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August 3o. 1900. THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT o o o o o o o o o o o V I nn Y PIU1 yln minim mnnirn irnrn ll'UIirUi I1! II IJ II V ILIILII ikn ii iDr ii ii mi i iri i r it O Ulllllllf ULIlimU LLI1LII McKinley's Moses Arises In New Hampshire. Many say that it takes money to make money, but this does not hold true if you trade at our store. No matter how little money you have to spend, you can always save something by buying here, and, of course, if you' spend much you can save all the more. Note our Prices. ; GREENE IS ELS APT SAME and McKinley." o o Bed Spreads May we rail your attention to our lie of tl spreads? It 1 a mot com r thowlcg and Juat now la very at tract! re because of the price reductions l tit Late been made. Tic !! Fprea.4, full fit. at. j."b II. l4 !r;T?lt. full lite. At. , 1 1 Zl lied Jpreaa. full ite. tpl-Tidl4 vilui. at. arh iijss, 114. ti.:. tu. and $3.15 rY-dlar tlO. f LIS, 12, 12X0. 12.75 td J2J ...67c ...69c SI, 12 Gent's Neckwear o o o o o & o o o o STILL GREATER BARGAINS in thro: I JOTS jt oz.-. : pan 4 Bow. Twks, and K:nts Ti. a''- pr.r. each , Ixf 2 2 i T-ka th.l jrue. each 1s t Tee.. !. price. aca . 17c 23c 33c Ladies' Wrappers A t biat to buy am y tinder price, a we ifh to clo&e out our present urk tfj cak- room for new fall o r o 0 ?. ea-ch priE.g it. arfc Sl-S ar.1 Ji 4 J Wrappers. ro:r. at. eaeh 11 TJ. vj worth to t2 it. h ...57c ...79c ...98c SI.43 We are showing an entire new stock LADIES'; MISSES', and CHILDREN'S Cloaks, Capes, and Jackets. Special Prices during Fair Week. Prints, Percales, Sheetings Favorite and Corinthians Prints, worth 5 and 6c, sale price, yard Percales and Batistes In light colors, worth 10 and 11c, sale price A small lot Vlcuana Cloth, suitable for making: comforts and wrappers, worth lie, sale price, per yard 3 34c 6 14c ..9c 5V&c LL Muslin, at, yard... 4 I-2C 25 pieces Kearney Home Sheeting, reg- C I ular 6c. sale price, per yard 3 I "Zu 8- 4 Pepp. Brown Sheeting, -worth 20c, I "J I ft at. per yard I I I "Z 9- 4 Pepp. Brown Sheeting, worth 23c, OQa at. yard ZuU 10- 4 Pepp. Brown Sheeting, worth 25c, Q 0 jj ft at, yard Zl I "Z C omplet e stock of ...SHOES... , For Fall & Winter TMPKftTAI.TfiM SWALLOWED WHOLE. You like good shoes Shoes that look well, wear well, fit well. Stylish shoes. We have them, as low as any house in the state. BARGAIN COUNTER SNAPS Lot 1 Child's slippers, tan and black, 5-11, worth up to $1.35, now, pair. . . , Lot 2 Boys' lace shoes, worth up to $1.50, at, a pair Lot 3 Boys' lace shoes, worth up to $1.60, at, a pair Lot 4 Boys' lace shoes, worth up to $2, at, a pair Lot 5 Misses" kid lace shoes, tan, worth up to $1.50, at Lot 6 Ladies kid and kang. calf . shoes, worth up to $1.75, at, a pair. . Lot 7 Ladies' kid lace, worth up to $2.50, a pair Lot 8 Ladies' kid lace shoes, tan and black, all sizes, regular $2.50, sale price, a pair FOUR GREAT BARGAINS IN MEN'S SHOES AT: $ $ 79C 99c .28 .49 SI. 19 $1.23 $149 $1.98 1 1. 39, J 1. 97, $2.43, and $2.97 Call and See Our Offerings Fair Week o o o o FRED CHMIDT & BRO 917 and 921 O St., Opposite P.O., Lincoln, Nebr. o o o Foattte of the Demeratl Party Rea-aorAiaK tit Siprcae Coart. Pacta EtaUafce by Kataral Hls-tory-Bryaa's "War Rora Way taa Dcmocratie Caaaliat Did Hat Ga to Cmba. Special Washinrton Letter.l All Bible readers are aware of the fact that at least as long ago as the Saviour's birth there were wise men in the east. Indeed, back of that was King Solomon, famous for his wisdom. Others, both before him and since. might be mentioned, but it would be a work of supererogation. But a new wise man has arisen suddenly In New Hampshire whom I wish to introduce to my readers as the real thing. As the Republicans in congress are all broken up and are busily and angrily seeking a Moses to lead them out of the wilder ness into which the sugar trust and cigar trust led them on the Porto Rican tariff bill. I volunteer my services "free gratis for nothing" to announce to them the glad tidings, "Eureka!" I have found him their Moses, of whom they are In such sore need. His name is J. Alonzo Greene; his habitat Moul- tonboro. In the old Granite State. He Is a stem winder, and no mistake. On the 2d day