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VOL. XI.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, SEPTEMBER 28, 1899.
NO. 20.
NEBRASKA
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THE VICTIM-SELECTED.
Tdt. Republicans Met in Omaha the
l Other Pay and Nominated
i Their Candidate for Su- 1
ji fpreine Judge.
- v ihe republican state convention
was a peculiar affair. As Rosewater
is now tbc, accepted bos the con
yention was ordered to convene, at
. the exposition grounds so as to help
that Rosewater sick chicken as much
as possible. Tbey ran a skin game
on the delegates, by telling them
that tickets to the convention would
dmit them to the exposition
'ground?. But ..when thp delegates
,got into the convention hall they
found that they were still outside the
. main gates.
f What the readers of this paper wil
be interested in js the platform that
they adopted. So here is- that part
tint treats of the jssues of the day
wnue we deplore toe insurec
lion in the Philippine islands, yet
we recognize the duties and obliga
tions imposed upon our nation by
the victory of our nation and the
matchless vigor rf our arms, re ult-
ing in the treaty of Paris, which im
posed upon tbe president the duty
of roajntainmg the authority of the
United States over the territory ac
quired thereby, and so Jong as (here
is one gun pointed at an American
soldier, so long as there is an armed
enemy assaulting our flag, do long
" must patriots and loyal Americans
uphold our president in bis efforts
; toward protection, . tranquility and
peace to ail who recognize our law.
ful occupation, i
."We adhere unequivocally to the
gold standard and arc unalterably
opposed o the free coinage, of sil
ver. Gold has been our standard
since, J 83 $ and js now the standard
' ri every civilized and important
.joimtry ir1he 'world, after 'rooff
. h . U n .. - 1 f.l
O-"1 aD campaign of extraordin
J ry earnestnM and full discussion,
iH? peopie of the United States by
majority of more than half a mil
lion, decided jn favor of that standard-
Our experiences and , present
V. prosperous condition in the amplest
and fullest measure, demonstrates
y I the wisdom of that decision.'
'We denounce the attempt now
desperately being made to again ar
ray labor and capital in hostile cam
paigns. The republican party now
ag always opposes trusts i and combi
nations having for their purpose the
stifling of competition and arbitrarily-controlling
production and tlx-
jng prices, but we also recognize
that the legitimate business jntsr
psts, fairly capitalized and honestly
managed, have built-up. our indus
tries at home, given the largest em
ployment to labor, at the higest
wage, and have enabled us to suc
cessfully compete - with foreign
countries in the markets of the
world. Such industries must not be
struck down by legislation 8imod at
dishonestly organized institution.-,
which destroy legitimate enterprise
na ine puonc. we lavor tpo crea
tion by act of congress of a bureau
of supervision and control of corpor
ations engaged In interstate business
J . Wltn Powcr wnnJar to those exercised
T . over national banks by the comptrol-
I ler of the currency, enforcing uch
F publicity and regulation as shall ef.
' lectnally prevent dishonett metJiods
t and practically and generally such
legislation state and national as from
I .time to time may be required for the
i correction of abuses
, 'Ve commend to tho thoughtful
.consideration of the republican par
m., ,that a national convention be called
Tj by two-thirds of the dates' to revise
f the constitution of the United States
W 'under the provisions of articls V of
I tn federal constitution.
ne remainder oi tnc platform
was pure buncombe a rehash about
the recount of the ballots, the veto
of the resolution declaring the war
jn the Philippines was defending the
principles of onr government, honse
rent and like things. It is a wonder
that they did not get in butterine
and the home for the friendless.
The editor of the Independent
asked in Englishman what be
thought would happen in England
if a political party should put out
what cveryb(Mlv knew wa an abso
lute falsehood. He said no party had
:t it..... a:a j1,
would be hooted wheneyer a leader
appeared, But that ia just what tho
republicans did at Oniaha when they
declared that the people of this
country aecided by more than half
million votes m favor of the gold
standard. That question, as every'
body knows, was never submitted to
the people. The republican party
declared in favor of international bi
metamsni and pledged themselves
to promote it, while the opposing
imriy wa jor uimeiauism witnout
the aid or consent of any other na
uon.
