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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. April 7, 1898 ,U(Ullm of "THE WEALTH MAKEH3 " ul PUBLISHED EVIRV THURSDAY IiY CI 3n&epenbcnt publishing Co 1130 M ITBKKT, UNOOlN. NllNAtKA TiLtfHONi, 638. 11.00 PEE YEAB IN ADVANCE. A4rM all omnioolctloo to, nod Bitktnll traits boii; ordirt, U pajnbl to TUB IMUKf'CNbKNT I'UB. CO,, , LINCOLN, XKB. The people must imn tho monoj lie. Thin 1 the ws-ret of future indus trial freedom. It I the li'rt of Hie populist platform. Revolution do not go backward. The present revolution of thought w industrial question will never go backward. It must m organized, how ever, to win. J'unh on tho organlzn- I Ion. , Trxn will he tho scene of a ml hot nlato fight UiIm year, with the popu list Judlng 11m fight for reform in state government against the old dem isrriitle ring tlmt ha dominated tat politic there um long an tho old ropub lii'Hit fluff dominated Nebraska. Thomu K. Watson ban declined the jwpullst nomination for governor of tieorgla, Riving 11 m hi rcBwm that tin matter how this vtAm wi-ro cnit, he would bo counted out by tho democrat. io election majority. And there' 1 barrel of truth in hi tlomeu.t. The attention ot our render I cii.ll rd to tin urtlclo entitled "Iluylng Kail roads." It Hustroten the pnw'tlcul Im-iiHIU of the referendum. Jt jtrov k beyond question Unit the people of Hwllzcrlniul me satisfied with public ownership of public" utilities, They httvo tried the nubile oweorshlii of the telegraph and telephone and will now add to it the public ownership of Urn railroad. , In city and village election it I time for populist everywhere t take organized uctlon along 01m of two line, cither to wains it union of nil progressive element upon it platform of populist principle an applied to municipalities, or place a straight pop. nllst ticket in the field. The populist lrty i the only party having fixed national principle upon municipal ueNtlon. It Ik bound to ea those principle placed to tho front In every fnunlelpal election. The central plank in active populiMin i not the free coin age of ullver, but public ownership of public utilities. No other party im-ni tui o u national principle. Vet the principle hn deeply permeated all par tie. Tho republican curried the city of Dch Molnc lout week on the insae, yet the republican party nationally Im going in tho opposite direeUon -toward corporate rather than pulilie ownership. 1'opulists ought to stand by their principle nud push il to the front on nil occasions. It Im fur deep, cr and more important, than auy ques tlon of coinage. 1 has Im-cii suggested b,v the Kehuy icr yuill that Mr. (). Xi'Imhi of Colfax county would make a utron candidate for Htate auditor iu i'ukc Aulitor ( or ThlH Ik true, Mr, Nclwui 1111 old tiiue populist, win one of the lender In tlin orKaniatlon of th. FurtnerM' Alllnnee. lla would make an excel lent auditor. Hut the mihh- h true of Auditor ( "oriiell, lie Ihih faithfully ud lioiietly performeil the dutien of the oillee to which ht hum eliill. Tho Mm to of NcbniKkn m-ter hml 11 more enrcful iind loimelcnlhnm oftlerr than Mr. (ormll. 111m MdiiilhUirutlon of th atrairn of the ofllce Iiun brought crelit In hlmmlf and (lie patrl v which elected I'ury ,Uillur i f f col lwt. Uy bun Iiiim ,v,- iron-rly Inn, rd lulu the Mai.- Iritioiny. Tim rc inUof the tmuur. i' otllcc how thW. in many mvii Mr, t on.,l hu mI the nt.it.. ri,'n miiit of liionc). Me llMft Mlt H top Io the M).Mtl f Kl let- to county fch.