Nebraska Newspapers

    THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
July 13, 1899 v
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Jefferson was the first republican pre,
ident and Lincoln was the last.
Geo. Miles wm 00 the wrong aide of
Algor'e tin cans, and Mlklejobn says be
can't have any command in tb Philip
pine. . " -
Postmaster General Smith said at
Omaha that there waa only one email
tribe in rebellion in the Philippine.
What would happen II two or three
tribes would take a notion to rebel7
When McKlnley get bia twelve regi
menU In tbe field enlisted "without
regard to educational qualifications" oa
tbe order say, be will And that there
will be no aucb lighting aa waa done
when the true American volunteer waa
there. .
llanna aald In an Interview a tew days
ago: "We bave argument that are
bettor than words with which we pro
poae to meet the silver Issue in 1000."
Dooe that mean tbe argument of tbe
bayonet Or doe It mean the $ argu
ment? llanna may conclude that lead
ia cheaper than gold.
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Future conventions in this state
. should be cautious about easting com
plimentary votes (or gentlemen whom
tbey simply wish to flatter. Sometimes
tbe result Is most disastrous, as for in-
stanoe in tbe case ol our most distin
guished friend, the editor of tbe Fapib
. lion Times, Just stop and think what
havoc tbey played with that man's life!
There Is no reasonable doubt that a
good deal of the milk shipped into Lln
ln baa been treated with formaldehyde
than which no mora dangerous thing
could be introduced into tbe stomach
except tbe active poisons. In tbe end Its
effect will be practically the same forl.lt
wCl produce death. Certainly there
should be something don about it. An
infant fed on such milk will die. It re
tards digestion ia the adult and In tbe
infant it must be fatal.
Plngree' plan to enable tbe city of De
troit to own its own franchises and run
its own street, cars has been knocked out
' by the courts. A republican Judge says tbe
whole thing is unconstitutional. It will
now be In order for Plngree to get out
and whoop it up somo tnoro for tbo ro-
1 publican purty, elect some .nore repub
licao judges and United States senators
and try to fool the people again.
He will find that he has run his course
and that be can't fool the people all tbe
time. Michigan has bad enough of Pin
gre republicanism.
The Wair Republican say: "Tbe Her
man preacher who rlued to allow tb
use of bl,team to assist In unloading a
ftrload of mattreeaea donated to the
cyclone sufferer by tba World-Herald
bureau becaua he differs kith that pa
lr oa putitl will certainly need to be
baptised and "born again" tailor b
fitted to niter tha kingdom of heaven,"
He ought to I Implied with Ar and
brlmatou threw times a day. However
It is only a sample of the prejudice of the
average mullet head who read nothing
bat a partUan republican paper.
Tb g. e. p. 'eoualry yokels" r be
ginning their old racket agate by talk
in aUoal 'hundred rent dollar. ' It
any oa of lb. nutlet beads will bring
aay kta4 uf aa Aarla dulUr to tbe
Iadedal uftk that ia not a buadml
fat dollar, In will b glvee a ga4 4e
! bread a4 batter aa4 tup of (!,
After b baa tttout4 theat, U be caa-
not U ad la sew that ry dollar ul
whatever III aia.lt, la a hJr4 at
i iluir, 4 4 avvwtty t b a kse
4e4 Mil or II uol be a tlUUr al a I
b will U seal avr la Ids mU a4
tetf aee, a ba as te llvta, a ill k
Mil pWMipaa.
I ibm mm 4ui4 sa4 tlckiaby MJ
1 MMMl a py M M PltftuW fepe.
aWelary U4 0mm a gt , a4-
Cira ol tM, Ul be la et
tisum lata lb ! tlt akg mik
tiiMaraltva it U4etilar, wU
tttkta bii itt (alb aUittbe
, r; t5- feet km$te it mil .iwi
Crrt It wa!4 N U itM gieu4 tael
fey Jtr CMOibrff pi Out tar-taet 1 r4
I t'-a lie Mlnig pMgN
itrrrt at Id tak a
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PAtMJUfO Of THE VOLUNTEER.
