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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. Soptomber 6, 190o. POPULISM ALWAYS It Hike CcaUnt Sacrifices, but Always Fiihtlnj and Now a Glorious Xlctary Looms Up la the Near Future t . ' TO THE rmtU?ji PAIITV VOTERS O THE UNITED STATES: At tte ircticm at tie National Committee we send you greeting: We are ca tie very r of ctory for tte principle for which we have so long fought. No party fcaa er 32 cuch acri2ce or shown av.cn unselflshnese as has the Pwjfkrs I "art 7 darsrg the rt ten years of it existence. That sacrifice an4 fwUrtotJe detedoa to principle are now br pinning to bear fruit. One more eharje a&4 tte fgtt is won. Let us all Join together, as we did in 1892 and jm, for it take of the people and the lore we bear the people's cause. We call upon rrery It;mljtt in the Union to rally once more under the banner of refcrxa ax4 to ajwtat us in wincing this culminating struggle of the century. In nominal! eg Mr. FteTensen for the Vice-Presidency, the Peoples Party ra snUiBse example of the renunciation f partisanship. We had already Dominated Mr. Brjas. the standard -bearer of another organization, as our raa&ttate for President. We Lad nominated Mr. Towne, the brilliant young le4er of the fiil-r Rt-pablicane. for Vice-President. Although deeply dlsap poicted at tie failure of the Dtmocratlc Coarentlon to ratify this nomination, w feikw-2 the only coarse that s-emed open to us; and for the sake of har raosy and Eslty overlooked all mere party considerations and made both Demo cratic s cda r d -U-axers our own. " We believe by this art we Lave not only strengthened the cause, hut that In the long rt:3 we tare alo fctrregtbened our own party organization. Right never diea aid. tfc principles that brought the People's Party Into existence will fpring sp With rrdm!d vigor and will continue to grow in the hearts and minds of the popie until they are victorious. We have lain down much that the eue mirtt succeed and in Its triumph we will triumph as well. No ibab erer becomes really grat until Le learns to sacrifice himself for an idea t a truth, and no party can ever become really worthy of accomplishing the l.ixh and holy pen for faith ours was born until it has ben tried by the same r .f tacri. Trcly did the greatest of all say, -He who lays down his life for ray sake hJl find it again. While Li&eoln id not believe in abolition. Lis election meant the ending of Lssan slavery s this continent. In the same way the election of Bryan means the beginning of a nw era in American politics. The future victories for hu xnasity. that will grow oat of itr no man rein foresee. The People's Party was the beginning cf ibis moverorat and is the impulse which carries It forward. We tare grown sst:l o;r principle Lav? permeated the masses of another great party and Late thns made them our allies in this campaign. The seed we planted years ago has takn root and has grown until now at the beginning of a new eentary it Is about to blc&som Into victory. In the name of humanity and for the cause of liberty, which is as sacred now as It was in any of the glorious struggles of the past, we call upon every Pop ulist to rally to'tte support of the Republic la its hour of peril. This is a strug gle btwrn the world -old forces of monarchy and freedom. There are only two sides to the costt- Thre is no middle-of-the-road. "He who is not for xne Is caint sae. He who does not give his full support to the cause of pop ular government Is its enemy. There is no room for side-shows. On the one hand Is the army of the people; on the other are the legions of privilege and plutocratic rule. Every man must take his position on the one side or the other. Popaiifia was rganid as a protest against the encroaching spirit of monarchy and rnatnonifia: and now that success is in sight we cannot believe that any Populist will fail in his duty, but that every one of our two million -rot will be registered on election day In favor of a government of the people and for the preservation of the republic J. H. EDMISTEN, J. A. EDGERTON. Secretary. Vice-Chairman. WHY THEY CHANGED TWm4 mi RptII 1 mil Parts mt The fusion papers in all of the states continue to announce the names of republicans who have declared that they will sepport Bryan. Mot of thera are men of prominence and lea dership, either Btionl or locaL The Independent could fill its whole tpace with such cases. Th following are only a few of the rcasona that they give for learning McKInley and en listing nnder the haun-r of Bryan: Washington. D. C Aug. 22. Edu cate4 by my father. Jam (J. Birney. in the principle of the Declaration of Independent. I supported before the civil war on the platform and in the frees the candidal of the republican party. When in I the republican i party allied Itself with the dangerous " classes, the trusts, money syndicates