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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
Feb. g, 1899
NEBRASKA HOUSE
PROCEEDINGS OF LOWER LEG
ISLATIVE BRANCH
A Ooadaatad Rocnma of the Woak Aa
aaaplUhed Uarlng tbe 1'aat Weck
Aetloa oa Mil Kto.
Tharadar, February l,
In th bouse yesterday forenoon a
petition whs presented nuking for a
law prohibiting the killing of quail cr
any birds except English sparrows,
tto., for five yeara.
A new rule waa adopted that com
mittee report, unless for indefinite
postponement are to go on file with
out debate.
The special committee appointed to
investigate the pontoflice of the bouse
reported a follows;
"That the letter was written by one
member to his own wife but was
through error and good intention di
rected to the wife of another, by some
person connected with the postofllce of j
me nouta ana not uy me writer, nor
the husband of the recipient; that the
lady who received it knew it was not
written by her husband nor to her,
but was intended by some other man
than Iter husband and for the wife of
the writer,
"That this should be a warning to
all the persons who are supposed to be
connected witn in nireeuug 01 una
letter to the wrong person not to do it
again, and is also intended to compli
ment the sound good sense of the lady
who received the letter not intended
for Iter."
The report caused a hearty laugh, !
especially the "warning" portion, Mr,
Kasterllng thought it a Scotch verdict
of "not proven." Report adopted and
committee discharged.
House roll No. 114, by Wilcox, to ex
tend the time when supreme court
commissioners may be appointed to
serve, received only sixty-four votes,
and a call of ti e house waa ordered,
After a hard struggle the necessary
sixty-eight votes to pass the bill with
the emergency clause, were secured,
Judge Bklpton having again defied
the house in failing to produce the
Fillmore county ballots, waa adjudged
in contempt and ordered to be brought
again before the bar of the house.
Fisher of Dawes moved that it be
the sense of the house that Nebraska
representatives in congress be asked
not to vote for aid for exposition,
Made Special order for today.
The luomlxjrs by a majority of two
voted down a resolution asking Wm.
J. Bryan to speak on electing senators
by direct vote,
fries?, February a.
The special in the house at 10 o'clock
yesterday morning waa Swan's resolu
tion calling upon Nebraska congress-1
men to oppose aid for Omaha exposi
tion. It being explained that no ap
propriation was asked for, the resolu
tion was tabled.
A number of bills were reported by
pecial committees.
When the house convened after the
noon recets, tiie sergeant-at-arnts pro
duced F. Bklpton, county judge of Fill
more county. He further announced
that Judge Bklpton had brought the
necessary ballots. On being given an
opportunity to purge himself of con
tempt, Judge Bklpton said the ballots
bad already been turned over to the
committee. On motion of Fisher of
Dawea, he waa declared purged of
. contempt and allowed to go.
The houae then went into commit
tee of the whole with Evans of Adaina
in the chair, and house roll 83, by
Smith of Ballne waa taken up. Itnro
vldes that Insurance companies delay
ing the payment of Just claims be
required to pay 25 per cent Interest
pending settlement. Several were of
the opinion that the supreme oourt
would declare it unconstitutional.
Others contended the bill waa a proper
one. After a very spirited debate as
to its merits and its defects, the bill
waa finally recommended for passage
In the following shape, by removing
from the original bill the word 'penal
ty:' "If a fire insurance company de-
laya the payment of a flust ana lawful
claim due under a contract of insur
ance beyond the time allowed by law
for the settlement thereof, and there
by canae ault to be brought to recover
the amount dne, the insurer shall be
required to pay 35 per cent per aannm
npoa the amount due under aalU con
tract from the time the claim became
due,"
The houae accepted the report of
the committee of the whole without
debate and then adjourned.