PintiwranT haa never had any love for
AnFinan volunteer. What the
mnnoT nnwA wants la a regular stand
Ingarmy. The law thot wo passed at
tbe last congress is tbe entering wedge
to destroy tbe whole volunteer system
aa It has been known In the United
States. The new regiments that nr to
be mustered In to all Intents and pur
poses a part oftbs regular army and
will be commanded by regular army
officers. The governors of the states
and the people will have nothing wnai
ever to do with tb organizing of these
regiments. Tbe whole arrangement will
be in tb bands of llanna who will act
thromrh McKlnley. Tb enlisted men
will represent tb slums of tb cities for
all tbe qualifications of an American sol
dier swept one-tbat of physical ability
-bav been set aside. Character, intel
ligence, citizenship bave all been set
aside. They are tbe very kind of men
who can be used for any purpose that
plutocracy desires. Tb brave men who
enlisted when tbe coll to free Cuba came
and who carried thinking bayonets will
not be among thorn. They ar of an
other class altogether. Heretofore
thieves, burglars, murdorers and other
men of tbe criminal class could not enter
our army. Now tbey are welcomed and
advertised for all over the country.
IIow long wlillt be before these hoards
of mercenaries will be thrown against
organized labor and tb producing1
classes cf this country ,1 The days of tbe
high charactered and intelligent volun
teer, willing to fight and die at any time
and anywhere for hi country, is post.
Men without character and without In
telligence ar to take bis place. We ar
to have In tbelr plaoe a standing army
mad of men not citizens, men who can
not read nor, write, bums, cut-throats
and thieves. Hurrah for Mckinley I
HAD TO gWIWO BOUND,
Since there bo been ao much said
in tbe republican papers about a new
chairman for their national committee,
Mark llanna bo been talking a good
deal; What he has said bos not added
to tb strength of tb republican party.
Tbe fact stated in tb followlng-and
tbey are facts which is taken from a re-
cent interview with llanna ar decidedly
refreshing.
"I made my haadauartars at Chicago,
and there watched every move made by
our opponent just as we would watcn
a gam of chess. We carried tbe fight
into every state and kept our opponents
busy at tbelr own home, so that tbey
could not com outside and fight us. Of
course, we spent a large amount of
money. Wo bad to. wnon tne cam
paign first opened we bad NO SPEAK
ERS WIIOCOUI.1D DISCUSS THE ISSUE
WITHOUT BEINO CONFRONTED
WITH WHAT THEY HAD SAID PRE
VIOUSLY IN DISCUSSING TUB CUR
RENCY QUESTION. You see we bad to
swing around, for when Major McKlnley
was nominated it waa tnougnc tnai
Whitney and bis friends would beat the
free silver men in tb democratic conven
tion and make the fight on tb tariff.'!
MOT ALWAYi.
Tb Grand Island Democrat soys that:
"Tb democratic party ha always been
wise enough to keep close to nature, and
in this knows tbe difference between a
snob and a saint It is able to dlstln
guisd between a lantern and a jack-
6 lantern between sense and sentiment
between statesmanship and stupid
ity."
Well yes, but not "always,' If it had
been tbers never would bave been the
necessity of organizing tbe populist
party. Tbe detnocratlo party was not
"wine enough" about the time it elected
one 0 rover Cleveland president. In fact
it did not have enough wisdom to Oil a
gnat's skull about the time W. J. Bryan
was downed in this state ia its state
convention and the old ezereeence. of
huniauitjTat Waihugtou was endorsed.
Sometime tha democratic party has
been right and sometime it has Im u
wo fully wrong. At present It seems to
be getllug right again and tbs populiit
psrty proposes to see that It stays right.
If it don't, it will forthwith proceed to
"knock tlMstuttln,"uutoht.
(1UI.II StAKIIAKU in I II 1 1. K.
S.itiHi MngLah bondho!(!rf gt tr-e
Chilean Government to adopt th gold
staadsrd a year or two ago. Tb tnulM
head In tb lnitel Statr gav a great
houtot triumph a tl maiet king bad
bera doa tbat would bnf advantage
14 th pettpb d thi (Hiuutry. Wkea II
wa Hitatt out lu tbn that th 4p
tioa of th gM staadsrd by ay ian
try that had befura U-l atr, wuutd
rwutt la a 4wfe4 lr gold that did )
ital Wlof and to tbat sileat, would
ial gul4 barder ta gel ia lb tailed
Htate. tbey g art ally rplw4 that that
a )at what ky wanted. -
Tk gu'Mwwwal m! t til 4(4 4pt la
l44 slaadai 4 as4 tha ra!t i.
