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SUPPLEMENT. LOUP CITY NO RT H W ESTER N. Ixmp CRy, .... Nebraska Friday, October 5, 1900. WHAT BRYAN'S ELECTION MEANS TO LABOR. Only Question Is Whether Wage Earners Want Hard 1 imes. Democratic Policiea Drove Thousands to tba Streets Before and Will Do So Again if Bryan Is Successful. In the eddying fight, amid din and ronr of tho fallen guns of Imperialism and militarism, there Is danger tho people of this country may lose sight of tho fnet that the election of Mr. Bryan moans the overthrow of the protective tariff system and the Introduction of a free-trade pro gram Into the policy of tho government. Our people have short memories am! they some tunes forget and need to be remind ed. Mr. Bryan wns n member of the l1 ifty-1 •econd and Fifty-third Congresses ami took u very active |isrf nt otiee upon till ing his sent. In the Fifty-tnlrd Congress, of which I wns a mem her, the Wilson blii wns under consideration. It wiis the pun aage of that bill which plunged this conn try into ruin. It does not make any differ- ! ence what people say about the origin of | linrd times, the intelligent laboring tiinii of this country knows very well that lie censed to earn a living for himself mid family because of the demoralization of business caused by the repeal of the Mc Kinley law and the passage of the Wilson net. It was that which precipitated wages to the lowest ebb tliut they have been for many a year, it was that which sent marching columns of hungry men over the country demanding food. It was tiie pusi.'igc of that bill that made it pos sible for any intelligent man to listen for a moment to the speeches of such mi n us Bryan in I Wit}. On the floor of the House In the de bates on tho Wilson bill Bryan took the extreme free-trade ground, ills ..lies are on record and the laboring men of the country can lind them nml read them. He especially announced himself as in fa vor of absolute free trade upon many of the leading products of tie* farm, notably wool, winch ho Insisted should he put Upon the free list of the Wilson bill. A\ hen that hill was passed by the con currence of the Ho'.i-e in the six hundred amendments of (he Senate it wns Bryan and linn. Jos. Bailey, n representative from the Flute of Texas, who in their ecstasy seized the champion, who wns the putative father of the law, the lion, W. h, Wilson, of West Virginia, and carried him cii their shoulders in a triumphal pro cession through the House of Beprosentn tiven into the cloak-room uml a saturnalia of Joy resounded from those premia* h. It wns Bryan who favored the introduction of foreign material into this country free of charge. It was Bryan who demanded that all raw material such as wool, coal, Iron, and everything which entered into the manufacture of goods, should be im ported free, und it wan bis influence, more than any other man's, tliut brought about the terrible result with wbieb wo are so fumiliar. It wns Bryan's earnest demand that put wool on the free lisr, and in that de bate he declared thnt lie did not care whether It benefited or hurt the wool grower. It wns Bryan who drove tho tariff on coal down to such an extent ns to flood the Eastern markets with coni and stimulate the growth of the develop ment of coal in the British possessions in the northeast, and practically drove us out of the seaboard markets with the soft coal of Central States, It was Bryan who advocated the low tariff on agricul tural products nnd utterly refused to dis criminate or allow discrimination in favor of the products of the West and Middle West. The laboring men of the country anil the farmers of the country, before they plunge themselves into the vortex that is being held out. should g t Bryan's record and rend It. It is n very interest ing chapter in tin* personal polities of that gentleman. The platform made nt Kau nas City Is very adroit in laying tin* foun dation for an