and tnoncmetainsts. and became the representative of organized wealth in stead of the whole people. I refused to follow In its new and fatally danger eras policy. AZ30g the reasons why I am for Bryan are the following: First He is devoted to the prin ciples which underlie all the Institu tions of our republic. Second Having been exposed for four years to the ridicule, vilification and tstsrepresentatioa of an able par tisan pre, he possesses more than ever the respect of his opponents and the conidence of millions of voters. Nose but a few partisan fanatics be lieve that his election would lessen the prosperity of the country, an Idea held by many in Third Bryan is conservative and safe: McKlnJey leu things drift; Bry an is independent: McKinlcy is "be nevolently assimilated" by political plotters; Bryan is conilstent; McKln- ley sees a "plain duty today and re pudiates It tomorrow; Bryan would make a good .president; McKInley a good Methodist bishop. Fourth Bryan would extricate the conn try from existing Cuban, Ihilip- plne ana Chinese complications and diminish the war debt, but who can foresee the wars, expenditures, in trigue, understandings. alliances, surrender of Alaskan territory. Eag- WILLIE AND WtS. well. Willie; what is it this TusinvMm mm yW&&rWFl ""We're pluytng Republican mictrel. and Teddy wants to be the two end fctta ax4 tfc wnn. tool" NVw York Evening Journal. MARCHING ONWARD anism. Carterism and religious propa- gandlsm into which McKInley might lead the United States? Fifth Bryan is the only man who can be elected president against the desperate opposition and ample re sources of the money power. WILLIAM BIRNEY. Judge R. E. Rombauer of the Mis souri court of appeals, says: "I have renounced my allegiance to the re publican party because of that party's evident drift into militarism." Frank Monnett is Jth republican ho. as attorney general nof Ohio, en forced the - law so dijligfhtly against trusts that they sought fc o bribe him with an offer of half a tuition dollars. Bourke Cockran. the -famous orator and lawyer, of this rrdty, may be claimed as a former, republican ever since he made speeches for Gen. B. F. Tracy, the regular republican nominee for mayor in 1S97. -;!J ,-. Patrick Egan of this city. President Harrison's minister to Chili, is active in organizing an Irish-American Bry an league. Gen. Robert Avery, a New Yorker and a lifelong republican, writes to the Journal: My devotion to the principles of the republican party taught by Lincoln, Seward, Greeley, Sumner, Chase, Trumbull, Edmunds and others compels me to vote for Mr. Bryan. P. Tecumseh Sherman of New York, a son of Gen. W. T. Sherman, has served a term In the board of alder men as a republican. The Alger and other army scandals are his main rea sons for voting for Bryan. General William Birney of Wash ington is a son of James G. Birney, who was twice a candidate for presi dent on the free soil or liberty ticket. He gives reasons over his signature for turning from his father's party's his torical successor. Dr. W. A. Crofutt of Washington, the author, says: "Americans who be lieve in a republican form of govern ment should stand for the democratic party." Henry F. Keenan, a powerful writer, sounaea in bis novel "The Monev Makers." fifteen years ago a note of warning against the influence of wealth in government. L. W. Habercorn was chief of the republican national committee's Ger man bureau in the 1836 campaign. He HIS PAPA. time?" leaves his party on the imperialism ssue. CaDtain Patrick O'Farrell is one of the leaders of the "Blaine Irishmen," ho organized prior to the campaign t 1884 and have stayed by the re publican party until now. Gen. John B. Henderson, as a re publican, represented the state of Mis souri in the United States senate. v Topeka, Kas., Aug. 28. Samuel A. Kii ngman, ror ten years chief justice the supreme court of Kansas, a life of long republican, and a Dioneer of the state, announced today his determina tion to support W. J. Bryan and the entire democratic ticket. He leaves the party of his younger days, which he served with conspicuous credit, with great reluctance, but he believes the party has departed so far from its original teachings that he can no long-? consistently remain with it. J. S. Fowler, a life-lone reDublican. was a UnRed States senator from Ten nessee. J. M. F. Foster is a lawver and a eader among the colored voters of Pittsburg. "The republican nartv." he says, "is not the party of Lincoln, Grant, Garfield and Harrison, and I ave quit it. General John Beatty of Columbus, .. is president of the Citizens' Sav- 0 ngs bank there. lie has been oromi- nent enough in the republican party in Ohio t6 contest with Josenh B. For. aker for the honor of the nomination or governor, which Foraker won. Captain Alfred E. Lee was secre tary to Rutherford B. Hayes , when the latter was governor of Ohio. In