MOB OMAEA DAILY
j'PIIBiriON HERESI.
j. Webster Icrcillj Points Oat
ItJ Divers Dangers ,
DOES HOT DECREASE DRUNKENNESS.
i to Yoto for Prohibition , a Crime to
Adopt It ,
MAINE'S GREAT RECORD OF INIQUITY ,
Domuarcd With the Observance of Law in
This State ,
KANSAS 'AND ' NEBRASKA CONTRASTED.
General 13 r ad ford TcllBlav \ Kansas
Has Prospered and Sir , Webster
> JCoro Tlitin I'arnllola
tli ItccorcL.
Iho afternoon EMI ! on of the deb a to at
Grand Island on Friday afternoon was closed
l > y General Bradford of Kansas for prohibi
tion and by lion , John Hi. Webster of Omaha
for high license. The arguments nro pre
sented in full ,
THU S1I17A11OU IX KA.NS/VS. /
CScner.ilIlr.iilforil Claims That Prohi
bition In ItlflVctlrc.
Ocncral Bradfordspolioas follows !
Indies nnd Gentlemen ; It Itwith , some
fcesltutionthotl attempt to speak this after
noon , Ithasheen a rule of tny lifo to ven
ture nouhcro whcro I nmgivcnto understand
I nm notvvclcomo. I i > rotcstcd npalnst com-
inclieroto theio people on this occasion.
When ivvas telegraphed to a number of times
requcstlnir my presence hero to discuss this
proposition , 1 protested and said. I didn't
tvnnl to come , that I was busy at home , thnt
ourfnirvvos in progressand that thcnatlonnl
assembly a world nsse-inbly , for that mittor
. of Oddfellows wasboiujf held nt Topclca ,
end thit I prefeircd to remain at homo.
UliCRO people Insisted on my coming , a fact
whlcli .1 believe they will conllmi.
I was told last night , orrather , the people
vcro told thnt men , foreigners to thli state ,
ivcro hero advising the jicoplo of Nebraska
nvliat to do. I came hero to discuss the ques
tion of prohibition. I cnrao at the solicitation
of the committee , aril L am not responsible
rformy presence-lien ; , u nlcas lam responsible
jforhuvliif ? committccd an error in coming
licro at the request of a committee of jour
titl/ons.
I want to say now that If thcso gentlemen
nvant to corno to Topeka , la the stnto of
JCnnsns.nnd will notify ino ono week in ad-
t-nnco , 1 will Buaranteo to fill the largest
opera house in the city of Topclcn , knowlnp
tliat they will talk In the interests of anti-
prohibition. Audi will guarantee ( hit tlihiR
nlso : that after the congregation Is in the
opera house they cau count them all and
four-fifths will bo In .favor of prohibition.
[ .Applause. ]
Irtcshe , Indies ml gentlemen , to testify
Jn bslmlf of the efllcaoy otprohlbition as prac
ticed in Kansas , nnd to refute the slaadorous
statements that have boon made about my
stale. The people of ICansas are as loyal to
Kansas as nro the pooploof Nchraska to the
f air state of .Nebraska. Wo hwo no proju-
rtlco npralnst the ncoplo of Nebraska. Wo
I liavo no reason to bo otherwise than friendly
I'jvllh you.Vo navonodeslfcnln cominglnto
the btato of Is'chraska and talking toyouex-
Iccptto glvo you thobcncllt of our experience ,
'nnd ' If JOH nnd thnt wo have told you the
| truth , nml if you find that prohibition has
( Jjccn hcncllcialto the state of Kansas , then I
.nubinitln all candortliutprohlbltionvvould bo
equally ns beneficial to the stnto of Nebraska ,
jticcauiplsaytoycu that there are not tvvo
[ states in the union vvhoro the pcoplo mo so
[ much nllko inhabits and education , outsldo
of the question of iirohibltlou , as
' "braskii. Andwhynotl The lory fact thnt
your pcoplo come from the eastern states , as
nnio the people of Kansas , from Ohio , I'ciin-
sylvunh , Now York nml all , I may say , of
the eastern states ( omo hero , } ou have the
I push and vim cliaractcitsticof thostuto of
Sanso ! ) , They ha\o \ como hero to mike their
icrnes upon these bsautiful nnd fertile pral-
vries ; como hero to hotter thelrcondltionand
'interests ' there , nnd como hero to glvo jour
Brewing families a belter chance than you
land when you \vcro n l y , and yr \ mothers ,
\vhenyouwcrogirls. Inordcr to glvo jour
cliilcl ren au opportunity to bo better men and
yvomcit than jou aro.
I Isn't that a fair proposition ! I maintain
that is the object of my 11 ; In gin Kansas. My
object In remaining In Kansas Is that I may
flflvotomy boys and daughter a better oppor-
\ truclty than I had when I Avas a boy.
| I wimt to glvo theni an ediicntlon Avhoro
I they will not bo under tlio inllueiico of tlio
intoxicating1 bowl. I want to give them an
education nnd I want them to grow upwhore
the temptation Is not before them , mid I say
to you with a glad heart that today my boy ,
who is twenty years old. no er saw tholn-
tcilor of a saloon. [ Applause. ] Andlvant
to say to these people hero who bare clam
ored HO loud about the dangers of rosubmls-
Bion in Kansas thnt in November , IS'.K ) the
question of the danger of rcsubmission in
Kansas is uliout as doubtful nstho resubmls-
slon of slavery In the United States. [ Ap
.
plause. ]
Taltc to mo about boys becomlnjr of ngo In
Kansas nnd never having seen the Interior of
a saloon , never having Ucii tempted by the
iiitoxicatlni ? bowl , Isuy to you tnat the tallc
of rcsubmission isnn iuipossibllicy.
Hut , says the gentleman , -what bcnoflthas
prohiblllou done to ICansas that you should
stand licre and proclaim In favor of prohibi
tion ? I submit to ) ouladios ana gentlemen. ,
tliati ; if piohibltiotimis not boiioflttcd Kansas ,
bas not been beneficial totbo morals , hnsnot
reduced the crlmo and pauperism In ICanias ,
then you don't ' Want it In ICcbraska. Inra
i Slain and outspoken on this proposition. I
on't ' propose to sayn single nord. hero that
can ho dlstoited and what I say I hay at the
ojpensoot being of the belief thnt'l will be
misquoted upon many things I shall say , hut
Id order Hint those who are Hero may under
stand , 1 shall call things by tliclr rlglit unmcs
nnd u&epluiii terms
that no man cimgo away
from hcio and feel I ha\o \ made statements
ticv Uonot xiwiorstand.
When prohibition was first proposed in
Knnsivs , tlio press of the state of ICnnsns ,
vlth very lew exceptions , cro opuoscd to
prohibition just ns they are In Ne
braska , The metropolitan press of Kan
sasMere bltteily opposed toprohi
bition with the exception of the Topekn
Capi
tal.John
John A. lartlnwho was once tlio governor
ot Kansas , and u braver man no\cr fought
for bis country , nnd si moro patriotic man
ricior breathed the breath of lifo , opposed
vrlth till the ( Kiu-er in him the adoption of
the prohibition amendment \\hen \ it was be-
jforo ourstnto , Line after line , column after
column , day In mitt day out , John A. Martin
opposed the doctrlnoof prohibition In ICnnsns ,
'I'lio snmo Istruoof thoLen\cn\vorthTimes ,
edited by that veteran , Daniel Anthony , the
UghtlUKcolonel of Kansas. TJp to liS5 3)anio ) *
Anthony , editor of tlio Leaien worth Times ,
gave niocolumn alter column of abuse for at
tempting to enforce the law , ami anld it never
could IK ) on forced In ICansa-s. Vet Daniel An-
tliony lUodnyonocf tbopollcocoromlssloners
of the city of Lcaen worth nml declarer that
prohibition Is as uell cnforad iu Leaven-
worth as any other law upon the statute
books.
lut ! us to John A. Jlartln , After prohl
tjltloiias \ adopted iu jpltoof the press o :
Kansat.ns it\vili \ bo inspitoof thopresso :
TN'ebraka , John A. Martin became converted
> o prohibition nnd until Iho < lay of his dentil
vu A strenuous nd\ocatouiitltho \ most sensi
ble and forcible aihocatoof prohibition la the
tatccof ICnnsas.
