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BARRY FOR CONGRESS
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
' Senator Wbr Sugg the Name of Gen.
P. H. Barry for Congress in the
- Bis- Sixth
Editor Independent: Having read in
your paper clippings from the various
papers in the 6th congressional dis
1 trict, mentioning the names of several
i prominent gentlemen as candidates for
tne nomination by the congressional
convention of the 6th district, as one
who has been honored by the populists
of the 9th senatorial district and hav
ing the success of the populist party at
heart, I desire to present the name of
a practical farmer to the populists of
the 6th district for their consideration,
tnd this person is General Barry of
Greeley county, and if he is nominated
Lt will be elected. I wish to call
ycur attention to the election returns
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iur iub years xaw auu xui. iu uib
f ytar iyuu juage xsevine was eieciea Dy
J 209 majority, in the year 1901 Judge
Sedgwick carried the district by over
1,327 majority. Now, with these facts
before us, it behoves us to nominate
a man who can unite the fusion forces
of the district and bring into the cam
paign some of the old time populist
enthusiasm. General Barry is one of
the organizers of the populist party In
Greeley county, and while he is a
radical populist and always asserts
as party principles, yet by reason of
his genial disposition and tact has al
ways retained the respect and esteem
of his republican and democratic
friends.
General Barry is a gallant soldier of
fend his country in its hour of peril
j and his empty sleeve tells the tale of
i heroism displayed under General Grant
I at Petersburg, and the wounds on
f other parts of his body tells similar
stories under Generals McUleuen ana
Mead. General Barry is popular with
the old soldiers of the civil war by
reason of his splendid war record and
also with the soldiers of the Spanish
American war of this state, who speak
of him in the highest manner, and
their feelings toward him manifested
itself when General Barry was elected
by a unanimous vote of the officers of
the Nebraska national guard, to the
position of brigadier general of the
Nebraska national guard, which posi
tion he now occupies.
General Barry's public record is as
follows: In 1890 was elected county
lecturer of the farmers' alliance of
Greeley county; in 1892 was elected a
member of the house of representa
tives and by his ability was one of the
foremost leaders of the 23d session
and on the impeachment of the 6tate
officials, by the legislature, General
Barry was elected by the populist
party as a member of the impeach
ment committee and was selected as
chairman of that committee; In 1894
General Barry was re-elected to the
24 th session of the Nebraska legisla
ture and became the recognized leader
of his party on the floor of the house
in that session and at the close of the
Hussion was appointed adjutant gen
eral of the state by Governor Hol
comb and again reappointed by Gov
ernor Poynter, and his administration
of this office, was so good as to be
commended by men of all political
parties and was a most fortunate ap
rointirent for the populist party of
, thU state. Now to be brief as a busi--ntss
man I deem it not only good pol
icy to nominate a farmer, but also
good politics, for the reason that if
my friend, Senator Currie, who Is a
farmer and stockman of Custer county
should be nominated by the republi
cans of the 6th district and the pop
ulist party should nominate some of
the gentlemen mentioned, we would
be put in a defensive position all
through the campaign, besides this is
a purely agricultural district and
should be represented by a farmer,
especially as this was one of the rea
sons that compelled the farmers of
this state to organize the people's
party.
Now I will close by asking the lead
ing populists of this district to take an
active interest in sending a strong
delegation to the congressional con
tention, and to such a convention I
hne no fears but that they will agree
with me that General Barry is the
strongest man that we can nominate,
first, because he is a practical farmer
ami stockman; second, because he i
a splendid soldier of the civil war and
popular with all of his old comrades
t nd with the soldiers of the Spanish
American war, of which there is a
large number in this state; and, third,
because he is a vote getter, a good
speaker and will make a strong cam
paign, all of which the republicans
know and fear his nomination.
I am yours for the success of the
vopuiist principles.
CHRIS WEBER.
Spalding, Neb.
