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SUPPLEMENT.
BROKEN BOW REPUBLICAN.
Broken Bow , . . . Nebraska.
Thursday , October 25 , 1900.
'EVOLUTION OF THE
bEMOCRATIC PARTY.
to AVIlllam.
( An intercepted Letter. )
( By T. 0. Ilarbuugh. )
Dear William :
Pm still In a terrible strait ,
And yet they tell me' that I'll have to
wait
Till you are elected. I very much doubt
If I can until then 'gainst the army hold
out.
I'm hiding just now , and It's very poor
fun ,
And I fear thnt the chances arc sixteen
to one
Thnt I will be captured ; so hurry up ,
Bill.
And send me n grist from your para
mount mill.
Just now 1 am killing of soldiers n score ,
And when you're electqd I'll kill a few
more ;
We know you nre with us , so just bet
your jenns
We'll pull the fing down In the fair Phil
ippines ,
And 1 * will divide when I got this domain ,
And sell out again to the kinglet of
Spain.
My love give to Atkinson when him you
see.
And when you meet Wellington , kiss him
for me.
I think of you often , dear Bill , and I
wish you
Success , only make me the "paramount
Issue. "
a I'm sure you are able to catch all the
p floaters ,
And with your palaver to hoodwink the
voters.
"McKluley won't do , " are the words that
I pen ,
lie's shooting my soldiers who ambush
his men ;
V * It's terrible , horrible , Bill , I declare ,
His blue-coated soldiers , they never light
" "
"lair ,
And , if they would let me , I any to you
thnt
I'd come to your rescue , n good Demo
crat.
Now , keep up the battle , I'm looking to
you ,
I pray for you dally that's all I cnn do.
T keep out of sight , for I'll never be
taken ,
The "paramount issue" with me is my
bacon.
If I should lose thnt nnd to ruin be
hurl'd ,
You'd lose the best friend thnt you have
In the world.
Stand up for me , William , don't let me
get stuck.
Your Friend ,
AGUINALDO ,
( In awful hard luck ) .
Farm Value of Wheat ,
Department of Aurlculturc'n Fluurca.
Year. Amount.
1805. $270,004,011) ) n
I HIM ) . 205,008,0001 Uoln >
1HOO. 85,84o,2ii I
1000. 8OOOOOOOf
REMEMBER !
Remember , thntlii 1802 you voted
for acliKiigr , anil litd no chance in
your pookctB afterwards.
"DEAR BOY" LETTERS , No , 10
My Dear Iny :
I wnnt jou , to do n little work In poli
tics before election. 1' want you not only
to vote right , but to get two or three
others lo vote right. I know that your
friend Morgan nays thnt politicians are
nil corrupt nnd thnt , If n mnn wants to
turn out n grand rnscul , nil IIP has to dote
to mix Into politics. Hut , my hey ,
there nre two kinds of political workers.
A little true Btory will ahow you what
I menu :
In 18-18 , Martin Van Huron fulled to
Ket the Democratic nomination for the
presidency. He and his friends bolted
the ticket and ho accepted the nomina
tion of the Free Soli party. His brilliant
con , John Van Huron , went up Into Mas
sachusetts to make some Free Soil
speeches for his father. Now with Prince
John , as he was familiarly called , polities
was n game. He had no real , llxed , po
litical principles. And It was a revela
tion to him when he got Into Massachu
setts nnd found men like Harrison , lllg-
gltisoiv.John Hrown nnd others , of pure
character nnd lofty Ideals , whose very
lives weie laid on the nltnr In the cause
of freedom. When he cnme back from
his trip , he met a friend in New York
and the following conversation took
place :
"Hello , John ; where have you been ? "
"Up In Massachusetts , making Free
Soil speeches for father. "
"Did you find many Free Sellers tip
there ? "
"Yes , and , d n it , they believe It , too. "
My boy , this nation's safety depends
largely upon the political work of men
who work because In their very heart of
hearts they believe that their political
principles are founded in truth and right
eousness. That is the kind of worker 1
wnnt you to bo. Don't get down to anything -
thing menu or tricky , but work because
you believe thnt the Ilcptiblicnn position
Is right , nnd thnt the election of McKinley -
ley nud Kooscvelt will be for the good of
the nation nnd the good of the world.
