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CHERRY COUNTY INDEPENDENT
ROBERT GOOD Editor and Publisher
Mlicial Paper of Cherry Coun
ty Nebraska
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Entered at t he Post office at Valentiue Cherry
county Nebraska us Second class matter
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cation to this office
THURSDAY JUNE 18 1896
Oiir Platform
Following is the platform adopted
by the Democrats of Cherry county in
mass convention assembled Saturday
April 18 1896
We the Democrats of Cherry county in mass
convention assembled do reaflirai our allegiance
to the irinciules of the Democratic party as
formulated by Jefferson and exemplified by the
Illustrious line of his successors in Democratic
leadership from Madison to Cleveland
We still denounce the Republican doctrine of
protection s a fraud a robbery of the great
majority of the American people for the benefit
of tiie few We still adhere to and maintain the
Democratic doctrine of a tariff for revenue
only We believe tin interests of the masses
of our population will be best conserved by the
collection of such taes as shall be limited to the
necessities of the government honestly and
economically administered
We express our faith in the time honored doc
trine of the Democratic party as to international
trade relations an interchange by which the
countries participating shall enjoy reciprocal
advantages We denounce the sham reciprocity
scheme of the Republicans which juggles with
the peoples desire for freer exchanges by pre
tending to establish closer relations while en
acting prohibitive tariff taxes against those
countries of the worll that stand ready to take
our entire surplus of products in exchange for
commodities which are necessaries and comforts
of life among our own people
Appreciating the condition of the public mind
with reference to the financial policy of this
country and recognizing the importance of a
proper solution of tins question we unhesitat
ingly express our unalterable opposition to the
free and unlimited coinage of silver except by
iiuumauouai agreement anu mitu snen agree
ment can be procured we favor the present
standard or value We denounce the action of
the Republican county convention in intention
ally omitting to state its views on this important
question as a repetition of the cowardly and dis
honest practices ot that party
Finally we endorse the administration for its
excellent conduct of public affairs its vigorous
loreign policy and its unparallelled management
in maintaining the pnblie credit against foes
Irom without and foes from within
Theagony will soon be over
McKinleys Jriumph is democratic
opportunity New York WoriiL
The present tariff is higher than the
- Morrill tariff which was passed to
raise money during the war and which
was for years denounced as the
itous war tariff yet in a time of peace
republicans wish to raise the duties
still higher
Now is the time to commence
tivatmg vegetables The Democrat
will give a years subscription to the
one who presents it with the largest
watermelon largest muskmelon
largest cabbage etc Remember this
and hustle -for the prize the best
paper in the northwest
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Something must be wrong with the
religious people of Chicago when as
happened last Sunday only fifteen per
sons turned out to hear Rev Frank
Bristol whom the press dispatches say
is the most popular minister in the
city Eev Bristol is a Methodist and
sent the congregation home without a
sermon
We see no better way for the silver
democrats to lessen the chances for
carrying the election for silver than to
get control of the democrat national
convention for silver It is useless for
them to expect populists and silver
republicans to vote the democratic
tiuKtJb uuuer any pretext tney may
give Falls City Populist
London England is getting to be
-quite a city The census which was
taken on March 29 shows that the
city has a population of 6167692 or
almost double the population of Great
tx New York and more than three
times the population of Chicago The
census was taken in a single day
enough enumerators being appoiuted
so each could cover his territory in a
few hours
Kentuckys republican governor
Bradiey has broken all records for
using the governors pardoning power
From Dec 10 to May 1 he pardoned
123 criminals who were convicted of
crimes ranging all the way from -disturbing
the peace and giving liquor to
minors to manslaughter and murder
The pardons for May have not yet
been recorded The governor is pro
bably fishing for votes but this whole
sale pardoning is having a bad effect
upon the criminal classes of Kentucky
of the government
year
during
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THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM I
As was to be expected from a party
which has no excuse for existence but
that it may assist in the enrichment of
the few at the expense of the many
the platform adopted by the republican
county convention last Thursday was
what the Omaha Bee correspondent
called an all around straddle
Not a single fair and square state
ment was made except those which
cannot but be construed to be an en
dorsement of the democratic party or
its principles The resolutions start
out bravely by declaring that the re
