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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT November 1, 1900. Spells I T m f? mmi I w eear e rt tei. m I 9amVr tw car Wx.. Mf avs-ej ursiK I ec imi 1 Ma m a tfce t rou r a- M y tema wae 1 C.fcef aa Be pprut. I area MlOet to fetal a- mm ea nr rrr day, i m a.teTar a famaffei M - 1m U mmM mmrm tfeat lt Utrtu1i Wae- eee eefeg m a fee any MSMMT AtJMM afcadiCiaee to Om ay etaaa oi mf Htbt ef Dr." rui rum for Pae reot end 1 eon-" e - - t act te u-jr tbm. I eee eerraai eee areeuy umM ta 04 t&aS feed reeerta foilo4 tne k tt Cr tx. ajd I Ctwilinuad takSEf the aUa. Itf aeut wsyiwad at eie end mf Hrrr.f.k rrtandL I took five host f the t!:4M4I&rnrMm. il j trait U la now t .ejit. 1 a cood color. end feal acme ao4 - Roth toy IM pCtm to mbsi4 ale Tfcs MU-Rcadgrs Efry man of character who ha. bad artUsc to do witli Clem. Dearer rbetne to carry Nebratka for Mark HfcCSA ba. wlttin tte last few weeks. 4&imssc4 It either publicly or prl rately. a few honest xaea were ois lr3 t-y the tMa In the beflnnlng:. bet they 003 focsd what fort of political ar:p were espiaerlcc it and drtppd otst. The Independent baa bad eral rtJtls like tbe following aent to It for publication, but the authors hire bees informed that it would be brt for tfcens not to let tbe general public know that they weyv ever bun coed by sTjcb a lot of Mark Hanna Lire'lcrs- The following was sent with a re20-t for publication and The In dependent eotsplies: - : , . . To the Vofrs of Nebraska: It Is well known throughout tbe state of Nebraska that the populist party was Cm started ii Custer coun ty. I was lliicr n Custer county at its first incipiency and at once became an actiTe member of that organiza tion. First through the farmers al liance, and ever since bare believed taot sincerely la its principles and ad vocated Its doctrine. I hare not, fcoweer, been fa full sympathy with the Idea of fmsloa and bare advocated that It would be bnter to be indepen dent and net connected wlth'any other political party. In this matter I hare bea conscientious and believed I was the early part of ISjO a paper known as tbe "True Populist" pub lished at Omaha and e-dited by Mr. Dearer was circuiatd , through our section of the country, and noticing that it advocated an independent or ganization I was at once led to believe that this waa an opportunity to reor ganize the people's party in such a way as to make It aa organization which would be Independent cf ail other par ties. Aboct the middle of June, at tie time Coajrrman Howard spoke at Broken Bow, t met Mr. Dearer and we dicued this matter at considerable length. I believed that be was acting in good faith and was going to put forth a rigorous ort to reorganize the people's party on the lines I have indicated. Consequently I flt that I could Join with him In this effort. Im mediately following this correspon dence opetsed tip betwwn us; just prior to that I Informed Mr. Dearer that I believed a great many of those favoring aa Independent party organi zation were becoming discouraged, but with a reasonable effort and a su Sc lent amount of funds this kind of an organization could be perfected. Mr. Dearer aaaured me that he could sup ply sutidest funds to put such an or ganization on foot. At the same time be stated that be could furnish me traca traxurfiortation over the railroads that was ecesaary to carry on the work. Acting In good faith 1 proceed ed to do what I could and exerted all tb inunc In my power to aid in the reorganization. The following letters were received from Mr. Deaver and which indicate some of the things he dewired of tav The True Populist. D. Clem Deaver. Publisher, Omaha. Neb.. Jose 2. 1K-J. A. B. Hartley. ETjmj.. West Union. Neb. Dear Sir and Friend: Letter for pub lication and personal letter dated June 2 iaM received. I think things are looking well all over. I do sincerely top you will win In Custer county. The rest of that matter we were talk la over is all O. K. if yoi carry th county for Grand Island. Pleaae writ me often and keep me posted. I will da as you suggest In your letter about certain persons. I better do all Custer county business with yea only. Try and get to be chairman of - the county committee. Sincerely yours to the end. D. C1XM DEAVER. Omaha. Neb.. Aug. 25. JSM0. Dear Mr. Hartley; There will be a party is Sargent Satarday that I wish you would see. If yon are In Sargent Sat urday be will see you. I am doing my very beat. As soon aa you have a talk with that party