Nebraska Newspapers

    THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
Hay 3, 1900. ,
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co I is the Lord's f rarer. It is all te."
It is all the brotherhood of maa and the
fatherhood of God.
It i probable that when Otis rtarts
borne be will turn hip back after be
- gtu out of the harbor, return to Manila
; and send ee more dipateh declaring
that th war is ore?
D- Cpsa LVerer returned last Satur
? day from a lotsjj trip throash the east
and the noath. n rnae his report to
Boewter who pablkhed It ia the Bee
tirder a scare head. lie does net ia
his rvjeet who paid the expense of the
'trip, " '
The Independent request a few of ita
readers to po est aid a&k some cf their
repahikaa rihbors if the war ia the
Fhilippis is over, thea report their an
swers. From a letter received from the
interior of the ttate it seems that they
real-j do believe that the war is over.
TLi war has beea a dead failure in
forta hare ben made but every ne of
tfceru Lfcre pet? red cot icaicdir Dewey,
Hob-sea, Fctrtce, Teddy every one of
theirs hare ae into prematare decay.
So mote it be.
Any tun who will "go to Porto Rico
and accept on cf those high priced of
ficial positions and take the mosey
tared si of those poor, itarviag people
withoct their consent should not be al
lowed to eosse irto the kitchen of a re
f pectabSe christian, Let their caries be
oovred with eteraal icfaa:y.
Under the bill for the government of
Hawaii the grjvemor is to receive an an
cualtoJLary cf fS.GOQ, $GO0 for iaciden
tala and 12.000 for a private secretary.
What do you think of that, plodding,
fcara working repubiicaa farmer t How
tio yea Eke imperialism as far as it has
developed?
The first maa ia America to advocate
th referendum was Thomas Jefferson.
He soasht to have it incorporated into
the cocstitatioQ of Virginia, The slave
Interests feared such a measure and de
feated it. list Jefferson favored it and
did what he could to have it included ia
' the csrgaric law of teat state.
A farmer writes a letter to the Inde-
pendent (act for publication) in which
he place great reliance cpoa what the
. ssprem court is going to do to imperial
. ism. The Independent puts no faith ia
thai body as now constituted. When
that cocrt declared aa income tax ua
; cxKafctitctkscal after it had been affirmed
' five tistt daring a hundred years, is not
"- entitled to the confidence cf the people,
It is just a likely to decide that the
cocAlittioa is out cf date as anything
lae. .
The populist as4 democrats cfthe
Seventh district ia Kansas held conven
- tiozs and faid to agree upon a candi
date. Thea they both nominated candi
dates and adjourned. That insures a
grbug imperia-tet from that district if
the matter is not Evaded. Why on earth
m aaocrat or populist wants to rua
for congress ia that district, spend the
tlm and fay the expeaie of a campaign
when be knows that he will be defeated
Is pat comprrhemior. Tnat way of
makizig aeitax. 2c-publicans out" of
tlsselve w jurt zz bad as joining the
f uxxie wuzzies. The Independent has
to patieece w ith them.
Donnelly ys it is the time old dem
ocratic party of the feixtie. and in that
Docneliy hVk. The men who were dem
ocrats ia 1 j0 are nearly all dead, so that
the millioas of voters in the democratic
parry today are not tte men of the ix
ties. Of coarse thf re are a few of them
kft but their vote all told would not
, irioss!y affect aa election. The demo
' cratic catkical platform of today is the
very antipod of the t4at-.rrms of the
suxtk. Xear'y aU of the old codgers
who voted the democratic ticket in the
friitie and who are till alive, are ait-
trt repatikm or republicans or.t and
oct. iike ur. j&lwz, or republican bu&b -
w hackers like J. Sterling Morten. The
democratic party of today w composed
cf t-r men and its platforms and prin-
cipie ar entirely diff rent from the
democracy of 1-rXL So when Donnelly
says it i the e old democratic party
cf the ixtie he pticte a whopper the
. sire cf a young moentaia.
