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VOL. XI L
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, MAY 17, 1900.
NO. 1.
4
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BRYAN AND TOWNE
The People's Party Selects the Two Great Leaders
of the Common People for Its Standard
Bearers. The
Sk. fiS. D,May s.-a
vry :
larj cjjcril f th dr,e! arrived
ce jLutJttkj xA Tie-day. They re
wA to b t&a&i e thtretor is p!ac
cf .r.:iT-et.t wh, tbry waited, bow-
Tr. b'jt were h&t p ia erxe hail or kar- To be an exponent of those re
v . . , lorzzi at that time meant something: to
the ti.en - ho took part in it. It meant
axd caiicu-. ii rta de,-jr-. m 1 rnfiee to endure the scorn
tk er is a Lai! err.etiy diuAn of the predatory classes who were liv
t trbsji of the ouriecU-s all day i ic-Z from the farmers, and the little tri-
. j . , .. . . .,.r - .1 . ; uusphaainc woo throughout the west
lidW-i.to .ucd the,btve furtUbsl trifling recoorense to
rz-9&u n '.-s " dr lay. That m ! thoe who endured for their opinions the
the rae .th ti c.,nl xr-n :.-ar.y
every tte. The th-i. that
r riieid
the djrtr u ti
if a ie fr-i-tit
ax4 the intts t t-f a cois suttee- on
wcJnfw i.h th- dtwrrtu ad ire i
j, . . . J
.ter rrfcte. tlre to be a !
prett e?e diniosi cf opiS-ia. The ?
Nbr-k a iKn after a irvjd of ,
T'.-d Kr !rc-rp than a
third n.avrity
aj-rit css,&Jt:- of r.e froa earb
tat ar-4 ternt.--rj U z
to Kar.rA City
ar.3 &'t a .rilar r.r.s,;.jH froo the
If
sto irrarrerf-nt euM b
rr a i. !l.e-e tr e sr''ritte i. tc can.
a ca fr.-2 L-r tL -j ul.t r fre
n f rrjeblicas party f pr-?-4-d.t
It a rjotirjet ti-at r-ar!y all the
fare-r J--.v tzA t oid mtrkr sn
ti pf.'f-ut auwe re larur of ap-
r " a
ccc.fr-rer.'C orn-ittt-, whie !
tr.r .?er ii rr- rwruiU ere fox 1 pof r. We are proud of this monument
ft? ae4 zA c-it-aur-ir a f u'J ticket. to the party's fidelity to the cause of hu
f the ;ecbe on Ua llrm were man liberty, proud of it? discernment
" ry radfcrai ti.it lead j and a?rresire adherence to the tenets
to the belief ttat ffarttoan izisaiaty wa of political freedom at a time when this
tot . ced to the rep-uhheaa party aod i rreat law was in the balance. We trlad-
fo.4wer
e tt tie c..r tues a flirted
Whti the Ltur ca.Jie for the aem-
b! tr of ti.e rrjetettiri, the march to
the , f tert c-aie, kad by the Jrt
I" a itid -tLe izA that lead oar A-
di-er scto Manila te de$rate carry
itjf Sir. Thi lEd i a pbdld tie
- -e-.ua! to ai. -rher cs ia the Lt,iU-d
Statra ith ;rhap the eaarp.tk cf the trnder the mart taspiclou-i cireum
lanne at V. &.hion acd riua'i. j kVaicaw, ocr adherence to those princi-
Armir-z at the tett. SetaVr Bat-rp which brought our organization
e.l4 the eoiiiretks v order. A prayer j into being and te-t its right to future
o-?red by Uiyp reran that i j existence by proving its faithful perfor
a rjoi. for an ccirr- prajer and wiij j ciance of every duty imposed and its
remaxn o for aJl issue to coae. It ! reedy acceptance of the mighty repon
c s-ri in the ewji kjueet Enclih, j t-ibihtie brought upon us by the crea
wa cetfut ar.i fervid anu ithost a j tioc of new problems,
word that coald be objertorxab!-s to any 1 The iwore's rartT has been the most
devo-t Chrian rr to any njersitjer of
ary p!iUJ party. Secretary Kdirer
fc tr-3 read the rail ard there was
rrr syet irnejisrirr csu-tc by the band,
ard the Minnehaha Cie club. Hsiiator
fiytr th-n i&trodu-ed roterr.or Lee of
fotsth Iaaota. mho delivered the follow -
' At eiaha r. July 4h. the pectt4es
party cl th Ur.i.-d State-, wa Urc. It