Now I will tell you whnt I wnnt you
to do. I wnnt yon first to go down nnd
see Unrnoy Crogun. They have been
stufllng him with the statement that the
Republican pnrty is the rich man's party ,
nnd that the Democratic party is the poor
man's party. He BCCS the rich men and
great corporations growing richer nnd
they have told him that whenever a. rich
man grows richer it Is at some poor man's
expense. They have told him thnt the
Republican policy makes "the rich richer
and the poor poorer. "
1 want y ou to go down and tell him
that when a farmer raises n thousand
bushels of corn , the farmer Is richer and
no man Is the poorer , but some poor mnn
will get the job of cutting that corn and
be the better off. Tell him thnt when a
man digs a thousand dollars' worth of
gold out of the ground he is richer , but
nobody is the poorer. Show him that
there is such n thing ns n natural increase
of the world's wealth which benefits all.
Tell him that In this country , whenever
the rich are doing the best the poor nre
doing the best ; that when coal operators
make money miners have more work and
better pay ; that when railroads and man
ufacturers are making money labor is
most nbundant and receives its highest
reward. Tell him thnt the Republican
pnrty is the party for the whole people ,
rich nnd poor nlike. Tell him thnt we do
not believe In arraying one class against
another , but that all classes should work
together for the common weal. And then
point him to the results of McKlnley's
administration ns proof of whnt you say.
Ami keep poking the truth at him until
he sees It and promises to vote for Me-
Kinley.
Then go and see Will Barton. A Dem
ocratic neighbor is trying to get him to
trade on a part of the ticket. Tell Will
that this is not the year for a Republican
to monkey with his ticket. lie will get
it tangled up and twisted till his ballot
will not be counted if he is not careful.
There Is too much at stake this year. Tell
him to let his Democratic friend vote ns
ho will , but that this is the year for
straight Republican votes. Do this , my
boy , and Uien vote right yourself , nnd
when the news of victory comes you cnn
cheer with n vim and rejoice that you
have a share in the glory.
YOUR FATHER.
Farm Value of Corn.
Department of Asrrlcitltiirc'H FItr
Vrnr. A in on lit.
1805. $700,875,7:11 : ) n
180U. 51:1,871,1)12 J ncln'
1800. 711,704,1107)
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1 00. 85O.810.OOO J Kcp'
WHICH ? WHEN ? HHY ? WHAT ?
we do make the Filipinos inde
pendent ; are we also going to make the
Maeabebes independent ?
Are we going to make the Mores inde
pendent ?
To establish a Viscayan government
and n Suhi republic ?
How about the Negritoes and the sev
enty or eighty different tribes that speak
illllerent languages ?
Are we to establish an independent
government for each ?
We must do one of two things. We
must either establish from seventy to
eighty independent republics or else im
pose the government of one tribe on all.
As such a number of independent re
publics Is an Impractical proposition , are
we to impose n Tagnlog government on
the Maeabebes ? n Moro government on
the Yiscuyans ? a Sulu government on
the Negritoes , and so on ?
If we are to impose one government
on another , is it not better thnt we know
beforehand what it is to be In other
words , try our own government ?
WHERE NQHNJJLISIWERS STAND
Ninety-two of the leading papers pub
lished In foreign languages , in the Unit
ed States , hliow their presidential pref
erences as follows :
Hep. Dem. Ind.
German It ! ju 3
Scandinavian 10 2 . .
Italian T 2 i !
French JJ . . i
Itohendan It 5 1
Polish 4
Jewish 2
Slavonic U 1 l
Dutch 1 ' . .
Swiss , i ! . . . ,
Totals C8 JIG 8
EVERYTHING
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( From the Colorado Springs Gazette. )
To the People of the United States , Greeting :
Four years ago
You demanded work for your idle sons.
You got It. You never hud BO many people employed ns now.
You wanted your Idle capital to be employed.
You got It.
You wanted to see the army of tramps mustered out.
They are gone.
Yon wanted your soup houses closed.
They are closed.
You wanted to get rid of the receivers of your railways and banks.
