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The Semi-Weekly News-Herald GEORGE L. FARLEY, Proprietor. DAILY EDITION. Dne Year, in advance, j r KixMontns, )ne wees ingle Copies, 8EMI-WKEKLT EDITION. 3ne Year, in advance, .... II 00 Six Montns, T?.E LARGEST CIRCULATION Of any Cass County Paper. TUESDAY, OCTOUKll 30, 1900. KKFl) BLICAN TICKET. National. For President WILLIAM M'KINLEY. For Vice President THEODORE ROOSEVELT. For Presidential Electors J. T. NESBIT of Burt. R. B. WINDHAM of Cass. ED ROVCE of Custer. L. M. HAGUE of Kearney. P. DAVIDSON of Johnson. L. JACOBSON of Douglas. J. L. KENNEDY of Douglas. JOHN L. LANG F.R of Saline. Congressional. For Congress, First District E. J. BURKETT of Lancaster. ' State. For Governor C. II. DIETRICH of Adams. For Lieutenant Governor F. P. SAVAGE of Custer. For Secretary of State G. W. MARSH of Richardson. For Treasurer WILLIAM STEUFFER of Cuming. For Auditor CHARLES WESTON of Sheridan. For Commissioner GEORGE D. FOLLMER of Nuckolls. For Attorney General F- N. PROUT of Gage. ? For State Superintendent W. K. FOWLER of Washington. County. For County Attorney. JESSE L. ROOT, of Plattsmouth. For Commissioner. First district, LLOYD D. BENNETT, of Plattsmouth. Legislative. For Senator, WILLIAM H. NEWELL, of Plattsmouth. ForiRepresentatives, MARTIN L. I RIEDRICH.: RICHARD WILKINSON. Float Representative, DAVID A. BROWN, of Otoe. STAND by the administration by voting not only for the republican presidential electors, but for the re publican candidates for the state legis lature. Mk. Dobson evidently isn't, one of those who classes socialists with an archists. He says the "ideas held by the true socialist are ideal but are not practical." Eighty of the leadinpr women of Hastings have signed a protest against the malicious falsehoods being circu lated against Mr. Dietrich, republican candidate for governor. Keep your eye on the man who talks about trading on certain candidates. Ordinarily you can put him down as a political trickster,, and one who will voto his own ticket straight. Everybody is jubilant over the grand success of the opening of the new Parmele theatre. Every 6eat in the house was filled Monday night, and the play was all that could have been hoped for. The proprietors are to bo congratulated. . 5 See to it that no republican fails to vote for David Brown for float repre sentative, lie is one of the best and most highly respected citizens of Otoe county, and Cass should seo to it that he gets as-many votes as any other man on the ticket. ; The speech by lion. Geo. L. Dobaon at Waterman hall Tuesday night, is considered the best delivered in this city during the campaign. He talked business and impressed his audience as being a moat thoughtful and earnest man, and one who believes just what he says. ' THE city council of Hastings, at its last meeting, passed a resolution pro testing against the base ( falsehoods circulated about their townsman, C. U. Dietrich,republican candidate for gov ernor.' Although some of the members are fusionists, they all voted for-the resolution. - , Fusionists seem to enjoy telling their neighbors that C. II. Dietrich has not lived with his wife for seven years, but they fail to state that the poor woman has been in her grave during that time. 'But this is on a par with the other stories that are afloat, and should receive the same treatment While on the subject of treaties Governor Poynter . might take a little time to explain the treaty of Beatrice and the clause under which he con seated that a man whom he had pro nounced unfit for the place should re-J main until a certain time and then have claims allowed for money which had been expended without authority oi law. uee. The people will have an excellent opportunity to listen to election re turns at the Parmele theatre next Tuesday evening. The B. & M. band will givd a fine concert, rendering se lections between telegrams. Ladies as well as gentlemen will thus be afforded the pleasure of hearing the reports from the various states and counties. Heretofore men have had a monopoly on the privilege of listening to election returns. Proceods above expenses will go to the band. TALKS TO WOHKIKGUEN Hon. (2cores I... Dobson Gives a CUhxI Address. Show That lb Financial Condition of tha l allfil State I the Beet of any N i Ion In tna World-llrande Bryan ae an Asltator of 1 Uncord and Oleconteut -Uthrr Happening. lion. (teorgo L.. D bson apoke to an appreciative audience of workingmen t Waterman hall last evening. Uav ing worked at manual . labor as a far mer, as a miner and as a railroad em ploye, h was enabled 'to present an unanswerable argument from the work ingman's position. Ho said ho believed in according to others tho same ae- greeof honesty, integrity and patriot ism he claimed for himself. lie showed that our Cnancinl condition is the best of any nation in tho world. At every point Mr. Djbson showed that he was rot only master of the detail faets.but that he thoroughly under stood the principles that when