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VOL. XI.
WHAT A SOLDIER SAYS,
Au Officer of the First Nebraska who
' Fought In Twenty-one Battle and
8klrrathe analyze the Situation.
The following calm and analytical
statement of the war situation as it now
exists, the object of the war and ..the
v present position of the United States
government, wan written . by the first
fighting man who was sworn into the
service of the United states government
, when the president issued his first call
for troops. The Independent publishes
it, well knowing that the only answer
that will be made to jt by the imperial
ists will be an assault upon the man who
wrote it. There will be no attempt
made to answer the argument or dis-
prove the statements. Read it and hand
it to your neighbor. , ... ,
When the congress of the United
States declared war against Spain a
"war to secure liberty for the Cuban peo
ple there were few Americans who had
. any thought of the Philippine islands or
the part they would play in the coming
conflict. All eyes were turned toward
" Cuba and the Cubans. "Cuba libre"
-was the battle cry. "Viva la Repulica
Filipino" was unknown. American 4IH;
eials. the people, the press of the country
joined in demanding "liberty for Cuba."
All rejoiced when the war for this pur-,
pose was begun. It was a war to extend
principle and doctrine almost sacred to
Americans, that all men have an "inal
ienable right to'iife, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness."
Who can conceive of a nobler purposo
than that of spreading the doctrine of
liuman'rights? It was the only reason
given by congress for declaring the war.
The first paragraph of the declaration
set forth the cause and object of the war
in this language: "First That the peo
ple of the island of Cuba are and of
right ought to be free and independent."
That declaration is nothing more than
an application of the universal doctrine
of human rights specifically to the in
habitants of the island of Cuba. The
doctrine applies equally to the Filipinos.
They are capable of self government
This is proven by the fact that for more
Ahan a year they have maintained law
.and order in all the islands under their
control, and that is practically the entire
group. ,
The territory occupied and controlled
" by the American army is small indeed.
'The city .of Manila and fifty miles
around, the city of Iloilo, and the . town
oflolois practically all the ' territory
under American control. The only gov-
ernment thafexists in the remainder of
the islands of the group is the insurgent
or native government. There is no evi
dence that disorders or crime is any
more frequent, or less punished in' the
territory controlled by Aguinaldo than
in other countries.
It has been asserted,; by those who
support the war policy, that the princi
pal object the natives have in contin
uing hostilities is to get control of the
rcountry for purposes of pillage and plun
der. If this is true, why is it that they
-do not pillage and plunder the territory
which they already cotrol? They are
fighting for independence. They have
V organized their government and are giv
ing their lives in ite defense. It is not
alone Aguinaldo. He is not an army by
himself. He has behind him the masses
of the Filipino people. It would be im
possible for him to exercise the govern
ment and wage the war he does unless
. he was supported by his people. The
.American prisoners released by the in
surgents state that Aguinaldo is popular
, with all the people. His treatment of
the American prisoners shows plainly
the kind of man he is. The Associated
Press report says the prisoners when
they were released "looked the picture
of health, and were dressed in new Fili
pino uniforms of blue gingham, and were
carrying monkeys and other presents
from their Filipino friends." .
, The prisoners unanimously praised
their treatment, One man said:
"We have been given the best the
country afforded, fine houses for quar
juarters, servants, good food, plenty of
rwine and a money allowance. Aguinaldo
'visited us and shook hands. Three of
the boys refused to . shake hands with
:lta." '- - . -
They agree in saying that Filipinos
are "tired of the war, but will fight for
.independence to the last."
The released soldiers also say that the
' idea of independence has taken firm hold
of the Filipinos and they threaten, if
conquered, to exterminate the Americans
by assassination. Aguinaldo seemed
popular among all the people, the pris
oners said. The country, they say, is
full of rich crops.
What have these people done that we
are waging war against them? Can we
blame them for refusing to submit to
the arbitrary demands of a president
. who refused to see them or their repre-
. scntatives, a president over whom they
' lave no power of punishment or remov
al no matter how unjust his demands
upon them might be? To use the lan
guage that our forefathers hurled at
King Oeorge the Third "The Ood that
gave them life, gave them liberty at the
same time. The band of force may des
troy but it cannot disjoin them."