resident Hayes' term Lee was sent as a counsul to a citv in Germanv. Captain Lee says: "McKInley is a civn iraua; Roosevelt is a military- rraua. William Scott, former president of the Ohio state university, has left the republican party and presided at an anti-imperialist mass meeting In Co-J umDus recently. S. O. Pickens, a well-known citizen of Indianapolis, says: "I do not ad mire Kooseveit s assumption of right to speak of what constitutes a traitor n time or peace." Preston McKInley of Kansas is a cousin of the president. Frank B. Wasrer. a nrominent re publican merchant of Troy, says: "I voted for McKInley four years ago, dui i can t go mm and his policy this year. I am sick of theibossism that prevails in the party. I am opposed to trusts and imperialism. The re publican party is committed to all these evils. I shall vote for Bryan this fall, and I believe that I shall make no mistake doing so. James Keach of Indianapolis, who is a democrat for the first time this year, resents Governor Roosevelt's attack on those who sympathize with the Kansas City platform, and says: "Roosevelt may be all rieht on a horse, but on the platform he makes an ass of himself." SWINDLING AMERICANS The Implement Houaes Charging Farmer Twice what they Sell the Same Ma chine for to Foreigner , Editor Independent: I have fre quently read your statements concern- ng the price of our American made goods in foreign countries and as I have a letter from one of our largest harvester manufacturing company, treating on this subject very emphat ically, I just send it to you and call your attention to paragraph 3. Here s an elegant opportunity for you to practice the McKInley flop. But for you to understand this letter it Is necessary to explain. During the campaign of '99 Mr. Ed- misten sent out here a Mr. Zimmerer to speak in German. This gentleman stated that he had been at York, Neb., to speak and while there learned that the McCormlck people's agent of Odes sa, Russia, was there to speak German for the republicans. He hunted this agent up and asked him arson? other things this plain, straightforward question: Is it true that your company (the McCormlck Harvester Co.) sell their harvesters binder at Odessa, Rus sia, at $75 and here in Nebraska at or near home at $125. Mr. Agent ad mitted that it was true. Having occasion to write to these people in May last, I put the same question to them and intimated that If they did this it would make a dif ference with me in dealing with them. I didn't like the idea of paying so much more at home than the same thing could be bought for 7,000 miles away from home. After reading this letter, I wish to know what you think of the "public- be-damed" position taken by Mr. Swift? How can he reconcile his statement with the well known repub lican position of protecting the Am erican laboring man from the pauper labor of the old countries? What are the McCormlck people fur nishing speakers to the republican party for? There are other sides to this letter, but you can see them. Of course someone has lied and a whop per at that. .Now, who did it? , I have long since believed that the republican party's policy was to farm out to manufacturers, trusts and cor porations the privilege of making ex orbitant prices to the consuming masses of this country, provided, ' of course, they put up campaign expenses, There is scarcely any reason for anyoae to deny it, - nor is there any reason why we should not know just how badly we are being skinned to fill the coffers of these same skinning ma chines. I suggest to you that as The Independent has many thousands of readers who are foreign born that you ask them to get you the price of Am erican made goods of every descrip tion from their friends in the old coun try and report for publication. . Let the inquiry cover everything the av erage consumer buys. W. H. M'CLELLAN. Arapahoe, Neb. - (The paragraph referred to In the letter is as follows: "We have no ex cuse to make, and no explanations to offer for the conduct of our business, neither are we responsible to anybody for the way we do it." After that he goes on to deny that the McCormack harvesters are sold cheaper In Russia. The letter is signed for the McCor mack Harvesting Machine Co., by R. B. Swift.) , THE PARDONING POWER The History of Pardons and Commutation of Sentences for the Last Few Tears. When the republican editors get tired with flying about other things they always fall .back on pardons. There is nothing In- their talk of In terest to anybody,. but a little review of the pardons and commutations of sentences for the last few years, may be of interest to many. How they are given and what for may be gathered from the case reported below. Governor's Office, August SO, 1900. Durine Governor Lorenzo Crounse's term of two years he issued twenty- six commutations or sentences; twenty-five pardons and remitted eight fines and jail sentences. Governor Silas A: Holcomb In two terms or four rears, issued ninety commutations of sentences, four par dons and remitted eleven nnes ana jail sentences. - Durina- the first twenty months of Governor William A. Poynter's term of office he issued nineteen commuta tions of sentences, no pardons and re mitted three fines and jail sentences. Executive Chamber, Lincoln, iseo I June 2. 