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VOL. XII.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA; OCTOBER 25, 1900.,
NO. 23.
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KSTBDCT.OR TO VOTERS
efBl! JU-mA lb law That J May
Km Yr Rif bu a4 b Cer
laia (( lgal flal-
1. Per or.s desiring to ret must
jroeure tbir ballots from a Jud.f of
the election loard.
r. The muit tht-a without leaving
the polliiig piac-. proceed to a torn
partment and prepare tb-ir ballots.
2. The ballots are prepared as fol
io: Make a cross In the square to
the right of every candidate for whom
jo i w:h tu vote. In a presidential
-!-ft!oa. rosxe a cross in the circle to
the rULt of hf group of presidential
ejeetors of jour choice provided you
dir to vote for all the electors of
oar party; otjerw ie do not mark in
the Ircl. t rr.ifce a cros in the
square to t 'leht of every elector for
whom toi ..."ir to tote. lo not make
any Dark cu Le ballot save as falove
directed, r u spoil a ballot return
:t to a J a li , of the -l-etion board and
obtain from him a n-w ballot: you
caanot ret more than four in all. Hav
ing' marked jour ballot fold il w) is to
t once I ie :.r3 at.d marks on the
f-e cd to expo- the um of the
-lefinn judge on the Lark: then take
t to tfce jutl-e of el-rtion and M-e it
d'poe!t-d sn the ballot U. after
r,5rh ijnrnMiatIr I'-ave the railed
rj"l5jre.
4. If ton tnsj to tore for any per
oa hoe uz: is not printed on the
ballot, write his full name in the
Mack soar- on the 1j11oi under the
proper of! re you wih him to hold, and
make a rros in tb Mjuare opposite
th vacse.
5. Do ot takr atiy al!o from the
poltiiij; pl&t: you thereby forfait the
r4,cht to rote.
EXTRACTS FROM CHAPTER 25.
ni;VIFEI STATITES OF THE
STATE OF NEBRASKA. ISM.
S-c. . i Manner of Voting.
When any !u'y q-ialiSJ elector shall
prct h!n;self at th po!Mnr place of
hi elation ditrict or pr--inct for the
purpo of t ot:c at any 'lection then
in protr- . he fehall reiv from a
Jude f th lrtion Ixiard a ballot on
the b-V of hirh two judss of the
board t'i&ll Crt nt their names
triih ;ck. Tb l-tor thn forthwith
procei aloiie Into a compartment if
or.- be th-n unoccupied, and prepares
his ballot by rsakirr a cross with a
blje pcsl is the square to th right
cf x-TY caciiiate for bom he de
tirs to rote, or in a pre idea elec
tion 1y TzjiXlrx a -ro- in the cjrele to
the rtfrfit of the presidential elector '
of h' choice if he desires to vote for
all the electors of ol- party, or by
vritJ&c the ur.' of the person for
whom he d-ire to vo'e. and whose
r arr.e i no printed poa the ballot, in
th blank pac provided therefor, and
Ss ca- of a question to be submitted
to a tote of th p--ople. by making a
r-g with a bli- pnril arainst the
ar,er h withe to jrlve. He shall
then fold hi ballot so a to conceal
the nacsa cd marks thereon, and to
expoee the cames of the judges of the
eictina board upon the back thereof,
and shall without diay and without
eipmfcu the names or marks upon
the front thereof, and without leaving
the enclot3re in wMcti the corapart
tseet, are placed, deliver the ballot so
folded to the Judre cf the election, who
hall without epotr.g the names or
marks upon the front or face thereof,
approve the ftijrxatures on the back
thereof, and deposit the ballot in the
ballot box In the presence cf the elec
tor, and the e'ector shall forthwith
leare the railed enclosure. No elector
shall te allowed to occupy a roting
compartment occi;p!-d by another, cor
to renut'n within the railed enclosure
in which the compart mer.t are sit
uated, more than ten minutes, nor to
occupy a voting compartment for more
haa fire minute In cities where the
registration now is or hereafter may
required by law, no person shall re
eire a ! allot unless his name duly ap
ear on the registration list of the
lection district, or he establish in a
icE.er provided by Uw his right to
ote. When such person receives &
ballot a check shall be placed opposit
4s name upon the registration list.
