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The Daily Nebraskan
VOL. I, NO. 131.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1902.
THREE CENTS
WIN FROM KANSAS
Annual Debate with Jayhawkers Given to
Nobraska by Unanimous Vote
of the Judges. Logic
WinB.
In one of the cleanest and most logi
cal debates held on the campus for a
number of years Nebraska defeated
Kansas last Saturday night In the de
bate on the reciprocity question. It
was a contest of sheer logic and Ne
braska won by utterly annihilating
every argument of Importance pre
sented by the visitors. To a member
of the faculty one of the judges said
that after Bracelen had finished there
was really nothing left of the Kansas
case. Dr. Ross told the team after
the contest that in clean-cut analysis
and condensed logic he had never
heard finer debating in any college de
bate in either the east or the west.
In point of good fellowship the con
test was very successful. The Kan
sas men were all the best of fellows
and they left for home with the most
cordial expressions of good will for
w- the treatment they had received while
here. The visiting team was a strong
one and presented their case in a forci
ble manner. Mr. McMath especially is
deserving of great credit for the
strength of his argument.
Owing to the bad weather the crowd
was not as large as it should have
been. However, the lower part of
Memorial hall was comfortably filled.
Enthusiasm ran high and all the
speakers were greeted with prolonged
cheers. The work of the Nebraska
tejim In rebuttal was especially en
thusing. When Bracelen, by means
of a large chart, disproved the conten
tion of the opposing team that reci
procity with France had resulted in
increased trade and had benefitted the
agriculturalists in America, and thus
Knocked the props from under the
whole of the Kansas argument, the
audience wen), fairly wild.
The contest was opened by R. C.
Martin for the affirmative. Mr. Mar
tin contended that reciprocity would
produce good feeling between America
and the other nations and would at
the same time extend the commerce of
this country. He devoted his time
largely to the development of these
two propositions.
Charles M. Bracelen followed for the
negative and attacked the assertion of
his opponent that reciprocity would
extend the trade of the country. He
showed by statistics that the trade In
nnn-rnncesslonal articles in the two
cases of South American countries and
France had exceeded the trade in con
cessional articles. This he declared
showed the fallacy of the statement
that it could result in the extension of
trade. He showed also that good fel
lowship could not bo produced lo& a
course of action Intended to Becure
retaliatory measures.
R. R. McMath for the affirmative
analyzed the case for reciprocity very
keenly and nsserted that concessions
were necessary to the extension of the
American foreign trado which was
growing in Importance with the
growth of the country. He tried to
controvert the figures presented by
Mr. Bracelen regarding the trade with
concessional countries.
John C. Doubt for Nebraska took up
the argument against reciprocity and
showed that concession would mean
the cutting down of the protective
tariff, which, he asserted, is necessary
to the growth of American Industries.
He refuted the contention of the af
firmative that surplus tariff could be
used In securing concessions from
other countries and insisted that only
those duties which were valuable to
American industry could be used.
C. M. Brobst closed the main debate
for the visitors. He still Insisted that
duties that were of no value to Amer
ican Industries could be taken off with
out injury, and concession secured
tnus.
Samuel C. Hawthorne, in a very wit
ty speech, which kept the audience in
laughter, called his opponents to ac
count for not debating the reciprocity
question. He showed that not only
would reciprocity not Increase the
total trade, but would sacrifice home
for foreign trade and would also make
America dependent on other nations
for many of her supplies.
In his rebuttal speech Mr. McMath
used some evidence from Owens of
the house committee which was con
sidering trade treaties. The evidence
seemed to refute the figures of Nebras
ka which had played an . important
part in the discussion. Mr. Bracelen,
in his closing speech, took up this evi
dence and showed that it was nothing
more than an estimate of what would
happen underNthe treaty now under
consideration inVhe house. His argu
ment was greetadvithMrolonged
cheers as it demolished grti impor
tant contention. He also refuted all
of the Important points made by the
opposition.
It took the judges just seven mln
niinu'.cn ii- orlu nt the It i.idict. And
when Judge Norval announced that the
decision was unanimous in favor of
Nebraska Uitrp whs; a nigh " for tho
speakers and each of them was thor
oughly tossed, as were Mr. Fogg and
the Kansas men.
The judges of the debate were:
Judge W. F. Hastings, Wllber; Judge
W. D. McIIugh, Omaha; Judge T. L.
Norval, Seward.
Before the debate began the univer
sity cadet band rendered several se
lections, which were well received by
the audience.
