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port Pojtiw. Now that L really awf uL
Or striking di5recee between a pop
and a republican i thi: A pop thinks
I Jod tea th gaud crxj and a republican
tkarJu MrKinSrj.
TL Crrt IVtaocrat remarka: "The
atlotourct cf ctata ocr waa what most
democrat epcted after th Dotnina
tkm of Sterenoo. Ther tried to gt
acotLar place, but were cot disappointed
wLes tihej faCed.
Tbe declar&Uoa f iodepecdace was
lead m Madia oo th Fourth of Jul
acd la o of the outl;ic& to vm twelve
Kilipuxia were hot becau they were
tryicg to put it into operation in the
i-lacd ef Luzon. That i benerolect
asioulatioa a-j practiced by Prefcident
McKicJej.
The State Journal seriouslj announ
ce: Were the entire legislature elected
thi fall in Colorado, there would be no
doubt rf Senator Walcott re-election to
fcucceed himself." When it publishes
that tort of atu!T the Joarr-al hows that
it haa a lower opinion of the intelligence
of its tnollet bead readers than any ever
expressed by the Independent.
Tbe desnand fur an incotce tax, one
of the rtronjr iue in and one
upon Ts-hich Mr. Bryan expended much
ekyiuenee, was omitted from the Kansas
City platlorta." Bertrand Herald.
That atatemect corresponds to the
sreneral character of the Bertrand Her
ald. Th Chicago platform wa reaf
firmed, aa exery man of common intel
ligence ktiowi, and the income tax wa
one of the placks in the Chicago plat
form. Ex-Attorcey General Leee. of Bir
mingham, Ala, who in Lincoln for a
!y of two or three weeks. aayt hi state
will roU up a majority for Bryan of not
lsa than 100.000. That is not in accord
ance with Whartoa iSarker s views of
the situation- He says he is going to
carry that state bisn!f. although only
thirty lone individual could be got to
gether to bold a fozzie wuzzie state con
nection. An answer to Teddy KxxxTelt's arro
gance and ostracism a declared by him
in hi acceptance epeech when be de
counced all those who di'&ented from
McKinley policie a "unworthy the
name of American." we quote the words
of Thoenas JeSeraoo. In epeakicg of
jut such aanertiorxA, he said: "l lament
exceedingly that difference of opinion
frbau'd erer have been deemed uffieient
to interdict half the society from the
right and blwusingn of elf government
to proscribe them as unworthy of every
trut."
Every cotwession made to the middle
J the-readers Las resulted in d waster.
They never Intended to do anything but
run an aiirtast republican organiza
tion from the start. We called the na
tional eonvcntioD before the democratic
rocvectiocL That was one concession.
We Dominated a full ticket; that was
another cooceeeioo. Still they are de
termined to keep as many votes as
tocMtbl from Bryan and reform- Notice
iLrbv -riven that cocceioos have
csxd and hereafter it is war to the
death. There are co more deadly ene-
tnie of the peoples party and iU prin-
ciplaa than this gang of miserable f ux-
xie waxzie.
SEXATOB BOAR. . '
The statements recently made by Sen
ator Hoar, and indeed his whole course
for the last year, are such that it is en
tirely impossible to , believe that he is
tne. lie announced that the inaugura
tion! of William McKinley was the be
ginning of the downfall of the American
republic. Then he delivered a carefully
prepared speech in the senate, the con
clusions of which were that a pursuance
of the policies of McKinley would re
sult in the complete overthrow, of our
form of government. He followed that
with a statemeet that he would support
McKinley for president. Sv.ch a course
as that cannot be reconciled .with the
idea that he has the unimpaired use of
his reasoning faculties. Recently he has
declared that Bryan is solely responsible
for the attempted forcible annexation of
the Philippines. He makes that state
ment because Bryan favored the ratifi
cation of the treaty with Spain in con
nection with the .passage of the Bacon
resolution, which declared the same
policy toward the Philippines that was
promulgated by congress in regard to
Cuba.
How can a patriotic citizen be in pos
session of his reasoning powers when he
declares that the continuance of the
McKinley policies will end in the over
throw of the republic and at the same
time assert that he will vote for and as
sist in making those policies the perma
nent policies of this government.