;scd when he tov his name thai! be
lraia checke-d on ueh lit. Every
(elector feceivirg a lallot shall vote
tfore U-aticg the polling room, or If
he does not wlh then to vote, he hall.
before leaving the polling room, re
turn the ballot so received to a mem
ber of tL -election board. No person
receiving a baiiot shalL under any pre
text whatever, take the same from the
poUfrg room, and ant person taking
a ballot from the polling room shall
forfeit and los his right to rote at the
election, and f hall l- imprisoned In
the county Jail cot les than thirty
days nor more than six months.
17. Spoiled and Caused
lU12ota.i Any voter who shall by acci
dent or mistake pil his ballot, may.
oa returning said fpoile-i ballot, re
ceive another in place thereof; provid
ed, he still Lot receive to exceed four
Hi In all. The Judge of election shall
caus the acusd and f polled baliou to
be made up in a sealed packet, ana
shall indorse the same with the words
Tnased and spoiled ballots." witL the
proper designation of the election dis
trict, and shall sign such Indorsements
and shall return such packet to tee
cWk of their respective county or
municipality, with a statement made
'? by the members of the election
sbo?rd of the district, showing me
fiuaiber tt ballots received for such
I'district and atcountme for them as
ffonows; rim. cuaWr counted in
ballot, box; srcond. number unused
i.d retBraed.
Ser. 14S. (Disabled Voters.)
Any voter w ho declare to the judge of
l.enKm teat he cannot read, or that
y Mindz-. or other physical dis
ability he is o cable to mark his bal
.hall, epon request, recelre the
iftaitaar of one juice and one clerk.
;era or 4iSTerent political parties of
eiecnun oCctrs. eat of ic hora
t hoes fhall
be of the voter's own political party
in the making thereof, and said offi
cers shall thereafter give no informa
tion regarding the same; the judges
shall require such declaration of dis
ability by the voter, under oath before
them, and they are hereby qualified to
administer the same. No elector oth
er than the one who may. because of
his inability to read, of physical dis
ability, be unable to mark his ballot,
shall divulge to any one within the
polling place the name of any candi
date for whom he Intends to vote, or
to ask or receive the assistance within
the polling place In the preparation of
his ballot.
3049 Sec. 149. (Ballots Unidentified
Not Received.) No judge of election
shall deposit In any ballot box any
ballot, unless tb same Is identified
by the signature of two (2) of the
judge of election as hereinbefore pro
vided. Every person violating the pro
visions of this section shall, upon con
viction thereof, be fined not less than
ten ($10) dollars, nor more, than one
hundred ($100) dollars.
3031 Sec. 151. (Ballots Not Con n tad
In the canvass of the votes any ballot
which Is not indorsed as provided In
this act by the signature of two (2)
judges upon the back thereof, shall be
void and shall not be counted, and
any ballots or parts of a ballot from
which It Is impossible to determine
th elector's choice shall be void and
shall not be counted; provided, that
when a ballot Is sufficiently plain to
the Judges of election to count such
part.
2033 Sec. 153. (Same Supplies.)
Any Judge or clerk of election, or
printer, or other person Intrusted with
the custody or delivery of ballots,
blanks, poll books, cards of instruc
tion or other required papers, who
shall unlawfully open, or permit to be
opened, any sealed packages contain
ing ballots, or who shall give or de
liver to any person not lawfully en
titled thereto, an official ballot, or
shall unlawfully misplace or carry
away, or shall negligently lose, or per
mit to be taken away from him, or
fall to deliver, or shall destroy any
such package of ballots or any ballot,
blank, poll book, card of instructions
or required paper; or if any printer
employed to print the official ballots,
or any person engaged la printing the
same shall print, or cause or permit
to be printed, any official ballots
printed otherwise than the opy for
the same furnished by the proper clerk
or print any false or fraudulent bal
lots or shall appropriate to himself, or
give or deliver, or knowing! j- permit to
be taken, any cf said, ballots by any
other person than the said clerk, or
who knowingly or willfully seals up
or causes or permits to be sealed up.
