Ibarrtson journal.
BO. D. CANOW, Editor ud Frop.
BLiBRISON,
NEB.
And nowa German scientist declares
that "the earth really is an egg." Good
w bad?
A New Orleans paper exclaims in
surprise: "Chicago whisky killed a
man the other day." It does that ev
ery day.
The Fargo Argus says: "They say
love is a disease. Come to North Da
kota ami have it cured in ninety days."
Can't it be done by mail?
The Milwaukee Wisconsin has dis
covered that "Crown IYinee Constan
tlne has a retreating forehead." What's
the matter with the rest of h'jn?
A Rochester man claims to have in
vented a process by which he i able
"to expand one gallon of whisky into
8ve." How about Its cranial expan
sion? A St. IxmLs girl be by born during the
great windstorm last summer has been
christened "Cyclouia." The happy par
ents are said to b completely carried
away with her.
A New York baby fell two stories,
truck, upon an awning, bounded out
and escaped without a scratch. The
parents of that bouncing baby boy are
to be congratulated.
Fitzslinuionc hat been made defend
ant In court proceedings in which he
Ls described as aa "actor." fie will
have no trouble whatsoever in securing
an acquittal on that charge. '
The population of Loudon in 1890
was placed at 4,421.955, an increase of
41,000 over 1805. In lSixi there were
in the city 135,190 births, 85,511
deaths, and "9,7:58 marriages.
Teala says he soon will be able to tele
graph and telephone by using the earth
imste.id of using wires. Will the central
girl; when one a.sks for the earth, still
ay: "It is busy; please call again"?
Paderewski says he will play at pri
vate musk-ales this season a few times
for $5,000 a performance. Wonder If
we could get him to play twice for $10,
D00, if which $4 shall be cash, balance
Mi tame?
A French count who is running an
elevator in New York offers to sell his
title and appurteuances thereunto be
longing for $75,000. We have felt sure
all along that the Goulds got the worst
of that Castellane deal
The Way cross (Ga.) Journal ays:
Boys, our girls are as fair as the crys
tal water and as lovely and modest as
!he zephyrs of a June af ternoon in the
!lassac woodland." That ought to pro
luce sn immigration boom.
A Kentucky contemporary, which
nay he considered an expert authority
B ouch matters, says that "the Ohio
ynehiig wan badly managed." That
undoubtedly Is true; but we really can
lot recall a lynching which was man
tled well.
A Lincoln, Neb., paper says editorial
y: "In the eleven months ending with
May our expenditures exceeded our re
lpts by about $33,000,000." Such a
leficit as that to time is1 bound to knock
t big hole ta the profits of even a Ne
waskan daily.
Wlien any one loses his power of ob
lervation. it means simply that he has
'.or so Ions a time ceased to oltscrve
(hat the faculty Is disappearing. When
toe memory faita, it is because it has
lad little or no practice; when the pow
ir of work dwindles, it is the result of
Dg idleness.
A Pennsylvania physician has dkr-ov-d
a new ailment, which he calls
nervous prosperity." It Is caused, he
ays, by worry over financial matter,
atd unless promptly checked leatls to
lervous prostration. The whole eoua
ry apieirs to have had a touch of that
otnpfaint lately.
The Atrila (Ga.) Ledger thus chron
elea a very pleasant social event; "Miss
tarah Jane Saton and Mr. Pily Ander
bn were Joined together yesterday in
be holy bowls of wedlock, universal
rorkl without end. They left last night
n the evening train for somewhere, as
rpud as two aprlng chickens."
Every" tinie that we take up a book
rfthout a purpose ) an opportunity lost
t taking tip a book with a purpose;
Tory bit of stray inforroaJion wiiich
tt cram into ouf heads without any
tame of ita Importance is, for the most
art, a bit of the most useful Informa
loa driven out of our head and from
or minds.
