September 27,1 800
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT,
7:
TWO REPORTS FROM
rUKJnk-y Commisiiooerf "y that
Ire Smy that There Is
T&e adtu!citraUos being bard primed, ent a cablegram to taacomiiQiasioners j ju j.pj. in prance jn Italy, n
ppctt.ti by MrKtGJey without authority of law to govern tbeFilipinos.asking them j Germany, in Switzerland, the reason
t j report -difpo-ttioo of tee fop4 toward th United States: what improvement j ussigmr. is as frank as it is unflatter
10 tbi prtieiiir: tb preset extent of the insurrection; how much of the archi- j 'q, frn udes have found us
i tranquil: bor much i fctill in a disturbed state; probable continuace of j guty1 ge'ed anj covetousness. They
gmrilim warfare, ami ie ueeces operatiEg to proloegit: how it can best be brought i have a new nickname for us in. the
to a cio-e; eo&ditio and requirement of ciril government," and to send their hands beyond the Atlantic. The plain
i!h r, m ; tm mrucmrmr
parol tyj, at a cct of f 1.15 a word,
abiuoe of tnat report m tere prmiea ana oy ina siae 01 it an Associaiea press "The European believes that the
b'ejrrae which catr.e the next day. ' biggest bump on every American head
is that of acquisitiveness. He is firm-COMMISS10NCR-S
REPORT. ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT. ly of the opitm tnat every American
-Manila. Ay 51. VM. Secretary of "Manila. Sept. 19. During the last j i8 carrying about plans for a future
War. Washington: Replying to dU- ; even months there has been a dis- ' feudal estatp of his own in his nocket
ucurb, ccmaii!ott report; It- ha
for two moatin and j half mad dill
cnt H.'-iSri" fcto oid!tlon prevail
ing, of people fas aptitude for
"location, tu i Sg&orant. rtiperstit
4 credulou ia a remarkable
lrr-. Hostility 3tg:ct Americans
as or.t!nIlr arou'sl by absurd
falfcoiK of unw-rupukrti leaders.
IitriritkiO of trip l 3 pots has
If tctitatt. li.rgly i!fj-H'd hostility
ui tadtly ia proved tmr of p. o
tl. Tfci Improv n.3t. f isrtbered by
4Hbj of insurgents, affirms .that
re aa-ifEbrr of i-cpl- Jong for peace
n1 an "1Mr. to arr-pt government
sn'Jfr th- I'nit-d 8iat. Insurgents
sot urteo4-rin after defeat have di-
into mJl j? unlia bands under
:fDrl officers or tiwume ladrones.
S"r!y ;i prominent jf-nrals and
:.(? It f iar.i! of jEftTirrf-rT -on 'trept Agui-
ha mc !--n raptur! or
,a,- un-iiirti ana hav taken oath
"Policy of lnienr-y ulnjicatir.g in
ATSiU-t had markJ fltt to indur-e
-irresdrs nntil d-ftnlng of political
u iu rriit-d Stat reported here
-a loll. r Lor-r to taTJrrnt officers
ti!l in axra of rhanjfHi policy and
ttAj4 $urr-o4s-r to await result of
J.-ttottt. Iifctarlar in parts of
krj.t u a. l no-d by insur
Z' ';t prrlanntt:i art 1 ordr to 1n-j-e.c-
I-ri:on. do r:t bo unfriend
ly attiHi-J of majoriiy of pop!e of
proTloreiS hr th y orur, but only
rtir!y of trr.!l inuDtrjt hodi in
rn'.untafn f AMn- whence they iseue
for usually fcarmlt-s trht attacks, or
atrdTou amb'ji'h of mil American
ru4 or to roIW-t '-ontribution or
jK-ruit Iron ptopi.
