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c May 2V 1600. THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT ... i.- Ladies, Wd Hevet Von nn-er find out the goodness of things and the good lit of j.archaMug places if vouVl never gone about and rxamiu"!. You n-ad onr ad in the Independent and you rt'fud to it. hat tlieiW many of 3-011 who do not cme h-re iWaiw- vou do not know of "the gooTiie!s of otir goo! It ha bwn a nhort time onlvsincewe opened uj a department for Isttlif Shot. Ve advertised, it i--d many of you came h-re; 'twas a new idea to read aUtut W-- in "The Nebraska" but the Wofii ralTMl by who four; 4 bjrne CU r. ......! t, .,.,;! ... irho- hre 1312. and our f. doubt the foremost of anv ivorsa folk to read our advertisements, this is a women s !or a well a- a iruin xfor. We've the most complete litie of Lt'll ' ho- want yon to et in want zv.- and olii ... f?7 ) Mention the Nebrsika Independent When Writing Vjr for tL Ilriijf-r of Cubs, XL- 'j to t-st: 1 ';'c!t-t, rf;ij'x-rkli'r fxj ilver; a:. r cr.tj c-J.t-.?i fur thi r.-t :.. ti, Ati isurui.i lt i i i w,f.tf d 7 .i:ti to , :.:-:AmjU arid 1- de't-gatr to , i;-ft k ai'UJ- iaM and : . r-t ti T. -o Mr. lu- ti.i- r:t? : r con ! pr-' iii-'i Mr. K rT:i: ". .r.-r .f r for ifi:xun of f j'ut'. at-1 bui!d r rrj u'.ii'-an-. of Mr. ii-ri.'r, but il J.srrv cUrr-n V ', ' - t-jf . f ? - - j "I J..- !. -'..- i'K'o ir.x rrjrt t,i r 2 r 1 it ur" : i '1- !- rr a i-.-tra- r-j rt; r -'-1'. -i fr'ta a r J it ,- ( tL- N i,ra-i: d-. 1 fr.-:, i. "rVJ(X, ? s. ..r'.-r ...... '. ' 1 !. Nr.: 1 . - 3 1.7. ' : ' r i. Vt .'.- riirv " t. t.ii .&T- '- "I.. U. Mr. -I - II "1 s. i ! h rr c - 'i-r i. ; &..J t LTi - i-f :; -' if t -r.,-1 j-t ch.srt.c of f Lull!- '.-:r fr -t.c r th-ir at our. P II. Uaeev. tL:r'i diw.ri I. T s rlo.t. Jar, IN it 2ifJ r ' f the r u n r. a? iL- !! custection. i tL- h:.ZIaz. ' f th- StJ? Vtii Tr1' f A ' . 'rj,sny - e-k. Tr-- ii-cripti-a L!r.k in tin rek' ' taue j j ,r t t- ce:.-tJ. oi inenc t i . I.. ;--!; it'-r -ins Hf to a-.-iat tn : s:..- f-ire-j.!jn. I!-ad t-fTeT isti M2Xbr page. the J. H. STUCKEY, AT ijj O STREET. I niw j.;-p:ir-i ( furni-b Itr V :;i:i fr lim. Sm ki.1, tie. nt v. vvbolt--tl- rat-. PHONE A1076 mnrroK j. l. mckek. Cit li!u-k. Cor. 11th and N Sis., LINCOLN, NEB. Ore of th- r,Mt-?-i znd ciot rt liable Uia of 'dilzzz diaT'of tbe iri!rr.il orptss. i dsilv treating tLe jnot .-.-v-r chronic -a--s. and by Lis si-Yt.--i.:2 taf-tbod ha. gained ti oc .BLdtwt of jh public. Send l.irn a two-cine? vial of morning ti::r.v by fxiTtss fuot by iiiail). cl .tirp j.a;d with full nacae and a' aiid vu au Lve tbe secessary ii.dk-ine M-tit vou, with a desNrrir vour dw-SM: cbari mod eralc urer XLnrry-Dve years ..SUPPLI 6HIPPTD rnOMPTLT. CATALOG niEil liKES WAX WANTED. 13 Barred Fljo:i1ii Beck Eggs, SI litZSTER SUPPLY CO., D;t. 0 LINCOLN, KEBH. Bee crood Vomers who have traded here, and j the railroads, telegraphs and tele id coodnefr in thU department, have 1 phones- 4v.li..., menV department is beyond in the wet. We want vou and hah fx pints in Omaha, the wav of oomincr here when w e vou for vour xnonev. Omaha, Neb. CONTEMPT OF COURT Tt u prm Court Has Issued an Order C itiasOfw Ilotewilfr to Appearand klww ( amf hy lie ibauld uot le Fined rollowin; i tLe court's order, which i Kt-rt 10 the shsrifi of Douglas co amy for :-ervfce: J In th fuprfnie court of the state I of Nebraska: State of Nebraska. Plain-) tiff, a calx-; Kd-ard Rosewater and the B-- IJ'ul:;n5 ronjpany, (a corpora-j ties. Pcfrudants. Order to s low j cauf : 2ov. upon prewntaaon to thej fourt of the information of Constan-j tine J. Smyth, as attorcej' general of' th ttate of Nebraska, wherein the said iM ard Kocwater and the Bee Pub-; lishiiig company, a corporation, e harmed with fairly, unlawfully. are i wil-' fully, ma!i iously and contemptuously i im!ns to 1 printed and published.,! Here is a winning issue for the de and priat'.ns and publishing certain j mocracy. Here is a live policy for the fecadaJo js. tlffamatory and malicious j party to adopt in place of the dead and faltf-buods of and concerning e su- j decaying policies foisted upon it by .'rer.t court of the state of Nebraska,! leaders who are afraid to open their a:;-: certain of the- judges thereof for j eyes in daylight without goggles. it- I'lrpoe and with the Intent, mali-j Let the next democratic national t iou:l to sully the honor and impair ; convention demand the immediate ac the efficiency of said court, and cause j auisition of the telegraphs and tele- it to be brought Into public