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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 12, 1901)
I Kmasculatlaff Democracy. In real democracy there is throbbing , I ever-present life. There is nothing .more vigorous and virile than democ racy when it stands for the rule of the people the right of the people to con trol their own government and the -capacity of the people for self-govern ment. Democracy in an open fight eed not fear either aristocracy the rule of the best ( as they stylethem c selves ) or plutocracy , the rule of the rich. In an honest fight democracy can rely with confidence upon the righteousness of its"cause and trust the conscience and intelligence of the people. Victory may be delayed , but it cannot be prevented if the democrat ic party remains steadfast in its sup port of democratic principles. The greatest danger which confronts de I mocracy today is that it will be emas culated and robbed of it force and vi Bf tality "by those who cling to the dem ocratic name but constantly give aid -and comfort to the republican party. For the purpose of illustration three daily papers may be mentioned. They loudly proclaim their loyalty to dem ocratic principles and roundly condemn thobe who were responsible for the Chicago platform. They deserted the ( 'r .party in 1896 and supported the Pal rf mer and Buckner ticket a ticket that _ , polled about one hundred and thirty thousand votes all told , and carried one precinct in the United States. They # ave a protesting support to the na tional ticket in 1900 and ever since the -election have been industriously at work "reorganizing" the democratic party. The papers referred to are the New York World , the Louisville Cour ier-Journal and the Chicago Chronicle. Each paper is the best representative of its class in the section in which it circulates. On the money question all three sup port the republican position ; they are mouth pieces of the great financiers ; they breathe the poisoned air that has passed through the lungs of Wall Street No financial policy is too cruel , no dollar is too dear , no money system too despotic for them to en dorse ; provided , always , it has the en- dorsement of" the money changers. They not only want to make gold , the only standard money but they want to retire the greebacks and substitute na tional bank notes. They often prate of their love of Jefferson , and yet they know that Jefferson was always and at all times the enemy of banks of is sue. They conjure with the name of Jackson , and yet Jackson made his greatest reputation fighting a bank of Issue. If these papers had their way the democratic party would disregard entirely the interests wbich the masses have in a stable dollar , and would make the party the exponent of those whom Carlisle once described as the "idle holders of idle capital. " J.i | i On the question of imperialism.these II' ' papers do not entirely agree. The I World still condemns an imperial pol ; ! icy , while the Courier-Journal and B Chronicle advocate a surrender to the republicans on this issue. The Courier Journal admits that the democratic position is tho correct one BO far as principles are concerned , but contends that commercialism is "bound to win and that the democratic party should "get into the band wagon.3 It preaches the gospel of expediency a doctrine which demoralizes the party "by making everything subordinate to the desire to win a temporary success. The Chronicle goes a little farther and declares that the democratic party would not carry out the promise made made last fall , even it could. The fol lowing is from a recent editorial in that paper : "There will be no revolution in American politics which will result in conferring independence on the peo ple of the Philippines. If the demo crats should carry the next presiden tial election , and should elect a ma jority of both houses of congress , the Philippines would not be abandoned. They are with us for good'or 'for evil , as time shall determine , and it is mostly for them to say whether it shall be for their good. " It will be remembered that the dem ocratic national convention of 1900 , without a dissenting vote , and amid unparalleled enthusiasm , declared it be the duty of this nation to imme diately announce its purpose : First to establish a stable government in the Philippines ; second , to turn that gov ernment over to the Filipinos and give them independence , and third , to pro tect the Filipinos from outside inter ference as we have protected the re publics of Central and South America. There was difference of opinion as to wording of the money plank , but none as to the party's position on imperial ism. And yet. the Courier-Journal and the Chronicle are willing to give up the defense of the Declaration of Independence and accept the republican theory of government a theory iden tical with that announced by George the