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THE WINNING TICKET,
for Governor
WILLIAM A. POINTER of Doom.
LIo tenant Governor
E. A.GILUERTof York.
8crtary of fltat
, WILLIAM P. PORTER of Morrlok.
Auditor of Publlo Account
JOHN V. CORNELL of Klcbardwn.
Treasurer
JOUK II. MESERYE of Rod Willow,
lust, of Publlo Instruction
WILLIAM R. JACKBONofHoit.
Land Coilonr
JACOB B. WpLFK of Laacastar.
Attorney 0nral ',
CONITANT1NE J. BMTTfl of DooftlM,
FOR CGNGHKH8.
First Matrlct
James Mnnoban of Lincoln.
Bt'cottd IMstrlct
Gilbert M. Hitchcock of Omalio.
Third Ulntrlrt
John 8. Uobinoon of Modloon,
Fourth. District
VV. L. Htark of Aurora.
Fifth District
It. I). Hiitbcrlnnd of Nelson.
Sixth District
W. L. Green of Kearney.
LANCASTKIt COUNTY TICKET.
For District Judge (to fllf vacancy.)
Bamuel J, Tuttle of Lincoln,
for Hint Hcnator
J. II. Hurley, Llmwdn.
J. J. Htcln, Biiltillo.
For ltenrcsentatlves
A, J. Hheldon, Lincoln.
J J. II. Curyea, YVsverly. 1
K.'HIsler, Lincoln.
L. M. Wente, Lincoln. 1
W. C. I'hlpna, Havelock.
For County Commissioner
vVm. Hchroeder, Lincoln.
It la a cam of figure vi. Froth. The
populist bave tba figure.
Wheat la worth 80 cent a bushsl In
Canter county, Tula fact eiplaln Id
part why the republican campaign ba
been low In starting. All the speeches
and campaign document bad to be
hlped back to Washington and a new
lot ordered.
Populist art' making on of the
);undest campaign on record in Texaa
Its year. Their ralliee are attended by
nibusands, and the old democratic ma
rine la badly shaken. The populist of
iebroska send thorn their warmest
wishes for a rousing victory In Novem
ber. Vermont hold Ita state election last
week. The republican vote full off over
10,000 while the democratic vote In
creased 1,000. There waa apparently
no populist ticket In the field. The dura
ocraU have elected 41 member ol th
lower bouse double what they had two
years ago. These results are discount
ing to the republicans and show that
the "war wave" la not carrying things
their way over the country.
A regiment ol Michigan aoldk
many of them sick was due to arrive In
Uetrolt lust week. The liverymen ol the
ity promptly offered the Ires use ol
their carriages to translor thsslck num.
ill the back men mads the same offer,
Only 12 private carriages wre offered
iu reopuiuM to appeal through the eity
vrr. Whia Uovrraor lieges was
nlormed be remarksd: "I.letea to that,
rherearea? nulUousina in this city.
tad oaly It pmet rarriagH iinVred,"
The repablHtaa managvr are building
high hop ol iUWallsg rWastors
s4 Mall, wko have twa rssomiaated
a their senatorial dlstrkt. Tbsr ant
too keUus and reoaal eoetr-
la Ik fas tJbvlhoa wWhlk
rvaaUsMias 4i4 koj tsts rssitlt. It Is
narltaMa siauawst la say that la
k wstWt at WgWIslioa la Us m.pls
stevmts rVto MU 4 ialvf
IW1 e la the atat task dsHsg Ike
wwitMi 4 lev!, lWy euaaUet ia
J a. Me la dlaKaaJ alait
teriaUj til ta Ue Te sa
U aisU a4 ta ae)ir rvfts
u Us sSk. wttheat rsrl ta the ps-
nttwl evaii'itkiva l U aioxe, wOl
Wr vatl aw tt ( t. Hue tvlre
ttUa ltl asd Uik sessional 4tlf tela
at tiise4 ilil beta aha taa
adstlake ta Waa erbd ia ttus
Juwt they kadbsttee try raVitMta.