Satarrtar, r.braar? 4
The houae panned resolution in the
morning and served to bills in tha af
ternoou yeatrniav with aa energy of
which the member were quite proud,
tjult a little tiiiklnesa was gotten out
of the way thereby and very general
good feeling renulteiL
A bill providing for a survey of a
north and south railroad was killed,
agaliut the Mronf ruUUtioue l
Uepreseutallve Lootuia Mr, lMmUt
In the afternoon fought eaeewUlugly
hard to get the mrtntwra to route 11 1 to
bill pmrmittlng the lev lore of a
efhoul tlUtiltt la setei'l a t.e.'hr
where the board was mi dttdil that
ue meuibvf would Bolstfit the papre
U give the appo.itt l the uther Iwu
members the plat. This Htvaaura
was thought Meontaln Ut tu )
elbtlttlve biu v.owl.1 ke b-l ta
fluent tifM'ti the 101t.lt avhoot ayatam,
la wouiunue of tH whole U the ah
UruiMiu, the hoi kitt.-.l Mil pro it
la lor the l.lrKtwi f auitfl .wf
ea I eH! tote I 1 (Mtttttiiu'Mtt I a
Will for xtt.tK rt4nt fi
Ward of iuihiiii ra U V!
foe a state
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11 V lol M;tUf an t will tovvt tela
not alttif u.u! at 1 1 and
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Monday, Fabraary
In the house lust Saturday, little
business was tracsactert Bido from re
ports of standing committees and work
in committee of the whole.
In committee of the whole House
roll No. 115, by Hturgess to provide for
the protection and registration of union
labels, was considered, and recotn
mended to pans, with amend wonts in
title to more perfectly cover the aub
luct matter.
House roll No. 11, providing for the
repeal of the statute allowing the
clerks of district courts to hold for two
rears unclaimed fees and costs. This
lm waa the subject of considerable
criticism.
Prince of Hall favored summarily
disposing of this and all other "Wheeler
bllla," which, he said, would, if favor
ed, five somebody an excuse to get out
1 another edition of the statutes.
Taylor of Custer thought the bill
ought to pass because people might be
deceived into believing they had the
right to demand the money if the aeo
tlon which had been declared invalid
was kept on the statute books.
Flytin of Douglas said that it might
be true in Custer county that if un
claimed fees were left with the clerk
for two years the money would be
there, but in Douglas county unclaimed
fees left with the clerk for two yeara
were not to be found when demanded,
The bill waa recommended to be in
definitely postponed.
Two other bills were considered, af
ter which the house received tha sen
ate for Joint ballot After the joint
snsnlon, the house adjourned to
JUOB'
day at 11 a. m,
Teesday, February
Tha proceedings in the house
terday were started with a prayer
from the senate chaplain who prayed
for comfort from above to come to tha
hornet bereaved by reason of the losses
at Manila. .
Wheeler of Fern as secured the adap
tion of a motion instructing tha aer
geaalrat-arma to place the flag over tke
house at half mast.
Committee recommendation a were,
listened to, after which an effort waa
mad to stop pages from distributing
advertising matter to the members,
but it was not agreed to.
Essterling of Jluffalo offered the fol
lowing resolution, which was passed
unanimously!
'Itesolved That we tender Nebraska's
brave volunteer boys our congratula
tions for their brilliant achievement
at Manila February 5, and to the par
ents and relatives of the fallen our
heartfelt sympathy. The memory of
the prowess of American arms will
ever be kept green."
House roll No. Ill, by Bturgess, re
quiring tha auditor to annually ascer
tain the amount of sinking funds and
Interest accuring on all bonds regis
tered in his office, and house roll No.
107, a companion bill requiring county
officers paying such registered bonds,
to report the same to the auditor,
passed without opposition. House roll
153, repealing the grasshopper law
passed with only one vote in opposi
tion, uouse roll 351, to esiaimsn
emergency fund to control and sup
press epidemics, such aa the recent
caass of smallpox at Nebraska City and
Omaha, passed with the emergency
clause.
