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W I I AUY rl M rfvAlAl r"f AUY s-TM r-Tx yOH r The Wealth Makers and Lincoln Independent Consolidated. V0L 1X. LINCOLN, NEBR., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER it, 1897. NO. 25. 1 111 , ! . 11 1 .I, 1 I. .1 , ,.. "I 3 - 45 I OBJECTIONS ANSWERED 'OoTernment Should Purchase Own, and Operate the Bail road . HOW TO PAY FOR THEM, Hoadi pay Good Dividends on Act ual Value, Would Soon Earn Purchase Prloe. Civil ftervlce ttule to Apply. Ill tho article entitled "some of the evils," In laMt week Issue we quotod ifrom the speeches ol Thomas B. Watson of Georgia. This week we contluue lile argument in which lie answers the usual objections urged against government ownership of the railroad. ' Humming up the objections Mr. Watson says: i l. Our oppoiMffittt nay it will bank rupt Him country to buy tiie roads. If thi In true we timet not buy them. Tnl country I tottering under a much bankruptcy n it can stand, already, and we m net no alow in accepting new obli gation. The firet thing a prudent busbies rnun considers, when deliberating upon the purchase of property, In this "Uoe it pay good dividend?" If the record hows that the projierty hue always been liandHOinely profitable, aud is at the present time paying good dividend upon actual Valium, then the Investment becomes inviting, Apply t hi tent to the railroad prob lem, ond the result I favorable to the buying of the property. From 1871, at which date the government reports com mence, down to the present time, there tin never been a. year when the road iiuve not paid magnificent profit, in pi to of eitravagance la salaries to high officials, in spit of the expne of sub Midiziiig politician and newspapers, in epite of panic, labor trouble and rato war. From 1HH2 to 1B'J2 the govern ment report hIiow that the railroad mude in net profit the marvelou sum of thirty-four hundred million of dollnrel Therefore here U a good piece of prop erty to buy, lor the reason that it pay well. Another conideration which would have it weight with a judiciou man ol business I thle; "due that piece of property, a it now stands, cause me in convenience or lo, or would the pur chase of it remove that danger or lose from my other property?" It ha already been shown that all other business is at the mercy of the railway muuugeiueul and that the prof it wrung out of the passenger and shipper on watered stock injure and op presses nil other property to the extent of nearly two hundred million of dol lars per year. Therefore, to have the general public invent it money in these road, i to buy out a proxrty owner wIiomh man agement of hi property injure the neighborhood, find victimize nil other interests for the benefit of hi own. When manufacturers of door, hiihIi, bliml and finished lumber product of all kinde, find that they pay too much tubule to the saw-mills, they operate a sawmill of their own. On the coutrary when a euw mill owner finds that tiie difference betwecu rough and finished lumber in too great, he put in machinery and dresses the lumber hiuiHelf. In other word, no prudeut biiine man mi (fern too 111 noli ol hi profit to uo to another business man if he ran prevent it. The same principle npplie to railroad ing. If the carrier of freight charge too much, the people should'curry their owu freight , II the traveler I forced to pay too much for 11 ride, he should provide a vehicle of hi own. If the carrying of frt'i(!it ha necessarily none lulu he tin nd il the railroad, and if the neees. 