THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
Auiruot 23, 1900
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kover eanguine. believes it pos
sible ia elect PojrolUt president at
thl time, tut tte Populist party may
he at' to determine whether a Demo
crat or a Republican will te elected.
51 r. Chairman, tte Populist conven
tion, which your committee represents,
thought ft better to share with the
Xiexaocrau ia the honor of curias
torn of the reform deired by your
j tarty, than to tear tbe odium of re
jaainfag neutral in thi great crli,
or of giving open or secret aid to the
JUptitllcza party which oppose H the
reform for which the IopaUst con
tend. Tfcce who labor to improve the con
ditioea which eurroand their fellow
zsen are apt to become lapatl'-nt; but
they must remember that It takea time
to work out great reforms. Let me il
lustrate by falling your attention to
the glow growth of public opinion In
spport of a proportion to which there
fcaa tea prartlcali no open opposi
tion. Resident Joacson. in H5. re
cossae&ded a conatitctiocal amend
ment providing for the election of
United t?tate senators ty a direct rote
of the peepie. tut hi recommendation
met with so response. About twelve
years later. General Wearer, then a
tBexnber of congress, tried to secure
the paae of a resolution submitting
auch an amendment, but hi effort
were f-jrtlle. In li'JZ. the resolution
reeaiajneaded by President Johruoa
and orfed by Congressman Wearer
anally pased the Hon of Represen
tatives, bet it fcaa not yet reached a
Tote la the senate- And now after
jh. year more of public discussion
tee proposition for the first time re
ceive the Indorsement of the national
convention of one of the great parties.
I? the fiction .force win a victory thia
fall. w chall see this reform accom
plished before the jsext presidential
election, and with its accomplishment,
the pacple will find it eatier to aecure
any remedial legislation which they
may desire. Hut how haiticg has been
the progress; Holland has said:
Jlea 1 not gamed by a single
botind-
We build the ladder by which we rise
From the lowly eartn to the vaulted
skies.
And mount to iu summit round by
round."
And so It Is with treat social and
political movement.
ft real problems are solved, but strug
g'ir. hamjtnfty marches on, step by
sstep. content if at each nightfall it can
Bitch its tetit on a little hirher r round.
I have railed attention to the Issues
which brought the Democrats and Pop
t:lit together and which have justi
fied their co-operation during the last
for years. !et me now invite your at
tention to new questions which would
ustify eo-cperattioa at this trme eren
though we differed upon all economic
question. It is not our fault that
thee oew quefetions hate ben thrust
into the arena of politics; it is not our
fault that the people have teen called
upon to consider questions of ever in
rcg magnitule. In lti0 the tariff
question was the principal subject of
discission and the Democratic party
contend! that the nisuse were carry
ing a burden of unjuat and unnecessary
taie. In WG the tariff question was
still the principal issue between the
Democratic and Republican parties, al
though In the west and south the mon
ey Question was assuming' greater and
greater proportions, and the Populists
were contending that our monetary
system was more responsible than the
tariff laws for the depression in agri
culture and the dietress exUting among
the wase earners. In U&6 the whole
uestios of taxatioa became of sec
ondary importax.ee because of the in
creased boldness of to&e mho opposed
the gold and silver coinage of the con
stitution. When the Republicans de
clared at St. Louix tht the restoration
ttmetallUm in this country, ai-tr-.oujra
desirable, was impossible with
oyt the aid of the leaning commercial
nation of the old world, the Iopuliet
and Silver Republicans joined with the
lMmonrau la asserting the right and
duty of the American people to shape
their financial system for themselves,
regarldeas of the action of other na
tion. The failure of the Republican
party to scure international bimetal
lism aad Its open pQusl of the gold
ktaadard. still keep the money ques
tion la politics, but no economic oues-
tios can compare in importance with a
question which concerns the principles
and structure of government. Systems
of taxation can be changed with less
difficulty than financial systems, and
financial systems can be altered with
lesa danger and less disturbance to the
country than the ital doctrines upon
which free gocrnm-nt rests.
la the early sixties, when we were
engaged in a cottt-t wuicn was to de
termine whether w should have one
republic or two, questions of finance
were io&t sight cf. Fiiver was at a
prr mien over goid. and both gold and
silver were at a premium over green
back aad bank notes, but the people
coald &ot afford to divide over the
teoney question ia tte presence of a
greater is. And so toaay we are en
gaged la a control ersy which will de-j
temslne whether v in in hav a r.
public in which the government de- tory, it cannot hold colonies. If It en
rires its just powers from the consent ters l,Pn a colonial career, it must
of the governed, or an empire in which repudiate the doctrine that govern
Lruie farce Is the only recognized ' ments derive their just powers from
fcoart oi power
la a foteraisert where the people
ruie. every wrong can be righted aad
every evil remedied, but when once
the doctrines of sIf -government Is Im
paired and n!;ii is substituted for
right there Is no certainty that any
question w ill be settled correctly.
