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1'eople Iiid"ndeiit state Rom vcullon,
Lincoln, August 2.
Hilver democrat la tul eon veu lion,
Lincoln, August 2,
Hilver republican stale convention,
Lincoln, August 2.
lb-publican titaU convention. Lincoln,
Aug. 10.
Congressional conventlon--
JVople liidcnmdiit 0th dletrlct,
Jirokcn (Sow, Jul 14.
VoplM lndieiideut 4 tli district, York
July 'il.
Tim dream whbb nation dream come
true, Lowell.
Judge M, T. Klnkald, of O'Neill, who
ba been talked for the republican nomi
nation for governor I too hrawd it bird
lobe caught t HiIm tirrPo. In an Inter
? lew till week b poitlely rufuMwto
unconsidered fa tliat connection.
Tli refusal of tli telegraph nnd Ex
press eompnnie to pay their share of
tn war tai'w provoke such a gold
standard heet tut the Orund Ilund
Knpublican to exclaim that by "thvu
lon of tli Internal reveuue law the tele
graph and Mprcs companies Invlt ho
til legislation against their interest, and
ibtfir Initiation, I likely to be accepted.
Tli y can evade their share of the burden
for time, but it will eventually full witb
added penalty and Interest," and Father
Wll, of Central City Democrat com
mnt upon till exhibition of republican
tenifsr by nayltig:
"Tli eipreatand telegraph companies
will bav to a t another liumln d thou
and dollnr Into IIim Itepublicnn
nnmpnlKO fund I til foil to kmp tliw
I(publiritn orK'in from kirkliiort rthn
truiMw and dnouni:ln( tli pitiful mmtu
tim of tboM corrupt corporation."
Tlientato vvuiu in Alitbaiuu, occur
lit it Monday. TIih proopcct i that thn
rf'Kulnr dwHwrntU! nmjority will b r
turned no inutttr what vot in cunt.
Tb populinl liu lioiifntly carried Ala
abiiitm at ! t on: if not twice hmic
18'JO and huv been cminted out by
dmiiorritic election bnunU. In a few
whilo fouiilicx iIih MipulitN are now
tri)ii( cuoiiKh to NiK'nre mi houeNt count
and it a rexiilt wh have one pupuliNt
ooiiKreMinan from Alabuuia. la the
bluck couulit'N the dciiiocrutic retiiruiiiK
brardhav full mwiiik and I heir poll
book and return nlwajr hIiow every
iicro a votiiiK the ulrainlit ilfiimi'i Ht i'
t'ckt, whxu at a mailer of dirt not one
in Ally Kie t lh I it ill 4. Tli in in the
lie I ii ill hIhIh of (iff 11 1 in in Alabama it
nIiowu iu hundred of pit(H ol
worn testimony. Thn republican lnle
oiitral comiuiltne of Alabama met on
tlm l.'llh of July and in view of thn mIhIh
of nftitir phmmmI the lollowiiiK renolu
tiou unaiiimoiiKly:
Wheretin, thn iilale convention of tlm
republicim pnrt.v on thc7tli tiny ol June,
lH'.IH, pttHncd (hit I0II0MM1K renliiliiii:
Wliereim, I mlcr III etidtiiin coihIiIIoiin
ill thn tutn It in lililito lioiiilniile 11
dial ticket tin it
It. vol veil, Hint thin convention r.roiii.
tneiiiU and ilirrcU llm republlcitu connlv
ctimmitlw In im tlu ir !! pidini'iil
ami fiiriieat i-ftorln to ihiiiiIihUh uml ii
ibirim iinti-ii mix rwiii1 i niiiliilitie lor )u.
tbfiul mid count y ottl r nml lor the
li'tflalitlUM! Imi are plt.l)(ii to Imlieat
ulei llon ainl (iiiiiai it roimlitinioiml
CtillVftltlilll,"
1 linrelore, lii tirdi r lii mrry out lh
irilNHM) llf tllM ,.rKOlH finollllloll Ih it
liiolve.l, pv the . .lil.li. mi tutu f to
rultvn commit Iw tint I i.e Hiomiiniii) nml
uru Hie r I'Ul'ln ii ol inlntma lo toiv
lor and uiimii Dim populul tnl lU ket
tieaditl bv ti, It Iw mm lor tiovi rnor.
