The Nebraska independent. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1896-1902, May 26, 1898, Page 3, Image 3
May 26, 1898 THE, NEBRASKA rNDEPENDENT. WAR AND WEALTH. THE TORIES OF 1776 AND 1812 HAVE THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN 1898. American Plutocracy In Sympathy With European Ilondholitan The War Haa Taught Our People Some Truthi Why Reformer Upholds the War. 1 It is fitting that the first righteous war fought between two great nations in more than a century should be bit terly opposed by wealth. It is consist ent that those who own four-fifths of the property in this country should sneer at a war having as i'ts object the freeing "a few mulattoes" and exacting vengeance for tho murder of 200 sailors "most of whom wero Irish or foreign ers. " Ueforo tho smoke of battle obscures our vision and the thunder of urtillery drowns the voice of reason let us jot down a few foots which will bo consid ered when the future historian treats of tho IliBpano-American war. It will be tho province of The New Time to treat the war, its events, incidents and developments from a sociolwgical stand point We believe tho war to be a just ono. This view is strongly opposed in many reform quarters, but the future will justify the position of Tho New Time in declaring that this war is right eous and that its success will advance tho causes for which this magazine is so earnestly striving Wealth ever has opposed armed re sistance to tyranny or forceful revolu tion for liberty. When wealth goes to war, it is for markets and territory. Almost without an exception tho rich men of the American colonies sided with the English crown and raised Tory reg iments to fight the farmers and work men who attained our American inde pendence They wined and dined the British officers in New York. They con tributed money to import Hessian sol diers In tho war of 1813 tho conduct) of the wealthy was even more infamous. They were guilty of treason. At the dictation of the bankers, merchants and traders Massachusetts and other New England colonics met in conven tion at Hartford and practically seceded. They opened negotiations with the British and invited tho occupation of Boston and other seaports. They refused to pay war taxes or to send their quota of men. As a result the United States was disgracefully whipped in tho war of 1812, in spite of what tho school books say to tho contrary. We did not win a land battlo until after the war was over. England did not concede u point at issue. Her troops burned our national capital and laid wasto to our territory. It was a shameful record, and the rich men of tho day wero to blamo for our national disgrace. They wel comed defeat as tho price of peaco and profits. Head any standard history and see if this statement is not correct. The wealthy opposed tho freeing of the slaves or any curtailment of the "rights of slave owners. " They mobbed and hanged abolitionists. When the southern states seceded, they begged the president to let them go in peace. They raved against tho income tax. They urged other countries to interfere. When they found that the war was a reality, they set about plundering tho treasury and tho people with a success which is a matter of history. In tho present troublo they instinc tively allied themselves with tho Span ish monarchy. They declared that Cuba and tho Cuban people "belonged" to Spain. They excused Do Lome when ho insulted McKinley. They insisted that the destruction of tho Maine was an ac cident When it was shown to bo an external explosion, they said the Cu bans did it They argued that the most to bo expected from Spain was a money indemnity. Their papers, college pro fessors and preachers sounded a note of American cowardice more depraved than that of the Toryism of 1770 