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(Seal) Notary Public.
Clovornor Roosevelt lias propounded
several uncomfortable questions for Carl
Hehurz to answer.
While In tht! explaining business Gov
ernor Toyntor inluiit Include anotlier
explanation of his veto of the resolu
tion of thanks to the members of the
First Nebraska.
South Omaha's Commercial club will
hold a banquet In celebration of the
census returns for that thriving burg.
Omaha's census banquet has been post
poned until 1010.
The ballot, at least In Douglas couuty.
Is undergoing a process of expansion.
With tutui! tickets required to represent
the populists alone, no voter can com
plain of being limited iu his choice.
Nebraska has failed to cast Its elec
toral vote for the republican candidate
for president just onco since It was ad
mitted Into the union. Now is the time
to make Rood the one slip by Retting
back to tho republican column.
A scat In the Rrltlsh Parliament car
lien no salury with It, but tho competi
tion for the title of M. P. seems to be
just as brisk as that for the title of M. C.
In this country, notwithstanding the hit
ter's $r,00) a year and inlleugo per
quisites. The Trench and English Jockeys are
said to be trying to devlso some scheme
to shut out the American riders who are
making such inroads upon them. They
might try a new Uhlneso wall If they
did not fear the American Jockeys would
Jump that too.
It wns noted four years ago Unit as
the campaign proceeded Colonel Uryitii
became wilder and wilder lu his public
utterances. The same performance Is
being repented again this year. It is
fortunate for Hryan that the campaign
has only another mouth to run.
If some philanthropic millionaire
could be persuaded to Immortalize his
unrae on Omaha's new auditorium lu
a way similar to that pursued by An
drew Cumeglo with respect to the C'ar
neglo Music hall In New York tho audi
torium fund would take an immediate
jump.
Senator Allen Is lettlug no grass grow
uuder hlu feet lu his effort to retain
the place to which ho was appointed,
ulthough at the time of the appoint
ment he gave it out that he would uot
turn a hand to go back to Washington.
Of course the senator has a right to
change his mind.
While taking up tho story of the sub
scription fund that brought tho First
Nebraska homo from Sun Francisco why
don't our popocratlo contemporaries re
prlut the list of contributors? Is It be
causo the names would show that nine
tenths of the money advanced came
from republicans?
Tho coroner's jury has exonerated the
express messenger who shot the train
robber near Council Muffs. Of cour.se
uo other verdict could have been ex
pected uud tho tiudiug Is to be coustrued
us a resolution of thanks to which every
one who travels on the railroads In this
community will cordially subscribe.
Kentucky's two legislative houses are
at outs over tho proposed substitute for
tho Goebel law and the chances are that
I uo new legislation will be effected cov
V erlK tlio Kentucky elections. It Is Just
possible the talk put up by the demo
cruts about repealing the Goebel law
was nothing but a bluff from tho start
"Our editorial spaco was crowded out
this Week by uu lullux of advertising,'
exclnlms n democratic weekly printed In
a neighboring Nebraska couuty, and
adds: 'Hlowever, on the Inside pages will
bo fouud some good democratic doc
trine," Tho good democratic doctrine
pooh-poohs the Idea that It can be real
McKlnley prosporlty that has crowded
the editorial space with business uu
uounccmcuts at advertising rates.
HOl'E Of TUB FIUVISOS.
In bis ppeecli at Chicago Governor
Itoovcvvlt said that the chief hope of the
Filipino Insurgents Is Iu the triumph of
tho democratic party, and In evidence of
this he referred to the letter recently
captured on an Insurgent general from
a member of tho Filipino Junta at llong
Kong to a former olllchtl of Agulnaldo's
enblnetr In this letter It Is declared that
the downfall of .McKlnley t necessary
for the ascendancy of the Filipino Hag
and that If McKlnley Is re-elected, the
Insurgents must give up hope.
There is other evidence to the same
effect, much of It coming from American
soldiers. Lieutenant Hale of the Thirty
third regiment, who recently returned to
bis home at Sau Antonio, Texas, on sick
leuve, said In an Interview: "There 's no
organized force lu opposition to the
United States authority lu the Island,
but the soldiers are being harassed by
bauds of bushwhackers who wayluy our
men In unexpected places. Uvcn this
show of resistance would hot obtain
were It not for the utterances and policy
of the deinocrucy on this side. The
Tugalogs now in Insurrection are under
the Impression that If Hryiiu is elected
the American force will be withdrawn
from the Islands and leave them lu un
disputed possession. If the election were
held tomorrow und McKlnley chosen
they . would surrender without n mur
mur." The numerous letters from sol
diers lu the Philippines have expressed
it similar opinion.
The report of the Tuft commission on
the situation some weeks ago stated that,
tho policy of leniency culminating In
amnesty had a marked effect to Induce
surrenders until the dellnlng of political
Issues In tho United Stales, reported in
full iu the Philippines, gave hope to In
surgent ollicers still In arms of changed
policy and stayed surrenders to ttwult
the result of the election. The report
said that disturbances lu parts of Luzon,
kept up und uvowtd by insurgent
proclamation and orders to lullueuce the
cleetion, did not show an uutricudiy at
Uludo ou the part of a majority of the
people- of the provinces where they
occur, but only activity of small in
surgent bodies in mountain fastnesses.
