Nebraska Newspapers

    THE NEBRASKA IUDEPEITDEOT
April 19, 1900.
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"Wast to .trade? We do. We trade a
good watch for a dub of twelve. What
do job aay?
The republican editors of this state
are expressing their difcguat because as
they y: "Th fsskmirt are every
where adopting the same old platforms.'
MDton Parks m cow advocating a f u
wkm ca Deb. When the hard heeded
Texas farmers gel onto that deal Milton
Parks win imagine that he is is the mid-
Otis, having failed to cotsvisce the
gram that the "war is over,' Is bow
'coming ever bjrrr'f. He is determined
that mil "over" ahall be accomplished
Mark Harra xaay be ab to buy come
Totea with the xaiioe contributed by
the tract bat the btsrdec which their
predatory habits have irfirted on the
pvopie of this oocwtry wi3 drive away
tea where L can boy vw
The city eotiaass hav created a reat
deal of alarm at the republican head
cjQJEnAis at Watucgon. Col umbos,
Ohio, whfch rc2y goes repcblioaa by
&hcot Z3JXXX, wect democratic this year
by aboct 800 c&d Kasa city has elected
a dcraocralic saycr lor the frrt time
sioerS?2.
It is a lout time for the republican
party to charge its raeae. It evidently
so loecer believe is a repuhlicaa form
(4 gtrrpTsmest, at least Dot is Porto
Tirso. the Philippine, the Traasvaal or
axy where eJUe that has been heard of
itce McKiay became president.
Frank Bsrkitt who was so red hot
agy"" fnica sow ccme out ia the
Southern Mercury ia advocacy of fusSoa
os Debs if the socialist will only give
tofszzie wuxziec the second place en
the ticket. Tbeae fsxxie worries are
irtraxf peoj.
The flag does cot ceaa c&e thing in
Porto Eks and another ia the United
State" said President 2cKiny, which
is orJy aao&her ex ess pi ificatioa of the
repblkaa habit of doing just exactly
ooBtrary to what they promise. "You
r-eedc"t quote ary cpeechee oa ua. We
have changed our mind, is always a
satisfactory reply to any kick coming
frcta the people.
The news from the Philippises that
Fred Fenstoc asd other military oScer
there are shooting down Filipinos with
out a trial is a fit accompaniment of the
paa cf the Porto Bieaa buL Hen ia
these islands have so rights which the
ccn jaerirg catioa h bound to respect.
zc tnai oy jury or ia any omer way is
. xsot secured them by the ocwtitatios.
Ttey are iisrpfy smbjecta.
Uncle Pad Krcger says that he has
documents ia hie poaaeoB to prove
that every ooe cf the Britiah Generals ia
the tld will lie except Lord Roberts.
Ve-1 Pari hoo! cot too hard nsn
the ewak. He m't renjember that 1
they were iwt brought up
with a bible
is their hand as the commanders in the
Boer arcy were. They thou'd not be
blamed for the defects cf their early ed
tscatioa. In the State Journal of lat Friday
there were nearly three coulumns put up
ia the ictere! of the D. Clem ' Deaver
crowd. Even Bixby came to their aid
ccce mart, but the poor felkrw was evi
dently suffering from ta tlue. His
fc0l had bwo made teedirg!y sorrow
ful becas the Independent called
those chaps fuasue wuzxiea. He abould
TjcA. feel o badly abort it. Teat title
waa taken from th great ela4eaJ writ
er cf the icperialifta. Badyard Kipiirg.
Gem Dver send dipatches to the
great republican dailies " to the effect
thst the courts ia hi state have de
clared that this' garg i the legal. popa-
list rartr as! MslUa Park prints the
following is hi paper dowa " ia Texas:
"It wastesj' declared by the fusion
leaders at Lincoln at the meeting cf the
national populist committee that they
did cot care if the southern populists did
War the party that they were not
deeded asyhow. They may all go to
the Eagge where they belong." From
,. these two Jaf4acee there -will be no
trouble ia comiag to a concluaioa as to
the moral rtaadirg these two znoet
emirert fszxie wazziee.