1 tii' of modern travel romptl therltuen to rid-i mi the train, then the only way to escape the pH.VllieUt ol lllijilet fri'inht and passenger charge I to buy out tint system whiutu t xenons we wish to r- move, lint C'luimt other! f uH.. Tlenlor We say that lio man ran Is Imukriipi I by the purchase ul prorty which yield tt good in t Untune, Furthermore, uv that when one of Hie cause ul hard times mining I !i pto !! U lti ltu niriiiini Miiirli ttix rail road liavwKntilii.il ii', ll.i-re will t v Ur ,n .r ir.mi .uiil,rii t. v y tie rc liuiv n (i line id iU riu . llUt ll! H tx'tlef OltV ill UMIlllg till ot'JwiHiii U i ri!..iuuni lbt tlio I "'i plt r tmiiittf til ri liMd i,rjf dm, t",ilu( ir i;.iii i.vr)r iu, aul v Wlf iStp tU.HH. 1 be (tiviini4 it roi t iun Ihitt tlaV lo-vtl l lllw litflf tit J'lV ui tt. rtti el 1 t,Mil i. t riltt on l. Mi-iuut IKIl if tt.n .M. nk. h Wf a IK 11 A'VI'ldil.d l 4lt.ll liit tlid tltlil l l tlw t'ii.!i Mll.itt id I 1.' lull hM lM Iti HI, .ii, '.4l r- d ilmK tii th tr. I l lHi(tl B In ,i tut td d.it -Itx ti Nu ui lnl.i tii rl '- mm .tf4, id 4 r wi. nt iiB i t Id 'igt ( ii.lli'l U iit tv.J ! I it i !! it if.'iiiitii, 'I III ! Ip, WHM Hi I ml ll l' Ht.HUl t f Ht l r IIIIBUIM, I. At ti nl A r f MHMitm tnoatjf ititiv Im ;t III i III iMl 4 lKl, ft (lIKHMlU iI- du imothe It li t'bliifn t ti tmtl i.lvl i HtMi df.4 ' rwiull b a i m 4u m milk lit I it Si Jm ui 4 .t ) Jui.r ti. rn u ar worth, Even at the rate of 4 per cent we pay for them, watered etock and all, every 25 year. The iroverimient report ihow that elnce 1871 we have paid theee railroad enough to buy them three time and over. The name evidence enow that we are continuing the name nchedule. We pay for the road In freight charges and paenger rate. We are buying them every time we ride or hip freight. The populiete merely propone that we hull heieufter no change the policy that when wo pay for the road again they mIiuII bo our proerty. Wo reepectfully clone the bankruptcy argument by ug geeting that the HuroNt way to bank ruptcy I the continual paying lor prop erty which never become our, Thi buying property and never getting any thing but the privilege of buying Itngalu would eem to be a game whoe advan tage are entirely too much on the elde of the man who continually pocket the price but never deliver the good. Another qiielion common to all ob jecror in, "How are yon going to pay for the rullroiid7" Under the law of Eminent Domain the government could only acquire title by having the property aeMed, aud the price paid In lawful money. No populUt dream of having the gov ernment obtain the railroad without iwttling for them fairly. In the judgement of many eminent authority the entire value ol the prop erty cou be covered by the aum of five billion of dollar. Hut let u nay, forthe'eake of argu ment, that the board of UMHemnent would out the value at the other extreme 110,000,000,000. How then are we to pay thi 'Toiiiendou eum of money? iiy a glance at the government re port it will be eeen that 15,473,011,000 of the railroad value are represented by bond. The holder of thiwe bond would iump at the chance of having the gov ernment aeeutiia the payment of thee bond with three per cent, intercut and twenty year' time, Tim more than half the settlement could be made without the olighteit difficulty. The other four and a half billion could I. a ...! Iit 4 l.a unln et I. .... ..., i I.I.1m. or by the ieeuauce partly of bond and partly of full legal tender treaury note. By the time tneee bond fell due the Having made, a hereafter estimated, would pay them off without paying one additional dollar of taxe on the peo ple. Another plan which ha been eug Keted I that tho government ehall operate the road through a commi ion which ehall pay over to the pres ent owner all net earning until the a eHed price ha been paid. Thi country wu never o properou oh In lMOU when wo bad two billion of dollar of paper money circulating among the people, stimulating thrilt mid encouraging new Industrie every where. Our population has doubled elnce then and ho ha the volume ol bulneH. We sincerely believe that it would be an infi nite blessing to the American people if the government should again fill the wauled arteries of trade with fifty dol lar per capita of paper money, behind each dollar of which stood the strength