V sC J ThcJopfolkflccas Teddy is to islt Nebraska October I 2 niul It is slneoroly hoped peeled that ono of those dates will bo given to Norfolk Tho World Herald publishes tbo ohoorful Infoimiition from Wall drool that whoieas hots havo boon four to ono in fmor or McKiuloy thoy nio w throo to ono Tho odds hooiu to bo voty much against Brynn ynt but small crumbs nro of much comfort to tho World Humid Now that Soerotury Poitor bus olll dally proclaimed tho Grand Island con vontton n legal nominating oonvoutku in nil particulars It is presumed that tho fusion pross which is notoil for Us fair ness and candor will duly iipologio for cnllliiK it a fraud and thoso who partic ipated in it hyponitos mid knaves Tho Worlil lluralil inlnts what it claims to bo absolute proof that thlflcouu try is being rapidly transfound iuto n British dependency and thus knocks out all claims it mid Mr Bryan havo bcon niakliiB that wo are tomliiiK toward impoi lallsiu bocauso who over hoard of an Imporlnl nation being a de pendency It is to be hoped for tho sako of consistency that tho Woild llorald will rotiaeOilthor ono Htatomont or tho other Thoy dont dovetail worth a cont Just bofoio tho fusion convention was hold tho Contral City Democrat fusion said ThouMUids of populists and most all tho doniocrats in tho state aio displeased with Governor Poyntors record and they want a new man Tho nng however dictated Poyntors ronomination and cairied its point Now thu above thousands will bo compollod to eat a very distasteful dish of crow or hiipport some other candidate With a national election every four years when tho American people can innko or ilofont a president or a policy inipoiialisui is inipos lblo Tho demo cratic bugaboo of threatened linporiul ism couldnt last louder than four yoars at the most if tho majority of tho pooplo dont want it And it could bo changed sooner by electing another con gress two yoars honco Tho loins of governmout are in tho hands of tho vot ers aud all tho wash about turning this republic into an omplro is ridiculous Tho democrats dohght in referring to Boujauiiu llarrisou as a disgruntled ropublican but he will Biipport tho ticket while thoir whilom leader Grover Olovclnnl will not siippoit Mr Biyau and speaks against him on occa sions Mr McKinloy conies a long ways from boing as disastrous to his party as Mr Bryau has to his as tho ropublican paity is solidly united while tho democratic party is about as badly disorganized as it is possible to bo aud still retain any claim to a party organi zation While Mr Bryau is oudoavoiing to uiako imperialism tho paramouut issuo ho would undoubtedly constiuo victory to mean an indorsement of his free silver idea nud put it into practice nt once A mnu who is as sincere as ho claimed to be in 1S9G ou that issuo and ono who is strong enough to foicoitonto a roluctnnt convention will assuredly not pass it up when tho time comos es pecially inasmuch as tho platform do mauds tho chaugo in unquestionable laugungo Ho cannot dodgo tho issuo mid his supporters must oudorso both by their voto Henry Wutterson of tho Louisvillo Courier Journal is doing something which may woll bo termed deplorable Ho is supporting Mr Bryan of whom he said iu lbOl Ho is a dishonest dodgor He is a daring adventurer Ho is a political fakir He is not of tho material of whioh the people of tho United States havo over made a president Nor is he of tho material of which any party bus ever befoie niado n caudidato His personality and political trend has cor tuinly not changed materially since that time aud Mr Wattersous 1890 state meuts may be expected to rise up aud haunt any etlorts directed iu Mr Bryaus behalf min n i -lit it ttji i party to which Mr Potior claims allo wance Tho next thing that may bo expected is that the gentleman will insist that I ho tepublicuis Kit oil the tiekot because their name conlllots with tho Mher lepublicans This reform in the interest of tho t oiumon people in ly look rather queer at times but it must bo the genuine urtMo as it is in the hands of thoso who wont In on a reform platfonn Ono of tho Boston uiitl tmporlullstfl who trmcled to Indianapolis for tho purposo of fighting any third ticket soiitluient said This election Is not going to bo settled by tho newspapers nor by tho politicians It is presumed that ho