Br unanimous consent Jansen ol
Jefferson was allowed to Introduce a
resolution congratulating the president
of the United Btstes on the actual ter
mination of the war. It was passed.
When the news of the ratification of
the treaty by the United Btatea senate
was announced a little before, it waa
received with cheers and applause.
House roll No. 43, by Grande tall,
amending the adultery law to have it
affect men who donotrtve continuous
ly with married women, but who com
mit an offense but once, waa passed.
House roll No. 65, by Prince, reduc
ing the interest on state warrants
from 5 to 4 per cent per annum, and
providing that no bonda hereafter is
sued by any city, county, township,
ftreoinct or school district, shall bear
n teres t at a rate exceeding 8 par cent
waa unanimously paHsed.
Wedaeadar, February 8.
In the house yesterday very little of
great importance was transacted. In
the morning after reports of standing
committees were listened to a bill to
create a board of examiners In em
balming waa passed, aa was a bill fix
ing the manner in which receivers
shall receive their compensation. The
former bill was similar to one which
had been killed the day before In the
senate.
In the afternoon the houae went
into committee of the whole and con
aidered four bills. After a long die
eusslon a measure to compel railroads
under penalty to fence in their tracks
waa reooinuituded for passage, as waa
a bill requiring the dextruotlon of
weeda along roads by road overseers.
A bill requiring that all mortgages
aud deeds shall be Invalid unless re
corded was postponed. Another bill
reducing the minimum tat upon doga
when may be laid by city cou nolle was
reeomnirndi'd for pssnsce. A resolu
tion getting after the printer for slow
ness In getting bills before the house
was referred U tha prlutlng oommlV
tea.
t'uuatf fairs. -
Onetiill In the senate waa discovered
to be rvady Wednesday for a third
waling. It we senate file N't T, by
kuepper of Seward. It was a4 aa
amettded. The original bill Iped out
the law authorUlug the urgauUtioa
and mslnteiKtnee f eouutr ar. cul
tural sot'trtiis and the holding of
eounty t.u. A ameuded the bill
enaata the i) ueMt of eonnt? all ti
eg rh'tillural s.ho ti.-s pptiauat wliH
the eouniy coiMuiuoi. The bill
psJj bv a vote of I U
, Ntuaior K H'We luUo.Uv. a b 11 Tu
df taut ptot tdiug for tte emaint
(ovation of the ta fair at Uueo:,
1 he bill I s iMiUr t ooe Uitroduevd
last wk Id tb ou a t both. Sf
drafted so as to eowfor t ta the pro
I sisHtus vt the no bsU la roff ite
jthesUle Ut4 t arWllr. Itte
1 prov Uioa I im4 lioefce'e bill re
latlHf ta tee ptMu4ai uatos 01 tae
ItaU fair tsss foUoMti
"the ut fair utl U bt4 a
aaally at v the t wl Hr.la,
ba Laasir swaty, a-Ur the direw
tlo and rvttao tb state Mr4
f artw)trs aM s stale Wr t l
put hi Utt is aa4 buii4Mais ta aereav
awthovta.!, iiMf4 a4 illrvt4
ta aalwl the aw t the sae wltala a
tli m t t MtW tt the prsBeat
suueeaiwl bttiUtag aa4 b pareaaaa
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NEBRASKASENATE
PROCEEDINGS OF UPPER LEG
ISLATIVE BRANCH
A Seeelnct Humiuury of the Doings of e
Week A Mass of Illlia, Basola
tloos, Etc., Acted Upon.
Tharadar, February 9.
A fresh batch of reports from stand
ing committees was received by the
senate yesterday morning. The com
mittee on miscellaneous subjects re
ported on senate file No. 46, by Alex
ander, a bill to amend the trame law
of 1807. The committee recommended
that aection four of the bill bo ati icken
out and that the bill ba passed as
amended. The report waa adopted and
the bill went to the general file.