or delivers to the said clerk a less
number- of ballots than the number in
dorsed thereon; or any person who
shall knowingly have in his possession
any official ballot Illegally obtained,
or shall attempt to vote any other
than the official ballot lawfully ob
tained, every such person violating
any of the provisions of this section
shall be deemed guilty of a misde
meanor, and fined not les than three
hundred dollars ($300) nor more than
one thousand dollars ($1,000) or be im
prisoned in the county jail not less
than six months nor more than one
year, or both such fine and imprison
ment. 3055 Sec. 155. (Electioneering Ob
structing Voting Removing and
Marking Ballots, etc.) No officer of
election shall do any electioneering on
election day. No person whomsoever
shall do any electioneering on elec
tion day within any polling place, or
any holding In which an election is
being held, or within one hundred feet
thereof, nor obstruct the doors or en
tries thereto, or prevent free Ingress
to and egress from 3ald building. Any
election officer.' sheriff, constable or
other peace officer, is hereby author
ised and empowered, and It Is hereby
msde his duty to clear the passage
ways and prevent such obstruction,
and tp arrest any person so doing. No
person shall remove any ballot from
the.polllng place before the closing of
the polls. Tio person shall show his
ballot after it is marked to any person
In such a way aa to reveal the con
terts thereof, or the name of the can
didate or candidates for whom he has
marked his vote, nor shall any person
except a judge of election receive from
an elector a ballot prepared for voting.
No elector fhall receive a ballot from
any other person than one of the
judges of elect '.on having charge of the
ballots: nor thall any person other
than the Judees of election deliver a
ba!lot tc such elector. No elector
shall vote or offer to vote any ballot
except ucfc as he received from the
Jndren of the election having charge
of the ballot! No elector shall place
any mark upon his ballot by which it
may afterwards be Identified as the
one voted for hlra. Every elector who
does not vote a ballot delivered to him
by the ludfes of the election having
charre of the ballots shall, before leav
ing the polling p'ace. return such bal
lot to such Juage. Whoever sh?!l vio
late sst of the provisions of this sec
tion shall, upon conviction thereof In
any court of competent Jurisdiction be
fined in any sum not less than twenty
five dollar cor more than one hundred
io!lara. and adjudged to pay the costs
of pereut!on.
5057 Sec. ir.7. (Police Protection.)
The proper authorities of every city
shall detail a police officer to each
polling place of such city; the proper
amrrl?;es of every vlllatre shall de
tail the village marshal or constable,
and the proper authorities of ewry
country precinct shall detail a ion
stable of said precirct, tc the voting
places of aid village or precinct, upon
the day fixed for holding any election
therein, and the special duties of such
police uCWr. village marshal or con
stable, in addition to the preservation
of the rare. hall be as follows: (a)
He shall, a far as possible, remain at
or near the entrance of the enclosure
in which the compartments are
placed; he shall not permit any person
to enter said enclosure" unless : -duly
provided with an official ballet, signed
with the names of two judges of . the
election board; (b) He shall not per
mit any person to enter the enclosure
while the several compartments there
in arc occupied; (c) ..e shall not per
mit any person to leave the enclosure
without first voting or surrendering
his ballot to a judge of the election
board; (d) He snail not permit any
person to leave the polling room after
receiving a ballot, without, first voting
or surrendering his ballot.
2928. Sec. 27. (Challenge.) Any per
son offering to vote, whether bis name
be on the register or not, may be chal
lenged as unqualified by any judge or
elector; and it is the duty of each of
the judges to challenge any persoh of
fering to vote whom he knows, or sus
pcts not to be duly qualified. ,
2929. Sec. 28. . (Oath.) If any per
son offering to vote is challenged by
one of the judges of the election, or. by
an elector, one of the judges shall ten
der to him the following oath of af
firmation: "You. do solemnly swear (or affirm)
that you will fully and truly answer
all such questions as shall be put' to
you. touching your place of residence
and qualifications as an elector at this
election."
2930. Sec. 29. (Questions.) If the
person be challenged on the ground
that he has not made his declaration
of intention to become a citizen of ths
United States, the judges, or one of
them, shall put the following question.
provided that the person so chal
lenged does not produce his intention
papers: "Have 3rou made your dec
laration of intention to become a citi
zen of the United. States?"