The responsibility for the war against
the Filipino people is upon Presinent
McKinley. If the Filipino representa
tives to the United States had received
fair and honest treatment if they had
been assured that they would be given
their independent and 'that the spirit
of the resolution which congress passed
declaring "that the United States here
by disclaims any disposition or intention
to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction or
control over said island of Cuba," and
that the "government of the island
would bejeft to its people" would be
followed in dealing with the Filipinos,
" the same as in dealing with the Cubans,
thero would have been no war.
The Filipino people believed they
would receive the sanio treatmentas the
Cubans. It was natural that they
should. American officials ,told them
that the United States did not want ter
ritory, and pointed to the resolution
passed by congress to prove it We were
there as a good Samaritan to help them
procure their liberty Bnd independence.
Spain was our enemy. , Spain was their
enemy. They joined with our army and
aided and assisted in the capture of Ma
nila. Better friends cannot be imag
ined than the insurgent army and
American army were before the surren
der of Manila. -'
The Nebraska and Colorado regiment)
were the first to land at Camp Dewey
the first land move'ment against Manila.
Not a shot was fired. The natives and
insurgents pointed out the location of
the Spanish trenches, and the location
of their own trenches. , They had driven
the Spaniards into Manila, and had their
soldiers stationed along all roads to pre
vent supplies being taken to the city.
Dewey shut off all supplies fnffn the
water front and the insurgents from the
rear. It is easy to understand that it
was only a matter of a short time until
the city must surrender. The two
armies operated in complete harmony
the American army on the left, the in
surgents on the right, , "Filipino-Americano
mucha aniigo." ' (Filipino-Americans
very friendly) was heard every
where. Badges were made with the"
Filipino flag crossed with the 'American
flag, and worn by American and insur
gent soldiers. Kings and watch charms
were similarly engraved and worn by
both. The greatest friendship prevailed,
until tlife urrender of Manila. , It was
then thatHhe .first break between the
Americans and natives occurred. By an
agreement between the American offi
cers and Spanish officers the city was to
surrender to the Americans with little
or no resistance. When the general ad
vance was made on the 13th of August
the American soldiers were hurried into
the city ahead of the insurgents and
were faced about and given instructions
to "jiermit no insurgent soldier with his'
equipment to enter the city." The in
surgents were good enough as our allies,
but were not good enough to participate
in the fruits of the victory. From that
day they begau to doubt the sincerity of
purpose of the Americans. Gradually
the breach widened until the outbreak
in February. Fkask D. Eager.
Lieut. Col 1st Neb., U. S. V.
Daniel F. Corcoran. First Lieutenant of
company A,1 First Nebraska, fully con
firms the statements of Col. Eager. In
an article published la the" York Demo
crat he "has the following to say:
Stationed as they were eftcr the sur
render of the city, almost within sieak-
ine distance ot each other,- the , soldiers.
of each army mingled together and many
acts of courtesies are easily recalled.
And so it continued for some time. The
stars and Stripes and the flag of the in
surgents waved side by side in , their
parades and demonstrations. , Filipino
bands playing American airs serenaded
frequently the American army 4 and offi
cers. Bands of little Filipino 'elu'lSren
could be seen almost any time with the
stars and stripes flying aloft marching
up Bnd down the streets. They at that
time worshiped that flag. In that em
blem which had crossed eight thousand
miles of ocean they thought they saw
that for which their fathers had strug
gled for years freedom. Every patriotic
device which the ingenius mind of the
Filipino could invent by intertwining
the two flags in order to show their
gratitude to the Americans (or, the ser
vice rendered them was done, and mem
bers of company A are ' today - wearing
finger rings on which the American flag
and that of the Philippines form hand
some setting. What then, in the face of
this friendly feeling was the real cause
of the clash? The Filipinos had at no
time prior to the arrival of Dewey in the
bay of Manila, asked aid in their war
with Spain from this country. They
had, unaided, whipped the Spanish un
til they. had driven them almost into
Manila. The Filipinos looked on the
surrender of the Spanish as their eman
cipation and grew restless because that
emancipation was not proclaimed to the
world. Almost on their bended knees
the natives appealed to the generals to
give them some assurance that the free
dom for which they had fought and
struggled for for years was at last their
very own. Like a thunder clap from a
clear sky came the answer, in effect,
to their petition, from Washington "We
have bought you for twenty millions of
dollars, two dollars and fifty cents for
each man, woman and cBild on the lis
land, and you must wait our good pleas
ure to make disposition of you." Here,
then, is the secret of the "insurrection.'