Thera U xxotLLcg to hinder th natian
1 ooavectkm at Skrax Falls from stat
ist the true popaiist position on the
mcaey question la words so plain tint
&o man can mistake the meaning there-
el This is the right time to do it, and
it i to by hoped that it will be dose. It
baa been the democrat who hare raved
about sixteen to one, acd cot the popu
lists. Let us be-done with: that, and
make a statement , on . the , money ques
tion in line with the teachings of John
Stuart Mill, and all the economists of
authority who hare ever written on the
subject. The value of roV.ney depends
upon h quantity, regardless of . the ma-
ler uxa may oe usea upon wowb. w
print the decree of the .ereignty that
lI2W it. - '
The populists hare : advocated silver
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thousand millions of bonds, and upon
Lee lace f. every bona tnere was : prin
ec the contract that it was payable in
either silver or gold. Jfow the republi
cans have withdrawn all those" bonds
and issued others in their place that are
payable in gold only. That changes the
whole situation.
Let us make one demand, and Jet that
be that the government shall issue all
money, and that all money shall, every
doar of it, be a full legal tender. We
may also say that as long as metal is used
for aaoney that gold and silver shall both
be coined without discriminaticti against
either metaL and that we are unalter
ably opposed to making one metal the
only thing upon which legal tender can
be printed. Now, that is and always
has been the populist Idea on the money
question. Why should we not say so?
If the democrats wast to howl about
redemption money and 16 to L, let them
do it. They will learn better after a
while. They have learned a great deal
ic the last four years. The one funda
mental and essential thing is to declare
that the coiernment only shall issue
aaooeyand control the quantity, and
that that power shall never be delegated
to any corporation or person whatever.
Let as b populists and let the other fel
lows be democrats until-they learn bet
ter, and give every one a ' chance to re
form the present highway robbery sys
tem established by the banks and the
trusts by all uniting in electing W.J.
Bryan president of the United States.
-T.tpiltn THE E'D
A bill more widely affecting our form
of government than was ever before pre
sented to congress waa rushed through
the houe with less than five hours dis
cussion with the privilege of printing ar
gume&ts against it for ten days after its
passage. This Porto Bican bill, if it be
comes the policy of this nation makes a
complete change in our form of govern
ment from that of a republic to that of
aa empire. It repudiates the doctrine
upon which this government was founded
and has grown to be the greatest nation
on earth, to-wit, that all men hare cer
lain inalienable rights. It is a declara
uoa teat a strong nation can conquer a
weak nation and disregarding the rights
of man, govern them by force. It de-1
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the states only and that those who live !
ia the territories are not citizens of the
United States. They are -subjects.
They have io rights that we are bound
to respect. They are in a worse condi-
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tioa tnaa tee niggers oeicre ice war. I
What do the people' of Arizona, New
Mexico and Oklahoma think of this?
Hon. E. J. Burke t was paired against the
bill and he will come back from Wash-
Ington and begin to talk about the dear
old flag. Thurston and Mercer both sup-'
ported the bilL They will hear from Ne
braska oa that subject at the next elec
tion. The inalienable rights of man are
no longer recognized by the republican
party. They have adopted the principles
of George III, Calhoun and. Jeff Davis.
And these hypocrites will wrap the flag
around them and say "-e -how loyal we
are!" They are getting near the end of
their reign.
THE NEW ECONOMICS
The economics of modern imperialism
i eomewhat astonishing to men of ordi-
nary common sen. Their theory seems
to be that the world can get rich by de
Ftroying the p reseat inhabitants, and
the property that has been accumulated
by past generations. Krupp alone em
ployes 41.71X) men making engines of
death and destruction. Many thousand
more are employed in Germany alone,
in the same sort of businea besides an
immense standing army tnat consumes
without pr dneing anything, what thou
sands of others produce- England is en
gaged ia the aame sort of thing and even
to a greater extent It is proposed that
thi - cation shall also employ many
thousand of its best, worker -'in thu
aorel way of producing wealth by con
suming without producing and destroy
ing much oi what has been accumulated.
