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y ' .'!-"'- ar "V THB NEBEA&KAJCNDEPBNDENT January 3 oy 19 02 i 8 V IS 111 I " '4 4 3 3 . a Ml "I 'II li . f ! zi ... -i Oil "FRANK IAMS returned from France October 10, wi th lajgst. import. tion of stallions to Nebraska in 1901 only mri in the tJnited States tnat imported all black Stallions. He imported 4-0 BLACK PERCHCRONS-40 Thty are the "town talk." The people throng nla Darns ana bubble over with these sayings: "The most select and largest black stallion I versaw.1 "Every f winner and as wida asawafon.".. "The choicest lot Xans ever fsaported." "Bat lams always has the best horses.' ."Has many prixa winners at leading horse shows of America." "Won't bare .fculls "His horses won $L3dO at Omaha exposition.' "In fact, they always win." - Ee baa on feWM-; -k:.'X ': Inn Black Pereherons, Clyde, inn ; UU Shlrea and Coachers. IUU They are 2 to 5 years old, weigh 1,600 . to 2,400 lbs. lams has i MORS black stallions. MOBS ton and thick stallions, MORE 'money makers and TOPS, more government approved and royal bred stallions than ALL Importers of Nebraska.. - lams speaks French and German and aeeds no interpreter, knows -J the breeders in LA PXRC.HE. This with twenty.flve ye$r' experience saves $300 on eaeh stallion and gets the best horses. irrespective of their cost. He has no salesman, saves yon the middleman's profit, uses no gold brick talk, guarantees to show yon more black ton stallions than all importers of Nebraska or pay fare and 20. Don't be a clam write lams. He pays freight and fare of buyers, ' Barns is I JU.V rW'l" -Wi U7 f-T f - i town. FRANK I Afl ST. PAUL, HOWARD COH.MEnu ON B. & M. AND U. P. RYS. References t St. Faal btnte Bank, First State Bank, Citixens' Nat. Bank, WE ARE NOT THE LARGEST IMPORTERS - In the U. 8, Neither have we all ton' horse. But we do make five importations each year. Our stables at Lincoln, Neb., and at South Omaha Union Stock Yards are fall of first-class stallions. If yon want a good one for what he is worth, it will pay you to see us. Oar horses won sweepstakes in all draft and hackney classes at Nebraska State Fair 1901. Address all correspondence to ' '-- ' timmWm, WATSON, -WOODS BROS. & KELLY CO., Lincoln, Neb. XilWM '-'sPECiAL"' NOTICB-Wooda Bros., of Lincoln, Neb,, have two ears of WWii; . bortnorn end Hereford bolls and eowi for l at a bargain. er mwYjtmt FniPiin TTTTJ If TSW TAP Pir.f.H hrinac ttint.M, m.n.tnn- Y I ullir I nil till. . . iiuusyrniuiugaai ucior uisainmin iwu. i im uiiii LNUILU I IJIUIUi i s 2 boxes will help any case. By .mall, p.ain wrapper. A l&Oi Dy XJ.J.lOStKa,4jincon,ieo.i xaiv 3 jruriuj, iouj tarunra vuiuu, iuu. ' 'HiauBB p lja)t n nrrsswmrrm n dMBAWaiyU I What IS E WITHOUT A PIANO Every home to be complete wants a Piano. We are here to supply that want, having the most complete line of instruments to be found in the land. New Upright Pianos from Si.so to sboo Also a complete line of Organs. Violins. Manrlnlins. fJm'fars, n Sheet Music, Books, and Musical Merchandise. Prices always the lowest and terms the most reasonable. Matthews Piano Co. steps .to ascertain, jtji.e linclinations of the people of the island? t before the ti'ansfer of the: islands takes place. - The foreign affairs committee of the house of representatives considered the Chinese exclusion act as demanded by the Pacific coast members.- The west ern members.are-demandlng the pass age of the bill which will re-enact the Chinese exclusion act now In vogue. It was broadly stated in the committee's hearings that the repub lican party had promised the state of California that the bill would be re enacted otherwise the state would have cast Its electoral vote for Bryan. That 'there should be any objection to the re-enactment o the bill causes con siderable surprise. But when it is re membered that the huge corporations and monopolies now dictating the na tional policies ot the government want cheap labor their .fight-, can be under stood. It is probable though that th bill will be re-enacted at a very early date. ; The house committee on the electior. bf president , and vice president' ou Wednesday reported favorably the bill introduced by Mr. Corliss of Michigan providing. for the election of senators by direct vote of. the people. This Is the first time that the bill has ever been reported favorably by a unanl m6us vote. The bill twice passed the house of representatives but failed of passage in the senate. The legisla