Sept. 8, 1898
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
TUB WEALTH MAKERS UNCOUt
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F THE WINNING TICKET,
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For Governor
WILLIAM A. POINTER ol Boom.
Lieutenant Governor
K. A.CJILIlKRTof Tork.
Secretary of State
WILLIAM F. I'OKTER ol Merrick.
Aadltor ol publlo Account
JOHN F. CORNELL ol Richardson.
Treasurer
JOHN B. ME8ERVE ol Rd Willow.
Sup, of Publio Instruction
WILLIAM R. JACKSON of Holt.
Land Commissioner
JACOB B. WOLFE of UnciuUr.
Attorney General
CONSTANTINE J. BMTTB of DourIm.
Lot populist remember that the
object aimed at in the conversion ol re
publican to populist principle. Thl
canfedouby proving tbut th ujll-
oation of those principle wiwflt com
mon humanity. There are plenty ol
proofs to be found In Nebraska, history
the poet eight year. Present thorn to
your republican friends,
jiu 1 1 i r i i
T)i WiHCoriHin democrat by a rota ol
830 to 21)0 In tbolratalo convention r
fused to lot the populist join with them
In naming a state ticket. The action ol
the democrat In tat where they are
In the majority contrast trongly with
the consideration shown them by the
populist In other tate. The trouble
with the democratic inula cast of the
Mississippi is that be has too much bl
chloride ol gold In his system.
Remember that the following day
are set apart for the currency oonren-
tion at Omaha:
Gold day, Tuesday, September 13.
SHrer day, Wednesday, September 14
Paper any, Thursday, September 15
Go on all three of tbera if you cun,
but go anybow oa paper money day
prepared to take part in the general
discussion and to see that the friends
of gorernmcnt paper currency hare a
1 full liearlng.
Paul Shallcnbergcr, a York county
boy, died of starvation while sick on a
, hospital ship ea route for New York,
j His father who holds a prominent po
! sitioo with the IS. & M. thus described
' the cause ol his death:
"Paul died on his road home from
Cuba, a victim of cruelty to our own
i soldiers that would disgrnc Weyler,
Hick with typhoid (ever lor two weeks
with bncou aud hurd-tuck his only
! food!"
l The Chicago It word's correspondent
who visited the ship on which Paul died
sent hi pniier a description ol affairs
on board the vessel when she arrived in
port as follows:
'The traueport Yucatan arrived from
Santiago yesterday wi"h th7tV regular
infantry on board and you ol them were
111 when toe trtd. rvvu men were
starred to death on the pnsng and
three more In I he harbor here Iwlore
they could be landed, leeaue the ship
It'll Santiago without proir food or
supplies for the sii'k or anything ls but
lb regular ar nv rations, "mi nor,
sow Mly and shingles," as lbs soldiers
call lbs corn sailei! hh k ami bnM
tai k, wbU'b. Ik sk'k r unable to vat.'
These latetlMBl do hut coins Irom
pur tout a sonrtvs, l hir are lbs pit-tun
ol a rosdnlou ol
Ibiiig that ar too
Iras to be aVk4
tad demand tut est t
gatloa.
The point wa le by lrolhr Hardy in
kWroluttiu Ho k lk rvfc-rt to
lhaitUI eate U :o4 use w I
km wuk-r ai plU'aHua Ikaa thai gtta
It ft UrMtbsff llatdy, Tke are tw
4ul vaplertsg Ike att Sitwl
eftl Ostksef leti rpuM .'.,
M iwwttie tke M'Wiwa btl t tk
waste araijeMiMis4 pv
grsive wUUlaH a4 Ike shI i
trMt, tke etrsti.s avr iwaks
atiake lr Tkti' IW Is swtkf
wai-lkal is lu amtt paHt t
k lee t4 Ikeai la Iks Ute s
ate kbei are l4itha
Ikat wtfk ! M tia4 la a i wl
U. at Uni sll itf, lleeoMsk i4
lkw t Ikses il U l:tt
I all mI k4laal Mil wlalee
Tke iH.i.alwt a tlfgM wtt
loiaiHa M Iks Mie ate f t li W
a.ad tt!MltkM4 mki tkf gssid
tke ssaalMf bt sW ttk iWw
wtaUit sdvf rpM 'i-aiMite
.kcisttl Usrttaia Ike aoa.larti te bee
rvw eiiniatUa lr'l,
TIIK CINCINNATI MEETING.