London was considered overbuilt In
580. and In that year a law was passed
ifalcat palMtng on lota previously un-
Kcvphtd. The cry was renewed In
IC58. when London contained 1 00.000
M0laf3 and acaln in 1873, the n tun
Mr of inhabited boa sen then reaching
C3.7M. In aptt of the prophet the
tj dty baa contiaued to add mile of
icir attwta every year.
rCataanftli (Ifcu) Newa: Wbita Ohio
I w Irnobloc a , netrrv and
town ca other becauiae f
"( - wa aeodUiar one to the
Ml I Ct t&U, lrgaJ. orderly
; ' -z-zlTj rta atalltr
time when Northern eoniflJunitie- whmii
ed to derive pb&snre fnft i-omrastlir
their methods of dlspen.sl.irf Justice
wlith the methods of tlie South. 1
The new steamer indented by a Ca
nadian lawyer, with which he expect
to revolutionize lake and ts-ean travel,
is comiHJsed of an inner and outer steel
cylinder. ' Provided with 150-horse
is-wer, the outer cylinder is rolled
across the water with great speed,
while the inner cylinder, which carries
the passengers, remains pendent. In
two days the inventor expects to re
volve his craft from New York to Liv
erpool. Paris expects to have In time for the
exposition of 1900 an electric overhead
trolley system, but without wires. The
contact will be taken from the electric
lamp posts belonging to the city, by
means of a copper rail fastened along
the edge of the roof of the car, not loss
than fourteen or fifteen feet from the
ground. The contact point will slide
along the copper rail, and th curent
will return to the power station
through the track rails, as usual.
From London comes the news that
Florence Nightingale, the world-renowned
nurse and philanthropist. Is
dying. Although she is very aged, the
nations cannot but ie saddened at the
passing away of this shining example
of womanhood- At a time when it
was most unusual for a woman to vol
unteer in such tasks, she won the ad
miration of the whole world by her
heroic self-sacrifice and devotion to the
victims of the Crimean war. It is
characteristic of her that she now pro
tases, it is said, to devote the fund of
$4W.0i0 raised for her several years
ago to establish a nurses' home.
- - -- ' Texas.
The annual returns of the volunteer ; Webster, of Missouri, offered an
corps of Great Britain iave just been amendment providing for the Initiative,
made to the war office, ami they show t referendum and Imperative mandate
an unusually large iercentage of ef- u the government of the party; Par
ficiency 97 per cent, in a total of 2:'.0.- k(.r offered an amendment to Webster's
059. As usual, the best men and the amendment, which was accepted, and
largest corps are from the provinces, i then the amendment was adopted. See
Yorkshire being away up in the list. ! section lu, which was not in the corn-
It furnishes six volunteer artillery
corps, ranging in number from 870 to
494. Several of the rifle battalions
have each over a thousand men. in
some of which as few as twenty men
failed to Qualify as efficient. Of late
years Great Britain has" had trouble in
securing sufficient men to roan her 1
navy, but there does not secan to be the
same difficulty in the land forces.
The owner of a valuable Newfound
land dog in New Orleans sought dam
ages from a railroad company for kill
ing it. The case turned on the validity
of an act of the Louisiana Legislature,
recognizing doga as personal property
only when placed on the assessment
rolls. The United States Supreme
Court sustains the law and refuses
damages, since the dog was not as
sessed, denning the law in regard to
dogs as follows: The very fact that
they are without protection of the
criminal laws shows that property in
dogs is of an imperfect or qualified na
ture, and tliat they stand, as it were,
between anmals ferae naturae, in j
which, until snMued, there is no prop-
erty, and domestic animals, in which
the right of property is complete. They
are not considered as being upon the
same plane with horses, cattle, siieep
and other domestic animals, but rather
in the category of cats, monkeys, par
rots, singing birds ami similar animals
kept for pleasure, curiosity, or caprb-e.
Unlike domestic animals, they are use
ful neither as beasts of burden, for
draft, nor for food."