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A colonial policy would so occupy
the people with the consideration of
the nation's foreign policy that do
mestic questions wouid be neglected.
"Who will haul down the Bag?" or
"Stand by the president," would be the
prompt response to every criticism of
the administration, and corruption and
special privilege would thrive under
the cover of patriotism.
It is not strange that the Populists
should oppose militarism and imper
ialism, for both are antagonistic to the
principles which Populists apply to
other questions. Loosing at questions
from the standpoint of the producer of
wealth, rather than from the stand
point of the speculator, the Populist
recognizes in militarism a constant and
Increasing burden. The army worm,
which occasionally Ce? troys a field of
wheat, is not nearly so dangerous an
enemy to the farmer as a large stand
ing army, which invades every field
of industry and exacts toll from every
crop.
If 100,000 men are withdrawn from
the ranks of the producers and placed
as a burden upon the backs of those
who remain, it must mean longer
hours, harder work and greater sacri
fice for those who toil, and the farmer
while he pays more than his share of
the expenses of the army, has no part
in army contracts or in developing
companies, and his sons are less likely
to fill the life positions In the army
than the eons of those wno, by reason
of wealth or political prominence exert
influence at Washington.
Soon after the Republican leaders
began to suggest the propriety of a
colonial policy, the papers published
an interview given out from San Fran
cisco by a foreign consul residing at
Manila. He declared that the people
of the United States owed it to them
selves, to other nations and to the
Filipinos to hold the Philippine isl
ands permanently. At the conclusion
of the Interview there appeared the
very significant statement that the
gentleman was visiting the United
States for the purpose of organizing
a company for the development of the
Philippine islands. A few days later
on his way east he gave out another
interview in which he explained that
the company which he intended to or
ganize wouid establish banks at Ma
nila, and at other places throughout
the islands, and build electric light
plants, water plants, street car lines,
railroads, factories, etc. It seemed that
the plan of his syndicate was to do all
the developing and leave the rest of
the American people nothing to do in
the matter except to furnish an army
sufficient to hold the Filipinos in sub
jection while they were being devel
oped. At the present rate we will spend an
nually upon the army approximately
half as much as, we spend for educa
tion in the United States, and this im
mense sum is wrung from the tax
payers by systems of taxation which
overburden the poor man and under
tax the rich man.
In the presence of such an issue as
militarism it Is impossible that any
Populist should hesitate as to his duty.
But even the menace of militarism i9
but a part of the question of imnerial-
isDa- The Policy contemplated by the
Republican party nullifies every prin
ciple set forth in the Declaration of In
dependence, strikes a blow at popular
government and robs the nation of its
moral prestige. Alreacy the more ad
vanced supporters of the colonial idea
point to the economy of a system of
government which entrusts all powei
to an executive and does away with
the necessity for legislation. The Army
and Navy Journal, in its issue of Aug
ust i. commends the English system
and declares that as a result of this
system a fifth of the world's area, con
taining a fifth of the population, is
ruled with an administrative economy
which Is an administrative marvel,
and adds:
"One million two hundred thousand
dollars spent in London is the prico
of administrative order over a colonial
rule whose total budgets aggregate $1,
72454,596, or 50 per cent more than
our total of federal, state, county and
village expenditures for every possible
purpose, for which taxes are levied. In
contrast to the results of this systenr
of executive administration, the fact
Is cited that the American congress has
spent an entire winter wTestling with
the tariff, the taxation, the administra
tion and the personal rights of two lit
tle islands. The English executive is
an imperial executive. The British par
liament Is an English legislature. To
the same ss-stem we are coming by the
decree of circumstances as Inevitable
as that of fate. If this be imperialism
make the most of it. So far as citizen
ship Is concerned, the British empire
is one, but beyond the limits of the
United Kingdom the citizen lives un
der a rule essentially monarchical and
not restricted by tie constitutional
limitations of the parliamentary sys
tern.
Thus does imperialism bear its sup
porters back toward the dark ages.
There is no middle ground between the
American policy and the European pol
icy. If this nation remains true to its
t principles, its traditions and its his
the consent of the governed.
Vben such an Issue is raised, there
can only be two parties the party,
whatever Its name may be, which be
lieves in the republic and the party,
whatever its name, which believes in
an empire; and the influence of every
citizen is. consciously or unconsciously,
intentionally or unintentionally,
thrown upon the one side or the other.
