The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, October 10, 1900, Image 2
f ' a -.:. .I s 1 14: k . Uy . l EKaBUSBXD MAT 11,1870. Columbus 3 onvmL Columbus, 3Velr. at the Postoffice, Colombo. NebrM u nail matter. iMHt viMtet7i ty x. x. mm co. or 8UB8CBXNIOH: . Oavar,braail,poatac prepaid $LM far. aMTStfr -75 tan WEDNESDAY. OCTOBEB 10. 1W9. , 11 rftws sf THE JOUBM. tlaak&ttkadate a ffca wiajpyi f JOUBXaVI. tfc auda : JOUBWAL. Up to tfcls date, y isamUs Republican National Ticket. For President, WILLIAM McKINLEY. For Vice-President, THEODORE ROOSEVELT. REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET. Governor, C H. DIETRICH, Adams. Lieutenant Governor, E. P. SAVAGE, Custer. Secretary of State, G. W. MARSH, Richardson. WILLIAM 8TUEFFER, Cuming. Auditor, CHARLES WESTON, Sheridan. Attorney General, F. N. PROUT, Gage. Land Commissioner, GEORGE D. FOLLMER, Nuckolls. Superintendent. .. W. K. FOWLER, Washington. Comer e1 Ticket. For Congress, Third District, JOHN R HAYS. Senatorial. For Senator 12th District, JAMES E. NORTH. , Float Representative. Float Representative, 25th District, com ' posed of Platte and Nance counties, Wm. hauptmann. County. Representative, 21 District, H..B. REED. County Attorney, a s. McAllister. Csaiig Events- Gov. Poynter to speak evening of Oct. 10 at Columbus; on Oct 11 at Hum phrey. Gov. Poynter and W. H. Thompson make fusion speeches at Fremont Oct. 8; Scribner Oct. 12; Hooper 13. Senator Hanna of Ohio is to speak at Lincoln and Omaha next week. -Receipts to Saturday of funds for the relief of Galveston sufferers, amounted to $100890. The first telegram from Skagway to Seattle was received last Thursday, oc cupying seven hours in transit Chaunckt Depew and ex-President Benjamin Harrison are to speak in Ne braska before the close of the campaign. Wharton Barker, the mid-road pop ulist nominee for the presidency, esti mates the vote for his party at 1,000,000. He says New York is puzzling all of them. It is generally understood that per sonally, Mr. Bryan is the wealthiest man now running for the presidency, and that he made the most of it during the last four years. E. Rosewatks of the Omaha Bee and G. M. Hitchcock of the World-Herald sxe to debate the political issues of the oampaign at Omaha, Oct 11; Lincoln, Oct 13; Grand Island, Oct 18, and Ne braska City, Oct 22. Tax democrats are continually losing paramount issues. Now, their para mount issue is the inalienable right of brown men to shoot American citizens oa the other side, while black men over here are denied the right to vote. Roosevelt There are thousands upon thousands of democrats in this country who are utterly opposed to the Chicago plat form, which has been made the party shibboleth in places, and they will em phasize their opposition by acting with the republicans until their own party i to its elk to a. talae. I ate -rate for .1 svotUm atom it will talaea lm tats eaaatrr tkaa I mm mMe to vet M of rilHam Jemmlmsa Bryaa tm at Kmojrrllle, Teams, Seat. are thousands of democrats who will gladly give a vote of confidence to President McKinleyin his conscien tious efforts to execute the people's will eoaeerning their general interests. No it in our entire history has a higher regard for the public welfare, or greater ability in the dis- of duty. Tax country is still waiting to get a fasl report from Mr. Sulzer as to the distribution among the widows and or- lof fallen Boers of that $18 and odd cents left over from the $1,800 collected st the Washington Tro-Boer msstiaf;. The reason for the delay must .ha that Mr. Suker knows that the dem srastifi politicians on his committee aoald aot bo gotten together for final i ea the surplus, without eoasum- itasa the amount of the surplus ia shsminiTT" and cigars. The facility with which nearly $1,800 could be dined sad wmed away by his committee was as wall domuastiated, that it would be to further experiment on a $18 remnant Ex. gftmpj JOOOOOOOOOCOOSXXXJQOfXXXKXXX This is the paramount issue: A few years ago ''General" Coxey was leading a crowd of idle men to Washington to make a protest against existing conditions from the steps of the national capitol. Now this same Coxey is building a big steel casting plant at Mount Vernon, O., and cannot find one half the men he. needs to do the work. Lincoln Journal. J. B. Worth. Born in Ohio in 1838, and came to Ne braska in 1856, coming to Platte county in 1858, and was married there in 1859. He has been a resident there since that time except four years while collector of internal revenue at Omaha. He has been closely identified with the building up of Platte county and was personally acquainted with nearly every old settler in North Central Nebraska. He had always been identified with the dem ocratic party until 1896 when the Chi cago platform was adopted, which he considered so far removed from the doc trines of the party that