. The First Reoublican Platform
1 The platform of the First Nebraska
republican congressional convention
"affirms the principles of republican
ism" in the 1900 national platform;
congratulates the people on their hap
piness and prosperity; is proud of
the republican party and its patriotic
legislation of the past six years (in
cluding Taft's sedition law); glorifies
the Dingley law because it taxes the
people for more than the current ex
penses of government and piles up a
surplus regardless of extravagance;
feels elated because of "the enactment
of the gold standard by which the cir
culating medium has INCREASED"
(although we had money enough and
to spare six years ago); chortles be
cause of "the enactment of civil gov
ernment for Alaska, Hawaii and Porto
Rico, and the establishing of Cuba as
an independent republic a fitting
monument to the generosity and self
sacrifice of the American people"
(but doesn't say a single word about
the Philippines, the "kill all over 10"
order of Hell Roaring Jake Smith, the
reconcentrado camps; doesn't even de
nounce the "traitors and copperheads"
. who ste "maligning the army"); hasn't
a wrrd to say about the Fowler bill
and ,he necessity of branch banks and
relieving the government of the aw
ful burden of redeeming the green
backs by letting the banks do it; en
dorses Roosevelt's administration In
an apologetic way, saying In an under-
Y tone, like Mr. Boggs, the optimist.
w' no a wTl nip tTl "nln tfnrm fa remorlr-
able chiefly for what it doesn't con
tain. It is about the weakest Bister
The Independent has ever seen. Here
in this district, with a brutal republi
can majority, was an opportunity to
adopt a hell's fire platform calculated
to uphold the administration in Its
Philippine policy, and with Burkett's
election reasonably certain' (ar it ap
pears on the face of the records) it
could have been heralded abroad that
"Nebraska sustains the administra
tion." As a matter of fact, Nebraska
does not sanction the administration's
Philippine policy . and Burkett was
afraid to have the platform say any
thing about it, even with 2,500 to
3,000 majority In his favor.
As to Incompetency;
W. F. Cramb, editor of the Jefferson
County Journal, Fairbury, Neb., feeis
aggrieved because The Independent
quoted and answered a recent editorial
of his relative to the Meserve matter.
He says, under the heading "An In
competent Judge":
"The Nebraska Independent takes
the Journal to task for accusing it of
quietly trying to hush up the Meserve
affair. The Independent denies that
it is trying to quiet the matter, and
then proceeds to prove that it is, by
arguing that the affair has been
thrashed over enough. The Indepen
dent Is not yet thru scoring republi
cans about Bartley, but it. holds that
the Meserve matter has been explain
ed enough. We fail to see any great
difference except in degree. Meserve
was probably too honest a man to do
as Bartley did, but he could find
nothing wrong in making a profit out
of money which fell into his hands
while he was state treasurer. True,
the money he made was not taken
from the state, but the principle that
an officer shall be permitted to make
a profit other than his salary, out of
his position, is vicious in the extreme,
and the Journal has nothing but the
strongest words of condemnation for
it.
"The Independent belittles itself in
its attack upon the Journal, by In
troducing personalities directed at
myself which have no bearing on the
case, and no foundation of truth
whatever. It appears quite plain to
us that the articles in defense of
Meserve which apear in the Indepen
dent, come from the pen of C. Q. De
France, formerly of this county and
now one of the editors of the Indepen
dent. Mr. DeFrance should be barred
from passing upon the Meserve case
because he is an Interested party,
having held a position under Meserve
paying a good salary. Therefore,
anything which appears in the In
dependent, defending Meserve, Is
probably written by DeFrance, one of
the men who held office under Meserve.
It might as well be from Meserve
himself. It used to be an unwritten
law of the populists that no man
should sit as a delegate in a conven
tion, who was an office-holder.
Applying the principle to this case, no
man formerly a fusion office-holder
should be permitted to advise the
fusionists as to their future course, or
be permitted to sit in judgment when
one of their number is upon trial.
The Journal still insists that we
need men with "a finer grade of
morals" than either Meserve or De
France." The Independent, is at a loss to
understand whether Mr. Cramb is so
dense that he cannot understand plain
English, or is wilfully disregarding
the truth. The Independent has not
been "arguing that the affair has been
thrashed over enough" it has said
nothing that sounded like that. What
it did say, and what is says now is.
that It "has had its say on the Meserve
matter and sees no reason why it
should use its space now reiterating
what it said before," inasmuch as noth
ing new has developed in the. case.
What other papers may do, Is no af
fair of The Independent. It has plenty
to do without trying to hush up other
papers, either "quietly" or otherwise.
