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THURSDAY , MARCH , , 8 , 11)00 ) ,
In the year 1800 the per oapity
money circulation was $4,09. In
1860 it was $13.80 , and 1000 it is
$26.98 , the highest in the history of
the country.
The one time Bookless Jerry Sim
pson 13 now accused of having sold
out the populist party to the silver
barcns. In fact this in assigned as
the reason why Jerry now regularly
wears Books.
The exports of the country con
tinue to increase , and the democ
ratic orators , who used to tell us
that BO long as wo had a protective
tariff foreign markets would bo
closed to American manufactures ,
are now very silent on the subject.
and the I-told-
The calamity men - -
you-BOS ore considerable disappoint
ed at the record in Cuba during the
past year , under American admin
istrations. The island has not
only been in ado self-supporting ,
but has to her credit for the year
1809 a surplus of $2,200,000 ,
It must hav boon a deep mortifi
cation to Col. Bryan , although it
may have opened his eyes , when
the South Carolina House of Rep
resentatives , alter listening intently
to his eloquent address , voted down
by a heavy majority , resolution of
eympathy ior the Filipinos , on
the expansion question , Mr. Bryan
finds the South an "Gnomics'
country.
After Him.
The demo'popu are already after
D. Clem Deavor's scalp , The arty
whip is to bo applied with merci
less fury. It is all well enough to
talk about honest dome pops , but
the fact is , tuoro is no longer any
intention to show tavor or respect
to any one who will not como un
der the democratic yoke. The pop-
uli&t party exists only in name' , and
in name only to doooivo. It is the
bight of folly and hypooracy for
any one to pretend that thcro is a
distinct populist party. How sublime -
limo it is to read in the CHIEF that
D. Olom , Doavor is under the influ
ence of Mark Hanna. Wo wonder
what mllnonco the CUIKF is under.
Better got back into the republican
prrty where you can do some gbbd ,
Mr , Deavor !
Ilorr It Looks.
The populists and democrats
combined do not carry the majority
in Ouster county that they used to ,
They have about coated to campaign
tbo county for want of issues and
speakers. They have ceased to
grow , and are already falling off.
They oau't make a live homo cam
paign again. The republicans are
already becoming aggressive. They
- have proven false the statements
made by demo-pops , and prosperity
is hero and still coming. Every
thing is favorable to a republican
victory m this county next fall. A
hot campaign is just what republi
cans should invite , There is tal
ent and argument enough on our
aide to take our county back into
the republican rank. Lot us push
the war to a finish in Nebraska and
the atato is republican as sure as
'the local ropublioan talent is
roused to work for the fasts , and
against demo-pops falsehood.
Jackson and National Banks ,
The demo-pops are never weary
of refering to Jackson and Jefferson
as the saviours of the country , and
yet all their references are wholly
groundless in fact BO far as their
acts refer to present affairs. It is
true Jackson vetoed the bill to ro-
ohartor the old national bank , and
no republican today would OOUBUIO
hia aot. The old national bank act
was an rank a monopoly as waft over
conceived and no republican admin
istration would tolerate it any more
tlmn Jackson did , The national
bank of the present is not a mon
opoly , Any onw can go into the
business who haa the capital. But
under the old bank aot , there vra a
limited amount of capital which ,
when taken , no others could outer
the business. It was this condition
of the national bank that Jackson
abhorred , and not the fcyitoui of na
tional banks , If domo-pops would
only put in na much of their time in
searching for the facts of history ,
as they do in denouncing their
country and the patribtism of their
follow mon , they would grow wiser
and less boisterous , We doubt if
one demo-pop in Ouster county ever
read the old national bank aot , or
knows what it was. This writer re
members very well hearing James
G. Blaine denounce the old nation
al Bank and commend Jackson's
aot. It is disgusting to hoar those
blantant onconiuma on Jaekson and
Jtfforson by mon who scarcely know
when those 'statesmen lived.