he refused to support the ticket He was twice elec ted to the state senate from this district first in 1876 and second in 1892. He held several other important offices, such as sheriff of this county, mayor of the city of Columbus and several terms aa surveyor. Besides being collector or internal revenue under Cleveland's ad ministration, Mr. North has always had the fullest confidence of his neighbors and acquaintances. The Nebraska senate would have an exceptionally strong man should Mr. North be elected, and this senatorial district would be well represented. Schuyler Sun. Keep the Gait. The American people can flourish bettor in such an atmosphere of general conditions as we have had the past four years, than under the last democratic administration, which, we dare affirm, was very much better than anything promised by Bryan would be. If we must have a democratic admin istration, don't duplicate a Buchanan; don't cater to all the uncertainties of political adventure one or two at any time are more than sufficient; don't think of foisting Bryan upon the coun try. At the bottom of all theories of ad ministration of offices, is the living, ac tive force, the life of the nation. Some men will go to almost any extreme to gain notoriety, to get into public office. Such are not particularly concerned about the public welfare they wish es pecially to feather their own nests. Anything with them is paramount so that it forms a more or less plausible plea before the people for their support in securing an office. We have had, as it were, a taste of what good government administration in national matters means. Now let us have another four years assured under President McKinley's wise guidance, and we may well look forward to the most wonderful time in all our history for industrial growth; the development of natural resources; the opening up of new agricultural fields; the utilizing of the rich treasures of our mineral world; the spread of American commerce to all the ends of the earth. We can, if we will. Let us will, and will it with such a vim that it will tell for good and all. While the Statesman is a non-partisan paper, we believe the office should seek the man, rather than, the man seek the office, and that voters should look to the worth of the candidate, rather than the name of the party that chooses him. From the best authority we can obtain, the respective ability and fitness of the candidates for congress from this dis trict leads us to take a pronounced stand for JOHN R. HAYS. Mr. Hays is a poor man, (and incidentally, a friend of the poor man), his public and private life is without a blemish, his ability be yond quest'on, and if he is elected to congress, will be an honor to his district A strong effort by professional politi cians will be made to defeat Mr. HayaI w fesl sure the voters of this vicinity will throw partisanship aside and give John R. Hays a good majority which he so justly deserves. Creston Statesman. Remember that a republican repre sentative and senator in the state legis lature mean that many votes for repub lican United States senators. We have two to elect this winter, and Nebraska wants this time two men who are thor oughly sound on national issues. A life-long democrat who has the stamina to pull away from political associations, as has been shown by James E. North, is worthy to receive hearty commenda tion for his patriotic course. A vote for him, as well as for Reed and Hauptman will mean that you wish to uphold the administration of one of the very best presidents this country has ever had. At midnight last Wednesday two men boarded a Kansas City passenger train on the Burlington road, three miles south of Council Bluffs, but Express Messenger Baxter, when ordered to open the door, told them to go to h 1, and immediately got out of the car on the other side, and slipped around with his gun to where one of the robbers had the engine crew corralled under a pistol, and fired one shot into him, killing him instantly. The other robber fled at once, without getting anything. A man giving the name of D. R. Knight was af terwards arrested in Council Bluffs, on suspicion. Editorial in Ohio Statesman, (demo cratic) July 27, 1864: With the impu dence sad insolence of a tyrant who feels himself already master of the country, he thus throws in the faces of the whole people the iron issue Abra ham Lincoln against the people; des potism against the republic. Thus ends oar quotation, and just as there were patriotic democrats then by the thous ands who sustained Lincoln, so now with McKialey. A fiART.aouAW to the New York World from Paris, under date of October 7 says that Count Lavaux, who has just trav eled in his balloon, the Centaure, from Paris far into Russia, asserts that he eould have gone to the Ural mountains a he had not been anxious to return here ia taws for the iaal long-distance