WaatHk that tthaet U
fa4 dalaa4 tkntNUj agese la aay.
i lag last the! aaat k
shD ule sad k Kmt Ike U' later
ealstNey aulnsd IWal ae4kUMbah
a ilk ttvaiMN ssatua,
AllOLLAU ABtBHEL.
The joke that raiiwd the roof at the re
publican state convention lost year was
that in which one of the speakers said
wheat and silvor bad at last got to-gother-both
were worth a dollar a
buHhol.
The market quotations for wheat,
both cosh and future, will be an inter
esting study lor those who would not
listen lust year to the suKgwttion that
the famine In India and crop failure In
Kurope was responsible for the price of
wheat. Here are the quotations for
1800 and WW;
FUTClflCH.
1800 1898
kntrttut f5 07
Hptombr B7Jf 03 J-
DHcemlwr,.... 7
1800 1B
No. 2 spring M
No. 8 spring 6.1054 013,
No. 2 rod.... OOJf'OOOX 6
The prl of wheat Is Just about back
whore it was In the summer of 1800. It
Is still gradually declining, If Mr, Mo
Klulov raised the price by "restoring
oonfldimoa" and "openiug the mills"
there Is urgent need that he restore
some more confidence and open some
more mills. All who heard that master
piece of loglo and oratory congress
man Towns' speech last year before the
populist state convention will recall bis
discussion of the price of wheat and Its
future as an almost exact prophocy of
what has since taken place.
TKUTII A lOt'T TUICATMBMT or
SOLDI KKS,
The Omaha Doe and Lincoln State
Journal are making strenuous effort to
make it annear that the accounts of mis
treatment of our soldiers in hospital
and camp are Inspired by partisan
malino.
flra.ii fluff thev wore so inspired the
n lies t ion the oeople of this nation want
answered Is this: What are the facts?
Is It a fact that at Chickamauga park
soldier were compelled to drink bad
water when the mountain 01 tnat ro-
o-lon are full of pur atroama? I it a
fact that aoldier In the hospital at
Chickamauga Park and eisewbore wore
neglected?
la It a fact that camp wore located in
unhealthy loculltloe when healthy one
war available?
Ia It a fact that after the battle of
Santiago there were no surgical and hos
pital supplies available?
Is It a fact that sick soldiers from San
tiago were crowded on board trans
port and brought to New York with
out food?
These are only a few Question the peo
ple want answered. There Is no "parti
san malice" In the question. It lithe
the fact that are sought.
No on auDDoae that rresldent Mo-
Klnlev or an v of bis administration de
sired to have sick aoldiera atarved or
aound onea mistreated. It la also true
that some hardship and some suffering
are Inseparable from war, But in the
midst of mending all these million In
buying ahipa, In coal contract, in trans
nortat on contracts, in bond deals tb
American people want to know If there
wasn t money enough to get good pro
vImIods. ctood water, sood camps and
good care for the enlisted soldiers. There
was food enouah and medicine enough
and hospital stores enough forthe men
and ships enough to carry thorn. 1 here
was an overflowing treasury to buy these
things with. Why was not the money
used to gut these things to the soldlersT
Those are not partisan questions.
STARK' HKNTIMKNTn.
