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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. June 29, 1899 Q tbraska Jnfctpenbmt tZM WMAITM MAXMKS m4 UKCOIM utDtnifDurr, fVXLIXJlID I VERY THURSDAY t!xpiijdeit Publihlig Go. AtUftKltmt, . . UEtOQlM, - NEBRASKA TIWMONIIIt pt.CO m YEAR LM ADVANCB. llni ossm ealiaHoae to, ees al fimwy rrt-r rf" ffXS rB. CW. . . .. Like Sampson, Qua. OtJs ba slain bis thousands, sod done It with the sains instrument, too, Nebraskans are great on reading mat ter. Tbere aw over eixtv papers, Inolud log dallle, weeklies, and monthlies, pub. lltbod ia Lincoln alone, Mckinley Is a dead political duck. He will never get the republican nomination again. Wish bo would. Mark Hannn and the Philippines did blm up. llavenneyer wanta the tariff raised on refined eugnr and lowered to ten per oont on everything elms. That eugar trued King la a regular brick. Now look out for aometbing awful to happen, Dispatches are being constant 1 rent out from Washington wblrb soy tbat "the president l determined to down Agulnaldo," McKlnley went to the hot aprlnga to get tbe nicotine boiled out of blm. Tbe imperialism will be bulled out of blm In a hotter place than tbat. When the dead soldiers wbo lost tbelr proclona Uvea In an unholy and unlawful war rise up to access blm, tbe boiling may take an Indefinite time, 'i There can no benefit come to tbe peo ple by a riae In prima wbicb ia forced by mnnmmtr And trusts. The riae in nrloe to be beueflolal to the people generally tnuatbe to tbe produoere. That will bring proHKrlty to all cloacae. Wbon a trust raise prima tbe proceedaof tbe riae goee to - tbe boldera of preferred atock only. No one elae got any benefit out ol It. It la simply making tbe rlcb richer. It bringa disaster and not pros perity. I ' 1 1 Tbe Oblo republican convention put a olank in tbelr platform denouncing trusts and when tbe nominations were made, Attorney General Monett, wbo bad been flgbtlng , tbe Standard Oil trust cot only 20 votes for renomina- tlon. Now the Ohio mullet heads will vote tbe republican ticket and truly be lieve tbat they are voting to down tbe trusts. There is nothing too absurd fot a mullet bead to believe If it Is only labeled "republican." Tbat settles It. For a long time Wbitelaw Held ran the Tribune as a "rat" office. Then he got tbe nomination for vice-president or something of tbat sort. When be found tbat he needed the votes ol labor union ists be fixed the matter np pretty quick. If the labor unions would always make use of their votes and put them where they would do the most good for labor, tbey would soon bave things pretty much tbelr own way. Tbey don't al waya bave sne enough to do tbat. Three or four yr sra ago the coal mine operators In Indiana thought that the low prim of eoal waa caused by overpro duction, eo tbey intimated to the lulu er'e union tbat tbev would make no objection to the paasage ol an eight hour law. But' law woe paaawd add enforced, but there aever was a et ol ma eo badly fooled as those operators wet. Tbey say thai It did aot reduoe the output of eoal, but rather increased It Tbe rms dug More eoal la el-at hours I has tbey did Mre la slue, W idee tbey wtra heppWr aud eoatvaied, Tbe eigbt hour day U eowisg. Hut it Witt aot redaee prodwtioa. Kmy oa bat a MalUt be4 kaoe tbat the eoaaeat t4 tbe go 04 awaae a mm m ol the Majority, No tbe aaaM bead dua't ke that aad be go to wttrb t wetrat aa ergaMaat prove tbe oWUratmi ol laaVfeadee la aa aid bb oat datt aa tvgf kavlt a M, baeaaaa datiaf tk learalra 11 t 11 l'si fed! rWl Uoaa Misotiiy ee4 wbip4 tMceavsMMlaia tb, TbeeaM Mir ITj crma are tttrewaiv gt4 Cry (ft wel)4. Wttea tbe mM Lxi cta aia ,agtet leiebad aad jrlxtxl ta tbe edifwtml Ma aa al soma ptct :$ aa Iwaesily Mitvea tbat be Izj fcrr.t:J Tbaaa J&rm vlwar el tltta3ta,t-"vttbtis UertM tbat pvwrt-ti brtv a'4 tM Jset Mewea krt'attar.zrriteltia tva aaat fcufcijO c-.tr kttl. Tlabe rttjt: t- al eaye Cz. tj f : : 'T t:t l laaafe aa IT'S A BAD JOB. The republican editora who bave been relying