uametment iu Congress, should Bryan is* elected, satisfactory to bin history ami record. Not daring to as sail protection directly he on me nt it in the platform which he personally con ducted ns follows: •'Turiff laws should he niucndcd by put ting Uio products of trusts upon the free list. • • ' Wo condemn thu Hingley tariff law ns tt trust breeding measure, skillfully devised, etc.” That is the platform of the party de nominated the I tetnoeratic party and whose nomination Mr. lirynn accepted. Tlu* original l'opulist party, whose candi date .Mr, Bryan now is, I refer to the Sioux l-'ulls liotiumitioa, nl-o places Itself on record in a similar attitude. So Mr. llry»!i. without any apology for the past, lands upon n series of platform- all squinting in the direction of tree trade, and ill the event of his election, with n I'otigren- subservient to his dictation, as was the convention at Kansas fity, we may look for just such legislation as pre cipitated this country into the condition with which we are all fsmilisr. It is therefore very unwise for the people of the country to be l«l atVay front the two great proposition* of Mr Bryan's life, the two pfoposlll*m* for which he stand*, the tw o propositions which make up Bry - siiistu, to wit, free ami tinlimtied < image of sitter, and free trade, and follow off after the illusion aud delusion of im peris Uani. If the intelligent agriculturist will take the price* of his products in 1*1*1 aud Compute them with the* pfvsetii price* of the com module*, and thru lake the |Hug ley tariff law. he will at wit * discover to what he I* iudehted for the adtaneo in prtcew If the laboring man will take g *t the price of hi* 1st—r in U»M and then the pi Ice •■# hi* lal—r in lb**1 and th.-u take th* laid* of import# of foreiga i<> taufwc lured gwu4# In l*1*1 and b*< k of that time ami then tab* the import* of foreign g. 4in non, a# skew a by th* •ututbi of the Treasury Department, he will at once discover that the present advantage which is accruing to him comes absolute ly directly from the tariff law now on the statute books of the United States. And, then, if lie desire* old times, with old prices and old short days of employment, he had better vote for William Jennings Bryan. But if the laboring man wants a con tinuation of the present prosperity of the United States, he certainly cannot, with out inconsistency, vote for Bryan. An other view of it. Let the laboring man take the present price of bis labor and take tho present prices of nil the things he buys upon which his family is sub sisted Hnd supported and educated, and then take the price of his labor of 1SIKJ and the prices existing then, he will dis cover, without any hesitation of intellect, that present conditions arc far bettei than old conditions, that, waiving the lit tle increase of cost of living, tho balance sheet shows favorably to him. No man can deny that and there is no man in the United States who has done more to break down the Interests of labor by pro moting and cultivating unfoir and unjust competition than has William J. lirynn, of Nebraska. C. H. GflOHVENOB. Athens, Ohio, Kept. 17, 11100. Prosperity for Wheat Grower* When the Democrat* were experiment ing with free trade in the United Ktates the consumption of wheat was 11.41 hush els per capita. That was In 181)4. I'n IK!It), under the McKinley uirtiiinlstrntlon, tho consumption was 6.05 bushels per capita. This is ample demonstration to the farmer ns to how prosperous manu facturing interests bring prosperity to the wheat grower. ' RUTH'S MATY SIRED DOPES AID FEARS. ' His Expectations Based on Hopes that Others Will Forget. Br.van argues that the Constitution ex tends In full by U* own force to every foot of In ml under the American (tag. He hopes that the American people won't find out before November that the United States courts, from the lowest to the highest, have decided by overwhelming and irresistible