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THURSDAY JULY 23 1896
Democratic Platform
The following is a synopsis of the
platform adopted by the national con
vention at Chicago July 9th 1896 The
plank referring to free coinage of silver
is given ill full
KecoguiziiiL tint the money qnestion is para
mount to all iAhts ar this time wo invite atten
tion to the lftt that me federal constitution
riailifis silver tlid gold together as the money
metal otthe United States We declare that
the demonetization of silver in 1873 has resulted
ffrthe appreciation of gold and a corresponding
fall iu the price of commodities produced by the
people We are unalterably opposed to a sin-
xWgold standard Gold monometalism is a
British policy it is not only un American but
We demand the free and unlimited coinage of
both gold and silver at the present legal ratio of
16 to l without waiting for the aid or consent of
any other nation We demand that the stan
dard silver dollar shall be a full legal tender
equally with gold lor all debt- public and pri
vate and we favor such legislation as will pre
vent the demonetization of any kind of legal
tender money by private contract
We are opposed to the policy aud practice of
surrendering to the holders of the obligations of
the United the option reserved by law to
the government of redeeming such obligations
in either silver coin or gold coin
we are opposed to tne issuing or interest bear
ing bowls of th United States in time or peace
We 3euiiindfbat the power to issue notes to
oifcftlate as money be taken from the national
banks and that all paper mouoy shall be issued
directly by the treasury department
We hold that tariff duties should be levied for
purpwsis of revenue and that taxation should be
limited by the needs of the government honestly
and economically administered Wo denounce
as disturbing to business the republican threat
to restore the MeKinley aw which has been
twice condemned by the people in national
elections and which enacted under the false
plea of protection to nome industry proved a
prolific breeder of trusts and tnonoilies enrich
ed the few at the expense of many restricted
trade and deprived the producers of the great
American staples of iceess to their natural mar
kets Until the money question is settled we are
opposed to any agitation for further change in
our tariff laws except such as are necessary to
make the deficit in revenue caused by the ad
verse decision of theSupreme Court on the in
come tax There would- be no deficit m the
revenue but for the annulment by the Supreme
Court of a law passed by the democratic con
gress m strict persuance of the uniform de
cision or that court for nearly one hundred
years We hold that the most efficient wav of
protecting Amer iean labor is tn Q ir
l0iia9n of foreign pauper labor to compete
with It in our home market f
wo denounce the profligate Tvaste of the
money wrung from the people by oppmsiv r
taxation and tueiiiEii aniropnattoii3 or receifl1
congresses which have kept taxes
SMe I e abor ttatPays them is unempTov
euuud the products 01 the peoples toil are de-
enmo against free institutions
telril tbust cialms of deserving union
Jdirs heartily endorse the rule ot Com
rSX1 lhat uo uames shall be arbl
tact ot enlistment and service should be deemed
S1 Snce asaiiwt disease and
noiijicm
in thoiv iiSi0US synJoty to the people of Cuba
erelc strurti
dence liberty and
fgjs puljlic
isu anon 01 tne civil
service laws as -will
equal opportunities to all dttaSis of alcerned
reublicCstebnlfheunrittn law this
fcpuuiicestaulished by custom and hsui p nr
For President
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
Of Lincoln Nebraska
For Yice President
AUTliini SJSWALL
Of Bath Maine
Bryan represents young America
If populists are ior sale they can
sget their price at St Louis this week
The South Dakota state populist
convention endorsed Bryan last week
Whileyou are talking on the- silver
side show dont forget the real issue
protection- to the American laborer
manufacturer and producer Spring
slew Herald
There isone thing at least that is
commendable about Bryans candidacy
He did not pursue the cowardly and
unmanly course of remaining silent on
the most important question until af
ter he had received the nomination
Everybody knew where Bryan stood
on the financial question Polk Co
Independent
-The Butte Gazette has renounced
the democratic part or at least the
platform and candidates and lias come
out square for MeKinley and Hobart
This is not strange when it is remem
bered that that paper worked fought
and bled for the entire republican tick
et in Boyd county last fall Dont say
about amendments just now
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THE POOR EDITOR MAN
When Bryan was first nominated
many men abput town were loud either
in their praise or condemnation of him
and the Chicago platform So out
spoken were they that The Democrat
thought it would be a very easy matter
to get at least a eolumn and a half of
comments for publication The result
was given to the public last week