The report stated that uncertainty as to
the future policy of the United States
and dcfciisclcbsucss of people without
arms largely prevent them aiding Amer
icans In suppressing outrages.
There cannot be u reasonable doubt
that the attitude of the "untl-lniperlul-ists"
ami tho promise held out to the
Filipino Insurgents by Mr. Hryun have
Influenced them to keep up their guer
rilla warfare, in the hope uud expecta
tion that If tho liryaulte party ahull be
successful the American fprces will be
withdrawn from the Philippines and
Agulnaldo and his adherents be left to
set up an Independent government, un
der some sort of promise of protection
by the United States. Tho Insurgent
leaders are well Informed 'as to the po
litical situation here, so far us It affects
them, and they are eagerly hoping tor
democratic success, In the meanwhile
improving every opportunity to kill
American soldiers. Should their hopes
uot be realized It may be ooniidetilly
predicted tnut nil resistance to Amer
ican authority would cease within sixty
days after tho election.
MUVEMESTS 0-' TUB SEiVSPAPBllS.
Tho Hryan organs nro taking the an
nouncement that the Philadelphia
Times will support Hryan as a text
for unwarranted boasting over al
leged newspaper gains. So far as the
Philadelphia Times Itself Is concerned
It hus always posed as uu Independent
paper with democratic leanings, and,
with the exception of 1S00, has for years
supported democratic tickets. Its
former editor, Colonel A. K. McClure,
was one of the most ardent followers
of President Cleveland, whose praises
he sounded lu person niid in his paper
In all three of the campaigns In which
Cleveland was it candidate. Colonel
McCluro himself has practically re
tired from the control of the paper and
It Is not certain that the conversion of
the Times to Hryan menus also the
conversion of Colonel McClure to Hryan-
Ism. In his book, recently published, re
viewing our presidential campaigns,
Colonel McClure has this to say about
the newspapers in the campaign of
lSUO:
This campaign gave a most Impressive
Illustration of tlio true Indi.'p.Uuunco tf
American journalism, A number ot tliu
Uadlng newspapers ot the country wh.ch
hud supported Cleveland in his three con
tests repudiated tho Chicago p.atforin and
its candidate, and they stood in the fore
front ot American Journalism, embracing
such Journals as the Huston Herald ami
Globo, tho Hartford Times, tlio New Yoik
World, Suu, Herald, Times and Kveiilnu
Post, tho Philadelphia Times nnd Record,
the Daltlmorc Sun, tho Loutsvlbe Ccunci
Jourual and others. Those Journals were
ull strongly owned and entlroly Independ
ent lu their political action. Not one of
them ever had conference or communica
tion with tho McKlnley leaders, or io
eolved or proposed eiiy terms for their
rupport, or over sought, accepted i.r des red
favors from tho McKlnley aUmiuls.ratl.rn.
Somo of them suffered pecuniary bacr.Q:o,
but they performed a heroic duly, and It
was tho Inspiration they gave to tho con
servative democratic sentiment of tho
countiy that made McKlnley prcs.rtjnt by
such an overwhelming majority.
It is noteworthy Unit of the Influen
tial papers here mentioned by name as
repudiating tho democratic ticket lu
1800 only four have gone back far
enough now to be outspoken in their
aiHocacy of Mr. Hryan. These four
are Uu Philadelphia Times, New York
World, Halttmore Sun and the Louis
ville Courier-Journal. Others. It Is
true, have taken back as best they could
what they said four years ago lu de
nunciation ot Hryun und uro swallow
ing with closed eyes tho Chicago plat
form as revamped at Kansas City, lu
order to bo In Hue with tho party when
Inter tejuvenuted and reorganized, but
the best democratic papers that bolted
Hryun In 1S0G are still opposed to him.
The gains mudo by Hryan this your
lu nowspaper support, while largely off
set by losses on the other side, by uo
menus ltiulic good the unprecedented
democratic newspaper defection of
ISM, while those t lint have gone-back
have had their Influence so far as help
ing Hryun Is concerned materially weak
ened because of the pronounced posi
tion they took against hi in when he
ran for the Urst time.
It Is Idle to expect any one political
party to have a monopoly of the news
papers of the country any more than
It would be to expect It to have n mo
nopoly of the orators or stump speak
ers. It will take the democratic party,
however, a long time yet to get back
In the newspaper world where It was
before the democratic revolt against
Hryan and free silver In 1M)l.
TltK UUltM.tX I'OTK.
Not UfO least ridiculous of the claims
made by Chairman Johnson of the dem
ocratic national executive ciUiinlttee Is
In regard to the German vote. In his
"forecast" of the presidential election
sent out a few days ago he says: "Uvery
one knows that the German vote wns
almost unanimously ugulust Mr. 1 try an
four years ago. Wo have reliable Infor
mation that SO per cent of that vote will
bo cast for Mr. Hryan this year In sev
eral of the pivotal states,"
Now It Is undoubtedly n fact that
neither the dcmocratIe"Hor the repub
lican national committee U so well In
formed lu regard to the German vote ns
to be able to make an approximately
accurate estimate of how It will be di
vided. It may be admitted that Mr.