If the person.be challenged on the
ground that he has not resided in this
state, for six months immediately pre
ceding the election, the judges or any
one of them shall put the following
questions: First, "Have you resided
in this state for six months, imme
diately preceding this election?" Sec
ond, "Have you been absent from this
state within the six months imme
diately preceding this election?" If he
answers "Yes," then, Third, "When
you left did you leave for a temporary
purpose, with the design of returning
or for the purpose of remaining
away?" Fourth, "Did you. while ab
sent, look upon and regard this state
as your home?" Fifth, "Did you, while
absent, vote in any other state or ter
ritory?" If the person be challenged on the
ground that he is not a resident of the
county, precinct, township, or ward
where he offers to vote; the judges or
any one of them, shall put the follow
ing questions: First, "Have you re
sided in this county for forty days last
past?" Second, "Have you resided in
this precinct (or ward) for the last
ten days?" Third, "When did you
last come into this county?" Fourth,
"When you came into this county, was
it for temporary purposes merely, or
for the purpose of making it your
home?" Fifth, "Did you come into this
county for the purpose of voting there
in?" Sixth, "Are you now an actual
resident of this precinct or ward?"
If the person be challenged on the
ground that he is not twenty-one years
of age, the following question shall be
put: "Are you twenty-one years of
age to the best of your knowledge and
belief?" The judges of the election,
or one of them, shall put all such oth
er questions to the person challenged
under the respective provisions of sec
tion two of this chapter, as may be
necessaiy to test his qualifications as
an elector at that election.
2931. Sec. 30. (Refusal to Swear.)
If any person shall refuse to take the
oatb'of affirmation provided for in this
chapter, his vote shall be rejected.
2932. Sec. 31. (Final Oath if Chal
lenge Not Withdrawn.) If a person's
vote is challenged, and such challenge
be not withdrawn after he shall have
answered the foregoing questions, or
such of Ihem as may be necessary, one
of the judges shall tender to him the
following oath:
"You do solemnly swear (or affirm)
that you are a citizen of, the United
States (or have declared your inten
tion to become such), that you have
been an inhabitant of the state of Ne
braska for the last six months, and of
the county of for the last
forty days, and of this precinct for the
last ten days; that you have attained
the age of twenty-one years, to the
best of your knowledge and belief."
And it shall be the duty of the
clerks of election to write on the poll
books, at the end of such person's
name, "Sworn."
2933. Sec. 32. (Residence Defined.)
The judges of election, or in cities
of the first and second class , the reg
istrars of voters, in determining the
residence of a person offering to vote,
shall be governed by the following
rules, so far as the same may be ap
plicable: First, that place shall be
considered and held to be the resi
dence of a person in which his habi
tation is fixed, without any present in
tention of removing therefrom, and to
which, whenever he is absent, he has
the intention of returning. . Second,
a person shal! not be considered or
held to have lost his residence who
shall leave his home and go into an
other territory or state, or county of
this state, for temporary purposes
merely, with the intention of return
ing, provided, that six months con
secutive residence in this state shall
be neces?ary to establish a residence
within the meaning of this chapter.
Third, a rerson shall not be considered J
an J held to have acquired a residence
in any county of this state intj which
1h siall have come for temporary pur
poses nr?itly without the intention of
making it bis residence. Fourth, If a
person remove to another territory or
state, intending to make it his perma
nent residence, he shall be considered
and held to have lost his residence in
this state. Fifth, If a person remove
to another state or territory intending
to remain there for an indefinite Siae,
and as a place of present residence, he
shall be considered and held to have
lovt his residence In this-state, not
itnscanumg ne i may intend to re
turn at . sonidr- future period. Sixth,
the place where a married man's fam
ily resides,; shall generally be consid
ered and held to be his residence; or.t
if it is a place of. enpqrary7 establish
ment only, or for transient purposes,
it snail oe otherwise, iseventn. if a
married man have his family fixed iu
one place, and he does business in an-
other, the former- shall , be considered
and held tcb4the place of his res
dence. Eignth, the mere intention to
acquire a new residence, without the
fact of removal shall avail nothing,
nor shali the. fact of removal, without
int;n!cr.. Ninth' If a person shal! go
into another territory or state, and
while there. shaJl .exercise the right of
r. citizen by voting, he shall be con
sidered and held to have lost his resi
dence In this state.
2934. Sec. 33, . (Canvass.) When the
poll Is- closed the judges shall imme
diately proceed to canvass and ascer
tain the result of the election.
2935. .Sec, .?4 . (Same.) The - canvass
shall be public, ana snail commence
by a comparison of the poll lists from
the beginning; and a correction of any
errors that. may be found therein un
til they agree. The poll bdoks shall
then be signed by the judges and at
tested by the -clerks, and the names
therein contained shall be counted,
and the number set down at the foot
of the poll- books t
BERGE STILL GAINS ,
People of Souther' "Comities Hear his
. Plain Words and Believe in Him.
