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PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
AT THE COUNTY SEAT.
KO. K. ItKNSfHOTEK, ( Kill lorn Hurt
BO. II lilltSON, \ I'll
blither*
TKRMS 11.00 PKll TKAIl, If PAID IN AIlVAM I!
Entercl at the Loup City Pohtofflre for trans
mission through the malls as second
class matter.
If pig tails were as highly value a
bv the aristocracy as oxtails are the
* allied forces in China might realize
expenses out of the raid on Pekin.
England has come to the United
States to borrow 125,000,000. The
reason she did this was because we
had plenty to lend. Four years ago
our greatest commodity was soup.
The London papers now charge
the United States with being the
“New Hanking House of the World.”
We wear our honors gracefully and
will continue to hold the title until
after another democratic president is
inaugurated.
Bryan presented 14 square miles of
Ins letter of acceptance at Indianap
olis last week, and notified the deni
ocrats that the balance would he for
warded on two fiat cars in a few
days.
Since Towne has pulled down his
name from the conglomerate mast
head it Is supposed that the fusion
papers around here will dust them
selves in sack cloth and ashes and
shed great drops of gore and—g<
vote for Stevenson and equal rights
for all regardless of color,
In »2 the slogan of the Democrat
ic party was free trade, and its trial
brought on one of the worst panics
the country ever experienced. In
’!lii while we were still steeping iu
this panic, brought on by their blun
der, they told us that a thorough dose
of HJ to 1 on a free coinage basis
was sure to heal the w ounds of theii
first prediction made, They In
•Mj acknowledged that they had
made a mistake in their paramount
itsue of 'f»2, but now they were right
and if the country was trusted to
their keeping 4 years more they
would redeem it from the terrible
conditions their mistake had brought
upon it and place it upon its feet,
but to trust Republican principles,
they said, would send the country to
wreck and ruin on their gold stand
ard policy. Now after 4 years of
demonstrating of Republican ideas
we find the country in the most
nourishing condition it has ever ex
pericnced. Protection did wnat
the Jiepublicun party said it would,
the gold standard has been the main
prop to our protected prosperity, the
falacies of democracy were shown up
and that party were compelled to
hunt a new issue. It is an old saw
that you can lock from a thief, hut
a consumate liar is beyond the con
trol of old nick himself. The reputa
tion of democracy is beyond repair
for false doctrine, all that needs be
done is to run your memory back
over the history of the party to show
their incorapeteney and mis-calcula
lions.
Institute lte»oIutloti».
I.oap City, Neb.. August 10, 1900.
We the members of Sherman county In
stitute, having spent two weeks so pleasantly
and profitably, and feeling highly pleased
with thorough work done by our compitent in
structors and the benefits received from the
same, and appreciating the royal manner
in which we have been received by the cltl
/ens of layup City: therefore be It resolved
h’lrst. That the thanks of the Institute lie
tendered to our county Superintendent, Mr
L<elnlngtr. for the able, dignified and impar
tial manner in whieli he has presided our
our assembly. That we are grate!ul to him
for the assistance given while teaching
That thunks arc ulso due to Mrs, Leininger
for the efficient way lit whlch she conducted
ihe musleal portion of the Institute.
Second. That we are pleased to renew
and continue our acquaintance with Prof
stookdale Principal of Arlington High
School, and wlili Miss t'leland of tUieyenm .
Wyoming, and to el press our sat Inf actios
with their efforts m ou. behalf we are also
pleased to make lha ac>|iiaiiitaner of l*rof
r It Atkinson nupt of korh t‘liy Schools
and espress our highest appreciation of hliu
as a teacher Wocoarejr to uti h of these
instructors our good will and hope at amir
future time to toitlinue our href a.'uuhlut
aneo
Third Thai the gratitude of the sh< nnan
t'ouaty Inslilute be ettemied lu lha lndlttl
uals who so willingly •oOlrlhuled to th.
ptogrwm of Thursday even e *>v furnlshm.
music IsmIi instrumental and total
gottrih ’That we Irsolf to the > t .-ess ol
I .nop Illy war liewity thank* for th< k udiy
■o.tuner In whl» h they have cared lor the
tra. hereof the institute an-1 thvir heart «
operation In the cause uf Odueai a
I fth I h *>• r . C, M 1 .
t I the sshoccl lsa>4 of l oop ftly fur thy Uo
uf the school bui d s '
Mitch TM' • of those re . uH. u. h>
larwtshed to m A of the C--tMtt» pal * • I '*
ptMkttka
i » S !««*.. » i
I at y It itetscot
tins Minwraatw It me
Ions a net1 »c i
W It hwaasot
t» I u yn» » c * 1
A Corruption Fund Raised by
the Application of Fusion
Principles to Fusion
Officeholders.
Bryan’s Predictions ami Itugabon* by
tin; Logic of Events Train
formed Into Nonsense.