THE LEGISLATURE OF 1901
The legislature of 1901 will have plenty
of work to do. Two United States sen
ators must be elected, and there are sev
eral important legislative matters which
require attention.
The two United States senators must
be members of the reform forces, and
the only way to insure their election is
for every populist, democrat and silver
republican to see to it that his vote is re
corded for the fusion candidates for the
legislature. To hold in line for the leg
islative tickets in the various districts
the full fusion vote, it is imperative that
the best men be nominated, regardless
of whether they be democrats, populists
or silver republicans. - However, in dis
tricts where the democrats constitute
the major portion, of the fusion forces,
it will doubtless be found advisable to
nominate men vfho affiliate with the
democratic party; and in districts where
the populists outnumber their political
allies, populist candidates will probably
be more successful ia holding the fusion
strength. But party affiliation should
in all cases be m&de a matter of secon
dary importance and subordinate to
fitters for the position, great personal
popularity and ability to make a suc
cessful campaign. The Independent be
lieves it inadvisable for legislative nomi
nating conventions to -pledge candidates
to vote for any particular candidate for
United States senator, because legisla
tors of undoubted integrity and the
fusion forces must elect no other kind
may safely be relief! upon to be guided
by the preponderance of public senti
nent among their constituents when the
time comes to elect the two United States
senators. And the Independent urges
that every county avoid placing upon
the ballot the name of any person to be
voted for as preference for United States
senator. Purely as a matter of allowing
the voter to express his preference, there
is no objection to the plan: but shrewd
republican politicians invariably take
advantage of the situation and are more
than willing to trade votes "for United
j States seiia tor in exchange for votes
for republican candidates for the legis
lature. In practice the plan has never
been a success, and until the people can
elect United States senators by direct
vote there is nothing to be gained ty
Ui-ing the makeshift. When the proper
time comes, the fusion legislature of
HOI will elect two United States sena
tors that will not only be a credit to Ne
braska but also to the nation.
The Independent has no desire to
usurp the prerogatives of the governor
in suggesting work which should le
done by the legislature of 190L But
there are matters which legislative can
didates should discuss ' in the coming
caa paign, and in respect to which learn
the wishes of their respective constitu
encies. a consTitmtaonai convention seems to
be an imperative necessity. The need of
one was s uggesteJ to the legislature of
IKK) by Governor Holoomb, but no action
was taken. Among the things which re
quire attention are constitutional pro
visions respecting an increase in the
number of supreme judges or a system
of calling district judges to aid the su
preme court in disposing of cases, which-
ever is aeemea preferable; increasing
the number of avenues for investment of
the permanent educational funds; pro
viding for a better system of equalizing
the burdens of taxation; fixing a new
schedule of salaries for state officers;
and cutting away some cf the restric
tions which now render amendment of
our constitution an extreme improba
btlity if not an impossibility. Other
matters may be suggested, but these are
among the most important ones.
Very little new legislation is needed
Nebraska has now an abundance of laws;
in some respects a redundancy. But
there are many rough edges and sharp
corners which can be smoothed by the
legislature of 190L Of prime impor
tance is the revenue law; yet the Inde
pendent believes it . unwise to attempt
the passage of an entire new revenue act.
Legislatures, regardless of political cam
j pie x ion, are usually conservative bodies;
and the task of enacting a complete sys
tern of providing revenue, especially one
revolutionary In its nature, is too great
and too important for any legislature to
complete in one short session. But the
legislature of 1901 should provide for
tax commission cf about three members
to make thorough investigation of the
subject during the summer of 190L In
the event of a constitutional convention,
this commission should be authorized
and directed also to report to and con
fer with the convention respecting
needed constitutional provision
To relieve the people of the burden of
paying interest on about ? 1,750,000 of
general fund warrants, an amendment to
the present revenue law Is needed allow
ing the state board of equalization to
levy for general fund purposes not more
than 7 mills on the dollar valuation, in
sieaa oi i as at present, masmucn as
the necessity for a levy for sinking fund
i- now a thing of the past (the last $33,.