scandal, dis-1 re pute an: odium and to influence un-1 railroads as fast as the national trans dulr and obstruct the proceedings and I portation system can be organized, hinder due administration of justice in i For the telegraphs and telephones no th- cuf of the state of Nebraska on i delay for organization -will be needed, ib- relation of Constantine J. Smyth, ; The work will already have been ac ai. attorney general, against Frank A. comnlished by the gigantic irust just Kennedy et al.. defendants, now and at the tin;-s named in said information j jx edis in the said court, and upon1 c.atiieration thereof it is by the court ordered that said nformation be filed; and cause docketed in the name of the fctMe of Nebraska against Edward Kosewjtter and the Bee Publishing! company, a corporation, be and such is: hert-by ordered and directed to appear , in the said supreme court on Tuesday, rhe Lit day of June. 1S0O, at 9 o'clock! c... then and there to show cause, any taey nave, wny -ney snouia noi , be cuiiifchfd for coatempt of this court. 1 1 Sf rvlc of a copy of this order to be made by the sheriff of Douglas county cn czch ot taid defendants. T. L. NORVAL. Chief Justice. The Bee nas published a series of editorials of the most defamatory ar ticles concerning tne juoges oi me su ! ;jreme court which nave ever appeared i I in print. The editor of the Grand Is- I laud Journal has been indulging i thf &ane sort of business and he ln ; j also cited to appear . When we remem I ber how the populists were denounced ! because they dissented from the opin 1 ion of the U -S. supreme court in the case of the income tax. tfce action or tbe two republican editors show how sine re they were when they pretended that tr y had so great veneration for th courts. tad Contkoc the minds of others; ma k prople lore nbdc'bcy j ou : gain theundymg Lovb h : ,1-4 . f- ma ke tun by th " ' fSTlSHf bour. Please th oid ardthe youni he the vounz. , C ore a bd1 baa habits, trery known . 4ctr, ti-orturl.ijr laairht by mail. LarKe il)u--I J r ti -mu b4 foil particular? forc to nav j jiari. Adrtrn all order to Prof. C. E. Wil j a. Ifcx '.'IX L.iucuin. Neb. p....... I lin TIMBfinO ' wAllutllU AfiU I UlYI LIKo.. rel at llomr. Tti only Iai n Iru 1'eruia Kbeut urr a pi Uitir to iiitell:reaee. En dord by a lUousnd pbysiriar. t-end fic t ijt illu,U book. Kefereace of -ur: J. it (.ibb. Hit lie Creek. Ntb ; F. H. Trt tiride. Neiieb. Neb.: Mr. L. E. 3bcock, Nei;-U- Neo. lr. Ju. !. Ilarri. tfJ& Kern : rr J-ae- Cjnetr.nati. Ohio. Mention this pa lr. Hitliut. a :Apiary SUPPLIES Bee-Hives. 5tyl. Also Sections, Veils, Smok f rs, liccey Knives. Hire Tools, Alsike and Sweet Clover Seed, Books on Bee Culture, Etc. Address FA CVCI 1 MILLEDGEVILLE. A al. -.-- Carroll co.. iu Hayden Photographer 1029 OST. Our prices are right; our workhe besL ICO O etreet Over Famous. Lincoln, " ' PUBLIC OWNERSHIP The Populists Demand Gain Adherent -Among all Classen of the People The growth of populist principles is phenomenal. Men in every station of life are begining to advocate them. . Un til of late but feeble support has been given by the daily press, but as time passes one great daily after another falls into line. The New York Journal, far and away the greatest daily pub lished in this or any other country in the extent of its circulation and the ability of its writers, is an out and out advocate of the whole populist platform. The following is what it says about the public ownership of it is orten sam tnat tne pudiic owner- ship and management of railroads would be impracticable in this country, because men of sufficient ability to carry on the business could not or would not be secured by the govern ment. Well, let us suppose a case. Suppose the railroad system of the United States were a national affair, as the postal system is now. Suppose the head of the department of railroads .prp a rahinpt officer, as the Dost- master-genoral is today. Suppose there j were a vacancy in that office, and the president were looking for a man to 11 it. Suppose he. went to Yale and picked out a young man just graduated at the age of twenty-one and entireljr without anyecord of personal achieve ments to distinguish him from any other youth of his age. What would, the country say? That is the .way in which the plan of private ownership works. Mr. Al fred Gwynne Vanderbilt, Yale, '99, is to be the ruler of a railroad system greater than that of France. He is to be put above the venerable Senator Depew and all the other able men who have spent their lives in the study