Many men whose opinions were want
ed could not be seen This explana
tion is made to account for the absence
of some whose remarks were looked
for Many who were loud in their
talk one way or the other became
very temperate when talking for pub
lication Some few refused to be
quoted
All this is interesting to the editor
He is expected to formulate his opin
ions on the spur of the moment is not
given time for the consideration of
problems which are laid before him
and if his snap judgement proves to be
wrong or if upon consideration he con
cludes it is wrong and -wishes to es
pouse the other side of the question
people call him a ftopper or other
mean things or say he has been
bought or that some undue influence
has been brought to bear upon him
which caused him to change his views
He is expected to lose no time in ad
vocating or denouncing a cause
scheme or clan which is before the
public yet he is denominated a numb
skull or a man without brains if he
gets on the opposite side of the ques
tion from you which not unfrequently
happens Despite this fact he is called
upon to do something which our most
able statesmen refuse to do make
un their minds in a hurry It is this
I condition of things which makes an
editor grow fat see The Democrat
man upon abuse and get lean lank
and pale when he meets the approba
tion of all the people Nevertheless
he still continues in business until his
creditors freeze him out or he starves
to death or some other pleasant thing
occurs An editor seldom quits the
business voluntarily
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
If elected will MeKinley dare
silver bill Will
the adoption of
to
veto a combination high tariff and free
his election insure
a sound currency
financial policy Da not and will not
the silver senators hold the balance of
power in Congress Did not McKin
ley Wrk for the Shermau stlrer bill
not oecause he thought it was right
but to secure the- passage of the tariff
act which bears his name Did not
this action show that he places the
question of tariff superior to that of
finance Will the silver senators allow
a tariff biH to pass without a free sil
ver amendment- What then is to be
gained by by those who say they will
vote for MeKinley merely because he
stands on a gold platform or rather
because he stands on a platform which
has a gold piauk in it MeKinley does
not touch that plank when he can
straddle it Democrats should think
of these things before voting for the
joss
The refusal of Dana and his New
York Sun to support Bryan and the
Chicago platform and their declared
intentions of working fox MeKinley is
being made much of by certaiu people
and party papers but when Danas
record is known it is not a remarkable
fact If he had always been a true
democrat if he had always before sup
ported the ticket it would be a matter
of congratulation for the republicans
to be able to claim him as one of their
champions But he has not Dana is
a bolter of the boltiest type He left
Hancock at the eleventh hour and he
opposed Cleveland on his first nomina
tion and now he is at the old stand
opposing the ticket once more Danas
influence will not amount to much
Bolting papers are publishing a list
of eighty five papers said to be demo
cratic which refuse to support Bryan
and Sewall Fully one half of these
papers are listed in the newspaper di
rectories as- independent as can be as
certained by anyone wishing to take
the trouble to investigate Among
these are the Springfield Mass Ke
publican Kansas City Star Chicago
Abendpost Easton Express aud Fitch
bury Mail
Bryan and MeKinley are smooth
faced f Sewall and Hobart wear mus
taches In the matter of hirsute
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The names of W J Bryan and
Arthur Sewall will grace the head of
the democratic national ticket this
year W J Bryan is of Nebraska
aud it is our opinion that the conven
tion nominated the man that could
carry the ticket through on a silver
basis if anyone can JSforden Borea
lis
Bryan and MeKinley Democracy
and federalism a tariff for revenue
and a tariff for special bounties a
candidate who is free to follow the
dictates of his conscience and the prin
ciples of just government and candi
date who is shackled with pledges to
monopolies speculating in legislation
St Xouis Republic
While the large majority of people
in Nebraska may condemn the politics
adopted at Chicago yet it certainly is
churlish on the part of any paper or
person to not give Mr Bryan credit
for his remarkable ability Out of the
crowd of which he is the representa
tive leader he is neck and shoulders
above them all Those who expect to
influence votes against him must do
so upon the vicious measures for which
he stands and not against him person
ally Alliance GHp
W J Bryan Nebraskas favorite
son the nations greatest orator and
the worlds greatest living statesman
was nominated by the free silver dem
ocrats today The Arbor State the
first paper that ever mentioned him
for congressional honors feels a swell
ing pride in the achievement of this
