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" /ewi tired of litnriny alontlum made
for the bcnrjlluf men tcho icork in tliops. "
W. J. HllYAN.
Tin : cruel war IB nearly over.
Mil. Mt'ICKiniiAN's running qualities
nro Mirloimly inumnbored with wobbly
Tin : ruoo IH between UichurdH mid
Jlnyd , and Ilichnrds has a stronger lead
today tlitin ovnr before.
A itKi'i'iiijicAN delegation In congress
insures u contiiiunneo of public favors
from u republican adinini lrntion.
r , and commercial prosper
ity depend on tlio dofont of tlio amend
ment , IJiiry it beyond rcHiirrection.
LINCOLN' lias no onoiuicB In Omnlm.
If Oinnhnlms .onomius in Lincoln they
uro thu enemies of Nobriibka ns wall.
are Hovoral porslntent candi
dates who will rontain hi the field , even
nftor election. These are the ambitious
Nebraska , eitjos Hint nro caiulldiitos for
tlio nuxt boot Biiyiir fnctory.
A uiirtniMCAN rally in Uttstor county
lasted until ono o'clock in the morning.
Jf that is 11 sample of party cnlluisiaa m
in the inlnflor the Independent 111:111- :
agaru nro going to bo surprised.
NKIIUASKA people managed somehow
to hustle along at a pretty lively gait
before the ud\etit of the crusndorH. Lot
iin show Hint wo can keep up that pace
in tlio future without their advice or
consent.
Till ! chlof executive otllcor of the state
iiuist bo n nmn of ability , force utifl dla-
orotioti ono who has boon a HUCCOSS in
other affairs. 1'owors has proven u dead
loss in every vocation , and a ballot oust
for him for governor id thrown away.
GHOVKH GuiVULAXn ia out in an in
terview in which ho predicts Unit ttyo
democrats will sweep the country in 18J2 (
on the tariff reform issue. Ho forgets
that the country voted on that question
in 1888 and voted him into private life.
A.l'AUTof the democratic scheme of
tomorrow is to announce in high license
Btrongholds that Richards has declared
for prohibition , and in prohibition
strongholds that ho has como out for
licoiibo. ThcbO are sample roorbacks.
Itepubllcans should bo ready for them
nnd sco that they deceive nobody.
Tnr.lii ; has been no time since Its his
tory began when the republican party
hml gronlur worlt beloro It than today ,
nor when it was bettor equipped with the
loaders and organization necessary to
accomplish it. It appeals for the loyal
( support of nil its members and has a
right to expect to receive it. It is as
truly the party of progress today as In
the time of Abraham Lincoln.
" \SrilY doesn't St. John rush to the rescue -
cue of the homes of Kansas , where thou
sands of his superiors nro out in open
rebellion against the system of tyranny
u1 hypocrisy ho asslbted in Imposition
people ? But St. John is not in that
Icind of business. Having assisted In
disrupting the republican party of Kan
sas ho is btrnggllng to produce n similar
condition In Nebraska , at ono hundred
dollars a struggle.
Tin : last act in a tragedy unsurpassed
in the annals of crime closed with the
execution of Thomas G. W oolfolk at
Ferr.v , Ga. , last "Wednesday. The orimo
for which Woolfolk sulfotx'd the o.xlrotno
jwaalty has few parallels in fiendish
brutality and ferocity. Eight members
of his family father , brothers , slstc > rs
and niece and an aged lady visitor ,
were mercilessly butchered in their
homo on the night of August 0,1SS7.
The story bf the tragedy shocked the
community at the time , but the stout
denials of the murderer coupled with
the vigilance of the authorities wived
him summary execution. Proof of the
crime was overwhelming , and the motIve -
Ivo made plain , yet Woolfolk maintained
n root defiance- from the moment the last
victim of his bloody nx expired until hit
fall on the gallows nnd protested his in.
noconco to the last. The domlso of this
atrocious assassin extinguishes ono ol
the most prominent families in the state
of Goorjflu.
AX tXroCATIOtf TO ZUTWOT/SJ/ .
The crisis that confronts the people of
Nebraska makoa an-appeal to their
patriotism. That term has a much
broader meaning thnn is usually as
signed to it. "tt'obstor defines it as
"lovo of country ; the passion which oims
toflorvo olio's country. " The citizen
scrvcn his country best who best serves
his state In promoting its material pros
perity , and working for iU advancement
along all the lines of progress. The
highest duty of patriotism is
performed when the citizen em
ploys his enorgioH and In-
flucnco in behalf of the o things which
build tip conimunllloB , whloli increase
Ilia opportunities for enterprise , which
encourage growth , which bring power
ami wealth , tind which are productive ol
the greatest good to the greatest num
ber. In a union of sovereign common
wealths this patriotism is as necessary
to the nUito as to the nation. The pa-
trlollxm of the soldier who stakes Ills
lifo in defense of his country Is not
mnro admirable or valuable than
the patriotism of the cltiy.cn
who at the ballot box casts
a vote to defeat an assault upon the wel
fare ami prosperity of his stato.