In the uews columns olthls issue ap
pears a report of the middle-of-tbe road
populist convention at Cincinnati which
has nominated Wliurton Uarker for pres
ident and Ignatius Donnelly for rice,
president.
The significant leature ol the conven
tion Is the withdrawal ol one-hall it
members who were opposed to making
any nominations at the present time.
Someofthesa men who withdrew are
among the most radical anti-fusion pop
ulists in the nation. They will never
again join in supporting a democratic
ticket, but they simply don't propose to
go into the campaign ol 1000 until the
campaign ol 1000 is hero. They are
populists and will stay by the populist
purty , They cannot oe leu into the
democratic or the republican camp, but
will stay by the populist ling so long as
(hat over populist principles. The
suki'ISNDBNT believes that this is the
nmtlment ol the great mass of populists
east and west, north and south. They
will not lew vo the party built up at so
much sacrifice and cost until they find It
no longer stands lor the principle they
old dear. They are going to do all
they can to advance those principles
locally and await tbo action of the
lonnl peoples pnrty convention In IJiOO
before changing their present political
affiliation or altering their present
course,
For the few people whs met and named
a national ticket at Cincinnati there Is
this to be said: A number of them are
earnest, honest and sincere inert, veter
ans In the peoples party cause, J- or the
present they have chosen to act without
the counsel and association of the great
body ol populists just us honest, earnest
and sincere as they. No good cun come
from abuse or denunciation of them
They are not the people purty and cun
not act for It. They undoubtedly do
represent (in part) the spirit of dissatl.
faction in the people party over the
treatment ol the party in the national
campaign of 1800 and its troutment by
the democratic party In a number of
states since. They have taken a foolish
and Impotent way to manifest that dls.
satisfaction. The future of tht populist
movement is in the hands of its mem
bers. If they love It principles und its
organization they can advance the one
and preserve the other. lint to do so
they must be calm not rash in action,
considerate, not abusive in luriguug
fraternal not factional in spirit.
WOKItlKD AHOirr I'OKTKIt
The republican machine i sadly wor
ried Just now about Secretary ol State
'orter's odlce. A the official report
of the work of secretary of state' office
for the past two years go out over the
state contrasted with that ol preceding
republican administration people want
to know about it. They can't under
stand why Porter should have collected
and paid In over 20,000 during bis 18
months while his predecessor only paid
in fl.OOO in two years. Republicans
pi'uially get mad aud write In to heud
quarters asking it it is all a blank popo
crutic lie and why the great Joebnrt.ley
they dou't deuy it Instead ol letting the
pops humbug the roters. One such com
munication comes to the Lincoln State
Journal from a prominent republican in
the western part of the state which
makes rich reading. Here it is:
Hayes Center, Neb., Auk. .10. To the
editor KtateJ ournal: I tlud the follow
nit surprising statement in aWorld-
llerald editorial of yesterday. II this i
trueatiotaer ex-state official should le
keeping company with . lo Hartley. If
it is not true it should be correctly la
belled as a lie, and tb author olsuch
stories roMrly branded so that future
eiueuutious ol this kind would bu known
by the ear-marks. Truly yours,
M. J. AllllOTT.
Then follows the (ol'owing clipping
from the World-Herald, giving some ol
tli tacts about the seert tary of state's
dtllce:
V. F. Porter wi tit dirw-tlv from a Ne-
tirimkn farm to the olliee of fr'eretarv ol
tie fur Nebraska, aud the records show
that the people made no mistake w lieu
they elm tl Mr, Porter to that ottUx,
Tim Uncollected lathe secretary ol
state's olliee and paid into the slate
tn-aurr during the two rr ol ai3
and l(d, under the reoublhan adutiU'
Mirstiou, ainountiHl to il,U7T.lil
The m eollteted in the em istary of
twv's ltte and pab intothM slate
tiYHMiry ilanng lli Br.i i,inti-u
months ol Mr. rorter adui aUlratto i
ouoiutl to J,VU t.
