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Nebraska Jnfccpenbent fWM WB.ALTM UAKMKS mU UNCOLM INDMFtNDtNT, 2 fUlLISHED1 EVERY THURSDAY Irdtpsqdsqt Publishing do. AtUMXItmt, LINCOLN, . NEBRASKA, imp honi est. $1.00 per Year in Advance. AMMt 1 MBBIBlMllOM tO, St mk lU fjSHS, MWMf errl. tU., pbl t HI IIOKNMDIIIT POf, 00, VmtoiM, Dm. The .CbicdRO Federation of labor down on the Chicago Record and Daily New Oar mathematician offer tlie following problem, already solved, as worthy the consideration of ths author of our achool book: 0-1180,000-il 00,000,000- McKinley, Mr. McKinley. He here you Filipino. You mu(tt have liberty I tell you. If you wont take It any other way we willahoot It Into you with thirteen inch gun and magazine rifle. The engineer appointed to eurvey the international South American railroad, and they are of the blgbeat grade In their profession, report that tba cost of building tbarond would be $33,000 per mile. liut according to the railroad magnate of Nebraska it eoat over 100, 000 a mile to build the B. A M, and over $100,000 a mile to build the Union Pa cific. Alger bad a hot time in the old town of Doeton the other night. Aa he rod along in the grand pageant of the Mc Kinley parade, tbe citizens greeted hi in with a new college yell. It waa a eupho neoua aort of a yell and given with aucb force that It made the windowa rattle. Here It la; "Yah, yah, yabf beef, beef." At other point be wu greeted with: "Three cheer for General Mllee," There waa a hot time In the old town that night. Just as was predicted, the Mississippi Valley Democrat ha become more radi cal than the popuIIt. It la now advo cating a government without taiatlon, and aeveral other radical things not con tained In the populist platform. The Independent prefer to walk in the old road, which I staked out In the popu- Hit platform. The people are beginning to know that road pretty well. It 1 ho plain that a wayfaring man, though a fool, may not mistake it Now we have it straight. There cun be no more denying it or doubting it. At the Doeton banquet McKinley eaid in the following word: "Domestic cou dltlon are generally satisfactory" and "we have realized prosperity." That aettle It. There are no men bunting work and unable to find it. There are no starving thousands in the great ci tie. There are no mortgage on the hom-fl of the Miople. The story in the New York paper abont the 15,000 starving fami lies I all a lie. "Domestic condition are atlsfuctory." The once avage and heathen nation of Japan ha made more progre In the lust fifty year under lf government by their own people than India on I 800 year u utter the proliferate of Ureat Dritian. The statesmanship ofMrKIn hyison a par with the advice of the old woman who told the boy that she wanted bim to learn to wim, but he must not go near the water until he kuew bow or be might be drowned Tker la no way for a imnA to learu aelt government but by rOtMtig it in practice. I McKIMLRT til IT V, a iriuug spreiai eabieftrani ap pearad in tb Chicago Iterord teat Thurw day, llwasstby that paper' ear raw poadaal la Manila, Mr, Murray klehal, and waa a MImw, ulk .. I. .at . II era wis laiooaaiut lu in opinion that prvvaits hr that the A atari, ana provoked the batik wlik tka leargat at Maatl. Tkoe who are wUUag la ad an! that lata may at ks bea Kaa tWbUraiely a4kf Ike sake i4 iuBri ia raitaeafioa ol the mw treaty la lb Tail! flialaa era al0v!ar thai at all vU vaal iW tat a4 ot4atUa oa tk part tit tk Aawfletaa aaa tvapoastbia fur tka iMHWal, i thai tvM bnak ta by Me KUWj e MvUra, bMl la Sot pttaslbW lki aa w)4 army iitl,lik tiaJ Oil kukaa bao nilkmg bat tu utwy ttfdkra kr ik Ut Ikleijr year, wta4 Umt Vilt ailkwal wr4ra, tka k Wmj4 wl tk ii ,NtU 4m4 iUte W apt aUKiaWj'a keaJ m alia tkat 4 alt tk tkr abated tkat day. It waa aulaar, it t Ml Hltpiaa a4 ttfawf w awkhnk T Ul tH MM MoKi t kt Ui ei tkat ertata, ; BLAI5E gTATESMAWaHIP. When the atateamanahip of Blaine 1 eomoared with that of McKinley, the latter ainka out of sight Blaine organ ized