Ik mm as II bas always le-a kr
tf that Iklag baa b 4oa. 4 tail ta
I'fWM, takity, paafca, lrami la
ri, startaiuia, ItMaaity, k44i as4
ftal 4tirM4 Mtaw4 as II always
has MUi4 y , as 4 aiwai
Ot l ai l as taialy MfU K4
k4 te.
Tb4lr baja aa great kat lb
fttaal a bie4 t M4i akal
II ba4 4a a4 aba4ta Ik 4
statUa'4 a ivaelaef. ba lta aa
4a, lb ftvat dailtea la lb I'atM
sta(a, tk rta4 In tsraWb S
Hi Ik p-b aeatuia4 at
at all, . II a4vt4 tk g.44 staa l
r4vry ut lbi Is) kU ml.
umn about it. When it wo abolished
not one mentioned it.
Tbe first thlDg that has appeared in
this country on the change of standard
In Chile appeared in some correspon
dence printed tbe other day In tbe Chica
go Record, under dat Valparaiso, May
26, over tbe signature of Robert H.
Reld. Tb misery in Chile was removed
by the issue of full legal tender paper
money in sufficient quantity to relieve
th distress of the people. Tbe Chilian
prescription worked like a charm, which
I another demonstration of th sound
ness of th populist financial theories.
Mr. Reid in bi report of th matter
ays:-
"Despite th unfavorable forecast
mad by some politician when the gov
ernment issued 50,000,000 of paper
money, tb republic Is gradually Improv
ing It financial position and appears to
bave got over th crises which followed
tb breaking away from tb gold stand
ard. A few day ago exchange touched
lOd and I today lSXd, being only a
couple of pence lower than when paper
money wo not legal tender. This has
caused almost a panic amongst tbe
brokers of Challe Prat, where sales of
gold coin take place twin a day."
According to tb financial mullet
beads, gold should bave gone scooting
sky high when a big batch of legal ten
der Daoer money was issued, but it did
not do anything of that kind. It Is Just
as much impossible that It should, as
that some tnor j ng fjnhould get up
and find tbe law of gravitation reversed,
water running soblll and every loose
thing flying off Into space. The paper
money took tbe Dlace and did tbe work
that gold bad don, decreased the
demand Upon it, and th consequence
wo that it began to go down Instead
of up as tb mullet bead affirm it
would tinder such circumstances,
There I still but ons question ol great
interest to the Deo pie of tb United
State and tbat is tbs money question.
From our financial system flow all tbe
evil of which the people complain.
Trusts, imperialism, panics, bankrupt
cies, In srease in crime, low prices, In
crease In Insanity, all and each, can
el tber be totally abolished or greatly
reduoed by a proper financial system.
Furthermore, nothing but tb adoption
of a proper financial system will ever
bring relief. ,
A TO PES A flXITKKATE. -
Tbe Topeka Capital says: "General
King's statement (tbat nine tenth of
the Filipinos can read and write) seems
Incredible, sine If trus it would imply
a condition of Intelligence and a stand
ard, of education in the Philippines lur
above tbat in half tb state in this
union, if such a high state of literacy
existed throughout tbl country Bryan
could not have carried a single state In
1800. If what General King assert is
true oranywber near the truth, there is
good reason why Mr. Bryan fear tb
annexation of the Philippine, for a peo
ple nlne-tentns of whom ar reader
could bav no sympathy with tbe pro
paganda of free silver and fiat money
which is opposed to the literature oj all
times and raoes in the worlds bietors."
The Capital forgots tbatNebraeka,Dry.
an's own state, which rank above every
other state in the nnlon In its literacy, a
greater number of whose inhabitants
can read and who do read, ia tbe Very
home of the free silver movement. It al
so forgefcabat the tremendous majori
ties In tbe northern state for tbe gold
standard came from the slums of the
great citiee. Its other statement that
tbe propaganda ol free silver i opposed
to all literature shows that the writer
of it is so nearly illiterate himself that
he docs not know what nets writing
about. Free eilver was the law of the
whole world up to 1819 and of nil the
world except one nation up to 1873 and
of all times and al, rmrus up to that time.
