BaH :
HE ' ByF. M. KIMMELL.
B $1.60 A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
BB REPUBLICAN TICKET.
BH For President ,
BH William McKinley of Ohio.
BS For Vice President ,
H Garkktt A. I Iobart of New Jersey.
RH For Presidential Electors ,
H AtLarce J. E. Houtz of Lancaster
HtH AtLarce F. J. Sandilek of Saline
H First District A.J. Burnham of Nemaha
BB Second District A.C.FosriJR of Douglas. .
BS Third District. . . .Solomon Draper of Knox
B Fourth District G. A. Derby of Seward
B Fifth District J.L. McPllEKLY of Kearney.
I Sixth District M. L.Friese of Valley
BB " For Congressman Fifth District ,
B& William E.Andrews of Adams County.
8 i For Governor ,
BB JMacColl of Dawson County.
HI For Lieutenant Governor ,
Bfl Orlando Teft of Cass County.
Bfl For Secretary of State ,
BB J * A < i > n'ER ° Harlan County.
BR > For State Auditor ,
I P. O. Hedlund of Phelps County.
BB For State Treasurer ,
BS § . . C. E. Casey of Pawnee County.
Hlfl | For Attorney General ,
kB | A. S. Churchill of Douglas County.
HUH | For State Superintendent ,
HSH1 II. R. Corhett of York County.
H Hi | * For Commissioner Lands and Buildings ,
- 6 ! II. C. Russell of Colfax County.
! For Supreme Judge 4 years.
! * Robert Ryan of Lancaster County.
j For Supreme Judge 2 years ,
I N. P. Kinkaid of Holt County.
For University Regent ,
W.G. Wiiitmore of Douglas County.
For Representative 65th District ,
R. P. High of Lebanon Precinct.
HflBi i or County Attorney ,
HBKi Harlow W. Keyes of Indianola Precinct.
H9H1 For Commissioner First District ,
HBjij Alex. D. Johnston of Valley Grange Prec.
BBj The Republican national cam-
BBj ; Paigu uns progressed so favorably
BBi and successfully that it seems to
BB | be ouly a question of McKinley's
BB | plurality in the electoral college.
BnP ! HE Republican organization in
Vsfi i Red billow county is assuming
BbbP 11 proportions and a perfection that
H8f I means success in November. The
Bifl j interest manifest is unparalleled.
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B | | | The demand for Congressman
Bffil Andrews' services continues very
Bgi pressing. He is the most popular
H and effective campaigner in the
HI Fifth district , making votes wher-
B ever he goes. The "little parson"
Bk is a winner. "Watch his smoke.
Baj I The noisy claim that Bryan
Bjj. I would carry Nebraska by a big
B I majority has given away to a de-
K I oided feeling of doubt as to his
Em 1 ability to cany it at all , while Mc-
Df j j Kin ley managers increase their
K I confidence daily.
B I The tour of the veteran union
K 1 generals in the interest of sound
B 1 money is one of the wisest moves
B I in this campaign of education.
J H I These men , who led the boys in
B I blue to victory a generation ago ,
B I are almost the sole survivors of
H that louir roll of illustrious comB -
B manders. Their services in the
I
B the war , great as they were , will be
B written no larger on history's page
H ' than that which they are rendering
B in their attempt once more to draw
H after them the following which
H made their names a terror to op-
H pression and wrong in 1861. Bee.
H ' The joint debate arranged for
H between Congressman Andrews
j and J. B. Sutherland at the Edgar
H harvest home "flashed in the pan"
H as it were. Both speakers were on
Hj hand , but the local Populist com-
Hj mittee refused to allow the debate
Hj to come off as advertised for the
H 24th. All efforts and propositions
H failing to secure a joint discussion ,
B it was fiually agreed that each of
H the candidates should address the
H people. Congressman Audrews
H ' was given an hour and fifteen miu-
H 1 utes and Mr. Sutherland an hour
H and thirty minutes. "This ar-
H raugeraent" , says the Edgar Post ,
H , -'was carried out , and while it gave
H j a fair opportunity to judge of the
H ' merits of their respective cases , it
*
B was not what the people went to '
B hear and what they had a right to
B ] expect. What they wanted was a j
B I joint discussion , in which each ,
B j candidate would be given an op-
B portunity to submit his proposi- <
B tions to his opponent for reply.
