G
The l4oifolll4etJcis
Germany is tho latest country to
look to tho United States or luar gold
Tho people are waiting for tho demo
orats to show how thoy will maintain or
better existing prosperous conditions
Money was never cheaper or moro
plentiful tlmn It Is now What reason
can bo ascribed for tho democratic pur
poo of cutting its valuo In two and do
baslnR thoourronoy
lion John R Hays la rIvIiir careful
nttontion to his fences In tho Third Jdis
trlct bulldiiiR now ones and ropalriiiR
old that will defy tho ollorts of Mr
Robinson to break through
It is said that Senator Jones ohnlr
man of tho democratic national coin
mittce was a former slave ownor and
knows full woll how to Rovurn
out tho consent of tho Rovornod
with-
Tho Now Vork domocratio stato con
vention promptly sat upon u resolution
condomtilnR tho ico trust They didnt
caro about having tho family skeleton
datiRlod boforo tholr oyes in that prom
iscuous fashion
Anothor quotation from tho groat
enianclpator which Mr Bryan and his
followers generously ignore Thoro is
no fear or tho pooplo losing tholr liber
ties Wo all know this to bo tho cry of
domnRORiies and nono hut tho ignorant
will listen to it
It is plain to bo soon that tho mid
road populist Is a thorn In tho fusion
flesh that Is most excruciatingly pain
ful and cannot bo romovod Every
time tho populists hold a convention
tholr old time oronlos go Into a fit most
painful to behold
The fusionists do not like tho Roose
velt program a littlo bit Towno tho
doposod was early scheduled as a trailer
and now it is announced that Mr Bryan
himself will speak at a fow points whoro
Mr Hoosovolt has provon too popular to
suit tho fusion idea
Tho pooplo realize that it was not tho
gold standard but domooraoy that allod
them four years ago and Mr Bryans
cross of gold and crown of thorns is
so shelf worn that he is ashamed to ex
hibit thorn Thoro aro fow who will in
sist on him boing Riven tho opportunity
to split tho dollar in two
Ono can scarcoly piok up an exchange
but that chronicles tho visit of ono or
moro citizons to Europe Summor resorts
this year enjoyed n phonomonal patron
ago and travel is largo over all main
railway lines This is another indica
tion of prosperity hard to dony but
some fusion blow hard will probably
make an effort to do so
Charity begins at homo If it is a
good thing for tho Filipinos Porto
Rioans and Cubans to have umiualified
liborties of government why not dear
cousistant democrat accord tho samo
rights to tho disfranchised governed
without thoir consent and taxed with
out representation people at homo
Show that you can bo consistent for
ouco
Tho World Horald heads a telegraphic
nmiouncoinont Mack is at homo
How elevating and refined it is to speak
of tho president thus ovou in tho nows
columns Snpposo republican papers
would speak of Bryan commonly as
Bill wouldnt that Omaha champion
of all that is good puro aud noble throw
some fits in tho interests of tho common
people
A W Lidd editor of tho Albion
News has been named by tho republi
cans for state senator in tho Ninth dis
trict Mr Ladd is a vigorous and popu
lar writer an earnest worker in tho re
publican cause aud a man who will
malto votes whoro others would lose
Hos a winner and Tiik News extends
congratulations Tho republicans of
that district aro to bo connnouded for
their wisdom and foresight
Tho democrats who wero fighting for
high prices for farm products in lSUi
now depend on creating dissatisfactiou
in the cities over those high prices which
have prevailed under a republican ad-
Another paramount issue might lo
taken up by democracy and a war waged
agaiust tho deadly bauuna peel Therei
is at least ono iustuuee to prove its fatal
qualities A woman at St Louis slipped
on one broke her leg aud suffered such
a shock to her system that she died two
hours afterwnrd Tho perils of the
bauuna peel would bo a fruit ful topio
mid should bo immediately linod up
with imperialism and militarism
Everything that threatens tho common
people bhould bo suppressed Down
no we mean into the sewei with tho
bauaua peel
The Tecumseh Tribune iudepeudent
is another paper that recognizes u good
aud milllciont cause to quit fusing It
siys Wo hoard a democrat say a fow
days uro that up In Dodgo county tho
