THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
Septc mter 12, 1901
LAHCASTEH P0UT1CS
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Tt tuition forces of Lancaster coun
ty st at tbe Auditorium last Tues
day n3 t14 tteir eoavctiots. Use
tfezsocrats occupying tte north ld of
tle freat tall asd the populists the
ata tide. Both wtrt largely Attend
ed altLnuxh heavy rain the night
jreriotui and which la parts of the
c-jxulXj e&2ill2u'4 to late in the mors
ii4 pretested some of the country
4e!gatea from attesdinx. However,
every ward and precinct la the county
xcjt three or four were represented.
Htch coarettloa crganiwd separ
ately a&4 then hid a Joint session as
comcine of the whole to consider
the selection of proper candidates. The
pepsilit proposed that In the com
mittee cf the whole wards and pre
cincts should t ignored and the vot
Izc t done by those accredited dele
gates present, each man having one
vote. The democrats wanted the vote
taken iy wards and precincts the same
as ia th conventions. When the vote
was taken it was found that a tout as
tsajcy democrats were ia faror of the
pcpuiii sagse.tlon as there were pop
tiiists who favored the democratic
way. bat a count showed that the com
mittee as a whole were in favor of a
roll call cf both parties by precincts
and wards and it was so ordered. That
gave the populUu a majority In the
committee.
When the question cf candidates
came up it seemed that the populists
had taken to heart the teaching so long
insisted upon in the party that the oSce
should seek, the man and not the man
the oSce. for they had no candidates to
suggest while in the democratic party
where sjc5i teaching has not been In
sisted upon there was to lack of can
dilates. All the populists wanted wa
good. honet and efficient men, and
men who could poll the largest vote,
for it must te borne la mind that the
normal republican majority in the
county is about a thousand. In the
last election two of the fusion candi
dates had men opposed to them of
such poor reputation that even tt' re
publicans would not vote for them and
the fasionists were elected. The fu
sionlsts have made such excellent rec
ords, specially the county treasurer,
that tne populists were all for him for
the second term and the man nomi
nated for register of deeds, who has
fceea a deputy la that oCce. is so wide
ly known and respected that there was
also a general demand among pop
alifts that he should also be nominated.
He once ran for county superinten
dent and came near knocking the
shole republican machine to smither
eens at a time when they thought that
they were unassailable.
The ticket finally put up was as fol
ia wt. the candidates for sheriff and
commissioner being populists:
Treasurer. Wiiium McLaughlin.
Register of deeds. J. J. Anderson.
Clerk. John Wiseman.
Shertu. A. Wanmer.
County Judge. K. H. Hagelin.
Commissioner. Joseph Wittmann.
County supi, A. J. Roberta.
Sanitary trustee. A. D. Kitchen.
Coroner. Dr. E. Arthur Carr.
The platform adopted by the pop
ulists is as follows:
W denounce the attempted assas
sination of the president of the United
States as a most horrible and detest
able crime, the shot was not alone at
Mr. McKiaky. but at the government
ttd Institutions of our native land.
e was the lawful ruler chosen by 80.
Ct0,KrJ of free people as their execu
tive and to the government presided
over ty him we pledge our undying
loyalty, until another shall be chosen
by the free ballot of the citizens to
take hi place. We demand that the
criminal shall be punished to the full
extent of the law and that measures
shall be taken to restrain in the fu
ture all men who advocate the murder
of rulers. The cowardly manner in
which the assault was committed, the
assassin extending one hand ia friend
ship while he shot with the other, was
hidus and we fail to find words in
which to express oar deteetation of the
crime and the criminal. An assault up
on the president is a blow at liberty
and free tpeech and gives to those
wfco would suppress them their strong
est arguments for a government by
force Instead of one by the consent of
the governed.
"We com meal the administration
Insofar as It has coined more silver
than was ever coined before la the
same length cf time since the organi
sation cf the government, but strictly
adhere to our exposition to trusts and
the great concentration of wealth in
few hands which continues to be a ser
ious threat to the welfare of the peo
ple and to society Itself, both of which
evils have had an unprecedented f
growth under the present administra
tion. We reaSrm our belief In the cardi
nal principles cf the people's party and
declare that the efTect of the Increase
la the volume of money by the coin
age of silver, the issue of paper money
and the unprecedented output of gold
has beea a complete demonstration of
the financial principle advocated from
the first by the people's party, namely,
that the value cf money is determined
by. the Quantity and cot by the ma
terial npoa which the sovereign de
cree of the government Is printed,
caking It a legal tender.
The honest, economical and efficient
dinner !a which the fusion oficera of
Lancaster county have performed their
dttle. every cent received by the treas
urer Velsg duly accounted for, is an
object laoa on good county govern
ment which should Insure bis re-eiec-tloa
to that oSce along with a full
board cf county o Seers of like faith
and eSclency, who will be helpers la
honestly and economically conducting
the busJaesa of the people.
-We Invite the support of all good
citizens for the ticket today nominated
and pledge ourselves to give our earn
est endeavors for the election of ev
ery man named upon it. beingfully
penmaded that If elected, thatuhey
will rive to Lancaster county the est
county government It has ever ha
"Sa the tremendous struggle bet we
L w-worher and the most eollosi
GREAT
REMOVAL
THE LI M CO LN SUPPLY CO.
