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The Wealth Makers and Lincoln Independent Consolidated.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY ,27, 1899.
NO. 11
VOL. XI,
- ji
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PEANUT POLITICS
reawllsts Will mot be Fooled brtheBlllv
Trleks ( gsbraske g. . p. Man-
stew
Tbe republican managers In this state
bemud to be possessed with tbe Idea
that tbey san loo! populist, voter with
little tricki liko their rcsoln'lon sudors-
tog the McKluley war and then laying
that tbe populist governor vetoed the
resolution of thanks to the iret Ne
braska, or utartlug out a squad ol
mlddle-of-the roaders, or publishing res
olutions of a Farmers Alliance when no
such resolutions were ever passed by
' anvbody of farmers. Their lastrper.
foniiance was even more silly than any
that bad proceeded' A fake committee
appeared in Lincoln pretending to be
; authorised by the legislature to Invent!
gate the state offices.
Will these silly people ever learn that
the voters of tbe populist party are not
to be fooled w,lth such silly tricks? ' Tbe
men who make op the strength of tbe
populist party are a reading and ink-Ill
gent citisenshlp. They, have formed
their opinions by long study. It would
be just as sensible to talk baby talk to
'grown up man as to try to fool tbem
with such simple little strategems.
These farmers can discuss political
economy and the science of government
intelligently with all comers. A proof
of this statement we publisn a speech
made by a "pop farmer and printed In
this paper July 8d 1891. This farmer,
John Buobanan, still Uvea on his farm
near Lincoln, and there are hundreds
more like blm scattered all over No
braska. Is it probable that a man who
can make a speech like the following can
be fooled by any of these little tricks
upon which the republican managers
'rely. Mr. Buchanan said:
We have now arrived at a period when
it is necessary for ns to ask, "Whither
are we drifting?" We find unrest and
discontent oa every side. In the midst
of the greatest abundance we find many
. who are poorly fed and poorly boused.
The cause of this and tbe remedy is a
f treat problem for tbe producers and
aboring el asses.
Almost every man has bis hobby or
theory.' Bat all are agreed that the
times are oat of joint and something
must be done speedily.
A change is needed in onr transporta
tion system, our land system and our
monetary system. National banks
should be abolished, and all money,
gold, silver asd paper, should be issued
y the general government and made
legal tender lor all debts, both public
and private. Not less than ISO per
capita should be issued and tbe volume
kept ap to that.
Tbis will be denounced by bankers,
but bear in mind that they have bad
their way about tbe contraction and
manipulation of thecurrency for twenty
Are years. It would hardly be good pol
icy to eall in tbese men to consult.
Their Interest and your interest are tbe
same, but don't go tbe same way. It
goes out of labor's pocket and into tbeir
coffers. The interest tbey get you want
to keep, ttouwy liwuml by the govern
ment bears no Interest at tbe point of
issue.
Uereinllee the secret of tbe bankers'
hostility to tbe greenback currency. It
brings in no usury, and usury gathers
tbe wealth of the country into the hands
of tbe few.
r. Nor is It subject to their control to
ooLtraot or eipand It at their sovereign
will whenever their interest demands it,
no nmttefc what becomes of the "dear
people." v
The labor of this country and every
other country, under the present system
of Issuing Money through bauks of issue,
is eontiolM by a few persons who con
trol tbe lsn ol money.
(Jo?raweal money Is not called In
from circulation except as received for
tales, It is then paid out ag tin la d
fraylflgitoipnfte. Thus It lsalny
kept la eircslatlon, fultllliug theotlloe
lor which it wa created.
While hundreds and thousands of our
own people are stiff oris tor the noe
arte ol li it la not good patriotism,
talrssaaoshlp ur I'UrUU tnlty tq shed
erwodile War over lbs poor of other
lands.
t uarity begin at boms but don't sad
there.
Both the old political parties have al
ways got tbe interest of lbs !rnir and
laboring rli la their mouth and plat
turn, bat the other Mows la tbeir
rta aad legialativ aottou.