the Bnreas of Booth American Bepub lies and uroDoeed the building of an In ternational railroad running from New York thromrh the United States, Mexl ca and alonir the backbone of South America to the verge of the cultivated tone la the south. The plan waa taken an bv all of tbee republics and the engi neers appointed to make the preliminary anrvev have iut made Mieir repon; There wo a scheme that would coat m lea than we have to pay Spain lor the privilege of carrying on an unending war with the Filipino. Blaine's plan carried out would Increase the commerce of the United States ten times as much fui the confluent of the l'hlllotlne. But it did not prevent an excuse for an Im mou etandiug army or require the buildinir of a great navy, o It doe not commend Iteelf to 11 puppet of the trut and tool of the military martin t ilk McKinley. A VOHKKCTfON. In a prevlou laeue of the Indki'Rniiknt It was said that the worst luuatlo in the stats resided np In Burt county and was golug about soliciting signatures to a petition that declared that the people of this state "expected" thla republican legllature to pa a law lowering freight and pueiiger rates. We ak pardon and take It all back. The crailiwt re publican In the atato doe not reside in Burt county but somewhere else and bis name I Hhallenberger. A proof of thi the following statement wblcb ap peared over bis signature In the State Journal o last Sunday I submitted. lie says: The great Increase in our expense I attracting the attention of all the gov ernments of Europe and they justly view It wit balarra. France and liermauy are staggering under the fearful taxu tiou to maintain their own armies and as under the American tariff system the entire expense of our nation ba to be borne by these foreign countries they shudder at the prospect. This was why the foreign Holders 01 Cuban bonds aid not Interfere to compel us to asume them. They knew they would bave them to pay and by losing them tbey aave the cost ol collecting. A man who can sit down, lick war tax stamps and declare that the forelgnor paya for them, is certainly a lunatic, lie may be harmless and allowed to run at large on that ground, but his reasoning power Is gone, A JtKfUHLlOAM KICK. During the but two or three weeks several republican papers bave shown signs of revolt againat the Inhuman policy adopted by the McKinley admin istration. The following is from the Sterling Sun one of the staunchest re publican paper in all Nebrnnka. "The voat number of trusts already formed and every day forming, the Hun believes will soon become a greater menace to civilixation, ucl human hup piuees and proterity to the maew of the people, than anyother thing with which they will have to contend. They not only will control the prices at which their product will be eold to the people but a I ho the prices for which the pro ducer of the country will bave to ell their product. When any set of men have thi ubeolute power, the results are dnngeroUM. They will and are alreudy cruehiug the individual and email wan ufiicturers in many lines ol biiMiueH, and every week find new trusts added to the lint. They may Im able to, and poenibly do reduce prices to start with, but thi I only to crunh out small cometitora whom thy ennnot ly ; and wIih the absolute power is in the hands of the trust, the result is luevttnbU. It 1 hu man ' to grasp at the Inst dollar; and it is not possible that the souls ol the trusts will Im any more generoti to the IMiople than Individual would. What I to beeorne of the thousand of meu now eugsied in individual moiiufaeturing, Is a question that Is to be seriously con sidered. We have not yet Ml the crush ing power of trust, but we will unless thy are crushed. Aliud the pivdietiou." Will the Kun continue to support the republican party when It, and it alone I responsible for the trusts? There I an antl trust law on the statute books which the McKinley administration re in to enforce, Kvery trust In the Tliilwd SlNtesHiutribul.Hl to IbevHM'lioU of Mckiuley and every