All through the past ' week Mr.
Berge has been speaking' to immense
concourses of people in Otoe and Cass
counties and 'winning support at ev
ery meeting.' The republican candi
date for congress" in the" First districts
is plainly wojried. That he has helped
his friends no brie douots,- but where
does he stand, on' the issues? He re
fused , Mr. BergeV first Invitation to
debate because; as he said, the people
were too prosperous .to listen to politi
cal discussion; because he did not wish
to give his opponent a crowd, and be
cause he was top busy, to go upon the
stump. The event has left him with
out a reason for further refusal. The
people have gathered in monster
meetings to hear. Berge and his own
crowds have been only a little smaller,
arid so, fa from- employing himself
with official dutieahe has spent- Tilsi
whole time in his canvass, speaking
twice a day for more than a month
past. Why . does he now refuse to
meet Mr. Berge in joint debate? Why
does.hexnot now announce his stand
upon the issues?' Simply because he
and his managers - realize that if he
debates, with Berge' he must announce
a policy or appear-ris a dodger before
the district; . aii because if he does
announce his policy. he cannot: defend
it before the people. "; : -
The republican party, through its
present ' leadership, . is committed to
the policy of colonization in the Phil
ippines, a'policj, contrary to American
principle and profession and one
-which the people will not approve. J
The administration can do just one
of three things. ' It may promise these
Islands independence . after establish
ing a stable government there, as in
the case of Cuba. But If so, why did
it not declare as in the case of Cuba?
It would have saved $200,000,000 and
the priceless lives of 2,000 American
soldiers. . Why. does - it not so declare
now? It has no intention of adopt
ing such a policy.
It may annex the islands to the
United States, giving the Filipinos
equal representation in congress . and
all the rights of citizens. But it dare
not announce, that policy to the Am
erican people. It would at once en
danger labor and capital to permit the
suffrages of 12,000,000 people unac
quainted with our language, our man-,
ners and our customs. .
There remains to republicans but
one policy: to treat the Philippines as
colonies, violating the doctrine of gov
ernment by consent and the principle
of no taxation without representation,
and holding the inhabitants subjects
by military power. That is the policy
of the administration.- The facts all
show it and every circumstance denies
the possibility of any other.
Where does Burkett stand? How
will he vote upon the proposition? The
people have a right to know. If he
still fails and .refuses to speak and.
continues to talH lh meaningless gen
eralities; like "large measure of self
government'Vhe cannot hope to merit
the confidence of the people and to ob
tain their votes.y ;..
When a -republican . Is pressed to
give a reason for his claim that Mc
Kinley will tarry , the state he gen
erally says that the middle of the
readers will poll 1.0,000 votes and that
there are enough other known defec
tions to carry the state- for McKinley.
It will be seen that their only hope is
in the' middle of -the roaders. They
have spent enough money on them to
have some returns, but they will be
woefully disappointed. The editor of
The Independent haa the name of ev
ery man iu the state who is at all
probable to 1 votf .the f uzzie wuzzie
ticket, He is going to keep them for
future reference,. - At the present time
there are not 500 of them. There are
very few men in this state who ever
had sense enough to vote the pop tick
et, who will now turn in and help
Mark Hanna out of, the .worst hole he
ever got into. The 'fusion vote of the
state will be the same It was at the
last election with a large, number of
Germans
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NEBRASKA INVADED
"Wall Street Sends its Greatest Men to Sfe
braska and They Come With
syS"Rr and Gold to Bull. .'.. ,
' dose and Buy the
". - State.'" '. V
During the last two weeks, Nebras
ka has been pre-eminently the battle
ground of plutocracy. The money pow
er has sent Into this state the speaker
or the house of representatives, the
president of the United States senate.
the assistant secretary of war, a mem
ber of the cabinet, the chairman of the
republican campaign . committee, be
sides" several other men prominent In
the government of the United States.
They intend, if it Is possible, to heat
Bryan in his own .state in the hope
that they will be able to eliminate him
from any influence in the future and to
elect Rosewater and Thompson United
States senators. They have been in
duced to send to this state their great
est men and flood it with money by
two documents that were presented to
the national committee. The first was
a poll that was taken by the census
supervisors In-violation of their oaths
of office and in direct violation of the
law. The second was a document pre
pared by Clem ; Deaver, which ' pre
tended to show about ten thousand
names of former populists who would
vote the middle-of-the-road ticket.