It will now le la order for the old
marbi fctiitkMae ta assists their
eoavt-rstaa l tbe Urtiwre' interest as J
i ib no doubt, go bsrk twlore tbe
4 h4. list II will U il fr thnt l.
sad-rstaat that the prodigal sill out
feektlWd feswasae the salves are rowing
hoSM,
I i-y have haawa tor year that I
tbetarw' interest, hat It easaut tat
eivtt lhat tbey old Wtslts Ik-a,-swttMi
ut 4 bsaiseea, aad that hi what
ailt bw a.e ry la ufdef tu atske Urui
la prwsll
Ail eealih trt.ai the earth aal l
(trials! ty Ubitf. I tbstil baad
lb hxtskisg stiles, tke radMavl SIM
ad la- sytisttt lib all that
UImhi prod Mr.
1W . Will Wl 10 thee in
ebitetae ut aMSy la tbe Waet. Ys
aa I Berets -a wl MhM i lbs htxiit
ol tl)-vl aiaC ! Msg It JMa'l
bate II ks4 l tt'W UsaatMial
tit-4 A ah'Uss Hi las hash Mimas
titvaif l sWl iaM ol H.
Tb W f w ! w -asf (
at eWl at the haet fttkt
price, and the price of your products Is
nzea Dy tue law ol supply anu aernana.
That is very true. But tbey forget to
tell you that the law of supply aud de-
maud Is controlled by the amount of
money in circulation. This Is where
tney get tbe farmers. Dy controiing the
money they can tlx the price ol larm pro
ducts with the help of boards of trade,
trusts and railroads. With more money
in circulation (not in tbe bank) there
would be won competition, more bust,
nees, more work and better prices. You
want more equality and less aristocracy,
more greenbacks and lens bank notes,
more money in every man's reach and
U'ss favor for tbe petted lew.
During the late war to save tbe na
tion's life, King Gold, as on all such oc
casions . sought bis bole, crawled In and
pulled the hole In after blm. and stayed
until after the bear was killed. Then be
came out with bis war paint on, bran
dishing his tomahawk, crying for blood
when there was no more blood to shed.
But be bad to kill something, so be slew
bis elder brother, silver, and has ever
since Deon making Irantio efforts to slay
the child of promise, tbe "rug baby"
(greenbacks) and nt the sums time nurs
ing and nuturlng tbe bastard bank note.
The green bucks fought the battles of
country and clothed and fed the finest
army that ever trod the earth, and
should be good enough to pay tbe
bloated hulk who injured his spine in
lifting the Interest on the buslnexs end of
the bonds, and had to go to tiurope to
recuperate, at tbe expense of tbe "dear
people."
"Kierual vigilance Is tbe price of lib
erty," Is just as. true today as a hun
dred years ago, and more. I take the
following from a newspaper that shows
bow things have been working - lor the
past 25 years:
'In 1804 ajaroier In Michigan sold his
farm of 100 acres for $100 per sere, for
which he received f 10,000. With tbis
he purchased ' $10,000 of government
bonds, (tearing 0 per cent interest In
ooln. The Interest on the bonds, to
gether with bis labor, kent him and bis
and bis family without adding to or tak
ing from tbe original amount. In 1873
he exchanged the 0 per cent bonds for
four per cent bonds, doe in 1907, and
tbe bonds, together with tbe premium
are now worth $12,500. And after the
purchaser of tbs farm has spent all the
best years of bis life on (be farm it can't
now be sold for $ 4,000.' ,
This calls to mind, no donbt, the true
Interpretation of tbe 5-20, 7-30 and
10-40 bouda, which is that the clod
hopper must gt up and out at work at
5 o'clock aud 20 minutes sharp every
morning and work till 7 o'clock aud
80 minutes In the evening, while tbe
banker and bondholder can lay In bed
till 10 oclock and 40 minutes, and then
get up and cheat him ont of it all before
supper time. At least that Is tbe way
It works, l ns farmer makes his money
by bard knocks. Tbe banker and bond
holder by 'Be it enacted by tbe senate
and house of representatives.' .
In 1804 and '65 we had in circulation
$50 per capita of government money of
different Issues. Prices were good and
the farming Interest was in a prosperous
condition. Tbe same can be again under
like circumstances. '
I make no war on bankers because
they are bankers, but against tbe sys
tem. Ton toll from early dawn to twilisrht.
year In and year out, and when harvest
time comes old Shy lock comes along and
must have bis pound of flesh. He sifts
out and garner the fat and leaves you
the husks and nubbins to winter on, and
to buck the blizzird in a linen duster.