Nuw, whrM any Irpublii tta In NiIuh.h
U'glli to J.r x en 11 m thn lb tiou ml in
Nnbraoka h iki I with ttm pop lor
lb r'l-m.loii ol llmaUla fi butn
thta rvolnliim nt liimiaa pnilv 111 AU
bnuot udr km aiMiid ak to in almi
i think ol It. Tlir iioaprl lcl In
i'hw Ml that lha Mimlil pfl in ll.a
out ft a la thn b4 hot lb ft K I lor
boneal l tloM Nil I K'Miil ovriiliilil
feltd ten lioiin. it pnrllv In but It mv
liuui bai U H; (oiuv.l to help thia iu
th hihi4 ok,
tltl. 4ttM tltl MUt
1bt k Atlorit)IWaral MmttH
ba brtiua-kt tollua im tha bund el Wat.
I bngbt, lofmr repubbraa iui-riHlid-
id lb blind ImIHwU at Ntbraka
t il;, and bt txiadanM-a Iu rHiivr lb
urn ot I l,imM& iiiy nnUiti4 bow
lb ti nr (rum idei at Ibat IMt
tut lua. 1 b lioadKi ar Jnhl'.Wt.
n, J, II, M atdlaw and II. II, Albright.
Tb tUlall id H.rigbt' Mlint, a
found by thfl IcKlnlatira lnMtlKtlii
comiTiltbie, navnalreadr been publlnbed
In thi paper. They how a nhamcful
andhcandiloutaof affair during
fibrillin' admlninlration. Aiiioiik them
ar Much Itefnn 11 :
1. Carrvlnir the nam of I-ena
Truendnll aa Matron on thn pay roll and
f..iiiiiii.nilir filitnlniiiir money which
Lbrlitht lilmwll kept.
i. Auditlii and pnyliiK for clothing
bill Iwlce.
It. I'iivIiii fraudulent drtia bill for
medicitien furniMhad prominent republl
can fa in II leu In Nebriml'a ('ily.
4. Itcceivliijf money from blind pupil
which wa fraudulently converted lo hi
own iie.
&, Converting W of money
derived from thn Meah fund" and pay
iuK fh am u attorney fee lo Jud
M. ,. Hnvward a counnel In hi own
law unit.
It wil) be remembered that Jude Hay
w trd nt prenent ikjIIiik county atlorney
of Otoe county , refund to proweutn
Elrif1it whn thn latter wn urreled.
Tha trial of thl en1 will develop
Mlate of fact that ouulit to be known
over the lnt.
UOVf-HMMKIvr I'UINII fll;INKM,
J'arin, Krunc, i rather an old an'!
well known city. U ha been doing bu.
iuea lor h nun thoiinaud year or no und
ha tha reoutatlon of bein thn bent
kept city Iu the world. Thn city ha not
only been doing buNiuen for a thoiiMund
year, but ha been doing a banking bu
iuc for about fifty year. A real genu-
I lie banking buaine, receiving deponit
and mukiiig loun. The loan ar made
to tha poon-Mt clan of J'ariinu eitlxcn
thowi who formerly were comelled to
niNort to tha pawn broker and pay
from 10 to 25 per cent a month for
money, Tim city tarbid It bauk to
relieve JuMt mi' li dlNlre and haa made it
UI!lINMful,
Of coura It wa a Ncandaloti thing
for acity likn i'aritoio loto ucb a
damnabla populltio and aocial
Ittic craw a loaning money to
br own peopla when avaryona with
good common aena know that rui h
enterprise enn only l carried on by
pawn broker and curbton hark, but
tha peopla of I'uri being only frog
atrand auarchiNlby nature couldn't
ltlectnd Ut pay any attention to tha
gold t an durd prwta of America which
bo repeatedly proven that uch a
Mcheme I a bowling lunacy invented by
a few alfilla-wlilnknred pop on the coy
ote. covered plaiu of Nebrnnka und
Kana during tha big dry opell of lH'.Hh
I'eopla who don't believe it (and them
arw probably o,uite a number reading
nothing but republican paper who are
In that ufate) can find out all about It
iu it book on "Municipal (iovernmant In
Euro" written by lr. Albert Khaw,
one of lb editor of th H'lvlow of lie-
view.
Act ually the frog-eating French are
not contented with dinregardiug all
principle of Hound government for tha
pant fifty year in the bunking buninen.
