THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
August 26, 1897
95 Nebraska Mcpcnbcnt
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fTATK COSVKWTIOW PKOPI-K'i IKOK-
FKMUKNT lAi
l.nnni.. MaSSlfl. Jolf I, lKr7.
Br erdr of HUU Central Cosimltts of tb
rsepl" IndpBiint lrty of th lsts of N
breaks; w brby asll toU Cosvsstloa of tb
UsUmof said party to mart lo tb sHy of bin
B os WxIum'ia. Hi rtds of ptn.br,
lwpJrpof a'!Popl'l ladafsdasttHst
Conr.iitlou Ib to pla MorolnsUon ou "
data for Jt'lM of tb P7"
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star properly eornt Mors alil iohmUoi.
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It I rouimadd tbat ut coantr Blwi v'r.
BBtM (orrnpoaillBK la Bnmbor to tblr ill. at
Bd It I farlbar iwvBiinudl tbat tb dslticaiaB
prwwnt b allowtd to out tb full vt of thtlr
oaatl aBd tbat no proila b ellowl.
I, N, KDMMTKN, (,'balrmaa,
II, K. B. WKIlKli, DKtrvtarr.
Patronlieonr adrertlaera,
t
' Yea, tbe price of ailver bullion la way
down, but the ailrer dollara atlll buy aa
much wbttataa the gold dollar.
Your "Uncle Jake" Wolfe haa already
brought to tbe elate trcoaury auroral
tlmee the amount of hja aalnry In bon
neea etwured in tbe Ivaning of echool
lands. Ob yea, ' Nebrankii is being gov
roed by the pope."
Tbe li. & M. Rtato Journal aaye Hryan
la a dincredited pohtloiitn aud that he
will fill an iKnoininioue grave. What
roll But Itryan line been digging tbe
grare of the republican party and the
year 1000 will see the grave filled.
" lie wbo aide In iucrrnr-iiig landlord
lam in thin country hu(na the over
throw of the republic, for froe govern
Burnt will not long survive when a few
own the land aud immus of euport,
while tbe many are tenants at will."
Wm, J. Itryan.
Bugar truat attn-ks and the stocks of
twenty or thirty ollu r trusts have ad
vanced In price fiO er ceat or more
sluce the Iingliy bill bcume operative,
llow much has the price of labor ad
vaucml? Ak the rml miners or ths
laborers In ths iron aud steel ludustrlis.
There are a lw mstlina that all the
people should barn and rrmemlwr and
one of them U, "the only way to kp
purs Is to keep pure." This will apply
to men la pullm olllce as s l as to the
private e tica. As flnl.lrt were
taught thU "it Is a sia to steal a pin."
A ptxitsge sUiuu Is a small tholt, but it
Is a Very ttl habit to gt lata,
J, V. JoI.sb.iu Is sUliig the xs some
Cretty hard In ks. li4 s teli atMi
os sard a maa Is hit by the way he
S'luirms, au. JiWu.ih rrtialy kes
tkeia eSiriMiig.-Vrk Tim.
tee, we k "s.mrtuius: " Weraa't
kelp It, It la Ike esNis tflott we wphIJ
ktaks to it ta tbe aiadsarj stde tl a
sk,kerske pattisg la "sws rtty
aid Inks' la tint aotghlMn kwd.
It the rpublwa i-arty la taieatlua
ilvalrvs tu rwitsie Iks rslt lis
kasJiewtk la a prop atasaor It skuaM
pa a Mtlttta tiHs:rtttUtiiA Iks
4r trwst wRWtala Ike sHaaia-
satit s.Wavw they are traktaf the
awtatry nl tks retwr t tMwftty la
Ike advaaes) 4 bO r aat la tks valas
I saaat trwst alwka Tka rpabliea
party la erlaisly aadef great aWieia
twtaa tt sagar treat wfhVtala aa4
kaU tat Isk4 ti rtfwrt revogaias
lasw m Ita rtauialloaa as It has dttae la
Iti kWaWoa.