"All ncrttTO IJtori firr-pt in NH
a Ecija and flulaean are rutstan
tip.ltr fr- from inursr-rt. -People
re uy p!ntir. and are askics for
ff,tjaktpi orgariiruior Railway and
'!rrfb lJr. from Manila to Pagu
ii n. 112 mfle. hav bn molested
It
t n5tK ?Li ih A. iatd
ifcs rra-tt 'f tt- .-..tnaii.ioner. The
Hatt t'Ht Monday, tb 17th and the commissioners made this report fto ;
b sard a a anjujjc tiocumG.l on the Sundav following, nearly a week after- ;
-rd, whe tte o.u-t have kcon all the details of that sad affair. It is useless i
v. rcrtceiwjt oc thU infernal sort of. politics. The McKinley administration grows
nre vii. rY-rrurtatd eno.inai ery day. The battle reported was fought right i
c the irt:?y r-f Marri. v ....... -
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Ladies' Einetallic Ingm
The feces' iiauil;' league imt
t tb pirtor of h- Linroin hotel
3 S
Th- r.rorra a &r- nM i.r Mrs. i
N. Cracd4li in a trwt ffW-nt mac
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Mrs. hheruab rutin4 in '
Sfeart." by Mattel, ct ompacitd by
IfR. May ZiEiEcr.
Mr. Herrir-k of Torka. Kas.. delir-
r'sil a thoughtful, wholarly address j
n iEprialism. an appr-Al to th peo-
sjcai siitfiis'j inwi inm to action, j" " " "-v. ve
!e aaid Is rart: Haa ma a right to experience, was always greeted
-wle himiNp-:f. cr rulwl br others. 'Hh kindly regard wherever he wkuL,
Tfcia is not a isew qswiloa: it has been UrpIi!ly by tin middle class 'and
rowing a ad waxing at roe g ever since working ieople. He was looked upon
?fa aatisatSoa of Abraham Lincoln. j a .vim citizen of a free repub
ft if tradlHofial and gooi AmeriranUm lre every man was aj good as
fo rhaapion the eaue of the eak and j another. America was the Mecca to
o aid the 3ort of an opprd p- 1 wh:ch lluir sens and daughters were
!e Trcl:.-g for ?rora. to aid them i to '(me ai.d find freedom and pros-
s a prlflieg. to enlave them a crime. !
It wa a pwi'jie to eci Mr. Hr-
k il K'j- h may favor tjs &gin.
Mi L'jmi: 11 M-alg gave a piano
-tsrrmtios, a lott" rwa. "N'ar-
tsu by Xevis The interpretation
wxm jrorv!; th Grk !a, how
t-eauTlful yuth lholding hi own
-sate ts ;- foi&tfcJn f-ll vioiritJy in S - '
with tt ar fa! a sr. ehitsrd '
nto tfc fower Narctua eaotifkm. I fened tfct opinions" of th midd'a
u love mnll to w-!L For an en- ! classes. Many articles describing the
jre -m j Venetian B'ircu-j ill will manifested by the people of
kjI " by Snn-L 1 England toward Americans have been
The gocdola fiot oer he fclue j ptibllahed in the eastern papers dur
!r cf the loos to the rsythm of ' ing this summer. The following is
it o&r. yti can in the distance j from the pen of Ada Patterson:
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THE PHILIPPINES
fw... aArf.rf
the War is
More Fighting Than Over,
ms. nt vhw.h rnHe ft r.lnmn in non.
addressee and signature included. The
unci increase msurgani aggrebBiou, j
iwiicuany nw oh. aiuub iwe are of Spaniards.
guna, Morong. Bulucan. reuva Ecija
and Pampanga, culnilrating Monday
in an engagement near Sinaloan, at
the east end of Laguna de Bay, in
which detachment? of the Fifteenth
and Thirty-seventh infantry regi
ments, ninety men all told, met 1,000
insurgents armed with rifles. The Am
erican loss was twelve killed, includ
ing Captain David I. Mitchell and
Second lieutenant George A. Cooper,
both of the Fifteenth infantry, twenty
fix wounded and five missing, who are
probably dead. The enemy had been
pursued for several days.
"There are rumors of attacks on the
railroad and of trouble in Manila.
Refugees are arriving here from La
guna and Morong provinces. The hos
tile demonstrations are particularly
matked along the railroad and on the
shores of Laguna de Fay. The insur
gents have attacked garrisons and out
posts. In some cases they have
charged towns, fleeing tvhen pursued.
Guinguinto. Polo. Malolos and Caloo
can have been subjected to this treat
ment. A Manila mail escort of thirty
men was attacked at Cabagao lake,
an-" a two hours" fight ensued. Ca
bagao was also attacked, the telegraph
office there being destroyed.