They are now about to ctitfiiK'i In tha
government Innurnnca bunliuiiiM. Among
tiierennoii that urgn them to thin wild
populinlic lolly in tint following tat
meiit of luniirniicn a now conducted iu
thn city of I'urin:
Thn iiiiieleeii princifial iimili aiice com
panien (d I'arin received, during IH'.II),
premium of IOI,.'tn, l,'0 Iraucn, which,
M'ith rcceiptit from oilier nourcna, made
a total Income of 10!l.77I.U7:i frnncn.
Fire lonnen were ,ut lit,. 'III.'!, ttMl franca,
which, together with other eieiniM,
made a totnl of H l.'.'Ml.H.'.H frnncn, or
."i,iiHO,:i."i(l, Finler the cin'iiiiintnncea it
in coiiHidered that llm prenetit inuraiic
preiiiiiimn are ciorbitiinl. Ifthninutil-
ciialitv hud tlie ciinduct of thn buniui-nn,
the J l,H'J7,'.''2l frnncn npenl for roiiimm-
Mionn would bn uuiiecennury, Aetuill Urn
lonnen nml cletlcnl ftpnnnea woul'l llinn
Im hut onii-hiilf of thn retufpt, and If
the miiinclpitllty conducted the bumuenn
nil limit nil cvii In leVenUM, llmurillice
rale coiil, I lie cut In half,
In other word III French nnipln
have dincovcred that llm city of
1'iirin cmild do il own llinur-
anee at half Hie prtee I hey now pur to
corpiiialiiiii and they am nuclt loot
fiey mint In dn II.
MH HU MtN IS I'lil lilt a
The ) oniig men Ittfht the balllen, in
wnr ami 111 politic. 'I hey dm comiiirf
tn thn Iruiit tn nil vin'aliiHi and demand
rii'omiiiioii In llm I'uiiiinu i itiiipaitfii in
tin uncertain tonea, Thn old wliml
hoi. who hav ahaped Ihn p iliclea and
caiiipitiana id tlm populiat 11 ml ailver
pnrlir In Hi pnat lioit hi'oa'nun Ihla
Im I itiitt Mr t accordingly. if limy would
cum ilie ni.porl id lliHriiiiM aiitratiou
1 h rvpublli au party luina inuch wia-
dolil III dfalillri With Ihn tnuttil Volrr.
tin 1 cordially Wflioiii.., iu Ho ir pnni
nrienii. coueiitioua, bia Hnma apwar
la lb lint td dieittn, hn la t uDonratf v.
ti I' Hit lb pulitn -l club and Im nun td
I lie 111, and th rmult i that Im Utumn
Idratitlvd wild lb pitriy In lorn uder
inndiii or inrinn lur tha piim ipl II
ad !' 1 .
Ilubrrtii nidr a I ynuaii umn niadn
H atvdji td piitllifal t .uniuiy, and tllf
I titi 1 1441 atttliaiHia ba dii tnit ilit
at iw-d by aanoantiuia, lb "'Id khmi
rrata patty b Un roaapUunu Iu
tttM .p.il. Nul tiiiiiib hioura
itiaat altna t tb )nui uWr, II
ba attaiMiM w primary ba ItiWratvJ
bit hot pitMHnlnrlr iHiuan and bl
aattt Ml nt th ltbgatina tit iaak
pUoa lot lb uld Hhwn, ttiauy td about
kottld aut an In tN touvvatiiib altar
lb wvrarb'Maa. 1b am jwlay ba
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
Iwin carried uti and very law of th
younger dnmonrat wera avwr bouomd
or Mattered by awing their name In the
lint of oongrnnnlonal rat delegate
I'ractically no afort wn made to form
or maintain local democratic club or to
Inculcnto prln siple of government.
Thl hn mad" thn young ineirtirnd
and they oat urully and tnnennlbly drllt
awny from their old democratic moor
ing, omnt)mc to tha republican camp
wher they arn met with open arm nn
th promlne of recognition und advance
meiit, Young republican iu Nebraska
gel even more than their nhara of the
iiomlnntlou iu tha convention. The
young generation Junt entering the po
litical arena take uolaof Iheaacondi
Hon. The populint party und it ullien
InN'ebranka munt work for tha young
men.