TO NAME THE CAHD1DATE. , I
Th lat legislature v&a coropoiwd
of
re
66 popullnti, 29 democratr), 4 iiiver
..,v.iinti nnrf 10 niDublicans. Tills
in-
r
elude, tin membri that wore uniwatea
la th Pouglu county conttf. It i
vill
ha BMin that tb comblued numwir
of
nnnniutii. douiocrata and ailTer republi
f"f" .
canawaaOO. If tbe reprt-aeotation ol
membora elect-d to tb rpprewsntative
bodiia of Ni-braNka be taken aa a baaia
for the dlrlalon of the jiatronage a
od
spoils It will beaten tbat f be populists
mild be entitled to approximately
66
twr cent, the democrats W tnr cent ana
.... .a
tbe silver republicans to 0 per cent, gi
.
Ing tbe ad vautage oftlie one per cent
to
the silver republicans.
This Is perhaps
as fair a basis for
the distribution
ofltbe political patronage a could
lu. Innnt U la flirt 111 111 V UOt Ullfltir tO
the democrats or ailver republlfuus, for
as will be remembered In all the counties
In ths state the argument was effective
used in tbe county conventions that the
populists bud all of tbe candidates for
state offices except attorney general ana
therefore tbe candidates for the leglsl
ture should be given to tbe democrats
and silver republicans, which In iiiuny
strongly populist counties was grauti
Anvono who will tuko tbe trouble to
veetlgate will find that the populist
buve not bad CO per cent of the eppo
tivVoositlous. that they have not bu
to exceed GO per cent of the positions.
Tbe claim that the democrats have not
received their proper share is therefore
without foundation. They have
celved more than their share. There
no reason why they claim the right
nominate the candidate for supreme
judge in the coming state convention
rjertaliilv 4 or & tier cent of the vote
polled would not entitle tbe silver repub.
licans to name the candidate, Viewed in
tbe light of fairness the candidal e should
come from the populist party,
The Farm Implement News, one of the
leading trade Implement journals of the
country aud non-partisan In its matter,
gives the best summary of the general
conditions of business la Illinois, Iowa
and Nebraska tbat we have found. The
summary is based on reports received
from farm implement dealers in all parts
of these states. Tbe farm implement
dealers are better acquainted with the
condition of formers than any other
class of men. They have failed to And
any material improvement in business,
which cannot be explained by the better
crop prospects. The News says:
A summary for the great aud rich
state of Illinois makes a showing as fol
lows: The wheat crop Is short owing to
various causes, but the quality of wheat
harvested is good. Oats have done
very well, but the yield will fall consider
ably below the big crop of lostyeur. Hay
is a big crop and quality fine. Corn
promises well everywhere, and though
late will make a good crop if it baa time
to mature, for which all are praying.
Trade, according to the reports, tun
hardly be said to have (men more than
fair. In the spring it was disappoint
ing; but since on mowers and haying
machinery it was good, also ou buggies,
and on binders aud twine not up to ex
pectations. Complaint is generally made
of poor collections on account of low
prices. However, better prices nnd a
good full trade are anticipated.
Reports from Iowa give conditions
similiur to those ol Illinois. Corn is tbe
principal crop, aud it promises to be
about an average, with favoruble
weather; much was replanted und it is
somewhat uneven in stund and growth.
Oat are not so heavy as tbey were Inst
year, but of better quality. Little is said
of wheat, which Is not the leading crop,
evidently, though it has done well. Hay,
esecially clovr, was a fine crop. Pout
ers baa a goou trade on spring imple
ments and on cron planters ami culti
vators, also on mowers and vehicles,
especially buggies, only fair on binders.
The uuusal oumpluints are made of poor
rollttetions and low priens, and the iihiiiiI
anticipations ot a good lull trade ex
preMd.