will at once take stops to silonco autllniporiidistlo newspapers and cam paign speakers Ho hooiiis to icly on ignorance to win his point and that the inontlon of tho woul iinperlallsm afar oil will bo Htilllclout to make or ohiutgo mens minds A campaign run without nowspapors or speakers would indeed bo a novelty but how ho may hope to got Ids sentiments bofore the public Ih a posor Tho people wouldnt even know that ho deplored nowspapors and orators except through tho doplorcd mediums Tho Niobrara Ttlbuno has boon con verted from a fusion to n straight pop ulist paper and will assist in turning Knox from tho fusion trust to a party having somo principle at stake Con cerning this it says From what Is transpiring ft om tho nominee of tho olllco of president down it looks liko fusion and what has boon tho populist party is simply a mo omont for ofllco only and but little rofortn connected with it Tlio time has como when wo must stand alouo and savo tho party or tho out angling moshes of democracy will entirely enfold us If after fusing with tho demociats wo cant get our lights and just duo thou take the couiso aheady sot by tho true friends of reform and stand by tho ticket noniiuated at Oiuciunati A fii3ion oxchaugo that devotes much of its spaco to coudoniniug Imperial Ism boaits of an exhibition of impou alism exceeding anything herotofoio witnessed iu a lopublio In tho following language Tho peisonol triumph of Mr Bryan iot merely In his own unan imous and fervout rououiiuution but iu his dictation of the platform is unex ampled iu our politicnl history Single handed and singlo miudod ho dominated tho sttuatiou The convention has not deliberated It has decided It has ascertained Mr Bryans will and yielded to it Such supremo individual coutrol of a national convention was uevor bo foro seou Mr Bryau may succeed in having his imperial mandates obeyed by a convention that kuow f al well that ho was tho only nvailablo candi date but it is extremely doubtful if the country will placo him iu n position whoro it must bow to his will The auti impenalists who fear the ouo man power will have somo trouble in explain ing how thoy cau consistently support Mr Bryau The Tinies Tiibuuo seoms to bo dis tressingly short of facts aud loug ou asset tious Its liuo of argument is full of knots kinks and curves aud exefod ingly hard to follow It proposes to ignoro and dodgo all questions except the ones propounded by itself aud will uot adhore to thoso if they are compre hensively answered It point blank rofuses to comply with a leadiug de mand of tho Journal with tho statement that does not deem it of sutHcieut interest Such tactics oro not wmuers and tho debating ground far from do slrable If the paper could bo brought to ono lino of thought for two or three consecutive issues it might bo of est to coutmuo tho cewtrovorsy Tun News has oudoavored to openly and falily moot tho issues but its tune aud spaco is too valuable to be devoted to chasiug a contemporary all over tho held of argument aud endeavoring to auswor bare assertions without nu iotft of fact for foundation The News could loply iu land indefinitely but the thiukiug voter has no time for unsub htantiated statements and wide range prognostications iu uuawmi uuumiuu ui uiu uuiiwi Th8 uext 8esloil o coiRros Wll States is superior to that of EBlM dto wrestle with ouo deficiency of f wmon country me iusionists woum uo light iu making tho peoplo behevo has a mortgage ou this republic Coutrastiug the conditions a correspondent Hays The fact that Great Britain must sell per cent bonds nt 3 per ceut discount urnl pay tho purchaser a bouus of one months interest while tho United States can borrow all tho mouoy it wnnts nt 2 per ceut is one of tho results of the wise financial legislation for which the republican party is to be given credit Our government cau bor row mouey cheaper thau any other power ou earth nud this is a direct ad vantage to every citizen iu the country Bixby of the State Journal thinks that Secretary of State Porter gives evideuceof some impei lalistio tendencies wheu he dictates to the populists what uanio they shall bo known by Thoy pleaded for one uamo and he says they cannot have it It is a uauie too not recently if ever otlicially used by tho Ou IXovember IS 18U when Mr Hrvan had oditorhil charge