Such an assault is tlm effort to plant
prohibition in the organic law of Ne
braska. The adoption of that policy
would result In greater Injury to the
material interests of the state than any
calamity in its history. Its depressing
and blighting olTccUs would reach every
department of activity in which our
people are engaged. There Isnot a bus-
ness of any kind Hint could escape the
1 consequences of this policy , un-
osti it bo that of the usurer. With the
cpletlon of population and the decline
four cities and towns , the depreciation
f farm propoMy would bo Inevitable.
Nebraska would not only cease to grow ,
ml , as with Kansas and Iowa for several-
cars pnst , more people would leave the
tnte than would comuinto it. And pro-
ibitioa being1 incorporated in tlio con-
titutiun , it is impossible to say how long
.his condition of alTairn would continue
icforo the peojilo would bo sufficiently
ducated by advoistty to remove the
ause. The disaster that comes from
drought and storm and the visitations of
inture are for n season only. The looses
f ono year may bo moro than offset by
ho gains of the next. Uul , the blight of
loiislitutioiml prohibition might con-
inno for many years with steadily in-
reusing damage.
Could patriotism have any higher aim
.lian . to defeat a policy in which such
! onsoquoneo3 are involved ? Can there
jo any more urgent duty upon
ho loyal citizen than to protect his
Into from such calamity ? The results
if prohibition in diminishing prosperity
: md checking progress have'been dem-
jiiHtrated. livery state that has over
idopted if "boars incontrovertible tostl-
nony to its injurious ofteots. And
everywhere it has failed of its purpose.
On the other hand , if prohibition is do-
'onled in Nebraska , nothing is more
: ortnin than that the stale will real-
y.o at once a now impulse of progress
: ind move forward moro vigorously
mil rapidly than over before. Not only
, vill tlio effect bo to stimulate every
justness and enterprise , but to invite
others. Nebraska needs more people to
nko xip her lands , moro industries to
give employment to her labor , moro
capital to increase the gencrnl prospor-
ty , enlarged homo markets for the
product of her farms. These conditions
: ire possible only in the event that pro
hibition is defeated.
Within forty-eight hours the people
of Nebraska will have made their choice
between progress and retrogression.
Never before lias the patriotioni of the
citizens of thib state boon put to a more
inportnnl or serious test , and wo have
'aith ' that now , as in the past , it will bo
found loyal to the interests and welfare
of Nebraska.
IT AIWy/KJS TO NKUUASKA.
n a very vigorous speech delivered at
Philadelphia , Saturday evening. Secre
tary Bhiino urged the republicans of
Pennsylvania to heal their differences
: md stand together for the success of the
parly. Speaking of the possibility of a
democratic victory as the result of divis
ions among the republicans ho said !
Wiht I deplore Is a popular vote in Penn
sylvania ttiat shall encourage New Jersey in
her democracy , lead the dissenting branches
of the ii.irty in Now York to close up nnd
mnlto their strength felt , that shall cripple
Ohio In her effort to throw oft democratic
power Jn the executive and gerrymandering
In the districts , throw back Delaware In her
republican progress , nmko Maryland u hope
less Instead of a hopeful state 'and that shall
take from us the power to establish thu re
publican standard la West Virginia.
WhntMr. Blainosaid to the Phila
delphia audience he would doubtless
have said with still greater emphasis in
Nebraska.
Local considerations are not alone to
bo thought of in such a contest as the
present , Republicans should not forgot
the national consequences of democratic
victory in Nebmskn. It would bo folly
as depressing as the result which Mr.
Blnluo says ho would deplore in Penn
sylvania. It would dishearten the party
us to the conditions in the west. It
would bo construed as a startling demo-
cratlo gain.
For those reasons no republican should
vote directly or indirectly against his
party tomorrow. Ho should stand by it
for whnt it means to the party at largo.
i/s j'KKFPK
"General" St , John prefers to do his
fighting from behind the petticoat ram
part rather thnn fight in the open arena
with an adversary whom ho knows to bo
equipped on all points. Ills excuse for
failing' to put in an appearance at the
Coliseum is as flimsy and gamy as was
the telegram rend by Mr. Watts from
the stnga of the Coliseum. St. John
claims that ho had received no written
challenge. There was no need of n
written challenge , in view of Its publica
tion broadcast in Omaha nnd over the
state. lie had boon billed to hold a
barbecue at which Ilosowator woa
to have been roasted alive Sun
day afternoon and eaten bodily
Sunday night by the doughty Kansas
warrior , Ihit ho purposely kept out ol
Omaha until t o'clock in the afternoon ,
when ho was at Lincoln , only fifty-four
miles nway , and the trains would have
brought him hero by 10 a. in. Uo tolo'
graphed that li declined to moot Hose
wnlor In the nftornoon but would divide
Jtno with any senator or congressman In
the evening , well knowing that such a
meeting win out of the question. St.
Tohn doubtless bellovos that "ho who
lights and runs away may llvo to light
another day. "
run ni'rr of n
The history of the prohibition crusade
in nil states is an unbroken record of
treachery to the republican party. Con
ceived In n spirit of fanaticism and fos
tered by inorconnries , it has tnnsrpior-
ulod with friendship on Its tongue and
stilettos In Its hands. And In every in
stance it has driven the knife to the hilt
Into the back of the republicans who
liavo given the crusaders the slightest
encouragement.
From Maine to Oregon and from Da
kota to Texas prohibition is the millstone -
stone on the neck of republicanism. It
has driven from the ranks of the party
thousands of conservative , liberty loving
citizens , who , having Hod from oppression - -
sion , allied themselves with the party
of freedom nnd progress.
