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Aug 31, 1899 You want Good Clothing Where Good Postal Card will bring a sam ple to your front door. PLEASE MENTION THE POET PROPHBTS. Tke poets have always been the true prophets as well as theiaeat philoao- I T . T) .-. 1 ' T.tarall In Ilia lUoro auiUB numvii younger days was one of these kind, though in hia age he became somewhat plutocratic. Here are . three stanzas of hie which are as applicable to tke present times as for the times for which they were written. To skow how completely the sentiment applies to these days the word "Mexi can" in the third has been changed to "Filipiio." The Mexicans were in the same Ix at the time that he wrote that the Filipinos are now and it was such assaults as this upon the McKinley a of that time that saved Mexico to her own people. I da believe in freedom's cause Ei fur away as Paris is; , 3 . I love to see her stick her claws In them infernal Phayriseeej ' :. It'a wal enough agin a king To dror resolves an triggers, ; But libbaty 's a kind 0' thing ; . v , That don't agree with niggers.. I da believe in prayer an' praise To him that has the grantin' O'iobs, in everything' thet pays, , ; .'But most of all in csntin'; This doth my cup with mercies fill, - This lays all thought o' Bin to rest, I don't believe in princarple, "" : But 0, 1 da in interest I da believe wutever trash'. 'Ill keep the people in blindness, Thet Filipinos we can thrash ' Right into brotherly kindness, r Thet bombshells, grape an' powder'n ball Air good-will's strongest magnets, Thet peace, to make it stick at all, Must be druv in with bagnets. SAFE AT LAST. . The old ship of state has been breast ing some fearful storms of late. So high have the waves rolled and so terrific the blasts that have beaten upon her, that old gray haired statesmen like Senator Hoar have declared that the downfall of the republic will date from the inaugura tion of William McKinley. But the the storms are clearing away. The In depxedent is able to announce that the old ship is efe. The Sultan of Sulu has has written to the president the follow ing letter that assures us of our safety. He will be a brother to us. Read it and rejoice. 1 "This letter certifies trat his highness 8ultan Mohammed Sambolol Kirat has given this to signify that he is like a brother to the nation of Americans, and wants to know if the American will treat him the same. . "July 27. 1317 (Mohammedan calen- ar)." . A GOOD TH1AO. Of all the "corporation cormorants" that ever ate out the life of a people the Union Pacific under its new management ietbe worst. Its general superintendent has grown so big in hia own estimation that bethinks the people of this state and their governor are so much beneath him that be will not treat them decently. He cocks np his nose and tells them that it is none of their business if be charges ten ' dollars more for bringing a discharged soldier from San Francisco than be charges for taking a civilian from Oma ha to San Francisco. Meantime the road is piling up millions from the traf fic it gets Thurston sees to that part of it from the war. The road is over burdened with freight traffic. Large shipments of supplies, clothing, equip ment and alt sorts of war material are onstaatly going west over the Union Pacific for the soldiers in tin Philippines. That road knew what it waa about ' when it sent its attorney to the United States senate, even if tbs mullet heads who voted the republican ticket did not It'a a good thing for a road to have an Attorney in the United Btatea senate at Washington. The B. A M. haa one, too. Clothing is sold THE INDEPENDENT MOKE WAR. McKinley is likely to have another war on his bands. This time it is with China. If something is not done pretty soon to bring this government back-to common sense we will be involved In en tanglements with other nations to such an extent that there will be no way out, but continuous wars and final destruc tion. The order recently issued by Gen Otis enraged the Chinese government and brought protests from almost all the other nations. A Washington cor respondent says: . 