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1 The Wealth Makers and Lincoln Independent Consolidated. VOL. X. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1899. NO. 46. r I GRAY AND MORTON ThaKaon Wbr the Independent Dim Had a Dlntlnetlon Uetweeo Gold Bug. A republican lawyer writes to the edl tor of the Independent and as the ques tion he sake may be of interest to others it is answered in these columns, lie says: "I read your paper. At first a neigh bor of mine handed me a copy now and then and Anally I gave him a dollar and told him to send for it, I like to read your writing, mainly because when you o-fit After an idea you never allow the grass to grow under your feet and when you get through with it, the dullest blockhead in the state will hare no doubt about what you mean. Of course I do not agree with many of your econ omic theories, (that may be because I am one of the mullet headed republicans of which you tell us once in a while) but nevertheless, I like to see what you have to say. I want to ask yon a question. Why is it that you seem to take so much delight in hammering J. Sterling Mor ton? I)o you do it simply for political effect or is It impossible for yon to see anything good in him, I remember one article of yours in which you spoke very kindly of Senator Gray. Now Gray is aiamIv the same kind of a democrat that Morton Is and is just as much 'of a gold bug' as yon would say, but you never take a turn at routing Gray." The reason that we have made a dis tinction between these two gold bngs is that Gray is absolutely honest. He knows no more about economics than a baby and he honestly believes lathe nonsense that he sometimes gets off in bis speeches. Gray bos not a particle of egotism about him. With Morton the cose is different. Morton swaggers around as if he actually believed that Nebraska would be still a treeless plain if he bad not invented Arbor day, when be knows that he really had less to do with the adoption of the day and the se lection of the name than two or three other gentlemen, who being modest men, never said a word about it afterwards. Then Morton is not only an egotist but be is not sincere. Can any one have any respect for a man who wilt publish what be knows is false? Just last week Morton printed in his paper with the lulsome praise that is so characteristic of him and with full approval the follow ing letter: "San Francisco, Feb., 27, 1890. My Dear Morton: "Here is a Japanese yen and a Mexi can dollar (8 real). Each bas in it mors silver than an American silver dollar, but I bought them at a broker's shop here (or an American dollar and got five -cents change. If the gold dollar is taken from behind the silver dollar, with or without the conaent of other nations, one of tbene coins will axk for the change in the exchange. Truly, "John P. Ibihh." Would an honest and sincere man have ever done a thing like that? Morton was a member of the cabinet for four years and Ihe knows lust as well as he knows that he lives that there is no gold dollar behind the silver dollar. He was right there when Carlisle was forced to issue that famous document No. 123 in which he, as secretary of of the treasury said that silver dollars were standard money of the United States and not re deemable In any other kind of money. Tears afterward, Morton In direct con tradiction to the statement of a member of the same cabinet gives publication and endowment to a notorious fake hood and what he knows to be a false hood. Why shouldn't a maa Ilka that be "hammered?" lis deaervee to be hammered Into a jelly and the remains sold as a fertiliser. WAR ON M'KINLLY. A t-raalaaaltae Iaaa4 fcv Fraaataaat Maa all lartl Asalaal ImaarialUm, Ia an eaormoaa meeting was held la lUwtoa aad the following prod a Station was leased: Tbccvbfeaee k very tler that Agui naIJa was brought to the Manila by oar ew a warship; that ate ait a awti and 4eir4 la ear a Hilary operelluaa aglat Us Ppaalarde, that hopes el In. otaW re eeoare4 by oar a ask as4 alb oeVlak, thai parUa t ul tke kleede, orgaalt! by rpro aaaletif W4 by nt toeaeea4 