or tho poltroonery of 1812-4. Tho weak Mc Kinley cringed before them. The White House became a braueh office of Wall street United States seuators, with their pockets bulging with stocks, whiued for iuieo and denounced the hoiust loyalty of the jsmplu as the "jingoism of tramps and pnujHin. " In tho meantime they were unloading stock The vmks dragged along, wita American dead rotting in Havana har bor and 1,000 t'uUms ktarved each wctk. The nation was ablaze with in dignation. McKinley was U-uig forced into war, but lie waited until those stocks were unload"! and tho thr aten mI Wall street slump iu ''insecurities" ii averted. And tie did not nvognUe the Hide jiriukiicw f the Cuban republic, Ifci you know why? The ar h.ivo 110I aid ttiut h about that Thiy have ut darvd. Here was win ru tho agent of Ilia Lurvpeau UilulU ts th Interim tiftuil wntn4t ra, n lu ttuu uv To hundred i f ra (man. II. d I r !U lei ax y power ridiculed the tail ed t'uUu rrpuMle," Tin t Mid I tn was uniting l rveiVtiUn. The elan tl I r tutvrvwuiMi without r .tnii..n. Why? Iksftaau linthatlu'tdi-rtUrvd IhiMi di Tu resemKb i t it Culau r j -u tU ahiuwt el law o tumiy l.f IMItM f Ahm-HuMI attb, Witlld kev rm U.Uy titlll-t!td mil liiu tail Ul U t'utMt rvtvnut lit tail i(i y tvwdt f t at ahrvtsd m.uU fci know tkt Cab W 1I ti iiu, tttl Ihty Ht Hue In kt U It4vii 4 PlMuW tdt at tWe nlbi i.UU tut, TUajr or iw IUm4 hm hi UiUi4 aut ttkta ?iuiAtd iu it.vtMtual au4 )t4iiutk Kii, ?K faiUre la lb tVUu t ttl Imm4 lul'.Ht tvilha ltvikUkl tkelf tat TU t'fcUai r"UtM o,iJ sai fctttWt MMt tkitt WiiwHt f loium!! liktHJ toMk NX U-u 11 tYtlw,UU emfcdrA tint lUltukj Imk) tuwi r U thu cm try Hpu (uu kd eKixn , , Ct m& tnw tl Sse-4 fU,Wa Ait tM4 IftWjrftU t UU hllkW Ut von concede the belligerency of the brave men under Gomez I Glance at those figures and then read McKinley's alleged reasons for withholding recog nition. Some friends urge that we should not go to war for tho reason that tho un scrupulous rich of tho country will rob it of millions by bond issues, contract steals and other schemes for plunder. That is not good logic. The question is, Should Cuba bo free and is it our duty to help her? It is entirely possible to rob a relief Expedition or to steal chari ty funds. If the McKinley administra tion issues bonds, tho peoplo can elect one which can justly repudiate tlmtn. If more money is needed, tho govern ment can issue it Any bonds issued under these circumstances should bo re pudiated, and The New Time servos no tice in advance that it will urgo such repudiation. Tho greenback was good enough in 1801-6, and it is good enough to whip Spain with. Millions of men have had their eyes opened since hostilities with Spain bo came possible. They never bollovod tho charges made against (hose in places of high responsibility. They did not be lieve there was such a thing as the mon ey power. They had faith in what tho big papers told them. Many idols have been shattered Things which were ob scure now stand in a strong, clear light We have a better understanding of Atnorican plutocracy. Wo can soo it as it really is, a cowardly, cringing Tory ism, clutching at its dollars and fondly hoping that some combination of Euro pean monarchies will intorveno. Anoth er and a bolder branch of it is plotting for a gold bond issue and attempting under cover of the war excitement to put through such a plan of currency re form as will take tho "government out of tho banking business." Another is working to secure tho issuance of bonds with which to buy Cuba, which was McKinley's plan until tho Maino was destroyed and war made imperative. With these people tho dollar is the only consideration. If war can bo averted, they aro for peace and profits ; if war is inevitable, they are for bonds and coupons. They