In a siwech made In congress April, 10,
1808, Congressman Stark offered his
view on the advisability of voting a
1400,000,000 bond bill when there waa
over f ',100,000,000 cash on band la the
national treasury. Hald be:
"When the relative standard of the
two nations Is ooneuiered. it will be seen
that (t is unwise to inenr unwarranted
extwrntliturt or make nHiles preparo-
lion for a straggle which may not be
grvslly prolouged. It Is an evlileooeol
wenkttM, not strength, lor us to ex
hibit uuilue haste or williugiiMia tnmort
gri our patrimony. What farmer
kaviniiaa illurssla bis family would
miaauivr it rrasousble to rreata a large
InUrvst brarlug oVbt so long as pbjrtw
t'in, drutf gut and merchant wra glad
tutileod to hint credit oa open ae
count? VYiu!! heaot prtlir tu meet
luihilitMi as tby mm in, ta rushlag
hMtltiug Ui lolly au4 rata by eaortgag-
ISg hl hOMMWtrSAt'
Tba tai kaoitds et hiMii nWr ko
wuatd "tak eilhf rusi or flat" gtMf
rapay, aenrdis t tba aeigkburhtMHt,
ha geaat ally b-m rgar44 as a juke,
lt tU I'uk rpH We hava roe
th eitatrary, Tkey kav aaJbrlka
la lerk bulk rusad and Bat at Iks
sauta tta as4 ia th saata erbiHit, At
tUt ttfis"St. Ut wk thf
a4pt4 by aa aMat aaaatmaaa vale
apUttk'tsa with tk Iwllowtag lask
ta H;
We eJra as I aii)s4 the adaiia
latrtHa 4 'rl t M KiaWy , 4 tks
iHtlit p eblf p4VtnJ as4 av4a4
t alas.
lftJin4ik 4 lk astkia at aal
U- ! U tke tt a4 aw
hni4 iNtisag it aditt at Ike tats. t
11 ta I
It 1 ba waHiiWf4 that Karl
llaaaa ka4 W'mmi ta a Wtlef ta
Vtak rapatlwaaa a akt Haa aga wara-
kg tkMi kt la Amn the gJ4 eUa4
r4 Ta IktMp whit am r44ata lor
MmsJ wf Uto ikkt waa amy
awtsat tkraat, Ta tkvaeaha rraa
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
didates for local office It wan Impossible.
Therefore, in the general spiru 01 mu
tual compromise that marks all parties
in their decadence, it seems to have been
agreed to have one pluuk lauding the
president's gold standard policy and an
other one endorsing the Bryan platform
of 10 to 1, unlimited, without consent
of any nation on earth. This highly
satisfactory settlement of the whole
business was agreed to with a whoop.
The Indepjcndknt fuggets that J udge
Norris and other republican candidal s
in doubtful Nebraska dlntrlcts adopt it
in their cainpulgu-for Instance, make a
declaration that, whereas, etc., It is
necessary to be In line with the ad minis,
tratlon, we are for the gold standard
and more bonds at Washington, yet,
nevertheless, whorene, the people of Ne
braska are not yet converted to that
belief, therefore, we are in this stato for
silver coinage of dollars with sliver
enough in them to muk every feather In
the eagle's tall point toward a certifi
cate of election, etc.
It Is usually oxpected of a state paper
of any party that It will uniformly com
mond the party' course and approve
what It ha done. The Inmsi-kndkkt
desires to exorcise a little wider latitude
of judgment and expression than that of
merely endorsing the action of popnllst
conventions and populist officer. It
mention the fact now so that there may
be a full understanding between it and
its fifty thousand renders. No one pa
par, and no one set of men, Is big enough
to run the populist movement. It I the
aim of this paper to fully present all
shade of opinibn In the movement
through it correspondence and press
clippings departments, Ueslde that, to
have an opinion of ita own to express.
The life of the populist movement I this
freedom of expression.
It Is to be hoped there Is do troth In
the report from Manila tbat war la
about to be precipitated between the
American soldiers there and the 1'hlll
pine insurgent. Nebraska ba thir
teen hundred of her Hon In that far-off
land. They were not sent there to fight
a people etruggllng for freedom. If a
ingle boy of the First Nebraska I killed
in such a war we can promise the author
ities at Washington an investigation by
the state of Nebraska herself that will
not wait on tn untieing of tape in either
the war or state department.
JOHN SHERMAN ALSO.
