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'AUGUST 27, 1905.
The only way to again place our
advocates in our legislative halls is
;to reorganize our forces and do .battle
ja .an entire independent political
! party free from any entangling fusion
alliances whatever, ir vv. J. uryan
wishes to hoid fast tor the old rotten
hulk of democracy, let him do it We
kave done with him as l.ng as he
trains in the democratic camp. He
may come and go with us, but we
never will go again with him, as long
as he sails under democratic colors.
Success attend all your efforts to the
rebuilding of thi pecrle's party and
may we all be able to rejoice in its
ultimate success. M. J. VINCENT.
Lawton, Mich.
A COLORADO VIEW
Ont of th Old Guard Kxpresias Ufa Idm
of What the Immediate Folur
II aa Ja Stora
Editor Independent: Your card to
the Old Guard" is received. In an
.. swer would say I would gladly see the
people's party as well organized as in
,1894. I am one of the Old Guard, hav
ing been in the movement since 1872.
The enclosed clippings from my pa
per, the Monte Vista Journal, however,
express my opinions as to the imme
diate future.
After the next campaign we, the
people, will make history fast, but
little can be done until then.
C. S. CONANT.
Monte Vista, Colo.
About forty old line populists from
various parts of the country , met in
Denver Monday and passed resolu
tions supporting the Omaha platform,
and in favor of no fusion with either
old party in national or local affairs.
An effort will be made to reorganize
the people's party. Our opinion is
that the effort will prove futile, not
that there are less than 2,000,000 pop
ulists in the United States, but once
having lost the confidence of its lead
ers and having practically disbanded
it will be impossible to revive the or
ganization. There will be no great
headway made in the development of
a new party until after the presiden
tial election next year.
Mr. Cleveland is not pushing his
candidacy for the presidency; he is
too sharp for that. Neither will he
allow his name to be used before the
n(xt national convention without the
assurance that he is to be nominated
and elected.
Of course Cleveland cares nothing
for the west and middle states. A sol
id south with New York and a few
states that circle around Wall street
, are enough to elect the next president.
It is good politics for the money
power to hold up the democratic party,
especially if that party will get onto
a republican platform, as it now
seems likely to do. As ridiculous as it
nay sound to a Coloradian we make
the prediction that if Cleveland is
nominated he will be elected.
Something must be done for the
dtmocratic party next year or it will
disintegrate and the result be a new
party will spring up and elect a presi
dent in 1908. The men of brains in
both old parties realize this fact and
.'those who are satisfied with present
renditions are planning to nominate a
Cleveland or a Gorman on a republi
can platform and then try to elect him
Already President Roosevelt has taken
the alarm and is anxious about New
York and the states that circle about
Wall street.
The Commoner says the populists
are not sincere in their efforts to re
vive their party. It will be only a few
months before the. country will learn
tiiat the democratic party was not sin
cere in 1896 and in 1900. That they
Adopted a few of the minor planks in
the people's party just to disintegrate
that party and for no other purpose.
The first thing for populists to do is to
help destroy the democratic party in
jne north and the republican party in
the south and by so doing pave the
ay for a new party a party of the
tcople.
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STATE FAIR
PIANOS.
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TO
STATE FAIR
Prescott Music Go., 138-142, So. 12th, Lincoln.
Will offer during State Fair 50 lovely Pianos from 12 Leading Manufacturers at
unprecedented terms about onethalf what pianos of same quality sell for.
These Pianos Must be Sold
Railroad Fare and Admission Free!
We will pay the railroad fare from any part of the state and admission to f air
to any one who will buy a Piano of us or half of same to anyone who will buy an
organ of us. Easy terms of payment.
Prescott Music Co, 9
138 to 14a South Twelfth Street, Lincoln, Neb.
Oldest Tlusic House in Nebraska. Established, 1876.
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Changs
Is there aught which the hand of
Time does not alter?
Powerful nations are developed from
weaklings. They rear their heads for
ftn instant compared with the eternity
pi time, then, like wares beating upon
the beach, - their strength overcome,
tbey disappear beneath the flood which
rushes o'er them.
The crust of the earth give3 forth
mute unimpeachable witnesses who
testify that forms of animal life have
existed which no longer exist; that
forms of vegetation have flourished
which no longer flourish; that dis
tricts now an Arctic waste have been
the scene of luxuriant vegetation; that
in the past oceans have surged over
lands now elevated; that glaciers have
.overspread countries which are today
nabltable.