Is olhfr word U'Hieg a rioi td
(Mhtma utoalh Mr, Potior paid into
lbs slate troaatirv oa aocount ol h
t,imi is istsiinuis f i v.n'ii, i tnr
ihvtu was psid ia b kU rpubliea pre
i.tMf dun; the satire ! )ewr ol
I an and h'J".
The liU J.mrssl wabbles Ikrvaak
soar a etilama tryia tu 111 k it U.
U I Ike ( si id Ms sal-bU U simply Ibis
Ikat Ike lee' 1 1 as stid-lke m r
tsry t4 it" wrtu li4 y ia r
;otHMhs Kt latatk asdoslt
U.off Hike rU. tsu , but
titr4il t ! lVtt s4 Ike h oa
tkatftti'MasN Not bit ol It. lies
! da tut U stkk 1 -vr4
Ike ra la Ike sriar)'s .!.
Iksllkwstkwe twake lletst eorpora
I utss aa M b ' Ikaa it kily
d.4 ! as4 4, N. l N
kr.ke, IkaMW in) , is.
I ! I'e1 11,'h a iufeopxftts
lis ttiwi asi W wkit nsvKr Ik
id 1 1 II wo)4 k ot Iksai uly
tl&. Tkalks altlkmttf la il-lks
B..1 ... J.il.1.. .1. I 1 1 . .1
... ' . ..
IMM.tas i im ..p ' l
vebl.
Ik ttpUaatioa ll t wJis la sy
is a (till richer piece of humor than the
letter of Inquiry. The facts, well known
to most of our readers, are that the new
law relating to corporation fees wa
drawn in the secretary of state oiIIm'.
That Htcretary Porter himself took one
copy of the bill to Senator Farrell and
another to Representative Sheldon that
It might be introduced in both senate
and bouse at once. That the bill was
vigorously pushed through both bouses,
being advanced in both houses out of its
regular order oud that under it the cor
porations that make use ol the laws of
the state to do business pny the expen
se of the secretary of state' office in
stead of the people paying them by tax-
utleu.
I'OI't I 1ST KKKOHMS,
The Omaha Reo sny this week:
How lucky the populist state officials
have not fullllled all the reform pledges
they made when they were before the
people two years ngo or tney woukj noi
be able to promise any reform now.
It Is true that there are yet more pop
ulist reform to be accomplished In this
stale. Let us admit that, mutisms
reason why we need another populist
legslat ure nnd the election of the popu
list state ticket. Let ns now consider a
few populist reforms, legislative nnd ex
ecutive, accomplished ill the past eight
years, Here are only a few;
The Investment ol the permanent
school fund.
The Iree school text book law.
The stock yards law.
The treasury depository law which has
secured the people of the state thou
sands of dollar In interest on public
money,
The mutual Insurance law.
The corporation fee law under wnlch
over f 20,000 has been collected from
corporations the past 18 moths.
The school laud law which puts nearly
2,000,000 acres of school land bt.yond
possibility of being squandered by future
state officer.
The deficiency judgment act which
top the process ol piling up judgment
against a man after taking his property,
A reduction In state expenditure of
nearly $100,000.
A reduction of state debt ol over
1700,000.
The prompt payment Into the state
treasury of foes belonging there.
Bringing the penitentiary to a self-
upportiug basis.
The rigorous prosecution of public
criminals.
Improved management of state school
funds aud lands.
Raising the value of railroad corpora
tion proiierty in tlestate,orer 1700,000
This makes only sixteen items olre-
form in a list which might easily be ex
tended to sixty important Improve
ments In legislation and public affair
made by the populist party since Iti or
sauization in the state ol Nebraska,
That there are still more of them to ac
complied is no disgrace and no impeach
ment of the populists.
Now will the editor of the Omaha Ilea
take the witness stand lor a few mo
ments while the Indki'Kndknt asks him
the following questions:
1, Is it not a fact that the anti-mo.
nopoly and other reforms agitated by
your piiMtr for the past twenty years
have depended, sinix the organization
ol the peoples party in this state, almost
entirely upon populist votes aud the
populist organization for their advance
ment?