Hryan will receive a larger proportion of
It than he got four years ago, but the
democratic claim of SO per cent of the
German vote Is manifestly absurd. It
Is reasonable to assume that most of our
German citizens arc quite us much in
terested In sound money iih they were
lour years ago and that they are very
well satisfied with the financial and bus
iness conditions that have prevailed
since the national republican administra
tion cume hi. It must be supposed, ulso,
that as an Intelligent, Industrious and
thrifty people, they desire a continuance
of these conditions. Why, then, should
any considerable number of them reject
tho republican party, whoso policies
have achieved so much for the country
uud for the welfare of ull the people,
and give their support to the party that
stands for the sumo lluauclal and other
heresies now as four years ago? We
cannot believe that any large number of
Germans ure alarmed by the false nnd
empty cry of "Imperialism" nnd "mili
tarism," because us sensible, sober
minded citizens they must know there
Is no such danger.
We coutldently believe that a majority
of German voters will be with tho re
publican party this year, because they
desire a contluuuuce of prosperity and
do not want to see our money systuin
disturbed. Wo do not think that they
will generally bo Induced to vote for the
party of panic by Uie baseless charge
that the republican party stands for Im
perialism and militarism.
INSULTlXa THB VOTBltS.
The nunual popocratlo alarm about
Hnnnu's slush fund Inundating Ne
braska for which Tho Bee has" several
times admonished its readers to be on
the lookout has ulready made its nppcar
unee, emerging In bold relief ou the edi
torial page of the official populist organ
published nt Lincoln as follows:
LOOK OUT!
Information has como to tho ofllce ot the
independent that tho republican manaeers
havo convinced Mark Hanna that there is
a chance for them to carry tho stato for
McKlnley and elect two gold bug, imperial
ist scnatcrs. The result Is that thlB state
is to be flooded with money and speakers
during tho last two weeks of tho campaign.
It is ulso learned that a largo numbor of
mileage books on tho railroads have been
distributed In different parts of tho stato.
The Independent asks its readers to keep
u watch for them and report Immediately
to headquarters.
The Hce cheerfully gives publicity to
this outcry which Is apparently made on
the "Stop thief" plan for the purpose of
diverting attention from the crooked
work of the Bryanlto managers. A
pertinent answer to this regularly re
curring fako Is found in tho current
Harper's Weekly, commenting as fol
lows ou a similar flctlou about a ?U5,
000,000 republican corruption fuud In
vented by the imnginutlon of eastern
Hryuultea:
Tho astute gentlemen who are running
Mr. Bryan's campaign have unearthed tho
startling fact that the republicans are in
possession ot a corruption fund ot $25,000
000, with which they propose to purchase
votes which otherwise would bo cast for
William JenningB Bryan. In a few days
w shall expect to seo an Itemized state
ment of the sources ot this vast sum, as
well as a list of tho advantages to be de
rived by subscribers from having con
tributed so liberally to the cause of the
party in power. Meanwhile we cannot but
bo ImprcBBou with the curious fact that
tho chief solicitude of tho democratic man
ngcrs seems to be the purchasable quality
of their followers. Wo had supposed the
unholy alliance, which but tor tho repub
llcan party would by this tlmo havo worked
up a corner In parties a sort of political
trust was made up of Incorrupttbles.
To discover at this lato hour of tho cam
paign that by means of money tho wicked
heretics who question Rryanlsm and who
uubject its teachings to tho hlghor crit
icism may convert tho truo believers to
tho causo of heresy and schism Is a revela
tlon too awful to contemplate is It pos.
stblo that gold Is, after all, so tempting
to the sllvcrlto that ho will barter his con
science to get it?
Kverybody knows that It requires n
great deal of money to defray the legltl
mate expenses of n presidential cam
pulgn, but this constant howl about tho
threatened purchase of the Hryan votes
with republican money Is nn Insult to
every citizen Intelligent enough to vote.
After all tho mismanagement of the
State Institution ut Heatrlce It Is not stir
prising that n bond approved for one of
tho contractors turns out to bo worth
less because not signed by tho principal.
Tho people of Nebraska are ready to be
llevo almost any story of offlclul Incom
potency or neglect that hos to do with
the Heatrlce Institution.
Tho Indications point to negotiations
between the striking miners nnd mine
operators coming to a heud this weeL
It has already been demonstrated that
the miners will gain part If not all of
tho concessions they reasonably de
manded. This will mean that the wage
schedule which hits remained unchanged
for thirty years will be Increased for the
first time as a result of the prosperity
brought over the entire country under
President McKlnley' ndiulnlstratlon.
Oniahn's Industrial census Is prac
tically completed, and when made tip
will fully uphold the standing of the
community for progress and prosperity.
There has been a steady growth of our
Industrial enterprises by constant addi
tions to the number of (factories and
mercantile establishments. The growth
of tho business Interests which support
the great body of our working classes is
the best evidence thnt the population Is
growlug also.
Governor Poyntcr has eohio to the
front with his annual election procla
mation, a careful reading of which
conveys the Information that an election
will be held lu the state of Nebraska on
Tuesdny, November It, for the purpose
of choosing a long list of public ollicers.
If It were not for Governor Poynter's
reminder mauy people would doubtless
remain In Ignorance of the fact that an
election Is about to take place.