' Relying upon this Information, spe-v
cial trains were hired , and Speaker
Henderson," Senator Frye, Postmaster
General Smith, Mark Hanna and many
others of somewhat less prominence
have ransacked this state from end to
end. :
In regard to the poll of the state by
the census enumerators and super
visors, M.'M. Warner, who was one of
them, has published the orders sent
him to take such a poll together with
a conversation he had with a promi
nent republican when he refused t to
violate his oath of office. The 'reply
that this republican made to him was:
"You ought to be willing to do any
thing to help save the republican par
ty." Another ennumerator resigned
his position when ordered to take a
poll and a man who was willing to do
it was put in his place. . The facts of
this latter case 'were published some
weeks ago. The Clem Dearer docu
ment was a pure fake. He having
onceheen connected with the populist
state centra committee, he had in his
possession some thousands of names
of populists and he simply copied a
number which he thought was suffic
ient to induce vMark. Hanna to sendthe
requisite amount of boodle.
The raid oegan with the speaker of
the house, Mr. Henderson. That the
republicans "had received a supply of
cash, was made plain hy the character
of the parade, which was a costly af
fair and in remarkable contrast to
any they hid been able to get up be
fore. In all'their meetings since that
time, the evidence of plenty of cash
on hand -has been plainly visible.
In regard to Henderson's speech in
Lincoln, many republicans have ex
pressed their disappointment, both as
to the matter and manner of its deliv
ery. It was msde up aimcst wholly of
personal abuse of Bcyan and denun
ciations. As a sample, we quote one
sentence: "I was in -the-house four
years with Bryan and he never advo
cated anything-tut ; free silver, free
trade and Tree hell." '
At last Mark Hanna and his retinue
came, me same line or speecnes was
followed. Most of the time of the
speakers was taken up with the per
sonal abuse of Bryan' in his own town.
Mark Hanna added to that a tone of
authority, and cracked the whip of the
boss in the face of every audience that
he addressed. His style is indicated
by the following sentences from spech
es he delivered in this state:
"I've just come from South Dakota.
I've taken that state out of the doubt
ful .list, and before I cross the Mis
souri river 1 11 take Nebraska out,
sure." : -
"I have been in business for forty
years, and I nave in my employ b.ooo
men Mr. Bryan does not know a
thing about business. He never did,
and he is top old to learn
Besides using phrases like that, he
proved himself to be a foul-mouthed
liar. He told h, story about Bryan go
ing up to one of his iron mines and
said that Bryan abused him and called
him a ' cuss." There was not a man
in that audience who. did not know
that "he was lying when he told that
story. Bryan never, on any occasion,
uses such words as were attributed to
him by Hanna. . If he had used such
words, the republican press In every
state of the union would . have had
them in black-faced" type J he next
morning. Nebraska audiences are
made up, for the most part, of intelli
gent men and are. the wrong sort of a
crowd to tell such stories to. ;
Young Doliver, a brother of the sen
ator, preceded Hanna at the Oliver
theatre and occupied fifteen minutes
in personal abuse of Bryan. The main
charge brought against Bryan by this
young scion of imperialism was that
Bryan was a plutocrat and had got
enormously rich during the last four
years. Four years ago his brother, the
senator, was here, and his accusation
against Bryan at that time was that
Bryan was a pauper and had never
been able to accumulate any property.
It seems that the Dollvers are bound
to abuse Bryan for being rich and for
being poor. Either condition suits
their purpose equally well.
Mark Hanna was equally abusive;
so let us looK ror a moment at their
lot?ic. This is Mark's logic:
Bryan called me a cuss. .
Therefore there are no trusts. ,
I employ 6,000 men.
Bryan is a lawyer and hires himself
out and does not employ; any men.
Therefore we should overthrow the
Declaration of Independence, engage
in . wars of conquest and adopt Eng
land's colonial system- '
Bryan was too young in 1896; he is
too old to learn now.
Therefore we should have a great
standing army. !
That is the fort of logic with which
Hanna . tried to induce the intelligent
voters of Nebraska to forsake the
cause for which they have fought and
suffered for the last ten years. Did it
make any votes for McKinley? Hardly.
At theLincoln meeting there was a
great turn-out of people. Populists
came over a hundred miles to get a
look at Mark. Hanna, among them The
Independent noticed several populist
editors. The parade and all the out
side appearances showed a lavish ex
penditure of money. 'There were re
publicans here from a hundred miles
around. The enthusiasm, especially
over the speeches, was nil.