Third. On the trust question no two of the three papers agree. The World is very much afraid of the trusts , but does not A number of mouthpieces of trusts and monopolies profess to be greatiy scandalized because the striking steel workers broke certain contracts said to have been made wilh their employ ers. But these mouthpieces insist by implication that it is right and proper for the strikers to break their contracts with their fellows and repudiate their unions. Has it come to pass that it is no sin to break a contract unless it happens to be a contract made with a trust ? vi' 't"l"Z' ' 'I'T V 'V 'l"r "T know what to do about them ; the Courier-Journal does not know wheth er it is afraid or not , and the Chronicle isn't worried at all , but all three of the papers lose no opportunity to mis represent and malign those who are in earnest in their efforts to destroy pri vate monopoly. The papers above mentioned illus trate the confusion , conflict and un certainty that-prevail among.those who oppose the Kansas City platform. If a convention were called of the daily pa pers which want to repudiate the Kan sas City platform , and their editors were required to submit a new plat form satifactory to all f them , they would adjourn sine die before they agreed upon a single important plank. They represent all shades of opinion on every question and are harmonious about nothing except their contempt for the patriotism and intelligence of the more than six million voters who in spite of corruption and coercion sup ported the party in two national cam paigns. The Kansas City platform i a positive , clear and emphatic applica tion of democratic principles to pres ent conditions. When a person stands upon that platform and gives to it his unqualified endorsement , the "people know what to expect of him. The opponents of that platform , however , quarrel and contend over every proposition submitted. Some want the party to boldly declare for the gold .standard ; others favor a cowardly evasion of the whole ques tion. Some want the party to declare openly in favor of banks of issue ; oth ers want the party to keep still on the question in its platform , but to lend the party's influence after election to the retirement of the greenbacks. Some want the party to continue the fight against imperialism ; some want the party to quit opposing imperialism and acquiesce in it without endorsing it , while others think that the party should have the courage to commend the administration's course. Some think that all trusts are bad ; som6 think that part of the trusts are good _ and a part of them bad , and still oth ers believe that tbe trust is an econom ic development that is entirel3' benefi cent in its operations. The difference of opinion which man ifests itself in the discussion of the larger questions is no less conspicuous in the discussion of minor questions. Because they can agree upon no 'plat form the reorganizers content them selves with criticising democratic prin ciples and republican individuals. Is it strange that the democratic party has made slow progress when it is remembered that for five years the leading dailies , which claim to be dem ocratic , have given more assistance to the opposition than to their own party ? Between .campaigns theyhave been condemning the platform of the party and discrediting those who endorsed the platform : it is impossible for such papers to repair during the campaign the damage which they do between campaigns. But for the weekly pa pers , which have for the most part re mained loyal , the democratic voter * would have had little opportunity to read democratic literature. The re publicans , on the contrary , have all their daily papers , all their weekly pa pers , and a considerable portion of the so-called democratic dailies continu ously explaining and in whole or in part defending the course of the ad ministration. The only wonder is that the rank and file of the party should have shown itself as steadfast as it has. If those who call themselves democrats will defend the democratic platform for the next three years we can win in 1904 ; but it is difficult to win when a numerically smal 1 but fi nancially influential portion of the party is constantly compromising with the republicans. The esteemed Chicago Chronicle seems fond of telling how fusion has failed in Nebraska. Let's see about that. Fusion rescued the state from republican control after thirty years of fruitless effort on the part of dem ocracy. It retired a republican senator after the state had been the victim of unbroken republican senatorial repre sentation for more than a quarter of a century. It reduced the republican representation in the lower house from three to two and added four to the op position. It uncovered 5500,000 of fi nancial rottenness in the state's finan ces and saved thousands o { dollars to the permanent school fund. It cleared the