If populist and democratic editors
wish to discuss the matter every week
for the next year or so, that is their
privilege The Independent has no de
sire to Interfere. It Is only when the
discussion takes the form of Phari
saical deunuclation of Meserve for the
purpose of furthering the political am
bitions of some populist or democrat
who wants an office, that The Indepen
dent feels tempted to suggest that
would-be teachers of morality, fine
haired men of "fine-grade" morals,
ought in all conscience to be able to
teach by example as well as precept.
The Bartley and Meserve cases have
nothing in common. Bartley was con
victed of stealing a warrant of some
thing over $180,000. 'Meserve was ac
quitted of a charge of embezzlement.
Bartley not only stole the big war
rant in question, but he failed to turn
over a large amount of principal funds
he had received and not paid out, In
the lawful way, but for this he suf
fered no punishment. Meserve account
ed for and turned over every dollar
which the law required him to Insure
and account for. Bartley did not. A
republican judge presided at the trial
of each. A democratic attorney gen
eral prosecuted Bartley and convicted
him. A republican attorney general
prosecuted Meserve and a republican
judge directed a verdict of acquittal,
because no crime bad been committed.
The Independent said before that
the moral phase of the question had
been pretty thoroughly thrashed out
and with the U3ual result that each is
of his own opinion still. That Is no
reason why those who want to thrash
it still more may not do so. But
when you are discussing the ethical
question, the "vicious" principle "that
an officer shall be permitted to make h
profit other than his salary," attack
Meserve and Bartley and every other
state treasurer, and county treasurer's
galore; then don't forget that the gov
ernor "embezzles" the use of a man
sion, and the former governors, some
republican and some populist, "em
bezzled" house rent; don't forget that
the clerk of the supreme court, is an
"ethical embezzler" of fees amount
ing to several thousand dollars a year
in addition to his constitutional selary
of $1,500 per year. The use of a little
common sense ought to teach the les
son that the best way to attack these
evils is to attack the laws which per
mit them.
As to the Identity of the writer of
these lines, and those in The Indepen
dent of May 15, Mr. Cramb has guessed
it with the accuracy of a Sherlock
Holmes. Unfortunately for a man of
Mr. Cramb's rule-or-mln disposition,
press censorship has not yet been ex
tended over Nebraska, and there seems
to be no reason for holding to the ab
surd jury-system rule that the man
who , knows nothing about a matter
Is best qualified to judge. Mr. De
France admits that he "held a posi
tion , under Meserve paying a good
salary" and believes that the records
will show that he earned all he got:
but he does not see why that should
so work corruption" of blood that.
nearly two years after, he should be
denied a voice in the, councils of his
party. If office-holding means Derma
nent disfranchisement, then Mr. Cramb
has an abnormal "hankering" for be
ing disfranchisement he has tried to
break Into office often enough. Doubt
less we need men with "a finer grade
of morals"; but we need also a larger
quota of men with plain, common
sense and a much smaller number of
arrant hypocrites trying to secure
some fancied advantage by having a
semi-occasional spasm of what they
pretend is real virtue.
Conventions
Kansas populist state, Topeka,
June 24.
South Dakota populist state, Huron,
June 25.
Nebraska republican state conven
tion, Lincoln, June 18.
Nebraska populist state convention,
Grand Island, June 24.
Nebraska democratic state conven
tion, Grar.d Island, June 24.
Third congressional, populist, Co
lumbus; July 15.
Third congressional, democratic, Co
lumbus, July 15.
Fourth district republican congres
sional. Beatrice, June 16.
Fifth district democratic congres
sional, Oxford, June 23.
Fifth district republican congres
sional, Hastings, June 10. ,
Sixth congressional, democratic,
Kearney, July 9.
Sixth congressional, populist, Kear
ney, July 9.
Eleventh Indiana republican con
gressional, held at Wabash, May 21
and 22. On 1012th ballot Congress
man George W. Steele was turned
down and Frederick Landis of Logans
port nominated. Steele has been out
of joint with his party and had to be
disciplined. Landis is a brother of
Charles B. Landis, present represen
tative from the Ninth Indiana district.
First Nebraska republican congres
sional, held at Lincoln, May 27. Grand
street parade, headed by Police Judge
( jsgrave and calithumpians (sup
posed to be vags working out their
fines), followed by Postmaster Sizer
and uniformed mail carriers engaged
In "pernicious political activity" and
singing, "How we soaked Old Man
Gere." Band of small boys surround
ing the carriage containing the ele
phant. Love feast at the auditorium.