How much longer do you want such a
state of sffars to last, when you bars
it in your power to call a halt and re
verse the machinery? If a high protec
tive tarin Is essential V prosperity wby
have not we got it? if free trade Is an
essential element to prosperity wby has
not hngiand got 117 it a high protec
tive tariff and from to reduction In
railroad rates, a compared to what we
have In Nebraska, is esential to pros
perity, wby hss not Iowa got It? It
looks reasonable that something more
Is needed beside free trade, protection
and maximum rates on railroads, and
that on thing needful is money, green
books, a toot of trad, a medium of ex
change, a legal representative of the
valus of labor and tbs product of labor.
It is a necessary to th bualnwe of the
country a blood to th system. If you
win go Hack to me close ot the war and
read tbs republican and democratic
ilNfcbea and sdltorlnls in the old party
nrga whew ooatraetlon and resuwp
tloa were first talked about, yon will
Bud some mighty latereatina- reading
that will gtr yon a good insight li
lbs present stste of afJUir. Yon will
find something like (Ma;
HsHe resumption is a lis, a rhsst, a
fraud and a swiudls. it can't be doss.
Il will end only I a rhsne-e la tbs owe
rrsMp of property, aad Injur all ele
or ntiinws but money loading and o(fl
holdisg.'
Il n b hsrd to anavlae lbs farm
that 7a reals U a tattler prkwforki
seal lbs II A, AMer they hat so
Irstkfullf predated Ibeilai of affair
that sould vt if i bar voatraeied lb
rurrvacr to rme eim-t miuiU
lbV niter ward l .i arh ss I did it,
aad It du da jt what tbe e!d It
noulddo. Isn't It rei.ble) to esp
xlit Ibaf kse at (barters
d is? Asd a laev jsajptpasdMy
hat's lb matter? It laveetlgai
tVeaiateM lovsyi.n but srWu!
stxtwlU nil yon aiitUift It, to
wt have m,m nruiartfcMi.' It was
tktertMle artid islaxtf bt ha
Maated as I tlifMedj Ik b. a I pros
sfty il lbs mimi 1. aaatlv a iarir
vf aevalsrr.ead U il t U ua, asd
Km suable.) rM turn lbs saw .
rsM4 Ik Islsrr.as l thai
tati laev bad l- hot It aad
srt la kr Isf a m t v vr eiiaaa. k i
istMr tender, Uslissj klsdsss kf tk
pa lanr.
same principle thatth hair of the dog
Is good for the bite. m
Instead of contracting tW currency to
consumate tbe specie resumption fraud
they should have Increased it, as tbe
war was over aud the flood gates of the
south were raised, which gavslt mors
territory to spread over, and there
'would have been a contraction In that
direction, without withdrawing It or
burning It up. The public debt today
should all be In th hands of the people
at borne In tbe shape of a legal tender
currency, and It would then be a public
blessing instead of, an now, a public
curse In the bands of ths money power.
Could the farmers and laboring classes
of this nation but one understand
how they have been and are being
robbed through the manipulation of the
currency of th nation and tbe railroad
and tariff systems, no power on earth
would stay the tide that would sweep
the kings from off the throne. There nr
many of jou today (InJ this nvidlenoo)
who came to Nebraska, tbe gre.it Amer.
lean desert, la years gone by to maks
yourself a bom for your declining years,
and you find it 'going, going and gone,
beneath tbe heartless rap of the sheriff s
hammer, and are told to arise wud
move on toward tbe setting sun. They
toll you that this great financial ques
tion Is so complicated aad intricate In
Its bearing on the business Interest of
the country that It takes a master mind
to understand it. It would be danger
ous to trust It In tbe hands of the Inex.
perlenoed. They have managed It (and
tbey understood It) in the post 25 years
so as to mske two separate and distinct
classes, millionaires and paupers, and
both were made by the same act. And
tbey tell you t hntyou must be contented
with that station in life that the Al
mighty is pleased to plat yoa In. .
They talk to yon about public faith
and credit, a sound and stable currency,
and that It must be on a rock bottom
and on honest payment of debts. (1 bey
seldom ever pay a debt unless they can
make a bigger on to do It with,) and a
protective tariff to make a borne market.
All these thing they bold up between
yon and them to parry off the darts
you csst at their wickedness, and all
this they have done for thegood of man
kind and the glory of God.