and practical application of the science and j art of transportation. If private railroads are well man I aged, as most of them are, it is be j cause they are operated by skillful hired superintendents, such as the gov ernment could easily employ, and does now employ in its postal service. The owners of the stock are simply enor mously expensive superintendents. Young Mr. Vanderbilt doubtless de serves any reasonable amount of good fortune, but it is hard to see what service he can render to the American transportation system commensurate with the share of its earnings that will be handled over bv him. phones by the government, and of the forming. For each branch of the bus iness it is practically complete now. The Western Union Telegraph Com pany and the Beil Telephone Company are monopolies each almost as com plete in its own sphere as the post office. When they are combined noth- ing wni be left lor the government but J to take possession. If the democracy wm accomplish that it will have done a piece of constructive work that wiu show the country that it is not merely a party of fault-finding and obstruction, Dut one tnat can lead tne way to pro- gress. For the year ending March 31, 1900, the total estimated revenues of Prussia amounted to $5S1,5S1,S37, of which $321,490,629 tame from the state rail ways. The net profits of the railways were $132,752,352. The total amount raised by direct taxation was 45,782,- 950, and by indirect taxation$19,721,- 250. debt The interest on the entire public includine all the money raised for the purchase of railroads and P6r every , - jrv is'nfhpr tmrnose. was S56.921.311. Thus the profits on the government railroads paid the interest on the debt, balanced the whole amount raised by taxation, direct and indirect, and left $10,326,841 over, which is more than three times the cost of supporting the King (Prus sian Kings being much cheaper than our kings of finance). ! Prussia, has 30,368 miles of govern - ment railroads and 2,498 miles belong- uvmrnTiPif i ing to Prlvate owners. It Is the policy , HTi NUIIoni i ot the government to acquire the few Leara to hypnotize i remaining private lines as rapidly as possible. In 1S89 42 companies operated 76.4 per cent of the trunk line mileage of Russia. In 1899 there were only 9 com panies, operating 40 per cent, while the government operated 60 per cent, or 16,414 miles. The Russian state rail roads, formerly run at a loss, now bring in a profit, notwithstanding the ! fact that the government has built so j many lines for military purposes, with- j out regard to commercial considera tions. In Austria proper the government owns and operates 4,700 miles of rail road and operates 1,260 miles more be longing to private companies. Lines owned and operated by corporations amount to 4.862 miles. In Hungary the government operates 4.876 miles of its own and ,439 miles belonging to companies, against 1,822 miles owned and operated by corporations. In France most of the railroads are run by strictly regulated corporations. but all of them, by the terms of their charters, will become the property of the nation between 1950 and 1960. In Italy the government owns 5.60S miles of railroad and private com panies 3,681. The state railroads are operated by corporations under con tracts which may be termintaed in 1905. In Belgium 2,069 miles of railroad are operated by the state and 798 miles by corporations. In the Netherlands there are 961 miles of private railroads. In Switzerland the voters have de cided by the referendum to acquire the entire railroad system of the country. In Sweden the government owns 2.2S3 miles of railroads and corpora tions 4.067 miles. In Norway the pro portions are 1J.20 miles of public to 93 miles of private road, In Portugal" there are 507 miles of government railroad and 957 belong ing to companies. In Denmark the government owns 1,108 miles and the corporations 460. England has private railroads, but her - colonies - .and dependencies have gone in for public ownership. In India only, 3,690 miles out of 22, 491 belong to private companies, al though they operate nearly NI2,000 miles belonging to the"' government or the na tive states. In every colony of Australasia the government owns all or most of the railroads. In New South Wales it owns the strrot car lines as well. In Cape Colony the government owns 2,348 miles of railroad against 350 miles in private hands. In Natal the government owns all the railroads. - In Egypt it owns all but 72 miles out of 1,166. : - In Japan, Chile. Argentina and Bra