of the World- Herald it published tho following item 000 This is on nccouut of peusious Tho appropriation for pensious for the uoxt year must be not less than -1150 -000000 This tremeudoussum would iu itself be enough to run a reasonable government One would not complain if it woro an houest debt but a large proportion is uot a debt because it was never earned by auy act of patriotism or heroic service The government is held up and despoiled of no meau por tion of this aud it seeiuo helpless to de fend it -elf Oue canuot help being curi ous to kuow how many more yeais it will take to exhaust the generation which feels itself iujured by the war It is safe to say that uover did a generation display such remarkable lougevity Aud yet ho would uow enjoy and cor dially solicits support from this remark ably long lived geu rntion He also has additioual cause for grief A new generation iu the Spanish Auieucau war veterans is coming ou to despoil the government THE NORFOLK NRWR THURSDAY AUCJUST 23 J 000 have 30000- Tlio Conservative classes as tho truo anti impulnlists those who opposed the tieaty with Spain of whom Mr Biynn was not ono In ISiJl whou Huclinuau quit the presidency 12 per cont United States bonds were selling at a discount now 2 per cent bonds bring a premium Chairman Haima has chosou Editor Uosow liter of tho Omaha Heo for one of tho advisors of the republican national committee aud tho campaign will un doubtedly pirtake of somo of tho gen uine iiggresslvo Hosowator vigor The Paris treaty of peace is tho ground work of imperialism and has been responsible for all tho doings in tho Philippines slnco Mr Bryan used his inlluouco in having thot treaty ratified aud is now badly frightened Soared at his shadow as it were Tho fusion pross may bo oxpectod to do somo more squirming Tho middle populists havo called con ventions for tbo purposo of placing In nomination a candidate for congress In tho Third district and a caudldato for stato seuator in tho Eleventh district Attorney Gouoral Smyths attoutlou is dirootod to Mr Bryau of Lincoln who sooins to havo n monopoly on scare crows aud sooins to bo supplying tho domnud regardless of tho de Ires of other men aud parties Ills price is extortionate being nothing less than tho presidency of tho United States and if tho trust is not crushod by Mr Smyth tho peoplo may institute a boycott and refuse to pay the demand Mr Bryan in a Ohicigo spooch denies that ho is pleading tho causo of the Filipino and adds No matter what becomes of tho Filipino tho woild will go on This is important if true A guinaldo aud his followers should at once investigate tho matter If they havo lost their greatest Amorican cham pion thoy should lose no time in sending over somo of thoir best talent to show the Amorican peoplo that n rebel is au honor to any nation Tho democratic atguuient of 1SG reversed that tho wago earuers are now suffering from iucroasod prices may appeal to those who had situations dur ing the Clovoland disaster but it will fall ou a deaf oar whou tho thousands out of work at that timo aud patroniz ing tho freo soup houses are concerned Neithor will it bo a couviucing nrgu niout to tho farmers who do not take to cheap wheat arguments with any degiee of appreciation Gen F O Latiobe a democrat of the old aristocratic Maryland school nud for seven yeais mayor of Baltimore is out with this prouuueiamonto I am a democrat and I believe I know ns well as any other man what is demauded from democrats by their party I did uot voto for Bryau in 1S9I uor did I vote for MoKmley I have my opinions about this years uomiuatious but I do uot care to state them It is my belief however that tho republtcaus will carry Marylaud by about -10000 majority If Abraham Liucolu were alive ho would be greatly astonished to learn the identity of somo of the Lincoln repub licans who aro supporting Mr Bryau aud iu them would bohold somo of his severest critics and traducers of the six tio3 Ho would probably be highly gratified to learu that they had reversed their opinions regarding tho war of the rebellion but might well think that they took peculiar methods to show their chaugo of heart Iu fact he might re cognise in their arguments those very similarly employed by his enemies The Appeal to Reason socialist organ of Girard Kansas has this to