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The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-07-22

eral patronage and cOnciliate Foraker.
He has conquered al his own pSTty,
and now, to get a full Senatorial term
he has TO fight the Democrats.
The battle VIII be hot and heavy all
through the rural districts OF Ohio.
Large expenditures of money in the
legislative districts VIII be necessary.
The Democratic papers say that Hanna
iS prepared for this and that Il portion
of the immense contributions which
were lodged in his hands for the Pre>i-
Dental canvass OF 1896 were not eE-
pended at the time. simply because all
was spent that could possibly be need
ed He is therefore regarded rs heel
ed for the encounter. The Democratic
STATE convention. contrary 10 usage. dld
not name Il Senatorial candidate. The
Republican State convention named
Hanna.
Our friends III Ohio feel confident of
redeaming their State and leading back
the Northwest to DemOcracy.-NeW
York News
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-07-22
Another Republican Farce.

The antitrust talk in the Senate OF
! the part of the Republican members
and the pronunciamento Of Secretary
Sherman. recently delivered in New
York. Indicate that Republicans are be
/ coming alarmed at the public condem-
nation Of their friends. the trusts
1t is alleged that the Judicial Com
mittee of the Senate is now engaged in
deviSing an antitrust amendment to
the tariff bill. The task is difficult. ana
if not cIeverly done will throw Il STUN
f! Bling block III tie way OF the great rob
Der game called the tariff.
If the amendment is. Of such n nature
as to be any real restriction on the op-
eratiCns of the trusts there are Sena-
tors who may be depended upon to
hang UP the tariff until Il measure so
obnoxious to their patrons shall be
abandoned. On the other hand. unless
the amendment has. It least. the ap-
peardnce OF sincerity. the people will
not be pacitied and the whole object OF
the juGgle will he defeated.
There is not the least sincerity. in the
protestations Of Republican leaders to
the effect that they are opposed to
trusts. There is no more sincerity in
that claim than there is in the claim
that they desire to secure international
action in favor of bimetalism.
The farce of Republican friendship
for bimetaliism has been played
through and the participants are
laughing at those who took the thing
seriously
But now there is another farce on the
boards. and that is the side-splitting
ahsurdity called "Republican Animos-
ity to Trusts. In the meantime the
Senate Judiciary Committee is having
Il hard time to contrive an amendment
that shall piacate the people and be an
soIuteiy harmless to the trusts.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-07-22

Another merchant and importer has
been stopped at the New York custom
house with goods in his possession
which he was attempting to bring in
without paying the customary duty.
Like the st. Louis man. he. too. SAYS
that the articles were intended as pres
-ents for his family and friends. He
says: Il am allowed to bring in GER,
tain amount Of perfumery and such ar
ticles. and if there should happen to be
few more articles of that kind in my
trunks than the law allows it may have
been owing TO a slight mistake in the
orders given to the storekeepers." The
Few more articles which got into his
trunks consisted Of fifty-siX pairs Of ex-
rensive French kid gloves. Il large num-
Der of silk dresses. and a great deal of
perfumery and mems furnishings.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-07-22
RcnUbliCan EalSohnO1.

The voices of Il million men. women
and children are heard in the land to-
day protesting against the Republican
party and denouncing the false prom
lses Of that party'S leaders.
Ten months ago the wage earncrS of
the United States We're promised that
the mills would be opened and the
wages raised if these tOilerS would
give their suffrageS to the Republican
party. The giittering bait was accept
ed, and as Il result the gold standard is
practically in operation. Il high protec-
tive tariff is about ready for signature
but the mills are not Cpen
On the contrary. the iron mills and
the tin plate mills are ordered to shut
down, and 21.OOO Workmen are made
idle. Moreover. the flint glass manu-
factu:ers. instead Of raising WAGES I'M
der Il proposed increase Of protection
announce reduction. which means
lo.OO0 more skilled laborers reduced to
starvation pay.
Add to this the distress which has
forced the coal miners to Il strike and
the wicked folly Of Republican conduct
in national legislation stands fully re-
Yeaied. With Il quarter of Il million
men thrown out OF employment. there
are at least one million mouths crying
for bread. The situation is appalliug.
The Indictment against the Republican
party is crushing.
II there ever was Il party that desprv
ed to he stamped out of existence. that
party is the breaker of promises: the
hacker of trusts: the assassin of silver:
the advocate of gold: the betrayer of
the peopie-the misnamed Republican
party of the United States
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-07-22