-rih. foe tii Jmrling priMHiem t.i ll,.. idicniiry, He blot r'fiii to R.).rn. ih , p. Intrifc of i'..iitm,on Ur th Md licll.Ht of Um h lonnty Ir .'nr CI hH ll..lr. . Ihl! f,.r Ml IIHMIj )vi, t. l( n Ki,j,i m.uiy way lt. plot. 4 It '0 hill IrkU f tlit UI mid ta rr. 'IV luU aUut tl. ay. lf Mr. t n.ll a h- iH.minaii.. U .. lMnl UtO IIV llllliltl ltMUilH Of tttijrt liooa t.t Mr, torot lt ! plihtltf 'tl.Ul t U tliw otk of a fai tloii, and )t ol 1 U m-t I r ttH th ttt with m U Ur utolttof, bat lH) with ci.M . diiTri, I ! lh l.iubi Jwity will m la II tl t tt on.tl U r iiuiiau( tl ttvvrtT It t IU llllMIM lOM h a m.y l th ptiM itt ii, tt'lt. UU 1 ... ' .. .. 1 MMH UtiMtWI0r "I lHJ lcwltiaitt 1 I K ruHliAtl fir !iUl le tf l, . U dtltttifd iiiU imd t hkK UtH-m th d Mimut lll Kiivaf i tllHnais bi Hitltrtt Um tl MMltUk li tWltsf tb rwl WmH - Uf (on lvt, Ibtld lai.dit-MiW Itan-'U m Mf Kial ptfr, 1 4 t TUKOHY ANU I'ltlCTICK. Men do not always pracitee precept which they leach. Thi i well illu (rated hy Thoma 1J. Keed, tbe prenent czar of the. bonne of repreHcntatlve. In an article in the CoKmojiolitaii, en titled "The Conquest of Fcnr," Mr Kce4 hijh tliat the greaU'afc triumph of the human race ha been la nubdu Inif and conquering auperstitlon and fear. lie point out that thl advauciv ment ha been niado by a pemixtent ond determined minority. Ho plead In the rnont eloquent lanffuaffo for the rlirht of the minority, ife cite many llluntratlon where tho majority through Jjftiora.nce or KtiperKtltkm, furninhcd a well-mcanlna; ujid far more Intelligent minority, llo y: "When Aniixngora, twcjity-fonir cent uric ago, In Athen itself, In the cultured day of l'crlcle, dechuiid that tho heaven were a olid vault and the nun wa a jrreat utone on lire and little larger than the Pclopon- nemm on lnthmu of ,(KX) wquare in lie, lie iniulo a great at ride forward Jiut Id declaration pulled down from the heaven tho nun-god Apollo, and all the power and eloquence of 1'crl ele could wnrcily nave hi lifo and could not ave hlui from biiiiiidimciit Tho people of Athen thought uch a dwiluration imploim. ow It would bo regarded hlinply n gronnly inuocurut4, They were not iieeewarUy wickeil who put Galileo on the rack, It wa clearly evident to anybody with eye in the head of him that the earth did not move and that the nun and Mar did. iicidden, all literature- and religion Mcemed to rent on the bam of tho world' Immobility, Thi doctrine of the earth' revolution eoout the nun wo a terrible break-up of all exlnilng thought, and thono who did not want to commence thought all over again were conservative citizen, wiving not only the solidity of the earth, but of fnturitv at leant, it 110 necined to " them. Not only did man Jiavo to con tend with nature and her mynlerleo. not only did h have, to feel Id way Into the diirknenn, but, he wan bimnclf one of bin own obnlncle. He could not frame a theory of the uulverne that wn anything but a mnkchhlft and Indeed biiM not done no even yet; but while the theory hinted, literature and religion built theiiiHclvenaround Jt and fought uny new theory oluiont to ath. Those who started new Ideas ould hardly be very strenuous nlnnit. the in until other people liegan dimly to see them also. To In right with the majority In safe and comforting, but to side with the minority ha led to mnrtmlomn and deaUi. God and one niay le a majority, but crucifixion and fagot may untodato the counting f the vofew," ' ' " ' Thl I nfmngc language to come from the autocrat of tho housea man who bus trampled Usm the lights of tb minority more than uny other of modem times. A strange