John A. Wartincn Januaryll , 1537 , made
use of this language : 'Thero is no longer
nny lusuo or controversy In Kansas i-onrem-
tng the icsulU and benificonco of our tomper-
oneo IOHS. Kxcopt iu a fe-\v of our larger
cities nil hostility to Miem lias disappeared
J\rslxjoars at four exciting RcacnU. eloc
tlons tha aucstlom Involved In the nbolttlor
oftho saloonworo diaturhltig issues , but a !
the election held In November , 18&S , the
subject was rarely mentiotiod by partisan
speakers or uiwspjners , l ubllc oplnloa , it
is plainly apparent , has undergone a mailcot *
and there ore now very f ow citlien
of Kansas who would bo milling to return to
the old order of things.
" 7ho cliangoof Bcntlmcnt on thla quostlon
b well Rroundeilandnutcral. No observing
and Intelligent clU n has failed to note the
beneficial rosulti already attained , Fully
nine tenths of the drlnkin/t / nnd drunkenness
pre'valcnt In Kunswclsnt years ago have
been abolished , and lufllravlth earnestness
and emphasis that this state i % today the
most temperate , orderly , sober community of
people in the civilized world. The abolition
of the laloon 1m not only promoted
' .ho personal liappincss anil general
irosperlty of our rltircns , but it
las enormously diminished crime : has
Illcd thousands of hones vherc vice and
want and wretchedness once prevailed with.
'tenet , plenty and contentment , and has raa-
erialiy inerensecl the trndo nna business oC
hosccnjraKed In thosnloof useful nnd whole-
iOmo articles of merchandise.
" .Notwithstanding the fact that thopopuln-
loncf tlio state is. ttcodlly incrcasliipttio
nutnler of criminals confined In our pcultcn-
1lary is steajllly dccreaslnpr , Mnnyofour
jails are empty and all show n mnrfccd falling
off In the number of prisoners confined. The
dockets ofotircouruaro no lonpcr burdened
with long lists of criminal coses. "
Anil I wish to call your nttcntlon to the
docket oftho court of Sbaivnco county :
In the capital district , containing a popula
tion of nearly 00,000 , not a slntrlocriminal
rasowason the docket vfhcn the present term
began. [ Applause , !
1 will siy sixty-five or seventy thousand
people nnd nota erlmlnulcasoon the docket
of the district court and It only had t\vo
sessions a year.
The laws now on our statue boolts touching1
this question need lew If nny amendments.
Fairly nnd honestly enforced , they make It
practically impossible for nny person to sell
intoxicating' liquors as a be\crago in any
Kansas town , or city.
Thit , gentlemen and ladlei , Is tnolanguago
of John A , Martin , then governor of Kans.is.
J want tocalljour attention to tills iu addi
tion , The gentlcmaa may ask was not John
P. St. .Tchn defeated because ) of prohibition
In Kansas ? I answer emphatically , no.
There isau unwritten law in the &tato of
Kansas on the subject of the election of ofU-
clrs nnd wo don't ' permit any man. to have n
third term. 'John ' P. St. John was
nominated for a third terra in
Ivuntas nnd beaten because of that
fact , \\hat evidence have I , youmaynslr ,
of that fact. Uvory man on the ticket along
with St. John was elected by nn overwhelm
ing majority , Including a colored man for
auditor.
I have lived in , ICnnsas for twenty-three
years nnd there has not been , a political con-
testln Kansas during all of that time that I
\onottiiUenan interest in nnd Ida today ,
I stand before you today , ladloa and gentle
men , a mm who lias never tcd anything
but ( ho republican ticket in his life and I
hope to God I never will. I Island hero as an
oxjxincnt of the republican party In Ivansnr
nnd I say to you tbaijtho republican party o
Kansas is now and ever will bo ucddcd to
prohibition in ICansas.
Have you any evidence of that fact ? Has
nrohlbltloii injured the republican party Ir
Kansas i Let ino call jour attention to th
figures. The first yearvo hn <
prohibition In Kansas the republican
ticltctuis elected. The next t\v <
years after that John I * . St. John AUS olcctoi
by Increased majorities. Tno years afte
that John I * . St. John was not elected , but
the ticket that St. John was on was elected
by30,000niujorlty. JobnA. Martin , a man
who had opposed prohibition , was nominated
oy uccinm.iLi.oii auu weni uoioio me peopio 01
Kansas and said : "When I take the oath of
ofllco tbcro will bo no Ilo upon my lips nor
perjury la my heart , The republican party
resolved In favor of prohibition and the can
vas was made all over Kansas as a prohlbi-
bltion campaign as against George w. Click ,
who was tbo only democratic govciaor Kan
sas ever had and 1 hope ever will have.
ftlym ajorltyIn 1831 upon the prohibition
platform wns 58,781 [ applause. ] ily successor
ser was elected by 8.K)0 majority. Placing
the prohibition plank : In the republican
platform does not make the republican party
go backward. I want to say to you that pro
hibition las made ICansas today the peer of
anystatooftho United Stnteson republican
ism. Why ? Because tliorepublican party is
the party of progress. 'Iho republican party
is the party to take up the reforms that the
people demand JCbat isnliy. . But -HO in Kan
sas are progressive republicans and wo pro-
posoto contlnuoin prohibition In Kansas.
I saw a statement In Tim Ow.uu BIE , I
tlilnlc , but possibly It was some other paper ,
tluitttio republicans In Kansas this jearwero
afraid to tacUlo prohibitionana I understand ,
irmitlninfln. t.lin illlnr nf Tin : RKP. t.n stntn
lore that today in Kansas there Is fear nnd
rembliiipf with the republican party nbout
> rohlbltlon. Great Goal Lot mo telljou
; vhat the facts are. Ileio is a resolution thnt
, vas adopted by tbo republican party
n ICansns in convention assem
bled not thirty dnjs ago. There
were over GOO men from every county in Kan
sas and I Isli you could hn\o \ looked upon
Iho face of that audience of the grandest sot
} f men tint ever convened in a convention.
Here is what they said : "Tenyears exemp
tion from tbo evil effects of Intoxicating
Jciuors , by which vleo has been lessoned and
crime decreased , leads us to express a de
termined opposition to any changes in the
prohibitory legislation except such as will
nnko the law stronger aud more finished. "
Applause. ] Talk : about the republican party
of Kansas belnff afraid ofrcsumblssion 1 ,
The father oftho subject of resnbmission
n Kansas IB Senator Bentley ofVichita , iti
Cnnsns , and I wish you know as much nbout
VVitchitaos Tdo and you would understand.
wbj1 , Bentley was a delegate In the repub-
' .ican convention and I suggested that liobo
liuton the commlttco to frame a platform ,
and hovns on the committee of icsolutlons
and made his little talk on that committee of
resolutions. And I wnnt to sav that every
resubmisslonist that wo could tlnd wo put on
that committed of resolutions only four of
them and they were all put on the commit
tee of resolutions that they might have their
whlto clepiiant. They vent back In the con
vention with a unanimous report on that
resolution , and when that icsolutlon was
rend to that convention thoyroso upeninosso
and gave three cheers for prohibition. Thnt
is the fear and trembling of the ieu"bllcan
party in Kansas.
Charles Robinson , a recent republican ,
was nominated for governor nnel along with ,
the democrats they are going to try to elect
him I am glad 1 say "gohiR to try. " Do
you know wboho is | Hols thoflrstgovcrnor
of Kansas elected by the people ; ho was Im
peached during his term of ofllco and bo has
been a democrat ever sinco. [ Laughter. ]
1'Ivo atllcles of Impeachment were pre
ferred against him , and Senator Plumb was
chairman of the committee that impeached
him Ami ho stands as good a chance of
beinR elected governor as lie docs of being
stricken witu lightning- the next thirty
days , and that I believe la nbout ono in 100- ,
000.000. That is o much then for Chailos
Hoblnson , Charles Robinson was a candi
date before tlio alliance convention they had
there , and Charles Hobinsou got up before
that convention and said ho was heart nnd
soul with the alliance. I heard the speecsU
myself ; that ho washe.ut undsoul with the
alliance j that ho believed they could goto
victory , and that bo would do away with the
old parties , rcpuHloan and democrat , of
course ho meant. Ho was not nominated.