In Nebraska, wmcn nas nan a recent
stroke of proBjH'rity, according to cer
tain newspapers, proMfwct. for corn are
on the whole good. '1 he extremtdy hot
wHtli"r accelerated growth where there
was sullU'ieiit moitur, but did some
damage where it vihs ilij. aium !itl
was winter killed, but the crop Is good,
though aeroage is not ns large as has
lten reprewiited. Oats are only n lair
crop, A lairty good trnae was eujoyed
by the tbmlers on Ibn smaller Imple
ments iu ths spring aud on harvesting
machinery aud threaders in their saaou,
The conditions are improviiitf aud a
good lull trade is authMputed. The uul
complaints are made ol Hr rolU-ctiuits
ou account td tbe poverty ol the tanner
and M'nn ity ol a uy . 'w dealer says
trails was not heavy Wmubw money i
Bfrt and tanner too niueh in debt to
! able to voslraet lor mm k debt or
to buy lor rwah." And lhtr tniuditioa
eould sot I uiiiri, stuv ou yat ol
gooi rtu t au h prtvt a I hey go!
out titer auuUI sot sitahl tb lo re'
roef Iroiu Ike ! Bualalued by be
prmvdmg svoaous td eerBMa drouth
aud rulih
It look kow like th republu-aw parly
wwabl resoaOssjU Jlg I'oat lof su
prvtwe Jnds-, Kmy body rait tk
Ul that Cost is was of Ik autaievrvupt
Ha tkat evt eat oa tk Nkbtaak
tttk, ad tkt lasailei a great d!,
Ike dtat tMoat ol tk rptbik
arty W aaiioas lu ot ti
doaaasdaa koawl wish aoNtaalt,
bat Ikaoldll aitWy tatrliskr asg
lata tks saddWaad will eilker aomisal
I'oat or atttt)tkr t.tllerrpt ata
ka will b) a tMl M tk krd wf ruk-
kr aka ka difaw4 tk aaat ol weir
tail slat.
Tw (ear a tk taadtdat lo a
weM dsr was a ad vet sUMaa. I St
ye tstsfcw akal brsll a a 7 la
ar MpU Ua Ike prvp tku ti da la tt
try avfalut eaaJidata,
WHAT THEY HAVE DOSE,
Tbe history of the state of Nebraska
does not record an administration of the
state affairs that accomplished so much
In so short a time as has been accom
plished by the present officers. Governor
Ilolcomb has placed all of the state in
stitutions under bis control in the bunds
of capable men, and by requiring a
quarterly report from them keeps him
self accurately informed as to tbejdetail
of their management. Them Is no com
plaint from any source. His labors with
the republican board of school lands and
undsto secure th Investment of the
permanent school funds of tbe state is
well known to all. Hince the change in
administration the populist board, act
lug upon the governor's advice, bas in
vested large sums of school funds Instate
arrant, drawing 5 per cent Interest,
thus saving that amount to the taxpay
ers of the itate. He has bad the hearty
co-oeration of all of the members of tbe
board in bis efforts along tbia line,
Treasure Meserve bits bandied thestate's
funds In an excellent manner. Tbe state
bonds duo iu April were promptly paid
Tbe school apportionment, the largest
in the history of tbe state, wus distribut
ed among the counties without
delay, Indications are that the
next apportionment In December
will be larger than tbe June ap
portion men t. He bus culled general
fund warrants so rapidly that they have
raised in price from 0) and OS cents to
100 cents and those ex wed Ing $100
command a premium of ou-elghth of one
per cent, Mr. Meserve bn accompllshrd
all this In the fuce of a defalcation ol
more tlmn fiulf a million dollars. If Mr.
Meserve could bav bad tbe benefit of
that money bow much better he could
have donecun only be surmised.
Tbe etuto uuditor bus made many im
provements In tbe conduct of tbutoilicu
He rrqulrc all Insurance companies to
pay for services rendered by the office
No credit is extended. Beveral thousand
dollars were lost ' to the state during
Moore's administration, as a result of a
credit system by tbe accumulation of
uncollectuble accounts.