pfwvtatve, tkoa Asttiaakl iai4t ee4 lraM4 a etiieiM, iUk Hegew4, 4aelag the .are a4 4lte 4 lb tterte VrtaMls t4 tb gatreaet with raawkekk ! tmm aM ability, ee4 I kt Us SMMile lrH lairty rteai. the Ugl tk pmi& ii U Mkl Ilk Um as.UaUMa thai , Jtaaary Sib Cwkstt M,taky ktt4 !. teethe tkrottrfh iiNra tins, WlMg leal na tke Ivih wi Ike prat mm rath tke I'kUlpM MaaJa ka4 Ua 44 la lk Misairy by HiMMa by Ik weelerc 4 Uaitij 4 Van. 4 InnUt r4 Hat ti(a4 m wulMary guv ernmentof the United States "to the whole of the ceded territory," and to demand the surrender of Iloilo, which was then held by the Filipinos in an or derly manner by capture from the Span lards. It cannot be claimed in law that this assumption of power was warranted lit advance ot the ratification of the treaty oy uo in parties, and there can be uo doubt that the arbitrary claim greatly aggravated the people of the islands, whose hope of I nuepoti donee seemed thus rudely destroyed. No declaratory resolution as to the future of the Inlands was aHwrnted to by the administration bufore the ratifica tion of the treaty by the senate, and none uas bean mauo slues. Any right that we aswrt to ownership or the ruilippini's must nmt. therefore, either upoa conquest or upon purcbaxe irom tuoir Mpanisn oppreesors, or upon twit It MM1 ! n AMUU f lJ M MtA V., A I..M ipcouHlwtont with the priuoipliw of thin L li. . 1 1 . repuuuc, ana iraugot wirn aunger io its peace and to the peace oi tne world, The first reuult we alreadr witnees. war of eubjugatlon, which niut I m bitter tne people wo mmn to rule, and which, however successful, mnst bring death and disaster to our soldiers aud unmeas ured cost to our people, Profoundly Impreseed with the serious- nees of the situation, it Is the purpose ot tne antt-imperialists to continue tne circulation of iitetature, to assist in the formation of lagu, and by public meetings and every proper means known to a free people, to agitato for the reviv al in the land of the spirit o! wanhliig. ton and Lincoln, to protest against the spirit ot militarism and force, to oppose the colonial Idea and a permanently large standing army, and to asaert the vital truths of tbs declaration of hide pendence embodied in the constitution and indissolubly connected with tbs wel fare oi this republic. Ttipy urge, therefor, all lovers of free. dom, without regard to party asHocia- tlons, to co-operate with them to the following ends: i'lrst. Ibttt our government shall take immediate steps towards a suspen sion of Hostilities in the 1'bilippitif s and a couferetice with tne I'uiiipptue leaders, wltn a view to preventing further blood shed upon the bonis of a recognition of their freedom and lndependrfiice as soon as proper guarantees can be bad of or der and protection of property. Second. That the government of the United States shall rnnder an official as surance to the Inhabitants of the Phil ippine islands that they w)l encourage and aesist in the organization of such a government in the islands as the people thereof slnll prefer, and that upon Its organization in stable manner, the United - Statee, In accordouce with Its traditional and prescriptive policy In such cases, will recogoizs the Independ ence of the Philippines and Its equality among nations. aud gradually withdraw all military and naval forcee. Signed: George S. Ifoutwell, Maes.; George F. Kdmunde, Vermont; John Sherman, Ohio; Donelson Cafferv, La.; W. Itourke Cockran, New York; Wm. II. Fleming, Ga; Henry U. Johnson, lad.; Samuel Compere, Washington, I). C; Felix Adler, New York; David Starr Jor dan, l'reeldent Leland Stanford Univer sity, Window Warren, of Mass.; Herbert Weleb, Penn,; Leouard Wooleey Bacon, Conn.; Charles Francis Adams, Maes.; Samuel Bowels, Maw.; I, J. McUinty, Cornell University; Edward Atkineon, Mass,; Carl Scburz, New York: Ueverdy Johnenn, Md., Hermann Von lloUt, Chi cago University; Moorflwld Storey, Mo.; Patrick A. Collitm, Moee.; Theodore L. Cu.vW, New Yoik; Tlioiuai Wentworth lliggineon, Maes.; Andrew Carnegie, New York: John 0. Carliele. Ky : Charlni Eliot Norton, Harvard UulVfreity; W, U. Sumner, Yale College; C. 11. Park hurst, New York. THE FIRST BATTLE, A soldier io the Phillippines sends to a friend In this city the following tabulat ed statement of the killed, wounded and mieeing up to rebruary loth. K 1114 Woaidxl UImUs Mia li.h , lat N.ll. Ul ilh fl Sri ,....., ui riif ,,. i t'ol ........ . ltaU ia la (I Sim I'lah Art...,,, n H It II tl Att ........ W Ma ,, i Mla ,... N. Paketa-...., ilk Cat ...... Urn. tw.... Tla' .,, tl m ALGER SHUT OFF No ature frasekkwt lot (Tuba, Tkea laliwa ol Algvr's tl bMir4 k guk. B, f a vote oi 4? lu 1 1 tbeavaal aioil4 Ike l uraSiae rwotsiiua asaa am4eMat to ka arwy aitwwiittha kill pfvkibillsg Ike gresttsg by Ike l'au4 ltlt t4 aal "Mirtf fraa- vkkav er Maoaiuo of asv lia l ebat' la tbs kt4 tl la ha 4sm Ike t atmlkMi tkfn4 tv the Patl4 HtlM." Ikie tea dtrwt alaa at a, l'ily (a self ! im rwtr4 antil Ike My ar b4 allis4 tw 4tvhl. kg Vatssbk iaainis le I'sImi awnsat ktit. AiikiHieb m ewtta4 i4 b4 bHi oreaim4 1 pm aw lk a. aMftiwe aiiJyaU.ie le tutwrtv a4 seauho4 Ikat Ike wrfoUrr im tt kv ! eteln4, t kk b4 kse, Ikealwe I'urakoi Mt ellk hub uim. stina t kk asa4aal. POINTER ON TRUSTS, A Wow York Kewipapor Mki oar Pop ulUt Uovernor wbat lie thinks bout ttivtn. Some days ago Governor Poynter re Reived the following mitioet from the New York World to answer these ques tion: "Wbat Is the fueling In your state to growth of trusts and monopolistic combiniMY "Has It boon the experience of stats officials that monopoly can be cured by stats laws, or In fedora) action necessary? "Uovernor Pingree holds that the ten dency to monopoly Ms a danger to ths frtoiiotn and welfare of the iMtople,' At1 torney General Griggs says: 'The dan' Her is not so much to the community at large as to the people who would be in aaeni to put their money into the pur chase of stock,' To which view do you and in your judgment, do the people of your state Incline?" Uovernor Poynter sent the following repivs "The feeling In Nebraska as to growth of trusts and monopolistic combines Is generally antagonism, but while most people here agree that the present re mark ably rapid growth of trusts Is menace to our republics great variety of opinions are ex preened as to ths ultimate result. Home adhere to the idea of curb Ing and restraining monopoly by so called an tl-monopoly laws, and others claim to sue la present conditions rapid strides toward government ownership and operation of all natural monopolies, There is also considerable feeling that trusts are but a logical outgrowth of competition, aggravated by unjust tariff laws and financial legislation; tunc an efforts to curb or restrain their growth will simply be smothering a seething volcano, and that what Is most to be deelred Is such legielatlon as will direct this flood of trusts Into the proper cban iml government ownereblp and opera tlon of all matters now controlled by qaasi-publlc corporations. Further, that under a lust aud equitable syetem of finance those combinations and trusts In all lines of bUHinees of a purely private character would Other fall of their own weight or at least not prove detrimental to tne progress and prosperity of our people. "The experience of Nebraska stats off cialststhat neither state nor federal anti trust leglelaf ion has availed much in preventing monopolistic combine. "in my judgment tne people of n braeka gHunrally would bold with Gov eroor Pingre that the tendency to mo nopoiy 'is a danger to the freedom and welfare oi the people rather than agree with Attorney General Griggs that 'the danger is not so much to the commnnhy at large as to the people who would be induced to put their money into the pur cnase oi tne stock. THE MAIL CONTRACTS, The late contest In the Nebraska legis at a re on toe republican side was not a contest for the election of a United Statee senator but for certain mail con tracts. VVbeu that matter was settled, by Manderson aud Thurston getting together on it, they being the attorneys for the two great railroad, the farce of a content came to a couel union pretty quick. The Commonwealth bas tbs fol