The aection which the committee
wishes eliminated makes it unlawful
for a railroad company or express com
pany to carry within the state or
tranaport out of the state any of the
game described in the act. The Gond-
ring game law passed two years 1 go
made it unlawful for railroad or ex
press company to carry certain game
within the state or carry it out of the
state, but the penalty clause applied
only to tha offense of carrying game
out of the state. The penalty waa a
fine of 925 for each animal or bird
carried out of the state. Attorney
General Smyth gave it as hia opinion
that the penalty in the old law related
only to the offenee of carrying game
out of the atatr .
The committee on finance ways and
means recommended the passage of
Talbot's bill reducing the Interest
state warrants from 5 to 4 per cent,
The bill was placed on general file.
Bchall of Marnv offered a manlutlnn
declaring that United States eenators
should be elected by popular vote, A
motion to suspend the rules and con
sider the resolution was defeated 19 to
13, An effort by Canaduy of Kearney
to make the resolution a special order
for 10:80 today waa abandoned when
tha point of order waa raised that the
resolution had to lay over one day and
therefore was not yet the property of
the senate,
Friday, February 8.
The senate has fixed upon Monday
at 8 o'clock for the discussion of Bchall a
resolution declaring it to ba the sense
of the aenate that United Btatea aena
tors ba elected by direct vote of the
people.
w u. root, enarroHNinir clerk, has
had the duties of enrolling clerk added
to bis functions and was by the senate
allowed 91 additional pay per diem,
making it 94 a per diem. .
A motion by Talbot that 500 extra
copies of senate file 74, be printed, the
Sroposed new insurance law carried,
enator Talbot explained that the bill
bad enlisted a good deal of interest,
and he thought it wonld be for tha
public interest to have extra copies of
the bill on hand for distribution.
The free hiirh school bill waa con
sidered the second time by the commit
tee or the whole. The bill waa fur
ther correoted and perfected by Rey
nolds of Dawes, who changed the
language of section 4 of the bill to
read as follows:
"The expenses contemplated by this
act shall be paid from the general fund
in each county and the county board
of any county may annually include in
tneir estimate a sufficient tax to meat
the purposes of this act, not to exceed
1 mill on the dollar of assessed valua
tion of said county for the preceding
year, to be levied and collected in tha
manner provided by law for levy and
collection of other taxes,"
With one or two minor changes in
the language the bill was recommend
ed for passage.
Saturday, Vebraary 4.
The senate decided yesterday morn
ing to do a little work for the senate
two yeara hence. It instructed tha
secretary of the senate to stamp with
a stencil all property of the senate
and incorporate in the aenate journal
an Inventory of such property ao that
the next aenate may be enabled to be
gin business without going to the
trouble of taking a new inventory.
Standing committee reports ana bills
on first and second reading occupied
nearly the entire day, with the ex
oeptlon of a half hour spent at ease
while waiting for the time to arrive
ta participate In a joint convention.
Perhap' the most exciting event of
tha day waa a little dUcusslon aa to
whether a man should be allowed to
keen more than one dog. As a result
of this discussion the senate decided
that a man ought to be allowed to
keep aa many doga aa he la able to
ears for, but that iu ettiea and vlllagea
the authorise a shall have a right to
faaa ordlnaucei imposing a tax of not
raa than 91 and not more thau 910 for
each dug. The only chance in the
present law la a reduction of the mini- J
mum tax irom j to 11. a ltu to ere-1
ate a board of examiners of embalm
era without espeuse to tha atate, waa
reeummended tor passage In tha com
mittee of the whole.
Houae roll Na 171. the bill provid
ing for a oue-mill levy for the benefit
01 lite state nniveraiy, was placed vn
general file by the committee on nab
varsities and normal sehoole, with a
nHHiiumra latloii that It 1 pawd,
I'rlnled eopiea of the aniveralty bill
were fcot before the senators. Bete ral
members latutgl la what one trui4
a "roar"' againat the failure of the
house t.t eutupiy with a senate regula
tion eU.n f ir prlte4 ropia at all
UHe Intrudneed in the hm..