We look to the heavens. The stars
which during Dast ages have been con
sidered as fixed in position, are proven
to be in motion, receding from and ap
I oaching our earth. Spectroscopic
analysis reveals this fact. Astronomi
cal records confirm spectroscopic re
search by showing that the present po
sitions of the stars are not the posi
tions which they have occupied.
The heavens cannot longer be con
sidered immutable. The earth and its
brother planets revolve UDon their
axes and around the sun. The sun,
carrying with it the nlanets and their
satellites, journey through space which
heretofore has never known its Dres-
ence. The distant points of light which
remain points under the scrutiny of
the moat powerful telescope, are suns
far surpassing in magnitude and
tplendor the radiant orb of our day.
Centers of vast solar systems, they
with our own traverse limitless space.
We raise a goblet of pure sparkling
water to our lips. Many are the tales
which each drop could relate were
they endowed with speech. - We value
highly the writings of our travelers,
who daring every danger seek the
mysteries of nature to explore.
Perchance the travelers we hold in
our hands have surpassed them, have
renetrated regions apparently impen
etrable by man, have visited scenes
which exist unseen by human sight.
Valuable lives have been sacrificed
and treasure lavishly expended in at
tempting to unveil the secrets of the
frigid north. May it not be that a
rortion of the liquid contents of our
goblet has been part and parcel of the
icy barriers which make impassable
ttis Northern sea? Barriers which
vanish but to be replaced again. Van
ish but to continue their course in the
vast economy of nature. Now plucked
fiom the saline embrace of the ocean
by the thirsty winds, which passing
over the parched lands, are forced to
deposit their invaluable burden, which
for thousands of miles thejT'have so
tightly clasped in their invisible grasp.
The wanderer from the ice-bound
coasts of the north may here mingle
with brethren from a torrid clime,
here may find companions, who
through the arts of man, swelled with
heat, have filled the heart of the
iron-horse which hurls along tue rails
itself and its burden of passengers and
freight, or supplied the hammer with
strength to forge the monster death
dealing cannon, or have helped to
veave the clothing of their temporary
master Man.
Historical records inform us that
the nations, the religions, the lan
guages, the laws, the means for com
municating intelligence, the modes of
conveyance, the fuels, the machinery,
the use of metals, the weapons of war,
the styles of architecture, the building
materials, the illuminating agents, the
commerce, the arts. . the sciences of
the present generation are not those
of the generations which have passed
awav.
Where years seem to show immut
ability, the evidence of centuries dem
onstrates mutability. The rock im
bedded fossils besneak the nerlnrt wVen
I their tombs were shaped not The
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STATE FAIR VISITORS.
When in Lincoln at the State Fair
remember to call at the office of the
Nebraska Mercantile Mutual
Insurance Company,
130 No, i3th Street, and Bee about insuring your
property with them.
There are many things in favor of taking your Fire
Lightning and Tornado Insurance with that company.
Other things being equal, it is conceded by all, that we
should patronize home institutions.
An assured wants three things
First Reliability.
Second Reasonable Cost.
Third Fair Adjustments and
Prompt Payments in Case
of Loss.
The Mercantile J::
out of the many thousands they deal with say ought but
good words for them. They have seven thousand of our
best citizens as policy holders and over six million dollars
insurance in force, making absolute safety.
The cost is limited as a maximum to the board rate
and in 5 out of the 6 years they have saved a nice divi
dend of 10 per cent or more to their policy holders.
. They have an enyable record for fair adjustments
and prompt payment, having in all their business only
one contested claim or unpaid loss, always paying the
cash as soon as adjustment is made.
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H LINCOLN, NEB.
ever changing clouds moving
sky typify the unceasing activity of
nature. The hardest rocks impercept
ibly vanish before the insidious at
tack of her forces, which with resist
less energy elevate and depress conti
nents. ,The works of man crumble under
their action. Cities, which he in his
pride deemed indestructible, have dis
appeared from the face of the earth.
Their very sites are oft unknown, or a
1 ums,, noDie even in their desola
tion, and masses of debris-mark the
location of the metropolis of an an
cient empire.
Change, mysterious, unending all
pervading change, you Influence all
you permeate all, from your action
naught hath immunity, the universe is
subject to you. ,
Whence come your footsteps t
