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- .The eastern papers are Just at pres
ent discussing ithe Bryan mystery."
They realize that among the great
daily papers of a dozen of the most
populous states not one of them is
friendly 4to him, and. that the rich ami
. powerfu members ,of the democratic
party, in "common with their class in
the entire jcpuntry, are opposed to Bry
an and to all.that he stands for., , They
know the. power of the press, . not only
to crush" ah' individual,, but to often
attach odium, in the eyes of the people
to acause that Js just. , Experience
has taught them that public men, am
bitious, to attain , political preferment,
have never. In the past been able to suc
ceed without the friendship of he rich
and powerful classes and the support
of thQ. great dally' papers, of the coun-
try. But in the case of Bryan all this
has been reversed and they, can't, un
derstand ft To "they cH it '. the .MBry-
! an Mystery."' " , .' . ;
.If these editors would read the In
dependent they, would soon be able to
solve .this mystery as well as a good
many otliers that have troubled them
in the past and will trouble them In
" tThey beiieve that he iSiabsolutely.hon
f est. They know that he has no greed
, for gold. AH the daily papers in th
.. land cannot displace this trust and
confidence in Bryan, He never hesi
. tates. y lie . never . employs . duplicity.
lie meets every question as 4t. arises
. without evasion.,.. He talks straight
from ;his ;.heart ; anu;Jt reaches the
hearts of, the people. ; The common peo-'
- pie will, stand, by, Bryan to the end of
. , the contest. ;.The dailies may denounce
him,: the trusts may assault . him, tae
, banks., anay,-, intrigue, against him, but
theyr cannot shake the confidence that
t!the people have in him. ; ., ( , 4 v .
' . Ther murder by "starvation of millions
tof innoceht people In India, is one of
. the 'crimes1 that the recording angel
has '-written down in the" books of
heaven tgalhsr the. English govern
ment and one for which restitution
must be made or that nation will per-v
. ish' from the earth. . The. workers ; In
India have not failed to produce food
enough' to feed the people. , The En
glish have taken it from them by their
financial . system and left ? them to
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The republicans of Nebraska must
feel proud of senator Thurston. He
was elected senator and one would ex
pect: him to stand up for Nebraska.
Instead' of that be stood up for the
railroads bef-the .XJ,. , supreme
court against Nebraska in ,thc maxi
mum freight case and now' he standi
up for the Standard Oil trust, agaittsc
the people of Nebraska and will dq all
he can to fasten the trusts on to us.'
Is that the republican idea of standing
up'for Nebraska? .
4Tf we have" to' redeem-our bills in
gold," said a national bank, president,
of Lincoln, "we never will increase
Our Circulation' if permitted to do so.
The strong banks of fhe east will apply
the endless chain arid break the small
banks whenever they choose.
The appropriation eaters of the state
of New York are now planning for an
other appropriation for deepening and
widening the Erie t canal. It is not
the canal so much they have at heart
as the opportunity of stealing the apr
propriation at least in part. It is esti
mated it will cost sixty millions. The
New York Central, four-track road,
offers to carry all the grain from Buf
falo to New York, free, if the. state
will pay them the annual interest on
the sixty millions- i ;' ;s .
The governor of Michigan Is having
a hard fight to get their constitution
amended so they. Can tax railroads and
other corporation property the same
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plutocracy;' ' " . ' '
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'Some good republicans think the inheritance-tax
la-very unjust because it
makes the millionaire pay more than
the pauper. There is not another tax
levied for the support of general gov
ernment that makes any difference be
tween the two. The Journal thinks it is
also a great Injustice totax mortgages
and (other paper evidences of debt,
such as" "city,- county and state war
rant and bonds. We say every paper
evidence of debt should be taxed iu
the same proportion as widows houses
and unless they are registered for tax
ation they should not be collectible by
law. ' : i -v. i . .;
It was . rather a bold ofEer that Car
negie made Mckinley for the Philip
pine islands. He offered twenty mill
ions it McKJnley would deed the is
lands over to Aguinaldo and his gov
ernment. , If. that is not a streak of
liberal patriotism1 we would like to
know; Why do not republics think s
much of repnbllcs as they do of mon
archies? Guess every body does ex
cept .McKinley. . rJ : 1 t
It isvan appalling fact that ' the head
leaders of the dominant political party
in this country are-leading us toward
monarcbial government as fast as pos
sible. No effort is being made -to es
tablish new republics. It was prom
ised that Cuba should be left to form
a government of her own, a republic,
but she is being chocked down and if
the present administration is length
ened out four years more she will be
made , a perpetual dependency, sub
jected to oppressive taxes and imperi
al government of the McKinley states.