competition. The balloon's average speed oa the trip was sigbtyhre mike as hour. (xxxsooe; to Parte lies. That the protended fears for the fu ture 'of the people of Porto Rico dis played by Bryanite orators are entirely without foothold among the people of that island is the gist of every reliable report that comes from that direction. Speaking of the Porto Rican tariff, Dr. J. H. Hollander, formerly one of the professors of political economy at Johns Hopkins university and now on a visit home after nearly a year in our -new possession, where he is serving as treas urer for the government and has special facilities for observation, is quoted as saying: I can imagine nothing more uncalled for than the wave of emotionalism that swept the United States over the Porto Rican tariff measure. The measure was a godsend to the people of the island and the cry against it in the United States found no echo in Porto Rico. It has been the means of helping the na tives to get upon their feet so to speak, and has done all that those who advo cated it in congress claimed it would do. Had it not passed, one of two things would have been the inevitable result a burdensome internal tax on the people or a subsidy from the United States. The first would have been too heavy too carry; the other alternative would have made the islanders wards of charity and would have further encouraged them in idleness. From practical demonstration of the operations of the act I am more than convinced of the wisdom of the measure. As to the finances of the island, I would say that in the place of a deficiency we have now a surplus of about 8350,000, a most encouraging omen. My budget this year will net about 82,000,000, realized as follows: Customs in Porto Rico, $1,000,000; Porto Rican customs in the United States, $500,000, and from the internal revenue of the island, $500,000. The facts about Porto Rico all point to a wonderful improvement of condi tions in the island since the transfer from Spain to the United States, and the people of Porto Rico, far from com plaining of their treatment would not go back voluntarily to old conditions any more than the people of the United States would exchange their present prosperity again for the hard times that preceded the election of McKinley. Omaha Bee. Saturday afternoon one of the fiercest tornadoes that ever visited northern Minnesota and parts of Wisconsin struck Biwabik, killing two persons, injuring eight and damage estimated at from $300,000 to $500,000. The funnel-shaped cloud was irresistible, tipping over loco motives, and carrying cars 100 to 300 feet Houses in its path were blown to atoms and the furniture scattered for miles. abbittonal metal. BwwIMUllaaiamTHMIWUWIImWRIIIIWMi kuldtery. Our stock of fall and winter hats is now complete. We have a line of street and trimmed hats that challenge all competition this season. Our assort ment goes beyond anything we have ever shown before and is certainly worth careful inspection. Popular prices. Mrs. W. S. Jat, 2t Thirteenth Street, Columbus. A WELCOME GUEST Is Coming to Columbus, Oct. 18, 19 and 20. THREE DATS ONLY! He Conies to Help the Suffer ing Fnblie. Many people of our town know Dr. Terry by what he did for them on his lost visit to Columbus. We are sure many more will welcome him on this, his third visit All persona who wear spectacles, or have any trouble with their eyes, should know the doctor per sonally as he is an expert optician and has had many years successful practice. Quito a number of our people had their eyes treated optically by Dr. Terry on his last visit here and all speak in high est terms of his wonderful skill in fitting glasses and great relief afforded by same, and we are sure from the many inquiries we have received as to the date of his next visit many mors are anxious ly awaiting his return. Dr. Terry comes representing the well known firm of Columbian Optical Co., manufacturing and wholesale opticians. This firm is the largest of its kind in the west; they are established in Dee Moines, Iowa, Omaha, Neb., Kansas City, Ma, Denver, Colo, sod Salt Lake City, Utah. 'mmmmiBawsawsawHaai WsawJaawsawsiwnamiC 7 -.BaoHAOoooooooooVr!BaoooB wmmamBBBBKsmmm9 vBuauSPii' tl III This is a double guarantee that the doctor's work is right as this firm posi tively guarantees all work done by him. This is what the Columbian Optical Co. says for Dr. Terry: "To the Public: We consider our selves fortunate in securing the services of Dr. J. Will Terry, one of Chicago's best Refraetionists. For several years previous to his connection with us, he was employed by one of the largest Op tical institutions of Chicago ss expert optician. Knowing bis ability ss we do by two years of expert work with us we give a positive guarantee with his work. Our Omaha house is located at 211 So. Sixteenth street and we stand ready at anytime to correct errors made by him should any occur. 