000 of tate bonds being paid off this
j month.) a 7-miJl general fund levy would
1 not materially increase the burdens of
j taxation, and, with economical state ad
j ministration, every dollar of thc state's
j floating debt could be wiped out in about
four years.
Under the present practice of assess-
. A I . . '
mg property at irom one-nan io one-
twentieth of its actual value the grand
assessment roll thows orty about $170,.
000,000 of taxable property in the state;
and as each succeeding legislature finds j
it necessary to appropriate about $2,-:
000.000 from the general fund, the state
board of equalization finds it necessary
to levy the full 5-mill limit on every
county and then,' if every dollar -were
collected the state tar lacks about
$300,000 of meeting the legislative appro
priations. This amount, however, is re
duced somewhat by money received from
fees of various kinds; but it is apparent
that the state's ' general fund income
must exceed its expenditures if any per
manent reduction is ever made in the
floating debt. - . '
With the sinking fund levy abandoned,
being necessary, and the full 5-mill gen
eral fund levy imperative, equalization
can only be attempted by variations in
the school fund levy, which cannot be!
lees than one-half mill or more than
mills. That this is wholly inadequate
for the purpose of equalizing the marked
differences in valuation as returned by
different counties, must be evident to air
who study the question.
Considerable improvement should be
made in our corporation laws. Provis
ion should be made for an annual report
to be filed with the secretary of state by
every corporation other than banks, rail
roads and insurance companies, (which
report elsewhere,) and every corporation
failing to report within a specified time
should be regarded as having forfeited
its charter. ;
Amendments should be made in all
laws which provide for the payment of
fees to any state officer other . than the
state treasurer, that these laws may con
form to the constitution and the su
preme court's construction thereof.
The penalties in official bonds should
be revised and made commensurate with
the responsibility attached to the office;
for instance, it is absurd that the deputy
attorney -general should be required to
file a bond of $50,000. Under a strict
compliance with the constitution he
handles no money, and a f 10,05) bond
would more than cover all the loss if he
should steal every article of furniture,
books and so forth connected with the
office. Past experience with questions
arising on official bonds make the people
prefer those furnished by responsible
bond companies; but the people should
stand the expense of procuring sjfeuch
bonds, at least in the case of elective
officers, because they have expressed
confidence in the ability and integrity of
such officers by electing them.
utner matters ot amendment natur
ally suggest themselves, but lack of space
forbids at this time. The Independent's
advice to legislative candidates is to
study our present laws and see where
they may be strengthened; and then to
discuss the question with their people
freely and frankly. -
It might be well for the government
of these two great Anglo-Saxon nations
to be turned over to the school boys for
a while. They seem to have more sense
than the statesmen who are at present
runmng tnem. last wees gave an ac
count of how the school boys twenty
tnousana in number sent a messenger
to Pretoria to carry their sympathy to
Paul Kruger. This week - the school
boys of Canada started two of their
number to Ljizon to carry a message of
sympathy to Aguinaldo. The school
boys are all right. They love liberty.
Let us hope that when they grow up and
take charge of the affairs of the world,
that they will still love liberty and hate
war.
This property qualification for voters
which is being introduced in "our colo
nies," will soon be applied in these states.
The Independent believes that the wage
worker who never had at one time in all
his life more than one week's wages is
better entitled to vote than the million
aire who never did a days work in his
me. in jngiana wnere tney naa a
property qualification a man voted for a
long time because he owned two donkeys.
The donkeys died and then they
wouldn't let him vote any , more. He
meekly asked if after all it was he who
cast the votes or the donkeys. Along
with imperialism will come all the other
fixings. You need have no doubt about
that.
BRYAN SAYS, J O - ':''--"
The people of this i country are more
firmly bound hand and, foot by. the
money power than they ever were before.
Their destiny is wholly in control of the
national bank trust. That power has
been doubled since the bankers laid this
fair land waste in 1S93. Then they con
trolled only the credit money of the
country. , Kow they have their hands on
the greenbacks, silver and an added
power to contract the' national bank
note circulation, congress having taken
all restraints from them in that regard.