publicans of Cherry county do affirm
that we still adhere to the cardinal
principles of the republican party
there is a halt as though to remember
what those principles are after which
they boldly plunge into the quagmire
of doubt with which they are con
fronted and declare for protection and
reciprocitjVor to speak more plainly
for protection and free trade Any
body can stand on that plauk -If you
dont like one end stand on the other
The Democrat must be ahead of the
times the reciprocity humbug has so
often been shown up m its true light
that it thought no one would have the
temerity to own it as a cardinal prin
ciple of the republican party
After the tariff question was thus
satisfactorily disposed of the resolu
tionists proceed to denounce
party for accepting the legacy
left it by the republican party the
most disastrous business depression in
its the -nations history This needs
no explanation Then the resolution
wagon bowls along smoothly with the
statement that we believe in paying
the national debt instead of issuing
bonds and making more debt all of
which is a hard blow to the last repub
lican administration which was prepar
ing to issue bonds when Cleveland was
inaugurated The resolutions gave
McKinley a slap by asking for a sys
tem of tariffs that will produce revenue
enough to pay all -necessary expenses
But the best thing of all is the plank
which deals with finance Chameleon
like it glistens and glows is somber
and sad is white gold and green ac
cording to the -surroundings in which
it is found It -follows -in full
We believe in a sound curreucy con
sisting of gold silver and -paper We
believe that silver should be restored
to its proper place as one of tthe money
metals of this country and that gold
and silver of this country should be
coined at -such a ratio that the two
will be kept at a parity and that our
money whether of gold silver or pa
per shall be interconvertible and that
each and every dollar shall be such
as will pass for a dollar in any part of
the world
The balance of the platform is a
tacit approval of President Clevelands
foreign policy though it is not sup
posed to be a resolution in favor of
our merchant marine international
improvements especially the building
ot irrigation ditches and McKinley
APPROVES THE VETO
We are more than half inclined to
think that the President was right in
vetoing the river and harbor bill which
appropriated eighty millions of dollars
while the country is depressed by busi
ness stagnation and we are obliged to
borrow to pay our debts Ainsworth
Star Journal
The Democrat is pleased to see
this outspoken endorsement of Presi
dent Cleveland in so strong a republi
can paper as the Star Journal and
congratulates the editor upon his fair
ness This veto as well as others by
President Cleveland was just and hon
est and will be admitted so by all
thinking men The bill would never
have been passed over the Presidents
veto had this not been a great cam
paign year There are so many hun
gry hangers on to be fed from the
-public crib so many political shysters
to be satisfied with jobs that the
measure went through congress almost
without oppositson And during the
campaign our friends the enemy will
undoubtedly have the gall to use this
appropriation of 80000000 as a
sample of the extravagance of a demo
cratic administration by including it
in their statements Df the expenditures
the past
Some time ago The Democrat
told about a wonderful gun which
would fire several thousand shots a
minute but now there comes another
benefactor of mankind who has in
vented a machine which will hurl no
less than 260000 shots a minute
without smoke or noise
the shots being effective at a
distance of 6000 yards or
over three miles The engine cf des
truction can be worked anvwhere bv
four men can be moved as eaiily as
any field piece and the only difficulty
lies in providing transporation for the
large number of missiles required
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The Crawford Tribune will switch
its politics presumably for the consti
utional amendments to be given out
soon The Tribune has been a demo
cratic paper Some of these papers
that are moving around and changing
front are going to fall by the wayside
Republican factions will arise and
there will be chaos in the camp of the
g o p of this state and there will be
war where papers are moved from one
town to another in the same county
Such papers will not be classed as
legal newspapers Rus7iville Demo
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WHEAT
There are indications that the price
of wheatcannot be forced down much
further There has been a bear
movement for some time past which
has been in a measure successful The
chief thing contributing to the success
has been a widely circulated and cred
ited statement that the crops at home
and abroad must be in excess of de
mand this coming season It has been
pointed out with especial emphasis that
as theforeign crop will be large the de
mand for American wheat for export
will be greatly lessened therefore the
price must fall to a still lower figure
However reports abroad now
at hand do not sustain the prophesy of
the speculators They have not look
ed far enough Of all the foreign
countries only England and France are
likely to raise enough of the cereal for