champion or the rights of the oppressed minority. In the bouse of representatives there is a minority who believe that the tel- graph f-ywtiu should be owned and op- rntcd by the government. In connec tion with tlie postal ilepar:mcnU They are so operated In ICuglaud, and thi minority believes that tho 1'uitcd States should not be distance; In gov. ininenlal reforms by any Huropcaii nation. I he minority in pongrcs have tunny other principles near and ociir to them and their cototiturntrf. How does the great e.ar treat the minority In the great deliberative liody over which he presides? How does he orae tice compare with his theory? What would be most likely do with a bill to put the telegraph monopoly In the hands of the government? He would tfive It the rcguhtr course for that ebms of iiiciiHurr refer It without an op portunity for dlKcudon to a commit tee, und then refuse to allow the chair man of the enmmi1t to tusk a ro h I. I hot bill, ehuuqdoiii't) by a ml norit , eoidd never come lefoic Mr, liccd's ci ifiiN fur CuliNlderHtaill. Mr, tired Idlicctf would not lulcll mid Umii, loitlur wi.uid l.e tilSow oiUern to do S4i, Hi' will not jju tluv piq.ltllht uiiiionty In eiii.rvt Um iligkl't rv .Kidtion by w.x Intuit-ill to iuiMirtiit coinudtl.e iil.m. Ho will tint bear tlitlr tlry, How much Ntte U neh t ill' til..r I hit 11 the h'-Mhii! w,.i iii (iUI on tl rek? Tbue l it wide ditt'titMM IctMcra Mr, l4-r ibcory and Mf. Ibvd'i pructo'e, tHM IKNlt M it W IH ''tti. no innt t I i f .!. n ta t ilr l Hi hi.i.iIi 1 1 i,t nl lhe Ultii laf with kla 'tHOit ia 110 a lni th hi.Ktr AMl't Bi'Kt t lh rril-r pi(jrn, wittrs WdlUm J, I .oil n It t ihoihv 1. 1 i.'u, timliiovi Im a trnn li bl r rt tsr tntt tb . cf it .4'litlfO l.t, tl OfriH I rtnally fw laMl Mivtr It an tutW finm KU ile, l!i' fUr, IH ' il lrMl V ut f r bi UitUot k', iiuk ti.f Ivi-.fd ( ti.rdiel) iwl on ft. K'irf j. um ), Wfct ii rwt iiv tr liMrf fu bnyif4 a tir him tk in n't 'f lU lartH ff ni 1ik'v tiiMittrtt b tM ttiiTf f In iU lrw MtlrwnHo klr Um t..r t lit ssVsusi laud tku 4itUwl fell Mtioriioif atHurcy t ltku tK . tt t l Um Htt! IU dimltu wbWH m liotiwT U tl mm 1 ! VIIJ, 'r truwft U any tUtf '.nown, retained through all the close eonfinemeiit of hi railway journey Is it a power of sight more than mar vclous combined with a reasoning power more than human? Or is some fine exceeding eiisltlvcnes tn external Impressions, tome responulvti ues to luugnctlu current u our mind unexplained? Who shall pierce the mystery? Wo are safe lit calling it Instinct, but instinct is in it last anal yni inexplicable. Whatever we call tho innate quality of the bird, it i to man that it owes it development and it usefulness. Like the Jniitlnct of the honey bo and the silk worm, long generation of natn rol selection, carefully watched ovi ond directed by man, have made it. serviceable. 1'lgcon flying lion ceased to bo a mere sport. In ponce, the pigeon bear homo new from contest log yacht, to which 110 telegraph wire can run; in war he bears me sage of import from fighting battl ship to anxious waiters, And the last new from the Intrepid Andree, bmt else to knowledge from the moment his balloon passed from sight, Is Imrne by t lie carrier pigeon. The speed of a carrier pigeon on. It homeward Journey Is almost Jncom prehensible. A bird named Lady (inlusvillo, owned by Mr, .fame Me- (iaukhv. Hew 614 mile In fourteen hours. The bird wa liberated at day break and llcw continuously, reaching home lust at dark. Another bird named Hudio .lone, owned by Mr. ip, Hulllvim of riiiladclphla, returned