great statesman Although a popu
list its editor means to support Hon
Wm Jennings Bryan for president no
matter who the populist convention at
St Louis nominates Wymore Arlor
State
Wonder if the republican editors
who cried themselves hoarse against
Brice last year do not blush for shame
when they laud MeKinley Hobart
and their Wall street platform Last
year republican editors held Brice up
to the people as a political nightmare
because he was wealthy yet Hobart
is said to btt much wealthier than
Brice is a Wall street speculator and
is president director or counsel of at
least a couple dozen corporations
In fact he was only nominated for the
number of dollars he would shell out
Bui that cuts no figure with some edit
ors Delplios 0 Herald
He Bryan has spoken for him
self and has made himself a household
word with every true Nebraskan of
this state and especially of this First
Congressional district of Nebraska his
home where all have learned to admire
and love him for his true manhood as
one of natures nobleman His nomi
nation was not a thing of chance was
not the result of any ring combination
but was the immediate result of the
There never has been such an upris
ing of the people for right in this coun
try outside of the campaigns of 1776
and 1860 as in 1896 In a score of
states the Republican rank and file
headed by their most enlightened lead
ers havoraised their voices in right
eous protest against the toryism of
the St Louis platform Even market
experts like Lindblom the big Chicago
wheat dealer figure an electoral ma
jority for Bryan President St John
the Wall street banker who was com-
growth the two tickets have au even pelled to resign his positfon because of
start That is good and will doubt
less prove a good thing for the barbers
of the nation Mutton chops
Vandykes and all other brands of
lilacs are barred this year
his free coinage convictions predicts
that even New York will be carried
by the farmers workingmen and mid
dle classes for the free coinage cause
Minneapolis Press
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- OLC03LB ON FA TIMING
In his address at Longpine
qua last Saturday Governor Holcomb
presented some very forcible rermirks
on farming and -farmers in general
He believes la- irrigation in Camp
bells system of soil culture and in
muscle not mouth farming While
the governor may not be much of a
farmer himself he endeavored to teach
a lesson which the most experienced
farmers carmot fail to appreciate as
being the true aud only practical meth
ods of tiUingthe soil in Nebraska
His entire talk of one hour and fifteen
minutes might besummedup in three
words viz Irrigate cultivate inves
tigate
Farmers in Nebraska attempt too
much They would be much better
off to farm forty or eighty acres than
to try to farma quarter or half section
A small farm well irrigated well cul
vated and scientifically worked from
plowing time to harvest would yield
much greater returns than a large
farm now does Governor Holcomb
appreciates that fact and dwelt upon
it In the days of the Roman empire
a man was not deemed worthy of citi
zensnip if he could not support a family
from the products of seven acres of
ground Many of our farmers fail to
make a living from 160 acres Farm
ers of northwestern Nebraska should
heed the governors wise words
If anvbody can tell who is who or
or what is what in this campaign he is
a phenomenon There are goldjstand
ard aud free silver republicans ad
ministration and anti administration
democrats free silver and cold water
prohibitionists middle-of-the-road and
Bryan populists In this nightmare of
politics one can hardly tell where he
is at and a mans beliefs can only be
ascertained by close questioning The
words republican democrat and popu
list signify nothing in this campaign
Only one thing is noticeable and that
is that while the free silver republicans
are loud in their praise of Bryan the
sound money men are not very enthus
iastic over MeKinley Any true be
liever in sound currency cannot sup
port MeKinley He doesnt represent
sound money If rings trusts and
combines are the proper exponents of
sound currency the people are justi
fied in opposing the movement
Sayg the secretary of the populist
national committee
When our convention meets in St
Louis on the 22nd inst I believe that
a majority of the delegates will be in
favor of indorsing Mr Bryan There
will be a minority faction- however
that is almost certain to bolt But it
will not he an influential faction and
will be composed of about twenty five
or thirty small country newspaper edit
ors who will demand the nomination
of a straight out populist candidate
The platform adopted by the demo
crats in Chicago is all right
PoPulist P W5 were loud in denun
greatest political generalship known in
the annals of history a universal pop
ular uprising of the masses aided and
controlled as we believe by an over
ruling Providence Falls City Popu
list
For the populists to put up another
candidate means to throw away their
votes We should place our country
above party By supporting Bryan we
