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W. L. McMillan, Tubllahur.
RED CLOUD
NEI1RASKA
Nail It Kmst Forever.
THE "IDLE" SOLDIERS.
From tlic llnlilmnrc American.
("This country has a hundred thousand
soldiers walking iiroiinil in Idleness."
w. j. !ir.vnn.)
Walking around in Idleness,
WlioreM'i- the ling's assailed:
Mooting tlu foe with mi idle might
Tluit never .et has failed.
Liiwton, mill Llscuin, ntul Logan, too
Cnpion the lint N long
Went' to their death in 'lilH'ntH."
Ami their "idleness" was wiong.
Ornnt uml Shoniinu ntul Hhcrldnn
.Why should wo cull tin roll?
Tlipy Idled nwny in tin- Idle light
in figlits thn( tried the hihiI.
"Walking nroiiml In idleness"
Jlrnvlng ihe leaden luill;
Wluit of this glow of a nut Ion'" prl.Ie?
Ik that lint an Idle tale?
"Walking nronml' In Idleness,"
Over tlti' Pokln rii.nl;
Scorched nml worn ly the galling sun,
Lugging mi idle load.
Fighting wllli Idle energy.
Ulioorlng wllli Idle breath -Tliliiklng.
wllli Idle love, of home,
And dying an idh death.
Piivato Smith, with an Idle groan,
Cone to n liimie aliuve:
And Idle teai1 mink the Idle woe
And the Idle mother's love.
"Walking ainunil In Idleness"
Lnwtnu and Llscuin, too:
Legions moio will cinne Idly wl.cn
Tlieie mo Idle deeds to do.
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(From the Chicago Inter Ocean.)
Merely to expose the sham of
Mr. Ilrj an's picsent anti-trust
campaign, we elte below a few of
the trusts only those with SKI.
000,000 or more capitalization
organized before Mr. McKlulcj's
inauguration, mid protertod ami
nurtmed I iy the Demoi'iney be
tween March 1. lS!t:t, uml Mareh
1. 1S1I7:
HIiarcH
nml
Itnnits.
When
flTIIH'll.
Am. Siicnr Co 1Ss7
foil, tec Co I MR
Natiomil Salt Ci...lW)
Nut. Sturoli Co 1MH)
Kporry 1'luiir Co.
(Cf.) I Mia
Chi. Ileef Combine. IS-..
Am. Hplrlts Co 1HS7
Cnl. IiU'Iii.iU'h Co.I.V.14
(.'III. llrew. A. Malt.
C IHH
Mil. & flit, llrew.
Co 1MU
Am. ToliiH'i'o fi 1S!K)
Xnt. Wall Pap, Co .1S7U
HtaiiiLinl Hope Cn,.lMM
V. H. I.entlier l'o...lstl.l
V. S. Hiililicr Co....1.u,j
Am. Sch'l I'nr. Co..y.ia
Cent ml l.mnlK'r Co,
iCnl.l IWUJ
Am. Win, (Ham fo..isNi
1'gll. l'lltclililss (V.I sill
Am, Col Inn (i Co..ik'I
Am, l.liikM oil Co..i;iS7
Acr. fiii'in. C isrn
Stiinil. (Ill Co ,',
Fuel & Iron Co.
(Col.) I spa
Co.il, Iron ,v it. u.
Co rrvnn.) tss7
Like Knpcilor Ciiti.
Iron Mines im:
Am. (Sew Int) Mncli.
,.'! ISlCi
I nlm Typi'ivilUr
Co lMl.'t
Am. I'.ler. Heat. ('0.111:1
Klee. Slor. Ii.it Co..lvss
II. Kiei'lrle Co. ...I Mia
Wet. i:ierlrlr C0...IMII
Auae. Copper Co ...ls'.U
Nmloii'il 1.111,1 Co ,.1MII
Illoiiklvii Wli.irf A:
WnrelioiiHF Co. ...,1M1"
West lilev. A.mi...1SS7
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Here are thirty-seven great cor
porations - prleedixint; eoiiiMna.
tlons or tnisti with nirareirnti.
oapltnl uf more than !?1.(I(I(I,)(H),.
