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lie The Wealth Makers and Lincoln Independent Consolidated. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH .10, 1898. NO. 42. VOL. IX. K WHY PROSPER MU&10 What a Trust is and how it Organised and Main tained. is CAUSES AND THE REMEDY, The Power That the Const! tutlon Confers Upon Congress. Government Ownership To Solution. Iu the March number of tho Arena U an article written by Senator Marion Hutler, populist senator from North Carolina and chairman of the populist national committee, entitled "Trusts; Their Causes and tho Rem edy." It in the clearest discussion of the subject from a populist standpoint that bus yet been published, lie Is one of the ablest populists in the country and has given the subject much study. He suys: Trust are cancers industrial can-cers-ou the body politic. They are eating cancers; they are spreading cancers; they are fatal to the pros perity and life of the republic, Every body admits this; everybody is op posed to trusts; yet trusts Continue to thrive and prosper, and to multiply ach day. Why Is this? Uccause the voters huv liee.n deceived and misled about the causes that produce trusts and the true remedy to root them up and crush them out. The last republican legislature or New York appointed a committee to Investigate trusts and report a bill to cure the evil. After many months of pretended Investigation, the now fa mous 1-exow anti-trust committee made a long report denouncing trust and declaring that they were the over shudowlng evils of the age, yet closed by reporting that in the opinion of the committee the legislature was powerless to correct the evil, and that the only remedy lay In congress. In December, 1890, President Cleve land, in his last annual messnge to congress, went out of his way to dis i'uhm the question of trust, lie warned the people against this grow ing menace to our industries and to our government, but closed by saying that congress was powerless to re move the evil, and that the remedy lay with the legislatures of the several sitates. A few months later William McKln ley was Inaugurated president of the United States. In his Inaugural ad dress he arraigned and denounced trust more severely even than his predecessor. He said that the life of the republic demanded that this mon ter this insidious and blighting t.rHe should be plucked from our In dustrial system. Yet he offered no remedy. lie simply denounced the evil, nothing more. One would judge from the language of Cleveland and McKlnley that they were bot In honestly opposed to trusts; ....iiiior f thi'in is opposed to the Causes that produce trusts; both of tlieiu are the apologists, supHrters. defenders of the fundamental evil agencies and conditions that inevna 1.1.. 1, . nml fnter trusts. Indeed, It is well known that they were lKth nominated by the trusts, elected by the trusts, owned by the trusts, and therefore must serve the trusts. A few years ago the republicans passed an anti-trust law which they v...nl,l n-niHilv the evil. It did not. The democratic party denounced the republican onii-mon. m .1.,.,.. 1.11.1 frniiil. und charired that the republicans never intended to puss n luw that would le effective. The democratic party under the Cleveland regime came into power, um -.-.i..n.urntM orticeedcd to pass nn mill trust law of their own. which they claimed would remove and eradi cate the etll. It has not done so. To ds)' the repnblicau anti-trust law ami I. M4fc.l'M II...I ileniocrntlo anti-trust luw are lutth on the statute book, side by side, and In full tore. r irusia continue to grow and ro"T and multiply In numbers as never before. ti,.t 1. th matter? The truth I il.ui neither of these- so-called anti trust laws roulaln th true remedy. M.ltliee ttf thrill U olrevted at th causes that product trusts. The necalled democrat n ami re 1. ul. Ii.su antitrust la now on Ik unite Uxk ar Ineffective first. be cause the etil Uwa loiw l" existence and lit full forte, whkh Intarlahly prtatnt-e trusts, are nt ree.led tint, htau th so-called anti trust ! , not directed st ant of the funda mental eomlttioit that fiter and promote the existence of trusts. A statute ibnl-triiif that water skill nl run downhill would I Ineffeettt u J, . th sUtut atooikl rrfrsl Ik Us of