a and i the t-atcnJ
and ireitabie
-irrowth of dou.ir.ar.t tr.,c &o
vii i.aa tryr- : car ana grm as
d grm as j
acd cb alienee
asd wtix mwier:t a-uaptKie, of po.m
cal jer jnhi hore to the fars.er
mitt E.echar.iccjf the coistry the darker
cA their poitios with each preat f rce
ti at a c-jr..et is the pj-itirai arec je
ctz a d'-fer.-te t,-re.;ty with the t.a-
tLat and r-re
";.!;. Tt't f
"rvi:. arncu.ttiral di
enter.!. It
iKucet by and
rx-
.a r-
y c i Watal direrard by iju'jIsc
e-rr.-.t '--f the sr.t-r 1 of the f.unda
arotw ts tocnrtAitrjo ana ctsaiiec j I be people are now masters of that or
th rstaace of every thoughtful can, j ganizatioa and our affiliation with such
tK -.it ti (wr iuiu-tnal t-trueturr. ; written its principles deep in Jhe hearts
It tx-w rs re-; r.- to the rr-at r.ataral of men. It ha been a great moral force
. c f reitau- to tj rt.r : to the an.e which cannot die or be absorlwd or de-patfi-.c
ttt!pi wtch prjd unrd the f atroyed by honest co-operation with any
Anjn. i rt-oiat' t., the Kr"ch f-ro ; orrani ration which espouses our policies.
lu'Js. ai etrry oti-r rrcf-ur.d rrott ! If it roiicies prevail in whole or in nart
of t-e i.-r.'.- ?
t.iay ia the
ttesr r.ztl. it 1
t.
of the Ktixj irj t- acej
ai American
k t ..; :.t ;.oe? ;t;r.-
There a a p: f.jr popuIUm is the
TZr.' cf th cmiEitry: it i and m a
iWiticai fcCTitT. It fca hhed it r lare
4rtiO gv.rd to the arr,y of th
t1-'- ith ctctcniuu ability, rourafe
a-s& : .tr..ti. 11 tta tru.y rei-rer.teu
it ha truly ret reacted
th- aStaz- t-etj.er,t of ttu.l r.a
-- r? -wars tie pr.t of cretin
i
I 'irt.t- Hi rot r rut uttocary tr
ml a 5
rf re part; . It ha yt,t to institute ;
r tai. is t-ar ojri aud puati-cai
fLr: hkrh caid recder the estti&$
y"E tcierb!. Crude though koa.e,
ti it r r-t idea r-ty have bret. it d ,
tr.se er MJi?A is tie cjiir.. It ha
r; ret.i uv bot-t a:-e.j t to iaproie
wtihf-'M2j c&aditi-?aa aid La ceer
falter! jt wavered is it parp... It
L I:ed V it tde&aex-'
fclieii ia the ia of coot of it .rtate.
a&4 Wti'.M the cejuera! a-5ceptaj.ee
i y tr.j all th "i J Jt faniasjea
tal c--rt-e. To it ut-tiri-s efort aay
cri.'jfi tjzjt of the irre:et optical
cr;e that th coiK.try ha ever krxwc
Th j;.leV party of tuth Ialota is
fftrui cl it eaesesf.'iroa part i a thi
jrett &ovess.t; 5 road cf the fart that
it u at HsroQ oa the JCth day of Jar-.
that th cstred fariser cf the
etaUr. hara-d by th etacuoses c4 cor
fjrarat roohefy.oax3t to better thtr
co&ditioc by ti erjrarixatioa of a po
htical party of their cwsrot3Ci;tted to re
i'jrru ie4jrted for thir bett which
.had bees rejted;y prossiisfcd by
the rp.bcaa party, aad aa - re-re-atesily
mzt eorrfaIly rrpediated.
1 Thje who west through thoe
i caa hav a rht mere that hi-
t4 :,ere tie Lr-ai tatt.e bet eeb the tattoo which hoDer.tJy attempt to as
res; ard tte cs.fy power &ut b ! u in the defence of our economic
Platform.
tory. replete with trickery, ridicule and
fcbuae of tLe people wLo demanded e
i ritt to say torn- thing: in the govern -r&ett
f the ttate and nation to whose
c-aterial wealth and tnteSJecttial prog
re they were contributinz the the lion's
cocteatipl of tue ruling c. asses in these
-tate. H-f tas, Nebraska, Colorado.
i i : ' l i
ahiE"too, and our brethren of the
outh, all went through this trial; all can
ynipatize with us. We are happy to
iie tiiovj old populists and the new
recruit to foouth Dakota, for here the
.. in its fierct form; here
popuiita &a. ixspresaed itself more in-
de.iibljr thn elsewhere upon the laws.