can defeat MeKinley and all his
gold bug backers we nan put the stars
and stripes above the British Jack
and we can secure the free coinage of
silver and with it better prices plenty
of work and good times The popu
list who refuses to unite with the sil
ver democrats in throwing off the yoke
of the British and Wall street money
power doesnt want reform he only
wants something to howl about either
that or he is in the party for the mon
ey there is in it and not for reform
ONeill Sim Populist
ciation oi Mcivmiev uecause ne wouia
not come out square toed on the finan
cial question and railed at republican
newspapers which straddled or said
nothing The greatest question in the
populist party to day is To indorse
or not to indorse yet we can name a
dozen populist papers in this part of
the state that have nothing to say
Policy closes their mouths
Dodge Hemming editor of the
Piiishviile Democrat announces that
although his paper has been condi
tionally sold i e foreclosed upon per
sonally he will support Bryan and the
Chicago platform Although the
paper may be for MeKinley and pro
tection Dodge has the sympathy of
his brother editors along the line in
his financial straits
Many republican papers claim that
the New York World the greatest dai
ly paper in America democratic in pol
itics will support MeKinley The
Democrat invites all who believe the
story to call at this office and inspect
the file of The World and read the pa
pers received from day to day No
words in favor of MeKinley can be
fouud therein
In our opinion all this talk of putting
up a sound money ticket is foolish as
its candidates could not be elected and
it would only split up the sound money
vote Far better stand McKinleyism
than Altgeldtism Butte Gazette
The National Bimetallist has hoisted
the names ot Bryan and Sewall with
the motto No crown of thorns no
cross of gold
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CHAPTER I
The Heroine
Tt was evening The sun
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thoroughly scorclisd all animal life be
neath it for a period of twelve hours
seemed at last content to withdraw
over the western hills Already the
cool breeze of a Nebraska evening
came in little ripples through the
prairie grass and ran in gentle cats
paws over the surface of the shallow
Niobrara now and then toying with
the golden tresses of a young lady who
was seated beneath a pine of large
size and who seemed to be thoroughly
enjoying the sight of the golden sun
set and the songs of the prairie birds
who encouraged by the relaxation of
the suns fierce ray had emerged from
many a cool retreat for a good night
song of thankfulness
The young girl was the only daugh
ter of a wealthy Nebraska ranchman
Henry Preston his little Isabel as he
was wont to affectionately term her
The maid was lovely in both face and
figure and Isabel was perfectly well
aware of this fact Many a sunburn
ed cowboy had sighed in vain for her
favor but though there were many
handsome men amongst the large
band who watched over the thousands
of head of cattle belonging to her
father she treated all with a cold in
difference that was decidedly exasper
ating to three at least of her fathers
cowboys who daily fumed over the
state of affairs as they drove the long
horns over the scorching plains
Though each of the noble three had
striven in every possible way to draw
the maids attention to himself alone
all had been completely foiled in the
attempt to discover which one the
maid be3t liked Charles Thompson
Will Powell and Edward Belden were
one and all types of manhood whose
love any woman might be proud to
possess but Isabel seemed completely
indifferent to the united efforts to win
her smiles
The maiden sat beneath the pine
gazing away over the vast western
plain with a thoughtful look on her
sweet face Let us hear her musings
Now there is Will a good hearted
fellow he is were it not for that corn
silky mustache of his I really believe
I could in time learn to love the dear
fellow because he is kindness person
ified as it isf here the maid gave a
tragical wave of her dimpled hand
there is a gulf between us that I am
very certain can never be bridged As
for Edward he is rather Loo much in
love with that treacherous little bron
cho that he rides Sundays to care as
much for a wife as I should expect my
lord to do another thing I dont like
is his propensity for Indulging in that
language generally termed sarcastic
I could never tolerate a sarcastic man
around the house so that being the
case I am afraid his chances with the
charming Isabel are even slimmer
than those of Will Charles I believe
I like best of the three He is so quiet
and unassuming just the man to at
tract the average maid really were it
not for the fact that there is such a
large crowd of good looking men in
the world for a pretty girl to choose
from I believe I should answer a de
mure yes to his proposal which is
sure to come if his ardent glances
count for anything in a day or so at
farthest but as 1 dont care tor any
one in this deplorably stupid world so