The present auditor Insists that an In
surauce company tbat cannot pay as it
goes cannot be In a very good condition
to transact business in this state. The
present auditor has given mutual farm
insurance companies tbe right to Insure
country churcbes,scbool bouses and par
sonages a right tbe republican auditors
denied them. Auditor Cornell has col
lected fees to the amount of 10,r00.
He has ulso turned it into the state
treasury, a thing bis republican prede
cessor neglected and refused to do.
The secretary of state Is acting under
a law which he prepured and bad passed
by the lust legislature. It was designed
to make tbe ofllce self-sustaining by In
creasing the fees. Mr. Porter believed
that the people wbo patronize tbe office
should pay a sufficient amount to pay
the running expenses. The bill which be
prepared was promptly passed by the
legislature and under It Mr. Porter has
collected more than f 1,600 in the first
six months. The total receipt during
Piper's administration was ouly a little
over flOOOIntbu two years. Mr. Por
ter is secretury of tbe printing board
and bus saved the state many thousands
ol dollars in the printing contract. Tbe
bouse and senate journals und session
laws will cost lees than half as much as
they did two years ago. Thesuving In
all other work bas been fully us great.
The preseut land commissioner bas
beeu more diligent than any commis
sioner in the history of the stute. He
hue traveled iu many western counties
and has leased thousands' of acres of
school hinds that have heretofore been
held by republican politicians without
the paymeut of any interest to tbe
school fuud.
The savings cannot be accurately esti
mated but will very materially aid in
iucrcaning the Hecemtter aportoiiiment
of'tbs Bthool funds.
Attoracj Uczjiral nijth et.jya tha
reputation of tieing the first attorney
general In Nebraska able to secure the
conviction ol a defaulting state ofllcial.
11 bas one ready to go to ths peti aud
another well started ou the road. He
has de red the criminal d ket so far a
bis tittle is concerned. Auswera hnv
breu Hied in all cases that have been ap
pealed lo the supri me court. As a rule
in th psst, t-rimiual canes have 10
continued Iroiu term to term until th
guilty would finally cp puaiahmeut.
Il has Wo mad two lrim to Wnak
lu;ton, l. t to urg lb Dual actioa ol
tb fedsral court Iu relation lo the
siatliinnii freight rale bill.
Htst Huwritadal -laikaoa has
ba conducting bU ottUv la aa n-owom-teat
aud eosaervallv manner eoasiUal
witkaoodjaedslttfi work, Tk
Pm Kir ptialisg ka U greatly r
diiwd by pUeuttf tk work kr k
could jl il doa at 0 Waal t (,
II kas vba4 aiaay ltttii mi lti
ltol aitA Tk t hrt all
kM'fthlMslpt tkwir fOsdc la kl
ability asj etpr tkstr appmlatioa ol
Ik tit td I Ha eloM proal atteatto
akwk klr, Jatkatm i to atl ol lk
tt.
Toailk detail 4 tk lisprotv
rt wad la ek tm whiU repair
a Vols oox Tk pf lil pattj kik
td St prvt4 t4 la tk rtil est at slat
ultWiai.
M4 A. M. lSt vv wiit a deaietea
aiaiaet a raUrt4 orstatioaT
J1
Every loyal populist wbo bas been
elected aa a delegate to tbe state con
vention will make an effort to attend. It
will be the largest in the history of tbe
state. Important problems will be op
for consideration. Tbe party is young
aud care must be taken that no mis
takes are made. The railroads have
made a one fare rate from all part of
the state and with a little effort and
sacrifice all delegate can attend. Tbe
action taken by this convention may
mean much for tbe future of the populist
party and the welfare of Nebraska de
letd largely upon the success of the
populist party. It is tbe part tbat bas
saved the credit and reputation of the
state and redeemed it offices from a set
of political pirates and plunderers, The
party bas not been so successful in judi
cial elections. With the increasing power
of the judiciary tbe importance of tbe
co in I ng election can not be o verestimated,
Tbe populist party must see to it that a
good, capable, anti-corporation man is
placed in nominuelon, and get out on
election day and see that be Is elected.