Willits was nominated by the
farmers. " alliance , and in sKty
dajs from that tiino fjho wont bo-
foio the democratic convention and was
nominated by the democratio convention.
When bo was governor of Kansas Quantrol
wasnboutto assaulttho city of Lawienco.
They wont to the governor nnd sajs , "What
must wodol" Ho nays , "Wo must meet and
pass strong resolutions. " That I * the kind of
u man bo would belt ho was governor of Kan
sas und the resubmlssionists wanted that
tbatkliidof a man ,
JCow , IllvolnTcpokn and I am proud of
Topelca. It is ono of the most beautiful cities
I oversaw liimy life : fine streets , elegant
buildings , nice business and ncrowlng town.
Let mo tell you how tbo people of Topokn
thcro uro smitten vlth the fear of prohibi
tionVohadasugarinlll built there two
years upo ; it was completed ami running , nnd
made a largo umount of sugar. The next
spring it took fire and burned down , It was
unfortunate for tbo town , for It was an Insti
tution that would consume 200 tons of sorghum
in a day. Now , then , if the town was
dilapidated and capital was nfraid of the
town , doj'ousupposo they would haNo ro
built Itt But they did. They started up las'
week und nro today rolling-out sugar by th <
ton , Twelve hundred acres of cane has been
planted to supply that mill , nnd it is today
being operated night and day , roqulrlug
Bounty-live men to operate it ,
AMiciiprobibltlonwas adopted In Kansas
tbosoiio \ traveled nbout. Including the
newspapers , why they said "Ifyouadoiitpro
hibltlotih Kansas the population will gc
away , you will depopulate ourtovi , dcpopa
into our state , property will become valueless
an J wreck unJ ruin will stare at mou every
baud ; there \\lll bo no more buildings built
in jour town , " Tboso gentlemen who adro-
ratcd ant ! prohibition in Kansas , who op
posed the amendment would have cartoons
representing the dilapidated ( treoti ol the
town , cows belnp Ucrdcdon the mnln streets ,
andwouldha olongplanj nnd specifications
snylnc1 , "If you vote down the amendment
these buildings will bo built ; If jou don't '
they will novcr bo built , bankers and men of
money will Icavo the state and leave the
town , "
townVhat
\Vhat are the facts } When wo adopted
rohlbitlon in Kansas wo didn't ' hnvo n single
rod of paved streets la the city ; today wo
hnvo got 17 miles of as good paved streets as
there are la the world. fApplauso.l Wo
didn't ' have a single mlle of street railway ,
in d ted ay we have 85 mile * of the boat dea
rie railvay ID the United States. [ Appluuso.J
Wo have a good horse car nnd two motor
lines and today the population of Topcka is
moro thnn twice ns great as 'vhen prohibi
tion was adopted. And I want to say to you
right hero now that if prohibition had bcne-
fitted no place In Kansas but the oily of
Topeka , I would sny thobenellt the city bos
received from prohibition 1worth 1 nil ft has
cost the entire state , every tblng that it has
costtha entire stnto.
OcorgoU. Viol , tax commissioner of the
Union 1'aciflo rullrood. was a strong Ollck
resubmisslonist when Clllulc was candidate
for governor. Since that time he wis elected
a member of the legislature upon the prohi
bition-republican ticket and Is the candidate
ng.aln this year of the republican party.
Why , wo bavo another man in Kansas , nnd
I want to read you what ho sajs. J , W.
Hamilton wns state treasurer , was elected
the second tine I was elected. Ho was
elected on thorcpubllcnn-prolilblUonplatform
ns state tieasuror by 00OJO majority. .T , W.
Hamilton writes n letter nnd hero 11 what ho
js : 'lt ' is well known to my friends that
when tbo prohibition question was first ngl-
tatcd Iwas an antl prohibitionist. I did all
In my power to defeat the amendment. I was
\vhat they called a Ollck resubmlsslonist.
Bull iva ? mistaken then. The prohibitory
law has my endorsement , not only because
it is the doctrine of in v party , but because ) I
believe it Is right. I do not sco how niiy fair-
minded man who lias lived in ICansas for the
past flvo vcars can bo othorwlso than In favor
oE the law. I don't ' want my children , nor
nny other man's children , to grow up where
they will bo confronted by saloons every day
of their lives. I nm satltfled with the law
and shall vote and work to keep It In force. '
So much for J. W. Hamilton , ox-stato trcas
urorof the state of ICansas.
" \Vo \ have 108 counties In ICansas thnt elect
every tivo years 100 county attorneys , nnd
hero are some figures I offer for tha gentle
men's ' consideration. Out of the 100 county
attorneys today in the state of Kansas nil hut
It are prohibitionists. [ Applause ] , Out of
the 100 probate judges in ICansas all hut 10
are prohibitionists.Vo bavo 8 supreme
judges , or rather 0 judges and 0 commission
crs , making 0 In all , and they are each an d
every one of them for prohibition
and have so stated. I haven't tiino to read
their letters , but Ilmvotnomlicro.
Xast Jaly there was a convention of school
teachers of ICnnsas numbering 1,300 , and
they wcio all , with ono exception , for prohl
bition in Kansas , [ Applause. ]
"
"We had a convention in Topeka , ICnn , less
than ninety days ago , of ! ( ,100 delegates , and
they were absolutely every ono of them fo.
prohibition. [ Applause. ]
"Wo hnvo 40 senators nnd 125 members o
the legislature In ICausas , and 00 per cent o
them are for proalbltlon ; all the women arc
forprohlbltion ; all the children are for pro
hibitioti , and all the good pcoplo of Kansas
"
are for prohibition first , last"and all the time ,
Iho liquor elements liavo done some cute
things ; they have gene Into Kansas nnd
hired some men who absolutelydou't drink n
drop to advocate rcsubmlssfon. And the
gentleman vhen ho cmio to Topeka and
found what ho did was escoitcd around the
city of U'opokaby ono "William B. Tomlinson.
William 1J. Tomlinsonwas in New Hamp
shire when the question was bcforo the people
ple of New Hampshire and said that liquor
could bo bought in Topeka at any gentle-
mnn's pleasure nnd stated that on the main
streets -were running open saloons , running
absolutely open. Ho told that right in the
state of Now Hampshire and I heard him.
As soon as Mr , W. U. Tomliuson came back
Mr , Welch , the present county attorney of
Shawiico county , put Air. Tomlinsoii on the
stand. ' 'Mr. Tomlinson. whcro do you live ? "
"Topcka , Kansas. " 'Ilow long have you
lived theip ? " "Tenor twelve years. " "Aro
you well acquainted In tula cityl" "Yes ,
sir. " "You know the streets and alleys
pretty wcllj" "Well , 3-03 sir , "
"You mo aboat ns yell acquainted with
them as men ordinarily nrol" "Yea , sir. "
"Do vou know of nnv nlaccs In Tonokn
.vbcro intoxicating liquor is ? om contrary to
nivl" "No , sir. " When did ho lie ) In Now
lampsblro or under oath ! I understand that
loino judge in Kansas , in the state of ICunsas ,
las said : "Tho prohibitory law hi Kansas
ios produced a race of liars. " I suppose this
'oliow is one of them. The men \ \ ho Ho In
rohlbltory ICansns nro the saloonkeepers
Ivho are arrested , and who testify in their
) wn behalf and testify that they hae novcr
iold liquor contrary to law , und the old
opcrs that nro put on the stand nnd swear
, hey never bouRht any vhislty. [ Apnlauso. ]
Capital is the most cowardly thing on earth.
t is said money Is the greatest cowaul on
: aith , and I believe it , if the theory of those
icopli ! is true thnt prohibition has ruined the
tale of Kansas , and wo would become dcblli-
; atca if wo adopted It.