Congressman Burkett, called upon for
a speech, modestly admitted that he
is the best congressman who ever
happened; proved it by Judge Tibbets.
He was then nominated by acclama
tion," the convention adjourned, and he
sat out in front of the Lindell hotel so
that people on the passing street cars
might see the man who up in Michigan
gave out a quiet tip that he is the
"fellow who beat Bryan" in the con
gressional . fight.
Float representative, republican,
67th Nebraska, Culbertson, June 2u.
NEBRASKA COUNTY CONVEN
TIONS. Boyd, republican, Spencer, June 7.
Cass, democratic, Union, June 14.
Dawson, populist, Lexington, June
21.
Dixon, populist, Martinsburg, June
18; nominating.
Dodge, republican, Fremont, June 7;
nominating.
Douglas, democratic, Omaha, June
21; nominating.
Douglas, populist, (no convention
committee meeting to select delegates
to state convention), Omaha, May 31.
Frontier, populist, Stockville, June
19; nominating.
Garfield, democratic, Burwell, June
14.
Garfield, populist, Burwell, June 21.
Greeley, democratic, Greeley, June
21.
Harlan, republican, at Orleans,
June 6; nominating.
Hitchcock, republican, Trenton, May
31; nominating.
Kearney, populist, Minden, June 21;
optional as to county nominations.
Knox, republican, Center, June 7.
Lincoln, democratic (mass), North
Platte, June 14; nominating.
Phelps, populist, Holdrege, June 14.
Sherman, populist, Loup City, June
20; nominating.
Valley, populist, Ord, June 12; nom
inating.
York, democratic, York, June 14.
York, populist, York, June 14.
Cass, republican, Louisville, May' 24;
delegates instructed for Judge Paul
Jessen for governor, and Burkett for
congress; George M. Spurlock empow
ered to name his delegation to float
representative convention.
Johnson, republican, Tecumseh, May
24; Burkett indorsed. j
Pawnee, republican, Pawnee City, j
May 24; county ticket nominated; Bur
kett indorsed. j
Red Willow, republican, McCook, i
May 24; county ticket nominated; con
gressional delegation named by Judge
Norrls.
Polk, republican, Osceola, May 24;
H. Mickey allowed to name state
delegation in his Interest as candidate
for governor.
Adams, republican, Hastings, May
24; W. P. McCreary allowed to select
congressional delegates in his interest.
COMMITTEE MEETINGS. 1
Keith county, populist, Ogalalla,
May 31.
Saunders, democratic, Wahoo, June
2.
Chase, populist and democratic, Im
perial, May 31.
Hitchcock, populist, Trenton, May 31
Hitchcock, democratic, Trenton, May
31.
Webster, populist, Red Cloud, May
31.
Thurston, populist, Pender, May 31.
Franklin, populist, Franklin, May 31.
Durango (Colo.) Democrat: We
have a tariff to cover beef, salt, lum
br and food products, we keep out the
raw material and sell our own in open
competition with the countries we .bar.
We have a bounty for forests and a
tariff on lumber and wood pulp, a tar
iff for the few and robbery for the
many. How can a wise and consid
erate man cast. a. republican ballot?
OUR F0REI6H DEBT
Mr. Warns'i Computations Showing Oar
' Foreign Debt to be Orn Fourteen
Billions '
(The article below Is a continuation
of the series by Hon. Marvin Warren,
of Fairbury, Neb.)
MY PLAN OF COMPUTATION.
The order of business stated in the
last part of the last clause furnishes
a little insight to my plan of computa
tion. Take notice that my purpose is
to ascertain and show as reliably and
definitely as possible the amount of
debts owing by the people of the
United States to foreigners, up to and
including the fiscal year, ending June
30th, 1901. I must have respect to tha
fiscal years, because. the treasury de
partment documents upon which I am
dependent have this respect. The
division of the thirty-two years into
periods of eight years each will great
ly faciliate the computation of inter
est. I will take the amount - of the
debt as best appearing to be true at
the close of the fiscal " year ending
June 30th, 1899, and make such addi
tions thereto and deductions therefrom
as appears to be right and proper for
the first eight years, and then do the
same for the second, third and fourth
eight years in regular order, stating
the estimated amount of the debt at
the close of each eight years.
