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January ib, 1902-
MIRACLE
IN
YESTI
(SATED
John Hunter, Blind and Helpless From Paralysis, Now Sees,
Walks and Works :
The San Francisco Examiner Verifies All the Facts-Interviews
With the Mayor of Chico and Other -Prominent
Citizens
' The city of Chico, Butte couny.
Cal., is the scene of an occurrence so
marvelous that, with reverence, it has
been compared to the miracles of old.
.The Daily Record of Chico first
brought the case to public attention
and a searching investigation by the
San Francisco Examiner has served to
establish the truth of a story, that, al
though miraculous, is beyond doubt
or question.
CAUSED BY PARALYSIS.
John Hunter, who has suddenly
become one of the most interesting"
personages on the coast, is a veteran
of the civil war, through which he
served in Co. C, of the 120th Illinoi'3
Volunteers. He is sixty-one years of
age, by occupation a carpenter and
builder, and resides on Orient street,
Chico. When seen by the Examiner
tow Mmsm
and so broken down and hopeless that
life was a burden, I can now walk, do
any odd jobs about the place, go down
town, and most wonderful of all
can see. And I owe it all to Dr. Will
iams Pink Pills. N
"Improvement began while I was
taking the second box. I continued
taking the pills and from that time on
it was gradual but sure. My awful
stomach troubles have disappeared,
my eyesight ' has been restored,
my brain is clear and active, and if
ever a man should be grateful and
anxious that others should know the
wonderful properties pf Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills, that man is myself."
(Signed) JOHN HUNTER.
Subscribed and sworn to before me.
C. L. STETSON, Notary Public.
Interest in this miraculous cure Is
intense in Chico and vicinity where
the townspeople have the evidence of
their own eyes as to its authenticity.
THE MAYOR OF CHICO
JOHN HUNTER,
representative, he related a story that,
were it not substantiated by his sworn
statement and corroborated by all the
prominent people and officials of th
town, would seem like a tale of fiction.
"About four years ago," said Mr.
Hunter, "I was suddenly stricken with
paralysis. I lost all sense of feeling
and all power of movement in my right
side, from head to foot. I also partly
lost the power of speech. I'soonbe-
" 1 1 J
came xoiaiiy Diinu ana was so per
fectly helpless that for three years I
was confined to my bed.
GIVEN UP AS A DEAD MAN.
"Anyone in a more hopeless condi
tion it would be hard to find. My
stomach refused - to perform its func
tions without heroic measures and in
tense suffering.
-' "Doctors diagnosed my case as .loco
motor ataxia and my family physician
gave me every care and attention pos
sible, but all his prescriptions 'during
two years were powerless to alleviate
my sufferings or in any way afford the
slightest relief.
"After being virtually given up as a,
dead man by friends and physicians,
and resigning myself to my apparent
fate, my niece read an advertisement
of Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pal-
People. I discussed it with my family
and, almost hoping against hope, de
termined to try the pills. I mentioned
it to my doctor and he not only gave
his consent to my trying Dr. Williams
Pink Pills, but strongly advised my
doing so.
NOW SEES, TALKS, WALKS AND
WORKS.
"You see the result. From a blind,
helpless paralytic, unable to move
And Other Prominent Citizen Endorse
Sir. UunUr'i Statement
Hon. O. L. Clark, now serving his
second term as mayor of Chico, told
the Examiner representative, that ho
considered Mr. Hunter's recovery noth
ing short of miraculous. Mayor Clark
said he believed the cause of suffering
humanity could be helped by any pub
licity given the remedy which restored
John Hunter's health..
The Rev. W. O. White, pastor of the
Chico Presbyterian church, of which
Mr. Hunter Is a member, said: "The
recovery of Mr. Hunter seems very
remarkable and his present condition
is the wonder of his friends.
Mr. A. H. Crew, cashier of the Bank
of Chico, was willing to corroborate
Mr. Hunter's sworn statement. "I had
never expected to see him recover any
of his lost faculties, much less to see
him able to walk, see and work, as ho
now is," concluded Mr. Crew.
The postmaster of Chico, Mr. W. W.
Wilson, said: "I was at Mr. Hunter's
house and saw his pitiable condition
with my own eyes. I have also seen
hip today, walking the streets and
practically well. I know that he would
not make an untruthful statement, nor
would he mislead anyone as to the
means that brought about what we all
consider one of the greatest cure3 of
the age."