They are gone.
You wanted to sec the smoke-coming from the stacks of your smelters ,
mills nnd factories.
It came. Many have "since been kicking about the smoke nuisance.
You wanted the savings bank deposits to increase.
Never so large in your history as at present.
You wanted to see Interest rates decrease that your people could borrow
more cheaply wherewith to develop your resources.
You got It. Interest has never been so low as now.
You demanded more money. The circulation must be increased per
capita.
You got it. Got it so suddenly It almost dazzled you.
You demanded thnt one dollar be just us good ns another.
You got It. That is the kind we have now , and you can get all the silver
or paper you want at any bank.
You demanded the markets of the world for your surplus products and
goods.
You got It. Got It so suddenly It almost dazzled you.
You wanted us to stop borrowing money in Europe.
We stopped it , and Europe is now borrowing money from us.
You wanted the government to collect every dollar of the Pacific railroad
debt , instead of a PORTION , as Mr. Cleveland proposed.
Mr. McKlnley made them pay every cent , principal and interest.
You wanted Cuba liberated.
It was done.
You wanted the rights of our people maintained at homo nnd abroad.
It has been done.
Whnt you renlly wnnted the worst was whnt Mr. McKlnley promised :
"AN HONEST DOLLAR AND A CHANCE TO EARN IT. "
You got both. Not from the Brynnltcs , but it was none the less accept
able to the man behind the dinner bucket.
If you want more things of this sort you can get them from the same
source. Yours devotedly , AMMI PETTIGREW.
THE FANGS AND THE * TAIL.
Anll-Frco Silver Countries Frco Silver Countries.
The United States. Bolivia.
Austria-Hungary. China.
Belgium. Colombia.
Brazil. Ecuador.
Canada. Guatemala.
Chile. Honduras.
Costa Rica. Mexico.
Denmark. Nicaragua.
Egypt. Persia.
Franco. Peru.
Germany. Salvador.
Great Britain. Tripoli.
Greece.
Japan.
Norway.
0 Portugal.
| Russia.
| Spain.
1 Sweden.
Switzerland.
Turkey.
Uruguay.
Venezuela.
Mr. Bryan wants to transfer the United States from the first
column to the second. Does it look as if it would pay ? v
WAGE EARNERS.
"Tho whole I'reo ullvor movement is a conspiracy against < >
W.IKCS. " ( Hatirko Cookrun , 180O. )
WAOE9 UNDER FREE
CHINA. Unskilled labor 1O cts. to 2O cts. per day
Skilled labor . . . . -O IMS , toJO ots. per dny
MEXICO , Unskilled labor 45 cts. to OO ots. per day
Skilled labor . . . . > CO uts. to $1.80 per day
IN THE U. S. UNDER GOI D 1JAS1S.
Unskilled labor $1.OO to $1.5O per dny
Skilled labor $2.OO to $5.OO per day
WHICH IS THE IIEST FOR YOU ?
A STORY OF COUNTRY LIFE.
BY ALMA L. PARKER , GUIDE ROCK , NEB.
CHAPTER YII.-Continued. ( )
All eyes uow turned toward Simon ,
as he arose to his feet.
"Mr. Chairman , " he said , "I feel
duty-bound to make this announce
ment before this assemblage of wise
men. I must disown all traitors In my
family. I have always tried to treat
my children right , ami to train them tip
In the way they should go , but I see
my efforts have been In vain. This
daughter I have always loved ; she was
at one time the iirkle of our family ,
but If Bhe has turned out to be a coldhearted -
hearted traitor and have her name
written with those Infernal goldbugs ,
who could blame me If I disowned her ?
will therefore say to Miss Ylnnle
Grey , with the honorable convention
for witness , that yon are no longer a
welcome guest at the home of your
father ; that you shall never enter my
home again , nor plant your feet on my
land , nor come where I can ever look
Into your face. I have no use for
traitors , oven if they bear the honora
ble name of Grey. "
CHAPTER VIII.
The Ideas of the Irishman.