gratltathot. T It another HM, the attempt to mnot end eur the Industti! tn,M tailed trust MiH th wIWd anil trust tans It a, (tittle and ..HH a It wiM be (,.f .Kk Ua to atm.t to fcrsl a Mer f rbf out pf lkl ilo b an altti t ! ', vur f.r h k a U a ,ntVu 1 )..,! toi kl ld rntt tk t.kHlil t- W W'tUfl I. & ! twt ai phtst tkr ami r t,i tka i.JMtiikl o tka Mblto f )er, s Wtt h ! a lrrM.t M kt ts,H feat fw"a l,kr Uk aildUatkn. Tdj the wIiqIo nation Is sick nigh unto death with a chronic and constitu tional disease, the complication of trusts thut infest our industrial sys tem. These trusts can never be broken up until the causes that pro duce trusts are removed. What, then, ore these causes? First, we must see what a trust Is. A trust is a scheme or a device to es tablish a complete monopoly of any line of business. Whenever any num ber of Individuals organize themselves into a corporation and get a complete monopoly or any line or business, so thut they can crush out all kinds of competition and control the price or not only me manumc tured articles sold to the nubile, but also the raw material bought from the producers to make the articles, then we have a typical modern trust. IJut the all-important question Is: how can any corporation get a complete mo nopoly of any line of business? That Is, how is It possible for such a mo nopoly such a. trust to be organized and maintained? Are not tho thous ands of people In a certain line of business more powerful than one syn dicate or corporation In the same busi ness Are not seventy millions 01 people more powerful than a half dozen of that number? They are If they have equal opportunities. I hen how is It jMisslble for a very small number of men to drive out of busi ness and crush thousands of competi tors, secure a complete monopoly, and mulntain It In the face of the re mainder of the nation? There is but one way In which It can possibly be done: the monopolists must first get control of the Instruments of com merce. Those who control the Instru ments of commerce can of Course con trol commerce Itself, can destroy all competition, and can put any kind of business and every business into a trust at will Now. what ore the instruments of commerce? They are three In number. The first Is. money the measure or vulues, the medium of exchange which is a vital element in every busi ness transaction. Money is the life blood of commerce, and business stag nates and congests when the supply Is cornered, or when the quantity in circulation docs not increase with the increase of population and business, just as the human body grows weak from congestion or loss of blood. The second great instrument of commerce Is transportation. Cheap transportation that can be used on like terms by all, is an essential factor of business In any country; but the larger the country, the more import ant is transportation. In a country of the Immense distances of ours the transportation question is of equally vital importance with the money ques tion. Hut the opH)itunity and the right to use this instrument of com merce to transMrt products from one end of the country to the other at the same prices and on the same terms thut your competitor pays or enjoys is of even more importance in pre venting the building up of trusts than the question of cheapness. Wherever there is discrimination in freight rates, no matter whether the freight chnrges are high or low, a owerful leveruge is given to those who have the benefit of rebates and favoritisms to crush out comijetitlon. Do such discriminations exist? Yes, and necessarily so when a few great bankers and nyndientes own and con trol this powerful instrument of com merce, and can therefore regulate rutes and make discriminations in favor of monopolies and trusts with which they are allied. What do we see lo-oay : iu" niuu, . i Morgnu. representing n foreign gold syndicate composed of London Jews, owning and absolutely controlling, us the agent of that trust, eight of the biggest railroad systems in the nu tion. Which are they? The New York, ew Haven and Hartford, ex tending from New York to Hoston and throughout New Kugland; the I'.rle, with all Its branches anil feed ers; the .New York Central, extending from New York to Chicago, with all Its ramiflcatlons; the Northern l'a rifle, extending