2. Is it not a (act that the majority
of republican legislators and republican
state ofllcials iu the past ten year
have beeu opposed to said reforms?
!l. Ij it not a (act that nearly all the
active anti-monopoly leaders In the re
publican party ol Nebrnxkn have btn
turned down by the party maibiuery
during the past twelve years?
4. Is the rHord ol the republican
party in this state the pant twelveyear
or Its oltleers and orgniiinuiou this year
such as to jimtify genuine iiuti-utonopo
lists iu leaving the peoples pnrty aio
joiuiug the republican party at pnwiil?
5, It so, why?
n. U It sut a l o t that in such re-
lorms as tsisial savings bauks, uiuiilcl
pal ownership ol m.uop'lie and rvt'i
lion ol gover uiiieat per ni.iney-liilb
rto advocated by lbs li e III Mpb
party is lhir Imw( Irmn I among the po
litic.! orguu itl mis of loday?
7. Ult not a liti t that iml ol Ik
rslorms iu admiaiatrattoa l slat af
faire 4vamle4 by Ike Pw ia time pas
ar in biMg varra-4 out by popnnu'
a. I it sot a Url Ikal rpubluu
wttvN ia oitlc kavs Hud la retry ihh
ottl?
U, iirssiis l tkslsna be ttulkfyll
l4 la t r W ol iu4iMtl psll
a4 wf the popalisl parly It kat a Ul
tkal ti-vre v4 kgislalioa aa4 Isttsie
tralHM la Ik peoples laisrsai ka !
Mr4 Ikrtoigk ikal tMraautUa la
lkel(k tr Ikaa lkruuk tke
tviHtUx aa ois kia Ik W
lo Mlal?
Sti rptt ka U tw 4 by Ik
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isaa ktaaiiiwwa ia jer risiy
wkttkrf k k a tHfk rHHs4
if
kil wktlksf k tkisk ky r
bsk II.
I llUasladf la ! a tb.t lttiklf
. itr Uf
aa.,,lw.wili, Ik ..s
, A w H taa ! Imh. U)wftHy
twiay i huut,
TIIK KKI'CIILICAN CAMPAIGN;
The plan of the republican: cam-!
palgn In Nebraska n originally plaur
ed ha received a aevere Jolt.
At the time the convention met at
wa expected to carry on a "war cam
paign" and make the shedding of
Kpunlsh blood the remission, of sine
for the ipubllcan. party. So the re
publican state plalfonn wa beaded
for war. Since tlien the war lia end-
d and tiie Tnlsmaruigement that has
accompanied It I ao plula that a
war cumpalgu" la simply a tfumpalga
f explanation and opvjlogy.
Then It wa Intended to make the
enmpuign one of attactf upon the
state bonnl of traaajKrtatUm for fail-
ng to secure reduction of rate, but
the railroad themselves control the
n new council of the republican; par
ty atul they promptly vetoed that
proposition In audi an emphatic man
ner a to entirely disconcert t'houe
who proposed It.
Then came the letter of Judge Ben
linker exposing the fact that the rnil
roud bod dictated the nomination of
Hayward. It was like a bombshell
from a 13-lndi gun in the republican
eadquarter. Chairman Sdinelder
took the first Elkliorn train for Fre
moiit, where lie went out Into a eugar
IsH-t patch on the bank of the Plutfe
and swore In. good old-fashioned1 Platt-
deiitsch at Hen lieker, John M. Thur-
toii and the wliole punclii until un-
down.
Then came the revelation from the
back flic of the Omaha Dee and Kear
ney Hub establishing Ben Baker'
srlateiiienit that lfsyw rd was the cor-
iNratbm candidate and even P. O.
1 fed I und threw up both band and ex.
Ie lined that they ought to have
known better than to let Rosewater
l:k Into the republican party.
Then another anag was struck in
raising cumjxilgn funds. There are
about a dozen prominent republican
like R. E. Moore, John h. Webster, G.