"The insurgents have burned the vil
lage of Rosario. They have been cut
ting the telegraph wires and railroad
at certain points. Armed insurgents
have developed in the districts of San
Jose. San Mateo and Marlquina. In
the province of Neuva Ecija ration
wagons, with an escort of twelve, were
attacked and the wagons burned. Five
members of the escort are still miss
ing. . I -" ;. 5
"Advices from Cebu describe several
attacks upon American garrisons near
tb capital. 'The American casualties
cratsid thj.Sneloan engagement H is
difficult to ascertain, but they are at
least fifteen.
"The Philippine commission had a
long session' today t an d passed the
civil service bill."
trs reoort is dated three days previous i
press dtsrstch says that the disastrous i
. 1
I th beautiful ""Campanile," and "San-
ta Marif della Salute."
The lady has spent a jear in Paris
and cornea to us from Chicago.
Mtijf. e. a. oagtfi tuJI iiu lilt; nan
a nne largo crayon picture or our
I net president, Hon. William J. Bryan.
n ai urv iiifiiiutrio writ irvuivm.
Tht meeting was delightful and very
MARY C. HOHMANX. Secretary.
The World Hatred
'l be - American traveller in Europe
Ierity. Travellers in Europe univers
ally i ejK rt a change
Now Americans are
in this regard.
denounced as t
'bog-. Scant rourtesy is extended
to i;n atyw.:ere ar.4 what there i-;
s is of purf iy me.-eenarv character. The
'charge in the po'ic;' t the govern-
nont in r.igu-f--d by McKinley has
changed tne p tbiic opinion of Earo.j3
fi !; vmi?g us. Especially nas it rf-
oston
Store'
' "Americans are certainly unpopular
i abroad, and we may thank our imper
ialistic policy for it. Every observant
! travt-Uer Las learned at least o?e les-
son in Europe ;h's summer. Tha : is
that we pre disliked, heartily dMlki",
ADiencua OI it lb KfttiJ UCI S. we r
! the bosie men of whom careful moth-
rrs bid their children beware.
"Accordingly he is as fond of us as
! "We stay at home and felicitate our
i selves upon the love the French bear
j us. We go to the Paris exposition,
watch a group of Frenchmen examin
ing a pet exhibit of ours, and hear
j them say: 'Another Invention of those
J Yankee hogs.' I learned that 'Yankee
hogs' is something of a household
term in France.
I "On a Rhinp RtAsmur T hparH a Trrs-
perous, learned-looking German de
scribing America and Americans to
his wife. He said those on board were
good specimens of the animal, vulgar,
over-dressed, domineering and all de
siring. He described what he styled
our rape of the Philippines.
"In Italy I heard a banker who was
forced to associate with Americans in
business deplore the fact. 'Why?' in
quired a listening Italian. 'Why?'
said the banker, 'Because they are
Huns. Haven't you read what they
did in the Philippines?
"And England? Dear, old England,
who would allow a rough hand to be
laid upon her baby America, not she!
England loves us less than all.
"A clever man who spent the first
quarter century of his life in America
and the second in Europe, said:
" 'It is a pitiful sight to me. this of
Americans taking English good will
on faith.' "
REPUBLICAN PARADE
The Opening- of the Campaign So Patent a
Fake as to Cause Laughter
Last Tuesday evening the republican
campaign opened in Lincoln. Senator
Burrows spoke at the Auditorium. Of
the speech we have nothing to say, ex
cept that it was the speech of one oj
the ablest men in the republican party,
but of the much advertised parade we
have much to say and will only say
a little.
Capt. P. James, .Cosgrave led the
motley procession of drums, small
marching, clubs, small-boy torch-bearers,
banner-carriers and negro club-:
men. The latter had the strongest and
most enthusiastic crowd in the long
Hne which marched down O street.
Next to the negroes, the traveling men
fame in numbers, and with the rest
they marched through an immense
crowd which had as many cheers for
Bryan as were given tc McKinley. The
crowd gave a decided trost to the par
ade from one end of the line to the
other.
