Nebraska Newspapers

    The Norfolk Ntus
Tlio Kuiisns populists cannot lull ac
knowledge t In corn
Over 1000 ohihTron will bo cvcludod
from flic New York schools Mils ycur
because of luck of room
In Hnssin in n population of PWOW
000 tlicro nro only 7 lit newspapers
This Is only mm for every 170000 people
Mr Urynn siijm llul prosperity ennnot
last That depends With William
Jennings Bryan piosidont it crlnlnly
would not
With llniininnd McLiin both riiHn
ilig Mm iinti trust program in the Ohio
campaign whnl chance is tlicro for
ordinary mon
Amos Allen is I ho man who is likly
to succeed Tom Hoed in congress Mr
Allen in unfortunate in having u very
big place to 1111
Since ho ran up against Mint ilOOOOOOOO
bushel corn crop in his trip thinngh
Nebraska last week it is no wonder that
Hoi Bryan looks worried
To olVset many of liin hotter girts An
ilrow Carnegie has given fJHM to tho
Anti imperialistic league Why not
give it diroutly to Agulnnldo
lohii H McLean may not favor re
taining tho 1hilippineH lint when it
comes lo personal ambitions Mr McLean
is n thoroughbred expansionist
Tho Honorable limn lay Lent mis
representative from Ohio likens Agiiin
aldo to Patrick Henry Mr Kent also
likens Altgeld to Washington Jefferson
Tiioksnn and Lincoln
Li Hunt Cluing siys Aguiimldo could
1m bought Wont someone buy him
thou and brine him to this country and
furnish his services to the democratic
national committee next year
Tho imports of manufactures in the
fiscal year IS11 were nearly 100000000
less than in lKIO while oxportsof maim
fiottuos wrro nearly fOOOOOOOO more
in ISPS than they were in 1800
A Kansas editor circulation upwards
of 500 subscribers announces that he
will henceforth spell republican with a
small r Patty loadt rs should at once
adopt some menus of overcoming this
influence
Tho London Tunes which likeall
Knglisluuon would like to see free trade
in America fears Mint our protootivo
tariff has been found to bu too good n
thine to fongo This fear is well
grounded
Well does S enter Forakor say As
long as the Filipino war continues there
can be but two sides to ir anil only one
is the American side Wliere our Hue
and our soldiers are theie must stand
tho whole American people
it was not many months ago that it
was vehemently asserted that Americans
could not live in the Philippines Yet
the rehiring volunteers for the larger
putt come back in splendid health and
give the Ho to such btatoinents
The shrieks for Dewey to become
their presidential candidate by tho
lending democratic journals of tho coun
try is a frank ndinissiou that their out
look for sueoss uiilo s they can get a
war hero next year itjn very slim one
Thoy may como along palming them
selves off us nnti imperialists but they
will bo found to bo tho same old free
trade objectors not satisfied with the
present prosperous condition of tho
country but doubtless wanting a return
to tho dflectado period under Cleveland
and tho beautiful Wilson low tariff law
lorry Simpson of sockless famosaid at
a Ci A H reunion in Kansas Mm other
day I believe John Browns soul is
marching with Aguinaldo whereupon
the soldiors rose euinasso and hooted
him off tho platform Jerry has found
that Americanism is very much alive in
tho sunllowor state Ho has probably
joined tho permanent ranks of states
men out of n jb
Tho Now York Journal an ardent
expansionist fully supports Coloiol
Bryan It says however that all den i
crats aro uuited for expansion and then
makes the surprising auununcomout
that Mr Bryan will before tho noxt
nomination learn tho difference betweou
expansion and imperialism This is tho
Journals first admission miuio 1801 that
Mr Bryan coud leru anything
Nebraska fusionists express consider
able uuuecessnry solcicitudo concerning
tho situation in Ohio hoping that Presi
dent MoKinleys home state iiiav not
R ipareiitly endorse his adminstratiou at
tho polls The tl iug for those sumo
fusionists to worry ub n is the situation
in Nebraska where Hryauo on state
shows evidences of kiokiug over the
traces nud defeating for supremo judge
the gontloinau who a few years ugo
carried the state by i0000 umjority for
governor
That 6uow storm in the Hod river
valley this week reminds tho writer
that when ho was at Winnipeg whloh
