DEPENDENT;
SEPTEMBER 7. 1893
7
THE 8ITUATI0N. . 1
lit now leemi almost certain that the
nate will pass tho repear bill. It
ems equally certain that no silver
gislatlon will be attempted by tbe
Jresent congress. Frobably tbere win
he no other financial legislation than
the passage of the repeal bill; as the
bill for increasing the bank currency
has been shelved, at least for the pres
ent. The remainder of the present
congress after doing Wall street's bid
ding will bs occupied in a sham battle
ovtr tho tariff and in malting union
dollar appropriations.
There ii no need of disguising the
fact that it is a knock-out blow for sil
ver; that it leaves the country on an
absolute gold basis, except for the sli
ver already coined and sliver certlfl-
nates slroadv in circulation. For the
future, if there is no silver legislation
in succeedlog congresses, gold will be
the standard and gold will be the bans
for all our money. We might as wo I
awaken to the fact Wall s'reet has
succeeded and another largo percentage
of our clrcul&tln? medium has been
strlcke'a d9wn.
What the final result of such an ac
tion 'Will bo Is not hara o foresee. It will
result as all other contraction of the
currency have resulted-ln a still farther
lowering of prices, in a still f ar "herfinan
clal stringency to all but the moneyed
class It will result as a similar action
resulted io Eogland over half a century
ago in all the Und passing from the
hands of over one-half of the population
into the hands of about one-fifth of the
nnnu 'atlon. Tho history of America
placed on a gold basis will bo a repott
tlon of tho history of England placed
on a gold basis. Mark the prediction.
Tu ImmediateefftfCtwiU probably be
different. As Col. Iogersoll says; "This
it a banker's pani 3." ft was created for
a sDcifio purpose. - It. is reasonable to
suppose that when that purpose is gain
id, the power that created it can cause
it to cense. After toe money power has
reached the point for which it set out
the gold standard and an additional
Um of bonds money will be loosed
from the great centers, the financial
flurry will disappear and there will be
a revival of seeming prosperity. Bat
it will be only seeming. And tho suc
cessive year that we remain upon a
gold basis will see the reduction of the
masses nearer and nearer to a condition
of practical serfdom.
An Awerkaa aristocracy will be built
up. It nay not posses the titles but
HI ihnm all the power of
tbo British arUtoerary Land will con
tinue to pa oat of the hands of the
many law the bands of the few. A yt
Was of teeaat f ar mtf , similar to that
of FsgiaoJ, will be built up. livery
effort will b made ta crush oat organ-
,Ue4labr. from the days of apolitical
rapuhUa will pats by ay sag W
Ike days of aa IMastrlal dVpotlsm.
ThN Is the plsa ot the moneyed la
to tad sa far they have uarrlad It
at the letter.
Will the pol awaken soon enough
Ui tkp It? t)r wtu tney. by tevir
apathy, rpat the hUtry t Kuropaaa
jHittliiaf lit now a question of la-
duttrlsl liberty or ldutr!! eetpotltftt
T pavpU mast shooae.
...IIII.IIIIIIIHI II II I I I.
Ml. J. A. EiHurro l'f
t w in iUUtUl work o
,-TMat Uu lie will rta.a4 as
Lmporery edlr until tat M tUuc
Uc4 a4 Ukv' bUpUce.
'- 1
1 JCuw the bt UtttWr sh(Kild Wri
d ta erj la NeWfthavU ae
THE CC3VE3TI0S.
Beloom in the history of the state baa
there been a more harmonious ana
earnest body of men than the conven
tion which met last Tuerday in this
city. It was not composed of bankers
or professional politicians; even the
awyers, considering that it was a
judicial convention, were surprisingly
ew. There were no free pass men, as
ery nearly every delegate who came
. m a. f
rom a distance naa a ceruncate oi
!are paid. It was a body of farmers
nd laboring men; and the fact that
learly eight hundred of these left their
elds and workshops and spent their
me and money to come to a conven
on in times such as these is certUnly
post encouraging.
The reports brought in by these men
rom every part of the state show that
he case is gaining new converts;
show that the people are aroused and
uetirmincd as never before; show that
I be cause of truth is marching on to its
final triumph.
The ticket nominated will grow in
strength as election day draws Lear.
Judge Holcomb is a man who gains
rapidly on acquaintance. His ability
as a lawyer or judge is every where
admitted. His rectitude of character
baa never been questioned He hat
nothing to explain. He wins friends
among all classes and all parties. He
is a man of the people; and while not
so great a campaigner as many, he Is a
man who impresses every one with
confidence in his integrity and bis
firmness. With such a man on the
supreme bench, the people could fee
that so far as be could make it $ jis
fee would be meted out to the rich and
the poor alike.
