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FUSION TICKET
For Tresldont W J BKYAX
or Vice President E STEVENSOl
State
For Govcrnor W A POYNTElt Boone
Ior A GILBERT York
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ard
ForTreasurer S H HOWARD Holt
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D OLDHAM Bui
falo
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lngs l JOARKY Sauudera
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ANDREW P MADsLiS
EOOSEVSLT SLANDEES GOVERNOx
POYxNTEK
It is quite eviuent that the man wh
licked Spain indulged freely in abut
of Gov Poynter during his trip througi
Nebraska We publish below a clip
ping from the Lincoln Daily iost Oct
3 1900
The governor is just in receipt o
the following letter
Wilber Nebr Oct 1st 1900 Hon
W A Poynter Lincoln Nebr
Dear In a ten minuu
speech this day delivered by Tedu
Eoosevelt candidate for vice pres
deut on the Republican ticket in thi
Wilber Opera house said
Your Governor chief executive o
the State of Nebraska says that tin
regular soldier is nothing but a hirtt
butcher at fifteen dollars per month
etc The Governors friends hei
brand it as a lie and If it is a lie I wan
you to brand it while Roosevelt is n
cur state
But a small crowd heard the speak
er not 25 peisous outside of the villag
were in attendance and the opinioi
here is that he made votes for ou
cause His talk was against Governoi
Poynter alone and lie did not uttei
a word on the national issues a tiraui
of abuse against Poynter
Respectfully yours
S S ALLEY
To which tho Governor replied a
follows
Lincoln Nebr Oct 2 1900
Mr SS S 4 Hey Wilber Nebr
Dear Sir In reply to your favor o
the 1st I desire to state that if Governo
Roosevelt has made the statemen
quoted by you he has spoken an unmil
igated nd unwarranted falsehood
I have not only never made am
such statement nor any that could bi
so construed but I should denounce
such statements in the strongest ternu
were they to be repeated in my pres
ence or come to my attention as havmj
been made by any citizen of the Unites
States and I will thank you to couve
this information to any persons in yotn
village who may have heard these
statements Very truly yours
W A POYNTER governor
It is hardly necessary for Gov Poyn
ter to reply to Roosevelt as his patriotic
message to the last legislature is snf
iicient refutation of such a declaration
as the Mad Campaigner from New
York makes at Wilber Here is what
he says No one has a higher regard
for the braver and gallantry of our
brave soldiers in the faraway Philip
pines than I No enconiums that cau
bo spoken for them would exceed the
bounds of propriety Tne state of Neb
raska is and has a just right to be
proud of the First Nebraska Volunteers
We acknowledge with gratitude and
joy the debt the state owes them by
reason of the honor conferred upon it
by their valor Wo pledge the honor
of the state that to the Hying shall be
accorded worthy distinction and to the
idead allthatoan bo given to tho dead
a fitting memorial to their fame
I
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A DENIAL
Valentine Nebr October 10 1900
Editor Valentine Democrat
Dear Sir It having been alleg
that I made the statement I do n t
deny but what I would rather be fight
ing today with Aguinaldo than with
McKinley I desire through your pa
per to say that I never made the state
ment
When the battleship Maine was
uiown up m Havana Harbor 1 locked
my office went out and helped to or
ganize Company H of the Second Neb
raska Volunteers enlisted in that com
pany and nominated for its first lieu
tenant a mau whom President McKin
ey has since commissioned a captain
and who is today on the firing line in
the 1 hilippines And had 1 been able
to have passed the pn sical examina
aou I would have gone to the front
vith that regiment These facts are
vell known to many of our citizens
out if there are those who doubt 1 re
4r them to the records in the office ol
tne adjutant general or to Uapt Allen
dt Fisher of Jhadron who was cap
cam of the company and is now the re
publican candidate for re election to
tue legislature
We are nearly through my second
jauvass for the office of county at
torney and 1 submit that in neither
jauvass have 1 resorted to detraction oi
aiy opponent that 1 have never uttered
word ol criticism of their public rec
ords or their private lives others inav
uipioy that method of campaign if
uey see flt but for my part 1 shall not
eaort to it Nor do 1 hold J udge Tucker
eapousible for this attack upon me
out perhaps I may add thai the gentle
man who are now so leady to question
nj loyalty were not so quick to enlist
iueu a call lor volunteers was made
iours respectfully
A M iYlOKRISSEY