to lt home from like Charle in Loulsl nun, a distance of 1,212 miles. It would trouble most Individual if they were Ixixod up and sent more thnu 1,000 mile from home, turned loose in noine field and told, "(in find your way home," The value of such bird In war I a- pnrent. An American scouting vessel on the seu, desiring to deliver a mes- snge in haste concerning tho move merit of the enemy's fleet, would at tach hi message to a carrier pigeon and send it on Its Journey home. In all probability it would deliver the message at it home, from where It ould be telegraphed to any part of the country, in very much litis time than the swiftest suiting boat. A boat bearing the same message might Im started at tho same time if lha nien nage wo of sulllclcnt I irijMirtu hc, which would be a safeguard in the event of accident to the pigeon, llmr much service these bird will render remains to be determined in actual wnrfnr. HON I) II O Ml KIM A M II O V tl HO MM US. Governor 1'lngrco of Michigan nuj)- porteil the gold standard national tick- t In isim. Whether ho ha repented of Id action then or not, he ha certain ly given abundant evidence since that he does not Isdong to the monopoly force which control the republican party at the present time. He has just performed u valuable service to the ountry by placing before it lu con spicuous form the contrast lietwecn the nation's treatment of her sons who mni'chcd ti the battlefield ami her treatment of the money loauers and lining the contrast to an exact innlhcin.'ilicul in'uposit ion, This wiu lone by a letter addressed to Hi'' stu- cuts of tin- I'nivei'sity of Michigan, hich put the question in the follow ing form: "I enlisted In August, Ihi',:.', iind serv rciirc would have been to the union Hiihllci's IT Ihcv hail Ih'cii paid in gold, or 1 ne ni si, money, or lionst money, as some cull II. lenlisled in AuL'Uht, WC, ami serv three years. I received a bounty of .'o from the town anil $1,1 a month In nrreiiev, im Mtlilo every two mouth. What dliTereiiee did it imiT.c to nut, ami lint dilTcrenee did It make to lit bole union in inv',' How iiiucli wiiiild take now to pay the difference, with per cent. Isiterest, Imviiblii siMni all- iiiilly and I'oinpounili d ,' I will true t .0 lo the Hist, student f Ihe linliersll v who eives lite n Cor el answer; fj.'i to the sis'onl and $lw to tie third. All answer imk to lie sent Adjutant lieiiciiil I r i 1 1 , l.iiiislii', ho will muilt the date of the receipt ami luilce of the coirettnesM of the MIOtwers ,'lveii, lii oclir I hut Ihe mutter imiv be more accurately tli'ur.sl, I sii,nr' lhat the ii'c.ihU of Ihe war .Vesirtnieiit or Ihe rcN'llioii rreorils will show the number of soldiers mid nation lit serv Ice on each J iiuuiiy I and July I wbile Ihn war dialed, the moilU to Ih lsmi 011 ti'luU on those dte l.i my own net vice, I was i.rn III nud ennui mvd iliawlei; li.i tt fll Itm till ! AiitfUkt , 1"', Bii.l wa till ll l. tllit .VllflK A, I' l4lll truwn par s the r.ila i.nnusl hII of Ihe llioe, M own enire w,ws tbftw (on, thir jrl nut fooitetu il.ty . I litnf lif thl pro) 1I1 iti I M.ilr t' .itt putierf toi iy mi l li)iuler of il' erb v.f rtrif fc...tnr In il,a uhi.hi ni. H ron s bout tlo wr it )t lit inlii'l a rtUulali"i uf lhi I'tvutittiH "'M tub! U. !' Wll l. f t'k if 1 1, war. bri uu mler tf tt wrw ivcinlt iu aftf .iUml'lurf ltl H til iHll4 of Cilllvli ih mtniiU ji m.lu. k (list fU m his b M i, !rrv if I kr)nn. )o., a HM-mUr tf lb Us b't, t n iiasrf flvi H ) lm U Inl'ow "i nU a t..4Viri ' .f It V l"w.r I'tefrr t. a lianre t .t,t,n