of February, A. D. 1900, Just after William J. Bryan had finished his New England tour, Mr. Greene delivered a speech in the city of Concord, the place where Senators Gallinger and Chandler had their his toric quarrel last summer, and where they came near to contributing to the gayety of nations and the presUge of the God and morality party by a game of fisticuSs. Nobody else hankering after the colossal job of answering Bryan Mr. Greene tackled it himself, for on the front page of the pamphlet containing his speech is this legend. printed In characters so large that he who runs may read: "Speech of J. Alonzo Greene of Moultonboro, N. H-, in reply to Colonel Wm. J. Bryan." A Republican Moiea. Jerry Simpson arose and very gravely said: "Mr. Speaker there seems to be CARNEOIE AKD LOPEZ TW -Il 4 IUlitM Will tk. tb f A tti-I tu r il t a. liO.STON. Ms.. r ! - It was r a oil ti ji-rcc.tja at tt offices t'f tt atti-ln.;--r.liet lra that Ao Crw Cirr. lh rail!!iia!re iron-i:-.a.?r tj JtTt!rtsrr. ouM thortly r'tarn to tiie l'n:t-l Ftat, from Scot 12.4 to istsifct i& the rati'ipifa araiZijrt y. Kici-ii . It 1 ifil that Mr. Cajx-! wl Hkf th rtuop in adro t .rj of Bryan aul S'-rt f&wa as op-jj-J to M Kisy an! RoosreIt. He ill s4-r tt auplps of the s.r.ti-iS5,;-riaUrt Iriuru'-. which nl'l put M-v-rml titjt-l ttia oa th road in an Icsiii f a fortnight thre will aleo . a r-al Fill&o ca the stump til:ii ti Arr.ruua jjoj4 the story of tLe tr ja th PhU!ppni-s. He is no !- than Kiito jnr. who was In this t fiz.lry wh a Acinc-lllo and the other l-'tliy :ro 5ce er;o were here try to ri.- trt5 with Iretidect Mr K:r y. ail after h- outbreak of hos tilitiea in V4'.;li tt pare envoys, & ell ki Ix--t. left for IondOQ, r T- i.-y tae been erer :t.re. r. ;-x i vzt of the lel e-u rated of it K;l:pjt,t. a n holir and an Jecti ib!ic z-&iit-r. He h& writ t a ttirW for AEr:an jiapers and rr.araiir-- the ;?j-stion of ludepen-d-iir for th Vi.'.?.z,n9 Sreiary Erv i.iK Wstjki of the iiguf informed a r-porter tolay tt.-.t torn well-to-do X'-"; ' L .?.t1 to lay iLe eipeiea o jj-z i he will corte to fkwton and tfi.fr r;t'.e a 1.1 t-U the yup the real i.'Slitici in the Philippine. When and theii boasted liberties are gone." Said Jefferson: "Banks of issue are more dangerous than standing armies." Said Jackson: "Banks corrupt the press, control legislation and are dan gerous to our liberties." Said Benton: "No tyranny on earth equals the tyranny of the bank power." Said Thad Stevens in congress in 62: "The bankers have given us our choice, to comply with their demands or they would destroy the union. Senator Morton of Indiana called them "a set of pirates" ror demanding the passage of such unjust laws to rob the people. Said Secretary Chase; "The passage of the bank act was the mistake or my life. It should be abolished, but be fore that can be accomplished the tanks will be arrayed on one side, the people on the other, in such a con tent as the worm never saw." Said Lincoln: "The money power will work cn the prejudices of the people, corruption will follow in high places till all wealth '.n concentrated in few hands and the republic is de stroyed." Voltaire, when asked how he had trained such vast wealth, replied: "I have a friend in the Bank of Paris who writes me when money is to be made plenty, then prices rise and I sell; when made scarce, prices fall, then I buy." Said Garfield: "Whoever controls your money volume is master of your industries and commerce." FORCIBLE ANNEXATION "Let us first sustain our village honor, and after the rebellious traveller has been subdued, we may arrange about the disposition of his effects." Therefore, with one accord, the guardians of morality rushed into the fray and sat on the traveller, while the mayor benevolently assimilated his purse. When last seen the clergyman was opening a little Bible to convert the traveller before the latter died of his wounds; while the editor dictated a scare-head for a special edition, and the mayor paraded liar of the free. The Advance. THE AKRON RIOT S--;- would iot be liable to art?e-l for trAeon if he pcke here rtary V."r-!ow a.id tht he did t' why he hoyII. He did not th:rk there would I aay Interference with the isit f thi Fii:p:Lu to the l"c;t-d r :!