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NAnKWON. - - NEBRASKA
BEBKASKA NEWS NOTES.
CARICATURE.
t is rlnpenlng fast
Knights of Pythias held memo
tlBl services at Columbus Tuesday.
Bavglars got $1!4 from the residence
? Joseph Winkler at Petersburg.
Jake
Baker of Wymore killed his
and then attempted suicide.
A freight train on the Norfolk branch
t the RAM. was derailed at Oconee.
mlddle-of-the-roaders will hold
state convention at Grand Island
mm July 20.
The 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
I Rice of LaPlatte was drowned In
aa Platte river.
North Platte now has 1,307 school
Children, as against 1.200 last year, a
grata of 17.
Harvard Is raising money for the
starving In India. Over $90 has been
collected so far.
7T district reunion of old soldiers
I sailors was held at Syracuse Satur
day and Sunday.
The fusion forces of Nance county re,
Woaninated Will Rose for the office of
osnty attorney.
Wheat and rye harvest has com
neoched t Syracuse and promise a
remunerative return.
The fusion convention held at Ten
der nominated M. W. Murray for repre
sentative of . the Sixteenth district.
Judge Hastings of Wllber has been
ward a prize of $2,000 by the American
Philosophical society for an essay.
A new lodge of Elks was Instituted
at Gran Island Saturday. The cere
anooJea were conc luded by a banquet.
Ora Johnson of Geneva has sued Nye
dt Schneider for $10,000. Johnson broke
hi arm at their elevator in Sawyer.
Farmers around Lyons have peti
tioned the postofflce department for two
separate free rural delivery routes.
Am Elknorn & Missouri Valley train
Into a herd of cattle near Albion.
kUUng- eight and badly injuring four.
, In the fusion Judicial convention held
at Norfolk Judge Cones of Pierce re
ceived the nomination on the thirtieth
Charles Laventz of Hastings hast been
mated on a charge of committing a
criminal assault on a 14-year-old girl
ttrrnc; near Holstein.
. Rough Riders club hag been organ-
at Lyons, and Roosevelt has been
that an emblem in the shape
C flaf la requested of him.
A special term of district court is
am aesadoa at North Platte for finishing
IBB the business of the last term, which
in April.
Treasurer Meserve has issued
m. call for state warrants numbered
3771 to H210, amounting to 52.000. They
be payable July 7.
three days last week at Fremont
mercury reached 97 each day, and
of crops were beginning to
the want of moisture.
1;
a ."WITHOUT-MAUICE"
(CHICAGO CHRONICLE.)
MARK HANNA,
His Specialties Shipping Subsidies, Stock Markets, Ballot
Boxes, The Government.
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WHY THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION WAS DULL.
BY JAMES W. CREELMAN.
The Inert, passionless spirit of the re
publican national convention was, I
believe, prophetic of defeat. Such unan
imity in the choice of President Mc
Klnley and Governor Itoosevell and
such Inability to invoke the red-blazing
whirlwind of enthusiasm which
must accompany all victorious move
menu in American national politics
may seem incompatible, but the ex
planation Is not difficult to find. The
truth is that the moral passion which
once made the party of Lincoln irre
sistible has disappeared from ;he ltad-
eiship of the party. The soui-movir.g,
humane sentiment of other days has
been succeeded by a spirit of com
mercialism which overrides and crushes
sentiment. The truth Is that tne !
republican matses are being carried Ir.
reslstibly and, in a sense, against their
will, out of the former channel of their
convictions and feelings, partly by the
force of the incomparable organisation
controlled by Mr. Hanna and partly by
habit and association. Neither the
president nor the platform can quicken
the flame of patriotism this year. The
stolidity of the sixteen thousand re
publicans who heard the platform read
and witnessed the nomination of Mr.
litlcal question from a second-class po
litical question by Its relation to Indi
vidual liberty and by the willingness
or otherwise of men to lay down their
lives for it. Men will not shed the!i
blood for the sake of a financial or com
rnercial theory.