M. Lamb!rtson, A. E. Cody and John
C. Cowln, who would like to go to the
United State senate If the republi
can get the legislature. The plan
wu t asses them $2,000 to $3,000
apiece for their osplratlom, hut the
first one struck balked hard ia the
harness and the fund lugs,
So at present the republican, state
campaign at state headquarter lanr
giiibe nnd trembles reM-U'ssIy oa It
'ouch of txiln. Unless speedy com
munication is establish with Mark
llutinu and the associated bankers, it
Is lifeless
A KKI'dlLIUAN KNUOKSKMKNT.
One ol Nebraska's leading citizens and
manager of one of our large institutions,
wrote to auditor Cornell, under date of
August "Oth as follows:
'I desire fsirsonully to compliment
you on the success you have mad of the
auditor' department and the grutifying
showing as given from the record of
your office. Certainly such faithful ac
counting of your stewardship entitle
you to the favorable consideration of all
well Informed und honestly disposed
voters, I take pleasure in assuring you
that I shall personally vote for you and
do till 1 can to secure your re-election. I
nm a republican on general principles,
but could not stand Tom Majors und
later the gold platform. I believe I
have the honor of beiug the only man iu
a similar position who espoused the free
silver cause in 100 and did what lie
could for its success. The secretary of
state, auditor of public accounts nnd
the state trenxiirer have made excellent
records and are certainly entitled to re
election."
"Money Chart" proves that when all
mouey, gold, silver aud paper, is made a
legal tender to pay nil debts Iu the Unit
ed Stntes, and all money is made re-
deeuiuhlu iii government dues only, all
our money will be held firmly at a parity,
and nil control over the quantity of Its
circulation will pass from the tniili-
Amerii'rtii oligarchy to the people of this
country, and th twople will pns Iroiu
bondage to Irto-ibuu nnd newr before.
Aud wlo a the m ople are outs ma le Irre
and Isks coutrol of tSs quantity ol their
tiiouoy circulation they ran tilth per
capita circulation at a iy amount I hey
ill, tlfly dollar -r cupila mors or
hm, a Ihey Ww. And having control
tt lh.ir luoaey niruUtiioi, ol rourw
Ihry will bavs control osr all prbfs,
pulling wheal at fJ r buii il lhy
wth snd otlo't lhiiiH4 ia pro4rlioa.
Oa '5 I il f I giM lb ey uiol bod
olfl lieg I hi ahmilau rontrol uvr
Ikstptaaliiv ol n-jr lu nrvuUilo.
O pttf' I H so I I IU are giva eikl
rt!e wkwfvby II MI4.V ImmIvMhI4 wk
h nouy virvaUiiiia Is slH sl a4
drs il is ol. i iISr suk U',
pVKtxal, liatktal, as4 eoinprvksusiv
bNk oa lk satqrl kss r l-a lur
kkkl la Ik popl a "V..s.f I bst I."
lSittUl tlat kw4HarltfM at lb
l.k.j kowlii bf l.4l . A
tf kvf rNHNia4' I Mm
J 4. 41 l (Mad kit pmkf 4
lata ifiaaltiy 4 liistslur Ms
hn, t karaot tUitl I 'V'! k e
) aiuwisia vtf Jf la Ik wik.
WsUry TkMptf y k e.
(h. U. to Ml d oi l llm .tin ir
lkiwwi a4 Ikal riU
ld wi Iks itst Is l.u a Utw
llo oa tke pari ol Ik f lr la Ikat
lklls wvwrlt U lka at
awtkw4tolk Haiasi 14 year
Ikat tki kat ! U Ik l.
The Nebraska state university be
gin anotlher year' work next week.
It is a great school end becoming
greater every year. It ia not an in
stitution for literary dude and rich
men's sone. Most of it student ere
hardworking, eelf-denying young men
and women. The Institution itself
has made a great advance In the paat
few year in providing the mean of
securing a genuine working education
for young people who expect to earn
tbelr living with their lane!. Atten
tion i called to a erie of article on
another page which set forth some of
the work being done at the university
along thi line
Current Reform Topics.
UY T. II. Tllint,KS.
When a railroad superintendent was
asked why the roads persisted In the
continuance of the free pass system, be
answered that "free passes returned very
good dividends."