The most spectacular roblery of the
season is reported from St. Paul. A
trusting house-holder went to look over
his property to estimate the cost of
some projected repairs, and found a
hole in the ground which had leen
used for a cellar all that was left of
the domicile. A diligent search reveal
ed the structure rejiosing on a vacant
lot two blocks off, but the thieves had
begun already gathering in the spoils,
evidently intending to remove them
one floor at a time. The parlor had
already beesi removed bodily, and it
appears that it contained among other
furnlshiiigs a tramp who shipf through
the entire robbery, and Is, m far as
anybody knows, sleepi:?: yet. This tes
tifies alike to the skill of the housem ov
ers and the sleejdng powers of tlu in
mate, but the snceessf ul removal of tlie
tTamp can hardly be accepted as full
cainpensn.tiioin for the temporary loss of
the house. Now that the affair Is pub
lic, ami the thieves cannot hope to get
any more of tlie coveted structure, they
ought to be generous and remove what
remains of the house back again. They
will probably be allowed to keep the
tramp and no questions will Ihj asked.
Red Bananas.
Luscious red banana make a deli
cious breakfast salad. While they do
not possws the tonic bitter of tlie grain
fruit tlicy offer a refreshing cliane.
This banana i tlie resuW of gra.f.t'iiig
the root stock of the common yellow
lauiann and i raised ehrWny at Barn
coa. The little Guinea r iig bn.u:iua,
with a llavor as xiwect as lioaiey. W not
often brought to this -otiMry, tn-ca jt
tlie entire supply is used In tlie tropics.
These lnurwnas are occasionally found
In the markets of New Orleatui ihmI rth
er wilrtropio cities. The banana, wlv-u
served in the nroies, where k grow. 1
(tenerally divided U-Jiigthwise. For
brwikfnjst chill the banana and sprinkle
adnsbnf brandy or maraschino over It
The ordinary red Iwnana will need a
Mrtle m:xnr unlcus It ls "dead ripe," but
the flg lianena wttb it mefeina' honey
tint-tun d pulp will nd no aucii addi
tion. W fall to act why tlie tobacco-chewing
lpldt Is any wont tfeaa Hm baMt
of nan-IBS
ISSUE AX A DURESS.
POPUL'STS AT NASHVILLE PRE
SENT A PLAN
Emphatic Declaration Against Fusion
in Future Address and Flan of Or
ganization in 'Full-Initiative mJ
keterenduiu Method for Proceeding
Pone at -Nashville.
About the only work the Nashville
conference had to do was to issue an
address and adopt a plan for preserv
ing the organization. For this purpose
a committee of one from each State
lepreseuted was appointed on resolu
tions. This committee apiointed a
sub-committee of three, consisting of
Ignatius Donnelly, of Minnesota; Con
gressman Howard, of Alabama, and
W. S. Morgan, of Arkansas, to draw up
the address and plan ami submit the
same to the full committee. Thin they
did; the full committee made some
changes, and then reiorted to the con
ference. The conference made several
important changes. The following lan
guage was inserted in the report by the
conference:
"We declare that no convention, cau
cus or committee Khali ever again bind
us to any fusion agreement with either
the Democratic or Republican party."
Thislanguage was added on suggestion
of Chairman Bradley, who had vacated
the chair In order to offer the amend
ment. A provision in the committee's report
that read, "We will welcome to our
ranks all earnest men of all shades of
political opinion," was changed by the
conference so as to invite "all patri
ots." This change was made at the
; suggestion of Park and Tracy, of
m it tee's report.
Section 11 was also a new section
lidded by the conference to the commit
tee's reitort. It was adopted on mo
tion of Dr. Cherry, of Arkansas. It
gives the new committee full power and
authority to call a national convention.
and to submit any question to the vot-
ers of the party when said committee
may determine the best interests of
the party require the same.
The address and plan as amended
and adopted by the conference is as
follows:
The Address.
