is the basic rock upon which our party
stands and has ever stood, and from
which it has secured its wonderful growth
and development. I regret very much
Mr. Washburn s suggestions, l tninK
them not only untimely, but unwise. I
have known Mr. Washburn since xavj,
and esteem him very highly, and I regret
to have to differ with him on this sub
ject. I think it would have been wiser
for him to nave reserved nis symposium
until our next national convention the
only body that could possibly accept
them, though ever so wise. In regard to
the Memphis conference (so called) I
have little or nothing to say. In no
sense can it be or will it be considered a
party conference. Mr. Washburn, is a
most respectable gentleman, has the
undoubted right to invite other gentle
men to meet with him in Memphis or
anywhere else and to confer about any
thing they please. Their discussions will
no doubt be intelligent and able; their
conclusions may be wise; but this is the
end of it. The platforn of the people's
party is not of their making and there
lore not for their changing. Our plat-
form and our party must be maintained
in their entirety. Our platform because
it is essentially right; our party because
it is the only organization that can car
ry into effect the principles of the plat
form. The result of the recent election
proves this last proposition. If it were
possible for the democratic party to elect
a president within its present organiza
tion, then Bryan would undoubtedly
have been elected. The democratic party
will never have in a national election the
aids it had in the last. The democratic
party at Chicago practically adopted the
Omaho platform and nominated Mr.
Bryan. His nomination was concurred
in and ratified by the American silver
and people's" party conventions at St.
Louis. Mr. Bryan made a canvass on
our financial policy never before known
or equalled in American politics. Ninety
per cent of the populist and a small per
cent of the republican free silver vote was
i r mn 4n J ti a ti ( vnt V i Lt woa H of an roH
Why defeated? Because he was running f
as the candidate nominated strictly with- '
in the lines of the democratic organiza
tion. For this reason 90 per cent of
the silver republicans aud a small per
cent of the populists (middle-of-the-roaders)
voted against and defeated him.
Had he been primarily the candidate of
the people's party, and the democratic
party had accepted and supported him
on the same platform with the unanimity
and zeal accorded him by the populist
party as' a democratic candidate, the
free-silver republicans, uninfluenced by
hostility to an old political adversary,
would bav.e rallied to his support and he
would have been triumphantly elected
even in the face of the corrupt monetary
aud corporate influences combined
against him. Not through the republi
can party, because it is hostile to them
and will so remain. JNot through the
democratic party, because that party has
lost the confidence of the American peo
ple. The election of Grover Cleveland
by that party and his subsequent treas
on to it constitute iu the minds of the
American people a sin against the polit
ical holy ghost which can never be for
given or attoned for. The party that
afflicted the country with Cleveland and
his satialites"will find no place for repen
tance though it shall seek it earnestly
with tears." Therefore our party must
be preserved as the hope of the people
and the palladium of their prosperity.
As the democratic party in 1896 accept
ed substantially our platform and,
though failing of election, made the
most brilliant campaign ever made in
American politics, may it not be hoped
that in 1900 that party will come in
and, along with the platform, accept the,
organization and win an easy victory.?.
Under such conditions as these (with alls.
respect) to be even thinking about modi- ?
tying our platform or "changing the
fighting issue," appears very unwise.
The "fighting issue" is along the whole
line and will so remain. This question
is certainly settled for the present. Then
let the long roll be beat, let every true
soldier fall in line, ready to do his pa
triotic duty. 1900 is only three years
off not a very long march for us to
make to confront our enemy. I greatly
regret to see in some of the legislatures
where our party has obtained controll
ing power, or the balance of power, the
absence of that unity of purpose and
harmony of action so essential to secur
ing the fruits of our hard-won victories.
This is the only unfavorable omen I can
see in the horoscopeof our party's future.
Cannot this be removed? I hope so. If
our organization shall not be accepted
in 1900, then let the democrats, Ameri
can silver, and the populist parties hold
their conventions at the same time and
place and nominate a ticket and take up
the fight exactly where Mr. Bryan left it.
Each party can then support the ticket
without feeling that in so-doing it be
comes a mere annex to some other party,
If our necessities force us to extremes,
they should be accepted as blessings J.
G. Field.
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