, ,. . , . , .
to ieaderrhip in the battle, resting he
claim to teaderhip upon
her achieve-
cct. we bare piren tne United
Sv.Im a practical illustration of the
ability of a people to enforce obedience
from their repre-entatives in the legisla
ture: We have placed th initiative and
referendum upoh cur statutes and in our
constitution, and we can cow ay what
the law fehall be. We can run our repre
sentative intea-- of binu run by them.
We are mafters; they are servants. We
Lave more nearly reached the Jefferso
r.ian ideals than any other fctate in the
union, and our people mcognize their
j i elcotue you to oar midst, to a reali-
L zaUon of our splendid rictory in achiev-
t ins true democratic ecrernmect. and we
wih that your people might share with
! c the rreat biesicar that has fallen to
our kt.
What better place could have been
elected for mm. m conrentian of such
men aa are here today? We shall re-
i M l a i . - y . ' w m
rowmui ion in American pouuc. n
et had never done anything else, in South
Uakota it accomplisLed a life work by
the adoption of direct legislation. It
has done more than win political victo
ries; it ha educated the people; it has
encouraged the efforts of true reformers
in all parties, and has forced both of the
great parties to pass through the hall of
the houe a bill for the direct election of
eenators br the reot!e.
Through its in-
j fiuence pare leadership has asKumed the
j arecdenc in the democratic
party.
j Hie people are now masters
men, holding uch principle?, is to be
commended rather than condemned.
Ii vision and di.-union in the face of
the powerfully corrupting imperial ele
ments which would fceize the democratic
party if ther could, and failing in that
would buy another victory for the re-
. tubacan as was done in 1890. with the
cotributoni of tne trusts and monono-
! iiet. would be folly little short of crimi-
Oar rartv has controlled
few states.
i fc a t'VVl V iv an.T. tVJMi UB3
but it record has been
it has done enough to justify its crea
tion. If the democratic party shall
prove unfaithful to the trust imposed
t ur-on it, the people's party or its off-
epricg will become domimant in the af
fair of the country. And, after all,
ita
lLaji r..rtv nri n4 whih wam nrond
! of our came, proud of our great work,
I urood cf our hardahins and -triumnha.
we reeard more hurhly still the nrinci-
j pie for which we have fought, and we
fehall not meanly cavil with any organi -
shaJ not meanly cavil with any organi-
i -,, ,-v, KAr'i. .to,.t-
right and political liberties.
Oar t-arty U entitled to live and will
live in eome form as an aggressive force
in our national life, because
ecause it has had
and fetiil has a mission; because
it is
mae up 01 independent, tearless men
who dare to think and who hare the he
roism u scorn defeat and defy ridicule.
It i cxKUT-d of teen who earn their
opinions from hard study; who act from
a conviction of duty, ar'd who are not
to be restrained by cries of expediency
or considerations of personal profit. It
is a vinle force in American politics, and
instead of dying will take advanced
ground and grow with conditions, no
matter what the fates of an election may
be. That must be our course. We can
not aland tiL. Our voters are growing.
If the prty ceasen to grow it will die.
Its hope, and ita only hope, for contin
ued life, U to advance with the advanc
ing ideas of its voters, who demand
oethirg better in consideration of
their fealty and adherence to traditional
dogmas.
With full know ledge of our duty
toward fetue. but partly developed, al
though in view of our immediate future,
we should cot ceglect the battle line
which confronts us. We aiay settle
questions of domestic moment if our
political liberties are saved us. We. may
protect posterity from despotism if pos
terity is left in possession of the ballot
and the guarastee of the Constitution,
but with capital in complete control of
the government and full-blown Imperial
ism glaring at us from the' white house
and in congress our immediate duty is to
install in the administration of the re
public men who believe in the principles
of the Declaration of Independence,
who regard the flag for what it represents
and who will protect our political rights
t the risk of their lives, even though
they may disagree with us on quesr
lions of ecouomic science. Four years
more of McKinleyism may forever bury
democratic government in America.
Four years more of Hannaism will es
tablish the army as our governing
force. We cannot afford such a calami
ty, and populists, of all men, should be
the last to imperil liberty by factious
contention over economic differences or
party names. Populists have for years
predicted that a growing plutocracy
would yet find it necessary to its plan to
substitute a monarchy for representative
government. Populists have foreseen
clearly the present situation, and know
ing the nature of imperialism
they will not be slow in performing a
eacred duty to the country. American
liberty gains new life or perishes this
year.