J Im htt Mtltra wobtt rw)i II wwsl I iw Ut I Wt py IMttriwtr l liiyim Ik ifniH, sUH 1 f fl sUil, p4)U nratl'j aanitall atwl riwfUM4U a4 tl would take 5 1,2H,'IOR,074.47 to pay the nlire army on the snuie nasi. ' In other words, to treat the gunhold rs of the United States as well as the bondholder were treatel by the credit strengthening act ot ino'J would re quire a sum larger than the entire na tionnl debt is now. Vet who will deny Unit the soldier Is not belter cntitlco to thl enormous sum than the bond holder wa entitled to lie paid in gold for the bond which he lsmght with (fteenbacks mid which by right, jus tice 11 ml the contract were payable in green hock It Is a goisl thing for Governor Tin give to revive this question which pop ullsts and greetibncker pressed UHn the jmblle for years, It is an especial ly gosl time to revive it when the president of this nation Is declaring in the most public manner hi purpose to pay tbe lsinded debt of thl country lu gold, "no mutter what the contract Is." Let President McKlnley and tb whole tribe of sycophant and servant of the money power diny that the nol dler is not entitled to n good fireuv mint by thl nation as tbu money loancrs. Let them talk nlsnjt brink lug solemn contracts iu the Interest of thoiie who have money Invested und refuse if they dare the payment of tlie soldiers' due on the same basis! Tin: row Kit or thk m-kakkk It has heen said that the best f irm jf gr vcrnment Is a kfuudnm with 11 good king. As a form of government It bills bci unec It Is liuposo ihh; to al ways secure, n good king, and a bad king wrecks the government, takes ill power Into hi own grasp nud cn- daiigcr the llbcrtle of the eople. In Ihe same way it may be s-iid that tbe house of representatives is best gov- rned by a dHcrinined spenkr, 11 c.ur, so long us h Is 1111 honest, and capable tiler. Hut a great danger arises in such a system from the fact that Komeiimo (he tpeakcrshlp might fall Into tlie bandu of an Incapable and un scrupulous ruler. What is worse such n thing might happen at a time of a great jHdilical crisis when the stabil ity ami jM'rpetuity of the nation was 11 the. balance. The power wlihOi Kpeal.er Heed has taken to himself ud which congress ban ami Is approv ing by its submission and silence, is Drilling n dangerous precedent. Heiiei-t KiM-nccr once very truly said: it Is this easy-going submission to trespasses, It is this easy-going readi- ne:'.s to permit trespasses, hecuusc It would bo troublesome or unprofitable lo oppono them, which leads to the habit, of acquiesceice is wrong ami lent to the dtsay of free, institutions. ree Institution can 1st iiiaintaiiunl only by citizen club of whom Is in stant to opsse, every illegitimate act, very assumption of supremacy, every ollbial excess of power. , . . All these lapses from higher to lower forms Isi- gin in trilling ways, ami it is only iy Incessant watchfulness that they an be prevented. .... I ho fact in that free Institutions can be properly worked only by men each of whom is ealous of his own i'ilmiIs ami also sniypat helically jealous of tho rights of others; who will neither himself gi'i'ess on his neighbor in small tiling or great, nor tolerate aggres sion on them bv oilier:;. The rcpnbli 1111 form of government is the big-best form of government, but because of this it reonires the highest, typo of mill. ill liuUll'e." peaker h'ecd's conduct of the house repre.cntal i es may be wiso anil sat isfactorv to K.otuc or even to a ma jority of the people but the precedent establishes involves very great don