Disclaim ing any intention to dictate to
the Populist voters of the I'nited States,
or any feeling of bitterness toward those
who may have honestly differed from ns
in the past on mutters of party policy, in
the words of the immortal Lincoln, "With
malice toward none, with charity for all,
with firmneHS in the right as God (fives us
to see the right," we submit to every ipl
riotic citizen the following address:
In 1891 there was organized at Cincin
nati a great political party, whose prin
ciples were as vast an innovation utioa
existing beliefs as were the grand gener-
aliza lions of Thomas Jefferson in the Dec
laration of Independence, an advance iqt-
on the ideas commonly held by the world
i in LS7U
i The latter proclaimed the lepd equal-
lty of all men, and tlieir right to liberty
and happiness; the former declared that
i government is a mere instrumentality,
formed by ail, for the enforcement of th
, welfare of all, that labor of brain and
' brawn is tlie sole parent of prosperity,
j society and civilization. That "wealth
belongs to him who creates it, and that
j every dollar taken from industry, with
ouc an equivalent, is ronnery; mat ir a
man will not work, neither thall he eat
that the interests of rural and civil labor
are the same, while their enemies are
identical.
i uese nieas are the natural sequence
and supplement to the Declaration of In
dependence. Without them the words of
Jefferson are a mere "hruturn fulinen
Ihe right to "pursue happiness" is of no
avail if men are prevented by misgovern-
meut from attaining it. Liberty is bat an
idle word if the human family are to be
swept through poverty and Buffering into
bondage. Life itself is not worth having
at the price of shame and degradation
The New World is no better than tlie Old
' World if the condition of the people is the
same.
I We escaped from England in 1770. W-
are again her subjects in 1X97. We art-
not permitted to pass laws necessary for
our own welfare, without her consent
arm that consent cannot he had, sine
she thrives by plundering us.
t Cheap production in the United States
means cheap supplies for her citizens.
Instead of a sovereign pi-oplc, leading the
world to higher levels of statecraft and
development, as the greatest, most power
ful and most thoroughly educated com
nionvvealth on earth, we are dw arfed into
mere provincials, toning to enrich our
cunning masters side by side with the
starving Hindoo, the wretched Egyptian
I and the impoverished Irishman.
I The People' party was born to live
n rid not to die. It was created not to put
a few men in oflice, but to give to all
men that happiness guaranteed by the
Constitution u( the United State. The
conditions wiiich five years ugo demanded
the establishment of our organization, in
sist to-diiy, with tenfold force, that it
shall live as long a a single wrong ex
ists unrighted on the face of the earth.
! To resist these evils, we organized in
1M)1. We meet in 1X97 to renew the
faith; to proclaim that the battle in not
jet over; that it is just beginning, and
that we will continue tlie good fight a
king ns God lets us live,
I While we have the largewt toleration
for nil honest differences of opinion, and
will welcome to our ranks nil patriots, we
declare that those who think the party
ought to tlie linve no more place in Its
rank than Benedict Arnold bad in the
Continental army, or Judni lacarlot in
the Christian Church. Fidelity to prin
ciple is above nil other considerations,
ftince such fidelity mean the greatness
uml happiness of tlie human race.
1 While we have nothing hut kindly feel
Ing toward the rank and file of our Jate
llie, we do ut believe tbnt the question
f fret Mirer la in Itaelf a broad enotwa
atatlora for aatioaal fart?. Tba ft
mne'isHm of silver would, we believe,
hicrcai-e the price of labor u.id lt pro
ductions by increasing the supply of
money, mill it is therefore a mutter of the
utmost consequence' to all the people of
the I'nited Stales; but it must not be
forgotu-n that the opening of the mint to
silver would not decrease one iota the
i-,kl...i-i.. i.t ilm eoroorations. the usur
er, the rinira and the trusts.
It will
avail nothing to add to tht
value of la
bur mid it urodwtHUt If
the exactions
of plunderer are i
rmitted to submit to
increase in equal or greater ..r..s.rnon.
As ..Ui Democratic brcil...-ii had not
patriotism enough to adopt fn-c --ver
until we had isqmlari.ed it, would they
not slump hack to their tirst wretcneu
state if the People's party were to atop
its missionary work?
The Democracy may be fit to assist in
handling a single temporary side issue
like free silver, but the welfare of man
kind and Ihe interests of all the ages de
mand the continued existence of the Peo
ple's partv. Free institutions cannot sur
vive its destruction. It has done more
for mankind in five years than any other
partv has accomplished ill twenty-tne
.... i. .... niutA iiL'nmrtf
years. -n nrpmruu im -
"its principles: there is nothing left but
misrepresentation.