Do you think that tbe resolution which
the republican convention In Lincoln to
day will pass, endorsing the Mckinley
administration in tbe United Ktutes will
also contain a clause endorsing tha act
ion of the state officers of the lust repub
lican administration In Nebraska? Is It
not just possible tbat after McKlnley bas
served bis term aud turned tbe country
over to tl. i trusts and gold standard
combine that the republican party will
forget, Iu its convention, to endorse bis
administration, In the same manner tbat
they now neglect to puss resolutions en
dorsing the state administration of ex-
republican officials? Many things are
better in anticipation than realization
There is one decent republiaan paper
In .euraeku, Jt is tbe Mctook Tribune,
Its editor refuses to pollute Its columns
by publishing tbe vile lies of J, V7,
"Whisky Kidge" Johnson. In its lust
Issue the Tribune says, in speaking ot
Johnson's letters:
"There is nothing to be gained by re-
ruililienn mill ora in irfiititr into dollriniiia
.( I rr i i,.it mi t. rnia mill Hlanritif lint limn t .
or by exhibition of partisan hat on
tne part oi repuoucan politicians, over
the temporary eclipse of the party la
Nxl.t-HiiLa. Nlt.hr kv ill It, avail runeh to
call the opposition nincompoops, an-
I!ut Johnson 'is naturally vile, and
will continue to wallow in bis own filth.
It seems that tbe speculators bad
somet hing to do with the recent boom
in tbe price of wheat. Tbe millionaire
members of tbe boards of trade made
severul millions more. They boomed
tbe market quick and froze out all tbe
mall western investors; aud when the
western men bought again at tbe higher
price the eastern fellows dropped tbe
price at a rate of five cents a day and the
small speculators in the west were loser
again. It a great world, this financial
world.
The republican convention in Lincoln
today will endorse its past record by the
reuomlnation of Judge A. M. Post as tbe
republican standard bearer In the cam
paign this full. After be Is nominated
we shall review some of his decisions
since be bus beeu on tbe bench, esiteoially
those reluting to railroads and other
corporations. They will be interesting
to the people of Nebraska.
The following table will show some
thing of the saving that is being made
in the cost of state printing by the pres
ent state printing board composed of
Auditor Cornell, Treasurer Meserve and
Secretary ol State Porter. The saviug
given is accurate as shown by vouchers
on die iu the State offices except in the
case of the Houw aud Senate Journals
where aa estimate is made, the work of
printing them not having been com
pleted. The volumes will not contain
tout tatt 1,3W pnj". ssvinir
will be a little greater lhau the amount
giveu la the table. The work of print
lug the journals is so nearly completed
that the estimate is very cloee. The less
number ol pages is due to the fact that
ths printer hav not beea allowed to
make a epurate Hue out of every two
or threw words ns was done two years
ago.
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A short time ago tber came good
news out of tbe East. All good news,
yon know, come out of tbe East. Here
it oame like glad tidings of gnaht joy;
Nebraska, tbe borne of Bryan, bad paid
off twenty-eight million dollars of mort
gages. Borne paper said twenty mil
lions, some more and some less. Some
said this paying off bad happened in tbe
lost three years; some, in the last two
years, and other some, In tbe last six
months, bnt all agreed tbat It bad hap
pened and that it was a etupenduou
thing. No one knew where tbe report
came from, or whether there was the
slightest truth In it; but all the fepubli
can editors began singing it Just tb
same. It was doled out in tbe major
and minor key. It was hut ped on from
tbe Atlantic to tbe Pacific. It was as a
sweet morsel under tbe tongue. Truly
we had run amuck of prosperity. And
It bad struck Nebraska tbe first of all
tbe states of tbe Colon,
Tbfs was all very pleasant, if it bad
been true, l!ut the story of twenty-
eight millions of mortgages paid off, or
twenty minions, or ten millions, or any
million l u six mouths, or 4wo years,
or three years, or teu years for tbe mat
ter of that all has vanished Into thin
air. The ofllcial return of the mort
gages of tbe entire state have been sent
in by the county clerks for the first six
mouths of '97, and th result shows
that in farm mortgeges, including all
foreclosures among tbe releases, there
have been less than a million more
released than filed. leaving out the
foreclosures there have actually boon
more filed than released, la town and
city mortgages, the result is somewhat
more favoruble, the releases (foreclos
ures included) running something over a
million more thun the filings; but this
is nothing new as the same ratios were
kept up iu 'US and 'DO. In chattel mort
gages on the other band tbe tiling run
more than five million over tbe releases.