The senate rfut4 ta adjourn ever
MMMUt, I kfy a.
The senate itu I to reports at
SpHl iHniiuill. KtturtUy tuorulatf.
I NrW t'-t Vv fttt, ty N'ttator Kee,
telatiMf 1.1 f aardUua au l wards, waa
r4 !. the tHU4 tn ai4 4. It
is a eurativ a.t vattditituf vttos
14 wf vaa,ur )t of tbe tvwks4 Ut
til a
) iNiaste I'e So. l, by neaa.
.alatf tiMMi I at ertWte
, vai'tr It. mw.t statute, waa
f4 It ut.t.e that ut t tea
eao4 la shall ba tHoae bevtaf
at tUaa 3,iih a4 Waa tasa ie.ej
UnaUliaaU. lt4 wl aaor taat a,voj4
ao 4 Uaa hm aa at riwiit
Dwaata a' a tt.Wy aatoe fwaler.
aava4ag smtua n tM eU soil
Hriwt It p'viiua last M the
ap(xvo- f iMvf Vv Uaaoi aay
et writ of veptettn eewad IKat taa
aaaa ah'. I be Uaaaravr4 frwaa aaea
avt ktvat vwat t, as a
property la appraised atleaa than 9200,
bat found by the jury to exceed 9200,
the case must then be transferred to
district court for new trial.
Senate file No. 68, by Senator Talbot,
a curative act, providing for the regis
tration of county bonds by the state
auditor, was adopted.
After the joint session tha aenate
adjourned to Monday at 11 a. m.
Tasaday, February 7,
Chaplain Cressman, in the aenate,
prayed that the blood shed at Manila
might ba heard at Washington in the
interest of humanity And freedom.
Senator Bpohn moved that the flag
be half-masted in respect for Nebraa
ka'a dead. It waa so ordered.
Committee reports were then lis
tened to.
Caaaday of Kearney naked about tha
resolution requesting the secretarlea
of tha board af transportation to as
certain whether railroad rates could
be reduced on coal, lumber, grain and
live atock, under the supreme court
decision in the maximum rate case.
President pro tern Talbot said tha
resolution had been sent to the secre
taries and no doubt they would reply
to the same in a few days.
In the absence of the introducer,
Senator Sohaal, the resolution declar
ing It to ba tha sense of the aeo at
that United States senators be elected
by direct vote of the people, whloh
was a special order for 8 o clock, waa
made a special order for 8 o'clock to
day. Two bills were passed. They were
senate file 00, by Noyes, to limit
amount to be raised by taxation in
sparsely settled school districts; and
U3, by Trout, a curative measure. Son
ate file 00 for an embalming board
failed to pus.
A sharp debate followed a motion
by Currie of Custer to take the name
of Chester A. Jliiker, messenger to the
secretary of state, from the puy roll of
the senate, Mr. Currie explained that
the messenger was not needed. The
motion was agreed to.
Adjourned.
Wednesday, February S.
The fusionists in the state senate at
tacked the Trout ballot bill yesterday.
The measure provides that the name
of a candidate shall not appear upon
the ballot but onco. It makes no other
change in the form of the present bal
lot. J he xuslonlsts have opposed tha
bill because they say it will prevent
fusion. When the bill came up for
passage yesterday Bpohn of Nuckolls,
fusion 1st, moved that the bill be recom
mitted for the purpose of striking out
that part of the bill providing for an
emblem at the head of each party
ticket and also the voting of a straight
ticket by making a cross within a cir
cle under the emblem. The introducer
of the bill finally consented to have
tha bill sent back to the committee of
the whole for the purpose specified and
for the purpose of muking other amend
ments germain to the change pro
posed. The bill is senate file No. 1.