tures of six states have already this session petitioned congress to call a constitutional convention and submit the question to the states. To date the legislatures of thirty-four states have petitioned congress to pass. such an amendment to the constitution and now the house committee reports that in their opinion it does not require thirty states to ask during one con gress,' but they hold that thirty states petitioning for the question at any MST I have gone 14 days at a time without av vsnest of the boweli, not being able . to move them except by using not water injections Chronic constipation for seven years placed me In this terrible conOltlon; darintf tuat time I did ev erythlnirl heard of but never found any relief; such was my case until 1 botfan using CASCAItKTS. I now bavo from one to ttireo passages a day. and If I was rich I would give $100.00 for each movement; It ts such a relief. atlmiu j. hunt. ...... 1089 ttussell St.. Detroit. Mich time is sufficient -to call the conven tion. The bill will in all probability pas the house, but, as usual, will be held up in the senate and there de feated. The time will come when the senate will realize that the people are m tavor or tnis reform and the ques tion win tnen be referred to them. On Friday eveninsr the democrats met in caucus, having adjourned :o that date on account of the illnpsa nf Chairman and Leader James D. Rich ardson of Tennessee. They then pro ceeded to discuss the availability of preparing another nlatform and out lining their policies. The committee appointed to consider the question re ported tsat It was not within the power of a caucus elected on th Kansas City platform to readopt that platform or make another One for themselves. But there were some who wanted a snecific endorsement nf that platform, and quite a lengthy debate ensued. Tne- question of reaffirming the Kansas City platform was defeated by quite a large majority and the caucus agreed that is was not within tneir power to declare the party's poli cies. They had been elected on plat forms that were modeled on that adopted in 1900 at the democratic and populist national conventions and they were bound by their pledges. ? WILLIAM W. BRIDE. Strictura and Varicocele A cutting operation no longer nec essary to cure these diseases. vly safe, painless home treatment cunig all cases. If you are interested call or write for particulars. Cures guaran teed. Send for symptom blank. D. L. Ramsdell, M. p., 1136 O st., Lincoln, Neb. a candy I ( AL cathartic Populism and Socialism Editor Independent: I enclose an order for my subscription. I am glai to have the opportunity to subscribe for two of the best papers in the west. I wish you would give the points wherein the populist party differs from the socialists. There are a few In this county who are in favor of social ism. Can a populist afford to support socialistic principles? It you think best state the points of difference in your paper. If there is anything that I can do to help the cause of truth, I will be glad to do it. .. i GEO. M. CHASE. Allen, Neb. - - , . , once he suddenly stopped and after a moment of thought aaidr "I feel" the need of a new word. The public own ership of street car franchises, the postofflce, the telegraphs and even the railroads, Is not socialism. ' Socialism means a complete and radical revolu tion In society, while the public own ership of these utilities in which all, or nearly all of the citizens are inter ested, would not at all accomplish what socialists contend for. They can all be accomplished under pur form' f of government, without' any change ': in constitutions, either state :ot national. But socialism would mean the blotting Out of our whole form of government and substituting, something' new and radically' different from it. I call the public ownership of street car, fran chises, water works and lighting plants 'municipal socialism' because I know of np better word, but I wish my audience to understand that it is not socialism at all. That is a theory of rtvernment that has never been put to the test of actual experience by any people as a nation anywhere, ami only by societies and aggregations of people who have 4 voluntarily under taken to establish it, ' and nearly all of these experiments have failed, while the things that I advocate Aro not new experiments. The principle has been accepted and acted upon by many, of the most enlightened nations with the most beneficial effects wher