I would like to plvo it to you straight for
.hreo solid hours , but my time is limited ,
Buringthojcarswo have had prohibition
n Kansas \vo bavo increased our taxable
.vealth . at the rate of 820,000-,000 a year , while
n Kobraska , under high license , vou have
mly increased rJ,000.000 ? U,000,000 a year in
'avor of Kansas. Wo have built 5.00J miles
if railroaa in ICnnsas since wo bad prohibi-
ion moro miles than you have got in the
3tntoof Nebraska today. Wo have the great
est mileage of railroad in the state than in
nny other states in the union except two. The
census of IbSl , 'Jomlinsou to the contrary ,
bhoivs that ICansas has made the greatest In
crease in population of nnv state west of the
Mississippi river. The cities and towns of tto
state of ICansas have Increased in the last
.enyears from50 to41)0 percent ; the city of
Wichita has increased more than 200 percent
Binco wo hod prohibition in Kansas. Wo
ha > c cot moro churches in proportion to the
population than any state iu the union , more
school bouses in pioportion to the nonulation
than any btato in tbo union ; vtohnAOgot
moro newspapers in proportion to the popula
tion than any state In thounion , and that is
not all ; wo have got a blggor school popula
tion in proportion to the population than any
state In the union. Whj 1 Decauso people
como to our state from all thost.Uca ana ter
ritories to educate their boys in a place \vhero
there are 110 saloons. That is the reason
why , Notwithstanding the fact that wo
have increased our population In ICansas
080,000 , VkO have decreased pauperism , taxes
and the numbcrof prisoners in tbo uenltca-
tlarv.
Vet , in the state of Nebraska , with a much
less population thnn the state of Kansas , you
have got twice as many boys In your reform
schools as wo have In. Kansas. These nro
the fucts in regard to these things , ccntle
men , and that Is not all. I could RO on hero
until tbo sun should hide behind the western
horizon and glvo you fact after fact , column
after column and volume after volume of evi
dence of the beniflcent results of prohibition
in Kansas. Wo arc proud of Kansas , proud
of our institutions , proud of our republican'
ism , and wo are only sorry that you rcpubli'
cans in Nebraska don't have the backbone
wo have la Kansas. Only sorry , I say. Come
out of the woods , como out and clvo us a
fair chanco. Como out aud ha the advance
party of America. If you don't defeat will
stare tbo republican party in the fuco. I
want to say to you that the only safeguard of
republicanism in the United States Is to adop'
prohibition in the next national platform. J
wnnt to say to you If jou don't , if there
is not an unequivocal plank In the next na >
tloual platform for prohibition , republican
ism will go down nnd a democratic president
will bo elected , and I want to say to j-ou I
hone never to see that day. I think there
will go into the platform of IbW a snuaro and
unequivocal plauk forprohlbltion all over this
land.
land.Ladles
Ladles and gentlemen. I didn't expect t
say thla much under the circumstances , but
nin hero ready to prove the facts I have Riven
you i am hero ready to refer you to the
oDIclal documents from which they are de
ducted. I bay again to veilfy these facts ,
what i have saidsimply to verify those facts ,
I hope I will have nn opportunity to present
tbo oDIcial figures and a coropari
son between the state of Noliraski
nnd the state of Kansas hlcli will show you
beyond the -possibility of a doubt thnt prohl
bition has decreased tares in Kansas , an- '
high license Increased taxes In Nebraska.
It. Is Stumped by Mr. "Webster ns n
Dangerous Heresy.
la closing the Friday afternoon session o
BEE ; 'TUESDAY , SEFrJBMBER 23 , 1880.
the doboto nnd answering General llradford ,
Mr. Webster ald !
Jly Follow Citizens : I have not been In
vited to coino to the beautiful cltv of Grnml
Island tomato a political speech , hut to tnll {
to you about the c\lls of this nefarious dee
trlnoof prohibition. Fortiboutn half on hour
I bare listened to uords ttrojtntni ? from the
lips of n citizen oC the state of Kansas , who
Is trying to iiiako this nudlonco bclloro that
thopalladium of tlio republican party In Ills
stnto rests Its bosom on the doctrine of prohi
bition nlono. Just before that I listened to
another address from a gentleman from Iowa
who had been honored by the vote of hl people
ple to the position of governor ol his own
state. 1 tuivo hoard both of these pcoplo talk
to this nudlcnco nljtfut the bcuo-
ilcent things of prohibition as one
ot the fundcmcntal doctrines of
tbo republican party which has added so
mueh to the glory of the state of Kansas ; but
I wnit to rewind mv people of the stnto of
Nebraska , and particularly the republicans ,
of whom I an one , that the state ot IO\M > re
pudiated the doctrine of prohibition by elect
ing u uiuiiucrui us LUU oui'tusagr 01 uovcruor
Lmrrabcc , nnd that the state of Kansas , of
which my friend talked so much about what
happened when ho was elected , that his gov
ernor , St. John , was snowed under nnd the
republican party lost a republican governor
and put a democrat In the oflloo of go\crnor
of the state of Kansas as n refutation of your
political prohibition hcicsy. [ Applause. ]
These tvvo prohibition states , through that
doctrine which they hung to as n republican
party swamped both of them politically , and
fora time you people , tallclnffabout your re
publican bra cry , submitted to democratic
rule because your people had more sense
than you had and said prohibition U not the
thing for our states. Up in this good state of
Nebraska , ve , Avlth our great republican
partv hero , my friends , you do not need to
coma nnd talk to us nbout our republican
principles. AVe have not had prohibition and
wo novcr had a democratic governor from the
very dsir when Nebraska stopped In thounion
as a state for Uvcaty-thrco jcnrs , and our
elections coraoalonp and we have uniformly
without exception elected mid Installed a
republican provcmor , and wo did It without
the aid ot nny prohibition doctrine. [ Ap
plause. ] But I must not talk politics to this
people , and vvhatl havosnidon that subject
j. wuuiu uuv inir * uuuivuiu iiuuurautnu mill/
hnvo not said It for the purpose of talking or
inllueacliig nny man politically. I am here to
talk prohibition alonu. and not politics ; and I
would not have referred to this question
except as an answer to the suggestions which
tlieso people have made for the pur
pose of trying to persuade the re
publicans of the states of Nebraska
that you must join hands with prohibition as
a great moral and religious uusoto snvo tbo
state from the democratic party , nnd 1 deny it.
I look down over the state of Kansas again.
Why , my friend who last addressed you took
grc.it pains and considerable deliberation to
show you how his great doctrine had swept
over thostatoof Kansas , how overwhelmingly
it was accepted by the people , howmuchpood
it had accomplished for the people of the state
of Kansas ; but ho hesitated to tollthls people
that In that state , whcro so much good had
been accomplished the great paradlso to
which all psoplo must llco to educate
their children tint the people in his
homo stnto. while ho is up hero talk
ing prohibition to Nebrasknus , arc laying
the plans of a gro.it revolt to re-submit the
question to his people , and when they do , pro
hibition in vour state , my dear sir , will bo
voted down by the good sense of jour 1,000- ,
OOO popul itlon. [ Aiwlauso ]
Now , as , thogre.it Hvint ? example of the
grc.it benefits of prohibition , ho refers to his
native city of Topcka. Beautiful it is. It
mny have its thlrty-throa miles of street rail-
roa'd ; it may have its twenty-three miles of
paved sheets ; It is the capital of the state
But I would have this people remember that
before the state of Nebraska had taken Its
place as one of the states of this union even
before the white men bad establisheu habita
tions upon the soil of Nebmska Topeka was
already established as n to\vu. A way back
iti those early duys bcfoie theio was a habita
tion in the city of Ooiahn , Topcka had a
name ; and yet , under your doctrine and rule ,
Topelm today , by tno census Just completed
is reported tolmvo 91,000 people , while the
city of Oinnha , built sinpo jour town was
started , has today by that sumo census
over 139 population. [ Auplaus > o. ] WCRTOW
to It v.lthout the aid of prohibition.