8hoald you have any trouble with your eyes do not miss this most excel- i lent opportunity of having your eyes examined and as examination and con sultation are free there is no reason why you should not consult the doctor. A few symptoms of eye defects, head ache, nervousness, eye ache, smart burn or water, intolerance of light inflamma tion of the lids, dizziness, styes on the lids, blinking pain in eyeball, orbit tem ple or forehead, dark spots floating before the eyes, pain in the back of head, f cross-eyes, granulated lids, etc j Physicians especially are invited to call and investigate our system of cor recting 'all errors of refraction, asthe nopia and muscular insufficiency. Seeing is believing. Come and see. Dr. Terry will be at our store Oct 18, 19 and 20, three days only. We invite all suffering from weak or defective eyes, to call and see the doctor. Con sultation and examination free." Yours truly, Brodfukhrer's Jewelry Store. Attention, Ladies. Beginning Friday. Oft. 12, to Satur day Oct 21, inclusive, wo will give yon special prices on our pattern hats. While we have a full stock to select from, we can copy any style in any color you may select, and we guarantee our work. All orders given personal attention. Yours respectfully, Mrs. Eva Martin, 2t Manager of the 4Ro.val." Real Estate Transfer. Becher, Hockenberger & Chambers, real estate agents, report the following real estate transfers filed in the office of the county clerk since our lost report: H I Murdock to Kate Sullivan, lot 9, blk 5, Smith's add Col. wd $ 70000 Kate Sullivan to Wm Zinneck- er, same, wd 750 00 A F Fluekiger to J E Hicks, nw4 26-17-3w, wd 5000 Charity Smith to James W Nel son, lots 3 and 4 blk 190, Col. wd 25000 H Ragatz to John Conley, pt sw4 ne4 29-17-le, wd 50000 F E Mathews to Raymond Ha ney, lot G, blk 10, Highland Parkadd,wd 05000 C H Sheldon' to Laura B Ba ker, lots 7, 8, blk 51, Col. wd. 2500 00 Johanna Ducey to John J Du cey, ne4 28-20-3w, wd 250000 John J Ducey to James Ducey, samefwd 250000 Equitable Trust Co to Martin Zarek, n2 ne4 26-17-2w, wd. . 850 00 Sheriff of Platte county to W A McAllister, lot 1, blk 4, 1st add to Humphrey, sh'ff deed 335 00 A A H Frese to C C Hardy et al, pt lots 1, 2, blk 121, Col.wd 1810 00 S K Rapp to A L Koon, lot 5, blk 3, Stevens' add, wd 800 00 Pioneer Town Site Co to Mi- chael Gaspers, out lot G and pt out lot F Lindsay, wd.... 1050 00 Aaron Cabn to H F J Hocken berger, lots 1, 2, blk 37, lots 5, G, blk 39, lots 7, 8, blk 169, lot 7, blk 211, lot 5, blk 220, lots 5, 0, blk 263, city, qcd . . . 50 00 Total $15,295 00 Weather Beport. Review of the weather near Genoa for the month of September, 1900. Mean temperature of the month 6.V22. Mean do name month last year .' G5.53 Highest daily temperature on 8th i7 Lowest doon the 29th 40 . Hill! Uftj 11 High winds days. 2 Clear days IB Fair days 7 ltain fell during portions of days 7 Inches of rainfall 10.45 Do same month last year 0.51 Greatest ain't in 24 hoars inches R Prevailing winds from S.W. to N.E. byE. Thunder storms 4th, 9th, 14th, 22d. Heavy fogs on 13th and 23d. Lunar halos on the 3d and 9th. Slight frost on the 17th in low places, damage slight Slight hail on the 14th. A cloud burst on the 14th at 7 a. m:, removing many road bridges and por tions of the railroad track, as well as injuring crops in low places; 3.G0 inches of rain fell inside of two hours. The posters entitled "Undo Sam's Balance Sheet" and "That Terrible Eclipse," published by The American Protective Tariff League, are perhaps the most striking illustrations of the difference in conditions between 1890 and 1900, which have been issued thus far in the campaign. These posters can be seen in the rooms of any local repub lican committee, or will be sent to any address for eight cents. Ask for Posters "G" and "H." Address, American Pro tective Tariff League, 135 West 23d Street, New York. lotice! Notice is hereby given, to whom it may concern, not to give credit to Mrs. Martha Evans Bruner, on my account, as she has left my house and table, tak ing with her my and her child, Chester Douglas Bruner. I will not be respon sible for any debts contracted by her. 2tp F. Bruner. OMAHA PRICES. Fitzpatrick will give you goods at Omaha prices. Follow the crowd and see. To Chicago and the East. Passengers goingeast for business, will naturally gravitate to Chicago as the great commercial center. Passengers re-visiting friends or relatives in the eastern states always desire to "take in" Chicago en route. All classes of passen gers will find that the "Short Line" of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Rail way, via Omaha and Council Bluffs, affords excellent facilities to reach their destinations in a manner that will be sure to give the utmost satisfaction. ' A reference to the time tables will in dicate the route to be chosen, and, by