is mi the Ked river during the hitter
liart of July in the ptesent year it was
appncntly tho hottest place on earth
the thermomeiiter standing 100 in tho
shade and it can hardly ho realized
that in such a short time the ntmosphetc
has been chilled by the frosts of a hud
winter There Is one consolation uboul
it however and that is that the hordes
of moMiiitoes which made lilo a bunion
in that loctlily by their vicious attacks
have probably been buried under tho
snow
The fact that ho American Hag onco
more waves over slaves in Stilti does
not piovo that Mils government accepts
tho pi incipleof slavery intho Philippine
islands lis attitude is one of protection
lo Ihe ptoplo of tho Stilu islands and
every ellort will be made to educate
those people along lines of frcedou for
all No one can doubt that if Iho is
lands remain under the stars iiud stripes
slavery will disappear At present they
are by tho very necessity of the case
merely under the military power of
this government It is for congress to
say what shall bo done with thoiu
This congress will doat tho noxt session
The reply of Gen Simon Buokiier
who was the sound iiioney deinncratio
candidate for vice president in isilli to
Colonel Bryans in vital ion to come back
into the fold and the hitters plea for
harmony cannot bo very encouraging
or gratifying to the young man Tho
general says Not until they shall
ceise to distinguish between principle
and temporary expediency between
national faith ami national dishonor
between the welfare of tho people and
tho exaltation of aspiring political
charlatans between patriotism mid
parly servility will tho national democ
racy consent to be merged with tho
motley supporteis of Mint mosaic of
populism anarchy and public dishonor
known as thoChicugo platform of lSlKi
The worst charge that the World
Herald has been able to bring against
Judge Keese is that at one time ho was
not liked by the Bee That must
I n w that this is untiling nguinsf the
republican candidate for supremo judge
as the Bee in times past has been op
posed to many good men who have in
soino iimniior incurred its enmity Tim
fact that tho Bee is now supporting
Judge Heese should bo taken by the
World- Herald to mean Mint Hosowator
is endeavoring to retrieve past orrors
If this is tho worst tho World Herald
has against tho republican candidate it
had best subsido and not disgust its
renders by serving up to tliom u rehash
of Uosewaters runtiiigs when in a sulky
mood llosowiilors opposition to Ilocso
hurt him as much as anyone and it will
not strengthen Mr llolcoiubs chances
of election to dig it up ngaiu whon as a
matter of faot all political parties agree
that Mr Koese is a good mini for the
position
Irynns grand triumphal tour of
Nibriska last week resulted in a Hat
failure At none of the places he visited
win he received with anything nkin to
enthusiasm and ho did not draw as big
crowdsj as an ordinary 10 cent show
A gontloinau from this placo who was
at Laurel the day he was there savs it
was positively pitifnl to seo how lone
some the town was during his visit
A few pooplo wont to tho train upon
which ho arrived attractod by curiosity
hut there was not ovon a singlo cheer to
welcome him Ho pnradod abont tho
streets awhilo in a buggy but only si
lence awaitod him nt evory corner
When he loft town a fow woaknttonipts
wero niiido to enthuso but thoy fell Hat
and woro soon givou up Similar re
ports como from other points nt somo
places tho people going so far in show
ing their disapproval of tho candidate
ns t follow him with oheors for Mo
Kiuloy That was a sad tour for Mr
Bryan and It has probably opened his
eyes to tho fact that tho cause of 11 to 1
has boon rolegatod to tho rear in his
homo state
Tho editor of the Quinoy III Journal
who took tho trip to tho Pacific coast
with the National Editorial association
has this to sny concerning Nebraska
Let mo say right here and onco for nil
and us plain as I cau say it that I am
writing only of what I saw and not
of what lay beyond my vision It is fair
for me to assume however that what I
saw iB a fair sample of what I did not
seo Nor am I speaking of tho mines or
of tho milling possibilities of tho coun
try through which wo passed Yet I