ever put in operation." There is a radical and fundamental difference in the principles of gov ernment advocated by populists and socialists. The socialist platform de mands "the collective' ownership of all means of production and .distri bution." Populists look upon such a scheme as so impracticable -that .If It were attempted it would end in absol ute anarchy and confusion. There is for instance the great city of New York. What genius could organize and construct a machine of production, and distribution LLat would under govern ment control supply the citizens of thr.t city with the hundreds of thou sands of articles of daily consumption In the quantities needed. To supply that city the world would have to bo searched for fibres to be woven into cloth, for chemicals, for minerals, for food stuffs. In fact, the list of ar ticles of daily consumption there would fill a thousand pages of manuscript. How could any government control the production and distribution of that mass of material. The right num ber of Ivogs, horses, cattle and many other things would have to be ordered bred and raised years in advance. The milk supply would have also to 1 o looked after years ahead. This is what Is called in political economy "con scious supply." It Is so preposterous that no economist will give the timj to maka a serious reply to it. But the city of New York contains only a small percentage of the popular tion of the United States. There are thousands of other cities, towns and villages that would have to be looked after and "the production and distri bution" of their supplies .directed years ahead. What government could be organized by the genius of man that could do these things? There are many good men who think that they are socialists, but when it comes to the test they find out that they 'are not. That was the case with Mr. Way- land, the editor of the Appeal to Rea son. He organized the Ruskln colony which has since become extinct, which seems to be the ultimate fate of all societies that have ever been formed on the ' basis of socialism. When It came to making his great printing press the common property of the Ruskin colony he would have none of it. So he drew out and went to Glrard. Kas., where he started his present paper. Mr. Wayland is one of the most brilliant and fascinating writers in the United States, and many thousands read his paper. As a describ er of the evils under which we suffer he has no equal, but when It comes to telling how socialism will be a rem edy, he. like most of the writers :m that subject, prefers to simply assert that under socialism each person in the United States would have an in come of $4,000 or $5,000. The editor of The Independent can see no prospect for help along the lines advocated by socialists, and tim and money spent in building up such a party Is lost. It may aid the pluto crats greatly by keeping men from voting for reforms that would be attainable. . (A year or two ago a; distinguished brofessor was lecturlnar uDon munici pal government, and favored the public ownersnip or street car franchises. His main argument was that the elvtnjr away of these franchises to private cor- nrsio f ? rn o ttr er vVa' .-h 4Vj 'sgg. I Btantly tocreasiagcorruption owelty An Absolute Guarantee " . I do not treat all diseases, but cure all I treat. I do not accept incurable cases, but will guarantee to cure ev ery case of chronic, private, skin, or blood disease that I accept. Write for symptom blank and particulars -.regarding my home treatment free. D. L. Ramsdell, M. D., 1136 O St., Lincoln, Neb. JOE SIBLEY'S ANTICS country provides a; larger, market for manufactures than we have yet been able to develop in Asia. : 1 " i ."Mr,.. Sibley's theory; 'seems" to be that the inhabitants of the strip along the Atlantic ;coast would be richer and would form a more powerful nation .had the country west of, the Alleghan ies never been settled, and that the farmers of Pennsylvania would be bet ter, off had the valleys of the. Ohio, the Mississippi andrthe Missouri remained in the possession of the. Indian and the buffalo. We should like to know what kind of fa state'; Mr : Sibley thinks he would be living in bad' the western boundary of his congressional" district been' -made the permanent ' western boundary of the United States? ." : "His assertion that it is unjust to tax the farmers of the east to create com petitors in the west is unworthy Of a man wihJ the commonest .means ' of ob taining