on the censored diepatchee from Manila find themselves In a pretty fix. Tbey have been denouncing everybody wbo wbold not admit tbal the "niggers" mrs whinned. as coDPerbsads and trait ors. Mow tbat tbey are lorced to admit tbat there are no eigne of tbe "nlggora" belng whipped into subjection and tbat tbe papera wbloh refused to believe In all tbe grand and glorious victories tbat Otis rcoorted trom day to day, were tbe onea wbicb were giving the newa while republicana were printing mere fauee, and tbe whole lot of tbem feel pretty aore. ; Olia seems to be about tbe greatest Munchausen of tbe nineteenth century, On June 16 tb he sod t by cablegram tbe following official bulletin: "Adjutant General, Waahlngton-Huc cess of Lawton'e troops In Cavlte pro. vinos graaU than reported yesterday. Ensmy numbered over 4,000; lost in killed, wounded and captured more tban one thlrd: remainder much scattered; bave retreated sontb to Imua; their ar senal, of flvaplecea of artillery, three captured. Navy aided greatly on shore of bay, landing forces occasionally, In. habitants lit that country wjoloe at de liverance and welcome with enthusiastic demoristratlone arrival of our troops." A few dare afterwards be aunt two or three reglmenta of regulara down to Ca vlte. and tbe inhabitants wbo "rejoiced st deliverance" turned round and shot the atufflng out of them. Fillpinoa must grow up in a njght like musb rooma. inst a few dava before Otia de clared be bad killed oue-tlilrd of them, but when bla general got back there a second time there seemed to be more Fil ipinos tban ever before, and If tbe navy bad not come to bis assistance be would have been whipped out of bis boots. This censorship don't werk wortb a oent. Ilf ore tbe days of cables, tele graphs, and steamships It was a great thing, and tyrants mode groat uss of it. McKlnley may be able to fool tbe people for a while, by the use of bia cenaora,but be can't fool tbem long, It'a a bad job aad be might aa well give It up. OONTCMPTAM.H EDITORS. There waa never aa contemplable a aet of akunka down to mankind as tbe men wbo filled tbe editorial columns of the gold bug papers during the last pres. Idential campaign. Now here Is the Minneapolis Trlbuue, wbicb daring all tbe campaign talked about the "intrin sic" value of gold and continually de nied tbe quantity theory, which after giving tbe statistics concerning the out put of gold says: "These flirnres, however have mors tban a local or national Interest. Huch an enormous increase In the world's gold production cannot go on for many years without bringing about Important changes la tbe relative values ol money and property." Tbe bareness of a writer wbo will make tbat statement bow, after having denied tbat tbs Increase in tbe volume of money would ralee price-, is beyond description. It Is upon the hiring of such low minded creatures as tbat to furnish tbe reading matter for tbe peo ple that tbe success of Mark Hauua and McKlnley depended. The mullet beads think theee Infamous creatures are phll osophers and scientists. That's all tbat a mullet bead knowe about suub things. A religious newspaper sent out a lot of questions to prominent men asking tbem if they believed in tbe divinity of Christ and the Christian religion. Gen. Bbafter replied that" I am a friend of Christianity and buliove In the divinity of Chriut end and In tbe power of Christian religion as a means of salvation." Auy man knowing tbe beaetly personal babita of tbla man and the foulneee of bis conver sation would have obnerved tbe proprie ty by printing directly alter it the worda of tbe apoHtW; "He that keepetb not bisoommandmeata Is a liar and tbe truth is not la bint." Tom l'latt, lie Klnley and a lot more of tbem dwlaml tbemattlvee good christians, and tbe re ligious editor makee a great blow about it. It H Very rvM" tb e.Hiof ! a mullet bead, , IXUlHtMUL VAtUBIKt, Tbe tadnstrlal eomotlMloa U la sMUa at Wasblugtoa aad all sorts of pvopW are boieg eatnioa4 to give tbelr oia kiae belt it, ltavaM;r baa aruaaed