say about a recent democratic victory North Carolina has just voted overwhelmingly for democraoy Of course the party en dorsed by such a vote will proceed to call a special session of the legislatuie and at ouco in accordance with the na tional demociatie platform enact direct legislation Prohibit government in the stato by injunction Liko the old woman kept tavern it will Yet there are some populists and socialists who thiuk their causo will bo advauced by votlug the democratic ticket 1 The most pronounced kick the fusion ists have agaiust the populists is that republicans took pait iu the Grand Islaud conveutionaud have ideutified themselves with the movement Sup poaiug they did isnt it likely that all takiug part havo heretofore beou mem bersof other parties Whou a now party isorgauued or auold oue reorgan ized the members must have come from some source nud it is perfectly ovtdeut that if thoy have taken inteiest iu poll- ticsthey have been afllliatiug with some oue of the parties already orgauized All takiug part must have recently been either peoples independents democrats republicans or prohibitionists For the ouly aud original Abraham Liucolu f usiou organs to apply the term swashbuckler to one of the heroes of the late war indicates as perhaps noth ing else could their fitness as followers of the great emancipator It cau readily be imagined that these fellows would have been iu the front rauks of the war of the rebellion lighting for the opinions of tho lininortnl Lincoln and sustaining aud suppottlug lilrn at homo All honor to tho fellows who damn tho administration condemn tho nrmy cartoon nud vllllfy tho army olllcorsnud want to pull down tho lag Thoy aro tho mainstays of this glorious republic May their light over shine to illuniinato tho truo path to liborty Peoplo of foreign countries who view this republic through uoniocratlo oyos must think it is nu awful placo to Ono could readily imagino that foreigner forms his opinion of United States through reading Ote on Politics Ma vife she got au auuty au yemiuy ay uot vaut to be oue too live if a tho Mr Bryaus spoech of accoptauco ho would wisely conclude to stay away and his heart would throb with pity for tho poor American tho victim of oppression calamity aud ntal udmiiiistratiou It is a blot upon tho faco of the oarth nud a stench iu tho nostrils of civilized humanity Slianio on a party whoso success deponds on ptosontiug gloomy pictures of thoir countiy and traducing all tho institutions which truo Ameri cans rovoro and respect who see noth ing but calamity for tho peoplo and disgrace for tho country In 1300 Mr Bryan said Tho demo cratic party has begun a war of extermin ation against tho gold standard We ask no quartor Wo shall prosecuto our warfuro uutil thcro is uot au American citizen who daros to advocate a gold standard polioy You ask why We reply that tho gold staudard i3 a conspir acy against tho hauinu race and that wo should uo moro join It than wo would an nrmy marchiug to destroy our homes and our families Events havo proven that Mr Bryau was mistaken in sovoral particulars Wo havo uot prosecuted warfare uutil there is not an Americau citieu that dares advocate a gold staudard policy Wo are now using our best endeavor to iguoie free silver and make imporialism par amount Tho conspiracy against the huiuau raco has not destroyed homes and families to any alarming extent On tho contrary mouey is pleuty aud in terest is lower than ever before iu the history of the country Tho change is iu favor of tho borrower and against tho lender In favor of the common people aud agaiust the capitalist But Mr Bryau is not satisfied aud will manufacture uew spoctres at tho rate of soveril a day if by so doing ho can frighten tho people into voting him iuto the presidency The best republican cam paign arguments yet produced are Mr Bryaus utterances dunug the time he has boon before the public oyo by Et bane hal to be aunty Yon Yousou ha baue farmer au ha bane ou purt goot fix Ha ban e got purt goot prices by Mc Keenly au ha baue uot vote for Braiu Ay baue feol purt goot bout perilism Brain ha say dees kontry ben going by empire aud ay bane helpiu run dees koutry By gol inaybo ay baue king Brain ha say when it baue goiu by gold staudard et baue purt bad but et bauo not bad aud ha say when it baue