Wowly but surely, tbe monopolies ar
winding tbeir coils around you, and un
less you riee In your power and lav ths
monster at your feet, yau yourself will
be crashed to earth, to rise no more.
All efforts to better your condition In
either of the old parties Is time, money
and labor spent for nothing. Its wise in
time. Don't losetb opportunity to
reap tbe golden harvest that Is now
ripening for you, for 'there Is a time in
the affairs of men. which, taken at tbs
flood, leads on to fortune.' The tide is
now rising on your behalf. Be ready to
take It at tbe flood and steer the ship of
state clear of old party breakers and
run her safely Into tbe harbor ol pros
perity. a peopuesTniversity
As a result ol the Buffalo-conference of
reformers a radical college Is to be es-
tablicbed In Boston. Professor Will has
been offered tbe presidency and Profes
sors Ward, Parsons and Bemle, late of
tbe agricultural college of Kansas bar
been asked to serve the new institution
as ho also Prof. 3. It. Commons, lately
dismlssod from Syracuse university, New
York, because of his unfriendly attitude
toward monopolies and trusts. Prof.
Ward is desired to assist In tbe teaching
correspondence and extension depart
ments; Professors Bemls and Commons
In the department of research; while Mr.
Willis J. Abbot, formerly editor of the
New York Journal, baa been tendered
the department of publication. It Is ex
twetsd that Prof. (leo. I). Ilsrron, lUv.
W. I), P. Bliss, will lecture under tb aus
pices of tb college,
. July 1 an appeal was made to th
confersuo for fund. Th response was
most generous, lathespnc of a few
minutes over $15,001) was subscribed,
John W. Breideuthal pledging $5,000 for
Kansas and Mrs, C. H. Hoffman sub
scribing f 1. 000, while other Kansaos
pnsent subscribed $IK) eeb. 1 he ues
of tbs great I'sople'a Temple In Boston
a donated to tb college lor on yssr
(re of all charge for rent, beating or
lighting. This will be th bsadqqarter
ol lb institution.
Tbs Institution will provide th follow
ing departments:
r'lrel Teaching , that Is, rlaaa room
work with sludeau who attsad tb In
stitution, rteviiad f orrespondenee. Through
Ihis many who are usslil to altrsd
school or college will Bud opportunity
lo study under tb dirwtioa of spil
Ut. Third Extsnsioa. tWtieg th Ire
tnrer to lb peopls when lb people ran
not rom ti tbe torturer, ha prove
irry popular and uraaltil KueUait
s i la wasy eerim ol tbs I sited
H'ataa. Tbi meibotl will t m pin ted
br I ha ('uit-ws id rWial HeieiMM,
ririblleaerva. Tbs growth and
raven id sass-iMil boduai asd ol Ike
Irwats dma4 Ibat ths Isv-ts)
lag I bee vast eMiaMUi ags-rvgalioas
hall be got lea at asd pat Is
latellifeet bMk 'lert Wilt deVOl
IfeviHaRlf III IkU Murk.
I'.lik-I'slilsaii.ia, A plan ha bee
dvtd wbertbf lb lt brnuhl
nglker hv Iba IsvoaMUaior be
pe,nwitir giva la tadlioM uf reader
lbngh th p
t: sr lliwsr-l ktt ua t U wdd asd
ari af nstd he bmsd Ibaf J, rer
Itsf M rttoa paMg hiMW Tk
si It kt.-rl his tbal h m mt la hat
ailed a halt.
Mews of the Week
McKJnley's censorship la tbe Philip
pines still continues to play havoo with
every American interest, there is no
longer a particle of doubt tbtt ths con'
dition of the troops in Manila and In
camps round about there Is terrible. It
Is bftoause of the awful suffering, wblob If
known lu the United States before tbe
full elections, would of Itself overthrow
the whole McKinley policy, tbs t Otis has
shut down on tbe news closer, than
evrJ
However, some news has leaked but at
Washington, It appears that tbs sur
geon general has sent a dispatch saying
that lis would no longer hold himself
responsible for tbe health conditions
among the troops, and, If bis rsqulsl
tions were not honored, he asked that
ho might be nlieved from the duties ol
his position. He says that 25 per cent
ol tbe soldiers ar In tbs hospitals or
sick In quarters and that many more are
kept nu duty who ought to bo In the
hospitals.