know that all the miners in the moun
tains lying hetweon Moxico on the south
aud the dominion of Canada on tho
north tho Mississippi river ou tho east
aud the Pacitlo ocean on tho west will
uot this year tnko so niauy dollars iu
gold from tho mountains ns tho farmers
iu tho now stato of Nobraska will tnko
from tho soil of that state nothing like
it Why tho com crop alouo grown in
Nebraska this yonr will bo worth 100
000000 iu Chicago Will all the miners
iu all tho mountain country described
get so much gold It is doubtful But
this is just ouo crop iu u uew state Ne
braska Besides this aro wheat oats
rye barley hay nud potatoes sheep
cattlo horses hogs nud fruits When
we measure the gold and silver output
of the niouutaius by tho agricultural
output of the country it is but a trifle
u mere trifle
T11K NORFOLK NEWS THURSDAY OUlOHER 5 J809
The Sultan of Sultt and Bryan each
favor lo cent dollars though tho Sultan
probably docs not know any bettor
Mr John It McLean says there is u
very bright pnnptct of his election
Unfoi innately we loaned our telescope
to a populist friend who wanted to look
for cilamlty signs
Last year fusionists woro confident
that Ohio would go democratic and
thereby rebuke the McKinly adminis
tration but it stood by tho republicans
to the tune of more than 10 MM
Senator Fornkor denies that the larlll
is the mother of trusts hut sententious
lyndds lfil were tho tnrlll with its
attendant prosperity and trusts is bettor
than free trade and idleness want
hunger soup homes and rags
The opponents to President MoKin
leys foreign policy aro raising u fund to
send Congressman Lent of Ohio to the
Philippines Now if they will raise
another to keep him Micro thoy will
really ho entitled to the thanks of their
countrymen
John K M Lean the doinocrutic can
didate for governor in Ohio has wlsoly
purchased for tho purpose of suppres
sion Allen O Myors famous produc
tion Bosses and Hoodie in which the
dubious political methods of John IS
aro interestingly described
Speaking of ideas Mr Bryan says
We never know when wo are going to
get them Ho also sagely remarks
that hoinotiinos wo get tliom whon we
do not want to get thein A bright
contemporary happily adds and that
is also true of fleas and presidential can
didates
The republican party hasrdocoined its
pledges it has maintained sound
money and enacted a protective tan IV
Its leaders told tho pooplo Mint this
would restore confldinco nud it has
Prosperity is visible on every hand
The people will not forget They are
not blind to their best interests
Secrotary Hoot has promptly adopted
one of tho recommendations of tho
Porto Kicun commission by directing
tho commissary general to buy Porto
Hicau cotleo for use in tho nrmy A
large part of tho product will bo im
mediately purchased and tho nionoy for
it will to to those badly in need of it
Mark Twain is going to Princeton to
live But before ho goes will Mr Oloin
ons promiso not to niako fun of Grover
Clovoland Whatovor wo think of
thorn wo must not mnko light of our
ox presidonts though ns n mat tor of
fuct it might bo dillicult for oven Mark
Twain to niako light of Mr Clevelands
IHO jioniids avoirdupois
Data received by the Now York bu
reau of labor shows that tho percentage
of labor unemployed in the state is less
than one per cent and in some trades
nono nt all is reported Since tho state
bureau of statistics was first organized
there never has boon a time -when the
number of unemployed workniou was
anything like as small ns at prcsont
Tho rovolting Kentucky democrats
wore willing to keep silent last year
when Goobol was laying his plans for
counting out republicans but now that
ho has undertaken to count out opposing
democrats as woll thoir virtuous indig
nation breaks tho bonds of sileuco nud
thoy nro making very interesting dis
closures of Kentucky democratic
methods
If Groat Britain allows herself to go
to war with tho Boors nll tho indica
tions aro that she will find it no holiday
procession Oom Paul has bohiud him
S0000 mon armed to tho teeth who aro
among tho bravest of fighters and will
light with tho desperntiou that comes
to mou when thoy arobnttling for homo
and native land It is sincerely to bo
hopod that conflict will yet be avoided