information; The west is not asking that anybody1 be taxed. It " is not asking a donation. It asks only that the national government will help to build up the nation. The money which the government will put Into irrigation works will be more than paid back directly by the sale of lands thus brought' into use, and it will lie paid back indirectly many fold by the increase in government revenues for all time to come from the new terri tory.' "' : "Mr. Sibley is satisfied to expend $45,000,000 of taxes a year in' the' Phil ippines In order that a few exporters may make a profit liberally estimated at $200,000 a year. The presumption IS 'that the Pennsylvania farmers are paying their full share of those taxes in the hope that some time a market for manufactured goods will be devel oped'' in - Asia." If they, will agree . to spend "$5,000,000 a year in the west on irigation works 'they will accomplish more for their state,-their country and themselves than in a century of ag gression in the Philippines." ; For over sixty years "Mrs. Wihslow's Soothing Syrup1' has-" been -used by mothers for their children while teeth ing. Are you disturbed at night and broken of your rest by a sick child suffering and crying with pain of Cut ting Teeth? If so 'send at once and get a bottle of "Mrs: Winslow's Sooth ing Syrup" for Children Teething. Its value is incalculable. It will relieve the poor little sufferer immediately. Depend upon it, mothers, there is no mistake about it. It cures diarrho. regulates the -stomach and bowels, cures wind colio softens the gums, re duces inflammation. and gives tone and energy to the whole system. "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup" for chil dren teething is pleasant to the taste and is the prescription of one of the oldest and best female physicians and nurses in the United; States, and is for sale by all .druggists throughout the world. Price. 25 cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup." . IT WILL NEVER REPLY A Man Who Wnts the Mallet Head or P Street to Answer a Few Questions A gentleman jat ,Verdon, Neb., asks The Independent to insert the" follow ing: 1 To The Semi-Weekly State Journal: In 1896 it was quite common to ask a supporter of Bryan if we had free coinage of silver: "How would you get it into circulation?" As the Hill bill has passed the house of representa tives and if it becomes a law, will prac tically retire all legal tender silver and. supplement it with a national bank issue of notes; may I inquire how I can get this money from the banks? The owner1, of silver ' dollars ' can pay them . to. me for my toil. Will' the banker, do so? . Quoting from, the Washington Post in your issue; of the 17th, you say: "Bryan is a man of one idea, free sil ver, at . sixteen to one," Is that what you really think or do you only want to make ... your readers th ink it true ? If you really. think so, permit me to as sure you that . you are. mistaken and ypuld could not have been a reader of his paper because it .was but a short time ago that he stated that all money, whether gold, silver ,or. paper, should be issued by. the government and not by the corporations, and that in his opinion the government properly ad ministered was bigger than any man or set of men.' ' Again, what is your objection to dis cussing this proposition : "Is the gov ernment or the private corporation the better power to issue paper money?",.-'. . ' . I do not expect you to answer one of these questions, for if you do, yoo. will open up the real money ques tion, but if you do I will see it and ac knowledge the fact. G. W. W ATKINS. He Now Thinlce Tht If the West TVas Made a Desert the East Would Get Rich Faster It is well to study Joe Sibley a lit tle for fae sake of understanding the character of the people of the district that send him to congress. He got his first election to congress by de claring himself a believer in all the populist principles and some things more besides. He was' nominated by the populists, democrats and prohi bitionists and was elected. .The last time he ran as. a stralghtout plutocrat and republican and, was elected by the same majority. That shows the char acter of the people who reside in ' the district that sends him to congress. The explanation of the matted is that Sibley is a millionaire and it takes a very small part of his income-' to"1 "buy an election to congress With T such a crowd of mullet heads' ras- h6 "lives among. Joe is just. now5 