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THE COURIER. J&hf 'roro no league or clap-trap gathering gpHV-' - si:c a8i 'or instance the Springfield 1R25 free silver "convention", but come from 1AJI the rank and file of the party through S u 1 1 11 1 :ni . .: ' held once in four years for the purpose EXTEntD at the mxcolk postofficm mm 0f nominating u candidate for the pres-seconu-class matter. j(ency ThjB .s the on,v officIa, BOUnje A hundred so-called "conventions" might PUBLISHED EVERY SATUBDAT BT be hed before tfae convention of 1896, I'Pltn n'lDI KfUIUH PAUTilUV tuero can be no rormulation or rc- uTilul rUULIOlimU uUfflrflnl. publican principles until that time. The .i-ric ,- v 1 m .u c. league convention was not afraid. It OFFICE 217 North Eleventh St. . . , ,.,.., 6i m ply refused to bo led by the frantic Toleplioxxe fre0 Bjiver ehouters into doing some- " " thing it clearly had no right to do. w. MORTON smith, editor. "Where are tho republicans of the Abra FRED T. DEAN, BcantEBS Mawaqb. ham Lincoln type?" 'Just where they always are, lighting reasonably and SuiiM-rlption iuim In Advance, rationally the battles of republicanism. Pernnnum It N rj,o republicans of the Abraham Lin- oix montiis.... .......... 1 n , . Three months N coin type, roused to effort and activity On0 lnhocopiiiy."""iy.y.mj'ee!mii."'' by democratic misgovernment aud tho democratic drift toward such chimeras For sale at all news stands In this city aa as the income tax and free silver, are 0AlimUOumbVrr"fna8dTertUement.wmb. preparing to administer such a rebuke cserted. Rates mmle known on application. to the democratic party and its acce6s- ories in tho next national contest as Lincoln, Nek., June 2D, 1895. will re-establish the government and business of thiB country on a Bound re- CRITICISMS OF The national Publican foundation that will endure. ... .. , It is not necessary, we may inform the Tilt convention of , , . , . , OJ ... LEAGUE CONVENTION the league of orld-ITeraM and Star, for the repub- republican clubs, held at Cleveland last Hucan P"V7 h,d & conv1en.tlon at ever' , . . .. i ., change of the moon and issue a new week, was, for two or three days, the , , .. , - , ,,.u 4 ,,,.... . , . declaration or principles. 1 ho party is center of national interest: and since , , . ' i . .... . ., , . , ever anu always for honest, legitimate the adjournment there has beeu much .. ' . . .. .. ,. , , . ., ,. , . protection to American institutions, discussion of what it did, or as some put ., . ... i i a r -i i i -ii iir t i whether of government or or business. it, what it failed to do. Ihe World- ,, ,. . A rr ,,,f i ...i. .- Its policy with reference to American Herald thinks "the convention of re- , ' . . , ... . , . n. , , rt i Ialor and American money doea not pubheuu clubs at. Cleveland, O., will be , , -, . . . , - u- r-iru- change at the demand of foreign capit- known in history ?.s 'man-afraid-of-hiB ,. b , horse'. After twodays spent in wrang. ahstB or, natlV0. m.,ne owne' " Pi ling orer-tfae silver liuestion they sud- "anently patriotic, and the Abraham dooly discovered that the convention Lincoln republicans stand ever ready , , . ... , j :i .. to uphold the6e American, republican, had no right to express itself on any ..... nWi,,:n7' -Whi.." bi th patriotic principles. World-HcraldS'Rre the republicans of the AiiSbaiii Lincoln type? Where are the young republicans who are wil ling to rise up against financial bondage? Will the party wait in vain? Is party harmony so far preferred to principle?" The Kansas City Star, too, complains. "The action of the league was undoubt edly what a Yankee would call 'a smart thing to do,' even if the silver men do feel that they have been quietly buried.'' Other papers have expressed themselves similarly. The newspapers that have criticised the convention of the league of republicans for not taking action on the silver question have dropped their Hammersmith ticket at Bradbury gate. They have reasoned without a premise. They are wrong, altogether wrong. It is no more within the power of the re publican league to commit the party, or formulate principles, than it is to deter mine whether there be inhabitants on the planet Mars, or whether the Second Advent be at hand. Any action such as the silver men desired is expressly prohibited in the rules that govern the the league. Anything in the way of platform making is foreign to the pur poses for which the, league was organ ized aud for which it is maintained. The league is for organization it is not an executive body. It may be the fashion among democrats and populists and prohibitionists and other ists to allow party principles to be formulated by any chance gathering of zealots or political rooters. But such is not the case with the republican party. The principles of the republican party come THE UNWISDOM The Xews, in its OF zeal, insists that EXPLOITING FILTH the social evil is a good thing to talk about, and is dis posed to find fault with those who are willing to admit they are tired of this everlasting and unclean subject. The Courier is among those who so feel. This paper is on record, so far as the social evil is concerned, and ex-Mayor Weir would doubtless give The Courier its due in bringing about the attempt to stamp out the evil that was made during the last two years of his admin istration. We believe now, as we did two years ago, that every effort ought to be made to wipe out this growing iniquity, and any influence that we may havo will be cheerfully lent to any prac tical endeavor to improve existing con ditions. The Courier did not support Judge Broady in