All interest will be compounded
yearly. The interest rate will be six
per cent for the first eight years, five
per cent for the second and third
eight years, and four per cent for the
fourth eight years. Ail accruings in
enlargement of the debt in any of the
eight years will be taken account of
as such with interest thereon for the
average time that they run from their
beginnings to the close of the current
eight years. All payments upon the
debt by excess of exports of merchan
dise and money over imports of mer
chandise and money will be credited
as payments with interest thereon for
the average time that they run from
their making to the close of the cur
rent eight years. Any sum that is the
estimated amount of the debt at the
close of the first, second or third eight
years will be taken as a new principal
upon which to commence computation
for the next eight years.
The reader will need to take special
notice of all the foregoing rules of
computation and become familiar with
them. There will be much . use of
computations in compound interest.
To find the amount of any principal
at compound interest for any length
of time, it is only necessary to ascer
tain the amount of one dollar
for the required time and
rate, and multiply the principal by this
amount of one dollar. In order that
it may be made easy for everybody to
understand, this great subject of our
foreign debt, ,1 have prepared and
have here presented a table of the
amounts of one dollar at four, five
and six per cent compound interest
for any number of years from two to
eight inclusive.
COMPOUND INTEREST TABLE.
Years. ' 4 pr ct. 5 pr ct. 6pr ct.
Two .. .. 1,082 l,102 ..s 1,124
Three 1,125 . 1,158 w 1,131
Four .... 1,170 1,215 j?, 1,262
Five .. .. .1,217 ...v l,276Wf L338
Six .. .. 1,265 .:. l,34G',in . 1,418
Seven .... 1,316 1,407 1,503
Eight .... 1,368 . 1,477 ' : 1,593
BASIS OF-OUR DEBT ESTIMATES.
I adopt as the basis of our foreign
debt estimates the sum given as such
by the high official republican author
ity of David A. Wells, in 1869, as here
inbefore stated. The whole sum
stated by him is $1,465,500,000. But
he states $113,000,000 of this as rail
road stocks and $15,000,000 more of it
as "miscellaneous stocks and bonds."
Supposing half of the last named sum
to have been stocks of some kind, this
would give $137,500,000 as the total
amount of stocks. Now stocks are
not in the nature of debt upon which
interest is to be computed but of
Investment upon which profits are to
be estimated. Deducting, therefore,
this amount of stocks from the whole
sum stated by Mr. Wells leaves the
sum of $1,328,000,000 as the debt part
stated by him. And this sum I take
as the foreign debt basis upon which
I build all my estimates. And for
the beginning of said estimates, I take
July 1st, 1869 that is, from and af
ter the fiscal year ending June 30th,
1869.
THE FREIGHT COST ACCRUINGS.
For the principal sums accruing to
said foreign debt by reason of freight
costs, by the high official
and republican authority of
David A. Wells and William McKIn-
ley, I accept the sums hereinbefore
stated, namely, the average of $40,
000,000 per year for the first eight
years, $80,000,000 per year for the sec
ond eight years, $120,000,000 per year
for the third eight years, and $160,
000,000 per year for the fourth eight
years. 4 And I refer to the reasonings
already herein given for the fairness
of these estimates.
PROFITS ON INVESTMENT ACCRU
INGS.
By this title I mean the accruings
to the foreign debt of this country,
by the profits on the investments of
oreigners of every kind In the United
States. As we have already seen In
the opinion of Alfred S. Heidelbach,
these profits to foreigners in 1875
amounted to the yearly sum of $75.
000,000. I think this is reliable to
build upon, Mr. Heidelbach was, and
probably is, yet a noted banker and
international financier of New York
City, and of his own accord and free
will he published this opinion of his
u the February, 1875, number of the
Forum, a magazine of national clrcu-
ation, and thus he clearly puts his
reputation upon this estimate of his.
This makes it reliable. His conserva
tive and cautious manner is shown
by his estimating the interest on our
foreign debt as a minimum much be
low the estimate , of both David A.
Wells and J. E. Calrnes.
The profits to foreigners on their In
vestments in this country are certainly
greatly enlarged since 1875. They
probably amount yearly to four times
as much now as then, but my esti
mate makes them only three times as
much. They cover the whole United
States, and partake of most kinds of
property and business. Those Invest
ments 'are mostly in the hands of
agents here who are experts in their
calling and manage on very large
scales and with great profit to their
foreign, syndicate pricipals, to whose
Interests they are intensely devoted.