then write to me. Tcurs. DEAVER. Dear Friend Hartley: J art aa soon as yon get this pleas) write me a de tailed statement what you need to carry on the work in that county. I hae yosr matter up now, being con sidered. Show Just what you want and what yom expect to do with It. Tonra. D. Dear Friend Hartley: I am working jrst as hard as I can and will soon v ifl.; t . fill Mmm "Crewe Hoot. ta. J pit bouftt ate. but X co- tnotber ed I baTe recommended eiAer. aad eome ef my friend bar Xr. WiilwA' 11 nit U aJ who ka4 la 4 af a c ood mltc;n." . nrSIOE BOOTH, Carat trwtt, Byraeuaa. Saw York. D.Williams, Pink PUIS for Pale People ara -J4 frail d rnf ta or will ha at-nt poat tt4 n rvr(pt ef prtra. &0 ccntt a box, or i twBva forfTW itbj ara ir ao!d In ft-s-.k r tba l0). Adrtreaa Xr. William MaClcuia Comiaar, hebeacctaj', N.Y. be O. K. Do not get discouraged. You can depend on hearing from me now In a "very few days." DEAVER. , The following were received by me about four or five daj's prior to the Grand Island convention from Mr. Deaver: , "Do you know of any fellows over in Valley and Sherman that would go to Grand Island if you gave them tickets? "I can't get any more books, but when you want ''trips' for any one send me the name and from where to where and I will supply your wants. For instance as follows: 'J. A. Jones from to and return. The tickets will be plain with no names on." After receiving the above letters and In view of the fact that I met the par ty referred to in the letter under date of August 9. who proved to be a promi nent republican, and in conversation he said: "You are complaining that Mr. Deaver has not been doing his part In furnishing funds to push the work. Mr. Deaver is doing all in his power, but we (meaning Deaver and himself), are short of funds at present. We will do the best we can, but we expect to have more funds in a short time." I then asked him if money had been provided for the newspaper and he said that he would call in before he lt town and attend to that matter.. I afterwards brought this matter up before the editor and he replied that satisfactory arrangements had been made and that the funds had been paid. One of the first things that con vinced me that Mr. Deaver was insin cere in the support of populist prin ciples was that after writing him In regard to the Era at Sargent, which was supporting socialism, he did not reply to my letter, but later I met Mr. Deaver and asked him about it and in reply he said: "That doesn't make any difference. The effect is the same for It will divide the populist votes." He furnished me several mileage books and single trip tickets to take delegates to the Grand Island conven tion. After having seen what I have of the actions of Mr. Deaver and others that are connected with the management of the mid-road movement In Nebraska, I cannot leconcile myself to the belief that I can be honest and remain with them longer; but upon the other hand I feel that I can better serve my party and tbe principles which I have so long advocated and believed in by giv ing this information to the public that they may be fully apprised of what is being done by D. Clem Dea ver and his followers whom I know to be a republican aid f ociety. In view of this I appeal to every honest mid road populist in this state to be hon est with himself and to not be deceived by those who are using Mark Hanna's money to divide tbe populists of the state of Nebraska and further the in terests of the republican party. Before giving this statement to the voters I thought the matter over for several weeks as I knew It would bring me Into notoriety that I do not crave, but as time went on my con science would not permit me to hold my tongue and permit honest and ear nest mld-roaders to b deceived by men who are dishonest and insincere. I wrote to Mr. Deaver twice that I could not do the work he wished me to do and for that reason I told him I did not feel that I was earning the money he sent me. but he never replied to my letters, but continued to send the money each week and in conse quence of this I sent my resignation as state committeeman for Custer county and sent it to Mr. Deaver. A. B. HARTLEY. To Oar Lady Friends. The Roberts Specialty Company, ad vertising switches acd other hair goods are vouched for by our Chicago representative as being worthy of the utmost confidence: However as they senJ goods on ap proval to those who state they saw the notice in The Independent this is all the evidence required of their honest