trust supports Ms administration. I'ndcr Ibrsa roudt tions what will the Hun do. (la on sup porting ths trusts by supporting the republican party? MoKluly'aspM' at Bostoa thsothsr Bis hi was made ap of Ihssama Wby. waaboy stuff that be distributed o ths psop'a ahsa be waa sinHing 'round lbs rirefooaSi polities,! aiupat;a laatUU and railing it a pao JnhiW, la swak. lag of Ik war ol eit4a la the I'titi Ippiaa laUads, bsealUl It 'Yo lnbt mg trwm our a asd eomlort tor lbs -far it others. " thtr tiowpa wadmg tkrMiga ries swwa, i-bargiag birtittea tkiss, a'fttlB' aa-a vasativw bMd ia t )uagW-i uit kot Had feaea as.i towibift, bat tbey talnbaW4 tutks llre of la l Uipiaiia by asadisg aU.at J,tHH 0I tktwt i tba k 1 r btttUa K-vwaJj mUn t'aitl Mtatta aitldtr ill sbkMit tketa dawa a ators lrvf , tatkat ssptM Iaa4 thy will 4 Ikat kit ktaWy aa btlly skootia buWa hi IM Im-lMs fo tb gHt4 tt Ifceit sata bvwaasw it bis "daly" aa4 "ssaailwal desles It bal Ismmi ppM4 Ikal tWaalt Talkvt ba4 aMueat4 Willi Mr, Brtaa Kttg b laey artarrs la tkeks baslssaa ts kar Ike asjsaibw tkat r taivsrssvlly tkttv4 aasaaf THE NEBRASKA gentlemen who are in public life. Bntit seem that hi constant association with republicans has more than offset the ad vantages be has enjoyed. In the discus sion of the university bill be adopted tbe republican plan of impuning the motives ol'bis antagonist Instead of try Inar to answer bis arguments. But the worat break of the amnities recently aeen was when be tried in vain to pre vent a minority representation on the committee that waa to Investigate the auditor's office. That is what most menobld call "low down political." CONriUMKD STUPIIHTT. Tba republican rank and file bave been reduced to tbe atupidityof following a party name, regardle of tbe purpose of tbe parly, Take the average republican voter, blind to all Interest of tbe nation and to hi own In teres t, be will declare that be I an "Abraham Lincoln repub lican."I Now one of Lincoln' mot cele- brated'iavlngs and the one that Is the most often quoted I that part of hi Gettysburg Sfecl where be expresses hi desire a government of tbe people, by the people and for the people shall not perish. That I In direct line with Jefferson's declaration of independence which declares that all government do. rive all their just power from the coir sent of the governed. There can be nothing more opposed to the principle of Lincoln than an attempt to force a atrovernment upon the people of the Philippine islands ngalimt their consent Yet the mas of Ignorance, stupidity and greed that make np tbe following of the republican party, call this defiance of all that Lincoln ever promulgated or de fined, "Abraham Lincoln republican lam." WIIKItK AltH TIIKYT There I a minister In thi city who make it a point to frequently remind hi congregation 'of the text that say that "whatsoever a man sowetb, that shall be also reap." Borneo! the leader of tbe democratic party are finding that out. In 1803, when thi writer was a Washington correspondent, be watched the course of the democratic leaders who were betraying their constituent and abandoning the record that every one of them bad mode, at tbe dictation of tbe banks and tbe London money power. ICvery one of them bas been driven from publio life or will retire on the 4 th of March, Here Is a list of tbe senator, all democrats and all previously pledged to the free coinage of silver, who voted for tbe repeal of tbe Sherman act: Gray, Gordon, Palmer, Turple, Vor!ne, Lid any, White (La) Gorman, Mel'lierson, Hill, Murphy, Hansom, Brice, Mitchell, Mill, Faulkner and Vilas. Where are they now? Every one of them beaton. Some of them afterward repented of their action, but that did not save tbera. Home of them have gone to their final account, dying in disgrace and dishonor, They haven-aped what tbey sowed. "The mill of the gods grind slowly, but they grind , exceedingly fine." White ol Loislana, may be said to be an excep tion. He escaped the wrath of the peo ple by being given a life appointment on