Old! John Sdiennuin of OMo la cut
of office wow and not afrnhl in apcoJt
Sills rotal. The followtog Ictiter wua
writtern by Mtn to a mewl who aewt
hfon a cldpiAnff from ftw Ohio State
Journal critdcWng him for Ida ouib-
opokein aiMacke upon mhe muieremen
tf tlhe war aturli HJie trcoitmonitt of tilie
Ohio votoinltcere:
lVw1WI.1t rwrfrtn, .T). C. Sent. 1. 1898.
My IHmr Mr: Your kdiwl note of Wie
6th In, la received. I am not M
twrll by tne ortlidwnv of the Ohio
KtaUs Journul. It la imlsitekeni fin tlhe
faixum rf rnv Murmwlt, interest for cur
pullrtTit solkliiera tut and after the battle
ot rWuitiago.
"Nor 1m H inie tflittt I am Influenced
Kv flivnnnnl Mil wSlorm I have TCOt
wnn) ftw inany inonti. Nor littve I
lienml from hi in.
"The treatment of our eoidrucra wna
lmirJh, and cru-l and tJliia wna ennsed
by grosa ncgWit and deloy of officers
or line wnr iTipwnniu
"I Oire Willi will not occur again.
Very truly yours.
ATKVBHTOItV OF Til K TIME.
There was a boy once upon a time
born in Nebraska. He was born on the
edge of a corn Held, whore the corn and
the prairie met, in a little sod bouse
plastered Inside with white cotton sheet
ing, and with Its one room divided into
two by folding doors of the same ma-
toriul. He waa sorry to ba born, and
cried about It, as mauy another Nebras
ka baby ha done More aud since. Tb
ind rulld among the corn loavea to
still ths baby's crying and his father
came In front the corn plow at noon,
clothed ia brown overalls, and carried
the baby up and down In bis great sun
burnt arms while the little mother pre.
pared the dinner with hr own bands
and placed It upon the plus table, 1 hey
wera very happy living all by tbsmswlves
la the little sod house where the great
sna ol pralri graaarollml Itswavmall
day long about them as though it would
aawllow up their little Ulead horns.
And the baby's crUa wr hoh4 evsry
day ia its big euaburat lather' arm be-
lore kwt out to the eura M4 and
the brvakisg plow ahiU iheilttk Mothf
wirk4 ia the bllta UUsd bom and
aatik4 tkrontk lie si ogle aiaduw tk
kur vara a lky weal ap and do
all dsy k thrvtugh the bitig wava ol
l-rwirt graaa as4 tk rtllag aora
Wav.
Tk ptallle aWe biirrustKl it ia tk
wal'ltkstt4 ka as4 tka rattle
stkburrww4 all the U as4 ua
riMiosally at Ikrusgti fsto tk flir
akr Ike baby rit aa k grt wl4r,
hat tkat karw4 ta baby a
4al4tk btila atwtkstauf kiadr4
the big aasbsrat klfcn trs gsg la
au4 ba tkmsgk tk raslDag ava Warn
4 Ik tall w allot graM.
a I'm baby gr ta be a Uy asd
aiwr4 attk UhImI ia tkspatSa tkat
had b a fttade Untsgk tba tail raitb
rs aa4 kye4 la tk akade vl tk
tr-giiHg yag lts tkat rgroa
lag all arva4 tka ao4 kae tkat new
bad a '' fraste adJuioa Is trat, IW
1
playmatea the boy had the grasshop
pers and the ground squirrels aud Old
Shop, the family dog, and the calf that
was picketed to a short rope near the
edge of the cornfield and the groat waves
that rolled across where the prairie grass
used to grow, but whore now grew a
wheat field, and the sky and the clouds
and the quail that ran along the waves
of rustling corn. The bov thought tbat
the whole world was one great pralrio
with cornfields and waving gross and a
clear skgond freedom everywhere, lie
thought so becausotbat waa the. world
he lived In and he bad never visited any
other worlds.