Offer their entire stock to the public at unparalleled prices. Our entire stock of Furniture, Carpets, Stoves, Eanges, Hardware, Tinware and
Graniteware, Harness, Buggies, Phaetons, Carriages, Wagons, Etc., must be sold to enable us to move to our new location, 122 North Tenth
Street (Mayer Bros, old stand). .
We have just received two carloads of the finest Steel Ranges ever brought to Lincoln, also a carload of Heaters in Round Oaks and
Hot Blasts. You should get our price before you buy your stove for winter.
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Beautiful quar
tered oak Bed
Boom Suit, full
swell front dres
ser, worth 30.
Our sale price
only $20.
Fine maple
suit, golden gloss gpSfiS
finish, worth $20,
our SALE Price
only
$1350
II
QUARTERED OAK
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Fine $4.00 Iron Bed with brass
knobs, enameled
in white, only..
$3.00
O C-B-Q
Fine Brass top rail,
new design, only .
$5.75
Nice White Enameled M QA
Iron Bed at only. . . .
Fine Oak Top Dining Table
SALE PRICE
$5.75.
Buggies, Wagons, Harness-all Go at Sale Prices.
If you are contemplating buying a Top Buggy, Surrey, Spring Wagon or Wagon this fall
now is your opportunity to save some money.
Everything will be sold at factory prices in order to make room for our large new line
which is coming in, and to save the expense of moving same to our new location.
We can give but a few prices and you can get but a
faint idea of what this sale is unless you call and see.
Solid Oak Rock
er, cane CI 7J
seat, only 3
Solid quartered
oak Center Tab
le, with claw feet
worth $5, only
$3.00. Fine
hardwood center
table, 24x24 in.
top, only $1.00.
Highly polished; finished
in golden gloss.
Fa-
This
is fine extension top Surrey nn
worth $160.00, Sale price, only P11UUU
Fine Buggy Harness in XC or Japan (TQ (r
trimming, first-class leather,only vj.vjj
MAIL ORDERS GET BOTTOM PRICES, TOO
This $80.00 leather quarter top CArk nr
Buggy Our Removal sale pneewtvv
ALL GO AT REMOVAL SALE PRICES NO FAVORITES
Everything we have in stock must be sold. Our goods are all new, as we began business less than a year ago. We have no old stock to dis-
pose ol to save expense in moving ana a voia ine danger 01 mitrriu auu. swatumu uui tJiegttiiL uuo ui x umnmc, wo ww, matoauui muvmg
it, sell to you at money-saving prices. Come earlythat you may have a good selection. Our prices will be the same from beginning to end.
Evervthine" coes. This is vour ormortunitv. Do not delay, as the sale will not continue long. We will move as soon as the building at
122 North Tenth Street can be vacated by Mayer Bros, and properly repaired for our use.
NGO
UPPLY
(Formerly Farmers Supply Association)
128, 130 and 132 North Thirteenth Street. Opposite the Oliver Theatre.
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trust ever organized, we commend the
calmness and love for law and order
exhibited by organized labor and give
them our best wishes for success."
T. H. TIBBLES,
GEORGE WEBER,
G. W. BERGE.
R. A. HAV,'LEY,
J. H. CRADDOCK,
, Committee.
The democratic convention adopted
the following resolutions:
"The democrats of Lancaster county
in convention assembled renew our al
legiance to the time-honored principles
of democracy as crystallzed and ex
pressed In the splendid platform
adopted last year at Kansas City.
"We commend to the voter of Lan
caster the administration of the fusion
county officials and we point with
pride to the Integrity, ability and bus
iness tact with which William Mc
Laughlin and Paul Holm have con
ducted the offices that they have in
charge, and we pledge to the voters
of Lancaster county equal integrity
and ability from the candidates whom
we invite them to support In the com
ing election.
We have learned with profound
sorrow of the dastardly and cowardly
attempt to assassinate the president of
the United States. In this hour when
the whole nation mourns all political
sentiment vanishes and every heart
beats In unison for his speedy and per
manent recovery and all rejoice in the
encouraging news that comes from his
bedside. '
This report was signed by Ed Friend,
T. S. Allen, E. E. Brown. J. G. P.
Hildebrand, A. S. Tlbbets.
Delegates to the state convention
were chosen (their names will be
printed next week), after which an
adjournment was taken.
Why He Ran Away
Now It has developed that all of the
secret correspondence of the signal
corp3 .of the army relating to the
Spanish war has "mysteriously disap
peared" from the files of the war de
partment at Washington. Among this
is a dispatch from Colonel Allen to
General Greely, announcing the pres
ence of a Spanish fleet in Santiago
harbor. It has been declared that
this message was immediately com
municated to Admiral Sampson, who
allowed eleven days to elapse before
paying any attention to it, or taking
any steps to meet the situation. It can
readily, be surmised that Admiral
Schley's counsel deems it of extreme
Importance to see the original of this
communication, and the official in
dorsement thereof. In view of this
fact, perhaps, it is not strange that it
has "mysteriously disappeared."