Where the divine rights of kings is
recognized, the monarch can grant dif
ferent dejrrees of liberty to different
subjects. The people of England can be
ruled in one way, the people of Canada
ia another, the people of Ireland in an
other, while the people of India may
be governed according to still different
forms. But there can be no such var
iety In a republic The doctrine of a
republic differs from the doctrine of a
monarchy as the day differs from the
night, and between the two doctrines
there is and ever must be an irrepressi
ble conflict.
f
Queen Victoria : has recognized this
necessary antagonism between the
democratic and Imperial form of gov
ernment. In proroguing parliament a
few days ago. she said:
"Believing that the continued politi
cal lndenendence of the rpmil.Um wmiM
b a constant danger to the peace of
icuulu Ainca i auiuunzea me annexa-
I A republic is always a menace to a
. monarchy, just as truth is alwavs n
menace to error. Self-government, be
ing the natural government, must nec
essarily create dissatisfaction among
the subjects of those governments
which build upon some other founda
tion than the consent of the governed.
What the Orange Free State and the
Transvaal republics are to South Afri
ca our. republic is to the world, and
only our increasing strength and the
wide Atlantic have protected us from
the inextinguishable hostility which
must ever exist between those who sup-
port a throne and those who recogniz
the citizen as the sovereign.
Every step taken towards imperial
ism by this nation meets with prompt
and effusive encouragement from Eu
rope. Lincoln pointed to the interest
which European nations have in the
abandonment here of the doctrine of
equal rights. He said:
"The principles of Jefferson are the
definitions and axioms of free society
And yet they are denied and evaded.
with no small show of success
One
dashingly calls them 'glittering gen
eralities.' Another bluntly calls them
self-evident lies. And others insid
iously argue thatv they apply to 'su
perior races.' These expressions, dif
fering in form, are identical in object
and effect the supplanting the prin
ciples of free government, and restor
ing those of classification, caste, legiti
macy. They would delight a convoca
tion of crowned heads plotting against
i-e people. They are the vanguard, the
miners and sappers of returning de
they will subjugate us."
Our opponents say that the world
would laugh at us if we should give in
dependence to the Filipinos. Yes,
kings would laugh, aristocrats would
laugh, and those would laugh who deny
the inalienable rights of men and de
spise the humbler folk who "along the
cool sequestered vale of life," "keep the
noiseless tenor of their way;" but let
c noHnn ctanrf Bt on crmi-niTi w I
the bribes of wealth and power, show
that there is a reality in the principles
which we profess: let it show that
mere is a difference between a republic
and a monarchy, and the oppressed in
every land will see in our flag the hope
of their own deliverance and, whether
f Viov o ra HI o,aA I n r linnn tnn VkO ! Ckfy
nr trmflnlntr heneath n tvrnfR Insh
will raise their eyes toward heaven
and breathe a fervent prayer for the
safety of our republic.
The closeness with which every issue
of The Independent is read by its sub-
scribers is something phenomenal. If
the slightest error is made In the prep
aration of an article, either in regard
to fact or principle, the error is surely
to be heard from by the next mail. In
writing about the confirmation of the
Spanish treaty, the editor got into his
head the vote on the Bacon resolution,
He has heard from that error from a
dozen correspondents, it shows that
the readers of The Independent are ex
ceedingly well posted.
Mr. Cliff Frank relates in last week's
Independent how he triea to get a res
olution introduced at the Grand Isl
and fuzzie wuzzie convention denounc
ing railroad passes. Mr. Frank must
have the cheek of a government mule.
Think of making an attempt to get
an anti-pass resolution called up be
tore a convention wnere every one
present, spectators and all, had come
on free transportation! That was more
than facing a lion in his den.
Collis P. Huntington is dead. That
he had great financial genius none will
for the benefit of mankind none will
admit. The system of railroads that
he controlled will now pass into other
..and His nis will no loer stnn
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iu me way ui me iiajaguci tauai. xjui
another will arise to take shis place.
It will be only a repetition of the old
cry: "The king is dead. Long live
the king."
The sum and substance of every re
f. . . .... .. .
tne lonowmg sentence. mcmiey
causes me cruys iu grow, e regumwa
the elements, he shapes the currents
oi ue&uiiy, xie ia.es tut; ymce ul rrovi-
ueuce, ii i into iu .leavtus auu me I
earth and he issues and redeems gov
ernment bonds.'
The republicans of Ft. Scott, Kas.,
nominated A. Romans ror county com
missioner. Romans went home and
committed suicide.
Andrews On China.
Chancellor E. Benjamin Andrews of
the university of Nebraska, addressed
the teachers of Fillmore county and
the citizens of Geneva last Thursday
at the Christian church on the eastern
question. He was greeted by a large
audience in spite of the threatening
weather which prevented many coun
try people from coming.
His address was a review of the man
ipulation of England and Russia in
their strife for power. England's last
move in South Africa by means of
which she will acquire the African free
states necessitated some action on the
part of Russia, who at once began to
cast her eye3 In the direction of China.