Without prohibition , sir , wohavo reached a
population ofmoro than you percent prealer
than yours. As compared to your twenty-
thieo miles of pavement the city of Oin.iha
new ns it Is the grandest city of the state ,
has ilf ti-two miles of pavement , or more than
two to jour one , and as to your thirty-thieo
n-iilna r\f of wt.it. t.HlM.nlvrtllp Illnnrlltv fit
Oniiiha ncvvas ills hi the snmo tiino'hns
milt for Itself eighty-two miles of street rail-
vny ; or , In othorvvords , nearly three miles
a jour ono. I will tell my friend from To-
ieki that without the aid of prohibition , the
ityof Omaha baa sro-vviiBOO percent fister
n wealth , in population , in railways , iu pnvc-
nents , In sewers and in everything that
makes u city tnmd nnd good and nil with
out the beiiefieciit niilof jour prohibition
doctrine. In tlio discussion last evening-1
indertook to say to this nudlcnco that prohi-
) itlon did not decrease drunkenness , and had
attached to it as practically administered uo
icnollts ' to nny pcoplo or stnto hi the union ,
. oven went ono atep fuithor and as-
ortcd the doctiino thnt prohibition -
bition as It Is practically administered in the
irohibitlon states of the union absolutely and
dually produced moro drunkards than the
icenso sjstem , und up to this present mo
ment I have waited for the man to open his
nouth to answer that pioposltlon , aud s > o far
: have not yet had given forth the data or
acts from ono city in nny prohibition state to
disprove my assertion. Time cuts mo short
and therefore In the few minutes only which
T shull detain this audience I want to ndd n
ittlo moro than I said last nipht in
iroof of the proposition on which i
hen urged And I will leave the
remainder of that topic until another
line , perhaps for this eveningif occasion
offers Itself tome. I huvo uot Unshed with the
old prohibition state of Mill no , and as I liavo
lot llnishcd that I cannot nt the Imtnnt drop
down linmodhtoly to the states of Iowa nnd
Cunsns , hut as speedily a time will permit I
miposoto show by ofUchl duta that thesamo
atlo o * crimes und drunkenness exist iu
own and in Kansas , as I shall prove , or have
iroven , exist in the stole * of Maine , Now
Tnmpshlro and Vcimont , whom this prohlbi-
rlon uoctrino existed and \v.n enforced as
yell as It could ho , perhaps , before Io a or
Gins03 undeitook to enforce any such u
doctrine.
Ifow , in the state of Maine , according to
.ho census of 1S30 , there vvero In the peniten
tiaries 213 persons ; in the county Jails 1SI > :
nnd there were eifjht which had boon sent
outto usjluiiH , making a sum total of 403. In
IBSHhcro were in the jails Ji4" , and in 18S9
-hero were 4-Ci ; In the penitentiary 150. male-
infia total of prisoners Iu 18SD of 5 ! ) > . Or , in
other words , there was an iiiaensoof prison
ers In tlio stnto of Maine during' the snmo
nine years of prohibition of 18.1 , ornnincrcaso
of nearly GO per cent , whllo the population of
Lho state of Maine Increased but nlltllomoro
Lhan 10 per cent. There la a record of stalls-
tlcal facts which tends * , to show that
under the ' "
prohibition1 'doctrino crlmo
did uot diminish , hut that crime actually
increased. According to the ofllclnl
reports of the state of Maine in tha
yeirltJSD that is , the last llscal year there
wcio sentenced to tha county Jails a , ( > 57 per
sons , 'lliord i\oro in the jails nt that time
11,710 , Taking the population of the state ol
Maine nt (553,000 ( , , I think It fair to say thnt
aaO,000 represented the majo portion of the
population , nnd the resujt ias that In the
state of Mulno duiiiip thu.Iu.st year that ono
person in the proportionof olc htv-oight , or
ono out of eighty-eight of the entire- malt
population , men and bpj s , of the state o
Maine , vvero sentenced tp tbo Jails for crime
Great salvation from crlmo by prohibition
in the stnto of Maine ) A great place
as my friend Bradford ! > vould have it , to
take the boys where they pannot learn nny
thing about what crime , is. ( Jo a little
further. Out of that number , lfM5woroson
to the county lulls for vvhatl For keeping
sober on prohibition water } ( Applause , ) No
my friends , It was for drinking rotten vvnlsky
under the prohibition law. There are 105XX
men In the state of Malno over til yean o
ago , The men in jail for drunkenness , there
fore , wtw ono out of every 133 of the nml
population of the state of Malno ovor2l year
of ago In jail for street drunlieuness. O , who
a glorious record that Is for prohibition. Am
that is vvhutiou want us to support , and vet
for out In ICobruslia. There is uporcentug
of drunkenness existing clown in prohlbltioi
Malno from data gathered from the report o
the state prison inspector that I defy thcs
i ) coplo to flud Its parallel In the history of th
state of Nebraska or In the hUtory of I'cnn
sjlvanla , or In the history of Now Yorlf , ot i
the history of old vvlilsky-maklnK IConUicki ;
or of wiuo-growlnR California. Hut the five
is when they want to find a parallel of in
Iqulty manifested by the records of thostat
of Maine for street drunkenness you have t
goto the prohibition states to find it.
plausc. ) why , down iu that glorious prohibi
Uon nUito of Maine they keep nn oftlciil rec
ord by which they ascertain the number of
persons who wora tent to tbo county J tills for
drunkenness. They e'vo ' their names nnd
the period of time tor which they nrO sen
tenced. I found br locking ? over that record
that in the state of .Sfnino for the last yent
thitln Yorlccountyloowcroln Jnilns drunk-
nrd ; In Penobscot county , vhoratho city of
Bongor 1 , leHn jill ns drunkur < is | In Kcnno-
bcc , whcro the town of Augusta is , 270 In 3nll
as drunkards ; in Cumberland , when ) the
town of Portland Is , 4:23 In Jail asdrnnkiirds.
Now think n moment. In tlio city of Omaha.
in the Douglas county jail , of n population of
IftyOOO people I menu la Douplns county-
there were sent to the county Jail for drunk
enness the number of OH. 1 want you to ol-
servo that that Is but ISO more thnn wore
sent to the county lull liotn the town of Port
land in the state of Maine. Uhat city ot Port
land in the state of Maine had 133,910 popula
tion compared with Onmhu with 130,000 , or
Douglas county with 150,000 vooplc
or In other words there aw
that there Is la Portland and nbout five times
the population in Douglas county that there
lain tboeounly of Cumberland , and jet the
persona sent to tlio county jail for drunken
ness in your prohibition town of Portland
was nearly equal to tlio number In Douglas
county , Nebraska ; or in other words , by
comparison of population there ivero nearly
HOO per cent more pcoplo sent to the jails for
drunkenness in i'ortland In the stnto of
Mnlno last-yew than were sent to the county
Jail of Douglas county for drunkenness in
our city. 1 lave I not come metty near prov-
InR tlio fact that I asserted yesterday , that
prohibition ns adopted was the roil drunkaid
maker of thostutes of this union ) H-ivoI
notcomo pretty near establishing the fact
that in Ncbrushi to vote for prohibition
would bo a slu ami to adopt the amendment
would bo n state crlmo I
Ovcrla New Hampshire , the border state ,
which lias prohibition , the numbcrof persons
who hnvo been sent to the state prisons for
crlmo committed has Increased gradually
every jcar from 1S7U down to ISi * . It
beftan with SO in 1S72 nnd ended wltli 18 In
I b7. There was nn Increase in thoprlion
population of New Itnmpslilro under prohi
bition of more thnn 200per cent.
rDi itn nm * In 4-Vint Itt-tlii frmlirhlMnrr tl t rt f\t
Vermont , said Mr. Kdvvarcl Johnson in an nr-
tlclo in tlio Popular Science Ilontliljat
that date them wcio 4li ( places In Vermont
\\hero Ihuiorwas sold. They had3W ; , < 100 pco
plo , and with her110 saloons , Nebraska ,
with her over ono million people , witat > 30 sa
loons. So tliat In your prohibition state of
Vermont , with one-fourth the population of
Nebraska , 3011 bad raoro Hum ono-half as
many siloonsas-\ve had ; or , In other wotds. .
