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2HURSDA3T SEPTEMBER 3 1896
Democratic Tisk6t
For President
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
Of Lincoln Nebraska
For Vice President
AKTHUB SEWALL
OY Bath Maine
The McKinley craze is dying out
- iykii represents the common peo
ple of the United States He is one
of them
The only difference between Buffalo Pouuds were exported
rifff aAVnTvHio ifiin tv frtrVHmH the terrible Wilson b
lias a good show and the latter has
not
very trust every enemy of organ
ized labor every oppressor of humani
ty is working against Bryan and cori
sequeutly for McKinley
There is a mellifluous tinkle in the
words Bryan and Sewali which will
hypnotize mauy a voter into making a
cross opposite their names on election
dav
She iktesf McKinley 117
votes iu ttieelfectbraV college andBry
jm 33Q Xecessary to a choice 224
Tills is said to be a conservative esti
mate
Low prices for the farmers products
are all right but where is there a re
publican orator advocating low prices
pnIiuftbsr opal groceries cJQthifcgj
transportation etc
The tariff facts in this paper from
week to week can- be obtained1 from
any book of statistics - Of course it
may take a little time to find tbem
but they are irrefutable
If you are for McKinley and the
gold standard you might possibly get
a job at the sugar factory If you are
for Bryan and free silver dont waste
your time in trying Norfolk Inde
pendent
When McKinley was bankrupt and
his friends paid his debts they were
looking foward to 1896 If he is
eiectedthev will receive about 5Q0 per
qeiian their investment This is a
low estimate
The manufacture of woolen goods
has prospered more under the Wilson
act than ever before in its histqry
ind it might be remarked that the
American people are wearing better
and cheaper clothing than ever before
It is a curious and interesting fact
that the average wages for day
the western silver mines is 250
per day while tha average wages In
the oil and coal mining regions is but
31 per month TheStjmdard Oil and
Coal Trusts are supporting McKin
lev
One more vote for Bryan A gold
standard republican recently told a
free silver republican that no honest
irlan believed in free silver and -the
fsr gotso mad at the gsr that he
said hed be if uuyoneconld call
binr dishonest and that hed vole for
Bryan
The Hktional convention of republi
can clubs held at Milwaukee recently
Was promised 20000 delegates as
sured of 10000 and wound up with
500 This 3s according to what the
Milwaukee Sentinel a republican pa
per says and it is oaioial The M
Kiuley craze is dying out
TARIFF AND WOOL
The terrible Wilson bill has killed
our wool and sheep industry says a
rankcKrulcy organ This sort of
statement can be made by anybody
but it will not be believed by thinking
and investigating men without some
figures to bacl it up A mere state
ment dbesridt constitute a fact Lets
look into this wool statement a little
bit
In the year 1884 the number of
sheep in the United Staies was 50-
360243 valued at 11990260d This
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number was gradually1 decreased until
in 1894 the last year of the McKinley
act there were but 45048017 sheep
with a value of 89186110 That
isnt a very good showing for the high
protectionists theoiy But now comes
the most crushing blow
The production of wool is the real
testdftKe woof Industry In the high
water year of 1885 the production- of
wool was 308000000 pounds In the
years of the McKinley act the highest
was 33153od6 in 1S93 and in 1894
the last years of that act the produc
tion dropped to 298057384 pounds
According to the theory or our mis
guided friends the production ought
to have decreased to almost nothing
under free trade but instead of
doing that it increased in 1895 to
309748000 pounds Tli is broke even
the record of the great year of 1885
32iit tie-re- are a few nioref acts
In 1885 only 88000 pounds of do-
mestic wool were exported and in the
McKinley year of 1893 only 91858
In 1895 under
bill this country
exported 4279109 pounds of wool
Isnt it awful what havoc has been
wrought in the wool industry by the
Wilson bill Will the country ever
recover from the effects of it
The figures given above are correct
3Yct INLETS LETTER
McKinley after 60 days of hard
work and deep study has at last
accepted the nomination for president
tendered him by the republican party
and his letter of acceptance is a cur
iosity in its vay About one half of
the letter is devoted to a discussion
of the money question but in all its
verbosity there is not a single idea
which has not been advanced by more
uble men than he who have had con
viotions on the money question with
out having had those convictions made
to order McKinley is not at home on
the gold plank and eagerly grasps at
the international agreement idea as a
way out of his- difficulty Nbthing
but platitudes occur iu this part of his
letter
When he came to the tarriff plank
he felt more at home and regained a
little confidence in himself though he
stated an absolute falsehood when he
called the Wilson bill a free trade act
Nothing but platitudes occur in this
part ofchis letter
On the question of pensions mer
chant marine andother thipga found
in the platform he advances nothing
new Nothing but platitudes occur
in this part of his letter
Taken as a whole the letter is as
gpodas the average republican camr