It need their Influence, Ithan
taken up their fight for the freedom
of
coming generation I the caunn ol poj
u Urn. If tha republican party ver
again nueceaif iu carrying Nebraska It
will be dun to the effort n mid work of it
younger member. Tlmy i.ir tlm real
campaigner. They maka (h titUm nnd
fiihttha battle. They d') not wmle
their effort trying to turn old tliiiudem
oiral or populint from tluir old lime
faith. Thern I it better way und they
havn found It. Their convert areamong
tha young men, and tha recruiting
office urn itlway omn.
There I a lennon In all thi which
were wine I o heed. IM 11 glva tint boy
a chnnca, They itra th coming voter,
the balance of power, W mut liav
them In thn rank, and to get them them
we m imt bold out ind'icement of pro
motion and reward. No jiarly can liva
In tha pant and hope for nucce In th
fill lira,
Our atitla roiivenlion meet next k,
A campaign la befora 11. Will the
younger mora ambition clement be rec-
ogni,ed and cncourugei to tnk up tha
fight and carry It through to ur and
certain victory, or will thn old timer
ba in control and relcgata tha real work
er to tha mur? Will they numa lh del
euiten and candidate from among
theniKelvea and bora u with long winded
speeches on dead I oe7 If o tha real
worker will luck Inceuliva and lono in
terest whiln tha old timer, having made
their apneche and exploited their own
pet theories, will go home and sit them
down to await the result. And those
who walch thamalhod of ouradver-
Marie can gucs what that result will be,
f A N TH K I.KOI'A HI! I II A Km.
Theeol.or of thn Odiulia lbi I stll
trying to reform tha republican party,
Llk the Arab iluhidmzouk who pray
with hi none pointed toward Mecca, or
the Dog-Hili Indian who turn toward
hi totem, tha Hen beg the bose of th
republican organization to let go their
hold on the party in thn following plain
tive prophecy;
Nebraska republican hnva Hucriflced
iinoiiuh and suffered too much already
by subservient trucklingto the dictation
ol corporate manager who want to
dominate all parties and cure lit tie or
nothing whether thenlatw I governed
bv republicans, democrats, populint or
miarehintn, no long an they taka order
from them mid do their bidding. They
ncem to care tiothiiiK, moreover, whether
the men whom they put Into olllca are
eoiiietiit mid honest or imbecile and
thieves no Ionic a I hey are willing to net
a tlmir tool innlead of an nervanta of
the J mo I ie.
I he republican ol .M lirenna hiiouiu
notify the corporation that they may
exHi!t lair treatment nt their hmidn,
but that the party cannot ami wilt not
mortgiiKo 1 11 1 and it camlidalen soul
and body lo curry lavor with the cor
porations, I tiienn thin in done nml un
less the ticket afford tangible proof of
niiinerily and regeneration, thn parly
will be uuablH to regain lost ground and
retrieve pant minfortuuen.
The only hope thn republican party
ban of being returned lo power Iu Nu
branka in iu making terms with thiicor-
orallonn, livery until lumiliar with Ihn
liinidn operittioim ol politic lii Nebrimku
know thin. ThO only way a republican
iiiiintitfii ciui I mi carried on in Ihin slat
by liln rul line of money. I lo i" urn
diiinlinol repllblicau nil binder who Will
Hot tf'l oil thn stlllllp fur lenn Hi II II f J'l It
lll(ht lllld Cn Uen. There life neon III
workers" lii tlm towns who hnv tn-eti
accustomed to gel from (Mo tMI
Irotit repMblicaii ctiiiiinil lee in cvnry
campaign and who will iml stir for less,
Thetu I llm riioriiHKK i ii,i til great
proeeaaiolis and trailpitrwlii is the
iiinuiy for music, for tore hen, lor conl
oil, lur uuilorms, lor d icoi ulioiis. And
liuui Hum am thn "lrtitira)iHi tntin"
wliich in limn past bav run m l thou
and Iroiit nun tow a to another la swell
rvpuhlii'wa 1 link.