The plan of the republicans, as
disclosed by this platform, in regard
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to trusts is to claim that nothing
can be done to check them until
constitutional amendment is
adopted, . which they well know
could not be done for years if ever,
In the meantime the trusts are to
fleece the people to their heart's con-
tent. Under such a declaration
this every trust magnate wjl) bo
vigorous supporter to the republic
can party. $a the sum of the whole
mater is; the republican managers
in this state are for the gold stand-
ard, imperialism, and the trusts.
iney nominated a man for su-
prjproe judge who all summer and
up to 9 o'clock of the morning that
me convention asaemDieu, constant-
Iv declared that he would not accent
the nomination and who, oon ai
ne was informed of it, sent a tele-
gram accepting without a mement s Kept arriving in steady streams tin
hesitation. His name is Judge M. til the dust on the streets was two
Reese and he Jives in Lincoln.
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THE GLORIOUS CAUSE.
Lnnumbered thousands Come to
Hear Bryan and the Populist
Speakers in Every Part of
the State.
A man who says that he lives
near North. Bend, Neb., writes a let
ter to the editor of the Independent
in which' he abuses the poor mullet
ko 41,. 4- 41,t 4, 41,.
..v.ua 4.TV 44 fv,W44 uiv
country most unmemtnuy. in tact
i j, . .
ne as altogether too nam on them,
Tlie caston- of yhir iwrath,1,he"rre.i
ates as follows: :
"J .met one of them and he began
by saying: fco your silver chanH
pion, Uryan, is losing his drawing
capacity.' I asked him what he
meant and be hoeart bv tnllintr me
that there was not much of a crowd
J '
4 x- j , d j . r, ,
at orth Bend when Bryan spoke
there and no enthusiasm at all. I
asKed him if he was present and he
said: 'Do von suppose that I would
waste time by listening to this old
vi I Mini iv 4 1 1 ' v fltaiU IVt ltatfl,
asked h-im how he kenw that there
wasn't much of a crowd and no en-
thusiasm. He said that he had seen
en account of the meeting in his pa
per." What follows is bo terrifically
hot that wc are afraid to print it
lest it sets thji block, in which the
Independent has found a home by
the courtesy of the J-reie Tress, on
fire.
Now, that mullet head was not so
much to blame when all the circum-
stances are taken into account, as
the writer of this letter thinks. He
didn't know any better. He had
made up his mind from the facts as
they had been represented to him.
Ihe acounts that have come to
this office of Bryan's meetings are
to the effect that he, nor no other
man was ever before greeted with
such audiences as have thronged to
hear him at every place at which he
has spoken. One account of the
meeting at North Bend, written by
a man on tho spot is as follows:
As the train pulled into the depot
tnc station piattorm. streets and
sidewalks were a black mass of sing
ing, cheering humanity, and on ev
ery lip was the name of Bryan.
Hundreds f men and boys had
climbed onto freight car and the
roofs of nearby buildings, the better
to catch a glimpse of their friend
and leader as he emerged from the
car.
"That's him," came a shout as
the familiar, strong and gravely
incd but smiling face appeared,
and with a rush and a universal push
the great crowd made for the lead-
cr, jostling and crowding about him,
afin? his bands and all talking
and shouting together. A lnagni-
ficent parade was formed, in charge
of Frd Miller of North Bend, mar
shal of the day, Edward Ives, mar
shal of the Webster township con
tingent, and ,T. D. Noben, marshal
of the Maple Grove division. At it
head a big American Hag was borne,
following the Hag came tho .North
a J3end cornet band. Ihen came
magnificent float, arranged in the
form of th oblong pyramid and
draped in tho American colors. On
its apex, clad in a golden yellow
- gown, with a golden crown upon her
nead, sat the village beauty. At the
base. of the pyramid, in robes of pure
aim spotless wnite, anu wearing su
- 1 vcr crowns, were sixteen beautifu
i mamena Humming tor fsrvan and
each waiving an American flag.