Two or three small counties are out yet,
but tbe above is approximately the re
sult, Tbe movement for the first half of
"J 7 on farm mortgages Is somewhat
more lavorable than in vo and i0. On
other kinds of mortgages it is about the
sume. Ho much for that bubble.
It is amusing to see what straws our
republican brethren will grasp at. Ibey
promised tbe people that the moment
McKlnley wus elected we should have
better times, McKiuley was elected,
but the better times cum not. Then,
they suid, "Vou cannot expect to change
things in a minute, Wait till McKlnley
Is inaugurated." Tbe people didn't have
much else to do, so they waited. Finally
McKiuley was Inaugurated; but still the
good times came not. Then the repub
lican editors got excited. There was
something wrong behind tbe scenes. So
they all got out in front of tbe footlights
and announced, "This prosperity show
is poatpoued until alter the passage of
tbe Diugley bill."
Well, tbe Dingley bill was railroaded
through. Tbe republican editors had no
further excuse to full buck on. Tbey
gxew frantic. Every accident, every
rumor however baseless, was seized upon
to bolster up their claims. There bad
been plenty of rain nnd bountiful crops
In Nebraska. McKlnley was responsible
for that. Tbey bud paid off twenty-
eight million dollurs of mortgages in
Nebraska. McKinley was responsible
lor that or would have been if it had
beeu true, which It was not. Then there
was a wheat famine In India and all tbe
great wheat producing countries of the
world; and the price of wheat went up.
McKiuley was responsible for that.
Japua quit using silver and the price of
silver weut down. McKinley was respon
sible for tbat. They discovered gold
near the north pole and several other
places. McKinley was responsible for
thut. Nebraska state warrants weut up
from 05 cents on the dollar to a pre
mium. McKinley was responsible for
that or so the republican editors will
be claiming iu a short time. O, I tell
you, this man McKinley Is large pota
toes, lie Is responsible lor tne sun aud
the rain; for the famine in India and the
Liverpool price on wheat; for mortgages
that wers never paid off and the convic
tion of Hartley. Verily, if mannu were
to fall from heaven, as it did in the days
of old, the republican editors would taks
the credit from (lod Almighty and give
it to McKinley.
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"Hut," our republican friend says,
"the price of wheat has gone up.
you know it bas, You can't deny
that. o, my republican iriend,
ws don't waut to oeny it. tiod iw
pruiaed, the price of wheat has gone up,
Out of the misery and suffering of for
eign lands a blelng bas come to the
Americau larmer. lliere is a wueut fam
ine iu ludia, the great granary of the
east, and thousands have died and thou
situds more are dying Iroiu the effects ot
it, 1 her is a wheat lailur In Argen
tme and a short crop iu lluaaia, Ths
supply ol wheat for t'uroi bus beeu
shut off. Th people must bav bread,
bailee tli demaud ho Increased. Iu
rreiteed demaud make higher price.
Hie American w usal crop te going to
,uroi aud willing at t.uroieu figure.