How hns the party been compensated
for the loss ?
Look at lown. with its great republi
can majorities wiped out of existence.
Look tit Kansas , the banner republi
can sluto of the union , where the party
Is rent in twain , desertions multiplying
daily and the success of tlio party im
periled. For wlintV Simply to cater tea
a noisy faction , who seek to compel
others to think and not as they do.
Even in tlio Dakolas , where the pro
hibitionists secured the Inws they
sought , they have rebelled against the
republicans , and in loss than six months
after constitutional prohibition wont
into otrect openly allied themselves with
soreheads , not to enforce the law lul to
wreck the republican party. *
The slogan of St. John , ro-cchood by
the late General Fisk , is , "Wo must
.wreck the republican party and build
prohibition on its ruins" . This is the
guiding principle of the crusade , and its
truth is confirmed by the records of
Iowa , Kansas and the Dnkotns , and by
tlio infamous betrayal of the national
republican ticket in 1881.
Tlio duty of the republicans of Ne
braska in the present crisis is clear.
The prosperity of tlio state nnd the
preservation of the party demand that
every loyal republican work and vote
against the amendment. They must
battle against the assassins of the party
and by slnnding manfully for liberty and
law and order win buck the allegiance
of the bone and sinew of American citi
zenship _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
STAfiD 11Y THE COtOttS.
Every republican m Nebraska should
stand by his party ticket. In that cottrso
alone lies his safety. An enemy that for
twonty-llvo years has sought vainly to
win in a fair fight seeks now to win by
fostering discord and distrust in ranks
where harmony Is fatal to their designs.
Democrats are endeavoring to sot the
republicans in the state against the re
publicans in Omaha and Douglas county.
They arc circulating the report that
there is to bo a wholesale desertion by
Omaha republicans from Richards to
Boyd. In this dishonest work they are
assisted by the prohibitionists , who hope
to inflame high license republicans to
such a pitch of anger that they will vote
and work for the amendment. By get-
tiny up this sort of a row , dcmo-
ocrats hope to gain votes for Boyd in the
city and prohibitionists votes for the
amendment in the country.
Those , reports are false. Douglas
county republicans have shown their
loyalty to Mr. Richards on every oppor
tunity during the campaign. They will
do so again on election day. They are
for the republican ticket from top to bet
tom. Elsewhere THIS BHK presents an
interview with Mr. Richards , in which
ho gives his friends throughout the
state hearty assurances of the loyalty of
Omaha republicans. Ho expects no
treachery hero and denounces the re
ports as democratic campaign slanders.
Ho relies ? upon the Omaha republi
cans to contribute their full share
to his election.
This statement from tlio republican
standard bearer should sot all rumors of
discord at rest. It should satisfy tlio
party throughout the state , and it should
make Omaha republicans work with re
newed zeal for the success of the ticket.
If it has this oiteot , the election of Mr.
Richards is assured.
Lot the democrats and proliibltionlsts
fall in their olTort to promote discord ,
and lot the republican party continue to
conduct the affairs of a state in which it
has u large and honest majority.
At , Ari'KAT. TO SOUTH O.U.t/f.1.
The citizens and property owners of
South Omaha have it vital concern in
tlio outcome of the present prohibitory
campaign. The unfortunate condition
of the city's finances is tlio most potent
reason why nothing should bo done by
that city which will in the slightest de
gree depreciate her property values or
check her material growth. Every
source of revenue must bo husb.uidod
with the greatest care. Under her pres
ent population , the revenue from saloons
amounts to thirty thousand dollars ,
and If her growth * Is not re
tarded ' by prohibition , she will
soon reach a population often
ton thousand souls , which will increase
her license revenue to at least fifty
thousand dollars annually. The loss of
this munificent bum would nil but ruin
her bchools. In other words , the defeat
of the license system would throw the
burden of maintaining the schools
directly on the taxpayers , practically
doubling tlio present rate of taxation.
The evils of oppressive taxation would
bo intensified by outlawry and freq
whisky. With the prohibition law in
South Omaha , the town would bo over
run with saloons and the condition of
affairs would bo far worse than U is
in Council BlutTu today.
Public sentiment In South Omaba Is
largely opposed to sumptuary laws , and
to withdraw the operation of the Slo-
cumb law from South Omaha would bo
nothing short of n crime. With an ad
ditional levy to maintain her t > chools ,
nnd with thu inevitable depreciation ol
property following in the wako of a pro
hibitory law , South Omaha would Invite
a condition of affairs the outcome ot
which would bo a disgraceful repudia
tion of her municipal debt and a gradual
* , -
wasting away of her population , which
would lead to ultimate ruin , Are the
citizens of that town nwnko to the dan
gers which besot her ns n city , nnd tire
they doing whnt they can to protect
their properly nnd their homes ?
Ex-GoVKUN'oit I'UKNAS hnsbccotnonn
active monitor ot the world's ' fair com
mission through the absence In Europe
of Commissioner Kerns of St. Louis.
Nebraska IIII.H lor the present , therefore ,
three members of tlio commission and
two members of the executive commit
tee. Mr. Furnas becomes an active
member at a time when his knowledge ,
experience and energy mny bo inado
valuable to the fair project. It Is appar
ently just now In need of all the first-
class ability available.