Congressman Sibloy of Pennsyl
vania , never told a braver truth
than when ho told his fellow demo
crats that they were drifting far
away from the democracy ot Jack-
sou and Jefferson. If these demo-
pops keep on with their hero Wor
ship , they will Boon insist that the
president of the United States must
ride to Washington like Jackson
and Jefferson , on borsobaok , Of
course they would not want such a
stricture on the president of the
United Statob to interfere with the
privilege of their official connec
tions with the railroads. Really , is
not all this fuss about Jackson and
Jefferson lather stale. la not'a
party of today hard up for issues
and brains that oau't find men and
measures suited to our own times ?
Gold Standard.
Between Bryan democracy and
the populist idea of finance , there ifi
an impassable gulf , which no sensi
ble populist can over hope to straddle -
dlo , The populist party was com
mitted to a domestic money , a
money simply as a medium of do
mestic oxohnngo without intrinsic
value and irredeemable Bryan dem
ocracy declares for redeemable
money and of intrinsic value , The
difference between Bryan democ
racy and republicans on finance is
to a great extent duo to the means
to be used in securing the iiso of
silver and maintaining a sound cur
rency and plenty of it. Bryan sup
poses that Congress can force , by
law , the commerce of the wor.'d to
bow to its edicts , and accept as a
medium of exchange just what it
says , In abort , ho presumes that
our Congress can compel the world
to trade with us and accept just
what we may choose to dictate.
'Iho ropublioan party' ' , oh the other
hand , reoognikes that commercial
interest" will dictate the condition
of its trade , just as two neighbors
will decide for themselves what
they will accept in the exchange of
property ; hence , in order to facili
tate commerce , our laws must ad
just our raodinm of exchange to
suit the demands of trado. In short ,
the republicans recognize that
money is made for commerce , and
not commerce for inonoy.
Now , what is to be tbo outcome
of the gold standard ? Simply this ;
that the United States under a pro-
tootivo tariff , and with its marvel
ous resources and genius , oan foroo
every commercial nation to pay it
tribute in gold , So long as our expert -
port values exceed , as they are now ,
our import values , BO surely must
the commercial nations bo at our
inoroy. This fact is being illus
trated continually. Our money IB
rapidly increasing , and our values
likewise enhanoing in the world's
measure of values. It is not simply
a domestic inflation to oanool debts ,
or a forced loan to destroy values.
Now , what will bo the end of this ?
Simply the result the republicans
have insisted ou. A return to the
use of silver by a request of for
eign powers.
The United States will have
forced commercial interests to sue
for international arbitration on tmoh
toitns as the United States m ! y
grant. Bryanism can never effect
any terms but that of humiliation ,
It would wreck the splendid nohiov-
monts already begun. It would put
American valor and silver forever
at the diotatos of foreign comnmoo.
It is pitiable to notice how utterly
void of manly oourage the policy ot
Bryan would leave us , Ho stands
for commeroialjintoroats on a do
mestic ouirency , or rather repre
sents nothing , on nuy platform that
appeals to prejudice and political
oowardioo.
If the populiBls believe in a
strictly domestic currency , let them
say BO , and ooaso to wander after
every change rung in by Bryan ,
We would like to see political is.
BUGS , clean cut and distinct , and
then something could bo tested.
The real financial issue IB shall wo
hive a domestic currency , or a com
mercial currency. The pope had an
issue , the democrats have none ,
Might n 1'op Err ?
The populist party bid good bye
to "both old parties" and assorted
that good times could never again
return till fiat paper money was es
tablished. Anything short of fiat
money as robbery , and they loud
ly assorted that they would never
abandon tn principle of irreem-
able paper monoy. At Omaha they
accepted free failvor as a compro
mise for numerical gain , but in do
ing BO they had serious fears of the
result. Ono year passed and fiat
money was dropped and free coin
age of silver was the main issue
They were then just as sure that
there could never again be good
times without coining all our silver
at 16 to 1. Another year passed ,
and then they accepted the issue of
gold and silver , the money of re
demption , and utterly condemning
their first ideas , Still another year
passes and now , free coinage of pil-
vor , fiat money , government owner
ship of railroads , etc. , are all gone
glimmering for the new issue of
"Imperialism , " and worse than all ,
prosperity is hero and still coming.