\ London schoolboy committed sui
eide last month, leaving behind a pa
thetic letter saying that he could not
stand the abuse to which he was sub
jected by his fellows at school. There
was practically no investigation of the
| matter except that which elected the
remark of the master that the youth
was Of 4 very sensitive nature. and the
jury brought in 4 verdict Of death
while temporarily insane. Youth of all
natlonalities is proyerbially cruel. but
the cr'leleSt OF all are the boys of the
An@l0-SaNOn race. Since the begin
nlnGS Of education tie schools Of En-
gland have been the scene of q long
| series OF petty tyrannies calculated tC
develop DULLES or to result, as this I'M
fortunate case did. in suicide. Anyone
who has read Tom Browns School
Days will remember the misera bic
servitude which the younger and more
timid boys were obliged to live in and
the brutal treatment to which they
were subjected. This custom of .fag-
ging' is upheld by the English people.
and even the gentle Thomas Hughes
excused it, 1t is supposed to develop
ma1liness in youth. At least that is
wFat the English urge in it's defense,
B"t it does nothing of the kind. Where
it does not break the spirit of the bow
RS in the case of the unfortunate youth
alluded to, it is apt to create bullies Of
the worst kind. In America schools
and colleges are by no means so free
from cruelty Of this sort that, England
can be condemned unSparingly. but the
fag system has never obtained here and
never could. 1t would be impossible
for a boy to be bounded to death in this
country for the reasons which led tho
English lad to take his life It WAS
his advocacy of the Greek cause which
got him into such diSreDute with his
fellows. The partiSanship of the sires
is not transmitted in this degree to the
sons IN this country The curious thine
about the English case is that the par
ents seem to take tie death of their
boy rs matter of course
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-07-22
WHAT THE OHIO FIGHT MEANa.

1t is fitting that Ohio should be the
battle ground of a gigantic struggle be
| tween the forces of gold and silver. for
| 1t is To Ohio statesmen that this nation
owes the oppression of the gold mOnop-
oily
| Secretary Sherman came to an under
| standing with the gold mOnometallistS
| OF Europe in 1867. and since that date
| has lnbored. with the craft and malevo-
| lence Of Il Mephistopheles. to fasten on
the people the golden fetters Sherman
laid the train. but Charles Foster. of
Ohio fired it. When Sherman was Ser
| rptary of the Treasury he recognized
| the right of option 10 pay in either gold
| or silver. but when Foster took charge
| of the treasury and Austria wanted
$1G0. .0OG.GCO in gold Foster ordered the
sub-trcasuTy to pay out the yellow
metal.
Thus It came about thGt the treasury
of the United States sUp.ncly yielded
to the domination Of the gold monDmet-
alliSts. and thus it happened that the
nation was betrayed by the representa-
tives OF Ohio. That This Welding was
entirely unnecessary is proved by the
course taken by the Bank of France.
No conspiracy OF spectators can force
n raid for gold en- the French treasury.
Whenever it becomes evident that Il
wise policy demands the protection Of
the state from the gold robbers, the
Bank of France takes advantage Of its
option ana pays out silver. There is
no panic. there is no raid. ana France
has a silver currency amounting in vol
ume to 500. 100000 which is easily and
continuously maintained ut par with
gold
Ohio men taught the United States
the lesson Of poltroonery and folly and
the State of Ohio now has an opportumi-
ty to wipe this stain from her escut-
cheOn. The great representative of Dlu-
tocracy and trusts. Mark Hanna. has
thrown down the gage of battle to the
silver forces of the Buckeye State That
gage has been accepted. The struggle
legged that Hanna has S2OGO,OOO left
from the $16.GO0,000 fund poured into
the treasury of the Republican Nation
al Campaign Committee by the repre-
SentativeS of Wall and Lombard streets
during the late Presidential campaign.
That fund will be doubled. if Hanna
thinks it necessary. to carry Ohio for
the Republicans.
The tactics Of the last campaign will
be revived. Banks will hold the giving
of credits contingent on the voting Of
ballots. Manufacturers will |
threaten their employees and tiattpr !
them with false hopes to secure their |
support for Hanna and his friends.
There can be no doubt that the com
bned efforts Of ali the elements in Ohio
favOring silver can defeat Hanna: the
only question is whether bribery.
Intimidation and fraud
shall defeat their labors.-Chicag Dis
patch.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-07-22
Not all the puritanism Of the world is