In 1893 a little note sent to the banks all
over the country telling ; them s! to - stop
loans and call in all paper that was out
standing, gave us four years of such suf
fering and disaster as the country never
knew before. .That power so exercised
then has been greatly increased by re
cent acts of congress.
Four billion of credit money went out
of existence in a twinkling of an eye
when the orders went out from Wall
street. There was just aa much silver,
just as many greenbacks, just as much
gold in circulation afterward as there
was before. But no one couldget money
to do business or pay debts and prices
went tumbling day .after day although
production was greatly decreased. Why?
The four billion of credit money had dis
appeared." The wrecked fortunes, the
insane asylums, the prison cells today
bear record of that- fearful time.- The
bankers did it. They will de it atrain
whenever it is to their interest to do so.
The banks today as a whole are a hun
dred per cent richer ' than they were
when they issued that practical order.
Today the whole American nation lies
helpless at their feet.: They will make
prosperity when it is to their interest to
do so. They bring calamity when they
can increase the value of bank stock by
the operation. They . can expand their
credits and they can contract them.
They can put out their national bank
notes and they can call them in. They
can raise prices and they can lower them.
They can, with a power and force never
before known, do it any, time, for silver
and greenbacks will soon be things of
the past and they , will have nothing to
manipulate but gold and national bank
notes. No such power was ever exer
cised by any organization, king or em
peror before. And they tell . us that the
money question is settled! They want
Bryan to drop th' silver question? They
promise him the presidency and all the
honors of the world if he . only will.
Bryan shakes his head and says, no.
There are a few disappointed appli
cants for political plums who are busy
ing themselves manufacturing, distrib
u ting and peddlingt6rie3 calculated to
stir trp an opposition to the renoniina-
tion of Governor FbYnter. Such busy
bodys should remember the shame and
disgrace of those who not so long ago
were engaged in a similar tirade against
Auditor Cornell. Time has fully vindi
cated Mr. Cornell and his record as an
honest official stands out as a model for
successors to follow. Those who con
demned the auditor without a trial have
been at the mourner's bench seeking for
giveness ever since. Those who are en
gaged in a similar , slander of the gov
ernor at present should profit by the ex
perience of . their friends. - Governor
Poynter's administration has been hon
est and economical and when anyone
tells you otherwise ask to be "shown"
ask the slanderer to produce the evi:
dence. The governor is a farmer, and
his administration has been a credit to
the farmers of the state. Every candi
date to succeed him is a lawyer. The
Independent believes the lawyers have
their full share of the offices already.
The lawers have a perfect right to "as
pire" for the place if they want to, but
the farmers should see to it that they
don't get it.
OUR "REEDEEMER" GOETH.
A significant feature of the week has
been the beginning of gold exports in
volume this season. Although only $500,
000 was shipped to Europe and an equal
amount to South America, and the for
mer shipment was only brought about
by the payment of the extra inducement
of interest during the passage, the high
rates and firmness of the foreign ex
change market point to further exports.
Although money markets abroad have
UNDUE
of late ' shown improvement, rates are
well above local easy monetary condi
tions, and the tendency is naturally for
gold to go to the other side. This move
ment is also stimulated by our heavy im
portations - of merchandise, which, as
shown by the government reports, are
largely in excess over last year's, at this
time. So long as our easy money situa
tion continues, the outlook for gold ship
ments, usual at this season, -will be
bright, and bankers expect much larger
exports of the precious metal during the
coming month and almost surely during
the coming week. Brooklyn Eagle.
And every dollar that goes abroad is
thus taken out of circulation here, which
must, if heavy exports continue, result
in the lowering of prices at home unless
counteracted by at equal amount of
other currency injected into the circula
tion. .
Suppose-this "other currency' be na
tional bank notes, redeemable in gold.
How long can this gold drain continue
until the banks will be utterly unable to
redeem their notes in "standard money?"