fighting Irri gation. The Denver News comments upon his opposition as follows: "Mr. Sibley needn't worry his soul about that little 'old 'poisoned chalice' which he thinks the reclamation of the arm lanas win press J to- me- lips - or Pennsylvania farmers, i The - upbuild ing of the middle west created ; th3 manufacturing interests which pro vide a market for the farmers of Penn sylvania and . the upbuilding ; of ? the farther west will continue the same O. v.n .w MODERN WARFARE Ik Grows Mora Inhuman and Cruel all the Time NoncombstnntR are no Longer RespectedN , . Wars of conquest and government by force necessarily result in brutality and degeneration. The proof of that la everywhere manifest,- as the following letter published in the Ithaca Demo crat (N. Y.) shows: . : ' "The Filipino, like the Indian 'owns no. telegraph, employs no press' re porter and his side of the story Is un known to, the people.' For this reason, if there were , none more cogent, I I ask fpr space to . present some facts 'and reflections. . The facts, owing to" the reason stated above, are. very meagre and as mildly drawn, we, may be sure, ;.;'.;.;:r;:f:V,;'-Wea!( Men , -y-.- ; Is your health worth a 2-cent stamp ? If so,' then write us at once for our ABSOLUTELY "FREE OFFER., ; . We will send'ab'solutely free our, PERFECTION ... ELECTRIC .' BELT, the most unique and perfect Electric Appliance in the market for the cure of nervous and sexual diseases. ' . . This offer, is made in good faith 'for the purpose of introducing and adver tising our methods of treating all chronic diseases.- : V" ' ; ; : -'''' DON'T '-..:'V allow this Opportunity to escape you of regaining the health and vigor, which your early follies and dissipa tion have sapped awayv . ;- vill as' facte -can: bet, which grate so harshly on the ears .of Christian, peonje, and a Christian people withal who, I would fain believe, feel their early prejudices in favor of humanity, liberty and jus tice still clinging about them. Without further preface, here they are, gleaned from an Associated press dispatch from Manila under date January 13tt inst.: - . ' -: ' " "The columns . under ..Colonels . Wint and Wells have destroyed a large number-, of barracks ; and hamlets and enough rations , to , keep - 20,000 Fili pinos for six months. There was, not a single American casualty during the entire : expedition, , TheV enemy v fled. Many of them were killed and several surrendered.. .. , . s. "With sthe exception of , the church the entire town of Quingua, in Bula can province, Luzon, has been burned to the ground and thousands of Fili pinos have been rendered homeless." . At first glance it wpuld seem. that there have been -weeks in which we did muc". better than this; but if you will stop to consider the probable fu ture results of these two gallant ac tions, it will not seem so insignificant a showing for the heaven imposed work of "benevolent assimilation." Hitherto, . in this . war .(?),. in most eases, the sword of the republic of Washineton has been lowered when Our noble solalery found themselves confronted by: women and children. But famine, that grim, gaunt; pitiless auxiliary of conquerors, does not, ; we know, thus discriminate; and the sud den . destruction of - food for "20,0' Filipinos for six months,", it-may rea sonably be hoped, will eventuate in a rich harvest of death among the wives, mothers and helpless children of "our little brown friends." And then, too, the burning of every home in tho town of Quingua whereby "thousands of Filipinos have been rendered home less" will that, think - you,, amount to nothing in the fulfillment of the, "du ty" and "destiny" to which this great republic was so plainly called by a just and compassionate God? . : This letter has already outstripped my intended limits, and I must re serve my reflections for another issue. Meanwhile, I leave your readers to their own. Yours for the republic of the fathers, DEWITT C. BOUTON. A Child Heroine There are heroes and heroines great er than any that ever appeared Upon the battle fields of the world. Here Is one of them. Martha Manges is five years old." Her home Is in a squalid Brooklyn tenement. Her father died four months ago. Her mother, broken down by overwork and lack of nour ishment, collapsed in the street and was taken to a hospital unconscious unable to tell of the four helpless little ones at home. For three days this little woman of five did her best for her two smaller brothers