One of the features of the parade
was the Havelock Abraham Lincoln
club, made up largely of boys too
young to vote, headed by a transpar
ency on which stood out the legend,
"In 1896 forty-six hours a week, in
1900 sixty-nine hours a week." It is
no wonder that the men at Havelock
refused to march behind that trans
parency and put irresponsible boys in
their places. When every honest lab
oring man in the country is working
for an eight-hour day, men who re
spect themselves and appreciate the
dignity of labor do not care to march
behind 1 a banner which declares the
degradation of labor by declaring that
they are forced to work eleven and
one-half hours to satisfy the demands
of a corporation, while hundreds and
thousands of good men have no work
at all.
It was the political committee, aided
by the sign painter, who put that
transparency in front of the Have-
lock club, not the working men at the
shops, who could not have got away
for the evening parade if the legend
was true. Men who are forced to
work nearly twelve hours for a day
need" more than a full dinner pail
tney need two of them between break -
fast and supner.
The procession, as a whole, was the
cheapest and raggedest one that ever
appeared in Lincoln. It was represen
tative of nothing except numbers. No
labor organization was represented;
no business interest was represented;
nothing was represented except an
old-time democrat who led the proces
sion so far that he had the appearance
of trying to get away from the staff
selected to follow him.
WHAT DEPEW SAID
He Denounced Iiuperialim and Made the
Iot Cogent Argument Ag-ainet
Holding- the Philippines
Senator Depew in his character of
chatterbox is always interesting in a
way.
His annual going-away and home
coming chats to the dear people
through the press from the deck of an
Atlantic liner are something qxtite
unique. They have, indeed, become
features of the vacation season. His
last appearance on the deck of the
New York as it sailed into its home
port on August. 25 illustrated anew
the senator's glowing optimism as well
as his rare genius for the invention of
facts. We are told that Senator De
pew's first words were of politics.
He referred to the anti-imperialists
who desire to have the United
States government withdraw from the
position now assumed as "turtle Am
ericans." Among other things he said:
"The American eagle has no shell.
The American people will not stand
for our withdrawal from our rightful
position in the east. McKinley will
get the largest electoral vote given in
a generation."
These jaunty remarks made by the
loquacious New York senator recall
his views upon the question of imper
ialism and militarism expressed in
j May, 1898, before-Mr. McKinley's con-
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duct in the far east had become.,the su
preme issue in a momentous political
campaign. These views appear in a
special interview in the Chicago Times
Herald of Sunday, May 22, 1898. This
interview, when contrasted with the
senator's present position, shows (to
borrow from Mi Dooley) that he has
strong convictions, but is not stubborn
about them.
"If "we should keep the Philippine
inlands," said Mr. Depew, "we would
reverse the traditions of this govern
ment from its foundation. We would
open up a new line of, policy. !Let us
see what that would mean. In the first
place it would mean the establishment
of a military government over possi
bly 10,000,000 of people 6,000 miles
away from us; it would mean the in
crease of our navy to the proportion
of the navies of Europe."
"Not to the proportion of England's
navy," I suggested.
"To the navy of France and Ger
many," said Mr. Depew. "It would
mean the increase of our army to 150,
000 mores likely to 200,000 men. It
would mean the increase of our an
nual expenditures to double what they
are now. It would mean that the
United States government would be
brought in closer contact with the peo
ple than ever before in the history of
this country.
"We have known that there is a fed
eral government only as representing
our flag, our nationality and glorious
traditions, . but we have not felt the
burden of its support or been con
fronted with the possibility of the pay
ment of an enormous annual military
tax, except during the civil war. In
Europe; where great armies and nar
vies are maintained, the people are
taxed directly for their maintenance.
Our revenues have been obtained here
tofore by indirect taxation, with the
exception of a slight tax on whisky.
"But with the increase of our ex
penditures by J00 per cent the taxes
to support the government would be
felt in our homes and in our offices.
We would feel them in both the nec
essaries and luxuries of life in our
homes, in our tpols. in bur food, in our
clothing, in our carriages and in our
wagons, in oufehecks and notes and
bonds and transfers of property in
every transaction of our every-day
business life. For if we are to main
tain great armies and navies like the
powers of Europe we must raise the
revenues for them by the means men
tioned and also by a stamp tax that
will face us at every turn.
"What else does a world-wide policy
mean to us? It means a centralization
which would change materially the re
lations of the United States to the
federal government. The control of
these popular colonies would be cen
tered at Washington, and we should
have a centralization of power far be
yond what the old federalists ever
dreamed of. You cannot have em
pire without all its attributes, and that
means a practical revolution of our
form of government and an abandon
ment of the beliefs which the fathers
held when they established this gov
ernment in 1776." .