paign document but it is a great
failure as a vote getter In fact it is
generally regarded as one of the poor
est things Major MpKjnieys ever- did
He is capable of a better letter and
the people know it whereat they won
der
Judge Walcotl of Cherry county
paid this office a visit while in town on
iegalbusiness Tuesday He says the
corn crop in that county is good and
the wheat is turning out 8 to 10
bushels -per acre Farmers and stock
men are encouragedand more settlers
are coming in Regarding things po
litical Judge Walcott says Bryan will
carry Cherry county without doubt
but the judge is running on the re
publican ticket for county attorney
and thinks his own prospects are good
in spite of the Bryan majority
Signal
Judge Walcott is one of the best in
formed men politically in Cherry
county as he sees and taifcs with more
people than any other man in the
county and this paper is willing to
wager that his judgment in this po
litical case is without fault Judge
Walcott says he is for McKinley but
he knows it is of little avail to work
-against the majority in this county
JSryau brains and brawn will make
a first elassslogau for the campaign
and -will easily compass the defeat of
the British the bondholder and the
barrel on Nov 3
The American Economist truly says
that this is a bread and butter cam
paign
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It shakes ones faith in huwanu mem
ory7not to say human nature To hear
spme croaker say the1 hard times
come about on account of free trade
Why bless your brainless -pate we
haventtiad any free trade We had
more bank failuresunder the McKin
ley law in 1893 -than ever occured in
the same period of time before or
since Norfolk Independent
The silly and ridieulpus story that
Bryan would be assassinated if elected
president is being justly frowned upon
by all leading papers5 There is no
foundation for the report and the man
who swore he heard a certain other
man make the statement Has retracted
and says he made a mistake The
best way to have a thing of that na
ture done is to spread a report that it
tfill be done
The wool products in Germany cov
ers only one sixth of todays demand
nor does even that pay for the efforts
put forth in compensation against pro
ducts of the Cape colonies South
America and Australia So says the
Cantcrf O Repository of August 27
This paper is the official organ of
Major McKinley and the editor was
probably asleep when he let this expla
nation of the low price of wool in this
country and the world get into his
paper
Down in the Golden Irrigation
Disl
trict they are having lots of fun just
now Large tracts of land are being
cut out of the district and in its last
issue the Newport Republican charges
Dr E F Dcdd one of- the directors
with aliowihgpartisanstiip to influence
his selection of secretaries assessors
etc and gets very warm under the
collar because Dr Dorld claims his
appointees secure their positions solely
because of his superior ability Just
what the Doctor is going to do about
it is a conundrum but we will bet a
cooky that the Golden Irrigation Dis
trict plan will be all busted up be
fore spring plowing begins
MORE FALLACIES
The NebraskaState Journal of Aug
ust 27 gives vent tb a long wail
against the Wilson bill and claims
that it is responsible for the panic it
stopped In support of its claim gives
an itemized list of imports something
like this Breadstuffs 2800000
cotton manufactures 5500000
crockery and china S900000 etc
andfor eaohi500of tile-value- of imr
ports it says one laboring man was
thrown out of employment 500 being
the average yearly wages of the labor
ing men engaged in the production of
the articles named Thus it figures
that for the importation of the three
articles named above 34000 laboring
men were releived of situations Re
member these lmporf figures- are- not
supposed to rapresent excess over the
McKinley law Thay are the total of
the importations At a glance one
can see the fallacy of such reasoning
Proceeding on the same lines Tiie
Democrat can prove conclusively
that the McKinley bill threw 1500000
men out ot employment in the yea
1894 or 6000000 in four year the
imports for the years 1891 92 93and
94 amounting to over 3000000000
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Tis thus that reasoning makes
democrats of us all and thats why
Bryan will be elected next fall Next
THE MEXICAN DOLLAR
The Chicago Chronicle boastfully
says that the price of Mexican dollars
increased 3 cents in one day owing to
a temporary demand for them by
campaign orators and others and
gleefully exclaims that that fact con
clusively shows tha unstability ot the
price of silver SVhisis a nonsensical
argument and is unworthy of serious
consideration Mexican dollars are
but a commodity in this country and
a sudden demand -for them will in
crease their price the same as a sud
den demand will increase the price of
any other commodity and- a demand
for English sovereigns would increase
their price the same as it does the
price of Mexican dollars Suppose one
hundred people in Valentine sliouldV
want to buy a gold dollar each how
long would it taKe to torse tnem to a-
premium- There are not one nurmred
gold dollars in the town and they-
would according to their
scarcity Here is the nub of the whole
silver argument Will not the in
creased demand for silver raise its
value and the decreased demand for