If we fail no man can tell what may
be the outcome, but all can see the
possibilities involved in a change from
Jefferson to Caesar. That is why the
people too longer fear radical men; they
no long&r fear radical declarations or
radical policies. They distrust instinct
ively the program of reaction which
proclaims the dollar above the man, and
the bayonet above the ballot. They ab
hor the doctrine that government is a
dispensation of power lodged in the
hands of a privilged few rather than an
agreement among the sovereign citizens.
The struggle which commences here to
day will be momentous. Let us hope
that its outcome will bo of vast benefit
to the American people. It will live in
song and history. Let us pray that con
cealed in its body is a -new and better
republic than the world has ever known,
and that the doctrines of Jefferson and
Lincoln may be re-estabiished and made
eternal. In the face of all the dangers
to which the country is exposed it is the
patriotic duty of all lovers of home and
country, all who cherish justice and
freedom, to unite in one heroic effort to
preserve our institutions from death.
There is no room for quarreling over
minor issues or party names: the solemn
duty of the hour is united, harmonious
and patriotic action, and-while I do not
seek to anticipate the results of this
convention, I feel safe in saying that in
Mr. Bryan we shall find a standard
bearer who will remain firm in support
of our principles aud whose fidelity can
be trusted in any trial which may arise.
Again I welcome you to South Dako
ta, the Kansas of the New Revolution;
to Sioux Falls: the Queen city of our
splendid commonwealth, and may your
deliberations be as wise as they will be
patriotic and earnest.
Frequently the delivery was interrupt
ed by applause, and every allusion to
Jeffersonian principles was received with
cheers. When Governor Lee said that
South Dakota was the Kansas of the
new political revolution, the Kansas
delegation rose to their feet and cheered.
The applause at its close was unani
mous and hearty, and three rousing
cheers were given for Honest Andy Lee,
the twice elected populist governor of
South Dakota.
To this address of welcome Senator
Butler replied as follows:
I want to thank the governor of the
state for his able presentation of the
fundamental principles of populism,
which is today the voice of true patriotism-
One point struck me, in the masterful
presentation, and that is in' South Da
kota 3ou have adopted the initiative
referendum, and run your representa
tives and that they do not run you. I
have often wondered when I saw the
vigilance of that masterful mind, that
keen lance, that wonderful memory, full
of resources, of the patriotic and match
less senator, Hon. R. F. Pettigrew ( Ap
pplause. Hurrahs. Yells of "Yes, Yes!")
who always defeats the opposition I
have often wondered when he could find
so much time to store his mind with facts
so potent, and unanswerable arguments,
and I could not see where he found any
time to run his people in South Dakota.
But now I understand. Instead of the
senator having to run the people out
here, you have the initiative and refer-
ana instead or nis running you,
i . - , . . 4 ... ;
j"u 1 uu uiui. ixuw j, unuersxana it.
Ihese men in fcouth JJaicota run benator
i Pettigrew. That's the secret.
1 feel tnat lt ls m7 duty to state a
Iew iacLS concerning tne party s his-
5r7 since the last national convention,
! u Vwel! known that more or less dis-
sausiaction resulted irom tne unnleas-
ant but seemingly unavoidable episode
j of two vice presidential candidates in the
i last campaign. A few men took advan-
01 tDls aissatisiaction to appeal to
i a honest sentiment, or shall 1 say preju-
dice, to create a schism in the partv
They charged that there was a conspir
acy on foot, headed by myself, as your
national chairman, to deliver the party,
bag and baggage to the democratic or
ganization. In the spring of 189S, they
loudly demanded a meeting of the na
tional committee 'to save the party.
They said that I, as your chairman,
should call the committee together, and
let the committeemen from each state
outline a policy for the party until the
next national convention. You all re
member that I called a meeting of the
national committee in the summer of
1898 at Omaha. 1 did it to give these
self-constituted leaders a charce to be
heard, and to give the full committee of
the party a chance to act, after hearing
their grievance. You all know the re
sult. These self -constituted patriots de
manded at the committee meeting, that
a resolution should be passed declaring
that the next nations) convention of the
people's party should be held at least
one month ahead of both of the old party
conventions. In the interest of har-
(Continued on 2d page.)