asking any principal agent west of the Missouri river for a ticket over the Chicago, Council Bluffs & Omaha Short Line of the Chicago, Milwaukee k St Paul Railway, you will be cheerfully furnished with the proper passport via Omaha and Chicago. Please note that all of the "Short Line" trains arrive in Chicago in ample time to connect with the express trains of all the great through car lines to the principal eastern cities. For additional particulars, time tables, maps, etc., please call on or address F. A. Nash, General Agent, Omaha, Nsb. IHUHMHI State House Ring Diverting Trade to Their Pets at Lincoln. Uaeala Then aaa KawBvyaa Saabs the Populists. Omaha, Oct. 8. It Is observed that the fuslonlsts are not enthusing very much over Governor Poynter. Espe cially is this true of the business men In the towns where state institutions are located. The merchants in these towns have had anything but a pleasant experi ence under the Poynter administra tion. Trade and patronage of the in stitutions, which should properly go to them, has been gradually diverted to pets and favorites of the state house ring at Lincoln, until finally little of it goes to the local merchants. Tons of groceries and supplies have been shipped from Lincoln to the various Institutions during the last year and only such trade has been allotted to the local business men as could not well be diverted to Lincoln. Then, too, the administration "fix ers" have been very exacting In deal ing with the local merchant and very liberal in dealing with their favorites at Lincoln. If they treated them both alike there would be less cause for complaint, but the contracts are jug gled In such a way that if a local mer chant secures one he is compelled to furnish goods at almost cost price, whereas the Lincoln dealers are al lowed to make one bid on all the sun plies and in addition are given other advantages denied to others. Every body knows that bids on a dozen or more contracts at the same time, meaning the supplying of goods in car load lots, can be made at a lower rate than for only one contract involving only the supplies for one Institution. This is one advantage. HOLDING UP VOUCHERS. Another advantage shown the Lin coln dealers over the country mer chants Is the holding back of vouchers and warrants. It is a notorious fact that bills for groceries from the coun try merchants lay sometimes for weeks before they are passed upon and allowed, while those of the favorites are promptly paid. In the mercantile trade 30 or'OO days credit is the same as cash and if merchants succeed in converting their goods into money within that time they are enabled to make considerable of a saving in the way of discounts. In many instances the country merchants have lost the benefit of their discounts through the failure of the Board to pass upon bills and remit promptly. It is openly stated that this failure is only part of u plan to discourage the local merchants in these towns from bidding, in order that the pets of the state house ring may enjoy greater profits. Some may infer from this that the state is deriving benefit from such manipulations. This is not true. The records in the auditor's office show that the expense of maintaining the state institutions the last two years has been greatly increased over what it was, and is greater now than at any time in the state's history. Governor Poynter will close his term with the enormous shortage or defic iency of $100,000. Not one of the var ious institutions has been properly kept up. The grounds, outbuildings and the like have been sadly neglected. Not a dollar has gone for labor in this direction. All the money appro priated has lcen expended, but how, nothing short of a legislative Investi gating committee can explain. Dr. Tracy of Milford, the physician In charge of the Soldier's Home, who was caught paying house rent and of fice rent in groceries taken from the state, has resigned and left the state. His resignation promptly followed the exposure. CRAWFISHING ON EXPANSION. It is a matter of history that nearly every Democratic president from Jef ferson to Buchanan expressed a desire for the annexation of Cuba to the United States. Monroe while president expressed himself in favor of annexing Cuba, so did Polk and so did Pierce. In 1S40 President Polk made a propo sition for the purchase of Cuba from Spain for $100,000,000. Six years be fore that, or in 1S34, what is known as the Ostend Manifesto was issued. and that asserted the right of tlw United States to take and annex Cuba, should Spain refuse to sell. The Ostend Manifesto was an an nouncement made by President Pierce's ministers to England, France and Spain (Buchanan, Madison and Soule) in which they suggested that an earnest effort be made to purchase Cuba at a price not to exceed $120, 000,000, and added that if this should be refused by Spain "we should be jus