lowing to say about mail contracts. The basis of the compensation bald ths railroads for traneporling the mails is a weighing of them for thirty days on each route. The average welirtit for them thirty days settles the comtnuta lion to tie paid on that route .for four yeare. litis arrangement is a monu ment of ingenuity to favor the railroads. It opens wide the door of temptation to two swindle. First, to "stuff the mails" during the thirty days of weighing, so as to maks ths commutation price for four year as far above the real . average i pomtible. The weighing of the mails bas been a subject tor reproaeh and ridiouls all along. The post-office Is paying trauMportstioe on hundreds of tons day that are not carried. If one-third of the weights paid for were eliminated. tnsaeneii oi fiMKHi.iMH) would b ex tltiifulihed. What the proixirtion of 'luff In the weighing actually k an outsider mn only guewt. Then, tbeconiiuulatioa being ent for four ywtrs, the other part of ths swindle euinns ia pity, I hal k, to give lowr print outei.k the mail hsa the post office pys,ail eo get a emtad payment on ton me eomitKia airMtdv tays for. The railroads trrkd la tdtl? owr Tia.WHi.lMHj tons oi tr-ighU I pnwume tkeeiproMttialkr, wblrk Ihe railroekls el alia is auletiaW4 l m frwigkl. loots up ataey saore lose than Ike wail. II Ike weighing of this vat qsaality o4 losttage be eo fairly doae that ac etas4l a bust It rrk Ike puUie ear, evrlaialy Ike walk alaoeaa be wwigknl daily as ky are arleelly rwwived, aad lbs lewplaliusj to els in eg roiaovvtl. A PREACHER'S TROUBLES, I Hp, (.nrinitr, of lloeloa, kk sieal ket t btwl ua Mt1irkitkil a4 the Hytl tiiate," gives ki etrkttt t)lg Io acHy tke mi4 to iml itmiu.a. "I'erisg a ewataakat eila44 a4 vsrM atteaetry 1 bate usually ba4 tu taJsre a rasakg Ire west tke pee ak. svt 1 bate lre. la 4waM sark etivie as teeot wwtkkf but, r er bssjieM lrlaiet 4 ink aa4 Mea, pt lbs e4tkUe ta eorWIv 4 r4re ekMt le al tk4lk.I aoel4 4 tniaialt Ike 4nl.ka Is ,4 miih mwim ItwiM. 4e as 1 have HaW4 , sail wllb tt4rMb a4 kalkory ! alltles, and with fluffy sentimentally, I have been let alone; but whenever I have advocated speoiflo measures, I have generally treated as Howells declares Tolstoy has been regarded ever since he accepted Cbrkt's method, as erratic or crazy, or as inclining dangerously to ward the avenues of anarchy. At such times some pious bondholder has sig nificantly whispered, 'Preach the Gospel'; and other paetors, when they have pro- reereq tuai street-car conductors should not be d polled of their reet dy, aud ought not be ou duty 14 hours, and when they have rebuked ths authoritiea for shooting helpls miners in the streets, or have raised their voices againat lynching, or have pleaded for tns more equal distribution of the good things of life have frequently been re minded that they should 'Preach the Gospel For according to these critics 'to bind up the brokenhearted, to pro claim liberty to the captive, and the opening of the prkon to tbem that are bound, to proclaim the acceptable year of the lord': 'to deal bread to the hun gry, and when the naked is seen to cover him, and not to hide onewsulf from one's own flesh'; and to cry 'Behold, the hire of your laborers who have reapt down your fields, which Is of you kept back by fraud': and 'Ye have lived In pleasure on earth and been wanton' Is not the preaching of the Gospel." A MCKINLEY FRAUD We find io the February issue of that most reliable New York health publica tlon, the Sanitarian, that Manila and Its snrrsundings constitute one of the most anheolthfnl districts of the entire east so unbealthful that but for the immigration of Chinamen and others they would become entirely depopulated. Ought not our American soldiers to rnow this before enlisting for service there? We notice that a fo calIfld Lrangell cat Christian League has been sending an appeal to clergymen to help bold the 1 .1. 