This is what may be called th new ecop
oci. ' Its high priest in this country
is Hanna and in England it is Joe Cham
berlain.' - ' - '" T "
NEKUCETO KKIGER
There was an occurrence in Philadel
phia the other day that shows that not
withstanding the efforts of McKinley
acd Mark Hanna to make this republic
an empire, the American school boy can- j
not be deceived. The boys who live
around Independence hall where the
declaration of independence was signed,
although tha republican' national con
en tioa is to be held there, resolved that
i they would take a hand in the fight
themselves. To carry " oat their designs
they wrote oat a message of sympathy
to President Kruger who is fighting the
b rarest fight ever made on earth for the
very principles that were first given to
the world in Independence haH. They
got a lot of boys around Philadelphia to
sign it and then sent, it down to New
York and Boston and the school boys
there added their names to it. In all
there were more than 20,000 names.
Then they concluded that they would
have a parade. , Thousands of them
marched through the streets of Phila
delphia, carrying the flag of Kruger's re
public and the stars and stripes. After
ey went to a haU which would
bold thousands of people. The hall was
packeJ and we mMy
Anfei'a irttA til via! Mf in TViaav sw
f m . for
mere was a
district telegraph messen
in the hall and the boys
mjj y)Qx
gave it a ring. In a short time an Amer
ican District Telegraph 'messenger boy
appeared on. the stage. He was handed
the great roll containing the message to
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xvruger w wmca were caea uio
000 names and the boy started off on a
run to catch the first steamer for South
Africa. - '
When the call was received by the su
perintendent of the messenger service
for a boy to carry a message to Kruger,
the superintendent went to the place
wb the git waiUog for their turn
to be called. Picking out one, sixteen
years old, whose name was James Francis
Smith, he said:
'Jimmy, how would like to go to Pre
toria with a message to President Kru
ger?" Very much, sir, said Jimmy.
"Can you start Wednesday?
Tea, sir."
'Have you any fear of not being able
to get there?"
"No, sir."
"SuDnose vou find that President Kru
ger is In St. Helena when you arrive at
Pretoria; what will you do?
"Take the message to him at St.
Helena, said Jimmy.
"Do you know where St. Helena is?
"Oh, yea. It 'a the place the English
put Napoleon."
That was satisfactory and Jimmy
started on his long journey to carry a
message from the school boys to Kruger.
The one who carried "the letter to
Garcia' was a grown up man and an
officer in the army. Jimmy is only a
boy, but he will carry the message to
Kruger all right. The American boy
loves liberty and sympathizes with all
who are fighting for it.
- UXEXVIABLK NOTORIETY.
Lincoln is getting an unenviable no
toriety these days through the cranks
Thurston and Meiklejohn have taken to
Washington, as well as through these
gentlemen themselTes. It seems that
before McKinley sent his message to
congress declaring it to be our plain
duty to give free trade with the United
States to Cuba, he asked for legal opin
ions upon - the subject. One Magoon,
who hails from Lincoln, wrote an opin
ion, and here it is:
Alter reremng to Spain s cession o
the island the opinion says:
"Thereupon the territory conveyed
became a part of the United States, and
as sucn subject to tne constitution.
No further action by congress was ne
cessary or possible. The constitution
does not depend upon concrress for au
thorny in any part of the United States.
The reverse of the proposition is the
fact. From this time on oonirress must
look to the constitution for authority to
legislate for Porto Kico."