It must heart ly disgust tho assailants
of the Administration to seo that most
of tho now appointments of ofllcors aro
thoso who served in Cuba or Porto Hico
aud that according to Secrotary Roots
report n largo mojurity of tho commis
sioned olllcers who 6orved in tho Spanish
wnr aro now applicants for these
positions Thus is tho lie givou to the
traitorous statements of tho Atkinal
doihtstotheetVect that tho ndministra
t ion is forcing a war to which tho bulk
of tho people aro opposed
Mr Havornioyer is tho personification
of iniquity in trust inauagonieiit Un
der tho democratic Wilson net he was
enabled to niako more money than over
before He has been the means of
closing more sugar factories and throw
ing more men out of employment than
any other man so that now his
hypocritical solicitude for the workiug
men is entitled to about as nmoh con
sideration ns his denunciation of tho
republicau tariff which cut his earnings
down to a reasonable basis of profit
Mr Hrynu says that wheii a new
baby is born into a household tho pnreuts
do not expel- tho other children Tho
democracyJhe says should gather all
tho now babies imperialism niili
fraryism and trusts as well as free
silver into Its arms and fight for thorn
But still as wo hear the first sounds of
the wick d onslaught wo fear that one
child 1 as boon forgotten mid loft out in
tho cold hard world too weak to oven
cry for help Forgotten Forgotten
Mr Bryans poor little first born Freo
Trade
Idgar Howard of tho PnpiUion Times
says ho never did and cannot now re
gard Judge Heese the republican noin
inco for supremo judge as dishonest
It is safe to siy this Is not alono the
opinion of the Times oditor hut of every
editor iu tho state regardless of political
alllliation Thoy nro compelled by n
losing cause to assiiino that ho might be
dishonest and cast slurs and Insinuations
at him but thoy aro tinablo to bring a di
rect chnrgo against him nor evou trump
up one that will stand the test of inves
tigation Judge Heeso iH u clean man
and there- is no gainsaying it
Tho fusionists have abandoned tho
wheat -silver proposition and all cal
culations concerning prosperity aro now
based on the value of corn vs lumber
and nails Strings of figures aro now
published to show the farmer how ho
is being ground into the dust by the
iron heel of oppression meaning of
course tho republican administration
These figures go to show how many
bushels of corn it took several yours npo
to buy so much lumber or nails and how
niaiij it now takes believing tho com
parison to bo convincing proof that
tlure is and has been no such thing as
prosperity It is undoubtedly an awful
condition of circuniBtancos aud those
who aro charitably inclined will do well
to emulate tho example sot during tho
famous Clovoland administration and
establish freo soup houses setting forth
as the menu lumber with nail dressi g
with wire fence mid staples as u relish
The campaign cry next year should be
not freo silver but freo lumber and
freo nails or most anything so it has
freo in it
Tho Last Hope of tho Kopublio is
the name of tho straight populist paper
of Lincoln which however is not able to
stand tho combination put up by tho fu
sion forces at Omaha As indicating
tho way it feels about tho hnad of tho
ticket tho following clippiugs will show
Silas A Holconib has twice been
elected to ollico on anti pass platforms
and each time ho proved to be tho worst
pass grabber on record Thats tho
kind of business that discredits a reform
party and a good turning dowu is what
tho traitors need Silas A Holconib
has been falso to every plank iu tho
Omaha platform The chief of his sins
is tho sell out on tho freo pass question
Noxt comes his connection with Bartloy
Aud think of tho sizo of a man who
would swear to vouchers drawing 50
per month house rent whon ho was
paying 10 a month for the house You
may say this is a small matter but it
amounted to a steal of 150 Would a
man of this sort respect tho oath of
olli c as supreme judge Would it be
safo to allow him to pas on questions of
property or money If the populists of
Nebraska cannot meet and nominate a
hotter man than Si Holconib for su
premo judge they had bettor tnko to
tho woods If the honest populists of
tho state desiro to perpetuate their party
