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i iir riattsmouth Journal, DAILY AND WEEKLY. By SHERMAN Sc OUTRIGHT. TKKMS rOK OAILY. i ojii yrr. In alTsrii-e, by m!l 17 00 nix month. In ailvanre, iy mall.. 3 50 . , y one month. In al ranee, by mail.. 60 !. ty rarrier. r week 15 'uiiiliKil ever j afternoon except Sunday. WEEKLY JOURNAL. 'If copy, one year II SO n,;..r ..!. v. kix months 75 ii li.-'ieil every Thursday. Payable In alrauce. T.ik state legislature is to be called n t' devour seventeen barrels of oysters on Friday. They will need evr.l cha-dams to pray for them after 1 hat. Tiik soldiur boys are here in large n-imhers, and for business of th.'ir o vn. I,t everylioly Rive tbem weicone, an.! make their stav over tomorrow a-s pleasant as possible. Cniritcii Howe's enemies were de tailed in their contest for bis seat in th.-j bouse, and that iridescent states tn to wi!l continue to enlighten the iu s.nters of that body as to their d ity i'i hi m st 11 reseent .style. VL. l'oitsvrrf B has been vin li.- tie 1 J!v the preside.it for the blunder at ' Wounded Knee, notwithstanding tln. Miles' charges of incompetence, over .conlidence and blundering responsibil ity for the death of many soldiers and killing of defenseless squaws. There may be politics in that decision, but it could hardly be called good sense. Tub Samosot democratic club of Otn ilia did a very graceful thin; Thurs day. A very handsome cha:r, cost ing $0iM. was presented to Governor ISoyd as a token of regjr I for hiai and in c mm moratiou of the election and smliii'-jof :hr first d:n eratic governor of Nhr ik i. If-1 a : 1 t'i - jift in a very a:i:ropi'ate speech. It JT so long as the MeK-oVy bill is on the statute b Niks the general ni ;'iu factures of the United States cutnmt hop; to profit very much. The tariff law so greatly adds to the cost f their products that the removal of South American import taxes cannot enable them to c.unoete with foreign-made good The MeKinley bill is a constant menace to our foreign commerce, and was meant to be. New York World. Ex PitEsiDKXT Cleveland's recent letter putting himself on record against free coinage of silver, while it is frank arid square, causvs muck unfavorable (Mii aeat am ng the democrats and s it i "action anion? th republicans. I', will u:i i istionab y aggravate the the situation and tend to make him un popular with the we3: whee the new hope of the democracy is centered. It is very significant now, but will alien ate the friends in the west and south from the man who was the idol of the p?ople on the tariff question. "(iOv. Boies of Iowa has a well filled head on his shoulders, says the New York Herald. If the great west can raise an unusual crop of such men we shall not worry about tne future of the republic. At the recent reform club dinner he dropped the remark: 'It is indefinitely better that this nation should remain poor, with its propertv such as it has, distributed among all classes, than to become the riches on the globe with its wealth concentrated in the hands of a few.' That was a bull's eye sh t." Tris state legislature is sure to pass a maximum freight and passenger tariff bill this wiuter. Just, what shaoe it will be in it is not possible to I state, but the prospect is it will be a i poorly constructed law. The fact is the sentiment is sj strongly iu favor of such legislation, and the railways have taken such a disreputable course here tofore that nobo ly cares to incur the suspicion of favoring the railroads enough to offer amendments that would perfect the measure or make it more practical. South Dakota has sounded the first note of victory for the people over mon opoly iu the far west. By a union of forces opposed to the rule of hlgh-taxers there has leen elected to the United States senate from that state a man pledged to antagonize the policy of special privilege. The democrats and alliance members of the legislature v. :,tnal Knld frr- m qVta r.rw4i hip t.h ft 1 U Y YJ J KJl licit UailUO vvr uxiauu -vww.v.v - determination of one question in which the voters are interested ana on wnicu they have spoken through the ballot- ern republican senators have been broken and those who created a state , for the benefit of tax-eaters win regret their folly. Sexator Quay of Pennsylvania Monday arose to a question of privi lege in the U. S. senate and denied in toto all the charges recently made against him and charges the authors with being libelers and slanderers. Ilis explanation was about the same as has been made before, by his friends for him, i e, that charity for the dead alone compelled him to remain silent as to details. It would be a pleasure to record the fact that the Keystone politician is a iruileless Innocent who has been unjustly accused of wrong, but unfortunately for him, appear ances are against this and his known connection with the