After Oxnard, Duke, and other trust
magnates informed McKinley that they
would not put up for the republican
campaign fund unless they were allowed
to loot poor Porto Rico, McKinley called
for another opinion, and Magoon fur
nished it as promptly as he did the first
one. In this last one he declares that
the constitution don't cover Porto Rico at
all, and that it is nonsense to claim that
it does, or words to that effect. This is
on a par with the performances of Coal
Oil Johnny, who, while employed by the
state, took a fee to fight the state. That
also added to the unenviable notoriety
of the state. It seems that these repub
lican leaders are determined to bring
all the disgrace possible on Nebraska be-
fore they are finally driven from power.
There is one consolation; it will not be
long until they are all retired to private
life.
Mr. Richardson offered a resolution in
the house when the senate bill was sent
over, to submit a new rule ordering tne
committee to report a bill providing "a
civil government for the territory of
Porto Rico, republican in form." The
"republicans' voted it down. In this
decided manner they announced to the
world that they are opposed to a repub
lican form of government. It seems
that since Lincoln died - they have all
'changed their minds."
The New York Independent expresses
surprise that the signing' of the gold
standard bill was not celebrated with
the ringing of bells throughout the whole
United States. The reason is, that of
the people of the United States, a very
large proportion of them are opposed to
that bill and they will see to it that it
will be repealed in the not distant fu
ture and a rational system of currency
adopted in its place tnat will not give
special privileges to the 'bankers which
will enable them to accumulate hun
dreds of millions of unearned dollars.
There were no ones to rejoice over the
bill except the bankers and they were
- 1 too greedy
to spend ' money to pay the
I expenses of a celebration.
The attention of the readers of the In
dependent is called to the premium offer
"watches for everybody" to be found on
page 8. We are anxious to continue the
increase in the circulation of the Inde
pendent. Thanks to the co-operation of
many loyal friends it has been growing
steadily. We believe that as it has
grown it has been made better in many
ways. As it continues to grow it will
continue to improve It is therefore to
the interest of ever? reader to speak a
good word for the Independent to his
neighbors to secure their subscriptions
if possible. The premium watch offered
is a good one fully guaranteed 1 for one
year a watch that retails at six dollars
everywhere. The Independent (in con
nection with another publisher) placed
an order for 1000 watches of the same
pattern and design. That's why we can
give so good a watch for so little money
or so little effort on yonr part. The
watch is given as a premium for twelve
NEW campaign subscriptions at 33 cents
each. It is seven months until election
and the rate of 33 bents for that period
is low enough that anyone should be
able to secure the twelve subscriptions
ia a few hours. Try it and you'll be
surprised how easy it is. Get a pre
mium for yourself or your. boy. We
guarantee that youH not rcgrat it. If
you want sample copies write and we
will send them. A subscription blank is
enclosed is this weeks paper. Preserve
it for use when sending in the club.
KRAINS FOB SALE
The old argument for denominational
schools was something like this; Man
is a devil totally depraved. Educate
him and you have an - educated devil,
capable of just that -much more eviL
The only safety in education is to ac
company it with such religious disci
pline and constant instruction in re
ligion that it will turn the evil nature
into the right channels : :
Of late years this view of the case
seems to have some force, - yicn are edu
cated at the expense of the state and no
attention at all is given to the develop
ment of the moral and ethical. The con
sequence is that hundreds . of educated
men are sent out into - society who have
brains for sale as men sell merchandise,
and to which there Is attached no more
of the moral or ethical - than to a bale of
cotton that is put upon the market.
They are simply for sale to the highest
bidder. ' ."
Plutocracy being always able to bid
the highest gets the service of all these
men. They appear in educational insti
tutions, in literature, in the press and in
the pulpit. The magazines are filled
with their writings. s,h wJ
In the courts this hat always been the
case. A lawyer will his" brains to
either party inl the -case. The lawyer
has a better excuse for so doing than
the other parties ' who are in the same
business. He says that both sides of a
case should always be presented before
the judge and jury.