They cover far the greater part of
the railroad investments and business
of the United States, and are aggres
sively pusnmg on many other lines of
investment and business. The for
eign principals hide their interests as
much as possible behind their agents,
and the agents are to us worse taan
foreigners, because, under the guise
of American citizens, they are in In
terest, endeavors and works thor
oughly foreign.
It is conservative and fair to esti
mate the profits on foreign invest
ments in the United States at $50,
000,000 yearly for the first eight years
aforesaid, $110,000,000 yearly for the
second eight years, $170,000,000 yearly
for the third eight years, and $230,
000,000 yearly for the fourth eight
years; that is,' $50,000,000 yearly for
the first, eight years, and $60,000,000
yearly to be added for each of the
other three eight years. And these
are the estimates I make to enter into
my computation of the foreign debt
of this country.
THE TRAVELING ABROAD ACCRU
INGS. By this title I mqan the accruings
to our foreign costs and debt by reas
on of the travels of American citizens
In foreign countries. The national
information that comes to me on this
topic is, that these foreign travels
are a profligacy that Americans are
more given to than any other people
on the face of the earth, and that
the financial drainage upon this coun
try by reason of it is all the time on
the gradual increase. But to be con
servative and careful to make no over
estimate of anything, I adopt for this
estimate also the high official and re
publican authority of David A. Wells,
already given. That is, I take his
estimate of $25,000,000 for the year
1869, and make it my. estimate for
each and every one of the years in all
the four eight year periods hereinbe
fore described for my purpose in com
puting the foreign debt of this coun
try. THE FIRST EIGHT YEARS.
As already stated, I base all my
computations for our debt abroad upon
the high official and republican author
ity of David A Wells, as hereinbefore
explained by me, to-wit: Upon the
sum of $1,328,000,000, commencing July
1st, 1869, this sum at six per cent In
terest for the first eight years amounts
to $2,115,504,000. The average yearly
accruings to the debt abroad as al
ready stated for the first eight years
are, $40,000,000 for costs of our for
eign freight carrying, $50,000,000 for
profits on foreign investments here,
and $25,000,000 yearly the costs of
Americans traveling abroad, total
$920,000,000, which sum at interest four
years, the average time that It had to
run to the end of the eight years,
amounts to $1,161,040,000, and this
amount added to the other interest
computation makes $3,276,544,000. But
according to the tables furnished by
the treasury department of the govern
ment, in each of the first four years
of this eight years there was a bal
ance of imports of merchandise and
money over the exports of merchan
dise and money, making a total sum
of $184,493,992. and in each of the last
four years of this eight years there
was an excess of. exports of merchan
dise and money over imports of the
same in the total sum of $395,473,916.
And the first of these two sums with
its interest at six' per cent to the close
of the eight years deducted from the
last of the two sums with its like
interest . thereon leaves the excess
of exports over imports in the sum of
$172,349,389. And this sum deducted
from the above stated amount of $3,
276,544,000 leaves the sum of $3,104,
194,611, my computed amount of the
foreign debt of the United States, at
the close of the first eight years, June
30th, 1877.
THE SECOND EIGHT YEARS.
The above sum stated as the com
puted foreign debt, at the date stated,
with interest thereon at five per cent
for eight years, amounts to $4,584,895,-
440. The average yearly accruings
to tfce debt abroad as already stated for
the second eight years are $80,000,000
for costs of our foreign freight carry
ing. $110,000,000 for profits on for
eign investments here and $25,000,000
yearly, the cost of Americans traveling
abroad, total $1,720,000,000. And this
sum on Interest at five per cent tor
four years, the average time it had
to run to the end of the eight years,
amounts to $2,089,800,000, which
amount added to the other amount.
makes the total amount of $6,674,695,-
440.
But according to the tables furnished
by the treasury department there was
in this eight years an excess or ex
ports of merchandise and money over
imports of the same to amount oi
194,444,608, and this sum on interest
at five per cent, five years, the average
time it had to run to the end of the
eight years amounts to $1,524,111,319,
which amount deducted from the
amount last before stated, leaves the
sum of $5,150,584,121, the amount of
the foreign debt of the United States
at the close of the second eight years,
June 30th, 1885, according to my computations.
THE THIRD EIGHT YEARS.