In searching for an explanation of
the dull, spiritless republican nation
convention It must be remembered that
the war with Spain, which was support
ed by the whole people regardless of
party, was begun for the liberation of
a people struggling against a cruel
tyranny and not for the extension of
trade. It was the democratic party
which forced the McKlnley administra
tion to Intervene between Cuba and
Spain. The humane aspect of the strug
gle disappeared long ago, and nothing
remains but the question of money.
The whole theory of the convention was
based upon trade. The platform, the
speeches and the names of the candi
dateswith the exception of Governor
Roosevelt appealed only to the sordid
Instincts, to the low and vulgar love
of acquisition, it was money! money!
money! from the beginning to the end.
Dollars! Dollars! Dollars! Compare the
theory of this convention and the Ideas
Mi Kiuley and Mr. Roosevelt shows which have stood out In the greater
clearly the temper of the voters upon republican conventions of the past and
whose support Mr. McKlnley must reiy t l n,,t hard to understand why the
SAYS QUIGG DID IT.
WALTER WELLMAN WRITES
HANNA'S PLATFORM.
OF
Slick Trick Done For a Five
Thousand Dollar Fee Cornea
To Light.
natter
Hm
Beatrice police are waging war
all bicyclists found riding with-
temps or bells on their wheels. The
Is the outgrowth of several
accidents to pedestrians lately.
Will Hefferon of Hastings died
the result of Injuries received In a
nsaray. She became unconscious as
a aa she struck the hard ground
I remained In that condition until
came.
Aa ordinance granting the Lineolr
Independent Telephone company a per
gahnrfon to do business In that city was
tatrodured at the city council meeting,
'llieie hi considerable opposition to Its
lawfe and a warm fight Is predicted.
Same one entered the stable of Rev.
. L. Barnes, pastor of the Free Meth
dlat church at Blair, and stole a fine
eMelna; team, one set leather fly nets
arwd a new double harness and doubta
awarted spring wagon. A reward of t-0
fa offered from the aires tof the thief.
J. K. White of Beatrice severely bent
Saw wife last week, and she Is atlll con-
to her bed. Mrs. White has sued
a divorce. White is attending the
holiness camp meeting at Lln-
la which he takes a prominent
P. Connett of .Seward was taken
few day ago and Dr. Towne of
board of health examined the
arMeh he announced to be small-
Oast at the local physicians
srlth htm and another waa not
.' cr. tost thovcht It waa hot amall
-' ? C ' h-wt vmm tlMW rp-
e-i, "SlWst IB fOSllIMH nalllKOTB w-FHI MTV
- fstfa snuwe In the vlctnltv of
X Otpa an also suffering rrom
) Q nw ntMt. The hay har-
P'fi tMepneanr ; :'"
ftyft forward, bob of the lai
' of Nebraska Cttf. re-
i tXeoweaaar to neeceeg t
) r,-cldc an renew fa-
ltswl'
j C"x Of. Kxat
Washington, D. C (Special.) Did
Lemuel Eli Quigg receive a fee of $5,WX
for placing the word "isthmian" In
place of the word "Nicaragua" in the
republican national platform at l'hila
delphia?
A well known New Tork man makes
the charge that he did.
There was much surprise when the
word "isthmian' appeared In that plank
of the platform which favors the con
struetion of a canal connecting the
Atlantic and the Pacific oceans. The
republican platform adopted at St.Louie
In WH favored the construction of
Nlcaraguan canal, and the same route
has been favored by name In most of
the state platforms which express an
opinion on the subjecL
The Panama Canal company of Amer
lea, which has its headquarters in New
Tork, has wanted the republican party
to declare In favor of an "Isthmian"
waterway without specifying the route
It is well known that this American
branch of the French company has had
some able attorneys Dot" In and out
side of congress during the past win
ter. Accoruing to the statement of a well
known New York man, Mr. Quigg was
employed as an agent of the same com
pany at Philadelphia. Mr. Quigg was
the New Tork member of the commit
tee on resolutions, and if he was paid
his fee It appears he earned it, because
the plank declared in favor of "an
Isthmian" canal and thus leaves the
question of a route an open one.