Tun way to the attainment of the re
forms demanded by the farmers of Ne
braska is through the republican party.
Third party movements have never ac
complished what they aimed nt. In
his country there is room only for two
great parties. Every farmer of repub
lican antecedents who supports the In
dependent movement will simply vote to
: iid the democracy to attain to power ,
nnd to put further away the realization
of his desires in case that party should
bo successful.
Tin : progress of the west Is duo to the
'ostorlngcaro and wise legislation of the
republican party in bohnlf of western in
torosts. Republicanism in this section
Is an evidence nt once of the gratitude
md the patriotism of its people. The
reasons for supporting the republican
party in the past are equally cogent nt
this time. Nobrnskn has never llnterc'd
in her republican allegiance , and there
is no sound reason why she should break
the honorable record now.
THE frantiu appeals of St. John in behalf -
half of Nebraska homes are exceed
ingly touching , but unfortunately all
the homo-builders of Nebraska cannot
emulate the industrious jaw of the
canonized agitator of Kansas. St. John
is a model family provider. Ho has
rammed his dukes deeper into the pro
hibition bar'l than any colonel in the
catalogue. No matter what may befall
the homos of Nebraska , the St. John
family is beyond the range of immediate
want.
KANSAS will have to look to Its lau
rels , recently remarked the Chicago
i'&mie , if Nebraska does not take thorn
by 1000. In view of the fact that the
population of Kansas decreased ninoty-
livc thousand durinp the last two years
and Nebraska gained a greater number
of people than that , it is only necessary
to retain prohibition in Kansas and high
license in Nebraska to insure a larger
population for the latter five years
hence.
THE people of .Nebraska . have patiently
borne malignant assaults on their
character and on the credit of the stale ,
but should imported slanderers attempt
to interfere on election day they must
take the consequences. There is a limit
to patience and forbearance.
DKl'AUi/rKK YAKDFA' suffered no
qualms of conscience for the financial
crimes committed in Canada , but the
scoundrelly work mapped out for him
by the prohibitionists of Omaha made
him feel that ho had fallen into bad
company at last.
ST. JOHN don't want to divide time
with anyone but a United States senator
or a congressman. Six years ago St.
John cheerfully gave his entire time to
Boss Gorman in exchange for democratic
boodlo.
TUB stampede to Harlan reflects the
utmost credil on the people of the
Second district. His majority should
stand as a grim monument to all future
McKoighnns.
GUAIID the registry lists. Every precaution -
caution must bo taken to prevent the
consummation of the conspiracy to defeat
the will of the people.
IN forty-eight hours the reign of
emotional lunacy will como to an end in
Nebraska.
A HUPUHLICAN vote for the amend
ment is a stab at the hie of the republi
can party.
TIIK colonels will presently move to
ward greener pastures.
Tun time for talk is at an end. Now
for action.
is home without a major' {
LICT no guilty spotter cicape.
t.\ THE 1'OLITIC.IL SH'fJl.
It was whispered around among the curb-
stona politicians yesterday that Warren
Switzlor was running for the state sonata
Three reporters were put upon the tiot scent
but cnrao back Dreathlessly to announce that
tuoy hud nttcrlr failed to verify the rumor.
It is thought to bo a wicked campaign roor
back.
back.Mr.
Mr. Bryan succeeded ranch better with his
sermon when he occupied the pulpit of ono of
the churches in Weeping AVnter than when
iniitlo his recent political si > cech In the same
city. On the first occasion only about half a
aozcn loft the church for what they conald.
eml n desecration of the pulpit , wull ? on the
luat occasion over fifty indignant working ,
men left in disgust.
The tired feellngof the young man of varied
accomplishments was \vlmt made the shop
men weary.
Mr. Uryun Intends speaking once more in
Omaha. "Will he then explain some of his In
consistencies nnd answer a few pointed
questions that nro troubling tlio minds of
many people } Did yoif not , Mr. Bryan , only
last foibrunry IntriKluco anil mlvocato the
pajsago of a resolution prohibiting the use ol
wine ut n banquet of the bar association ut
Lincoln ! Jf so , how can you now bo so sin
cere In your statement that wliilo you novcr
drink yourself , you are in favor of granting
the utmost pmonnl liberty to others !
Are you not a member of the
Young Moil's Christian associa
tion , nnd have you nnt frequently
Irafurothu Youmr Men's ChriitlnnnsHooIutlon
of Lincoln denounced suloom , saloonkeepers
and thu grunting of licenses to them I If so ,
how do.vou now account for jour zoat in the
cause of anti-prohibition.
Mr. Swltiler i said to bo In favor of pro
hibiting the umnufictuio of liquor la No.
braskn , but not in favor of prohibiting Its
retail. Strange , Isn't It1 But It makes little
dllToronco whnt ho favors.
It was reported Into lost night that Klch-
arils and lloydiind Powers would carry the
state.
jitaitrticvxsi : m , VUEKrmsit \ r.
In ten years Dos Molncs , the capital nnd
principal city of prohibition Iowa , Increased
In population . ' 10,000 a good shnro of the In-
creoso being duo to the annexation of North
Des Mnlnes , University Place , Lyons Park
and Scbastapol. The growth not duo to an
nexation was made previous to 1BSS , before
any efforts to enforce prohibition were made.