from Chlcntro across the continent to the I'oeillo ocYan, with all Its rsuiitlratlons; the great Lehigh Ynlley system; the lllg lour, covering the great fertile central went U-lwceti St. Louis, I'hihidelphU mid ChUago; the t hemicke and Ohio, tunning from Hiilliiuorc out to ( hi caio and the great northwest; rtiid the Southern llailrtmd. extending fiom New York south to New Orleans, with nil Its ritmlllctttloii In more thuti a doen atntes. Thewi powerful steins, with the trlhoturles which they dominate and control, comprising more- than miles, go era rer means of modern truHoportatlott lu all hw grmt, i,pu too, and lnijot.iU r lams of the Itnlioit fiom t hUn el sad south, t"pl the 'euMhsiila mtlroml, the lUllimt.ie Nltd Ohio, the JteaUstnl All I I nr. and the AtUnlle Cin.1 U"t. MortfMH ami hi Ifold lrr hot their f reed e.tes on lliew ht theo, 'ltto4itr.l Slid roMivred d will i.rr.s the lottUot id ft.l.We them tit In tht'lr uH swrvt time. Ill stool, this mmii Vt.oif, r present I mj lle 1..I.I l lrd ht k ks, th .Iwmi Mt of the irnoie) KHtret whom Ihtul dr frMt the leiople, r ti,U all tln unmrnl tM witSi l other rllrMd ItKnsI, all of wh..m are atie4.lt wotklnf la kr w. eio. l.tfi Hh lh ' li rte, aii td ita'Ultli wil ,,f t.llwtt its tfc ! Ujr tok tka ru lkt eaw k k tka keels of !! .HOK.tl, lk taa Ht ( rule or Ike eart tkewt il w, k can llMlkl up sh d Wf (ta amttkeir, ! raa attttshlp tih ttiket l.li.tril ptratea, ael Ike. raw ttfvaale Irnsta wntil tktr will not be an independent business left in the nation. , The third great and vital instrument of commerce is the transmission of in telligence. As far as the business world can use the jsist office depart ment everyone stands on a fair and equal footing; but the information that controls tho market and affects vitally the business world, from the Associated Vress despatches U the daily newspapers, the stock reports, and so on down, are transmitted by telcgiiipli. The tremendous import ance of tills instrument of commerce is not generally realized. The actions of men ure controlled by their opin ions; their opinions are formed on the information tiiey receive. Therefore the opinions and actions of the wisest and best men are sadly at fault if the truth has Iwen kept from them, or if it has been colored or perverted. Those who can control our thoughts can con trol our votes; those who can control our votes can control our pocketbooks and the destinies or t lie nation. Ilpri- then, ure the three vital in struments of commerce money, trans- . , 1 j 1 1 1 portal ion, t ransmission 01 intelligence. How should they be used and by whom ulmulil tlwv 1m controlled? Can tiff un cles so Mwe rful, and the proper use of which is absolutely esscnuui lo.uie welfare of ull the people, lie trusted in the hands of a part of the people to be used for their own private gain and power? Clearly not., Then how should they be used and controlled in order to give equal opportunities to all and to promote the general welfare? Clearly these instruments of com merce should be used a public func tions at the lowest possible cost and without discrimination In favor of one person and u gainst another. This must be done in order to put every industry and business enterprise on an equal footing. Has this been done? No. Hut instead we Jmva permitted the re verse to lie done. These vital Instru ments of commerce are to-day com pletely in the hands of private indi viduals and sjKKiulutors, who there fore have the business world at their mercy. Whenever a government per mits the instruments of commerce to go into private hands It lias surren dered its power to "establish Justice, Insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common deiense, promote the general welfare, and secure the bless ings of liberty." It la to secure these right that governments are estab lished among men. The instruments of commerce nre untiiral monopolies they are nuturul trusts. When they are used as public functions, open and free to the use of all on like terms and conditions, then there Is healthy competition, with widespread Industrial act4vity and gen crnl prosperity and 'happiness. Under such just and bnppy conditions It is ImjaiHsible for an industrial trust to qe organized and maintained. Hut when these natural monoolies these nat ural