WHAT THE CALIFORNIA MIRACLE
MEANS TO EVERY NERVOUS
SUFFERER.
The chief significance of this extra
ordinary cure is that Dr. Williams'.
Pink Pills are not an ordinary medi
cine. They are wonderful in their
potency in nervous troubles, small or.
great, and the cure of such a severs
nervous disorder as that of Mr. Hunter
proves the power of the remedy in
lesser troubles, such as sciatica, neu
ralgia, nervous headache, St. Vitus'
dance and nervous debility. Dr. Will
iams' Pink Pills have a double action
on the blood and on the nerves. If
the blood is kept pure, rich and red,
and the nerves strong and active, dls
ease cannot obtain a foothold.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale
People are sold at 50 cents a box or
six boxes for $2.50, and may be had
of all druggists, or direct by mail from
Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Schenec
tady, N. Y.
to construct such canal from the Car
rlbean sea, at a point near Greytown,
In Nicaragua, to a point on the Pacific
ocean near Brito, and also to construct
proper harbors at the terminals, and
to make necessary provisions for pro
tecting the said canal.
" Sections 3 and 4 authorizes the
president to make such surveys as may
be necessary and employ such persons
in the construction of the canal as
may to him seem wise, and directs
that in th construction of the sa'd
canal, that the River St. John and
Lake Nicaragua shall be used as much
as available.
- Section 5 authorizes the president
to guarantee to the states of Costa
Rica and Nicaragua the ' use of the
canal and harbora," Upon the terms to
be agreed upon, for all vessels owned
by said, states and by citizens thereof.
The last section makes a present ap
propriation . of ten million dollars to
" carry on this work, and authorizes the
: secretary of war to- enter lntp proper
" contracts for work and material to bo.
-paid for as appropriations shall b$
-made from time to time. The section
fixes the aggregate cost -at $180,000,000
"to be drawn by the president upon war
rant on the secretary of the treasury.
" It looks as though we are at last to
, realize what the. democratic party has
so-long prayed for. It looks as though
"the life work of old Senator Morgan,
the venerable democratic senator from
Alabama, is to be accomplished. That
the provision of the democratic plat
form declaring for the Nicaraguan ca
nal Is to be fulfilled, is almost a cer
tainty. . '. '
The senate adjourned over until
Monday after its session of Thursday.
:Very little was done in the senate
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during . the entire week. This body
has waited patiently for the canal bill
from the house and the probability is
that it will be considered in the sen
ate immediately upon Its assembling
on Monday. Perhaps the only impor
tant thing that the senate did during
the week was to attend the wedding of
Miss Foraker, daughter of the senior
senator from Ohio. The senate ad
journed the day before, until the fol
lowing day, and fixed the hour so that
they could attend the wedding in a
body. After the wedding, the senate
convened most of the senators dressed
in the proper garb for a morning wed
ding. The .upper body of the legisla
tive branch of the government was
clad almost to a man in the frock
(black) coat and it is being considered
among the members that hereafter
they will wear a uniform garb on the-
floor. It really seemed to add dignity
to the meeting to see them all clad
alike in the black Prince Albert.
There has been quite a bit bf oppo
sition to the sending of a special am
bassador to the coronation of Edward
VII. The Post comes out in an. edi
torial stating plainly that it is in favdr
of . sending exrPresident Cleveland or
nobody. But the editorial of The In
dependent on that question seems to
strike the nail on the head., Represeti
tative Norton (dem., O.) will lead the
opposition, to any bill which will send
a special ambassador to the corona
tion of any king. He views the ques
tlon in the light that the United States
should take no official recognition of
"the functions of. royalty. It Is prob
able that when the question comes up
in the lower house to make the appro
priation for sending the special am
bassador, that it will meet with the
determined opposition of the demo
cratic members, at least They view
the question in this light. That any
recognition at the least a special rec
ognition of the crowning of an Eng
lish king, will be a declaration against
the fighting Boers It will be a com
mendation of the British policy in
ScnitJkiLrte&
that if they cannot get the republican
party to realize that two republics are
struggling to ' free themselves " from
royalty in South Africa, that they will
at least prevent an Indorsement of the
British policy there.
The new bill introduced by Repre
sentative Cooper (rep., Wis.) provid
ing for the government of the Phil
ippines is in such striking resemblance
to the bill framed by the war depart
ment and: introduced by the senior
senator from Massachusetts, Mr.