The signing of the treaty of peace at
Paris, whereby the Filipinos were placed
before the world on the auction block, is
the day on which the trouble between
the late allies began. Those : people 'in
whom the love of liberty is as unquench
able as it is in any other people on earth
and who have shown a steadfastness and
devotion to the principles of liberty, sel
dom equaled and never surpassed, could
not bring themselves to a change of
masters, and the clash came on the night
of February 4th. Had the generals in
command of the army treated with any
degree of courtesy the Filipinos who
waited on them to leafn what disposi
tion was to be made of the islands, there
is no room to doubt but what the war
could have been averted. Had dipl
macy been resorted to in dealing with
them instead of blunt refusals to, in any
manner, discuss the question, time would
have been gained, and the bkxxl that
had boiled under years of oppression
allowed to cool. All know the officers in
command had no authority to offer
terms, but courtesy and diplomacy would
have done mul:h to pave the way for an
amicable settlement.
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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, OCTOBER 5, 1 899
STUPENDOUS IMPUDENCE
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The Vlclonn Drivel of Teddy KiMwevelt Dig
gunt the Beapeclable Men of HI
Owu Party. '
If the republican party managers
think they can win this campaign by the
vicious assaults upon the motives of
their opponents they are vqry much mis
taken. We have no objections to their
adopting that course in fact we hope
they will keep it upi' When a cause has
no other kind of a defense, the weakness
of it will soon become apparent to the
dullest Itseffecjcan be judged from
the comments upon Roosevelt's speech
in Ohio, , Leading papers in his own
party repudiate it Th following from
the Washington Post, which has always
been a gold standard paper, gives the
general trend of the comment that has
been made upon it. ;
"It iH' the -sincere belief of ull right
minded men who have the welfare of the
nation close at heart that the position in
reality for the national democjacy in this
campaign is one destructive of national
prosperity at home and of national honor
abroad. Moreover, it is imjiossible to
avoid the conviction that their leaders
know that this is true, but are willing to
plunge the country into any disaster,
provided only they can persuade a suffi
cient number of dupes to put them
where they can gratify their greed fur
office their thirst for power," said
Roosevelt. r ' ' '-
"All right minded men," then, nro re
publicans.. All men "wh have the wel
fare of the nation at heart" are political
brethren of Governor Roosevelt. There
can be no room for' hoal-st differences of
opinion on the issues now being discussed
in Ohio. Nor is it permissible to excuse
the Ohio democratic leaders for their
wickedness on the plea of ignorance.
They know that their position is dest ruc
tive alike of national prosperity and na
tional honor, and knowing all thi, they
are willing to ruin and disgrace the
country, for what? Simply "to gratify
their greed for office their thirst for
power.",, -
"The governor of the Empire state, in
perpetrating such vicious drivel as that
presents a spectacle that must grieve his
judicious friends. It is a strange mix
ture of maliae and silliness. It is malic
ious to the last degree in charging that
the Ohio democratic leaders are utterly
destitute of iove of country, and are consciously-arid
determinedly endeavoring
to "plunge the country into tliiswter."
iULilly in that it ignores the Jw,;t that
those leaders have as great a' stake,
financial and otherwise, In the prosperity
and honor of the country as their repub
lican fellow citizens."
" "But those remarks about 'greed for
office thirt for power,' coming from
Theodore Roosevelt, the professional
politician, the chronic officeholder,' are
really staggering in their stupendous in
solence. When did the people of the
United States ever hear from Roosevelt
that he was not in or trying get into
an office? Withoutgoing into bis earlier
performances in that field, we recall him
as civil service commissioner under Har
risod;'fas police commissioner under
Mayot Strong; as assistant secretary of
the navy under McKinley; as lieutenat
colonel and then colonel of a regiment,
in the war of 1898, and soon thereafter
as riding into the governorship of New
York through a fantastic campaign, in
which he appeared, on divers occasions,
with a detachment of his "Rough Rid
ers." Even now Governor Roosevelt is
understood to be in training for another
term for governor, and a tilt in the pres
idential tourney of 1904.