political atmosphere in Nebraska , and had democratic newspapers like the Chronicle worked as hard for the success of democratic principles as the democrats of Nebraska did , the pre ent day rule of trusts and monopolies would not be in existence , the flag would not be dishonored abroad , the constitution would not be a literary collander. and the principles of the Declaration of Independence would yet be in full force and effect. Doubtless the g.o.p. leadersreferred to the full dinner pails of the gentle men who control the output of steel. Five men may meet secretly and lay plans to crush an independent manu- eacturcr , and that is called financier ing. Five hundred men may meet openly and endeavor to persuade their fellows to stand by the just demands of organized laoor , and that is called intimidation and punished by prison sentences. In the face of an industrial war the republicans of Ohio demand a cam. paign on state issues. Over in Penn sylvania the republicans demand a campaign on national issues. Kaiser Sends Word to Chinese Smpiroi that More is Expected. FUTURE CONDUCT TO INFLUENCE Tom Ketteler's Murder to Be Expiated by Good Behavior Kmperer William Ira- preMca Chan With the Solemnity of the Occasion. BERLIN , Sept. 5. Emperor Will iam's reception.of the Chinese.mission of expiation headed by Prince Chuan , which took place today at Potsdam , was marked with all the severity con sistent with an audience nominally friendly. The Chinese imperial envoy on en tering the palace was not accorded a salute by the Garde du Corps. The emperor received him seated. The but tons and epaulettes of his majesty's white uniform were enveloped in crape. Prince Chun bowed thrice on entering and leaving. Emperor William re mained seated during the reading of the Chinese address. Afterward , how ever , he relaxed his stern demeanor and welcomed the envoy courteously and subsequently , accompanied by his adjutant , he called upon Prince Chun at the Orangerie. Later in the evening the emperor , Prince Chun and a dozen members of the expiatory mission took tea on an island in the Spree. The emperor had evidently arranged the entire ceremony with the view of impressing Prince Chun that the cere mony meant expiation for a foul crime and only through expiation had Prince Chun acquired the right to be treated with princely honors. Not until after the ceremony did the atmosphere change. Then the troops outside sa luted , the bands played and the Hus sars escorted Prince Chun back to the Orangerie. The imperial envoy seemed deeply Impressed with the solemnity of the occasion and when summoned to the throne room he showed visible embar rassment. He'bowed repeatedly while approaching the throne and his voice was agitated while he was reading the Imperial address. The entire manner of Emperor Will iam was calculated to impress Prince Chnn with the solemnity of the cere monials. He spoke emphatically and seriously , emphasizing particularly the word "civilized. " The ceremony lasted only ten min utes. In the meantime six Chinese dignitaries of the highest rank who were halte.d in the anteroom remained there perfectly motionless and speech less , awaiting Prince Chun's return with evident anxiety. ' Prince Chun retired backwards from the throne room , bowing profusely. According to the Lokal Anzeiger , the Chinese envoy will breakfast tomor row with the emperor and empress. There was apparently but little pub lic interest in the mission among the people of Berlin. A small but demon strative crowd watched Prince Chun driving in the park. END Of STRIKE MAY BE NEAR. Conference of Labor Leaders and Steel V Officials in Session in New York. NEW YORK , Sept. 5. A conference * t which conditions of peace in the great steel strike are being discussed is in progress at the office of the United States Steel corporation. The participants in the discussion include Charles M. Schwab of the United States Steel coi'poration , Sampel Gompers , president of the American Federation of Labor ; John Mitchell , president of the United Mine Workers' association ; Prof. Jenks of the Industrial commis sion , Secretary R. M. Easley of the Civic Federation , and Harry White , secretary of the Garment Workers' as sociation. The conference was arrang ed this morning and was asked for by Samuel Gompers and John Mitch ell , who are believed to be acting in behalf of President Theodore J. Shaf fer and the Amalgamated association. They reached here early this morning an were joined by Messrs. Jenks , Easley and White. The entire party came down town at 12 o'clock and at 12:15 o'clock entered the office of the United States Steel corporation. They were received by Mr. Schwab and shown to the consulting room. Shortly after their arrival Verly Preston and some of the officials of the subsidiary companies entered Mr. Schwab's office and joined the confer ence. None of the participants in the conference