'A1 ,
Conservative *
not so easy to arrive at , but the business
done by the national banks lias increased
thirty pur cent in the five years. This
would look aa if wo wore all a little
better off.
Our unfortunate friends , the railroads ,
seem to be the only ones who , as a class ,
have suffered. The volume of business
done by them was proportionate to the
accelerated trade of the country , but
their gross receipts fell off notwith
standing § 88,000,000 , and their net
profits $21,000,000. This in the face of
desperate efforts toward economy of
operation , which the serious nature of
their case has made obligatory upon all
the roads. Some day the railroads will
have to go out of business , and we will
all revert to the good old methods of
locomotion and * transportation the
stage-coach , the ox wagon and the pony
express.
In 1892 the vote
1893 AND 1806. .
for General J. B.
Weaver , populist , and Grover Cleve
land , democrat , aggregated 108,077.
That is , the combined votes of democrats
and populists in 1892 was fifty-three and
ninety-four one hundredths per cent
of the whole vote of Nebraska.
In 1890 the combined Brydnarchic
vote ( free silver republicans , populists
and deluded democrats ) was 115,880 ,
which , though a greater number than
that cost in 1892 for populists and demo
crats combined , was a less per cent than
that cast for Weaver and Cleveland.
Bryan's vote was only fifty-one and
ninety-one one huudredths more than
two per cent less than Nebraska's oppo
sition to republicanism in 1892.
THECONSEKVA-
ANONYMOUS.
TIVE during the
last twelve months has received many
anonymous communications for publica
tion. All have been declined , but one
anonymous article received not long
since , from. Chicago , may , upon exami
nation and comparisons by experts in
chirography , prove worthy of publica
tion in facsimile. * j '
* ' /M\B \ R ° eS6' fch °
DECENT AND , / ;
DIGNIFIED. republican nomi-
n e bs.for the su
preme court of Nebraska , declining to
make a political speech advocating , his
own election , remarks : * /
'
"In my view , it would not only be uu-
seemly for a candidate for such a posi
tion to enter into a partisan contest , and
thus contribute to the excitemunt and
contentious of a political campaign , bufc
such a course would result in a dirninu--
tion of respect for our highest judicial
tribunal. To avoid such personal poli
tical controversies has been the custom
and practice of candidates for the high
office under consideration , with few
exceptions. Such has been the ethics of
the people , the bar and the bench of our
whole country. No other course has
been , or would have been , tolerated.
There can be no doubt of the correctness
of this rule and I must decline to violate
it. This rule appeals to my judgment ,
my sense of propriety , and of right. It
has my fullest approval. In my judg
ment , it has , or should have , the approval
of all right-minded people. It is my
firm purpose to adhere to it. Believing
this course is in accord with your views ,
and also with the views of all the people
DEMOCRACY IN FIGTJKES
The State of Nebraska From 1873 to 1890.
Population
( Native White
Voters < Foreign Whitci' . . . . .
( Colored
Electoral Vote.
Democratic Vote
Opposition Vote
Not Voting
Total Voters
1890
1,205,000
240,800
114,233
5,024
* 115,880
107,805
180,001
800,140
Per Cent of the Vote Cast and of the Voters.
Democratic | tag.
Opposition..j Vote. . . ,
. ( Vote. . .
Total j Voters.
* 51.01
* 82.18
48.09
29.81
01.00
83.01
1892
1,100,128
214,704
101,830
4,495
f 108,077
02,115
120,837
821,029
+ 53.94
83.07
40.01
28.07
C2.80
87.04
1888
937,008
178.840
84,821
8,744
184,778
117,854
04,778
207,405
{ 41 83
81 70
58,17
44.07
7577
24.23
1884
095,005
182,500
02,874
2,775
$54,391
70,802
04,022
108,215
$40.53
27.44
59.47
40.20
07.70
82.80
1880
452,402
80,803
40,03
1,807
82,473
54.070
41,590
120,042
87.13
25.10
02.87
42.01
07.77
82.23
1870
820,030
18,008
20,012
1,820
17,554
81,010
41,831) )
04,800
.15 48
18.01
04 52
83.85
52.40
47.54
1872
188,875
87,150
17,020
778
7,705
18,242
211,001
; 55,548
29.70
18.87
70.80
82.84
40.71
53.29
Nativity and Color of Voters.
Native WUte ,
f
Foreign White
01.99
88.01
01.09
88.01
01.00
88.01
02.80
87.04
01.09
88.01
01.09
88.01
75.77
24.23
75.77
24.23
75.77
24.23
07.70
82.80
07.70
82.80
07.70
82.80
07.77
82.23
07.77
82.23
07.77
82.23
52.40
47.54
52.40
47.54
07.77
82.23
40.71
58 29
40.71
53.29
40.71
58.20
* Demcicrats , Populists and Free Silver. Democrats and Populists. [ Copyrighted , 1899. ]
{ Democrats and Union Labor. , { Democrats and Greenbacks.
of Saunders county , I am persuaded
that my declination would not bo con
sidered as exhibiting any want of re
spect for either you or them. Under
other circumstances I should bo glad to
accept your invitation. Uudor existing
circumstances I cannot. Very truly
and cordially yours , M. B. REESE. "
The course of Judge Reese in this
matter is decent and dignified and there
fore in violent contrast to the attitude
of vote-begging , House Rent Holcoinb ,
who , as president of a fire insurance
company , is running for supreme judge.
"Whatever might bo said of Mr.
Bryan's policy as a hold-over candidate ,
it is at the most a question of taste , the
gentleman being a private citizen , free
from every official restraint , " says the
Detroit Free Press ( iud. dona. ) . "But
President McKinley and the eight esti
mable gentlemen of his cabinet are the
very head and front of the nation , and
it is a repellent and unprecedented
spectacle which they present as they
pass through the country calling lustily
upon the multitudes , in the name of
everything sacred , from Plymouth
V
Rock to Mr. McKinley's reelection , to
accept and ratify the deplorable busi
ness which their blundering policy has
brought the nation to in the Philip
pines. "
LORD FA1.RER. THE OpNSKBVA-
TIVE notices with
sincere regret the death of Lord Farrer
of Abinger Hall in the County of Surrey.
He was an economic writer of great
cogency and as an advocate of the gold
standard for his native England achieved
a deservedly high position among finan
cial essayists.
He was permanent secretary of the
board of trade "of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain. His death was sudden
and unexpected although he was eighty-
one years of age. The editor of THE
CONSERVATIVE will never forget the
hospitality of Abinger Hall , so cordially
and lavishly bestowed upon him in the
autumn of 1894 , nor the kindly presence
and delightfully instructive conversation
of its proprietor.
The a'uti-imperialist Springfield Re
publican says that it can stand upon the
Philippine plank of the Massachusetts
republican platform , with its demand
for "a government as free , as liberal , as
progressive as oui own , in accordance
with the sacred principles of liberty and
self-government upon which the Ameri
can republic so securely rests. " "These
ore words full of meaning , " it says ,
"without obscurity , and pregnant with
the doctrine of freedom as Massachusetts
has preached and practised it. Thus the
republicans of Massachusetts have
spoken , and the party in this state is
left standing nearer to Senator Hoar
than to Senator Lodge. Not yet is the
Bay State ranged on the side of conquest
or of forcible annexation. "