The course Bryan pursued in regard
to that treaty was wise and patriotic If
that treaty had not been ratified the re
sult would have been that we should
have continued at war with Spain. A
caw protocol would have been arranged.
A new commission appointed to make a
new treaty. No one could foretell how
long the negotiations would have lasted.
The troops enlisted for the Spanish war
would have had to remain in the army,
and many results just as serious would
have followed the rejection of the treaty
by the senate. The ratification of the
treaty left the whole matter to be settled
by the American people without the aid
or consent of any other nation. Bryan's
stand in regard to that treaty proved
him to be a statesman of the very first
order.
THK HEE-S ASSUMPTIONS
The Omaha Bee in replying to an arti
cle in the Independent says:
The question is, what would Bryan
do if he occupied the presidential chair?
V ould he disband the American army
in the Philippines and expose the lives
and property of .American citizens and
citizens of foreign cations who rely upon
the United States for protection to mob
violence and pillage by the Filipinos?"
In asking these questions it is as
sumed that if the Filipinos were given
the privilege of forming a government,
then the moment that the government
came into power, it would immediately
begin a wholesale slaughter of the in
habitants, the destruction of property
and the annihilation of commerce. It
H taken for granted that the Filipinos
would instantly engage in mob violence
and pillage. What ground is there for
any uch assumptions? All the Ameri
can prisoners who have been in the
hands of the Filipino army have re
ported, without a single exception, that
they were treated in the most kindly
way possible. If the Filipinos were only
waiting for the opportunity to murder,
these prisoners would have been mur
dersd. But they were not
It is now conceded that the whole of
the islands, outside of the few garrisoned
towns, are still under the control of the
Filipinos. - Good order prevails every
where and the lives ahd property of the
inhabitants are as safe as in the most
civilized nations. There is no report of
mob violence or bloodshed from any
ouarter of the islands except wnat is
brought about by the occupation of for
eign soldiery with whom the Filipinos
carry on a war to the best of their abil
ity. On the authority of the most re
liable newspaper men in the islands, it
is stated that our soldiers have on va
rious occasions slaughtered hundreds of
defenseless Filipinos. It is not even
eharced that the Filipinos have acted
rT
likewise.
t The Bee should submit proof, not as
sumptions. If it has any evidence that
would lead unprejudiced men to believe
that a Filipino government would im
mediately engage in "violence and pil
lage it should submit it to the court of
nublic opinion. The people are tired of
M
mere assumptions.
The Bee itself, offers positive proof
that the Filipinos are not the savage
bloodthirsty sort of people that it "as
sumes" they are, on the very same page
that these "assumptions" are printed
It says:
"The. new non-sectarian college at
Manila under native management was
opened on June 1. -An endowment of
1100,000, Mexican has been secured from
among the well-to-do Filipinos in Ma
nila and efforts are being made to in
crease it." .
. IDAHO ANARCHY
Anarchy is still supreme in Idaho. It
only shows that when the military once
get control it is almost an impossibility
to shake them off. The three conven
tions of the reform parties have been in
session for' almost a week in that state
without any result. Governor Stuen
burg, who , has become very wealthy
since he became governor ana wno is a
hrewd political manipulator, has by the
aid of the great corporations and the
support of the whole republican party,
been able to control the democratic con-
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vention. He was only able to do it, with
all this aid and an unlimited - supply of
money, by enforcing the unit rule in
several . counties. . The final result is
that the populists have refused to have
anything to do with a democracy of that
sort. They went just as far as it was
possible for honest men to go in an en
deavor to co-operate with the other
forces and then they stopped short and
sent an ultimatum. They said that they
would support a fusion ticket provided
that the democrats would put in their
platform a demand for the abolition of
martial law and the permit system, and
declare that all citizens of Idaho should
be guaranteed their rights under the
constitution.
