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AN INVITATION.
Witliin the culm spclusion
Among the quiet nooks
Whore wait the friendly faces
Of long-familiar books ,
I turn the poet's pages
And read the quaint words o'er ,
When , with the faintest whisper ,
A zephyr swings the door.
Once more the past attracts meTe
To journey by the side
Of pilgrims who "in folaweschipo
Toward Cauntorbury rydc. "
When lo , a wave of fragrance
Sweeps through the ancient lorol
> With whiffs of wild rose perfume
The zephyr swings the door.
As if the gentle Chaucer ,
Who loved all Nature well ,
Still wandered forth in spirit ,
Enchanted by her spoil ,
V 5 Anl sonfc u's voice which lingered
iV , . Prom ages gonn before
I To join a pleading zephyr
\ Tliat. softly swings the door.
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" " " ' It swings to show a glimmer
Lj _ Of rippling water's flow ,
Of white-sailed visions lleeting
And drifting clouds of snow ;
Of woodlands green where quiet
Is hold with peace in store ;
\ With subtle plea alluring ,
' . , / j | The zephyr swings the door.
Fleet fancy opens swiftly
The portals of the years ;
Afar , in shining meadows ,
The poet's form appears.
Away from courtly splendors
To scones that charmed him more ,
Ho beckons ono to follow
When fancy swings the door.
To follow where , mid daisies ,
In eager joy ho wont
To seek in lonely pathways
His deepest heart's content :
Where words began their singing
To echo o'er and o'er ,
Into the realm of Nature
Ho swung the poet's door.
From verdant arches rising
Whore forest shadows sloop ,
From fields o'erspread with sunlight ,
From banks where llowers creep ,
Still calls liis voice inviting
Grave eyes from bookish lore
To wander forth with Nature
When zephyrs swing the door.
MAUY FKENOII MOUTON.
KOOSEVEI/T AND BRYAN.
If the political party which is now re-
spousible for the Philippine war and the
enormous loss of life and treasure which
that war costs can again secure the
presidency of the United States and
elect an apologist or advocate of war it
must choose some other man for its
standard bearer than William McKinley.
The "reluctant" is not , at present , pop
ular with men who like decision , and
hate indecision , of character. Mr. Mc
Kinley does too many official acts "re
luctantly. " He hesitates and then
yields when the Hanna , Platt and El-
kins style of statesmen importunately
advise and direct what they want him
to do.
Theodore Roosevelt is honest. The
odore Roosevelt is able. Theodore
Roosevelt is brave and unselfish in war
as he is fearless and upright in peace.
Therefore if in 1900 the republican
party can elect any man to the presi
dency capable of rendering the republic
of the United States an efficient , wise ,
and patriotic service , that man is Theo
dore Roosevelt. He commands the re-
poet of all who have the pleasure of his
personal acquaintance.
And if in their admiration for war ,
ind their adoration of heroes the
American people
Nebraska's Hero. , , , , .
demand a soldier
lominee from each of the great political
parties , Nebraska can proudly present
Colonel William Jennings Bryan , whoso
nvincibility in peace and invisibility in
war are known and praised in all pop-
ulistic arousemonts from Maine to Cali
fornia.
Colonel Bryan was ono of the first to
enlist. Ho was likewise the gallant
ender of those first to resign. The
jourage with which he became a sol
dier was only equalled by the self-abne
gation with which he relinquished the
possibility of glory and guns on the
field of battle. With an unparalleled
record for shooting off his mouth and a
record for shooting off guns which
would make the Quaker vote a certainty
for him , Colonel Bryan is , beyond doubt ,
the only military man whom the popu
lists can put up against Theodore Reese
velt. The contrast between the cruelty
and courage of Roosevelt on the ono
hand and the womanly tenderness and
resignation of Bryan on the other would
elect somebody.
INITIATIVE AND KEFEUENDUM.
While in Deadwood a few days since
THE CONSERVATIVE met Colonel Steele ,
an eminent and well-known attorney of
that city , who was formerly a represent
ative of Wyoming in congress. Speak
ing of the committee on resolutions ai
the Chicago convention of 1890 , Colonel
Steele stated the fact that William Jen
nings Bryan asked the committee to put
into the platform something favorable
to the "initiative and referendum.
The eloquent Nebroskan made no plea
for this part of the platform based upon
any alleged devotion or adherence to
principle , but naively declared that such
a statement would "catch a great many
votes that otherwise might be lost. "
After this statesmanlike and patriotic
expression of friendship for the iuitiat
ivo and referendum by Colonel Bryan
Senator George of Mississippi addressee
him , saying : "Good God ! young man
can't you leave us anything in the way
of principles that the fathers of the con
stitution and the country declared foi
and defended ? "
Coming , as this did , from Senator
George , one of the most intense and rad
ical advocates of the free coinage o
silver at the ratio of 10 to 1 without re
gard to any other nation on earth or h
the planetary system , the young man
addressed subsided and made no further
ffort in behalf of a plank endorsing the
nitiative and referendum for the pur
pose of catching the ballots of suckers.
Colonel Steele is a democratic advo-
ate of the gold standard and other
ound propositions and stands high as a
publicist not only in Wyoming , Colorado
rado , South Dakota and Nebraska , but
; hroughout the entire Northwest. He
s a lawyer of extensive and profitable
practice and sincerely esteemed by all
who have the honor and pleasure of his
acquaintance.
SHOW The citizenship
YOUIt HAND. of Nebraska and
of the whole re-
mblio for that matter is becoming fa-
igued with the bluster and bluff of
Brj'anarchy.
People who road and think begin to
isk for some definite good which has
jeou accomplished for Nebraska or for
; ho republic by the policies and politi-
ians of the fusion persuasion.
People nsk , what has Bryan accom
plished during four years in congress ?
Where is any legislation of a beneficent
character emanating from his brains
and labors ?
When and where did Bryan accom
plish a benefit for "tho plain people , "
either as a lawyer , a statesman or a sol
dier ?
Has Bryan saved money for the plain
people who pay the taxes in the United
States ?
Has he by any deed , act , thought or
speech improved the physical , intellec
tual or moral condition of the afore
named plain people ?
Will some Bryauarchist make an ex
hibit , give an inventory , of the acts of
this perambulating orator which have
been of permanent usefulness to the
American people ?
Promises piled higher than moun
tains have many populists given. But
all their performances are below sea-
level and out of sight. In Nebraska ,
from Allen and Kern and McKeighau
and Maxwell and Billdech , from the
highest to the lowest , what have the
leaders of fusion organized , instituted
or animated for the common good ?
What principles do they stand for
when fused together ? Are they any
thing more or less than incarnate impor
tunity for office ? Do they ever discuss
government or policies of finance except
as a presumed means of getting office ?
Fusion should either formulate a plat
form of principles , or compose a con
fession , for puulic circulation. The taxpaying -
paying voters call upon Allen , the ex-
United States senator , and present dis
trict judge , and all the lesser exponents
of fusion.to show their hands. Let every
body see upon what they are doing their
betting , bluffing , office-seeking and
office-holding ? If there be among
them anything but inordinate appetite
for public place and emolument let the
people see the other thing or things.
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