goiu by perilism et bauo gol site bad Ha baue not puit good guosser Brain ha say Svensky man bane got uo yob when McKeeuly ha bane lected Ay bano tauk Brain ha uot kuow much bout it Ay bane got yob all tern uow wheu ft baue have free soop all tern when domycrats ha bane en yob of presadeut Taking No Uisks While Wallace Wilsoa was iu the east last mouth he visited five brothers of Mrs Wilsou all of whom have hereto fore voted the democratic ticket Thoy voted aud worked for Bryan in 1800 Four of them aro opeuly commending tho policy of the present adnuuistratiou and will vote for McKiuloy and Roose velt The other oue is mighty weak and growing weaker every clay The reasons assigned for the change are good nud Hilricieut They said four years ago we could not sell any thing that we raised tor prices liko we receive for our produce and stock under this adiuini tratiou Dunug this ad ministration we have bought turms of our own though we were leuters when itbegau We bot row money out of the bauks at 5 per ceut iuterest that cost us 8 to 10 per cent under Cleveland We are prospering now aud our outlook for n permanent success was uever so good WTo do not desire a change We do not propose to take auy risks We will do our part with our votes to contiuue conditions that have given so muoh prosperity to us aud our neighbors Dawes County Journal YoiiucMeii In Politics The f usiomsts are particularly anxious to wlu over the young men to their cause realizing that tho old timers aro di if ting away not to roturu uutil dem ocracy drops vagaries aud adopts com mon sense They go iu ou the theory that the youug man is linpresslouable will readily submit to having the wool pulled over his eyes aud will ba attracted by glittering generalities rather thau by solid facts They aro making a graud mistake The young mau of today is far more learned his thoughts run deeper aud he has a better memory thau tho fusiouists give him credit for iu fact thore is but little room for doubt but that tho young man of todoy is far In advance of the young man of any preceding generation as far as all that appertains to a strong vigorous nctive mind is concerned Thoy will encounter n difficulty iu that tho young mans momory of the modoru domocratlc travesty ou govern niout is most vivid and ho is able to distinguish botween prosperity and democratic calamity Ho finds his opportunities for work and advauco uient largornnd more attractive than at any time In Into years and ho will bo slow to support a party which history shows has not latoly boon n success as a busiuess proposition Another giavo mistako of tho fusion ists is to ridiculo tho young man or boy who thinks ns his fathor thinks nud votes ns his fathor votes Tho mistako is doplorablo and Inexcusable From whom should a young man recoivo his political as woll as moral training if not from his father Who is to blame but tho father if his judgmont ou social and economic prob lems nro at fault There are few who will endorse tho sentiment that the youug rnau should bo moved aud iufluouced by tho talk ho hears on tho street rather thau by his homo fireside All honor to tho boy who will voto as his father votes aud beliovo as his father believos Ho is tho hope of tho republic nud the homo Sonic Nebraska Democrats Leading Nebraska gold democrats are setting an examplo to their eastern brethren that cauuot fail to have effect They aro far from being conviuced that the couutry would bo honored by elect ing Mr Bryau to tho presideucy They have au advantage over tho eastern men in that they live lu Mr Bryaus stato and know him peisoually Many of thorn have had political associations with Mr Bryau nud lmvo had every op poituuity of studying his character nud that thoy aro uot satisfied with him is oue of tho soverost arraignments pos sible J Sterling Mortou secretary of agri culture under Cleveland aud whom Mr Bryau cau thauk as having been of ma terial assistance iu starting him out on his political career is uow his most bit ter opponent and uo oue not even his republican opponent3 coudemn him and his policies more severely thau Mr Mortou James E Boyd the ouly democratic governor N braska ever had is opeuly autogouistic to his election Euclid Martin a leading democrat of Omaha aud postmaster under Cleveland is auothor bitter opponent Wm A Paxton one