trusts (the Instruments of com merce) are controlled by private In dividuals and corporations for private gain and power, they lwcome the pa rent trusts thnt produce Industrial leiiHfH to nliHorh everv line of business; and when such industrial trusts are organized and maintained they aggra vate the conditions that gave them birth. The. causes that destroy busi ness prosperity nre the causes thut produce trusts. A trust is the. child of business stagnation, and it feeds on hard times. I'ut Into the hands of a few men the Instrument of commerce that all men must use, and how can the remainder of mankind compete with them or do business at all ex cept upon their terms terms dictated liv Meltishncss and greed? 1 11 short, those who nave a trust on i, 4 runt, on t.mnsoortatlon. ami a trust on.news, have it in their power to levy tribute on every man and every industry in the nation In onier to en rich themselves and their allies. They lisive other and. If possible, still more dangerous jiowers; they can use the Instruments or commerce to exieoo princely fuvoritisnis to some and to lull k I'leu.llv discriminations against others. Thus, as I have said, they can build up one section or the country at the exnse of another; they can build up one town ami tear uowii auoiner; they can build up one business and tear down every other business com-IH-Iiug with it. H.V hls selllsh, greedy and tvrunmnot ue or sucii tremendous powers tliey Utile mwie millions of Ntuprr to make a few lulllliiiinires: ..iev have produced gen eral hiiHiucna stagnation ami wide- spred suffering In the nililst ol p ,nly. They hate een taken charge ,.f 1 lie uut eminent Itrndt. They are the authors of the present hard tlmea, ami they are ilirrviiy respoiu.ii.ie ior the organisation of every trust. Wa Oi.m it trust In existence Isrfor half of the s-plta money was destroyed tit burning lite greeni ami oe mouetuing sllier, ami the control of our rtitames was pUctd In the hand ,f a iMKkkmj mot-ale? Uaa Ihert a trust in exUlrtun larfolt the rttilrottd sod trlcgiaph, the other two luolru mruls eMiiiiueree, ter moiwqss Used ! pritt greed? Iuttf Ike t hit t tears in win. h a lew pibsle in .lit dt,U, oTiiled ito i ot MaloM. hate s Md a trnsl oh t, a trul tot ttan'IsMrtathMi. and a ttusl l' ttlltrrttte, tkrt has pun " ami multiplied tke aggtvgstloH of HHOtstef industiUl Ift sis wkttk ar t dav Wighlittg uur U.titstti! stit ami san-'ug tk life bkssl of ! ' iut.be. .e- fat-1 a are test I'laiit U e.uir.f trt . Hero, lkn. wa kate ttta iti Ikal t.sioi Itusta. tim wl.l Is tke rteh ? IVI II k lo rettotto Ikes awse. 1et It is to sr Ikal tka strtwetla tf Mert-o ar tiel fm n Is ka.U tf "irsojla4 tsm' 1 HI ' fa. mm RATE CASE The Long Expected Decision is Handed Down By The Su preme Court. RAILROAD COMPANIES WIN. Law May Be Constitutional But Tho Bates Fixed Were Unreasonable. I'ruhalila Action lljr Ths Hoard. The United Htutes supreme court lias handed down its decision in the Nebraska maximum freight rate cases. Justice Harlan read the opinion of the court. He stated that neither Chief Justice Fuller nor Justice McKenna had taken any pint in the decision. TI10 opinion was very lengthy. It holds that the law as passed by the legislature In 1803 Is conllscatory; that the rates fixed are too low; that it amounts to the taking of private prop erty without due process of law, and is therefore in conflict with the XIV nine ml men t to the constitution. The court makes plain its position that the legislature hua the right to tlx maximum rates, but that the rutes fixed must be reuaonable and in con formity with the XIV amendment. The opinion goes on to suy that the idea thut any legislature, state or fed eral, can conclusively determine for the people and for the courts that what it enacts iu form of law, or what It authorizes its agents to do, is con sistent with fundamental law, Is in opposition to the theory of our insti tutions. Continuing Justice Harlan said: "It is the duty of courts, both federal and state, to see to it that no right secured by the supreme law of the land is Impaired or destroyed by legislation. The perpetuity of our constitution and the liberty which is enjoyed under these depend in no small degree upon the power given the ludiclury to declare null and void fill legislation, that