1 1 1 1 . .1 .. .... h.i,, . ....... . i. m ... h .. r. . a. supported at enormous expemie, ana sure to Involve us sooner or later in war. The Boston Transcript, by inquiry at various religious headquarters, has been unable to find who compoue it. We have faith to believe that the Cbrktian clergy of America, as a rule, will preach the gospel of peace, and not the gospel of war. Gko. T. Anoku., TREASON TO THE FLAG, Hie money of any country Is so pre- emiMet a part of the idiosyncratic nat ional being that any act which puts to any degree the control of its functional powers Into foreign bands, is treason as rank as would becorrespondingsurrend- er of control of one of the militant arms of national strength and safety, The Impudent "proposal" of an officer of the public service to deliver the control of the purchasing power'of the American dollar Into the bands of (primarily) a European syndicate (secondarily ia cloee combination ot mere private profit seek ers within our borders, is logically treason to the flag. Heglnald Feu ton. ARMOUR CORNERS SOAP Milwaukee, Wis., March 22. Bernard Groes, a soap manufacturer of this city, claims that be Is unable to buy tallow from any of the packing housemen. Other soap manufacturers are in the eiiine predicament and may have to abut down their works. It is aaid that the soap combine bas eh ut off the supply of tallow in order to cripple the Indepen dent dealera, P. D. Armour is said to be at the head of combine of packers that 1 interested In the soap bueinmis. The price of soap has taken a big lump during last month and k stilt advancing. HANNA'S ELECTION, Openly and Insolently, a seat In the niied Statee equate waa, with brasen Broidery, auctioned off to a bidder who bad not sven the grace to ue merely his own money to pay for the traitorous vots that secured It, but who bartered for it by lekphouH. wire, and letter, per aonally and by proxy, not only (Juiced 8tue ottlcers tuea at the dkpoaal tf Ihe adniinktratloa, or such as might at somstimsln the futuie, directly or la. directly, some within tte eontrol, but, la at k-ai t wo iHaiaaora, ottio ?ikat bad io be utMMMiitMatiy specially created to utl tke laaltdiua taate of certain rep- rieioue elateamen and pretty, choke, piol-t4, (HillMcai pull. And lhatwae not all. Tboae whom tnoaey or ths pro Hi tie of politk-eJ prvfrf taveteould not tamii ware, lib a rnaaaal of viiiaisy aeliltim eoneeiveU, auugkl by working Mia tkeeymiiatky, vaaliy.nv aatbilius) ol Ins aawtl nun aara, trroreirnta tvaa, frigkte4 etalore, and eva sk kaarle, til ewrk rwak-ltrast atawtre. kat Ike wik 4 mm twvaliarly ascvrleia aad aaraltabk samUr m. ia tact, kM aai4 aad ertaaliy hl4 prtouaar, lor evral koare at kl, ia a ruum at Mr. Ilsaa e kalirira, k alkel aa4 a4HHlik kUitMry. kowataf toarb It atsy eroai like a Uiry tak,Jwha T, aaaaay, la ike Area. POPULISTS WOULD Wkre wal4 the IsaaKwe of Ihk a4 tttisMiralltMi ba baa If It be! not Imhmi le k ear? Aa l au lk prn Mtl l leap a large pari (4 Ike war laiteMhw. lee iavai arwf a4 saw wiU Make II aioraaa aanay, I al atat t m Ike w k, pat eka ewatil kave ko-kt tkat Mr, Ul.a- ky's 'tfitaf"tHf woa'4 beta tue by i a ro4ifce N U.-. STRANGE UNREASON Kvary Child Horn to a Cootlnuoa Pitched Ilattle for Kxutanna That Merer Ce Profesaor Herron keeps up bis fight on plutocracy with unceasing vigor. All of bis latent addreeses are based upon as sound political economy as was ever written by John Stuart Mill. The more he studios, the firmer be plants his feet upon those principles that the econo mists have long held to be necessary to the advancement of the human race. Head the following from a recent ad dress and then reflect. It Is the very op posite of the teaching of socialism: "The Industrial civilization of today compels every child born into It to fight, from start to finish a pitched battle for existence. A man, put thus Son the de fensive from the very momeut he first draws breath, can In no wise know what is in him, or even aspire to do, much less do. This Industrial civilization curses the soul of a man If be triumphs over it or le dragged beneath It. To the suc cessful man it means the destruction of oonecience. To him who fails It works destruction of individuality, "We have not risen to anything that might