I asked Mr. Depew if it was not pos
sible to derive from these proposed
colonies a revenue greater than the
additional expenditure which their
possession would involve.
"How?" said Mr. Depew. "By tax
ation? Every time you attempted to
collect a tax from these people they
would rise, and you would have to call
on your military force to suppress
them. And suppress them for what?
For doing what John Hancock did?
They might quote "against us our im
moral declaration 'that taxation with
out representation is tyranny.'
"Spain has not made the Philippines
productive. Perhaps that is due to
Spain's form of colonial government.
So far, I believe, they have enriched
only the officials and a governor-general.
But the taxes have been raised
by enforced taxation, upheld by mili
tary rule. And still Spain herself. I
learn, has found her dependencies for
several years an actual source of loss;
but then there has been great corrup
tion among Spanish officials."
"Is it possible that the people of the
Philippines can be made self-governing?"
"We could hardly civilize them In
a hundred years, and meantime we
would have to keep an army of 50,000
men on the islands to hold them in
check."
"A senator' has suggested that the
Philippines could be made a district
like Alaska."
"The conditions are wholly different.
Alaska is governed as a district be
cause it has no population, or at least
the population is inconsiderable. You
have there a territory adjunct to us
nearly as great as the whole United
States, and a population of about 5,
000. In the Philippines you have a
population of 10,000,000 in a country
older in settlement than ours, and still
the people are not fit to be admitted
as citizens of a territory of the United
States or to send representatives to
the senate as a state."
"What, then, shall we do with the
Philippines?" I asked.
"We can trade them for something
that we want. Or if Spain should
recognize the Inevitable before long
and come to us, saying, 'We will re
lease Cuba; European nations have
agreed to help us out on the pledge of
these islands, with the war indemnity
you; demand ; we will repay you now,
then we could give up the Philippines
and withdraw from the east. -If we
don't do this we must adopt the east
ern policy of the nations of Europe
and utilize our conquest by further ex
pansions." George Grantham Bain,
in Chicago Record.
Dietrich's Speech.
A correspondent writes to The In
dependent as follows: "I see that you
have printed some of Hanna's speech
es. Now to be . perfectly fair you
ought to print some of Dietrick's
speeches , and I. enclose one which I
hope you will also print in The Inde
pendent." , , . . , ; ;
The speech was enclosed, but The
Independent, says It don't know that
Dietrich ever .made that speech. It
sounds very much like one of Dinken
spiel's. However., jt is printed and
those who have heard Dietrich can
judge for. themselves whether he ever
made it or not.
"Ach, Himmel! Ad last I am in
der thickness uf my own peoples.
Eferyvun in dis place is Dutch, in
clusioning myself. I made here such
a speech in Dutch as vould make a
boddlo uf Holland chin chump ub und
dance der cake-valk mit a pretzel. I
tolt dem dot all my ancestors vas
Dutch, und to me der greatest delicacy
in der vorld vas a sauerkraut pie.
(Cheers.) I tolt dem dot my forefath
ers could half landed on Plymouth
Rock, bud yust before dey vent ashore
somevun tolt dem dot a Dutchman
kept a better rock abottid sigs miles
away, and so dey vent dare und land
ed. Down mit der Plymouth Rock
und ub mit der limburger! (Loud ap
plausings.) Sefen votes vas offered me
den und dare. Id is nice to be among
vim's own peoples vunce more, alret
ty. Mike Hanna dit nod interruption
me mit a message todaj. I feel bed
der. Vare, oh! vare is dot connecticut
scope pictures uf der baddle uf Sandy
Dago? Der public is crying for id."
The Independent ten weeks for 10
cents. Best known cure for mullet
heads. Try sending it to your neigh
bor. It tells the truth about every
thing. He'll find it interesting and in
time will thank you for the favor. ,
Rapid Promotion
Mr. Mosier, who has just been as
signed by the Missouri River Valley
railroad to the Lincoln station as city
ticket agent, is a son of the late C. A.