Martial law is still in force in Idaho
and no man is allowed even to apply for
the permission to work until he gets the
consent of the military officer in com
mand. The bull pen is still full of pris
oners confined there without process of
law. Several delegates to the populist
state convention were arrested and sent
to the bull pen -who had never commit
ted any crime and no one ever charged
them with committing any unlawful act
When Senator Heitfield attempted to
visit them, he was refused admission to
the pen. They were refused the advice
of counsel and prohibited from any in
tercourse with their families. Such is
the condition of affairs in Idaho today
under the admisf ration of a so-called
democratic governor. He has been de
nounced by his own party from Maine
to California and the Bryan democracy
cannot be held responsible for his acts.
Nevertheless the populists did right in
repudiating a convention under his con
trol. The national democratic authori
ties will take some action within the
next ten days to dispose of Governor
Stuenburg. A populist who has just
returned from Idaho says that the dem
ocrats in the convention who opposed
Stuenburg were just as good populists
as he ever saw and will vote the popu
list state ticket.
A GROWING SENTIMKNT
Had the railroad interests of the
United States kept strictly out of poli
tics it is doubtful if the sentiment in
favor of public ownership would at this
time be as great as it is; but those con
troling the various railroad systems con
ceived it to be their duty to influence
legislation and administration in their
behalf by taking an active part in na
tional and state politics, and one result
of this has been the rapid growth of sen
timent in favor of nationalizing the rail
roads. Other causes have contributed
argely to this growth, but beyond a
doubt the study of public ownership has
been made more wide-spread because of
railroad domination in politics. .
Insurance interests are bringing upon
themselves a similar condition. The
fight for supremacy between mutual and
old line-companies has resulted in both
getting into politics up to their eyes,
No state convention can be held with
out these clashing insurance interests
taking an active part. No man can stand
for nomination for either state. or legis
lative office without being aware that in
surance men are "after mm. And so
it goes on. V4hat will be the result?
Eventually the people will rise in their
might and demand and get state insur
ance. The people of Nebraska are now
paying up in millions ot dollars lor va
rious kinds or insurance and receiving
only a portion of it in return in payment
for losses sustained. Collectively ,all
who insure carry the risk, but many peo
ple run chances, do not insure, sustain
loss and grin and bear it; hence, only a
portion of rsebraska people are carrying
the risk of all the insurance written in
the state. All the people of Nebraska
could carry the risk ot insurance on
every dollar's worth of insurable prop
erty in the state, insured at full face
value, much cheaper than those who in
sure are carrying tne risk today. And
the present dabbling in state politics by
insurance concerns is sure to cause the
people to study tne question sooner or
later.
One of the perplexing questions in our
present revenue laws, or rather in the
administration of our present laws, could
be solved by state insurance. No man
man could insure his personal property
at 11,500 and then have the assessor re
turn it for taxation valued at 150. No
insurance could be had except from the
state, and the assessed valuation would
be the basis of settlement in case of loss,
The pops have been called some pretty
hard names in the days that have passed
but among tnem an tney were never
called cowards. It remained for the
Buffalo County Pilot to make tha
charge against them. In the last state
convention there were about 1,000 farm
ers who were pops, most of them from
the very beginning of things reforma
tory in this state. They have fought
corruption in all its forms and have
been called anarchists, socialists, repu
diators and many other hard names, but
never "cowards."
Now comes the Pilot and says of the
members of the late state convention
"The machine was there, it decreed
what the action of the convention should
be, and the poor COWARDLY FARM
ERS there assembled did' not dare to
say that their souls were their own.
These 'men called "cowardly farmers'
have made this state what it is, they
have erected its institutions and sup
ported them - and they may have some
thing to say to the man who now de
nounces them which he will remember
to his dying day.
A WHY THEY WHISTLE
, One E. M. Poliard, who for two brief
seasons misrepresented the Seventh dis
trict in the Nebraska legislature, has
been to St. Paul to see the Rough Rider.
While there he was "discovered" and in
terviewed by a local newspaper man on
the political situation in x Nebraska.