their own use this year These two
countries will not export any wheat of
course and France will notimport any
England may do so to some extent but
so far as these two countries are con
cerned the speculative forecast is just
ified On the other hand the Aus
tralian crop is going to be short and
this country will be forced to import
largely for home consumption Ar
gentine will have 15000000 bushels
less than last year to a certainty and
perhaps more This South American
country has been our greatest compet
tior m the world markets and if she
alone of all other competitors should
be compelled by a short crop to with
draw for one season the present calcu
lations of the bears would be upset
completely Spain and Portugal have
had a most disastrous season and will
have to import an extra 50000000
bushels Africa is disturbed by wars
and must surely draw on us largely
during the next few months Indeed
she has been buying our wheat for six
months past and her need will be still
more urgent in the near future
It does seem that the speculators on
the bear side of thfi market are work
ing against fate this year- There is
every chance that wheat will bring at
good price to our farmers the coming
fall and winter increasing toward Feb
ruary of next year when the propects
of the next crop will begin to influence
the price more or less JSioiix City
Tribune
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The brewers of the nation have
over a quarter af a billion dollars in
vested in this country The output of
beer last year was 1042292000 gal
lons or 1495 gallons per head of pop
ulation as against 308336000 gallons
or G83 gallons per head in 1876 In
three -decades the annual output of
beer has tripled while the consump
tion has doubled in the same time
Since 1876 the consumption of dis
tilled liquors has fallen 133 gallons
per head to 112 while fromthat of
wines has fallen from 45 to 25 per
cent
President Cleveland is a man with
opinions on every subject of national
importance In a conversation with a
republican congressman recently he
said--I suppose your candidate is
already selected but I am surprised at
the choice the Bepublicans have made
In my opinion Speaker Beed is the
strongest and brainiest man in your
party It appears to me unfortunate
that McKinley should have obtained
the nomination under the circum
stances which seemed to have control
led his selection He will find this
office no place for a mortgaged man
Mark Banna admits the authenti
city of the McKinley silver letter of
1890 unearthed by The World He
says it is only an other expression of
McKinleys well known attitude on
the money question in which he de
clares for gold silver or paper money
good the world over
well known attitude on the money
question is that of being all things
to all men He voted tor the Bland-Allison-silver
dollars Are they good
the world over He voted for the
bullion purchasing Treasury notes of
1890 -redeemable in silver at the op
tion of the Secretary of the Treasury
Are they good the world over
New York World
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THE OLD EDUCATION AX
demand We
fn st educated only
males Then each family educated
its own Then only religious teachers
were thought worthy to give instruc
tion Only bright minds were selected
to receive instruction At last school
buildings were thought worthy of
attention If information was im
parted and acquired it was deemed
sufficient Next discipline of the
powers was thought to be of as much
value as the knowledge Once it was
deemed sufficient to store the mind
Now it is more to draw out A large
amount of telling once was thought to
be no discredit Now it is designed
to cause orderly thought and investi
gation Formerly governmental con
trol was largely coercive and often
cruel Now the humane ethical and
reasonable strongly predominate
But not to dwell on these well known
things brought about as much by the
growth of social conditions as by
teaching itself there is one especial
matter of interest to which I wish to
call attention It is the formation of
the National Association of Teachers
The call was made in 1856 In 1857
a United States Commissioner was
appointed a portion of whose duties
was to collect and report educational
statistics A national law passed
Congress in 1864 making many pro
visions for educational advancement
The Association referred to has held
yearly meetings during the past 33
years increasing in number from 300
to 3000 as they assembled last year at
Denver papers to the amount of 600
in number prepared on different sub
jects of teachers work have been read
before this body Dr Harris the U
S Commissioner gives it as his opin
ion that one fourth of the benefits de
rived by teachers is from these papers
one fourth from discussions and one
half from contact of mind with mind
in personal conversations observa
tions etc Superintendent Gale of
Peoria said he had read of three cor
nered men but he did not see why a
teacher should not be a one cornered
man We get in the habit of certain
idiosyncrasies until we come in con
tact with heavier material and the
corners get rounded off
The most notable work of this asso
ciation was the report of the commit
tee of 90 in 1892 I will refer to this
shortly closing my reference to the
old by presenting a tabulated view of