PLATFOKHS AND MEX
The perfidy of political parties for the
last ten years make platforms of small
account. In most instances they have
been put out as a blind and those who
made them never intended to abide by
them. The last canvass made for Cleve
land was made on the tariff question.
No sooner did he come into power than
a special session of congress was called
to stop the further coinage of silver. It
is true that a fairly good tariff law was
passed by the house, but when it came
back from the senate with over six hun
dred amendments tacked onto it it was
a law to "delight the hearts of the tariff
barons all over the country.
The republicans made their last cam
paign on a platform pledged to maintain
the then existing gold standard and to
promote international bimetallism. As
soon as they got into power they pro
ceeded to change the existing standard
and to kill all hopes of international bi
metallism. - What worth was the plat
form? What is there to any platform
unless we have men behind them of hon
esty and uprightness? Even constitu
tions are not worth the paper they are
written upon if the men in power see fit
to ignore them.
. Tho fight henceforth must be for men.
We have fought the battle of platforms
over and over and what has it all
amounted to in the end? We have made
steady advances toward "the permanent
establishment of plutocracy. Platforms
will never prevent the establishment of
a great standing army, a costly navy,
wars of conquest, the overthrow of the
the constitution and the declaration of
independence. It will take men to do
that. Platforms will not stop the con
centration of wealth in the hands of the
few!, "Platforms will not stop the in
crease of . paupers. , It will take men to
do these thing. It is a MAN that we
want more than any platform. Without
the MAN we will be helpless with the
best platform that can be written by the
hand of genius. We have the man at
last. His name is W. J. Bryan.
The great governing body of the
United States is the senate. The sen
ate is governed by a human cattle driver
from Ohio who, under a free ballot and
an honest county could not be elected
dog catcher ia any township in his state.
He is assisted by a New York boss who
held one place by virtue of the machine
and gave the other to a Vanderbilt em
ployee. It is by such men that this na
tion is being driven from the founda
tions upon which it has rested for more
than a hundred years. "
The Grand Island Democrat in its last
issue contained an . excellent editorial
upon the popularity of Edgar Howard
as a candidate for the nomination for
state auditor. The Democrat demon
strated clearly that the Lincoln Journal
and Omaha Bee are great admirers of
Howard and his writings. With re
markable frequency those two model
papers have found delight in reading
Mr. Howard's writings and in many in
stances have quoted them freely for the
pleasure and satisfaction of their repub
lican readers. Truly Edgar is a remark
ably swelled . and a very great man if
you doubt it read the Bee and the Jour
nab They'll prove it. i
C&ONJE.
CRmCISIXG SENATOR BOAR
Senator Hoar, the great ; republican
leader, the aged senator that Massachu
setts has honored with official position
fo more than half a century has declared
in the senate And through the ; press
against the policy of ; imperialism. He
has denounced the surrender of the prin
ciples of the declaration of independence
in language plainer and more . forceful
than any other eastern v man rof promi
nence. That he is honest in his convic
tions and his defense of liberty, and the
constitution none', have been found to
deny. He has begged and pleaded with
his party and -its; - leaders, hoped and
prayed for the party which he helped to
organize and by which he has been hon
ored for so long, not to desert its history
and the traditions and memories asso
ciated with it so , dear to the American
people; begged of it not toforsako the
principles upon; which the government
was founded and in ,the7 advocacy and
defense of which the" republican party
became great and powerful. ; It is a
theme for a historian, for a MaCauley.
Think of it, the; venerable, senator, the
statesman for more than half a century,
pleading with "the I younger Jnd ' more
selfish and ambitious members of his
party to bring it back to the people
exhorting and beseeching them to avoid
the quicksands of imperialism and des
potism that have engulfed and swallowed
up every : republican" government at
tempted by man. Will they hear his
pleading and heed his warning cry? No.
The once great and glorious republican
party has drifted out to sea beyond bis
reach. The money , power of the world
has it in its grasp and destruction must
be its fate or the .: government "of , by,
and for the people will perish- from the
earth." The senator has declared that
he is yet a republican but - he did not
say how long he would remain one. For
this statement he -has been criticised.