On, the other hand h declare that ths
hospitals are altogether Inadequate and
that every one of tbem Is crowded to re
pletlon. la the camp flooded with
water, with tbe rain pouring down la a
torrent almost constantly, lbs condition
seems to be beyond description. Add to
this the fact that Otis refuses to let tbe
correspondents say anything about th
beat prostrations or to send lists of the
deaths by disease, shows that the condi
tion there fully justify old Tscumseh's
description of war,
Tb reason wby tbe Administration
has not sent more troops to tb Philip
pines is now very plain. If th demand
of tb Imperialist had been compiled
with and there were 40,000 troops In
and around Manila instead of 12,000 or
15,000, there would be a state of affairs
that would horrify tb whole world.
Uow could 15,000 slckv and dying men
be taken car of that far from borne? It
e, to be Impossible to take ears of
tbe sick that are there now, and if tbe
nnmber were doubled, tbe horror of tb
Crimean war would be eclipsed. To send
more men to tb Philippines during; tb
rainy season, is to send men to die- of
burning levers in tropical jungles,
Tbs Imperialists still continue to talk
about enthusing northern energy into
the business and production of tbe trop
ics. Tbey might as well try tovbullda
refrigerator In hades. Northern men go
ing to tbe tropics may retain tbeir en
ergy for a few months If tbey go there
la tbe right season of tbe year. After
that. If tbey remain, it will take years to
get thoroughly accliroatod. When tbey
get acclimated tbey have about tbe
same amount of energy left as tb aver
age native. Think bow much energy a
man would put forth In weather like we
have bad in Nebraska the last few weeks,
when It continues month after month
without change! Uow much "energy"
was tbere'vlsibls on tb streets ol Lin.
coin during last week? An imperialist
can talk mor nousenae than any other
ortatur on earth.
Tber Is no doubt that tb Stat Jour
nal bas been suppressing sonis ol It
Philippine- correspondence and at th
earns time, after baring bea fully In
formed by ill own eornwpoudeuts, ha
deliberately deceived it reader through
It editorial column. Oermaiu Towle
wrote some very Interesting letter to
that paper, but non hav appeared
lately, Ias Sunday tbee wa a Hwial
dUpateb from him prints) In lb World
llsrald. (to It eeems fa ha changed hi
allegUne. In this artk-l fa tell of
om trrlbt crutle praetkwd Ux
tb first N-braska, II ay Ibat whea
lb l irst aeked for a lew dy rest (bat
Oils said k etiuld not spare tbem from
lb Ishtiug lis. Tba fa dweribew thslr
conditio as lullowet
"The si. k rrtmrtlarrMMed appallingly,
doetur er la dtspalr, Nearly every
ataa la the rgimet wa altl wd. Mal
aria, djr sealery, ly phv4, mentm ladigee .
tios, adob llrk, Irupieal nhvrs, plaal
psleukleg, dM their btird to
spirit on th ebb and eoaeiiuiitin ma
do, Mlor, wba tbey dared n
speak, charged) tb deplorable dilla
lu tb tek id easjpa le-sing alia no
rbasge af vlolbea, ovetaiMk, bad hnt4t
d mo Ihi . In i nd u m Mai
! aad Ha I Vrsas io h luugbt,
sWpl, taw rjvvfad strus-4 Wl brgh
sat) la lew wMsmt abbfa lhy r
hhi lle-tr Uk4 At Haa IVraaadu
qtl id kd Wer e,i4vMeil, b
bw sia4esie. J, f bs ae arii)ite4
14 gt hssgry y
II sajf that kUist Iblrlf of th hoy
will stay In th Philippines, having ob
tained position, or who think tbey see
s chance to go Into business. One man
In Company I proposed to re-enlist, but
th rest of tbe men looked upon him as
a madman, T'lers Is not a particle of
doubt that when tbe First get mustered
out and Mr free to talk, tbe Imperialist
hereabouts will hear something that will
make their ears tingle,
Otis not only censored tb cable dis
patches but laid violent ban J upon ths
malls. Bvverul letters received of late,
state that b refused to let the malls go
out. lie must bavs held them for more
than two weeks as some of th letters
recently received were written about the
middle ol May. McKinley has a whole
some fear of what tbe boys have to say
about this Philippine war.