When it comes to the discussion of
sociology and political economy the case
is different. Here the rule, should be
that truth and truth only should be
sought after. This is not the practice
however. Many hundreds of men
who have been trained m these sciences
are ready to sell their brains to attack
what they well know is the truth. Such
work can be found in almost any of the
magasines every month in the year. It
is not at all hard for the trained econo
mists to .detect such, ' Writing. There
will be sentences that show that the
writer knows what the truth isV
There would little, harm come . from
selling brains as merchandise is sold, if
the fact were generally known. Then
the reader would take up such articles
without feeling and calmly dissect them.
The case is altogether different when
such articles appear as accepted deduc
tions of science. There is where the
fraud comes in. Such men should put
out a shingle like a lawyer and should
have printed on it: "Brains For Sale.'
RXFTBUCAK PKOMISES
It would be a good thing instead of
too much recrimination for the populists
to take with them when they go out to
work for reform the republican platform
that was adopted at St. Louis, read it to
their republican neighbors and then ask
them how many of the promises that
were made in that platform hae been
kept. After the platform makers get
through with their denunciations of
G rover Cleveland, whose measures could
never have been adopted except lor the
assistance of every republican leader
and ware the policies of the republicans,
which they there denounced, they begin
to make promises. Their, first promise
reads this way: .
"We are therefore opposed to the free
coinage of silver except by international
agreement with leading nations of the
world, which we pledge ourselves to
promote.
Have they kept that promise?
(They next denounced the administra
tion of the pension bureau and promised
to give the old soldiers the full benefit
of the pension laws. . Did they keep that
promise? The G. A. R. has been en
gaged in denouncing the administration
of the pension bureau ever since and de
manding that the pension, commissioner
should be removed. .
They next say, that "our foreign pol
icy should be at all times, firm, vigorous
and dignified and all our interests in the
western hemisphere watched and guard
ed." ' v
. .Have -they kept that .promise? The
truckling xf the administration to the
English and the making of the - Hay-
Pauncefota treaty in which American
rights were surrendered to England in
such a shameful manner that even a re
publican senate will not ratify it, is a
complete answer to the question.
Then they say, "We re-assert the Mon
roe doctrine in its full extent. Have
they kept that promise? Clauses in he
Hay-Pauncefote treaty annul the Mon
roe treaty completely.
Then they declared their sympathy
with Cuba and said that "the United
States should use its influences and
good offices to restore peace and give in
dependence to the island.' It was only
the resolution pressed by a, free silver
man which passed congress when war ,
was declared that prevented the admin
istration from attempting to annex Cuba
instead of giving the island indepen
dence. "
They promised that "every citizen of
the United States shall be . allowed to
cast one free and unrestricted ballot,
and that ballot shall be counted and re
turned as cast.' Did - they mean that
each citizen should cast only one vote?
Did they keep' that promise when there
was a vote counted for every two inhab
itants in the state of Ohio?
They said: "We favor the creation of
a national board of arbitration to settle
and adjust differences which may arise
between employers and employed en
gaged in interstate commerce." Have
they introduced or passed any such law
as that?
They say, "we urge the passage by
congress of a. free homestead measure
which has passed the house and is now
pending in the senate." Have they kept
that promise?
They said: "We favor the admission
of the remaining territories. Have
any of the territories been admitted to
statehood? Instead of that, they have
declared that they are not even in the
United States and have no rights that
congress is bound to respeet.
They said: "We believe that the citi
zens in Alaska should have representa
tion in congress. Have they kept that
promise? They now declare that the
people of Alaska are not . citizens but
subjects.
Last of all they say: "The republican
party is mindful of the rights of women
equal pay for equal work.