For year before the failure of the
wheat crop in India nnd other countries
nu ounce of silver und a bushel of wheat
in the Liverpool tnirket were always
equal, Since those countries begun to
recover from their wheat mtnine, silver
and wheat have begun to approach the
same price apoln. Upon that subject
the republican press have 01 late no re
marks to make.
Last year wheat brought a dollar a
bushel In Chicago. The republican news
pnfiers declared that it was tbo result of
McKiulcy's election. McKlnley is si III
e'eded aud wheat bus gone down to
about sixty cents, Will some republican
editor please inform us of the wherefore
ot this thing I
Plant life is the source of all animal
life and limits population, manufactur
ing and every industry of mankind.
Upon the production of the furms de
pends governments, armies, navies
school, churches, art, literature, the
very existence of the race. The man who
follows the plow is the Atlus upon whose
shoulder rest everything else. A on
his profession all other profession de
pend, he should ut least nave equal con
Hidoration. Poyuter is a farmer,
Tim Sedgwick is claiming that Attor
ney-General Smyth is a republican. He
aay that Rurtley wa sent to the peui-
tentlury by republicans.
There were an even dozen of cotton
mills shut down last weok. Wonder if
the working men who were turned out to
graes remember anything about the
saying of a certain gentleman who pro
claimed that he was going to open the
mills instead of the mint.
The Investor in bragging about the
prosperity ol Kansas says that the
banks are lull ol money which the bank
ers cannot loan. If any evidence were
wanted to prove that there was no sueh
thing as prosperity in Kansas, the luct
that the bank were full of money that
could not be loaned would be all that
was needed to prove it. When business
prospect are so bad that no man dare
venture into any commercial enterprise,
then money begin to pile up iu the
banks. It is sometimes said that no
man can make a gold standard argu
ment without contradicting himself be
fore be gets through, but lutely it seems
tbut they are unable to write a single
sentence without doing it. Knuks full of
money that can t Im louned a sign of
prosperity I Oh I get out. Yon make a
sensible man weary.
The sang froid with which a republi
can convention will tinse a platform
upon an absolute falsehood is enough
to make Satan jealous. About alt the
republican conventions that have met
lately have resolved that they wore In
favor of "maintaining the present gold
standard," and then referring to the
mild standard ns the standard of the
"most civilued nations or ns tsang the
standard of Kunqie. Now the facts are
that there is but one gold standard na
tion in the world, that ol (treat llritain.
A gold standard nation is one in which
uothing but gold is u legal tender. Such
a nation mar have a subsidary currency
of ppr, silver, eopjwr or anything els,
but it muni be redeemable 011 demand iu
gold. Now there is no such nation on
the face of the globe afide Iroiu Ureal
llrilain and she hardly tills the bill.
Tnks n look at them Hint se how
much gold standard therein in the world
nivonliiig tiiotllcial reports of ourcon
ills. There 1 itumila. She ha 110 gold
mouey in circulation at all, but nlie has
timet long over ',mI,(HMI,ihmi ol pair
ruble redeemable III llver snd not re
deemable iii gold al all, 1 her- is not
vry much gold standard In llmoua,
Franc ka $Jimi.immi,imio(i .ilver Irsiic
and $ I jii.iMio.isio ol paper franc in nr
ciiUtioii, all a (all leg it I lender, No gold
standard lhr, Spaia has neither gold
or ilx-r in cliruUnon but about f Jo.V
INHI.IMIIt ol KOVvrUHHHit l4Uk wr, No
H.,11 .uiol tra thsrw, tlmiu ha i.,.
isHi.issiul silver aud .il.iiiio.omi
ilr an l so gold ia rir. nUiion ut
.r p-r i rluobi4i la itlor iltr
of old. Ni gold laudard lhr. Urr
ttiauy h t"i ixhIimM ol .lUvr is rir
iuuiioad I Iihi.ikhi.ihmi ,, Mtr,
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whole contention ol toe republican party
is based upon a lie. All that the money
power baa been able to accomplish is to
in a measure stop the creation of more
money. They have stopped the free
coinage of silver. No nntion on earth
dare to establish the gold standard. To
resolve about "present gold standard"
is to resolve about a myth. If the gold
standard were established in any civil
ized country, it would produce a condi
tion betide which the puuio of '03 Would
be a blessing to mankind.