When passing criticism it should be re
membered that it is difficult and pain
ful for a man who has stood as long and
as high in the councils of his party as
Senator Hoar has in the republican party
to quit it and transfer his allegiance to
another. It would be dishonorable for
him to do so without : first making an
honest and conscientious effort to reform
his party and lead it "back to its original
teachings. If Senator Hoar had de
clared that he was no longer a republi
can, henceforth he would-be denied a
seat or hearing in its councils, He. could
not hope to reform it by such a method.
The national convention of the republi
can party has - not -yet -spoken." Upon
the theory that ."where there is life there.
is hope he may be justified in waiting for
the decision from the highest authority
in the party before he quits it for good.
The republicans delight in having ruf
fians in the house of representatives just
as the old slave drivers did. They parade
their names constantly 1 in ; the great
dailies. They keep them' constantly-be
fore the people. The slave drivers of the
south never had a greater ruffian on the
floor than the republicans have in their
man urosvenor, nere is a specimen of
his talk: ' .: -
"I hurl back the charge of bribery in
the gentleman's teeth. - I do not believe
a republican made such a charge against
his party. It is a lie. I do not say that
no man made the . statement, but if he
did he is a liar." "
That is the manner of a ruffian and
Grosvenor indulges in such remarks al
most daily and his side of the house
cheer him. These - remarks were made
in reply to the statement of a newspaper
man that a repuplican member had said
that the Porto' Bican . measure was put
through on account of- promised cam
paign contributions by .the trusts. ; Bob
Tooms was no match for this Ohio ruf
fian. ' :.'::: ' r .",-""" "
UN DER TWO TARIFFS
The State Journal - publishes the fol
lowing, upon, as it says, the authority of
the Denver republican: - , -
When the valiant colonel ' reached the
little town of Gallup he made the cus
tomary speech to -,the ' cheering -people
and added a fervent postscript when the
mayor climbed upon the platform and
presented him with a beautiful Narago
blanket. The colonel's seraphic smile
froze into a ghastly grin - when he found
attached to the blanket this- insulting
note: ' -,..'".V:. 3f4.
"My Dear Mr: Bryan: Under the re
publican administration the wool in this
blanket sells for twenty-two cents a
pound. ' Under the democratic admin
istration it sold for six cents. fc Please
tell this to your constituents."
The Nebraska Independent publishes
the following upon no one's authority.
When the valiant Major McKinley vis
ited Dakota last fall a sun-burned farmer
climbed upon the.5 platform' and ". pre
sented him with some nails and various
other articles that farmers had to buy.
Attached to them was the following note:
"My dear Mr. McKinley: Under the
republican administration I have to pay
$4.90 for these nails and for; all other
things that I buy I have to pay from 100
to 250 per cent more than I did before
you were elected to office. Please tell
this to your constituents." '
STOP THE CARNAGE
If but half is true that comes over the
cable from Manila concerning the car
nage and butchery going on over there,
then our forces are outdoing Weyler ten
to one. There have been more Filipinos
shot down in cold blood according to the
cablegrams in the last thirty days, than
the Spanish ever murdered in a whole
year. . iSome of the acts of carnage re
corded outdo the Duke or Alva or the
Spanish invaders of Mexico. Those
murderers reaped their : just reward and
the nation that permitted their -barbari-ties
is about to join the long list of such
monsters, who 1 one, by one have ? disap
peared from the face of the earth since
Belshazzar read the writing on the wall.
One dispatch says that - General Bell
rounded up 160 Filipinos, not . one of
them had a gun, they being j armed only
with bolos, and shot - every one of them;
threw their. bodies; ; in a river and let
them float away. These brave Ameri
can soldiers stood off out of reach of the
bolos and deliberately murdered every
one of these Filipinos without danger to
themselves. Did the Spanish ever do a
more dastardly deed than that?
Every decent man- in America bows
his head in shame over such deeds. The
history of this republic tt never had such
a stain put upon it before. - The curse of
Heaven never failed to rest upon such acts
and it never will. A day of judgment will
come. It has never failed to come in all
the thousands of years ' bf written his
tory. A thousand Filipinos killed in one
week! And still these .men do not sur
render! And still the. carnagegoes on !