will gaugo a victory by its effect on wheat or a defeat by its effect on stock It is impossible to forecast or estimate forroaching results which may come from this war. It is safe to predict the downfall of tho Spanish monarchy and the establishment of a republic. If Gor many interferes, history will bo made. Tho plain, common, liberty loving peo plo of America aro fighting a war for human liberty and human progress, and unless tho signs of tho times aro wrong it is well for American Tories and Eu ropcan monarchies to keep quiet. If Austria or Germany raises a hand to help Spain, tho closo of tho war will find a Europe with but ono mouarcny Itussia. Spain should be dispossessed of her American possession Cuba should be a free republic. This war will accom plish these result It is a forward step. It hastens the dawning of tho new time. New Time. They Are In Lack. The national banking interest is in great luck. Not many years since it was feared that tho rapid extinguish ment of the public debt would force tho banks out of business by taking away tho basis of their circulation. Tho issue of $202,000,000 of bonds by tho last ad ministration was a godsend to them. And now they are in ecstasies over tho prospect of addition to tho bonded in debtedness of tho country, and by this means they hope to prolong their exist ence and their power to fleece tho peo ple for at least another half century. Could they havo their way about it the debt would be made iM-rmanent, anil there would bo no pretense whatever of paying it off. The greenbacks must all bo called in and canceled, tho govern ment divorced from the banking busi ness and full control to issue and manip ulate tho paper currency given to tho banking corporations. Conditions are uot favorable just at present for any financial legislation, but the philanthro pists of the national banks see in each succeeding Itond issue something certain to inure to their advantage and aid ma terially in periH tuatiug their lease of life. Journal of the Knights of Ijibor. An AltMilhln( Atlmlaalon. On a uttitfledny Ut wnk vltiitt r.in wcr foil ml larvlnii e id. nth In New York, ewlthry wrre no rHS.n.nlr.li. -lUnuli lhw, I it powtible? And Uiugh y prtwerlty sweeping over the laud like a March norther I Surely there i muite mUtako about this. The idea tint iirvuli.ni run eiUt in thUd.iy nf iMugUy ptnoperity and ritfht in the heart of Urn wvUun wla-ru national luamr and national in tegrity were upheld mi gUirioUklv I Kiuht plu In Nmw York city aianlug ta death Ih u pMajm rlty U fairly iwamp lug t luiu I rurviy our itmuijtry 1 Joking. It cit(iul t Ttou in iimktiiit lh.it UlUtlit 4 Uiii!t;t W'tld Ib t lM War a al tluatU Th dtiTervHi Ul" 11 4 l d aitd a grtt liSuM k U !lg lit lu u II ti 111. a ! lit.' i(tK H u of t ttgrai tiiif. 'Miiliii( mid lliu etttriif that t.ni'l Uttiii.l t. U. Hut (h. it 1 ft. r I i )(tl w ) i . u iviin In 11 U r, I tilt tetter I r "! r ll that It mutiMii 'i liu a'"" I, 111 uUi' e tin ! i U . 1 1 iia J an-1 up 1. ll,. w Vtli ili.nl in.; iu el, liw!,l ln.lu.liv, H (iii ia ikt tu l Uti and tk r Uiu Htf it tlti t-i.at r Htm Ultdiirtw Una xtly Mi tie" nulla i ( U.4l Itil ts lU., 4tt and M , and tlr dw tltti Hi, a 14 lltHli ! I tlltaw hit' it .dttty - lai r h l ti taiwN t r. t Hi li.ilt Om MtHte l. e4tir I IUu V ait t tiual a met HU. at .i!V Ij ll mklly t-i'l .Ut wt. tkiti t ! M tlte itHHMtS VI ltiif Atui , iM,lal iat N U utt titi'i Iim ir i ffa tki I ! lb I rw IM lMtf f ItHf htt tU-Mt "I ut 4 tttrw. I UUm4 llU- RUDGE & MORRIS COMPANY 1118-1126 N St., 1113-1117 0 St. LARGEST FURNITURE MARKET IN THE WEST. OVER ONE ACRE OF FLOOR SPACE. Office and Entrance 1122 N Street, Lincoln, Nebraska. Bargains in Sideboards. No. COO. Our best miller-G (net J high, 48 inches long, French beveled mirror 10x80, throe