zil the railroad systems are dividea between public and private ownerships. We have very little company in our policy of exclusive private control over our means of transportation. About the only countries that go witn us on that line are England and Spain. But when we come to telegraphs we are more lonesome yet. tngland. ana j Spain have their postal telegraph sys terns. So does every country in Eu rope, every country in Asia of any im portance, every colony -of note in Af- J7ca every colony m Australasia, ana the principal republics oi America. We loom up in solitary grandeur as oie onlv great country in the world that permits a part of its postal system to remain in private - hands. And even we are operating railroads and tele graphs with success in the Philippines and telegraphs in Porto Rico, although we cannot give our own people ihe ben efits enjoyed by our "subjects." In other countries cities poorer than ours own their own street car lines, gas works and electric light plants. It is estimated that one year's sales of ice in New Yorii at a reasonable price would pay the whole cost of a mu nicipal ice plant and leave a surplus for something else. Some persons who admit that public ownership would be a good think in it self ask where the people would get all the billions of dollars needed to buy out the public utilities now con trolled by private monoplies. Bear this in mind: The people are paying for all thes- things now. Every cent of their value comes from public contributions. If the peo ple ceased to patronize them the Yan derbilts, the Goulds and the Hunting tons would be paupers. If the people can pay interest on the cost of the railroads now, they couiu pay it if the roads were their own property, especially as in that case they would have very much less to pay. The peolpe'smoney built the plants of tne Ice Trust. It could equally well build plants of the people's own. It is no experiment that we are pro posing. Other countries have done the experimenting and are now marching confidently ahead. The question for us is whether we shall sit stolidly, like Chinamen, with our ears closed to the lessons of progress. Put government ownership in the democratic platform. Hail Insurance The season their crops is for farmers to now well begun insure and as there are several new Hail Companies started up this year the held is tuu of agents .rom the several companies and it is well that every farmer knows which company he insures in. We are in a position to know of the condition of the several companies and will say that THE UNITED MUTUAL HAIL ASSOCI -TION of Lincoln be gan the season with three thousand members in good standing and tnerej is no question about their five year; nolicies being srood as some ot tne i- 3 nolicv cannot be written on a five year period than a fire policy can, so tnat tne arguments put up by these agents 4,o o urV i no srond is that a five vear oolicy is no good is absolutely without foundation. The old State Mutual Hail Insurance Association of Iowa writes nothing but five year policies and is the oldest Hail Company in the United States and paid in its third year of existence $287,000 in losses and the laws of Iowa inTe- gard to the length of itime a policy or membership may be written are identically the same as our Laws of Nebraska, so that what these agents say in regard to not being able to col lect from members and pay losses on five year policies is absolutely false, and we believe is done with a selfish motive for the purpose of getting the uninformed farmers to insure in his company. The United Mutal Hail Insurance Association paid more for hail losses during the season of 1899 than has ever been paid for hail losses in the history of the state of Nebraska, and they are now writing more uail insur ance alone than all the other Hail 'In surance Companies in the state com bined, and they are the N only com pany in the state that confines .its business strictly to the eastern part of the state. If their is no agent in your locality, write the Home Office for blanks and particulars. Rooms 315 and 316, Richards biock. Lincoln, Neo. Public sentiment is against the idea of vested rights in an appointive office. Whatever may be the merits of Dr. Lang's controversy with the governor (and this writer has all along had high regard for the executive ability of Dr. Lang and believes he has conducted the institute for feeble-minded in an ad admirable manner,) his acuon in hold ing on by means of injunction will not meet with hearty approval of the thou sands who are sick and tired of govern ment by injunction. The governor is directly responsible to the people for the induct of all state institutions wherein e is given the appointing power. When in his judgment a change is neeessary or desirable, there is but one wise course for the appointee to pursue: Settle up his accounts, pack his traps, and move out. The people will settle with the governor if occasion requires; but they have no patience with the appointee who attempts to hold on by invoking the aid of the courts agents tor otner companies are uuw au-, ..