Having listened to Teddy's rodomontade
it ia small wonder that the collegian
from Cass should indulge in wild whist
lings while passing the republican grave
yard." . ;. . . : '
In order to make his case, Mr. Pollard
was obliged to indulge in a little old-
ashioned lying to begin with. He
calmly assured the old Pioneer reporter
that Judge Sullivan's .majority in 1897
was about 5,000, when in fact it was ex
actly 1176, or a plurality of 13819 over
Judge Post Mr. Pollard failed to make
the most of the 1898 election, merely
mentioning that Governor Poynter had
about 2,700 majority. The facts are
hat Governor Poynter had only 738 ma
jority, although his plurality over Hay-
ward was 2,721. Of course Mr. Pollard,
the revenue expert, had no time or in
clination to inform the Pioneer reporter
that in 1898 the republicans got out
about 4,000 voters - who were stay-at-homes
in 1897 and. that over 7,000 fu-
sionists who voted for Judge Sullivan in
1897, feeling over-confident, failed to
come out and vote for Poynter. Com
paring the republican vote of 1897 with
that of 1898, the actual losses and gains
may be tabulated as follows:
Uain in 51 counties...... 5,(3)6
Loss in 38 counties 1,723
Net sain 3,973
In 1898 Hay ward received... 92,982
In 1897 Post received 89,009
Increase - 3,973
Mr. Pollard also neglected to mention
hat the fusion vote in 1898 showed a
ailing off which an analysis of the re
turns proves to be. chiefly because of
stay-at-home electors. The " fusion
osses and gains . may be summarized
thus:
Loss in 77 counties , 8,597
Gain in 13 counties. 1,472
Net loss . .w. 7,125
In 1897 Sullivan received ..102.828
In 1898 Pointer received. 95,703
Decrease.. 7,125
Fusion loss, 1898 7,125
republican gain, 139S.
Relative republican gain 11,093
Sullivan's plurality. 13,819
Foynter s plurality Ail
Relative fusion loss 11,098
Passing on to the election of 1899, Mr.
Pollard calmly ignored Judge Holcomb's
majority of 15,107 and talked at random
about the vote on regents. Incidentally
he took a shot at Judge Reese by inti
mating that because of "local reasons"
the republicans failed to elect their can
didate for supreme judge. Judge Reese
may be a "local ? reason," but an" inspec
tion of the records! will show that only
twice in the past" eleven years has a re
publican candidate for head of the ticket
received more votes than were cast for
our worthy dean. : Judge Reese may be
a "local reason," but he was the very
strongest man the republicans could put
up in 1899 and it is baby play to talk
otherwise.' There are not enough re
publican votes in Nebraska to defeat
harmonious fusion between the popu
lists, democrats and Lincoln republi
cans, and it is folly to besmirch a strong
man like Judge Reese because his party
is weak. Naturally, Judge Holcomb's
great popularity increased his majority,
but any other good, strong fusion lawyer
could have beaten Judge Reese last fall.
The fact that candidate Ely received
198 votes more than were polled for
Judge Reese merely shows how good a
hustler Regent Charles Morril is when
he fears the State university may be di
vorced from republican politics. Ely's
neighbors have little use for him; Reese
has warm friends everywhere.
Regent Rich lost nearly 5,000 votes by
being named second on the ballot, and
Candidate McGilton lost about 4,000 for
a like reason. And ltf.uuu voters naa no
preference, and did not vote, for regents.
Mr. Pollard may indulge in day dreams
about republican success in Nebraska,
but this condition confronts him and his
party:
Average total vote on head of state
ticket for past eleven years 192,055
Average republican vote on head of state
ticket, same period 84,735
Average opposing the republican ticket.. 107,320
Average fusion vote, five years 104.116
Average republican vote, as above 84,735
Potential fusion majority 19,381
These are the facts which make Mr.
Pollard and his party associates whistle
to keep up their courage.
The Chicago Record is still publishing
articles skinning Morton. From Ohio
to Utah the contempt in which the gen
erality of mankind hold him is given a
voice in that paper. A. H. Beaver, of
Salt Lake, Utah, in a letter to the Rec
ord, says:
"It would seem to me that a man who
was part and parcel of the gigantic fizzle
known as the Cleveland administration
would display very good taste by keep
ing quiet. If that administration were
up for indorsement this year, it would
not carry a voting precinct in the coun
try."