decisions that he is wrong. He Is running on s platform declaring for the fraud of free silver. He hopes that the gold Democrats who have re turned to the Democratic pHrty on the issue of imperialism will not cease to believe in his readiness to betray It. He Is running on a platform on which imperialism is suid to be the paramount Issue. He hopes that the silver men won't take this portion of the platform seriously. He is running as a Democrat. lie hopes the Populists won’t luy it up against him. He is running ns a Populist. He hopes the Democrats will forget It. He is running ns a silver Republican. He holies that the silver Republicans, mainly men of the West, won’t give him up because of their belief In expansion. Ho Is running as tho avowed friend of Aguinaido. He hopes that this won’t drive the American votes ngnlnst him. So every Democratic hops of 1000 has error or humbug bnck of it, A CUALLEXGF. TO SE.VAT0R PETTIGREW. A Cowboy Resents the Insinuatiucs Made Against Col. Roosevelt. Sioux Falls, R. D., Is Senator Petti grew's home, and the Senator said in a recent speech there that Col. Roosevelt did not lead his regiment at San Juan Hill, but was six miles in the rear. At the recent Roosevelt meeting in the town many of Col. Roosevelt's old regiment came to greet him, some of them trav eling quite a distance, and one rough rider came 130 miles. This particular cowboy heard of Senator Pettigrew’s ut terance for the first time while in Sioux Fulls, aud mounting his horse he would rule to a street corner und issue this chal lenge: "Ladles and Gentlemen—I have heard that there are people in this town who say Col. Roosevelt was away In the rear at Sun Juan and did not lead his regi ment in the charge that was made that day. I was in that regiment and follow ed Col, Roosevelt up that bill. My cap tain was killed and several of my com pany. I saw that fight. I was In It. Whoever says that Col. Roosevelt did not lead his regiment In that charge Is a liar, a scoundrel, a coward and dure not tell me so to my face." Then ho would wait a minute, ride to the next block and repeat the same chal lenge. The Incident will keep Senator Petti grew quiet for awhile. He may ho kept busy In explaining what he meant. TUMI TO.\S OF mm SAVED BY CHILDREN. Chicago'* IVnny Saving* Society lias only been cstabliahed for a few year*, hut it* deposit* have Inert nsed a* fol low*: Year ending dune 30. IS.*4*..$111.11** Year ending June .33,!*** Year ending June •'!**, Ham..71,71*3 William UoMUler. v. ho i< netlng I>re*itleut of the Chhttgu l'ef.ny Sat nj<$ Society, *ny* that it i- ■ pergted entirely on a philanthropic 1 .neand supported by voluntary contribution*. There arc only two salaried nflt er*, you tig ladies, at the office in the S I. lh r building. Tin* *y«teiw i* in operation only in half the aeWds iu t'bieago, yet the amount of money deposited ity the i tildreu ln*t year averaged 3** cent* for every child tu tiie Chicago sellout district, ami fill cent* per capita for all the ehiMrcu in the Kchool* In which lh-1 IVnny Havings Society l* oj>erated, The weight of la«t year'* savings was thirty ton* of American p«nni»» an enor* ttioil* Ilia** of to liejr f <i the little ones to pul by Iti the hault* witlu'i one year It will he noticed that the Increase tie twten the amount tbio-.it,-! in |sj»s and I min ««i 7'* per i * nt Hut bet w«• u Iwtio aud the year lust ended the lucres*! in the * too.lot of pentto* depict Was c.-« slvternbty more than 1*0 iter cent. Tit* • blldreit would certainly not le able t«s save their pima* If their par cut* did hot have the H it.