Not all the puritanism Of the world is
concentrated in and around Boston and
leveled at the rejected Bacchante.
News comes from Geneva. Il place
which should certainly be liberal and
cosmopolitan in its ideas of art, that
one of the masterpieces Of the great
sculptor Rodin. probably the greatest
worker IN that line of art since Michael
Angelo himself has been rejected as
unfit for public exhibition. In the
meanwhile the work Of MacMonnies
lies in the basement Of the Boston pub
lie library, reviled and cast out by the
philistines. but still wearing upon its
face that inScrutable smile embodying
the paganiSm Of the old world and the
liberalism Of the new
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-07-22
Ghio Democracy.

The Democracy of Ohio have follow
ed their fellow partisans of New Jpr-
scy, Iowa. Kentucky and other States
in straightforward declarations of their
Democracy and in consolidating all the
elements which adhere TO their prfnci-
pies. in advance Of this falls campaign.
Ohio. az being the Presidents own
State. and as having been so shameful
~ bullied and deceived i'll last years
campaign. will be Il center of interest
this fall. Hanna. the owner Of the
President. is determined to go to the
Senate. if possible. To get a foothold
there. he was obliged to retire old John
Sherman, overcome Bushnell with Fed
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-07-22
The Financial Situation,

Mr.. Secretary of the Treasury Gage.
or scme subordinate acting under. in
strucuonS, sent out at the close of the
fiscal year Il hilarious and triumphaI
statement that the advance of pros
perity was at last in sight. because
the receipts Of money into Uncle Sans
Treasury during the last six months
have exceeded the expenditures. 1t is
not that the condition of the masses
of the population has improved that
furnishes ground for this official graf
uiatlon: ii is because so much the more
OF the peoples money has been taken
from them by tariff and other tax ieyis-
lati0n. The treasury has grown richer
in he last six months. but there is no
evidence that the pockets Of the com
mon people have been any better filed.
These millions Of course have come
from the tariff taxes levied under the
tariff Of 1884. that bit of legislation
which the AlIison-Dirgley Republicans
are laboring to repeal in Congress and
the repe;l, Of which they had vainIy
hoped to present 10 Mckinley for his
signature before this. Their own
SQuabhies and disa greements have de-
layed their bill so long in the Senate
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-07-22
False to Their PLEDGES.

With an eye single to the complexion
OF the tariff bill and the liquidation Of
campaign debts. the Republicans have
thrust aside one after the other Of the
antitrust amendments offered TO them
Always they promised that in good
time they, the WOrshipful .ma jority in
the Senate, would prepare Il fit amend
ment to the tariff bill. pass it ana see
the trusts vanish like a punctured SOAP
bubble, And now the tariff bill has
gone to the conference bereft OF any
antitrust sections. and Congress stands
ready to adjourn. leaving the DecDlp
helpless in the grasp Of the mono,,o.
lists.-NeW York Journal
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-07-22
HOW EaSt.

This sounds as if it came from the
variety stage. But as matter Of fact,
it is history. for occasionally funny
things do happen in the courts besides
the lawyers.
1t was in Il negligence case recently
and Il good-humored Irishman was
witness.
The Judge. lawyers and everybody
else We're trying their best 20 extract
from the Irishman something about
the speed of q train.
Was it going fast:7 asked the Judge.
'Aw, yis, it were answered the wit
ness.
How fast
"Oh. purity fasht. yer Honor"
We'll. how fast"
''Aw. purity fasht.'
Was it as fast AZ q man can rum"
.'Aw. yis.' said the Irishman. glad
that the basis for an analogy was sup
piled. As faSht as TWO lln Kin run"
buffalo Enquirer.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-07-22