could be seen and the ba sis of the discussion could not be [ earned. Chnn Calls on the Emperor. POTSDAM , Sept 5. Prince Chun visited the mausoleum at Frfenden- xirche today and placed wreaths on the tomb of the Emperor and Em press Frederick. Emperor William re ceived Prince Chun at noon in the presence of the royal princes , Baron Von Richthofen , the foreign secretary , the principal ministers and generals and the court dignitaries. The prince read a letter , written ia yellow ink , to the emperor. START ON THE EXPOSITION. daberate Ceremonies Mark tbe of tbe FIrmt Stake. ST. LOUIS , Sept. 4. Just four months from the date of the organi sation of the exposition company the first stake of the World's fair , to be held in this city in 1903 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Louis iana purchase , was driven today on the site at Forest park. Officers and directors of the LouisianaPurchase Exposition company , municipal offi cers and others assembled this fore noon on the site near the structural center of the grounds and there the stake was * driven by William H. Thompson , president of the Bank of Commerce , la his official capacity of chairman of the committee on grounds and buildings. President David R. Francis of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition com pany , C. W. Wai bridge , representing the committee on ceremonies , and President Hiram Philipps of the Board of Public Improvements made address es. At the conclusion of 'the ceremo nies the stake , which had been spe cially prepared for the occasion , was withdrawn for preservation and a stake ordinarily used by surveyors substituted for it. According to the plans adopted by the commission of architects , the principal buildings agricultural , mines and minerals , fisheries , trans portation and fine arts will be built on foundation lines radiating from the pointyhere the first stake was driven. COMES THE MASTERS' WAY. Steel Strike Develops More Gains for the Trust Operator. PITTSBURG , PA. , Sept. 4. Develop ments today in the steel strike show decided gains for the manufacturers. The accession of thirty-two skilled men to the Star plant , the increased production at the Painter and the Lindsay & McCutcheon mills , the de fection from the strikers' ranks of seventy-five machinists and pipe cut ters at the Continental Tube works and fifty at the Pennsylvania Tube works , the importation of twelve men to the Monessen Steel Hoop mill and the installation of three mills en the night turn at the Clark mill all point to an early resumption all along the * line , as viewed by the steel officials. The Amalgamated officials , however , make the claim that everything is progressing satisfactorily and say that much of the supposed advantage of the manufacturers is bluff and can not be made good. As an instance they cite the Lindsay & McCutcheon plant , where the company claims to have as many men at work as they can accommodate. ERANCE KEEPS A BOLD ERONT. Refuses to Yield Its Demands Upon the Sultan. CONSTANTINGPE , Sept. 4. Munir Bey , Turkish ambassodor to France , wired the porte on Saturday that he had strong hopes that a settlement of the Franco-Turkish difficulty would be reached which would preserve the dignity of both governments. M. Delcasse , French minister of for eign affairs , on the contrary , wired M. Bapst , councillor of the French em bassy , categorical instructions to take no steps to show that the re lations getween the two countries were modified. For Violation of Game taw. DES MOINES , Sept. 4. Judge N. M. Hubbard of Cedar Rapids and Judge H. H. Timble of Keokuk were arrest ed at Ledyard , Kossuth county , by Deputy Game Warden Murphy , charg ed with violating the game law. They were tried before a justice of the peace , who reserved decision until he could look up the law. Judge Hub- bard acted as counsel for himself and Judge Timble. First Stake on State Fair Site. ST. LOUIS , Sept. 4. Under the di rection of Chief Architect Isaac S. Tay lor , a party of surveyors , whose duty it will be to run the lines of the buildings erected on the World's fair site in Forest park , will drive the first stake of the Louisiana Purchase Cen tennial exposition today. This survey is necessary to determine accurately the space available for the structures. Whisky or the Revolver. CEDAR FALLS , la. , bept. 4. J. H. Hough 'was found dead near Parkers- burg with a revolver in one hand and a bottle of whisky in the other. He was 45 years old. He was unmarried. The body was buried in the potter's field. Financing : the Omaha tine. CHICAGO , Sept 4. It is reported , says the Tribune , that President Stickney of the Great Western has succeded in forming a syndicate to underwrite an .issue of $5,000,000 Chi cago Great Western debenture bonds , to provide for the building of the proposed extension to Omaha and Sioux City. Work on these extensions Is to be