** t>» give them, ind the vihtbil ma t* by the Chi cago I'euity Having* HoUe'y la certain If a atraw ste-wiug that the people of Chicago have « ip r„ u.,d » re and more g-evd tin** and proajieftty durtng the He publican adm Intel rat toe of Ihwidenl lit K*al»y. HARD TIMES ITEMS SEEDED DY BRASS. Adversity ol Others Will Be Welcome News to Democrats. ‘•Wanted Hunt time* item*" In n “11«-41» Wanted" ad lirytiti might to put In the new«|iaiH'rit t i aid lilia in ids la Imrlnua search fur in».tiuire* of indus trial no I coiiiniet'i ,nl dl»ti»s». Probably netllill,? would mere p|> :i e i i'll JiihI lie# than to bear of wm-kit gmeti in the un try whose dinner palt* are not fell. In hi* *|ite li in Milit ant,, i be gloated over the fact that « de u man In New Ifavcn bad dUrhiigtd n»uie t nip; eo, that pig iron production U !•*•>* now than ut the high |»>int ef l.mt year, and that M *»•»'!•• ti I-I tt- cettell 11(111 men rtlc raid i to to* thinking iif reducing wag,*. After eipl ng on the-* item*. In raid piaitirgl) "liven the that j the Itcpuhiicaa part) ha* tu .i.iid ef has | not r >4 e t, v< I ail the p*‘ 'pi**, anil rti it that j which We have |a II Ihi d<s line •* The rea. oi lirtan t* «o ati\i> w* t# kteiwr uf Mi'rfortitio* li-fai'.ng » , ng Iiiea la l*uti>» b« tear* that tie) will I perversely r«n*td*e th* initntraaie ■ of llieir pre-iUtt pv mperity to tar the "para* nr nmt" t»*We wi'H the at It (lead uf “(IW prriellani " If IMH gnat • , . .wild only Ua( i * (t to the w irkU gni. n t., *o,, U ie»w and election time it w .old perhape make it realty * uml plao<thle to »«r that **lli«<ve te no pmepeftt, now; there ft*t*r at* 1,1,1 uf pr,„,ei|i, !« tt A the imv*. vo you fM vut* tut me and Agul • •Ido." Mintaken. He aald: "You shall not tosa Mankind upon a cross Of shilling Bold.” "Nor press his brow with thorn*, Nor trend upon his corns When he is old." He said: "No fires will burn, No wle-tda, no spindles turu, Without my hand N at the nation's helm; !»i tutor of the realm— t 'hii f of the baud." He » ild "the rne'.al w bite Is Mrii t!>* In the light 11 lugged it Ini. Wi 'e uu free silver ls*nf, With ut llie World's consent And it will win." The voter* beard him about, Then o> nigh: way went about I , give him tits; Tie. sir id "We wnllt Ho stuff li d? tie ne> and half b'uff, V dollar worth four bit*." |» tvok b.« breath away Wl.ru tin 1*1 'i'ir U.td tin u -ay In N «• \ Hut hr'* got hi* %e* on*I w iud, Think* hi 'it not again be khlURed, \\ all tuil m* i' l„ THAXCH 11 gli. uni t'« I iiMmi 1 olisltniptloll | ln:i tiles. I'll* Colt. 0 Consumption i I He I k'tisl ( j Mute* in »»« tfV 1*1 1*1*1 -I* ( l »v eyjt limn. woUMmi *1*4 eb Id • Ii**ot tune* J bri egot I* lie M* K- ei a ’ut ni**f*tb'ii !»**« rR'»e.| lb* |»tf i*pll* i Oil* liMpt.uR J In It It ||o>md> the |*#»*|dv dt**e hat let and buy m t« arthten ma te from rut j to* thaw ever before I* !he history of j the wuntjr. A Story or Country Life. BY ALMA L. PARKER, GUIDE ROCK, NEB. CHAPTER IV.—(Continued.* “Certainly; I want good times, Imt If we got them IM never thank a Repub lican administration for It." “Suppose Hryan had been elected and times Improved, would you thunk lilm for ItV” "Indeed, l would,” "Then yon are partial, Simon. Why not think If such were tin* case that It was a Populist scheme to devolve the people?" "Heenuse Mryan’s nn honest man.” "llow do you know?" "How do I know anything? My paper say* he's honest,” “Rut bow do you know lt’» the truth?" "See here. How do you know lie’s dishonest?" ”1 don't. Neither do I know he Is honest. I am not personally acquaint ed with the man, but I do know that he haw charged outrflgi*ou* high pity for making speeches over the country. It seems to me that a man who haie« the rich, and so dearly loves the poor, would not care to accumulate wealth so fast, taking the dollars out of ike labor er's pocket*. I tell you, Simon, If times get better, you ought to change your polities." ".Fust wait 'till they get better. You'll have to wait 'till doomsday for times to Improve under Republican rule,” Political Simon then walked Into the store and placed his basket of eggs on the counter, "What are eggs worth today?" ho Inquired of the clerk, "Two rents more than they were be fore election," the clerk quickly re- | Kl fl "Well,” snhl