The nopoerutie stato machine Is pre
paring to manipulate the olllclitl ballot
again with partisan design. Manipula
tion of the ballot, so fur as past experi
ence goes, seldom pays, because the
politicians who try to Impose upon the
voters by trickery shake the conlldence
of the people In the honesty of the party
that Is trying to gain an unfair advan
tage.
A I'mplieey tluit Knlicd.
Buffalo Express.
The south U getting hlghor prlcm for
her cotton than she has received for years.
Tho Bryan prophecies have failed In every
part of the country.
Unlu unit I.o.
Indlanapoils News.
The convention of democratic clubs can
not be said to be an cutiro falluro. Tho
glory ot Hon. J. Ham Lewis's whiskers
covers a multltudo of absentees.
How It Works In (Iporuln.
Globe-Domocr.it.
Tho theory of tho consent of tho gov
erned la so rapturously adhered to In
Georgia that tho republicans aro excused
from placing a stato ticket in tbo Held.
Facile In Ttmr fililfllnir.
Portland Orcgonlan.
Four years ago Bryan made his cam
paign on the 1S3U0 that men wcro poor
and there was nothing in tho dinner pall.
Now, when It is shown that tho dinner
pall is full, ho affects a lofty scorn of so
sordid, mercenary and materialistic an ar
gument. Keep Your Powder Dry.
Philadelphia North American.
Tho viceroy of Ctit-11 says he is killing
off the Boxers with great diligence undor
ordcrd from tho throne and he nsks the
allies to refrain from assisting him In tho
task. Much of tho itmo sort has been
heard beforo and anybody who chooses
to do so may believe It, but It behooves
the allies to keep a good supply of cart
ridges close at hand.
,i
Elofineuoc of Silence.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Perhaps tho severest condemnation Bry
an's candidacy receives is from the con
tinued silence ot cx-Presldent Cleveland.
As the leader of tho old line sound money
democracy Mr. Cleveland can havo no sym
pathy with the unsound llnanclal theories
represented by Mr. Bryan, nnd, as his politi
cal principles will not permit him to affili
ate with tho republicans, he maintains a
strict silence, which, to those who believe as
he docs, Is quite as eloquent as words.
Crolier nn n CnrapnlKn IMcnre.
Chicago Record,
Not the least of the anomalies of the
campaign ia tho fortuity that lately has
made such a man as Richard Croker one
of tho four principal figures in tho cam
paign. Partly becauso of tho iraportanco
attaching this year to tho voto of Now
York, partly because of the fact that ho
is making Immense expenditures of both
effort nnd money and partly because of
his own fervid and plcturesquo personality,
Mr. Croker looms largo on the horizon.
With tho honors of the campaigning dis
tributed in a fashion so at variance with
procedonts tho uprising of Mr. Croker adds
a finishing touch to tho novelty ot tho cam
paign.
Value of Farm lroiliic.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
According to the Department of Agricul
ture, tho increase In tho valuo of the princi
pal farm props and farm animals in 1890, as
compared with 1896, amounted to the vast
total of JS36.6I0.209. This incrcaso is dis
tributed us follows:
Karm nnlma'.s (not Including
HWllio KOt.444,474
Corn 138,201,14!
Cotton 71,221.16'!
Oats 65.W2,912
Hay 23.TbO.67S
Potatoes 17,146,483
Wlleut , ,942,73;
Barley 7,103,015
Rye 2,2.'3,343
Buckwheat 831,333
Total J836.GI0.2VS
Add the greater value procured by farm
ers for tbelr dulrv nrnriuntg. flay, tntinoon
etc., and tbo total Increase would largely
exceed a uuuon dollars. Yet Mr. Bryan
tells the farmers not to be deceived by tho
prosperity arguments of the republicans.
TIIU COMIXO JOINT DttllATE.
Lincoln Post: Editor Rosewater has ac
cepted the challenge of Editor Hitchcock
and the debate will soon begin. We may
not love tho creator of The Beo for his
goodness, but wo admire him for his nerve
in accepting a challenge when all the rest
of his party has taken to the woods.
York Times: Messrs. Rosewater and
Hitchcock, the two great editors of the two
great Omaha paperi, both of whom are can
didates for tho United States sonnte, will
have a Joint discussion of the troubles that
are agitating tho neoplo nt this time. They
aro not going to bo vicious or venomous If
they can help It and tho people will bo en
tertalued and enlightened.
Kearney Hub: The doughty Mr. Hitchcock
has found a foemau worthy of his steel, He
wanted a political Joint debate with Mr.
Rooewater. He has got It. What he will
do with It is quito another question, for he
hniTTio more buslnrBg In Joint debato with
Rosewater than Edmlstcn has with Mark
Hanna, Such rashness hints strongly of the
necessity for appointment of a guardian.
Grand Island Independent: Mr, Hitchcock
has challenged Mr. Rosewater to a debato
on the political Issues and Mr. Rosewater
has accepted with tho alacrity for which Mr,
Rosewater Is notul. And when tho talking
has been done, and Bertie takes an In
ventory, he will find himself In such frag
ments that a sting of ingratitude will not
be In It. with tho other unpleasant sensa
tlons be will feel, here and there, Mr.