Those who when they read the
sprightly The Prisoner of Zenda" were
inclined TO lcok upon the incidents rs
belonging to the realm of the impossi-
hle romance will find that recent events
in Bulgaria prove that the deeds of Ru.
dolph and Rupert, Michael and the re-
d0ubtable Sapt can be duplicated al
most any day in the Balkan countries.
A captain, Il prefect of police and 4
Fendarme have been arrested at Phil
ippopolis on the charge of numbering
an opera singer, a beautiful girl named
Anna SZimOn. The captain became
tired of her and hired the other two
10 help put her out of the way. She
was chloroformed and drowned in the
river. The prefect of police has con-
fesSed, and says that the captain and
Prince Ferdinand Of Bulgaria ordered
him TO Kill the woman. The captain
Mas cadet IN the palace and was one
OF the men who kidnapped Prince Alex
ander of Bulgaria and drove off with
him 10 the sea coast. This he did at
terdlnandS request in order that the
latter might succeed to the throne. He
lecently made a rich marriage. upon
Which he threw the opera singer over
IL these details were in the hands of
Hope he might give Us some.
thing beside which the romance of
Ienda would appear pale.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-07-22
The Tariff giI Is ar InDos5+;o,

Not only is the bill an outrageous in
position upon the CONSUMERS Of thp
country. but there is grave reason 10
fear that as q yielder of revenue il VIII
prove sadly inadequate. But it's en-
actnent cannot be averted ana the
country must make the best Of it. II
mas come TO stay for at least four
years. Business men and manuract1r
erS will adjust themselves to its uro-
visions without delay. We do not be-
HeVe it Will bring prosperity. but pros
perlty may-and we sincerely hone if
Wlil-come in spite Of it.-Rochester
Herald.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-07-22
Tariff for TRUSTS

The work of the Senate on tho t,riff
Gill has resulted in creating = Fronl1an-
stein that will destroy the party resnon-
Sible for it. The law will establish ,
tariff for trusts and Il deficit. It will
AID the rich to become richer. and
through its outrageous taxes unon the
necessities of life. it Will force the noo,.
TO become poorer. The sugar t,ust rets
present of half Il hundred million of
1olta"S. and the people get y tax ON ev-
erNthlng they eat ana wear. \ feeble
attempt was made to throw SOD to
the farmers Of the West by proposed
bounty on beet sugar but the attempt
Vas half-hearted. Intellectual and soon
made imperative.
AS revenue @ettcr the tariff is the
worst failure ever made by LEGISLATION,
BY giving notice to the importers that
the retroactive clause would he strick-
Ell out, any chance of securing revenue
WITHIN the next twelve months was eff
fectllally destroyed, and the measure
maze an act for the protection and en-
richment OF trusts. The only benefit
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-07-22

Discussing the possibility that the
Prince of Wales may be called to the
throne, the Savannah Press asserts
that "all talk about the queens abduc-
ton at this time. however. is boSh."
We are pleased to be assured Of that
fact; it certainly would be the height
of cruelty to abduct the old lady at
her time of life
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-07-22
Patience Must Be Near =, End

We DO not believe the Intelligent peo-
pie OF this country VIII long remain
content with IL system Of taxation
made not for the primary purpose Of
putting money into the treasury for
the common Uses Of the country. but
for the purpose Of taking money from
some of the people and putting it into
the purses Of other people. These will
never, We believe. be content with anv
such system Of privilege and advantage
as high protection creates.-Indianapo
lis News.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-07-22

The story that the lightning during =
recent Kentucky thunderstorm resem-
bled corkscrew may be true. The in
dignation of the colonelS over the cor
ner in bourbon had perhaps been
drawn up as a vapor. which naturally
developed wrathful thunderbolt.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-07-22

Senator Vest in a tariff speech the.
other day referred to cider rs hey
erage which cheers but not inbriate..' y
All OF which proves that the Senator
is not thoroughly familiar with the
nysteries Of applejack.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-07-22
Darwinian Theory in China.