tkearatboltbetruste as4 thelvvrd MtMufcUrvf gvotllf boraase be said tbat tbe tariS waa tbe eaaee of Ike trusts, llaveaieyer la daa oa tbe urtl aad says tbat It aagbt to be r0fd la tea r wet as It la now above Illy w swat lie bowevev easts tbe land aa rfl eager t ! aad tbat oa taw safer rdd, Oieard la doaa oa IUvff bHMM be aaats a tartl oaraws4ar tbat will taabe blast b a ap tbe p ke w4 bat eat at, IMbai tbNt waat ta atw wbUry eatwthe protM'liaa ol laa, AM tbe tarl astoosts luu, b toeeaVU tbe aeatutre taekarfs the aawtb-aa eliiiae ba e at aw tbaa tby eeti tb4rrHWtu turvia lor TbeateM tbtab It lea eiga at fwefftiy ta Wy bate t af a eVitar tf aa aa tbat tbe aaie tm sstie a aa l'ethsea M W evata, Tbi bl It, A laaakroai Hiib Cart4ia tXaagbl tbat Mvwwltafe at tba awatb taaalaa very aVfr 4 vwa4)ila. He eta'ejwtl tbat N beal baake twt aaly altoese) t bmie lawaey tbtaga aabl be all igbi Tbla fellow waa not a mullet hsad. Be waa aimply muddle beaded. No man whose brain waa not somewhat addled could coma to the concluaion that grant ing the privlledge to two or three men in a community to laaue tbelr promia- eary note and Inatead of paying Inter est on tbem, receive Interest, wouia oring orosnerlty. How much wealth would there be produced by tbat perform anoeT There Is no doubt tbat it wouia m an efficient meane of transferring wealth from tbe pocket of those wbo produced It to tbe men wbo wore granted the priv ilege by law to collect Interest on what tbey owe. Hut bow much wealth would it add to the community? Not a cent. , Other vatrorlee lust aa redlouloue, al most without number, are being listened to by the arrave and reverend statesmen who compose the commission. Altera while they will print It all In great volumes and tbe coat will be paid by the people. That ia what tbe mullet bead call etateemanebip. Tbey don't know any better. WHO WILL UVKM Tbe following article appeared Ufa paper which circulates more or leaa over tbe country. We submit It for the In speclion of the populist roadere of this paper. We would like to bave some one guess what waa tbe poll Ilea of the paper that published It. "The picture of the White House wbicb floated before Bryan's fevered vision has faded. Tbe million democrats wbo re fused to vote for him In 1800 bave swelled to an army of two million. A million populiata wbo followed his for tunea then are now upholding the ban ner of Darker and Donnelly, lie has made not the faintest Inroad Into re. publican raoke. Then what chance boa be in 1000? Not tbe aligbteat whatever. lla may be nominated by bla followers, but be will be the worse defeated candi date since the 111 starred campaign of Horace Greeley. Even tbe sordid office seekors see tbla fact and are searching for new Issuea and new idols. Ilia re peated statemeut that wheat and silver kept side by aide and went down or up together boa been discredited by actual facts, Witblntbe last two years wheat has nearly doubled In prlue while silver baa been steadily going down, lie can nqver bodoo tbe western farmera with that argument again. lioth as a poli tician and a prophet be la a failure and in a short time there will be none left to do him honur." Now hasn't that the right ring to It? How accurate tbe statement of fuctl Wheat baa doubled and ailver has stead lly gone down! liar silver bos been wortb about 02 cents an ounce In New York for aome time. Wheat la Chicago about 74 cents a bushel, OutheUver pool market, which was tbe market al way a referred to In tbe allrerdlscusalona, wheat and silver have been keeping as close together aa tbey ever did. Tbat ie all tbat Bryan or any other reformer ever claimed. But what waa the politics of the paper tbat publiabed tbat tirade? Make a guess. In last week's Conservative Morton talks about "flabergostio oratory," "re frigerated impertinence," and such like things. This Is the same Mortoa wbo in 1800 made a speech In I'lattamonth which waa reported in tbe Herald. In that speech Morton said: "1 believe tbat morally, socially, and "politically, Jrff Davis