1900. Mrs. Kearns, , ! Canada Dear Madam: Will you kind- v inform me as to the result of your son's illneBS, J. B. Kearns, whom I dis charged from the state penitentiary on May 23 last on account of his being effected by a severe case of tubercu- osis. Also kindlr forward a . certifi cate siened by his physician stating his condition when he arrived In Can ada, and his present condition. Very truly yours, W. A. POYNTER, Governor. , June 19, 1900. Hon. W, A. of .address I nave only received your etter today. With reference to my son, you wish me to send you certificates. I would willingly do so, were it not for the dread of exposure. Perhaps, Hon. Sir, you are not aware that I am the only member of, his family that knows or his misfortune, therefore it would be extremely awkward to obtain those papers without exciting suspicion which for the sake of my large and re spectable family I would not wish to do. With reeard to his-health when we arrived home it was very lame, so lame that a. doctor was Immediately called who afterwards told me that he did not think it any use prescribing for him at the time. e lay sick ior flva months and had to undergo an Operation, since then he seems to be gaining some, but will never be a strong man again. Please except a mother's grateful thanks for your hu manity in pardoning my unfortunate son. I trust, Hon., Sir, to your nonor as a Christian and gentleman that vou will not reveal to any one in Can ada what seems to me a terrible dream. Yours very respectfully. MRS. K.EAK1NS. Tjincftster. Neb.. April 4. 1899. His ETr.eilenev. W. A. Povnter. Governor State of Nebraska,, tincoln Neb. Dear Sir: This Is to certify tnat Jtvearns, No 2425, who Is now an inmate of the Nebraska state penitentiary, is suffer ing from tuberculosis of the lungs and is confined to the hospital. He also has a rectal abscess, which In my opin ion will end in a fistula in-ano. I re spectfully recommend. him to be sent home, while he is strong enougn to travel, as it is impossible for him to recover. Very respectfully. H. C. DEMAREE, Prison Physician. Lancaster. Neb.. April 24. 1899. His PiTcellencv. W. A. Poynter. Governor State of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb. Dear sir? This is to certify that the con- Anrt of convict J. B. Kearns. No. 2425, who was convicted by the district court of Cass county for the crime of murder and sentenced to life confinement in this Institution, has been very good, while here confined. Kearns has been sick in the hospital for several months, and Dr. Demaree, the prison physician, certifies that he cannot recover. I respectfully recom mend that Kearns receive a commuta tion of his sentence, while he is able to reach his home in Canada, Very respectfully, GEO. W. LEIDIGH, warden. APPLICATION FOR PARDON. Convict, No. 2425. Name, J. B. Kearns. Presented by warden and prison physician, date, April 4, 1S99. Commutation granted, date, May u, 1899. From sentence for life to seven years, six months and no days. Remarks Upon the certificate or tne prison physician that the prisoner was in a dying condition, and that his disease was Incurable, humanity usual ly exercised in such cases dictated that the prisoner should be sent home to die. - HisTnother furnished the neces sary money for his transportation, and he was sent to her home beyond the confines of the United States to her majesty. Queen Victoria's Dominion of Ontario, Canada. The life sentence imposed is hereby commuted to seven years and six months, with the benefit of his good time, which discharges him May 23, 1899. Some "Sham" Reform One Scoville, once upon a time com mandant of the soldiers' and sailors' home at Grand Island, taking advant age of Editor Burr's careless proof reading, in a recent issue of the Auro ra Republican proceeds to tear to pieces an article in the Aurora Reg ister (Burr's paper) copied in part from The Independent. Mr Scoville, knowing there were typographical errors in Mr. Burr's re print of The Independent article, tries to make Republican readers believe that the asylum at Lincoln was con ducted more economically under re publican - administration than under fusion control, and amuses himself by building air-castles on the erroneous figures as printed by Mr. Burr. It is extremely doubtful whether Mr, Scoville is in earnest when he ac cepts Mr. Burr's challenge "to continue the - investigation on the same line, taking any other, institution in the state. " But we shall give him the