center drawers. Holld polished antique ouk, FQ V r, 11 A,,fi,,in null yllliilillt nl. Will' HU 1,,.. iivii,w ...... finished, with 1424 Oerinuii plate glass mirror. Hholt umlor mirror, urn 1 be beat at our price VF EDITORS' IDEAS. KQUAL KKillT TO Aid. . ,1. liryiui hiis been aiil-horlwd to form a regiment of volunteers. A private will be respected in that, regi ment. There will be no shoulder strap t.vrnny that is so eonniioii hi unity life. Miinleii Courier. IIONKST MANAtiKM KXT. The Nelinihku stale teli!!ent iary Is now self sustaining, the lirst time in the history of the stivte. The reform administration has accomplished in one veur what the repulilicnns failed to do in thirty years. All this in thu result of honest business management of a prison. This is the whole secret of success. F.xeter Knterprise. For months the Htiite Journal has lieeii telling us that the ilemiMiatie papers of the east say that Itryun Is n dead duck that a whole Job lot. of silier iiimth Hint have luul llryiin's mime at the head of the t'oluiiiii us their caiiilidute for president III ISMMl have taken his name out. Last Fri day's Usee of the Journal says: "The eastern tleiiHM tatie press In Its milety for the political welfare of Mr. Hryaii lias been publishing j;immI deal iilsiut his anlet,v to go doii and light for Culm." tf the eastern papers have cut Mr. I'.rvan and hi free silver views 11 the Journal has so often ald they had what interest could thev lime bad In Ms political welfare ' Would It make liny difference to the "cimlcrii tlemii eratie press" whether lie "went down It tiithl for t'ltlsi" or slaved at home and thereby furnish the Journal with, uiHticittti , tin hitcrcsttutr subject for a diiilv write up, 'I lie Journal l al wa Mimisin Vork Ih liim liil, v i.tit 11 vi tiviii mi sun . I t i n ! hpntll U it etihl .laild tld etMiiitrs, l it Mot.' Iild sit stalit 111 k. the Ml"l. t.f all Ivilteil 11 It, ,u.. Hint w.ii.le Hot ( nthrr iruld I 111. In. I litildh Hot lift e.trv liirnttiMi, ut Vet ln-l' Isunl are Imp lttf UhIikI sUmi! ..itf tied ttUnir A ,.. ion- I lit tin liiillioit ,tl.n III tt.i V ut i ttl'i ' doH.ir Sold I l i.... i ( t t.iiM y ut n h 14 1 it 11 i I'HtN I I . - s 1 . II, (Ml il I tti ait t I m 4 1 I Id, ,i.i. il.iliMKtf llttl (he !. 1 Inn ..I 1 1.. 1 1 l lot till jlttitl . -. U it ,. t.es 1 l ttivt Us HilU I he 'i t it il I t i l i tt I iitl I 1 .t lK.il ! i,tinlr J itl U Kial l.n I lli-t. wild 1 ! i iHit Ht hi.l set e.itiK I eli.e.v t, u t,ii It .illt il Hlltliy lie I t't toll .1 1 li t .i,llll la ti it h ! iti4 1 Ih tt i't. ivtl tv a 11 1 ! vittl ttr I ii i 1, mi a ii K H lot k a pitl.lte 11411I will t .t v Ut tit t I it;Ii.ti I Iihi , liu in un t niutt titi !. ikttitf ttttt M til t4r ttAs fatt ttrHiitiliail, tt.al sttwittl t ft M teg in th tuiuM irm (alhi, ait IHat U Ihsl lh ifalf lit et.tarr I ft tit" free ale ph t stt al1 1 !) w ku wir tM'fkl Util Itt ft! (km k I H (He tub ds CARPETS AND MATTINGS. Visit our carimt department whim you are In the city, It will pay you to spend a lew minutes time in looking at im handsome patterns In Axmlnsters Vel vets, Mo(Uutts, Tapestries and Hody Itrussels, even If you aro in ready to buy. Our Imported Kgyptinn, Turkish and Persian Kugs are well worth swing. Much 11 collection Is not often brought Into the wust, We are showing some beautiful patterns In Japanese Mattings, Dainty designs uud modimfe colors are now In stylo and our stock is slrlrlly up to date. The prices are right. No war tariff in this dciiartrmmt. Kend for samples and prices of carpets and mat tings. No. r07. Antique ash Kldelioard, Iwau. tlfully curved and finished, 17x''lii l-'reuch mirror, stands 0 font high, guaranteed to please at our j J g jjQ r II Ma CDCC ur ncw ustratec Catalogue, and if you r 1A CC can't find what you