B Mr. Andrews was willing and anx-
H ious to do this , but Mr. Sutherland
H 1 persistently refused , and after lis-
tening to the addresses of the two '
i gentlemen uo one can blame him.
H ( He is absolutely no match at all
H for the doughty little professor.
H J I This will explain his refusal to en- :
H J ter into the joint discussion" .
Mg3tSZ- &
Nebraska's Next Governor. .
Jack MacColl took a homestead adjoining
what is now the. city of Lexington , in 1870.
I lis ancestors were Scotch , and his early man
hood was spent on a Canadian farm. lie left
home in 1869 and immediately set out for the
west. His first work was as a laborer for the
Union Pacific R. R. Co. , and the following
year he took up the homestead where he now
lives. From the first he succeeded , because
he had learned business method as well as
farm routine. The first county clerk of Daw
son county was removed for cause , and Mac
Cell was appointed in his place. Me held the
office thirteen years , although he took it in the
beginning under protest. He has never been
an office seeker , nor a politician in the accept
ed sense. He served one term in the Nebras
ka legislature , and was a capable , conscien
tious member. In 1890 his friends in western
Nebraska urged him to become a candidate
for the Republican nomination for governor , -
and he reluctantly consented. L. D. Richards
was nominated. Four years later he was an
active candidate , but the nomination fell to
T. J. Majors. In 1896 his friends were as
loyal and enthusiastic as ever , and they went
into the state convention with many new re
cruits and nominated him July 1st.
Jack MacColl is called the Nebraska "com
moner " ' . Such he is in fact. He is plain and
easily approachable. He is sympathetic , cor
dial and warm-hearted. He is a friend of the
laborer as well as the man of business and js
loved by one and esteemed by the other. Per
sonally he is close-mouthed and conservative ,
but all the time strictly business. Ex.
BARTLEY.
J. H. Stephens spent Saturday and Sunday
at home.
A. G. Dole and wife spent Sunday in In
dianola with friends.
E. S. Hill and Dr. A. W. Hoyt of Indianola
were on our streets , Monday afternoon.
I. M. Smith and J. II. Bayston of McCook
attended the rally heie , Monday night.
W. J. and S. H. Stilgebouer visited with
their brother F. G. Stilgebouer , Saturday and
Sunday.
R' . P. High of Lebanon , Republican candi-
didate for representative from our district.was
in our town looking over the political situa
tion , Thursday.
Hon. W. E. Andrews is to speak here in the
near future , the date is not yet announced.
Everybody" should turn out and hear the able
t
speech Mr. Andrews will make , also help
elect him for congress next November.
A large delegation of Bartley people went
to Indianola , Wednesday night , to participate
in the Republican rally and hear Hon. J. L.
Caldwell's address. One of the men from
this place carried a transparency which read
"Bartley Hannacrats" . All enjoyed the speech
made by Mr. Caldwell as he made all points
very easily understood.