commenced next spring , but some preliminary grading may be done this y ar. Hon. James Wilson Invited to Ooma and be Convinced , THE'flNEST EXmBirOf THE YEA * ThU YJgoreas YOHB § § tate a Terr ! partamt Fart of the Cor * Belt Comlaf Back to < : G d's Conatry" MUeellaa- eea * Nebraska Matters * LINCOLN , Sept. 4. The following message was sent by telegraph to James E. Wilson , secretary of agri culture , at Washington : "The Nebraska State Board of Agri culture sends greeting and cordially requests your presence at the finest agricultural exhibits shown in the United States during the year 1901. "E. L. VANOE , President. " "It has been demonstrated that W > braska is a very important part of the corn belt , " said a member of the board , referring to the message , "and we want the man who said the state was not in the corn belt to come here 'and be convinced of his error. If Mr. Wilson comes to Lincoln he will see corn that is not excelled in any state in the union and we will have no dif ficulty in proving that both in acreage and yield Nebraska occupies a posi tion pretty near the top of the col umn. " -The sending of the message was the result of a conference of the board of agriculture , held soon after the state fair gates closed Monday. It was unanimously agreed that the agricul tural and live stock exhibits at the fair surpass all previous efforts in this state. Claims of this nature have" been made during the last two or three days , but they were generally thought by the public to be exaggerated. Now the board has reaffirmed the claim and went still further by sending the en thusiastic message to Secretary Wil son. Back to God' * Country * OMAHA , Sept. 4. The man who left Nebraska twenty-one years ago locSc- ing for a better place to live has been heard from and he wants to come back. His name is Charles F. Adel- mann of Socorro , N. M. , and he writes the following plaintive note to J. Francis , general passenger agent of the Burlington : "I have seen an ad. in the Corn Belt , 'Where Shall I go in Nebraska ? ' and this is just what a few friends of mine and I would like to know. We have been here now over twenty-one years and want to get back to God's country again. We used to live in Omaha , Columbus and Madison , from 1872 to 1879 , but there the land is high now. Will you please mail me a few of your new books , 'The Nebraska Grazing Country ? ' " Mr. Adelmann's request for informa tion about God's country has been granted and , if nothing unforseen oc curs , it is probable that Nebraska will receive a few m'ore settlers , despite the drouth stories so freely bandied about by the yellow journals. Requisition for Owen E. Manon. LINCOLN , Bept. 4. A requisition on the governor of Colorado for ths return of Owen 'E. ' TMason , who is want- ' ed in Tecumseh to answer to tha charge of embezzlement , was issued by Governor Savage. Mason is accused of stealing ? 60 from the treasury of the Tecumseh lodge of the Knights of Maccabees. It is alleged that he took the money while it was in his posses sion as record keeper of the lodge. M. S. Pollard Is Commander. CAMBRIDGE , Neb. , Sept. 4. The Southwest District Grand Army of the Republic Reunion association elected these officers : Commander , M. S. Pol lard ; vice commander , A. G. Keyes ; junior vice commander , John Gany- mill ; quartermaster , W. W. Borland ; chaplain , Rev. O. R. Beebe. The elect ive officers constitute the administra tive council. The reunion will be in Blair Refunds Its Debt. BLAIR , Neb. , Sept. 4. At a special meeting of the city council last night 520,000 of water refunding bonds and 5.000 of city court house bonds , which have been .drawing 7 per cent for fif teen years , were sold to Matthiesen Bros. , retired merchants of this city , on their own bid at 4 per cent , par. Sowing Wheat at Beaver Crossing. BEAVER CROSSING , Neb. , Sept. 4. The farmers are sowing fall wheat The seed bed is in the finest condition it has been for many years , and acreage will be large. Third Trip to the Philippines. LINCOLN , Sept 4. Lieut R. B. McConnell , formerly of the State uni versitywill sail for the Philippines on his third trip to the islands on September 15. Lieutenant McConnell Brst went out with Company H , First regiment He was first sergeant. Afterwards he enlisted with the Thir ty-ninth Infantry and after his com pany was mustered out returned to Nebraska. Two weeks ago he passed his examination. FINDS BOGUS SODA FLAVORS. Artificial Compound I * Mad * to Take the Place of Vaalla. The chemist and the prevention of sale of adulterated and impure food have put their rejected brand on an other"-favorite beverage. Patrons of the seda fountain who have been taught to ask for lemon or vanila flav oring , for the alleged reason that those sirups were less liable than others to adulteration , will be surprised at tho assertion that there is no extract for which substitutes are