Is clearly repug nant to the supreme law of the land." The effect of the decision is that the supreme court leaves the whole question of reasonableness of rates to another tribunal, passing only UKn the right of the circuit Court to Inter vene, notwithstanding that the law known as II. H. 33, and which bears f Fred Newberrv of Ham' fWn county, glvea the supreme court of the state the right to declare whether the law Is within the pro visions of the constitution. Upon one proposition the court was emphatic, that there could be no separation of local from interstate business, Justice Harlan contending that the whole earnings made up the receipts of the ruilroud company and that one could not be mode subservient to another. Justice Ilnrlan said that the follow ing principles must be regarded as settled: 1. A ruilroiul corioration is a per Hon within the meaning of the XIV uinendment; declaring that no state shall deprive any person of property without due process of law, nor deny to nny person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws; a state enactment or regulation made under the authority of a state enact ment, establishing such rutes for the transportation of jiersons or pnqierty by railroad as will not admit of the carrier earning such coniensntion as under all the circumstances Is just to It and to the public, would deprive such carrier of its property without due process of luw and deny to It the equal protection of the laws and would, therefore, lie repugnant to the XIV amendment of the constitution of the United States. 2. If the rales for transMrtntlon of (HTw.iis and property within the lim its of a state are primarily for Its de termination, the question whether they are so unreasonably low as to dep'rUe the carrier of its property without sm'h comH'iisntion as the constitution secures, and, therefore, without due pria-ess of law, cHiiuot lie so conclusively determined by the legislature of the state or by regula tions adopted under It authority that the imil ler may not become the sub ject of judicial' inquiry. This hist proposition Justice Iter hut said covered the casa In adnt. He thru proceeded to make an rthaustlte examination Into the effect of Ihtt en forcement of the rates prearrtlted iihiii the biislncsa of th different Ne braska lines, showing the reduction to amount to i'U.VI ter real for the tettrs l'M, l'.3 and IMM, The result was to show thai each of the r.ls la toltcd would for lhi period hate tMf ducted their business at a l"s with onlv one or two exceptions and thesat f,r only a skorl while, lM4'usia the question as to what r the notsideraUoo to which we tfM l.iuil ijiteit when w seek to as irtlailt the iiiiihimIii which a rad OMtd tompattv is atlttd to rewrite m. a prohibition us Ike etltt ,.f whWh toar lw faxly deemed a de . tnstu.it t t tfisUtita detcee of pttqf rtty wlllin.il .Ins pKsfs of law, Jus twe HatUn Mkli t iwlout.ledlv thai qttesli.tn could I mora rasitv deter ndtted tv a itttt uUdoti t-tijsd Ol pero who . Ul sWill. ft't rtaltoo and ttoert- me iftabSea lket to an kaw.ll ! crol.lems of Iraasoortattoft at to tta i I tslk tt tka pukdlti aa Well u tktw w Kim nMHtey ka tsei t rttttsttotl aad maialsla klfkwat to ith foewitit aal WaaAl wf tk peojile. Hut despite the difficulties that confessedly attend the proper so lution of such questions, the court cannot shrink from the duty to de termine whether it be true, as alleged, that the Nebraska statute invades or destroys rights secured by the su preme law of the land." This would seemingly establish the right of the railroad Commission to Investigate charges for freight and transportation, 11 x rutes and upply to the courts If necessary to have the rutes enforced. The Nebraska com mission will proceed along this line as soon iim the full text of the decision can be olllelully obtained. In passing upon what shall consti tute reasonable charges and rates the court says: We hold that the basis or an calcu lations as to reasonableness of rates to be charged by a corjioration main taining a highway under legislative sanction, must be the fair value of the property being used by It for the con venience of the public. And in order to ascertain that value the original cost of construction, the amount and market value of its bonds and stock, the present