A large crowd was present to participate in
the free silver rally , Mondaynight.delegations
coming from Indianola and Cambridge. The
Bartley cornet band and torchlight procession
met the speaker , General A. H. Bowen of
Hastings , at the train. There were about two
hundred torches in line and less than one hun
dred voters , the balance of the torches being
carried by boys , and several of them shouted
so much for McKinley that the occasion could
easily have been mistaken for a Republican
rally. General Bowen addressed an audience
of about three hundred and fifty in College
hall , fully fifty per cent of the crowd being
Republicans. While the speaking was going
on in the hall about fifty or sixty persons on
the street were addressed by P. E. McKillip ,
J. H. Bayston and John Long. A large portion
tion of General Bowen's speech consisted of
abuse of the Republicans , and yet he voted
that ticket more than thirty years. He claims
that what is called the Republican party to
day is not the Republican party of four years
ago ; the general says he is advocating Repub
lican principles and is going to vote for them
by voting for Bryan. After General Bowen
grew weary applying all the pet names he
could think of to Republicans , he took a seat
and L. M. Graham of Stockville was intro
duced. • Mr. Graham is laboring under the de
lusion that he is to be the next senator from
this district. "After discoursing for some time
on the beauty of some Colorado scenery , Mr.
Graham promised several things for the Pop
ulist candidates of various state offices in case
they were elected. The band , which is pre
dominantly Republican , there being only one
Populist in the organization , deserves a word
of praise for the way they complied with the
request to furnish music for the occasion.
The Norwegian Pioneer Associ
ation of America at a meeting re
cently held iu Madison , Wisconsin ,
took a vote on presidential prefer
ences with the following result :
McKinley 101 , Bryan 7 , Palmer
2 , Prohibition 2 , Doubtful 1 ,
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THE MCWEY QUESTION
IT IS SOMETHING LIKE THE YARD AND
THE YARDSTICK.
One Fundamental Misconception That Puz
zles the MlniU of Many Men Necessity
for a Standard Measure of Value Unit
of Value Here and In England.
Judging from the questions that are
addressed to The Times , we should
say that one funaamenal misconcep
tion that puzzles many honest minds ,
to which any question of the nature
of " money" is a novelty is similar
to that which would arise from confus
ing the yardstick with the yard.
What is a yard ? A measure of
lenght containing thirty-six inches.
What is an inch ? One thirty-sixth o
What is an inch ? One thirty-sixth era
a yard. We are back where we started
and must try again. A yard is the
lenght of a yardstick. It may be , if
the yardstick is just the length of a
yard. What is a yard ?
A yard has been various things , as
the length of Henry I. 's arm , or the
lenght of a pendulum beating seconds
of mean time in the latitude of Lon
don ; at present it is the distance , at
62 degress Fahrenheit , between two
lines engraved upon plugs of gold in
serted near the ends of a certain bar
of gun-metal deposited in the Royal
Observatory at Greenwich , with copies
deposited in varies other " places , in
cluding one in the custody of the de
partment of state at Washington ,
which in turn supplies to the several
states. If our yardsticks conform with
this standardthey measure true yards ;
if not , somebody is cheated.
It will be observed that this stand
ard unit of measure is quite arbitrary.
We cannot give a good reason why the
yard should be just of that lenght ,
and not longer or shorter , except that
it is so , that common consent has ac
cepted this standard and we cannot
depart from it now without confusion.
The French , and many other con
tinental nations following them , have
adopted , and similarly recorded , a dif
ferent unit of length , the one-ten-mill
ionth part of the earth's meridian
quadrant , called a metre , with decimal
divisions which is about 10 per cent ,
longer than a yard. The use of this
measure is optional in this country ,
but it is commonly necessary to trans
late it into the corresponding English
measure. As each is exactly deter
mined , however , and their ratio is
fixed and invariable , this translation
is not difficult , and either equally
represents the necessity of a fixed
standard of measure.
The necessity for a standard meas
ure of value is not less evident. We
can make that standard anything we
please , and in earlier stages of civiliza
tion , and in the infancy of commerce ,
the standard varied in nearly every
country , as it still varies in a few
countries the least advanced , from the
silver rupee of India to the bra s
"cash" of the Chinese. But by a pro
cess of natural selection the common
consent of the commercial world has
gtadually settled upon a given weight
of gold as the least variable , the most
durable , compact and convenient. This
has not been the result of legislation
but of the natural operation of the hu
man mind. There has been much
legislation directed toward the selec
tion of some other standard or stand
ards , but it has been always inef
fective , and no legislation it now con
ceivable that could reverse this near
ly universal choice. It is as fixed as
the metre or the yard.
