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QUESTIONS KKYAN'S SINCERITY.
The Reform Advocate , a leading
Hebrew paper , commeutiug upon Mr.
Bryan's position upon anti-imperialism
and militarism , says :
"It is very hard for us to believe that
Mr. Bryan , in pressing these matters
upon the attention of the voters , is
either honest or sincere. His anti-im
perialism is so different from that of
Mr. Schnrz that a scientist would not
classify them as belonging to the same
genus. Mr. Schurz is clearly in earnest
iu his contentions on this subject. Mr.
Bryan is clearly not in earnest. His
views on the Philippine question were
adopted and are now exploited merely
because they promise to secure the
votes of men who could not otherwise
be dragged into the democratic camp.
"It is the same with militarism and
with trusts. The former is , perhaps ,
the most flimsy and meaningless issue
ever injected into a political campaign.
No person in his senses imagines for a
moment that enforced military service
will ever burden the citizens of these
United States. Yet there are some male
women , of foreign birth and small ac
quaintance with the spirit of our in
stitutions , who fear that perhaps , by
some remote possibility , if perchance
the allegations of McKinley's imperial
aspirations should peradventnre be
true , there might arise ( who knows ! ) a
thousand years hence a sort of Caesar
who would , perhaps ( God forbid ! ) con
ceive the plan of attempting to compel
their precious descendants to serve
against their will in some army that
might then be organized if something
did not happen in the meantime to pre
vent such a dire catastrophe.
"We know of only one parallel to the
militarism argument of Mr. Bryan , and
that is the story of Clever Alice , to be
found in the collection of the Brothers
Grimm. Alice went into the cellar to
draw some beer. While engaged in
that ennobling occupation she happened
to observe a hatchet sticking in the raf
ter overhead. She began forthwith to
weep. After awhile her mother went
down to discover why her Hebe tarried
and found the fair one in tears. Press
ed for an explanation Alice said 'O
mother , suppose the gentle Hans who
lives in the next village should fall in
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love with me , and we should marry and
have a child ; and that when our dear
child was old enough to go into the cel
lar and draw beer you should send him
on that errand ; and the hatchet which
sticks in the rafter should fall and
strike him on the head , and he should
die ! Alas , the thought is more than I
can bear ! ' Then her mother also
wept. After a while the father of Alice
descended and being told the reason of
his daughter's anguish , he mingled his
lament with hers. Soon the other mem
bers of the family , one by one , came
down and stayed awhile and wept , and
when it was all over they decided that
never was there such a clever girl as
Alice. Mr. Bryan's militarism and
Alice's baby's tragic death deserve to
go down in history together. "
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
TED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT
OF NEBRASKA.
In the matter of Rebecca Chatterton , bank
rupt. In bankruptcy case No. 603.
To the creditors of the aforesaid bankrupt :
You are hereby notified that on the 1st day
of October , A. D. 1000 , the bankrupt heroin ,
Rebecca Chattorton , filed with the cleric of
said court her petition for discharge from
her provable debts ; and that a hearing -will
be had on said petition at the office of the un
dersigned. Referee in Bankruptcy , at Nebraska
City , Nebraska , upon the 80th day of October ,
A. D 1000 , at 11 o'clock a m. , at which time
you may appear and show causn , if any you
have , why the prayer of said petition should
not be granted.
Dated at Nebraska City , Nebraska , this Oth
day of October , A. D. 1000.JAS.
JAS. W. EATON ,
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