W Dealt come to tbo literature ol the
subject of th preeent. time, there i not
aa eeolMHiii.it Ml I tin w liole wiurlti, who
lMMikare cousiderml authority, wuo Is
hot a biinetallit. Sueb writing only
brands it author a a falsifier or aa
Iguoramou.
Ml'MIVIfAI. wa.KHil'.
Tbs poputiat doctrin of tbe public
ownership ol city fraucblwea i making
tjrh hen?i!ty in New Yrk a4 lw.k
'a that lb plutocrat! pr of (hoc
cities bav concluded that they must
print something to put a rbei-k ou sui-b
lunacy. Ho tb llrookiya i'agK after
m tub eogiUtloa, a-nl forth tb folio
lr "Ulaeguw, tbat bory bedl atunb-U
pal atoaeter, Ilea4 of being tb
baUlr (4 tbs bautaa rav, aa w
ar lol4 by ar, aa t aa siampl
fur all Miub)iIttas Ul btllow, ba by
Its tuelbwtt ro4 ltlf to b anr
ral, at or b.rtWs aa4 aior b
baw4lba lb dvvii biait. Ilka
h..tl m tkaa half id it Mp!tka
4 lb balUit, It b rubb4 lb UUtm
ol Ik t rrd al btr Ml, libaa
mw4 lkw ap ia tawal boa,
I a imm tb fwwrty a4rrttas
aety s4 tieav, aitbual lb bp
Wk that brtttiast ple ivl anla
r.b4 Niil4 a4 HtUikl l
tb tiUfi 44ly a,U wl4 ltKtr
eldvti ara wm muv4 bf It ttat Ikey
taWaitUt4 Nktg Bp aaadJittuaal
tkiM. a wa4 tHMbaar tt lb
beiaki4 ty 4 iM.kij. Tbey a
w4 Ibal a t t btb sacb a ttv
iteat Wly iaal mm
kkr tlaa fVltii aa4 Giwurrlt a4
tbl lb ad4 uWiais Ulw
t4 H4 J4 rV-utvk pftwi kig,
UNCOLN A HP POPULISM.
A very large number of the populists
of Nebraska were originally republicans
and today we all refer to th teaching of
Lincoln for guidance, On every question
now before the people, Lincoln expressed
the views we advocate. Take the popu.
liat position in regard to the decisions
of tb supreme court. Not one of us can
express it with the power and force that
Lincoln did. In bis inaugural address
Lincoln said:
"Tb candid oltiien must confess tbat
If tbs policy of th government upon vi
tal question affecting the whole people
I to be Irrevocably fixed by decision of
th supreme eonrt the instant tbey ar
made, in ordinary litigation between
parties in personal action, tbe people
will have ceased to be tbelr own ' ruler,
having to tbat extent practically re
signed their right Into the bands of that
eminent tribunal."
Tbe populist position upon the su
preme court question bo never been so
fully expressed by any on a In thos
word. It should be adopted - at tbe
next national convention a a plank In
the populist platform.
In regard to tbe Philippine question
Lincoln boa expressed our views with
more power and precision tbatuany one
of us can do it for ourselves. In a speech
at Lewiston, III., delivered August 17,
1858, he said;
"The Declaration of Independence was
formed by the representative of Ameri
can liberty from thirteen states of the
confederacy. These j communi
ties by tbelr representative in old Inde
pendents ball, said to tbo whole world
of men: ' W bold these truth to be self
evident; that all men ar created equal;
tbat tbey are endowed by their creator
with certain Inalienable right; that
among these are life, liberty and ' th
pursuit of happiness.' Tbl was their
majestic interpretation of tb economy
of tbe universe. Tbl wa their lofty
and wise and noble understanding of tbs
justice of tb Creator to hi creatures, to
th whole great family of man. In their
olighteued belief, nothing stamped with
the divine image and likeness wa wot
into tb world to be trodden on and de
graded and Imbruited by hi fellow.