system. They certainly offer great bargains. Better than Coal for furnace or grate, the ideal fuel is high grade coke. We have a large stock on hend. Now is the lime to contract for your winters supply. Uncoin Gas an i Electric Co. Burr Block. Lincoln and Vicinity :l There are thirty different kinds and sizes of coal to choose from at Gre gory, The Coal Man's, 1044 O sb C. F. Peterson of Chicago, formerly editor of the Swedish Tribune at that place, has been secured by the Lan caster county Scandinavian Bryan club to give a lecture upon the political questions of the day, next Friday ev ening, November 3, at the Melick school house in Rock Creek precinct. A horse and buggy was stolen from F. W. Seacrest Monday. It was found Tuesday tied to a wire fence three miles east of the city. Except for a hard drive it was uninjured. The Commercial club is arranging for a grand ball to be given Thanks giving night. . It is expected to be the social event of the season. Beveridge Again Beveridge, the boy senator from Ind iana, when trying to convince the sen ate that the Filipino is possessed of no "inalienable rights," that he is not fit for self-government, says: "Savage blood, oriental blood, Malay blood, Spanish example are these the ele ments of self-government?" You cannot change the blood of these people. What is the conclusion? It is that this boy senator would for ever hold them for our aggrandize ment and not for their benefit because they are of oriental blood. In speaking of them as competitors of American labor he says: "They are incurably indolent. No one need fear their competition In la bor. No reward could beguile, no force compel these children of indolence to leave their trifling lives for the fierce and firvid industry of high wrought America." Of Paluan, Sulu and Min danao he says: "The inhabitants can never be made to work, can never be civilized." All this was In his speech in the sen ate to meet the objections of men who were pleading for the recognition of the same principle in our dealings with the people of the Philippine arch ipelago as we declared in our dealings with Cuba. To silence the voice of men pointed to the danger to American labor if we brought it into competition with the 10.000,000 inhabitants of those islands. Day before yesterday this same boy senator delivered a speech in Louis ville. Ky. He was trying to make a jingling guinea heal the hurt which the honor of American manhood must feel in denying to a weak people those rights which we claim for ourselves. He was trying to convit ce American manhood that a great market pur chased at the cost of our most cher ished principles was cheaply bought He was making an appeal to the south to remain solid, but solid for McKin ley. He said: "The Philippines will buy tens of millions of your cotton; tens of mil lions of your foodstuffs; tens of mil lions of your manufactured stuffs." Do you believe that men so unfit for self-government, will be such vast consumers of the products of a high ly civilized country? Men of "sav age blood, of oriental blood, of Malay blood." People that are "incurably in dolent." children of "trifling lives." Inhabitants that can "never be made to work, can never be civilized." Such people never will become con sumers of tens of millions from the looms and fields and factories of Am erica. No, this boy senator who dreams of "commercial empire" and "imperial destiny" cannot have these people savages when they ask for self-government, and yet having the desires and capacity of civilized and self-governing people when It comes to. com merce. From the cry of such men as Bever idge and Frye and Hanna, about mar kets, ,and commerce, and commercial empire, let us turn to the sober and just conclusion of that honored states man, patriot and philosopher, Benja min Franklin, when he said: "To me it seems that neither the obtaining or retaining of any trade, how valuable soever, Is an object for which men may justly spill each oth er's blood. That the true and sure mean3 of extending and securing cpm merce are the goodness and cheapness of commodities, and that the profits of no trade can ever be equal to the ex pense of compelling it and holding it by -fleets and armies." We are not ready to abandon the wise and just and statesman-like pol icy of the fathers for this "glittering temple of glass" built by the imperial ist. Hastings Republican. J. STEVENS A Corporation Bribe Taker Who is the Middle of the Road Candidate in the Fifth District. Editor Independent: The , middle-of-the-road movement In Nebraska has fallen flat, because of the exposure of the unprincipled character of its lead ers, and, this day there are none so poor as to do reverence to that ill timed organization. D. Clem Deaver, W. H. Dech, J. A. Boyce, Marsh Elder and J. K. Stevens, with lesser satel lites, have been as millstones about the necks of honest mld-roaders and brought Into dishonor and disrepute the motives and aims of the party. In the Fifth congressional district J. K. Stevens is the mid-road populist nominee for congress. . As a spectator at the convention in Oxford, the writer had opportunity to see the republicans who. assisted Deaver, Boyce and Elder in making the nomination of Stevens and noted that many of Morlan's lieu tenants were present on that occasion. It may not be out of place to give a bit of Stevens' past history. In 1890 he was elected to the state senate from Lincoln county on the populist ticket, denouncing a railroad pass as a bribe and declaring that he would not ac cept one if offered. The Lincoln Jour nal in its issue of October 24, 1891, printed on the first page f ac simile cuts of Union Pacific pass No. 229, both front and back views; also, a cut of the letter of the said J. K. Stevens ac knowledging the receipt of said pass and asking for another. Said letter was written on a senate letter-head and signed by J. K. Stevens. The Stev- ens letter, as shown by the fac simile cut, was as follows: "Senate Chamber, Twenty-second Session. North Platte, Neb., April 20, 1891. My Dear Friend: Your wel come letter enclosing pass over the U. P. R'y. at hand, for which you have my sincere thanks, and also through you to the company. "You did not enclose one over the B. & M but suppose you will do so hereafter. I remain, your friend, "J. K. STEVENS." The front view of the pass showed a regulation Union Pacific card pass on which appeared the following: . Union Pacific System. Pass.... Hon. J. K. Stevens 'Between Station And.. . .Station ? On.... In Nebraska Account................ Until March 31, 1891. :t W. H. HOLCOMB, Asst. Gen. Man. Countersigned: J. F. COYKENDALL. (When countersigned by J. F. Coy kendall.) - The fac simile on the back of the pass showed the following, and the signature of -Stevens to the contract thereon printed: "Good for transportation only. Does not include rooms and meals on river and sound steamships." (Then follows the regular contract on back of every Union Pacific pass and mileage book.) Z No. 829. "J. STEVENS " (Sign in ink.) Across the back was written the fol lowing extension, making the pass good until the end of the year: "Good till December 31, 1891. "J. F. COYKENDALL." At the time of the publication of the: above mentioned cuts, J. K. Stevens was a candidate for the office of county treasurer of Lincoln county on the populist ticket, and the exposure of his double dealing on the pass question re sulted not only in his defeat, but in the defeat of every other candidate on the populist ticket, and the populist party of that county has since been made to suffer grievously for his sins by meeting continued successive de feat. , In 1892, Stevens moved to Mis souri, returning to Red Willow county and settling last year. The promise Stevens made in 1890 to establish a reputation has been fulfilled, and, as Matt Harrington says, it took him eight years in Missouri to get rid of it. There are mid-road populists in Ne braska who have been sincere in their opposition to fusion, but these have had their eyes opened to the political duplicity of those who have made the mid-road organization an ally of the republican party in this campaign, and have resolved to support Bryan and the minor candidates who represent the reform cause. Among these are H. G. Stewart of the Sixth district and J. R. Dodd in the Fourth district, each of whom has refused to stand as a middle-of-the-road congressional can didate, Editor-Page of the Holdrege Progress, Lucien Stebbens and others. These men realize the futility of divid ing the populist party Into factions un til Bryan is given the opportunity of putung his principles into practice. Hence, their determination to support the fusion cause until such time as it may be fully, tried in the tribunal of history. ; , ; ' The populist party has accomplished a greater reform work than any party in the short period of its existence ever organized, and, after having given democracy - many of its sacred princi ples of this hour, has shown true pa triotism in Joining with that party