There cumo a titno very shortly for
him to start on a visit to other ones.
It came one April morning when the
little mother fastened a new straw hat
to his waist by a cord and started him
with a little tin pail in bis band across
the sea of prairie grass and wheat fields
toward another little sod island a mile
awoy, The straw bat sailed afely over
the sea and found lu the llttlo Island at
tbo end of the voyage a fairy In a ging
ham apron and a white collar, The
fairy had a wand and with the wand
sho pushed ajar the gateway to the
other worlds. There was the world of
words, such a lot of people livod In It
and you bad to know them all by their
faces the moment you mot them, There
was th world of number which waa
very hard exacting world to visit in
everything bud to bo so straight and
prim and precise, And there was the
world of history. Host of ull tb boy
liked that. In it was General Washing
ton crossing the Delaware and Napoleon
upon the Alp and Nelson breaking
through tb French line and Taul lie.
vere riding away through tb night to
Concord and General Grant at the W II
domes and over It all a balo, Many an
bour did the boy steal away from tb
other world to live In tbla one. Many a
time did he storm tb height of Quebec
with Wolf or charge down Lundy'i lane
with Kcott. War and patriotism! Lib
erty and martial gloryl Now and for
ver on and Inseparable.
So thinking and living and dreaming
tue boy grew to be a youth. Tb clear
Nebraska sky and tb pure Nebraska
air and tb homely Nebraska corn bread
and milk bad done their part. He waa
straight and sturdy and atrong a on
of the tall tree that threw their shadow
about the spot where once stood the
Utile od bouse aud the struggling
young saplings. II was strong and
sturdy and straight a they because like
tbem he bad grown up and out of Ne
braska Holland the root of his being
struck down deep therein. The big sun
burnt fatbr and tb little quiet mother
and the fairy with tb wand and white
collar bad dona their part. II was
truthful and generou and loving be
cause be bad grown up in an atmos
phere of kindness and love and truth.
Hi heart throbbed with sympathy for
the oppressed and suffering everywhere
and tba blood beat against hi brain fn
hot Indignation at the story of cruelty
or selfishness or wrong. His soul Iqnged
for the opportunity to throw Itself into
the conflict for freedom and human
rights. Alas! there was no such oppor
tunity. The nation was droning along
like a lazy plow boy following the corn
plow on a July afternoon. There was
no bugle call to the field of glory and
patriotism. There was likely to be none
There was no field for valor except the
corn field and there was no weapons for
daring save the hoe and the pitchfork.
Across the brown prairie land there
came one winter time a far-off cry of
distress, so far-off it seemed to be from
a distant planet. The prairie laud hoard
the cry and wished that planets were
nearer to one another or that some geu
lus had solved tb problem ol crossing
lu -stellar space. Ths cry came nearer
and blended with it the cry ol one .Ns
braska woman' voice. Then it wo
ilent again, but the prairie luud wok
up. It wasn't so lar to neighboring
planet af all.
Aud then there cam a new sound. It
was the sound ol a bugle! At lostl Not
lar off now, but near at band. It ram
orer!the bills on morning la corn plant
lug tlms and blew so shrill ia the boy'
ar that It startled him. "Liberty and
glory war and patriotism" it crll.
Liberty ad glory war and patriot
ism "tk old song that bad slumbered
so long la the boy's bosom, Alt-r that
thsrewaaao tnualeln th bis. third's
sett! chatter or lb patter uf April
rata oa tk uVnd rra stalks. "1.11 rty
and glory war and peiriotWui" at
every turning la ths 1)44. Ths lsiin
an tk M4 Ik ant dy,but thssua
burat lalhr wa bblu4 tbsia. Tk by
a at Ike rsrralting nV. tpM4
ths tiatutaatUia. II held tip M kaa4
aa4 leok Ik oelr ta support lkee
stittiae4 ilT kt Mwr)..r m vr.
