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NEWS NOTES
Th rsbUcana of Wt Mat tev
clak.
"CtclM" DtvU addrtMed lug
crowa at ooeok.
Dlatrtct court U in scralon at W2t
Point and Lincoln.
lodge of the Bankers' Union of tha
World has been formed at Table Rock.
Judge J. E. Bush, an old and dlitin-
ulahed resident of Beatrice, died of
paralysis.
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Jo Alcorn and Frank WiK1nton of
Sterling are in Jail at Tecumseh on
charge of highway robbery.
Prank Slatterman Is in Jail at Ogal
alla, charged with burglarising Weer
Bros.' store and robbing them of 0.
Thieves broke Into the postofflce at
Believue, blew open the safe and got
money and stamps to the amount of
SIM.
Governor Poynter spoke at Teka-
aaah, Lysle J. Abbott at Weston and
O. M. Hitchcock at Plattgmouth last
week.
The Knights of Pythias of North
Platte gave a splendid banquet In honor
f the grand chancellor, George E.
"French. ..
Kugene V. Debs, candiate of the so
cial democratic party for president
day aight.
The remains of Engineer W. P, Rob
rta, who was killed in a wreck near
Ptottsmouth, were taken to St Joseph
tot burial.
J. C. Hlchmgn of Omaha has suc
Pn Ppw ! gwiatant In the
fraughtlng department Of the B, Jf.
ft Platttmouth, v - r tJ
Ora E. Bhinrock of Omaha won
the diamond medal at the state meet'
Of the Woman's Christian Temper-
union at Aurora. , ,
. A tpeclal train, carrying a theatrical
tempany from Denver to Kansas City,
ga said through Wymore at the rate of
sixty-five miles an hour, .h, ,.-
XJ. E. Halated, Tecumseh's veteran liv-
n, has sold his stable and equip-
t to Philip Walter, and the new
Is now in possession.
The fusion forces held a big rally at
Valla City and listened to an address
tar lieutenant J. T. Smith, who was en-
In fighting the Filipinos.
Jk aegro giving his name as James
MMOck fell from a train near Elm
Oaaa, breaking an arm and suffering
injuries of a less serious nature.
Jdge W. G. Norris opened court at
Owkvllle two weeks and ago court Is
.ea la session. A large number of
i are oeing disposed gi una icna.
1 OkUlM E. Holmes, who Is confined
t3ke county Jail at Plattsmouth await'
' $Zg trial upon the charge of stealing
Tfelsntly Insane.
forty-fourth annual meeting o!
i-t3 general association of Congrega
f tSnal churches of Nebraska was held
':t Hastings. There was an attendance
MO ministers.
I- Patrtah McDonald, an old resident
Sanders county, was kicked by a
'-fgwf twrse in his stable, receiving
:7jrttirhlch resulted faulty a few
JM Uglr. Be was about 5 years old.
f OarlM g. Brundage, a cltlaen of Te
Ijast and an employe of Uncle Sam
Washington, has been sent to the
:'JKSS bt his boyhood days to Inspect
"M ral free delivery system in vogue
fO' H- c- Bto" ot Beatrice was as
3BsT in loading some chains into a
'm, standing In the rear, when the
M started and he was thrown back
jM, striking the pavement and badly
'Km tae back of his head. .
atflth biennial session of the Ne
state council of the Catholic
'tm of America was held Isst week
iambus. Delegates were present
1 US parts of the state and a suc
t aessioB took place.
r 3ttoa for a new trial for Charles
convicted two weeks ago of the
of A. U ladenmater last May,
J overruled at Harrison. Ru
) aserteneed to the penK-ntlary
I ojsi the sheriff immediately
:tx Lincoln with him,
ii,
1 itsrsd the postofflce at
31 fafflod to and anything es
y psainlu They also visited
tMW of O. B. WUllamaon and
f safo, sscating therefrom $11
wttafe were kept as ma
Zi a TasaaW gold rtag.
MiratT bora burned at
'y N) sorea bead of horses
Cm tasjea, white several
1 CgaatMy of hay and
' 'rt'-Tod. By heroic efforts
. r:l IX. Boer mldaaeo
'J' tWIli . TIM loss It
? mmm laandry at
1 tsutttftt by Are,
iSLXjJ wi oAtaM and
7 tra. Mr. OarV
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,i RlQHTriA. MA5TCR5 OF BOTH COW6WSS awo COtSTS I I J I 11 j 1 ' NOr-" S 53
r TO OVERTHROW THE CONSTITUTE eir TO ' I J J J I I I' ' ' lSaL JSTN &&&kx X
I OVMTHRO THE MCA, WHO PtRvtRT f! I , UV I ' k I j n 'mMT ' V
FOR DIM
tHE HASTINGS REPUBLICAN DE
CLARES FOR BRYAN.