Once in a very great while an editorof
a republican weekly undertakes to write
an article in defense of Mark Hanna
and Mckinley, and when he does the
product of his pen is a marvel. The
editor of the Wayne Republican made a
venture of that sort the other day and
this was the result: ... .
: "The fusion press and orators that
hope to create dissatisfaction among the
farmers of Nebraska with present con
ditions, by pointing out to them the ad
vanced price of lumber, nails, wire fenc-
ing, and a few others articles used by
them, are liable to - find their "cheap
John" arguments acting as boomerangs
at election time. Such a course is pre
suming on the ignorance of their audit
ors instead of appealing to their intelli
gence." What queer ideas must go wandering
through the brain of that editor! "Point
ing to the advanced , price of lumber,
wire fencing, and a few other articles" is
presuming on the ignorance of, the farm
ers, is it? The farmer cannot be made
to believe that the trusts have advanced
the price of these articles.. They never
heard of such a monstrous assertion. It
is probable that for some weeks after
publishing this effusion the Wayne Re
publican will not make another attempt
but confine itself exclusively to the edi
torials sent to it by the regular Mark
Hanna bureau.
WILL GET A ROAST
The republican editors of the state
seem to be waking up. Two of them
tried to write an article last week. One,
the Wayne Republican, is noticed else
where and the following is from the
Hastings Tribune:
"Please tell us of a single' commodity
of general use in the homes of the poor
of the United States, the price of which
has not been reduced as a result of the
protective tariff system of the republi
can party. Please tell us wherein a
protective tariff has increased the value
of a single article . used by . the farmers,
mechanics, or laboring men of America."
That editor should go home and inter
view his wife about the price of sugar,
which has been, ..raised to . six cents a
pound by the tariff protected sugar
trust in the last few weeks. If he should
meet a farmer he might ask what he had
to pay for wire, lumber, nails, glass and
most other tariff; protected things he
has had to purchase during the last few
months. The only . reason which sug
gests itself to the Independent why two
or three republican editors tried last
week to write a stickful or two, is that
the Hanna editorial bureau . failed to
make connection in Nebraska with their
country weeklies. When the boss sees
the havoc that resulted from thct fail
ure, some one around headquarters
liable to get a roast.
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PARTY NAMES
The republican party was first known
in 1792. Jefferson was the leader and
founder of the party. . The opposing
party was the federalist. John Adams
was elected by the federalist party, and
Jefferson, the opposing, candidate, was
defeated. . At the next election the re
publican party was successful and Jef
ferson was elected president. At the
end of the eight years that Jefferson
was president, the federalist party had
sunk into va hopeless .minority. The
name republican was . continued until
1825 when. John Quincy Adams was
elected. Jackson was a candidate at
that time and the collusion between
Clay and Adams, whereby some of the
members of congress who had been elec
ted as Jackson men, voted for Adams,
brought the congressional caucus'sys-
tem into such disfavor that there was a
sort of political revolution and a change
of party names was one of the results.
In 1829 Jackson ran as the candidate of
the democratic party. There was an
other party called the national republi
can party. John Quincy Adams and
Henry Clay were candidates. In 1837i
Martin Van Buren was elected on the
democratic ticket. The name, whig, was
adopted by the national republicans. In
1849, Zachary Taylor was elected by the
whigs. In 1853 General Scott ran on
the whig ticket and was beaten by
Franklin Pierce who ran on the demo
cratic ticket. In 1856 the name repub
lican appeared again and John C. Fre
mont was the candidate, but James Bu
chanan was elected on the democratic
ticket. From that day to this, the two
leading parties have been known as dem
ocrat and republican. There have been
numerous other smaller parties. The
The largest and most potent of them all,
the peoples party organized at Omaha.
TEDDY FURIOSO
The republican clubs had a meeting
in St. Paul the other day. They sent for
Cow Boy Teddy, who came all the way
from New York to make them a speech.