of the entire republic. To increase our treasury note currency to the same pro portion a we had in lHtiil, would about pay the tailroud the difference between their bond and their utmost assessed value. It would be much easier to make a set tlement now with the capitalists who own the road tliau ever be'ore. They see t h dangers of th specula tive syndicate and of the extravagant management which luis thrown so many railroads into the hand of receivers. The stock holder feel thut he is power less to protect hi property from the raid of tiie Wall streeter, Th railroad "wrecker" is a professional fren-booter who can skirt tiie dongerou const of the penal law without striking it recfes, and who plunder with the greed of a f'ortei and with the greed of a I'l.urro. To stoiil a railroad I irresistibly tempt ing to the man who gets the (dilutee, lie cause it is so certain to lead tho tlnel to power, fortune and fame. After you steal a good, fat railroad, it is your own fn ul I it ym don't hold a seat iu the l iiiti'd Stales wunte the balance of your life. All thi Mng true many honest so pie who have their fund invented in railway stock ami bond would would be glad lo iixetiauge them for gov eminent HH'tiritii-s whit-It would be abso lutely sals, Another ubj'tilioii i, if tlm rmliouJs lu'long to Ihw govvruiiient tlia pulrmu4'i would U so grenl tlmt tlm parly lu puwur could ui ver I nii'lsd. The pi'iipi win Insist upon ihiado nut miwiii in Us nwnre I hit uudfrour i-t v it mt tin Utw Hifrw are Ihnus null id iiimii Mini rmiinij Iw i,iuvl with a i'iiiiiiit of piirle. 1'tio purpOMi h.i l.n n ui r niom IIih liiiiiii' ii. fitlium ol III unv. rtt.it. 'lit Irotii lln hu'y uud uii hi'IIimi id pirtiwii (ii.iitu i tlllltllllld Olll' IIHI rttl lii tilttl'M mid. r tl.ii r mi. II .i h.i l tin puwi r in ri ii.oir Ul.'lll. I liultmilld ill .i,il.lir.iu In Id villi liud. r t I. Iil.ltl I, llulidd Un iii r ui r him thoiii, I hi ) ultilli liUilil t.i,d-'d In milwsr r m lmnrl m v i.hiiu...u- 1 1 l I II Ute.l (niiiMiiulMi mi ll I I tl Ihioi (...l.lif.d luttlit, and VI..' li k'.i lid J.iwm il fil" H. f. g ll.lmi44 li( hill H1IW( PuilnB, K, II I III' I III , lUliiu. u, U , ,"m!, In. hn i. Otu .- it t in it m!l vuijf l riioil Uif i.m SU-1 U.li.al ttis m thi id L lltlll III IMl. -It I 6 VHIplllVV 111 tll fUlt'l miiIi) Sot N Ml lit Ui.li I tt th miU tnl (!. IbvV null Iw fvHJ ui.im IsiS 4 Wl su l iMiuirvd id Itivtr JIK I linn )Hr mn. Hh I lb ti'iiai o SUMUtf vu id (rvi.lal susM hot ntt liM l III &ttt l,l r tt ifctlliim turn tttt K tu Itttl rirthti wsnS4 r4 issmir nii.i it la.slf lir ,iiil.k-ul Jisrn.t IU IwiMVml lt llMlsti missal was due to the fact that his wife had sued the road for the killing of her cow. Mis discharge came Irom tne cor poration managers In Havannah, and they refused to reinstate him. The Cen tral was at the time in the hands of a receiver appointed by Judge Bmery Hpear, of the United Htates court. The section made complaint to the judge. An order was issued that the raiiroaa show cause why It bad dismissed its employe, No cause could be shown and Judge Bpear ordered the section boss back to his job and he went. Under corporation management be would have had no redress. Under gov ernment management bis rights were respected. The management of receivers and Fed eral courts Is not generally satisfactory, we admit, but tho trouble grows out of the fact that the corporation manages tho road through tho receiver and the court. Get rid ol the corporation own ership entirely and and there will be no motive for oppression and injustice. When tho motive ceases the injustice will cease. Wo pride ourselves upon the power to uphold self government. No man can maintain to tho objection now under discussion without saying he has lost faith In self government, in 1). u rope, in Asia and In Africa governments run the railroads. Hhall we confess thut we alone cannot do so? (Jermany owns her railroads and is