-. THE FOWEBOF BANKS AH lk Crt fcitw r tb have frrd ll fmmrr of fteafc f m arsrd If we are rrr;roa. It comes by the jw-rn; .i the tacks. If we are la Le a jJtic it will be by their ordr. The fcusk leagued together as ther are toliy ran nop the wheels of bifisei is twenty-four hour at any tine. fi!i?s- i largely done with cre-l.t. ijrt the great back iuue an or3er to the other mattered orer the to-rtry to rfue redlt and business css.e to a tanti!r. Any man who t en a i:yht knowledge of finan cial affairs know thxt statement to te true. If w hate a panic orer this el.-etiox thea let the people wreak thir vesgeazice upon the tacks. It will not dose Leeaue one et of can didates ts elected and another set de- . frt4. but beeaase the backs want a rc All the great taemen of the rjst Kate dreaded the power of tsrssk. Here i what wsw of tlem V liave said-about lacks and bankers: SM WiUiam Pitt in 172: "Let the jLrx?.cz adejt our Izzlizs fcchexses Hew the Preaeber an4 the Editor proved Tbat Ileaevoleat AImlltion la not Criminal AggraMlon A clergyman and an editor were walking together, when they espied the mayor of their village sitting on a fence and holding an evil-looking club; while In the distance a traveller ap proached. "My Journalistic Instinct tells me,", aald the editor, "that the man on the fence Is contemplating a criminal ag gression upon yonder traveller." . "In that case," replied the clergy man. "It Is my duty as a teacher of morality to persuade our brother from his evil Intention." "Yes." said the editor, "and as I also am a conserver of morals I will aid you in your task." So they reasoned with their fellow- villager on the sinfulness of acquiring property by forcible annexation, urg ing him to refrain from any violent act. The man on the fence spoke them fair; nevertheless, when the rtranger came up. the man on the fence rushed at him and knocked him down. The traveller offered a stubborn re sistance, and the clergyman and the editor watched the combat. The edi tor was the first to spears "Clearly," said he, "it was our duty to reason with the mayor so long as he only con templated the robbery. But now that he is attacked, we cannot permit the traveller to escape, in the eyes of the world the defeat of our mayor would dishonor us." - . "The Ixrd be with us in our pa triotic efforts," Bald the man off God. Mob In a Republican Town in Ohio, Kills and Wounds and Burns Buildings fer Hatred of the Negro. At Akron, O.. August 22, a most bloody riot took place caused by the arrest of a negro accused of rape. The accused was secretly taken to Cleve land, but the mob would not be satis fied. The result was the murder of a boy eleven years old and a little girl four years old, besides the wounding, more or less seriously of eighteen other persons, all of whom had no connec tion at all with the alleged criminal. The mob held the city for hours and until the state militia arrived. The As sociated press account of the city the next morning is as follows: When day dawned this morning it revealed a scene of desolation unpre cedented in the city's history. The city building was a heap of smoulder ing ruins and beside it steamed the water-soaked ashes of Columbia hall. The police force of the city was dis organized and scattered. Electric wires, deadly to the touch, lay across the streets In the vicinity of the burned buildings and debris of all kinds was scattered far and near. The down-town streets were just as the mob had left them, and although noth ing was being done by the rioters, crowds of spectators, hundreds in number, hung around, waiting for something to turn up. The crowds began to Increase as the curious spectators hurried to the sce ne of the trouble. A policeman ap peared, and, then another, timid at first, but with increasing assurance, as no violence was offered. Then com pany C of Canton, a detachment of the Eighth Ohio regiment, marched down the street from the train and halting beorethe ruins of the building, was at once set patrolling the fire lines. Nine companies of the Fourth regi ment also arrived and proceeded to the scene'of the rioting. There was no evidence of ill-will or disquiet in the crowds and there was no talk of vio lence. The turbulent element had slunk away with the coming of day light