Mosier, took charge of the Lincoln of
fice in August and has been pushing
the business rapidly. Although a
young man, during the last ten years
has has been rapidly promoted. He
was operator at the - Missouri River
Valley shops In 1890, eashier at Hast
ings in 1894, freight clerk at Lincoln
in 1897, ticket agent at Deadwood in
1898, tickeb agent at Sioux City in 1898,
cashier at the Lincoln freight office in
1899 and now comes to Lincoln. His
rapid promotion is a sufficient guaran
tee of his strict attention to duty and
courteous treatment to the patrons of
the road. ;5
An elegant line of cloaks can be
found at the Lincoln Cloak and Suit
Co., S. E. corner of 13th and O sts. See
advertisement on another page .and do
not fall to call and examine the. ele
gant line of ladies' suits and - cloaks
they are offering before you leave
the city.
BEFiGE IN THE FIRST
His Dixting-nisliing Merits a an Orato.
Many Republicans Come to Hear
What he has to Niy
George W. Berge finished at "Rulo
last Saturday night another .series of
remarkable meetings in Pawnee and
Richardson counties. Monday night
he was at Sterling, Tuesday night at
Bethany, Wednesday night at Stein
auer, Thursday night at Lewiston, Fri
day night at Barada and Saturday
night at Arago. At every one of these
points he had large meetings with a
generous turn-out of republicans who
were anxious to hear his candid dis
cussion of the issues, and the commit
tee is fully satisfied with the result.
You may say, said the secretary to
The Independent, that Berge is gain
ing ground both by virtue of thQ issues
and because of his own powerful per
sonality. From the beginning the com
mittee has been encouraged by the
manner in which his candidacy was
received by his own party throughout
the district. The work of organization
has been made easy by the popularity
of the candidate. Getting an organi
zation over seven large counties with
precinct committeemen for every pre
cinct is ordinarily a tedious task, but
so many are the friends of Mr. Berge
and so sincere and so complete is the
satisfaction over his nomination, that
ready and enthusiastic aid has been
easily secured everywhere. Mr. Berge
seems to possess in a remarkable de
gree the confidence of the fusion forc
es. Democrats, populists and silver re
publicans aftmire him, believe in him
and love him. Under such circum
stances so many willing hands to aid
him is easily explained. Berge has
earned his place in their regard. He
has a charming personality as well as
a vigorous manliness. He has always
been frank and fair to friend and foe
and he has long been a tireless worker
for his party. These things are valu
able to the politician. But Berge adds
to them another thing which creates
respect and inspires confidence and
love and makes him more than a poli
tician. He is a man of conviction and
of courage In the realm of politics.
These qualities draw to him friends of
a better sort than those attracted by
mere self-interest. They command ad
miration and respect from his politi
cal opponents and make him a power
even among republicans. It is char
acteristic of the man that while at
perfect ease on the platform he is
never pert or trifling and never de
scends to either flippancy or abuse. He
is always in earnest and always sin
cere. Evasion and clap-trap are un
known to him. He never uses ridicule,
rarely sarcasm. To be honest and
straightforward with his audience is
his first distinguishing merit as an
orator. Possesseu of high ideals and
deep enthusiasm, mastered at times by
a fiery zeal, thoroughly informed upon
the issues and able to put an argument
so that it pricks and penetrates, it is
yet rarely the case that the bitterest
partisan of the other side is wounded
by his words or made to feel that the
speaker is personally unfriendly to
him. He has a dominating belief. In
STREET
FAIR WEEK
October 1st to 6th
There will-bp a great time in Lincoln. Thousands of dollars
have been expended to entertain the people, and great crowds
are expected, l i - ;,Y : .
Street Fair Bargains.
- . To add to tha attractions we will offer great bargains in evey department ol
our store. If you are interested in any of the following lines, it will pay you to
come to our store, lor Tte.have immense stocks, complete assortments, and will
make prices to please you. ' ' ; .
.. - IN OUR
CLOAK AND SUIT
l DEPARTMENT. -LADIES'
CLOTH JACKETS,
$4.50 TO 125.00 EACH.
LADIES' PLUSH CAPES,
$5.75 TO $18.75 EACH.
LADIES' CLOTH CAPES,
$5.00 TO $15.00 EACH.
LADIES' DRESS SKIRTS, ,
$3.00 TO $20.00 EACH.