It is understood that when canal leg
islation comes up in congress next win
ter the Panama company Intends to
make a fight in favor of its route.
Hence the desire to strike the word
"Nicaragua" out of the republican plat
form and put the word "Isthmian" In
its place.
Mr. Quigg has successfully explained
that be is not responsible for the ab
sence from the platform of the plank
affirming the power of congress to leg
islate for our territorial possessions.
The charge that he had surreptitiously
suppressed that plank was made by
General Qrosvenor. acting as a news
paper correspondent, and General Gros
venor was mistaken.
If r. Qulgg's skirts are clear aa to
that, for Senator Fairbanks and other
members of the committee say the pro
posed constitutional ' plank waa sup
pressed by unanlmoua vots of the sub
eomralttee and afterward by the full
committee.
But will Mr. Quigg be aa successful In
refuting the charge that he smuggled
the word 'Isthmian" Into the platform,
and that he did to aa a lawyer working
for a contingent fee paid by htm the
Panama Canal company T
There la a good deal of satisfaction
here with the republican national plat-
It la criticised aa lame, labbld.
awkward, lacking the true ring. Mem
ber ef the administration are dlaap
yatatssl becatMe their plans concerning
$ Cmefurgi went vrnag.
("t tOw taantMt point had
fully discussed by a number of sen
ators they were turned over to Post
master General Smith, and by him put
Into good, sterling English. Then they
were approved by President McKlnley
and sent over to Philadelphia.
Senator Fairbanks was chosen for
chairman of the committee because he
had been one of the senators consulted
in the preparation of .the various planks
and it was supposed he would be ml'.f
to secure adoption of the draft whl U
the president had adopted or something
closely approximating It. Now It ap
pears that Senator Fairbanks was not
able to control things, and It Is said
Senator Hanna was so busy with the
vice presidency that he forgot all about
the committee on resolutions.
The claim made by the editorial page
of the Times-Herald that New York
Is likely to cast Its electoral vote for
Bryand that the republicans will do
well to arrange a campaign which may
elect McKlnley without the Empire
state has attracted a great deal of at
tention in Washington.
Opinions as to the accuracy of that
forecast are divided. Some think It is
true that the side-tracking of Governor
Roosevelt to the national ticket, to the
Inevitable nomination of one of Piatt's
henchmen for governor, will seriously
hurt the republican cause In that state.
The Independent vote Is sure to go
sgalnst Piatt's man, and the Independ
ent vote controls New York.
Another and more hopeful view Is
that the Independent vote will bit
Piatt's state ticket as hard as It can, j
but support the republican candidates
for president and vice president, in
this case a democratic governor and
republican electors are likely to be
chosen. By Walter Wellman, Special
Correspondent Chicago Times-Herald
(Administration Organ).
this year.
The immortal part of the republican
party died when the McKlnley admin
istration in coid blood declared iis-rlf
by its deeds to be on the fclde of trusts
a ad a colony-owning empire defended
old enthusiasm could not be aroused
by Mr. Hanna in Philadelphia.
The American people are keenly
aware that the old-fashioned American
system, based on the Irreproarhnbl
wine and humnne Idea that fill m"n-
by l ilies. The sound of money jingltd I nt white men, nor black men, nor
through every speech in the convention ; Anglo-Saxons nlime are ciesied equal,
and marked every utterance of the plat-j being deliberately abandoned. The
form. The pursuit of money Is a good j orators of the parly In the convention
thing. liut there Is no wisdom ln' ma,le t plain th:it thf McKlnley ad-mom-y,
and there is no sentiment in mir.iMratbm Is committed to a colonial
money, there Is nothing uplifting or in-j jK.licy and to the defense of the trust
spiring that has oniy money in vie. ! system, and 'hat a republican victory
Financial or commercial issues belong j at the polls will met.n the actual in
t' the secondary group of political , auguratlon of the tirHlsh Imperial id-a
questions; they are not primary. The j in American politics.
