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VOL. HI. NO. 43. NEBRASKA CITY , NEBRASKA , MAY 2 , 1901. SINGLE COPIES , 5 CENTS.
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J. STERLING MORTON , EDITOR.
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Entered at the postofflce at Nebraska City ,
Neb. , as Second Class matter , July 29 , 1898.
On the 7th day of
THE FEAST OF May , there is to
UNREASON. be , at Omaha , a
great feed of the
most rabid populists in the country.
Among the distinguished masticators ,
selected for the destruction , on that
occasion of viands , fruits , and whatever
else can be included in a dollar-a-plate
spread ( not , of course , omitting "soup ,
in which they have skillfully paddled
at times ) , the most illustrious names
are Allen , Bryan , Weaver and Sookless
Jerry Simpson , Bill Dech and Poynter ,
who have long been distinguished as
nominees and representatives of thai
partisan agglomeration , classified as
populists. The principal object of the
banquet is to devise ways and means by
which more permanent , official subsis
tence may be secured to the principal
agitators and promoters of that dynamic
appetite , which impels these greai
men , with insistent vehemence , to urge
themselves upon the people for high
legislative and executive positions.
Another object may be , to give the
country a political lexicon , in the inter
ests of Bryanarohy. This possible die
tiouary will have a patent definition for
the term "democracy. " It will be
written by an illustrious exemplar o :
poly par tyism , a gentleman who can rui
on three different platforms , as the
nominee of three different politica
organizations , and , at the same time
look the public in the face , and de
nouuce , as anything but a democrat
any voter who opposes either platform
or either nomination.
After the banquet , it is hoped that a
knowledge of democratic principlesmay
be more generally diffused among the
people than ever before , for the reason
; hat populists believe in an irredeem
able paper currency , in the ownership
of railroads by the government , and in
he loaning of government funds to the
> eople at 2 per cent per annum ; while
Lemocrats believe that the function of
government is merely to protect life ,
iberty and property. Democrats like
wise believe , that any given quantity
of metal in bullipn.is worth , precisely ,
as much as the same quantity of the
same metal in com no less and no
more. Democrats do not believe that
it is right to put an artificial price on
silver of one dollar and twenty-nine
cents an ounce , when the bullion of
that metal is less than seventy cents an
ounce , any more than it is right to put
a tariff for protection on hides , merely
to give them higher prices in thejAmer-
ican market , and to thus make all who
wear leather pay more for their foot
gear , and to help nobody but the big
killers of beeves.
THE CONSERVA-
POSSIBLY IN TIVE is delighted to
PERPETUITY , learn from the
chief of Bryan-
archy that he "is not planning for an
other presidential nomination. " In a
recent manifesto for circulation among
his he "the " however
disciples , , peerless ,
ever , thus modestly and delicately
alludes to the possible perpetuity of his
candidature , but incidentally remarks
that if he were earnestly pursuing a
third nomination for the presidency he
"would not be editing a paper , " and
diffidently admits : "If I ever become
a candidate again , it will be because it
seems necessary for the advancement of the
principles to which I adhere. "
This is really refreshing. It ought to
arouse , encourage , and inspire every
Bryanarohist in the country to begin
immediately and zealously to labor for
his re-nomination. The crowd who be
lieves in "the advancement of the prin
ciples to which he adheres , " will find i
absolutely necessary to again nominate
this matchless apostle of sixteen-to-oue
ism.
Further along , in his most recent pro
uunoiamento , this meek and Moses-like
leader , with delicious unction , assung
iugly declares : "I shall , however , take
an interest in politics for several year
yet , if I live , and can be relied upon to
support those who , as candidates , advo
cate democratic principles and who can
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be trusted to enforce them if elected. "
This declaration is in sweet accord
with the record and proceedings of the
young man who , some years since , left
; he democratic convention in the state
of Nebraska to "go out and serve his
5od and his country under some other
flag , " because that convention virtually
declared itself in favor of the gold
standard.
The great mindedness of "the peerless
one" was never more iucandescently
and luminously
Magnanimity. demonstrated'than
in the following
outburst of beneficent forgiveness : "No
matter what a man may have said or
done against the ticket , in 1896 or 1900 ,
; hat man becomes my friend the mom-
eut he accepts democratic principles. "
This is one of the most luscious lumps
of saccharine unselfishness that lias ever
been spread upon the pie counter of any
political aspirant in the United States.
It is peculiarly characteristic , too ,
coming from the man who voted for
Populist J. B. Weaver in 1892 , and then
sought , as a democrat , to control post-
masterships and other patronage under
the Cleveland administration which
came into power in March , 1898.
The editor of
BIRTHDAY THE OoNSEiivA-
PRESENTS. TIVE acknowl
edges , first and
foremost , among birthday presents , a
beautiful palm from his long-time
friend , W. J. Hesser , wholesale grower
of palms and ferns at Plattsmouth ,
Neb. , where floriculture first made a
lodgement through the intelligent efforts
of this pioneer floriculurist. After an
acquaintance of more than forty years ,
this palm , brought to the office in per
son , is accepted with the most grateful
and sincere emotions of regard.
Other remembrances , in the form of
cigars and champagne , are acknowledged
without naming the donors. This
caution is to preclude onslaughts upon
their homes and places of business by
hatchet-wielding viragoes.
The splendid gold pencil , very ornate ,
and of very beautiful and peculiar de
sign , from Mr. L. M. Hamburger , presi
dent of the Chicago Athletic Club , came
in good condition and will be devoted
to writing , athletically , in favor of plantr
ing truths and planting trees. Several
other unique remembrances are in hand ,
and all of them are hereby en masse
thankfully acknowledged.