the last municipal campaign because his candidacy was recognized as a partisan political dodge. Neither did we ask the people of Lincoln to vote for Frank Graham, and we have no special regard for that gentlemen. We would gladly join any proper at tempt to make him live up to the prom ises he made before election. But we did say, and do maintain, that it is un necessary and unwise to go into the details of the social evil in the discuss ions in newspapers and at public meet ings. The wholesale exploitation of the particulars of this evil can result in no good and is calculated to do injury. Let us decide what we are to do with reference to thi; evil and then proceed 0. i. SflT 1 MENS' HATS AND FUENISHING GOODS FINE NECKWEAR A SPECIALTY Sole Ageate for- Dunlaps .Celebrated Hats. r W JR. JENNIS & CO.?S. old stand, 1137 .0 St. CRETE CWJttlTJMQVto sVSSEVTCUf . Fourteenth Annual Session to be Held at Crete, Net)., July S to 13, 1895. I, p m N R NMN ,, biiibiiiiiiiniibiii. -Ten Days of Country Life With City Society IW . IAIMD OI OTJR PROGRAM:! REV. EDWARD ANDERSON D.D., of Connecticut, an ardent G. A. B. man, will deliver the national address on J U1J4. of Lincoln will bo tho pianist of the asseas bly. and everyone knowa that means first class music. Mrs. Jones has boon at tha assembly many times and always make friends. REV. J. D. STEWART IRS. BENJAMIN of Aurora, will conduct the Adnlt Normal Class as last ) ear. Itev. Stewart lias had much experience in this wort, and always makes his lessons of much interest. Ths normal work is the fundamental basis of Chautauqua. It is tho one tliim? that makes an ideal Chautauqua Assembly. AISS GERTRUDE I. ROBINSON of Michigan, state president of the W. C. T. U.. will be at the assembly five days. This will ensure a large attendance o'f women, for Mrs. Benjamin is one of the national workers and speakers. She will Conduct four parliamentary drills, and it Is possible for a person to become rery pro ficient in parliamentary usages by attend- ine these drills. Of Chicago, the most celebrated harpist of that city, will be present for two days. A fine harp, well played, makes th finest of music, and it :s only necessay for a per son to become a listener, to become a lover of harp music. MRS. L. 0. COREY IRS. WILL OWEN JONES o Lincoln will have charge of the C. L. 8. C. work during the assembly. Mrs. Corey isalivoChautauquan. She has been inter ested in this work many years and has at tended many assemblies. All Chantan Quans will immedi-tely feel at home. CHAUTAUQTJANS, plan to come to Crete for the ten days You will get new inspiration. MINISTERS, plan to come to Crete. You will get new ideas, meet new thinkers and in nvery way broaden your field of usefulness. TEACHERS, come to Crete, meet new people, iind out what the world ii thinking. A week at Chautauqua Assembly is an education. vnr Trtr-nnior. nrMrao,. J PROF. A B. FAIRGHILD, Sec, Crete, Neb. For particulars address w E HARDY, President, Lincoln, Neb. to do it, without printing in the papers a mHBs of disgusting details. LINCOLN The sermon deliv- A ered by tne itev. MISGOVERNED CITY. E.H. Chapin Sun day was, in man) respects, a remarkable expression. Mr. Chapin was honest and straightforward and he did no hesitate to state what he believed to be the truth. Many may tatce exception to some of his statements; but all must concede his honesty of purpose and firmness of conviction. 1'he Courier has alwayB maintained that the evils that exist in connection with the muni cipal government are chargeable direct ly to the dormant public conscience. The people themselves, the respectable, reputable citizenp, are, apparently, con tent to let the city drift into the moor ings of fattius immorality without so much as the raising of a hand. They will not, when opportunity offers, unite in a reasonable effort to save the city from the evils that threaten it. They pursue a laissczfairc policy, and if Lin coln is misgoverned the responsibility is necessarily with the people. It is clear ly within their power to rectify every evil that may exist. It is a fact that the public conscience has been put to sleep by a few powerful influences, of which the most important is, perhaps, the daily newspaper press, and Mr. Chapin's arraignment of the daily news papers, or more particularly the iVc braska State Journal as the protagonist of all the corrupting vices in our muni cipal life, is amply sustained by the facts. When in all the years has the Journal raised its voice in behalf of any measure or plan of reform or purity that would in any way disturb tho politicians? Has it not always been the apologist of crimes and criminals, the supporter of corporate schemes, the upholder of municipal corruption in its variouB forms? The JournaTs unmorality does .indeed extend to the uttermost limits of immorality, and its influence haB con tributed very largely to whatever of 'corruption and misgovernment exist in Jthis city. We have the Largest and Prettiest selection of low shoes in TANS AND BLACKS ever displayed in Lincoln. WEBSTER & ROGERS, 10-13 O Street. 1 SHORT LI -TO- Chicago, Milwaukee, Madison, Sioux City, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth, Black Hills Towns. O O For tickets apply n A. S. FIELDING, City Ticket Agt., 117 South 10th Street Depot Cor. S and 8th Sts. S. A. MOSHER, General Agt. When wanting a clean, easy shave or an artistic hair-cut, try bb9JDi1w SJ. Westerfie ID THE POPULAR TONSORIAL ARTIST, who has an elegant barber shop with oak chairs, etc., called "The Annex" at 117 North Thirteenth street, south of Lansing theatre. ff MS ALSO VERY MEAT BATH MOMS.