There Is no thought of making a re
public in the , Philippine islands. : It
will not do to trust matters in the
hands of such low down people as arc
found in the island they say. Just
so they said when our fathers were
fighting for liberty. ' -
It; does look as though there was an
overruling suDreme justice directiug
the bullets and shells in South Africa,
The English army expected: only a
dress parade, a .mimic battle with
blank cartridges, but they find a job
such as they have never found before
since Bunker Hill. It is there a good
deal as it was In the south, during
our civil war, -the inhabitants of the
country are all playing the spy for
the Boers as reliably as did the col
ored people of the south spy for the
northern army. Never were our boys
betrayed or deceived by. a colored
man, neither are , the Boers deceived
by men, women, or children. They
don't need a baloon to discover where
the 'enemy are or what they are do
ing. Their system of telegraphing from
hilltop to hilltop by brands of fire at
night and flags by day keeps the Boer
general posted of every , move made
by the English. It would not be out
of order for the English army to be
thrown into a panicby the breaking of
a few pitchers, the glaring of a few
lamps, and the resounding of a fef
p-"uts, glory to God and Kruger, 'for
ever. ; '; '
nth nArt Ipk learned a lesson last
fn in Tjinpftater county that will not
be forgotten " very 8J6n. "The lesson
learned is mat oniy goou cauuiuaws
a n' va olpptpd . - Look . at the vote cast
for the two republican candidates for
county judge ana county treasurer auu
compare their vote with the Vote cast
for clerk of the ' district court, it
showed that .there are near two thous
and republicans in the county who like
reliable, candidates more than they
like party. Tl republicans have tried
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all kinds or caucus metnoas or nomi
nating but they have found that to
vote for the other fellow and let party
go, is the way to get good candidates
on their own ticket, so the fusion party
lonmpd a lesson two years ago in the
election of legislators. We found that
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candidates wno sanctionea every imng
that tha fnstlnn lpjrialature did two
years before did' not take among the
honest voters, 'mere ; were several
iWn. mnddv slews that we had to till
up- by promising . better ' things and
promises are not half as good 'filling
as real worK. we nave got a Digger
fieri r on our hands this fall than that
of two years ago and our best timber
must be used. It is a poor idea tnat
only the" same old fellows are compe
tent to hold office. The republicans of
the state are getting out of that idea;
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
i The people who have read Otis many
dispatches concerning- the complete"
conquest of the Philippines have been
Inclined of late to jest about his isles
Of peace,-but the latest news is of too
serious a nature to make . the subject
of a joke. This news is to the effect
that the Filipinos are in full activity
again and our soldier boys are - be
ing shot down everywhere. The lists
of killed and wounded are larger than
ever, There se ems to be war every
where In the islands and peace no
w,herev;t The dispatches say that, ''Of
late , the- Insurgents in Luzon, have
adopted harassing tactics against the
towns which the Americans have-garrisoned.
They camp in the hills and
maintain a constant fire upon the
American outposts. When the troops
sally against them they scatter, re
turning when the Americans retire.