Everyone was greatly surprised the next
morning when reading the Associated
Press reports to see the speech of the
league reported at great length, but not
a word about what Cow Boy Teddy said
When the St. Paul local papers arrived,
the reason why the speech had been sup
pressed was very plain, for there it was
in full and here is a specimen of it:
"The election of Mr. ; Bryan would
cause such economic and financial chaos
as to reduce this whole country to a con
dition of fearful and acute distress that
cannot be imagined even by .those who
keep fresh in' mind the dark days of '93,
onlv seven years ago. Any representa
tives of the populist democracy, as at
present composed, whom Mr. Bryan
could appoint as secretaries of state and
of the treasury, would inevitably bring
the country to the brink of rum; they
would do far more to harm it cow than
they could have done four years ago." -The
whole speech was of that char
acter, cot a fact, cot an argument in it
from beginning to end. Coming from a
candidate i for the second highest office
in the gift of the people, it was such a
disgrace to the party and the " whole
American, citizenship, that republican
managers did well to suppress it. - That
kind of a rodomontade from his cow boy
Orlando Furioso, did Cot seem to the re
publican managers just the proper kind
of material to send out to sober, think
ing voters just at the present time, and
in that their judgment-was good, s
Mark "Gracious! we will never survive this cyclone."
CLEAR CASE OFv EXTORTION.
The press bureaus could do no more
efficient work than to furnish the evi- j
dence for publication of the extortion
practiced upon the farmers, and for that
matter, upon all the people, by the tariff
protected 'trusts. That the' people of
this country have to pay American man
ufacturers all the time from 25 to 50 per
cent more for goods than these manu
facturers sell'the' same goods to. foreign
ers for, is a matter that can be proven
beyond a aoubt, and:in such a way as
to convince ' any - reasonable man. The
American farmer is in- competition with
the wheat raiser of Russia. The wheat
fields of , Russia lie in a country almost
exactly like the plains of Nebraska, the
Dakotas, and Kansas. The Russians
harvest their wheat almost exclusively
with American machinery, and send it
to European markets where it competes
with the American supply. The tariff
protected manufacturers ' furnish the
Russian with American made machinery
at just about half what they charge the
American farmer for the same goods.
This is a clear case of extortion. If the
manufacturer of harvestering machines
can send them to. the Baltic and sell
them there at from $70 to $80, they can
sell them most certainly to the American
farmer for the same price. ' Why should
the American farmer be made to pay
twice as much for a threshing machine
made here at home as the aristocratic
land owners of Russia, who have the
additional advantage over the American
farmer of peasant labor?
The Independent has called attention
to this extortion: tery many times in the
last few years. The editor while in
Europe saw thsse things ' with ' his own
eyes, and brought back with him bills of
sale to prove his assertions. It is such
an outrage as no people were ever sub
ject to before. Nothing short of parti
san insanity would ever induce a' people
to submit to such extortion. Millions
of dollars would now be in the hands of
the farmers which has gone to stuff the
coffers of the millionaire tariff trust
manufacturers if the American, farmers
could have purchased their , machinery
at the same price that it was sold' to the
farmers of Europe.
The evidence of this "discrimination
against the American people should be
collated and placed before the voters in
this campaign, and the press bureaus of
the fusion , parties are. the ones that
ought to do it.
QUOTING LINCOLN
During the meeting of the republican
league at St. Paul, President Stone of
the league had the audacity to quote
from Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was
speaking 6f the duties of public men and
said:
"They should be men who know and
realize that the first and greatest duty
of this nation is- to extend individual
liberty to every foot of soil where the for
tunes of peace or war may plant the
stars and stripes." .
President Stone followed this with
the astounding " statement that McKin
ley had conducted a war which had re
sulted in. the emancipation of 15,000,000
of imperialistic Spain's subjects." What
McKinley has done was not the emanci
pation of Spain's subjects. He has
simply made them subjects of the United
States and declared that they have no
rights under our constitution. Lincoln
stated in the quotation above the prin
ciples for which the reform forces stand,
Individual liberty ' to every foot of soil
where the fortunes of peace or war may
plant the stars and stripes. How a re
publican speaker could dare to make
such a quotation , as that from Lincoln
in support of McKinley's policy of mak
ing subjects of. conquered nations or
those bought with dollars . and . cents, is
the greatest anachronism that ever oc
curred in politics.