It is the only national puny m ie
ite.t States. It has eliliiihsiteU tne lasi
lingering bitterness of the civil war. There
is no fraternal blood oil its garments, iia
mission is education and iveace. It will
ventually make us one people boiiinl to
gether by ligaments of mutual esteem aim
love from the lakes to the gulf.
We call upon the whole people to rail
.... ' nil
to its standard. J lit re is room -
and n heart big enough for all. Let dis-
. ii U . . i ii 1 1 u n tii i
senslotis cease. v..iose up ..-e"
forward to victory. I't every 1 opulist
become a missionary to proselyte the un
thinking and convert the mistaken. Let
us meet prejudices with facts, passion
with patience and ignorance with intelli-
.... . 1 t l.rt n.tll'Ht.
pence, lne rial or. t.oo mui --i
d "Iet there be light. -
We see our lending men traduced nna
libeled because they will not sell us out.
We must stand hy them. We see our
newspapers boycotted because they will
not assist in the destruction of the liber
ties and rights of the people. We must
sustain them and spread their circulation
everywhere.
We are engaged in the most desperate
battle ever waged in the world. It is the
ontlict of the few, armed with gigantit
. . , . I wr,,;tl,.a
powers, against tne niauy.
the exploitation of labor by idle rich, so
that those "who toil not neither tio tnej
spin, snail roo inousiry oi "-
leave those who produce all weaitn wiui-
out homes, clothes or food. ihe
(MM) farmers who have just perished of
starvation in Ilindoostan are not the vic
tims of drouth alone, but of cruel misgov
eniment also by their English masters,
who so impoverished them that they had
no resources to fall back upon when a
failure of crops occurred. In their mis
eries we read our own danger; in their
present we see our future, unless we pos
sess more than Hindoo capacity to de
fend ourselves against the despoilers of
the world.
We ask all who are in deadly earnest in
seeking reform to unite with us. for
the mere pullers of wires ami seekers of
oflice we have no place or patience. When
humanity is sinking into the abyss it is
of no moment whether the duty on calico
is a half-penny more or less.
While we are utterly tipis.sed to fusion,
and know that it has brought dissension
in our ranks, we recognize the fact that
many who favored it did so in the sin
cere 'belief that it was best for the coun
try and for the parly, but while holding
these views, we declare that no conven
tion, caucus or committee of our party,
shall ever again bind us to any fusion
agreement with either the Democratic or
Republican party.
We call the attention of the American
people to the fact that the national
bunks, tiiulcr a lb-publican administra
tion, are now fast putting into circula
tion a vast quantity of national bank
noles, taken out on the ."S'J'.IMKI.OtHI of
Cleveland bonds, which, though adding to
the burden of debt and reaching circula
tion by high interest, furnished an tn-
reased supply of money and a better pric
ing or opportunity on iue iVinerican mar
kets. If prosperity, even temporary,
comes to our people, it will be by this in
creased money supply not by the Ding-
ley tariff or any other tariff measure, as
will probably sooh be claimed by the Re
publican politicians.
We believe that no reliance can Is- plac
ed in the promises of those who control
and manipulate the policy and the action
of the two old parties. They have broken
every pledge and violated every trust re
turned in them by a confiding constituency.
With the ante-election promises in favor
of free silver still ringing in the eople's
ears, the Democratic Legislatures of five
States defeated bills to prohibit the mak
ing of gold' contracts.
With the suffering and dissatisfied
rank and file of those parties, we are in
hearty sympathy and will gladly welcome
them inro the people's party.
We reaffirm the previous declarations
of our party in favor of the initiative and
referendum anil recommend that the Peo
ple's party adopt this system in all party
proceedings, believing that Ihe direct yon
trol of legislation by the people them
selves is the only remedy for corruption
in party management as well ns in the
law-making power, by corporate wealth,
now so universal in lhis country. We
look upon this as the most iinKirtant
question now in-fore the American people,
since it involves the continuance of free
institutions.