The populists of Nebraska ought to
win this campaige; and they will win
it if tbey will only get out and work
Let every man do his part. If be will
do this, victory will come as certain as
toe sun riss on the morning of election
daV Nominate Your cleanest, strong
est mon. Organize your committees
not oVly by precincts and to wv ships,
but by fcchool districts. Let every man
give something, thou;h but a mite, to
the camlalgn fundi There must be no
lagging in the harness, but each must
do hN duty. Then let every populist
be gottfen to the po'ls on election dy,
even Ifhe has to be carried there. Let
these things bo done and success is
assured.
peal the Sherman law, ana" give them;
this kind of prosperity as a regular
fixed thing! ;
And they'll get It. They'll get pros
perity till they can't rest. If they'd
just take a few spare minutes each week
to rtad, they'd aee that dealers with
small ' capital are everywhere being
forced to the wall; they'd realize that
no man can prosper la a mercantile
buslzet s in these days with capital bor
rowed at high rates of interest; that
falling prices la the bane of trade; that
the farmers ard laboring men are their
friends, and Shylock their worst enemr,
and that their only chancs for speedy
relief lies in an Increase in the circulat-
ng medium.
But they haven't time to read or tblnkj
They're too busy trying to sell goods at
half price and stand off creditors
When they rush into the bank to get
their loans renewed, the banker shuts
one eye, looks wise, shakes his finger at
them and savs: "If we just bad that
miserable Sherman law repealed, conn
dence would be restored and we'd be all
r'ght." And straightway the merchants
berin to shout for "unconditional re'
peal."
Will intelligent Amencan merchants
never learn that politics Is business,
that they must go into politics if they
would make their business successful?
Until they learn this, they will con
tlnue to get prosperity of the kind they
are now enjoying.
rfurited
o tU
rla
Nmm U eerUtta to (viae with lam.
EVIDEN0E8 OF PROSPERITY.
The evidences of prosperity are no
longtr confined to tho rural districts
They are seen on the streets or every
city. These evidences are of various
kinds but they all agree in show
ing the "unexampled prosperity of the
nation."
When this thought occurred to the
writer not long ago, he meandered out
on the streets of Lincoln to observe and
read the "legends" of prosperity dis
played in the store windows. The fol
lowing are merely samples: , ,
In a large dry goods store a window
is filled with blankets on which are
hung cards with such advertisements as
the following: "Now or never: 69 cents
a pair;" "must go: 5S cents a pair."
On the side of a lar,?e building occu
pied by a furniture store appears the
following letters that could be read half
a mile: "ThU entire stock of furniture
now on sale at 50 cents on the dollar."
In the window of a large clothing
store haues this sign; "The Booner we
dispose of this stock, the better for us
Values not considered in selling this
stock."
In another window appears this:
"The cheapest selling ever known going
la another: "Prices cut ill two. You
a a a. a! ik..
can duv one can ana ret iao uwor
free."
In another store: "Handkerchiefs 50
per cent off marked price."
In a shoe store window: "Shoes
former price 17 60, now $3 99.
In another shoe store: t7 00 hand
made shoes, patent loathcr, $l.'0 this
week only."
In a dry goods store: "Shirts 11,00
now 49 cents, "
On the door of the store where tn
happier days Louie Meyer officiated In
all his biandness, sold "country jakes"
suits warranted to fit "ul like de paper
on d vail', and bought state, county and
elty warrants at a dUcouat with publlo
money secured through "a hol la the
all" on the Uor of Louie's shop ap
pears the following interesting legend:
Clwed: When talt store reopens,
goods will be sold cheap, 8lgnd, First
National lUak."
Ws might fill whole columns with
these advertltemeats. The worst of it
Is that they are aot mere eatcb-oord.
but la BKMt caws are strictly tru.
How d we make It appear that the
are sv!4ace of prospoilljr Easy
enough, la the first pW tUy show
that the o ar i t ta fwds U la dwht,
la anny liuUaws has a morW
Its f J. This Is aa laUmbl evl
dueos el (rly, la the aeva4
place thty saw that the "lahrtflaf ea
ran buy mum for a uV.!ar than he r
pmU btfawO N r,(erllj ehrteknr
raa dy tsat UU U a sign ct grvat
prprtty.