: "They shoot burning arrows and
have thus burned a large part f the
town 6f;Albay. Indeed, "most of the
larger towns in that province are prac
tically deserted, exeept by the garri
sons. Scarcely any of the inhabitants
return t& their homes. They are camp
ing in the interior. As a result of these
conditions the hemp business in that
section is seriously hindered and ships
going for cargoes are compelled to take
gangs of coolies to do their loading.
Hemp field in tne interior is quite in
accessible" v
Warfare continues .Just.south . of
Manila, Gen. Schwan narrowly - es
caped capture as he was returning to
Manila with his staff and a guard of
a hundred mounted men. Lieut. Co!.
Beacon had a fight with Gen. ael
Pilar's ; command .and the Americans
had several wounded . including one
captain. Gen. , Alejandino has recov
ered from his wounds and has assem
bled a large force In 'his district, r The
plague continues and eight new cases
were reported during the week. Small
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pox : Is prevalent. Two officers' of the
30th infantry have died from the dis
ease and another officer and several
soldiers are down with it. , ,
This is a sad state of affairs, but
it is just what the populists have said
would result from McKinley's crimi
nal aggression pojicy. If the adminis
tration still insists that it will submit
no policy , to the Filipinos except that
they make an unconditional surrender,
with no guarantees at all of any, meas
ure of liberty,, this condition will con
tinue Indefinitely. The Filipinos will
carry on their guerilla warfare, more"
American lives will be sacrificed, tfte
enormous cost of the campaign, which
up to date is about $300,000,000, will
continue, the common people will fur
nish the men and pay the bill. - ' :
' In all the history of the world there
was never a more costly or idiotic un
dertaking. ; The only defense that is
made of It is to call every man Who
objects to It a: : "traitor." The ' result
of this war in the Philippines is just
what every populist, and for that, mat
ter, every man of sense in the United
States said it would be. These 10,000 -000
of people are being , made the per
manent enemies of the United States
when they wanted to be friends. That
enmity will grow just as long as. the
present policy is pursuedv A guerilla
warfare will be carried on for years
to come.. Millions upon millions of
money will be sacrificed and thosands
of American young men will be called
upon to give up their lives, in th6
swamps and jungles of these tropical
isles. Why? Senator Beverjge says
he has a nugget of gold and some dust
found along one of the creeks. . If the
people of these states allow this
slaughter and expenditure to " go on,
they, do not deserve the blessings of
free government and they will not
have it for very long either. ' ', t
The' British' without doubt got the
worst drubbing , they have had yet, in
Buller's last advance across the Tagu
la river, so bad. indeed that the com
manding general has sent no details
of it not 'even the usual list of killed
and wounded. f rAll that is known is
that Buller went humping back across
the river something alter the same
fashion that he had done twice before.
Just south of Cbatanooga and after the
battle of Missionary Ridge, a tall, lank
mountaineer was ..captured. In talk
ing with our boys be said: "You fellers
couldn't lick us.ir vou fit fair." "Don't
we fight fair?'nakef onei'of the Yanks..
'"No- you -don'fc Your always fighting
us end ways.!!ri'Bwler does not seem
good at fighting Vend ways." His at
tempts, to out flank have all been fail
ures. Winston Churchill says: "Wher
ever we attack It is a frontal attack."
The latest news is to the effect that
Gen. Joubert has gone into the flank
ing business , himself and has out
flanked the British ' on both flanks a t
once. The sum total of the whole mat
ter is that the "British have not only
been repulsed but driven back, and thi
Boers are . now threatening . their lines
of communication from two directions.
It is also said that the whole of the in
habitants of that part of South Africa
are ready to rise up in arms on- ac;
count of the attrocities committed by
the British soldiery. If the Boers ad
vance further into the British terri
tory! instead of meeting with losses,
they are likely to meet with large rein
forcements. That is not the only , trouble that
John1 Bull has on his hands. Mutinies
are reported to be brewing in India
and there has already been one in
Egypt. A batallion or two of the
Egyptian troops revolted. They were
brought to terms and some of the offi
cers are to be courtmartialed. Worse
than all that, .$he . Russian troops con
tinue to assemble on the Indian front
ier and the 'Ameer of Afghanistan
is said to beIn sympathy with ? the
Russians. What purports to be a gen
enfl order has been published order
ing large forces to assemble "at the
gates of Herat."., . '
The disturbance in Kentucky is by
no means settled yet Taylor's atr
tempt to play Cromwell still goes on,
but with ferocity somewhat .modified..