REPUDIATES OLD PARTY
Dollvora Hoivy Broadsido Against
tho "Ohio Crowd" and Han
nalsm in Politics.
Hastings, Neb.-Speclal.)-A bomb
bell was exploded In the republican
camp In Hastings Wednesday, the echo
of which will be heard throughout the
state. The Hastings Republican, the
oldest, Urgent and strongest republicsn
newspsper In Central and Western Ne
braska, prints the straight fusion ticket
at the head of Its editorial columns, and
announces that It will no longer submit
to the leadership of such men as Hanna,
Thompson, Kose water, Dietrich and
Morian.
In an editorial of great strength and
genuine eloquence It tells the ressons
that have led It to enlist In the fluht
for fusion principles. Hastings repub
licans are dased by the o:jw and frank,
ly confess that It will have a powerful
effect, not only In Adams county, but
throughout the mate. They are espe
daily dejected that their lesdlng urgan
the home of their aubernatorlsl nomi
nee should cast Its Influence against
him at this critical juncture.
CAN'T POLLOW THE PARTY.
The Republican has been published
here for twelve years, both as a dally
and weekly newspaper. It has through
u mat iime neanny supported repub
lican candidates and measures. In the
last few months, however. It has been
noticed that though the Republican was
still supporting the republican ticket,
Its old-time force was lacking. The
reason was that Prank A. Watkln.
wno nns neen its editor since the flrst
number appesred. was beginning to see
the light. Mr. Wstklns, man of the
Ben Harrison type, a thoughtful, er
nost. patriotic eltUen. had been a re
paMlMfl from conviction aad principle.
We found It dlfflcart to follow hie party
frosa on potttlon to another, changing
nte conviction every tlm MeKlnley
chanced his policies and Wedoesdsy
he gave op the attempt
PAPER'S mPLVlUCCR.
Tht wMlea ,$rt',4 a thr elr
aw"" hi . awor I I tepta
,r-M a r v I'T f o
county. The signed editorial in which
Mr. Watkins announces the change l
destined to figure prominently through
the balance of Nebraska's campaign. It
is an earnest, forceful and logical pre
sentation of political conditions which
have Impelled his action and at the
same time an eloquent and moving ap
peal to old party associates to pause
and honestly consider the Issues of the
campaign. The editorial follows:
ITS NEW DECLARATION.
"For twelve years the Republican
has been a republican newspaper. Since
1K8 It has made as best It could, a
Clean. honeRt. manlv flirhr tnw rarnih.
Ilcan policies and measures and has
upponea repuDiican nominees tor ns
tlonal. state, county and city offices.
PrOUd fit itn afflllnflrtn nrifh lh. narln
of Lincoln and Sumner and Seward and
(jnaae. or firnnt n4 main mwA riir.
field and Harrison. glorying In the record
the Ideas of American government for
wnicn iney nao stood, tne Republican
has tent their party cheerful and loyal
unnnrt XL' m ran mtfri4 thai ........
no longer. From now henceforth the
itepuDiican nas lent their party cheer
ful and loyal support. We can accord
that ii nrmrf nn 1 1 in oi- Wnm nnw
henceforth the Republican will be found
aavocaung me election of the man who
stands for the same fundamental prin
ciples for which Abraham Lincoln lived
and died William J. Bryan of our own
state Of Nebraska.
ADHERES TO PRINCIPLE.
"It will be found supporting fusion
policies and fusion candidates becaune
thev renrettent Ihrine rwllr-i,a It mill An
this because it finds It eaalur in rihr
to the Drincloles in which It ham
oeuevea ana wnicn tne republican party
has ahanrloned mnA AmrAA ikan tn
follow that party In its desertion of
those principles. With this statement
of fact le desires In justice to Its resd
ers and patrons who have accorded
such faithful support, as well as In jus.
tlce to itself, to Indicate briefly the
conditions which hsve msde this an
nouncement Imperative.
