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)