put in to effect always brings prosperity to tho laboring m:in, to tho farmer and to the nation. He proved conclusively that Mr. Bryan does not have an exclusive monoDolv on catriotlsm and love of liberty, but that instead, Mr. Bryan is the apostle and high priest In trie agitation of class hatred; that wherever Mr. Brvan goes he seeks to find H there has been a discord or misfortune in the lives of the inhabitants, and there the pause is made, and the great magician of discontent begins to ulav upon that single chord and thus continues to play until the tem- nerature of the fever of hatred has I seized the minds of the poor unfortu nate fellows. And thus he proved tnat Mr. Brvan hasr made himself the prince of demagogues, the magician of dis content and hatred, and the deluder of men. The great idol of the common people of four years ago, after partaking of Boss Croker's S12-a-plato banquet, be came so drunken with Crokerism that we find this "great idol" roaming up and down the east land shouting "Great is Tammany, and Croker is its prophet." The taste of the vomit of Tammany's corruption hn3 so infatu ated tho "great idol ' that within a period of ten days twice has here turned to his vomit. And this, the speaker said, has cost Mr. Brvan thou sands and leus of thousands of votes among the good poople of this fair land. 8AI8 ItKYAN 19 NO DKMOCRAT. Oswald -OttendorfeK the editor of the New York Staats ZLtuog, has made it plain that it is as a democrat that ho opposes Bryan, and that the old-time democrats do not recognizo Cryan as representing the time-hon-orod principles of their party. Mr, Ottendorfer emphasizes this point in an interview with Marcus Schmilzer of tho Austro-IIungarian Gazette, which, in translation,is to the following effect: "The platform of the democratic party, imbued with populistic tenden cies, is not acceptable to a democrat who upholds the fundamental princi plos of our republic. The so-called democratic party of today again at tempts to foist the silver swindle upon the people, and thus again threatens to undermine tho industrial welfare of our nation. "Bryan is no democrat, and I be lieve that it is tho duty of every demo crat to cast his vote against his elec tion." Congressman Burkett will be re elected by a majority equal to that of two years ago. The people of this district are pleased with the genial, energetic, honest congressman, who has accomplished so much for his con stituents, and who has achieved so prominent a p'.aca at Washington His public life is quite well known. In bis private life he is no less interest ing. Beared on a farm, by honest Geronaa pareuls, he worked his way through college, and after teaching for two years he begnn the practice of law at Lincoln, and has since lived there. He has a wife and two children. to whose interests ho is most devoted lie has lived a clean and pure life, and r.o breath of any kind of scandal was ever charged against him. lie is a member of the Baptist church, but since he has lived in Lincoln has at tended with his wife the Trinity Me thodist church, where for years be was chorister. Those who know him best esteem him most, and in Lincoln, his home, Mr. Burkett has always had his warmest friends. It is claimed by those who are best informed, and borne out by the canvass of voters, that he will have 1,700 majority in his home city. He will be elected "by a big ma jority, as a mark of approval of his private life and public career. CLKVELANO DENIES THE STATEMENT The - Omaha World-Herald an nounced to the public a few days ago in bold headlines that ex-Presidedt Grover Cleveland had slated In an interview that he was for Bryan and thai -lie predicted a landslide to the fusion leader. The following telegram from Mr. Cloveland explains itself: Princeton. N. J., Oct. 30, 1900. Hon.-James H. Eckels, Chicago, Hi. Alleged interview is an absolute and unmitigated lie from start to finish. Gkoveu Cleveland. The republicans in this section of the county will hold their final rally Saturday evening at The Parmele. Good speakers, good music and one of the most delightful places in the state of Nebraska to sit and enjoy it all. Farmers, laboring men all who have not seen the beautiful interior of the new building will have an opportunity to see it at this time. BRYAN LEAVES NEW YORK. liim Ohio a Before Continuing Wet Ilooseveli at ltorheater. Dunkirk, X. Y., Oct. 31. Bryan con cluded the final day of his last cam paigu tour-In this city last night. He began the day tnt the town of Addi son, and spoke at the following other places: Hornellsville, Almond, Alfred, Andover, Wellsville, Belmont, Friend ship, Cuba, Hinsdale, Olean, Salaman ca, Randolph, Jamestown and Dun kirk. All these towns are In the south western part of the state, and all have been strongly Republican in politics. The meetings of the day were general ly well attended and some of them quite enthusiastic. Bryan left late last night for Ohio, expecting to be gin a oiw-day tour of that state with a speech at oTledo this morning at 11 o'clock. All told he had made about HO speeches in this state. Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 31. Governor Roosevelt's train circled the city yes terday afternoon, transferred from the Erie to the New York Central tracks. and left for a Fhort trip to Canan- daigua, Geneva and Penn Yan, return ing to the city last evening. At the "Y" out Exchange street several hun dred employes of ths road and fac tories in the vicinity gave the gov- ernor a hearty wiUeome, and he briefly addressed them. W hen his -train reached the Central station here there were hundreds gathered to welcome him, but he made no attempt to speak, dismissing thiun with an invitation to come to Fitzhugll hall in the evening, where he delivered an extended speech. MICHIGAN SUGAR BEETS Kefnae to Be Put Down, State Bonn or No State Bonus. Lansing, Mich., Oct. 31. rrof. R. C. Kedzie, of the M. A. C, speaks most hopefully of the sugar beet crop this year. On a recent visit to the beet fields around Bay City he found most encouraging conditions thousands of acres of beets in thrifty condition. The sweetness, he says, was not confined to the beets, for a sweet look of pros perity covered the entire region -new barns, new houses or improvements iu the old buildings, new wagons, etc., bein everywhere visible. The reason for this lay in the fact that for the past two years the farm ers of that section have received be tween $400,000 and $5(0.000 each year for their beets, and' this year they will get at least $T00,000 in cash. Good reports also come. from other dis tricts, the beets from the Alma dis trict continuing to test 14.7 per cent of sugar. One man's beets In that district yielded him $123 per acre. Prof. Kedzie recently tested a bag of sugar turned out by the Michigan Su gar company at Bay City, and it showed 100 degrees purity.. . Oarmele . heatre . t t 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 t 4 4 4 t 4 I 4 i i ? 0; Election returns will bo received by diiect wire on the stage, and read botween the numbers of tho concert program. 25 An excellent program is being prepared under the pffici"nt leadership of Prof. VVm. Richardson and will by f ir excell all previous efforts. Seats can be secured from members of the band or at tho box office. To California la a Tourist Slet-per. In no other way can you go to Cali fornia so quickly, so comfortably, and yet so economically, as in a tourist sleeping car. The tourist cars used fvr the Bur lington overland excursions are models of comfort and convenience. They have wide vestibules, high-back seats and double windows. They are lighted by gas. The heating arrangements are admirable and the bed furnishings are clean and of good quality. The Burlingtoa excursions leave Omaha every Tuesday and Thursday and go through to S m Francisco and Los Angeles without changos or delays of any kind. You en join them at Lincoln, Hastings, Oxford, or any other station at which the train stops. The route is through Denver and Salt Lake City, past the finest scenery vis ible from car windows anywhere on the globe. An experience excursion man ager is in charge of .each excursion party and a uniformed porter accom panies each car. Folder giving full information mailed on request. Beautifully Illus trated saventy-two page book about California sont on receipt of six cents in stamps. J. Fuancis, O- P. A , Oman;.; Neb. Jukrt S ull, jr., the nlne-yoarold son or Jake Stull, sr., died at 6 o'clock this morning. Ilia death waa caused by appendicitis. - Tho funeral will occur tomorrow afternoon- at 2:30 o'clock from tho residence. $500 REWARD. Indigestion. Constipation or Uostienj wecarf iTiwf I, tl he d,rect"s are strictly com plied w th. They are purely Vegetable: and iii- " ?" puis, ac Doxes con- I MLDIIAL COh, cor. Clinton and Jackson Sts.. Chicago. 111. Hold by F 6. Frlck A Co. - 4 mm. 11 111 Ml Says He is Helpless to Resist the Demands of Politicians. Statement Conct-rningr the Poynter Ad ministration That Are of Keru In terest to Tax Payer. Omaha, Oct. 22. Dr. B. F. Lans, who has just retired from the sujer Intendency of the Home for the Feeble Minded Youth at Beatrice, is among those of the fusion faith who openly declare that Poynter is unfit for gov ernor and should be defeated. Speak ing on this subject yesterday Dr. Lan j said: "From the very commencement Governor Poynter has been dominated by the politic-fans. They have dic tated many of his appointments to places in the various state Institutions and the result is that there Is scarcely an institution that has not suffered more or less from this source. Out at j Beatrice, a man who had been booked for an ordinary position, such as dep uty oil inspector, or the like, was transferred to the institution as book keeper and steward without any con sideration as to his qualifications. "The different institutions today are supplied with that class of employes. In some instances three or four of one family are holding dowu positions without any