tified by every law, human and divine, in wresting it from Spain if we pos sess the power," a proposition of which Lassing, the historian, says: "The bald iniquity of this proposition amazed honest men in both hemi spheres." The manifesto failed of its purpose, because the European powers and the world in general failed to recognize the justice of acquiring property by seizure. Buchanan, who succeeded Pierce to the presidency, in three of his annual messages to congress urged that Cuba ought to be made by purchase part of the United States. During Buchanan's term a bill for that purpose was intro duced in congress by Senator Seidell later of confederate fame, and that bill was strongly supported by the Democratic members of congress from the southern states. In 1860 the Democratic national con vention declared in favor of annexing Cuba and placed the following In the platform: "Resolved, that the Democratic party are in favor of the acquisition ef the Island of Cuba upon such terms as shall be honorable to ourselves and Just to Spain." President Pierce made a strong effort to annex Hawaii. The matter was car ried so far that a treaty for the pur pose was drafted. On this point Mr. Marcy, who was secretary of state in Pierce's cabinet wrote the following note to Minister Gregg: "This government will receive the transfer of the sovereignty of the Sandwich islands with all proper pro visions relative to existing rights of the people thereof, such as are usual nd proper to territorial sovereignty. The president directs me to say that he cannot approve of some of the arti cles of the treaty; there are In his mind some strong objections to the im mediate Incorporation of the Islands In their present condition Into the unlca as an independent state. It was ex- than it was four years sio, wW pected that the Hawaiian government ' ke- lron nd TOppIrtb!vf 2J5S1, would be willing to offer the Islands lue- course this "iteresUng In to the United States as a territory ; "?" 5 ? Hffi and leave the question in relation Z V"0! SS.? SS their becoming a state to the determi nation of this government unembar rassed by stipulations on that point" It will be seen by this that through out its history the Democratic party has favored expansion. It will also be observed that In all their messages and correspondence bearing on the acquisi tion of territory no reference is made to "the consent of the governed." Jef ferson, Polk, Pierce, Buchanan, in fact all the great minds of the Democratic party, have favored expansion, some of them going so far as to advocate the acquisition of island territory by force. Compared with this the splendid rec ord of the Republican party, and par ticularly of the McKinley administra tion, stands out in bold relief. .CZAR THEN PATRIOT NOW. According to Democratic doctrine in 1804 Lincoln was a czar. Now he is n patriot. In 1864. when Lincoln was a candidate for re-election, the same hue and cry about "imperialism" was raised by the Democrats. The Indian apolis Journal, a Democratic organ, at that time said: The only hope of preserving consti tutional liberty, the rights of the states and restoring peace to the union is in the restoration of the Democratic party to power. But let Abraham Lincoln be elected for another term, what will be the consequence? Four years more of abolition, national bankruptcy and Eu ropean interference. Shall we profit by the teachings of history, and even by our own experience, or continue the policy that must end in the overthrow of one of the best governments the world ever saw?" Just before the election in 1804 the same paper had another "nightmare," one of the Bryan order, and it said: "Should Mr. Lincoln be re-elected the revolution will be accomplished. This will be no longer a republic of the United States, but a consolidated em pire. Every safeguard must sooner or later give away. The limitation of the executive power will not be in the pleasure of the president. We implore patriotic and intelligent men to pause and reflect and give their verdict Tues day next. If the people will not save their constitution and union it is lost." The foregoing is the same sort of Democratic rot that Bryan is making use of today. The only difference is that the man who was pointed out as a despot then is treated as a patriot now. Like Lincoln, thirty-six years from now. if the Populists and the Democrats in their rapacity for proven der shall not have eatsn each other up, the Democratic doctrinaries will be quoting from McKinley and holding him up as the ideal statesman and patriot. Thirty-six years isn't such a very long time, but it is too long a time for the people of a great and progres sive country to wait, when they can get what they want now. The Ameri can people have kept up with the pro cession and if the Democratic party persists in staying thirty-six years be hind let it stay there. It will be observed, however, that Bryan's rant about imperialism is nothing new. The Democratic party was carping about it before he learned to speak his own name. Lincoln was abused, and harsher things were said of him than have ever been said of McKinley. The at tacks were wanton and cruel, and the recoil sent many an aspiring politician on the Democratic side into obscurity and distrust forever. Bryan is playing upon the same harp today. It is the instrument of a dema gogue and its tunes are as deceptive as the deadly nightshade. But the re coilthe pent up energy of outraged public opinion is there, and it will hit Bryan just as sure and just as hard . Ife lane 1I4 ...,,.. n .Ynmn.vs.fvMn VuirVha.. &? 