(HIO. all or whfeli Ihed. piospend
and waxed fat unopposed nnil
minssailed during one to eight
e:irs of DeiiiiiMivitl,, ii.. v..
Mr. Hryan hns the inipuileiuv to
ii'ii 1 no .Miieriean people that
trusts nic fostered li the Hepuh.
5 lieiin party and fought to ihe
death by the Democracy.
Didn't KM MoKlnley ItiittniiH.
I'p in Wisconsin the other day a trav
eling miIcmiiiiii walked Into a Utile news
paper store nt .lanesvllle. While get
ting his paper he looked ainunil him ami
noticed a lnrgp number of Hryan buttons
for hale, but no McKiuley buttons.
He asked the storekeeper lr he did not
keep McKiuley buttons lor sale, and
was told
"No,-1 don't keep Vin, I sell 'em. They
sell as soon lis I get V111, I stocked up
at first with the same, number of both,
bill lw"yo replenished my stock of Mc
Kiuley fill t tons four times now, while
all them.' Hiynn buttuus you see here nro
the first lot 1" bought. Theio are 110 Hry
u folks around Juucsville."
vVEBlffy'K PU
A CENTURY'S GROWTH
OF THE COUNTRY.
History of National Expansion
from Jefferson's Time.
Tbe Life of Hie Nation, Like That of aa
Individual, Depends Upon Its Ability
to Develop and 'Grow.
An Intelligent jotith, fifteen jrnr.s old,
who rends the dally papers, said to his
fattier, who Is a student of politics:
"Father, what Is the meaning of 'iin
pcrinllsm' ns used In the Democratic
platforms and by Democratic speakers,
particularly Mr. Itrymi: and what do
.Mm menu by expansion';"
The father answered: "My boy, 'Impe
rialism,' correct I) ilellnt'd. means 'per
taining to mi empire.' The use of it, as
they Intend It to apply by Ihe party you
speak of, is pure demagogy a clap-
tr.ip effort to catch votes in the coming
election. Thcpc men lime erected an air
castle mid are pelting it with words. Hut
few of the men of brains who use this
term, ns applied to the conditions In this
country, believe It to be true or correct.
Tiiey have a mistaken idea that they
can scare the Ameilraii people by pin
claiming against a bugaboo of their own
creation. In this they arc mistaken. The
American volor Is quick to detect hum
bug and Is not easily seared even at the
threat of leal evils. It is possible that
some of those men really believe what
they say on this subject. If they do,
they are In the uiifortunntp position of
those of whom It Is said, 'they believe
a He to be damned,' for these men will
he politically damned at the election In
November. Outside of these parties
there are some declaring against 'Impe
rialism' who are misled by diseased im
aginations mid who, while being honest,
are simply foolish,"
"Well, father, what do you mean bj
'expanslouV "
"I Use tlie word In Its ordinary sense,
my Imj, which Is the 'enlargement of sur
fine.'" "Yes. I uii'lerstaud that, but this Is n
political term as used now. Does It mean
the 'enlargement of the surface' of the
country V"
"Ceiliiliily. and but for iwpanslon this
country would have been very small in
deed." "When did it begin to expand V Who
was tlie first expiiiislonlstV"
"look at the map ol ihe United Stales
mid .Mill will see tltat the colonies of
Cieat Dritaiii which icvoltcd in 177ti
weie MnssMfhitM'tts, which included
Maine: New Hampshire, Connecticut,
Ithode Island, New York, which with
Now Haiiipvhlie iiicliiilnl Ycrinonl; New
Jersey, l'eiius.ilvaiila, Delaware, Mary
laud, Virginia, which included Kentucky,
Ninth Carolina, which claimed Tennes
see: South Carolina and (icorgin. All
these colonies, with the outling terri
tories claimed by them, had only -IS'-Mltil
m I nil re miles, with a imputation of about
::.(ll)U,0(M). Just before the Kevoltltioli
(icorgo Washington, then a colonel of
Virginia militia, was (he first expnusloiir
1st. He aided in driving tlie French out
of Kurt Dtuiuesne, where l'itlsbiirg now
stands; helped in annexing to Virginia
all tin territory which now comprises
the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan and Wisconsin. There were
no white inhabitants save a few French
oil the lakes mid In l'lliuols. These
States cover -Sit, III! 1 square miles, about
three-fifths of the area of the colonies.