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-then came the carriage contain
wg Bryan and a thousand people,
I hen come th delegation from
Maple Grove, ISO wagons and car
riages filled with farmers, their
wives, and children, headed by
Watts military band. Webster sec-
tion was headed by the Schneider
asband,'a well equipped and finely un
a iformed organization, under tho
leadership of Joseph Konosky,
And lastly were the hundreds o
delegates front , the
'unorganized
territory' , .
The procession was almost a mile
in engtn, and contained a number
of banners expressing opposition to
trusst and imperialism, demands for
xree sjjver onq Jlicome tax and cx-
pressing a people's confidence in
William Jennings Bryan. Clear up
to rue nour of speaking the farmers
inches deep and the town was over
flowing into the country with the
greatest crowd ever gathered here,
;orth Pend s welcome was no half
way measure.
Then this writer goes on to tell
us what ilr. Uryan said to this im
mertse throng of people and how bis
woros impressed tnem.
Mr, joryan never faced a more at
i i i
tenijre audience or one more evi
dent anxious to learn. Clearly and
dispassionately he ' showed
these
M???, thc! f!ould not lonSer
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40,J .hpm -h -. - .
tion thev wore discriminated .miiut
i . i . . . : " . o
m favr of those who had jarge in
comesT'n-elCdda and ' stocks
n PtCl an( mortgages. He told
SKffl JiW a
the corporations to escape their just
share of the burden and compelled
the poor to carry a larger load than
I was their dUG.
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' tuIU l,lc,n. n puoncan
party was opposing and nad opposed
L innmo trv0 ,c lu.u
would help equalize the burdens of
government and compel those who
Urge, incomes to pay their right
S" P,rtj0I of ,a, IIe phowe(l
i litin Lilt: ii'MuuiiLau mi iiiimiitr in
i fltM 4Un Mniih ..im An 1..
amendment, because that party was
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consistently supporting the attempts
01 tne nc1 and powerful to compel
the humble and lowly, to assume the
burdens hat the rich should bear.
He showed that as in taxation, $n
it was m finance and all the ques
tions of governmental policy that
the dollar had been enthroned and
man ws being debased. He showed
conlrol of nmi monopolies, be
pause triwtJ and mnnniKifioa nra
supporting it and keeping it in pow
er; that they have more influence
with the republican party than all
the poor republicans who vote the
republican ticket. And the eyes of
manv republicans in that audience
were opened. .
At all of the places at which Mr.
T ..... a i ...
nryan nas 6poKen similar scenes
have been enacted and similar
crowds have gathered to hear him
Ihe same is true to a large extent
of all the meetings that have been
addressed by Cyclone Davis and Gen
Meavcr, ucn. weaver was so inv
Crrssed by the crowds that came to
ear him in Gage county, the very
hot bed of republicanism in this
state, that he telephoned Chairman
Edmistcn that ho believed that the
pops would carry Gage county. One
thing is certain. There has never
been such enormous crowds in at
tendance upon populist meetings
this early in the campaign since the
party was organized
Par,y ,,as organized.. And there has
iwor ,,fn such earnest attention
to r"blic speakers in any campaign
waged in the state, lor the first
""'0 tno repnoucans turn out to
brflr populist speakers. The new doe-
'"i" preamrci oy me supporters
or, th" McKinley administration is
cringing into me the love of liberty
naS 'olxS lain dormant in the
hearts of the straight republican
voter. On with the fight. It is
a glorious cause,
0
Patronize our advertise.
FRIENDS MADE ENEMIES.
Imperialistic Arrogance and Blund
ering Stupidity the Sole Cause '
of the Filipino War,
A year ago the Filipinos, were an
xious to livo under our protection.