democrats had majorities ranging as
high as 800 previous to I sill but for tho
past fow Joars or at least slnco thoy be
gan fusing with any old thing tho
county has been Rouorally carried by
tho republicans Thoso who fail to seo
tho decline of tho rnsion sentiment will
bo undeceived all along tho lino this fall
and will readily recognize thnt ono party
with ono set of principles is stroiiRor
than a fusion owanizatlon tryliiR to
straddle ovor three sots and retain ait
appoaranco of consistency
Tho host evidence that imperialism
is not upon us is tho freedom with
which tho fusion press continues to
score tho prosidont iind his policios
They would not bo permitted to use
tho samo languago and methods in any
other country on tho globo There is
no worso Imperialism than that evi
denced by tho fusion supremo court of
Nebraska which la unrivalled in its
efforts to silonco n froo press IJut thoy
evidently bollovo boforo this that tho
press aud speech is froo in tho United
States according to popular sontlinont
and will remain so
Thomas 12 Watson who rati en tho
populist ticket as candidate for vico
prosidont with Brynn four yoars nRo
recently wirod tho Missouri World
published at Chillicotho in roply to an
inquiry whotbor or not ho was support
Iiir Mr Bryan for tho presidency as
follows Tho statement that 1 am
supporting Bryan is untrue Mr
Watson was so strongly a populist that
tho domocratio olVorts to budgo him from
tho ticket wero unavailing and ho is
not now assisting a democrat to ofllce
Thoro aro plenty of populists of tho
samo mind today who will voto their
own or tho republican ticket
Tho Cripple Creek Times Citizen a
fusion paper of Colorado admits that
complete and harmonious fusion in that
stato is necossary to defeat tho Mclvin
ley ticket with Senator Wolcott at tho
head and scores tho leaders of tho fusion
parties because that brand of harmony
was not in ovidonco by recont conven
tions hold in Donvor What n change
in sentiment sinco ISM At that timo
it would bo scarcely safe for a man to
mention Molvinloy and ho recoived but
20000 votes to Bryans 150000 Tho
peoplo iu Colorado must bo very sensible
Thoy roaiizo thoir mistake of four yoars
ago and it will tako all tho ouorgios and
vagaries of the fubiouists to keep thorn
from reversing thoir position on national
questions
A fusion paper not ninny milos from
Norfolk scores those who will criticise a
publio ofllcial iu tho following laugnngo
Thoro is a fascination about politics
a subtlo charm that is more potent than
those prepared by tho wise men of old
Yet tho puorilo pickayunish objections
that aro soiuotimos raised against a pub
lio otlicial and used as arguments
against him aro almost enough to make
a man swear oil aud oschow politics for
ever It is likely that tho editor
thought not of Prosidont MeKinloy
when ho was writiup but ono can
readily sue how applicable it is to fusion
sheets generally and their courso toward
tho president Tho merits of tho caso
seem to depond entirely upon whoso
ox is gored
It is notable that those roally great
doniociatic statesmen who havo changed
front sinco ISiKlaro directing their ener
gies iu denunciation of President Mo
Kiuley aud his policies but thoy do not
say a word endorsing Bryan and his is
sues Thoy believe McKinley bad but
cannot promise that Bryan will bo bet
ter Come gontlomen if you oudorse
Bryauism why dont you say so How
is tho country to bo benefited by his
election It may bo all right to coudomn
a polioy but with whnt will you substi
tute it An omplover is justified iu dis
charging a bad man but hardly sensible
if ho gets a worso ono iu hi stead
buow up a few recommendations for
Mr Bryan aud his application will bo
considered by tho people
W R Hearst editor of tho New York
Journal Chicago American Sun Fran
cisco Examiuer et al is a friend of
xpansiou especially in tho latter paper
iiich is published in the territory that
will bo especially benefited Ho has
ministration Every farmer and every J stopped agitating his convictions for the
community dependiug on tho prosperity
of the farmer should see that this seuti
nient is uot endorsed at tho polls Thoy
canuot afford to lend their nssistauco
toward inaugurating nnother ora of
falling prices To the fow that prosper