Have they kept that promise? Do
women get equal pay for equal work.
sucn were tne promises maae to tne
people in the St. Louis platform. The
men who made them have repudiated
every one of them and if charged with
the offense they reply: "We have
changed our minds. On that record of
infamy they have come before the peo
ple for endorsement. -
SPECIAL PLEADERS
The plutocracy has provided for the
special pleader and trained him not only
in all sciences that pertain to his voca
tion, but he is also taught all the little
tricks of the trade. The great institu
tions endowed by the ' millionaires give
him a free education in . English, logio
and the one specialty in which v his tal
ent is to be exercised. There is only one
thing that he must furnish . himself and
that is a fairly clear intellect which is
not troubled in the least with any prob
lem in ethics.
The special pleader knows all the old
tricks as well as the modern inventions
and he applies them with all the skill Jt
the college bred man. Professor Harry
Pratt Judson, professor of political econ
omy in the Chicago university, employs
one of these old tricks cf the special
pleader in an article in the April num
ber of the Review of Reviews, in discus
sing the 'constitution and the terri
tories." He first states in a very clear and
forceful manner a proposition that he
knows will attract and mollify the oppo
nents of imperialism and then follows it
with a beautifully constructed, specious,
special pleading in favor of imperialism.
His first statement is as follows:
"Among the curious features of this
debate is the controversy as to whether
congress can by statute "extend the
constitution over a given territory, and
also as to whether, being thus extended.
the constitution may by further statute
be withdrawn. A more grotesque con
ception can hardly be imagined. Saving
only by the admission of new states, con
gress has no more power to "extend the
constitution over a specific area than it
has to square the circle by legislation or
to repeal the law of gravitation. The
constitution is absolutely beyond the
will of congress. Wherever it is law, it
is law irrespective of congress. Wher
ever it is the constitution it is the or
ganic law and that is law which con
gress can neither expand nor contract.
In whatever area it is not of its own
force the organic law, no possible action
of congress can make it such."
Having made that statement so as to
gain the good will and attention of the
anti-imperialist, he next begins his fine
spun pleading on the other side of the
question. He quotes part of Section 3,
Article 5 of the constitution, which reads:
"The congress shall have power to dis
pose of and make all needful rules and
regulations respecting the territory or
other property belonging to the United
States." From this he argues that con
gress has absolute power over the inhab
itants of the territories. The rights cf
man are therein abolished. Congress is
an unlimitod legislative despotism. It
can make all the inhabitants slaves or
do anything else it sees fit in regard to
them.
Such is the work of the college bred
special pleader. Mark Harms makes a
great-deal of use of such gentlemen.
PLOCDEHIWO PORTO RICO. 4
There never was such a shameful
plundering of a helpless people as is pro
vided for in tha Porto Kico bill that has
now become a law It should be re
membered always that the bill for its
government was tacked on to the house
act in the senate and that it passed the
house without one word of discussion,
the few minutes allowed, on each side
being devoted to other matters.
The facts are these. " The people "of
the little island of less than a million
inhabitants have had saddled on to them
one of the most expensive and costly gov-1
ernment machines ever set up in a colony
by a conquering army. The people there
are in a state of starvation, the inhabit- j
ants are in rags some of them not even
having rags with which to hide their
wretchedness.
To govern this starving people, the re-!
publican majority in congress provide
the following officers and salaries:
Governor . ... ....13,000
Secretary 4,000
Attorney General................ 4,000
Treasurer... . ................... . 5,000
Auditor I 4,000
Commissioner of the interior..... 4,000
Commissioner of education ....... 3,000
Chief justice of supreme court.... 5,000
Associate justice.............. ... 4,500
Associate justice. 4,500
United States marshal.. . . ...... c. 3.000
United States district attorney .... 4,000
United States district judge ...... 5,400
District marshal 3,600
Collector of customs... 1 3,000
Collector of internal revenue 3,000
Commissioner to United States. . . 5,000
Commissioners to revise laws (3).. 5,000
Five members executive . council, sal
ary not fixed. -
Thirty-five members of legislature, $5
per diem.
Clerk of : supreme court, salary not
fixed.
Interpreter snpreme court, salary cot
fixed.
Clerk district court, salary not fixed.