The part relating to tha voting of a
straight ticket by making a cross at
the top of the column is aimply a copy
of the preaent Australian ballot law
and if tha bill is amended in tha man-
trier proposed there will be no change
in the present law except that tha
blanket" voting will ba abolished and
candidates' names will appear upon
the ballot only once. It is generally
understood that Governor Toy nter will
veto the bill for party reasons.
The senate adopted a resolution de
claring it to be the sense of that body
that the United States senators shall
be elected by direct vote of the people.
The resolution came from the fualca
side. The vote was viva voce and waa
very light on both aides. There waa
o call for the yeas and naya ao it is
Impossible to tell how tha senators
voted. The house recently passed a
slmlllar resolution almost unanimous-
senator rrout 01 uage waa opposed
to the resolution in the form in which
it appeared. He thought its passage
would accomplish nothing unless it
was to make some cheap, stage mode
political campaign thunder. Until the
federal constitution Is amended, he
thought, it would be as sensible to pass
a resolution calling for warm weather
In the winter time.
Senate file No. 88, by O'Neill of Holt
amending the law authorising county
jndgea to appoint ludgea and olerka of
election and providing a fee of 85 centa
for each appointment, was conaldered
in committee of the whole and amend
ed until no one knew how it atood.
The bill waa then referred back to tha
ludlclarv committee to find ont how
the bill looked aa patched up.
free high aohool bill came np for
eage, but waa aent back to tha
mlttee oa enrolled and engrossed
for correction.
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THE MAIN QUESTION.
Editor Independent:
. At the end of my communication in
your last issue you ask me to "tell na
how it is that In all the history of the
world, in seasons when pricea are stable
or rising, the distribution of property la
always more general, and in seasona
wbeo prices are falling tbe tendencies are
always to concentrate In a few and still
fewer bands? Wbat is wanted is the
equitable distribution of property,"
You say: "Every trust would disappear
witblo five yeara upon a rising market
Tbe only practical way of killing trusts
U to get control of the volume of money.
It is not competition that makes trusts.
It Is falling prloes."
I take It for granted that you, like al
reformers, Are anxious to discover the
real cause of complaint against present
condltiona under which tbe multitudes
m off or nn told misery in a land of plenty.
Hence 1 ask your careful consideration
of certain facts, If they do not support
your conclusions, I trust you will try to
reach the conclusions which tbe facta
support. Yon are claiming that tbe
money question Is the main question,
and particularly the free coinage of silver
feature of It. This I deny, Hence tbe
issue Is clearly drawn.
At this time I will not present a fall
consideration of the free coinage ques
tion, with your permission I will do so
In the near future, and If I do I will
promise to present some views of it not
yet presented by any free silver advocate
xnd to answer some questions pro
pounded by the goldltes that have not
yt been satisfactorily answered, I will
only say now that had not the mints
been closed to silver In 1S78, there is do
reasonable probability that prices of
commodities In tbe great commercial
nations would now range more than 25
per cent higher than they have boon dur
ing a year past. Were free coinage now
restored here and In Kurope there is no
reasonable probability that pricea
would generally rise more than 25 per
cent.
With yon, I think the evil of falling
prices Is far reaching and tremendous.
Uy It competition constantly becomes
more crushing until tbe little fish are all
eaten op by tbe big ones. Hut a more
crushing influence than falling prices has
ror years been operative in the clvlllzxd
world and Is still operative with Increas
ing power. This crushing influence la
nnrnnizi'd or co-operative capital In the
hands of a few.
You say rising prices will kill trusts.
Yet, according to the New York World,
in lSUSoveroua hundred trusts and
combines were organised In this country
naving a capital 01 f,M,vun,uuu.
These cover almost all lines of trade.