fUt-class questions relate to Individ-j It Is a physical fact that if you turn
ual liberty, such as the right to vote, ; toward the east and take but a single
the right of free speech and of religious f lep you take a step toward China, i'.n
worship; the right of trial by Jury, the b!so If you turn toward the west and
riuht of habeas corpus, the right of take a step you take a step toward
immunity frm trei-pass in one's own China. Tne question is: Which path
house, save on warrants supported by, will take you to China soonest? It is
evidence, and on other rights guaran-1 said that the democratic policy of equal
teed In Ihe Constitution of the l'nit-d ; opportunity to all men and of TCfcist
Stats. You may know a ftr.t -class po-1 ante to everything which tends to
taken the principle- ft comprtithm ot
to make distinctions txtwern rlajtscs
t citizens or to establish sublwtboool
under our flag will in time weaken our
national strength and lower the stand
ard of our civilization. Even if thin
charge were true, it would take cen
turies to destroy our Institutions or our
civilization by such a process. Hut tha
thing which the republican party-or at
least Its controlling leadership has set
its hand to accomplish is imminent. W
are upon the very border line of im
perialism. If we have not already cross
ed It. The democratic party stands for
Individual liberty, for equal rights to
all men In all places under our Juris
diction, and for the right of every man
to have an equal opportunity to com
pete with every other man, so far aa
the government and the laws may be
able to provide It for him. These things
stand close to the primary group of
political questions. They are founded
upon a sense of Justice and moral sen
timent. Men will die for the sake of
them. They touch the imagination; they
quicken and stir the heart. If there in
peril beyond them for the nation thu
peril Is distant. Hut the republican
policy of Imperialism and trust appeals)
only to the commercial side of the peo
ple. Men will not die and men will
not cheer vgry hard for trade, except.
of course, the few men who are ready
to" am-rlflce everything for wealth. This
is undoubtedly the secret of the list
lessnecs of the great multitude which,
attended ihe republican national con
vention. I have attended n great many nation
al conventions, and never before have I
seen such stubborn aputhy. The speech
es were good and well delivered, and
the arrangements for the delegates and
guests Were nearly perfect. Ail that
organization and equipment and shrewd
leadership could do to provoke a ftre.'tt
outburst of enthusiasm was d"ne. liut
there was no vital spark of humane
feeling. The American people, repub
lican and democrats alike, cannot be
swept from the fundamental principles
which they have acted upon so long by
a love of tinsel glory or by appeals t- '
their cupidity. Mr. Hanna was in the
convention, and he saw evidences of
American resistance to a torlid na
tional policy which he may not hav
hitherto believed possible, principally
because he Is Mr. Hanna.
Mckinley dunned by hess.
J " Alt.
Txefai a J i2 iowfcj -
"Thla la a Weatem Man With East
ern ldeae"-Chaunoy Depew.
THE WAT IT SHOWS UP.
it Loula, Mo. peclal.) The follow
ing are the figures of MKlnley pros
perity aa applied to the St. Louis atrlke
to date:
Strike (commenced May K) haa
lasted (days) U
Number persons killed 13
Number wounded by bullets., h
Number otherwise Injured M
Estimated business loss.pr day.! 1M.0O0
Business lorn. M days , I.IM.ao
Lose of strikers fa wage I7S.0
Coat of ared posse comitatu. ttf oM
Number In posse onmlutua... l.Mft
Number on police duty (reg.).. 1,W9
Number special police Co
Total number armed men MM
Mm on atrlke Mot
Chicago, 111. (Special.) Before Pres
ident McKlnley begins the campaign for
a re-election Magnus A. Hess, "the
original McKlnley man." demands that
the expenses that he incurred in giving
the Canton major his political rise to
the exalted office be' liquidated. He
mailed the bill yesterday. The only
signs that remain with Mr. Hess as a
tangible evidence of his participation
in national politics are the receipted
bills for his lavish expenditures in sus-,
talnlng the Cook County McKlnley club
and arousing the business men of the
nation to the necessity of supporting
the pliable author of the tariff bill.