In an effort to enact those principles into law. . But to such as J. K. Stevens, prin ciple is an alien and an outcast, and it is not strange that a self-confessed, self-convicted bribe-taker should be tray his honest middle-of-the-road friends in 1900 as he betrayed his con stituents in 1891. H. W. RISLEY. Grand Island, Neb., Oct. 27, 1900. Their Object Editor Independent: Will you kind ly tell us In your next issue what was the object of the administration in making a treaty with the Sulus? JOE. TOLBOTT. Benedict, Neb. The Sulu archipelago is part of the territory ceded by Spain. It was nec essary to make some show Of occu pancy and authority if the islands were to be held. If an attempt had been made to land troops there with out the consent of the Sultan there would have been war with the Moros. His consent was obtained by the now celebrated treaty with the Sultan. If any attempt had been made to abolish slavery or polygamy there would have been war. The object of the treaty seems to have been to get a foothold in those islands without war with the Sultan. If at any future time It is at tempted to abolish slavery there, the result will be war. If they are an nexed, we must either annex slavery and polygamy or fight another war. Drugs Cut Deeper SPECIALS: 50c Kd-ne-oids 39c 25c Cuticura Soap . . . . . . ... . . . . . .19c 50e Cuticura Remedies. . .39c 25c Mennen's Talcum Powder 15c 25c Talcum Powder 5c $1. Hood's Sarsaparllla..:.;.. ..69c $1 Paine's Celery Compound .69c U Miles' Nervine .................. 69c 1 Pinkham's Compound. ..69c 50c Syrup of Figs .......... 35c 35c Castoria. 25c 25c Allen's. Foot Ease... 19c $1 Wine of Cardui. 69c $1 Ayer's Hair Vigor. 79c 25c Caretr's Uttle Liver Pills:. 15 1 Malted Milk.'...... .69c 75c Boschees German Syrup.... .. .59c $3.75 Malted Milk... $2.95 $1 Kilmer's Swamp Root.....;. 69c 50c Pozona's Powder. .35c $1 Peruna 69c $1 S. S. S 79c $1 Pierce's Prescription. ,69o $1 bottle of wine 49c All other $1 Patent Medicines,.... 79c All other 50c Patent Medicines. . .39c All other 25c Patent Medicines..... 19c Sherry and Port Wine, qt. bottle.. 49c 25c Chamberlain's Cough Remedy . 19c 25c Bromo Quinine... 15c 50c Doane's Kidney Pills. ........ .39c DinfiQ CUTRATE tvlVJvJeTJ, Druggist. Funke Opera House. 12th and O Streets, Lincoln, Nebraska. OLD SOLDIER PROTESTS Be will not Tote for war, TrnaU and Im periaJsm for the Sake of a Pension. Editor Independent: In your Issue of September 13 you say: "Nothing strange that many of the old soldiers should vote for McKinley and the gold standard on account of the purchasing power of the money." I am aA old sol dier and must say I hope there are not many of my comrades that are selfish enough to uphold a party that is in war all the time sending our young men more than 6,000 miles from our shores to march and fight natives of a country that want their freedom as much as our forefathers did just for a" few cents difference In their pen sion. There are many of us that voted for- McKinley in 1896 that will not vote for him again. We have found him to be an old fogy. And so far as pensions are concerned he has ap pointed one of our enemies for com missioner of pensions. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1899, he re jected more than 100.000 pension claims of veterans, their widows and orphans; that looked like McKinley had hired, a man to beat the soldiers, but the last few months the bureau of pensions has been granting thousands of pensions and increases. That looks like they were using government mon ey to get votes, but I know there are many of us that will not be bought. We sympathize too much with our young men that are sent to the Phil ippine islands. Some of - them are killed, some die of sickness, some go crazy from heat and exposure and some are taken prisoners and mistreat ed and I would not give one good Am frlcan soldier for all of the Philippine islands. That is not all it looks like. Four years more of this war adminis tration will get us In war all over the world and we will need an army of a million men and then there will be hundreds of thousands of women shed ding tears for their sons as they did in 1861-1865. No one knows the hard ships of a soldier so well as those that have tasted war. Let us vote for Bry an, hoping to have the good will of other countries and our soldiers may come home. J. R. SWIM. Norden, Neb. DECLARATION A LIE- The Answer 1 that It Was the First Time the Golden Rule rras Applied to Govern men t. ' "The Declaration of