and order is once more fully re stored after a night or terror and anarchy. During the day wild rumors were current that mobs were being formed to go to Cleveland and lynch Peck, but tnere was no good ground for the ru mor. At a conference "rn the after noon at the Buchtel hotel between Mayor Young and the militia officers, dead-lines were established and sol diers were placed in different parts of the -down-town section of the city. Guards are strung along Main street to keep back the crowds of curiosity seekers. The excitement .has calmed down and now the people of Akron are rue fully contemplating the smoldering evidences of the wild fury of the mob. It Is not likely there will be further trouble. Only fiamed-scared walls remains of the city hall and great heaps of ashes mark the site of Columbia hall, which stood next to the city building. Fire completed the havoc wrought by dyn amite at the city hall. Groups of fire men are pouring water into the smol dering ruins. Chief of Police Harrison is reported insane over the awful events of last night. The last seen of him he was driving rapidly out of the city to ward the south. Nine companies" of the Fourth regi ment arrived at 9:20 this morning. In the destruction of the municipal building the city has lost all the rec ords of the city clerk and also the rec ords of the city engineer. City En gineer Ryan said the loss in his de partment would be fully $500,000. Here Is a state of affairs that was never seen in these United States be fore, but which we may see again at any time. The whole public is becom ing demoralized. The chief cause of the demoralization can be rightfully attributed to the daily press of the republican party. For years those pa pers have been jammed and crowded in every column with lies! They have sapped and mined the very foundation of public morality. They misrepre sent facts and distort and pervert until among the masses the notion of honor and truth has been obliterated. Look at the false news that has been sent from China during the last few weeks about the murder of mission aries that never took place at all. But another and worse thing has been the publication of stories of the slaughter of thousands of Filipinos, as If human beings were but flies to be wiped off the face of the earth by the orders of McKinley and the more of them that were slain, the more were the acts of bloodshed commended. It has familiarized the whole population with the slaughter of men, until hu man life Is looked upon with no more respect than that of one of the lower animals. For years The Independent has pro tested against this and often foretold the result. Its consequences are now upon us. While the most upright men are continually denounced as anar chists, while all respect for man as man is ignored, while human life is constantly treated as a thing to be taken by the orders of other men, this sort of demoralization will go on and civilization will resolve Itself back in fo savagery. The announcements of the German Emperor are giving ac some question as to who killed the Car lisle bond bill. Republicans deny doing it. So do the Democrats. To remove all doubt about it, I openly confess now and here that I did it, I assume the responsibility." So with Mr. Greene. He did it He replied to Bryan. He says so himself. He may have had a call to do it, or he may have thought as millions of others think, that the fifty odd Republican United States senators and one hun dred and ninety odd Republican repre sentatives in congress couldn't do it. So Mr. Greene assumed the patriotic duty of going forth to do battle against the redoubtable William Jennings; and bearing aloft the star spangled banner made of his wife's 'blue handker chiefs, red shawl and white petticoat," he stood, like Horatius at the bridge. Leonidas ,at Thermopyla, and Davy Crockett at the Alamo, and delivered his speech. Mr. Greene or somebody else sent me two copies, for which am profoundly grateful. 