And this in the face of rising prices, (ris
ing prices, Vt me say In parenthesis, due
not to McKinleyism, but to an extra
ordinary foreign demand for onr pro
ducts.) Note these startling facts:
In 1898 profits were made by the big
capitalists as follows: Tbe trusts 9227,
250.000, tbe millionaires 1200,500,000.
Dig industries consisting of railways,
banks, street railways, goa companies
outside ol New York, electric light com
panies, shipping, steel and Iron com-
fimli-s outalda of trusts, flour and Killi
ng industries, total 91.280,000,000,
makiugaarand total of $1,779,760,000.
During this decade from 1880 to 1800,
according to tha census the gain in
wealth la the country waa 40.02 per
cent or 5 per cent a year. On this basis
th galo in 1808 of all, waa 93,250,000,
000 of which the big capitalists gained
55 per cent all others 45 per cent. Tbla
waa accomplished chiefly by means of
combinations of capital for tha purpose
01 limiting production, lessening the cost
of production and distribution, and con
troling prices.
Tbe supply of money had very little
II anything, to do in accomplishing this
result. By this I mean, give capital the
same means and opportunities, regard
leva of whether the money supply is large
or small, and it will accomplish substan
tially tbe same results.
And why? Because tbe means within
tbe control of capital nndor our present
system are adequate to just such a re
sult Wbat are these means? They are:
Inventions, Improved machinery, mar
velous transportation facilities, fast
mails, tbe telegraph, telephones, tbe
modern banking system, corporations,
favorable laws.
Leaving out the banks, all these In
strumentalities for tha accumulation of
wealth are modern. Tbey have come
luto tbe aorld In the last sixty years.
Tbey must be reckoned with in any set
llenient of industrial questions.
If you tlx your eyes on a defective
mouey system and shut .your eyea to
theee, you will be like tbe blind leading
tbe blind. They are a new element, a
new fores, to be dealt with. History
ennnot help as, Huou potent facilities
were never dreamed ol In History. (Jiven
iheee, uuiler present lawa and eyatema.
aud equal or Just distribution of tha
products ol toil is impossible, Ulve us
lour liuiee the pre-eat volume of money
aud It would batqually impossible.
For luataac. ae how improved ma
chinery cratee wealth lor the epitalMt
owner, abtle the artisan gaiue little by
It:
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Utba wl leftttvf im? If not, watt
putkrle ta lurrM pfodtaf Taa
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a.ltitMi are 4 tapttai rwtameee
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tb a itittaiMi aa I all t-roptf ta aarw tu
ia lata tbe ss4s ol fee, kr ie
o '!- Iroat it, tWatrwtlve bM1,
Imtinti is,f tHaatu Ike av4 d to
tlaot IstffcaUtMta aaalaat traxle Sn!
see t d tha. tWttaJ ewatnUa eoarts
aal ftfwhatarMX ar to M
tvM4a be p4 from Ike tnK
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Ilaatwa Ike pant) ! tatlttetfWItM
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tbe waaat wl ail tM lajfvv4 ta4l
ties now so effective in tbe bands of capi- 4
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main question. This inoludes absolute i
control of tbe money and ownership of A
the banks by tbe people. This means
free coinage of silver so long as tbe
people want metallio money. Bat it
means, ultimately, tbe demonetization
of gold and silver and tbe substitution
of scientific money, paper money, reeling
solely upon tbe government.
Kearney Neb. W. L. HAkd.
Mr. Hand assumes that there boa been
a general rise In prices in tbe last two or
three years, which assumption is incor
rect There baa been a alight vise la
whoat, oorn and their products, but tbe
general level of pricea baa not risen.