want in it; write to us. Visit our store when in the city. We take pleasure in show ing our stock. Remember, we pay the freight 100 miles on our out-of-town orders over $5, and we employ a city buyer who will buy anything in other lines for you and ship with any goods you may order. We solicit a trial mail order. or a good cigar, (i rand Island Demo crat. Till. I'LANS OF THK II AN.VACIIATH, The llaniiiierats of the administra tion hope to use the war for a double piii'isise. First, they will force a bond issue at liny cost. No matter how long It is necessary to protract the war in order to force bonds, bonds will be forced. lu the second place, they will use the war to keep the currency question, the Diuulcy bill, the trusts, the utilises and infamies of a government of , for and by f fit ut 1 11 If 11 1 millionaires in the back ground this fall when the people are voting on the next, congress. Incidentally, lu connection with these two schemes, they are preparing lo carry out the sugar trust's plans of annexing Cuba and Hawaii so as to pack congress and the electoral col lege with sugar trust carpet buggers, chosen to represent the annexed dis tricts on the old South Carolina plan, The leopard has not ('hanged his spots, nor the F.lhiopiuii bis skin. The thieves and scoundrels behind this scheme of bloodshed and plundering are the thieves and scoundrels of the Credit Moliiler, of the guano frauds, of the whiskey ring, of the star route ring, of the cai's t bagging, Isnid deal ing days at the south. A race of more at ns iotis v lllians never 1 11 1 ed the earth; and every iniin who retains his common sense must simil iter us he witnesses the luxtllie lusti leiiee with which they lire rhallcli(.'lig the jilxtice of beuveii iiiflillist their iriiiies, Mississippi Istnoclut, I UK CAVMI.VM t.oM'KL "liotl liM.ksoii the t in lb uud It t It-Ill-tiles: he torn hi s the hill and the) unnke; Ills ears In aid the Ihuii of the illicitly ; hi thunder ciuhi loud us he spoke; I, I mil the titsl of the widow, til the I,!, the humble, the Unci.; lilt too Wli.l trust III tit tlf,i,lllr, your sin IN It-It veiis't am shall w rt t k S mi have w rested tht Iim for lour pitttltj ytnt huts it. I.U.I the htl'U .( tMft.l n I tu- tt loud st lli itti u and It M Ilits oii tlut III the tdisst ytm mil itit tl h il t.tiii 1.111 atotll l.iv.n (mid tip. 11 ton, II stittll lliltitlh tn lit yoiti ioe Ike slit l.lll lit I he pllitr thill U Ut tlUt, Ml" .tltlljjtlt .( t ll'l'l"tI.V I , tltlti jf I ll'IH the t, 1. 1.1. It It ,.! ) I he I'll Ml til ttt tl Itttl III. . Ill k 111 I Ii ) t iniHl 1 hat. slttiiktl (Km M4tiitl ttf tint tkl Mill hi I tttt lap -Li f w ll' W kit It f iittiw tt(fiMiM'tt ft Hat V 1.1I iel ait a I mi kaa Iwttt tsiit . )'utld Im Ik kuiiif t -f auf katitiM. I klet Hti"tilk MI iMir H4t I 11 aa Itill. ilt vt aiuatl a it. I Im III. Iwitt, ih ituf SilUt ttHlllr tif lull It In tlt a ! it it tl i ( -l li.tui 1 mat ta t tth Im tint .ilki r ) ilav w Hat Mltttal t li.tt that i Mm Jtthl aed ttn,Ur nf tka MaiittH, and aiila trtait nur r-guUr atd-llvt Ituttt IkaH ft tkHtlrdtW.ttui Sirs fw U It-li t ft'KVa ftit rdv Itl IWt wltik Itatf tn.UiuM lien t tUmtr No, 80H, Large solid comfort arm Hoo ker, made of best rattan and braced so It will not get squeaky lasts 0i CA a lifetime ...spYtvU No. 20.-llomnn I'arlor Tlece, cane sent, ornamental and useful, a very attractive plwee of par- dj Q Rfl lor furniture , l?)iJU lug for 1111 ojijKirt unity to enlist. All this money needed bus la-en unani mously voted, nod congress and the Mople ure a unit In support of the ad ministration. No wonder the, people of the. old world are dazzled ut tills wonderful display of the patriotism and resources of the American ptoplc, Hlair i'ilot. If ANNA IS NKXT. W. J. liryan will Is- colonel of the Third Nebraska, regiment. He has been authorized to organize the Third Nebraska. You don't hear anyone asking now why Krynn don't, go to the front. I.ryan s application for any position was tiled with the president as soon as war was declared. Now trot out Mark Haniia. Vork 'Teller. Til FY Wi:i!F IIOM ANTIC. K. M. ( line and 1'earl L. llrown, both of Hutchinson, executed a very romantic elopement last week. 