On September 2$, 18!8, Aguinaldo
asked the Hon. John Barrett, form
erly American minister to Siam, to
send a message to the Ajne"caiM
people through the Journal. In thj
statement bi said: , -
.v , u uiuv irue
nenus oi ti.e Americans. netniBt
them to save us from Spanish mis-
rule. A 1 ilegations of treachery
y .....,.... w
u'humcu ami umusi. i nave never
given one order nor taken any step
iuu nnv.iiiMiuB,
n any timo our atutude seemed un-
lavorame to mo Americans it was
oecause tney misunderstood our
plans. We' feared they might allow
fcpmn to retain control of the isl-
ands. The only reason we arc slow
to evacuate pur positions around Ma-
fill Id hAMIIn .M n... J' . i1.. 1 C .
uuu win oo inemis. iney can
reach a perfect understanding as to
the government of the islands if
opam is alloweft no voice. It is a i
mistake for the Americana to think
wc wish to fight them. All our hopes
and plans are centered in opposition
iu opumsn ruio,
3Ir. Barrett comented on tht:
"I personally believe : Aeuinnldo
and his fnliowrtr. -.ii,i a nn 4
American control witiim,t
provided it were managed with din.
lomacy; but they will never yield
to Spain." -That Was over four
months botW th Ai,tuMi,
tilities, but even then Mr Barrett
eaid : ' ' ,
"It is Wl ttiBt ;i;t. u.
desiring the glory of a victory over
me insurgents, are not us ma suff .
cient dinlomacv. and renown t,tl,m
wnrsp than ihita or. tn int4T..l.
sons."
....... Blv C4 DC114PU ICO'
Nearly two months later, on An
vemper 14, the Filtmno Junta at
Hong Kong gave Mr. Barrert anoth
er memorial in PpwMnnt AtlTil..
and the American people, in which
thev said- 1 ' -
-"While the fate of the islands is
still undecided and we are doing all
in our power to prevent a. ennfl pt
ictween the Americans and Filip
imm awaiting patiently the eon
tjuoiuu vi me i aris conrcrence we
implore the intervention of the pres-
ident, supported bv the will of tli
iiuojwc, iu rnu me sugnis snown our
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eadcrs, soldiers and people bv sonic
of the American military and naval
on icws.
While the chief offender in the dev
il's work of alienating a friendly
people anxious to-come under our
flag was General Otis, some of (he
responsibility rests upon others. Ev
en tieneral Mcrritt i not hue, from
a share in it. In a recent interview
he said, in answer to a question
a';out Agmnaldo
I never saw him Personally. Imt
trom what I heard of h in while, in
Manila I judge he is a pretty smart
man. When I was in Manila. h srnt
"no of his aides to mo askin" for
interview, but I was too busy to see
him.
It would be interesting to know
what the business was that was so
important that. General Meritt could
not suspend it for half an hour to
see ttie man who ha been able to
compel the United States to make
greater military efforts,
with infi
mtely less results, than
the war with Spain.
ll mud in
ji urnerai wiis una adopted a
policy of sensible conciliation in
treating with the Filipinos, blow!
shed would have been nvoided. This
is what I believe, and I know that
Admiral Dewey is of the same belief,
"But in dealing with the insurg-
cnts Otis treated them as savaj.,
and the result is that w have an
unpleasant war on our hands."
Brigadier General 0. McC. Reeve,
Chief of Police at Manila at the out-
break of hostilities, as quoted in a
special dispatch from San Francisco,
to the l'hiladelphia ledger.
The avidenre that our rule could deputy in the new insurance depart
lave been emended over the Philip- ment 'under Governor Povntcr. He
ines without bloodshed if it had not
ecn for the blundering stupidity of
the man sent to represent our gov-
eminent at Manila is steadily acciini-
ulating. There were warnings from
the first of tho results that would fol-
low the nolicv General Reevo
demns. New York Journal.
ANTI-IMPERIALISTS.