And that's the man who sneers
'greed for office.'" .
at
WORSE THAN WEYLDR.
MeCateheoa Write a Private Letter
In
-Watch He Make Altuundlnf 8taU
v menu About Dictator OtU. '
John T. McCutcheon has been one
of
the most faithful and - reliable , corre
spondents in the Philippines ever since
the war ' began. Recently ; he wrote a
letter to a friend without any thought of
it ever being published. That friend
showed it to the management , of the
paper for which ha corresponds and it
was printed. It is commended to the
careful reading of every honest and pa
triotic man in the United States'.
In view of the fact that our protest
against the censorship in Manila has at
tracted considerable attention I thought
it might be well to give you a brief story
regarding the matter.
Here are a few instances of Otis' cen
sorship: 1
Collins of the Associated Press sub
mitted a telegram which stated that the
business men of Manila believed the
silver basis best for the islands. Thomp
son read it and exclaimed: "Why that's
a direct boost for Bryan. My instruc
tions are to let nothing go that will hurt
the McKinley administration.
One day, when asked just what mat
ter could go, Thompson said: "Nothiug
in reference to future moves of the mil
itary, nothing calculated to aid or com
fort the enemy and nothing that will
hurt the administration."
On another occasion a telegram was
submitted referring to the court-martial
of an army officer. Thompson said: "No,
that can't go. Nothing can go out of
here that will reflect on the army."
Otis has persistently ref used to allow
anything to go which might represent
the insurgents as acting on the aggres
sive. For instance: One night the in
surgents attacked San Louis, tired three
volleys into an absolutely unsusjiecting
American force, killed one man and then
retreated. Otis ref used to' let this story
go for two or three days. Finally he
dictated a dispatch which made it ap
pear that the Americans - acted on the
neifressive. ' )
Otis has repeatedly cut out, the words
xm ai i ii 1 1 it mi 1 1 it 1 1 ir . u i r . iu
sos Mill' i ii iw nuiuww j iv ii
"attacked" and "surprised," substituting
"had an engagement"
The words "evacuation" and "aban
donment" are not allowed to go. They
may nave got through by accident now
and again, but we are not supposed to
use them.
When Aguinaldo sent his message in
to the foreign consuls notifying them
that he had closed the ' ports and also
making a bid for recognition Otis re
fused to allow it to go for some time,
claiming that it was not true. Finally ;
no Buiuiueu Mint ii wan true.
Otis had added - to dispatches the,
words "insurgents severely punished,"
when as a matter of fact the officers in
the field confessed that they didn't
know whether a single insurgent had
beeu killed. - ' v
During the row between Otis and the
peace commissioners all news referring
to the latter was struck out "The peace
commission has no standing hore, said
Otis. , ,
Matter has frequently lieen cut out of
our dispatches on the ground, to quote
literally, "that would have the peopi ot
the United States by the- ears." This
has been a favorite expression of Otis,
when he has cut out matter that might
alarm people at home. "
, Nothing was ever allowed to go which
might indicate that the volunteers
wanted to go home, and were disgusted
at fight ing the Filipinos. There were
numberless instances proving this senti
ment, but we were not allowed to use
any of them. One regiment nearly had
a mutiny in one of iU companies. .It
was a regular regiment, but the men
who had enlisted for the Spanish war
said that they would lay down their
arms the day their time was up if not
sooner dischai-ged.
Hospital reports sent by Otis Include
only the sick in the First and Second
reserve hospitals and Corregidnr. All
those in field hospitals and in quarters
are not included. ' Otis has repeatedly
tried to keep the sick liSt down, for, as
he says, "a quarter of the men in the hos
pitals would be able to tight . if they
thought there was going to be a big
tight." V
Nothing was allowed to go which in-dii-nted
that the navy captured Iloilo.
(jonsequently.Miller was promoted for
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gananirv in uio cinimru m hjo ,
though the marines of the Boston had
lieen landed a hnlf-hour before the sol
diers and cleared the town of Iloilo of
insurgents and had an , American flag
flying.
. The censor refused to allow the fact to
go that the sailors from the Monadnoek
and Hn came to the rescue of tho
soldiers on June l.'f at Zapote. The
Manila signal book shows this , signal
from the soldiers: "We reed support."