In prohibition Vermont you had moro tuna
LOO percent raoro saloons according to the
population than vo have in the state of Ne
braska. If It so liappcns tliat prohibition is
tlio great productive power which instigates
tlio increasing of the number of tbo groa
shops nnd produces the increased number of
penitentiary convicts , and increases thonuin-
her of street drunkards , is It not time for
the people of this state to say , wo will step
In this career ; wo will examine the doctrine
which these men teach , and wo will say to
them before wo cast our vote In favor of pro
hibition , you have got to prove to us by some
data that there is some hope for some pros-
polity or salvation from this nefarious evil II
vour doctrine of prohibition Is to bo accepted
by us. Whj- , over In that lltttlo state
of New Hampshire there was issued a
public document by the commissioner
of agriculture , talking about the
prosperity of that state. Among other things
ho took occasion to say that in JS'evv Hamp
shire , vucrotuc.ro Is supposed to ex 1st noth
ing but goodness mid prosperity and , mails
It farmers of Nebraska , that in New Jfnmp-
sliho there were II4U vacant farms with
good form houses erected upon them. Theio
wcio the beautiful hill slopes ; there were
the fresh streams ofjtcr ; thoto was tbo
giowing timber ; there was the luxurious cli
mate , jet it seemed as If u panic had struck
tbo st.ito of New Hampshire ; th.it piohibl
tion had blasted it with Us strong hands am
1IU men vcro obliged to abandon their
homes , to forsal > o their farms and allow
them to go into decay nud into ruin. Judge
Nott of the court of claims , having ; lookci
o\cr thnt record , took occasion to tell the people
plo what ho saw up in that snuio state of
New Hampshire. And lot mo read two or
three sentences : "I saw on tbo summit o
the h ill against tbo evening sky , -\v hat seeinci
to bo a largo cathedral. Driving hither I
found n huge old-tlmo two story clunch , a
largo academy which bad blended in the dis
tanro - lth tlio church , a village \vlth nstroc
SO fcot la width. I arovo on ana I found
Lint tbo church was abandoned , tlio academy
dismantled , the villagedeseited. The fnrinci
vho o\\ned the farm on the north of the vill
jo lived 011 ono side of the broad struct nm
lip who owned the farm on the south live
on the other , and they were the oulylnhab
Itants. All of the others had gone to the
manufacturing villages and the great cities
if tha vest. Hero had been industry , cduca-
lion , religion , comfort and contentment ; but
.here . remained only a drear solitude of for-
, aUen houses" To vou , the pcoplo of the
state of Nebraska , I bring the picture Do
rou want tbo time to come in this state by
ho evils of this prohibition doctrine , which
nakcsnliislcv frco and drunkenness simply a
pastime , thntyour ciiurches shall bo aban-
toned , that jour schools shall bo dismantled ,
that your houses upon the streets shall Ira
abaudoned and that the farmer shall bo the
mly occupant living upon either sldo of your
ticet in the deserted town of Grand Island !
.Applause. ] Thank God , the pcoplo of the
tale of Nebraska have too much good judg
ment and too much good sense to over adopt
i constitutional amendment which drives
iwayour pcoplo fiom thoii homes , dcttrojs
> ur villages and wipes out the great prosper-
tyof our state , which stands without a rival
uid without o peer in increase of population ,
11 wealth and In prosporitj- , There st.inds
, oday started here , the novrcntcinriso from
ivhlch I learn tliat U , 'JO ' acres of your land
! iai been turned to the raising of beets , with
i , suirar plant whoso smoke coming out from
the tops of the chimney i. beckoning the people
ple to como to it us the source ofvcaltli ,
Tliero is on this great banner in front of mo
U\o pictures , one of which n wish simply to
remind the people , wo i.iiso boots nnd wo are
prosperous ; but vthen jou strike outtlmtnnd
want to say , wo vote forprohlbltion , you will
"ia'o tofldci toit v'mt ' isupon tbocthcraide :
Our farms mo mortgaged. " [ Applause uud
; rles of good , ]
Owing to the fact thnt the hour Is giovvlng
very late 1lll not detain you inoio thnn 11 vo
minutes longer to dlsposo simply In a very
few words of the history of the olTect of pro-
.ilbitlonln the state of Massachusetts and de
fer what I have to say touching the effects on' '
Iowa and ICuusas until I cau address jou to
il Ipht.
Down in the state of Jlosanchusctts tlio people
plo undertook by statutory provision to have
prohibition , and did have it from lb"0 tolST-l ,
ll\oye irs inclusive , -At the end of thnt time
there \\as a change In the ajstera , The leg
islature of the state of Massachusetts ap
pointed a committee to ascertain what vvero
the benefits and what -were the evils , Ifnni ,
growlngoutof thollquorlmlilts nnd custom in
the state of Massachusetts , That committee
after a thorough Investigation was required
to inalw its report to the legislature of
the state. That report disclosed the
fact that during the Hvo 3 cars from
lb0 to 1871 , under piohibltlon , that
there viero arrested for drunuennoss Iff,091
peoplo. Under the license system from 1 S7i
to 1679 that same report disclosed that tbo
number of arrests for clrunKeiiness was lty ! , .
0-Jt ) . By comparison Itwill In observed from
that official report tint under ilvo yoirs of
license svstem theio wcio 1-1,07J , less ntrosts
for drunkenness than there wore during nil
equal period of Unio under prohibition In tlio
state of Massachusetts. 'That icportwout
out to the pcoplo of that great stale , and
when my prohibition friends hero were cam
paigning the Btato of Massachusetts but a
couple of years ago to have them adopt pro
hibition thnt report was pressed homo Into
the hands of every voter , and wbcn election
day came the doctrine was vlpod out ns ono
oftho things of the past In the state of Mas
sachusetts. That committee inthatoftlcial
report undertook furlhor to say tliat the
piohibltlon law , vhilo diminishing tbo open
saloons , does so only to inulllply the tociit
places. That moro liquor uncl worsoliquor
\vai drank , that drunkenness had increased
in almost in direct ratio to the closing of the
popular places of sale , and thnt thrro was
moro of It In Boston than there had been in
any previous time iu the history of that
city. I'rof. ( Joldcn Smith having read
over that report of the committee of
the legislature of the state of Massachusetts
denouncing tha results of prohibition In tint
state , published a long article over his O\MI
signature and giving that as one of the illus
trations which led him to the opinion that
prohibition was unprofitable , and that prohi
bition produced more drunliarda than the II-
ccnso system , soUmt when f hu\o inserted
my proposition hero that prohibition is 10-
sponsililu for the making of drunkards I hnvo
back of that statement no less an authority
than ( Jolden Smith , as tovhoso roputatlou ,
judgment aud standing there U nouo to im-
peach. It would bo unjust and unfair to vou
that I should deuln you longer At thli late
liour oftho 6venlng , and I want , therefore In
dismiss this cUscAHston this afternoon with
tno challonco vhlcli I throw out ( o tbc < o
friends opposed to moot tlwopcnlng- this
debate , that If vou liiivo got theUata wblch
provesthntprohlbltlortdrlus out tbodrink-
tnir of liquor aud rcducoa drunkentwn nnd
reduces crime , tlint it ID about time now that
you begin to plvo it out to nn impatient
audlcnro. [ Applause. ]
*
me iirs A.xiotmii.NiV L.S.
Olioy Will Now ho Considered In a
N'cvv Term of t lie District Court.
Again hni the fourth Monday In Septem
ber marked thocpculcg of another term of
the dlstrlctcoUrt ,
lorthlitj-llvo consccutho years has this
been the case in Cumin.
Of the throngof lawyers who was present
yeitcrday , Ihcrovvns butono who was present
ntthc opening of that first September I c ; tin , a
score and llfteoiijonrs ngo-ilon , A. J. Pop-
lilcton , Omaha's present city attorney ,
Judge Hopowoll win the llrst member of
the bench to arrive. Ho had been spending1
Ills summer nt his homo In Tc'knin.ih , and ns
lie pissed to the auto-room to lay aside his li.it
a largo number of the attorneys pressed for-
uard and gave him an ciceodlngly cordial
welcome.
"J bavo been " "
spondinp mi" summer , said
he , "in superintending miuicroiu repairs nnd
improvements nbout my home , and I feel
stionger nnd lie.irtier than over , " nud the
speaker's ' appearance fully warranted his as
sertion ,
; rtieothor members of the bench had been
inthocity most of tbo suminerand for thl *
reason their nppenrnnco upon the scene a
llttlo later caused no unusual demonstration.
Of the ! HW members of thobir , it is safe to
say tbero were not n do < : eii absentees , whllo
the presence of a inixo number of litigants
mdcd In tilling the largo court-room.
The hour for opening was ! ' UW , but It was
nftcr 10 when the judges took their seats.