During the past dccado prohibition Ver
mont has fallen off In population.
Since 1SSO Nebraska nearly doubled her
lopulntton. If prohibitory laws had been In
orcc it would not have gained 15 per cent In
'Opulullon. '
Within the lost five years the population of
iroliibltlon Kansas hns decreased.
The Indebtedness oTDos Molnos long ago
cached statutory limits. Its treasury Is
iinpty and public improvements nro not being
undo nor contemplated. 'It-s unfortunate clr-
uinsumccs are due to the attempt to enforce
> rohibltlou ,
Prohibition may not Increase the rate of In-
crest on loans guaranteed by gilt edged so-
urlty , but It will Increase the taxes on all
duds f property , which Is worse than an
ucrcnso in the r.Uo of interest , because moro
nsling.
Public sentiment In Sioux City Is against
iroliibltlon. Tlio law has never been cn-
ort'ed there , consequently the growth has
been greater than that of any other Iowa city
luring the tcu years last past.
It is the candid opinion of CJov. Boles ot
owa that prohibition has not lessened the
ivils of intemperance in that stato.
In sotno cities and towns of Kansas at-
ompta nro made to en force prohibition , but
ho attempts are futile nnd very expensive.
The cities and towns of prohibition states
ese the revenue derived from licensing
nlootis , hut tlio saloons are there la greater
lumber than if a license was demanded and
Duld.
If the field was as free to liquor dealers in
Nebraska as it is la Kansas and lown , the
saloons in Omaha would increase twenty tone
no , and in every city and town in the state
iroportlonately.
Council Bluffs is quoted as a thriving pro-
ilbltion city. According to population there
ire more open saloons in Council Bluffs than
a Omaha , and most of them pay u monthly
One Into the city's treasury for the privilege
of being unmolested as rioters of statutory
nwl
The snloontsts of Sioux City , Council
Bluffs , Davenport and Dubuque pay monthly
lues for "maintaining nuisances. " How
nucti bolter can the morals of those towns bo
, han when the saloonlsts of that state were
icensed nnd regulated by law I
The prohibitory laws of Iowa confiscated
iropertv worth a good many millions of dol-
nrs. The big distillery nt Des Moines cost
ts owner over 51,000,000. In the face of
the conllscatlon the United States su-
H'cmo court lias decided any law forbidding
ho importation of liquors into any state un
constitutional.
There nro hundreds of men in lown today
who assisted in foisting prohibition on the
state who regret the work done in tlio inter
ests of that law. It has failed in every
virtue that was claimed for it , and proven
tself a veritable anchor to prosperity.
Carroll is a thrifty county scat town in
town. The prohibitory laws have all along
been ignored thero. The railroad nnd ex
press companies have received moro money
Tor in nnd out liquor nnd beer shipments than
for all the merchandise received at the station.
To the citlos of Iowa , that grand agri
cultural statto of the west , the ofllclnl census
llgures nro discouraging , and the situation Is
very properly laid at the door of prohibition
by the fairest mid most conscientious temper
ance raoa of the state.
la the ten years last past the
growth of Marshalltowu , Cedar Uap-
ids , Clinton , Iowa City , Fort Dodge ,
Mason City and Boone in prohi
bition Iowa has been but u small per cent of
the growth of Kearney , Beatrice , Orand
Island , Fremont , Forfolk und other cities of
that class in high license Nebraska.
The increase in population in Iowa since
18S5 is but 87-10 per cent. Compare that
itrowth with the splendid stride that Nebraska -
braska has made ia live years.
Since 1SS7 the population of ICansus has do-
crcascd from 1,514,578 to 1,123,433 , In 1390 , a
clear loss of 91,003. Has prohibition aided
the natural development of the state ?
The cities of Atchlson , Wichita , Topeka ,
Leavemvorth and Ft. Scott , Kansas , nil con
tain fewer pcoplo thnn they did two years
ago. What oils Kansas ; prohibition )
If it were not for the splendid soil and exhaustless -
haustloss coal fields of Iowa , the leading
cities of that state would now bo reduced In
population by prohibition's ' work , as are the
leading cities of Kansas.
The natural growth from births , In a now
state like Iowa should bo moro than 8 7-10 par
cent m live years. And It wns , Its growing
record was lowered by- removals from the
btate.
He in With the People.
The state master woritmcn of the Knights
of Labor has this to say to the kulghts of
tlio First congressional district : "Every
indication points to the fact that your noxi
representative in congress will bo one of two
men. It will cither bo a man who bellovos
the labor problem to be the greatest question
bufore the American peqpfo today ; tlio man
who chase to servo on the committee on laboi
in the lost congress In preference to any othoi
of : i half do/en Important committees that
were freely offered ; the man whoso direct
effoit pivo you the national eight-hour law
that will prove tlio entering wedge to all
future success in the struggle for n shorter
work day ; the man whoso untiring efforts
nro largely rcspoiiblblo for the convict labor
and convict material laws placed on the
statute books of thu United States by the
last congress ; , the man whoso words am
deeds are recorded for an Increase- the clr
diluting medium and government ownorslilj
of nil railroads and telegraphs ; the man
who hns hearkened to the voice of labor n
did never congresamiin from Nebraska before -
fore ; tbo man whoso onlelul nets have ro
ccived the public commendation of theofllcui
Journal of our order mid of imiiiy labor or
ganl/utlons scattered thioughout thn nntloi
this man , WHlinmJ , Council , will rcprcscn
you , or it will bo the man who Is "tlr.id o
hearing about laws made for the benefit o
men who work In sbops. "
tin * 'Km n Ills Flint ,
Colonel Brli-e do > not scum to know much
concerning the candidates for congress in
Ohio. Ho Is better posted ns to tbo demo-
cr.itio members of the legislature' , most of
whoso names uro on t lie stubs of his check-
book. _
An Iowa ViHion.iry.