Minton, who knew the | clerk was Republican, "you needn't 1m* ; »o <1 <1 glad to tell It. I boo that lie publicans like yourself ore dreadful haughty because prices are a little let ter, but you'll grin the other way when this little McKinley wave breaks," "Mr. Urey, whenever this wave, as >’<ni call It. breaks, it will turn Into foam <if prosperity, Just notice." "How easy,” said Simon, "some peo ple are deluded. I see noiiic f Hows out there on the street a shakln' gold coin. I expect they Inhcrlicd the pieces as an heirloom In the family, and they have been keeplu’ them all these years to get a chance to show ’em now, to ' prove that all our gold Isn't In Kuglaud i>r the Uovemmcut vaults," “Why, Mr. Urey, everybody can have gold now. Conthbaice Is restored, and gobl will once mote circulate. Just take ri check to the bank, and see If the banker won’t cash It In gold.” Political Mlmon doubted very much what the clerk said, and resolved with in Ids own mlrnl to go back home and bring two or three hogs to town, If they weren’t very fat. Just to prove In Ids own mind that the clerk was mistaken. Sooner than Cynthia expected, Simon came home. During the campaign It had been Ida custom to stay so long In tow n that she was surprised to sen him return In an hour. "Cynthia," he said, as he entered the home, "i have decided to sdi two or three hogs while this McKinley wave lasts, for no tollin’ wbat they’ll lte worth after a while.” "What dhl you get for the eggs?” “Two cents more than before. You make the hens hurry and lay before they go down.” "Maybe times ain’t goin’ to be as bad as predicted," said Cynthia. "Now, Cynthia, women ns a rule have weak minds, and are easily influenced, and 1 want you to be on your guard, lletter prices for a few days Is the bait these goldhtlgs set to cflich people on their hook, but 1 trust none <>f my fam ily will bite." "I suppose you are right, Pinion, but time will prove all things. Aeeorilln' to your brother K/.ra, success of the 1‘opuiut ticket would not bring any I tclielltK.” "f'ynthla, don’t you ever mention P/ra’s Idea of tliliu;*. it has made me enough trouble without alluding to It. In uii Indirect way Cunt's ib publican Ism Is the cause of i.iy sure head. If he knew how I have suffered for hint, for the honor of the tlrey family, I have an Idea that he'd turn Populist," "Maybe we bad better write and tell him then.” "t• rent heavens, no! If I'd have licked the daylight out of Harrington, ns I | tlr*t Intended to. It might do, hut a* he's able to bo up and around It would !»• better not to refer It, ,lu* t b t hard times prove Ids mistake to him 11,-11 be a Populist mind, body and soul 'fore many y-urs roll by." Ktniou and Ids wife continued to talk for some time, and then Simon went back to Ihmiisvtile with h's hogs, re Minting In the eveiling with a i.‘<> gold piece. "We'd Is-Mer keep it f«*r a curiosity," titiil trillion "Amt hogs are a better price, too, are j they fattierV Impiirxl Vlnnle, "\es, everything Is li)ipwt-i*| to d*» luvle (esiple ” It se**m*s! to \ It vile a very p'*si<ant delusion. and four MioAttUI later It sts*iii«s| to her *<> be lasting a h>ng while, Hal i! VI U I , ea *• h,ii»t t*e a largo ene, fur IU.,ct» i >si umd to Improve, ciiAPTrm v. The Unad to the J'oorhouse Missed Inauguration day had passed and Wm, McKinley of Ohio was President of thtf United States. Vlnnle Urey had acted In the capacity of t'onnty Superintendent of Public Instruction since the 1st of January and she was delighted with her new work and Warble County was proud of Political Simon's daughter. On this particular morning, Vlnnle was alone In her oflice looking over her morning's mail. There were business Idlers for her to answer; nh. yes. and there was another letter. It tva« from her ftoonsvllle lover, How It, tilled her heart with Joy! It seemed to her the happiest morning of her life. Hhe felt Hint .lie had a thousand things to ho thankful