DlSSEUSlUJN AJUofU NOMINEES
J xt VauDosliirK nominee on the
republican ticket lor state senator
ureatens to withdraw He sets up the
iaim that D E Thompson of Lm
juiu is not putting up as much moue
or ins campaign us ho has to fisher
ciudidate lor representative in 53d dis
trict It Vanboskirk has the cattle in
terest so much at heart what difference
3nould that make
Some of our republican brethren
ook exceptions to the comments made
u our last issue upon the visit of the
egotistical wise man who licked iain
ur deep regret that more people were
iot here to see him hear him and
ddge for themselves prompts us to
nake the assertion that if he could be
prevailed upon to spend the remainder
ii the time between now and election
u Nebraska we could safely rely upon
iving Bryan and Stevenson the largest
iiajonty any fusion candidate has
aeretofore received in our state Jiut
e want the people of other states to
ee and hear hiai We fear that Mark
aauna will call him in If he does uot
ve will know that he is not wanted in
how York where they are already dis
gusted with his egotism short sighted
remarks and entangled sentences
The vice presidents duties in presid
ug over the senate require the ability
if our best men Could there be auy
uing more disgusting to our people
tuan to have those grimaces so common
o the uncultured appear before that
uost august body of the grandest na
tion on earth In the language of Ad
ai E Stevensonas he closed his speech
it Lincoln on the State house grounds
a July with bared head and uplifted
lands We trust God to bring suc
jess to the party this fall that repre
sents the cause of humanity
Triumphant wave of prosperity Cat
xiemen are now feeling it Highest
rade feeders sold in Omaha on Mon
lay at 375
V0TEES
The Democratic and Peoples Inde
pendent yoters ot the different pre
cincts of Cherry county Nebr are
called to meet at their respective
mg places to nominate precinct offi
cers on Friday afternoon October 19
1900 unless otherwise called by your
precinct committeeman
I M RICE
Chairman Democratic County
Central Committee
Certificates of nomination of your
precinct candidates should be sent to
the county clerk so as to reach him
not later than October 24 1900
Jiobbed the Grave
A startling incident is narrated by
Jonn Oliver of Philadelphia as fol
lows I was in an awful condition
My skin was almost yellow eyes sunk
en tongue coated pain continually in
hack and sides no appetite growing
weaker day by day Three physicians I
had given me up Then I was advised
to use Electric Bitters to my great joy
the first bottle made a decided im
provement I continued their use for
three weeks and am now a well man
I know they robbed the grave of an
other victim No one should fail to
try them Only 50c guaranteed at
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A DINNER PAIL THAT IS PGT TC3FULL
This young mau gets up at 430 so as to be at work at 0 He works ten
hours for 72 cents which he must spend at the company store Drawn on
the spot by Davenport New York Journal
THE EWilJN EEASONS FOE
OF MKINLEI VOTING FOE BET AN
What It Will Mean to the Peo
pie of This Country
It will mean that the American peo
ple sanctlou a syndicated presidency
That the people nppruve such legisla
tion as the Dinloy tariff bill with ail
Its devices for taxing the great muss
of the people in exoneration of accu
mulated wealth
That the people uphold the policy of
greed and contempt for alien people
That the people approve the tactics
and brutal policy in the Philippines
while Cuba the cause and inspiration
of the war is declared alieu territory
and entitleu to all tun rights of an In
dependent sovereignty
That the people opprovp an abdi
cation of sts mrtonii Uy the na
tional legislature
That the people approve of a imtlonU
executive who fails to uphold the dig
nity and independence of hip great of
fice and who exercises hs functions n
subservience both to other brunches of
the govern ent and to the cliimor of
special and neeuniary interests
It will mean that the people
the policy Uy which the Unit
eil States etM ap In buine n an
Asiatic power and welcome a larsre
tnmlinu army and naval force
It will mean that the American peo
ple either do not Bee or seeing approve
the great and growing if not an al
ready overwhelming Influence of mon
ey In our politics Our government
was not conceived or framed as a
money making machine eveu for the
profit of all the governed much less fcr
the profits of particular classes or por
tion of the governed From Mr Ol
neys Letter
I cannot too strongly emphaBlas
the importance of the platform rec
ommendation of the establishment
of li department of labor with n
member of the cabinet at tttf hea