How urn Ibenn I lima to Immured at
cept by imtkilig lei Ills WlHl I be nrporn
Huns? Hi. only WitV l!. r' pub h'WU
party ba lnit ab'n In iirgwii ii and
carry nu a Iron' utniMU IU .Vhrnsk
lm l-ii by hi-'fttl use d iimavf, It
thi-lraiyie ol campaitta, (.! l !
tliuniasiii, tiratorjr, Hi' wuk an I bran
band
I'npuliala bava Inva ionlpli liifarrr
11 u a tai;aiaa d liii'aiioal la IU
wbiHd bousva, nw tha tie t vnrni-r, by
Hi ftrvsiila wilb pHaled mB an 1 1 siii'
pali-1 thfir wink ba Iwh dons,
Ititlibatmly wj a rpmilca iaat
aaiaa raa b raw t wilb mowr, Haw
U Hi a, o, p. In I ttniied? 'hpo
list and Ilinir llw bay tu Ibird id
lb Hiaaly ntttera aad aialatb td lh
in la ufttrsst, ThN la bat a rbabl
tiurtitid bind lor Hn rfpubll"nm win
pallia la Nbrba ad thai ! Ida ror
airiton, Tbt mt and willUa
combina between thn republican parly
and tint corjioration in the cotnlugcatn
paign and every one know it.
Why shouldn't ther be? Tin-re hn
never beet! a time In the pant ten ycurt
when the corporation could not com
maud from three-fourth to all the vote
of republican member of the Nebraska
Ifglnlalure 011 any tet qinmtion, flo
buck over the noiiate and houno Journal
and run d the name. There ha never
been a time when tha corporation did
not control nine tenth of the republican
slate ofliclaln.
Talk about mortgaging the put ty to
corporate interests, l lm mortgugn I
long since foceclosed, Can the leopard
change his spot or the republican party
in Nebraska sever itself from ilssunlcn
aucn? NO CONVENTION
Th9 Middk-of-tbt Koad PopulUt Mut
ing in Mptmbr CaiUd Off,
The populist national con vent Ion
called to misit nt Cincinnati In Keptcm
ber bus lieeu twilled off. The call wn
signed at Omaha by only a part of the
delegated who lire dissatisfied with the
management of ('hairmau Marion liutler,
Tha lurger part of Ihn anti-fusion popu
iisl ut Omaha while not fully sat lulled
with the result of t hutment lug resolved
to stand faithfully by It, Thlni notably
true of the Texas populists who are en
gaged this full in a tremendous struggle
with the old ring democracy which lias
ruled that slate since reconstruction
day. They havn declnrod for an end of
contention In populist ranks ami solid
movement aulnst the enemy.
The result of thi action will be a (fil
tration of interest in the local election
and a stroiir effort to unit the party
solidly for the campaign of 1 000, The
text of the compromlsa. agreement at
Omaha In regani to fusion i 1111 Import
ant document nnd I hurt given iu full
for tha first time:
Omaha, Neb., Jim 10, 1 HUH.
To tha I'halrmaii and Member of the
National (,'o 111 111 it tea of the 1'eople'a
I'arty,
We, the undesigned member of your
Hisicial committee report recommending
tim following resolutions:
Unsolved, I but wn, thn national coin-
mil tee of the people' party, declare that
in national matter no proposition for
fusion or co-oisirution shall be made or
entertained by the national executive
committee or our national chuirmun or
officers.
Kecond. That our national ex-'cuflvn
committee, chairman, or other national
olficern, shall not give any advice In
favor of or ngalnsf fusion or coopera
tion iu stale or local uflair unless
ofllcially requested by thn proper consti
tuted authorities and In en only to tnesn
authorities.
Third, lielieving in the fullest form of
focal self government for our parly we
direct that our national executive com
mittee, national chairman and officer
shall not Interfere in any stale, local, or
ongrenional campaign unless requested
by thn proinT countiluled authorities,
and then only in fuvor of regular popu
lint candidate.
Fourth, That at a national can veu-
ton to be held iu 1!)00ut least one
niou lit before the other two nutional
con van I ion, the deleirate are to be
chosen 011 the bonis of the highest regular
populist vote cunt in 1H',I2 or nlnce then.
Fifth. That we direct the national
chairman and secretary in seudiiig out
referendum vo t to the national com
mittee to present only the explanation
and with comment sufficient only to
give a clear understanding of the motion.
ticorge I', Wanhtiurn, chairman.
.lumen II, Ferrin, Illinois.
.1. F. Anderson, Iowa.
Ell weed I'otueroy, New Jurney,
Wm. I'hillips.
There are ome thoununds of acre of
public land in Hie Hawaiian Inlaudn, nut
by the terms of annexation they are
till subject to Hawaiian laws for entry.