'Tis true that I read only one, but It afforded me more amusement than anything I have read since I first perused Mark Twain's side splitting story of "The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." Yes. I read It, as will more fully appear fur ther along in this letter. Mr. Greene is evidently a man of vast Information This he demonstrates by stating that Governor Altgeld Is frequently men tioned as a Democratic nominee for vice president. Now I do not believe that anybody ever mentioned Altgeld for vice president,- If mentioned at all. it was by Republicans; but Democrats are too well informed not to know that the constitution bars Altgeld from the vice presidency by reason of his birth In a foreign land. Not satisfied with furnishing us that chunk of history, Mr. Greene causes us to gasp for breath by stating that Jefferson "purchased from France In 1803 all that great tract of land west of the lower Mississippi and Missouri rivers." Now, If that was all that Jef ferson purchased how the deuce did we get hold of all that large, rich body of land west of the upper Mississippi and east of the Missouri, Including most of Missouri, all of Iowa, most of Minnesota, North and South Dakota? Evidently before Brother Greene again assumes to know It all and proceeds to make any more replies to Bryan or anybody else he owes it to a suffer ing world to rub up on the geography of his country unless he Intends to have his speeches regarded as works of the Imagination which they are. Tbe Supreme Court. We are further astonished by Mr. Greene's statement that "the combi nation party," as he denominates the opponents of McHannalsm, Is In favor of "a revolution of the constitution by the suppression of the supreme court!" Thafs an absurd falsehood. He cannot produce the utterance of a representative Democrat, Populist or Free Silverite in favor of "suppressing the .supreme court". He can find many who are In favor of reorganizing it and not a few who think that Mr. Justice Shiras disgraced himself and the court by his sudden and miraculous judicial somersault on the Income tax case. A great many good Americans would Ike to know, don't you know, why he changed, what motive. Impelled him. But how dares Mr, Greene or any other Republican make mouths at anybody for wanting to reorganize the supreme court? How comes it that that tri bunal Is so sacred to them now? Every ntelllgent man knows that it Is only about SO years since the Republicans enlarged, reorganized and packed yes, packed. Is the word packed the su preme court in order to secure the decision which they wanted - in the egal tender, cases? In order to do that, they had to , reverse a decision made a few months before In the very same cases. ' What's sauce for the goose Is sauce for the gander. If it 'was right for President Grant and a Republican congress to do that thing 30 years ago, how can It be wrong for President Bryan and a Democratic congress to do t next year? Brother Greene should rub up on the history of the Republic an party and not stultify himself and Insult the Intelligence of the country by lambasting Democrats for enter taining a desire to perform an action hallowed by the example of Republic ans conspicuous Republicans at that. Mr. Greene overtaxes the credulity of mankind by saying that Governor Altgeld "raised the blood red banner. bearing in letters of funereal black the traitorous motto, ' 'Within the law if we may, but in spite of the law if we mustr ". Of course there is not one syllable of truth In the statement and it only shows to what forbidden and disreputable methods Republicans are driven in the vain endeavor to bolster up an unrighteous cause. Again we have from Mr. Greene this monstrous lie: "He" meaning Bryan "He his never denied but what he re ceives his 'sinew- of war from the silver mine owners." That particular lie was never told before. Greene de serves all the credit of originality; but the charge was made in 1896 by a prominent Republican that Bryan was paid by silver mine owners, and was promptly denied by him, and the prom inent Republican took back the charge declaring In his apology that "when Rrran states a fact It is true. His word goes with me. Four of a Kind. The Republican president, senators, representatives and cabinet ministers have been wabbling around as to what they thought on imperialism, but in Mr. Greene's remarkable speech we find this luscious Morceau: "Greece had her Alexander, Rome her Caesar, France her Napoleon, who each in his turn made hla country mistress of tne