The sensational episode at the con
vention was now almost forgotten , for
another year had come and gone. It
was near the end of 1000. Simon's fam
ily seemed to be prospering financially ,
but It was not the happy family that It
was In the days when Ylnnle occasion
ally came , home. She had now be < ju
marrli.-d over a year ; she no longer bore
the "honorable" name of "Grey. "
"Pa , " said Anna. "I can't stay away
any longer. I simply must see Vln-
nle. It's a downright shame ihe way
we treat her. "
"It's no more than she deserves , " said
her father , "and what's more , you
won't go to see her either , unless you
wish me to treat you as I treat her.
As long as her name Is Harrington , and
she's on the side of Republicanism ,
none who belong to this family circle
shall ever go to the town she lives In ! "
Simon had been so rigid In bis orders
that even Cynthia , to keep peace In
the family , had never seen Yinnle since
that memorable convention day. But
you could plainly sec that trouble was
rooted deep In her soul. She was really
heart-broken , and prayed for the day to
come when Simon would repent.
One evening as they were seated to
gether In the parlor , listening , to Si
mon's explanation of the new political
question , called "cxpaulsou , " there
came a knock at the door.
"Who could It be ? " they all whis
pered , as Jlmmle ran to open the door.
"Is this where Mr. Simon Grey
lives ? " said a familiar voice.
'Well , I'll be gel darned , " said Jim-
mie , "if it Isn't Uncle Ezra. "
Hearty were the hand-shakes , nnd
when Ezra took Simon's hand In his he
held It for a moment , glanced 'round
the room , nnd asked In a bewildered
way : "Where's Yinnio ? "
"Oh , she's married , " said Simon
bravely , but the other eyes In the room
tilled with tears.
"Oh , yes , " he said , "I remember now
of you writing about It. I came very
near never finding you , Simon , " he said
" old weather-beaten
aligning. "The -
house , having been painted and en
larged , made the place look different.
I wasn't sure that you lived here ; but
I concluded to call and find out wheth
er you did or not. I couldn't llnd you
at the poor house. "
"Great heavens , Ezra , you didn't call
at the poor house to find me ! " Simon
said , excitedly. "You must have a very
poor opinion of me If yon did. "
'Don't be surprised , Simon , " said
Cynthia , "at Ezra expecting to find ns
in the poor house. You know we told
him , if McKlnley was elected , we'd
probably go there. I have been ashamed
many times of what we said , and the
prophecies we made ; but really , we
didn't know any better then. "
Ezra Grey laughed. "That's all right ,
Cynthia. I'm glad you were mistaken ,
for I should much rather llnd you living
In your own comfortable home. Yon
all look well ; guess you have had plenty
to eat. "
"Of course we have , Uncle Ezra , "
said Jlmmle. "Pa used to tell us we'd
starve to death If McKlnley was elect
ed , but gee whiz ! we never had so much
pie nnd cake to eat before. We've got
some money hid around here , too , soive
place , b'elu' that pa's afraid to put It In
the bank. Ma'd skin me alive If I'd tell
you where we kept It. "
"Jlmmle , " said his fatter , "If yon say
any more I shall make you leave the
room ; do you hear ? "
"Reckon I do. I hain't deaf. "
"I tell you , Ezra , " continued Simon ,
"It has been rough dlggln' to make a
livelihood these years. I have had to
use keen management. "
"Your mortgage is paid , I presume ? "
"Oh , yea.I paid that the spring after
you were but here with my wheat
crop. "
"And your new house Is paid for ? "
"Yes , by the skin of my teeth , yon
might say. Suppose I hadn't ought to
have been so extravagant , for lumber Is
dreadful high these gold-bug times. "
"Now Simon " said " '
, , Cynthia , "don't
pretend just because your prophecies
didn't come true that we arc still hav
ing hard times. Yon know , Simon , wo
never made money easier. "
"Cynthia , " Interrupted her better
half , looking bothered , "you don't know
what you're tnlkln * about. "
"Now , Simon , " said Ezra , "judging
from appearances , Cynthia must b&
right. What arc hogs worth now ? "
"About $ .r 0 at present , I believe. "
"What are calves worth ? "
"Well , they're too awful high. The
war raised the price of beef. "
"P.ut how could that affect It ? "
"Why , It makes a greater demand. "
"Ah , Simon , but you told me when I
was here before that supply and de
mand had nothing to do with the regu
lation of prices. "
" 1 don't roniPinbcr about It ; If I did ,
I've changed my mind since then. Here ,
hogs are a goou price , but they are
scarce , and they ought to be higher
than they are. If It wasn't for them
rich fellows that have control of the
markets we'd get what we'd ought to
have. " v
"Oh , Simon , you're too hard to satis- '
fy. Why , you wouldn't be satisfied
with Heaven , unless Bryan was God ,
and there was free sliver. What's corn
worth now ? "
"I don't know , " said Simon. "I haven't
had a chance to take any to market yet.