He has ordered part of .the troops home
and called the legislators whom he
sent to the mountains, back " to the
state capital. The legislature, that Is
a majority of - it, , has assemblad. tn
Louisville, while Taylor's rump mem
bers are in Frankfort How W will
all end it is hard to say. It will prob
ably be settled by the state courts al
though the republicans are-trying to
get it into the federal courts. If the.
federal judges undertake to take a
hand -in the tow, then there will be a
lively time sure, enough. There may
be some one of them who will have the
cheek to try. So far, every one' ad
mits that the democrats have kept
strictly within the law. ; ' h -, '
The thing 1 that has attracted i most
attention at1 Washington during, the
week is the new treaty that McKinley
has negotiated with Great Britain.
The staunchest' republicans ' ' stood
aghast when' its contents were made
known. It concerns the building of
the Nicaragua canal and . the sum and
substance of .it is that we are. to build
the canal at btir own- expense, ' keep
it up for the benefit ; of tne whole
world Jn time of peace, and turn It
over to England . or. any other power
in time of war that has a bigger navy
than we have. That is accomplished
by a' clause that prohibits the United
States from fortifying the canal. If
fortifications are to be prohibited there
would be no defense except by the
navy." ' '- - -
As soon as the treaty was ; read In
the 'senate there were hurried consul
tations on .theLrepublican.side and In
stead of ratifying it it was refcrrcil
id a committee: Among the "republi
cans, all those ; who had a spark of
patriotism Jeft in them, revolted. They
looked ..upon it as an offensive and de
fensive alliance with Great Britain and
gave a joint control of a purely Amer
ican canal built with American money.
Under its provisions the United States
abandons the right to defend its own
property in return for a promise o- as
sistance from Great Britain when ever
such assistance should be required.
That . simply means an alliance, de
fensive and offensive, with England.
Worse than that it revives and brings
to life the old dead and burled Clay-toh-Bulwet
treaty. The promulgation
of this document is additional proof
of a. secret treaty or understanding
between" the McKinley administration
and the tdry government' of England
that has been so often asserted. In tne
last f ew . months. - ;
Additional evidence accumulates
every day showing that the republi
cans are badly scared over their goui
bill, and the bill that will pass , tne
senate s not the one that went through
the house with such a rush. The pres
sure that come against its passage is
not from this country alone. The bank
of England Is afraid of it and Englisn
pressure . is being brought to bear
against it. The shutting, up of the
gold mines of South Africa is affecting
all ; the governments of the world.
Gold is likely to become a very scarce
article In the near, future and England
may be among the first to be willing
to remonetize silver. It was a hint
from Lombard street that put Aldrich
up : In the senate to make an amenu-
ment to the etfect that nothing in the
bill should prevent international bi
metallism. ,
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i- During the week there will arrive in
SanFrancisco 600 more bodies of Sol
diers who have died of wounds or dis
ease or been killed in the Philippines.
Along with them there will come fifty
insane soldiers making. over 200 sent
home with wrecked minds in the .last
three months. Otis in an official re-
f port stated that fifty per cent of those
wno remain have lost their teeth from
effects, of tropical fevers and army ra
tions. At what an' immense cost '. Is
McKinley carrying on his war-of crim
inal aggression! '
The trust conference is in session at
Chicago. The number present far ex
ceeds the attendance expected. Over
a hundred and fifty men came pre
pared to discuss the question, but there
was time for only a few of them to be
heard. The first resolutions passed
denounced the gold bill and sent a del
egation to Washington to protest
against it The economist Del Mar
was -there. He pointed out to them
the root of all trusts In the following
language: ; '
i "The greatest of all trusts, the father
of monopolies, .the deadliest - foe. to
liberty is the money, trust The trait
ors and cozeners who surreptitiously
altered the mint laws of 1873 have be
come opulent, and with opulence they
have become. bold. They now propose
to again, alter the mint laws, this time
with the, design to wrest the vital pre
rogatlve"of money from 'the govern
ment 'and5 confer It upon 'the banks.