world. Each age , evolves Its lssnes. each age produces its leaders. , A new epoch is now? upon our nation. and our leader, tried and true, for a second time bears aloft the standard of the Republican party a leader, born of the occasion and the hour; a leader, a statesman, who was a representative of the people, serving his country while Colonel Bryan was 'mewling .and puk ing In his nurse's arms, a leader, a soldier, who so loved his country that he risked his all, his very life, on many a hard fought battlefield before tle name of . Bryan was ever heard out side the valley of the Platte; a leader who gave his country the best pro tective tariff it ever enjoyed, while Colonel Bryan was mastering law and oratory In the educational Institutions of Nebraska; a leader who, with mas ter mind and giant ability sent the Spanish ships to the bottom of the sea and the Spanish soldiers home in dis grace, while Colonel Bryan found It convenient and expedient to relieve the army of his presence upon reaching Florida; a leader who is as far above his would be rival as Is the heaven above the earth, outshining him as the dazzling brilliancy of the midday sun outshines the flickering flame of the tallow dip; a leader who Is sure to be called upon to preside over the affairs of our country for another four years- President William McKinley." Most assuredly that is an amazing passage, and ought to make Mr. Greene's calling and election sure of the postoffice at Moultonboro, pro vlded Mark Hanna secures a second term in the White House for his pro tege. But let us examine it closely and see Low It looks when analyzed. "Alexander, Csesar, Napoleon and Wil liam of Canton" a conspicuous quar tet truly; but, my countrymen, how do you. even Republicans, like to see an American president placed in such evil company? Is Mr. Greene's speech a "feeler" on imperialism? Is he play ing the role of Mark Antony to our American Caesar, offering him a crown to see how the people will take it? When Louis Napoleon was meditating his bloody coup d'etat he felt the public pulse in this ingenious fashion: He had displayed In all the shop windows if Paris a fine engraving of the great Napoleon entitled Napoleon the First, After the people were accustomed to looking at that, along with it he had displayed a , splendid - engraving of Napoleon's . son entitled Napoleon tbe Second. After the people became ac customed to that, be had displayed with those, two pictures a magnificent engraving of himself entitled Napoleon the Third. As no riots ensued, he con eluded the time for the coup d'etat was ripe, and shortly thereafter, at mid night, his Illegitimate half brother, Le Due de Moray, with the army at his back, clapped the French assembly In jail and proclaimed the son of Hor- tense emperor of France. Alexander, Caesar, Napoleon! Verily the whirligig of time brings Its own re venges. The Kansas City Journal hopped on to me for saying in my speech on 'The Philippine Problem" that "an American Is not a pessimist because he Is unwilling to see his ooun J .?dopt aa(: a, jsetled creed . the doV lltical principles of Alexander, Caesar and Napoleon."' Now comes Brother Greene and goes further -than I did by linking William McKinley's name with that infamous trio of bloody tyrants and citing, them as models to be imitated . Personal History. Now will the reader go back and re read that extract from Mr. Greene's wonderful speech? He make it an offense in poor Colonel Bryan that he was "mewling and puking 4 In his nurse's arms" while Brother McKin ley was fighting the battles of bis country! Alas and alack! Could Bryan help that? Isn't it the nature of babies to. "puke and mewl", in their nurse's firms? Didn't even Alexander, Csesar, Napoleon and McKinley. do that? In deed, didn't Mr. Greene perform that universal caper himself once upon a 5 time? I have no doubt that Bryan was thus engaged when Mr. McKinley , volunteered in 1S61, for . Bryan was v born in 1800. Does Mr. Greene think that Bryan ought to have , been fighting instead of "mewling, and puking In his nurse's arms" in 1861? How could he fix the day of his nativity? A witty Irishman once said that he could have been born In America Just as well tis in Ireland If he had bo chosen? But Bryan was