the designs of the organization as pre
sented in the first call and adding a
few of the results But the most im
portant event in the history of the
National movement from 3 856 to 1895
was the report of the 9 committees of
iu ana tneir conrerence report in
1892 I have called it the committee
of 90 An essay had been read giving
two points for general agreement in
1891 These were uniformity in
school programs and requirements for
admission to college This called ont
the appointment of the committee
The nine divisions were as follows
lLatin 2Greek 3English 4
other modem languages math
ematics 6physics astronomy aud
chemistry 7natural history biology
including botany zoology and physio
logy 8history civil goverumentand
political economy 9Geographj phy
sical geography geology and meteor
ology
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xnese aiscussious were to ue a re
comniendation lor all the pupils of the
TJ S The age of pupils considered
was from 6 to 18 years It recites
what they aro to study during each
year How many hpurg per day and
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fRead at the meeting of the Cherry County
General Teachers Association beld at Valentine
May 2 isrw byC H Doty
The value of a saying depends not
so much upon the language in which
it is clothed as upon its relation to
truth It is therefore with great
hesitancy I approach this subject be
cause of its significance to our inter
ests Well informed men are some
times deceived by an idea and some
common minds are often too much
swayed by prejudice
I have inquired of myself What
is the old education When did the
new supercede the old What
are the charictenstics distinguishing
one from the other What advantages
has one over the other
Satisfactory answers to these in
quiries may not be made very appar
ent but do we not think of education
as a whole and vaguely contrast it
with what was Like many other
things I suspect it is a matter of
growth Man has developed Ideas
have evolved The mind has taken in
broader views We have reached
higher and dug deeper We have
seen thefallaey of many things Ex
perience has sharpened the intellect
and we have discovered improved
methods Better instruments and
apparatus have keptqmce with every
Distribution of
week for each The first was prepared
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require the pupil to recite continuous
ly and prepare all the lessons out of
school This they found utterly im
practicable so they kept on to the
fourth table reducing the work to
make it practical Thus far i have
taken pains to be in harmony with Dr
Harris report
Now a few reflections of my own
which may be considered negative
They found life too short At least
they found too many subjects to study
to do justice to in the time allowed
The pressure comes from the colleges
as thev have fixed the time of adrais
sion at 18 Too much time is devoted
to the drad past Too many modern
languages are coming too the front
English will be the worlds language
there is discipline in its thorough pre
sentation and it should be prom inent
commercial work takes the lead is
shorter and produces better results
To do this they consent to partially
eliminate Greek to modify mathema
tics and some other concessions But
the primary and secondary studies
suiter more The spelling book read
ing writing arithmetic geography
and grammar get heavy abridgements
These are all the masses expect to get
Besides it contemplates their constant
attendance for the whole 12 ears
This has never been done and under
the present social conditions never can
be done except by the rich Being
poor myself I am jealous of the rights
ui ray ienows suppose it ail occur
as per programs it will cost more
money Who is to furnish it in
this country one third of the tax
money handled is for schools In
many places it is one half We should
display economy in its use Why not
extend the time of study to 21 years
The Socialists you know tell us they
by their system of superior economy
can take all the children -rich and
poor with all these studies and many
more advantages up to the age of 21
with half the trouble and expense
What can we do to match this shining
offer
TherelMd be much taken away
from the arithmetic I confess What
is of no practical use to a person in
lifes experiences takes up time and
patience and is a waste Many other
subjects may be mentioned also which
we can abbreviate without injury
This caabe and will be for the dis
cussion and experimentation is on
and will go to a finish I am not find
ing fault with the organization or the
report It is a national demand We
have evolved up to this point of nec
essity The puzzle is there is so much
to be done or wanting to be done
with so little time and opportunity to
do it The question is to settle on
plan both practicable and just Be
sides by earnest endeavor we can ac
complish much more thap we now do
without injury to pupils But to
throw out the elemental subjects of
learning is to destroy the tools with
which we work As well might we go
to the forest for timber without axes
or saws
But I have said little about the new
education Some call it the psycho
logical instead of the logical arrange
ment and study of subjects They
say some subjects are intimatebly re
lated to others and that they should