-.-. r - vertising over the country that the pol- our disposition in respect to our busi icies for a five year period is not good nass obligations. We then enroll our v 5 rcc hr n hnii selves either in favor of sound business A LITTLE ' All G I ENT H I STORY Some Interesting Things That Sir. Yates Seems to Have Forgotten. Republican. pa per3 are beginning to fire a few .prosperity', small-bore guns as "range-finders,- keeping in reserve what they believe, to be real "Long Toms" for the heated battle which will come later. After firing a few rounds from their balance of trade gun, which, upon examination, proved to be breech burnt, and more dangerous to the gun ners than to the enemy, and has been thrown into the junk pile, they now bring forward the- bank deposit gun and are burning considerable valuable pow der in firing it. Under the .cap-ion, "Beats All Rec ords." the Omaha Bee Wednesday morn ing used a column of valuable space talking about the deposits in the Omaha National banks. The year 1SS2 has been regarded as high-water mark in the mat ter of deposits in national banks in Oma ha, but the following figures show that 1900 overtops it: Deposits in Omaha National Banks; May, moo $3,;.-o.ooo $20,304,249 July, 1892 4,000.000 19.657.393 Excess over high-water mark... $136,856 A quotation from Henry W. Yates, in the article menticned, is good reading at this time, especially when read in con nection with a document which Henry W. Yates heartily endorsed in 1894: YATES IX 1900. "Almost anybody can tell you as well as can the bankers," said Henry W. Yates, of the Nebraska National bank, "the reasons for the increased deposits of the Omaha banks. Any one- can see the reasons all around him. It is the re sult of the prosperity that commenced with the administration of President Mc Kinley. MeKinley did not, of course, cause the rainfall or the crops to grow but his election restored confidence as to our standard 'of value, which, in its beneficial results, supplemented what nature afterwards supplied, and hence prosperity. This condition pictures the prosperity not only of Nebraska, but throughout the United States. Of course, however, the deposits of the Omaha banks are an indication, primar ily of the prosperity of Nebraska. YATES IN 1S94. "The Business Men's Association of Nebraska, Omaha, October IS, 1894. Nebraska's Pros peri tv Paramount to Party Politics. To the Voters of Ne braska: Four years ago prohibition threatened the prosperity of Nebraska. The business men of Omaha and the state, without regard so party affiliation, then united in a determined effort to ward off the danger, and largely through their efforts, prohibition was defeated. "Today Nebraska is threatened with populist domination. As business men, regardless of partisan politics, we again unite to avert the blight and business depression which the supremacy of pop ulism would entail upon our state. '"Our character, reputation, credit and business relations as a state are - deter mined by our -acts and conduct as a body: If we collectively act in accord with unsound or dishonest business prin ciples, if - we favor repudiation of our debts, or evince & desire and intention to legislate in unfair hostility toward our creditors, we shall receive, as we shail deserve, the condemnation of the busi ness world. In such event all creditors would refuse to make new loans, and to ; extend theime of those already made Capital would discontinue business re lations within our state. The develop ment of our resources, the growth of our industries, the extention of our commer cial relations, all will meet with sudden and lasting check if once the people of the state elect the populist ticket, and thus show themselves in sympathy with the desperate and discredited doctrines of those who openly avow themselves the enemies of -capital. "On next election day the citizens of Nebraska will stand at the parting of I t hp navj I jut arT will tnpn ma ni tact. principles or in opposition