I've been too busy to husk any myself ,
and hired hands arc as scarce as hen's
tooth. "
"Wages nre good , then ? "
"Yes , they're too almighty good to
suit me. Why , It's enough to break a
farmer up to hire help. "
"It's a sign of good times , Simon. I
see you are prospering despite the gold
standard. "
"Well , Ezra , I am as much In favor
of free sliver as 1 ever was , In spite of
your so-called good times , but that is
not the main reform that uow confronts
us. The principal question now Is the
Philippine war. It Is a disgrace to this
nation. "
"So you nre an anti-expansionist , arc
you , Simon ? "
"You're right , I am. I am on the sldo
of those poor Filipinos who are being
oppressed. I am on the side of Agul-
: mldo , the Washington of the Philip
pines. They are fighting for freedom ,
uul they ought to have it. If I were a
Filipino as I am an American I would
never lay down my arms , never ! "
"Simon , " said Ezra , "It is just such
men as you that nre prolonging that 7 *
war. Agulnaldo would have given up
eng ago were It not for the sympathy
he Is having In this country. Now , you
compared Agulnnldo to Washington.
Why , you might ns well compare a
blood-thirsty tiger to Washington , who
was a civilized , Intelligent man , while
Agulaaldo is an Ignorant , uncivilized
iieathen , whose principal traits are cun
ning and treachery , something like the
American Indian. "
Their conversation was here Inter
rupted by another knock at the door.
"Well , " said Jlmmle , "wonder who's
comln * next ? Must be agoln" , to have
lots of company. "
It happened to be a stranger this
time , who wished to know If he could
llnd a night's lodging. Simon told him
that he could , to walk right In , for It
was very seldom that he turned trav
elers away. This one was a foreigner ;
yes , he was Irish you could tell his na
tionality by his short , thick physique
and the "St. Patrick" expression on his
countenance.
"What's your name ? " Inquired Simon.
"My name Is Pat Murphy , ser , and
whot's yours ? Grey ? Wnl , thot's not
slcli a very oncommon sort of a name. "
"We were just dlscussln' this anti-
expansion question , Mr. Murphy , " said
Simon , hopefully. "What do you think
about It ? "
"Well , mister , I haven't a dlvll of a
bit of use for the anty-expander. He's
tbo feller thot's agin everything. "
Simon wasn't expecting to hear such
an answer ns that , and was disgusted A
when everybody In the room had a *
hearty laugh at his expense. To make
matters worse , the Irishman continued :
"He's the feller thot's f'rlvcr in the
way and never does anything but kick
at whet the other feller's doln * . He
always knows Jest how Ivrything ought
to be done , but his valuable tnfurma-
tlon Is always withheld till somebody
else has done the job. "
"Oh , go on , " said Jlmmle , who was
very Interested In the Irish traveler's
talk.
"Well , " continued Mr. Murphy , "it's
been a nachur'l succlsslon of Ivlnts thot
( To lie continued. )
A Calamity Howl.
The political calamity howler Is hard
put for instance and proof of the direful
things lie pretends to see and apprehend.
Indeed , he becomes lugubriously ludic
rous In Ids dlMiialnoss. The following
excerpt from the Kansas correspondence
of the Northwestern Miller , is a humor
ous illustration :
"With granaries full to bursting , and
general prosperity abroad in the | Und ,
there ore still a few calamity howlers
left. One from Kansas , whose attention
was called to the big wiont ] crop raised
this year.responded with a doleful whine ,
\es , it Is a big crop , but these here bis
crops ib mighty hard on the land. ' "