11 JJlin MIL UIUII, il UUIUUJ,U,uir irc&ui I him. and it will drive him into obscur-1 ity and distrust just as it has driven others who hare undertaken to pre sume too far on public intelligence and credulity. HAS NOT ACCEPTED. Bryan has not as yet acknowledged having received the populist nomina tion for president. Why have you not made this acknowledgement, Mr. Bry an? Are you ashamed to do It? What is there about the Populist nomination you are ashamed of? If you are not ashamed of it why have you failed to accept? Is it because you are afraid that if you acknowledge the populist nomina tion you will alienate Tammany Hall and other eastern Democrats? Out here in Nebraska you profess to believe in Populism. But your refusal to utter a letter accepting the Populist nomination would Indicate duplicity. The Populists nominated you three months ago. at the same time the Dem ocrats nominated you. You acknowl edged the Democratic nomination by letter long since, but your letter accept ing the Populist nomination well, itV the letter in the candle" or "the out ihat never came." Simeon. DEPOSITS IN BANKS. SHOW WONDERFUL PROSPERITY FOR PAST FOUR YEARS. Fifty Per Cent of Farm Mertsrasea Have Been- Paid Up Frai Valaea Have Doabled Moaey Pleat? aad latereat Ltr. The Republican national committee in order to secure some up to date facts of Interest relative to financial condi tions in the great agricultural sections of the United States west of the Alle ghany mountains sent out letters to several hundred business men in the large cities and in country towns of these sections. They were asked how the bank de posits of their communities compared with four years ago, to what extent there bad been Improvement in the credits of their municipalities or town ships and what betterment if any was noticeable in the condition of the bor rowing classes. The business men to whom letters were sent were selected without any reference to and without knowldge of their political affiliations. In several instances extremely interesting replies came from bankers having a national reputation In Democratic party circles, such us John IL Walsh, president of the Chicago Nstlonsl bank. The general substance of the replies shows that savings and commercial de posits have Increased from 50 to 120 per cent since 1896; that municipalities are able to borrow money st a rate av eraging more than one-half of 1 per cent less than In 1890; that farm values in most sections have almost doubled; that about 50 per cent of farm mort gages have been paid up and the re mainder renewed only with "prepay ment" privileges and at lower interest rates and that from 20 to 25 per cent of the debtor classes, to whom Bryan four years sgo vainly appealed with his dis honest propositions for cutting in two the value of money legal tender In pay ment for debts, are now actually lend ing money in competition with the business men writing these letters. Out of all the answers thus far re ceived the only note discordant with a story of remarkable prosperity among all-Interests and In every community has come from a banker In the town of Deadwood, S. D. The principal busi ness there Is gold mining, and the com plaint Is that gold Is worth no mors standard was making "gold go up" and "man," incidentally with commodities and wages, "go dowa." Some of the strongest replies nave come right from Bryan's own state of Nebraska. The prosperity there ass been so wonderful that Bryan can bavs had no excuse for being unobservant of It The town of Lincoln, In which Bry an Is a taxpayer, now has 4 per cent bonds selling at a premium, whereas four years ago it experienced diatealty hi floating loans st G per cent- Adlal E. Stevenson ss a taxpayer has slso had a chance to see evidences of pros perity right In his own town, for the city of Bloomlngton, Ills., has recently sold Its bonds on a basis of 3.40 per cent which Is lower than any munici pality In the United States could get in 1890. The letters will ultimately be printed hi full and given wide circulation. Fol lowing are a few that the national com mittee has made public: James P. Forgan. president First National Bank of. Chicago. Chicago: "I submit the following comparison of the deposits of the Chicago banks hi 1S96 and in 1900: "Xatioaal banks- 18ML Individual deposits td.OTO.KS Country bank deposits.. 