1 "The British and German residents in the Philippines are reported to have called upon their home governments to intervene on the grounds that the order prevents them from bringing into the islands uiloese laborers, cooks, etc.. and interferes with the development of their property, inemost important phase of Qen. Otis' action is the complications which it may cause in our tneudly rela tions with China." MORE EVIDENCE. Senator Penrose, at the' republican state convention of Penueylvau(a held last week and which was completely con trolled by Matt Quay, gave in bis evl dence that the populist views on the money 'question were sound. He first gave a glowing description of the state of prosperity and then said it was caused by the increase in the volume of money in circulation. The following are hia worda: .' ' ' - . "The volume of gold in circulation on July, 1, 1896, was f 0.18.995,000. July 1 of the present year it had advanced to 1702,060,000, an increase in three years of almost a quarter billion of dollars. The director of the mint has estimated that the new gold from the mines availa ble for monetary use this year will be as great as the aggregate of both gold snd silver available for that purpose five years ago at the ratio of 16 to 1 and be has said, speaking with official au thority that when we enter , upon the next presidential campaign the amount of now gold annually available for mono, tary use will be as great as the amount of both gold and silver available in the year of the last presidential campaign' Two years ago Senator Penrose, along with all the Mark Hanna fighters was denying every, day and almost every hour in the day, the populist doctrine known as the quantity theory of money. Now he declares that every word we said was true. THE TRUTH WILL COME OCT. ' - McCutcheon gof another dispatch through in spite of the censor by sending it to Hong Kong. He says the censor ship is maintained for political purposes. He confirms the statements that have come by way of London that there is practically a state of anarchy in Manila. Furthermore he says that the whole population is opposed to American occu pation and that Otis' statements that only a small part of the people were in sympathy with Aguinaldo is false. The three mayors that Prof. Worcester and Generals Grant and Lawton had elected, an account of which was given in this paper last week, have all been arrested for giving aid to the insurgents. When the Filipinos are asked to bold an elec tion tbey comply, but tbey take paina to elect Ben whom tbey know are for ab solute indpendence. McCutcheon says instead of giving Manila a stable gov ernment it now has the worst govern ment It haa ever had andthat all class, merchant, tradesmen and professional, are sick , and tired of it and are all againattns. It we rule there we must conquer the whole population, not a part of it. Otis' attempt to deceive the Ameri can people is bound to fail. The truth will come out The republican managers who skinned D. E, Thompson out of more than $20, 000 upon the promise to make him Unit ed States senator are now pouring upon bia bead the most fulsome flattery be cause be loaned the state that amount of money to bring the First Nebraska home on a special train. t WIIX STAND BT IT. Editor Brown of the Independent- Herald ia ao disgruntled at ua because we wont print a socialist paper instead of a populist paper, that be devotes about two columns a week to us. Mr. Brown ia a epicy writer and we enjoy hie articles very much, but then we must in sist that this is a populist paper and will continue to be. One of the editors some years ago ohanged the name of this paper and ro t it a socialist publi cation. Althoug he was an aDie writer and persoi' 4ly a perfect gentle man, he soon haL the paper some 2,- 000 in the hole and was only able to get out a half sheet. The paper was all so cialistic in those days but the "facte," as editor Brown calls them, did not con vince the hard headed farmers of this state that socialism was the correct thing. 'They would have none of it The editor of this paper made a study of socialism for several years read all the standard works he could get hold of and came to the conclusion that the theory was wrong. He believes that the political economy taught by Mill and Adam Smith is in the main correct and he is going to stand by it, until he ia convinced to the contrary. We want Bolcomb pn the bench before Smvthe's case against the Standard Oil Company comes up on appeal. Last year the trust sold five gallons of gaso line for 65 cents. This year they charge us 80 cents just because they can. Down in Connecticut they have a law fining a man for kissing hia wife on Sun day but aa there ia no law against kiss ing another man's