When; Trf future times, another. Volney
shall survey " the ruins of this once
mighty empire and seek to know the
author of its overthrow, the specter Of
departed liberty will rise from its tomb
and point its accursing finger at the
money trust -
"Is there any rift In the cloud? Is
there any way out of this deplorable
state of affairs? I see but one. It is
the election of a congress and a pres
ident. I care not of what party, who
will resolutely undo the bad work , of
the last four years, cast off the shack
les which have been imposed upon the
nation by avid corporations, liberate
the currency from the control of banks
and restore the royal prerogative of
money f o its only proper custodian, tne
government Nature nas endowed this
country with advantages which would
have enabled it to control uie markets
of the world. The money trust in
forcing upon the country the British
system of money, has deprived it of
these advantages and made it the slave
rather than the arbiter of the world's
markets."'
The meeting of the national commit-'
tee of the-People's party, which takes
place at Lincoln, Neb., February 19, will
be full of interest, and Chairman Ed
misten extends a' cordial, invitation to
all members of the party to attend this
meeting. ' '
Many questions, of importance per
taining to the party's interests will be
discussed. The indications are that
there will be a large attendance.
' You cannot afford to miss it v
Attorney-general Smyth has begun
suit in the supreme court to recover $25,
000 from the B. & M. R. R., f 25,000 from
the F. E. A M. V., and 85,000u from the
C. St P., M. & O. penalties far violation
of the ''car-load" freight rate order on
live stock made by the board of trans
portation in 1897, and in which the roads
named violated by their recent change
to "cente-perrhundred". rates. .... ...
Engine fcr Sale
Eight horse, upright engine and boiler
complete and in good condition, for sale
at a bargain. Cairo address The Inde
pendent Press building 13th and N
Lincoln, Nebraska. .
Jh:Widos and Orphans
Capt Gridley of the Olympia left a
wife and a mother partially dependent.
Capt? Wood, who commanded the Pet
rel during the engagement'in Manila
bay, has a family In Washington with
out means. The two Caprons, 'father
and'sbnwho were killed at Santiago,
both left widows arid children who' are
entirely destitute and dependent upon
a brother-in-law, who is himself a poor
man.. ": ' '
. Capt, Gogardus Eldrldge, who was
killed in action in Luzon, left a widow,
who is now the guest of friends at
Vancouver barracks, Washington, ; in
destitute circumstances. Capt Wool
brldge Geary, 13th infantry, who was
killed In October, left a widow in San
Francisco with nd means and no pros
pects 'except a pension; The a widow
of , Capt, Guy, Howard, who r was killed
near Arayat Luzon, has three children
BE8CEraE DATALOSUE m
. . Upon application, we will mail to your address our CATAXiGQUE, in which
islisted all ' : -; -v
The Leading Stondopd Fruit
adapted to the Northwest A ful line of Nursery Stock on hand for the Spring
of 1900.. Fruit Trees, Small Fruit Plants, Ornamentals.' Forest Shade Trees
and Seedlings. EVERQREENS. : Address, - , ,
Hi mm.,
"... ..... - i,.: , . .. ' " rzr
and is penniless.. The widow and three
children of Lieut Krayenbuhl, 3d ar
tillery,. Who: was killed in Luzon last
March, , are entirely dependent upon
her father, who Is a major of infantry
and has nothing but his pay.r -Col.