At tlie taking of the census of 1S!I(I, ten
years ago, they hud a population of III,
ldl.SKI and wealth valued at $in,Ml,
li.'iri.rrj. Washington's expansion proved
to be n very valuable one."
"Who was tlie next expansionist, and
what did he do?"
"Thomas Jefferson was the next. In
April, lNlKl, he purchased the territor
of Louisiana from Franco. Ionk at that
large map. All the States and territories
which you see west of the Mississippi
river to thnt Irregular line which extends
from tlie (iiiif or Molco to tlie Caua
illaii border, near the Pacific ocean, were
Included in this purchiuc. At tlie time
the purchase was mmlo It was declared
valueless, ami Jefferson was denounced
as bitterly by the opposition at that time
as McKiuley I now In fact, more bit
terly. In INK), the lii-ht census after the
purchase, tlie outlie clvlliyed population
was 77,-tOl. The area of tills purchase
was 1I7I.S7!! siiiaro miles, more than
double that of the original colonics, mid
comprised what Is now the Slates of
Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa,
Minnesota. Nmth and South Dakota. No-
br.tska. Kansas, part of Colin ado. nearly
all of Wyoming, uearl. all of Moiituna,
the Indian Territory and the Territory of
Oklahoma. In l.S'.IU the population of
these Slates was I'-'.O.'Il.SllS and their
wealth was ?ll.ri!l.".:irr-',.ril(l, eleven bill
ion ile hundred and nliiotj-fivo million
thnv bundled mid liflylwo thousand
live hundred mid forty dollars. These
Slates in IS! IS furnished over one-half
the wheat uml nearly oue-luilf the corn
crop of the country, and this jear will
do still better. They have nearly one
third of the total railway mileage and
are great producers of cattle, sheep,
hogs and horses. And jet their piodilc
live capacity is in its Infancy. When
Irrigation is established, as it soon will
lie, tlie prodii-ts of these States will be
doubled or tripled. And there is one ad
vantage of this purchase that can never
be estimated in money, which is tlie con
trol of the Mississippi river. Jefferson's
purchase has turned out to lie a good one,
notwithstanding the bitter opposition to
its cousiir.imatiou."
tTo be continued.)
Measure of Coin.
Money Is inoiisiitod by troy weight,
in which twotity-four raiii8 nmko ti
pennyweight, twenty pennyweight)
one ounce a ml twelve ounces one
pound. The silver dollar weighs -112.
grains, nml $ 1.0(H), us near as It ean bo
expressed Intelligently In print, weighs
71J1H pound, or a fraction over aov-cuty-ntie
and oue-half pounds. In avoir
(Inputs the same would weigh fiS.OUS, or
nearly llfty-nlno pounds.
9000ea909oei0V
I PARDON ML3, BUT-
a
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00aoar$aft03a0O6000$)iis
I'mdoil me, but - -
If j 011 were going to lent your fiiriu to
11 mull, .Mill would feel surer of getting
.Mini- money If that mini had had some
experleme in farming, wouldn't you 7 It
oil have a job, a steady job, and jou
knew there was going to lie a change of
managers of the business, factory or
whntever coucerii It Is that hires you,
you would feel safer If you knew Hint
tlie Incoming m.iiiiiger had had experi
ence in managing your line of business,
would jou act? You'd feel more certain
of his running the business siiciessfully,
wouldn't J011V You'd feel surer of hold
ing your Job, wouldn't youV If jou mo
hustling around for a Job, you'd rnther
get one if jou could, on a farm, in a
factory or in a business that is run by
mi experienced manager, wouldn't you?
For jou'il figure it that your Job would
be more likely to pun out, to be 11 steady
one, wouldn't you?