distribution of the Wannamaker-Harrison boodle fund m ,qqq places his testimony in such a light as to need strong corroboration to e believed. TIIK CONTEST DIES. Iu the siate MMiale Wednesday the joint resolution providing for a contest o! the -leoiioo of ibe executive otlices of the state, including that of the gov ernor's oilioe. was debated on its final passage. The vote stood: For the res olution, 1; against it, 14. Those voting for tiie resolution were all inde pendents. Of those voting against it, seven were democrats, five republicans and two were iudependents Messrs. Collinsand Turnei. Four were absent and three were paired. Thus, after the iu)st remarkable struggle ever made in a Nebraska leg islature for overthrowing tha election by the people, the project fell t j the ground. It lacked the moral support of common sense or decency. Having originated in the brain of a few desperate, notoriety and pelf seeking prohibition fanatical attorneys, the i lea was adopted by one of the des; jr ite leaders ui tha alliance move ment ; it irro.Vj) a i 1 thro ih hlua wis forced upon that party in the hope that the whole power and pelf of the state government muht be captured, and the contemplation of so much power, glory and emolument turned the heads of the whole body of legis lators. Tuns all the trout le of . the last six weeks has grown out of the ambition of u ieisy politicians. The scheme was so desperate, however, that its pruuioiers liisiutegrated and fell to pieces from sheer force of the condemnation of public opinion. The scheme was destitute of all the ele ments of justice. It was backed not only by a design to overthrow the election of state otficers by the people, but by the hope of forcing upon the people oT statutory prohibition, after thw people ha 1 defeated the incorpora tion of that malignant ism into the constitution. I u fact, it is safe to say but for that hope the desperate s heme wo iid never have found a dozen repu table advocates. With that in view its advocates were ready to trample upon the constitution, and defy the rn indate of the supreme court. Now, however, that the scheme is defeated and buried beyond resurrection there is hope that some healthful legislation will yet be enacted, and that party lines, wliicu have been drawn very closely, will no longer separate the democrats and their natural friends the independent members. TiiKKE is a good deal jf nonsense in the talk of certain newspapers and politicians about ex-President Cleve land signing his political death warrant by frankly stating iu bis reeeut letter iiis position on the silver question, iviiowintr. as be did. the situation of the democratic party ii. the west and south iu regard to free coinage, he might have followed the example of the iridescent senator of Kansas and made a demagogical flop as a bid for political support. Bat, had he doue so, he would, like I n galls, lost caste with both sides. Mr. Cleveland has a perfect right to his opinions upon silver and all other questions. It is not to be supposed that every one of the demo crats of the country constituting a lare plurality of the voters agree upon all questions or public policy. Mr. Cleveland will be confidently trusted by his party, no matter what may be his individual opinions upon specific issues. His s rength lies iu his known and proven houesti. That was the source of strength iu Abraham Lincoln, lie often differed rauical y with very power! ul statesmen and a large contingent in his party, but, whatever the differences of opinion was, Lincoln's party nor the country at large ever doubted his sincerity and his honesty. Mr. Cleveland being similarly entrenched in the confidence of his party, and even in that of a very large aumber of those politically op posed to him, can safely trust that lie will in all probability be nominated for the presidency again and that he will be triumphantly elected. The fact is, while there are many men who desire the experiment of free coinage tried, no one can see into the future far enough to understand its exait effect on the moneyjof the country, while men of Mr. Cleveland's stamp, who can reason closely from cause to effect, can understand that the real reason for a scarcity of money is that the articles in general use that the people must buy are kept artificially high in price by reason of the high tariff, and if the tariff were reduced to a revenue basis thejeductioi. in price of the necessaries would make money plentier, because it would go so much further in its pur chasing power. Cheap money is an expedient to bridge over artificial high prices. Low tariffs would be the goal itself. Jay Gould Snubbed. Jay Gould and his party were given a reception at Atlanta, Ga., the other day, and among those invited was Governor Northen. The governor refused to attend. In his letter declin ing he says that he