ers. Mr. iieeil evplains anil justilics lis mel lnxls by Hiding that large nuin bcrs of bill-t ami a great uuioiiiit of business with which Ihn bouse is Con fronted iiiakcs it nccfssa.'y for soiiir one to select the niost important, for VMiuld be aecoiupllsheil. This he says the spcukiT, in conjunction with tin chairman of the cnuiuiittivN, is best ouiillllctl to do. Cut when it is reuieiu- bi li'd that the cbiiirnieii of the com lull lees owe their tipnilnl incut lo the sis'iiker and may be removed bv him at any time, it It plain that th scuU 11 could ci.iiipii Ihcui lo pursue an) s. 1 y he tl.-vii-.xl. If I hey nfu-Mil he mluhl u iiiiiic them, ami Ii I'umi to rison'lile them lu ilebale, priu't Ically cM'tuilc them froin lh privilege! of Ihe house, und appoint other ill (heir I hue who 'iiil.l not ri fioai t.i fullnw bis 1 wci l mo. line liiiliilili. Ilol.ilne whero Ihl piiiLrr h'li nliowu lii Htvter b.M lsn ill itiiliiiif Willi Ihn till. 111 lr'"lllr ttrotih'tt In isvvrr ti lev I'lcveiiU! lil.t lll't,K'i,iU II iif thrt Hull ll.li-ll. w of the I Int. I ll lis a U--i tit.. a it fH mMiic I one I tut I ti"ie I hail lilliiiU lit Ihn On u.l 1 ol i."t-ii It i (sen Im later of Ihn ri"tf uiii'Mi if 1 in tb li.lt n e of the laiaU'l. ITo a. r Im rvfuiwl hi siwer nml b pro tcelisi wmi nle U.ii Ihn nm'leMt. I; I in.! tuflb'Met to nay thai Mr li.sd I fibt ml thai lit l'li l-H.lei of th i-Uud h "i.M hoi I iv-fHUl I bo fail ivioaika Ibtl bu ht llitt td n'H't It it 'f thai rviwty U'!ir ! rtMtiv no-1 n.'t t h pe.kf , , ilvitl tf Ik iti4t.nr Im bHlt Vfr, : .-t K ( iwtl IV nsturwV nM ol Um livieHiiiMti of Uoc Utiiid vui rf lil Mkwf and k.tudrtt iImm iIIst a hw lit Ikn VtMt a M bwt l Ka ttiwir wa I Vat la lb tUjr VitkM ltW wa U Mia vbir.i ll i kr IVal IVm aaa a awfjalta Mwa tkm. Vh H viilf lbwtfvl l w a meiilary lull in the business of the 'louse. Ihe leader of the opHsition was know n to have on his desk a reso Union recognizing Cuban belliger- ereney. "Mr. Fpeakcr," be said, as be arose to his feet. "The iloor was almost clear, and the figure of the gentleman demanding the speaker recognition stoiKl out conspicuously. The distinguished gen tlcman whose name is so closely iden tilled with tariff iiieasures.Mr.Dingley sat at hi diwk absorb! in some fig. ure and oblivion of all things around linn. "Mr. Speaker," repeated Mr, Huilcy, Mm lender of the opposition. 'llio eye of the sis'oker wua fixed in t-nt.ly ujs)n an immense perspective which seemed to lie beyond the head or tlie gentleman from Maine, hud dculy hi lips moved with the fori 1111 la: 'The gentlenuin from Maine mov en f lint tho house do now ndjounu Do I heor u second? Tho motion is sec onded. The riucst.lon Is now on the 1111111011 to adjourn. All in favor wiJI say oye, Those opposed no. Tho ayes liuvn it, '1 he House stand adjourned! Air, Jingley who wit intent uism hi ligures, now liKikcd up witJi a puz zbl air. He had not uttered a sound If there hud Iwen a 'second' it must have come from the ifhostly nerspis!- tive into which Mr, Jb-wl even seem ed to lie reaching. The republican members inul lice 11 ho taken hy sur prise that not a half dozen bad voted 011 the motion, but never! IicIcsh the house ntoisl adjourned, by tho iswcr sole and individual, of the man whom It had chosen to register It will, de liboratcly exercised. Mr. lleod bad saved th country from war with Sisiln, lie felt that ho hod averted a great calamity." I'hl was certainly an Instance where tln speaker prevented any a lion being taken by the house iijsm a very important matter. He. gives us his