Is superior to Abraham Lin coln. If Jiff Davie and Abraham Lin coln were hung upon the eame tree, Lin coln would bear the same relation to Davis that the two thieves did to Christ." (Hoe Omaha Bee, December 17, 1801). Tbla "flabergastd" adj:tiv hunter is now in great favor with tbe republican party loadera In thia state. Tbs mer Una at the Funks uiera bouse on but Thursday evening addresNed by W, II. Harvey, author of Coin's Finan clal rk'hool, demonstrates that tbs inter eat In tbs silver question is as great as it ever was. Tbe wnatber was threaten ing but the opera house was rrowded and the audience cbrd with alt the viui that such audi owe did In tbe cane palga ol 't(l. This was a moarkable iuwUiig a uiuUr tbat tt iu la tbs heat ol suniUMV and no canipalga was la progr. It bt now ia imler for the Juuraai toaaaouaea thai silver Is dad. It skipped making that uwiuat two days lot k, It should not per uiilsttva aa oversight aiiaia. Tbe Albany Journal, ot of Tom Halt' suMtre, says tbat "tbs grs Majority ol lbs mk ol the raitipptaee baa eoHMMWd to accept tba authority of tbe t'ail4 KtatiNt, and tbat AgumaJ da's Mlowere are oaly a perl of oae tribe al owe Wlaad ol tbe group, There la some vtry qseoe Ibleg about that tatet. W aa dd tbs great Majority ol tbe FUipiaoe euaavat to apt the eatbwtiy id tbe Tailed Bias-? II Wa- era! Ot vr a 14 aa eWetka tbsre at abkb tbe IVu4ea vot4 taaevsvt tbe authority tbe lulled titalwa be baa aertt lti4 tbe veaeoi tetelt aa aaftbiag about it. t tbe ataae bead, II baa rhftf4taat wba TrvaMwit Bbaraaa a"" K btUaaeleiio titta woalda't Wt aiav Ta M ra'y a part 4 waa tttba kt kt lev imetwa, tt atHar sejhty eUaa$ ta a fmp tbat Otk ailb bkt lki,iaH) tr walda't foaa tbeea, Tbat farl at oe tribe Mt be aalat lktr Tba I edits la e4dWba44, aa4 eaa't ante Ka aa aa t ke It atir aa tbe trail at alt. Twat Piatt aagbt ta tut aa salary. oooo jbspvbuoahs. Away back in the "seventies" tbere were some good men In tbe republican party, Tbey oecosalonally delivered pop ulist speeches which had the genuine ring to tbem. Tbey made a tight to keep tbe republican party true to tbe traditions of Lincoln. Some of tbem fell by tbe wayalde, aome gave np the light, aome went over to tbe enemy, but moat of them atood by tbelr principles and when tbey aawtbat tbe republican party waa totally depraved, waa paat redemp tion or tbe bopo of reform, tbey organ ised tbe popnliat party and are today among ita active workera. Tbelr beada are eliverod over with tbe froetaof many wintera but tbey bave obeyed tbe Injunc tion of Paul: "having done oll,to stand," For three decades tbey bare stood by their princlplea and today, tbere tbey atand. All the gold, all the offices, all tbe honors tbat can be offorod tbem will not move tbem one inch, Tbe speecbee made by tbe republicans, tbe warnings tbey gave, tbe appeal tbey made to the luat of greed tbat waa destroying ths principles upon wbiub tbe battle of 1800 woe lough t and won and Abe Lincoln eent to tbe Wblte House, cbeer our hearts aa we read tbem today, During all tboae timna wbon plutocracy waa laying the foundationa which would result In Bv government of corporations, by corporations, wo were "not loft without a witnnsa." Ia 1876 Judge Clinton Brlgge made a speech in Omaha In which he auld: ' "I hope tbe people will luslat that the bal lot ehall be anbougbt tbat tbey will go to tbs polla and vote without the pres. sure of the railroads. I am a friend to the railroads of tbe Union I'oclflo but It should not lay Its bands on tbe vote of tbe employee. It owna tbe labor of the employee but It docs not own bis manhood, It should only perform tbe functions allotod to It, namely, of con etructlng and operating a railroad. Tbe constltuction glvee to each atate two senator and tbe - right of represen tation In congress, bnt I fall to find any thing in tbe constitution that makoethe Union Paelflo or B. A M, entitled to a United Btates senator for each corpora tion." Gen. John C, Cowin, (he Is one that fell by the way and would now denounce