be arranged and treated together Cor
relation of subjects is the term used
Geography strengthens history and the
reverse Co ordination correlation
and concentration are terms used and
debated A pressure has come in from
the kindergarten and some wish it
carried on to a riper age Nature
studies increase and great demands
are made for them Field work is to
be quite a panecea Following na
ture is a term much used I sav sive
us all these in their places with appro
priate time according to opportunity
Some are to have the student
uutu an uiscovenes ana even make
all their instruments for experimenta
tion I say a foolish waste Saving
time at one end to throw it away at
another This subject c ime up large
ly from the later work of the organiza
be unified and nationalized There is
much confusion Eminent teachers
contradict each other as flatly as poli
ticians Prof Jackinan normal school
Englewood says The schools have
done less for the pupils than they
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OKJEfTS OF TII STiTIOXAL EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY
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AceinnQlatiuii of Power
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minds until it tjeeornes
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Prof Hinsdale Mich says this takes
his breath away and calls it gross ex-
g
Many speak learnedly
and with enthusiasm for it Prof
Payne Nashville calls it a craze and
says it will soon pass away With so
much disagreement is it yet establish
ed
I confess after I had begun to ex
amine the subject for it was new to
me I found it so titanic so compre
hensive where so many great minds
were struggling and I so inexperienc
ed but for my promise and the word
duty 1 should have played truant I
presume no other good may result
from this article but if there are any
studants here let me say when any
thing devolves upon yon stjtnd by
your gun and do your duty as well tas
you can I have but two thoughts
more What will the poor teacher do
I am mustered out Prof lackrnan
says we are going to have an epoch of
very poor teaching Only now and
then a teacher is fit or prepared to
teach the new education They must
to normal school and training
schools and college Four years of
advance study is required before they
should begin Who can go Is it a
revolution Shall we not hasten
slowly Is there a tendency to create
paste among teachers
But one thing I would urge in the
most positive manner Bead read
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have the ring of the keenest interest
Reflect study think Form a digest
of the points you favor and disfavor
and bring them to your next years
Association The thought 1 use in
closing is upon the oft repeated ex
pression be natural and follow
nature
Here again I am possitive and
think I see my way clearly The gen
tleman from Nashville ridiculed it
said it was civilization instead said to
follow nature was to go back to crude
matter and savagery I regard this
whole conception as a mistake We
should follow nature Primitive
earth was and is nature I admit so
the earth as it is is also nature The
thornapple was a product of nature So
are the finest fruits of our orchards
Savage man was nature So is the
most cultivated nation One is unde
veloped the other developed It is all
from the same stock or root or foun
tain Some nations and men develop
slowly or unevenly Both the inher
itance and environments are different
but it is their nature at that stage
What we mean by nature is our
tru e relation to men and things
There is a proper line of unfoldment
in harmony with all things and it is
natural Our pattern is the highest
type Nothing outside of the human
or that is artificial or unnatural will
remain in our final make up and this
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expression is a crystallization of the
inward quality So in education in
social companionship and in religion
we should be reaching after the true
and ennobling features of Gods image
implanted within us
Peoples Tiulrjtentlrnt Martij
Vouuttj Conrention
The Peoples Independent Party
County Convention is hereby called to
meet at Valentine Neb on Wednes
day July 8 189G 1 oclock p m for
the electing of delegates to the State
Convention and for the transacting of
such other business as may come up
It has been recommended that we
base our representation on McFad
dens vote for Secy of State in 1894
giving one delegate at large and one
for each ten votes or major fraction
thereof which entitles the several pre
cincts to delegates as follows r
Valentine
Irwin
Tower
Kewanee
Lavaca
Mmnechaduza
Wood Lake-
Sharps Kanch
Schlagle
Fli
German
iillapie
Kilh Snriuito
tnrel 2
VJt mm t
Pleasant Ilili
nenneay
juoiuers tiKe -
Dewey Lake
bpark
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tion We are making a struesle to lrXrni
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rie eland
Buffalo Lake
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It is recommended that each pre
cinct hold its primary Saturday July
1 189o Further that no proxfes be
allowed but that the delegates present
be empowered to cast entire vote of
could have done for themselves had j their delcalioii
ihey been turned out upon the btrceL
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