under such conditions hundreds fail
present but tho records are back of him
In April 1S99 an issuo of tho Examiner
continued a warning to Mr Bryan ou
tho expausion isbuo It said Mr
Bryan may think ho is close to the
peoplo and that his silly talk about
imperialism moves them but ho will
soon flud out that Americans aro as
much in favor of expansion todiy as
they wore when they applauded tho
acquisition of tho Louisiana territory by
that noted imperialist Thomas Jutlor
sou
The Norfolk banks aro steadily aud
surely gaining in importance as finan
cial mstitutious a fact of considerablo
interest to those who admire sound bus
iness policies aud to whom tho prosperity
of tho banks in accepted us a faithful
barometer of the business conditions of
the community The statements pub
lished yesterday and today reveal a
coiubiutd busiues3 of more than three
quarters of a million dollars iu oxact
figures 790090 80 agaiuBt a showing
THE NORFOLK NEWS THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 201000
mado two months ago of 75730029 or
again iu two months of 3S7Sll
When it is considered that but about 10
years ago Norfolk was not in existence
and tho country around was n raw
prairie tho wonderful development and
possibilities of tho country may bo
realized
To assist pooplo to a full understand
ing of tho following slurring insinua
tion on Captain Brown from tho Times
Tribune it will porhap bo necessary to
add ho was a nionibcr of Col Bryans
regiment although unllko tho colonel
ho didnt resign his commission with
his forces still In tho field J It
Brown formerly of this city but now of
Wukoflold bus boon nominated for
senator to run against Tom Ziegler of
HartliiRton Ho didnt got a ohanco to
di much fighting during tho Into war
but ho Is loading a mighty forlorn hope
now and will loso his scalp in making
it Aro all tho soldlors of tho Third
regiment to bo rovilod by tho fusion
press and tho colonel who tictod loss tho
tho soldier of any of- thorn bo allowed
to slip through without a word of criti
cism
Tho domocrats claim tho exclusive
privilogo of worshiping Abraham Lin
coln during this campaign but thoy aro
very choico of that oiniuont statesmans
quotations For instanco hero is ono
that has not yot boon uoticod in a fusion
oxohango aud which was undoubtedly
brought from tho vory depths of tho
groat mans heart Ho who dissuades
ono man from voluuteoriug or induces
one soldier to dosort weakens tho causo
as much us ho who kills an Amoricun
soldier in battle Must I shoot a simple
niiudod soldier boy who desorts while I
must not touch a hair of tho wily agita
tor who inducos him to desert This is
nono tho loss injurious whou effected by
getting father or mother or friend into a
public meeting and thoro working upon
his feelings till ho is porsuaded to write
tho soldior boy that ho is lighting a bad
causo for a wicked administration of a
contemptiblo government I think
tint in such a caso to silonco tho ag
itator and savo tho boy is not only con
stitutional but withal a great niorcy
Tho follow who has tho presumption
to claim that conditions aro moro pros
perous than under the Cleveland admin
istrntiou is ft liar or something worso
Tho fusionists say so Anyone with
both oyes closed both cars stopped up
and a bad cold in tho smollor can see
that there aro moro failures in business
in Norfolk moro mon out of work
wages lower interest higher moro
empty business houses moro families
suffering less money iu banks and in
pocket books farmers ground under op
pressive prioes nud the wholo peoplo
going to tho domuition bow wows with
tho speed of thought Horrible Aw
ful It is necessary to voto for Bryan to
chaugo it To the ills of labor ho prom
ises tho following remedy
Farm As will bo assisted to pros
perity as follows And
the people in general will bo ben
efited by tho following wiso euactmouts
looking to their prosperity
In caso any of those methods are
doubted yell Imperialism This is
always a sure winner and- will serve to
confuse if it dont convince Dont
allow anyone to bamboolo you with
prosperity facts You are not prosper
ous but simply under tho influence of a
pipe dream
The republicans in this vioiuity par
ticularly aro characterized by their in
difference to political issues aud unless