The real seat of trouble is to be found
not in China, but in St Petersburg. In
closing, with reference to the attitude
which the United States should assume
the chancellor declared that we should
be strictly reserved ana should not in
any way implicate ourselves in the
broil of the contending powers.
An Item of Export
Lord Scully owns about 45,000 acres
of land In Nuckolls ronntv from whlrh
: . "
he receives a revenue of about $50,000
npr vpnr Evprv rtniiar nf it ia tot
out of Nuckolls county and it never
returns. It eventually reaches a for
eign land along with the rentals of
many thousands of acres belonging to
him and other anens.
Now, when these rentals leave the
United States . they go either In the
form of gold, silver or merchandise.
and form part of our great "favorable''
v. -1 m a i 4 i- t
uaiiiucu ui irauc. Are sucu exports
iha kinrt that Tnalto wmntrv mitt
anH nrnsnPTftiia? Rwn a rermhlitvin
ought to see that excess exports are
the measure of national loss.
Our Exchange Table
NOT DISCOURAGED.
John I. Dressier has a grape vine
that had most of the leaves and young
grapes knocked off by the big hail
storm in June.
Since then the vine I
has blossomed and now nas Duncnes oi
grapes over half grown from the last J
blossoming, while the first crop on
the same vine is beginning to turn. The
last bunches are full and the grapes as
swu 1WB.1U.S us il uic.Y wjuio
at the regular time- Nemaha Adver-
User.
Republicans who think that Deitrich
will get fusion votes because he is a
'good fellow" must not forget that
Governor Poynter will get republican
votes where he is a good fellow."
When the account is balanced Gov
ernor Poynter will have as many re
publican votes' as Deitrich has fusion
votes, and when the total is struck, it
is uui mgn to esmuaxo ruj uiw o wa-
jority at 20,000 Hastings Democrat
HE S ALL. KlUrir.
Tom Watson, populist candidate for
vice president witn Bryan iour years
ago, announces that ne win support
Bryan this year. Tom's heart is with
the people in their great struggle fori
a representative government and he
has lined up with the real fighters. No
republican argument could lead him
to lead a detachment away from the
reai eusagemeni una yvtur uu wwe
are others like Thomas "Watson
-Mc-
Cook Courier.
Something is wrong. The price of
wheat has dropped back to where It
was two or three months ago. Millions
of people are still starving in India
and of course she has no wheat to ex
port. Everybody knows that the Am-
encan wneat crop is one oi me poore&i i
the country over we have had in years,
These conditions were so remarkable
tnat s W?H ago tne reeling was
str ,s 1 e a rmerV nis 5 ear ,7 a
"""'. ""r "A. "c" .r
per uusuei. . nuiti is uic uiaiici nuu
Mark? Hutchinson (Kas.) Gazette.
Charlie Rigg of Beatrice, Who has
frequently been denounced by the Oma
ha Bee as a corporation lobbyist and
oil room worker, is in charge of the
department of republican speakers for
this State. He Will certainly see to
it that none but anti-trust speaker
campaign in his state this fall nit!
Cortland Herald
nan it nnssihle that the Ameri-
cans will consent to the republican pol-
icy of the permanent establishment of
a standing army, and its consequent
of taxation? New Era Standard.
WHIPPING 'EM IN.
One of the slick Hanna campaign
methods is to send canvassers over th
country offering a farm paper weekly
a year and a buggy whip for 25c! The
republicans know the value of having
their reading : matter in the homes of
the people. They know how to farm
the farmer. The whip ought to come
handy after election instead of a self-
kicking machine. Exeter Enterprise
The Nebraska Dairyman of Lincoln,
a red-hot McKiniey sheet, thinks ev
erybody should vote and support the
present administration because w
have such prosperous times,
Perhaps
israei, tne eauor, aoes noi. Know oi me
failures, lockouts, big strikes and dis-
charges that have taken place the past
year. Of course the trusts, the rail-
TO&a magnates, money shylocks, octo-
the day laborer, the factory girl, the
clerks and bookkeepers, the travelling
Jrummers are not so prosperous and
" J. u
i mere were two years ago or iour years
i am KlirwfMl Ma;cntt
E. J. Shinn. the hustling young man
ager of the Bookwalter lands, who is
one of the fusion candidates for rep
resentative, was in the ci.y Saturday!
attending to business matters and look
ing after his political fences. He re-
Ports the fusionists in high spirits OUt
his way, and is confident that there is
gumg to ue a large increased iusion
vote in the west part of the county this
year. jrawnee jniei.
xvXSUWb MK. LiCililUXS.