thoy will call a now couvonMou And
thoy will mime their party tho populist
party The term pooplos independ
ent as used by the fusionists is a
fraud -
If ouo wants to gaiu an idea of tho
immensity of this country he can do it
iu no way so quickly ns by dwelling
briefly on the railroad figures compiled
by Poors Manual which is accepted
everywhere as authority on statistics of
this kind These for 1608 have just
been mado public They show that on
December ill 1898 tho number of miles
of rnilronds in tho United States was
18080 Tho total value of these roads
with their stook and equipment reached
tho enormous sum of more than twolvo
billion dollars Duriug tho year more
Minn 500000000 passengers wero car
ried aud S00000000 tons of freight
This tremendous business is tho out
growth of loss than threo qunrters of a
century Tho first railroad in tho coun
try wns the Baltimore and Ohio begun
iu 18Jtl Siuco 1805 moro than 4500
miles of now railroads have been built
evory year As nn addonduui to
tho figures given Poors Manual
for 1898 conies tho startling fact
that tho railroads aro at tho
present timo suffering from a car fain
ino Thoro nre owned by all tho roads
in the United States something over
1800000 freight cars and yet with this
great number at their command tho
roads cannot handle the traillo that is
crowdiug upou them This shortage of
equipment is nffecting tho western
roads more thau tho oastorn lines but
every road is suffering more or less
Not ouly are cars being rushed east with
tho great crops of tho prosperous farm
ers of tho west but they aro returning
filled with inorclmuiliito supplied fiotn
factories that are working overtiuu
Some of tho trunk Hues say that they
could use 10000 more cais if thoy could
get them Tho lack of cars for passen
ger service i nronortiouatolv as creat but
is not so severely felt The railroad is a
vital part of modern commerciiil lifoniid
the fact that they are prospering is an
I uuorriug iudex of the countrys condi
tion
Tho political pot will soon havo to bo
lifted from tho fire In order to prevent
it from boiling over
Tho republicans of Madison county
havo n splendid ticket to present to tho
voters this fall nud Microvilli bo no mis
tnko made In voting it
There Is no quostibujas to tho fitness
and ability of Judgo Heese for tho
supremo judgeship and there should bo
noqiiestion with the voter us to whom ho
should cast his ballot for
Tho republic of Columbia has adopt cd
tho gold standard Again has a crimo
bon coiiniittd Wo wonder who hns
bought nud piid for this Why not
blamo Mark II mini Ho is responsible
for everything
What an incongruous spoctaolo is pre
sented by tho Ohio democrats with
thoir platform nppoaling to the masses
against capitalists and trusts and John
H McLean millionaire banker and
corporation president heading tho stato
ticket Consistency thou art a stem
winder set with diamonds
Tho now condition that confronts can
didates iu regard to sponding nionoy
and treating in Nebraska will no doubt
result in less hilarity and corruption
than that which has marked preceding
campaigns No doubt tho canvass for
votes will Seoul rather tamo both to can
didate and voter but that it is a step iu
the right diroctiou all will concede
No elVort should bo mado to evade tho
law oven if such an elVort wcio
possible To rid campaigns of corrup
tion should bo tho desire of all and tho
law passed by tho recent legislature
should bo strictly adhered to
General Otis has been much criticised
for his conduct of tlie campaign in tho
Philippines but when compared with
that of the Spanish General Hivore
who coininnnded iu tho islands there
does not seem to bo much causo for com
plaint Tho first year of his campaign
Hivera lost 8000 prisoners 1000 killed
or mortdly wounded and 12000 disabled
by disease a total of llliOO or -Hi per
cent of his entire command Gen Oris
iu tho eight months of his campaign
has lost 221 mou killed 2 deaths from j
wounds 170 incapacitated from diseu o
and no prisoners a tot il of 875 or about
2o percent of his command
It Is Interesting to speculate as to
whnt the horse really thought of the
bicycle If be thinks at all and how
he regards the 11111011101110 which Is
relegating him to the state of in