Now couple all these facts together
and juet stop Mr. demo-pop , and
think seriously awhile. May you
not bo in error ? You must have
erred somewhere , ior your predic
tions have all proven false. If you
ever held the truth , when WPS it ?
you have tacitly admitted your for
mer issues false by abandoning
them. The differences between
your party issues now and when
you Blurted , are as wide as they
wore at first from the republican
party. Yet at first you called the
ropublioan party a ' "traitor , " "rob
ber , " and many other like na'moi.
Will you now adhere to your early
epithets and brand yourselves as
"traitors , " "robbers , " etc. ? You
now stand on a currency of re
demption gold and silver. Is it
possible you have so soon joined is
sues with that aroL-traitor John
Sherman as you used to call him ?
Would not a little political modesty
bo a virtue just now ? Are you not
ooming faoo to face with yourselves
on your crooked political wander
ings ? Do you not feel just a little
shame when you road such woeful
propheoios as Dr. Rhodes sent out
just prior to your late convention ?
Lot us suppose that some of your
early platforms were true , and con
tained aorno vital issue of "reform , "
have you not been traitors to your
men who refuse to bo led astray any
longer ? la it not a most humiliat
ing condition to bo forced to admit
that you have boon making fools of
yourselves ? Don't you think it
about time for you to go out of the
"reform" business and study the
elements of political economy
awhile ? Can't you see that the only
difference between your party and
the republican , is that you are five
or six years behind and yelling for
reforms which republicans have al
ready achieved ? You can't fool the
people with your lion skin over you ,
your long ears and braying con
tinue to give you away. MoKinloy
will bo the next president and then
Bryan will bo forced to put off his
disguise , Never have honest and
sincere men boon so foully deceived
and led astray as the men who sin
cerely wont into the populist party ,
Job printing at this office ,
Washington Loiter.
( Special Corrcipondonco. )
WABIHNOTON , I ) . 0 , , March 3,1SOO.
The people of the oity of Wash
ington are not allowed to vote ,
except on puiely local affairs , and
those who have always lived hoio
occasionally raised the ory that they
are "taxed without representation. "
They think it is a great hardship ,
In the meantime the city trios to
live on the general government
It gets Congressional appropriations
for the pay of iU policy , for the
paving of atroeta , for local hospitals
and for almost everything. And iu
the face of any calamity or incon
venience the oity is absolutely help
less. Laat winter when a heavy
snowstorm blockaded the streets ,
all business suspended while del
egation after delegation wont up to
the capitol and bogged for money
to pay for cleaning the snow * off the
strcoti. At first the congressmen
failed to rise to the dignity or grav
ity of the situation. To the mem
bers who oamo from the north or
the west there was nothing remark
able about a heavy fall of snow , and
many of them oven suggested that
the Wasbingtons go ahead and
shovel snow themselves.
In a few days the situation was
dofiporato. The people who ride iu
closed coaches , , who are waited up
on by uniformed servants , and who
spend two hours at "dinner" in the
evening , wore in despair , The oars
wore stopped , the drays could not
run , and a famine was imminent.
Butter ard eggs wont up to 80 coats ;
coal was sold by the gallon , and the
blockade actually caused great hard
ship. It never occurred to the
people to go ahod and clean off the
snow. They left the drift * alone ,
and they would have remained there
until spring if Congress had not
come to the relief. It cost the
government 930,000 to clear off that
8uow. This sort of "taxation with
out representation" is not without
its charms.
Congressman Maxwell was not a
very frisky member vihen ho was"
hare , but ho had a good many warm
friends. It is often remarked hero
that as long as the district was
going to send a f uaioniat it ought
to have returned Maxwoll. The
story of how Allen , Robinson and
Co. act up the job to knife Maxwell
and gather in the soooud term for a
member of the office trust , is well
known here , and there are many
who hope that the "one term and
out" rule will again bo applied in
the third district this fall.