Tbey grasped not only th whole race
of man then living, but tbey reached for
ward and seized upon tbe farthest pos
terity. Tbey erected a beacon to guide
tbelr children, and tbelr children's chil
dren, and the countless myriads who
shall inhabit the earth in other age.
Wise statesmen a tbey wore, tbey knew
tbe tendency of prosperity to breed ty
tyrants, and so tbey ' established those
great self-evident truths, that when, in
tbe distant future, some man, some fac
tion, soma interest, should set up the
doctrine that none bnt rich men, or none
but Anglo-Saxon white men were entitled
to life, liberty and the pursuit of happi
ness, their posterity might look np again
to the Declaration of Independence and
take courage to renew the battle which
their father began, so that truth and
justice and mercy and all tb humane
and Christian virtue might not be ex
tinguished from the land; so that no
man would hereafter dare to limit and
circumscribe tbe great principles on
which tbe temple of liberty was boing
built.
"Now, my countrymen, if you have
been taught doctrines conflicting with
the great landmarks of the Declaration
of Independence; if you have listened to
suggestions which would take away
from its grandeur and mutilate tbe fair
symmetry of the proportion; if yoo
have been Inclined to believe that all
men are not created equal in thoee in
alienable rights enumerated by our chart
of liberty; let me entreat you to come
back I Return to the fountain whose
water spring clone by the blood of the
revolution. Think nothing of me tuke
do thought for the political fate of any
mail whomsoever but floma back to the
truths tbat are ia tbe Declaration of la
dciondenoe," In speaking upon thesubject J ft Davis
and Stepbea A. Douglas used practically
the same word, Doogla la Illinois and
Jeff Iaviupon leaving tb United State
ton a t. The men said:
Thl Colcago doctrin of I.iucolu's
declaring that tbs negro and tb wlii
maa ar mad tquat by lb Declaration
of Independent, and by Dlvln Prove
dencw-4 tmutrou brey, Tb
signer ol tb iVt-UratUm ol Indcpen
dac vr drvaated of tb aegro ha
Ikey wer writing that dot-uaie!. Tbey
referred to wblt at, to men of Euro
peaa btf tb and Karopeaa dMht ba
Ikey dw-laml lb niaallty ol all n.H
Tb same later! lo-lay deaouor tb
Chicago d.Hlna aad tb U !. do,
trio id Intttl with a much bittera a
lby M thlka dlria of tlK
Pupat ata ol May staada r l.lscoi
IixmI aa l(brepabtH party stasd
akrrw Jfl. It stool 4roa aa4
IWJa! Tbey erlhlo great Hpa
Ui of all lb pt na4 ar aaly their
kssW bJUiwvr.
4f It Altai.
Tb It'l l b rvtu'M ol Nw Yl
tsb-iai-t.bwtW a ale. IvaMb
k dr tthav"ai t-a tb le
ak that lt a4 Ik gomaae.!
imm t4 all lU pape ty k al aa
4a4 a I kf ka tly lg4 Ibal lbi
itia 1ker aiualkif ba lM I H
a Hat, bat ; ba seal aal
atlt ll l's wkal (-arp.nl
U . Ik Aprd, llai 4 4 ?.
Tk Aprd aaiUf lrto4 bask !
and branch banks, the May nnmber of
Greeham's law, (an old worn ou t theme)
and the June number of the Spanish dol
lar in Massachusetts. The Independent
wishes that this gold bug publication
could be put into tbe hands of every
populist. They would get more fun out
of it than going to a circus. Now here
ar a couple of proposition laid down
with a much assurance asJf they were
known to b promulgated by God him-
..if: v ;
"The legal ratio of tha coin roust
trlotly conform to tbo reiatlv market
value of the metals.
"If tb fixed legal ratio of tbe coins
differs from tbe natural, or market value
of th metals, th coin which I under
rated disappears from circulation, and
tbo coin which is overrated alone re
mains current."