gold lower its value until the two
metals stand on an equality This
is the basis of tho present financial
question and all other propositions j
are but ramifications of this -
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CHAPTER XIY
Tl4 Band of Claude Duval
The Prestons left Cheyenne early
next morning and the metropolis of
Wyoming was soon hidden from sight
over the prairie rolls to the southward
The two travelers encamped the even
ing df the first day not far1 from Port
Laramie
About mid day of the second day
out they entered the off shoots of the
Wyoming arms of the Black Hilfc and
the surface of the country soon be
came very rough Getting well into
the Hills in the afternoon they en
tered a deep gulch which led directly
north
The two meri were beginning to
look for some sign of Claude Duval
for nothing had as yet been seen of
the famous Texan bandit
Where do you suppose we shall
find him Uncle Henry aslred John
breaking a long silence
It is difficult to tell John I think
however that we must soon fall in
with himjiwellave acted according td
his directions kept straight to the
northward and as a matter of cotirse
he will be on the lookout for our com-
mg
And there he comes said John as
a horseman came suddenly in sight up
the canyon I would know that horse
of his among a thousand
What a splendid looking man he is
said Pr8stonas Duval come sweeping
down the pass in his picturesque garb
it is a pity that he is an outlaw
D uval rode up and doffed his som
brero with a graceful sweep
Good evening gentlemen was his
cheery salutation I have been on
the lookout for yoi since noon My
men are encamped half a mile up the
gjilch 11 arnigladiyou asriyediearl as
it will enanle us to travel several miles
on our journey ere nightfall I sup
pose that you are anxious to proceed
Mr Preston
I am indeed Duval answered
the ranchman The sooner we fall in
with Terry the- sooner will my life
search for my daughtersm urd erer be
at an end1
Believe me My Preston when I
say that I am deeply interested in
your mystery and truly smjrmpathize
will voir in your trouble I will prom
ise you the hearty assistance of my
self and my men in searching for the
murderer and my past record will
prove that when Ir be come interested
in anything usually see it through
Thank you a thousand times for
your offered aid Duval for better aid
than that of yon and your gallant men
no man could ask or have answered
Preston as he heartily clasped the
smalljhand of the handsomedare devili
Duval
Say no more my friend for we
travel together and though T may be
compelled to excuse myself for the
sake of my men when we fall in with
Terrys soldiers I will stay near by
andSQe the mystery to a finish
They had been rapidly riding north
while conversing and they soon came
in sight of a small camp Gathered
about a campfire the two Prestons ob
served a party of five men who gave a
shout of welcome when they caught
sight of the approaching horsemen
They were allhardy young fellows
armed to the teeth with weapons of
hthelattest patern Their thorough
bred horses grazing near by with their
glossy coats anj muscular limbs
showed the best of care They had
carried their masters safely through
qnany a wild scene An account of
the hairbreadth escapes from capture
of the band of Claude Duval would Jill
a Yolunie7 Though they were out
laws they were gallantmen each and
every one of them and they had
proved it scores of times by lending
at the risk of theirjives timely aid to
the unfortunate A peculiar thing
about Claude Duval was that like his
English namesake -he made it a
special point on all occasions to be ex
ceedingly gallant toward the ladies
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Author of- The Adventures of Don Enrique Romero etc etc
CHAPTER XV
A Brush with Sioux
Tho journey northward was Tin-eventful-
for several days and the
well mounted baud had sneceeded in
covering an unusually long stretch of
country They liad entered the Big
Horn range when they were fired on
one evening from ambush by a party
of hostile Sioux fortunately without
serious results Without a moments
hesitation Claude Duval and his men
charged the bushes sixshooters in
dozen warribrs who fled wildly for the
mountains leaving three of their best
braves dead on the ground victims to
the deadly aim of the southern ban
dits
Well have to keep a better look
out boys said Claude as they re
sumed their journey We are get
ting into a nest of Hornets and if we
are not very careful we will feel their
sting
Next morning soon after they had
saddled up one of the men who had
ridden forward as a scout came ilying
back out of the gulch ahead his eyes
dancing with excitement as he gal
loped up The gulch is alive with
Sioux Claude he exclaimed I
saw their feathered- heads dodging
among the bushes We will have to
fall back and get around them If
they got us into that little trap they
would butcher u4o amanJ
I am not in tiie habit of falling
back Sara said Claude smilingly
but as I do not care for a fight just
at present I suppose we had better
do so
As he finished speaking a sudden
roar of fire arms followed- by fierce
yells echoed from the eastward then
close and repeated volleys sounded
By lieavensvbnys theres a Scrap
worth seeing Come on
There was a thunder of hoofs
through the sage bushes as the impa
tient steeds of the Texans bounded
madly forward Jji a short time afior