wife the oitisena of the nutmeg state all seem satisfied with the state of affairs. ' Otis having made a complete failure in the war business himself, now informs the public that he haa started up a war between the nativea. That ia what he and McKinley cell Christianising the savages and establishing stable govern menta. ." ? '" . V; . . The editor of the weekly paper has been ia the habit of trusting t very body while nobody trusted him. It is a good time now to make everybody trust him for awhile by payment of subscriptions in -advance. Turn about is only fair play. , . i Governor Poynter should immediately sue Senator Thurston for the price of hauling his private car from Denver to Omaha. When he collects the judgment which any honest court will render be fore which the case is brought, he should donate the amount to some of the mothers who have loat eons in this Mc Kinley war. "Who will haul down the flag?" When it is raised" over the head of the slave driver to protect him in his property in flesh and blood, it is time to haul it down. There are thousands of the old veterans of '61, though their hair is now gray and their steps have grown feeble who will abed the last drop of blood to haul it down. If the bankers succeed in their scheme to retire the greenbacks and get eontrol of all the paper money of the country, in after years the calendar will be changed and dates will be recorded Y. T. instead of A. D. That is, A. D. 1020 will be written, Year of Trusts 20. The money trust will be the cap sheaf , and they propose to put it on at the next session of congress. The Ashland Gazette sends the Inde pendent a copy of the paper ia which the editor has gone to the trouble to mark all the lies be has told about Holcomb and Bryan. Thanks. It is evidently an attempt to convince as that be can out lie the State Journal. It is a very good stagger toward it. If he keeps prac ticing, perhaps in time he will for the Journal is getting old and wheezj. ' A republican statesman was making a street corner speech the other day on the flood of prosperity that is sweeping over Nebraska. A quiet man stood by and listened and after the orator had closed went up to him and presented a bill two years and a half Over due, for $10 35. He immediately changed the order of hia oratory and declared that times were ao bard that he could not pay it it waa all that be could do to scrape enough together to ttve on.. When the collector reminded him of hia speech be said: "Oh! that's politics." In the mind of a partisan republican, any one who happens to differ with or question the infalible wisdom of McKin ley la a traitor to his country. The eylo gism from wbich that reeolt is obtaloed is as follows: Any ons who opposes the government is a traitor. McKinley Is the government Therefore any one who opposes McKinley is a traitor. Sometimes they turn il around the other way and say: Any one who opposes the government is a traitor. Mc Kinley Is the government Then-tow any one who opposes McKinley Is a traitor. That fa also the same kind of logic that tbey ue when tbey talk about the gold standard. . BUS Wm4m OawMty mimtt 0. . OVKBMMBNt, VOWDS. o uvrHa a aalt fraad. rail rartlaalara mmi Bok f O tT ET AMTI-PLLX. OO, III lm.Ma f tt C. fc. Hardy's Column. Splendid Opportunity Treason Gam blers in Omaha Economy, How it Came Compromise Taxes Big Fools Generosity Our Ticket. ; There will be a splendid opportunity for Samuel's soldiers to try the Enslisb Sepoy method, that of tying prisoners Deiore tne moutn 01 cannon, that is, when they take any prisoners. The republican hat it. ia tronann tn criticise the action of the administra tion, bo tbey said when we criticised the I) red Scott decirtinn and tha Fno-it.lva Slave Law. N Thn ffamhlnra nra mit-tlntr nn a. ttnni fight on the decant nnnnlo in Omaha. just now. . . , ,: .. f fc la hard wni-lr rioritl wnnnrnv anil good crops that bmio made times a little 1 Li 1 ... a T r . t . m . uer.wr, dut mcjviniey ana tno republican party hae bad no more to do- with it than the old cow that jumped over the moon, n ltn tne loreign demand we have bad, wheat should bring a dollar and a half. ' We would have no objection to com promising with our street railway com pany on their delinquent taxes on the line that they pay tne taxesand 6 per cent' We would remit nothing but the penalties. The company can afford to pay that much. The franchises which the city gave them are worth twice