Mr. Hess has appealed to the presl- j
dent. Mark Hanna, Charles O. Dawes I
and every republican in touch with the
administration for three years and more
for recognition of the services which
he Insists were greater than those of
all others combined, because of the sac.
rifice he made and because of the cour
age he evinced in entering the major
for the presidency when the sling uf de
feat for re-election to congress was
piercing his sensitive soul.
"I was alone in those days," said Mr.
Hess yesterday, as he cleaned oft a
woodcut with his shirt sleeves before
locking It up In a form in his priming
office. "This man Is now renominated
triumphantly by his postmasters and
the representatives of the trusts while
I am sticking type for a living and eat
ing shortcake without strawberries In
the balmy month of June."
WET GOODS ARB ITEMIZED
Magnus A. Hess Is not A common man
who makes preposterous claims with
out substantial evidence to support
thetn. The bill Is Itemized with con
summate frankness. "Miscellaneous"
and "Incidentals" find no place In the
list of exienses. Mr. Hess' honesty
will not permit him to hide under
smooth and soothing words, the esn
tials to a well-equipped political pro
motion. He terms them "wet and dry
goods." This Is the let ter that Magnus
mailed:
"To William McKlnley, President of
the United States, Cuba, Philippines
and Hawaii Bill for Expenditures to
start the 'McKlnley Movement' from
Oct. 20, 1892, until the election 18:
Charter, "Original McKlnley
CI urn." IJ. Notary feea, tOc.Beal
$2.60 f CM
10,000 paper and muslin badges
for Knights of Labor picnic,
July I, lsK, Sharpshooters' Pk 80.00
Engraving wood cuts of Major
McKlnley, all alses, aboot 60.00
Rent for small club room, 15
Washington 1 yr at 125.... W0. 00
Lumber to fix platform and
seats, also decorations...,',... St. 00
Membership cards, meeting an
nouncements, etc.. I years., .. ISO. 4
Wagon load of envelopea, with
Major McKlnley's face print
ed on them
About two tons of paper for lit
erature, etc..
Preaawork. composltlon.foldlnc
postage stamps, expressing. ,
McKlnley electrotype, sent to
McKlnley club ail over V. S.
roaters, tavttattefta.lithoaTapB,
Rent for large club room at .
per month, about 2 years....
Wet and dry goods, "Anheuser-
Miiwaukee" and "Smoke l'p"
to keep the boys In line for
"50.00
McK" 113.13 gry
retary of the national committee, "js u.
good one. He signs alt of my recom
mendations, but I don't get what h
reeommends for me. Th only truo
man In the whole crowd has twerr
PoBtmaster Cordon. He would get me
an office If he could. Why, he bought
J15 worth of tickets to my Ix-wey dance..
Hanna's secretary had the gall to sema
t'i. and the thought of It makes me an-
Prlnting, advertising, etc., to
organize the Business Men's
McKlnley club 23.00
To organize the Wotklngman's
McKlnley League of Illinois,
In almost every precinct of
Chicago, Including printing,
electrotypes, etc., etc., about.. 300.00
button, tta,...
444. M
1.EO0.M
MU.41
STI.M
ta.m
Total ... $6,115. OS
"Please be so kind and send check for
the above amount. You have gone
back on your best friends that have
helped you In the presidential chair,
and now you have only affllated your
self with Combines, Trusts, Million
aires, Syndicates, etc. You won't be a
second Lincoln. A poor Mechanic like
me has no show. Where was King
Marcus Hanna, Dawes, Piatt and that
bunch when I started the McKlnley
movement. I only want what Is hon
est and fair, my 'money back, Resp.,
"MAGNUS A. HESS."
REALLY EXPECTS PAYMENT.
"Shall I get the money?" ruminated
Magnus as he let his right elbow rest
in a half-dried wad of his trade ink.
"Why should I write to him if I did
not expect the money? For three years
he has kept me out In the cold. No,
I will not be harsh; I will not blame
him. Do I not hold the word of his
private secretary thot the major, the
Idol of my life, believes me to be well
provided and fattening at the public
crib?