And:
When jou take a ride on a railroad
train, you wouldn't reel particularly com
rortable if just befoie the train was to
stmt jou saw a jouiig dry goods clerk
1 limb up iulo Ihe engine cab and begin
to yank tlie lexer. Now would jouV You
wouldn't want to be working at the
mouth of a mine ami know that a poet
was running Ihe hoisting engine, would
you ? You'd bo afraid of jour corpus,
eh'
Now, when it comes to politics, don't
you think a man ought to try to show
Just as good sense tu toting as lie does in
Ids trade or business? Ilrynn Is long on
wind. wV ean nil agiee on thai: but Mack
hnj. got the engineer' license. He's been
over the roai. Hut Mryan claims, ho has
mi entirely new method, a method of his
A MISCHIEVOUS DONKEY.
RAILROAD ACTIVITY
nnnurc prwrnni nnncnrnm;
mUVLG ULHLftHL YiWOtUMW.
MILKS OF UAILUOAD UUILT.
Year. Miles.
IHOm lit I
18115 IJKiU
18110 -i.Mxi
11)0(1 r.1(K)
Estimated by Interstate Com
merce Commission.
NUMHKIt OF UAILUOAD KM
IM.OYKS. 181)1) i II-JS.IILM
18l)." "8.-,o:i4
Hepublieau Increase MII.SIK)
TUB WAOKS PAID TIIBM.
18D!) srrJl!.llll7.Sllli
18!)." H.'l.WlS.'Jin
ltepublieau Increase. . .s?77,-l.V.Ui:'.."
CROSS RBCBII'TS OF RAIL
ROADS. Year. Amount.
isikj si.Kiii.tusii.sio
isjh i,(Mi(i.!ii:!,:tr.s
18!)!) i.:ti;i.iiio.iis
Decrease of SIOJ.OIHMS:! between
1S5I-J mid lS'JI.
own, for running the government steam
boiler. He's crazy to try his new meth
od ami If she bust?, she can bust. Mack
maintains though, that jou can't monkey
with n steam engine. 'Twont do to let
tlie watef get too low, ami jou've got to
shovel sotnethlnc besides air Into the Un
box. Hrymi said In 1S!H1
That Just ns sure as Mack got into the
cab the boiler would explode, the load
would become foreclosed at auction, the
right of way given over to foreign na
tions mid the Inhabitants of tlie terii
tory along the route would become pau
pers. Rut,
Four years have passed away ami the
old engine Is still doing biz. They've
lengthened out her boiler some mid hitch
ed on several new coaches. Tlie eagle
still sits 011 the cowcatcher mid has both
eyes peeled for obstructions. There was
n foreign critter got on the track nine,
but the eagle screeched and Mack, lie
turned 011 fifty million dollars of extra
steam. They didn't hold any post-mortem
because the foreigner was so cut up
and scattered they couldn't find the to
mains. Recause of the fact that the for
eigner, however, did undertake to cross
the track, there have been several impor
tant branches added to the load.
JOHN 1.IVINCSTON WR1CHT.
llrynn'H Klootiim and Flock Owners.
(loading llros. of Idaho have V''ii a
contract for sheep which Is typical of
the feeling among Western wool raisers.
The contract culls for the payment of
JSTi.tMtO for ii-bnnd of sheep in'oiiae' Mc
Kiuley is elected and $!i0,000 in case
Rryuu is successful, MoKInloy's elec
tion represents an Immediate difference
1 C" $215,000 to one Hock owner.
BKYAn LITTLE BOY
AM(S SOMB QIBTIOKS.
A Colloquy that Ended In Talk About
the "Goblins."
Mr, Ilrjnn, the handsome Democratic
candidate, was 011 the Lincoln train to
day. A blight little boy, his son (icorgle,
sat by the candidate and was asking
childish ipicstlons.
"I'apn," ho said, "what did the Hun
garian miners out In Colorado mean
when they shook Hags marked 1(1 to J
lu Iloosevoll's face?"
"Why, my sou," said Hrjan, an he
lien met .011 his boy with loving smile,
"why, the miners meant that they want
ed our, money to be US to 1. That Is,
they wanted It so that III ounces of sil
ver would be one ounce of gold."
"Hut, papa, 1(1 ounces of our coined
sliver will buy one ounce of gold now,
won't It?" asked (leorgle, opening his
ejes wide,
"'vi, my son. Congress did pass n
taw milking that ratio. Sixteen oiiuies
or our coined sliver will buy one ounce
of coined gold now."