Boston, Sept, 23, -The anti-Im
perialist league has iied the fol
lowing:
, "Unauthorized statements having
been made as to the objects of tho
anti-imperialist conference at Liu
cago October 17, it should be said
that there will be no attempt there
at negotiation with any political
party. It is hoped that this confer-
enee may plan for a systematic ef.
ort to establish anti-imperinlist
1WP8 and committees through the
country with tho intention of de
veloping and crystaiizing the occus
inn It ia trim tVint in Vliinr tl,iu
the antHinpcrialista . must de
nounco Mr. McKinley individually,
)omm he m unlawfully initiated
the slaughter in the Philippines by
nm aecuiration oi war weeemuer xi
nana at n t;mo ,v, u tt:4,i
states was solemnly bound by the
protocol to preserve its status. Be
cause of this fact, neither th roun
t r nniitini r ia v,a.
;t,in tnr ir amc ;n
any way bound to support it. The
imtLimnnr.-aHctc v,. Yn D 4i,;.
fellow citizens to the gravity of the
issue whieh has been forced upon the
. ... - - - 1 -
imperial
acts, which have actuated
Mr. McKinley and
hia pernicious
advisers,"
A YORK REPUBLICAN.
A republican farmer earno to town
with 70 bushels of pats, lie got
$10.50 for the load. We asked him
." was VV?y lor him. He
said it was sound money and that
wa all he wanted. Tho man wanted
r?,re e"0!'?11 to Put two wirea on one
quarter. ..Ho went to
Nuttera a"a flfiHrc1 on ViTe' Jle
I got wire there last year at 2 cents
a Pound and WflS mul whcn 1,0 had
to pay 4J cents this year for the
tame kind of wire. The wire cost
rU?' V ToVI0 bU"h'
" v "."v
yeflr 7U bushels of oats bought
thtt
same amount of wirB! and tha
farmer had $5.10 left. The money
is very sound when it buys farm
products. Splendid money then.
Takes lots of oats and wheat to get
little of it. The same money is not
80 "d oirad when it buys
manufactured goods. Takes Jots of
ne ni0."py get a mtie wire and
few nails.-
-York Teller.
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SWOREATOTIS.
Fred Tobin of Mitchell was one of
tho men ordered out of the hospital
bv (ic1)- m aim Hrnt to thft front,
H bad been wounded, a bullet cn-
i i x i . ,
tering his throat and passing down
ward through hirt lung and out of hi
back, a terrible wound. But he was
ordered to the front just tho same.
He could nt walk and was sent by
bull cart. Dr. Warno met him and
astonished and indignant asked
W hat are you doing here?" Tobiu
told him he was ordered out of the
hospital and told to report tor duty.
"Well," .-aid Warn, and it is said
he used a cuss word or two, "you
get back into th hospital and don't
yo ;omc out acjtin till I tell vou to
"t3 w (Jammed. Jobin says
,hut ''u'rc ' 1)0 '"bt at all but. that
Ir. Warne saved his life. But Dr.
Warms was arrested for writing his
opinion of this kind of work. Du-
kota Huralist.
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POOR EIGHTY.
Lichtv is to be piitinl. Even his
quandarn friend, the State Journal,
has deserted him. On the editorial
iage of last Sunday's issue it discus
ses Lichtv as follow :
"Samuel Lichty is opo of the
sickest men who cvtr oxjiowhi a
hornet's prt.' When he proclaimed
thn Palm letter he is said to hav
had an idea that he would be the
biggest man in the state. Now be
tells biji friends that there will neter
be another such chumn in the place
be held. He asserts that he lost
$2,000 by his political exposure, and
furthermore the Abbotts of Falls
City and the other fellows who urged
him on. have now deserted him ex-
cept when it comes to electing him
as a delegate to anv convention th,t
bo in sight. Mr. Lichty aw visions
of Limse f orrnnvinir lh tmt nt
did not come within a mile of set.
ting the place.
"But in the matter of xecurin
honor as a delegate to conventions
Mr. Lichty i full to overflowing,
First he was cho-en as a dcleiratc
the populist atato convention. Ho!
i .1.. i ,i i , j i
in that county. Liter he was found
sitting in the prohibition state con
vention as a full fledged delegate
from Lancaster cotintv, where : he
hud lived and voted for two yearn.