Plan.
To the Mid of forming n more perfect
and compact oraankcation, extending the
work of education, adding recruits to and
preserving the autonomy of the People's
party, we recommend the adoption of the
following plan:
1. The election by this conference of
n national organization committee to Ik
conixscd of three members from each
State here represented, said niemls-rs to
be selected by the several Hlnbi delega
tions. In State hot represented at this
conference, the national organization com
mittee, litre created, may at their discre
tion provide for a. proper representation
on the committee.
2. The election by this conference of n
chairman of the national organization
committee, whose duty it will he to push
the work of orgnnixntlon along strictly
Populist lines, and in the Interest of Pop
ulist principles and Populist candidates;
t preside over all meeting of the na
tional organisation committee nnd to per
form all other dutiea usually incumbent
upon inch onVer.
3, "am election hj thin conference of an
executive committee of Ova member
whoa the chairman may nominate from
- 1 the mtebtra of the nath
ban of tae national orTUrwaoon
committee, whose duties shall couist In
lo-sisting in the work of organization and
education, and who shall c.x.ierate wilh
the chairman iu his efforts to preserve
and extend the organization of the party.
4. The election of a national secretary,
whose duties shall be such a are usually
performed by such officer.
T. The election of a treasurer, who
shall have charge of the funds of the oi
ganizatiou and perfmui such duties, as are
made iiu umbeut uiwm him by the execu
tive committee.
ti. The officers of this organization shall
hold their office until the time of hold
ing the next national convention.
7. The national organization commit
tee hereby created is instructed to 1-K.k
after the work of organization and educa
tion jn each State, to reform our lines
and to co-operate with the regular organ
ization when in line with Populist princi
ples. 8. We further recommend that in each
township, county and Stnte the commit
tees be looked after by the memlieis of
the national organization committee, ajd
where necessary reorganize by th' elec
tion of members who are in harmony
with the party and its principle, and who
are in favor of preserving its autonomy.
I. We urge umiii the members if th.s
party the necessity of more th iroiign and
vigorous plans of education and oi san
itation than have been in vogue the piot.
two years. To that end we heartily re
ominend the co-operative and club pines
and perfected by the committee appoint
ed for that purpose by the N it'onnl in
form Press st Memphis, of whit Ii .1. L.
Fcrriss, Juliet, III., is the present chair
man. 10. The National Organization Commit
tee shall provide for the management of
the committee here constituted, the in
itiative nnd referendum and imperative
mandate, and we recommend that the
first national convention of the People's
party shall adopt the same as a govern
ing law of the party in its entire organiza
tion. 11. The National Organization Commit
tee of the People's party, chosen by this
conference, shall have full power and au
thoiily to call a national convention of
tin party, or to submit any question to
the voters of the party on the referendum
r inn
whenever they may determine that
the best interests of the party require the
Mime.
The T'nvrrtT of the Miner.
The coal miner used to be among the
lest paitl of American workmen. Ami
when the hardness of his labor and the
danger he constantly faces are con
sidered, his wage scale ought to be
liberal.
But for years past the j :iy of the
minor lias been tieciea.-ing. No mut
ter how high the price of coal, the
miner never shares the benefit of an
advance. The tariff has no perceptible
effect uion his pay, and to-day the
most Industrious can scarcely make
wages to support an American family
in comfort.
The great strike of bituminous min
ers lias brought these facts forcibly
before the American people. Ami with
It has come talk of national action to
force tlie employers to treat the nit-u
fairly. But the law of supply ami de
mand is the regulator of wages, and
while the mines swarm with foreign
ers seeking work, the wage scale is
bound to be low.
There can be no real improvement In
the mining scales until the great
cause of low wages Is removed. There
can lie no material advance lu wages
so long ;is the mine owners are al
lowed to seek their labor III the cheap
est market- in the world.
This Is the direction which legisla
tion must take if the great industry of
mining Is to be come ns of yore, one of
the best paid employments. In the field
of American labor. Philadelphia lieni.