the supreme bench, but time I Ioug and the harvest is not yet gathered. NO SllKIS,Nt'KS. It does uot require a great deal of po litical common sense to see what the re. publicans would like to have the popu lists do. It would please the corpora tion leader very much if by any sort of scheme the populists could be made to abandon, for one campaign at least, the old doct rines and principles which tins carried them to victory so many times in the past They would like to force the populist party to lake up some little side issue and make that tbe paramount thing in the next campaign, so they are bending every energy toward forcing us to make passes the thing to fight over next time. They know if ttmy could get ns to lay aside the sivat fundamental principles laid down In the Omaha plat form and reaffirmed again at St, Louis, that they would have little trouble In currying the statu at the next election. But th M.pulii party Is not going to lo any autb foolish thing. In th next campaign w ar going to ebout the moneyl question, government owner hip of railroads, trusts, slauding arm is, municipal ownership of street rare, water works, gas, lbs telephones and telegraphs Just ns always have doas, rnma of tha wild-eyed bdluas era claiming that tbs pa question is oaaol the fundamental Iking. It was not BH-atUtasJ ia tbe Omaha pUtfurui sor la tb,S, t.oui4 plaWorst and sever la any stats platform aatil lat yr sad tea It fait4 la Metis nay lalersat dsrta i tk eampaiga. The UW ia elnt will bksly kv m plash wa tkat lUMttua'asd part; willttna i krw IslotKllast year. It aitt tWuiaad Ik pa o a lew Hiakieg it a vrtiuisal uWass t Imws pass aa4 M Iks ait Wwiatr la popaUt It will p sa. k a law, Nbfak rtpaUaaa trgstla tereaitl vr dill. IWpaUwaa will kual atwiat piwt vut a lug as tay Ikiak tkM ta aay kas.-w olmakisg l!W.a. ia tba HipaMtt parljf bv l "sa v Win ikv 14 tkat ata a auu4 1 ay will sltt. TWs la Smmpw suaa4 elaWaataaakid aa4 a4 waawt wi la k kIU "I'rivata ." prists.! I asuiUa t4 aa ul Ikta rtsf lka Im tk kU KlaWy adwiaialralUm, IUa4 II a4 mm ityai 44 not tkiak v INDEPENDENT. THK PAB9 QCK8TI05. The last few weeks baa developed the fact that there is a difference of opinion in tbe populist party ia regard to the use of passes. Tbe Independent believes that tbe men who tbu differ in opinion are equally honeet. It Is only the exclt able ones wbo go about accusing those who differ with them of dishonesty and being bribe takers. The statement of Mr. Meserve, printed in this issue of tbe Independent, represents one aide, while the other aideia represented by those wbo say that passes should always be refused. There are weighty argument to be made on both sides of the question. It I a fact and every one in politics knows that tbe railroads used trans portation to an enormous extent In aid of the republican party during tbe last presidential campaign In this atate. Free tralue were run by them to carry men to republican rallies. A few daya before the election, hundreds and per baps thousands of free tickets were given by the railroad to men lu Colorado to come to Nebraska to vote to beat Bryan. For years tbe delegates to republican conventions were all given free passes, All republican state officers and many of tbe county officers were furnished with thern, Beside that, many prominent citizen who bad, or were suppoed to bave political luflueuce, never paid any passenger fare, A great outcry was made about flii matter. It gave the republican party in the state an immense advantage over any party In opposition to them. Not withstanding that advantage, tbe state was rescued from the control of that party. Immediately there was a change In the attitude of the railroad toward tbe popuHst party. They began to lue passe to tbe populist office bolder and some of the Influential men In tbe fusion ranks. These posse were almost uni versally accepted and used. Here was where the difference of opinion arose. The state officer said: "If the railroad will give to u passes that will bejuat that much aaving to