thereto. By our votes on that day we indicate to the i r u i . a . - uujuk,. uuicier a ate, i and our reputation will be made or marred according to the wisdom or folly of our choice. "The importance of the situation can not be overestimated. Throughout the business centers of our country the action of our state will be closely watched. If we elect state officers in whom the business world has no confi dence, and favor the unsound, radical and unsafe theories of the populists, we thereby drive from the state the foreign capital now here, and deter from all further investments among us. CALAMITY "To elect the populist ticket is to dis credit Nebraska in the eyes of the world; it is to proclaim that those who boast of their hostility to capital are in the ma jority in our conmon wealth; it is todis courage enterprise; to suspend our pro gress; to cause a heavy shrinkage of values: to raise our rates of interest; to make long time loans difficult or impos sible to obtain; to make the name of our state a by-word of reproach, and to vie with Kansas and Colorado for the hu miliation of being the most discredited state in the union. "To prevent such misfortune, to arouse among the voters of this state such an active, honest public sentiment as will, finding its expression through the bal lot, preclude the possibility of populist supremacy in Nebraska, this association has been formed. The personality of candidates is not controlling when the issue is between honest, economic prin ciples on one side, and, on the other, doc trines repudiated by the commercial 1 world. "The business men of Nebraska, through this association, call upon its citizens to aid in this endeavor to de feat populism, and thereby uphold and preserve the credit of our state." signed by several hundred prominent men of Omaha. -Yet the people ui November, 1S94, did elect a populist governor, notwithstand ing these prophecies of dire calamity; and two years later "cleaned out the state house." In it seemed that prosperity or adversity depended wholly on the election of state officers. In 19CO these quondam calamity howlers, now transformed into prosperity shriekers, pretend to believe that the prosperity or adversity of Nebraska people depends ' COLORED SHIRT; WAISTS Of the celebrated "Stanley" Brand made in all the popular. materialsBatistes, Chambrays, Cheviots, Lawns, Dimities, Percales in plain color and fancy stripea, dots and figures. , Immense assortment to select from, unapproachable values. ; Colored Waists, 50c Colored Waists,. 75c ; Colored Waists, 98e Colored Waists, $1,50. - - , ; WHITE SHIRT WAISTS I; In Lawns, Dimities, and Linens, beautifully trimmed, fancy fronts, waists of Embroidery and Lace, insertion and solid tucked waists. ' The best valufc in the state to be found here. ' ' , ' ' White Waists, 98c' White Waists, $1.50 White .Waists, $3.50 White Waists, $5. SILK WAISTS' Fancy Silk Waists, solid, tucked and fancy fronts. $3.50 value, $5.00. All orders over $2.00 sent free of charge to all towns within 100 miles of Linco'n. Orders of So.00 and over sent free to any town in the United States, v s Send for Spring Catalogue. " . , wholly upon the national administra tion. In 1894 these calamityites said, "To elect the populist ticket is to raise our rates of interest; to make long time loans difficult or impossible to ob tain." Today one of them said: "In my judgment there are two rea sons for this increase in the deposits of the Omaha banks," said the cashier of another well known institution The first is that the farmers" in eastern Ne braska are more prosperous today than they have ever been before. As a matter of fact, they are so well fixed that it is practically impossible for banks to ob tain any farm loans, and when one is found the rate must be made low. It is not an uncommon thing for a banker to offer a loan on desirable farm property at 5i per cent, and be told by the one to whom the proposition is made that he can secure whatever . he needs from his neighbor across the way another farmer for 4 per cent. This means that the farmers have money which they are de positing in the country bnks, and these in turn are placing their surplus funds in the city banks. In view of the little ancient history re cited before, the people are justified in taking republican statements "with a grain of salt." Republican calamity productions failed to come true per haps their prosperity picture? may turn out to be the - glaring work of political daubers. . i The Lancaster county populist coa vention last. Thursday instructed