Lodge, that opposition to It. is based
upon the same grounds. ,
The bill providing for the perma
nent census, bureau was brought up in
the house on Friday, and many.speech
es were made pro and con. It was not
anticipated that there would be such
opposition to the bill when it was in
troduced, and it has now been recom
mitted to the committee for Reconsid
eration. The bill wa Introduced by
Representative Hopkins of Illinois.
The special committee formed of
Pacific coast' members to consider and
draft a bill for the exclusion of the
Chinese have finished their labors, and
will in a few days report to the house
their new bill. It Is reported that the
bill will be as stringent as the last
one. The probability is that the old
Geary bill will be readopted with pro
visions for a stricter enforcement,
. Rear Admiral Schley has sent his
petition to the president asking for a
revision of the case and the president
has in turn delivered the petition to
the attorney general to get his opin
ion on the legal merits. Meanwhile,
there are several Schley resolutions
waiting consideration by the. house
with a strong probability . that they
will never be considered that they
will be killed in committee... The ma
jority party feel that they have com
mitted a great blunder in the actioi
that they have already taken in the
case and are disposed to kill every
thing that will tend to bring the ques
tion into the public eye again. It is
strongly rumored a rumor ..that is
undoubtedly true that the president
has given orders that the question nev
er be brought up in the house. The
party realizes that they have gotten
themselves into a veritable eel-trap,
hat further struggle to get them
selves out of it, only makes their
struggle harder. They must try and
hush the matter.
The Washington papers have been
eager to comment upon the action of
Governor Savage of Nebraska for his
pardon of the defaulting ex-State
Treasurer J. S. Bartley. The Post
says: ' immediately uponinis paraon-
ng Bartley, Governor Savage realized
for the first time that the Nebraska
climate did not agree with him. He
took a trip south. Strange, eh?" And
the other papers have commented in
the same strain. All of them denounce
Governor Savage for his action in, the
matter and say that it looks as though
hey were filling a pre-campaign
promise. ,
Judge B. , S. Baker , of Omaha, the
man who sentenced Bartley to twenty
years in the penitentiary for embez
zlement, is now in Washington with
his wife for a few days' stay. Judge
Baker has recently been appointed to
a supreme court justiceship . in New
Mexico, He is. here simply to . see the
sights and make a few social - calls.
Judge Baker was asked his opinion of
the action of Governor Savage, 'and he
said: ' ' ' ' :" ' ;'? : '
"So you want to ?know about Bart
ley, Savage, Nebraska Kansas, etc.,
do you?" remarked Judge Baker.
"Well; if .. I say anything about ; Sav
age," it would simply be' that he has
killed himself politically- by pardoning
Bartley. The people of the state have
become so greatly incensed 'over bis
action in this" regard that his part
will not dare try to nominate him
again for governor. Over nme-tenths
of the newspapers are against him be
cause of the Bartley affair, and the
rank and file of the people are very
much displeased.
"Yes, I was frequently solicited by
Bartley's friends to sign a petition
asking for his pardon, but I always re
fused. It Jooked to me, after going
over the entire case, as if he had sim
ply taken the money, and there was
nothing to do but sentence him. His
appearance in court was very much
against him, as he remained stolid
and sullen, refusing to do anything to
clear himself. Charges of lack of
sufficient backbone have also been
made against Governor Savage, so that
it seems highly improbable that he
can be renominated."
WILLIAM W. BRIDE.
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Mr. Sears, Republican, Speaker, of the
Houje Charge Stuefer With the Crime
and Furnishes Proofs
As soon as the republicans carried
the state The Independent said that
Bartley would be pardoned and the
state treasury would be raided again.
As to the first assertion every on.?
knows that it has been accomplished
and as to the second, The Independent
now introduces as a witness the repub
lican speaker of the house. To those
who have been readers of this paper it
may seem that , this additional testi
mony is redundant, the facts having
already been established, by abundant
proof, but some populist may, want
the evidence of some leading republi
can to show to his neighbor, and it is
here furnished. Mr. Sears, after first
declaring that every word and line on
the subject printed, in the State Jour
nal was false, says:
The facts of what is called the Burt
county bond deal are easily stated:
The county.,had ,$S0,000 of refunding
bpnds to .dispose, of. The old bonds
jnatured July 11901, and therefore tho
refunding bondif- had to be prepared
and disposed of; With reference to that
dat"e.v One gentenurf from Tekamah
liad: a" talk with Mr. Stuefer soon af
ter Mr Stuefer 4 took his office a year
ago as to the state's taking them for
the perm'artent "school fund. Mr. Stue-
f err said that he-would take them for
the statet and at the1 rate,1 p per
Cent 'iMerest. J He' also spoke to an
other Burt c6nhty citlzen-myself
'ithja like. -statement.' The first to
whom" her; spoke, told the members of
the; board, I believe while ' in session,
what Mr. Stuefer had said. The other
spoke of 'the matter' at Tekamah, and
to at least one member of the board.