John D. Miley, 2d artillery, who
was chief of staff to Gen. Shafter at
the - battle of Santiago," left a widow
and three - children nearly "destitute.
Col. - John M. Stotzenburg of 4 the Ne
braska regiment who was killed in ac
tion last April, : left a large ; family,
without; means. Lieut. Alfred -W.
Drew; " 12th infantry, who : was killed
in, October, left a large family in Tex
as - wboC ; are - dependent : upon tueir
friends, and several other cases of a
similar nature might be mentioned. .;
People's Independent Convention
The. people's independent convention
for, Lancaster county, Nebraska, is
called to .meet in Bohanan's- hallLln
coin, onr Thursday, March ,1st 1900 at
2 o'clock p. m., to elect '47 delegates to
the people's independent state conven-
tlon .s called" to meet at ; Lincoln March
19th, -1900, to elect deiegates",to'attehd
the vnationapeople's ihdependentcon
vention, the .Jime and place for which
are, to. be fixed by the national, .coin-,
mittee which meets in Lincoln, Febru:
ary;19th;'M900. Said county conven
tion will also transact any other busi
ness that may jpyoperly come before it
The basis of ; representation is fixed at
one delegate for each fifteen votes or
major fraction thereof cast for Silas
A. Holcomb for supreme judge In No
vember 1899; and one delegate at large
for' each city .ward and . county v pre
cinct as follows: , . V
Lincoln: 1st ward 1C; 2nd ward,' 16;
3rd ward, 28; 4th ward, 27; 5th ward,
28; 6th ward, 16; 7th ward, 17; Buda,
9; Centerville, 7; Denton, 6;, Elk, 8;
Grant, 9; Garfield, 4; Highland. 7;
Lancaster, 32; Little Salt, 6; Middle
Creek, 5; Mill, 7; Nemaha, 11; North
Bluff, 7; Oak. 8 -Olive Branch, 3;
Panama, 8;. Rock Creek, 7; Saltlllo, 8;
South Pass, 7; Stevens Creek, 7;
tstockton, 6; Waverly, 7; West Oak, 6;
West Lincoln, 5; Yankee Hill, 9. 'Total
347. .-v
It is further recommended that pre
cinct and ward primaries to select del
egates to said -convention be held at
the usual polling place on Saturday,
FebV 24th at 7:30 p. m. unless other
wise called by the precinct commltfee
men. ' . ' ' ' " ' . ' : ' ' :
v A. E. SHELDON. Chairman. ..
, , C. G. BULLOCK, Secretary.
S i - Boers After Thep j I
(London, Feb. 12. Advices from
Durban show that the Boer raid into
Zululand is assuming alarming pro
portions. The Transvaalers r. will be
able to seize vast quantities of cattle.
Natalers in London have urged arming
the Zulus and Basutos and accepting
their aid against the Boers, but the
war office so far has steadily refused.
It is' now said that the British will
not he able to restrain them much
longer and it is hinted that the natives
will soon join in the war on their own
account. This is 'accompanied by
alarms from Durban, that ithe Boers
will sweep the cattle out of Zululand
and then raid north-eastern Natal
Why Not be Boaest
The Washington Post, an administra
tion paper, having come to the con
clusion that the veil of hypocrisy is too
thin, comes out flat footed in the fol
lowing statement and owns up to the
truth:' V J.J '-;'; ;:. " .'I
"Why cannot we be honest in our ut
terances' touching the territories we
havorecently .acquired? ; Really, , it
would save . time ; and trouble, " to say
nothing of life and treasure, to come
out frankly with - the" announcement
that we have annexed these posses
sions in cold blood, and that we intenu
to utilize them to our profit and ad
vantage. All this talk - about benevo
lent .assimilation; all this hypocritical
pretense . of anxiety for the moral,: so
cial, and intellectual exaltation of the
natives; all . this transparent parade of
responsibility and deep-seated purpose
Kinoes . Ylfiiri Alf fill DiSt : CaTt,, 0nU A r5S I:sker
for arid regions. Onion Seed and Onion Seta. Large stock of tree seeds. Elegant catalog mailed
free on application. Write for one NOW. KANSAS SEED HOUSE, F. Barteldes Co.. Uwrenca. Kan.