Di-inort-Ht* Deiimitil Full t'ltlxrnnhlp For
Filipino* nml ui tlie Smn„ Time lll»
franchlKit American C lllxcu*.
Omaha, Aug. l!i.—Nothing haw con
tributed more to the contamination of
the publio service in the state govern
ment, and particularly in the manage
ment of state institutions, than the es
tablished practice of the fusion leaders
of compelling all persons on the pay
roll of the state m givo np never less
than 3 and often 5 per cent of their sal
ary monthly for use as a corruption
fund.
That this Is the Used policy of the
fusiouists is fully established and
proven, both by statements made by
fusion officials, who have been com
pelled to contribute, and by the letter
of the “poultice” committee of the tri
umvirate to Superintendent Lang of the
Institute at Beatrice, published in the
weekly newspapers of the state a week
or so ago.
There are few people, perhaps, who
fully realize what this means iu dollars
and cents, say nothing of the evil re
sults attending it. The lust legislature
appropriated for salaries and wages
$572,000. This, howover, does not in
clude tho appropriations for salaries or
wages at either tho university or the
penitentiary. Iu this compilation these
two institutions are not included, be
cause it is assumed that with all the
rapacity aud greed of the fusion leaders
the university would be spared and tho
appropriation for the penitentiary is
merged with other funds iu tho audi
tor’s report, thus making it impossible
to determine how much was appropri
ated for salaries and wages.
However, to determine how much
money is gathered in l>y the ‘‘poultice"
committee (it is termed “poultice" be
cause it draws) for use as a corruption
fund one bus only to take 3 per cent or
6 per cent of the $•’572,800, tho amount
appropriated, as all of it will be paid
out before the closo of tho year. On
the 3 per cent proposition the amount
realised by tho committee is $17,178.
On the 5 per cent, it amounts to $28,
630. In either event the fund is large,
and, taken with money received from
other sources, it runs the corruption
fund away up in figures. It is this
practice, more than any other onu
tiling, that has caused so much wrung
ling and discord at the various state in
stitutions and that has so severely
shaken these establishments.
Managed From Lincoln.
With the single exception of Gover
nor Poynter, no governor, not even
Silas A. Holcomb, ever attempted to
manage or direct the affairs of tho pub
lic institutions throughout the state
from the capitol at Lincoln. Until
Poynter assumed the executive chair
the unvarying custom was to appoint
otilcials to manage the institutions, give
them full authority and hold them re
sponsible for the proper conduct of af
fairs. Experience had demonstrated
that this was the only way satisfactory
results could be attained.
Governor Poynter appointed tho of
ficials, but housed the uppoiutive power
uiid the public patronage to reward his
political supporters irrespective of their
fitness, with the result that in many
instances, he was compelled by reason
of the lutter 8 liioompetoncy to take a
hand in the management himself, lu
no instance is the fruition of the
“double standard" raoro accurately and
elaborately depicted than in tho man
agement of the state institutions. For,
nnder Poynter, nearly every state insti
tution has had two heads (tho superin
tendent and Governor Poynter) and
often three, four and five.
After having appointed unfit persona
Governor Poynter frequently had to
intervene to help them out, so that at
no institution and at no time has tho
management been freo from interfer
ence from the executive department at
Lincoln, ileiug rather poorly qualified
himself to give advice, for Governor
Poynter has had absolutely uo experi
ence in teaching the blind, oaring for
the indigent, the insane, the feeble
minded and kindred wards, ills inter
ference was more often attended by bad
than good results. It hM frequently
liven said that "too many cooks spoil
the broth." Viewing results attained
at these iustitutious the logic of this de
duction can hardly be quc-ti mod. Gov
ernor Poynter'* policy of rewarding
politicians by appointment to utficu
without questioning their fitness has
bet it attended by deplorable multi
has, in fact, crippled the msimgeuivut
of ucarly every institution in the slate.
% 1 * 11 *u rro|ih«l.
It it an old align that a jar.-nil's
ilil) kens eouo' h one to r > >st ' Mr
Hryati should have thought of this,
whet) four years ag<> ha was predicting
»ll »utta of dir« disaster In the event of
H> I'ttt'ii.m sm-ery. taka tL fahl <1
elmV.u, Mr Itryan's prqh -i * have
cum > b me t» ro-.et. sud, elist make
It eiut>«rra*«ing for him, Is, llisl they
are i osttug on the memory of a largo
number of X'lrnkt voters, w h > w ».•»
ilrouel an l f silnl Istu following tins
a hi >•* and beoevlug in the p»» l,rtl »i.s
iif the "ts>y mat >i ' in I van. It la stud
nf a Mi**-.uri Ibmassl aim toted f t
i lev.: vu i and Ir e wu*d tu iw\ w<*4
<tt l j*d »l |Otv lu (live tisot «lidl ha
tmumaemS dmrtag *st« sheap the nrart
rfs.% bo stourf ta a tits «Jjh dia*
usirv# exirimlly, trfug s-lvus.4 f v
Inok Ife ar'riil in tho face. Mr. Bnra.i
finds hiaiwlf in aborct the same pmiic
aaicnt, but with Napo Irani* fortitude,
tmlikn the Missouri farmer, ho looks
the people in tlio face without even
hinting at, an apology for imposing up
on their credulity. In no instance have
hia prophesies proven prophetio. Every
prediction, every statement of Ilia, haa
been exploded—has fallen flat. Tho
people of Nebraska never experienced
tnnro prosperous times, but Bryan in
180fl told them a thousand times or
more that if McKinley was elected and
free silver defeated terriblo distress—
tho hardest of hard times—would fol
low.