AS in everything else. the Chinese
have their own and original Darwinian
theory. Explaining the movements Of
winds, rains. clouds and of the earth
itself in a unique way. they go Cm to
trace the descent of the human kind.
When the earth became fitted to
sustain life small herbs We're the first
to put in an appearance. Then came
strong shrubs and trees. As the BODY
OF man. unWashed for years. breeds
vermtn, 50 the mountains, unlayed by
the ceas. bred worms and insects.
greater creatures always developing
from the lesser In the course of I'M
told ages beetles became turtles, Garth
worms became serpents and Nightly
ing insects became birds. Mice d.
velOpad into wildcats, and the wildcats
into tigers. The mantis was by some
method transformed into an aDc. and
some of the apes We're finally born
hairless. y hairless ape playing with
two tlints accidentally kindled a fire by
striking them together With the fire
thus obtained he cooked food. and the
eating of food thus prepared made
him more strong and intellectual than
his fellow ape.
The less energy man has, the easier
ho drifts into natrinnny
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-07-22

as possible from the other and each
seeking to shift the reasonable burden
OF taxation that belongs to it. The
chief purpose Of the bill appears TO
have been lost sight Of in this scramble
and the question OF filling the deffcen.
cy gap has really become Il secondary
One.-RCst0n Traveller.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-07-22

The c3rCieSsGesS Of Il New York ply
sician subjected him to 4 distressing
humiliation. but revealed form of fa-
ciai Establishment Of which hitherto
little las been known. An upper set
at tea h WAS mislaid and lost. out the
Eoyel &ature Of the incident is the re.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-07-22

Professor John Lawrence Sullivan,
the eminent Boston maSseur. believes
that inside of eighteen minutes by the
watch he can convince Colonel FitZ-
simmons nat the latter's notions con
cerning scientific assault and battery
are wrong
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-07-22

The Fort Worth Herald remarks that
q New York woman who committed
suicide in Il church selected an mop
perfume time and place for self-destrUc-
ton" True. BY the way, what would
be an Opportune time and place for d
woman to kill herself?
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-07-22

The announcement that Barney Bar
nato's immense fortune has practically
been swept away is bound to exert Il
very powerful influence upon the sea-
sons crop Of Barnato widows.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-07-22

An uncomfortable force" remarks
the New York Tribune, ''is out of place
in crowded city street" Why not
abolish the Gotham police force, then?
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-07-22

David B. Hill takes occasion to sneer
at political women without husbands"
his comes with decidedly poor grace
from man whose entire family con-
sists of one
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-07-22

Even the owls around Boston hoot
ITO whom" instead Of ITO whoo-' as
they do in the West.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-07-22

Prosperity is on the jump up in North
Dakota. The State has offered n boun-
ty of 90 cents bushel for grasshop-
perS.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-07-22
SENATE AND HOUSE.
WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LATFef
MAKERS.

A Week'o Proceedings in the Halls OF
Congrcss-Important Measures Dis
cussed and acted Upon-An Impair
tial Resume of the Business.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-07-22
Feminine Renartee.

She-Of course. you all talked about
me as soon as | leftE
Her-No dear; we thought you had
attended to that uficicltly-Tit-Bfts
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-07-22

tina: >an be derived from this fniouity
is the lesson it conveys to the honest
voter to work for Democratic success
i'll 1883 and Democratic victory in 1900.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-07-22
Not Built That Way.

If the United States Senate was half
as much interested in the welfare Of
the country as it has shown itself to be
III that Of the sugar trust and other spe-
cial interests it Las had to deal with.
there would be no trouble about pass
ing resolution to create Il currency
commission while the Conference Com
mittee is completing the tariff bill. But
the $el.atc is not constituted that way.
The welfare OF the country is the last
thing II Senator thinks of-heforr he
rctires at night. and By morning he has
forgotten il again -pittsburg Dispatch,
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-07-22
a Ga1flc nc Cab.

The whole tariff question has now
seemingly degenerated TO Il Eigh-hand-
ed game Of grab between various
interests. each striving to get rs much
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-07-22
Ihe Nalentitte neroerat

ROBERT GOOD, Editor and Prop.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-07-22

The less energy man has, the easier
be drifts into matrinony.