Where legislation comes in is simply
in describing and defining the unit in
which length or weight or value is ex
pressed. Thus the unit of value in
this country is 23.22 grains of fine
gold , called one dollar , with its decimal
divisions. In Great Britain it is 113.001
grains of line gold , called a pound ,
with divisions in shillings and pence.
The pound is thus equivalent to $4,866
and the shilling to 24.33 cents. The
common measure is the standard
weight , the Troy pound of 5,760 grains ,
and this is as carefully preserved in
the government mints as the standard
yard.
The price of a commodity , such as a
given weight of silver at any time , is
accordingly expressed in England in
pence and in America in cents , but
this price is practicallv the same , any
slight variations being due to the ex
penses of commercial exchange. Tt
represents the exact weight of gold
that will purchase this amount of sil
ver. So with the price of wheat or of
anything else that is freely exchanged
between two countries. The price may
be expressed in different terms , but it
alwaj's refers to the same standard.
We might , if we chose , make our
dollar smaller , as we could make our
yard shorter , but its value would still
be estimated by the standard , and it
would simply require more dollars to
make an equal value , as it would take
more yards to make an equal length
In either case we should have con
fusion and inconvenience without any
gain. If we made our standard some
thing else than gold , we should have
the added difficulty that the ratio with
the former standard would not be
fixed , like the ratio between a yard and
a metre , or between a long ton and a
short ton ; but would require a fresh
calculation every day. since there are
no two substances that will always
and under all conditions bear exactly
the same relation of value to one an
other.
And there is just now the further
difference that if congress were to pass
a law declaring the length of twenty
inches a yard , nobody would think of
applying it to existing contracts , so
that a man could deliver twenty inches
of cloth where he had sold a yard ;
whereas those who want to declare 53
cents' worth of silver a dollar expect
to have it declared a legal tender for
an obligation of 300 cents. Philadel
phia Prrss.
The west will be the enemy's ( a ; - > -
try also by the time Brpan gets bat.
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RAILWAY EMPLOYES.
THEY ARE ORGANIZING TO rMGHT
FREE SILVER.
All Over the Country the Men Who De
pend on the KailroiuW for a Living Are
Declaring fur hound Money Logical Ar
gument lor the Wugo Earner.
The clerks and other employes of the
railroads here are organizing a sound
money club to fight free silver. Mis
sionary work will be set on foot and
the work will be energetically carried
on.
on.These
These clubs are being organized all
over the country. The total numuor
of railroad employes in the Jnited
States is in the neigborhood of 800,000.
It is thought by those who are inter
ested in the organization c scund
money clubs among these employes
1 at before the campaign is over there
will be 1,000 such clubs.
While the arguments used among
railroad men are especially applicable
to them , the logic of the arguments is
applicat-.e to all wage earners. There
is no class of wage earners who would
suffer more under free coinage than
railroad employes. This would rnply
to the general manager as well as to
the more humble flagman at a cross
ing. The railroads are probably the
largest debtors , outside of the banks ,
in the country. They owe many mil
lions of dollars for which they have
given their mortgage bonds. When
they borrowed this money they got it
in gold or its equivalent. Seventy
five per cent , of these bonds are in
terms payable , principal and interest ,
in gold. And with the. premium on
gold that would be one of the first re
sults of free coinage , the gold debt of
the rai roads would be increased to
just thrt extent.
On the contrary the railroads would
not only have to accept from passen
gers and -hippers a 53-cent dollar ,
but would not be able to change the
rates , as these are generally fixed by
law. The upshot of it all would be
that the fixed charges of the road
would be doublet1 while Uieir earnings
would at lest remain where they are.