"You smile, but listen. Last fall I
called on the president at the Annex.
He was dressing for the Millionaire
club banquet.. Mr. Cortelyou recog
nized me. When I told him that 1
wanted to see the man whom I made
president he tald In iy iie, 'Mr
Hess, I assure you that the president
thinks you have long since been taken
csre of." Those were his words. This
letter, with Its cold statement of the
money I paid out for his boom, will
give him a rude awakening.
1 have gone farther," continued Mr.
Hess. "I have sent copies of this let-
ter and bill to every member of the
national committee. One has gone to
Mark Hanna there Is the fellow who
has done me all the wrong," and Mr
Hess' face lost Its smiling serenity, and
hi slow and cautious habit of speech
broke Into a canter of denunciation to
tally foreign to the disco verr of Mc
Klnley and flag day,
"That man Hanna has Ignored me.
But for him I today should be enjoying
the frulta of my years of hard labor.
You notice I lake a fall out of him In
this letter." and the smile came back
to the face of the printer and promoter
of great men and great daya.
LaJDB POSTMASTER GORDON.
"There Dawes. He haa promised
time and again to help mt. This man
Wt ." and Magna picked p a tetter
with an a44rM te the long-haired ec-1
"If this bill Is not paid there Is going:
to be fun. I have two letter from.
McKlnley that have not yet been pub
lished that will make good reading In
this campaign. They were written to.
me when I was the whole thing and1
the sole man In the United Ktates who
was urging him to the goal. 1 was go
ing to make a draft on the major for
the money, but I thought that was a.
mean thing to do, because he thinks I
am In clover. I will give him a chance
to make me whole. I won't take an,
office now. His term Is too soon over.'"
GEN. BEATTY IS SEVERE.
Reason Why Republican Ticket.
Should Not Win.
Columbus, O. (Special.) General Jno.
Beatty. president of the Citizens' Sav
ings bank,' who was at one time a re
publican leader In this state and whose
record as a soldier is equal to that of
any officer in the volunteer service, haei
a powerful way of expressing his opin
ions, and his declaration the other day
that he would not support the repub
lican ticket attracted wide attention..
When asked today If ,e had lost,
faith In the gold standard, Geneial Be-,
atty said;
"Not at all. That question was sub
mitted to the people In UM after fulli
argument. The verdict on It lias rol
only been rendered, but embodied lit
the law of the country, and so th mat
ter has been disposed of for good ami-'
all.
"I do not like McKln'ey. He Is In
sincere, the tool of trusts and com
bines, a rep'tdlalor of the fundamental
doctrines of the republican party, an
imitator of English methods of govern
ment, an Irresponsible and conscience
less demagogue, who In his time hn
voted for 16 to 1, advocsted the Hlier
man law of PiM and has been on about
every side of every Important question. .
M KI.VLEY A SERVANT OF TRt'ETP.
"In brief. Instead of being a leader
he is a truckler to the mob while seek
ing office and an abject aervant of the
trusts when In ome.
"The man who distributes the office
of the country or Influences Its legisla
tion as a reward for party or personal
service or In return for contributions of
campaign funds Is no leas a briber thxn
the man who pays money directly for
votes to secure hi election to offlo.
In fact, the former 1 morally the more
guilty, for Instead of using his own
money, he use that of the people for -his
own advancement or to pay his po- .
litlcal or personal obligations.
OrFBNDS LAW AND MORAL.
"I think It can readily be shown that
McKlnley and Hanna are guilty nf thla i
great offense aralnat good morals and
good law, and for thla and other res
son I hope they will be beaten. an4
hence trust the democratic party will
not contribute to their success by the
advocacy of either dead or Immaterial
"The old republican aprty won on a -few
plain and easily snilmtit .r
altlons. . There wa nothlne nt tm.ttr-
or money mentioned. It mmm in
main -imply a fight far the right at -
rsro. in. same isaa. ander (lightly
: hanged asftdltluna, u presented today'
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