1ho vulthig time was passed bynu examina
tion ol coplet of the docket , wblch had been
jilacedlu the hands of every member of tlio
liar by Cleric IVIoorcs , who , by the way ,
moved through the throng legrand prince.
The docket contains UuM ( ) cases 1100 more
than any previous docliot In tbo history of
the coin t. It is , too. n very Important nnd
interesting docket. 'Iho three most Import-
antctlminnl suits are the Tony Frank miir-
tlcr case , tlio Nlstel murder cnse , und that
involving the assault of Caitur , Itvlll
ho tlio second trlil of Tony Frnnlc
for the murder ofVllllain Cronlt.ter ,
apeudlor ntElkhom , the Jury having disi-
Krced nt tlio previous trial , wh ieh took plnco
last terra. James Ucjnolds will bo tried for
the murdcrofNIstel , the joutigulerk. 'Jhe
Carter cnso wns one wherein ua old man. by
tnat name was assaulted by a gang of IOUR'H. '
Judja's \Vnkeley , Doano and Hopewell were
the only ones to nppearon the bench , Judge
Clirksou being at Telumiah. The moment
they hud takcin their soils t'le ' venerable )
3/mis Grebe , sr.doDuty sheriff , Iu a feeble
\olco announced the opjnlngof the session
Judge Dome Immediately announced the
following as bailiffs for the term1
Louis Grebe , John Norberg , II. B. Hunt ,
1'ntrick McQuillan.
The followingvvero announced nstho bir
committee for the terms
J. 31. McCulloch , Himcou Iloom , J. J.
1'ohita , .T. II. Melntosh , W.D. Beckett.
The call ol the docket was then proceeded
with \ery briskly by JudpjoDoane , who kept
the lawyers nt nearly their wits' ends look
ing out for their Interests. This work con
sisted simply in the dismissal , continuance
or assignment for trial of the various cases
coming In Judge Douno'a dopaitmcut , boinf
allthoio liming1 even numbers.
Judge Hopowcll followed with n call of the
case1 ? having odd numbers Incidentally , he
remarked that the inles of theconitwoulil
1 observed very strictly this tcmi , owing to
the unprecedented number of eases.
Judge Wiikoleyannouncedthatho expected
to call the equity docket Wednesday morning
in his courtiooniln Tim B IE building.
It was teamed from County .Attorney INIa-
honey that no eihninal business would betaken
taken up until Judge CUrkwn should return ,
iiext-vvcek. The lira tciso of this uliiM which
ho will Uiko up is that of C. L. "Wundt , agent
oftho 1'anlcv Jail with
companycharged at
tempting tobribothocountv commissioner ) ,
us indicted by the last grand Jurj.
The session closed vlth hearing of expurle
mittera.
llstntc.
The long-fought contest over the Detwiler
estate has at last como to an Cud and tha
pioporty goes to the widow and children.
Saehwas the decision of tbo Supicnic court ,
Blinded do\\n last Saturday ,
In 181 ( > , John U. Detwiler becninoa resi
dent of Omaha , bought propcrtv and grew
rich.
rich.Ho
Ho deeded his property to his mother , for
the beneilt of his wife l atcr , hotli Detwiler
anil his mother died.
Dcfrvvller's relatives then commenced suit
to gain possession oftho valuable pro petty
anil fora number of years the caio has "been
in the couuty courts.
SOVTJA UJMAHAJSWS. .
Independent I'rimnry Cniicus.
The iiidepondent pollticalrpaity will hold
its caucus In K. of L. hall tlis evening
to elect delegates to tlio county convention to
meet in Gate City hall , Omaha , Wednesday
cieiilng.
A Mission In St.Vines' Cliurcli.
The Itev. ftithcrs Shea anil Waurcr , C. S.
S It. , of St Louis , will hold a mission in St.
.Agues' chinch , beginning Sunday , Octohcr
19 to last ton days 1'heso nro the very eloquent -
quont and leitrued gentlemen uho licld the
mission last yunr iu the same chuich and
eieateda very fuvomblo unpresbion.
Gun Club tilioot.
The final shoot of thognii olubwashclclat
the Third ward range Sunday afternoon.
John J. Gorman won the season badge.
shoot w.is at fifty blue roclcs outofUvo
screened tiaps , American ruloj governed.
Uho following is the score : .TolmJ. Gorman
41 , L. Blunchitrd aud William McClrath 4L
each , A. V. Miller 'IT , Ous Soldier : , Ber
nard lllooin and Jainos 1) ) , Smith ! U each ,
llowlcyilJ. 0. M. Saufoiti 10 , F. J.lCcrRer
SC aud Herman Kobort UO. The ties will bo
shot off at a date to bo fixed hereafter ,
Kotos About tlio City.
Stephen Thomas of this city has been
granted a pension.
A. son and daughter of Itlchard Sivlft aio
sick with scarlet fever.
Kov , rather Charles Mupm Istnlclng the
census of St , Agnes parish.
U'oik has boon commenced by fingers &
Hock on the now Exchange batik building' .
A. meeting will bo bcld In the Kmanon club
rooms Thursday evening to organize a social
club.
Ticket N"o. 273 won the watch rrifllod oft
Saturday ' evening for the beiiolltof Daniel/ .
Twelve persons appeared before tlio board
ofoxnminoi'sof the city schools Saturday for
certificates ,
Dr. H. S. Gee , who has been out of his
mind some months , Sunday -was talceu to
the as ) la in at Lincoln.
The Kov , TJ. N. Dawson of Oinahu has
been nppoiutcd pastor of the MethodUt .
Episcopal church of this city. .ts
liotijamiii 8. jAihiins has removed to this
city from Omaha and has liken the ICelloy
residence , 'i'wctity-scjioud and J streets.
Hurnest , aged three , son of Mi , and Mrs , J.
Frader \ , of Bellpvtio , < lied Sunday rnoin r.i -
uttornoon.was buried at ti o'clock yesterday
uttornoon.
4tkV > & IVW * >
J. Staplrs.a-i omploiont the .Armojr-Cud-
nhy packing hojso. Snturlay roc-elvoO. 1a
pifnful wound by running uu Iron book
through hisrlgbt hand
The Kov , Father Donovan of Omaha , of
the order of Trupplsts from Ireland , delivered
u very interesting discourse in St ,
chu rch S u n Jay c0111 \ ng.
A.n Infant daughter of Mr. an J Mi's. D , J.
3vloyorof Albright died Sunday afternoon J.nt
: io'clock and will bo shipped to Wlota , } . ,
this morning , forlntcunaiit.
Uora , aged ton jc.irs , daughter of Mr. and
Jlrs. Thomas Itoacli , Albright , was klckodln
the right eye Sundijby a joung horse
and badly Injured. U'ho llttlo ono nt llrst
was thought to bo do id , but after proper it-
tention recovered consciousness ,
Thoflro department was called out tvUco
.Sunday night. Ac11 : KO o'clock ' a lire took
Itosonehoso to the northern part of the city ,
nnd when , leucbliiff A street discovered that
the tire was up north of Slieoley's ' , inOmnh.t.
At ! 1:15 a falsa alarm at call-box 12 brought
the company outagaia , |
TWO VERT ! IBIPOltMT BILIS ,
Eight-How Labor irad the Oinah
Discussed by Hon. V. J. Oonnell ,
RETURN OFTIK CONGRESSMAN FOR A RES ?
The Contract foL- the > ow Union Ocpnt
Lot to an Oumlin Contractor mid
AVorfcVIII Ilo Comnicncfil
Immediately.
Congressman Council arrived from AVuh-
liiRtoa Sunday nndk sivtidlnff nfo\riUy
In the city , ITols liwlcliiR splcnitldly and I *
In perfect lioultli , iiohvltlistutnlliifc the fact
that ho hmliccn absent from fewer roll call' *
of congress thnn peihnps nny other member
of that body nnd hni had moro than thet
averse slisro ofhaiM work to perform.
' I am not la a position tosny nnichrCRird-
Ing local politics , " sntd Mr , ' Council to a
llr.n reporter , "except that 1 feel
( orycratcfiil for the endorsement Ihavoro-
rolvol iu the
selection ofdeloRatOHtotho ron-
\cntlnn at I'liUlimouth , tonight. "
Iveforritigto nittoiul affairs , the MUJJIWS.
man spoke of the almost icrtnlnty clhUl.i-
bor bill bcioiningu liw nt this present ses
sion Of COI1KI-OSM.