We know a Bryan man and his name
is legion, who claims he is and always
nas oeen a repuoiican. rie says ne was
born of abolition parents and taught
the doctrines Of Abraham Lincoln in
childhood and has continued in the
same faith up to the present time. He
insists that he has never changed his
politics, and is now a better republican
than any man who now votes the re-
publican ticket. Cedar
Rapids Out
look.
MUCH x2TTER.
The government had better own rail
roads than islands; better own tele-
Ps than cannibals; better own tele-
phones than tropical beasts and Jun
gles; better have postal savings banks
than yellow fever. Chicago Record.
The Omaha Bee said last Friday,
tenth page, second column, "Ireland is
prosperous. Good times inaugurated
by McKiniey seem to have crossed the
ocean." So the Irish people owe Mc
Kiniey a debt of gratitude for theii
crops? What about India and the
states in the north of this nation? Why
don t McKiniey give crops to the states
that elected him instead of fooling
around so close to England? Teller
Democrat.
It is claimed that Dietrich said that
the man who would vote anything but
the republican ticket this fall lacked
brains. This may be one way to start
a republican campaign fight for gov-
Mr. Dietrich visits this vicinity it will
ho npcosearv f- him tn oxnlnin him.
l . j
self if he expects to receive any of th
norm or, vntQ nt nK-rm rnmtx- Ti-
Dietrich may be a good banker, but
- J he shows himself to be a very poor
f campaigner when he starts out by call
J ing the Germans ignorant because
I they choose to vote the democratic
1 ticket. Emerson Advocate
A firm that can't pay its
clerks more than $1.50 to $2.50 a week
1 1 jst v.u 5 i ii-
xrnmpn
i naa oeiter quit uusiutaa, lur its uu
wt tn trie mmmnnitv nd nnlv an In.
rontiiro tn tho HeeToHtlon nf hnman
beings, for no person could exist on
1 $1.50 to $2.50 a week unless they had
some other resources. And if the firm
is running for charity it ia not needed,
for charity of that kind does more
harm than good. Florida Labor Ad
vocate. .
It is an open secret that more old
soldiers will ODtose the election of Mc
Kinlev than ever oDoosed a reDublican
candidate for that office before. Crete
Democrat.
Outside of republican papers we have
found no pops who are going to vote
against jsryan Decause tne aemocrats
swallowed the pops at Kansas City.
We don't find any democrats who are
going to vote the republican ticket be
cause the pops swallowed the demo-:
crats at Lincoln. They all appear to
j be in some other county. Butler Coun
ty Press.
Billie Bryan will poll more votei
In Mitchell than hA rtirl fniir vpnrs ser.
still we don't any of us believe that he
can control the egg product, or water
tne eartn, or expand like Mac and
Hanna have. Mark has the drop on
Mac he has exnanded until It takes
about a sixteen-foot belt to tro around
him. His hide surely must be touch.
Mitchell correspondent Nebraska
Homestead.
C. H. Dietrich made his appearance
here Tuesday as advertised and told
the committee the truth when he said
he could not make a speech. They
insisted, however, and he nroved to the
iew that heard him that he was smart
enough to know that speaking was
really out of his line. Mr. Dietrich is
a banker, but since his nomination he
has learned the art of giving one of
those very pleasant hand-shakes. He
gave the people to understand that he
wanted to be governor ,of this great
state, not for the money there is in It,
but he thinks he can heln the trusts
out and settle the trouble that the
present governor seems to be having
With the state institutions. He re-
mained with us over night and next
morning made some of the boys feel
gooa Dy putting up the price oi a lit-
tie schnops and lager. If he returns
to DeWitt during the campaign he will
no doubt send a few jugs In advance.
DeWitt Independent.
ANARCHISTS, SURE.
The anarchists of wealth are murder
ing by that most cruel of all deaths.
the heat, an unknown niimhr nf itinn.
cent children and babes in the crowded
tenements of our cities. "Anarchists
of wealth" because, conscious of the
power of wealth they have used their
power to bribe legislatures to obtain
special privileges which place the lab
oring classes absolutely within their
grasp, and In the crowded tenement
of the cities, this means death from
suffocating heat to hundreds of help
less victims. Ewing Advocate
THE JOKE CANDIDATE.
Dietrich, the republican candidate
for governor of Neoraska, while in
Norfolk several days ago made a re
mark that is winning many votes foi
the fusionists. He got wild like Roose
velt, and said, during the course of his
remarks, to a crowd .n the Pacific ho
tel: . "A man who does not vote with
the republicans this fall is entirely de
void of brains," That is a noble re
mark for a man who aspires to be gov
ernor. The Burtonlan.