Under these circumstances they
could hardly be expected to increase
wages , and these wages would be paid
in 53-cent dollars. Even if the roads
could stand this strain and would not
be compelled , many of them , to reduce
the number of employes , those em
ployes wou'd still be working for the
old wages while the prices of every
necessity of life would be rapidly
doubling
While this presentation of the case
applies with special force to railroad
employes , the logic of the argument
applies to every wage earner. If the
wages of some of them should go up ,
they will find that the prices of cloth
ing , furniture and food would go up
ten times as fast , and ten times as
high. Columbus ( O.Dispatch.
Mr. Free Silver , If
Laborer "Mr. Free Silver , if it is so
hard for me to find any chance to earn
enough to buy a bushel of potatoes
now. how will it help me to have the
price of a bushel doubled ? "
Farmer "Mr. Free Silver , if it is so
hard for me to find any man to buy
my bushel of potatoes now , how will
it help me by charging him twice as
much as I am now offering them at ? "
Mine Owner "Mr. Free Silver.if you
are going to give those fellows a 50-
cent dollar , how are you going to keep
your promise to me to double the price
of my bullion ? "
Debtor "Mr. Free Silver , if you are
going to double the prices of the bull
ion of those silver .kings how are you
going to keep your promise to me that
I can pay my debts at 50 cents on the
dollar ? "
Old Soldier "Mr. Free Silver , if
debtors are to be given the chance to
pay what they owe at 50 cents on the
dollar , how can I get more than half
of the pension which Uncle Sam owes
me ? "
Financier "Mr. Free Silver , if you
are going to make a 100-cent dollar ,
why not use the present dollar. If
you are going to change the present
dollar , why trade it for one worth not
half so much ? "
Uncle Sam "Mr. Free Silver , if I
build the mill , work for nothing , and
pay all the expenses why should I let
you boss and take all the grist ? "
Kor Your CountrjGood. .
Heads of departments and other em
ployes holding supervisory positions
on the Chicago , Milwaukee and St.
Paul road are distributing copies of
the following circular among the work
men under them :
"You have before you an opportuni
ty such as has rarely been given to any
class of men in history the opportuni
ty to be the controlling influence in
saving your country.
"Therefore , organize ! This is no
question of Republican or Democrat ,
but of your own protection as wage-
earners. Organize for the preserva
tion of sound money in defense of
your own wages in support of the
country's prosperity and the country's
honor !
"Let railway men of every class act
together. It is as noble a cause as
ever man put his hand to. Organize
now and work , and when November
comes and free silver is defeated the
people will know that the railway men
did their part nobly for the country's
salvation. "
Pledged to Sound Money.
Sound money clubs with an aggre
gate membership of nearly one thou
sand have been organized by the em
ployes of the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road at various points along the com
pany's lines in Maryland and West
Virginia. The movement was only
started about two weeks ago and it is
estimated a total membership of 5,000
or more will be reached before the
election. The organizations are strict
ly non-partisan , the obligation taken
by those joining merely binding .hem
to vote in favor of sound money.
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COLEMAN.
Wm. Divine is sowing rye.
Mr. Searicks is cribbing corn.
M. II. Cole lias a few peaches.
J.V. . Corner is putting up hay.
Charles Bixler is on the sick list.
There was a light frost , Sunday.
Wm. Divine has been cutting and binding
cane.
Wesley Rozell is just socking the wheat
right in.
R. Johns dug his potatoes.Monday. He had
a wagon load.
Frank Carruthers took a load of wheat to
McCook , Tuesday.
Mrs. Wm. Divine visited her daughter-in-
law , Tuesday afternoon.
If anyone has any colts to sell bring them to
Harry Cole. He pays cash.
M. H. Cole and wife dined with Mr. and
Mrs. Thos. Whitmer , on Sunday.
Supt. Carnahan visited the school in dis
trict 65 , on Wednesday of this week.
Mrs. M. H. Cole and Mr * > . Wm. Coleman I
\isited with Mrs. II. B. Wales , Tuesday.
Frank Coleman has traded for a cart. Now
girls but say , this is leap year don't it.