These lawn differ radically from those td
thel'nited Staten. The policy ol the
Hawaiian government ban been to di
vide ll.a laud into different clusses, ac
cording to it denirabilily and to limit
tlm amount which might be acquired by
the hoinenlcit'ler according lo the follow
ing nclnilnle: Eight acren first clan
agricultural land; nixtmiu item nccond
ciims agricultural land, one acre of we!
rice btiid, thirty acre ol Ural clam pa
tonal litlid; nixty acre "f necoud clitnn
piiitnrial laud, forty -live acres of pan
toi ml iigrh iiltiirul land. Every man
taking up hind u obliged helot thw
and ol two yeurs to build a house 011
the laud and tH'cupV It. Hn was also
obliged tn have In cultivation before lb
end ol i .Veara Irolii Hi dale id his
ivrtilW'itte. al leant I" per rent id Ihn
bind which hn had t obi 11 up. I'liei were
hU. 1 criuiu condition lor th planting
aild thn proliM Hon ol lr-v,
'I Im repulillcna si tin coiiiiulllr still
ri Iu to publish Ha report td 1 ainpaign
r'fipl ttud vxinanf ill past twit rnr,
faots aqout health
Il i t tn Wt WU it W Mta
Ham ta Cut N
ry la t'Hl H'!"
Tb lmiruu, d iiiiiUIiii a"hl
bvallb U nilr tnntfln-l, ml U
laatlf lid MH H w l
IWl t vnil-UH'ili t 4lld,
la ll bHb H' ptttttipiiy
ai4u tvKHi in 1 1 .t 1 ii'i-i. jt t.
sl attwlUllitt t lb aiH, aaiwt
IMtitilr ml Ht wit!' a l'4 tt.
TA't ' Mlitlnl lt id btNiltbt
IktlvbH, t '". Ht b MmM, Wetl-
la b u a rid l vw ll4'
tkmpaHIU lad It .. It U tfe-
liatbbnel 'WHfi. Iltind4 l . b
rtli4 wltl.Uf Ua tll b4ta
twou la tbtr b I liy al ub
HiHHt'i wMrllla, It U ttadd wm
Umllr at.lt. in If moui l,
MtHKl rillauMI-lts.!
911
Brief Skotcbei of Thone Proniinont
ly Mentioned ua Oundidatea bo
foro the PopulUt Convention.
STRONG LIST TO CHOOSE FROM
A Chapter of ConcNo Information
Eega dlng tbe Public Careen
of Candidate.
Jutnrnslliig Nnw for t'onveiilloii Time.
Thw eople Independent slate conven
tion meets next week to nominate a
state ticket. Most Interest center in
the selection ofadejegate for governor,
Nearly every candidal will want to
know the principal facts In the lives id
the different candidates, With this In
view the ImiKI'Knpknt ha secured brief
sketches of a those uromliiciitl.v men
tioned In thi convention und herewith
present them:
Oil. i, II. I'MUOIlY,
)r, J, II, I'eabody, born In Wash
lugton, 1). ; March 7, iH-'b'l. Appointed
pnge In V, H, house of represenlallves
December, JUlO. Herved there until
lHo2durlng the limitation of the money
question of the fifties and the Missouri
compromise, firudnated at the univer
sity of (Jnorgetown, D. (,'., March H,
HW, A clerk In I). H, pension office,
Washington, D. (,'., 1WJ1, lie shouldered
u musket and drilled dally In the corrl
dor ol the offlcu. Wn commissioned
acting assistant surgeon V. H, A. in
April, 1802. Commissioned by Lincoln
brlgud surgeon, 11. H. volunteer Au
gust 1 5, 1 WO.'I. Herved a Milch t.o closa
of the wui. Came to Omaha July, I HI) 4
a medical director of thn depart men t of
the I'latte.
in IHSJi'l becoming dissatisfied with
Clevelandisin lie joined the poiulist
party, and ha earnestly supported It
a a delegate to every populist conven
tion In Douglas county since believ
ing, ns lie does, that it platform of
182more nearly rcpreent the right
and desires of the American people from
Maine to Manila, nnd from Alaska to
tha Antilles, He was nominated for
mayor of Omaha by acclamation by the
populist In IH'Jo, He served with the
army of the I'otomuc from Hull Hun to
Antictitlum; wa with the army of Jen-
uuesen In 180i'l; with thn army of Missouri
in 101 und '", Member of Custer
post (I, A. H. Charter member of Ioyul
legion of Nebraska.