Interpreter district court, salary not
fixed.
All of these officials, with the excep
tion of the members of the legislature,
who are elected, and the clerks and in
terpreters of the courts, who are selected
by the judges, are appointed by the
president. -
We who reside in Nebraska think our
taxes are pretty high, and we complain
of the cost of government. Nebraska is
much larger and has more inhabitants
than Porto Rico. Our governor gets
20C This Porto Rican governor gets
$9,000. These McKinley carpet baggers
are to squeeze out of these starving
Porto Ricans from $3,000 to $5,000 a year
each. "
A man who. would go to Porto Rico
and take ar salary like that which -has
been taxed out of these starving wretch
es is not fit to live on God's green earth.
But this is not the worst of it. This
carpet bag government will have the giv
ing away of all the franchises in the
island. There are railroads to be built,
electric light and street car rights to be
granted. No wonder there is weeping
from one end of that island to the other.
They asked the lights granted to all men
under our constitution. This what they
have received. It is one of the blackest
crimes in all history. -
BRTAX SUPPORTED TX OHIO
was one democratic paper of
considerable standing that attempted to
desert Mr. Bryan and support Mr.
Dwey for president. It was the Press
Post of Columbus, Ohio. The Press
Post Printing Co. of which C M. Jones
is "president decided to support Mr.
Dewey's candidacy. The editor, Mr.
Huntington, refuse! to submit to the
dictates of the owners of the Press-Post
and resigned his position,' thus proving
his deep' convictions and loyalty to Mr.
Bryan. In the issue of April 4th the
Press-Post said: .
- TJEWBTPOB PRESTOEXT
The announcement that Admiral
Dewey will be a candidate for the presi
dency clears the political atmosphere
for the democratic party. With no re
flection upon Mr. Brvan, it may truth
fullv be said that if Dewey is nominated
at Kansas City he will certainly be the
next president a certainty that does
not appear from Mr. Bryan's candidacy,
however great or popular he may be.
Th Press-Post will henceforth urge
the nomination of Dewey for the sake of
American principles and as the policy
for the democratic party to pursue at
this time.
George Dewey should be the nominee
of the democratic convention and the
next president "" '
"With the present issue of the Press
Post Mr. Webster P. Huntington severs
his connection with the paper as man
aging editor and director of the Press
Post Printing company. Mr. Hunting
ton Tn4 hen identified with the Press-
Post in an editorial capacity for nearly
five years, during which time the paper
has been a consistent democratic spokes
man for the party in Central Ohio and
has obtained some recognition abroad."
That the democrats of Ohio are in
tensely loyal to Mr. Bryan and did not
approve of the course of the money
barons proprietors of the Press-Post is
shown by its sudden flop back. In its
issue of April 6 (only two days lattr; it
says: , .. - - -"v-
It is evident that public sentiment in
Columbus, is strongly opposed to Admi
ral Dewey as a presidential candidate of
either of the great parties. The consen
sus of opinion seems to be that as a pres
idential factor in any capacity "Dewey
won't do."
The " Press-Post has recently tested
public sentimenton this subject by sup-
porting the admiral for the democratic
nomination, with a result well known to
the people of Ohio, and to the whole
country.
The Press-Post has, no other desire
than to represent the' people and has
merely availed itself of an opportunity
to learn their wishes.
When the people commands, the Press
Post is willing to retract its support of
the great hero."
Mr. Huntington will be restored as ed
itor and the Press-Post will support Mr.
Bryan. The plain people were never
more united in their support of any man
than they are at present in support of
Mr. Bryan. Long may he live to lead
and champion their cause. ;
The Seneca Chronicle, of Kansas, has
sold out to the republicans. Its new ed
itor saj3 that the many populists on its
list will like to read the other side for a
while. If the other Fide ever had an ar
gument to make they probably would.
If it will print any good reasons why
the declaration of independence should
be ignored, the rights of man denied,
and the constitution trampled, under
foot, populists will read with in terest,
but as no republican paper ever has done
anything of the kind, there is not much
prospect that this new editor will.