tbe taxpayere and It will come oat of tbe funds of tbe rail roads and not out of the tax pay era' pocket. It la our duty to make that aaving for the taxpayer If we can." On the other hand, It was said that tbe passe should be refused. That tbe tak ing 01 a pas woe the reception of a bribe. This latter statement is not only unjust, but It ba not so far been estab lished by any proof whatever. The position taken by Mr. Meserve is endorsed by many just as true and bon oruble men as take the other aide of tbe question of etbica involved. Tbey say that the railroads can stop giving passes at any time, but that a long as tbey issue them to the republican party tbey should issue them to all other parties. They point to tbe fact that in some tales the railroad are compelled to furnish all state officer with free tran portation. But at any rate that a long a the railroad issue passes, they should be forced, if posiblo to Issue them to all political parties alike. When they get tired of it they can stop it of their own motion. At the next state con ventiod the party will probably take some official action upon tbe question by which all members of tbe party will be guided in tbe future, Until thut time it will be well to stop calling names and imputing vile motives to men wbo have never been known to be guilty of a dishonorable action. roruLim advanuks. Populism continuee to break out in new and unexpected places all tbe time. The last eruption Is lu New York City. A new quurterly has made its appear ance, culled Justice, which is pub lished by the Justice Publishing eom panyatlODey street In that city. It U crammed full of red hot populist dis cussion, taking up separately every plank of the populist platform and ad vocating in a scholarly and logical argument every principle of ths populist pnrtp. Send ten cents to the publishers and get ths first issue. It contains a week's rending and lays down ths fun- daiiifutal prlueiplmi In a way that will be of very great use to every reformer In tbe land. The New York 400 bave invented a system ol torlur ihatexeeetls in cruelly the Invention of Torqusutada or tbe torments luflted by Wsyler oa tb un fortunate Cuban. The) go oat ia thir earriag on the eoldt daya and then forew Ibetrenaebmaa to aland wrfet'tty still la lb terew blast and aero wsatksr asd wail wbils tbey make tbair fuag tails. II tks nafortuaate maa aiaaui kU loo or ttitivs about In tk Wast be lalaataally Uiaeharf), Tk limswa haa kerualty woaM have pro ok4 gsaeral protsat, bat tka Aweriraa pwipW ars brtHtmlMg a or aa4 show Ik abjfl slavvs wt tka onl!onaira, II. tw. vf vral Ikey issr ba pt wkai toe. tr loy Ml aMa wtasktad, tkara ta aa gafal apfMsg agaiaat IbfW, II tolat tout b prir f tk rj.al'lsia party, ilhiMaw-ii.vta.1A wSJ4 Tks pMtpia l tk mr i4 Waabis.iua Ui is git avse Im la4ig arat.a, leptali as! haufs-1 ap. npmls. TkrWtk ol !kat ar vttl.w ktddsf, a4 Mvisg, wad Iks stvtl tww Us, a bkt Isasrs, tnsy bar U VMattrtiua ta rtitawu will thuaa wk la tk M4 a4 ski) bave t tuil Kir laslr dally br4, Tbeyara Vtms4a4 tff e ml diaawal fvwwt the plan of the plutocratic leaders to establish a huge standing army, and tbe making of billion dollar appropriations as "treasonable utterances." Tbe gold- bug correspondents are re-echoing it in their correspondence and tbe dailies are calling every roan wbo stands by tbe declaration of independence a "copper head." II they keep np that sort of thing ranch longer they will find that It ia not aucb a pleasant game aa aome of them fancy it is. ECONOMIC DlftCVSNIOM. Last week the Independent was in re ceipt of a very long article (19 pages of manuscript) on socialism. In some parts it was very insulting in tone, plainly stating that at least one state ment made by tbe editor was false, al though the writer bad no possible means of knowing whether it was false or not, It was not on account of that sort of writing that tbe article was not pub lished, for it Is sucb a common habit among socialists that it must always be expected. Fourteen pages of tbe