Btrikes. riots: and labor disturbances
continue, There are at present serious
affairs of this kind in progress in Brook
lyn, New York, Cleveland, various coal
fluids, aud nearly all over Colorado. Tbe
labor organisations seem : to be deter
mined that If the trusts raise prices,
wages shall rlss with tbem. To that tb
trusts olijitct, Tom Patterson aud the
Denver News ar flgbtiug tbs smelter
trusts Ilk a wildcat with Its claws
ground sharp. This is about tbe first
time a labor organisation has hod a
great dally to help tight its battles. Th
trust continues to say "there Is nothing
to arbitral."
In a prlvats letter to the editor of this
paper, one of tb boys in tbs First Ne
braska says: "Yon needn't b afraid but
that tbe boys will stand by you when
they get back. Yon stood by ns when
tb whole gang of politicians were de
claring that our term of enlistment bad
not expired with tbe dose of the war
with fipaln. Every man la tbis regiment
believes that it did, But they kept ns
here to do tbe fighting while ths regulars
staid In camp when they bad no right
to keep us hers."
The big dailies bavs pot said a word
about tbe lost Interview given to th
papers by Brigadier General Fonston,
late of the 20th Kansas volunteers. All
at once they seem to bavs forgotten
there is sucb a man in sxltno. In
that Interview bs said "I am an anti
expansionist, though not a bltUr one
more o' a mild on. Dig syndicates and
capitalists wlllb greatly benefited by
the retention of these islands, bat out
side of a law except ioaal Individual case
I cad se no advantage in their posses
sion by ths United States. Tbs Islands
are so thickly populated and labor so
cheap there certainly ,1s no Inducement
lor the American laborer."
Creel man, the correspondent ol the
New York Journal says that Otis said
to him: "I don't propose to allow tb
American publlo to know anything
about this campaign that will agitate
or excite It, So long as I am In com
mand here th people oftb United
State will know only such facta as I
deem advisable to allow to be known.
Any man who writes anything about
this campaign contrary to my wishes
will be expelled from tbe Philippines.
We ar not going to hav any publlo
agitation about tbl campaign II 1 can
help It."
Tber yon hav th qulnteasao of
militarism, aad just what w will hav
at bom as well as In tbs Pbillpulnmi If
Mark llaana I to stay In power in this
country, A big standing army, a big
navy, aud when war comes, th psopls
must pay tb bill and glv their sons
to 4iu on ths battl field and b to! j
that tb Amnrieaa publi shall know
Nothing about this raaipalgo, that trill
sgitsU or suit It.
Wbils speaking ol th lttio la th
Philippine. 0aerl Aaderua saldi MA
it b, gi-krtal Oil I both civil and mil
itary goveraor la th Ulaad. Kisrvt.
lag both of these laaeiloBs, h b
sum I absolute avl arbitrary ruler r
tartb, hftrul Russia hot empted,"
To that trt id swsm ka Me
KU'ey rl ue4 U,tUHHi of Mp) asd
let lb mallet faed will rial at Ifaal M
ft laky W th farel president wt had
asd that ltpf tallest is th Mats a l.ie
Ma repaid waaUw. Nt wodr thai
iWmalur lUar said that ths doeafall id
lb Aaterwaa repahiia al4 d.ii Iruai
Ik iaaugsratioattf I'rWd-at M.fa.tl,
111 aMi l Ik Mk laWr a-lwiala-
Irathte, Mbwa I Ike dUpaleh nhnh
a that the ilrv, Wf lyer,
M-kle) iha, tU kw pat la thariti all
if'ly atttltaff adalra. That was
that fa i -ellaejPy tU smsmI (11
fighter, th trained commander ol tb
United States army. II that doe not
disgust tb whole people ol tb United
State nothing will.
Tli censorship in Manila Is becoming
more rigorous every day. Tbs recent
rules ar more Iritatlng than any that
have heretofore been la lore and show
Otis to be a tyrant and a moral cow
ard. II bns made such,) miserable
failure ol all hi military operations that
bis only wish Is to conceal bis Incom
petency from tbs American people, That
shows that he Is not only a coward bat
a dishonorable, sneaking Adventurer,
willing to sacrifice preolon American
llv by tbe hundred to save himself.