lit was istr4 ia, "l.iUrty aa4
gUry-ara4 patrlotUut" rang ta kta
aura ka Ik drill rgal lMk kiss
wat la a f )4a4 just bk klat as4 kaw4
tkwt ap aa4 daa a nMy a.14,
a4 k)l4 aa4 rht atHtat la4 tkat
and at tk Ikrasgh tk atas! ol
are at a raltiisg p.aa4 at btth
lr4 IktataVfr la Ike vwatpasy -isaadef
aha elai rtgkled 4 vlan
MW4 Usm as4 4- l'4 tk.w a slir
etWktr aa4 akat lba ap ata bk a
U.ly' Is aa neatly sl tkw ta4Jy
s4 berethhw tatamp.
Tk bay s.bMl,NK thai lkt ail
prwtiaiisary ta tk lry a4 hhHy eu4
p.trHlii thai Uy bie4, II ne4
wi prhMisas as4 aire allisi as4
fi;iwi'iH!
heart burnings over comnissions and
soft places. He bad none of tbem. He
rejoiced to stand guard in the rain and
sweep the company streets and dig slop
holes and do disagreeable duty. It was
part of the discipline ol the soldier. It
was preparation for the great work
further beyoud. "War and patriotism
liberty and glory one and Insepara
ble" was the watchword that answered
every challenge of doubt or distrust or
suspicion on the picket line ol bis heart.
So then the marching and counter
niurching having been done, and the
commissions all made out, and the griefs
all aired and the political pulls all packed
away for future use, and the agents for
all the different transportation linos
awarded contracts, and the orders corne
from Washington, the regiment movod.
The big sunburnt father and the little
quiet mother had come down to witness
the event and with them a descendant
In apostolic succession of the fairy with
the wand and while collur. And tears
glisteuodjn tbo eyes of all three like tbo
raindrops on ths prairie grass as the
boy's company marched down to the
train and waved its handkerchiefs and
campaign bats from the windows until
the windows disappeared in a cloud of
dust.
The glistening toar disappeared, but
the cloud of dust staid. All day and
all night and another day they traveled
with it, through a maze of villages and
farms and forest and waving flug and
gaily dressed girls and cako and pie and
sandwiches, "Liberty and glory war
and patriotism" suroly the path to
them was pleasant
The camp at lust, A medley of mules
and ambulances and equipage and tents,
Thousands upon thousands of men and
mile upon miles of tented streets. An
other thousand of men and another
mile of street. There wa brush to chop
and ground to clear and tents to put up
and drain to dig. The soft clay was
very different from the sandy loam of
Nebraska. The hot southern rain full in
torrents and tb hotter southern sun
came out and cooked the decaying vegc
tation until a th boy remarked tbey
bad "steam soup" every day for dinner.
"Liberty and glory war and patriot
ism" the boy kept Raying evoryday to
bimsell a be tramped through the mud
or atood guard rainy night and watched
tb ghost of Miasma rise from the cess
pool and mouldering foliage about bim.
On thing the boy began to notice
now tbat be was a thousand mile from
bom tbat be had never thought of be
fore tbat wa th difference between an
officer and a private. Ho bad never sup
posed there wa any particular differ
once before no more difference than
there waa between the precinct assessor
and the men who elected him to asses
Now be wa suddenly mad conscious in
direca intrusive way tbat there waa a
very great dlgerence one that he waa
constantly reminded of for fear be would
forget it. It waa not tbat the regiment
wa turned oat on parade in the rain for
th mere gratification of headquarter.