Sailors were landed and found maily of
the men with only five rounds of ammu
nition. If the sailors had not been
landed it is possible that every one of
that little band of Americans on the
beach would have been captured r
killed. - ,. , , .. :
Otis now claims to have a territory
sixty miles long Irom xmus on me
south to Angeles on me norin oui uc
neglect" to state that in two-thirds of
this distance it is as much as your life is
worth to get a quarter of a mile off the
railway track. Attacks are frequently
made right in the heart of Jthe section
which he claims is pacified and con
quered. i I -,
Mc Cutcheon also gives the names of
twenty-two towns that Otis has been
forced to abandon after they had been
captured. All the correspondents in the
Philippines, including many of the men
of long service in reporting" wars all over
the world, declare that they have never
been subject to a censorship as severe as
that establishel by Otis. Many of them
were in Cuba under Weyler and they all
insist that Otis is worse 4han Weyler.
When Admiral Dewey was asked, after
arriving at New York, about the news
paper correspondents at Manila he re
plied: i
"They are a fine set of men and, no
matter what I told them, they never
misquoted or betrayed my confidence.
And there never was a place they would
not go when the fighting was going on."
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, Judge Field Didn't Know.
Editor Independent: At the republi
can blowout Tuesday evening Allen W.
Field said the fusionists are so bard op
for material on which to matte a cam
paign that they have pressed the trusts
into service and are howling "anti
trust". "Why, we have bad no experi
ence with ... trusts. We don't . know
whether they are a blessingor a curse,"
he said
Now, this is a remarkable state of in
Hl'itence for a man who is alleged to be
one ot the loading leal lights of the re
publican ranks to display! He does
kaowr He can't help it. Anybody
knows it doesn't takes lawyer to know
that a (rust is illegal, that it is a com'd
nation in restraint of trade, tbat it is a
violation of the fundamental laws of
Ihe land. But then, what do funds
nn-nlal laws of truth and justice amount
to anyway?
Doesn't know whether trusts aro a
beirig or a curse! The fact is Mr.
Field and all the tester republican
light havn't heard from hnHequarter
an l so iton't know ju-t what to say
sliout trusts McKmley aud Hsdiim
have been too busv devising ways and
means to civilize (?) Filipinos to tlx up
tho instructions ou the trust question.
But they tfdl g"t roun I to it pretty
on, and Mr. Field and all the breth
ren should get their mouths ttxml so as
to be rusdjr to uivs proper utterance to
the stereotyped phrases tout will soo
be snnt out from "benevolent asaimila
tion" buadruarters. i
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THOSE VACANT PLACE
The Great (imp in the Flint ifobi-Mka
When They Lined up In ThLlr
' v Lat Review. ; ! 1 I
The following article is from, the
Wholesalers' and Retailers' Review pub
lished at San Francisco, and appehrs in
the September number of that maga
zine, on page 14. ' . '
One of the most pathetic dress pa
rades of veteran soldiers ever witnessed
was held at the Presidio military reser
vation in San Francisco - one afternoon
last month. The First Nebraska Volun-
teer regiment was ordered , to 'fall in" in
the exact order and personal placement
that was its wont a year ago, when the
boys came to this city, Hush from their
accustomed home vocations. . Every
man knew his u'.d place, and when the
alignment was computed the horror of
war burst upon the -vision. . of the hun
dreds of spectators. The position of the
colonel was vacant, for the brave Stot
senberg had fallen in battle. The colors
were laid upon the ground, for tho color
sergeant had yielded his life-blood in its
defense. Great breaks in tho ranks of one
company showed where nearly forty
bright-eyed young patriots nau uxoppeu
on the tiring line, never more torn home
or hear war s alarms. JUvery second lieu
tenant's place was vacant-., Out of the
1,,'J(X) who went on the long journey by
water last summer, 300 are "tenting on
fame's eternal camping ground," and, as
the survivors were lined up on this
eventful dress parade, no doubt the Iwiys
felt the presence of their comrades oi
camp and battle touching ellsiws in the
ghostly form of memory. 'Twas a pic
ture of grimly realistic manly sacrifice,
that this ragged-ranked evolution made;
a picture that suggested the vacant
chair in the far-otf Nebraska home; the
tear of mother, the sorrow of Wife, the
break in the family circle that had
builded hopes in the young soldier who
had gone to do and to die for his country.