more often used than vanilla. This is said on the au thority of the Massachuetts board of health. The true vanilla bean costs from $12 to $16 per pound , and were there no substitute it could not be used so freely and so extensively as at pres ent Vanillin , the active property of the extract , can be made from other substances at a cost of about $2 per gallon. The artificial compound is chemically-Identical with the vanillin found in the true vanilla extract ana therefore has come to be used exten sively by manufacturers and dealers. It has been made for commercial pur poses from turpentine , but more satis factory results are obtained from oil of cloves or benzoic acid , and it is now extracted chiefly from these. It is con sidered harmless when taken in small quantities and has been found to pos sess certain medicinal properties. Ex periments on frogs with large quanti ties have , however , caused spinal con- vulsions. There Is some comfort for confirmed soda water drinkers , and a general warning for others , in the fur ther statement by the Massachusetts authorities that the metallic contami nation of the water used in a glass of soda is far more detrimental to health than any adulteration of the flavoring sirup. Chicago Chronicle. A SPORTING PARSON. He Boldly Declares That Betting In Not Intrinsically Sinful. In a recent issue of the London Church Times a Church of England clergyman , signing himself "Sporting Parson , " has a long letter , in which he asks whether gambling is really a sin , and comes to the conclusion that it is not. To drink wine or beer in moderation is not , he says , a sin. neither is gambling conducted in the saraeNway and within one's means. As an undergraduate he used to attend Newmarket out of sheer love of horse flesh , and at the university steeple chases he and his friends frequently made bets , and the reckoning up of their gains and losses added much to the fun of the day. Same with cards always for small sums. When or dination came round , and he had to make his first confession , he had many grave sins to admit , but he did not regard them as breaches of the commandments. The "Sporting Par son" grants , however , that "a great deal of play may be justly discouraged on the ground of its being a fatuous if not a ridiculous and contemptible amusement , and therefore deleterious" in the same way as it is deleterious to eat the skins of baked potatoes the hurt of one's digestion. ' Let us ( he concludes ) do all we can to check the evils of gambling , but do not let zeal outrun discretion and say that to bet is intrinsically sinful , as that is not true , and no cause , however good , can be really helped forward by anything that is untrue or even exaggerated. * N E WEST FOOD WH IM. Vital Staff Is the Sort to Take Into Your System. We are told that in order properly to support life it is essential to feed " p.n vitdl food. By vital food , apparent ly , is meant food that in some sort lives. Nothing must be cooked , for "fire destroys life ; " but anything may be sun-dried , for "the sun imparts life. " All meat is rigorously excluded from this new dietary , on the ground that flesh implies the loss of life to the animal , and therefore , by meta phorical implication , to the man who consumes it. But on this theory it would surely be permissible to eat , for instance , fresh oysters. As they have a larger share of vital force than , shall we say , a cabbage stalk , they ought to- impart a greater degree of vital force to their consumer. The chief merit of this strange system lies in the neces sity it lays upon its supporters to con sume large quantities of fruit It is probable that the ordinary man's diet would , Irom the point of view of1 health , be greatly improved if he ate- something like 20 times as much fruit'1 as he does. Farmhand Goes for a Fortune. Peter N. Oague , a farmhand who has worked near Piedmont , S. D. , for sev eral years , left for Denmark , to take possession of his share of a fortune amounting to $11,000,000. For 20 years relatives of the man have been look ing for him. He dropped his last name when he came to America and was known as Peter Nelson. By accident he learned of his good fortune. He showed important papers proving his identity. He is related to some of the wealthiest men in Denmark , including some of the officers of the army. After he had purchased his ticket here for Denmark he was nearly penniless. Showman Punished for Faking- . A mob at Wichita , Kan. , wrecked the tent of Hi Ki , a wild man , because he didn't eat raw liver , as the bills said he would do. And a local police judge upheld the act , on the ground that when people pay out good money to see a man eat raw liver , they have the right to see him eat raw liver or know the reason why. About 10,000 letters o local origia for local delivery are sent to the dead letter office from the Chicago postoffice every month.