When we remember how important
a position the Inhprer flllP In OPT
economic social and pqjitlpal fahpie
It i hard to conceive of a valid ft
Jection belnsr made to this reoonnlr
tion of his service From DryaoH
Letter of Acceptance
Payinsr Dearly For Empire
Taxpayers in this country are a
ready paying enormously for imperial
ism They will pay still more heavily
if the party of empire remains In pow
er They will never receive any bene
fit from this appalliug tax
wllJ accrue to the trusts and the mo
nopoly millionaires who control the
party of empire The American people
are already carrying gigantic trust bur-
dens Are they willing to shoulder
those of Imperialism and militarism In
addition to what they now bear St
Louis Republic
Whit Democracy 1 Fighting
Under Republican rule the era cf
competition has been supplanted by
the era of eombination Massed capl
tal dominates everywhere The dollar
dominates the man The noaprodueprs
share In the wealth of the country has
risen to isi per cent while the producer
must be content wJth li per cent Half
of the people own 97 per Cent of the na
tional wealth the other half can call
Submitted to th Considers
tion of Republicans by
Colonel Higginson
First Peca use he has proved hitn
self to be whatever his faults a uatir
ral lender of men as a president should
be Mr- McKinley op the other hjuid
has shown himself to be ope of tho
men naturally led by others and has
proved himself capable of abandoning
ground explicitly and publicly taken
when called upon to abandon t by tbo
stronger ph u around idm in other
words Mr Bryan will at least be cap
tain of his own ship and Mr McKin
ley will not-
Second- Because Mr- Bryan i3 ftlP
only presidential candidate wUo Uas
explicitly based his canvass op the
ground that considerations of principle
are above considerations of finance ftnd
that in other words financial sy
tems can be altered witli leps danger
and less disturbance to the country
than tp vital doctrines upon which
free government rpsts Speech fit
Topekn Aug 3
Third Because he is the only one
who has expressly reatifrmed as in his
Topekn speech the principles which
made Lincoln immortal that to apply
the doctrnp of equal rights only to su
perior classes or racps is Jthe van
guard of returning despotism and Is
movement we must repulse or it will
subjugate us
Fourth1 Because he has had the wis
dom to see that every presidential cam
paign must turn on some one leading
principle and that just now that vital
issue is to be found in imperialism- By
imppnniism is meant the -acquisition of
territory with a view to making it sub
ject and tributary and not with a view
to making it a self governing and com
ponent part of the American Union
That such empire is now the recognis
ed aim of the present administration is
ftt length oiHcinlly recognized In the
rpcenf pirpular of the United states
military gpvermnpnt in ie Philippines
April 30 which wptps tQ American
school superintendents for ad and ad
vice in the ojvljjatiQn of this new
part of our t mpiro
Fifth Because he is the only one
who distinctly recognizes that the
practice of such imnpriniflm of the
doctrine in other words that WP hflYP
a right to plant our ling wherever we
please and hat once planted It mnst
never be lowered or withdrawn ap
plies just a logically to Cuba or Chirip
as to the Philippines and is as likely to
be applied there and that thi process
If unchecked can only end in vaster
armies ever increasing pension lists
higher and hlghertnxes ending at last
In an oligarchy of rich men and in the
disappearance of the republic of Jeffer
son and Lincoln- Every vote for Mr
Brynn is a vote to avert this end
Thomas WEXTWOnTTJ BjqcpiSQH
The Immediate Issae
Imperialism Is at once theparamount
and the Immediate issue Major Mc
Kinley with all his sulftiniss and all
his smug hypocrisy cannot dodge or
obscure it The flag Is being trailed In
the dust of his ignoble amotion nnrt
these conditions Demobrhcy is waging the blood of our lateaUies ferfidiously
A
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AN emperor DRIFT IS D JSOCRTIC
PRESIDENT
President McKinley Will At-
Anson Phelps Stokes Declares tempt to Stem the Tide
Government Cannot Long
Last Under One
Anson Phelps Stokes a Gold Demo
crat widely Ruowu in financial circles
declares against McKinley and imre
rialism Mr Stokes is a banker and
his wealth Is estimated at 90000000
He a few days ago sent the following
letter to S c Hughes chairman oft j
Greater N 1ork Association of Anti
imperialist tubs
Deah Sin Your letter of 30th ult
has licj ti f t a riled to me here I vuu
seui to tin im of my name as an hon-
orary m mber of the Greater New York j thousands of votes by his epigram