and baby sister'. There was no food save what poor neighbors gave them. And when at last' the Children's society came for the four little ones this heroine, with a sigh of relief remarked: "I am awful afraid of the dark, but I had to be just as If I wasn't, be cause Jimmie and Allle would cry if they thought I was afraid." One of the saddest things' in the life of the editor of The Independent is the constant discovery of tales of suf fering little ones which he runs across in his search of the great dailies every day. It destroys the love of life to re flect that there are hundreds and thou sands in these United States who suffer hunger and cold -through the .present organization of society and that he can do so very little toward bringing about better conditions. ' While the millions pile up in the coffers of the few, hard working mothers and helpless little children, the true heroes of . the world, suffer and die. All that he can do Is to fight on the best he knows how, and perhaps after a while the millions will learn the true science of government. There is more Catarrh In this sec tion of the country than, all other dis eases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incur able. For a great, many years doctors pronounced it a local disease, and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly falling to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease.- and therefore requires , constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co.,;Toledo, O,, is the only constitutional cure on the mar ket. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. . It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of . the system. They -offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O, Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. PROFESSOR SCHURMAK ICe Flops on the Philippine Question and now Want the Islands to be Given Independence "When the question first arose whether the Declaration of Indepen dence should be abandoned and we should adopt a system of wars of con quest? and government by force there was no more radical advocate of that policy than Professor Schurman of Cornell. He was the ridol' of the' im perialists in those days and well he might be, for the vehemence with which he advocated their doctrines out did even Senator Beveridge. As presi dent of Cornell on" Founders Day. January 11, he said:" ; . . "As to independence it ould not be granted for two reasons," the4 peOpTo were' not fit'' fir it. lis any ultra-anti imperialist who studies will admit, and, second, the Filipino's Inexperience in government made it absurd. More over the persons of education and property all said that independence was not then desirable. They looked forward to it,-but first wished training under the stars and stripes. . We took the Islands with the humani tarian idea. ' We must stay till Our work Is done: .but how long there Is no telling. Perhaps a 'century, per haps a half a century, perhaps a gen- W - yst mm myr- a.- si mmm -mr-i vwivwg YOU-vfAfrX-HEAD mmmmghM noises? OF . . ALL. CASES DEAFN ESS OR HARD HEARING ARE NOW CURABLE r i , i -by our niv invention.. Only those boVtt-.deaj are Inenrable. v . . .. 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A separate department, fitted with a thoroughly aseptic surgical ward operating Sulpho-Salihe Bath House Sanitarium 14th and M Streets LINCOLN, NEB. rooms, oner special inducements to surgical oases ana au -uiasses i"'' it tl Sanitarium is thoroughly equipped for treating all diseases by modern successful metnoaa. it i -,1 w -1 i.i J Si a .,n ai.M. anARialists in tueir several departments. Trained nurses, skillful and courteous attendents. Prices reasonable. Address L in co In, S an tariu m L I N C O L N, N E B R A SKA believe the American people will grant it." Then this same professor , went to Boston, January 21, and made an ad dress to the Reform cluh;in which he said:. . . - . ... . . . "I have always been in accord with the ahtl-imperialists.v but" I "must'; rec ognize the facts. Our motive was hu mane. . This, question of the , Philip pines will be a great national one. un til" it is settled aright' The liberties of the people xhould ba enlarged grad ually.4 - ' ' -: ' "Educated 'Filipinos are now unani mous for independence. When a gen eral government lis -established with elected members you will get the voice of the people. If : they petition the Americans for independence there Is no doubt they will ,gt:it. The