LADIES TAILORED SUITS, , , i
$6.75 TO $40.00 EACH.
LADIES COLORED PETTICOATS,
75c TO $4.75 EACH.
LADIES FUR COLLARETTES.
$2.00 . TO $35.00 EACH.
LADIES' FLANNEL WAISTS,
$1.00 TO $3.75 EACH.
. ; three ;
x SPECIAL BARGAINS.
LADIES CLOTH JACKETS,
$4.50, $5.00, $7.00.
IN OUR
BLANKET DEPARTMENT.
COTTON BLANKETS,
50c TO $2.00 A PAIR.
WOOL BLANKETS.
$2.50 TO $10.00 A PAIR.
BED COMFORTABLES,
75c TO $3.00 EACH.
. IN OUR
DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT. "
PLAIN BLACK GOODS. K
FANCY BLACK GOODS. ?
PLAIN COLORED GOODS.
FANCY COLORED GOODS. j.
DRESS FLANNELS.
FRENCH FLANNELS. f;
VENETIAN CLOTHS. ;v
BROAD CLOiriS.
ETC. ETC.
IN OUR
When you come to the Fair, come
MILLER g RAIN E;
the righteousness of democratic prin
ciples and can find expression for the
most positive sentiments upon the is
sues, but he has no time nor disposi
tion for personal abuse or invective.
We find, continued the secretary,
that the fame of this has gone before
him on his itinerary and this accounts
for the cumbers of republicans who
come outto hear him speak. No man
need be afraid of .either Insult or Un
truth in Berge's meeting. , AIL who
come will hear a fair and able presen
tation of the issues addressed to the
reason and to -. the . patriotism of the.
hearer. - . . V
It is well know u that Mr. Berge is
a German, not a German by remote
descent, as so many candidates 'are
now claiming to be, but a fluent speaks
er and writer of the mother tongue, as
evinced by his remarkable German
speech delivered at Dunbar September
10, and now printed and ready for dis
tribution in pamphlet form. Berge's
father and mother were born in Ger
many and spent a considerable portion
of their lives there. Experiencing the
burdens of monarchy and militarism
in the old - country, Berge sr. con
ceived the idea to emigrate to America
and to rear his family under its free
institutions. Accordingly young Berge,
while instructed In German, was ear
ly turned in his education to the Am
erican idea in government, and be
came an ardent believer in the politi
cal faith and institutions Of the United
States. He was brought up upon the
plan of his parent's adopted country
and his hours of study, snatched from
the hard work of the farm, were de
voted to the noble ideals of his native
land. He learned to love its history as
a boy and bo grew to manhood in the
most solid type of the self " educated,
self-made American citizen.
The way in which he has deserved
success and won it in his law practice
in the city of Lincoln is well known.
He Is opposed in this congressional
race by a man who is a good mixer
and personally popular and who has
been a good pension attorney during
his former term in congress. But
when the issues and the splendid at
tainments of Berge are considered he
is already abreast in the race and will
finish in November with a safe ma-
ioritv. ' - 4
Mr. Berge will speak on September
24 at Rulo in Richardson county, on
the 23th at Brock in Nemaha, on the
28th at Benton in the same county and
on the 27th he will be with others at
the widely advertised rally in John
son, also in Nemaha, On the 27th he
expects to hold a meeting at Havelock
in Lancaster, and following that ar
rangement will be made for his Octo
ber iti nera ry-
LUCIEN STEBBINS
He Declare Tlt the Whole Middle of
the Road Outfit Are a Set of Boodle r
and that he Will Hare no More
to do With Them . , . - "
North Platte, Neb., Sept. 22. 1900.
To the Public, and Especially the Hon
est Mid-Road Populists of Nebraska:
Of course 1 am a disappointed office
seeker, a statesman out of a job. For
the last three years I have fought fu-
UNDERWEAR DEPARTMENT.
CHILDREN'S JERSEY RIBBED
. VESTS AND PANTS, '
: 4q FOR SIZE 16, 3c RISE '
.' FOR EACH LARGER SIZ EI.
CHILDREN'S HALF WOOL
VESTS AND PANTS.
15c FOR SIZE 16, 5c RISE
FOR EACH LARGER SIZE.