SENATOR CLARK RESIGNS
Montana's Senator Reviews the Politics
of That Stat and Denounces
Marcus Daly. .
Mr. Clark of Man tana has sent his
resignation ' to the governor of the
state. . He made the announcement
Tuesday without previous notice."
Mr. Clark struck just at the Instant
the Iron was hottest. Mr. Chandler,
chairmaa"'of the committee on privi
leges and elections, had given notice
that at 1 o'clock he would caw up for
consideration the resolution unani
mously reported from the committee
declaring Mr. Clark not to be entitled
to his seat in the senate. A spirited
contest over the resolution was ex
pected! Every senator In the city was
at his desk .
At 12: SO, just as the routine busi
ness was concluded, Mr. Clark quietly
rose and addressed the chair. He de
sired, he. said, in a low, tense voice,
to address the senate on a question of
privilege personal to himself. In
stantly there was a buzz of expecta
tion in the chamber. Senators from
both sides of the main aisle hurried to
seats near Mr. Clark and a hush fell
upon the assemblage as the Montana
senator began to speak.
At first his words scarcely could be
heard but as he proceeded his voice
became clear and while at no time did
he speak loudly the intense earnest
ness of his utterance carried his ad
dress to the remotest parts of the
chamber.
' His address was a sharp arraignment
of the committee's action and report,
an analytical discussion of evidence
adduced at the investigation, an ex
planation of political and business af
fairs in Montana and a bitter excor
iation of Marcus Daly and his friends.
Mr. Clark then entered upon a re
view of the politics of the state, de
claring that never Jintil Marcus
Daly's advent in 1876, thirteen years
after he (Clark) had gone to Montana,
did he see or near of a dollar being
spent in politics there. He said:
"He introduced the system soon af
ter his advent, and through this and
the coercion which he invariably em
ployed, his success was almost cer
tain." Mr. Clark followed this with scath
ing denunciation - of .tie -methods of
Daly in Montana politics, reviewing
his tactics in the election and state
capital fight, where he charged the
Anaconda company with spending a
million aollars . "He continued :
"Now was it possible to attack this
un-American -despotism without a
great effort which only money could
make? I was in a position to aid in
this work, and I am proud that I un
dertook it. It was done legitimately
and with honesty of purpose, and al
though here, where the conditions are
not fully understood ,1 have received
some censure the honest people of my
state approved my action and will ac
cord me grateful recognition."
In a few. sentences Mr. Clark then
made a brief review of his own career
and when about concluding he said:
"I have occupied many positions of
honor and trust. I was never in my
life charged with a dishonorable act,
and I purpose to leave to my children
a legacy wortn more than gold, an
unblemished name."
His voice broke with emotion, and
it was with some difficulty that he was
able to proceed.
Senator Clark then announced his
resignation as follows:
"Acting upon my own judgment and
holding no one responsible for the re
sult, I have concluded to place my res
ignation in the hands of the chief ex
ecutive of Montana ,and I here submit
a copy of a letter addressed to him
under date of May 11 and which is
now in his hands." ' .
Senator Clark was surrounded by
many senators from both sides of the
chamber when he had concluded.
Some extended congratulations, while
others silently wrung-his hands.
Administration Perplexities.
Washington, D. C., May 12, 1900. The
friend of our English allies combined
with the railroad interests represented
in the senate have about settled it that
no Nicaragua "canal legislation will be
indulged in during the present session.
Straws are light, but the party in power
may yet succeed in placing the last one,
which will break the back of the endur
ance of the American people.
It is given out that Speaker Hender
son has decided not to permit the pas
sage of the bill for the establishment of
a soldiers sanitarium at Hot Springs,
S. D., at the present session on account
of the state of finances and the appro
priations already made. So it seems
that whenever retrenchment is desired,
jt is to be made at the expense of the
defenders of the nation or at the expense
of the producers of the nation's wealth.
If multiplied millions are to be given
away, it always goes to the class who are
able to support a fine lobby at the capi
tal. This is but natural for the present
administration, as it should be recog
nized that Mark Hanna, who controls
congress as well as ,the president, owes
more to the trust magnates than to the
boys who wore the blue, and he thinks
that the old vets will be patriotic enough
to support his servants whether their in
terests are cared for or not.
The Gathmann-Hanna gun scheme
would have been railroaded through con
gress had it not been for the vigilance of
an anti-Hanna senator. It will now be
in order to secure the removal of Secre
tary Long for daring to expose the rot
tenness of the attempt to secure 1250,000
from congress for some armament
that has no tested merit whatever, and
which in all human probability would
prove the destruction of the vessel using
it if, ever brought into action. Mr. Long
should have known that Mr. Hanna
needed the rake-off from this deal for
the campaign fund, and his meanness in
this particular recommendation will un
doubtedly have the attention of the boss
at a later date.