- Cal Atwood, '00, who has been doing
graduate work in English at Columbia
uriljfjBj-sity during the winter, has re
turned to Lincoln for the summer.
GOPHERS BEATEN
Minnesota Basoball Team Defeated by
tho Nebraska Team in a OIobo
Contest. Good Work
in the Box.
Nebraska defeated Minnesota Satur
day and everybody is happy. Nebras
ka's foe and conquerer of two years'
standing has at last succumbed to the
prowess of the cornhuskers and their
proud assumptions have sustained a
mortifying defeat. The victory was
the result of superior ball playing, and
the game was won In the face of vio
lent opposition from the bleachers, of
whose effective work Nebraska has al
ready had sufficient evidence. Nobras
ka showed her superiority in the first
inning and all through the game kept
the lead, although the work at the
last was too close to be comfortable
to the visitors.
Captain Bell Is credited with two
of the four scores. Dusty RhodeB with
one, and Hood with one. Letherby
distinguished himself by pitching good
ball and making three two-base li its.
Bender retained his usual composure
and coolness behind tho bat and be
sides came In very opportunely with
two two-base hits. The other men
played with their usual dexterity and
skill and have only two errors record
ed against them. It was a good,
straight baseball game and the best
team won. Captain Bell and his men
are to be congratulated upon their
good work.
The score by innings:
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Nebraska 200 0 10 10 04
Minnesota 110000 10 03
Nebraska Hits, 10; errors. 2.
Minnesota Hits, 8; errors, 4.
Two-base hits Bender, 2; Lether
by. 3.
Throe-base hits Leach.
Bases on balls Off letherby, 3; off
Metcalf, 4.
Batteries Nebraska, Letherby and
Bender; Minnesota, Metcalf and
Leach.
MINNESOTA CELEBRATION.
About haf past eight Saturday night
word came that the baseball team had
been victorious In the contest with
Minnesota, which was an immediate
call to a celebration of the event by
all those who were aware of tho cheer
ing news. The word waB passed rap
Idly by the ringing of tho university
'bell, by word of mouth and by the use
of the telephone.
It was not long before an enthusias
tic crowd had assembled at the campus.
The usual lockjstbp v$a taken up and
a crowd of about one Hundred and
(fifty fellows went yelling down he
street. They paraded around on the
city streets for awhile, marching
through pnojor two stores and hotels
After going tfirougti theLIncblnhotel
It waB decided to have a bonfire on
the campus and the crowd hastened In
that direction seeking and gathering
together all tho wood they could find
on the wny.
It was not long before a largo flro
was blazing on tho baseball diamond,
whllo tho students danced yelling
around the blazing pile, while others
came in In groups carrying more fuel.
Then tho bell was put to ringing
again.
In a short time it waB decided to
form again and march downtown and
pay a visit to the theater. This was
done and they marched across the
stage, in the meantime giving the col
lege yells. They were then allowed to
go Into the back part of the balcony.
Alter staying thero for a short tlmo
they again wont upon the street In
lock-Btep. After paying visits to sev
eral stores they marched to tho A. O.
U. W. hall, where a dance was In
progress After stating what they were
celebrating, they were allowed to en
ter and march around tho room. Then
Is when the trouble commenced.
Through a misunderstanding by the
master of ceremonies, he did not com
prehend exactly the reason of the boys'
visit and endeavored to show them the
way out. It was the understanding
when the boys entered the hall that
they were not to yell, but this was not
understood by all and tho college yells
were taken up. A few Individuals then
interrupted the boys and began to
forcibly put them out. There was a
genernl scramble In tho hall and the
outer hall and blows were exchanged
on both sides. The dancers took par
ticular exception to the action of ono
of the boys in turning out the electric
lights. Shortjy after this the celebra
tion ists broke up and departed for
their homes. About fifty men were In
the crowd which made a call at the
dancing hall.
BASEBALL TOMORROW.
Varsity vs. Washburn College
Unl. Campus, 3 p. m.
Everybody come out and
show his appreciation of
the work done by the team
In the defeat of Minnesota.
Admission, 25 cens.
THE MISSOURI DEBATE. 1
The Missouri-Nebraska debate the
last of the year Is now claiming the
attention of the Nebraska debaters
who will go to Columbia tor the May
8 battle C. P. Craft, W. F. Meier.
C. O.. North and-G.-A. Leo. Missouri"
wonHfroYn Kansas" ;ott the same side of
the municipal ownership question she
will -bp on agatjis.t Nebraska,, The
Missouri Independent says the "out-
conjo of Nebraska debates in the past
ises wen ror the result of thin
contest
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