The war department, knowing that
Gen. Greely, who is in the Philippines,
will not return until November, offers
the subterfuge that perhaps he, as chief
of the signal corps, destroyed the rec
ords with a view of concealing the
the names of persons In the employ
cf the secret service. There Is a bare
possibility that something of the kind
may have happened, but the American
public is apt to believe that these rec
ords have been stolen for a purpose.
It Is now pretty generally under
stood that General Shatter is ready
to testify that on the 2d of July, 1898,
he was informed by the French consul
at Santiago that on the next day
thereafter Admiral Cervera would
make an attempt to escape, and that
he signalled this intelligence to Samp
son. If the latter can be placed on
the witness stand, it is probable that
he will be asked why, being in re
ceipt of this Information from General
Shatter, he hurried away from the
scene on the morning of the following
day, July 3d. This will make a mighty
interesting question. Buffalo Times.
' Railroads In Politics
If the dispatches are to be believed
the manager of the Southern Pacific,
Mr. Hayes, lost his job because when
he took charge a short time ago he
commenced a too radical enforcement
of a program for divorcing of. the rail
road from politics. He dismissed one
Jack Wright, a famous lobbyist, whom
the road had kept in the legislature for
twenty years. He dismissed the politi
cal manager in Nevada and Immediate
ly the assessment of the road's prop
erty for taxation was greatly increased.
Hayes also found that despite his or
ders many of his employes were dab
bling in politics and that they were
encouraged by Harriman, who Is at
the head of the great Pacific railroad
trust. So he concluded it was time
for him to resign. This is a very good
confession of the manner in which
the great corporations do business.
Any fool can guess at the means 'used
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by the railroad lobbyists for securing
favors in legislation and in fixing as
sessments. Yet so many people are
afraid that if the railroads should be
owned and operated by the govern
ment they would somehow get Into
politics. Hutchinson Gazette.
Boyd Ropublicans Sick
Editor Independent: I have re
ceived some sample copies of The In
dependent and have given them to re
publicans whom I hope to get as sub
scribers for the best paper in the
state. Perhaps you would like to
know how the pops are getting along
here in Boyd county. McKinley has
given the county the best corn crop
that It ever raised since the county was
organized, and there is a prospect for
good prices Every one is hard at
work, but some of the best republicans
are cursing McKinley for the Clem
Deaver appointment as well as Rose
water and Governor Savage and say
that they will drop out of politics, be
cause there are no honest people to be
found in the party. I enclose you the
resolutions of the Boyd county re
publicans and from them you will be
able to understand the character of
the men who are left in the grand old
party in Boyd county.
JOHN A. LYNCH.
Alford, Neb. ,
Poor Lo Is Rich
There are just as many Indians in
the country today aa there were on
the day that Columbus landed. The
number has just been estimated at
267,900. There are whole Indian tribes
that average richer than the general
average for - the country. There are
Indian poets and Indian statesmen
and Indian soldiers. There is one
full-blooded Indian congressman from
Kansas, not the Indian territory. And
there are Indian girl3 so well edu
cated and Intelligent that they can
"see through" such schemers as would
have their hands for the sake of cheat
ing them out of their property. Never
mind about the Indians. They are
not dying out and may yet regain their
place as the first families in America.
Boston Globe.
Buy and Try a Box Tonight
While you think of it, go buy and
try a box of Cascarets Candy Ca
thartic, ideal laxative, tonight. You'll
never regret it. Genuine tablets
stamped C. C. C. Never sold in
bulk. All druggists, ioc
Would It?
When the cotton mills of New Eng
land raised wages, the fact was herald
ed over the land as proof that the "ad
vance agent of prosperity" had not
"billed his show", in vain. ' The credit
was claimed for Mr. McKinley. But
now the New England cotton manufac
turers announfce. a cut of 15 per cent
in wages to jcake effect on the 3d of
September. Would it be patriotic or
irreverent to rise up and remark that
Mr. McKIfleyy the "advance agent of
prosperity," appears to have gone ovej
to the opposition and become the "ad
vance agent of .adversity?" Public.
Half a Corn Crop .
The monthly report of the statisti
cian of the department of agricultun
shows the average condition of corn or
September 1 to have been 51-7. Then
was a decline during August amount
ing to 2.3 points, and the condition ot
the first of the present month wai
28.9 points lower than on Septembei
1, 1900; 33.5 points lower than at th
corresponding date in 1899; 31 pointi
below the mean of the September av
erages of the last ten years, and 8.1
points below the lowest September av
erage, that of 1881, ever before recorded.
Aguinaldo
General MacArthur gives Aguinalde
a better character than many Ameri
cans are inclined to do. He is quoted
as saying; "Aguinaldo, as a person
age and a character, has been quite i
surprise to all of us since his cap
ture. His conduct while In the cus
tody of the American forces has beet
quiet, dignified, manly and in everj i
other respect of a kind calculated Uh-
excite admiration. He has never mad
an inquiry of the Americans as U
what disposition they intended mat
ing of his case and he is altogethe:
amiable and agreeable." . , ;