Judge Lochren's decision in the Ortiz
case is not, we fear, a document to which
the president will turn for comfort in his
present hour of ierplexity. Mr. Hanna
and all the administration forces have
been industriously engaged for some
months in building trohas to prevent a
supreme court decision from swooping
down upon the budding and blooming
industries built np by Porto Rican legis
lation before the next election could be
held, as whatever might happen to rob
the trusts of the privileges purchased
and paid for might inure to the disad
vantage of the campaign exchequer of
the administration. As matters stand
now the people are not going to fail to
read up on this question fully, and it
looks as if the great corporations will
have a tough ? job of electing the next
president unless the supreme court helps
them out of the difficulty as in the in
come tax decision.
Benevolent assimilation, otherwise
known as carpet-bag government, is al
ready bearing legitimate fruit in Cuba,
where the postolBce department has a
quarter million dollar scandal to deal
with. There is ro need to wonder that
Captain Oberlin Carter or C. F. Neely,
or in fact anybody else, should follow
the example of the government by which
they are employed. Whenever a gov
ernment becomes a spoiler of weaker
powers, and begins operations as an im
perial power, it may expect as a logical
sequence that her citizens to some ex
tent will follow her example of spolia
tion. Mr. Neely has taken a few thou
sands from Cuba's postal revenues,while
the government has sanctioned taking
many thousands from the same people
for extra expenses not allowed to be paid
to our military authorities who rule the
island. Who is the greater spoilator.
Middle-of-the-Road Platform.
The following is the platform adopted
by the rump convention of middle-of-the
road populists at Cincinnati. . An exam
ination of it will show that it does not
contain a demand or recommendation of
any kind that is' not contained in the
platform of the people's party adopted
at 'Sioux Falls, and that wil l not be con
tained in the platforms of the silver re-,
publicans and democrats to be adopted
at Kansas City. The people of the
United States are as 'nearly agreed as to
the reforms needed as it is possible for a
people to be. If the mid-roaders desire
the success of principles, it is impossible
to understand their excuse for the Cin
cinnati performance.' A vote for Barker
and Donnelly is a vote for McKinley,
because it is a refusal to assist in his
overthrow. Read the mid-road platform
and compare it with the people's party
platform:
BARKER DONNELLY PLATFORM.
We demand the initiative and refer
endum and the imperative mandate for
such changes of existing fundamental
and statute law as will enable the people
in their sovereign capacity to propose
and compel the enactment of such laws
as they desire, to reject such as they
deem injurious to their interests, and to
recall unfaithful public servants.
We demand the public ownership and
operation of those means of communica
tion, transportation, and production
which the people may elect, such as
railroads, telegraph and telephone lines,
coal mines, etc
The land, including all natural sources
of wealth, is a heritage of the people
and should not be monopolized for spec
ulative purposes, and alien ownership,
of land should be prohibited. All lands
now held by railroads and other corpor
ations in excess of their actual needs,
and all lands now owned by aliens.
should be reclaimed by the government
and held for actual settlers only.
A scienuhc and absolute paper mouey
based upon the entire wealth and popu
lation of the nation, not redeemable in
any specific commodity, but made a full
legal tender for all debts and receivable
for all taxes and public dues and issued
by the government only, without the
intervention of banks and in sufficient
quantity to meet the demands of com
merce, is the best currency that can be
devised; but until such a financial sys
tem is secured, which we shall press for
adoption, we favor the Jree and unlimit
ed coinage of both gold and silver at the
legal ratio of sixteen to one.
We demand the levy and collection of
a graduated tax on incomes and inherit
ances, and a constitutional amendment
to secure the same, if necessary.
We demand the election of president,
vice president, federal judges, and Unit
ed States senators by direct vote of the
people,
We are opposed to trusts anddeclare
that the contention between the two old
parties on the monopoly question is a
sham battle and that there can be no
solution of this mighty problem without
the adoption of the principle of public
ownership of public utilities.
Sermons bj Telephone
The First Baptist tabernacle of Cin
cinnati is to be connected by telephone
with such of its members as desire to
hear the sermon and service without
leaving their homes. A transmitter has
been placed in front of the pulpit, and
the citizens' telephone company will put
the instruments of subscribing church
members in connection with it.