: The republicans and their friends, the
fuzzie wuzzies, continue to ' print and
say and re-say that the democrats left
the income tax out of the Kansas City
platform. What they expect to accom
plish by that sort of ' lying is something
that no pop can find out. - Every man
who reads a newspaper knows that that
platform contains these words; "We re
affirm and endorse the . principles of the
national platform adopted at Chicago in
1S96." One of thestrong points of that
platform was a demand for an income
tax." There is no sort of work too dirty
for a fuzzie wuzzie leader to engage in.
A Chicago Times-Herald man was out
in Bradshaw and he reported to his pa
per that , money ,was so plentiful out
there that the stockings and pianos of
the farmers and their wives were stuffed
full of it. The Teller .Democrat calls
attention to the ; fact tha -inthe two
townships around Bradshaw ' there are
93 farms advertised for sale for taxes.
It wonders why the farmers out there
prefer to put their money in their.wive's
stockings, rather than pay their taxes,
and let the penalties and interest run up
against them. V; .
A correspondent of Collier's Weekly,
who . has been in the , Philippines for
more than a year, reports the condition
there, as far as the jurisdiction over the
islands is concerned, to be less extended
than it was some months ago. He says
that the Filipino government continues
to collect taxes, cot only in the outlying
towns, but right in the city of M anila
itself. He declares that the whole Fili
pino population hates the government
of the United States and that , they de
spise the soldiers because they go;
drunk and hate them for their insolence
in constantly calling the people "nig
gers."
In the speech of Nute Nelson opening
the republican campaign -in Minneso'.n,
he always referred to Bryan as ''our pop
ulist Nebraska friend." The great gold
bug republican dailies of the east con
stantly declare that Bryan is a populist.
Out here they take a different vie.
They declare that the' demociats have
swallowed the ipops 'and that Cloth
Deavef and his icrowd are the only pop
ulists left 'in the country. JLher, tht y
shed great'saft tears over the sad faio
of the populist paty and praise Clem's
ardent and patriotic efforts' to suve it
from annihilation. One would thin';, if
he believed the assertions of these west
ern republican editors, that if the popu-'
list party does cot live and flourish that
they will' all die of broken hearts.
Wonder if that maudling sort of hypoc
risy deceives anybody?
THE STATE FAIR.
. The state fair is to be held at Lincoln
this yearj September 3 to 7. A large
force of men are now engaged in the
work of repairs on the grounds. A
great premium list will be sent "out and
there is an outlook for the greatest fair
ever held in the state. The show of
cattle, hogs, and sheep, will be unprece
dented. The cereal exhibits will be the
finest ever displayed, and from the cor
respondence of the secretary it appears
that all departments will be crowded.
So far this has been a great year for
crops of all kinds, and the specimens
that will appear on the fair grounds will
astonish even the natives, while the vis
itors from other states will be shown
that Nebraska has no equal on this
green earth. Let everybody come and
bring his wife and babies.
COMMERCIAL CLUB'S COURTESY.
The protests which the Independent
has made against the policy of insulting
every prominent man who comes to Lin
coln, which has. been followed by the
State Journal, begins to show results.
The decent republicans of Lincoln have
been very much chagrined by the dis
courtesies and insults that have been
offered some of the most distinguished
men in the United States, and, besides
having the instincts of gentlemen, they
were quick to see what an injury such a
course wa3 to the best interests of the
city. Acting upon these instincts, the
Commercial club has offered the use of
the club rooms to Mr. Bryan to receive
his guests, who come from all parts of
the United States and the world. Mr.
Bryan's modest cottage has been over
whelmed with the crowd of callers for
some weeks, and this generous offer will
no doubt be gratefully appreciated by
him. This offer by the club, which
has very large and convenient rooms for
such purposes, is appreciated by all of
Mr. Bryan's personal friends and party
supporters, and on their behalf the Independent-returns
thanks for-"their
courtesy in offering.; them. The rooms
ova lmmDfiatAlv nvAP Via Imcinaa (V,
of the Independent, wide stairways lead
up to them, and they are furnished in
such a way to be suitable for such use.
. If you are indebted to this paper, re
member and remit at once, . -'