So endeth the first chapter of the
invasion of Nebraska.
V GRAVEYARD WHISTLING
The Xew Plan Adopted by the Republi
can Leaders What we ty K'
pect if McKinley is Beelect-
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Washington,; D. C. Oct. 19, 1900.
The republicans at- the present mo
ment are trying the plan- of shouting
that everything is theirs. They have
dropped the apprehensive role.
Thh need 'not deceive any voter.
The republicans have to assume the
air of confidence which they do not
feel in order to keep many thousands
from either deserting the party ranks
altogether or else joining the stay-at-home
vote, which is equally a protest
against the policy of the republican
party.
Not a single event of the past week
has justified any hope on the part of
the republicans.
Everything indicates an overwhelm
ing drift of.. conviction. for Bryan.
Great crowds at the political meet
ings of either part are not in them
selves a guaranty of how the vote is
going. The attendant ' circumstances
must be analyzed
Here is the -difference between the
crowds that greet Bryan and Steven
son "and -those who" come to hear
Roosevelt and Hanna (the latter being
in effect the administration.)
- Wherever Bryan and his associates
go there is a spontaneous outpouring
of the people. They come to hear the
candidate who proposes to . defend
their rights and liberties against the
aggressions of the trusts and corpora
tions. Bryan has no money to spend
in drumming -up- crowds and would
not need to spend it if he had. The
people need no urging to attend Bryan
meetings.
How is it with the republicans?
Well Roosevelt has managed to get
fair audiences of curious people who
want to see the spectacle of a candi
date for the vice presidency masquer
ading in a rough rider garb and hurl
ing coarse insult and vituperation at
his opponents because he cannot , an
swer their arguments.
A liberal expenditure of money for
brass bands and red fire and march
ing uniforms would ensure a crowd
to witness any burlesque and Roose
velt is the greatest political burlesque
that the country hag ever seen.
No amount of. advertising could pro
cure .Hanna republican audiences In
South Dakota. Outside of school chil
dren and Indians, who came to see if
he had horns, the farmers and towns
people came to the meetings to ask
him hard questions about the. trusts
and his treatment of organized labor
in Cleveland. Election returns will
show that Hanna has helped to pile
up a fusion victory everywhere he has
spoken. It Is rather significant that
Chairman Hanna could spare time for
speechmaking if he 'was actually run
ning a live campaign and had any;
hope of success.
It now appears that some of the
coal operators, .while apparently con
ceding the miners' demand of a guar
antee of 10 percent -advance for six
months, were .really, offering no con
cession at all. '
Some of the largest operators want
the proposed advance in wages to b
reckoned in whatever reduction is
given in the price of blasting powder.
This would be practically no advance
at all and the miners have a disposi
tion to try conclusions on this point.
It is not to be expected that any
permanent improvement can come un-.
til there is a president in the White
house who will, see that trusts are re
strained from using their present au
tocratic " po wep. r
The miners : organization has not '
been recognized by; the coal operators
and if McKinley. is re-elected there is
nothing to prevent the coal combine
from treating the men worse than
ever. . -'. fv, . .
The republicans are trying to fright
en the people-with stories of business
and financial and industrial depres
sion to follow the election of Bryan.
Precisely the opposite will be the
case. With the trusts put upon thir
good behavior wages will be better
and employment more steady. The
trusts will-not dare to fleece the pub
lic, if they are in danger of restrictive
legislation from a president and coiw
gress.that proposes to look out for
the rights of the people.
With the-burden of imperialism re
moved, and the. menace of a standing
army .taken away, war taxes need no
longer be'pald. The whole condition
of the country will be very much bet
ter when the wild cat and robber con
cerns are forced - to come down to
legitimate methods Or else go out of
business. . . .
If on the other hand McKinley is
elected every, bad condition will be
come" worse. The trusts will begin a
systematic onslaught on labor unions.
Legislation will be enacted If there is
a republican congress, to wipe out ev
ery industrial organization in the
country, 'whether of farmers or la
borers... . . , .7 '-.' ' '
Once the labor unions are out of the
way, there will be a big cut In wages
Mere factories will be closed down to
limit production. Cheap labor will be
brought via the Philippines until the
American laborer is reduced to the
standard of the Chinaman.