the amount of the taxes. , Two big high-blooded fools King George Third, of England, waa ode of tbem when Win. Pitt, the great English commoner, urged him to give the Atner can colonies an independent government. The other was Emperor McKinley, when Mr. Bryan, the great American com moner, urged him to give the people of the Philippine islands an independent government ,. The generosity of D. E. Thompson is certainly to be commended. It is not common that men are generous with the money tbey have gained from the economy of others. The act of loaning to the state at a good rate of interest was not so generous as many of bis contri butions for helping the poor in times past. His generous use of the money be gained where he should not have gained so much, does not wholly atone for per petrating the wrong. The exhorbitant price he receives for lighting the streets of the city of Linooln is only one of hia unjust methods of obtaining money. The act of paying the transportation charges of our soldier boys was more an act of honor than benevolence. The government paid their transportation nearly twice over above their regular pay. - The fusion forces have put good tick ets in the field, county and state. We desire to say a few words upon the char acter aud qualifications of three or four of the candidates, and we speak from personal knowledge, Fied Shepherd, our candidate tor county judge, worked for me a portion of the time for two or three years while he was diguing bis own way through our state university. We know what he is made of and know he will not come out an em btzzler.as several of onr republican county judges have. We never voted for a candidate with more satisfaction and confidence than we shall vote for Fred Phepberd next November. We have been personally acquainted with Wm. McLaughlin, our candidate for county treasurer, for more than twenty-five years, and there is not a man in Lancaster county whom we would trust with uncounted money quickerthan we would him. There is no soft brick in his makeup. It is time that our county treasury changed party bands We do not know what Is there any more than we knew the condition of our state treasury. We cannot say that we are intimately acquainted with our state candidate for supreme judge, ex-Governor Holcomb. We know of his official acts, and when a a republican drag net brings up nothing worse than a spotted cow, black pig and the use of a part of the governor's house rent money for house repairs. It is safe to pronounce biiu a clean candi date. There is one thing certain, that if Silas Holcomb is elected judge he will vote with the democratic judge, now in, to convict every thief like Eugene Moore. He will also favor making Joe Bartley'a boedsmen make good Joe's stealings. We hope, however, that Gov. Holcomb will not think it necessary to appoint any man clerk of the supreme court who has ever been private secretary for any governor. There are men who have held those appoentiuents who are not reformers, they are not built right. "How much can I make out of the of fice" in not a reform qnwtion. But the blackest crime of all, Silas left aeven hundred dollars in the state treasury which he could have drawn and put down into bia pocket. MORE COPPERHEADS. . Dea Moines, Iowa, Aug. 24 The Union Veterans' Union national encampment today passed resolutions denouncing the policy of the administration In the Phil ippines, H. Clay Evans' administration of the paasion office, compering it to that ol Hoke Smith, James WiUon, sec retary of agriculture, for ao alleged af front to Commander in Chief DytWortb, and the railroads for not giving the en campment lower rates. Gov. Shaw also came in for attention, and he waa criticised for appointing J. Rush Lincoln, an ex-confederate, as brigadier general of Iowa troop when they were called into service at the be ginning of the Hpanisb war. Last even ing at a camp fire of the order, the go v nor dnfended hiroaeif for this action, lie said Lincoln was conceded the best mili tary man in the state. There were ex pressions of disapprobation while be was talking. Today a resolution waa present ed declaring that bis defense was an in sult to every member of the Union Veteran's Union. , .... - Money to Lend ' ' v: On cattle, hnrea, corn, at low rate of Interest M. U. Christy 1127 O street 60,000 SOLDIERS The regiments will be composed of fifty officers and 1,809 enlisted men each, making a total force of 