such talk as oopperbeadism,) aald: "The most vital question today la whether or not ail honest vote shall control thia country and atate, The republican party has bad a lariat placed around Its neck and has been dragged to tbe verge of the grave, aad why? By tbe demo cratic party? Not at all. By the virtues of tbe democratic party? Not at all. Because the democratic party was bet ter tban 'tbe republican party? Not at all. What baa done It then? Simply tbe thing that yon and I cannot deny, though we mention it with tears la our eyes, with eadnew la our heart, with aorrow In our aoula corruption within our own party. , "I raise my voice against these bands tbat are dragging tbe republlban party into an everlasting grave. I do it here ahd like d now. If I did not do It I would be that perfidious watchman, who, seeing tbe building on fire and ita In mates sleeping soundly in In their beds, cried out: "S o'clock and all ia well." I truat tbat I never shall do auch a thing." After a while John forgot that speech and did that very thing, that be said be wouldd't. Every word of that speech la applicable to tbe conditions of today. Tba republican party till has a lariat around its netk and every once In a while the banks and tbe oorporatlona give It such a jerk tbat it brings It up standing. All of the anti-corporation repablicane have loug since been lost to sight and sense. The bave irone tbe way o fall the earth and will be eeen no more for ever. Tbe best of them are still active In the political world, but tbey are kuowu aa populiata or eauus. silver, rrpubll An Kuglinn psir nr surprise tbat ao blockade of tbe Wlaad ol Luiou baa bean proclaimed by tbe pnwideut, aa urine aad auplie are constantly being ahlpiied to the Flliplaoa. Tbere is a wry good reasoa why. Lui la ae large aa Cuba, aad ia tbe very beat of the war, MrKtaWy did aot pretend to blockade oaly a pari of tbe eoaet ol Cuba, It would lake tbe a bole aavy ol tbe I ailed ntatea to wake, aa vftWlaal blockade ol ta a hole rwaat of Lasoa. Aerordiag to tbe law ol aatloas a btorhadw kt aot rw tfult4 ueWae It ta ffreteal. Tbe 1'ilt. piaoa wUI euailaae to get all tbe rldt aad other war Material. Uat they saa pay Kr, i auut aetata tat eta, Tbe rvpublkaaa ewe4 tbat tby are goleft- la lkt the trusts. The vieM la to prvpuetoToua ta dxwlve tbe avvfegs repablkwa Miot. Tbe llKlaWy adiu kttrelloa baa gtvea tbe traia savb aid 4 f.HMkft tbat Mora 4 tbe bave kesa wraeaUed la Ibe past tea yeare tbaa tathewbukbiektff oltbe world. Tbe Wthtf wl lb aitoriisf gat, whivb waa aa a4iaitka at, wt tbe bal aesa al Iraet r.riatj WwMaiag all tbeeoaalry, ltaaeaVil aolWa tbat (he a4ihiratkm was trMiJiy la tbe traei, aad waa m aa4iM4 Ttwela, 4(aiatt4 (of Mora tbaa kn tu'lHta, have twea tofaws) tawra tbat Wilee aa wviitva, Kow, afee tbey bava ha !( Me4 Uy the law bA ftl Ibe adwltla Ikhi tbat tbre waa a law l rvat their formation, Mark Hanna's conven tion passes a resolution condemning trustat Much a trick oa tbat would not fool aelck kitten. ' Later Since writing tbe above we no tlce tbat tbe Nellgb Advocate aaya: "Nearly every county convention In Ohio paaaed a resolution denouncing trusts, and the atate convention did like- wise. Republican planke on tbla anbject mean aometbing." We did not suppose tbat jn tbe Intelligent atate of Nebraska each a noodle aa tbat editor existed. lie ought to be exhibited along wltb tbe South Sea Islanders tbat will be shown at tbe Omaha expoaltion, Kigbtly la beled be would be a drawing card. MUIXftVr HBADM. Tbe republican lawyer, ex tract a from wboae lettera bave been printed in tbe Independent, writes once more. Tbla time be aocuaea tbe editor of Introducing a new term into tbe discussion of politi cal eoonomy. lie aaya: "You will ex. cuse me for saying tbat you bave com mltted a very grave literary offense. In all dlacuasions, terme abould be need in their ordinary aad generally accepted sense. If a new term Is used or an old one Is oaed in a new aense, fKen by all the canons of literary art, tbe writer ia bound to