of the leading wholesalers of Omaha and who has served his party to groat advautage for mauy years will uot support Bryanaud opeulyjcoudemns his Captain F B Laurence of Omaha who began voting the democratic ticket in 18154 and has voted for every ono since with the exception ot Bryan says As a busiuess man of common seuse I cannot couseut to tne introduction or a debased currency and will uot vote for Bryau Warreu Switzer an Omaha lawyer who headed the straight democratic ticket for supreme judge in 1897 i3 still very much opposed to Mr Bryans election Henry W Yates of Omaha president of the Nebraska National bauk will not support the nominee and says his only power would be to destroy nud Jthere is more to destroy uow thau there was lu 1890 Ed Riley a wholesale liquor dealer of Omaha voted for Bryan iu 1890 but is satisfied with the prevailing prosper ity and will vote for McKiuley W L May the wholesale grocer aud formerly state fish commissioner will uot support Bryan E L Stoue president of tho Dewey Stone Furniture company of Omaha is convinced that McKinley prosperity is all right aud will vote the lopublicau ticket W M Bushmau au indopoudeut voter conducted a half empty warehouse iu 189J Gnnd is now compelled to refuse busiuess owing to lack of capacity and will support MoKmley Dr George Tilden n democrat of tho old school sees nothing iu Bryanism to which he can tie and prefers MoKiuley to Bryau Judge Wakely of Omaha who was a coupicious democrat half a century ago hasut chaugod his politics but caunot endorse Bryan Dr Geo L Miller ono of Omahas leadiug citizens aud oue of the fathers of Nebraskas democraoy is very sevoio in his coudomnatiou of Bryau aud will ueo his influence against his electiou These aro ouly a fow of Nebraskas loading democrats located for the most part in the chief city of the state but it is a criterion of how Nebraska demo crats feel and an indication of tho thou sands throughout the state who will re fare to be misled by Bryans bugaboo of imperialism They see under this trauspareut cloak a genuine threat against the welfnro of the country and the interests of every citizen Perhaps Mr Bryau cau get along without the support of the tried nud truo the geuu iue disciples of Jefferson Jacksou demoo racy but it is open to serious question and the outlook is that his defeat iu 1900 will be like the ouo of 1890 very much emphasized WAS IN A TRANCE S W frpcilmuii Thmifjlil UN ir Wnn Demi Ilut Sill Still tUrn S W Speeluinn who foimerly resided in Norfolk but now lives on a farm 10 miles southeast of the city recently ex perienced what ho beliovos to bo almost n miracle His wifo has been sick with liver com plaint siuco Juno Id List Friday night she was taken much worse and at J 30 Saturday morning sho was as far ns nil outward appearances went dead Mr Spoolman drove to Wnrnervillo nnd then to Norfolk informing friends of tho occurrnuce aud whilo hoio tele graphed relatives In Iowa but ou return ing homo wns surprised to learn that Ilia wifo was allvo sho having recovered from what proved to be a trance or comatose existouco nbout 1 oclock Mrs Speelmau is uow nblo to tako medicine nud it is probable that sho will ultimately recover Hor sister Mrs T M Lane arrived Suuday from her home iu Benton couury Iowa nud Mr Laue is oxpectod hero today or tomorrow GerimtUH fot McKinley A Gormau Amorican who a few yearn ago was supporting tho Bryau causo but is uow Bupportiug McKinley has recently been through tho southern part of tho state and says You may say that tho largo portion of the Germans iu the South Platto country will support McKiuloy this year I have talked with a large num ber of thorn and they express complete satisfaction with business couditioLS and the way the couutry has beeu ruu Tho samo couditiou seems to prevail ftmoug other foreigu boru citizens As ft case in point you may cite John Florin a Swede whoso homo is at Goohuer Four years ago ho voted for Bryau but is now enthusiastically for McKiuley It is such statements as these that furnish a pretext for doubting state ments of tho fusiouists that all Germans are for Mr Bryan Letter I Int List of letters remaining uncalled CORDIALLY TO VISIT TRY for at tho postofUce August 20 1900 J S Billiugs Mrs Wm F Abbey Mr Frank Braggau 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