It was from that generally talked of.
" The chairman; of the county board.
Franklin Everett, whose character and
standing need not be further referred
to, caused a letter to be written to Mr.
Stuefer, asking him if he would take
the bonds for the state at the reported
rate of 3 per cent interest. It was
not answered. He again had another
letter written to Mr. Stuefer upon the
subject, the only result of which was
an answer referring Mr. Everett to
the gentleman who had first brought
the report to Tekamah, that the bonds
would be taken hy him. That gentle
man hud not authority,! that was
known to the board bf supervisors to
transact business for Mr. Stuefer or
the state of Nebraska. Later a mem
ber of the county board, and its pres
ent chairman, P. L. Rork, spoke to
Mr. Stuefer at Lincoln and told him
that he was wrong in not writing to
Mr, Everett and saying what he would
do,, if he would take the bonds. Mr.
Stuefer told. Mr. Rork that he would
write at once. He never 'did so. " The
board of Burt county, having to fix
the interest rate of the bonds, at th's
suggestion of J. P. Latta of the First
National bank, made the rate of 3 3-4
per cent on hi3 advising them that h
thought they would sell at that rate;
and that while, he did not want the
bonds, if m one else would give that
for. them, that he would at that rata
at par. He never made a bid.
The bonds were advertised 'for sale
for ''June 21, 1901. It .was generally
known that they were for sale at that
time. ': Mr. Stuefer says in a "communi
cation that he addressed to the public
some; time ago, through the : press,
that he did not bid for the bonds for
the reason that he could not give a
cash premium.: So he admits that hi
had actual knowledge. The Courier
argument, however, that he could hava
removed coupons 'for .the county as
well as for Nelighris not satisfied, nor
the further-fact that Mr. Stuefer dur
ing his term had previously paid casn
premiums . on hundreds -of like securi
ties, state -warrants. Mr. Stuefer did
not bid, or make-any. effort to get.tho
bondsjfrom the Burt county authori
ties. :: - ' ? ' , . ' - . ' . - -
However, a close friend- and busi
ness ' associate of Mr. Stuefer's,' Mr.
Neligh, was present, and bought the
bonds. It was a condition of his bid,
that the bonds' were to be delivered to
him . at the First National bank at
Omaha. There was an arrangement
made, whereby they were to be deliv
ered there the 6th day of July. On
the 4th day of July , Mr. Neligh ap
peared at Tekamah, and paid for the
bonds and got an order on the auditor
pf the state, where the bonds sun were
Educate Tour Bowela TVil.li raararoti.
-v. ..r'-!- , r I for tVift Tyir-nfvrfN nJ rrxrlctry
made In two checks. One drawn on
the First National bank of Omaha 'for
$70,000, and one of $10,000 on the
jvlerchants National bank of Omaha,
These ohecks each bore the date i,t
July 5. As a matter of fact they were
drawn up on the 3rd day of July, dat
ed the 5th, and were delivered here on
the 4th. Mr. Neligh, by virtue of his
order, got the bonds from the auditor,
and the state finally came into pos
session of them. " - .... .
The circumstances at Lincoln ar?