And they say this is the expected fate
of the soldier. Yes, hundreds iof thou
sands of such as these brave Nebraskans
have yielded their young Ii-es on the
altar of devotion to flag ana honor of
nation; and "other thousands and mil
lions will become willing sacrifices to
other flags and other ' countries, but at
this time, and in this era of the history
of this republic of ours, is it necessary
to thrust our young manhood into the
breach of ambition, polities, and im
perialism? Perhaps it is, hn t-hoaavlm-!
sadly saw this particular parade at the
Presidio wondered if the mn who ouce
closed the rauks of this fearfully deci
mated regiment, were not, each in the
prime of his young life, worth more
than the whole t island of Filipino
"niggers." : i. ' ?
Who shall say "no?" '
THE NEW FOUND SAINT,
The Republican Hold a Ratification Meet
' in lu Lincoln, Crown Their Matnt and '
Ilerlare for Imperialism and the "
. Gold Standard. , , .
The republicans herd their first meet
ing for this campaign in Lincoln Tues
day night It was a show worth seeing.
The speakers having no other course to
persue, mounted the "boar black pig,"
took hold of his ears and in turn' rode
him around the platform to the delight
of all the mullet heads present ,
The chief speaker of the evening was
the renegade chaplain, 1 Mailley, who
again repeated the sentence: "I am for
the administration, right or wroig:"
Immediately after this speech declar
ing that imperialism was the chief issue
in this campaign, H. G. Whitmore was
introduced and went back on the posi
tion taken by the chaplain and aaid:
"The supporters of Holcomb, realising
his questionable past, conscious of their
inability to explain his conduct, are try
ing to divert public attention from the
weakness of their candidate by injecting
into this campaign the bugaboo, of lm
twrisllsm. ' It has no place here."
What did the republicans do? They
cheered both speeches impartially. Any-L
.1! : ,1- k. I : . imrvA '
Wing KWa witu a repuuiivau uivfu. ...
He then declared that the law appro
priating money for house rent 1 was of
doubtful constitutionality and de
ounced Governor Holcomb tor receiving
any of it . In his opinion, such a man
was not fit to sit on the supreme bench,
or wear the title of judge. In his opin
ion Judge Reese was a saint in compari
son with such a man as Holcomb.
Mr. Whitmore had evidently forgot
ten all about the record that his "new
found saint" had left at the state house.
It will be well for the citizens of Ne
braska before they cast their vote for
this republican saint to examine that
record. '.
Three years ago the people of this
state were first informed that the repub
lican judges of the supreme court had
been in the habit of drawing a thousand
dollars a year each, and giving it to
their sons, daughters and wives, under
the pretense that they were tenog
raphers, when they were not stenog
raphers at all and did no service to the
state whatever. FiVerv honest man in
the state was horrified at the (corrup
tion of tho judges of tho supreme court
When the election came on, oneiof the
judgns who bad been guilty of taat sort
of thing was relegated to privite life
withoutJfurther csVemony. I
This law, granting 81,000 a V ar to
each of the judges "for stenognt uio as
sistance" was passed and becam J effect
ive a few months before Judgo laese re
tired from the bench. What die Judge
Reese do with that money? P d the
following, copied from the recorcl in the
auditor's ottlce and remember thift, H. A.
Reese is a son, and C. B. Reese is the
wife of Whitmore s new found repuuu
can saint. Juduo Reese. I
Th" records of the auditor'! office
nKmi . ,
,
"'"" or forty in the
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put ItH vilonesa
aHx been attaek-
show the amounts drawn from the time
the appropriation became available in
the summer of 1899 to the expiration of
Judge Reese's term on account of his as
sistant ' , ' .
These amounts with the numbers and
dates of the wanants are copied here: -
August 12, 1899, II. A, Reese, 8132,
warrant No. 54,012.
August 24, 1899, II. A. Reese, 196, war
rant No. 54125.
August 30, 1899, C. B, Reese, $64, war
rant No. 54150.
September 15, 1899, C. B. Reese, 136,
warrant No. 45384. v.
September 30, 1889, C. B. Reese, 140,
warrant No. 54031.
October 18, 1989, C. B. Reese, 864,
warrant No, 55155.
November 1, 1899, C. B. Reese, 844,
warrant No. 55220.