.Vic J'urt Tribune.
A eorroi > oiiileut In lown wishes us to pubis -
is h the declaration of principles of a now po-
itli'ul party , of which ho U the organizer.
We ranuot do so In full ; It would take too
inch spnco. AVe take i > loa < tire In nmioune *
ng , however , thnt tno now concern Is called
lie Party of Equal I'roedom , nnd that among
tie most conspicuous planU * ot Its platform
ro demands for the total repeal nnd abolition
of nil titles to land other than that of occu-
jancy nnd use , of all laws for the collection
of debts , of all laws that rolnto to the cur
rency , of all charters to corporations , and of
ill forms of compulsory taxation. Tlmt Is an
ntcrcstlng programme , certainly i but wliy
loteompleto It by adding a demand that the
Bides shall fall , sn that wo may catch larks )
An l-'nonijr of
AWmi. MG'fiI'm ( / * .
Like the party ho represent * , young Hryan
of Lincoln ia an enemy of the laboring
classes. In his Weeping Water speech ho
said : " 1 am tlrod of hearing about laws
being made for the men who work In the
shops. " Ho is tired ot occupying a false po
sition. He is tlrcu of seeing tuo carpenter
and plumber , the machinist and blacksmith ,
coopers nnd other toilers demanding their
rights. Ho Is tired of seeing the honest
aliorer nriso and nslt for bettor pay. Ho is
tired of seeing the ropu oilcan party working
for the laboriiiRinou and making laws for
them. Ho would like to go to congress and
introduce n bill lengthening the hours for the
men who must earn their living by the swv.it
of their brows. Ho would ItKo to see Atncr-
ea turned Into a second Ireland , nnd bo would
, lko to sco the worklngmon kept down. Hut
iho worklngmon wlllseo on November 4 that
Mr. Bryan is not elected to conuress from
this district. The worklngincn of Nebraska
Ity , Otnahn , Lincoln , Plattsmouth , Beatrice
and other towns will see that their friend ,
Hon. William J. Council , Is elected and that
ho can keep right on doing them good. Mr.
onnell has proved himself a friend of the
laborers by the passage of tbo eight-hour lnw
and b > other bills for the laborers. Mr.
Bryan , who Is tired of hearing about laws
being made for the men who work In the
shops , will bo sent back to Lincoln , where ho
will hnvo n chance to rest and where ho
cannot bo in a position to grind the work-
Ingmen.
Co 11 n oil VH
A"iniAt Cltii Umljct ,
I am tired of hearing of laws made for the
benefit of men who work in shops. W. J.
Bryan.
The rensonnblo demands of worklngmcn
should bo heeded.V. . .T. Council.
When you go to vote don't forgot that W.
J. Hryan Is tired , very tired of laws made for
the bcncllt of men who work in shops. Ko-
inembor iilso that ns congressman W. J. Cou
ncil has assisted in making the laws which
made Mr. Bryan so tired.
It In n Popular Movement.
//iiit / < ) ' ; ( Journal.
About the biggest non-partisan movement
in present-day politics is the remnvknblo out
pouring of public opinion in favor of Judge
Greshain as the successor of the Into Justice
Miller. His appointment would prove satis
factorily that the president's head ib as hirpo
as his grandfather's hat , the comic papers and
the anti-udinlnlstratton organs to the con
trary notwithstanding.
Prohibition null Immigration ,
KciirttflM Cltu I'rcts.
A gentleman who is well-to-do nnd hailing
from Wisconsin , was In the city today look
ing for a location. Ho said : "I do not
suioko or drink , and have Just been through
Iowa looking for a pluco to locate. Lot mo
tell you prohibition has wrecked that state.
It is dead and will wreck this one If you
ndopt the amendment. I will locate here
provided the amendment don't pass. "
Prohibition Buncombe.
Ulatr 1'llot ,
Wo understand that our prohibition friends
will marshal a band of children about the
polls on election day as an electioneering
scheme for the amendment. The idea Is per-
hups novel , but it will make no votes. Better
let the little ones remain hi school for the
present nnd enter the political arena when
they are old enough to comprehend , if they
so desire.
A Friend of Imtmr.
Nebraska City Pi-ess : Hon. AVllliam J.
Council 1ms stated where ho stood with the
laboring men. At Wocplnp Wutor Mr. Con
ncll said thnt the only way to solve the labor
question was to lessen , the number of bom's
and Increase the wages of the tollers. This
is the republican doctrine and what the re
publicans have worked for.
How About Tnla ?
Chicago Xcw * .
If there is any thing else that the Standard
Oil company would like from this country It
will please ask congress for' it at onco. The
people's money will bo cheerfully voted away
fora fair consideration. This is an affair
which concerns the company nnd the com
pany's ' friends in congress. The people have
nothing to sny about it.