The hio Kltn it'on.
The Democrat nominee for (iovernor
of Ohio, Horace L. Chapmuii, Is a mine
ow ner and national bank president.
The convention rendopted the Chicago
platform with the following append
age: "All ' trusts jiinl monopolies are
hostile and dangerous to the people's
Interests anil a standing menace." It
further demanded "the rigorous en
forcement of all anti trust laws and
such, additional legislation as is neces
sary for their Immediate and final sup
pression." Now, isn't the declaration
consistency, when the Ohio Democ
racy is controlled by trusts, and has
ls-eu, of which ('ill Brlce, Paul Sorg,
John K. McLean and Tom Johnson are
living examples. The contest between
Ohio Democrats and Republicans Is a
millionaire Senator, lsith owned nnd
controlled by trusts and combines.
The Populists, with a sixty -thousand
vote, can lead them a good fight for
America by the people and for the
people. The district convention lit St.
Mary's, Ohio, speaks in no uncertain
terms as to the demand of Populism In
Ohio. There are other districts In Ohio
and nil are for Independent action. Let
the Populists rally to the State meet
ing on Aug. 10 ami 11 and be sure that
Populism Is represented. Nonconform
1st.
Pops He Vrn It?
The New York Wo, Id snys llockefel
ler gets an Income of x.mio.omi per
year, as much as ,000 worklngnien,
Htnl then nttilres: "Docs Rockefeller's
services to mankind earn as much n
2.",000 workingmeii, and is he entitled
to it? Docs he create 25,000 times as
much wealth or does he work 25,000
uienT
Well, fhe World Is the last paper In
the world That ought to kick alxitit it,
for the World did nil It could last fall
to keen Rockefeller and Ids pals In poa
session of this government, so that it
would protei them In their glgrintie
nnd merciless roblx-ry of the working-
men. Journal of the Knights of La
bor.
Oooi- I'ntinllat.
Tlie city of Dec Moines, Iowa, a city
of over 10,000 voter, has on Populist
In n recent election. The city voted on
the question of city ownership of elec
tric light. It went two to one In fa
vor of city ownership. Thus the prin
ciple of Fopnllcm are gaining ground
all the time. Things that two yeam
go Democrat or Bapubllcanc would
not lirtaa to, they sow Indorse, and
when the interest of the parly is not f
Hake will vote for. Slowly but nirdj
the seeds of Populism that ic sowr
for the past few years are ripetiina
into a magnificent harvest. -MitieoLi
Courier.
Tariff HencBts.
During the years of 1H'.0 and lit
the increase iu manufactured goods it
the Fulled States was two billion dol
lars' worth per year, or four billion dol
lars for the two years. This iucreas
would make 7,0(io,OIHI.ihjii worth of
goods to lie put uiiu the market and
sold during each of those two years.
In July, 1K12, the coinage of sliver was
stopped at the mints and four hundred
millions were locked up In the vault
In Philadelphia. Washington and New
York. The silver was not only takei
out of circulation, but $BJ7.fHHi.fMHi ol
national link notes were withdrawn
from circulation. This decreased tin
circulating medium one-half and also
decreased the value of all goods one
half. Look at the result! Fourteen
billion dollars' worth of manufactured
goods reduced to less than ?7,01MUhh
in value. In two years, under the Me-
inley tariff law. An Increase of bulk.
one-half, nnd a decrease in price one
half. That is the kind of prosperity (V)
that we had under the McKinley law.
This left seven thousand million dol
lars' worth of goods unsold In the fac
tories during the year IW'-'. Thus the
market was glutted, with no money tc
buy with and no prospect of a demand.
And tills Increased amount had to be
put upon the market at a sacrifice of
one-hnlf of its original value. Kaimu
Commoner (Wichita, Kan.). ,
National Committee.
The following uatltiii.il cornmlttif
was chosen at the Nashville confer
dice and given power to act in th"
promotion of organization, calling con
ventions and furthering the cause ol
parly interest:
Alabama .1. II. Harris, Oak Bower:
V..