"The republican party once stood for
principle, for noble deeds, for American
mess, mr acvoiwn to auty, it was a
party led by thoughtful patriotic, ear
nest men. It represented what was
best and most healthful In American
politics. That was before what Gov
ernor Plngree denominates 'that Ohio
crowd' got hold of It. It was before
the views of Hannalsm was Inoculated
in Its veins. Since that time the repub
lican party has undergone a transform,
atlon as startling and deplorable as It
Is complete and undeniable.
CONSPIRACY OP CORPORATIONS.
The developments of the last two
years have satisfied the Republican that
when Marcus A. Hanna, with masuvly
kill and matchless craft, took it upon
himself to accomplish the nomlnstl.is
and then the election of William Me
Klnley four year ago, he acted at the
Instance and as the sgent of a pow
erful, angonipulovs and audacious com
MmUmi of corporate and financial la
teresl that were seeking for laair own
ost jot tTtatooaaoai ootttroi gg f- .
-i trMv,t-.-j d.4-
national government That conspir
acy was uuccesnful. The trusts and
money lenders became the managers
of the republican party, placed William
JlcKlnley in power and for over three
y.er" i!ave dl'',at'd his acts and poli
cies. They hsve exacted from him and
from congress, which they equally con.
trol, gold standard legislation, further
privileges to national bank. Immunity
for trusts, high tariffs to chleld tlx-m
from competition, a larger standing
an unjust and un-American
ar, corting thousands of lives and mil.
nuns oi money.
i .(1,E:yEM,E3 OP REPUBLIC.
All this has been done that syndi
cates may profit though the price were
the blood of a brown people, that hun
gered for liberty, the blood of Amer
lean soldiers and tbe endangered lib
erties of American people through the
violation and repudiation of funda
mental law which Is the charter of
their freedom. The republican party
today stands for policies as eternally
opposed to the principles of the De
claratlon of Independence as to the
moral code of the Christian religion. It
stands not only for special privileges to
favored interests, for army and for em
pire, but for conquest, rapine and brute
force. It has returned to the diccarded
ideas of kings and emperors against
which our very existence as a nation
Is a pr test. It Is the embodiment of
a sordid and soullers commercialism
and on its every policy Is stamped the
dollar mark.
CANNOT BE DEFENDED.
"This la the product of Hannalsm. It
la this against which the Republican
protests and which it cannot and will
not submit. If we hesitated to doubt
the truth of these allegations before
this campaign opened we can doubt no
longer. The republican party rtands
self-convicted. Its silence give assent
to the charges preferred against it.
Where Is the republican newspaper,
where the republican leaders, where
the republican campaigner who will
discus the Issues of this campaign?
Where the one who does not deny facts
or distort them, who does not substi
tute ridicule for argument or abuse for
reason? Truth Is not thus propsgated
or defended, It is error alone whlth
seeks refuge In these tactics. . . . ,
CORRUPTION IN THE &TATE.
A few words as to Nebraska. The
republican feel keenly the disgrace at
tending tbe exposure of republican
peculations In the slate capliol and In
the atate Institutions. But even In Its
humiliation It hoped that the repub
lican party of Nebraska would march
through the fiery furnace to higher and
better grounds, that old bosses would
be repudiated and old methods dl"
carded. We had hoped that the old
day of Majors rind MacColl, of Hartley
and Moore were gone forever, and that
corporation dom nation wculd be thrown
off. Yet today the liurilngton railroad
I more ttan It ever was before the
supreme dictator of Netirarka republic,
aniam. A "result 0f it tafloenc the
raaejfeJfoas nomine for governor to a
Hat!- ass. Tht tUftttttawMi wMId
, wf m ih r f
Hastings republican for this high posi
tion, involving as It does such grave
responsibilities.
WKTRICH-S CANDIDACY.
The nominee they gave us Is C. 11,
Dietrich. The Republican has no per
sona enmity or malice for Mr. Dietrich,
but In all candor we submit he Is riot
in man 10 oe governor of Nebraska.
The mere fact that every Christian min
ister of his own city Is openly opposing
him, that many of the best republican
buclness men of his own city declare
that they cannot alve him their vote
speaks more forcefully than anything
the Republican mlaht says as to Mr.
Dietrich's qualifications for the office to
which he aspires.
ROSEWATER AND THOMPSON.
