Conservative * 3
always been better able to explain his
transmutations than Tlmrston has to
illuminate the reasons for his being pro-
silver one year and anti-silver another
year.
The republicans may , and in all prob-
abilitjr will , have the power to name the
next United States senator from Ne
braska. And any political organization
which has that power ought to feel the
great responsibility of rightfully using
it for the promotion of the best interests
and the exaltation of the best citizen
ship of this growing and prosperous
commonwealth. Nothing emasculates
the reputation of a state with such
certainty as the promotion of
unworthy characters to occupy its high
places. The experience of the republi
can party in Nebraska teaches that
nothing can so speedily convert a ma
jority into a minority as the election to
responsible positions of men who are
mentally and morally irresponsible.
That the coining election of a United
States senator may result in a wise
choice and give Nebraska a representa
tive in Washington of whom 'even his
opponents may be proud is a consumma
tion devoutly to bo wished.
bring
THEC.O.IX Actions
VOTE. oufc fcko weakness
of this form of
government and make visible the fester
ing fact that self-government is full of
self-rottenness.
During the campaign for the presi
dency in 1896 the fabulous sums of
money contributed to each of the na
tional committees were from time to
time reported in the newspapers of the
country. Everybody knew that every
where , all over this self-glorifying re
public , men were being bought and sole
and cash being deposited for votes by
both the Bryan and McKiuley managers
The silver mine and bullion owners
were constantly contributing to thai
party which was pledged to convert
their crude metal into currency at the
price of one dollar and twenty-nine
cents an ounce.
The friends of McKiuloy were like
wise raising money by untiring solicita
tions , and oven by threats , from the
protected industries. Fat was fried ou
of every man or manufactory that waste
to get a benefit from the monopoly of
the American market which protoctioi
was promised to secure him. Every
wliere the pledge of protection was givoi
to get money with which to carry on
the campaign.
A campaign of education carried 01
by careful students and teachers who
have consciences that will not permi
them to lie , cajole or deceive is a gooc
thing for any sort of people. And it i
only fair to admit that such campaign
are often attempted in good faith by
many competent citizens. And further
there is no doubt that many voters are
enlightened and convinced by such edu
\
ational campaigns. But there are fre
quently moro dolhirs disbursed among
trikers and heelers than are paid out
'or printing and circulating essays ,
peeches , or arguments. There are
nore dollars disbursed by the agents
ind emissaries of the two parties on the
lay of election for the direct purchase
of the votes of the vicious and the ig-
lorant , than are paid out during the
hreo preceding months for all the ora-
orical and printing expenses put to
gether.
Why hill ourselves to sleep when the
epublic is being gangrened by the rot-
; eniiess and leprosy of the O. 0. D.
voter ? Wo all know that if the intelli
gent and honest voters of the United
States , who differ upon economic and
financial questions with the most intense
sincerity were mustered into two
armies and made to face each other and
; hen the 0. O. D. voters should come in
between them and at lost join ono of
: hem , the one joined would have
a majority of all the votes in the United
States.
Who is so imbecile as not to remem
ber and realize the fact that the struggle
for votes in 1890 was a struggle between
the purses of silver on one side and the
purses of protection on the other ? Who
so stupid as not to know that votes in
the United States , votes among the
masses , votes among common councilmen -
men , votes among county commission
ers and votes among legislators have
frequently become merchandise in this
land of the free and home of the brave ?
How long will it bo before the mar
ket reports shall name from day to day
the going rates of votes ? Plain citi
zen votes at the polls ? Legislative votes
for United States senators ? The votes
of members of the United States senate
and house ?
How much ? How long ?
the
CURRENCY
LEG1SLATION.
orators and oflico
seekers in the state of Nebraska endeav
ored to frighten the people with the fi
uancial atrocities which they alleged
were contained in the McOleary bill
Everywhere they talked themselves
hoarse in depicting the outrage and op
pression which would come down , like
an avalanche , upon the plain people o
the United States the moment the federal
oral government secured a divorce fron
the banking business.
From the rostnm and the press the
fusionists rolled off carloads of terrify
ing predictions based on the possible
fact that the bankers of the Unitec
States might , under proposed legisla
tioii , be permitted to alone furnish the
paper currency of the United States
The legislative result in Nebraska indi
cates that a majority were not badlj
frightened. Bankers ought to do th
banking , millers the milling and trans
ortation companies the carrying trade
f this entire republic.
The greenbacks ought to bo retired.
The treasury department should re-
umo its normal and legal business of
conomically collecting and honestly
lisbursing the revenues of the govern-
nent. 11
Governmental banking is paternalism
is much as is the free seed distribution
jy governmental agencies.
There is need of
A NEW PARTY : a political party in
THE CONSER
VATIVE. the United States
which can live
without traditions and promulgate pol
icies and principles without fear of run
ning amuck with its own precedents and
platforms.
A conservative party for the United
States which can easily bo formed by a
realignment of the best elements of ex
isting political organizations would ad
vance civilization and good government
by ignoring all the fallacies and follies
of the old parties and proclaiming itself
for an honest , frugal and constitution-
respecting administration of national
affairs.
The objections to a new party are not
insufferable. The republican party was
organized in 1854. It ran Fremont for
the presidency in 1850. It elected Lin
coln because of a divided democracy
a minority president in 1800.
At Independence Hall in Philadelphia ,
4th of July , 189 ! ) , would be a good place
and time to hold a national coiivention
of conservatives.
Of the untried
"CRIMINAL
AGGRESSION. " measures there re
main only recog
nition of the insurgents as belligerents ,
recognition of the independence of Cuba ,
neutral intervention to end the war by
imposing a rational compromise between
the contestants , and intervention in
favor of one or the other party. I speak
not of forcible annexation , for that can-
not be thought of. That , by our code of
morality , would be criminal aggression.
President McKinley's message of last
December.
Deafness is a most deplorable misfor
tune , and there arc many inventions to
soften the lot of sufferers from it. Some
are enabled to hear through their ears
by means of trumpets of various shapes ,
others through their teeth by means of
. It has been often
a sounding-board. re
marked how much better some people
can hear over the telephone than they
can in direct conversation , and now
comes a St. Louis inventor with a port
able telephone for that purpose. The
deaf man carries a small battery in his
pocket , presents a regular transmitter to
the ono who wishes to talk to him , and
puts an ordinary receiver to his own
ear.