thoy arouse themselves to action thoy
aro likely to live to regret it They are
imbued with the belief that their poli
cies are secure that everything is com
bining to convince the people that this
is a good administration and that they
will heartily ondorso it at tho polls this
fall Thoy are counting however with
out their hosts The democrats aro
alivo and active They stop at nothing
to convince voters that a change is
needed Thoy work on their sympathies
thoir prejudices thoir passions They
use worn out aud refuted orgumeuts
Thoy solicit voters They beg thorn to
identify thomselves with the cause nud
as a result they aro accomplishing some
thing It is a fact that thoy have been
making inroads on tho republican vote
and nro getting things to come thoir
own way In 1891 republicans had
plenty of time to attend meetings and
work for tho ticket This fyenr they
offer the excuse that they aro too busy
which is undoubtedly true but to main
tain the conditions that keep them busy
nud prosperous it will be necessary to
devote some timo to politics or tho day
will again bo at hand when thoy will
luvo more timo than thoy need to de
vote to politics Democrats do not
claim that their success will nieau tho
nittiuuuuuneo or improvement ou pres
ent prosperity Their arguments are
very foreign to thnt subject Repub
licans are harmonious but victory re
quires action An ounco of preventive
is worth a pound of euro a littlo work
and interest at this timo willbo much
better thau an abundance of tho samo
qualities when they realize what has
been lost In the name of sound busi
ness in tho hope for repubhenu 6uccess
all along tho lines at tho polls this fall
in the interest of continued prosperity
The Niws urges tho republicans of
Norfolk aud vicinity to pull off their
coats roll up their sleevos aud get to
work iu the interest of tho ticket
A O U W IJUIMMNfl AT TIIK IAN AMEIUCAN EXPOSITION 11UFFALO N Y 1001
Now York bets aro still at a ratio of
moro than two to ono in favor of MoKin
loy aud agaiust Bryan
Thoro is plouty of money oasy to got
and any of it is as good as tho best in
tho world Do you want its valuo cut
iu two
Give Mr Bryan a chanco and ho will
create n panic that will oxcol that ex
perienced under Olovoland If you do
not beliovo this just elect him aud see if
tho prediction is not fulfilled
It is very risky to voto ngainst exist
ing conditions when thoso conditions
aro marked by prosperity and happiness
to tho vast number of peoplo Can you
afford to bo dictated to by a man or sot
of men who assert that there is no pros
perity nud do uot promise nny
Tho Indianapolis Nows is convinced
that if Nebraska peoplo aro sonsiblo
enough to support thoir best interests
thoy will voto for a continuance of Me
Kinloy times and not be misled by tho
vagaries of Bryan nud his scarecrows
It says Nebraska has not been act
iug well considering that it is Mr
Bryans stato Iu 1897 it paid off 19
000000 of mortgages in 1803 49000
000 last year 7S000000 a totnl of
140000000 In 1890 there was 176-
000000 in mortgages in Nebraska So
tho payments in tho last three years in
that stato have been only 150000000
less than tho wholo mortgage indebted
dess of tho stato ten years ago Mean
while tho farm lauds havo greatly in
creased in value It ought to bo pretty
difficult for any man or party to con
vince peoplo who havo been ablo to
manage their business in this fashion
that they are sufYeriug and what they
need is a currency system knocked to
pieces and iu its place free silver at 10 to
1 It not only ought to bo pretty difii
cult but it will bo difficult In fact
wo believe it will bo impossible
Tho World Herald of Wednesday gave
an interview ot a couplo of sticks to
Doc Middletou of a roputatiou iu Ne
braska similar to that of Jesse James on
tho political situation Tho Doc who
was onco famous as horse thief gambler
saloon keeper aud ull uround outlaw
now hails from Ardmore S D where
ho is running a cattle ranch This
worthy and truthful citizen is quoted by
tho World IIornld as saying in part
So far as national politics are con
cerned it will be a landslide for Bryan
if tho eastern part of tho country will
do as well as tho west Doc Middletou
declaros aud from all ho has heard he is