also peculiar, Mr. Stuefer has a let
ter from Neligh, dated- June 25, in
which Neligh offers the bonds to Stue
fer, It is claimed by Mr. Stuefer that
he took the letter to different mem
bers of the state purchasing board,
and got the informal consent of cer
tain members to the purchase. This
letter offered the .bonds that were
bearing 3 3-4 per cent interest to the
state on a basis of 3 1-4 per cent. The
consent that the members gave to the
purchase was. according to the terms
of the letter.' At least so certain of
them have 'said, and undoubtedly all
would say the same. The record male
in Mr. Stuefer's office as to the pur
chase of the bonds, is as follows:
"Purchased on July 5, 1901, on a basis
of 31-4 per cent. Coupons detached to
equalize rate." The only record jn the
office of the commissioner of public
lands and buildings, who is secretary
of the purchasing board, of the pur
chase of Burt county bonds, states
that the purchase of the Burt county'
bonds is ratified vat 3 1-4 per cent. Now
at a basis of 3 1-4 per cent there would
have to be removed from these bon-ls,
to equalize the rate, coupons to the
extent of $4,000. However, Mr. Stuefer
says that only $3,450 of coupons were
taken away by Neligh; he cites that
as an act of good financiering on his
part for the. state. -But the fact re
mains that the $550 of coupons that
Neligh did not take away, were , not
reported on his own books, the entries
of which were made the same day as
the transaction, and the report to the
purchasing board, of two months later,
has no reference to them, and they
were left in such situation that at any
time they could have been removed by
any one having access to them, and
their ownership in the state could not
have been established.
At the time that Hon. John F. Pipr
and Hon. John F. Nisbit and myself
called on Mr. Stuefer with reference
to the matter, and gave him an op
portunity to state his side of the issue,
the only defense that he made was
that at the time that the checks were
drawn Neligh had the bonds, was the
owner of them, and that at that time
Neligh delivered the bonds to him, Mr.
Stuefer. A sufficient defense, if cor
rect. However it was not correct. We
knew it then, and so told him. It is
no more the truth now than it was
then.
From these facts can any deduction
be drawn, except that the state's
money has been used by Mr. Neligh
with the knowledge of Mr. Stuefer, for
the purchase of bonds? That Neligh
has - sought to profit; and now has
manual possession of the profit by
the transaction to the extent of the
detached coupons? That Mr. Stuefer
ha? had $550 worth of coupons in the
office that the bearer, whomsoever ha
might have been, could hold till paid?
although it is now admitted they be
long to the state?
I do not think that I have been'hasty.
November 27, In a communication to
the governor, I drew attention to the
matter. Again December 27, I id
dressed a letter to the governor call
ing attention to my previous com
munication. In that letter I used" the
following language. It is the letter
which you claim I therein demanded
of the governor the treasurer's resig
nation: "In my opinion, the matter should
not be longer delayed. Either the
treasurer has in this relation exercised
his office properly or else very im
properly. If my own deductions are
correct, then the matter cannot be
scrutinized too closely, nor the action
of the proper officers of the state ani
of our party, be too prompt. In either
event there should be a proper exou
eration if Mr. Stuefer has been guilty
of an indiscretion only; or on tha
other hypothesis, such action should
be taken as is called for by the facts
of the case."
I said publicly' a long time ago, that
in my opinion, if there was no other
reason for an extra session, that the
bond manipulations and transactions
of the treasurer's ofB.ce was of suffic
ient importance to justify It. Although
not necessarily connected in any man
ner with the Burt county transactions,
still the Otoe, Cuming and Stanton
county affairs seem to lend color to
each other, and to the Burt county
matter. I realize that the people of
the state are entitled to have myself
or someone from this county make this,
statement regardless "of your articl.;.
It has been delayed, not by an intendel
abandonment of. the position taken,
but for the purpose of allowing, any
other action to be taken without an
attempted t prejudice .being stirred up.
Your own prominent article has de
manded it at 'this time.
An examination should be made thst
will be satisfactory to the people bf
the state. While I have in mind a
course that would seem proper and fit,
and legal, still I have no doubt but
that If even an informal committee
composed of such men as Senator
Manderson," Mr. Lambertson, Mr. Ma
honey or others of that standing,
should, at proper request make a fair
inquiry into the matter, and shoul.l
reporfthat there was nothing in the
charges, that it would be satisfactory
to Uie people at large. Whatever their
report should be, it would be satisfac-,
tory to the public. . '
In other , words, there should be au
exoneration of the treasurer that will
appeal to the average fair citizen, and
will admit of his being again nomi
nated and elected, or there should be
another treasurer, and the proper;