In tho meantime he had attended a
muidlc-of-t he-road convention at
Kearney, tho object of that meeting
being to place a middle-of-the-road
populist ticket in the field and to
show up the state house gang. So
far as heard from Mr. Lichty has
missed going to but one convention,
that being the republican state. con-
vention. -'
' ' L1ETJT. COLOXEL EAGER
There has never been a more das
tardly, devilish, copperhead piece of
work done m the United States
since 1801 than the attack upon
Llut. Colonel Eager of the First Ne
braska. A few republican woeklies;
imitating tho viper that edits the
State Journal have engaged in thi
to the discredit of the whole state
and especially to the profession of
journalism. The editor of the In'
dependent, on his own behalf and
without any request from Colonel
Eager desires to make a full state
ment upon this subject:
The truth about Colonel Eager's
appointment with Cyclone Davis ia
known to him, for he was present
when the arrangement was made
with Mr.. Edminsten, chairman oi'
the state committee. Mr. Edmiiwten
asked Col. Eager to go' with Mr.
Davis for the following reasons:
The populist party has no daily pa
per, and Mr. Edintnsten was anxious
to extend the circulation of the In
dependent so that he could reach
tho workers in the party in "every
precinct in the state through the
paper, lie therefore requested Col,
Eager, who is tho proprietor of the
paper, to go with Air. Davis and at
the meetings get subscribers. Jle
went on to say that the people were
very anxious to hear all about the
boys while they were in the Philip
pines and everywhere he would have
attentive hearers. Col. imager posi
tively refused to use his position aa
an otnccr m the rirst to get sub
scribers. No " sort of perfusion
could move him to agree to it.
Mr. Edmiusten then pressed upon
ijm the desire of the people to know
the facts about the situation in the
islands and said that he owed some
thing to them for the honors that
liey had conferred upon him. At
ast the colonel agreed to go, with
the express understanding that he
would have nothing to do with the
subscriptions. Upon this under
standing the public announcements
were made. . To these facts this
writer is willing to make oath. '
The night before Col. Eager was
to start, the office of the Independ
ent was destroyed by fire It was a
total loss and no insurance. There
is not one of those editors who have
been saying that Col. Eager daro not
face audiences in this state, but
knows enough about the publication
of a newspaper to know that under
such circumstances, it waj impossi
ble for Col. Eager to fill his engage
ments, and no one but a republican
editor would b vilo enough to sue
gest the reasons given. Ever since
the fire, Col. Eagr ha been over
whelmed with work in trying to get
a plant together with which to con
tinue the publication of this paper.
There was not an officer in the
First Nebraska whose military rec
ord will bear ft closer irutmy than
that of Col. Eager. He served six
years us a cadet at the tate univer
sity, drilling three days each week,
which is cquival
it to cigmeen years
in the state maliti
i. . In a close enm-
arc no favors
rsity. he was coin
in l'sttJ, the high-
petition, for the
shown at the uni
missioned itiptaiii
est rank in the
time. Before tl
(institution at that
, in IK!!, he had
individual drill.
it li his , com
won a medal for
When captain
pany he won:
bo first place
in the competition drill. In lf93
he was commissi
n;d captain by
. acting governor,
rouiiho wa out of
Thomas J. Major
while Goumor t
th state.
He was for tw
for twV
the .t
held
was I
v(.ir first lieu
i , .
tenant in th
eorasKa national
guard, and
nt position when
ailed into service
e. The first or
by Brig. General
op assembled at
the regiment
of the United Sta
der that was issue
Bills when the tr
Camp Akin Saunl
lers was s fol-
lows:
ueciareu tnen mat nis real home was
Camp Akin Simders,
Lincoln,
Neb., April 20 J808, IV First lie,
tenant, Coinpfpy Ft Second regi
ment; is hereby appointed commii
sary of subsistence in the field, and
will report to the commanding of
ficer at once for duty, and will re
ceipt for all subsistence stores as re
ceived from the contractor. (Signed)
CHARLES J, BILLS, -.