The Wo' a f Uarota mnm k
rtallia thstr pnpiliy. Thy wv
lata It, They aat a.ere of it, Why
or If lew rhs ago a large awsab? of
Ue seat tf rase h ClevaUad
tg Visa laaall aoagNM ttftther, re-
HOME RULE.
The Irish Home Rule Bill baa passed
the House of Commons and goes to the
House of Lords. Fur nearly ten years
Mr. Gladstone bas carried forward the
fight, and though considerably over
eighty years of age, his last campaign
was bis greatest. Since successful in get
ting a parliament favorable to home rule
it has taken almost a year of continuous
session to crowd the bill through the
lower bouse. It has been perhaps the
longest and hardest fought contest in
the history of the Brit'sh Parliament,
if not in the history of deliberative
bodies. Mr. Gladstone bas been in the
bouse every evening and has personally
directed every detail of the fight.
Whether the Lord pass the bill or
not, the fight Is now virtually won. The
upper house in England is largely a
figure-bead body anyway and may be
persuaded to pass the bill rather than
suffer something worse.
It may take a year or two yet to com
plete the work, but the hardest part of
tho contebt is over and the victory lies
on the side of freedom. The dwn is
breaking over Ireland.
Every patriotic American will give a
God speed to the emancipation of ,tbd
Emerald Isle; and all honor to the
gieatest English statesman of the
nineteenth century William Ewaht
Uladstone.
It now seems Inevitable that the ereat
Issue to be discussed in the next presi
dential campaign will be that greatest of
all Issues to laboring men, the financial
question. Politics? Yes; it la politics,
but as yet it is not partisan politics, but
bids fair; If existing conditions continue,
to become such, and when that time
comes the laboring man who is not on
the right side of that question will in all
probability be "treading mortar" for one
or the other of the at present great po
litical parties, neither one of which is
or will be guided in the interest of the
workloginan.
The weal or woe' of labor is firmly
joined to the financial policy of this na
tlon. When money is scarce the labor
log man If idle; when It Is plenty be is
at work. The great question to be de
cided in the future Is How to prevent
a scarcity of clrcul itlng medium. There
is onlv one remedy: that is the issue of
money dlrectlr to the people. J ust so
long as bank oombluatlous and broker'
syndicates are allowed to even in part
control the circulating medium, just so
long will there be frequent recurrences
of panics in greater or lees degree.
There is one thing that the people of
this country have to learn, and that
that banking and mjnetsry syndicates of
whatever name, whOM capital stock Is
cash In hand, have no Interest in com
mon with any one people. Their flg 1
of the ebon hu.rf They acknowledge n
Wglaucs to no oatioaalSl wuler the sun,
aad theU oa and only coda of ethics is
the acqjUltlon of money. It matter
not to thtn whether It be In American
el, IWliUh sovereigns, SpaaUh doub
Koas, or any other standard cvlo. Their
creed U l oaey. Their law la the power
of Mer. llmltel oaly by quantity,
Thslr politic to dec the people of
May to say as to at they will bear.
This comprehend the religion, law aad
politic ff vYMl sad Lombaid stmts.
It le at aatbanl. It aot patriotic
Ii e mhiHiU a jtm aothlig shwt of
lraMe la principle, when uud
by the rttl!a, U la lratabi bcaa
Its vrrattt pttrtkally aulUrta our
foatlruU, wkka Urant W all raea
"Ufv, liberty and tVi J'UMult of happi
a,'' ait of waka are aht i!4 la a
d!? ly the m tUia of tM puwtrfut ftv
tr ta a4ltwal llfi aad ih aHa tat
Vmwi it nt k tuttieyok of tU numey
ptteer pt4K Ui tb Ortt su of gov
taatl tfaW Wy l?iiitt.
sjumi; isnuwui-iw ' 'ea-aw
THESPHINX.
The Sphli x ilu ever by th stream of life.
Even as h sit amid the pyramid
WllMn the Barrew ralley ot the Nil.
The questions ever;-What are Life and '
Death?
Who pot u here? What keep na? To what
end?
These questions ask we and no answer
comes.
Uin builds his creeds; and east creed ilsh-,
agree 1
' With all the rest; ths oil ones fade away
Aad new one come instead; creed follow 1
Creed,
Till la the endless maze we grow coo fused
And turn and face agaia the silent Sphinx.
The brntes a boat a mock a with their form
Saying: "Yon (prang from n the stream
caa rise t
Xo higher than lu aonrc. Bold, hold proud1
man.
Amid your dizzy dream a. Do not forest
Your kindred here, for you ara one with us.