NEVER TOUCHED HIM
Durine the storm Saturday nieht.
liehtninsr struck one of the chimneys
Gn the house of "ye editor," completely
demolishing it. The stove was knocked
down and the furniture scattered
around and damaged somewhat. The
total damage probably amounts to $100.
noted that we simply rolled over in
hed when the bolt struck the house
and paid no further attention to the
matter until morning wnen we discov
ered that the lightning had missed the
head of the bed by only about five
feet. The property was insured. Fair
bury Journal.
It ought to make republicans mighty
sick to hear that Mr. McKinley's ad
ministration has allowed the British
to hold 6,000 square miles of Alaska
territory to which they had no title
jwn comes the stars and stripes, and
up goes the union jack. That s the wa
republicans twist the lion's tail. Lex-
ington Clipper-Citizen.
The rhare-e made by Rome rennhlican
Lanp-s that nnm Tani has nven S2 Knn.
o00 to the democratic campaign fund
must be one of Mark Hanna's slick
tricks to make the British come down
hanrlsomAlv with a ennrrihntinn tn the
republican slush fund. Oom has use
for all his money to run his war, and
the British had better keep theirs, for
in spite of their money Bryan will win.
-Lexington Clipper-Citizen
The Imperial Press.
This, from the News, is the argument
against Bryan and the democrats which
all imperialists Indorse:
"How insignificant his menaces of
imperialism seem alongside of those
questions of national importance which
are enlisting the attention of the civ
ilized world today and those other
questions which the people of the
United States desire to settle under
the guidance of broad statesmanship
and for the best interests of all con
cerned."
Pray, what are "those questions of
national importance which are enlist
ing the attention of the civilized
world?" And what are "those other
questions which the people of the
United States desire to settle under the
guidance of broad statesmanship and
for the best Interests of an concerned?
If "those questions or national im
portance and those ' other questions
do not pertain to the effect upon our
national life of the government of sub-
coi?ni?s; what they relate
It tne Dest interests oi an concerned
i v ii.
re uul y.wgiam u.
Bryan and the democratic party to,
nr8l' esiaonsa a siaoie government tor
me rutpmus, oewuu, i 6.c iucm iu
dependence, and, third, to protect them
from outside interference, will the
News kindly outline for us what your
republican congress, your republican
executive and your republican press
have jointly and severally failed to
do, viz., the policy which will preserve
I rnf TiatirtTifll Relf-resnect?
- -
And the NeWS IS no more Shallow
I and ridlCUlOUS in its Consideration O
these great problems than the whole
imperial prebs..cuuaio i imes.
0"LY A FARMER
He Builds Empires H Climbs Majubs. i
Hill and Spion Kep He FlgbU at j
IexiBgtn and Torktowa But
He's Only a Farmer.
In a recent address, Webster Davis,
ately assistant secretary of the inter
ior, told the following story and paid
this eloquent tribute to the men who
till the soil and earn their bread "in
the sweat of their faces." Mr. Davis
said:
Not long ago in the capital of our
republic I took occasion to tell of the
heroism and chivalry of the fighting
Boer, when a British sympathizer tar-
castlcally remarked, "O, he is only a
arraer and nothing more." Then I
thought of the men who in the long
ago planted the first germs of civiliza
tion in South Africa, whose fathers fol-
owed William the Silent when he
wrested liberty from the hand of the
Spanish tyrant, and I remembered that
they were only farmers and nothing
more. And who was it that fought the
wild beasts and the still wilder savages
of that mysterious land In order to lay
the foundation of two splendid little re
publics, for the happiness of their pos
terity? It was only farmers and noth
ing more.
Ah, yes, it was ony a farmer and
nothing more, who climbed the steep
sides of Majubahill to drive from its
summit the soldiers of British tyranny
and oppression, and who at Bronkhurst
Spruit and Laing's Neck fought like
chivalrous knights of old for liberty
ustice and equality.
It was only a farmer and nothing
more, who at Spion's Kop performed
deeds of valor unsurpassed in the an
nals of war, who, leaping like a pan
ther from boulder to boulder, ascended
that hill amid a fearful storm of leaden
hail, and covered Its summit with
wounded and dying British, and drove
the survivors back across the Tugela
river.
It was only a farmer and nothing
more who in the embankments of Mod
der river with but 3,000 comrades, with
only four cannon and two Maxims for
six days held in check the flower of the
British army, consisting of 40,000 men.
under command of the greatest genr
eral of the British empire, with 100 of
the greatest cannon to be found in all
the world, but finally yielded to over
whelming numbers and now lies dream-
ng at St. Helena of liberty and a fu
ture republic
I remember, too, that, in our own
and, it was only a farmer and nothing
more, that poured out the crimson tide
of his life on Lexington green, as a
willing sacrifice on liberty's altar, who
suffered with Washington amid the
sorrows of Valley Forge; and who at
Saratoga, Monmouth, Bunker Hill and
Brandywine, performed deeds of valor
that wedded his name to glory and un
dying fame.