governed through parties to a very great extent; yet wo never hear or railroad patronage con trolling her politics. The Hwiss Confederation is much more democratic than ours, and own her rail roads yet wo never hear of tho patron age controlling tier elections. Tho truth is that patronage controls men after tho elections rather than be (ore. It is the individual officeholder who is bought by patronage. An Illustration of this truth was fur nished by the manner in which "the freo silver" senators aud congressmen were bought by Mr. Cleveland in 1803, He bought them after the election. Patronage never yet held a party Id power., for the simple reason that the "outs' always exceed the "Ins." No matter how many men you put Into office, there are always five times a many on the outside clamoring to get In. Hence the thing evens tin. Ask any congressman about It aud he will tell you that he loses Influence by every ap pointment be makes Why? Himply because at best he only makes one friend the man who got in, while be makes half a dozen enemies in those who were disappointed. Senators and representa tives would rush unanimously to the support of any bill which deprives them of all patronage and gave it to some body else. Ask your congressman if this is not true. 1 know ft to be from actual sxpierence and observation. i'atronage may therefore bribe an in dividual, but In general elections over an immense scope of country, and amid teeming millions of people patronage is as often the source of positive injury to the party lu powur a it is a benefit. Another objection frequently urged is that if the government owned the roads the citizens could not recover damages for injuries done to hi person or to his property by the running of tb trains. If the government owned the railroads the jurisdiction of the present court ol claim could be extended so as to em bra e these case. No sovereign could bo sued without its own consent This consent the United States has given ton variety of suit which must be brought in the court of claim. As already stated the jurisdiction of this court could be extended so us to include suit ol the character named. In the event that this plan should prove objectionable, it would Imeusy for congress to give jurisdiction over these casus to the district courts. In suits of this kind the government would be repre sented by Its district attorney and the plaintiff by the lawyer of his choice. Verdicts for the plaintiff would have to be provided for in the regular appro priation bills of congress, just as judg ment iu the court of claims are now sat intli-d. Another objection I thnt theowuei ship of the roaiU by the government would lis a step iu tin centralisation of national powir. It might be a Hlllllcietlt reply to (hi to v Unit any sort of ceiitralitiition is better than thut now going on. The privalo tiwiii-rsliip of theso colossal .rnH rt iitniln" iiioritjoii power mi tint I, ttmls of it li'W individual whom ths public fit it in it hiuh. They ri.miiilt any tli'prrdatititi upon tint M-upl uud tlM it pi'aMi roiinl rmpuiisibUity Is. run Urn sUit'liI whit-bllis corporation uffol'ds. I li.i H'l' tinu whii li confront u is wli.'li.i-r it u lt l i sriiiit tlo'so iititflilv ni4ii ti'si in I he bund uf it mi mi i iinil.ti ol itmii tj. r. hi Witll Mr ir I or hiti.rwM mid vi-at it in tin-k' torn! KiV'l ii Hu ll! In m I'V-rt ind lor tits gum! id a nil. Us In v r In Ittitiuslisttt li.iuit-r thi. ui lu ll l rlnll ihiiii. riixd and lot tiiitl'Si wlitr Ids lull loll Ml I'.iii. i. ih. l I lt il .! Itvlson ill I. I it. null !! run Iwot i.) iIm t pom l,t .' I I.. , U V It IS U ttllllt.liltt NJ lll.lll.ilt tt , i. nu. run' I Iwd.ni.i In Individual. t,f Sj I.IKilli" Is ml Vl. t l it imi.ii.i uiIun I'i-iI Ihi In li vidu il r-m i.iii fi t f nr irviiiiiK'tit tiy hmiiirfih giitniii.ii ti i t lor il, i to it in dtvt I 04 ii4i n ml lit l ttls ttit I Ktt'l.iMitl 'it U I'-ntfH ".tr, lnik si b