Rosewater is not only a pretty sharp man at
debate, but Just look at tho other odds Ber
tie is going up against with his variegated,
frazzled and ripped-up "paramount" Issues,
Imperialism
Bryan's wild alarmist talk about Im
perialism, his pet scarecrow ISsuu, Is won
derfully llko tho talk of tho democratic
papers in 1864, when Lincoln was a can
didate, for re-election and the democratl'5
oralorn nnd organs abused him fur moro
viciously than they now abuse McKlnloy.
Hero tiro n few quotations from demo
cratic papers thirty-six years ago:
Editorial In the Cincinnati Enquirer,
October 10. l&til: Tho latter (our govern
ment) cannot endure another four years'
reign ot Abraham Lincoln. He has nl
tcady destroyed tho substanco ot liberty
anil long before 1868 we would ccaso to
havo tht.' form of freo Institution!). If ho
Is triumphant wo may bid a long farewoll
to tho American republic.
Caption to nn editorial In the Cincinnati
Enquirer, October 0, 1864: Tho two Imper
ialists, Napoleon and Lincoln.
Editorial In Cincinnati Enquirer, Octo
ber D, U04: There will bo tho most cor
dial relations botween Franco and tho
United States should Lincoln he re-elected,
The two Imperialists will harmonize ad
mirably.
Editorial in Cincinnati Enquirer, July 6,
1S64: Lincoln is fast assuming all tho
stato of a crowned monarch, whilo ho ex
ercises powers that not a despot in Eu
rope would daro to resort to.
Crawford County Forum, September 25,
18C3: Tho present crisis demands of every
faithful nnd patriotic citizen his best ex
ertions in tho causa of civil liberty and
constitutional rights. Tho issues at stako
in tills campaign aro momontous. Shall
tho republic live and tho constitution bo
sustained? Tho administration is pulling
down tho pillars of tho republic.
Edtorlal In Cincinnati Enquirer, July 4,
1861: How many flno and glowing periods
havo wo rounded olt In favor of tho doc
trine ot tho Declaration of independence
that all Just governments derived their
power from the consent of tbo governod.
In view of tho fact that we nre employing
millions ot men and billions of treasuro
In tho most sanguinary war of modern
times to forco h government upon an un
willing people.
Editorial in Ohio Statesman, November
3, 1864: Under tho administration ot Ab
raham Lincoln tho American govcrnmont
Indicting
Portland Oreconlaiu
Either Bryan Is wrong or clso the people ucrlptlon ot tho poor man and the young
uro ull wrong. It his contentions aro
true the public and prlvato llfo of tho
American peoplo may as well be do-
spalrud of as hopoless. Never has so doin-
aging an Indictment been framed aga.nst
a whole people In the time ot progress and
cxcellcnco as Mr, Bryan's doctilne p.o-
sent against tbo people ot the United
States.
In the first place, wo are n craven lot.
Such Is our spirit that an army of 100,000 In tho fifth place, we are a nation ot op
men, scattered about the globe, ono soldier pressors. Tho pooplo at largo cannot
to 7S0 persons, to about to trample upen
our liberties. The one man withdrawn
from tho peoplo is virile, the 720 aro
tuplnc.
In tho second place, wc arc sycophants
nt tho fect of the rich. Tho poor man
has no show in this country. The young
man has no chanco to rise. Ot course, if
tho poor man has no show and It the
young man has no chanco to rise, it is
becauso tho heart of tho masses Js s:t
llko flint against him. Nobody will glvo
him a chance, nobody will lend him a.
helping hand, nobody will givo him an
encouraging word.
In tho third place, wo nre nerveless,
Beventy-flve mil. Ions of peoplo aro bound
hand nnd foot by tho gold s.andnrd, by
Imperialism, by the trusts, by tho btandlng
army, and thero Is no hopo for them, ex-
cept possibly Hryan be elected prfsldent.
Not only are wo bound, but wo aro too
stupefled to renlUo It. This Is the very
extremity and abandon of helplessness.
In tho fourth place, we nro blind. Wo
don't seem to realize that the golt
stnndard is ruining tho country;" that lm-
porlallsm Is ruining the country; that the
tiusts are ruining tho country; that the
standing army Is ruining tho country. Wo
don't seo the pressing need of a bimetallic,
price-ievoi, wo don't sco our resoluto pro.
APPEAL TO CLASS PREJUDICE!.
Snme Ilryuu, Name Song, of Four
Tvnm Ako
Baltimore American.
As Bryan swings around tho clrclo the
plan of bis campaign becomes dully more
apparent and as wo see wo aro mudo to
bollevo that tho man has not changed In a
single respect from tho Bryan the people
repudiated four years ago. Instead of
pursuing a dignified campaign, in which
calm, logical discussion of tho Issues in
volved should be the chief characteristics,
the democratic candidate is doing the very
thing for which ho was excoriated in 1896.
His every speech, almost his overy sen
tence, Is a carefully devised attempt to
array tho poor against the rich, to Incite
class prejudices, and by playing upon tho
passions of men to Induce them to vote the
democratic ticket.
In all of his talk about trusts there is no
other object Bought for or obtained. It 13
one long, Illogical and vehement denuncia
tion of corporations; In the eagerness with
which ho pursues the gaina of Inflaming
public piisslons Mr. Bryan cneirely loses
Bight of tho fact that there Is a plainly
vtslblo Uno of demarcation between the
legitimate corporation nnd tho hurtful
trust. In his St, Louis speech ho even
went so far as to assort that there was uo
such thing as a good corporation. This Is
carrying tho opposition to an ovll almost to
the limit ot socialism and communism.