much as selfish Isabel I believe I shall
remain simply Isabel Preston even
though it increase the table of male
suicides ten per cent And now as
thefairy Isabel as Edward likes to
term me is possessed of a tremendous
appetite this evening I guess I will
forego the pleasure of a twilights
musing and betake me unto the house
de Preston Alas I could never
romantically fill the part of the hungry
heroine so well described in my favor
ite romance for in a very thrilling
part of the hungry act I should proba
bly make a headlong dash for the sup
per table aud there by spoil all the es
tablished rules of romance And now
to supper where I shall enjoy the
society of the dear delightfully stupid
Will Charles and Edward the gallant
Knight3 who are now no doubt sigh
ing for the presence of the lovely Isa
beH With a smile of amusement the
maid tripped lightly over the sward
and entered the large ranch of the
Preston s
CHAPTER II
Th Fra ton Mystery
Within the brightly lighted
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comfortable looking dining room a
large crowd of cowboys are seated
having J about the long table enjoying after
their warm days riding the good
things bountifully spread before them
by the ranch cook A little apart
from the others at a smaller table is
seated the ranch owner Henry Pres
ton beside him is his wife and daugh
ter while on the other side of the
table are seated Will Powell the fore
man and the two favorite cowboys
Edward and Charles
Isabel is unusually gay this event
ful evening and her merry laughter
rings more than once through the
room attracting the attention of the
other men who cast admiring glances
towards the pride of the ranch
After a hnrried supper the foreman
arises and glancing toward the maiden
remarks It is lovely in the moon
light without MiS3 Isabel shall
we
go for a stroll
With pleasure Will responds the
maid rising and accepting the proffer
ed arm of the handsome cowboy and
together they pass from the room out
over the moonlit prairie in the direc
tion of the river the waters of which
reflect a silvery sheen in the rays of
the full moon Romantic thoughts
fill the hearts of the two strollers they
axe doubtless affected by the subtle in
fluence fcwhich holds complete sway-
over the hearts oi all lovers when
strolling under the light of the weird
old planet Luna
They halt by the river side and gaze
without speaking into its liquid
depths At last Will breaks the
silence
I love you sweet Isabel have lov
ed you for months Do you care a
little for a rough and uneducated cow
boy of my general description or is
there no hope for me
A strange proposal it was evert
though it was straight from the heart
of the foreman and the maid made nc
reply for some moments then as Will
glanced down at the little face doubly
sweet in the moonlight he saw tears
in the eyes of Isabel as she gave her
answer 1 love you Will with all my
heart
The happj lover stoops to kiss the
little face when the sharp report of a
six shooter rings out on the stillness
of evening and with a cry of pain the
maiden falls forward the blood
streaming over her white garments
the victim of some cowardly assassin
Will with a heaTt broken cry of grief
falls on his knees beside her sobbing
in his anguish Darling aie you
hurt Speak to stfe my little sweet
heart But the lips of Isabel Preston
are silenced forever A cloud moves
at this moment before the face of the
moon and darkness falls on the prairie
When fair Luna once more bursts
I forth in her silvery splendor the forms
of the lovers have disappeared as com
pletely as though the earth had opened
and engulfed them Not a ripple
shows on the rivers surface silence a
silence which after the sudden tragedy
seems awful reigns to be broken only
by the low chirp of the prairie cricket
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In the western sky dark clouds are
rising showing in the vivid flashes
thick rolls of heavy vapor aud the
rumble of deep thunder heralds the
approach of the prairie tempest High
er and higher it rolls until at last with
a bright flash of lightning and a terrificr
crash of thunder it burst3 in savage
fury the rain comes in thick sheets
while the wind tears fiercely through
the river pines AH at once a flash
dazzling in its intensity bursts from
the clouds above lighting up the
country for miles around with a noon-
day brightness and revealing to the
eyes of a lost wayfarer a startling
sight In the road before him come
three horsemen clad in long cloaks
and as he springs aside to avoid being
rode downy they thunder past him
with the rush of a hurricane and all
is in darkness When the next flash
lights up the stormswept heavens the
mysterious horsemen have vanished
like three phantoms of the storm
to be continued
The Evening Journal the oldest pa
per iu Chicago a republican organ
admits the bimetallism plank iu tho St
Louis platform is nothing but btiu
conibe
Bryan is said to be a kindheartecl
man Yet he wants to meet MeKin
ley in joint defeats
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