All the land is silent, ilo Vovlpf pro
test is raised in , congress. An omnious
stillness reigns 'everywhere. But it is
the calm before the storm. If no other
man in America will raise his voice
against this cruel slaughter, this writer
will raise his. There" werenqVmany In
Old John Brown's company when he
joined it in Kansas'' in i856.-"lBpme of
tnem died on tne scanoia ana seme on
the battle field. But they conquered.
The three or four of them who still live
call aloud to stop this slaughter of inno
cent men in the Philippines. "
The appointing power is ever a rose
with many thorns; For every position
to be filled by appointment some three
to twenty applicants present themselves.
Only one can be appointed. And it
often happens that one or more of the dis-.
appointed ones conceives it his duty to
work against the renomination of the
officer making the appointment. But
what the people as a whole look to is the
public record of the officer in the dis-
charge of his official duties " other ' than
making appointments; if : that be good,
me peopie approve.
Governor - Poynter's record is good.
He has shown that a farmer can possess
executive ability as well as members of
the professions." His state papers and
public utterances are models of clear, in
cisive English". : He isv ah old-time popu
list, heartily in sympathy ith ' populist
ideas and an earnest and convincing ad-
vocate ot tnem. ueyona a aouot ne is
entitled to a renomination at the hands
of the fusion convention in July."
There may be in places some little dis
affection growing-out of - appointments
made by the governor, but disappointed
applicants should remember that where '
twenty apply for one place.nineteen must,
in the very nature of things, be ' disap'
pointed. And they should further bear
n mind that v;t' v.t. -
j uj8ush, and the world langfct witkyou '
This is not said in disparagement of
any person aspiring to the nomination.
TndAod. it is a laudable ambition to ba
governor of the great state of Nebraska.
But following a time-honored populist
precedent, it is certainly ' eminently
proper and just, that , Governor T?6ynter
be renominated " . - , . "V. ;
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- It is becoming 'more and more appar
ent every day that if McKinley , is re
elected an attempt will be made to an
nex Cuba. Every move of the adminis
tration for the last six months has had
that tendency. All prominent Cubans,
including Gen. Gomez, have been saying
things of late Which indicate that they
believe that to be the case." Where will
McKinley get troops to fight a" war of
conquest in Cuba? There will be a con
scription. Let the republican farmer
wher. he votns the republican ticket this
fall remember that he is probably voting
to send his' son to Cuba to die in the
hospitals or trenches. There Is nb doubt
if he does reflect upon it, he w3U "vote
'er straight." That is what he has been
taught and all needful s information that
would tend to enlighten his mind has
been carefully kept .from him, , ,
TVK THANK THEE OH! MCKV
From reading editorials in republican
papereonej would . come to i the conclu
sion that whathese"editora"wduTd""have
their followers do as they look .out on the
green fields and see the fine prospects
for abundant crops, would be for all of
them to turn their faces, toward Wash'
ington, fall down on their knees and say: .
"We thank thee, ph! ? McKinley, thou
omnipotent and omniscient One for all
these things. ' We remember that when
we had Grover Cleveland for president
that the hot winds blew out of the south
and the scorching sun baked the earth,
the crops withered and died in the fields
and we had hard times. But since thou
hast been president, thou hast ' sent us
the rains in due season,thbu hast shielded
the fields from the burning sun and the
crops have been abundant and we have
had better times. We remember also
that thou hast sent the drouths and hot
winds to other, countries and their.crops
have failed." Thou hast caused 50,000,
000 of people in India alone to so suffer ,
and die for want of food and not only to
stop their exportations-of wheat, but to
create a demand for our wheat and all
the world is taking up collections to buy
it and send it to India, making a better
market and a higher price for what we
have to sell. . .
"We thank thee Oh! McKinley be-
1.W1LLVE BOERS WHO rOTJGHT
GENERAL
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