manu script is devoted to denouncing the Inde pendent's interpretation of socialism, then he says that "socialism will bring equal industrial rights for the masses, and will abolish industrial classes and distinction; but ft cannot and will not attempt to equalize men's industrial ca pacities. It will reward men alike only in opportunities for labor and self de velopment, not by aa exact and equal share in thn national wealth. The 'luzy lout' will, if anything, fare worse then than now. On tbe other band, the 'skill, industry, intelligence,' which now goes poorly rewarded, will be highly reward ed," etc. Now this writer bas read that sort of writing by the volume. The works on socialism are filled with it, but when It come to telling bow thi state of beatitude will result from the "public ownership of all the means of production and distribution," be ays: "This Is not Intended as an exposition of socialism. Nothing like a thorough treatment of tbe subject can be attempted in an ordi nary newspaper article." It is at exactly that point that all so cialist writer atop, so tbe following let ter was written to induce him to write on the subject under dlscuion: Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 15, 1809. , ' Mr. : Your article on socialism is herewith returned. It Is very long for a mall weekly paper. Commencing on page 15 of your article, you make a statement of what socialism will do. If it will do that, of course I am in favor of ft. Now, If you will write an article tell ing HOW socialism will do it the nat ure of tbe law you would have enacted to bring it about the effect that the common ownership of property would produce and HOW It would produce them, I will be pleased to print it. I have never been able to get aucb a atatement, although I have frequently asked socialists to write such an article. I am perfectly familiar with the writings or Engels, Grunlund, Hyndmas, Blatch ford, Marx, Proudhon, and the platform of the social labor party. If tbe public ownership of all tbe means of produc tion and distribution does not mean the common ownership of all property, it does uot mean anything. Perhaps the nature of the urticlu I would like to get you to write may best be made plain by giving you an occouuiof an interview I had with Morris; Swift, whom I met in Washington. Mr. Swift was lecturing there on socialism. I suppose you know be is a graduate of one of the greut uni versities, and a post graduate of Johns Hopkins. I Invited Mr. Swilt to my room (and by the way, no more enthus lastic, generous hoarted and honest man lives; I asked bim to sit down at a table; I guve him pen, inkund puper.and said; "Now Mr. Swift, suppose that the socialists bad elected a two-third ma jorlty in both houses of congress ami a president, and you were requested to draft a law to bring sociulism iiitofffcct. Please write out a skeletou of the bill that you would draw up to put it in fori," Mr. Swift snt at the table a long time In sllenea with the j n In bis band. At Inst he lalj It down and said: "The first thing that would bave to be done would b to abolish the constitution of tb United States," ( said: "We will call tb constitution adolwihml, Now go ahead and write your bill." Mr. Ha if t never wrots a line of that bill, and I bave never utwM )Q getting a social ist tu do ao. 1 now utak aa appeal to you. lou ay (p. IS) tkat 'Wialiam wilt bring equal Industrial rlgbta." Tll Mow ll Mill MH.I 111. .k It L . II ., v. fvm ! piiii an 1 us tlMts you wast lu prial It, Tks vnuaalor lakiag ol stw ialtem M "ui-aUtie rwi" (it May awl ba a gHh ) i baraoa etxiwilat rb tu tail bow Ikl protest yalw lu b keg4 ta Ik et.maioa wwa-raklp a4 gtva . abalaaiial la laa4oe I t UlWa that Ik rutl ol k pM ua warship i4 all Im aatl prodstlkia tttainbittUia u!4 bring aUial tkat slat ol iking ansa y 0t4. tu J.,) Wile. i, iMWuvw ua.f.kip m all Ik sa i4 vmI iiua a4 4'irtllhia aiU tui.aad ailtvvaniuwuikikk II aid aoi, it a wkvtvlkrf aw wrttag. kti yur lataauaat (p. Ui tkat it will at ralt ia Me ttal