4.223!6 State and savings banks Individual deposits 3S.130.S46 Savings deposits 20.1H9.874 Country bank deposits.. 7.S8f.623 18001 tlOS.813.SS7 123.0B.8Ta 68.429.371 S4.740.610 13.ydS.3S6 f361.992.904" First Na Total deposits 6177,281.71 H. H. Matteson. cashier tional Bank of Great Falls. Great Falls, Mon.: "Bank deposits show an increase la our community as compared with four years ago of 118 per cent. Of this In crease about 85 per cent Is due to new business and 33 per cent to Increase In balances on accounts that we had at that time." C. L. Oleson. cashier Security Bank of Dakota. Howard. S. D.: "I take much pleasure In informing you that the deposits of our bank as compared with four years ago are now just 100 per cent larger." S. II. Burnham. president First Na tional Bank of Lincoln. Lincoln, Neb.: "Bank deposits have Increased In the banks of this city during the past five years 04 per cent" The Deaaeeratle mamas-era have reaaeateil Mr. AHsela to eealae ala reamarlca to Geraaaa, fcat the Oeraaaa voters tvlll aaaraaa the seatle- la aaere wajra thaa oae. WANTED-AtrriVE MAN OF GOOD Char acter to tifliver and collect in Nobraska for old -tablislied mannfactnrinK wholtaale house. $900 a year, sore pay. Honesty more than expe rience required. Our reference, any bank in any city. Enclose leU-addreMed stamped envel ope: Manufacturers, Third Floor, :i34 Dearborn St., Chicago. 12mch Some Special Rates via Uaiom Pacific, llomeseekers' Excursions, to Arkan sas, Arizona, Indian Territory, Louisi ana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Aug. 7-21, Sept. 4-18, Oct. 2-1C, Nov. 6-20 and Dec. 4-18, one fare plus $2 for round trip. One fare plus $2 for tho round trip on Sept. 10 and 26 to Chicago, St. Louis, Peoria, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Oulutb, tho Superiors and points in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and other eastern points. W. H. Bekiiam, Agent. LEGAL NOTICE. In th( district court, I'latte county.' Nebraska. Jou.v Jawohski, I'laintiir. vs. Harmon Sciiell. Defendant. Harmon i bchell. defendant, will take notice that on the 17th day of Hoptember. lHW.Joha Jaworeki, plaintiff herein, hied his petition in tho district court of Platte coonty, Nebraska. against said defendant, tho object and prayer of which am to quiet and confirm the title to the north half of the southwest quarter of section thirty, township nineteen, range one west, in the plaintiff an agoinat the said defendant, upon the ground that said plaintiff and his immediate grantor have been in the open, notorious and exrlusivo possession of; said premises) for more than ten years last past. You are required to answer said petition oa or before the 5th day of November, 1UU0. JOHN JAWOHSKI. Plaintiff. Hy McAllister 9l Cornelius. His Attorneys, lteep4 ESTIJA1' NOTICE. Taken up, at the premises of John Leipp, five miles northeast of Columbus. October 2nd, FOUK YEARLING CALVES. all red, two of them steers, and two heifers. The owner will provo property, pay damage and the expense of thh notioo. 10oct-.lt John Lupp. Pollock & Co., OF COLUMBUS. NEBIL. Will act as tfoneral aranta for thin and adjoin coantiea for the SNODDY MEDICINE CO., Mnnafnctnrera of the now FAMOUS SNODDY IlOfi CHOLUItA Sl'KCl PIC. tar-fall on them when in town, or write for circulars aad price lists. 3oct2mp Pfo DULY TOURIST CHS ItETWEEX NEBRASKA POINTS AND Utah, - California - and - Oregon ABE ATTACHED TO THE PACIFIC EXPRESS FOR UTAH and CALIFORNIA AND TO "The Chicago - Portland Special" FOR OREGON and PUGET SOUND THESE TRAIN'S LEAVE Columbus daily at G:55 p. m. Columbus daily at 10:30 a. m. Personally conducted once a week. 29augtf W. H. Bexham, Agent. W. A. M cAixiSTza. W. M. CoaxKUtn TniTTTTrnr commxius. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, COLUMBUS, iraBBASK Uaatr D. 8TIRE8. ATTORJTET AT LAW. f SSlhhaM H aa OOce, OUtb St., ap-ataira in First Natiosml Bask Bid's. 7-r Gaui i j ... N ss basks. Spring . Work Is at hand and you nn doubt lees needing something iu the luif pf FARM MACHINERY. I hav. m.iiei pated your wants and have on huud a complete stock of CULTIVATORS, HARROWS. , SEEDERS PLOWS, WAGONS, BUGGIES, ETC. -. - tWI am. agent for the old reliab(s Columbus Buggy Company, of Colum-. bus, Ohio, which is a sufficient guaran tee of strictly Qret-cluss goods. LOUIS SCHREIBER. 2Saprtf M. C: CASSIN, rKOPsurrou or thk- Ua Heat Market Fresh and Salt Meats.. Game and Fish in Season. sVHigheet market prices paid foi Hides and Tallow. THIRTEENTH ST., COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA 2Saprtf J. M. CURTIS, Justice of die Peace. garWould respectfully solicit a share of your business. 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