84,215 volunteers for service in the Philippines. With the 82,000 regulars in the Philip pines or under orders to proceed there, Gen. Otis will have a total force at his disposal of over 66,000 soldiers before the last of thia year. It ia probable that a battalion wilt be organised from among the nativea in the Philippines, just as one haa been formed in Puerto Rico. . WANT TO HEAR THEM We wait with some interest to hear republican challenges for joint debate, during thia crmpaign. We want to see what manner of men will step out to quote the sentiments of Douglas as op posed to those of Linooln. We want to see the countenance of a man who will defend the abandonment of the Monroe doctrine with all that it implies. We de sire to put on record the fellow who ad vocates the doctrine that robbery of an indivldnal Is wrong, and robbery of a race, perfectly justifiable. It will be re freshing to view the speaker who pub licly enuervors to harmonise the "crimi nal aggresNion", and "benevolent assim ilation ' utterances of their president, and equally entertaining to hear him explain the expressions of confidence in Otis, when taken in connection with more than a year's delay in the execu tion of the Carter oourt martial aentence, when Otis presided at the oourt martial, There art multitudes of little things that their speakers will be called upon to ex plain thia year and they cannot get at it any too aoon. It will not do to sneer at the pops and try to escape by finding fault with somebody else. Come right out and defend your prinoi plea before the public or step down and out Ham liton Co. Register. MORE TROUBLE.. The republicana are having lota of trouble of their own thia year. Especially ia this ao in Ohio. There ia to be an in dependent ticket In the field in Ohio. So at least the following press dispatch de clares: --. : i : .-i Toledo, O., Aug. 23 Having received many times the number of petitions re quired to have bis name placed on the tickets. Mayor Jones today formally an nounoed hia candidacy for governor. In announcing hia platform he aaya: "Of necessity thia campaign must be a poor man's campaign. We have no ma chine to provide funds. It ia well that It ia so. Our campaign is for a moral pur pose and morality cannot be purchased. The cause 'is the cause of humanity. Claiming no creed bat love, and no party bat the people whom I serve, solemnly pledge to them and this cause all that I am and all that I have, and I now ask all those who share with ma these con ceptions of human rights to work for thia cause until equality shall be realised under thia government 'conceived in lib erty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.' " HE'LL DO IT J. H. Ed mis ten, who managed Hoi comb's campaigns for the office of gov ernor, ia again chairman of the populist state committee. If ha maintains hia former record, be will win by an immense majority. Peoples Champion. s $100 Reward, $100. The readers of thia paper will be pleased to learn tnat mere la at least one dreadful disease that science baa been able to cure in all its atagea and that Is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only poaltiva care now knowa to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a consti tutional treatment Hall's Catarrh Cure ia taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces ol the system, thereby destroying the founda tion of the disease, and giving the pa tient strength by building np tbe consti tution and assisting nature in doing its work. Tbe proprietora have ao much faith In ita curative powers, that tbey offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it tails to cure. Send for list of tes timonials. Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo, O. JSofd by druggista, 75c. IT COSTS YOU NOTHING Our new catalogue is as free as air to our out-of-town customers. All you have to do is to drop us a card and i we will gladly send you this guide to economy. Send in your name, your neighbor's name, and the name of any one to whom you thiuk a trnly economical price-list will appeal. The book will be ready in a few days. ST0P-0YER PRIVILEGE. We are pleased to call your attention tj the stop-ove) privileges on all railroads passing through Lincoln from date to October 31st, on excursion east, as follows: Stop-over'on the going trip will be allowed within the limit, and where the ticket reads for continuous passage stop-over of one day after date of