nocuous desuetude Some light has
been thrown ou the question which
Indicates that the horse is not an in
different spectator of bis dethrone
ment but experiences nil the varying
emotions of rage hate grief and de
spair Iteceutly a festive cyclist In a
western town amused himself by rid
ing In circles around a slowly ambling j
horse The animal lured the wheel
man on by pretended Indifference un
til at Inst the hated machine wns
within reach of its heels and then It
lashed out with nil the force of pent up
rage and hate landing heavily on both
wheelman and wheel As an Isolated
case this Is perhaps not alarming but
what If tho Incident marks a new at
titude of the equine family all over the
land it may be that they propose
to adopt this plan of getting even and
Inaugurate nu nggresslvo campaign of
demolltlou against the bicycle und the
automobile
It is straugo with what persistence
tho supporters of free trade theoiles
work It would seem that tho experience
of the country with the recent low tar
iff Wilson law bringing with it distress
aud desolation and tho imnipdiato sub
sequent improvement in conditions up
on tho ouactinont of a protoctive meas
ure should bo convincing proof for any
man who is honest iu having the welfaro
of the nation at heart and not a drivel
liug idiot und yet fieo t radors are just
ns roady to assail tho tariff aud foist an
othor freo trado era upon the couutry
as over Tho attempts to saddle tho
trust evil on tho protective tarill nud
thus demaud a return to freo trade
show this But the Wihon freo trado
law aud tho corresponding depression
and distress iu manufacturing aud the
fields of industry generally are uot tho
first experience of this couutry with low
tariffs nor will it probnbly bo the la t
The tariff history of the United States
shows tho untiring peristonco of free
traders By constant pounding overy
certain period thoy havo worked tho
countrV up to adopting a low tariff law
and then as cortaiuly ns clockwork
has followed a period of depression and
strikes aud starvntion until a change
again in tho tariff A mero glanco nt
tho pages of tariff history throws into
confusion nil tho specious nrgumouts of
free trade for thoro nre facts But
people forget and new generations will
not believe and each time tho democrats
have come forward with demands for
freo trade legislation they have urgtd
soino peculiar couditiou of the country
some great change in tho commercial
affairs which placed tho country
iu a different position entirely different
from any previous time and so they
have always brought the old issue of
freo trade forward each time redressed
slightly as a new policy and a remedy
for any supposed existing evils
HRBPIZflOTlVILKINS
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IllllO IV lMKUMASIUN
WASlllMlloN D C
Tu the lMltnr
The onweleoine noee Mint the Inherit
men uv the kmintry air ilescrtln the Pini
Icrntlc party her bin cumin Into theno
hcdqtinttcrB ez fast er the malls cood
bring It Frutn nil the grate mnieofne
turin cities uv the Yoonited Stnlts we hev
bin idttln letters friim leedin Dhnlcrnts
tellln us uv the sitooiishun and heggln
fer help tu sta the tide It wuz finally
deslded Hint 1 shood innik n tower uv
sum uv the iniinoofiicturlii establish
ments and see whnt the matter wuz I
cotielooded tu visit the Iron mills uv
Pennsylvania fust and eonstltooted nil
self a wnlkiii delegate to tell the men
emplojed what their ilooty wuz 1 went
tu Pittsburg wluiro everything mid ev
erybuddy wuz blnek hi belli bret in con
tuck with ho mutch smoke and I nst n
polceeciiiiin how it wuz that nil the
smoke in the kountry lied bin collected
and hrot tu Pittsburg
It iz the result uv belter times sed
he We air innkiii mere smoke hi burnin
more coal and that nieens more iron belli
made intu steel and more men employed
tu tin the work We hev more men cm
plowed Minn ever before and nil uv em
put tugether workin nito nnd da cant
supply the demand fer structural steel
nud rnlerode innleerial
Du yu ineen tu tell me sed I Mint
prosperity hez hit ju
It hez sed he and hit us hnrd
Three or four years ago doorin the Cleve
land adiiiiuistriishim we laid thousaus uv
men out uv employment their families
were neerly stnrvin and strikes nnd riot