give a definition, You have committed thia offonne and so far as I am able to aoe without any juntlncutfon, You use the term 'mullet hood' and you bave never told ua what you mean by It. It seems to me that it was time tbat you did." The editor pleads guilty and asks for mercy, He will proceed to rectify tbe wrong as far as ponalble by now defining wbat a mullet bead la. Therefore know all by these present that a mullet bead is after this mannor: Before tbe St. St. Louis convention be waa for free ailver. Ife claimed that be bad always been an advocate of allvor and wa de fending it before tbe pope ever said any thing on tbe subject. Aa soon aa tbe convention sent a telegram to J. Viet- pont Morgan and bs refilled tbat be was for the gold standard, the mullet bead declured that be bad alwaye boon for gold and free ailver waa a heresy, , i When tbe war broke out and McKin ley sum that forcible annexation was criminal aggression, tbe mullet bead de clared tbat statement to be bis belief and that It alwaye bad been. Just a aoon oa Mark Hanna ordered McKlnley to forcibly annex the Philippines, tbe mullotbead immediately declared tbat tbat was tbe true doctrine, tbat forcibte annexation and benevolent assimilation was one and the same thing and juat aa much alike as Cleveland panics and chunks of McKlnley prosperity. When tbe republican papers declared tbat tbe quantity of money bad nothing to do with prices, tbe mullet bead said tbat was so, but when the eame papera began to talk about tbe tremendoua output of gold and that tbe consequence would be, aa aoon aa It got into circula tion, a great disarrangement and rise In prices, be declared that he bad always believed tbat and that if It got too plen tiful something must be done. Two mullet heads were sitting in Lincoln hotel having a quiet talk, wbicb was over beard by a man aittingnear Tbe flrt mullet bead said: "McKlnley baa made aa awful mistake. If inetead of thia war in tbe Philippines, be bad de. dared tbat Cuba, Porto Itico and tbe Pbilippinea were to bs free, we could bave gone Into tbe next campaign aud declared tbat the party woe true to the old traditions and to Abraham Lincoln, tbat Ita miasion was to give freedom to all men and all nations and we would bave ewept the country from Maine to California and held tbe government tor tbe next twenty- five year. But be took tbe other course and now we bave the biggest flgbt on our bands thatweevi r bad, but we mut stand by ths adminis tration even II MoKluley baa made an in feraal tool of himself." "That's so," aald tbe other mulltt bead." Tba above is tbe beet definition of a mullet bead tbat we caa give, II it don't eatisfy tbat republican lawyer e eaa't help it, am-CT, mw Tsrr3a (lormaa la Irrqueully "nioload" aa lhedmoerette candidate for theprtei. deucy, but the ''oivalioaera" are alee republU'aaa, Agaiast ortfaaiamt eaplut tbsre la a atXNUty for organised labor. Tbere baa tma diseuveml ao Biaa abo bas lb bardtboo4 ta npeely day It, Use Mbjbl aa wvit ipt tbe .rvpabll. vaas ta all vuMMtt eutetdeaetoMptet tbsMta dveiroy ib Irani. Thy are a relty bard lot bat aa owe hrvtuKt lho4htthat lby wore qttit t iV prated ae ta er4r thJr- awa tbU4ia. Tbe trust bt the cbitd ol the r bl taa lty. -.. - A ou4 Maat mu bav ba taqalilag wby tbe rvubUaM td .aa4NMifW sweety b4 their eUta ea Maxb earlwt lit year tbaa bt va.iMMsry, It b iraage abf a ay e bual4 ah ab a itka the raMB lor It kt ta plats. The I'tsal t waa bVy ta ewww boae aad tt by dM a gnat laaay al4 bavetoalsted tbal iba betyaaka bad bvea labttag (a IN fan ppiaat tkaald ha gltvaawMeol lb kA a, ao lb gat togsibee aad dwif,ts4 tbe M tk id ward bN.Wr ia adtaaea, Tba ete are sa tataltaad 'vlbbj a . VATK OF A JOKE. Away bock in tbe early fifties, an ed itorial writer on tbe New York Tribune wrote an article In which be summed tbe rarioua plana tbat bad been proposed to settle tbe slavery queetion. Then be added bla own plan, which he auppoaed tbat every one would take aaa aarcaa tic reference to the wbole matter and aald that it could be settled by "misce genation." Tbat aarcoam waa taken 3riotialy and aet tbe wbole country rav-' log. 