November 27, 1899, C. B. Reese, 840,
warrant No. 55054.
December 10, 1899, C. B, Reese, 840,
warrant No. 50173.
January 9. 1890, C. B. Reese, 840, war
rant No. 50427.
If there was ever a case of ncmitism
and malappropriation of public funds,
this is one of them. - There is no deny
ing the charge. The evidence of it is
contained in documents that are a part
of the official records of the state.
The defense of Holcomb is not a cry
"that you republicans did the same." If
Holcomb had been guilty of a crime like
this he would not have received a popu
list nomination and even if he had, he
would not have polled 100 populist votes
in the whole state. Tho charge, that the
republicans bring against Holcomb is so
childish that there is not a deceut re
publican in the state who is not ashamed
of the attempt to make votes with it
There was 81,500 appropriated for each
biennium for house rent. Ihe lirst two
years Holcomb drew all, or nearly all of
it and paid it out for rent. The republi
cans bring uo charges against him for
that two years. During the second two
years, Holcomb saw that he. could save
the state some money by taking a house
and repairing it By this, means he
saved the state alxmt, 8700, reducing the
amount to a much lower rate than the
state had ever paid before. ' The amount
that was thus saved was turned back into
the treasury, Out of the whole appro
priation, Holcomb saved and covered
back into the treasury $700. Not one of
these statements is denied by the repub
lican leaders. Not one, What they
charge is that he had no right to take a
house and pay part of the rent in repairs
instead of turning over all the money to
the i landlord as rent and letting him.
make the repairs. '
- Compare t hat with tbs undented charge
that Judge Reese dr.w p iblio money at
the rate of tXW a year, and turned it
over to his wife and son Tor stenographic-
work which neither hm of tliein was
capable of doing, cVf ri if 'they had - kjed
to do it They were not stenographers
and did . not pretend to be. The man
who did that is the new found "republi
can saint ' ' '
Other speakers tame out flat-footed
for the gold standard and imperialism.
There were two or three populist rene
gades in the audience. Every one of
them have lieen persistent office seekers '
in the populist party, and now that they
have failed to get olllce, they have gone
hover to the republicans, vinere are
twenty-five or thirty such creatures m
the state all told. We are stronger and
better without them. The two or three,
of that kind that went over, to the re
publicans last year proved a great assist
ance to the good cause. If there are
any more in our ranks who joined us for
office, it is sincerely hoped mat they will
go and not hesitate on the order of their
going. .' '-' ' " '
Any man who attended both, could
not help comparing this meeting with
the opening of the campaign by the
populist. ,,The audiences were about
the same is, size. At the populist meet
ing there was no mud slinging and the
audience listened to one of the most
masterly and patriotic speeches ever de
livered in this state. The character of
no man was assaulted, but the great
questions of law, liberty, and good gov
ernment were presented to the people in
the war to instruct as well as. to enter
tain. Nothing could show the essential
difference between populism republican
ism better than these two meetings.
Every man who attended both, to prouder
of populism man ever oeiore. .
Editor Indcpsndent: The populists and
democrats of Polk county, to the num
ber of nearly 1,000, assembled at Osceola,
today I the court house, to listen to an
address by Governor W. A. Poynter.
The people came from all parte of the
country, and we can say that tttooere
universally well pleased witn our rusion
fovernor and the talk which he made.
'he speaker was at his best and at sev
eral times aroused intense enthusiasm.
He spoke for over an hour and a half,
and in a convincing argument covered
the issues now before the voters.
In fact there has not been a clearer
or more concise argument presented by
an .orator for the reform forces in this
locality then was listened to here today.
It was an argument from beginning to
end, and this, the first visit of Governor
Poynter to Osceola, will certainly result
in good for the populist' cause. ' .
At the conclusion of tha governor's
oration, Messrs. Good and Sornberger,
our candidates for district judges, were
called for and in a brief manner told the
people what might be expected of them,
should they be elected to positions of
trust and responsibility at the coming
election. Altogether the voters of this
locality are well pleased with the day's
meeting, and judging from the present
prospect and the talk heard upon the
street. Polk county will oertainly give
its old time majority for ex-Governor
Holcomb, for supreme judge, and tho
rest of the fusion iicket
HA. WaLBeth.
Osceola, Neb.
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