'llio Democrat UH a Non-PnrtiHaii.
St. hoiitt Globr-Uemncrtit.
There nro still several hundred democrats
In the government service at Washington , it
appears , anil they are all applying for leaves
of absence to go homo and vote against thu
administration that has generously refrained
from turning them out. Tills is their way of
not being partisans.
How Gotham Connotes Ilt-rsi'lf.
A'cio 1'oilt JI'orM.
The earl and countess of Aberdeen passed
through Now York without stopping , there
by conveying the Impression that they know
a good thing without pausing to look at It.
Now the Fair Blunt Move.
/UDimu Cltu Times.
The lady managers ( $ t > a day and expenses )
of the world's fair nro soon to meet in Chi-
cnco , nnd if something does not then move
It will bo the eighth wonder of the world.
An Abmulnnoe of Ammunition.
St / > > iifi ttldbe-Dimnent.
It Is an easy matter to make republican
speeches In Ohio this year , the democratic
governor and legislature liavlag provided
abundance of material for the purpose.
ttri'LETS.
Dallas News : The tramp never flmls a
sharp saw after dinner ,
Pittsbiirg Chronicle-Telegram : The posi
tion of a prohibition state Jugstaposltion.
Now York Morning .Tournnl : A hoarse
show Exhibiting a here throat to the doctor.
Boston Traveller : A roan with a long
head seldom rushes into a scheme headlong.
The .Tester : "Is the swimming teacher
busyl" "Yes ma'am he's Immersed
, , In his.
busmcsH Just at present. "
New York Sun : "Why ilon't you Join the
Author's club ! " asked the crltio's friend ,
"I'm unnuthor's club myself , " replied the
critic.
Indianapolis Journal : Many a twin who
mourns that ho is burn too soon would bo
hnrrt pushed to put up a reasonable excuse
for having been born at all.
New York Sun : Mrs. Ciuzznm ( to Smile
llloolminprr ) Where's your mamuia , Sadie )
Sadie She went over to Mrs. CJargoylo'H
two hours ago to stay llvo minute * .
Now York Morning .Journal : Candidate
Do you think this wan will keep his wordl
Here is his letter promising to vote for me ,
Heeler Oh , yes ; he's deaf and dumb.
FllcgondQ Bhiotter : Your safety matches
nro nbombiublo things , I cuu't gut them to
light.
Storekeeper Well , what greater proof of
safety could you dealrol
.VKir.vorr/i/ '
Nobrnskn.
Work has been resumed In the I'lattsmoutb.
lamp fnctory.
The Scotia Herald will soon remove to
Grooloy Contor.
Tlio now steam roller mills nt Colcrldga
started up last week ,
The town of Chirks Is In need of a shoe
maker , and It wants a good one.
J , E. Illckman of Hastings , who recently
went to Seattle , Wash. , for his health , i ;
dead.
There nro fifteen divorce cases docketed
for trial at tlio noxVterm of the district court
in Huffiih ) county.
II , C. Metcalf of Kearney has nold his
cr.icker factory to the American biscuit nun- '
ufiictury company.
lllnn Springs Is agitating nnowbrick hotel ,
and steps toward the rreotlon of ono tire
being taken by enterprising citizens.
The llaptlsts of Almu will begin the erec
tion of a church soon , and hope to have it en
closed before winter sets In.
W. Ti. BOVPO has been sent back to Jail at
the request of his bondsmen. Boveo in tint
Ulbbon man who Is churned with criminal
nssaultnpon a young girl at North Plaltu
duilng the recent reunion held there.
Martin linker , under arrest nt Lyons for
shouting Ed Lewis , waived a prcllnilnar * o.\-
itinlimUoii In justice court and w.is held to V
the district court under $ , " , IHK ) bonds. Seven
witnesses were also bonded in Ihosumof $100 ,
each to appear against the defendant.
The negroes who were m Jull at Crawford ,
chnigcd with an attempt to burn the town ,
escaped a few dajs ago. McUnuloy , the
white man who was hold on the charge of In-
stinting the crime- , was held to appear nt ,
the district court and gave the bond re
quired ,
William Day , who was arrested some time
ape near Kearney for stealing sundry farm
bric-ii-brae , such as gules , harness , vvlro
fence , etc. , baa made restitution of nil thn
property ho puilulned , and by paying the
costs of prosecution has been permitted to
go free.
Judge Bro.uly hns overruled the mntinn for
a new trial , miido by the attorneys of t'hnrlos
Johnson , who murdered his brothor-In-law
Jomis Wliltoninn , near Auburn last Juno
The murderer has been sentenced to death : '
nnd the datu llxcd for his execution February
lit , 18'Jl. '
The Music Students' club of Norfolk Is
pronnring n pleasing programme ) for a con
cert which It Intends giving on November 11
The ladles composing the chili nro all duopl \ & ,
Inteivstcd in their studios , and possess talent
which will Insitro lovers of good music mi
evening of pleasure.
In walking through a "stack yard" nt
Springvlow I'Ylduy a little girl ItKlitod a
match by stopping upon it. Over llvo linn
divrt bushels of wheat , about seventy-llu >
tons of bay nnd a threshing machine were
burned.The property belonged to DUKO
Powell , Joss Snyder , John Dnwson and A.