"Then, papa," said (icorgle thoughtful
Ij, "If gold and silver are now 111 to 1
by act of Congress, what more do they
want? What do they keep yelling for
Mil to 1' for?"
"Well, my son," said Ilrynn thought
fully. '"1(1 to V Is all light for the farm
er, mechanic ami business man. but the
miner jvnuts more for his silver. He
wants to ol his I(i ounces of uncoined
silver, which N really worth in the mar-
cc,04
Increase of ?", 1(1,(1(1(1, 700 between
1S!4 and IS!)!).
TUVS HI.' I.MM.Mf itl'l' f IMMI.Ml
-.'... w ..,.,,Aft Ltiiuuiai
ONH MILK.
!!! Jii:t.i;u7.'jr7.iri:t
isp.i .s.vJi!i,riir,MU
Republican liicrea'o. :iS,i:,,!),7 1'-VJO'J
NKT BARNINCS OK RAIL
ROADS, 18!l!) $.-ill.lHl,1(
ISP.i :H!),OT)l,047
Republican increase. . $1()CSI)1HM72
dalii In number of emplojes,
amount paid lu wages, tonnage mid
earnings during Mdunlcy's adminis
tration over IS!).":
Cain of ll.'l,Sti!) in number of em
plojes. Cain of $77,l."!),(ht."i lu wages.
, Cain of Lii.'.iioi',41'J In tons.
Cain of f?''.,!S1'-,:W,ll.-(l in gross earn
ings, Cuin of S10ll,!IO,072 in net earn
ings. Cain of 2,7.'0 in miles built.
hot less than eight dollars, for sixteen
dollars' worth of gold."
"Why,, papa, that would be paying a
fifty per cent bonus 011 silver, wouldn't
It? It would be buying it at twice Its
xaiiie. It would be just like the govern
ment buying till the hogs ami corn ami
uitton at twice their market value,
wouldn't It? That would be nice for tlio
rainier, papa, but the miners wouldn't
lie in it, would they?"
"Ooorgle, hush," Interrupted the boy'u
father.
"Rut, pap.i, I will hush In a rgJuuto,
but say, if the government, should buy all
the miners' stiver at twice its market
value the farmer and the mechanic
wouldn't be in it, would they, ami "
"Hush, (icorgle, don't talk so much.
You don't understand that we are using
tlie '10 to 1' to fool the miners until after
election."
"Oh! I see, papa," said Ooorgle; "If
wo should give 1111 ounce of gold, worth
sixteen dollars all over the world, for six
teen ounces of sliver only worth eight
dollars, we'd have to buy all the silver
in the world billions of dollars and "
"Hush, (icorgle! hush!" Interrupted his
father.
"And, bje ami bye, papa." said
Ceorgle, "the rest of the world would
liuve r.ll our valuable gold mid we would
have their cheap silver worth 50 cents
011 the dollar. bee, papa, It's all a Joke.
It's 7htU they call the 'bogle.' It's like
plutocracy nml CaesarUni and Imperial
ism. It's a scarecrow and "
"Ceorgle," wild the loving father, "you
must hush. They will overhear you."
Then the fond father put his arms
around (icorgle and gnvejilm a big ba
liana to eat.
"But It, Ceorgle," said the bogle can
didate, winking one eye, "or the goblins
will get you." KL1' PBRK1NS.
PlPIIIPPIPIPJPPIflisia
SIBI GREY'S FAMILY.
sf
A Story of Country Life.
BY ALMA L. PARKER, GUIDE ROCK, NEB.
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CHAl'TBR VI.-(Continue.l.)
"Cyntblii, you are not the loyal Popu
list that you used to lie, I'm sorry to
say. Yon seem to think that every
thing grand ami good comes from Mc
Kiuley. You seem lo have tlio impres
sion that lie was thejiero of Manila, but
I tell you that imiiiVs naino Is Dewey.
Now, Dewey, no doubt, Is a great tuiiti.
I'd Just like to know what his politics
Is. I'll bet he's I'opullht."