reason that the house would have taken an Improiwr Course, Iu other words ho asserted that hi judgment In better than the judgment of the members elected by the people to rep resent, tlieiu In the national congress. It Is cotrnry to the principles usm which this government wa founded, and in the preservation, of which it must be maintained. Tbe jsmple through their representatives iu con gresH, and not the npcuker alone, have the right to puss Uhii every inqsir taut question. Congress can remedy the evil if it will do no. It should take from the sM-ukcr the power to appoint commit teen. It should adopt tho method of the ncnato and elect them. Rules houhl be provided that would secure the minority jsirty In a fair represcn tutioit upon these- committees. This done the commit teen should be given siwer to bring forward inisrlant measures. Tim speaker should Im u presiding olllcer, should proticrvft or der and decorum in debate, and should liccord to all member without regard to party limitations, equal privileges la iieiiato, A great deal of literature is being published by tho self-styled "sound money league," to prove that paper currency is dangerous and unsafe. The very men who are publishing this stun are besieging congress with a bill for moro paper money. The beg-i lining and the cud of their financial schemes is tho demand for paper money. They know that a civilized and progrcssivc pcople will never again go back to coin as 11 medium of exchange. They know tlmt paper currency is univer sally ilemauilcil by all the great com mcrcial countries of the world, anil that in those countries nearly a. I busi ni'ss is transacted with paper money wny, In the name of concrete common sense, is this crusade, against papur money,' Ihe aiiiwcr is very simple. It is oniy agaiusi govi. 11a t paper money the war is wngvd. It is only legal tender national currency that is unsafe ami ruinous. These fellows take the American people to !s such foolt that they say to them: '"If you issue paper money iimhi the phslge of your proiN-rty and the stability of your government It will In unsafe, it will lie unstable, It will In ruinous, it will di'slmy confidence and wreck hllMlicts. lUll if Villi will let Us Issue piiH-r money on ihe nccirity uf our imn ushcIm it v 1 1 1 In' 'moiihI iiiiiiii'V,' " liifte are u goisl many kiiuU of fisd In America, hut not h uui).niy of that killd lit pit M ilt. Those who have marked the iiiinli lli'ii of iilTilriu lYnns) ItttiiU irtli- I. II :ilU COtlltltf Ittt'd llptIO ,ml MIS I. ) will itol Ih Mirpriseil wt the (11 lure of one of the (Million! Isvuk in I'litU tit IphU 1 1-.1 mil, m itlt S mi.i 1 ,,f date litntU Imi. In. I, It U imioILi r l.t-ln 1 (.ill ire, lite nel of Ihe tsiiik mr prui th itlly wofihlo, ivl llierv nrv i;'mi,(Hi lsitn l-eU tfm it fnt..u. II, , U ui.ttilo r of iht bm hi ot uld: pbititb iliif vtbith h.i fil I.IHIsl I M . I 1 1) )f UH pit bill! fit III U I In- i in. ! U i'"l mml, la Imn mil thy ll'H, i4 Im t eei tloti Im tUnti ltt OHl.t Hi Ihji tuM lit IVMtlM UUt4 I te 11 iol l t. ilrnliof K leiu It I t.i wit- ei.l bv Uw llo rnHi" i li u. m HiMHUIinif iuat 11 tiW j li.i lit t,i.il.. !tU f.if lb 'llt. wt ot t' w tal ll i) In e-l fif r4 tbi ie 4 ) lillisil i.tlt. .. , . ..... 