satisfied that tho present administration
is going to get turned under by more
votes than there ovor wero grasshoppers
in the stato of Nebraska In his section
of tho couutry he declares everything
seoms to bo ouo wny this year and that
way is pointing straight for Bryan and
for rolling up a good big majority
against tho republican stato ticket
Tbo World Herald lacks a few of mak
ing its causo perfect It should inter
view Frank James Bash of Wayno
county and n fow other patriotio citi
zens whoso sympathies belong entirely
with Aguiualdo and his baud
J S Morrow has favored The News
with a copy of tho Muncio Ind Morn
ing Nows au eight page publication
full of nows and live ads and devoted
thoroughly to the ropublicau cause
Tho paper qaotes Ex Cougressmnu
Owen Scott of Decatur 111 a life long
democrat mid a personal friond of Mr
Bryan as follows Bryan is conscien
tious uud determided to do tho right ns
ho sees it A resoluto man with n rug
ged conscience and false policy is the
most dangerous Thoso who know Mr
Bryan personally as I do respect his
purity of private oharactor but fear his
unbeudiug determination to carry his
purposes into oxecution If olooted ho
would hnvo free silver if by moving
heuvou and earth ho could socuro it
Ho would carry out ovory plank of tho
Chicago platform if ho had tho powor
Ho would organize a cabinet which
would construe tho law according to his
notions Altgeld as secretary of the
treasury Tillman as attorney general
Joues ii9 secretary of state Georgo Fred
j Williams as secretary of the interior
Jorry Simpson ns secretary of agricul
ture with others of like views would
make hnvoo of tho affairs of tho couu
try for four years Bryans sincerity is
blameless but daugerous on his plat
form
Present Prices
Under tho gold standard pricos nro
as certain to fall as a stouo which is
thrown into tho nir
This declaration tnken from tho writ
ings of that omiuont seer William Jon
uiugs Bryan was selected as a text of a
fow romnrks ou prosperity by tho Ro
publicau some weeks ago Tho Phono
graph sallied bravely forth to defend tho
prognostication of its patron saint ex
plaining that present conditions aro ab
normal aud that no fair average can be
struck for at least ten years Not satis
fied with this however it tried a new
tack last week and while admitting
everything tho Republican has claimed
with reference to enhanced prices it
makes n lnbored nttompt to provo that
tho trusts have been the principal
beneficiaries and thnt the poor down
trodden farmer has not enjoyed n fair
share of tho increase The Phonograph
says
Galvanized barb wire costs 250 to
3 more t hau in 1S90
It reqiires 25 per cent moro wheat to
buy n stove than in 1S95
You havo to pay 33 per cent moro for
lumber than you did iu 1S9G
It tnkes one half more of corn to buy
a coil of rope than it did in 1890
It tukes from 10 to 25 per cent more
grain to buy farm implements than it
did in 1895
It takes two dozen more eggs to buy
the snmo weight of sugar that you got
for a dollar in 1S90
The Republican has investigated tho
local markets during tho past week aud
it hns learned some things One of
tbcin is that the Phonograph either
doeuit know what it is talking about or
that it is engaged in another deliberate
attempt to deceive
In 1S90 gnlvauized barbed wire sold at
290 per 100 pounds it now sells for
3 15 per 100 A man would be com
pelled to buy from 1000 to 1200 pounds
in order to pay tho increase mentioned
by the Phonograph It would have re
quired 290 bushels of 10 ceut corn to pay
for 1000 pounds of barbed wire in 1S90
105 bushels will do the trick now so the
barbed wire trust isnt getting any the
best of the corn grower
Stoves have advanced sinco 1890 about
10 per cent wheat has advanced during
tho same period more than 00 per cent
Problem How can it require 25 per cent
moro wheat to buy n stovo thau it did
in 1S90
Two-by-four scantliug cost 20 per
1000 feet in 1890 the present price is
23 nu increase of 15 per cent Drop
siding cost 25 per 1 000 feet in 1890
tho present price is 30 and increase of
20 per cout White cedar fence posts
cost about 12 cents npiece in 1890 and
the price is tho samo today Flooriug
cost 25 per 1000 feet in 1890 the pres
ent price is 30 an increase of 20 per
cent Sheeting cost 20 in 1590 the