Independence was written, most of it, by one man and subscribed by many. The man who wrote it was enamored of free and equal rights to all. Man is not born free and equal, to the bottom of human heights there are inequalities of all degrees. The document was written in an age of fine writing when sophomores set the style, and it does not mean very much. Had the revolutionary heroes not giv en it vogue and authority it would not still mean anything to this literal un poetlc, down on oratory generation. It Is only sacred as a specimen of the best thing the continental congress ever published. As a" declaration of the truth about man's birth it is a lie, and as a document marking the limits of the growth of the United States, It is not trustworthy." This amazing utterance which ap peared not long since in the Courier, a paper published In this city, is worthy of notice, not because it was written by the editor of the Courier, but be cause it is an evidence of sentiments that are entertained by a considerable class of our citizens. Someone commenting upon this edi torial of the Courier said: "A citizen of this country has no more right to declare the Declaration of Indepen dence a lie than a Christian has to de clare the Sermon on the Mount a lie " In answer to this the Courier said: "The Sermon on the Mount was In tended to be and is a rule for the gov ernment of human action. Not so with the Declaration of Independence." Let us see. The essential principle of the Sermon on the Mount is the Golden Rule: "Do unto others as ye would that they should do unto you." The essential principle of the Declara tion of Independence is but the Golden Rule In another form. The Declara tion is the first Incorporation of the Golden Rule into a political document. It Is the first time in history that it was ever conceded that one man had the same right that every other man possessed. When I say that you have the same rights I have, do I not say that I grant unto you the same rights that I would have you grant unto me? Is not the fdea that governments de rive their just powers from the con sent of the governed but another ver sion of the Golden Rule? Does it not mean that I am not to have a right to govern you without your consent or that you are not to govern me without my consent? Therefore, if the Golden Rule is intended for the government of mankind in a moral and spiritual sense, and if the Declaration of Inde pendence is but another form of the Golden Rule, Is it not a good rule for the political government of all man kind? Since the principle that gov ernments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed is essen tially the same as the Golden Rule, Is it not binding as a rule of conduct upon at least that portion of the peo ple calling themselves Christian; upon those who profess to be moral people; and are they not thereby bound to grant the same rights to the Filipino as they claim for themselves? Beginning with the inauguration of William J. Bryan, it is intended to bring the administration of this gov ernment into some definite correspon dence to the high moral and just prin ciples upon which it was founded. It is intended to apply the principles of the Golden Rule in the dealings of our government not only with our own people, but with the Filipinos, the Cu bans and Porto Ricans as well. . HELEN M. GOFF. The Farmers Friend Editor Independent: As an old sub scriber I send you the enclosed card; please read it and if you wish publish it, but be sure and mail it so' that the Judas will receive it. I don't want to be harrangued any more with the low principled stuff and I and all my Ger man and . Swiss acquaintances have been getting copies of the "Farmer's Friend," Gerroania of Milwaukee and Anzeiger of St. Louis four or five copies of the same date for months. Mark Hanna must have boodled these Judases pretty well. Hurrah three times for the Hastings Republican! That's the stuff. JACOB KINDSCHER. Guide Rock. Neb. (The card enclosed and addressed to the "Farmer's Friend" was a little too hot . when translated for the columns of this great religious weekly. It will make the hair stand on that editor's head when he reads it. Mark Hanna has imagined that he could secure the German vote by sending hundreds of thousands of copies of German papers to the Germans in the different states. This reply Is similar to many others that have been sent to those editors. The Germans are for Bryan.) Republican Platform Gold, Glory and 'Guff. War, Wobble and Woe. Pride, Pomp