1 .... . . .4 "lb I 1 tit. .lt til ttuS-tiMH TU liri hid . a jf ll . Ihrv C'VIimUhom fv lb l fvet e nt. a t.lt t,t- Ur filling ilii ft IH - i'.v. Ulikla a h ) Iki, Mttjr U twa n N ,w il A CCKKKNCV HILL. The republican majortiy upon tlie house committee of bunking and cur rency have at last agreed on a bill. There is no prosjiect of the bill bo Ing passed ut the present session but just as a sample of what the republi can party can produce in the way of a scheme for currency legislation wo give a synopsi of the principal fea ture as follow: 1. United Stutes notes, when, re deemed in gold, to be retired. Itciiro tnent, however, to be gradual. No ex press provision for bond or taxes to provide, for retirement. 2. All outstanding United State note to bo collected by the bankH and deposited at the treasury, the banks receiving in exchange on equal amount of "National llenerve Noteo," and the privilege of issuing another equal amount of currency note secur ed by thdr general assets, 3. These additional currency note secured by the general asset of tho bank are to be practically untaxed up to 00 per cent, of the receiving bank'a oapltal. Issue in excess of CO por cent of the 1 sinks' capital are to bo taxed 2 per cent, and issue in excess of 80 per cent of tho Imnks' capital are to im taxed 0 ht cent. These provision are to swruro elasticity. 4. Hie whole responsibility of ro- deeming United Htates note in gold is Ut be Imposts! upon the banks, but the government, by this same act un dertakes to redeem standard nilvtsi dollars iu gold. It will pay our renders to study tip these jsnnt and invite their republi can neighbor to do tho name thing. All tho old devil car mark will Im observed. Tlie scheme I io retire tho greenback and let tho bank Issue j Icr currency on their ussota. Tho provision for Issuing Ismds to toko tho place of the greenback him been om itted la-cause of the storm of opposi tion it lias aroused. It can ho suppb'c later on if this bill gets through, A present all tho energies of tho money swer ure concentrated on the green- Isuk. It hatos that little Blip of pi sr bearing tho stamp of tho pcoploTt authority with an i 11 tonally only mulched by the hatred of the x:i sionlst during the wur. HARDY'S COLUMN. Running for Ofllce Republican In form- Losing Their Hcst Men The War. Tho writer of this column licirs to lw excused thin week. He has been run ning for office; or, rather, hi party bus been running him, for hi namo wa put on the ticket without Ida knowledge or consent, liut hn trot licktnl a usuul, where the repiiblicann number two to one. Jiut. notwith standing this big majority, he carried hi own precinct by a gootl round nu ority. Jle would much rather be, bcat- 11 everywhere else than at home. He is proud of the confidence of his near ucjgli uors. Another city election has coino and gone. Ihe. republicans washed u; and promised reform again. How hing ii. will lattt remains to be seen, ltoginx always repent when they nre caug-hU J hey used tit of money, a.s usual vvhih. not. a cent hum used by tin: fa sion peoples party, not, even foe ear riages. Now. all the money spent will have Ut be stolen back out of the. tax pavers, liut the people ought to hnvo what thc.v vole for. They demanded, three years ago. a w idc-ojicu adminis trillion, ami got, it, but all at once g-ot sick of their own baby. Now they havo juv.t got ready to l.i-cp things clean J'he.v promi-e to enforce the law, pro tect the morals and run things ivo nomicallv. The republicans are all torn up ami as mad as wet hens to think nil their lcst men nre wand. line; awav from the party fold, (iridium and I'urktr are nine to he relied upon ill citv politics, ll is jiut si 1 in state litics. Their old ami tried leaders ure sinking- tui ,,f Hiebl ur i ihe mi. When all their bcM men go. what will ls h ft? 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