not so fortunately situated. Was Mr. Greene? Does Mr. Greene doubt that Bryan would have bem a soldier during the civil war had he been old enough? Didn't he offer his services to McKinley among the very first at the outbreak of the Spanish war? Didn't McKinley Ignore the tender for petty political reasons? And didn't Bryan raise a regiment and go to the war anyway? Where was Mr. Greene then? His picture on the back of his reply to Bryan looks as though he is not past the military age. Mr. Greene .appears to be woefully weak In geography. He informs a startled world .that , McKinley risked his life for his country before "Bryan's name was ever heard outside the val ley of the Platte." That's a mistake growing out of Mr." Greene's disregard for the truth of history and hl.i In ordinate desire to construct a sonorous sentence for the delectation of New Hampshire Republicans. As a matter of fact Bryan was born and reared in Illinois, and was never In the Platte valley till about 1886 or 1SS7. . This may surprise Mr. Greene. Judging by his speech, most any morsel of In formation would surprise him. Fur thermore, about the time McKinley was enlisting Bryan was learning to walk. Again, we are told, contrary to all the facts In the case, that "McKinley gave his country, the best protective tariff law It ever enjoyed while. Colonel Bry an was mastering law and, oratory In the educational Institutions of Nebras ka." Does not Mr. Greene know that Bryan never attended a Nebraska edu cational Institution a day In his life? On the contrary, he was a graduate of one of the best colleges in lllinoln and a successful practicing lawyer and a married man before his. eyes ever be held Nebraska. That he mastered law and oratory somewhere is clear, for It is admitted by all intelligent persons that 'he Is the greatest living orator. and as he has refused an offer of $25. 000 per annum for his services as a lawyer he must be fairly well up in his profession. Bryan's Wllltarr Record, But Mr. Greene uttered a gross and deliberate slander when he said tbat "Colonel Bryan found it convenient and expedient to relieve the army of his presence upon-reaching Florida." Voltaire's motto, "Keep on lying and some of It will stick," appears to hav been adopted by Mr. Greene as his own theory. Colonel Bryan .went, In com mand of his regiment, to -Florida In the summer of 1S98, by orders of the war department, William McKinley being ex officio commander In chief. By orders he remained in Florida till the treaty of peace between the United States and Spain was signed in Paris, and then resigned. -Mr. Greene must have known these facts when he made his speech. He did know them, and on a cold collar he deliberately misstated them. He also knew that Colonel Bryan was kept by the McKinley administra tion In camp in Florida lest, if he got to Cuba he might achieve some meas ure of military glory, thereby dimin ishing still further William McKin lcy's chances of succeeding himself. When Bryan resigned, the Spanish war had really been over for five or six months and nobody save a few Repub lican jobbers near the throne and in the inner circle of McIIannaites dream ed there would be any Philippine war. The next time good Mr. Greene makes a speech won't he please inform a palpitating world why. General Nelson A. Miles the most distinguished American soldier now living a lifelong Republican was not permitted to go to Cuba and , conduct our campaign there? . For fear Mr. Greene will be bashful about answering, I will an swer, myself: Miles was kept out of Cuba because the McKinley adminis tration knew that he was a soldier and that if he were given a chance he would win renown enough to enable him to beat McKinley out of a nomina tion for president, whereas nobody had the, slightest Idea that General Shafter would ever do anything any where to make him dangerous. , Mr. Greene will observe that General Nelson A. Miles, Republican senior major general of the regular army, and Colonel William J. Bryan, Democratic colonel of Nebraska volunteers, were both kept out of Cuba for the same reason Miles for fear he'd gobble tbe Republican presidential nomination, and Bryan for fear he would defeat McKinley at the polls in 1000. 5 icuerauou iu vue movement.