as compared with the orlginul cost of construction, the prob able earning cnpaclty of the property under any rates prescribed by atotute, and the sum required to meet operat ing expenses, are all matters for con sideration and to be given such weight as may lie just and right in the par ticular case. What the company is en titled to ask for fair return on is the value of that which it employs for the public convenience. On the other hand, what the publlo ia entitled to demand is that no more be exacted from it for the use of a publlo high way than the services rendered by it are reasonably worth. But even upon this basis we perceive no ground on the record for reversing the decree of the circuit court. On the contrary we are of the opinion that as to most of the companies in question, there would have been under the rules es tablished by the act of 1803 an actual loss in each of the years ending June 30, 3801, 1802, and 1803, and substan tially no compensation earned for the services rendered, and that, in tlte ex ceptional cases above stated, the re ceipts or gains, aliove operating ex penses, of some of the companies, would have been too small to affect the general conclusion that the act, If enforced, would have deprived each of the railroad companies involved in those suits of the just compensation secured to them by the constitution. Under the evidence there Is no ground for saying that the operating expenses essarv. In conclusion Justice Harlan said that where business improved suf ficiently the state could apply to the courts for rell, M reduction tf rutes. He said: lit Hut it may be added that the con ditions of business, so far as railroad eonwratlons are concerned, have prob ably changed ror the better and that the rates prescribea by the statute or 1893 may now aoffrd ail the compensa tion to which the railroad companies in Nebraska are entitled as between them and the public. In anticipation, perhaps, of such a change of circum stances, the circuit court wisely pro vided in its final decree that the de fendants, members of the board of transportation, might, 'when the cir cumstances have changed so that the rates fixed in the snid act of 1893 shall yield to the said companies reasonable comK'uatiou for the services afore said," apply to the court by bill or otherwise, as they might le advised, for a further order in that ltchalf. tu this provision of the final decree the state board of transtjortatlon, if so ud vised, can avuil themselves. In that event, If the circuit court finds that the present condition of business is such as to admit or the application of the statute to the rail road Comianies in question without deprivinir them or lust compensation It will be its duty to discharge the In junction heretofore granted and to muke whatever order is m-eessnry to remove any oladructlon placed by the decrees in these cases in me way or the enforcement of the statute. The trouble with most in t. is -its have no pasture thnt amounts to much. We plowed our farm before we knew that it was Impossible to make a tame grass pasture. We can have rye pasture late in tint fall and iu the. spring so lmig as it last. Iu the catcru irt of the state the rlovers and tame grasses da wiill, but ito oue has ver matte a access of it N re. Alfalfa is a success on the lowland. When w learn bow to luaka alfalf.i paMurt ou high land. rattl raising will 1st profttalle, Huch a lime ought to come, for w e. have failed to inaka the other clovers pay, WhtUrntiU art) not raised tenWa. ly la Ihtt east, a great many am driven in front th west and finished on corn for Ik tuatkal. They urn laraa uuautl Ilea of ewu. tkiutcMaies ll is a K'ssl lulu f I ha farmer and Hue lime not. for wb is about It or II twu It bad Wit rtouata la tha rrlh. I attU arw hUta tkts year, and porn U cheap, se thai toedera will tuake m Km rijif M lhy do hew valtU ar rheap aui kiaa. II I tut toistassa nny way Tha mom k-i h hot larud th Uadi had U tit r U l i aula aUuv Tha fr tini U fa a Mtf written tt I'laiit r aratr l y Not task farmer. Tk aaatHaviits ettaditHoi aarfttsal last vtaay Una kaa k4 la natio aotsxl to Kf their ttntraa weal. Ik t.Hl sta Hm t na laaa ol tk tow 4 1. '. ftlefkeaa, t rsta, Nelv. aktstsj ad. oa aa tatati4. la.la auMdWt Ml dtewlia M la Jo a KrdH a4 Mtdott tkfaW