Mr. Bryan forgols that but for corpora
tions wo would havo no railroads, steam
ship lines, great Industrial enterprises, em
ploying millions ot men, and all tho other
thousand and ono accessories of our na
tional greatness. 'The corporation docs tho
thing which ono man, with his private
means, Is Incapable of doing und to tho
corporation wo owe what wo aro today.
There Is, of courso, tho corporation of
monopolistic intent and purpose. It Is
ovll and should bo exterminated, but Mr.
Bryan mlBht Just as well argue that be
cause now and then a convert falls by tho
wayside all religion is a sham as to urge
that becauso there aro hurtful corpora
tions nil corporations ore to bo denounced
and exterminated.
Bo, too, aro tho Issues ot Imperialism and
militarism, as employed by Mr. Bryan, dls
tlncttvcly questions of class prejudice. Mr.
Bryan by them seoks to play upon the
credulity of tho unthinking nnd timorous,
to excite wltbtn them apprehension ot somo
direful calamity to overtake the country,
when ho knows that tho republic is as safe
today as it was when Washington, Jeffer
son, Jackson, Lincoln or Grant was direct
ing Its destinies. It would bo n welcome
relief to seo Mr. Bryan abandon tho sort of
campaign be In making and coma down to a
logical, dUpasslonato and unprejudiced dis
cussion ot public questions, His open at
tempt to arouso tho enmity of tho poor
against tho rich, to array labor against
capital and to foment trouble among all
classes whose lot In llfo varies Is repro
henstble and Bhould bo rebuked at the
ballot box. In November.
in 1863-64
has lost must of tho features which distin
guished it from tho despotisms ot the old
world. f
Editorial iu Cincinnati Enquirer, Sep
tember 16, 1864: There Is n tlmo tho re
bellion is always on Its last legs. That Is
Just boforo nn election. Tho Lincoln pa
pers nwuur that it Is so nnd they would
do so for twenty years to come.
Note the similarity ot this to tho asser
tion nhottt the rontlnuanco of tho Filipino
insurrection tcdoy an insurrection thnt
would now bo over had It not been for
nntl-rxranslon encouraged from demo
crats la this country.
Editorial In Ohio Statesman, July :7,
ISCt: With tho Irapudenco nnd Insolence
ot a tyrant, who fools himself already
master of tho country, ho thus th.ous
lu tho faces of the whole people tho iru
Issue Abraham Lincoln against the pco
pic; despotism against tho republic.
Editorial in Ohio Statesman, July 7,
1864: Mr. Garfield Is but a samp'.o of the
many followers ot the present udminlstia
tlon who ought to have been born under a
monarchy. He is ono ot tho weak-minded,
shallow-brained exquisites who would de
light In debasing himself beforo royalty.
Crawford County Forum, Octobor S, 1863:
Our revolutionary fathers slated their
principles In tho Declaration of Independ
ence and to maintain them pledged tholr
lives, their fortunes nnd tholr sacioJ
honor. They succeeded, and nearly olghty
years of prosperity and happiness wcro
given to tho country. Qur liberty, our
lives, our happiness, our prosperity arc
again assailed; our country Is on tho vcrgo
of everlasting ruin. Tho glories of trie
past, tho torrors of the present andtho
hopes ot tbo future all appeal to us to
ttavo this country from ruin and ourselves
from despotism,
Tho following Is tho oponlng paragraph
of nn editorial In the Cincinnati Enquirer,
September 23, 1S64, under the caption, "An
Imperial Crown:" "Thera aro many Indi
cations that a conspiracy Is on foot to
make this tho last election of president
and convert our government Into an im
perial monarchy; tho wholo course of Lin
coln's government has been In tbat direc
tion. He has entirely set aslda the con
stitution and governs by his own will and
caprice."
Our People
man, wo don't seo the black pall ot tin-
pcrlallsm, wo don't seo tho tmvoo wrought
by tho elevation of the dollar nbovo tho
man. In tho midst of this paralysis of
tear and ruin wc go on buying and selling,
mariylng and giving in mairlcg, taking
pleaeuro In the work of our hands and
building bright futures tor our children.
This is tbo very summit and crown of lm-
bcclllty.
throw the responsibility on tho admlnlstra-
tlon, for Its purposes of oppression and
extermination were fully disclosed before
tho congressional elections In 189S, und
in that year, If wo except tho solid bjuJi,
which renders no verdict on ques Ions at
Issue, tho country fit 185 advocates ot
tyranny to tho houso of representatives
and only fifty-nine opponents ot tyranny,
Wo look about tho world for peoplcj to
enslave. Wo worship tho flag as an cm-
blcm of tnjustlco and oppression. Wo
aro only waiting for some one to offer
William I a crown on Pennsylvania avo-
nuo and we shall bow down In reverent
adoration.