present price is 23 an increaso ot 15
per cent Shingles nro the samo price
ns in lbOO 325 per 1 000 Where is
tho Phonographs iucroaso of 83 per
cent on lumber
A sixty pound coil of ropo in 1890
would hnvo cost tho farmer 3 Had he
pnid for it with 10 ceut corn thirty
bushels would hnvo been required The
snmo ropo is now worth 4 05 Paid
for in 30 cent corn fifteen nnd one half
bushels would be required Instead of
one half more com being necessary tho
farmer can buy almost twice ns much
ropo with tho samo quautity as ho could
during the halcyou low priced days of
90
There has beou an iuoreaso in tho
price of farm implements but tho state
ment that it requires 25 per cent moro
grain to buy them is grossly exaggerated
The increase is by no means propor
tionate to tho oiihnuced value of xuost
farm products Fifty bushels of wheat
would havo been required to pay for
n sixteeu inch plow four years ago to
day the samo plow can bo bought for
thirty two bushels of wheat or its equiv
alent
Sugar was selliug seventeen pouuds
for a dollar in 90 eggs 7 cents n dozen
Fourteen dozen eggs would have bought
sovonteou pouuds of sugar Sugar is
now fourteen pounds for a dollar eggs
18 conts a dozen Nino nndone third
dozen eggs will buy tho samo quautity
of sugar that it required fourtoeu dozon
to buy in 90 Three dozon eggs would
havo boughta pouud of coffee four yoars
ago now loss than half that number
will do it Three dozon eggs would
havo bought a pound of smoking tobacco
in 1890 two dozen eggs will buy it now
Four dozen eggs would buy ten f pounds
of oatmeal in 90 two dozen ogg will
buy it now
A bushel of ryo will buy five yards of
giugham now it would buy only two
iu 90
A bushel of wheat will ouy seven nnd
one half yards of calico now it would
buy ouy five yards four years ago
Five bushels of corn will buy n pair
of shoes now that would have cost
twelve aud one half bushels in 1890
Since 1S90 the prico of eggs has in
creased approximately 100 per cent
butter 50 per cent hay 20 per cent
wheat 02 per cent oats GO per cent
ryo 150 per cent corn 200 per cent
The man Avho in tho face of these
facts will attempt to convince tho
farmer that he is not getting a fair shuro
of prosperity must be either blind or
dishonest Let us hope that it is tho
former St Paul Republican
The Creightou Nows populist is out
squarely against tho fusion nominee for
congress in this district in the follow
ing emphatic statement The politi
cal sky is far from being clear iu this
district for John Robinsons
this fall His utter disregard
interests of his friends in the
coming home to him ouly too
Whilo the News has supported
election
for the
past is
keenly
sou for district judge nud for congress
with tho full measure of its strength for
tho sucoess of the party it has arrived
at a point where it will not support its
open enomies Knox couuty has
pulled this selfish political pirate out of
tho firo mom than once nud when he is
asked to favor auy citizens of this
county iu any way politically ho has
always opposed them When Deviuo
was nominated by tho populists Robin
son opposed him when the democrats
uomiunted Keiper Robinson exerted no
effort to secure his election and when
Maxwell was a caudidnte that was no
concern of Robinson It mattered littlo
to him whether Mr Maxwell was suc
cessful or not John Robinson has
always been for self and to with
tho hiudermost If thore is n devil in
the third congressional district wo
believe that John Robinson is he Wo
havo nlwnys been taught that if wo
wanted to bo saved wo should keep out
of tho clutches of the devil consequently
our offorts during this campaign will bo
waged against the re election of John S
Robinson whom we deem unworthy of
the slightest support at our hands In
doiug our duty in faith to our adopted
party aud to tho uatiou at large labor
ing in tho interests of equal rights and
justice between man aud man and for
tho interests of thiB district the Nows
fails to see wherein we oau maintain
our independence by establishing n
monarchy and putting John S Robinson
in possession of the key to tho kingdom
John S Robinson is to tho fusion party
what Geo E Dorsey was to tho re
publican paity a caucer ou the body
politic
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