'They started out 011 foot ami made a bridal tour to Sterling and other tsiiiits in that diii-clion and made another south of lliirtou, where Constable Dick llislge closed the tour by bringing the happy Couple buck to Hutchinson where I hey were iiiarneu a ilav or two afterward. 'The girl was only sixteen years of age. II utchiiisoii tiaette. 'The men who have been lsiking cheap fun nt inventor Leedy for Ids itllegetl tardiness hi pit-pa ring the Kansas volunteer for service will lie astounded to leant that Kansas la the Itrst stale la the union to have It fud ipiiila of toluuteeri III the hands of the I nitcd Mates govt-miiiHtt, I he result, of l tot ei nor Lwtl.y's work In orgiuiU- Iutf a vnluiiteer army Is very uiouitls f.teioi v to 11 publican isiIiUmh. 'I bey me mad at him fur the mistake be has not made - kniisit City 1lun. i ll V I TlliFIl rt.'rXIMl U due la liiiHitiUhtt bliHsl, ihm' Hiirsnpti ritl.k. enrii he Hint tilrtlUia th bhssl mud gir trt ii'ih, riwrgy and iir. IH aulti to g IIihsI a, III M ill S I'M I.H ar purely vrge table snd do not purge, mMt or gilj-o. All IrollUta. i!v. ta faait StMiaa aa4 Alatka ralaia. Tk. S.lkalaru t'ntoft I'aelfl U Ike 4 rt rwwt ta Ike I'ttgvt Kuwad Ml Ii msI. Mtifm4 e,nainiBj it.,i sitka JlfMl atiaaavtMift ftt l're Muat ik tkruuk tftt ilwfWM Ira rwlialk sfcaif ( ta I'ortlftad. ir enrfwt liirttrwftttua fii mm m. i. rMdiBtf. flj It mim 111 fci Utk St., MBOUtO, cSt tft aa 10 3 U TURKISH rCMAll Til fififl' k HaMaalla ki Wk WHV if mmm mi hmm i, e MeWv.Vima IsMNkMif ie P.... t?rHii l"awiiiSr 1 "Ns -M m s Reed and Rattan Rockers if3' No. fl02.-Fancy ' Reed Rocker, Lilies ' size, rood top and arms, cane sent, 00 neat and comfortable, only... If V No. 803,-Fancy rattan Ladles' Rocker, carved back and strong arms. Well mads and can't be boat for AO RA tbs money, only... ..IVivv No. a07,-Ladiesf Reed Rocker, with heavy roll and ornamental back, strong and nandsorne, flnUhed in 00 OR shellac, only If Ot All Weliraska and Wyoinlnf Iomaukr ecnrlons, Jane 7th and 21st the Elkborn Northwestern line will sell tickets at one fare plus f 2.00 for round trip to points on its line in northwestern Nebraska and in Wyoming west of and including Orin Junction. Minimum rate f'J.00. Ktopovcr privileges going. Final limit two days. City oillee 117 South 10th street, Lin. coin, Neb. DR. McCREW IS THK OM11 SPECIALIST WBO TSCATS AU. Private Diseases WMkawi saa IWSt ml MEN ONLY 80 Var Eiparlanoa. 1U Vaara In Omaha. bok Krna, I'tuimilta. 14th and rartaat Bts. ). H. Trenholm. A. Vanciu' New 2d Hand Store 330 V Btrwt, north of rostofHe. New goods etchftiigad for old, Illgbtet eaab prlee paid for all kinds at Hlovre and r arniturt Give us a Trial Trenholm & Vancil w ' ' m KSivr TOCHtsr GAB LIMS ' Waaklf I'srsuaallf Caaa4 vUtaraia la rstUMa, Ure, f ! tUata Muata, On l'brury 17, 4 ever Teiredoi tkansaltar at k Hllnaa tuttrkil Iwtwre, is ekartie ol tar o unrtlsi etiaJaatora, are euhaduled til fcve tb enht (or 'trSad vie. Waver. tdvilK Mftit Uael1t;,lkiW w4 the Utmuu Marl U paaainii Ikruea the iraad et aweary t4 Ike !.. aj kiisej eattfeJ kiiare in at lalt lie Hit la In iai a Ike t4J eik e4 letareat tker, Itiritet, ttvkaM m4 (ltd lahtrejMk ttti May 1st tthtftiaasl ! H. A M. din4 a eity Isfkel eurae d (i m4 10U Uresis. tlsot tt, UnsssLi, Uf.al'.i TCSXISM TAKIV ti mm ran WmISivMNiikI' ritVm la tt tdrerikMrf if ii jj t ft 3m ! -rf'' ar w ;i