In wuz goin on everywhere Now nil
tho men who niiit tu lazy tu work kin git
all the work tha want at good wages
nobuddy hez tu go hungry anil pecce und
contentment seems tu be the lot uv the
label iu men iu this vicinity nt leest
It iz a gosh durned lie sed I Thnre
aint no real prosperity Its uothln but
n tietishus delunshiin We air nil uv us
nt the mercy uv the robber barons hoo
air ridin ruff shod over us and deprivln
us in liberty tu du ez we durn please hi
high handed nnd oiiconstilooshimal meth
ods uv oiipreslnin
Yu lied better uo and talk with sum
u v the men hoo air employed in the rollin
inilla sed the poleeceiiuui grinnln like
a mil ti duz wen he iz gittin the best uv
an nrgyiiienl
Thats jest whut Ive cum heer fer
sed I I hev cum tu this durued Kcpuh
likiu city tu see nnd talk with the vic
tims uv the Trust the tariff robbers
and the milkers tu toll em how they air
bein plundered nnd whut oppressive leg
islnshun hez been enacted hi a llepub
likiu Kongress tu grind em down tu
htarviisliim wages
That nito I met n big crowd uv the
workmen at a hall whare tha wuz hevin
a meet iu tu perfect an organizashun fer
glttiu up an exhibit uv their work fer the
Philadelphia Industrial Xposishun next
fall I conelooded I shood be a welcum
guest and invited miself tu tnko part in
the proeeedins After the business part
uv the nieetin bed been finished I got up
nml sed
Mr Cheoniinn I am n Dimiernt fnim
the Stnit uv Noo Jersey I nm a 4per
ninbonlnfin iiiissliumiry sent hi Grover
Cleveland Intu fun in territory tu spy
out the politikal sitoonshun I am the
nulling u v the Buro uv InfermutJiiiii
recently established at Washington and
in putsonunrc uv nn organized plan I
hev consented tu cum before yu ez a
wnlkiu delegate uv the Diinieratic party
tu help reorganize the lnheriti men fer
the next prcsidciisluil cnnipanc
Steh n statement ez that uv mi high
posishuu I conelooded wood set me all
right and I wuz expectin tu have a very
enthoosinstic recepshun I wuz thare
fore tcetotally dunifoiindered wen I wuz
roodly interrupted hi insultin remarks
and greeted with coursu am vosiferuu
Infter
Hoo is he sed one big fisted feller
Whut duz the old jny want sed nn
uther
Noo Gerscy hez taken nn emetic sed
a yung man hoo looked like a clerk One
after iimither uv em kept on ninkin sich
depraved remarks amid tooinultuous nnd
onrestrieted hilarity ontil I wuz inflamed
and exsited beyond endoonmco
I hev tu sii shouted I in defiance uv
their exnsperntin insults that yu air a
nice set u v fullers hoo dont kno wen yu
nir troil ontu hi the monster coiiihina
hiiuns uv kapital that air belli organized
tu crush us all Intu the earth It lz yure
dooty tu organize agin em and I am here
tu help yu du it Kz laburlu men yu
shood hnng tugether and vote the Dimi
cratic ticket next yeer restonr order and
prosperity tu the kountry and bring tho
guverment back tu the principles uv our
foiirfnthers
Oh cheese it old man sed a feller
agin Interrupt me Weve heard all
that before fer the last diizen ycers
Wevo lied a sample uv Diinieratic pros
perity doorin Old Clevelands time wen
half tho bhops in Pittsburg wuz closed
nnd wen our wives and children wuz
half clothed und half fed and thnre wuz
no work fer us tu du It wuz the same
nil over tho kountry Now wo air all at
work gittin good wages feudin nnd
clothin our families nud layln up sum
thin besides A good liienny uv us were
DlinUiiits but wu air now Hepublikiiis
and likely tu rename so under the inlloo
enee uv better times A wnlkiu delegate
uv the Diinieratic persuiisliiui iz out uv
place in a beehive uv industry sieli ez
Plttbbiirg iz at the present time and I
wood ndviho yu tu go hack tu the men
hoo sent yu heer ami tell cm that it iz a
jioor plaee fur Diinieratic agitaters hoo
wmit tu upset things and bring u back
tu n eoiidishun uv affares that we dont
want tu see restored
1 left the plaee iu disgust at sich plain
talk and sieh hoomiliatlu treetmeut I
nm nil torn up hi sieh a levelnshun If It
iz the general sentineiit uv the laherin
men thioout the kountry our sheet an
chor is gone Our balloon iz busted
m
xooirtatlns
Frmn Applejack Farm wich iz uextHu
Grover Clevelands iu the Btalt uv Noo
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