It was only a farmer and nothing
more who stood with brave old Andrew
Jackson behind the cotton bales at
New Orleans and taught old England
that easier were it to hurl the rooted
mountain from its base than to force
the yoke of slavery upon men deter
mined to be free, and who at Chepulte
pec, Palo Alto. Cerro Gordo and Buena
Vista carried the banner of the repub
lic to triumph and glory:
It was only a farmer and nothing
more who climbed the side of Mission
ary Ridge over shrieking muskets.
belching cannon and valiant men to
pluck the flower of victory that bios
somed upon its crest, and who walked
aboye the clouds on Lookout mountain,
swept down the valley of the Shenan
uoan. and marcned a3 a , conquering
host from Atlanta to the sea.
It was only a farmer and nothng
more, that stood like a granite wall at
Gettysburg as the mightiest tidal wave
of war In all the world rolled against
him, and receding left him the victor
ious defender of the union he loved so
well.
Ah, yes, it was only a farmer and
nothing more, who in all the battles of
the past fought bravely for the old flag
until finally upon its staff the God of
our nation brought the eagle of vic
tory to nestle with the sweet dove of
peace.
And in the future, as in the past, it
is only a farmer and nothing more that
will be the safeguard of our nation and
will protect our republic from the
clutches of agents of selfish, greedy
monarchies, and still more selfish,
greedy trust owners, and will let It be
known to all men that liberty has
erected, its altars upon our mountains,
in our valleys, on our spreading plains
and amid our picturesque woodlands,
and the weary, deserving pilgrim from
every land and clime may come to
worship at these shrines, shrines so
long as chivalry girds on a sword.
shrines where patriot knees will bend
in all the years that are yet to be.
NEBRASKA STATE FAIR
Lincoln, September 3 to 7, 1800. Infor
mation for Exhibitors and
Visitors.
For the benefit of our readers who
anticipate exhibiting in any of the
departments we have compiled the
following information:
EXHIBITORS.
Must make their entries in all classes
except the speed ring must be made
between Friday morning, August 31,
and Monday morning, September 3,
and on the late date, at 8 o'clock In the
morning all exhibits must be in place
in order to receive consideration. Ex
hibitors can ship direct to the fair
grounds at the regular tariff rate,
which must be prepaid, and no switch
ing charges will be made on full car
loads. When the fair Is over exhibits
can be billed free to return to the same
station, and on all which has not
changed ownership the freight paid
will be refunded upon the certificate of
the secretary of the fair association.
All live stock must be entered before
o'clock p. m. of Monday, August 27.
In order to reserve live stock stalls or
pens the fees must be paid. Dont
take any chances by neglecting to pay
these fees in advance Feed and bed
ding at actual cost. . . . ,
Live stock auctions will be held dur
ing the fair, the auctioneer being fur
nished by the fair association and a
fee of 5 per cent charged. ,
R. R. RATES, ETC.
All railroads make a flat rate from
all points in Nebraska of one fare for
the round trip, plus oo cents tor one
admission to the grounds.
The grounds have been fitted up, the
buildings put in good repair, tne water
supply extended and everything put in
the best of shape for both exhibitors
and visitors. '
The speed track has been put in first
class shape and the lovers of fine
horses will have a chance to gratify
their desires for excitement in that
line.
The new and magnificent Lincoln
auditorium will be used all the week
for the entertainment and instruction
of visitors to the state fair.
The theatres will present each night
entertainments of a high order, and it
is probable that a series of night par
ades and street entertainments will be
furnished by the citizens of Lincoln so
that every visitor may be entertained in
the manner most desired by him.
Remember that all trains run to the
fair grounds, and that you are always
in easy reach of any part of the city
by Lincoln traction cars for a 5-cent
fare.
The success of the fair is already as
sured, and you are cordially invited to
take a vacation and come to Lincoln
for a week if possible. Come anyhow,
if you cannot stay but a day. It will
do you good to see what the possibili
ties of Nebraska are In the way of farm
products, live stock and the general
product of labor.
That North Carolina Amendment
There Is so much being wrritten and
said about the recently adopted amend
ment to the constitution of North
Carolina that The Independent desires
its readers to know exactly what the
amendment Is and what its effect is ex
pected to be. While The Independent
does not indorse all the political meth
ods of the white voters of North Caro
lina, and while it does not agree with
the roundabout plan adopted by them
to secure the support of the illiterate
white vote (25 per cent) it does not
see anything very bad about the new
amendment.