Thn doctor came to Omaha when the
population of the stnta did not rxeced
.'I0,0IMI, and he naturally lake a deep
interests iu It progress. He I the pop
ulist member of thn Omaha fire and po
lice bonrd by appointment of Governor
llolcomb.
MM. NKVIM.K.
Judge William Neville was born on u
farm near Nashville, 111,, December 2D,
lM l,'l, nnd raised nt Chester on the Mis-
Mlnmppi river.
At the nge ol 17, when Hie war liroke
out in 181)1, he engaged an a steamboat
engineer iu the transport service.
Hn wa educated ut Alckcndree, col
lege, and left that Institution to join the
Infantry service, Huleittiie republican
party in I8(i'j because I'resldent (J runt
on March -l defined the policy of the re.
publican party tube to pay the bonds in
gold. He wa elected to thn Illinois
legislature an a democrat In At
Hie close of the session in 1871 he re
moved to Omiiha, and was elected to the
Nebraska legislature as a democrat Iu
Mid. At the close of the session in
1877 he removed lo North I'latte where
ho hus since continued the practice of
law.
In 1881 Im wa uoiiiinuted by Hie
nnti'moiiopolists nml democrats for
congress in the ''Itig Third," but wan
deiealed. I a I Hill Im wan elected judge
of Ihn Twellth Judicial district by the
populists, and served lour venr. In
I Hilt) hn was nominated lor supreme
judge by the populists, einlorei liy Hie
ileuiocrnis, and ehcled by 15,11011 ma
joriiv, but the 't u -1 I it t it ii t I itiiiiuid-
ineiit tiling declared not curried, he
failed to get his m itt. HU7 lie had
Hie Ullillilllious support ol the populist
WHO'LL BE GOVERNOR.
THEY'RE BUYING NOW .
Th prima ti ll thnalnr.y when It koiu to aellin goods, t 0111
bllm It good imt!ily M 1 lb a prli-n whu Ii lanit In I, , Hutu llrt
1 tint Mild toil havn Him mvrol ul ipntk wlea. 1 11 lioike tiin.ii
l"r our im tall Mmk oltrr all ol our i'v mil i leitlort
alial aim. Ml til our 91 'J 1 mid fl .VishiM wtiin at T.V
and UV, 'lhriiar mal bargitiiia. bti.. t.at., p.tturu.
iu pnalia, Unn ml iIiiuiIm... will imtd ami ilrs.raliU ,lut
whal .low waul lor theai hot dat.
Our I ani y I'araiHila ai1 g.iing litl, wlinh i iuh yu,,nt,
Hml uiir tultini kwnw a b.tUniu otl.r !..h W, M- ,
a wad l) le.h, b v. tv .ti.. t.Ug u nl(, (. ,,, !
low at Hi atari, ad bn nl Ilium )i r to ut l,,a.r
tift Hons a to il f, f in la I tuw, mm I II will pay yon
P11M giHi l wttir Imt Ik ,
Jaat hwpatkvil -'ill? lo oIim k ot dra tini. l Hi l.tlwsl
I111..I dmifali' pnltof n, lu l.iitr, bUik, ud fd gi.ois I-, wilt,
il tint y fanv a..ik inij nm u-m mi l lmi ,n ti. .
tmr wiadna di.ptm d ifc good and iu mm, mt
tutu aad i4unan lb q i.thiy. mr Ull f .d ma tsn,n,ri itt
tUllr, iVrvalaa. Huliag. I'finl., Vl.tn,, t hat ml a . i
att llisat. iUmtiaUr tkia la aw tt.nr.ly ,,lk , ,
HI.mU, ha Mtinls, ff) Iklug t Waa wad lraH. Wa at Klw I
In t.i )uit oaf link aw l gvt Wiqtn klovl
W. H. LACEY & SON,
-Thi Nw Siof.H
July 28, 1898
convention for a renominutmn us su
preme judge, but the democrat und the
iree silver republican united upon .1. ,1.