be called reason In our collective life In the municipality or in the com monwealth, nntil the whole communal life places all Its reeourcea Instantly at the dkposol of every child ushered into this world. Instead of that, through some alchemy or strange a nreason, every child bora into your city, whether ou south aids or In the 10th ward, finds Its- self either struggling to keep what it bas or to get what it has not, In other words, this industrial civilization, the bleselngs of which some of our preachers would carry into the new-caught Inlands of the sea, threateus with destruction every child from the very first dawn of its self-consoiousnees. "What today is Industry organized for? For what do trusts come icto being? To what is the modern commer cial genius giving iteeli? It is giving iteelf to devking laws, ways and means to beep the people of the earth from us ing the resources that wore Intended for them. Trusts and combinations are sometimes said to exist to facilitate pro ductiona most touching phrase when as a matter of course, as every maa knows, they are organized primarily to forcibly prevent the people from produc ! ing. In that you have the explanation why the citizens of this city, nearly all of tbem, are fighting a life-long pitched battle to escape economic destruction with no opportunity to live a positive If e, a life that kelf expreslvr. Industry ae constituted today, puts all men on the defensive, and when life ie merely spent in self-defense, tbs living of a posi tive life is almost impossible." A MISTAKEN POP If the writer of the following letter bad known the facts In the Cornell cose be never would have written such a com munication. The time was when the pooullsts of this state paid very little attention to the slanders that appeared in the republican papers, but Brother Harris seems to bave given np that good practice and relies upon the repub lican paper for fact, instead of the pop ulist paper that Is published right on the spot. Tbs editor of the Independent probably knows more about the differ ent state o (fleas than any other man In the state outside of the incumbents themselves. He has ransacked every one of them time and again during Ihe laat two years and a half. He knowe how buslnees Is done there and as he le not an office holder himself and bas never received a favor from one of them, be le not likely to be very much loflu- need by tbem. The Independent bas given the fact. The Independent cares no more lor Cornell than it doee for Licbty. It would attack Cornell,!! thete were grounds for it just ae soon as It would Lichty, Mr. Cornell never mads the statement that Mr, Ifarrk Nnrr4ils to him, If the "Informer" bad told ths truth aid then bad been attacked by Mr. HryastTVTr. Harrk would bave beaa eorrerl la bk eritkkin. Put bkwbok story baebeee provra to be (or Ibe moat part a aiaae of falaakooile. Oa erase-etaaalnatioe this "informer" oftaa rfue4 to answw pUI qeaaltoas. At otbr limee tke republk eaa eooinilUee rfae4 to Wl bint as. Wbat the populkte waale4 wee tbs treta. The charge wm that toraU'e eiaatlaers ho4 "bel4 apH the laeeraaee roatpaaka. That wm provaa foyeal oetradwttoe to be falee, Asolkrr rkargawM that V li hal Iflylpaaaae, That wm ridkalua oa Me lave.; rbere are only IkirWaa railroads ta the stale Aeulk charge wm that Cor aal I Ma) to euikrt what kealknl Ike retipruc letreoa laaarea eaatpaake aa4 thai euae wete eolkrtej ialil tWeell f weal tlf m at skeikia ta a km tbk "ia I'1 waat to work a kk molkta ta tttlket tbata, Tk favotda) (a tke ttneabti that attmtM Wtk, top.. taeka4 Va ea.l Re tbsoet ra4wl aal parlkaa rpablkM aa i4r vk'tt that tbk Uktrmet baa prtvtl a ak aee i4 bk viarfae. Mr, tiarne k aioabUaMtr wrtlka ilkuat 4'ie eoatt.Wtaiiua ul tke aatgkt of bis words. He certainly does not In tend to defend the proposition that a confidential employee, while still hold ing bis position Is to be praised for steal ing private letters aud giving them to the press. The Independent does not say that Cornell bas always exercised good judg ment or that be has not made mktukes, but it does say