Gaston. Giccnville: I. ('. Watson, S:
atk
sonville.
Arkansas W. S. Morgan. Hardy:
A
N. Files, Little Rock; J. E. Scanlmi,
Bet
Blanch.
Floriiida F. H. Lytic, Stanton: A. P.
Buskin, Anthony; C. C. Post, Sea Breeze.
Georgia Gen. Win. Phillips. Marrictta:
Win. D. Hawkins, Flowery Branch; 1 r
R. W. Mays, Jackson.
Illinois J. H. Ferris. Juliet; L. D. Ray
nobis, Chicago; G. W. Wickline, Nash
ville.
Indiana N, II. Motsinger, Shoals: J.
II. Allen, 'i'eire Haute; T. B. Rogers, I,o
gansport Iowa-.!. O. Bet-be. Wevt-r; A. W. C,
Weeks. Wintcrset; Aili Reel. Muscatine,
Kansas J. F. Willets. McLoiith; A
Steinberger, Guard; J. V. B. Kennedy,
Ft. Scott.
Kentucky Jo A.
W. B. Britlgeft.nl,
James, Owensboro.
Ixmisiana X. F.
Rocket, Sliearvillc;
field.
Parker, lyiuisvillc:
Frankfort; Samm-i
Nu ft,
B. W
Naff;
Bailey
J. C.
Win
Wanes Must Co non,
"Wages must go down." so says Mr.
Elkins, the Republican Is.ss of West
Virginia. During the last campaign
Mr. Elkins told the people that the
election of McKinley meant good times
and better wages. Now, six months
after tlie inauguration of McKinley,
lie tells tbein that Instead of thcin get
ting better wages ami more work
their wages must be lowered. Wonili-i
If Mr. Elkins thinks the people of thl
State really are a set of fools Ex
change.
Help Vrurar-tf, John.
Have a little more tjunll on toast.
Jobn'.'tt nk hal, a brotitlcloth coat. ami
pair of patent leather shoes? (If course
you enjoy most thoroughly this gtanl
itntl glorious wave of prosperity that
you voted for. and you should live "at
the top of the sd" while It lasts. Will
you take a few weeks' vacation this
season. John, ami spend It at the sea
tdioro. In the mountains, or at fiishlns
on the great lakes V Grander Age.
A Severe Arraignment
It is a rather severe arraignment of
present-day society when worUlugmct
talk of leaving the cities they have
built, the houses they have erected, tin
machinery they have made, and all th
wealth they have created, behind them,
and forming new colonies so that they.
may have the Imre opiwirttinlty to la.
tsir and live. Toledo I nion. '
No, Ther V ill Not.
We have no patience with tlie work.
Iiigmen who recently. In Pittsburg, tor
McKlnlev's picture to shreds nnd
M.nnpcd the decoy picture of fiietorle
starting up by his election under tlieli
feet. It Is 10 to 1 that tlie same men
will be fools enough In 10W to do Jusi
as they did last year. Tlie Sletlgehanv
mer.
Populism.
TI-? reform movement will not Ix
sidetracked.
There la a standard now a round
which Ihe scattered reformers maj
rally.
The committee appointed nt Nash
vllle will be tlie national committee If
necessary.
The Democrat who still adheres U
the old party has 111 tic ground to kick
on McKinley' failure to bring pros
perity. The new national orgntilzntion com
mittee aplMilnted at Nashville, will e
to It, if necessary, that there Is a na
tlotuil Populist convention, called fot
the proHr lime.
The conference not only went on rec
ord as oppom-d to fusion but dot-tared
that no convention could bind the part;
to any fusion agreement. This wa
hitting straight from the shoulder.
The Union Congregational Church In
Fact Bralntrec, recently destroyed by
fire, hud come historic nrsts latlon. It
wa formerly the "meet lug bouse" of
tlie IIolllc street Church of Hoston. In
Mlfl it was taken down and floated on
a raft to Kast Bralntrec, and rebuilt od
the site which It has since occtipiid,
The church was organised In lxn,
with tba Her, Daniel Clark as pastor.