Already tho administration is plan-,
ning for a. standing army of 100,000 as
a starter If it has a second term of
power. This would be increased to
200.000 within four years. It is esti
mated that the war expenses for the
next year will be $150,000,000 under re
publican regime.
The re-election of .McKinley would
mean the continuance 'of the Philip
pine war indefinitely with all. its ex
penses and probably an embroilment
with China.
Both at home and abroad there
would begin a period 'of the most lav
ish extravagance, the . benefits going
to the few and the cost assessed upon
the whole people. - ';',
"The people can judge by the record
of the McKinley administration what
to expect in the future.
HERBERT JANVRIN BROWNE.
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF
In 135 Years Imperialism has Been Un
able to Invent any New Argu
" nient for Tyrany.
When the American colonies" re
belled against. the English crown arid
declared their independence, the Am
erican people were believed by the
Europeans to be "savages or barbar
ians, incapable of resisting incursion
or oppression, Ignorant of all the prac
tices of civilized nations and the prin
ciples of government, Incapable of self
restraint, 'utterly incapacitated for
self-government and wholly- unfitted
for liberty." ; ,
They pitied us for j'the oppression
and , bar parity, of our home-made ty
rants and .military despots," and hon
estly believed that their own brand of
oppression would be freedom far in
advance of anything we could accom
plish for ourselves. The striking par
allel between our own present attitude
towards the Filipinos and the former
position assumed by England towards
this country goes much farther than
this, . Indeed, a report of the debates
In the English parliament at that time
needs only the alteration of the proper
names of the participants to have been
taken verbatim from the "Congres
sional Record" of last winter.
In November, 1777, the Marquis, of
Granby moved in the British parlia
ment an amendment to the Crown Ad
dress "to request His Majesty to adopt
some measures for accommodating the
differences with America and recom
mending a cessation of all hostilities,
as necessary for. the effectuating ol! so
desirable a- purpose." - '
In the debate on this amendment
the - friends of the government took.,
the ground "that, Independent of arras, .
there was every reason . for hoping
that the troubles In America would be
brought to a happy conclusion; that
the great bounties which the congress
offered to soldiers was an. lrref ragible.
proof of the difficulties" which they
experienced In endeavoring to recruit
their forces; that the hardship which
the people actually suffered at present
under the despotism of their tyrants,
compared with that mild and happy
government, .which they had with- -drawn
themselves from, and under
which they had risen to such a degree
Of power and greatness, had already
nearly brought them to a sense of
their error and would soon make them
sick of their rebellion. That the pro
posed amendment, If carried, .would
only tend to revive and keep up that
wild spirit of independence by which
the people had so long been hurried
away from the right use or applica
tion,. rif their reason; and that they
could not therefore but consider them
selves as enemies to their country were
they not to stamp a direct negative
upon the amendment." (English An
nual Register.)
r In 125 years imperialism has found
rinnew arguments or reasons for jus
tifying Itself. Liberty anywhere is a
menace to despotism every wnjre.
Hence the necessity the Hanna admin
istration feels to crush out that "wild
spirit of independence" in the . Phil
ippines. f War In The Philippines
Th'p ifiKaes of our troops in the Phil
ippines since August 6, 1898, jbltq as
follows:
irnie ' ..' 642
Died of wounds and accidents... 400
Died of "disease..... i.3
Total deaths 2,825
Wounded 2,412
Grand total...
5,237,
New York Post.
Patent Inside Lie
The renublicans have made great
nsft of the "Datent inside" to the coun
try weeklies during the campaign. As
editors seldom if ever give a giance
even, at the patent insldes, many of
these lies have gone uncontradicted.
On the insldes of all the republican pa
pers there appeared some time ago
what was said to be an, interview with
Dr. dirby denouncing the administra
tion of the soldiers home and a firm
of druggists of that city. This thing
was not noticed until a tew days ago
and now Dr. Klrby publishes the fol
lowing: Grand Island, Neb., Oct. 9, 1900.
This is to certify that what appeared
in a certain article under date of Aig
nst 27 last anc which was so general
ly circulated over the state for the
purpose of injuring the omcers or une
soldiers' and sailors' home and the
firm of Tucker & Farnsworth of Grand
Island, and purported as having been
said by me, utterly false. The ar
ticle was presented to me at my office
hv two straneers all written un when '
they approached me requesting me to
sign it, which I flatly letused to do. .
T. KIKUY, M. D.
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