qualification "whatsoever. There are any number of people hold ing positions in the state institutions who are notoriously unfitted for pub lic duty. The fault is not with the superintendents of these institutions, but with Oovernor Poynter, who has permitted riui; leaders of the fusion party to dictate to him who should be appointed. No better example can be cited of the imposition of obliging the superintendent to accept employes who are incompetent and unfit than that of a Mrs. Thomas, mother of Oil In spector Sprecher, who is now holding the position of matron at the Beat rice institute. I make this statement without any qualification, that she h;is no merit either physically or mentally to recommend her to such a position. I refer to this case simply to show to what extent Governor Poynter has abused the appointive power. There are many other cases" like it. Mrs. Thomas, ever .since she has been ma tron, has refused to perform the duties Incident to the position and has per sisted in drawing her salary from the state, without rendering corresponding service. She has kept her daughter with her at the state's expense ever since has been at Beatrice. Iudeed, it seenrs to be quite the common tiling since Governor Poynter assumed ollice for his appointees to gather their relatives around them and feed and shelter them at the state's expense. I know of one of his appointees at Beatrice who lived at the state institute with a family of six, all of whom were pro vided with bed and board at the ex pense of the tax payers. All this comes from tiie weakness of Governor Poynter. He lacks the courage to stand out against the unreasonable de mand of the politicians and their po litical friends. The terrorizing intlu ence of these political pie-hunters seem to have originated more among the Democratic end of the fusion party than any other. In fact, many inter esting letters may be found among the governor's correspondence showing his weakness in being unable to with stand the political pressure brought to bear upon him, an example of which is a letter from the Democratic chairman of York county, who, in asking recog nition, stated that he had been able in the past to turn down many of tho fusion leaders, among them the Hon. Edward Bates, former district judge, and others of that political faith, and he was ready now to lay Dr. Lang on the shelf and even his excellency, if It need be, to have the recognition he asked. The letter had the desired ef fect, obliging the governor to make way for one of the employes who had been discharged for disloyalty aud in competency, the same being a brother of the York county man. Another ex ample of the hold up in York county Is that of the Cochran family who have been nursed at public expense for sev eral years and who still use their in fluence to enforce recognition. Out side of this family the Populists today In York county are utterly Ignored. "There is no reason to hope for any Improvement or change in conditions under Governor Poynter. ' I know whereof I speak when I say that at this very time, in his efforts to obtain support, he is peddling out promises of appointment indiscriminately and he will either have to violate his word or keep faith at the cost of crippling and impairing the service more than ever. It is certainly a sad condition of affairs that the unfortunate people of the state should be exposed to the Ignorance, blunders and cruelty of in competent employes. And it Is also unfortunate that the tax payers have no legal way of protecting their rights against ravages and spoliation except through the Instrumentality of the ballot box. "I believe that no one factor has had more to do with disorganizing the man agement of institution work than the disregard the governor has shown for his word and promises to those seek ing employment. There have been many changes in the institutions made for no other reason than to satisfy some politician with a pull or to keep some campaign pledge. At Beatrice there was absolutely no occasion for Interference by the governor, tnougli the past year at that institute has been one of turmoil, strife and disorder. The cause of it all was to fulfill a cam paign promise, no matter at what sac rifice. Governor Toynter had on moro than one occasion expressed confidence and satisfaction in and with my man agement of the Beatrice Institution, so there could have been absolutely no reason for making a change other than to discharge a campaign pledge or pla cate certain politicians who were loud ly demanding recognition. "The affairs at the Beatrice Institu tion are very much unsettled. Only a few days ago one of the children from Douglas county was taken away be cause Its paje.nts believed, that it could i I nun Oflnnro Pill HI (to not be cared' for properly with the change and consequent inexperience of new employes. The parents of another child from Dakota county visited tho institute a few days ago and found their child in such a condition that they were constrained by parental