"Xho hill bus passed the home , " lie contin
ued , "intlhi < * boon jihoed sixth on a special
c.ilenthr oftxvcho lillls tint the soiuto has
ajjiTx'd to consider before mljotimuieut.
"Tho bill has been very favor ihlyrocci\cd \
everywhere , nnd li generally rOKiirdod a u
lontcstep in thorlglitulrcctlotiln tholntorest
of the wiiRU-workert Itdeclaies tint < ? lght >
hours shall constitute ndav'iwoik for all
laboivri * , workmen and inechnnlc * cinplojed
bv thopoAensnicat or by ( outnictorson gov-
cni men t-\\ork. It Is the niomiro that the
hbor unions Invo Von denianduig for Iho
n-nb Uvcnlyyours. It KOCS as fir ns nntionul
leglnhtlon roil Id go in such case"
"Xho bill don't tiltoct iwst.il cniploycsj"
utis ailcod
'No , a spcvlalblll h.is been pis.icd by the
house rcilncliiK the hours anil niljustintf the
conipciiHntlon of postal oinployM. "
"Ho\v nbout the bill fora bi.inclimlnt at
Omaha inhoduocd by you 1"
" 'Xhut measure was suggested to me by an
Oinnna Reiitl inm who has a frre.it inauy
laliinblc ideas regarding tht > cstiiblislimentof
ainiiithcic Iroferto tciiei.il ! 13 l'\.l'est ,
who funiKiird mo withnlinblu \
ditii and Htathtlcs touching upon tliu
matter and so Impiessed tno Mitli
the feisibillty and Importance of the project *
that 1 went to work at it. ThoofHi.'iils ofthu
ticasury department nnd the mint ofJlcers
\TOro\erydeoiJly \ Interested in the pi in und I
Introduced the measure , I imidono nolso
about It but I have received considciablc cu-
coumjument nnd hive tviison to liopu that
the bill will be fivorably ronwidcivd by the
next con cress. The me.miro uoutemphtoH
the establishinent hcra of a mint second ouly
to thetmoat Ptillntlclphlii and would result
In iinmonw bone lit to Omaha nnd the
mining aiidlaboi intcrcstsof the woild. "
Mr Connell spolco of Iho aUivo wor'tof '
the l\'ebraslti : delegation , nnd roferrcd et.cc- |
lillyta the faithful and effective work of
Coi'gft'ssinau Liwsaiu member of thu lom-
mittcooii invnlU pensions
Mrs Connell nnd cblldren are visiting
fricivli at St. Johusbuig , Vt , vhile Mr.
Coiinell is here.
The congro Miian will attend to a low
urgent cnws in court and vlll return to
Washington the Utter part of the week.
The Convention TonltIil.
A special train of nlnocnrs hns boon se
cured for the iiccommodutlon of the delc-Rato-i
and lsitorsto thoFirstdlatrictconfirossionul
convention nt Plattsinouth this cnening
Nearly ciory ward in the eitv has orgati-
l/ed a delegation which Mill ntteiui the con-
\eiitioniuaboily. \ The bipr Sixth Is in the
lend so far nud "will turn out nearly if
not quite two hundred strong , headed by the
Sixth ward bund. Other windi uro prepar
ing txi ( < cndljiKdelCBations , und the pioHjKOtH
arc that the. caucltj ] of the train wit | bo
taxed to accommodate u.11 wuo deslio to at-
teniltlte coiiventlrtn.
"I have been nsked a few tliousand times
this morning about the faro , " snhl Major
I'nmyVhohnschfirgoof the arrangements.
" 1'ho only ticket nccesg.iry is to be a republi
can nnd KC'OII ' board"
The spcuul train will leave tholl. AM.
depot at t > J" > o'clock , live minutes uhetid oC
the resulnrtr.iln , nml returnlnsill \ leavr
I'liittsinouth about iniduiglit.
JOIINSO.V onrsrrn ; ,1011.
Ail Oimiha Mn.iiVill B-uIld die
Union l > q > ot.
An Omaha contractor ha sccjrod the con-
tiact for tbo construction of tbo now union
depot , *
When tha plaas were presented , seven Mils
vvcreolTciikl. The lowest of these was made
by a Denver contractor who withdrew hit.
bid afterwards , htivInt ? made an cirorinhis
computations "which tendered It impossible )
for liha toiomplvvvltli tlio terms of the con
tract underhiH otter.
With.thliwithdiaw.il , Arthur Johnsonof
this city , becnino tholoyveat bidder , iiisbitl
was considered by the unhltects. Vnn Brunt
k Howe , Kaus.w Citv , and founil to comply
with the ineclllca.tlons. On this shoMlajr
I'rosldfiitKiinball of the Omaha Uiilou Depot
company announced his acceptance )
of Mr. Jolinson'sbldand a contract will bo
mndoat onco.
The amount oftho coutiact has not hocu
determined , nsllgurcson thu vaiiousbrancb.es
of the Job have not been fully compiiicd.
Mr. Johnson has already ocgmi the rorlc
ot contracting for nnlcrlal und has a force of
moii hi rc.iillncss to begin \\orlc as soon as
Iho foundation shall have been commoted
"Lamnlml th.it JVlr. Johnson has n curcd
the I contract , " sild Mr. Klmb.ill. "Flo has
his incii hero , nnii wo know that ho will pusli
thu t vorlr. 'live fouiiclntlonill bo In slupo
for lilin tobsginon the superstmctnio about
the 1 middle of November. His contmot cdls
for ( the completion of the superstructure , ex-
clusho Iii I of pluinbiugBtcam Ucat , power and
such equipment , " _ '
Just how nn nttcratlvoincdicinoclrinncstbo
system Is nn open question ; but that Ayer's
bafHapnrillidocs produce a radical change in
the blood Is well attested on all sldos. It is
overvvvhcio consldeicd tfio best roinody for
blood disorders. _
SfcaliniVreokliiR : Tooli.
ThoB. & M. detectives have dlscoveied a
scheme by which a gang of sneak Uilcvoi
has been proving on the company's prop
erty. All of the company's nasson-
cer combos nro huiiplloil vvith a
lio.v oontaiuiiiK axci , a liainmer , saw , and
other tools to bo ubed In cise of t wreck. In
quite a largo number of caw , tluKo tools
have been kept In the toilet room and have
been frequently btoleii. A wntch vva.s
put on nnd the discovery undo that
Ihlencs wcm malting i-cgnlar trips aloiiK the
line between Oinahu ami Lincoln. 'Jholr plan
was to outer tbo toilet room and throw thu
box containing the tools out of the window
near a convenient station , whoio the bwty
would be secured by an allv. In this manner
the company lost several hundred dollars'
worth of crooiU before the work of tha
thiuuswas discovered. No ariuts have
been made yet ,
*
Tickets at lowest iatus
acecimmoJutioiiH the ( jroat Hoclc
Island route. Tlclcot ollico , 1CT2 Six-
tcuiitk | and F.'tmam Btroettt , Oianha
II Illy IMoruii Dying.
Tlio mother of Billy Morun. the cx-clfrk of
the county board , { smutting nnisftort to have
her non brought homo from the asylum. Ills
caHOhas heori aoclared utterly lioix'less uiul
the mother desires that her son iiuis tholoHt
few day which are pronounced by the med
ical faculty of the Institution to ho vor.v near
at hand , at home. Mr . Morun's wishes will
undoubtedly bo compiled with ,
Mrs. Wlnslovv's Soothing -Kyrupfor chll-
dron teething is the family hencsfactor , M
cents u. bottle.
ne tlin
CaptainC. I1 , Humphrey , assistant quar-
tcrmastor.ln chargoof the details ofereUtiiR
the now I'ort Omahaopt'nwl lUs ntnc-on for
a live-board fence urouud thciio\v rescrvii.
tlon , 110:11-Hullevuo. : Tliero voro eight bid-
ilors , Thefoiicovillbu In the neifthboiliood
of 20,000 , fcot nnd a coupiogf days must clapsf
before tbolowost cun bo