Ameri can people will never argue a people into subjection. The, .movement- of the Filipinos will end in a, grand cli macteric of independence." He also stated that McKinley al ways intended to give the Filipinos an independent government and . that was, the whole object of his policy. For the last three years Prof. Schur man's advocacy of Imperialism has been notorious. The politicians have relied upon him and his reputation as the head of a great educational insti tution as one of their firm supporters. This sort of talk now shows the weak ness of the man. If McKinley had in tended to give the Filipinos Indepen dence he wo.' 1 only have had to say so and the war would Immediately have come to an end. It may be that he has had instruc tions from Washington and that the present administration has come to the conclusion to rive up the costly attempt in the Philippines. That, however, is hardly possible. If it did, every mullet head would instantly de clare that he ' never repudiated the Declaration of Independence and had always been a-Simon-pure follower of the doctrines of Jefferson. r:. Power of the Press We have advertised Cascarets in our paper for years. Today, they -have a greater sale than any similar medicine in the world. . It Is another proof that merit backed by publicity,; brings suc cess. Like 'all great successes, CAS CARETS have imitators.. ; .We want to warn our readers against the pur chasing of an imitation of. CASCAR ETS. It is not fair to the makers or to our readers that a s fake should be palmed" off on them. "So please remem ber that the genuine CASCARET tab-. let is always' stamped y "C.C.C." and never sold in bulk or jars, bpt always put up in a blue metal box with the well known long tailed "C", on the cover? -. , -.,- .' -' From Missouri Editor Independent: I am. glad to express my views of what you advo cate. I am-.well phased: I could not, have expressed ijij'.ownjiews so sat 6far.fnriiv'mvRfiif raa vbil have' in' a cjear; fearless and' Indepenclentway General' Miles. . the ' ship subsidy bill. Porto, Rico, Cuba, the Philippines, in sults to Devey and many, other. illegal and unconstitutional ."acts of the pres ent administration too tediou3 to men tion. 'Your views, in my judgment, are all right.. - 'I am in my seventy-sixth year a Jeffersohian deniocrat have lived in Barry, county .sjnc.q May, 1839, havo Served .three. terms In the Missouri general assembly and am reading the Commoner,' published by W. J. Bryan. I believe him to be one of the most honest and Competent of men and a genuine friend of the great mass of the people. Hhe should be today the president of the United' States of America, i attended the last nationa' convention held at Kansas City and met Webster " Davis. I think such men as! he, Senator Hoar and somo othersof the republican party shoul i be long remembered by the democrat ! and populist' parties for their honesty and manliness and honored if we ever get the chance. ,1 like yor paper, read it with inter est and hand' It, td my neighbors. It is generally well liked. The editorial page is excellent. If you will send me some, sample copies I will dis tribute them. . . WM. A. FLY. Purdy. Mo. . From New York Editor. Independent: I have re ceived sample copies of The Inde pendent and am so much pleased with it that, I have subscribed for it. A an educator it Is " unsurpassed. Its manner . of dealing with all public questions cannot but meet with th approval of all who are Interested In good government. " F. A. COUPE. ' Mt. Vernon, N. Y. ; Came all the Way Editor independent: I am now ancif have been in the ranks of the people's party ever since it was organized In the state of California. You can just bet that I am-in accord with every thing advocated in The Independent. I. wish you God-speed and every suc cess, for your, paper and the people's party... W. R. PETTY. , , Norwalk, Cal. - From Nebraska Editor Independent: .1 am glad to note your ad in the New York World. Your ..paper, ought tQ.be In the hands of. every true American,. If It. was imperialism and all the other horrid brood ot-isms hatched by the repub lican party would soon be put to Bight. Success to The Nebraska In dependent. . J..F. POWERS. HayitSprings, Neb. : ? v . Front Nevada : Editor independent: ' I" think that The Nebraska Independent is the best Daner that comes to, this state. -' ' V ' EDWARD F. VIGUS. ;T Austin'NeV.',. "X ."' . To make cows pay,; use" Sharpies VUU1U), ) JCpCOlWJ.