its ,4.7. delegates to use all honorable means-to secure the nomination of Hon. Sidney J Kent for commissioner of public lands and buildings. The motion to instruct received many hearty seconds ' from del egates in various parts of the county, showing the great popularity of Mr. Kent among his home people. SEND IN YOUR CLUBS Elegant Premiums for all Mr. Bryan's picture, 17x21 Inches. BOOKS "Coin on Money, Trusts, and Imperialism." "Private Smith in the Philippines.' "Imperialism. Extracts from Mr. Bryan's Speeches ' WATCH ES-r Guaranteed, Elegant, Durable. ' " Campaign Rates for New Subscriptions-. ; ; THE INDEPENDENT Every week from June 1st to November 6th, CTS Subscribe at once and get the full benefit of this remarkably low offer. . .. ,. . . FOR A CLUB OF 3 New campaign subscribers at 25c each: ...... DDClllllMi Beautiful photo gravure of Hon. W. J. BRYAN rnCMIUMinxSl inches, suitable for framing. - FOR A CLUB OF 5 New campaign subscribers at 25c each: . DDCIIIIIIIi Three valuable campaign books: "Coin on rntlVIIUM i Money, Trusts, and Imperialism," "Private Smith in the Philippines, Imperialism Ex tracts From Speeches of Hon. W. J. Bryan.". V These books retail at 25c each. We send all three as a pre- mium for a club' of five campaign subscriptions. - OPTION-Instead f Coin's book we will' send the FOR A CLUB OF 8 FOR A CLUB OF 12 How to Get Go to one of the leading populists have him give you a list of those who 1 a list yourself, then go to each of them and tell them of the . special offer w$ are ! making for the Independent from June 1st to November 6th. Show them a copy of the paper. Tell them the rate is practically half the regular subscription price; that you are trying to earn a premium a picture of Mr. W. J. Bryan, three valu ble educational books', or the splendid watch which we offer you. You will bo surprised at the little effort necessary to complete the club.. " If you,, don't get all at once send in what you get right sway and we. will keep a record of what you send, and when the club is complete will send the premium desired. ' . GOTO WORK AT ONCE before someont else gets up a club in your neighborhood and makes it more diffi cult, foi you. , Start to-day don't put off until tomorrow...; It is easy enough try it and help to insure the election of Mr. Bryan to the presidency. Address Zbt Uebraska Independent, WHITE AMD COLORED Shirt Waists SlWaists To Destroy Trusts Mere railing against trusts will a'c complish nothiDg for the relief of the people. The people's party , eight years ago offered a solution' of the trust ques tion and havq been offering it ever since. It is this: Kill .off the money : trust by taking away, the special privileges now accorded the national banks and have the government resunie its function of issuing all money, whether gold, silver or paper. Kill off discrimination in freight and express rates by public owq ership of railroads and express lines. Kill off the trust in information by pub lie ownership of all . telegraph - and tele phone lines. When this is done, the "industrials" will perish . from the face of the earth. When every dollar is issued by the government and is a full legal tender to pay all debts; when every man can ship for the same rates as any other man or set of men; and when every rnah can use the telegraphs and telephone! for the same price as every other man or set ot men, then the backbone of every trust is broken. ' Public " utilities must be owned by the, public and operated by the government in the interest of all the people; and private utilities must be owned by the citizens individually and operated by them in their own interests. This is the kej'-noto of populism. It is the death-knell of trusts. " ' DbFkAnce.' Can it be possible' hat the Nebraska contingent in Cuba had been telling the federal brigade there about the wonder ful republican defelcations in Nebraska? Nebraska takes off -her head piece to any republican thief who can out-steal the republican thieves of Nebraska. The American dons in Cuba .seem to have no difficulty in imitating their Spanish predecessors. Bryan picture to those desiring it." - - New campaign subscriptions at 25c each: DDCIIIIIIIi Both the premiums given for a club of three rnCmlUmi and for a club of five. New campaign subscriptions at 25c each : ' ' PREMIUM ur eleeant guaranteed, durable premium rncmiUiYli watch described in article entitled Watches for Everybody." ' - Subscribers. , or democrats in your neighborhood and should take the Independent, or. make such Lincoln, Uebraska.