For Lnlted States senators we find
the w hole republican machinery at work
In the Interests of D. E. Thompson and
fcdward Rosewater. There is not an
Intelligent man In Nebraska but knows
that a republican legislature means that
these men will represent us In the sen
ate. Are they the men fit for the po
sltlonT Do they stand for honesty
and principles In politics? Who dare
answer yes? Thompson Is a boss of
the Hanna type, representing the B. A
M. railroad Rosewater has been at
once the bully and the hoodoo of Ne
braska republicanism for a genera
tion, yet these are the men appealing
for our support today.
"W 8.. Morian. rruri1lan irfi.i...
for congress, Is of the same type as
Thompson and Dietrich and takes his
orders from the game corporation. Even
F. P. Olmstead, who aspires to be float
representative, Is tsrred with the same
stick. , . .
TO REPUBLICANS.
"Fellow republicans, do you wonder
the Republican cannot stand for Han
nalsm on ft lifir ou I Im fk, .. - . i .i
"-rt ,,, ,IHII'.II MIIU
on a little stale In Nebraska? Do you
wunuer mat u is anven to reruse Its
SUtittort lo man mlinm It I, .. .1 ......
know stand for what Is bad and un-
wortny and unwholesome? Do you
Wonder that II hari rulkor mlA l .(..
the republic than the republican psrty
snd In guarding the Interests of tax-
payers ana neipiess warns of the slste
than electing C. H. Dietrich? Way down
deep In your hearts don't you know tht
republican position on these matters Is
your own position? With all earnest
ness and sincerity the Republican begs
its old party friends from whom It Is
Mh to separate, by whose side It has
fought shoulder to shoulder through
many a hsrd campaign, to pause and
consider well what Hannalsm means
before costing a ballot to approve and
commend snd. perpetuate It In Novem
ber. . ,
"The Republican has hesitated long
before taking the final step that must
sever It from the cherished associations
of decsde. Prom honored leaders
whom It. has fevered, from party work
ers with whom It ha fought In the
rank, It ha found it hard to part
nupirrg even againai nop inai isn
grand old party would aroaae Itself and
aat AST t&a t 1 vrlSHlM s sevaaa II
lions of a great name and of great
deeds once nobly done .
M KINLEY FLOPS.
"We can hope no longer. When Wil
liam MeKlnley denounced Grover Cleve
land for dishonoring silver, for making
money the master and ail things else
the servsnt; when he declared that deai
money made cheap men, we were wltb
him. We were with him when, In 18!
he promised us International bimetal
lism; we were with him when he senl
the money commission to Europe, Bui
when he discredited his own commis
sion and .fastened the gold standard
more firmly on the American people
our hearts were heavy.
"We were with MeKlnley In the wai
for the emancipation of the Cuban
with him when he declared forcible an
nexation would be criminal aggression,
that It as contrary to our rode of mor
allty and not to be thought of. Bui
when he became the criminal aggressoi
when he shattered our code of morality
and entered upon the unthinkable pol
icy of forcible annexation of the Philip,
pine Islands, our faith waa turned tc
bitter disappointment
"We were with him when he declared
that It was our plain duty to give free
trade to Porto Rico; he violated that
plain duty and demanded of congress
the levying of an unconstitutional tar
iff. We were with him when he prom
Ised the people protection from the bad
trusts; he tied the hands of his attorney
general and gathered all trusts under'
his protecting wing.
"We were with him when his Cana
dian boundary commission declared
that the union Jack of England should
never be hoisted over one foot of Amer
ican soil In Alaska. He has lowered
the stars and stripes from 6,000 square
miles of Alaska territory, where the Im
perial flag of England now floats In Its
stead.
HOPE OF THE PARTY OONE.
" 'Mope deferred maketh the heart
sick.' Doubting, fe.aring, hesitating, we
have hoped for an explanation of all
these things, against which our reason
revolted and our conscience rebelled.
We have hoped for an explanation of
slavery and polygamy under the
American flag In the Bulu Islands. We
have hoped that even In the eleventh
hour the grand old republican party,
with the heroism of Its ancient great
ness, would repudiate these things, and
In the words of Abraham Lincoln, 're
turn to the water whose fountain
spring close to the Declaration of In
dependence.' "We have been cruelly disappointed.
The voices of old-time leaders have been
silent as the grave; new leaders have '
made light and merry with sm red .
things, Mark Hanna ha been sent
forth to preach his own gospel and over
all his Influence reigns supreme . All
these things being true, the Republican
can no longer support republican poll
cleg In tho vain hope that the party it
self wilt acknowledge lis error and re
cant. W shall fight for a free people
d a, fro republic, doing right a
' thfr.m to Mm tight and
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