Assonation of Anti imperialist Clubs
flnd tovcetlA speeches
alism is certainly the par- ml iii- nomnWfltlc
nuiouti us uf ti flection Win t
wov i pntf of 1775 bine
tho t ill ol tic us5tlon that the cur
rency iUfston is men important than
taatiwi uiMmrt repn sentatiou or gov
ern m as without the consent of the
goveinidV
If we are to become a shark nation
let us ar a t go through the prescrib
ed
before we -preferable
t
Its vict in
swallows it
Those rt
her tii nee
shouid tiui
Ity hv
hign p
bidding l
aggress
mudn
I like a shark turn over
r prey The shark is
anaconda which hugs
tiers It all over and then
truly appreciate our In-
- fry regulated by law
n tile most effective pro
test nguim the attempt now made in
the mteres of great corporations and
scheming p iiticians to disguise
of tine phrares about our
r code of morals for-
aunt xafion as criminal
l promises of
d wlun we secure control
to uiii i nevoient assimilation or
Bu li una ir self government as
may he eon- nt with our duties and
Inn rests or as we may think best for
the goverm d who must also In case
we allow them a form of constitution
make it pro ide for such relations with
us as we may consider satisfactory
etc
Our form of free government of the
people by the people and for the peo
ple cannot long endure under a
perir or an imperial president
Yours very truly
Axson PiiELrs Stokes
i V
i That the leaders cf a great party should
claim for an president or conpresa the right
to treat millions of peopje as nierp 4post
sessions pnd deal wjth them unrestrained
by the conritiitipn or the bill of rights
shows liov far ye hvo already departed from I
the ancient landmarks and Indicates what
may bp expeted if this nation deliberately
enters upon a career of empire W
Hrvan
Mprp nptpnf Than Money
V llllll Itllill
rrnmonit Ianp
ji
I take this occasion to reassert mv
belief in the principle which uuderli
the income tax Congress should have
authority to levy and collect an income
tax whenever necessary and an
amendment to the federal constitution
specifically conferring such authoritv
ought to be supported by even tho
Who may think the tax unnecessary at
this time In the hour of danger the
government can draft the citizen- It
ought to he able to draft thp pocket
book as Unless money is more
precious than blood we cannot afford
to give greater protection to the In
comes of the rich than to the lives of
the poor- William Bryans Letter of
Acceptance
If tnP nation vrnnts a colpnial
ppltcy If run have it If fliis nation
Tvants fp own people it pan own
them It wil have tP pljansp it
constitntion to do It bn vrp crn
phnitgre flie constitution If neeearr
I p on hf fhPOry ttynt a man or
people pan do whatever they wai t
to They inay Ipte tlioir pwn Mber
tie In thp attempt they may snerd
Kreat denl of woneyi llioy may sac
rifice a prreat many liven but
Ameriean people can do what tuev
want o tvt when they dp a thins
they must reeoKiiIzp tljat In dqlpc it
they muftt nurie responsibility top
what thpy q Tcr cnPHOt repeal
the laws p Pd- They cannot
chanpe the lawn pf nature npr can
they prevent the pf those
penalties that will pomp with the
violation p liupiap rIMi Whether
the vfplation comes from an indi
vidual pr scroop of individuals or
n ureal nation W 1 prynn
tel tne American pepple what their
duty is They depide for themselves
Jfp president ean tell pa whit our
destiny Is It is what we nmjee it
pud In the bands of the American
people we leave this ereat problem
with the confident belief that pa
triotism and intelligence of the peo
ple will be eqaal to the emergency
as they have been equal to all cmer
genoics In the past WV J Bryan
TO EEVIYEPE0NTP0E0H0A2OAIGN
gothcred by the ChlHcat SHoatloa
Prosperity Shown JJp by the Coal
Strike Whole Conntry la Aronsed
of Imperialism De
to the Dancer
mocracys Prospects Very Brlcht
Special Washington Letter
President McKinley will return to
Canton A strong effort will be made
to revive the front porch campaign
McKinley realizes that Bryan Is
JUS UJ11C 13 AJIiwmj iu4vv
Something must be done to stem the
tide President McKinley wont make
any votes by his front porch speeches
because he will only talk to those al
ready committed to his cause bnt he
will feel better to be busy It is very
harassing to attend to business at the
White House and feel that the country
Is passing adverse judgment on the ad
ministration of the past four years
When at Canton the President can
get his mind away from the Chinese
situation lie can do the ostrich act
and by hiding his head in the sand flat
ter himself into the belief that the
country does not know what he is do
ing in China
Already the Chinese expedition has
cost the country over 10000000 and
for what Our citizens were rescued