sale. On the return -! , trip stop-over may be allowed within the final limit of the ticket and so arranged for you by advising the con ductor of your desire, to take advantage of the above privileges. , 5 Special low rates to Lincoln only will be made Septem ber 1 2th to 23d, the dates for holding the Lincoln Street Fair, G. A. R. Encampment, and Reception to the first Nebraska Regiment. We shall be pleased to see you. ALL MAIL ORDERS UPON RECEIPT. Uixiooln, FARMERS CLUB The Lancaater county . Farmers Ctab met with Mr. and Mrs. Fisher August 17, 1899. The tent erected on their lawn waa a pleaaing eight Two long tablea were set, with snowy white cloths, and decorated with flowers and eatables Innumerable. The lawn was neatly trimmed with a lawn mower; beds with flowers and ornamental ahrnba were seen all along. After dinner Mr. Flaher exhibited hia new gasoline engine, which worka hia churn, generator and san also ruu the washer. The meetintr opened hTainrin "Am. ica." The minutes wera mad ami proved. What shall we do with the minutes? was tha nail tmm tho nmUt No immediate answer waa bad. There is alwaya a calm before a storm, which proved true in thia bad been made to the town of Raymond as uiiapiuatea. w, u. Mann said he wanted that remark struck out: the sec retary answering, It is only part of the troth. Then in stentorian voice he said. 1 want that scurrilous remark taken off i Mr. Mann ia a carpenter h inuh. Hvinw on a farm near Woodlawn. He often makes distention la the club, and hia senseless attempts at jokes are moat miserable failures and half made sar casms, tor full an hour the secretary eat there listening to tha club's abuse of s j . . ... mm vino secretary j. it seemed as if all the electricity COntainnri In t ha hnmin body waa on the end at their tongues. lie Dopes tney nave not blistered it. -The literarv nart. araa than ing of a reading by Mrs. Koonts, a reci tation or do. ibb rreeman, toiiowed ay ner sister, was a pleasant diversion. Dairy- - ing waa uiscussea oy toe ladies; methods wera given, but nothing new was learned. Dr. C. G. A. Hulhorst, from Lincoln, was made an honorary member. A vote of thanks- was given Mr. and Mrs. Fisher for their hoapitality. They closed by singing. The next meeting will be with Mr. D. Howard, two and a h'alf miles northeast of Malcolm, Septem ber 21. Program: Muaio by tha olnb. Select reading, Hattie Deitch. Recita tion, Ona Gray. Music and voluntary reading. Debate, domeatie atock raising versus general farming production by plowing and cultivation. In a foregoing report waa a pjecs read called, "why roust young men sow wild oats?" Thia waa worked out while the olub waa in session, by boys ranging from eight up to fourteen or fifteen years 01 age. xney aestroyea a paten 01 mai- nna halnntrinir tn Mr. anrl Mm Pliho They ate the ripe and tramped the green ones into the ground, and also tors np the vines. The boys names are known, hnt wa refrain frnm mabinir thnm nnhlln if such will not occur again. They are children of respectable parents, living in Mr. Fiaber'a immediate neighborhood; another is the aon of a gentleman hav ing a good position at the state farm. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher vouch for the troth of these statements and will give the hnn' namoa. il nirunla rioalra Tdka care of your boya and quit abusing the secretary, ti. 1 coreman. BRYAN WAS ELECTED The black Hannaltes won by the simple aystem of counting McKinley in. It made leas nOise; offered a narrower lootnoia to attacx. uai 01 cariosity, u not for yoar instruction, look ' to this: to 1 B04 niavAtani nn Tam .um iu v jwm later Bryan "lost" Yet bend a glance to these ablee, and soma glint of tbs fraud which put McKinley where be is may then be glimpsed. Here are tables to show in sundry states tha Cleveland vote, whieh succeeded, and the Bryan votes which found "defeat:" , . - THE VOTB op 1893 akp 1896 1892. 18W. Illinois .....426,281 464,523 Ohio ....... 404,115 ; 477,409 Indiana 262,740 806.208 Michigan.......... 22 290 . 237.251, Iowa.. 196 867 223.741 California.... 118,298 144,766 Kentucky... .. 175,401 217,890 Minnesota..... 100,920 189,735 West Virginia ... 84.467 92,927 Doesn't that apeak tram pet-tongued of fraud? Tbe same stable plot in every tine which bore down Bryan In 1896 is to be relied on in 1900. There will be a shoreless ocean of money tn bring Mc Kinley through! New York Verdict 0 FILLED IMMEDIATELY ; UobreL3lcci