plvwsl Ittlru4l mlsiH A h lAlt liHf J I Us IS llVUUtti Ht ag-tiMl viiHiliuit rtpil mr siti'i! Li.itlbliH-d Islntl .iM tthitvwt, tt'ir l-fwttl svliu s.i 4iiitidwlly riwks Ihs itt liti.lssl Ittsl il atislr UHhm ul Is Utmri i la miss is liftil ! nttis! ltKtS -"l HuiSnf. N.is, j(ttt ktol vttpilttl drifts or ganlzed labor, each being organised on national lines, Isn't it about time to recognize the fact that in such a strug gle of giant forces the individual Is lost? And if things have come to such a pas that national money forces, angry and excited, organize warfare upon national labor forces, angry and excited, Isn't it perfectly clear that the Issue Is national, the danger national, the disease na tional, and that tho remedy must be national? , Populism stands for state's rights upon those local questions where the state is chiefly concerned. But when it come to creating a na tional currency, or a national navy, or a national commerce, or a national pus tal system, wo befieve the government should act for all.und thus give uniform ity aud Impartiality to tho system. Another objection is that government ownership would be "paternalism." Granting for the sake of the argument that the man who makes this objection really knows what he means, we meet tt by saying there is no more "paternalism" in the government carrying a pound of stuff as freight than there Is in carrying tho same pound of stuff as postal matter; no more paternalism in carrying a package In a freight car than In curry ing the same package in a mail sack; no more paternalism in carrying a passen ger than in sending a mail boy to deliver mail to the passsnger. The paternalism which is offensive in a government Is that which transacts for the oitiren private business which the citizen should transact for himself. To carry freight for the citizen is no more an interference with private work than is the carraige of letters, the coin age of money, and tho establishment of lights along the coast, Individualscould do each and every one of these things but as they relate to the public more than to the individual, it is thought best for the public to step iu with a uni form system and do lor all that which benefit all. Another objection which was never heard of till this year, is that govern ment ownership would load to discrimin ation lu iavor of one section against another, This is very funny. Espec ially in favor of the amazing discrimina tion which characterize the present sys tem. If the government owned the national highways and their management were vested in a department or a board of commissioners, we would really like lo know where wonld bo tho motive of that department or commission to attempt discrimination against any section, any Individual or any industry. To commit crimes men must ordinar ily have motives. They must seo some profit to themselves In a profit prac tltid' upon ethers. Suppose a railroad department created to manage the gov ernment railroads. This department would be filled with appointees from all sections of the country, as is the case with oavh ol the department v have now. No man In the department would own a dollar in the railroads. The govern ment would own all. Every dollar made In freight and passenger rates would go to the government, not to the office bolder. Bribery might be practiced, you say. But how could it be concealed, though? Freight rates cau't be kept secret, nei ther can passenger fare. They all have to be published and shippers can be re lied upon to keep posted. How then could discrimination be pructiced with out instant exposure? Complaint against discrimination at present goes for little. We caut put pressure upon tho corporations. But if the government owned the road direct pressure could bu applied through gov ernors, legislatures, cabicet officer and congressmen. A there would be no railroad lobby if the government owned the roads, it would be easy to have re dres given