ridingover a ndge of ground the
band came suddenly in sight of a
startling scene Out on the prairie
distant half a mile six men were
standing within a circle- or horsey
while around them were riding fully
two scire of hostile Indians- -sand the
crash of fire arms was incessent At
this sight even the gloomy brow- of tho
elder Preston lighted tip with a fight
ing glow while Claude Duval grasped
his pistols and shouted
Charge them boys Well show
the copper colored scoundrels a sam
ple of the fighting blood of San An
tonio
With a wildi cheer jnd the thunder
of hoofs the eight horsemen went down
upon the battle ground with the rush
of a tempest
- Hearing the approach the Sioux
faced about formed up and gave
them i a right welcome
The scene that followed baffles de
scription There was a crash and rapid
rattle of six shooters the roar and
bang of ride and musket wild yells
and cheers the neighing of wounded
horses and tbeswjsh swish of feath
ered war arois and for a few mo
ments it it seemed as if pandemonium
reigned As John dashed through the
ranks of the hostiles he suddenly saw
straight in his path a hideously daubed
Indian horseman John raises his pis
tol and fires a shot that flies wide of
its mark as his horse shies frqrn a
blow aimed at John with a flint- war-
club The horse receives the blow in
tended for his rider squarely in the
forehead and falls hurling John head
long When he regains consciousness
he sees a familiar face bending over
him and- hears the voice of Dick
Jones Good thing you dodged old
boy for those war clubs are so much
harder than ones head as I can testi
fy from recent experiences Sitting
up John observes that Jones head is
bound in a handkerchief
Much hurt Jones inquired John
solemnly
Not exactly replied that worthy
My skull was too hard and the club
glanced off greatly to tlje disappoint
ment of my scoundrelly Sioux- brother
Any thing I can do for you If so I
am at your service as it is practically
of no use to try to overtake yon flying
band of reds
I would be pleased to listen while
youmg the second verse of
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Cowboys of the Prairie and after
ward a brief account of bov you hap-
pened to bp up her1 in thft mountains
posing as a Sionx target
Many thanks for your appreciation
of ray musical tnlent but I guess I
will favor you with the latter a de
senption as f fpel anything but musi
cal just at present
Bpyond a few scratches nobody had
j been seriously hurt in the fight though
several of the horses had been killed
The Indians had made for the
tains after standing their ground Tor
a short time- leaving a number oC
their warriors dead and wounded
Several of their ponies had been las
soed by Prestons cowboys
I am glad to see you boys said
Preston as he shook one by one th
jhands of his faithful men how did
you happen to be in this part of HHr
country
We have be dodging Sioux for
hand and succeeded in routing out a about three weeks Mr Preston
answered the cowboy Jim They
crowded us steadily northward and
finally attacked us this morning Dick
found us about a week ago down on
the edge of the Hills
Htw 8 you- had any success toward1
clearing up the mystery Jim assed
Preston
iso air l reston notning 01 inv
portance We foil in with a witehjr
looking old woman down in the
about a month agb on1 our way down
to the ranch who told1 us that we were
wasting our lime and that we should
join you but as we did not then know
vour whereabouts we could not do
so
Only one thing did we find that
might liave a bearing on themysreryj
and that was while we were down the
Niobrara one day and in a little hill
pocket we found the skeletons of two
ihorses and two men Starchlrig
among the bones the boys and I
found these and he held out half a
dozen heavy bullets together with a
small revolver of 32 caliber A3
Preston examined the pistol he saw
that one cartridge had been fired
while the other fiVe chambers were
still loaded On the top of the nick
eled barrel he made out through the
ntotfrhe engraved name Cuakles
Tirorrsox
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THJE ERESTON MYSTERY
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Id a recent article emanating frora
republican headquarters we find a list
of a few selected imports which i3
given to the public with the intentioa
of showing how the Wilson bill has in
creased imports In that article we
find that our imports of hids isr
creased 19162352 under the Wilson
law leather increased 3236000 to
bacco increased 4223 928 and winesi
48277 We are not prepared to dis
pute the correctness of the above fig
ures and wiilit them go for what
they are worth The curious- thing
about them is that the tariff on theso
articles was not changed one lota by
thoWilsoqbill and how that bKI
couldithereby increase the impori i
mystery which cannot be solved It
beats The Freston Mystery in
walk
Those who gnasl their- teeth and
tear their hair by calling all Bryan
men Sanarchists and repudiatiou
ists and other hard names are re
spectfully referred to the old saw that
whom the gods would destroy thej
first make mad -
The republican jfressclaim3 that all
the country needs to be saved is
confidence yet they continue their
f calamity howl This isjike telling a
sick man that he cannot pos3ihly live
and advisiug him to have hope fpr h13
recoverv
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