The earth, oar mother, put k cr client fore
Upon n and restrain us to hereelf,
Saying: "You are my children, you ar
made . ., ,
From ont my elements. Yon row from me.
From me drew sustenance; and unto m
You mail return. My iron band ef law
Is on you. You cannot escape from it"
The far-off tun look at ui from hi throne,'
Saying: "I am yon fathtr. Yon have-
drawn
Your life and light from me; the energy '
Conning in thrill 1 electric through your
frames,
Yon gained from n the very tint you wear
TJooa your souls, lhete also come from me
All then muHt be lumndercd once again. 'r
The tar gaze on ua from the shore of space
Like qeacona o'er the aea, and eem to sy :
"We are the emblem of the universe,
The blossom of eternity, but yon ,
Are merely worm and like the worms maot
... die-" "
And then, our creed all melted from eur
mind,
A melt the dew upon summer morn,
We turn and look once more upon the
Spbnlx,
That it like a mysterlou queatlon-mark
Before the portal of eternity,
That silent sit, and nothing tay at all.
J, A. Edgerton, in Open Court. '
AMONG OUR EXCHANGES.
England controls Wall street, Wall
street controls Cleveland, Cleveland
controls the democratic party well it
seems to have lost all control of things
and is going to run just about as fast as
it can. Jfiagle, Weeping water.
Has anybody heard of their payinsr
any pension money before it was due?
They have paid interest to the bond
holders several times Doiore it was due.
The bondholders have held it over the
(ruo-boleers in a good many ways of
ate years."-Eagle, Weeping Water.
Don't hoard your money. By so do-
ins? vou intensify tho Dresent stringency
aed run the risk of having it stolen
from you. If ou don't trust the bank
ers, and will take your money out any
how, take it to tno post omce and duv
money orders payable to yourself. Thi
will Keep tne currency m circulation
and jou will be absolutely safe for 12
months, when the moony order must be
renewed. New York Voice.
New York bad a little premonitory
pain lat week in the shape of a riot
and tbe police reserves were called.
Next dav Brooklyn had a spasm of tbe
same kind, and the police Injured quite
a number beiore tne street ware clear
ed. The geod people are ' not uneasy,
because tbey have confidence in the
police and militia. It don't amount to
anything only a few thousands of starv
ing people demanding work or bread
a matter of no account. Coming Crisis
In the halcyon days which ever truoy
populist believes tbat the future holds
in store, when panics will be prevented
by a sufficient volume of cur' ency, when
the banks will be stable because they .
will belong to the government, and
transportation rates will be reasonable
becruse fixed by tho people's represen
tatives, when there will ba work lor
every willing hand and the system that
creates millionaires at one end and
tram oa at the other shall be regulated
to the bar ba rem of the paat,rwhen.
those golden days fib all come, my
brother, then you and I perhaps can
rest on our laurels and feel tbat we.
have done our part; that we have help
ed humanity by living. Out, at the
present time it oehooves ua to work.
This movement is not going to move
itself. Then, in the language of the
classics. "Let us get a hustle on our
selves and keep tne grand eauae march
ing on. J. A. Edgerton In Nonoon
formlat.
NT a Ml up fot, N'ebmha.
the bwlle rlef,
txwa wlta
TakaTNl AUUtnr lorrMMT.
A THE STATE TAni
The Nebraska state fair prvmtiiea td
be larger aud bettor this year than
ever before. The building at the
grounds are all being repaired and some
of them enlarged. From all report
theeahlbita will be larger than those
of last year. The falropena September
8th, but Monday, September 11th, will
bo tbe first day for publlo attendance.
Tuenday, Wednesday and Thursday ot
neat week will be the principle days.
Persons who are not able to attend the
world's fair should come to thastala
fair aa the aeit best thing.
TuoiB person who pe4let the V
teat ot how rale la lrUad if OUd.
st on should ptM away before that
meature ta u.hu1, seem tt be tut
bued with a vary p-nw Mof thltaa
ttua over Oiwex It the prlnlpl (
bHw rut dp4d anus UlaJfttoae'e
prtel popularity alone, it net
won id bate rbd the stage It asa.
Thar u aoHMttilair Uor end dpf
la lt.ua rule tb Uladta raua
a'-Uy, uoh s the g ran 1 eld man" la
JMird Wf hU follow k,
Tha It- Chart hotel at the foot t4
O Vtrrat la the most papular farsMf's
aeuM la Llacvla. Only ll.UO a dir.
X