HARDY'S COLUMN
Good Crops University Chancellor
Elected Americans in China -Volume
of Circulation Just - Assess
ments Republics Develop Elec
tion . of Senators Excise Board
Rales Who Will Furnish Us Food
Will They Be satisfied Iron
Works Stop Standard Oil Company
Change the Laws Tax the; Rich
All solid Keep Out of Debt.
So far everything works favorably for
a fruit crop in Nebraska this year. Ex
perts pronounce the peach buds in a
healthy, live condition. A good crop of
fruit makes lots of good eating at - little
expense. Fruit is a healthful luxury.
It saves lots of doctor's bills , and. fu
nerals. So far thf-ro is splendid promise
of good crops of grain and grass. Rain
seems abundant at the right U'ue. ,
V .
Another University Chancellor has
been elected, Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews,
now superintendent of the Chicago city
schools. His refusal or acceptance is to
be given in ten days. We hope he will ac
cept, for he is an eastern man with west
ern proclivities and stands at the head
of his class as an educator and manager
of students. As an author he occupies
no mean place in the literary world.
They did not like him at Brown because
he stood up for the common people. The
rich people who gave and willed money
to the school did not like the whole
truth. Our university has no strings of
that kind. He will be sure to fit.
. '
American residents in China complain
about a secret society there, the object of
They are called "boxers." Why do not
the Chinamen stop foreigners from com
ing in, just as we stop Chinamen from
coming here. That would make music
all along the line. . - .
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The Washington treasury statement
makes it out that there ii over two bil
lions of dollars in circulation. They
count all the gold and silver in the
treasury and all " the reserves in the
banks, and then on top of that count all
the gold and silver certificates and bank
bills. . - ,
' v.;..vc.-y..
The assessors are now at work all over
the state. Will they take account of all
the notes, mortgages, bonds, warrants
and judgments that are drawing interest?
We believe a law should be . passed, for
bidding the collection o! any debt over
a year old that has not been listed for
assessment and taxed.
' " . ' V V V
The lower house of congress has passed -
i - a . i a
me necessary resolutions 10 suomit a
constitutional amendment to the several
state legislatures allowing the people to
elect senators. Now probably the senate
will finally fail . to pass it as it has two
or three times before. The Mark Hanna,
Clark and Quay senators do not want to
go before the people for they can buy a
legislature much cheaper. They know
they could not get there by a rote of the
people.
The excise board of the city of Lincoln
made a new rule before ran tine anv li.
censes this year; it is this, that no games
of any kind will be allowed in the saloon
or in adjacent rooms.' Now if they would
go a little further and provide .that but
one entrance, either, side, backi down or
up, would be allowed, and no chairs, ta-
bles or lights, then the. curse of the sa
loon would be reduced one-half. , Let
customers stand up and do -their, busi
ness as they do in basks.
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The United States has to furnish food
for the starving East Indian people,
while the vast English army eats the
products of the country which should
go to feed the natives. Away with stand
ing armies! Better 'let the people cut
each others throats than to let a foreign
army starve them all to death. Where
will th food come from when our armiea
devour all the substance of all the
islands we are now trying to choke
down?
V
Will the bondholders, bankers and
money lenders be satisfied any length of
time with the present money .law? If
McKinley is re-elected and the republi
cans have a majority in both houses of
! congress, will they not have another re-
l r i : m
iorm currency iaw to pass i uey are
very anxious for Bryan and his party to
stop talking about silver, but at the same
time are not willing to stop talking about
gold themselves. If gold should be
found in such abundance as to lower its
purchasing power, the goldbug frater
nity will not hesitate to enlarge the gold
dollar. .
t. , . .
Twelve large iron mills have just
closed their doors and stopped work in
order to beep the price of iron up. , Tuat
is a fair sample of McKinley prosperity.