Wheat is a dollar Iu New York but It Is
atill higher Iu Liverpool; aud over tb
Liverpool prie ot wheat th republican
purly aad It luaianilleaal doing hsvs
about aa much tutluenc a a r'ej
laUudsr baa ovsr th govsruaient of th
lulled HI ale, juat about.
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Hut outsids td wheal kas thr beva
any real liurvaa id prtMiwritj? ituuor
right, baa tbr: la .traka, yea.
I'bM Sfal ka bwa bleaawd Wllk III
moat mamat mm in krr history,
lha hard lltua bav Warsed our Iwoul
Ik value ul MHtuotuy, lb Trana-Vlia-
laalppi MttiaitHa i vonillig oh aui
hat i luvilisg atleuliou, eoufldiie
u.l fault l In our atata. Ttulav X-
braaka I about tk mini (atom! sUl
l tb aaloa. 1 br u aa appare vl
tority la Nebraska, but u t wot a
ill viura lua to Ibt iet tl i of Mi ki.
ley than lo Ik rmil (slips ol lk sua;
u a mi.
Hal la tka souatr al larsa. la Iker
say appearwae proBpsrttyf I H laid
td tk wksal atarksl, an., tits all Ik
aair ! la ra(f Ik ral
alalia la Ika klalot uf laho. lm aral
inks tsteaf la prv Has? Nvf
Recently a census was taken oftbeeropty
store bnildings in New York city, and
there were ten thousand of them more
than ever before. In tbe east tbey bav
just been feeling tbe clntch of tbe bard
times demon, llauks and mills and fac
tories bave been closing down all spring
and summer. Tbe Dingley bill baa
passed and still tbe good time ceme
not. No wonder the republican editor
grasp at straws.
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Tbe International bimetallic bubbls
basJursf. It never bad any thing in it
but wind, but even tbat Is gone now.
The English government bas refused to
consider the questiou at present and
the English papers hav given tbe whole
scheme away. It bas never been regard
ed seriously in England; that country
bas shown a silent contempt for the
entire proceeding. Tbe United State
boa been placed in tbe attitude of a beg
gar whose petition bas been spurned..
So good-bye to International bimetal
ism. It was never anything but a plat
form promise on which to catch votes,
Aud now It bo gone the way of all such
dishonest makeshifts.
Hut to return to Nebraska Nebraska
with ber fifty million bushels of wheat;,
with ber millions of acres of corn: with
ber cattle on a thousand bills; with her
warrants at a premium and ber credit
good the world around; with her cblet
city preparing for the next world's ex
position; with one of ber sons the most
popular American citizen. Truly Ne
braska bus been favored. This is ber
year. No more drouth or famine. Like
ths phoenix she has risen from ber ashes, i
Nebraska Is all right. In the language
of Artemus Ward'iong may she wave.""
Hut what bas the republican party
done for Nebraska? itobbed her. Itob
bed ber blind and dizzy, and only de
sisted from their pilfering wbee smitten
by the heavy baud of defeat. What bas
the republican party done for Nebraska?
Stolen from ber state treasury a million,
dollurs. Taken tbe patrimony of ber
school children and farmed it out gratia
to precinct heelers and small bore politi
cians. Helped foreign corporation
bleed ber people and sap tbe lile from
ber industries. Kim ber credit down till
ber securities sold for five per cent be
low par. Dragged ber supreme court
la the mire of partisan politics till ft baa
lost tbe repect of honest men. Placed
an acknowledged defaulter as mayor ol
ber chief city. And when finally driven
from a twenty-five year feast at ber
public crib, this same republican party,
like an ingrate, smote tbe baud that bad
fed it and reviled ' Nebra skb for becom
ing a pop state.
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A littler ancient history. Ye all re
member tb republican stute ticket of
Wi'i. Look on it. Her is the person-
avre vi iaj tiviiuswi ? aWJUJ'IPPa-
John C, Allen, George If. Hastings, En-
fens Moore, Joseph H. Hartley, A. H.
iumphrey and A. H. Gondy. Look at
that ticket. 1 here are only two decent
men on it Crounse and Goudy and
tbey have botb been read out of the re
publican party, Goudy is a free silver
republican and Crounse bas quit poll. ,
tic In disgust. Look at th rest of tb
ticket. Tom Majors! "Tattooed Tom!"