most emphatically, that a committee of bis political enemies bave failed with all the aid that tbk In former could give, to prove that Cor- -..II I I tl I - umi uota uuua au illegal au ur uiiaaM(iro priated a single cent of the public funds, The Independent says that Cornell made a mistake when be appointed Licbty, that he made another when be appointed a relative even to a minor place, but that he was not responsible for the ap pointment of the two examiners whose , foolish letters have given all the color there is to the charges made against him. The responsibility for tbee ap pointments rests equally upon many others. Mr. Harris' letter is as follows: Editor Independent! , Please allow me a little space In the Independent to disagree with the editor on Cornell's guilt, also to speak a good word for Licbty and express a portion of the contempt wbicb 1 feel for Bryant's ideas about au intormer. Ilk tirade against Lichty tan have no effect whatever oa the Cornell ease. His object must bave been to make others beeitate to "give away the secrets of the ofllce," as be expresses It. it is too soon after tne wn oiesaie cor ruption In office in this state for tbe iel the neceaslty, very much oi ig informers. Now in regard to Cornell, hs stated bimself that be did not consider it wrong to take a preeent from tbe man whom be as auditor, bad given a soft snap. This idea carried to its legitimate conclusion would see all officers selling their appointive powers to ths highest bidder. Mr. jLlcbty simply reported wbat was going on In the office. It Is for the populists to He. cide whether they endorse such methods or not. Tnoes who realize tbe tempta tion of an ofllce may wish to overlook It but tbe rank and file of the party never will. Milton F. Hauhis. Crete, Neb, 111 WumwoTOjr, Maroh ta General Otis bas cabled tbe following addi tional casualties of yesterday to Adju tant Oeneral Corblnt Killed Third artillery. Battery Ot Private 3. 3. Whitney. Private Charles Johnson. Wounded Tenth Pennsylvania, Company E: Private Christopher Fil bert, band, severei accidental. Third artillery, Battery G-Flrst Sergeant John G O'Conner, eye, slight Twentieth Kansas, Company D Private Louis J. Boss (Rouse)! foot. slight UxxtLA, March 8a At daylight General McArthur's division advanced from Marllao along the railroad to Blgea, five miles distant, with tbe Nebraska, South Dakota and Penn sylvania regiments upon the right and the Kansas and Montana regiments and the Third artillery on the left General Wbeaton's brigade Is in re serve. The American forcea met with strong opposition In the jungle. First one lVebrMkan, then one Pennsylva nlan, and afterward two of the Mon tana regiment were killed. Thirty five were wounded, including one officer of the Kansas regiment Tbe rebels burned the villages as they retreated la bad order toward Maloloa. Toe enemy also tor np Motions of the railroad io many places aad at tempted to burn tbe bridge at Blgeat bat the fire was extinguished owing to the timely arrival of tbe Americana. Tbe rebels bad not finished their trauuhaa along the tin of to-day's march showing they were not pre pared for our advance. It la believed, however that there will be a bard fight when Maloloa 1 taken. The Mlaaeeota regtateata re! a forced tbe dlvkioa, aaarehiaf Croat tea water work daring the atgbt to Manila aad golag to tbe froat by irala. uy 19 a'eieelt tSta America a ad vanced three mllea. drlvlag tka rebaU Wya4 Itoeavt, to tke east of Balaeaa aa4 aa the railroad leadlaf to Male lea, 0 troepa met wha aaly slight rceistaae here. Tao illipiao fired volleva for tbe ptrpoM of drawing tbe AsecrUea fir aa4 dkeleeiaf the locality af tr aoaW tka, Two men at taa teaasjlvaal rcs-t meal aa4 waa maa ieataa Ve tke lkkuU reglmeat wcra wosJ4. Vat tbe Am rltaa treM remalaed aiteat ktaavf aaa) at at, If. LoVia, Mar alt It, SUaoa waaka day morale five tahea4 aaecv bag talk 1 this tUlally aad tervatboot asutloak of Mkwati t4 Hkntker tub eS aad tt k aim eomtaf dew. fc tatateae AMf SJtac Tbtre are aatd ta b rewee iskieml meat tksa tsg sty ttker Jsm e4 weikwf 11