.ttps should be taken to recover tho
coupon that have been wrongfully re
moved from the treasurer's office.,
W. G. SEARS.
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The Battles They Have Fought, the Vic
tories They Have Won and Defeats
They Have Suffered Should Bind
Them Together
Editor Independent: I am among
those who believe that the populist
party has accomplishedmuch good by
fusion which they never could havo
accomplished alone. Through fusion
we won victories in many states which
aroused enthusiasm within our party,
encouraging and enabling us to put
forth greater efforts for party success
and the triumph of our principles. In
fact I do not know of a single victory
of national or state importance that
we won without allying ourselves with
some other reform party and the re
sult of fusion victories in Nebraska
are especially gratifying, for the men
whom we elected to represent us in
congress and to fill state offices have
made records which we can point to
with just and conscious pride. Doe3
anyone believe that we would i have
gained many republican votes by re fusing
to fuse with the democrats? I
do not, for so far. as my observation
goes, I have perceived that the rank
and file of that party are satisfied with
what their politicians are doing, for
they repeat the falsehoods, the un
reasonable stuff, the Idiotic rant of
the republican politicians, and when
their office-holders do things which,
with all of their powers of human
ingenuity, deceit and trickery, tho
cannot defend or make coincide with
humane, moral or tender human in
stincts, then they charge it up t j
God, and this is pessimism in its yel
lowist garb.
The ODDOsition to fusion has been
stronger in the enemy's camp than in'
ours. Many of our people did not set?
the consummate hypocrisy of the men
who, from v. the birth of the -populist
party, denounced the party and its
principles in language as . bitter and
tierce as an Arctic storm, were the
same minds and hearts unchanged
when they saw an alliance consum
mated in 1896 which threatened to
overwhelm, the plutocratic forces.
They came to populists with tender
words of solicitude for the welfare of
the populist party, expressing the'.r
regret ; that the populist, party had
fused with the democrats because they
said that would kill the party and, oh,
how sorry they would be to : see that
thing happen. Republicans .may have
fooled and deluded some of our people
and taken some votes away from us by
this shallow trick, but people who are
to be thus deluded hardly possessed
or exerciser the broad reasoning
faculties necessary for a good reliable
populist. , , '
I think the bitter opposition of the
republican party to fusion is a strong
evidence of the wisdom of the policy
we pursued. The anti-fusion popu
lists are of three kinds. First, those
who, for republican boodle or favor-j,
oppose fusion. Second, those who do
not see through the thin veneering of
republican hypocrisy. Third, those
Y"ho believe that the life, the perma
nent growth and usefulness of the peo
.'ple's party can only be preserved by
steering it clear of alliances with other
political organizations. But I do not
beliete that the life of our party has
been endangered, or its usefulness im- ;
unite with the democrats in an effort
to elect W. J. Bryan president of the
United States would have been a seri
ous blunder, for many populists, who
hfri formerly left the democratic party
wain they saw Cleveland leading it '.n
the same path with the republican
party would, when they saw the demo
cratic party going back to Jeffersoniau
principles and the populist party re
fusing to embrace such an opportunity
f or securing the" success of -their prin
ciples have been disgusted and angry
and would have gone back to the
democratic party. It is easy to poiiu
tc defeat and blame fusion for it, but
the strongest and best evidence goes
to prove that a victory for the people
and a better, more progressive gov
ernment under the circumstances was
impossible. We appealed to the
minds and hearts of the American peo
ple, while our opponents appealed to
the savage instincts and the stomachs
of the voters and they won. It win
be jecessary to improve their think
ing rc? reasoning instrument and Ie
vato it & few notches in their anatomy.
It's too low down at present and must
be put in Its. prci.er place 1 .ore
can hope ioi the success of great hu
manitarian principles.
As to the Sherman silver law. it
was only a cowardly makeshift anl
designed to deceive the voters who
had so long been deluded by ambigu
ous politicians with their cries of bi
metallism. Notwithstanding the fact
that Cle-.tland used the power of liU
lioeral patronage to coerce democrats
ir.lo voting for the repeal bill and
notwithstanding many democratic
congressmen were ambiguous men
elected on ambiguous , platforms.
Cleveland found his strongest allies
in the republican party. So the effort
to prove the democratic party of to
day untrustworthy on these ground-?
falls flat, for in the campaign of 185;
ambiguous candidates and ambiguous
platform builders were turned down.
A delegate to the Chicago convention
I think it was, Joe Blackburn, sail
hf wanted a platform which nelthv
human nor devilish Ingenuity coui 1
misconstrue and he got it, and that
convention chose as their standard
bearer a man who would stand like a
rock, upon his principles, unmoved by
calumny or contumely, untouched an 1
untainted by the dark shadows of sii
which fall beneath the nation's capitol
dome. . WILFRED LEBERT.
Archer, Neb'.
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