Kvery authority in the medical world
ogree that typhoid lever is a preventa
ble disease, With that fact staring the
people Iu the face aud typhoid raging in
every camp In the United Stntes, bow
are the autu Titles at Washington toes
cape responsibility lor the hundreds of
death Irom that disease wherever the
volunteers hure been camped Corpora
tions may be able to ruu a government
after a fashion, but they cun't run an
army at all.
Kverv roung man who enlisted bad a
moral right to protection from typhoid
disease germs as much a right as pro
tection against the Interjection ol any
other poison into his food. If through
Ignorance or carelessness any oiner lorm
of poison had been distributed through
the camps there would huve been no
thought of excusing anybody on any
grounds whatever. A political inedicul
corps, whose chief glory wus to wear a
uniform and sirups, has been a very
costly piece of business for the people of
. . t 1 ! . .1 1 .. a . ..
Ill UUlliCU piui.es.
It Is the constant prophesy of tbo re
publican press that "one year of good
crops will mnkeun end of populism."
Those chaps seem to forget that it was
in an era of the very best crops that the
populist party wus organized and
achieved its first great success. Duriug
the years 1HH7, 'HH and 'HO when the
foundation of the party was being laid
In the organization of the Farmer's
Alliance, Nebraska had the best crop
she ever had. Jt wus not the shortage
ol crops that spurred the industrial
classes to organize a new party. In the
years IS'Jl and 180 we had the very
best of crops, but the populist purty
mudo an astonishing growth during
those year. The year 18'Jtt and 1807
were yeur of good crops and higher
print's, on account ol failures in other
parts of the world, but the populist
party continued to grow to such an ex
tent that it Mwepttbe state almost clean.
The farmer look at the question of
crop after the following fashion. Under
the present money system, when a large
crop is raised prices fail to such a low
point that it don't pay the cost of rais
ing. When the crop fail und prices are
higher, they have uothing to sell. Ttiey
believe that the level of prices all around
should be raised und they believe that a
higher level of prices would result from
an Increase in the volume of money. Of
course a mullet headed republican editor,
who does not know what value is, can
not undrstand this thing at all.
The Bee says that in the last two
years "there bus been an enormous in
crease in national wealth," The nssess
ment rolls irom the states, tell a different
tale. According to them the wealth of
Iowa shrunk 110,000,000 during the
lust year alone. The official return
from other states are of like charucter.
In the city of Lincoln more tliun twice as
much wealth was lost by Hre last year
than was replaced by new buildings und
the repair of old ones. When we see new
houses and barns going up on the farms
nnd new buildings being erected in the
cities, then we may suy that wealth is
increasing. Not very much of that sort
of thing is seen these days.
The sugar beet fellows are circulating
groat yarns these duys. Iu one of the
document nent out they say that: "It
has been Ion nd by experience that one
mail and team cun take care of nnd cul
tivate on an average, ten acres of sugar
beets." We would like to see the fellow
who did that "on an average." He
must have been able to crawl on his
knees pullingjweeds, more miles in a day
than any Uussiuu that the Oxnurds
ever imported.
The organization of a million dollar
trust a few years ngo created universal
coiiMterimtion. I.at week a two hun
dred million dollar trust was organized
aud very little was said ubout it. This
trust is to control and tlx the price of
iron and steel for nil of the siople of the
United Stntes. The John Sherman anti
trust Ittw is still on the statute books
and the purty 111 power makes no effort
to enforce or nmeud it. It will not be
long until everything inaiiulact tired iu
this enuutrv will lie, both 111 amount of
production and the price charged, wi.
tirely under the coutrol ol organized
eapltnl. In that day all lie n will I the
erf of rnpital Nothing stsud ltween
llm p'oiile wud such a duutntrous con
dition but the amph party. With
ucli su outlook nhvad, will any man
taller? Should w not go ul in tki
raiiipaiitu and work with n sudsu
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