The new amendment provides:
That every person presenting himself
for registration must be able to read
and write any section of the consti
tution written in the English language
and have paid his poll tax; (2) Provid
ed that no male person entitled to vote
on January 1, 1867, or prior thereto,
and no descendant of any such person
shall be disfranchised by the amend
ment; (3) Provided he shall have reg
istered prior to December 1, 1908; and
(4) That all persons bo rgistered shall
forever thereafter have the right to
vote in all elections, ir they have paid
their poll tax. It is not strange that
both the object and the effect of this
rather complicated and cumbrous pro
vision has been a matter of seme per
plexity and some imperfect and partial
xepresentation. The first clause stand
ing alone would confine the suffrage
to persons able to read and write Eng
lish. The second clause added to it
would extend the right of suffrage
practically to all the white males in
the state, and these two clauses togeth
er would have the effect to, disfranchise
all illiterate negroes and enfranchise
all illiterate whites. N The third provi
so modifies the other two and excludes
all Illiterate .whites who come to the
age of twenty-one after 1908. If this
amendment i to - the constitution shall
itself ba held constitutional, the nt
result will be this: All citizens, whetar
er black' or white, who can read and
write the English language can vote;
all white citizens of North Carolina,
exclusive of foreign immigrants, who
come of age before 1908 can vote,
whether they can read and write the
English language or not; and finally,
no white citizens of the state who come
of age after 1908 can vote unless they
can read and write the English lan
guage. Fred'k Shepherd, Attorney.
executrix: sale.
Take notice that pursuant to an order of sale
of the District Court of Lancaster County, Ne
braska, made May 7th, 19UU, in the application
of Elizabeth C. Jones, executrix of the estate
of Maurice Edwards, deceased, for license to
sell real estate, the undersigned executrix will
sell at public auction to the highest bidder the
following real estate :
Lot 6 of block 195 of Lincoln ; lots 1 and 2 of
block 229 of Lincoln ; and lots M and 17 of block
21 ? and lot 21 of block 22 of West Lincoln, all
in Lancaster County, Nebraska.
Sale to be had at the east door of the court
house of said county and state, at 2 o'clock in
the afternoon of September 5th, 1900.
Dated August mn, iyu.
Elizabeth C. Jove.
Executrix estate M. E. Jones, Deceased.
Samuel M. Ilnina, Attorney, N. W. Corner
11th and O HUt.
NOTICE TO NONRESIDENT DEFENDANT.
To Isaac Anderson : Yon are hereby notified
that tbe plaintiff herein. M ary Anderson, on the
15th day of August, 19U0, filed her petition iu
the district court of Lancaster county, Nebras-
KB, agaiDBt juu. BBKiiiK iur an aunuiuis uivorce
from yon on the grounds of extreme cruelty
and habitual drunkenness, and aukinjr also for
exclusire custody and control of your child,
Bertna.
You are renulred to answer to said oetition
on or before Monday, the 24th day of Septem
ber, 19UU. ftl&BT ANDERSON, x laintltl.
Morning & Berge, Attorneys At Law,
Lincoln, b.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF LANCASTEB
U M 1 , MSBU AS 1VA.
NOTICE OF SALE.
In the matter of the estate of Charles R. Mil
lington, deceased. Application to sell real
estate to pay a certain mortgagee
Notice is hereby giren that in pursuance of an
orderof the Honorable Edward P. Holmes, one of
tbe judges of the district courtof Lancaster (V.,
Nebraska, made on the Z3rd day of June. 19U,
for the sale of the real estate herein described,
there will be sold at the east door of the
County Court House in the City of Lincoln, in
said County, on the 11th day of September,
19(A), at 1 oclock, P. M., at public vendue to
the highest bidder for cash, the following de
scribed real estate to-wit, the west half of the
east half of the south-west quarter (S. W. 4)
of section 83, town 12. range, 6, in Lancaster
County, Nebraska. Said sale will remain
open one hour.
Charles Millington,
John A. Millington.
Executors of the last will and testament of
Charles li. Millington, deceased.
Morning & Berye Attorneys
Lincoln, Neb.
At Law,
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF LANCASTER
COUNTY, NEBRASKA,
NOTICE OF SALE.
In the matter of the estate of Charles R. Mil
lington, Deceased. Application to sell real
estate to pay certain judgement.
Notice is hereby given that in pursance of an
order of the Houorable Edward P. Holmes,
one of the jndges of the District court of
Lancaster County, Nebraska, made on the
the 23 day of June, 19U0. for the sale of the real
estate herein described, there wij be sold at
the east door of the county court house in the
city oi Liincoin, in said county, on the 11th day
of September, 19J0, at 1 oclock p. m., at public
vendue to tbe highest bidder for cash, the fl.
lowing described real estate, to-wir the north
west quarter N. W. H) of section if, town ri
range 6, in Lancaster County, Nebraska. Saw
sale will remain open one hour.
Cbarlea Millington,
John A. Millington,
Executors of the last -will and testament of
Charles R. Millington, deceased.