The sum above stated as the com
puted foreign debt at the time men
tioned, on interest at five per cent,
for eight years, amounts to $7,607,
412,746. The estimated average yearly
accruings to the debt abroad . as al
ready stated for the third eight years
are $120,000,000, for costs of our for
eign freight carrying, 5i70,uuu,uuu, tor
profits on foreign investments here,
and $25,000,000 the costs of Ameri
cans traveling abroad, total $2,520,
000,000, which sum. on interest at Ave
per cent, four years, the average time
it had to run to the end or tne eignt
years, amounted to $3,061,800,000;
which amount added to tne otner
amount first above stated under this
title makes the total amount of $10,
669,212,746. But according to the
tables furnished by the treasury de
partment there was in this eight years
an excess of exports of, merchandise
and money over imports of the soma
in the sum of $603,162,575, which sum
on Interest at five per cent, two years,
the average time It had to run to the
end of the eight years, amounts to
$664,685,157. which amount deducted
from the other last aforesaid amount,
leaves the sum of $10,004,527,589 here
computed to be the foreign debt of the
United States at the close of the third
eight years June 30th. 1893.
THE FOURTH EIGHT YEARS.
The sum above stated as tha com
puted foreign debt of this country at
the date stated 5 on interest at four
per cent for the eight years amounts
to i3,t86,193,74L The average yearly
accruings to the debt abroad, as al
years are . $60,000,000 for costs of our
years are $610,000,000 for costs of our
foreign freight carrying, $230,000,000
for profits on foreign investments here,
$25,000,000 yearly the costs oil Ameri
cans traveling abroad, total $3,320,000,
000, which sum on interest at four
per cent, four years, the average time
It had to run to the end of the eight
years, amounts to $3,884,400,000, which
amount added to the aforesaid amount
first stated under this title, makes
the total amount of $17,570,593,741.
But every year of this eight years,
according to the treasury department
tables, there was an excess of exports
of merchandise and money over the
Imports of the same amounting In
all the eight years to $3,186,644,840,
which sum on interest at four per
cent, two years, the average time it
had to run to the end of the eight
years, amounts to $3,447,949,716, which
amount deducted from the total
amount above stated, leaves a sum
of $14,122,644,025, which according to
my computation was the amount of
the foreign debt of the United States
at the end of the fourth eight years,
June 30th, 1901. For easy memory
and short expression, call it fourteen
billion dollars. . .
DAHLSTEN'S SLATE
Representative Dahlaten Expresses IIU
Choice of Men to be Nominated at
Grand Island
Editor Independent: I see sugges
tions for state nominations. I don't
believe in slate making, but how
would the following ticket suit you:
For governor, Hon. W. A. Poynter.
For lieutenant governor, Hon. J. C.
Sprecher.'
For secretary of state, Hon. Eric
Johnson. ' , ,
For auditor, Hon. R. L. Staple, pres
ent county judge of Valley county.
For superintendent, a clean Omaha
man. . -
For commissioner public lemds and
buildings, a clean Elkhorn "valley
man.
Would give our democratic friends
state treasurer and attorney general.
Would suggest to them Hon. T. F.
Memminger of Madison, or Wm. Mc
Laughlin of Lancaster for state treas
urer. The men, I have mentioned I
know to be strictly honest and would
run ahead of their party strength in
their respective localities and are in
every particular fitted for these places.
I suggest the name of Hon. W. J.
Taylor (of Custer) for congress in this
Sixth district. Every member of the
last legislature can vouch for Mr. Tay
lor's honesty and ability as a legisla
tor. He would represent the farmer el
ement. Yes, this district should send
a farmer to congress this time.
PETER DAHLSTEN.
Treasurer Wheeler County.
Bartlett, Neb.
Populist Editorial Meeting
First regular meeting of the Popu
list State Editorial Association is
hereby called to meet at the city of
Grand Island at 10 o'clock a. m., Tues
day, June 24th, fo. th-3 Mirpoce of
electing a full corps or officers for the
ensuing year, and to transact all other
business that will coma before the
Association lor action, calculated to
advance the objects of the association,
vmch are to piomote a spirit of fra
ternity, to stimulate editorial efficiency
and solidify th People's Independent
party in NeDraska.
Wahoo, Neb., May 12, 1902.
ERIC JOHNSON, Pres.
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reuse wantonly and cruelly failed and refused
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to support her for a period of mors than two
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