He Is a disgrace to the American army,
tbs American flag and tramples Ameri
can honor In the dust, Tb correspond
ents bave sent another protest tbls
tliii to London. On of them says:
It seems that at Han Franlso w
hav another Montaunk with all it hor
rors. To please crta'a capitalists and
to put money In their plethoric pockets,
the camp tber baa been locatrd on tb
sea shore against tb protest of the
medical authorities. Th troops arrive
from th Philippines debilitated, suffer
ing from tropical fevers, chronic dysen
tery and wounds, and ar left to shiver
In fogs and cold with no means of warm
ing the hospitals except an opm grabs
and tbe Are lo that allowed to go out at
night, Dispatches from friend of tb
First who have gon to Sn Francisco
tell a borrlble story of neglect and In
competency ol tb military authorities.
Many ol tbs First would bavs been left
to die after all their suffering and fight
lag to uphold the Mi Klnley administra
tion la an unholy and unconstitutional
war, were not governor Poynter, General
Barry and Colonel Stork there with
money In their pockets to take ear of
the returning wounded, sick and sailer
lug sons ol Nebraska.
There are other Nebroakans at San
Francisco,' sent from tbs diffrnt neigh
borhoods and towns where the com
panies were rained to fr Cuba, bat were
afterward sent to fight, tbe smuggling
Filipinos. Friends of tbe First need
bave no fear that the boys will not be
taken care of, for tbe oitissns of this
state have taken tbe matter ont ol the
bands of McKluley and he can sit In tie
Whit Hoase, smoke . bis thirty-cent
cigars and soak himself wltb nicotine to
bis his heart's content. Nebraska wll
look after her own brave sons. If Gov
ernor Poynter wants any more money
to do It wltb, all be baa to do Is to send
a telegram stating that fact. Be bos a
thousand dollars in bis pocket aad will
buy warm underclothes with It.
HELP FORJHE FIRST
The following telegram wa received
at tbe adjutant general's offloe from
Oen. Barry wbo bad Just arrived In Baa
Francisco:
SsM FniNCisoo, Col. Jnt 35, 1899.
I. J. Ayers, Chief Clerk A. 0. 0., Lincoln
Neb. 1 recommend and org a aa ad
ditional precaution against pneumonia
that friends and relative of each soldier
in tb First Nebraska Volunteer send
at ones by mail extra thick cheat pro
tectors, out lor front aad back," Hea
Physicians for details ol making them
Tbe government doe not furnish thee.
Tb best medical authorities br en
dorse. Bequest press to glv publicity
aud call attention that town peool no
tify those- la th country. Hush forward
extract ol order Mating to promotion
la tb First Itegioirut. Ofrlmal.
P. II. HilSt,
Adjutant Uensral,
The following additional telegram was
received from 0a. Barry Wednesday
alt-raoou:
Yon will aotkw by th dlspatrh of the
a lib Inst, that tb regiment ha tie
iHayed on nvout ol a broken valve.
Tbe duration of IbsuVUy, if isuree, 1
Sot kwoaa, but as lbs reutmsnt was
evkedaM to arrive at Haa Fraseimi on
ikaKHib let it la sot bkeiy It a ill ba
dl tel mora than a auupi ol da; so
it aw lt prubeUy arrlv about th of
annual.
I would riHully rqeit that yon
bar IheUispalSB wl Iksa'&ifa as. bus seed,
talk Maiives a4 Irieads 4 all Iba
b ko al trow titer toj as well
as la thus of tb I'owpaay trout ntbsf
loss.
Also please kaie iLrea pablbbed la th
aat sioao iue ua Iks Iroat
pegs ol yuv daoy asd l par,
(a order Ike way be asot!a4 04 pub
lie aa fcaitiie
TMi Mtao Msaol fa doss fits lbs ear
aad iiirt id lb twit wk faav
Kakt s.1 gallasl'v ss I faravaiy, aad
tu bav l ielf l IH-sa4,es
IkadtallailMaol' lll HlltCV St fat
Kvuisad be S'm Me s'al stats 4
Uraka. asd lute ttl, 04 J
a warm pUe ia Ike bt 4 srf taw
sbMieg aad lifer ty hfts4 4avfl
Hi?0.
II yen era tHt In mismI In prmtAMt
)4 s-a- tea pewi-K Jfn van 4
hit larlteS r,ik Iks tM batla t Si Lik
Mvit rM In.. lb mus Mm
that)VH rvralfaejlbs lefjr u a tb
I va lorgM Mitaduf a' hnk
Mite, lb wld kUa olier, the lJ.a
4 0W rssdefs lit tk 4s4m,