"Well, I suppose that when Schley or
Sampson sink that other Meet we'll
have another hero."
"Yes. If they ever do, but they haven't
found them yet. They don't seem to
bo In any hurry about It. cither. They're
drawing big pay, and they're not anx
ious to find the licet very nulek. I
haven't any faith lu lliein or McKiu
ley, either, but Ccorgo Dewey Is all
right tn far as 1 know."
Political Simon got very Impatient,
and spent most of the time fault-finding.
CHAPTER VII.
Vlnnle Oroy's Remarkable Speech.
Another autumn nrrlvod. The Spanish-American
war had ended. Cor
vera's Heet bad been sunk In almost
ns miraculous a manner as the Asiatic
licet had been. We were now a bigger
nation than ever before, for the war
had extended our dominions, by Spain
ceding to us'orto Rico and the Philip
pine. Islands. Also the Cubans had
been given their freedom. We also hail
avenged tlio Maine! What a blessing
It had been to those Islands to exchange
Spanish rule for American!
Simon was glad we had been at war.
because, ho said, It bad made better
prices for farmers' products.
Ho had never neciiinulated money
faster than since MoKInloy's election.
The reasons In; gavo for good times
were tlio scarcity of farmers' products
and tliu la to war. Instead or going
to tlio pool-house they enjoyed luxuries
in their own remodeled home.
P.oonsvllle bail Just given Clen Hnr
rlnglon and the other soldier boys. Just
returned from Culm, a reception.
Vlnnle's term as Superintendent of
Schools was almost over and the Creys
wondered If the Populist convention
would renominate her. It seemed evi
dent that they would, for she bad given
perfect satisfaction.
It was time for the convention, and
Simon was once more a delegate. He
was as enthusiastic as ever, ntul-eager
to know whether Vlnnle would be re
nominated or not.
Vlnnle herself was Interested and de
termined to attend the convention. It
hnd been whispered to her that she
would again receive tlie nomination,
nml for this reason she wished to be
present. She bad no desire to have
her name printed on another Populist
ticket.
Vlnnle viewed the convention of Popu
list delegates with keen Interest. It
seemed to her that they wero lacking
in the old-time enthusiasm. Was It
possible that they, like herself, were
beginning to realize that Republican
times were not so bad after nil. and
were not anxious for a change?
The chairman called the meeting to
order, and after the necessary Intro
ductory business bad been attended to.
they proceeded with the nomination of
the several candidates. Finally Ihe
chairman announced that n nomina
tion for County Superintendent was
in order.
"Will some one make a nomination
for Superintendent?" the chairman
said.
A mini from the Ronusvllle delega
tion arose. "1 believe," ho said, "that
It J- the will of this convention to give
our present Superintendent the nomi
nation again. 1 make a motion that
we give Miss Vlnnle drey the nomi
nation for County Supeiliitcndeiit."
And then the crowd yelled.
The motion soon was seconded.
"Any one else wish to make a noinl
nation for tills olllee?" said the chair
man; but the crowd was silent.
"Then I suppose It Is the will of this
convention to choose Miss Crey unani
mously by aoclainatlon. Will sonic one
kindly niaUe a motion lo that effect?"
Instantly Vlnnle had arisen in the
rear of tlio room and said lu a clear
voice:
"Mr. Chairman,"
"Miss Crey," snld the chairman.
"The gentlemen of this convention
have been very kind to me. I thank
them very much, but I cannot accept
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Vlnnle's declaration was a surprise to
all, and was followed by a laugh,
"She's Just gasln'," said one.
"Wants to lw coaxed," said another.
"Nominate her anyway," said a third.
"What's the reason you won't ac
cept It?" said a fourth.
"Order!" shouted the chairman, but
bis voice scorned to bo unheard.
To pacify them Vlnnle rose again.
"Miss Crey," said tlio chairman.
"Mr. Chairman, the gentlemen of this
convention seem anxious to know the
reason why I will not accept the nom
ination. May I have the privilege of
telling them?"