It waa not tbat tbey had better food
there than In the company mess. The
boy cared for neither of these things. It
was despotism and class distinction
The boy was bora into the world of free
dom and fraternity. He had enlisted to
fight in their cause. He was willing to
obey orders, to endure hardships, but he
wa not prepared to pay homage to
anyone by Almighty God. And some-
bow, percolating from division head
quarter all the way down to the tent
at the bead of the company street wa
the idea of worship of shoulder straps,
The hot days of summer grew hotter
and sickness stalked into the camp. The
water was unfit to drink. The seepage
and seweraue of fifty-thousand men
soaked the soil and steamed up beneath
the summer sun. The parudes and grand
reviews went ou although some of the
men wore grown so weak they could not
keep in line, Tb food grew joor in
quality and the hospital weroovr
crowded that the sick were uncared for
la them. Out in the mountains th
water wn clear end the air waa pur.
The boy used to think sometime it aa
strange that th regimsut was not
moved out there. Then he rvtlected
that Uleg only a private h was not ex
lctd to thluk anyway, "Liberty and
glory war and patriotism" h won
dered whether k wa wrviug lor them,
Not being alitl4 la talk be could only
woadrf aud go oa Uiiisg duty aud dig
glug lr cUmwI vaults aud watching
hi company drop aaay until lkr wr
fMU'vly euuugb ol thvui ll la da guard
duly.
lis Ml bk droppJaa nut hlinf, but
riser grit a4 k-arolth hospital krlj
kite p aalil Ik aw rarna first ol ike
(twit vUilarhrs aa4 tke ol psa-x, TbWr
eoreoal aalare tr4 tl atoualisg
rtua4 and Iks tbsmy rub4 ia. "
t4 f i4 t-ku4 ' a!4 tks dorU.r,
a ka was Uk la Ik hospital. Tkts
la ke dvilriust a aw ligkl bmks spun
kieetle4. Il aa aa Ui-r "ear ae4
ptlrWitMia" that k pmuwr4 , ke
Ii-m4 la fr. II iw-4 last war
at la-t I Its Irss kaUrs a dvlruylag
4-poiwiarrMf all thnthk-t stall
aval tl Ik hantaa ksart, Jtatl
kaataa hi as I r(i-e br4vf l
axiflka-, a rtji hmb tl rr llx
4 btbUty ej ikttM4 b iauiga
a4 k lty a4 rt . la kk kt k saw
the grates td ki Hr4 wke 4i4 In
r4 ramp, k a tk all!luM c4
kin? aatt4 la lfaarutiea a
I ratio, la ptirka- ul ki, ta kaW4
bmlar4wt a4 ailk tkthae
Sept, 15, 1898
the home on the prairie where carefu
economy bad ruled eince be was born
He saw tbe district school house whotie
doors were open only four or five nioutha
in the year becaune the money would
keep them open no longer.
He saw all these and know even in his
fever that out of their economy and self.
denial must be puid all the waste aud
extrovogunco of war. No wonder ho
called "peace home mothor" continu
ally with burning lips.
And tbey cumo. The little quiet
mother from the far-off Nebraska home,
who bad not been out 01 tue state since
he was born, was there In tho
hospital at bis sido, with food, and nurs
ing, und love that knew no bounds or
obstacles.
Homo again. Duck from tho hoHpItu!
and fever camp. Hack to God's country
where tbe air is pure and tbe wab r
clear, und the corn leuves rustic and the
bltr. sun-burnt father cun lift bim and
curry bim into tbe house as be used to
carry the buby at tho noon time so
manv years ago. Where tbe fairy with
tbo white cqllur stands waiting with
wlmmiag eyes and outstretched bund.
Hack to llfo, and borne, and hope. And
never more to repeat "liberty and glory
war and patriotism one and insepar
able," but alway o long as life shall
last, "freedom, brotherhood, peace.
HARDY'S COLUMN.
rviminfil W mn lt Inlhrnu Cunal N
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11 ml
1'iisscs rcuitentlary Hltortugt
Treusiiry vaujte bccuniy 01
lUMiiioiti Taxation of Notes
Mortgages Iteform Not Talked
of in the Eustr Dlsurm School
Levy, Sugar Hcets Big Trust
McKlnlcy and Prosperity.