Bryan told them that tho purchasing
capacity of tho dollar would double,
and that the price of all farm products
and the wages of labor would fall cor
respondingly. Has this statoinent”como
true? Is there a farmer or laborer in
Nebraska who can say that Bryan's pre
dictions have been verified? Where isall
this distress Bryan talked about in
189*1? Why doesn’t Bryan pull the drop
curtain aside and let the people sue it?
AJl that can toe seen is prosperity. Can
Mr. Bryan exhibit any other photograph
and say that it is the correct one?
Now then, if Mr. Bryan’s reasoning
was fallacious in 1800 why is it not to
day? He is not parading the distress
which four years ago he said would fol
low tho election of McKinley, because
proof of prosperity is too ubuudunt.
lie was dealing in futures then, and ho
is dealing in futures now. Bryan’s
predictions always deal with tho far
future, so that if he is wrong, as ho in
variably lias been, ho has time and op
portunity to realize on the beiielits ac
cruing in the way of fooling tho people
into voting for him before they find out
or discover that they have been duped.
How many times have alleged prophets
prophesied terrestrial destruction, and
duped and terrorized more or less peo
ple with their awful forebodings, and
liow many times has the day of destruc
tion, fixed by them us tho duto upon
which the world was to bo destroyed,
come and passed without tho slightest
ripple on the world's affairs? False
prophets and vagaries are not confined
to crankdom alone.
rreo silver whs nryati it "paramount
and bugaboo in I SIM). The people have
discovered Hint it wan all a furoo. This
time it is ‘‘militarism” aud "imperial
ism.” ilryan sees in tbo dim mists of
the perspective and introspoot the hag
gard ghost of “forco” coining upon
earth to govern this Country without
the consent of the governed.
This “prophesy” almost roaches the
summit of lunacy. It is an imposition
on popular intelligence, an insult to
sober reason, an illicit compromise be
tween wanton mendacity and shameful
demagogy. Ilryan himself does not be
lieve it. To charge a party with mili
tarism that fur 40 years has contributed
its best genius and statesmanship to the
achievement of peace without
military arbitrament; to charge a
party with imperialism that for 40
years has met and repulsed overjs en
croachment on popular governmcut—
that lias siuce its advent to power added
additional constitutional palladiums to
the individual rights of American citi
zenship—is base ingratitude, withering
hypocrisy and shameful deception.
Mllltarlom and Democracy.
It is a fact worthy of note that the
only exhibition of militarism in the last
quarter of a century in the history of
this country was made by a Democratic
president. That was during the labor
troubles in Chicago, when President
Cleveland, against the protests of Gov
ernor Alt geld and the mayor of Chicago,
sent the troopa into the state of Illinois
to put down local labor disturbances.
It will also be remembered that Mr.
Bryan, if history bo not faulty, was at
that time a member of congress, but
neither in nor out of congress did Mr.
Bryan utter one word of protest against
the unprecedented act of the president.
If the Republican policy lias brought
prosperity and success, which it surely
has, how can the Bryan policy, which
is directly opposed to and intended to
destroy tlu? Republican policy, bring
anything but the opposite of prosper
ity—bard times? Jt is safe philosophy
and it is so recognized in worldly af
fairs that a medicine that will lull will
not curt?.
imfraiiclilslnir Voter*.
Iii the Ktatoelection just held in North
Coroliua the issue on the Democratic
side was the adoption of a constitutional
ameudineut which disfranchises the
negro. The Democrats curried the day,
and the right of the negro to exercise
free suffrage in that slate no long* r b
tains. In all 75,000 eitixeu-voters are
disfranchised.
In the face of this, Democrats ull
over the land are demanding at the top
of their voices that the Filipinos be r >•
stored to full eiti/.eiibhip govern tie ;u
eelves und therefore exercise free suf
frage w bile at t)u* same t ime they like
away the right of free suffrage tr an
cilia*o* of this country whose super). r*
ity a* citt/,-u* over the Filipinos is el*
milted by everyb'dy c>>mp tent toju
is it any worse to govern uiwd »•
ted, uii mlta-d people without t i l#
«•> o» nt then it Is to govern Amen ail
CilUeit*, thnrongbiy ill svuijial by w .: U
Amsii tit laws custom* and lus'it*
lions, w ithout in.nr couseiitf
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