An eastern man waa speaking of
Nebraska the other day , and he saia :
"Its a tunny place you have out
there. I was in Nebraska ten years
ago , and a big organization of
farmer's alliance people hud control
of everything. They talked a great
deal 'about "principle" ana such
like 'thingi , and they wore down on
lawyers. If I remember right a
lawyer oould not belong to their
organization , and there was a case
whara one member who was study
ing law was expelled. Since then
they scorn to have forgotten all
about the "principle" talk , and the
only persons they elect to office are
lawyers. The politicians have cer
tainly worked a confidence game on
these old long-whiskered boya. "
The national treasury again
makes a good showing for February ,
The statement for the mouth allows
that the receipts of thu government
exceeded the expenditures by $7-
804,205,08 , representing a reduc
tion of the national debt by prac
tically that same figure. For the
eight mouths of the present fiscal
year the surplus receipts have
amounted to $37,074,785.22. Con
trast this with the way the national
debt was increased when tug dem
ocrats had full control. H.
Burlington lloutc
Through Sleeping Cars to San
Francisco.
No changes-no delays-no chance
of missing conneotioiia-if you go to
California via the Burlington Route.
The Burlington runs through nlooq-
ing oars Omaha , Lincoln and Has
tings , to Salt Lake City and San
Francisco , daily ,
Dining cars all the wey. Library
cara west of Ogdon. Finest scenery
in the world.
See nearest Burlington ticket
agentor write J , Francis , Q , P , A. ,
Omaha , Nebraska ,
8 , 1. S , 19 ,
P. C. WOIINALL President. J. A. \HIU8 Cnshler.
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A. J. UOBKUTBON.lVlco-l'ros. W. D. BLACKWKLL , Afli't Oaehler.
Farmers Bank ofi Ouster County ,
BROKEN BOW , NEB.
Transacts a General Banking Business. County Claims and
Warrants Bought ,
Has n full line ot
Drugs , Paints and Wall Paper.
Also a Fine Line of Books , Stationery , Toilet Artiolcs , etc. Store on
oornor of Fifth avenue and Main street , Broken Bow , Neb.
S. H. HUttNIIAM , President , Lincoln , Nob. It. 0 , HOGEU3 , Oashlor , Broken Bow.
J. M. KIMllKULING , Vlco-Prcs. , Broken How. S. n. HOST , Aes't Caehlcrj
STATE BAffi 1
BROKEN BOW , NEB.
GENWRAL BANKING BUSINESS ] TRANSACTED.
muKOToim :
S. II. Uornuami J. M.KImbcrliug. S. II. Hoyt. n. G. Rogers.
Jnltcd ] States Natloml Dunk , Omalm. Plioiilx National IJank , New York.
Dank , Lincoln , Nebraska.
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e are still in Ute Lumber business and we |
solicit a share of your patronage for the
coming- spring and summer and if price cuts any
figure , wecan sell you Building Material that will j | Ilj '
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n not fail to please you. Also our Summer Coals are
the best and clean.
Look ou.t for our next A.cL ,
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I Once Was Lost , hit How I Have
Found it.
Where ? At my door. A t the Eagle Grocery. What in the
world is it , my dear ? It is at the Eagle Grocery , a mam-
motii stock ef Groceries , and at the lowest prices you ever
hoard of. The Eagle has been reading the papers and keep
ing posted on what was being offered for sale. They don't
say any thin g about Terbacker and Candy , and other good
things like that. It is not pickle dishes you want now , it is
Candy. The Eagle has 2,000 pounds of candy for sale cheap.
Aistmas committees are invited to call and get my prices ,
member the place , on the big corner , just east of First
Nstional Bank.
W. S. SWA3ST , - - Proprietor !
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I wish to bay to my Friends and Patrons that I am now
located in the New Brick Building , on west side of Square ,
whore I will be better prepared to servo them than ever be
fore. F. W. HAYES ,
Jeweler and Optician.
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