Brig. Gen. Commanding. -
Col, Eager was the first iium,
sworn into the service of Vnelt
Sam, with the exception of the med- ,
ical staff. He was mustered in W
adjutant, May 8. "Upon the reco-.
inundation of' Col, Brut), he waa pr ,
moted to captain and the apoint
merit was made by Governor Hoi-
comb May 10.
April 18, 1800, Copt. Eager wu
promoted" major upon the recom
mendation of Col. Stotaenbuxg and
the appointment waa made by Gqt
unor Foynter.
The record in the adjutant gen
eral's office at the state house con
tajris the following: 5
Pumping station, Manila, P, I.f
March 11,. lHi)3. I also recom
mend for brevet of major. Captain
Frank D.'Eagor, for holding pipt
line and road to the San Juan bridLt -"
on the night of February 4, and tha
morning of the 6th. Very respect
fully, your obedient servant,
JOHN M. STOTSENBURG,
Colonel First Nebraska Infantry, TJ
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Pago 152, letter 304. Letter!
sent book. Records of the First Ne
braska U.S. volunteer infantry.
On June 22, he was promoted
lieutenant colonel upon the recom
mendation of Col. H. B. Mulford.
it will boaccn that hia promotion!
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were all reoom mended uy uineren
colonels and all of his commission
were signed by different governors.
All the colonels who recommended
bis promotions were republicans ex
cept S token burg a nd he was a gold
democrat.. The only man who ha .
choek enoftgh to charge favoritism
under these circumstances ia a re
publican editor, for Col. Eager is,
and always has been since he be
came of aire, ft populist. v '
Ins official jnimary jeeow w-
scrilied on. bis discharge paper W U
Aon-commisioned officer: AO.
Distinguished : services: Recom
mend brevet major by Col. Stotsen
burg, March 11, 1890, for conduct
in battle of Santa' Mesa, February
and 5, 180JL
Battles, engagements, skirmishea
expeditious:- Battle of Manila, Au
gust 13, 1 S08. Outpost Iwfore Ma
nila, July 30 and August o, iso.
Battle of Santa Mesaa, Febniary
and 5, 1800. Skirmish February
H, 2-i and o, 1890, near Deposito
and pumping station, Manila, P. I.
In skirmishes between Deposito and
pumping station. Battles: Nib
Francisco Del -Monte, March 25,
18fi9. Tuelikan river, March 25,
1899. Meycanayan, March 2C, 1899.
At Marilas. 3Iarch 27, 1890. Santa
Marie and Santa. Clarie, Mch. 29, '99.
Ginguinto, March 30, 1899. Mak
es. March, 30, 1890. Outpost at
Malalos, P. I., 'at Quinga. April 23,
1899,' Pulishan, April 2t, 1809.
River Grand, Columpit, April 23,
1899.-
Wounds received in service: Gun
shot wound, left foot, near Calum
pit. P. LY April 25, 1899.
Remarks:: Here follows the date
of inuter "in, rank and promotion
after which is list of special ordcra
detailing Col. Eager for special ser
vice issued by General Otis. Them
closes, with these words: '"Duty con
timioui except April 20 to June Id,
1899, (that was while he was in th
hospital from effects from hia
wound.) Service. honest and faith-fn!."-
II. B. MULFORD,
L'olopd First Nebraska Infantry, U.
S.. V., Commanding Regiment.
, This is the history of the mililiry
service of Lieut. Col. Eager takeal
from the official records. It would
seem that there was no one in Ne
braska vilo enough to attack a sol
dier with such a record as that but
a republican imperialist editor. Re
publican politics in Nebraska rp
viler than anywhere else in tht
world. If Col. Eager would declare
for imperialism these excresesencea
on humanity would laud him to tht
kies.
Here U nn officer who was pres
ent and fought m every battle in
which the First Nebraska was en
gaged and. was finally carried
wounded from the field, being at
tacked by a set ef cowardly curs who
never rnielt gun powder in all their
ives. V hat do the people think of
them?
Patronire our adverUsarf,
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