Many things have so fallen in price that
we have for tbe first time become ex- N
porters to European countries. Cotton, J
wool, iron, and most of tbe nianufoo-
T ntaiil fa nflrtlosl li si OVA Ivnna. am o a.
waeew aai vivinaj uavv ftXTVJU UU KaV VwUeflttllw
decline. The Independent still insists
that a general rise In prices would be tbe
death of all trusts except those in-anted
special privileges by law, and those that
exist by rebates from tbe railroads, like
tbe Standard Oil trust If there waa a
constant rise In dry goods any man
could establish a small dry goods store
and make money. If there waa a con
stant rise In prloes men could make
. a .... . -
wan auu mm luvm at prom, or ao
anything else. That would give "op
portuulty" to all men. A sufficient in
crease in the volume of money would do
ttlUUA ilL-.. .. -I l.Il. I, J 1
wn-, wiiii. iuai r.Kuis to an an"4
special privileges to none" would do tbe' '
tbe rest. Stand up for populism.
, BREAK BUCKING CALVKS.
The wav the llmu-fin r.l.rhc win h-a..i.
sucking calves from sucking lu tbe future
will be to strlks Irom 11 uxmiitinra n.
every paper it catenas stealing items
from it without giving it proper credit
twwuii infill.
STEAMSHIP TICKETS TO EUROfB
BOLD BTKA1 SHIT TICKETS
JTIIOM KVUQVU SOLD.
If you are going to tha old owuatry
or intend to bring frlenda from than
tO thia DOUntrV. tla-yi na.lt m mm. 4mm
figures, In formation, eta.
A. M IT I ITI .1 II 111
v. i , a. XMortnweaitera
CHEAP LANDS CHEAP HOME-
BEEKEliS' EXCUKS10N.
To enable interested people to In
vestigate opportunities to get road
farm land cheap, tha Elkorn line will
011 February 21 and Maroh
7 and 21, sell tickets to point in north
em and western Nebraska and narta
of Wyoming at one fare, plus $2.00, for
round trip; minimum, fare 10.00. For
particulars call on A. S. Fielding, C. T.
A., 117 Bouth Tenth street or depot,
corner Ninth and S streets.
WINTER EXCURSIONS.
These are for tho sick, the rheumat
ic, the nervous, and tired-outrpeople.
It is to Hot Springs, 8. D via the Elk-
norn line, .February 14 and 88. Una
fare for round trip. Hotel rate ars
low. (Jo and iret well. Call on A. B.
Fielding, 117 South Tenth street
SWIFTEST RACING EAST AND
WEST.
If you would travel rapidly and with
comfort and ease, please note thai tha
northwestern line and its connection
provide the fasteat aervlce to eastern
cities, and many bours the fastest to
western points named below, To Buf
falo, 83 hours; New York, 45 hour;
Boston, 48; Ogden, 31; Bait Lake 33;
San Francisco, 62; Portland, 00. Why
not save yourself weary bours of trav
eling by getting tickets via the North
western? A. S. Fielding, C. T. A., 117
South Tenth street.
DR.
McCREW
ISTHBOUV
PIOIALI8T
WHO TBKATS ILL
Private Disease.
MBN ONLY
to Yaare Ex pari an o
10 Yaarau Omaha.
Book frea, Conulta
Uoarra. Bos Tea, oa
14th aad Faraaai fita
OMAHA MKB.
VJE MANUFACTURE
CaJTiagaa, Phaetona, aad Wagons at
all blade: pat on Robber Tope, Cnea
loea, and Haeka, wholeaal or retali
Pat oa Robber Tire and warrant
every eat Tainting aad repairing
not eseelled In tbe west 80 yeara la
boeiaeaa In Lineoia. 101-805 Boatk
Teatk etreet, aoraer kl atraata.
J. M. CAMP
Our Seeds
Grow
W have the lieet smhI (hi world
(roduea. A 4 grawi n umi
at tha taiHMitioa waa furaik
by aa. Uaan't it Ba.? Writ
tor oar fee i'atalo. tlraaa,
llovar, T.u.othy, AlU, aad
HUM B.1.
The Nebraska
Seed Co.
1309 larnam St.
Dfl, W.J. MCDONALD,
HOT a
RiitMMHv.cix SPRINGS
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