and Pocket. Duty, Destiny and Debt. Conquest, Cuba and Corruption. Trusts, Treachery and Taxation. "Sugar," Sulus and Strikes. Militarism, Mammon and Might. They Can't Dolt Two things make the organization and working of trusts in Great Brit ain different from the operation of similar combinations In America. These are the joint-stock-company system and free trade. The first in troduces an element of democratic control in finance in place of an au tocracy; the other acts as a safety valve In the interest of consumers. In organizing trusts or localized monop olies in England, no doubt various kinds of persuasion and coercion are utilized; but once a company is formed the methods adopted in America for consolidating and extending the com bination would not work well. Cut throat, death-dealing competition to destroy recalcitrant firms would not be possible; nor would the concom itant of this method, high prices In places where monopoly had been es tablished, be safe or expedient. Share holders would not risk their dividends for a single year by this method of industrial warfare. Even if the inde pendent shareholders did not control the combine, they are capable of ex ercising great. influence. The position of a company organized on the joint-stock-llmlted-liabillty system is open to discussion in public meeting of the shareholders at least once a year. Ad verse criticism on the part of a minor ity has an influence on the market If the directors who may be the chief holders do not furnish the Information asked for, or justify their policy to the satisfaction of the independent shareholders, the stock will be at once adversely affected. It is possible for a few to control the combination by securing a majority of the stock or shares; but that control will be In their own Interest only so long as they behave themselves, and pursue a straightforward, businesslike policy. The accountants who act as auditors of limited companies occupy an Inde pendent position, which enables them to check crooked methods of finance. They are men of high professional standing who could not be "squared" by unscrupulous directors. Their strength lies In their integrity; and it would not pay them, even if they were willing, to connive with direc tors to do what was not straightfor ward, or to mislead the public. From "Trusts in England." by Robert Don ald, in. the American Monthly Review of Reviews for November. A Few Don'ts For Fusion Voters Don't fail to go to your polling place early on election morning. Don't fail to cast your vote as early as possible. Don't be wheedled into casting a complimentary vote for the republican legislative candidates they may be good fellows all right, but there are two United States senators to elect, and your complimentary vote may mean two republican senators. Don't allow mere personal spite to induce you to vote for any of the re publican candidates for state office. Don't get "rattled" at the size of the official ballot. It Is not nearly so hard to mark properly as you may suppose. Don't get in a hurry when you mark your ballot.. Take your full time If necessary, and see that your "X" Is placed in the square opposite the name of every candidate nominated by the people's Independent, democratic and silver republican parties, or any two of them. Don't be deceived by the "mid-road populist" candidates. They are mere ly assistant republicans. Don't imagine you can vote a straight ticket by simply making one X in a circle Hear the top of the bal lot. That circle is simply to save you the trouble of making eight X's in voting for presidential electors. If you should place an X In the circle op posite the group of eight Bryan elec tors, and make no other marks, you would lose your vote on state officers', legislative officers and in fact on ev erything except the national ticket. Don't go into the voting booth until after you have carefully examined a sample ballot and understand thor oughly how you wish to mark your ticket.. To vote a straight fusion tick et, first ndake an X in the circle op posite the group of eight presidential P 0 0 "I have used year valuable CA8CA- RTST8 and find them perfect, i Couldn't do without them. I hare used them for some time for Indigestion snd billousn ess and am now com pletely cored. Recommend them, to every one. On oe tried, you trill never be without them in the (amlly.'r Edw. A. Marx, Albany, N. Y. Pleaasnt. Palatable. Potent. Taate Good. Ee Good, Herat Sicken. 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