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The chairman, seeing that everyone
was oager lo bear what she wished to
say, gave her that privilege. Vlnnle's
remarkable speech was as follows:
"To begin with, gentlemen, I linvo
lost all faith In the Populist party. It
has ceased to be a parly of reform, If
It ever was one. I do not wish to crit
icise the gentlemen of tills convention,
but I mean the Populist party up a
whole. It Is almost entirely composed
of fault-finders, men who are never v
sntlslled with nnything. You know ns
wll as I do that w are having good
times, yel how many men In the Popu
list party are willing to acknowledge
It? If you find one, ten chances to
one he will say It Is because of 'sup
ply and demand,' or the late war. or
something else; the Covernment has
nothing to do with It. Now, suppose
this Is true. Just trace that same man
back to a few short years ago, before
oar last presidential election. Ho
would then have told you that 'supply
and demand' had nothing to do witli
tlie regulation of prices, and that noth
ing could bring good times with gold
for our standard money. You know ns
well as I do bow they told us that the
rich would got richer and tin;, poor
poorer: that we would all lie slaves If
McKlniey was elected. Now we. know
that was not the truth, for no man Is
more Independent to-day than 'the
fanner.
"The Inlwrlng man hns no excuse for
being idle now. There Is plenty of
work and good pay. Factories by the
hundred have opened, giving men em
ployiucnt. They earn plenty of money,
and can now afford to buy the farm
ers' beef and pork. Ah. yes, It Is sup
ply and demand, but there wouldn't be
Mich 11 demand were It not for our new
protection law enacted by our Repub
lican Congress. Those men who trav
eled over this country, persuading men
to Join their so called reform party,
were faNe prophets. Would you con
Untie to believe them? You had bet
ter trust the siuv captain, who never
lost a ship. When this People's Inde
pendent parly started as a party of re
form we were all anxious to Join It.
We were honest enough to wish to be
on Ihe side ot reform, but, nb, gentle
men, time has proven that we don't
need free silver.
"Free silver will soon cease to be your
hoblij-, for we all now know that wo
don't need that. They can't deceive
us that way any more. I hope the gen
tlemen here assembled will reason In wi
your minds thnt the man who deceived
you once may deceive you again.
Many of those who voted for free all-vol-
didn't know what free sliver
meant, and, believing that tlie.se Popu
list speaker. and papers told them,
thought It was their only salvation.
They have been very pleasantly saved
without It, and ought to know better
now.
"Suppose n foreigner came to this
country and he didn't understand the
English language, and some people told
him that ho was a slave; that he'd
never get rich until a cyclone struck
him.
"Why. if be believed what they told
iilm, he'd probably pray night and day
for a cyclone to come. If be was wise,
he'd llr.st find out what a cyclone
meant, then he might come to a dif
ferent conclusion: but If ho made no
study of tlio subject, no Investigation,
of course he would never understand
until a cyclone did strike I1I111; then he
would learn to his sorrow what It '
mount, and he would curse tlio men
who deceived him.
"Now, these men who deceived us by
saying we couldn't have good times
without free silver, were false proph
ets. Let's not believe .them any longer,
but change our politics. Let's treat
those gentlemen right who have
brought good times to our door, and
who have saved on? country's honor
in time of war.
"You, gentlemen, who are favored
with the. power to vote, I beg of you to
vote sensibly. There is no one more
contemptible than the hypocrite. If
you believe one way and vote another
you nre committing a nln before Cod.
1 beg of you to reason for yourselves
and then vote as you conscientiously
believe to be right, no matter whnt
others may think. Some people If they
find tliev lire wronir. wnn'f fif.L-imu-1 '
edge it, but n truly honest, upright or JU
Cluistlnn man Is glad to confess his
mistake.
"We should not be foolish like the old
woman, that owned a goose which laid
a golden egg every day. Her neigh
bors told her to kill the goose and sho
would find it full or golden eggs. Now
Ma old woman was prospering, but sho
wasn't satisfied, so she did as they nd
vised her. She killed the goose, but to
her sorrow there were no golden eggs
to be found: so she didn't even hnve tho
goose left, because of her foolish greed.
"Let us not do ns she did, but let us
bo satisfied with the good times we
now have.
"You nil know now why I will not nc
cept the nomination so kindly offered
me. I thank you," she said ns she re-t-iuued
her scat.
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