for any wrong inflicted. While we have thus treated this objec tion as though it had merit, It really ha none at all. It is only the despurnte grab of a stump speaker at an imagi nary hobgoblin. If discrimination can tie practiced In favor of one section against another in the government railway service, why is it not done in the postal service? Who ever heard of the postolflce tsiliig run in the interest of one section ns against another, one city ns against another, or one Industry a against another? A two ii' ut stamp gts ns fttr for th farmer ns it ilis's lor the bunker, A pos tal card does as much, for a trump a il iim-s for a king, A sn'iul delivery stamp carries a letter to the hut n quickly a to tlis p'll.tm. So il would Isi iii thn gov.Tuini'lit rail wy siTvn:e, If paM'iigir rates were llte.l Ht t WO I'eutS sr mile, ten cents would curry you five mile iu the south or Hut null- in t tin north. There could 1st liu dl-iTiliiiil llioil wliHtsoi-Ver. Ilfn-igitht rule were st l!d by the iiiiii. or bv the ' ui" sy4leiu, or umn l'iw vtm of "lung Ii tul" or "short Imul" or "ttiromh freight" tint plan hI it! n.ut, m iiitilitiid tit Hi., wurld and would. In thn vry n itur-id il,.. ,-,, hui in li uniform, l iider siiinl ir foil liliou the r ! soul I tutvw tu t ldllllMtll I lis sitllis III all nluilis. l In-II Mil til. M lof lo UI Mil' tlttliristilp id putiliti rt'itd tt ii ri t it In His toi-i otmtiig lii iirr-ty sot tonal prijudi.T M tots ttt plus t !- rl ulr I ion (or U'ttiwi. 1'itii h u am lli it th i. Imls OH tint I idl U plllllllrf llir ttlil I u ui i I . llllt ii,lrt an. pr.Mf, Int lbs riioi' w 4ilrt I lit rinitrrsiii ii-u IW poluw r ft.)sg Mri!iu irnuliU. It ti tiiii l r f Muru ug Is Urgs S4iii Ut Irani lit A!s rsitrtl u Ik ul I iss'ol Iks luii Is nnil lit im r- itfi.l. I s lr lb prut jtnit ! KiiUisit t fciavtts) antsy ttku ar afRn iml HH H-priMV ttr Un'4 IsiiIIimI, b mslitr ( ! b btimssl to l tilttti id bs iurvsnbatl tud vtxtultis lsUtlr nii sill Ut skd (or, THE SYSTEM A FAILURE Eepreeontatlve Oovernmont Falle to Froteot the Interests of the People. ONE OF THE PLANS PROPOSED Adopt the Referendum and the Whole People Rule. Let Congress Alwsjn Ksvor Trusts, In an arliole in the November number of the New Time Hon, C. Darlow M. C, writes that representative government bus proven a failure. lis says that to many the statement may seem exag gerated butjif any one who doubt it will lay aside tils prejudices an1 look at things as they are, not as they should be, he must admit that the legislation of tho past generation In this country justi fies the position taken, A representa tive form of government must be one which will protect the rights of the peo ple and defend them against the unjust methods of those who would despoil them. It must be one that can nfor al Its acts to the people with full confidence that they will Indorse them by the stamp of their approval. Have wo such a government? Are the people protected In their rights? Is the equality of all men, guaranteed by the constitution, defended against the Inter ests thatare endeavoring to obtain con trol of all (Jod's gifts to a free people? Is It not a fact that when public questions are to bo acted upon by tho so-called re presentatives of tho people that tbs In terests of the whole people are not for one moment considered, bur that, at the sacr if) ice of tho rights of humanity, de cisions are made In tho interest of some man or set of men? It matters not how much we Americans may dislike to admit the truth in this matter, circumstances are such and pres ent condition so unjust, that we cannot longer deny the fact that representative government Is a failure. When pitted against the combinations of capital, whose representatives are even on the alert to guard the tho spscinl privileges they have been hired to foster, the in alienable rights ol the psopi), as guaran teed by the constitution, are Ignored. Mr. Itarlow says: "lo thi lat extra session of Congress 1 have been a careful observer, and without hesitation or 'ear of successul contradiction, I charge that every concession demanded by a trust or combine, when bucked up by proper effort, has been granted. On the other hand, when any attempt was made to lighten the burdens of he wealth pro d seers, who, ns the years roll by, are be ing ground finer and finer betwesn the mill stones of capital and competition, such action has brought upon the head of tho daring indivdual who attempted to honestly perform his duty to bis con stituents, the scorn of the power that he, while his every effort was doomed to failure and he found himself in a meas ure ostracized. A man in congress today who buttles for the people and tries to faithfully voice their wishes is designated a crank, while many think him a tnermc to our country and a person with whom it would be dangerous to associate, A true representative of the people is one who ha the courags to call atten tion to the corrupt method and' prac tice of those men who have for years a t"d as representatives of tho people, but who In reality havo been falss to their constituents, false to their country, Slid false to themselves, Itrii fly, these are the existing condi tions. Now for the reined r. A man Is not justified in calling attention loan evil unless he Is prepared at the sums to point a remedy. In this esse the rem edy is n simple oni'adopt the referen dum, and let th wind i suipii rule. The trend ol public opinion today is all one way towiird a govern men t of the o ple, not, ns sums think, toward a moil arthv. Every American feels that th wliole poiln rue be trusted, but many have coins to the e umlu-lou that It 'IV trusted a few Ol I Item long eilOUk-h, aye too long, Th heart of I he ins" Is to let trusted ut all tune. To deny this Is In admit that a reputilieiiti form of govsra iient I a failure. Th cloer w bring th detail of the government to tli imipw, lh more fully will II . rprs seal Uiem, sad the mors nadiiy will It rvioud to Hiir wiiib.-, l,i t any nit rn ill lite gross violation of the hiIm's fishi tliul have vurr, within tin ir iisu state, probably lu Hnir own city or cmiutv, ami Hie.v wlllttt tone fiuitwd that II I lie ti.l could lutv rlirsed an opinio!. t th e--uri s whu ti suiliorif d ' vioisiiou IHry soul I huts uiiahinioU! re('"is! I to hi, 'li simig dwitV ul Irnii'lii-e lo forHiM(oli, which gives llie'll p tserlil 1st fcillo.ul HfrrV g'lir'lliui ul III p.. hip, line ol His sri-sti-! entiles tliat yv I. r rix l"i'rl Stl iltil His -H,ilu, Im'IS I ft, 'II ll.tt l III lisi.lj Hut!, il vi r i'H la Ho tuuulry usu. d IU str-it rsilsui. ln trie l iuls, itef taUtli, ssd gt piusU. Hi r'l'Ste drtvl ItoiM ii t oiir won! I tf all tlis eiis'ii" ul liir MiusuHiisI sita llivHU, I In W i S'1'llllliJl'iieil iU Hiss I How ii yssr, n i it msr sn ti li.lmt ss stir Il put In IHmi Uttit lbs rvtrHdHt as ins Uw Hiers is sol tt SlV h Ulld liel ty I lot! would glfS NSrsv It bttiivhewtt. Tbs rlrvdSH Wvisld Is tt stir itsd ssls rvuenly sgsliiet b tw uirrM ii such eritiwt. sits I sis ol iipisl.m Htstlks flsstt' cial question will be the on first adjusted, yet it Is folly to imagine that lt proper adjustment will restore the government of tho people, The evil of the gold standard Is but one of many barnacles that have fastened themselves upon the body politic, and mast all be wiped off before this government will be restored to those who alone ean maintain and preserve it tho people, While many havo come to conclusion that representative government is a fall ore and they are justified fa that con viction by tho result of the past thirty yeary-yet they all believe that the gov ernment of tbs people can and will be the greatest blessing hamanlry has sver known. With the referendum we will here such a government. With the people lo power their right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness will nsver be que tioned. They will realize their responsi bility to each other and declare "lam my brother's keeper." PAIR AT OMAHA A FAILURE, The Associations Can Psy Only 53 per Cent of the Premiums Awsrded. , The state fair at Omaha has proven failure ie every particular. Visitor to tho fair were dissatisfied and disap pointed In almost every particular. It Is also a failure in a financial way as shown by the following totter sent out by Hecretary Furnas to ail prize winnero: Nebraska Ktale Hoard of Agriculture, Office of Hecretary, llrownvills, Neb., Nor. 1. Dear Hir: Owing to extraordi nary environments entirely beyond th con trot of the managstnent of the late Nebraska state fair hold for the year 181)7. receipts aro such that we are com pelled, reluctantly, and for the first time in t he history of tbs board, totiayia cash a percent of premiums due winners, and issus evidences of Indebtedness for balance. We trust this will never occur again, and beg both the leniency and consideration of our patrons. Herewith you will find a rash warrant for r5 per cent of the premium due you and an evidence of Indebtedness for 45 percent, payable, Nor, 1, IHUV, bearing j) percent Interest from thsdateoetii paid. The date of payment I made la 1 8MS) for the reason that It will be suici dal to attempt holding a state fair la while tho great Trnns-Mississippl exposition ie under way at the earn time. The reason for delay fn answer to tb hundreds of letter 1 have received since tho fair concerning payment of premiums is because I knew not what to say until th board of managers bold a recent meeting and determined the financial statu of fair matters. Yours with regret, Kobkut W. r't'BSis, Hecretary. MUST PAS A POOUN0 BILL, Rsilrosd Will Msks Effort to gst Ore Through Next Ssstion of Congrats, Kxecutlvo officers of tho western rail roads have had another conference fa Chicago on the freight rate situation. Tho practicability of bringing about a restoration of all rates which have been reduced Mow tho regular tariff, was discussed at considerable length, but la view of tho position maintained by the southwestern roud in regard to rate to and from gulf ports, the con clusion was reached that nothing could bo done at present to adjust mattor. The opiniou was freely expressed that uotil a change Is effected in tho law as it has been declared to 1st by tho supremo court oi tho United Htates, there Is little probability of rates being maintained on a siniianent basis. An effort will lm mads to havo tb law amended at the coming sussioo of congress and to have a -pooling bill passed thut will allow tbs railroads to lorm a gigantic trust for the control ol , all of tbs transportation business of tho country, Huch a bill can probably bo put through the lower house but it ma hardly pas theseuat ns constituted at piiwetit. Ths railroad pooling question should tie mads one of His leading issues in th congressional campaigns in His next election. It Is of vital importance to all tieopl. A a increase la freight rate effects everyone, both shipper and consumer, A M AJOK! ?T Of nVK. Kspubl cins Wu b Able Is Klscl a Untied Hist' Mtnstor fiom Ohio, There liavs tenia uo nw dvlopiitat In thsteMeahtliv situation lu Ohio, Th d-omn rat having apparently obau Imed sll furlli- f i ll rl til contest lbs slm lion ol repubiii'au n-prvMUtstivi-s in cb.es e-omili Ths ft-publicau nmjoritf uf A i tot j tint billot la lbs tsiu-ri -iu-1,1 r wilt probably Mot l rhsnse t unliso I tie fiMonUt titmW In t'ittiuaastl Vole tilth h ri ptlhlU'SUS. Thr is t gi in ral leeliiig Hist It will Iw, itiHNMible in rUrs Mark Itseaa hut ll tis Is ant relurs'tl, tt fold bug rs .it, ti u will lie bis sue 1 his miures wnul.l nut hti Hts rUHe streitglH ol nni!HiiiJ!eU n4 bi S,rt!bU ill the 'ttH-l Htstesnqet ll m all stes prutul- uiwltisl vml. woiiimh slier -f icons' l bad ba Anuusd, uHierwi the ttusM btt saw. M la bo Hi Jiili -titttad Islssd luiiw i-rutt