Brown.
Iowa.
The Iowa apple crop Is not up to the .ivor-
ago.
ago.A
A freight car f.ictory Is talked of nt Du
buquo.
A line vein of yellow ochre hns been found
near Oskulooja.
Hog cholera is raging to an alarming ex.-
tontln Fuirvlow'township , Monona connu
Tlio Davcrport syrup refinery mnnufiii t
ures 5,000 bushels of corn into syrup evcr >
day.There
There has not been a slnglecrlminnl oa n
on the courtdockot of Worth county for four
years.
The will of the Into P. 13. Jnggar bequeaths
to the Burlington public library the neat Mini
of $200,000. l
The now packing-house at Kmmotsburg
was opened Wednesday with speeches mul u
brass baud.
Tlio good pcoplo of Wnrrcn county nro
contributing to a relief fund for Kansas
drought sufferers.
At fndlanola the other day Willie , tlio
7-ycar-old son of William Tllton , fell into
the river and was drowned.
Frank Blomontlmll , a Dubuque Hebrew ,
hns disappeared , leaving a wife and a num
ber of children in destitute circumstances.
Tlio state dairy commissioner Is preparing
his annual report , it will ho very long ana
voluminous and contain inucn interesting
matter.
A stock company with $100,000 rapltal Ins
been formed at Waverly to inanufaction
utensils for dairymen's ucc. Operations
will begin in January.
H K. Heath , whoso oat meal mill at Dos
Moines was recently destroyed by lire , has
arranged to build at Kort Dodxe d mill with
a capacity of 150 barrels per day.
A Imikcrnan named William Painter was
run over by a locomotive in the yards \\s \
Bartlett Thursday night and suctuined hf
Juries from which ho died in a few hours.
The now Central stock yards company thi ,
is now about ready for business in Sioux
City , is meeting with much opposition from
the Union stock yards company , the old con
cern thnt has done buttluiiss there for years
A Hock Vnlloy man hns invented n steuni
threshing cngino which ho claims cnn lie
manufactured cheaper , is moro oonipnut and
less llablo to wear and breakage and requires
less fuel than the thrashing machines now in
voguo.
A German boy living near Geneva acci
dentally shot mid seriously wounded himself
the other nlcht. He was preparing to go to u
charivari and was testing the merits of a ' '
caliber revolver as a sleep-disturber , when it
was accidentally discharged , the ball loJgim ?
in his thigh.
The Sioux City packers have addressed a
letter to the railroad commissioners of lou.t .
asking what is to be done in relation to tln >
Interstate commercecommissioner's dcolbi. u
In the case of the board of trade in ChU-a '
vs the Chicago & Alton railway compuin
The packers protest that this decision thr > i-
tens the existence ot every packing house in
Iowa ,
Captain J. S. McKinley of Osage proliahl v
carries as many painful mementos of th'
"late unpleasantness" us any votcnin m th
country In fact the body 'is a network
sears. Since the war 111 p'ioecs of bono lm\
been taken from his body , eighty-seven boi . _
taken from his head alono. Ho Is now lilt
two jearsof nco , and notwithstanding n i
hard USBRO ho has experienced still tmji i ,
good health.
The superintendent of public instruct , > a
hss issued .
ap.imphlotcontaining thostiitiNt i <
of the high schools of the stato. This is t ii
llrsttliiiennylhlngof the kind has boon '
tempted. It contains the length of the < wr.i -
of each high school in the state , the muni" i
of years s | > eiit in labor , and the ntiinlii'i '
boys nnd girls in attendance. ' '
October 15 there wore 10,536 , pni
( ! , BTuof whom were girls nndl.Ofll IM >
During the school year of ISS'J-TO , the t"
ntlcmlunce was 11,0513 , of girls Isi7 ! ; , tin ' '
boys 4iJO. ! The additional pupils \vh" w "
come In will carry this year's total far .ii > .
thai of lust year. An Interesting fcatun-
the Creator proportionate incivaso ut t i
number of girls in attendance than bov
Mrs. S. S. Armltngoof Kcnkuk , la , i-\ >
UliiK her sister , Mrs. F. M. Wooloy , of . " 1
South Nineteenth street.
6 M'AHA
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY.
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Dubsorlbed ixnrt Quaraulood Capital..IMO.OOO
tn Capital
Huyi and Hulls Block * and bonds ; ncgntUtut
oommerolul paper ; ro elvcu and o\u > utm
trusts ; nets UB tranifor uKoat and tru > ti > > f
corporations , taltoi cliarKo of property , ad-
Omaha Loan&Trust Co
SAVINGS BANK.
3. E. Cor. lOth nnd Douol"3 stH >
I'ald In Oupltal I
Subscribed and Gunrniitoud OapUul 1
Liability of Stockholder *
51'ar Ccut Intorrnt I'ald on Doposlts
KIIANK J. I.ANC1K. fimhier.
Offlocrii : A. \Vyrnnn , prc < ldont. J. JUrn" " ,
vleo.prtwldent , W. T. Wynmn , tromiirur.
Dln > otbi : A. U. Wjrinnu , J. 11 Millurd J J
Brown. Ony 0. Ilarton , K. W. Nusb , Thoiuiu
U UlniDall. Oour o U. Lak * .
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