I'.ut tb lees said about bim tbe better.
Tom Is In trouble, or rather Tom, jr., is.
So we will drop the curtain ou bim. Al
len, Hastings and Humphrey, All three
impeuched by the legislature of 1803 for
complicity in the fumous asylum and
penitentiary steals. Declared "guilty"
by Chief Justice Maxwell, and only saved
from removal from office by two parti
san judges, and even they were forced to
admit tbat the action of said Allen,
Hastings and Humphrey "was hhrbly
censurable as unbusinesslike and want
ing in that intelligent regard for the in
terest of the public which the state ex
pects from its officers," Where are-
these three men now? Sunk to an ob
livion thut better becomes them than
ever did their publicity. There were two
more men on this ticket. Hartley and
Moore the former sentenced to twenty
yeurs in the penitentiary the latter
awaiting trial for embezzlement. These
were representatives of the republican
party in IH'J'2. Has the party reformed
since that time? No. It proposes to re
nominate Post, one of tbe ubove named
judges, this yeur.
Has ths republican party of Nebraska
reformed? You only have to look at it
moutbpeices to decide that questjon la
the negative. There are three of these-
wbo are most generally recognized as
speaking by the card, as It were. Tbey
nrs the Lincoln ('all. hoc Hixbyofthe
Stat Journal and J. W, Johnson. Do
you imagine a party that has ever
dreamed ol reform "eould have such
Bpokexmen as these? a funk ot it. the
Lincoln Cull, the mistt notorious black
guard and blackmailing sheet in the
atate; hardly fit to go into a refined
home; In Ihelaugung of Hriinu's leono
elttat, a paper suitable only lor pering
pantry shelves, or for bss polite pur
poses. Then Ihm Hitbyl Well, he Is
hardly to Iki taken serioualy, lis is a
(met. No, 1 bog ths pardon ot ths poet
ical Iratormly, whom I sincerely ress't.
II Is a rhymester, II grinds out ma
chine made trnxli by the hour and Is
paid lor It by ths yard. He used to edit
a pop pHMr but changed his politic
whsu offered a bigger salary by ths
Stats Journal. The but Is Johnsou.
Johnsou it seems lo ms have heard
I lis! name Mora. Tber mn a J, W,
Johnsou wbo was oihv kird to go down
aud besmirch th character ol His 1st
t piigreeamaa MeKeighna. Its was ar
realed la a bagnio ol I ted (loud. Then
I her was a J. W, Johuaoa a ho got on
th republican state board ol Irasapor
tallon, ako drew not ouly his aalnry
from ths slats but blackmailed the llik
hern radroad In giv bint IUmi uo mr
mouth ou ibs side tor lookiug alter ths
lulereats ol Hist roaL Then bar was
a J, VY, Johaaon who was bird by ths
Slat Journal lo go doa lalo Miaaourl
and Arkaaaaa lo titaligu llirliurs ler
ol ikua slate, wa run out ol on
Miasouil low lor liisulilsif a nsro wo
Hiau, II this m lb saiu J, V, Johuson
why b I otl.T a eomiiioa liar, ailboal
rharartef or eoseiue, who writ
balks is pal I lor, It Ihi b that J.
W, Jokuaoa, ka I lying anw bavaas
aaid f Jl.tKl pet Week by Ik rapablteaa
lal eeatraJ sosniiotl) lor meg, II
MlhsBam Hiaa bo IM about I lot
comb la I U4. but k did o Isjur llul
niuih. I Ihlai oar paper kav ivs
eallmty ! snwrk aula Iu lata psro.
II t aawartky ol II. Ptde ku will.
las due karat, sal II la !
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