several weeks ago The troops are not
to be withdrawn except to the coast
and McKinley hopes that a re election
will leave him free to take part in the
partitioning of China The people
however understand this latest devel
opment of imperialism and militarism
Thecountry is now threatened with
a serious domestic disturbance Some
thing must be wrong with the full dm
ner pail when over 140000 miners go
on strike In the anthracite region of
Pennsylvania
The fact is that these men average
about 00 cents a day and about four
days work In the week For months
they have been pleading with the oper
ators for living wages They have of
fered to submit their case to arbitra
tion The operators have refused their
request
The coal combination really doesnt
care very much if the men do go on
strike The coal output this year ap
proximates HdouOOOO tons The pro
duction in August alone was G19000
tons over the same month last year
The coal barons will simply put the
price of coal up They already an
uuunee an advance of 1 a ton So a
strike really means millions In their
pockets because It gives them an ex
cuse to squeeze the consumer
It is a striking answer to tb Repub
llcan prosperity argument that right
In the midst of the campaign these
thousands of miners should declare
We inlht ns well starve Idle
lYorkinsr
It is starvation for the men anyhow
unless public sentiment ean compel the
coal operators to pay decent wages
Tile conditions in Pennsylvania are
terrible The public will be shocked
to learn under what circumstances
these meu and their families have been
dragging out an existence
Hanua would have given a good big
slice of his campaign fund to have de
ferred the strike until after election
But the operators are so secure In their
monopoly that they would not make
the slightest concession to the men
They callously told Hanna they be
lieved his predictions of a few months
ago that McKinley would be re elected
without trouble and they really didnt
see why a presidential election should
interfere with their private affairs
This attitude is an emphatic remind
er that the trusts and combinations
merely regard the administration as
their tool They do not propose to
take advice from Hanna They merely
dictate their desires to him and expect
to see them enrried out
It Is vrell for the people to
er
luin sxriKe anij decide TrliethoP
One hundred thousand Democratic facts as to the conduct of this
club memlie s from every state in the tratjon cannot be concealed
Union will rather at Indianapolis Oct imperialism persists In being a live
S compare nutes and return home to Issue in spite of Republican efforts to
light the fires of leffersonian principles put the silver scare to the front As
upon every hilltop in the land Pryfin said q question like
racy lias no money wherewith to ism that qffects the very foundations
rupt vrfers and debauch the ballot of government Is much more important
pox iit
than pur
workers w
bppcjii
Pianist
C tin 5vtMl fr tf
tmi ib more potent man some p ssjujp uuancinl legislation
nti army of 2000000 which can e changed by any cougress
an neither be stifled nor If not satisfactory to the people
Nov the Republicans are trying to
muse tue peepie Delleve that the
tK
thpy van afford to have another four V t
years of a trust controlled
trntlon
Thf prospects of Democratic success
grow brighter every day The con
science of the country is aroused The
Republican policy of sarcasm and
iuu uoea uoi satisty the voters The
tinn nf Rut ii i ni
vw wi iti mi tt in iiiniitJiiiiiriiiT i -
laun apparently is - rJ UJUUU
rlencfng rr nn ty in drumming it J l Iue eoatry
into the s f wealthy Republicans 2u 7 bvl
nt the pa -a mount issue is the size of TJ5 th nt S tter f Bryim Is
eiecteq and with
r M M VM hlra
heir cheeks Aunconda Mon democratic
rd
In this ca rilpn we are standing
apon the frrent fndnnjental princi
ples of hpmun rlIiJn and human lib
prtlea Ve Insist that It Is not n
house the present congress baa still rha
chnrf omotrtn t i
I -wt ouoouu iu uuicu to amend its
tiom sianuara Din m any manner it
pleases
They also neglect to point out that
the Kennto nnnniTi -
gbestlpn p what tftls natlpn can do M get a
it is a qnestion qt what this nation cr5lc majority until two years hence
Butht fp do pnd up president can and not tupn nless the people prefer
It Tllrw rU1
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m uepunucan course is
disingenuous and is losing McKinley
votes that he sorely needs
- A White
Coal Miners Unreasonable
The coal miners of Pennsylvania are
Unreasonable And they are
TPRf thcy dpcIine to indorse
- Major
McKinley s beautiful nrnmrf
mauce as gospel truth v
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