This indictment cannot be thrown out ot
court as Irrelevant, for it is Inescapably
deduclble from tho Bryanlto arraignment,
You can't have imperialism without cravcu
submlsolon. You can't havo a w pcless
and helpless poor man or young man un-
less ho Is tho victim of a hostile public
that will not give him a show. You can't
have militarism without a crlnirlne dsdu.
laco. You can't havo triuit in ih ort,n
without a world of spiritless victims
cheerfully adjusting their backs for ths
load. Tho offenders nro not tho tKt
or tho army, but tho peoplo thomsolves,
without whose participation none of theso
things could have any sorlous existence.
SHOTS AT TUB FUSION TA II GIST,
Beaver City Tribune: It seems tbat th?
populists do not objeot to a banker for
congress if that banker Is a democrat. Dem
ocratic bankers are the stuff.
Beatrice Express: Governor Poynter
talks to the voters a good deal when he
ought to bo at Lincoln, but bo alwajs falls
to give any satisfactory reaBon why ho
should bo ro-elected. His administration
speaks lsudcr than anyth ng be can say nnd
his administration has been a nor.es of
blunders.
Kearney Democrat: Mr. Poynter has
settled up the Lang business by a 1 wing
the doctor several thousand dollais walch
the experts declared Lang was short.
Poynter permitted tho account to bo ad
Justed by Lang filing a claim that ho had
expended tho money for the good of the
Beatrice Feeble Minded Instt.u.e. Lang
has now filed a bill for salary from the
tlmo Poynter removed hlra last May and,
no doubt, that will be allowed.
Hastings Tribune: Governor Poynter used
very poor Judgment in making his appoint
mtnts; In fact ho made the worst botch and
blunder any covornor was wvor v,,n,r.
avo made. In nearly every Instance his
. appointees havo eithor been lncompotont. in
experienced or disqualified, which showed
1 the indiscretion and stupidity of Poynter.
This Is what baa caused tho mismanage
mcnl, misrule and petticoat government In
I Nebraska during tho last two years. Will
, tho good peoplo of Nobraska put up with two
moro years of Poynter's mismanagement?
Wo think not.
Tckamah Journal: After reading tho
World-Horald's report of tho Bryan re
ception at Craig, which town was referred
to as the home of tho Rough Rider cap
tain who roslgned to become a member of
a dcmocratlo organization, we wondered If
I this was on a par with the other conver
sions to democracy wh ch lhe World-Hera'd
, tolls U3 about. Captain Smith's branding
( the charge as a falsehood some weeks ago
.has had no effect upon tho World-Herald
but upon tho oocaolon of Mr. Bryan's pas
sago through the town It Improved iho op
portunity to Incorporate the lie In Its press
report and herald it broadcast oer the
i country.
Alma Journal: Since Mr. Shellenbargor
has severed his connection with tho ban.
of Alma and has beconio Just a common
ranchman, from tho statements ho Is eala
to havn made upon the s ump, It leaves all
tho bank officers, clerks snd dire tors f the
bank republicans. Tho natural nf r n o
from this would be that iho ba'k a at".
mcnt would look best In a republ can pjper
fhoio being one published In Alinu an'
,two others in tho county, but evidently
aomo ono thinks that It looks best In n
popocratlo Bheet and by the authority n
somobody tho Record will print It fill
week,
Hooper Sentinel- After tbo adjournment
of the last ession of the lcglslaturo every
I populist nd democratic paper In the state
denounced it for its extravagance. High
, een months later the populist state central
committee, In order to diMnct attention fioiu
tho oxIrnviiRatiee ot the present popullct
state administration, denounces that same
legislature for its diugiucss. It Is truo
that the last republican legislature ap
propriated for tho use of populist stale of
ficials t".000 more than the preceding legln
lature and yet with this increased appro
priation the most conservative estimate
places tho deficiency which tho next legis
lature ill bo culled upon to meet nt $100.
000. Two years ago every populist orator
pointed with prldo to the fact, as they
siuipd It, that tho penitentiary was self-sustaining,
but when the legislature met it
was nsked to appropriate $30,000 for tho
maintenance of tho prisoners. The legisla
ture In its desire to he liberal with the
populist stato olllclals allowed tho amount
asked for notwithstanding tho fact thnt
Governor Holcomb himself bad announced
on the stump, only three months prior, that
such an appropriation was wholly tmneeea
sary. And what Is the result? This self
sustaining Institution will have used up thn
$30,000 lom; before lhe end of tho blcnmum
and a deficit of several thousand dollars cre
ated. The people are soon to declJo wheth'T
they want a stingy, niggardly, parsimon
ious legislature to appropriate iho taxes
that they pay or a lavish, extravagant body
that will generously appropriate the state
funds to be squandered by reckless state of
ficials. It Is safo to assume that the tax
payer prefers tho former. Tho reform party
Is great on reform ou tho stump, hut In
action it has proven tho most exprnslvo
luxury this stato has ever had.
PKHSO.VU, IYUTK9.
From 18SD, when ho ascended tho thronf,
tho German emperor has delivered 700 pub
lic speeches
Minister Wu's salary has not. been cut by
tho Chlncso troubles and the routlno busi
ness of the legation has been running with
perfect smoothness.
Gustnvo Fritz Nnvo of St. Joseph, Mo.,
pon of Charles Nave, tho multimillionaire,
has cntlsteil as a common sailor In the
United States navy.