It Is quite evident there has bcc
gross neglect if not crimlinal wrong
connected with tilte Cimiinlseary and
medical departments in our volunteer
army. It is bud enough to be shot at
while defending the right of human
ity, but to be half starved aud half
cured for w'Ihmi sick and wounded In
worse than sto)pliiy bullets, If bug
marches hud been the order there
would have lxten some reason for luck
of supplies, but nothing of the kind.
We expected some sickness in Cube,
but there was no reason for so much
on our own soli.
Now that the Spanish wnr le
through, the next, undertaking should
Imj the completion of the Nlcurag-ua
cttrwd. It incomes a national neces
sity, dividing as It does our national
domain. Then our l'aelflc trade.when
llussla flnisiies her railrowls to the
sou, will be doubled and thribblcd lit
a very few years. National safety de
mands it as a work of self defense.
Then, on top of all, the toll collected
of other nation will puy the Interest
on what it will cost if economically
constructed.
The republican have discovered, aa (
they think, an unheard of thing
among the state ollleera in power.
They ride on pueses. 'i'liat alone is a
sullicient reeMou to kick tliem all out
and put In republicans who never do
such naughty things. For one, we are
in favor of making a law that all state
und county and city officers shall be
entitled ex-oltlcio, to ride an any anil
all railroads in the state free. Then
If any ollleer rides free and charges
the state, couivty or city iuileoge it
shall be sufficient ground for im
peachment. There Is another thing the republi
cans can't understand, that is why It
should be necessary now to draw on
the state appropriation for the sup
Krt of the eiiitcntiury while, before
this, it has been self-supjKH-ting under
fusion management. It is very easy
to explain the cause for this. Jlepub
lieon thieves have filled up the pris
on to that extent made it necessary.
Hut the priwon will iwt be over-crowded
Jong, if the republicans elect their
governor for the pardon will fly live
ly. Joe Hartley will be pardoned the
tlrst crack, you will ,
s
We bojte the next legislature will
jsiss a law requiring all state, county
and city treasurers to keep every dol
lar of public money In the tmisury
until (mid out 011 public debts or
hsuied out n the law require of the
selus.l money. Then there will never
be nint h tiHiney on hnnd. The million
the republicans kept on bund n s
kept In the iutcrent of tlie tivwmirer
rnii'liM to either jsiy t1fltx or
and the sirty leaders, It wotil.l hse
Iw-en miIi out hiul tbe treasurer Ihtii
hold it in the treasury, lii,pt'lliu
of the tresmiry would ket-p iiMtter-,
strsight. Nebrukka hits hmt enough
by the present syentein.
Another law for the further proiet
tloit of the i'iiiiiiimhi (Httple U teiy
much hm-I-I. TIimi U mpiirlug t
lsiik to st-eiire the il, xu,ilor juit
ths bill imlili-r now l M iir-l. 't'lmt
ran le dune by a Mate .iw, W's oult
allow thnu to put up Ute, eiunly or
eity Im.u.U t, sveur tho di,'.
Ihere would ! ihi I'wa for the luW
wmuI'I draw the Intrrtst 011 tlte UomI
Then thfr would nerr a run '
a Iwnk, for th u in a luok,
l-Httk ui, I . gotai ili.ll.tr fr do!!,"
I lr u)i wiiiiittn n, llm l UUi 1
ttu 11 1, 1 urv of llinf ittour;,
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rn la the ti, v' Nrlo.k li,nill i-
t4vl in Ihm ui tl umv hu
lrtn tti ntlier prftj. iw"'
wht iihm th uoi(fi;i nr th f irio
or whrr ths Mnr b, thev sla, I I
li l. hrr. I would in 1 Un
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h sts la the (! fH atM'iil
Ui'H, A v MHttirif
KU I H Sk wfoUs II Urwrs
o,ik of tlrta bv lbs nvruoww
th )! has Ik urns ithotti
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furt uh In Nrlrk tld l l."l f
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