Hiilllvun, ana me tune convention unv-
,.p,.,.,l llmt, turn uloillllt linrriiiwtt,.
fiiHi'n1' ' .,w,..,.,.ii, ,
Judge Neville gracefully submitted, nml
gave the ticket lit loyut support.
i, It. TIIOMl'HON.
Judge John H. Thompson of (Jranl
Inland wa horn in 1'erryvllle, Ohio, i
1850 and I of (lermau and Hcotch Irish
purcntuge, He obtained hi eurly edu
cation In the district school und nfter
wurd, through bis own efforts nt tended
the Fptier Iowa University in 1877. lie
located in northeastern Iowa to prac
tice hi profession but uflerwards re
moved lo tirand Island in 187!) where
he remuined in partnership with hie
brother W. II. until 18',). In politic
he Is a populist.
I'rior to the orgaulxnHoii of the popu
list purty he was nu independent ilcrjo
crut and took an nctivu part in Hie nnii
mouopoly movement in this state in the
cnrly80'. Ilia interests are fully Iden
tified wl'h the people of Nebraska. He
ha always advocated civil and religious
liberty lie never wns u candidate for
office niitil )8i) when he was nomitinteil
and elected, by the popnliMs ns judge of
the Eleventh Judicial district. At that
time he received a larger number ol votes
t han any other one of the four candi
date. Judge Thompson wns rem -minuted by
the populist party in J8!)5 and with Hut
assist uncii of the democrat, nml other
lmlccndeut forces he ngulii received tin
largest vote cast for any of the (our can
didate, lie bus now served nearly
seven year on Hie bench and has the
sis'ct and confidence of the member ot
the bur and people generally,
W, II, Wi;TOVKIt,
Was born Iu Delewuru county Iowa,
on March 11), 18.18, Came to Nebraska
with bis parents who settled near Lin
coln In 1870. Attended high school and
late university at IjIiicoIii until 1870.
Head law for six months iu ofliec of E, E.
jit-own then went to Duller county where
he taught school and continued reading
until he wa admitted to th bar in the
Nprlng of 187W, remained in Duller
county until spring of 1884 when he
moved to Hheridun county and ha re
sided hern practically ever since.
Hi first work in politics wa In organ
izing greenback clulis Iu Duller county
Iu 1877 and 1878. Hewn one ol the
delegate from Nebraska to the I'otueroy
convention ut Chicago in the spring of
1870. Wa the candidate of nnti
monopoly purty for district attorney In
18N3, Wn county atlorney ofHherl
dan county two term, the Inst time
wa elected a the candidate of the peo
ple's independent purty ln18!)2. Wn
elected district judge of the Kith judicial
district In 18!).-). Was married iu De
cember 187!) and hn a family of seven
children.
JOHN O. VEIhMt
Wa bora in Tajettn Co., Kentucky,
October 15, 18110. Came to Ashland
Nebraska, In 1875, The next year
moved to lied ( loud where he remained
until 188'J when be located nt Omaha.
It is Maid that he wa the youngest can
dldute ever admitted to practice law Iu
any court of record in the United Kfntes,
being seventeen year old. Mr. Ycincr
won married February 5, 188!), to Min
Del lie JSkeeii, of Heil Cloud, They hnve
one child, a son. In 18!)0 Mr, Yetser
was candidate for the lower house of the
Nebraska legislature on the (union ticket
in Dougla county. Hi opponent wn
given thw certificate of eleiition but a 11
n ult of a contest Mr. Yeiser was de
clared elected and to)k hi seat. He
was the author of the initiative and ref
erendum bill which became a law and an
uctive worker upon the floor foruntl
monopoly measures.
Northeast Nebraska has a candidate
for lieutenant governor in the person ot
J. M. Curry, of Thurston county, who i
a silver republican mid a strong worker
iu that, purl of thn stufi.
A Win. V. Allen club hitn been organ
ised in Osceola, Folk county with large
memliershlp. Ily the time the returns
come iu next November you will Hunk
the state hn become one unanimous
Wm. V. Allen club,
K, I. K ten r 1 11 11 lo liiitlaiiaioll. Iml,
IS. 10 tor Ituiiml Trip
For above iniMion the Clklmru line
(Norlliwenlnru) will null tickets August
I U, ytl and '.' I at f 111 for the round
trip. Extreme limit Kepii mlier 'joih.
(id other particular at cil y olll v7
81111th Itlth street.
1217 0 ST., LINCOLN, NUH,