These statements ar asserted to be
great fundamental law acknowledged
to be true by all men of all ages and to
deny them is a senseless as to deny
that tbe un rises in tb eaut find sets In
the west. Tb argument , wai evidently
written In London forth writer con
stantly" use pounds, shilling and pence
in hi Illustration. Hear him:
"So If gold coin worth twenty shill
ings and silver coin which are rated at
an equivalent value in gold, but are
really worth fifteen shilling In the
market, circulate together, everyone
will pay his debts in silver, and all the
gold coin will disappear from circula
tion." ;
Now all tbat I simply laughable.
Tber are about 000,000,000 silver dol
lar in circulation in th United States
with a market value of less than half
of gold dollars, and gold doesn't disap
pear. Not only do those silver dollar cir
culate along with gold and remem
ber tbey ar standard ' money
and not - redeemable In any other
kind of money but they will con
tinue to clroulato Just as long as they
are legal tender for debt In the states,
no matter whether the market value of
tbe coin in them Is fifty cent, five cent
ora'bundred cents. While they have
been In circulation gold ha increased in
stead of disappearing.
It is hardly -possible to fool even a
mullet bead with such argument as
tbat. Even tbe dullest bav bad a little
common sense hammered into thorn dur
ing th last five year. London gold
bug rot will not bav th effect in 1000
that It bad In 1800,
REPUBLICAN ORATORS.
Republican orators had a bard time
of it on tb Fourth. Tbs custom of a
hundred year forced the committees to
have tbo declaration of independence
read, and recent discusejon of tbat doc
ument caused the people to pay more
attention to it than in former year. It
required a good deal of hardihood to
arise after tbe reading of that document
andlbcgin tb advocacy of government
by conquest
A Lincoln orator had made a contract
to deliver a non-partisan address. In
thinking over tbo matter be became
troubled and going to a distinguished
lawyer asked bis advice. "I am" be said,
"under contract to deliver a non-parti
san oration on the Fourth. Will It be a
violation of the contract to reier to tbe
declaration of independence?" Tbe
lawyer told him that If he wanted to be
on th safe side he bad better talk of
something more modern.
Tbe Fourth was celebrated more gen
erally than ever before, and this Mark
If anna administration teceived a rebuke
wherever the graud old truths, incorpor
ated by Jefferson in that immortal doc
ument proclaimed 123 years ago, wore
hoard by tbe listening crowds.
RAILROAD CONSOLIDATION.
The Vaoderbllts have alstorbed evtrv
Ihiug iu th way of railroads between
i:b leu go and Doetou and "consolidated
them under on head. All this was don
In th interest of th dear people because
th bueiiieea could b run so much
cheaper under one management. Trunt,
and villy railroad lrut,havcooi
to stay, so th republican and socialist
tvliu. Tb lauU.aitf of tbl raitroad
lrut Is mad plain by. lb market r
port and rat quotation. Cora and
wheal dei'lin In price al Oia-ngo and a
for freight rate sine !hla'Wuhd
tioa" tb quotations sayt
"Thaw charg oa wheal, oat aad
tbiur Irora tbleago to New York tty Will
ba 17 rvfet per ltal puade,roiupare4 to
lkpnatratol iV ra
Ik advaava will b from M at to 15
real. )Vr ihmI kipaiat Iroat fb
sago via New Vw k lb 4raae oa sura
til b Iroat HiU t It real. IAt
beat klt4 tk :eln krkt
tb rat will b IT seat pr ton p.a.U
ta a now, Wta I
tMt I, ka ! rate w4 gtt late
ttf.l, Ik ka! U h tk ! bv4
ra-s It bar be ltrtel4 l up
alt tat iat(hatfaet"
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lei' allray gatak Trw, eai4
M4iM aa4 wtab- btuaa la
lf,M f Ik lit a4 tk !
Jraal. W4 Ibal a U kr tad
ititag "nyvawi'' 4 oaakall Ik pop
ar 4 lv tt Ik on4'l 4 ikrol
lktt, a4lkraaia4r il gbk
ttttMaMa 4 Walk lUa, fkal
a W. tkg II Ikal M. b.ay stiU
k. aa l Uib lUwsa K tlrk if H
aitk t.t4 ftotbkil4 la Uadoa,
INVESTIGATING COMMITTEES. .