does not recognize Gould as visiting the state in any offi cial capacity, but rather in his own interests, without regard to the inter ests of the masses of the people of the state. The governor also says that he does not think Gould's methods, as practiced in other sections where he has power, would develop Georgia on the line of publie good. According to Jim Blaine. From the N. Y. Continent There's much that's good in Oolong, And Souchon? oleases me But in the trade the best that's made Is reel -proci-tea. A HKKll t.ONE. At the ripe age oi seventy-one Geu eral William Tecumsch ssierinau, at 1:40 o'clock Saturday, grounded his arms at the feet of the great Conqueror, Death, and passed to tne realms of the great Beyond. With mm passed away the last of the great commanders on the Union siue of the great civil war. Grant, McCJellan, llaucock, Sheridan, Thomas, Logan and Hooker were gone before. Only liosecians, Slocuni and Sigel are left of the men who won great renown in battle. An ideal citizen and a soldier without blemish, Sherman, of all the men who commanded armies iu the field, was the idol of his men and the personal friend of every man iu his command. From Shiloh to Vicksburg, from Vicksburg to Mission Uidge, from Dallas to Atlanta and from Atlanta to Charlotte, North Carolina, no blunder of his led his iuvu into a death-trap, while with strategy and hard fighting he pushed on relentlessly and vigorously de uoraiizing a foe at every step. Once defeated and a suppliant at his feet, he hail the same generous disposition for Johnston's men at Charlotte that characterized Grant iu his treatment of Lee at Appomatox. No personal hativu wraiikled iu iiis bosom. The men who had couteste.d every step of his progress were now the objects of his solicitude. lie recognized their equality when they laced him with anus iu hand. They were no less his equals when overwhelmed by superior force and equipment they gave up the struggle. The world's history furnishes no grauder spectacle ot ihe democratic spirit than does the terms of surrender proposed by Sherman to Johnston's men. In peace Gen. Sherman was no less the democratic citizen. Itepeatedly importuned to enter politics, be de clined, and never assumed authority where he could avoid it He was a grand character, such as only a republic could produce, and this nation may well bow its head in adoration at bis tomb. AFTER THK PESSIOS MIAICKs. Omaha Bee. Public opiuion will approve the effort of the Ulterior department to protect pensioners from the rapacity of tne pension sharks. Himself an old sol dier, Secretary Noble is properly de sirous that the veterans who are enti tled to tha bouuty of the government shall not be robbed of it by a pack of sordid and greedy attorneys, many o; whom are capable of almost any dis reputable practice to obtain business. Ilis first commeudable move against the pension sharks was for a re luction of the fee allowed in pension cases, and he has now take:i a further steo that will have the effect to save many thous ands of dollars to pensioners. This latest action of the department is the cutting off of a source of infor mation which the attorneys have hith erto found very profitable. The pub lished pension lists have been givi- g the addresses of persons to whom pen sions ware awarded. As soon as these lists appeared the attorneys would write to each pensioner informing him that his pension had been granted and suggesting that the fee for services ren dered be remitted. The department has ordered that hereafter the addresses of pensioners be omitted from the lists furnished the press, nothing but the name of the successful applicant and the state in which he resides. As the commissioner of pension gives timely information to all persons who have been granted a pension, this new ar rangement will not cause successful applicants to be held in suspense very long, while it will be of benefit to them pecuniarily. A TOUCHING LETTER. Sad Dnty Imposed Upon a St. Lwaia Grand Army Post. St. Louis, Feb. 14 In February, 1890, on the occasion of General Sher man's seventieth birthday , the members of Ransom post, G. A. R.,of which Gen eral Sherman was the first commander, sent the general many congratulatory letters and telegrams. The old warrior, replying to these, said: "I have again and again been urged to allow my name to be transferred to the roster of some one of the many posts of the Grand Army of the Republic here, but my invariable answer was no, that Ransom post stood by me and I will stand by it to my end, and then it, in its organized capacity, will deposit my poor body in Calvary cemetery alongside my faithful wife and idolized soldier boy. My health continues good, so my com r ad s of Ransom post must guard theirs, that they may be able to fulfil this sacrdd duty imposed by their first commander. God bless you