Q
more state prize winners and Exposition winners. "For 18 years lams has led all
horsemen with best horses, lowest prices. Big bargains tor next 30 days. All
stallions must be sold." Nonets. .
IAMS RECEIVED SI 3 20
For
ft
iZmZrt ,Ci ana JWVZ9 COiSUK,"-best In TJ 8.w0rth 500 miles trip to see. IAMS
kas NO salesman in conntrj. Save money, hr going direct to lams' barns and bay a winner a
5rBif ow rom more stallion, than all other importers in Nebraska. God gnanteeVi
and lams pays freight. Good terms to responsible parties. Stallions exchanged. ?""mtV
40 HEAD OF 1400 T0 1900 POUND CHUNKS and DRAFTERS for SALE,
to and bis t:r$:s m P2sc:t$ to t::;h& d: t:::s tits tta. i
Only. P. and B. & M. Ry. ST. PAUL, NEBRASKA
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Arlington,
Nobraoko.
all this deceives nobody, avails noth
ing, helps us not an inch in the' direc
tion of profit dignity, and honors We
all know. . down in our hearts,' that
these islands, groups, etc., are import
ant to us only in the ratio of their
practical possibilities. We value them
by the standard of their commercial
usefulness, and by no other."
The New York Evening Post states
another phase of the question. In
speaking of the inhabitants of 'our
colonies" it says: '
"They are not entitled to trial "by
jury," to the writ of habeas corpus, to
representation as the basis of taxation.
In fact they have no rights whatever.
To exist to acquire property, to main
tain family life, to speak freely, to
move freely, to make contracts these
are no rights of theirs recognized as
such by our government
( 6im Kstf Life
We find that In every kingdom into
which money begins to flow in greater
abundance than formerly, everything
takes a new phase.' Labor and Indus
try gain life. The merchant becomes
more enterprising, the- manufacturers
more diligent and , skillful and ' the
farmer follows his plow with more
attention and alacrity. The good pol
icy pt the government consists In keep
ing, if possible, still increasing as long
as there is an undeveloped resource
or room for a new Immigrant because
by t that means there is - kept alive a
spirit of industry in the nation whlcn
increases the stock of labor, In which
consists all real power and riches.
DAVID HUME.
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Bromiis Inermis
Our State University has just
issued a Bulletin (No. 61), descrip-
, . tive of Hungarian Brome Grass
(Bromus Inermis). Get one, thty
r are free, and put out a pasture of
- the only grass that withstands x
treme drouth and cold. . -
We have the seed. ,
Pbicb: 30c per pound, 3 pounds 80c. y
v post paid; 20 pounds for $3.60, 50
tr pounds $7.50, 100 pounds lli.oa
Broom Cora
This is the year to put It in. Don't
run the . risk of getting poor seed
just to save 3 ceWf per acre. V'
MISSOURI EVEEGREEN, $2 per fekeL
TENNESSEE EVECGSEEN, $2 per hktl
DWARF EYEEfiKEEN, $2 per tzstsL
K .- - -4 -.
, . ' '. ' . ; ' " V '
CALIFORNIA GOLDEN, $L75 per lzzl
' tTWe will send sample if you wish.
; tSTOur Catalogue is free. -
Co.
LINCOLN,
Box A1500.
Ml
nd DREEOER
pEnciiERons,
SIIIRES-GLYDES
and C0AC11ERS. '
1AMS' Horse Show at the Omaha
Expo, had all the People Judges.
Superintendents and all ON TlIK
BUN to see the largest exhibit of
horses On the grounds. MOHB
BLACK STALLIONS than all ex
hibitors; more 2,000 pound Horses,
Making Greatest Horse Exhibit
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