sfcaw la tka salaal s4t. a HHtvJiil.t t tka .Mai HatMat? If aut.bow wiillkstkanaWs 4iI4m) aW pabiw nwaarkis sa4 by kat aaikofii)? Uywt wt. im a arikU u 4 aj ia Ma lu'k .t(.k,ti. 14 Ui wtlmm wtii 4a K. isaakia4, bal ui Feb. 23, 1899. give a reasonable plan ol bringing aucb. a state of things about, this paper i anxious to print It. Everything is an. idea first, but the difference between the idealism of Marx and Jefferson consist in this. Jeffereoa could draft a set ol laws that would establish democracy. No socialist seems to be able togiv even a hint of such lawa as would estab lish socialism. Carl Marx, after long chapters of Idealistic theorising, when be comes to the point of transferring tba world from the present system to one of socialism, jumps over a generation and tells what a happy condition bas resulted. That is tbe universal practice among socialists. Where bos Blatchford pro posed tbe enactment of a slnglo law? He simply dreams beautiful dreams. I earnestly hope that you will write sucb an article. I am not the sort of man that you bint that I am, 1 am anxious to know what is best for mankind. 1 have earnestly sought in the authorita tive work on eocialism a solution. I have not knowingly misrepresented them, If the sum of their teaching is not what I said It was, it is because I fail to' understand what tbe writers mean. It may seem incredible to a man who has long resided In a prairie town, and has only been nble to secure a few pam phleteer paper bound books on social ism that one should say thut he bad read 800 books on socialism. But if bo will go into the great library at Wash ington or even to the university library at Lincoln and see the shelves filled with them, be would not think it an incredi ble statement at all. Since 1874, whoa the present writer took up the study of political economy and sociology be bo probably read nearer 1000 socialist books than tf00. In not one of those books bo he ever seen a plan or a set of laws outlined that would transfer this or any other nation from the present system to tbe common ownership of property. If there Is any such book published, you will confer a great favor, not only on tbe writer, but on thou sand of other students of economic problems, by giving tbe title and name of the publisher. luui, iruiji ruly. T. ll. TmnivB. Henry Waterson's advice to the dem ocrt is so sound and good that it la commended by tbe whole gold bug press and is reprinted in full in most of them. The state Journal gave three or four columns of it last Sundny. Mr. Blackstone, president of the Alton & Chicago railroad say in bi annual report that coal is mined all along bis line and placed on tbe curs at a cost of sixty cents a ton. By the time it gets to Lincoln it costs the consumer about $0. a ton, an Increase of about 1000 per cent. Ohl yes these railroads are char itable concern arid their only aim is to build up the country, THE UEES MLAMUKBS. In another article it i said that the Bee refused to publish a retraction of an infamous falshood it published about the auditor's office. It will be remem bered that tbe Dee printed this charge in the most prominent place on Its front page and illustrated it with a half tone- reproduction of a written letter. When the next issue of the puper apeared it was looked over two or three time and no retraction wus discovered, but after the article relerred to wa in print, on one of the inside pages of the Bee, bid deu away where not one reader in a hun dred would ever see it, there wa found a. few lines. That is a bad or worse than no retraction at all, so no effort was made to correct the item. It i still sub tantlally true to say that ths Bee did not retract That show that ths Inten tion of the Be was to slander and malign auditor nnd that it had no desire ta publish the truth at all. Last week the fiterlingSun seemed to Im iuulined to abandon the old tactics ol the republican party aud pubtUba pa per eoutaiuiug some arguments aud a few fuel. 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