benefit of the doubt, believing him more fool hardy than wise. There is an asylum for insane at Norfolk. From January 1, 1892, to De cember 31, 1894,. a period of three years, this asylum was under republi can control. During that period there were, on the average, 194 inmates in the insti tution. The total cost, during this period, for fuel and lights, board and clothing, officers' salaries, employes' wages and all items of maintenance (excluding cost of new buildings and permanent repairs) was the sum of $142,629.91. An expense to the taxpayers of Ne braska of $735.21' to maintain each of the 194 inmates three years. A per capita cost of $245.07 per year. The issue is between fusion econ omy and good management and re publican extravagance and bad man agement. Let us pit three years of fusion econ omy against three years of republican extravagance. From June "1," 1897, to May 31t 1900, a period of three years, the asylum was under fusion management. During this period the average num ber of inmates was -244, or 50 more than during the former period. The total cost for maintenance (same items as. before enumerated) during this period was $131,093.63. That tells its own story! " The thickest-skulled republican hat ever voted for the gold standard, be lieving it to be International bimetal lism, could see the point in this story: Republicaa, 194 inmates, $142,629.91. Fusion, 244 Inmates, $131,093.63. The fusion officers maintained 244 inmates three years for $11,536.28 less money than It cost under republican mismanagement to maintain only 194 inmates. ' " -Do you. want any more, Mr. Scoville? Cost per Inmate, 3 years, rep.. .$735 21 Cost per inmate, 3 years, fus... 537 27 Difference . $197 94 194 inmates, 3 years, cost. . .$142,629 91 194 inmates at $537.27, fus.. 104,230 38 Republican extravagance. $ 38,399 53 244 inmates at $735.21, rep.. $179,391 24 244 inmates, fus. manag'm't. 131,093 63 Fusion economy.... .$ 48,297 61 Any' "doubting Thomas" may verify these figures by examining the "Ab stract of Semi-Annual Reports on file in Governor Poynter's office. Gov ernor Poynter helped to make the ad mirable record of fusion economy and good government and is justly proud of the story told in that book of ab stracts. If inconvenient for you to come to Lincoln, a letter addressed to Frank L. Mary, chief clerk, Lincoln, asking for a sworn statement of what the expenditures have been, will meet with prompt response. When sending in clubs of subscrip tions DO NOT FAIL to mention the premium you desire. Best plan is to cut out the premium list and check the article or articles desired. - Kemember we are neither hypnotists nor mind read ers and must depend solely on you to state plainly what you want. OnedajonljOrnT 11 TUESDAY Otr I . I I AMERICA'S FOREMOST EXHIBITION AND THE WORLD'S ROUGH RIDERS Presenting a Grand Tournament of MILITARY- RIDERS OF ALL NATIONS Colonial Horsemen from the reoent new possessions. FILIPINOS. HAWAIIANS. PORTO RICANS AND CUBANS. COL. W. F- CODY, (BUiT0) AT EACH PERFORMANCE. AMERICAN INDIANS In Battle Array. 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To Isaac Anderson : You are hereby notified that the plaintiff herein, Mary Anderson, on the 15th day of August, 1900, filed he- petition in the district court of Lancaster county, Nebras ka, against you, asking for an absolute divorce from jou on the grounds of extreme cruelty and habitual drunkenness, and asking also for exclusive custody and control of your child. Bertha. , You are required to answer to said petition on or before Monday, the 24th day uf 8eptm ber, 1900. M4KT Andkhson, Plaintiff. Morning & Berge, Attorneys At Law, Lincoln, Neb. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF LANCASTER COUNTY, NEBRASKA. NOTICE OF SALE. In the matter of the estate of Charles R. Alii lington, deceased. Application to sell raal estate to pay a certain judgement. Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of an order of the Honorable Edward P. Holmes.ono of the judges of the district court of Lancaster Co., Nebraska, made on the 23rd day of June, lOuO, for the sale of the real estate herein describod, there will be sold at the east door of tlie County Court Bouse in the City of Lincoln, in Said County, on the 11th day of September, 1900. 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. M) of section 33, town 12, range, 6, in Lancas ter County, Nebraska. Baid sale will remain open one hour. Charles Mlllington, John A. Millington, Executors of the last will and testament of Charles R. Millington, deceased. . .- Morning' & Berge Attorneys At Law, Lincoln, Neb. , IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF LANCASTER COUNTY, NEBRASKA, NOTICE OF SALE. In the matter of the estate of Charles R. Mil-. Jington, Deceased. Application to sell real estate to pay certain mortgages. 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