a4 4er. EVERY Mi www Hon. J. M. Snyder Favors Co-operation To Win The Battle. HARD FIGHTING AHEAD. What The Gold Standard Ad vocates May be Expected to do. A I'opull.t rirst, Last, and Mlddla, Kdltor Independent: Jeft Davis fired on Fort Sumptor and forced the fight. The gold stand ard conspirators have shown their readiness and anxiety for a decisive battle, McKlnley' speech at New Vork, Gage's bill, the Indianapolis conference are only a reconnaissance In force. For the present they may fall buck and fortify their camp. But they are there. They have shown themselves to us, and it may be that nothing but divided council among themselves delays the battle. How ever that may be, it's certain that the hour for action is here. For pruden- tlal reasons and election purposes there may be a truce until next De cember, but no dlsbandlmr of their army need be expected. Desperation brings hard fighting, and this is a cose of deseration. More than once in the History of flgbta wnole cities have first Killed their wives and Chil dren, then set fire to their city and closed the scene by charging the en emy and selling their lives as dear as possible. This will be something like that. The money power must conquer or die. They will die hard, very hard, If they die at all. If they lose the election in November they can meet In December, pass the bauk bill sell the gold bonds, burn up the green bucks, sink sliver to the bottom, and muke the whole thing official. Sup pose we do win the election In No vember and In two years more put our president there. You are too late. Tho mischief is done, the ship is sunk, l'uy or repudiate is your only alterna tive. And what shall we do now? Fight,' or sink never to rise. My vote is for fight, who seconds the motion? Na poleon lost Waterloo because one of nls generals and thirty thousand men were thirty miles In error of move- , f merit. Wellington won Waterloo be-' cause lllucher got there in just the nick of time. We need every man and all the recruits we can get. I am a populist clear through me, and even more than populist means, liut if a burglar should attack me and my dog should help me to conquer the burg lar I would fight with the dog for victory, nor think myself less a man because I did. I was an abolitionist, then republican, but side by side I fought with democrats who helped to save the union. I am ready to do it again. No one blamed me in the 60s for doing it, why then blame me in the 00s? No division of forcea now. Kvery man to his post, democrat corps on the right, silver republicans on the left, populist in the center. That would be my order of battle. Rally on the colors, boys, I don't mean fusion. I just mean co-operation. I shall tie a populist first, last and middle, marching, camping or fighting, everywhere ami alwaya a populist. J. M. SNYDER. Loup City, March, 1898. CLEN ELAND TROUBLED. The Ei-Prtildtnt Locfs For Mare "Sound Money," but It Badly Scarad. The gold democratic organization of Pennsylvania held a meeting last week. The event of principal Inter est was a letter from the Stuffed Prophet of 1'rlnceton, promoter of the present republican financial licy, which shows that along with signing tetttlotia for saloon lit that college town, (irover la afflicted with bud dreams aa tha shadows ot the eon diet of IVmki appear. The letter la aa fol lows: l hup nu-t iurrly that them may m a sound money movement In iVnnsyltaiita thai will ts ery strong and useful. I rannol account for the arrogant court. Irtice of the free silver forces rxiepl upon the theory that they are led to brlleva there la vary little agresslt effort to be mad by their . Mieiits. It la a strange thin that th apparent apathy la many of our sound money state should give plausibility tit smh a I lief. If any one lelirtia wl'h a suppose llott fre sitter can he pretented from con trtititiif th tii house ttf the t itMigrrsa without rffet'tite ortfauUa lion and hard work, Ih quicker h abandon Ikat Ma Bwrw aeM He will a a atoiml tttonV wan, I o earnest la riv desire to aee ,,ur routttrv tdei with Mnd won- and e sound B nam 11 slia, Ikat I am of the opinion w oua-kt to give paliiuttti ami eo,sisul oipoit t any plan wkWk Insure tM result, and wktte kaa Iki leottl wkkn tt'outlsea It iwtafl ettv j. War, Mty rtdt, tlUtHt tl KVI tMV . J