im pulse to tako it away. "The people of Nebraska can not af ford to let such disgraceful conditions continue. It is a crying shame that helpless and defenseless people should be made to suffer simply that the de mands of politicians may be fulfilled. It certainly presents a spectacle to the unbiased voter which should move him to register an emphatic protest. I have no concern In tho matter other than for the public good when I say that Governor Poynter should be de feated. In the past he has been unable to break away from the political wire pullers and there Is no reason to expect anything different should he be re elected. In many of the institutions at this very time the 'employes are wondering what the future has in store for them and are devoting more time to their political cares than to their official duty. "The custom of levying an assess ment on olli' ials and employes of these various Institutions has become quite general under the Poynter administra tion, and it is needless to say that It has done much to take the authority out of the hands of the Governor and place it in the hands of the politicians, thus greatly demoralizing tho service. After an employ has been compelled to divide up his salary with the politicians and having knowledge that the gover nor, who appointed him to his position, knows that that division of salary was male, lie feels as if he is under no further obligations and Is at liberty to perform his duties as he sees fit. This has tkeu the authority to main tain discipline and keep things in their proper working order out of the hands of the superintendent, and the result is that each employe is authority unto himself. Nothing but demoralization has, or ever can, result from such con ditions. "I am thoroughly familiar with con ditions ns they obtain in nearly all the institutions of the state and I say. without fer.r of contradiction, that there never has been a time when the public service was more severely crip pled than at present, and there never has been a governor who has shown less respect for the public welfare than tho present incumbent. "Certainly under such condition of affairs no progress can be made either in improving iho conditions of the in mates of thcM- institutions, reducing expenses, or in perfecting the public service. I think the figures will bear me out when I say that Governor Poynter s administration h;is been a very evpenive one to the tax payers. Properly managed, the institutions could be maintained at much less cost and the bei-eiits could be made much greater. It is follly to expect that you can use positions in these institutions, from superindent down, as legal tender for the payment of political debts with out incurring much additional ex pense and at the same time destroy ing cfiielency. "I base ny statement on - what I know of my own personal knowledge while srperintondent at Beatrice when I say that there ha?, been rmvh corruption practiced under the present state administration. I remember at one time that a large amount of grocer ies and provisions were shipped to tho institute at Beatrice from Lincoln without ever having been ordered by any one in nuthority. The first I knew that such a shipment had been made was when I received notice from the railroad company that there was a consignment of goods for the institute at the depot. 1 had placed no such order, but upon investigating I found that the shipment was instigated by the governor's agents. The goods re mained at the -station several weeks and there was considerable waste from destruction by rats and exposure to the weather. "When notified by the agent that a l.irge amount of goods had been shipped there. I had no knowledge concerning where the goods came from and was Inclined to reject them, but after some correspondence the steward was requested by certain members of the state board to accept the same ard we complied with their request. Much of the supplies was of such poor quality that we were obliged to return considerable as un fit for u-e. "After considering these facts one can easily r.noer-taiid why there Is a large delicie.u-y in public funds at tliia time varioudy estimated at from .!. OOO to SUhi. ((. Large as this amount is, it will surprise no one who has been in a position to Know just how Gov ernor Poynter and other state officials transacted the public business. The in terests of the tax payers have been preyed upon, tie' state institutions have been preyed upon and the ap pointee have been preyed upon, al! in order that the ring leaders may live in luxury and prolong their hold upon the state government." Slwit lir llii oiwivj Son. Bellaire. Mich., Oct. CI. John Glass was shot In the back while partridge! hunting by his son Bert, aged Id. .The young man was fallowing his father, lie saw a bird rise and he fired, tht charge striking his fat her low in the back and passing through the body. The chances are against Glass recov ery. FILE YOUR WANTS. 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