Last winter the republican legislature
started out by appointing a lot of inves
tigating committtees. They had not
gone very far in their investigating nntil
tbey found they bod hold of the hot end
of the poker. Tbey dropped tbo poker,
pat court plaster on their hands, took a
drink all around and quit. A few mullet
head in the senate, not learning any
thing from experience thought tbey
would try their Band at It, and that
august body appointed a partizan com
mittee to investigate during reces.
They mad an appropriation to pay
their salaries and expenses, but that act
never recleved th approval of th house
andwhsn sent to the, governor wa
promptly vetoed. v
Now that partizan committee, without
the shadow of tbe autboritry of law, has!
appeared at tbe state house and began
by issuing order to tb state officer to
furnish them rooms. Tbey wer politely
informed that aa citizen of tb state
howsver much tbe state wo disgraced
by that fact they
wer entitled" to ex
amlne.all the public'ricords and would
befgiven any assistance tbey, needed,
but a to; turning over tbe state house
to them, tbat was impossible nnder tbe
law, ' ; . :,
Then tbl "committee" adjourned to a
downtown botol and summoned one
Simon who told them that he had been
engaged in a very disreputable scheme
to alter tbe ballot cast for a certain
constitutional amendment, lie went
Into details and told bow be did the
dirty work. Then he said fa bad ap
plied for an office under the fusion state
government and tbey wouldn't give him
any, but tbat was not tbo reason that
made him tell about a scheme be bad to
commit perjury and stuff the ballot
boxes. , ' .
This committee was greatly delighted
with the "evidence." Then they sent
for ex-Governor Uolcomb, who in a very
courteous and polite note declined to
appear. He told thorn that all of hie
official act were a mattor ol record and
on file and open for examination at tbe
executirelofflco and they bad better go
up there and look tbem over, or word
to tbat effect. According to tbe last re
ports tbe committee were bugging tbe
"Simon evidence" close to tbelr heart
and claiming that they now bad tbe
proof that would down free silver and
fusion forever In tbl state. '
The childisbnes of tbe whole business
only makes sensible men of all part ice
smile and give a wink with the left eye.
"Obi that's politics," they say.
DEMOCRATIC ANTICS.
There Is more fun in watching tbe
antics of Edgar Howard and a few other
democratic editors in this stale than
ever any man got out of an hour's ob
servation of Dan Rice' trick mule.
When Uolcomb was governor, when be
bad office to glvs away, then there wa
no on lika Uolcomb. He wo tb beat
governor thatlNebraeka ever bad. A
oon a he wa ont of office and had no
more offices to dispose of, then be waa
no good at all. Tbe very coterie of dem
ocrats that Uolcomb appointed to office
are now after the ex-governor's scalp.
Serves him right. He should have glvea
tbe office to tbe populist Instead of that
crowd, but be never would take the ad
vice of this writer. He no doubt did
what be thought was the best and tried
to divide the offices up among the three
parties that supported him, but now
tbat these same democrats are after bioi
denouncing him and declaring tbat hia
nomination will bring sure defeat, we are
inclined to smile and say: "Go it Eddy.
We knew what would happen when Uol
comb persisted in recognzing such a
crowd."
But all democrats ar not like Edgar
Howard and bis small follow lug. Tbey
declared that Holoonib wa a good gov
ermir when lit! win iu tilti.. ami lli.-
stick to him yt. The Crete: Democrat,
after giving brother Howard a swipe or
two over tbs bead, says;
"Gov. Uolcomb Is not maklug a per
sonal effort fr tho office of judg. It ia
his Iriends who ar pitting bini forward,
and who believe him to ba tb strongest
man mentioned for tb plnee. It Is very
tatwak artloti, but when you
look tb fact lu th liter, you will sea
tbat b polled more vote ia lHUd than
iWyaa, that b ran far ahead of hia
tkkt I 17! aa4 Ua strong today
a then, with tb raak aa l ale of lb
fulR fur. IVa wby try to pull
downantaa ol known, demonstrated,
strength lof soaieoo aho popularity
Waa wttkuoaa quastlty. Gov, llokttmb
doe ao 4 Ik tfflM, J praclae
yield aior lka lb salary ol
ti Ij a4 a bill abttat Ik sum
latia,"
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abal U f wka b slatt li l-ayi,
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