Sharpies Cream
able dairying.
Separators Profit-
INCREASING THE NAVY
Senate Pastes the Appropriation Bill for
the Purchase of Five Sub
marine Boats.
The plan of the present administra
tion to increase the "stability" of the
government and for the centralization
of greater power in the hands of the
president is fast taking shape. The
increase of the navy and standing
army is first on , the program . The
senate has passed the naval appropria
tion bill. The secretary 01 the navy
is authorized to procure armor of the
best quality at $445 per ton, but if ue
be unable to obtain it at that price, he
is then authorized to pay $545 per ton
for the armor for the battleships Maine
Ohio, and Missouri, and proceed to
erect an armor factory to cost not to
exceed $4,000,000, one-half of " which
amount is made immediately available.
The secretary is also directed to pur
chase five Holland torpedo boats at a
price not exceeding $170,000 each.
Leadership of Bryan
Robert Treat Payne recently spoke
of the leadership of Bryan in the fol
lowing glowing words:
There are many qualities in his
many-sided character that stand forth
and seem to justify his prominence,
but they do not explain the hold he
has on the affections of the great com
mon people. With what sincerity cf
purpose and singleness of aim has he
not adhered to the cause he champions!
h.o scorn can daunt, no condemnation
nor flattery sway him from the straight
path marked out for himself. Opposi
tion is an incentive. to further effort.
He has borne all the blows so fiercely
showered on "his head, and still his
temper is unruffied and his self-control
not shaken. He has suffered greatly
m his combat for the people and has
asked no pity nor reward, but only fur
ther opportunity to assist their cause.
And in his marvelous fight during
these many months what versatility
has he not exhibited in his .repeated
presentation of the same subjects.
Abounding humor and brilliant wit
have charmed his audiences, and the
thousands who have crowded to hear
him have respected him for his ster
ling, true-hearted character and ad
mired him for his many talents. All
this is true, but does not explain the
secret of his power, for other orators
have possessed these attributes with
out attaining such a hold over the af
fections of the people.
It is his loftiness of purpose, his ad
vocacy of right in scorn of conse
quence, his appeal to the purest emo
tions of the human breast .that have
won him the devotion and the unshak
able confidence of those who love him
as if he were a younger Lincoln. The
nobility of his impassioned invocation
of justice and righteousness in the na-'
tion's conduct toward anotner people
captivates the hearts of his hearers as
might the sermon of a Beecher or a
Brooks.
The first of ,all our public men to
take this stand when the issue first
arose and while public opinion was not
formed, he would dare all and sacri
fice all if thereby the nation might be
led to do right. May not the words
of Lowell as to an earlier champion
of human rights apply to him?
Many there were who made great haste
and sold -Unto
the cunning enemy their swords ;
He scorned their gifts of fame, and
power, and gold,
And underneath tneir soft and flowery
words,
Heard the cold serpent hiss; therefore
, he went
And humbly joined him to the weaker
part;
Fanatic name, and fool; yet well con
tent - -
So he could be the. nearer to God's
heart
And feel its solemn "pulses sending
blood
Through all the widespread veins of
endless good.
To Down the Trusts
The New York state democratic plat
form will probably contain a trust
plank based upon a suggestion of Com
ptroller Coler's, which he has begun to
urge upon the democratic leaders In all
the states for their use in the coming
campaign.
In a word, Mr. Coler proposes states
supervision of all corporation manage
ment, just as national banks are sub
ject to Federal examination and state
banks and insurance companies to
local control.
"The corporation is 'the creature of
the state," he said, "and has special
powers and privileges not given to in
dividuals. The creator of the -corporation
is bound to protect the rights of
all those who have not tnese special
privileges. Corporations bid for the
investments of the public The state
has rights of control over its corpora
tions, and these rights are so evident
that they cannot be litigated or con
tested. Foreign corporations can do
business in any state only on such
terms as that state prescribes.
"Now, a corporation, to be of bene
fit to the people at large and to the
stockholders, must be conducted with
a view to accomplishing the results
for which it was organized.
"The first step is to require the
bookkeeping of every company char
tered by the state to be done on a sys
tem prescribed by the state and subject
to official examination. If objection
be made that this meddles with pri
vate business the answer Is that it is
no longer private when it becomes cor
porate business, and if it is argued
that by this publicity Information is
conveyed to competitors who might
ruin the corporation the answer is that
the corporation waa formed to obtain
an advantage over individual compet
itors and even to destroy competition.