for. Olon Harrington re turned her love; her folks at home were beginning to see better titties; prices were getting better for farm er*' products. "Yes," sli* meditated, "there are a great many things to be thankful for," She had great fallh In lb publican times, and she believed Hint In two years, at least, her father would be able to pay the mortgage oti their home, without Ii<t assistance. If he wasn't aide, she would take a part of her salary end pay It for him. The mortgage would never be allowed t» take the old home. As sh<* sat In her olhee, meditating'over the pros pects of the future, there enine a lap at the door, and thru It Hew open, and Vlnnle was surprised to h< <• her father standing In tl< • doorway, "Hood morning, Vlnnle. Hew are you?" he said, taking her hand, "Very well, thank yon, father. How are the folks at borne?" "We’re all well. I thought I'd coins down to the county seat this morning to see you on a little matter of busi ness," “Very well; what Is It?” “Why, Hob Wright, down there In Itoonsvllle, tins some calves ho want* lo sell, and I want to buy them. Though extremely anxious, I huvn't lie- money to buy them with. Thought maybe I could get the money from you. I don’t know as there's any money In 'em, or In anything else, a* far a* that's concerned, but Joe Harrington ts countin' on buylri' these calves, and that's the reason I want ’em. I've been a lookin' all this time for a chance to get my revenge on that man. and now’s my chance. My! but lie'll get mad. If I step In abend of him, and knock him out of the bargain by gettlu' those calves lie's been calculating to buy." “You shall have the money," said Vltinle, rather amused at her father's method of revenge. “How much will you need V" “Well, there's ten of 'em and ho wants #7 apiece. It’s renlly on out rugenus high price, but I won't stop for that. Why last spring a man couldn't get a bit over fft for such calves.’’ “Maybe they are worth more than they were then," "Well, the Republicans say they are, but I don’t think so. We ain't havin' a bit better times than wo had, la spin? rtf their predictions. I've been thlnk !n’ of writing lo Kzra and telling him that he Is a false prophet’’ “Have you received any letters from Uncle Kzra lately?" “Yes; we received one Just the other day.’’ “What did tic* write?” “I don't remember exactly what was in the letter. One thing that disap pointed mo Is the fact that he’s still Republican. Every letter I get 1 ex pect to hear that he’s turned Populist, hut so far ttiy expectation* have been In vain. He wrote that lie thought prices would get hi tter for the farmer. He said If I wished to make money now was the time to specula to. Huy nil the calves and other stock that I could,and hold them for higher prices.” "So you are taking Ids advice?” "No, YUitlle; I am going to huy Rob Wright’s calves for the express pur pose of outwitting .loo Harrington. What does Ezra know about running a farm? He's lived marly nil hi* life In a city, and Is green ns a stjuash, when It comes to country life.” "Ills Judgment Is good, though, on almost every subject.” "It Is on some subjects, to lie sure, lull still he doesn't know everything. He has Ida falling* like all other hu man beings.” "To change the subject,” said Vln nlc. "have you planted your corn yet?” "Yes, we Jm t tint*lad planting a few day* ago." "||ow does the wheat look?" "It looks splendid, but I don't expect to get much out of it, for silver*! going dow n right along, sm| Itryan said whenever silver wont down winst went with It, or when silver went up w heat went up h|m>. "I do »l*h Itryan had been elect for If we had fr*e coinage of silver, he sai l Silver would rise lu value, t here tore wheat would rl»n, “If wlcnt would lie worth what It ought to t>e, thefe Would he a food pr»*|«cc| for me to pay the mortgage with it, | supt "*e ttuw wheat Will tumble, ami we sit know it was low enough last year " tT* to tsiiltei)