'A conaultation waa bald in tbe ed itorial rooma and Oreely aald that any attempt to aay tbat it was a joke would only make tbinga worse and tbat tbe fool writer ahould bave written after it la bracket: "This la a joke." s Tbla editor la going to adopt Greeley's advice and every time be la Inclined to uae aarcoam hereafter, to add tbe worda: "thia la a joke." lie I led to do tbla from, the foot that be, In an article about lawyer declared tbat hereafter b waa la favor of banishing tbem and electing farrdera aa supreme judgea un less tbe lawyers behaved themselves bet ter in tbe future tban tbey bod in tbe paat. , It nover entered bis bead that any one would take tbat sentence tor lously. Bat It stoins that tbey have and hereafter to avoid auch miaundsratand inga, he ia going to aay every timer "Thia la a joke," In tba aame paragraph tbat is taken ao aorlously, we propoaod to give the lawyere all tbe office if tbey wouldonly get a move on tbem. Tbe editor of tbe Hamilton County Register tblnka that the lawyere couldn't do anything if tbey tried, on accoun t of tbe judgea, but be forgeta tbat every judge lea lawyer and it la the lawyere on tbe bench wbo bave played bavoo with ths Interest of 'labor and tbe pro. duoing Classen. Tbe truth of tbe matter ia tbat every time a young lawyer in the west baa abown marked ability tbe trueta and corporation bave captured blm be baa become a corporation law yer. Thore baa been only two exoep tlona in tbla atate, namely, W. J. Bryau and Wm. V. Allxn. Rvr nna knnva bow a truat offered Mr. Bryan, at tbe close of tbe last campaign, $25,000 a year, but he woe the kind of a lawyer that couldn't be bought. No doubc Senator A lien baa bad juat auch offera and be too baa aald "no," . , - We aay again if tbo lawyere don't get a move on them we are not only going to kick tneu out 01 an tne omcea out run tbem clear out of tbe statejudges includ ed, and put bricklayers, plastererr, farm ers and day laborers on the wool sacks. (Thia ia a joke.) .. Tbe trade of tbe United Statea in for eign lands baa expanded faeter durfng- tbe last two decades tban tbat of any nation In all history, and that without a standing army and without colonies. Now tbe Imperialistic advocates would bave us change our whale policy, and) like tbe dog who saw the abadow of a- hntlA in thfl ( m o.tr itunn iha hnnA anil grab at tbe ah ado w.' Tbat idea may ap pear to be a brilliant one to a mullet bead, but it will not to any one elae. Tbe Idea that political control of & country is necessary to trade with It, is tbe most preposterous idiocy that ever got into a newspuper, England bas made more mouey out of this coun try than she has out of all tbe rest of tbe world, ber own colonies iucludcd. She bas made mora tban II it bad been under actual British jurisdiction. If there i anything to be made trading with tbe Pbilippinee it can be made just as well : whether we have political control or not. Trade don't follow the flog, it follows profits. If tbere le no profit, trade will cease, whether the country is under the control of tbie government or some other. Gold Is starting back to London. During tbe last year, on account of tbe crop failure all over Europe and ia India and Argent laa,gold bod to be seat bera to pay for bat aud other lood product. Not very much ram si though we exported f 000,000.000 more good than w imported, but something over 1 1 00.000,000 did room, wbila ths other 1 100,000,000 went to pay tbe Interaal osi wbat we owe the Kagliahmea. Hucb a universal crop Uilurs la Europe, India? and Argentina U aot liable to eooa occur ageia and we may lok oat for eoatla- Ualeblpwaataof gold, The total sbip Meats ol gold to Uiudou tbU ssaaua Ur awouat ta ItO.TSO.tKXi. U B0 be very loeg Util Its ifl.fts wlU be la prteee U tbe eblpaMata ku ep. Tbaa look oat lor More ol haV ia tbaee Uni ted Htalse, 1 M3gszsmvzr-wmms2. 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