"The Idea of state supervision has
been Drought out before, but not in a
practical and logical form."
Bishop Gorman's Prayer ;
'The following is the prayer offered by
Bishop O'Gorman at the populist con
vention at Sioux Falls:
"Eternal, Almighty God, creator of
the world and : Father of mankind; thou
who givest to the nations their home,
their existence, their progress and pros
perity so long as they are faithful to the
essential law of their being and to thy
commands; Thou , who hast granted
this fair and rich land to the American
people, hew in the world's history, but
already great among the nations of the
earth; Thou who hast preserved us
amid the dangers of the past, be with us
today lest we forget; lest we forget to
Thee we owe all the glory of the Nine
teenth century and that from Thee muat
come the glory of the twentieth; lest we
forget that 'Thine is the honor and the
glory forever.
"Thou leadest man and nations, O
God, not, like the inorganic and brute
world, by necessary and irresponsible
impulse; Thou leadest us by the light of
reason and the free co-operation of will,
in order that we may share with Thee, in
our individual and national upbuilding,
wherefore, O God, look down on this as
sembly gathered to decide- upon men
and measures that seem to them most
apt to fulfil the destiny Thou has given
this grand nation. Let Thy invisible
presence preside, let Thy wisdom en
lighten, let Thy prudence guide these
delegates in their work on which the
whole people a few months hence will
give, a verdict that shall be, we trust,
Thine own.
44 For this we pray with the words of
Thine Only Begotten and Well beloved
Son, Jesus Christ.
He closed with the Lord s prayer in
which many of the delegates joined. It
was spoken of by very many as a model
for convention prayers.
What George Washington Said;
"I have always given it as my decided
opinion that no nation has a right to in
termeddle in the internal concerns of
another; that everyone has a right to
form and adopt' whatever government
they like best to live under themselves."
"Separated as we are by a world of
water from all other, nations, we shall, if
we are wise, avoid "being drawn into the
labyrinth of their politics and involved
in tneir destructive wars. x
"America may think herself happy in
having the Atlantic for a barrier."
"Sometimes it is said . that - men. can
not be intrusted with . the govern
ment of himself. Can he, then, be in
trusted with the government of others?
Or have we found angels in the form of
kings to govern him? Let history an
swer this question."
The Two Populist Conventions
The middle-of-the-road populists at
Cincinnati have - adopted a platform
which, with the exception of the finan
cial plank, is really admirable. It calls
for direct legislation, the imperative
mandate, public ownership - of railroad::,
telegraphs, telephones, coal mines and
the like, the prevention of land monopoly,
graduated income and inheritance taxes,
the election of president, vice-president,
federal judges and United States sena
tors by the people, and the elimination
of trusts through the public ownership
of public utilities. It is a pity that the
authors of this platform could not see
that almost everything in it was attain
able through the agency of the demo
cratic party, and should prefer to make
themselves a "crank" side show rather
than a part of a great national advance.
The regular populists at Sioux Falls
have shown more wisdom. They are
preparing to act with the democrats in
securing the ends which both parties de
sire, believing that it will be time enough
to quarrel over other matters when those
have been attained. The trusts set a
good example in this respect. You do
not find them flocking off by themselves
in a middle-of-the-road trust party and
setting up J. Pierpont Morgan as a pres
idential candidate. The republican
party and McKinley are good enough for
them, and the democratic party and
Bryan ought to be goon enough for their
honest opponents. N. Y. Journal.
Methodists cn the Canteen
The. Methodist general conference in 1
session at Chicago has adopted resolu
tions condemning President McKinley
because of his acquiesence In the de
cision of Attorney General Griggs de
claring! the anti-canteen law ineffec
tive. The resolutions adopted were as
follows:
"We are, chagrined, humilitated,
and exasperated by the absurd and
puerile construction placed upon the
anti-canteen law, so-called, by the at
torney general of the United States
and with all due respect to his ex
alted station we record the fact that
we are pained and disappointed at the
course of the president in accepting"
as final . and satisfactory an opinion.
Such an abuse of power is nullification
in its most dangerous form.
Upon the president, as commander-iu-chief
of our army, rests the respon
sibility for the canteen saloon, an evil
which he has ample power to suppress
and an evil which, to quote the episco
pal address; "Is a more deadly foe to
the oldier than bullet or tropic heat."
exercise of tne power vested In him,
to the end that the authority of the
government, insead of being used to
place temptation before the soldier,
shall be used to save him, as far as
possible, from the moral hazards in
cident to military life.
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