Rev. Hell has only preached once at Zion
Hill church for fourteen wteks. Oh Lord !
Sam. Johns and wile from near McCook
spent a part of Monday with his brother here.
• Wm. Coleman and family of McCook took
dinner with Mr , and Mrs. Wm. Coleman , on
last Sunday.
There is preaching at the Coleman school
house every two weeks right along. Next
Sunday is the day.
The Rev. D. S. Morris was present at the
Voung People's meeting , Sunday e\eningand
gave a talk that was enjoyed greatly.
The Star of Jupiter \ isited earth , last Friday
night , and was visible at the Coleman school
house for about an hour , with the naked eye.
A Bryan club was to be at the Coleman
school house , on Wednesday night of last
week , but when it was found it was only a
twig.
County Superintendent Carnahan came up ,
Monday , to see our little school marm , and
found eerything moving so smoothly that he
didn't stay long.
There was a good attendance at the Young
People's meeting at Zion Hill church , on last
Sunday night. Several joined that night. The
number is growing larger right along.
It was so still up here for four days that
windmills would not run and water began to
get scarce with those who had no cistern.
Robert Moore took his horses to Mr. Coyle's
for water.
Bert Wales is back from his trip in search
of work. He went down to eastern Kansas
and was gone more than a month , and only
found five days work. He said there were
six men there now for every job of work.
First Glass Hand-Picked Apples at
70 cents a bushel or S2 a barrel at
Knipple's. Call early. They are
fine and will go rapidly.
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m unless it is promptly stopped. A
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Manager. * ' | 1H
Tom Real was working on the road , Mon- j H
II. K. Bixler had six men working for him , I fj H
Tuesday. * f H
The Trihune was in error in stating that ' H
all interested in the Hammel rape case were j H
from Coleman precinct. Only one interested , H
at all in the case was from this town , S. D. j H
McClain , the defendant , and after taking evi- i H
dence from a few witnesses , the county attorney - | |
ney very sensibly dismissed the case , and at i H
the same time informed the plaintiff that he |
had no case at all , thus vindicating S. D. Mc- J
Clain. B
A farmer said to us , last Saturday : "When > / H
I am away from home my boy takes the work ' |
right along , and I have often thought that the H
work moved on faster when I am away than H
when I am at home. When I am away I expect - H
pect about a certain amount of work done and B
when I return I find it done and. more too , H
and done well. I tell you I am proud of my B
boy" . That is a boy that will make a mark in i B
life. The world wants just such boys as that ; B
but , alas , there are too few of them. I tell you |
girls , such boys as that will do to tie to. I once ' B
knew a boy who was a good , kind hearted fel- i B
low but when his pa was away would trifle * B
his time away. When his pa came home the B
work leit him to do was not done and the old j H
man with hairs white had to do that work. I B
saw this old man , with tottering steps and B
trembling hand go about the work that the ' ! B
boy , full of life and vigor , had left undone. " H
Mill that father.lo cd the boy dearly , and I k l l
saw the tears run down that old furrowed face < B
as he prayed to God to bless "my boy" . At / . ' B
one time the father was away for a week and * B
left six acres for the boy to plow , and although r B
nineteen years of age he only plowed two H
acres. At another week's absence he told him H
to pick a patch of four acres of corn , and he H
only picked one acre , although the weather H
was fine all the week. Many years have rolled j H
away and the father long since has gone to H
his rest. The boy is married and has a fam- H
ily and when I last heard of him he had the H
same dilatory ways and was poor as Job's tur- | |
key. Boys , take ail the work you can off of x H
father's shoulders. He has done much more |
for you than you can for him , and he will not | H
be with you much longer now. j H
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The Tribune , McCook. Write * H
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The Tribune office. All kinds in H
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Elegant set of dishes - H
es for a mere song at H
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We are just in receipts of a new H
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memorandums , etc. j H
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do the nice printing. 1
Knipple sells all < i l
queensware at cost H
and less. /J H