all. W. T. Shermas." A SENSIBLE ALLIANCE LEADER. A telegram, of which the following is an extract, from Congressman Mc Keighan to Gov. Boyd explains itself: Your excellency will please accept my hearty congratulations on your message to the legislature. It meets my uiews from beginning to end, and I sinceiely hope that the present legisla ture may be governed by your advice. Yours to count on. W. A. Mckeiohan. The state bounty of one cent a pound on the production of beet sugar has been knocked out both in the senate and house. While thousands of farm ers have to be helped who have not been able to raise any crop at all it looks like the utmost foolishness to gtve bounties for anything. AG.II.V1T 11IKK COINAGE, Willi II iii t'rtuxl I-'rwukneaa, t Irvi-lttuU I'larfK lliaiHlf on Kri'uril. New Yokk, Feb. 11. At a uiaHS meeting under tiio auspices of the lle form club, beld at the Cooper Union to night, to plot st against the free coining of silver, drew quite a large attendance. Ex-Screlary of the Treasury Fairchild called the meeting to order and introduced Hon. E. Kllery Anderson as the chairman of the even ing. Among the letters of i egret was one ex-l'resident Cleveland, in which be takes a decided stand against the free coinage bill. The letter is as follows: New York, Feb 10, 181. LK. Kllery Anderson, Chairman. Dear Sir: I have this afternoon received your note inviting me to attend tomorrow even ing the meeting called for the purpose of voicing the position of the business men of our ciiy on the coinage or silver iu the United States. I shall not be able to attend and address the meeting as you request, but I am glad that the business interests of New l ork are at last to be heard on this subject. It surely cannot be necrssary forme to make a formal expression of my agree ment with those that believe that the greatest peril would be invited by the adoption of the scheme embraced in Ihe measure now pending in congress for the unlimited coinage of silver at our mints. If we have developed an unexpected capacity for the assimila tion of a largely increased volume of this currency, and even if we have demonstrated the usel ulness of sueh an increase, other conditions fall far short of insuring us against disaster if iu the present situation we enter upon the dangerous, the reckless experiment of free, unlimited and independent silver coinage. Yours very truly, Gkovek Cleveland. PATHOS PERSOMirKII. A night or two ago a young woman entered a cheap eating house iu New York and ordered a2-centcup of coffee. She then drew a crust of bread from her pocket and commenced her wretched meal. A moment or two later &he quiet'y died Her body remained sit ting all night at the table, and was re moved the next morning by the deputy coroner. She was afflicted with Bl ight's disease, and her death was hastened by hunger and cold. Iu other words, the girl starved to death. Such an occur rence would not excite much comment in any great city, ordinarily, but the poem found in the girl's pocket was very pathetic anil it has set all New York talking abO'it her death. Here are a couple of its stanzas: On the street, on the street. Whither tend my wandering feel? Love and hope and joy are dend Not a jiluee to lay my head ; Every door nKtdnxt me sealed. Hospital and Potter's Field. These stand oen. Wider yet Swings perdition's yawning nale. Thither tend my wandering feet. On the street, on the street. On the street, on the street. Late I walk with weary feet. Oh ! that this sad life might end : Oh : that I might find One Friend One who would not from me turn, Nor my prayer of sorrow spurn. Oh : that I that friend could see He would pitying look on me. Sueh as I have kissed His feet: On the street, on the street. THE ANARCHISTIC WHISKY TRUST. The arrest of one of the chief officers of the notorious whisky trust, on very strong evidence of a conspiracy so mon strous as to be almost incredible, will once more bring iuto public odium all trusts in general and this one in par ticular. What this whisky conspiracy has evidently tried to accomplish by mur derous means has been tried in a more insidious way by mere evasion of law by every trust that has been forme J. The very motive and object of a trust is the destruction of rival concerns and the wiping out of honest competition by ruining those engaged in legitimate business, or by forcing them to bold up their hands and deliver over their prop erty on demand. The whisky trust appears to have gone a step further, and resorted to dynamite and murder to accomplish the end. Not Quite So Fast. "Do the democrats of Nebraska re call tbeir resolution of congratulation to Secretary Blaine, passed at their state convention last summer ? It will make good reading when the secretary receives the republican nomination for the presidency in '92." State Journal. The State Journal's memory is at fault. No resolution of that sort was introduced or adopted by the demo cratic state convention last summer. At the congressional convention which nominated Mr. Bryan, J. C. Calhoun offered a resolution, which was adopted but not made a part of the platform congratulating Blaine for his reci procity idea, which in principle accords with free trade. Don't charge that up to the state convention, please. Large Enough as It Is. Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Journal. We now have sixteen times as many people and five and one-half times as many representatives as we had in 1790 population increasing so rapidly as to force a large increase in ratio. Were that of 1793 to obtain now, the fifty tnird congress would have a house of I,S93 members which heaven forbid! JKKKV SI MI-MO N IN WASHINGTON. "Sockless" Jerry Simpson, the fain. ers' alhance leader of Kansas, was on the lloor of the house today and re ceived a great wvation, sas a Wash ington letlnr. It was not his hist view of the bouse iu session, for all da) Saturday he was an interested witness of the proceedings from one of the pub lic galleries. He was too modenti lo avail himself of the privilege ! tie lloor as was his right, and hav ing come, as he says, to see and tint to be seen, he preferred to remain unnoticed. Today, however, Mr. Springer found him and, tiking him upoa the lloor, introduc ed h iu lo the meinliers. As soon as bis pieseiiee was known th members llo. ked aiound him, anxious to con gratulate him upon tbe successful t rminal ion of the tight mi Kansas, and, too, a little curious to see the man of whom they had heard mi many stories. Mr. Simpson is a lu igi.t look ing man, with black hair and mustache. He was dressed in h pepr er and salt suit, and while it could 1 1 t be di d i mmed whether be wore socks or not . he had on a "biled" .shirt and collar. He is not at all put out by ihese "nock" stories, but rather enjoys them. Stone, of Kentucky, innde bo'd to ask him Ihe direct question as to whether there was any truth in the ntories, and he laugh ingly replied that he could not afford to wear socks when Ihe MeKinley bill was in operation. llei-iprolty With tUr Wronj; Count rim. From the Omaha World Herald. Reciprocity with a few agricultural nations cannot provide the American farmer anil workingmau with v hat they most urgently need cheaper Clothing, tools and other necessary manufactured articles. liven if Mr. Blaine's scheme did not savor of monopoly, it wo iid be of little actual benefit to the farming people of this country. A Cass county farmer, who has dropped into the habit o raising about so many potatoes each ye ir, replied to our inquiry as to what he was doing down there last year, "Oh, raisin' potatoes." The interview dis closed the fact that our industrious neighbor had been able to dig about 4,000 bushels of potatoes from forty acres of ground. One of the lessons to be drawn from this bit of experience is that the conditions of success are often found where least looked for, and that success is the ripe result of keeping everlastingly at it. Nebraska Farmer. A copy of last week's lilmwood iicho was shown us today. We do not won der that the sneak who edits it was ashamed to send copies of it to his l'lattsniouth subscriliers. He abuses the county commissioners like pirates for performing their plain duty in re jecting the special election petition, making his malice most prominent. Why don't he expend some of his pent up rage upon the comity attorney, who stated to the board that the petition was not legal in form. If the board had foresworn themselves and granted the petition the board would have been angels instead of demons in the eyes of the creature of the Iicho. Make your trade better by using The Journal's advertising columns. WM. HEROLD & SON DEALERS IN lit mn i mmi BOOTS AND SHOES, or Ladies' and Gents' FURNISHING GOODS, HAVE ON HAND AS LARGE, WELL SELECTED STOI k As can be found any plac In tbe city sod will mu you PUICBB THAT DEFY COMVXTITMOK Airenta for Harper's Bust Pattens and Kali Corsets. ALFRED OOLGE'S. FELT SLIPPERS SOLD BY ROBERT SHERWOOD, Corner Main and Fifth streets. W. A. HUMPHREY, M. D., HOMOEOPATHIC Physician and Surgeon, PLATTSMOUTH. JJEBBA8KA. Calls In CItr or Consfry Promptly Answwsd E E HUsTOIT surveyor' and eng'ineer, Will attend to all kinds of Sorrsyinr and Es(1 Deering. Plans. Eatlcaus aad Hpoclflca Uons furnished for all kinds of work. A Correct Record Kept of all Surveys. Offic In Martin Block. Plattsmootb. Nsb. I 1 1 1 1 1 ff" V rl or 14, ud Is tfcor I.JIIIlJI own locJiU.-kTw tk7 U. Ar 1 1 W I m mm I om ts work. tr to is. Wo flo-lok orarjrtaiar- Wo Mart yoa. Ko rtok. Too cos ooooto yow oporo nuonlr. or oil roar tiao la too work. Thi U aa oatiroljr now load And briaco woodorfoi oyrcini toooory workor. "ey.-f -" -j.Ti- - U i a --T TWorto, - t.' l -- vo . . M