CHILDREN'S UNION SUITS,
V c ALL SIZES, 25c EACH. ;
LADIES' VESTS AND PANT'S, t
- r - . - SPECIALa-VALUES, '..'j I
, 25c AND 50c EACH. -LADIES'
VESTS AND PANTS, -SPECIAL
VALUES HALF WOOL,
v 75c AND $1.00 EACH.
. LADIES' UNION SUITS, - V
;50cT0 '$4.25 EACH.
v, Y'-'mEN'SUNDERWEAR,':: '.'v
: !U GREAT VALUES, ' C.x-
" 50c, , 75q, $1.00. ;
1 LADIES'. FLEECE-LINED ' "
hose, -;"..'
SPECIAL VALUES,
12c AND 25c A PAIR.
CHILDREN'S FLEECE-LINED
HOSE,
SPECIAL VALUES,
JOc, 19c AND 25e A PAIR. J
in our - ...
COTTON GOODS DEPARTMENT.
OUTING FLANNELS,
;-15c,t6iic, 7c AND IOC YARD.
PRINTED FLANNELETTE,
7;10c4 15cjAP46-3c YARD. ,
.!-:- Jvv iN'OUIt'',- ' -;!;"
, MILLINERY DEPARTMENT! ;
.TRIMMED AND iUNTRlMMEJ,
'' -ts HATS. V 5
. ; : 7rTrt s OO -RACTT. - ''
i special bargains;.
y $Lb0,$2.OO; fioY$iOO$5,Mw
to Ouif Store and see tot yourself.
13th end O Streets.
sion J with a persistency and , energy
that, amounts to cruelty to iny'oppo
nents,"nd .now when the. fruits of, my.
labor begin to appear, Jn a publifc Beti
timent.'a lot of the bdddlers .thaji JbayV
disgraced the' f usion party; and -CAU
no longer get of flee there, now pose, as.
mld-roaders and jump into . tlie, ring
constitute themselves the, whole show,,
and propose to gobble up everything,
in sight. sThe facts are that their purr
pose, is . to bunch the true populist
voters, like a herd.rof'so many, cattle,
and without their knowledge or con
sent,: put them upon the market, sell
them for all they can get, and pocket
the proceeds. ,
, Now I do not make this as bold
assertion, or the result of mere con
jecture or rumor, but I know whereof
I speak.
I attended the Grand Island conven
tion, believing that" the object for
which it was called and the results of
its deliberation would be to advance
the principles of true populism and
prevent . the destruction of our "party
organization, "but I soon became sus
picious, when ; I saw the element in
control,, that the real purpose was the
advancement of the personal interests
of a certain few of the boodlers above
referred to, and after attending the
Broken Bow convention my suspicion
gave place to positive conviction. ; "
Previous to this, convention Jim
Stockham went to Omaha and there
met, Kinfcaid and other republicans,
and the boodle was arranged for, to
be used in the interest of Stockham &
Co., statesmen, political acrobats, lof
ty tumblers, and all around swipers. '
This firm has started a newspaper at
Broken Bow and expects to raise hel'
in this district, but when the facts are
known, and the mid-roaders find out,
as I have, that they are simply mak
ing fools of us, all they will be able
to do will be to gobble up the boodle.
And then 'what willpoor old brother
Kin kaid have to show for his money?
j i
in I
er
to I
d-
rsow what is true of the situation in
this district is equally true all ov
the state. It i3 boodle from start
finish, and we all know that if bood
lers conduct a winning campaign, they
will control the results of that cam
paign and honest men stand no show
of getting anything.
I am not advocating fusion, but I
want my honest 'mid-road friends to
know that in this campaign they are
being used, not for the benefit of pop-,
ulism, but to help a few unscrupulous
designing men to feather their nests.
I am not dictating how any man
shall vote, but I make this statement
that all may . know the facts, and I
ask you to investigate for yourselves
and then vote as your conscience di
rects..,,..,' ' .-. ,
, In conclusion I wish to say that I
know of my. own knowledge several
men who are travelling to and fro over
this state, transacting business of. a
personal nature and using this boodle
as a means to do it with.
LUCIEN STEBBINS.
North Platte, Neb.
; Those who are delinquent for. sub
scription should boar in mind that
now is a good time to remit the
amount due and include with it a dol
lar for renewal. ;.V .
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