Lieutenant General Miles Is said to favor
an increase In tho number of officers nt
western posts. At Rome of theso there Is
now but one officer, nnd thnt man's lot Is
naturally a rather solitary ono.
General Fltzhugh Leo had intended tak
ing his family to Havana this month, but
tho provalcnco of fever has changed his
plans so thnt ho wilt return to his post
alone, vthllc his family spend tho winter at
Richmond, Va
Ornithologists say the crows are cawing
moro than usual, In anticipation, no doubt,
of thn banquet next month ot the defeated
candidates, whero crow forms the piece o
resistance, so railed becauso it resists both
carving and ubslmllatlon.
Abraham Marks, whoso name Harriet B.
Stowo Introduced Into "Undo Tom's Cabin"
as MarkB, tho lawyer, Is 111 In St. Peter's
hospital, Brooklyn. Ho was a friend of Mrs.
Stowo nnd his character boro no resemblance,
whatever to tho crafty, shifty lawyer of the
book. Ho is now 88 years old.
When Jnmes Cnroy, tho notorious "In
vlnclblo" Informer, found, as a copscqucncn
of a shot from Patrick O'Donnell's revolver,
a grave In South Africa, ho left a sou who,
under an assumed name, has been fighting
with an Irish regiment against the Iloers
and who Is now recovering In London from
an attack of enteric fever.
Ths medicine men of the Semlnoles don't
know what they are attempting when they
undertake to get marrlagoablo white men
Into tbelr trlbo for husbands for the young
squaws. A few comic papers that Illustrate
so forcibly the crying need of tho summer
resorts should be sent to theso braVes in
order to show them how futile will be their
asking.
The grand Jury of Philadelphia urges
the establishment of whipping posts for
the punishment of wlfc-bcatcrs in that
city. Whipping posts are revered institu
tions In Delaware, and penologists admit
that they aro effective in reaching tho
spot. Wlfc-beatlng has reached such pro
portions In tho Quaker city, the esteemed
"city of homes," that nothing less than
a base ball bat would make an impression
on the evil.
LIGHT AND nniGiiT.
Ilrooklyn Life: Cleverton I find nowa
days that If h man wants to marry a girl
ho has to work till he gets her.
Dashaway But If It's iho right girl ho
doesn't havo to work nttcrward,
Indianapolis Journal: "Clytle, la thU
young man you are engaged to well to do'.'"
"Oh. Pa, he's rich; he's so rich that hs
doesn't lmvo to caro whether ho pays hi
debts or not."
Pittsburg Chronicle: "He gave you thn
luuirh, didn't he?" said Dukuno to Caswell.
"If ho did," replied Gawell, with hau
teur, "It was tho only thing he evor did
givo anybody."
Chicago Tribune: "niamcd If I don't be
Ilovo HarttuB la getting ready to make
another political flopl"
"What Is ho saying now?"
"Ho hasn't said unythlng In particular,
but he's begun to cull greenbacks thin
planters." (
Detroit Free Pre.3: Are Blanche Thorn
ton and Robert Simpson engaged?" asked
tho girl In the blue shirtwaist.
"They ore not, replied the girl In tlio
pink shirtwaist. "They are setnl-iittnched."
Chicago Post: "What Is the dlfforanca
between a statesman and a politician?"
"Well, n statesman frequently thinks
without talking and a politician usually
talks without thinking."
Philadelphia Press: "You sent a collector
to see mu this morning," said tho burly
visitor,
"Ah, yes. That little hill you owe," r
piled tho Installment mnu. ''Woll?"
"Well, you'd better send another one up
to my house,"
"What for?"
"To collect the first one
Tit for Tat.
Ronton Journal,
Bald a young nnd tactless husband
To his Inexperienced wifo:
"If you should glvo up leading
Such a fashlonnble life,
And devote more time to cooking
How to mix nnd when to bake
Then perhaps you might make pastry
Such as mother used to make."
And the wife, resenting, answered
(For the worm will turn, yon know):
"If you would give op horses
And a Bcoro of clubs or so,
To devote more time to business
When to buy and what to stake
Then perhaps you might make money
Such as father uaed to make."
WHY PA IS ON TUB FHNCH.
S. 13. Klser In tho Times-Herald.
The pictures of the candidates aro hungin
everywhere; . .,.
They're gottln' up processions, ond mere s
music In the nlr; . f
The banners stretch across tho streets most
every block or so: . ,,
The papers they aM tellln' how tne lec-
Somo of1theSmrsay Mckinley's vote Is bound
to he immense. n.
Somo say that Bryan's got It sure but pa
liu's on the fence I
They're holrtln' mcctln's In the halls and
everywhere around. . .... .
And men nre fiockln' there In droves and
gettln' held spellbound;
They talk about free silver and tho danger
Tho orators1 JumpP and down and Jaw
like anything; , , , , ....
Tho folks nn mad and shakln flsta, ma
sayo tho strain's Intense,
For 'lection ain't so fur nwuy-but pa he s
on the fence,
The Joneses they're republicans, the
Smiths are democrats,
They used to run together, now they fight
llko dogs and cats;
They tulk about prosperity antT what ex
pansion means.
They scold nhout tho army and abuse the
Philippines,
Ilut pa ho runs a grocery and he znys there
iiln t no sense
In gettln' one side mad at you so he keeps
on tho fense.
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