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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 30, 1893)
THE OMAHA DAILY KKEittJMONDAY , OOTOBEH 3D , r. - , THE DAILY BEE. K. UOSKWATEU , Kdllor. I'l'ltMSlir.n KVBKV MOUSING. THUMB OF SUn. CUIPTtON. llally rttv ( without fimnlay ) One Yu.il- * R M Dally drnl Stiml.-ijr , Ono Year 1 [ Threo0iiniiiii"r ! ! ! ! ; ! ; ! ! ' " ! ! M ' " a fiO - f ' " ' ntidaylieo. OIIP Vi-ar sntimfa.v Ik'p On Ytr } ; ; ! ! Weekly lieu , OuuYuai- 1 l'u ' OFKlt't'.S. Otnnhn TliMlop Unllillnfr . , streets Ronlhomnlia. comer NamnVrnty-Mxtlt Council Iliin ! > 12 Prarl Miwt. riilcneo ( inicf : U7 Clinmlwrnf rfiinr.vrcp. Nc-w York. ro miH in. Unnrtl'i-TrlbnnoljtilWIne Wafcliliurioii , Fonrti-i'iitli : \ Mrit-l. OOHUKSrONlJKNCK. All roiinmtilr.il loim U'lnllns lowwa anjl f-ill lorlnl inullrr Munilil bo mlOrrfwrtTo Iho Killlor WS1NT.SS M5TTKIIS. All bullions V'tli-rs ami rptiilllancci Itimlit ba nrtiliTHdoil l < > Tlm VulillRldne company. Oinnti : ! . lrnfl , olifrUn ntiil postonion unlrnt to bcinarto iMivntilu to llio mli r of tint rumrniiy. PnrtleR Icnvlnp the fltv for llio mimmercan have Tun HIT. wilt mllii'lrniiilrusHliylciivlnif nu order HtbimlWHS union. TIM : IIIK : I'lMiusiiixo COJIPANV. 'tlm lira In Tur. PAif.v and SONIIAT line li on n lo In ClilcnKn lit tlm following plac''s' I'nlmnr hou o. Oriinrt I'nclflr hotel. Auditorium hold. tlroat Northern hold. ( lorn hotel. iH'himl hntol. Kilos of Tin ; Ilr.r. can 1)0 foon rtt the No- hraslm building nnil tlm Administration build ing , \ ' , \ \ imlllon grounds. SWOUN STATBMHNT OF C1UCUI.AT10N. EtlilPofN'pbrnKlcn. I * County of Dunel.in. I nconro li. Trwhuclt , srerpinry of Tim linn Pub- llflilnr company , tiers Holrmnlv Mvear Hint llio nctii.nl circulation of Tin : I ) tu.v Itvn : for thuveclt ending October 'J8 , 1PUHMH us follows : Pnmlnv , October S'J ! . , . , . US.7SO MOmlny. OclntiprtKl . . . . 'jn.RIH y. October SM . it.K44 : . Thnrtxlay , October 'JU . 211,800 Krld.iv. October 17 ! . . . . . . . 2H.1V.21 Sutimlny , Ovtobur US . . 1M.781 niimtu : : n. Tm-ni'ric. I ' I Sworn to tx'fnrp mo nnd miliscrllKxl In my ! KKAl , MirriPiiriMlilH'.iSlli ilavoroetolwr. IHPIl. 1 1 ' N. 1' . Frit. . Notary IMibllc. Avcriiirp Clrrnliitlon fur frpt. , ISlia , 2-l'J3t TIIK Hi'n.ultlul of John Dorian caps the climax of llio achievements of the slalo house bootllo guntf. In the atmosphere - mosphoro of the rlu , < ; Httlo moro could have boon pxpuctctli Till ! part taken by Senator Shonnan in the present diseussi s the ro . . on xipon peal bin "uinonsti-ntcs Indisputably ial in inattors of Ilnaiico his oolloafrnus in the senate are but pigmies when com pared with him. BCMIS makes a very prosantablo * mayor ut home and abroad. Omaha has no reason to feel ashamed of him on that sooro. His reception at Chicago on mayors'day advertises Omaha as a city of the metropolitan class. Tin : taxpayers of Omaha should lot well enough alone. Mayor Bomts has protected their Interests wherever and whenever fhero were steals and jobs attempted. It ho has erred , ho has erred in their interest and not in the interest of contractors and franchiscd corporations. A change now means a chnngo for the worse. _ > SENATOR WOLCOTT'S assurances of the loyalty of the people of Colorado , no matter what legislation the majority in congress may too fit to enact , are in pleasing contrast to the wild utterances and stories of impending secession that were spread broadcast over the country only a few months ago by Colorado's intemperate governor , who then secured the name of Bloodv Bridles Waito. CONGHUSSMAN KiiH's ' masterly in activity in relation to the hill granting residents upon the Sioux Indian reser vation in Nebraska the same privileges accorded to residents upon the South Dakota portion of that reservation has fortunately ju-ovod insulllcicnt to kill the measure. But the settlers are well aware that Kent has absolutely no claim to the credit of securing them relief. Will any self-respect iwj American citizen - , zen place his vote at th& disposal of any failroud , express , teleyraph or street rail' irai/ company or any other corporation that ' carries him on Ha pay roll ? Does a man larter aiciy ( his soul to'icii he hires out to one of these coritomtionsf Are they not yit- tiwj allthey urccntitkd to tchcn cm oi/escj/t- / / cie.ntly an < l faithfully perforjn the tusk im posed upon them in the s/iops / , on the trainer or at CARNOT'S toast "to the of the world" is peace particularly sig nificant at this time , when the Franco- Russian alliance is being cemented anew. . I'cnco is the condition of contin ued prosperity for the European nations and no minor indication of war , Biioli as the message sent by the people of Al sace-Lorraine a week ago , is to bo taken as betokening a change in the general drift of continental sentiment. ACCOKDINO to the story told by Em bezzler Weeks of the efforts of his Costa Rica friends to share the booty gained by his misdeeds the corruption of the press and ollieials in that Central American Htato is only a question of the highest bid. Newspapers that ask for money for opposing the surrender of an extraditable criminal can have little weight with the people. The popular ity nnd influence of the American press is not surpassed in any other country , and this is due to the fact that it hits boon signally Independent and free from blackmailers of every kind. The O'Neill l-'rontloi Intimates thntUoaoy wns.bbuRUt to write up the Scott case. The consldcr.ittnu was a subscription of lr , > 00 copies of TIIR UBB. It is unfortunate for Mr. Kcwowatcr , persistently ulattnltif ; that lip has no "Itcuhifr palm , " tins never "bo- truyed his party" and is "old honesty" itself , that nliiu-teutlis of the people liou- cjtly bcliovo tlmt all Uio charges of such character nro too true. Lincoln Jour.ial. Wo do not do business on the Jt , it Jf. Journal plan. Wo don't send reporters out on bogging or blackmailing toura for the sake of soiling a few hundred cnpioa of the paper. Our reporters are dispatched regardless of expense or in- oDino to any pluco where an important pleco of news may bo gotten. In this instance , just as ia usual with TmrBiiE , the report had boon written up and pub lished before the order for papora was received. Fifteen hundred extra copies were wired for , but only 400 of that day's editions were on hand. The order wax , therefore , only filled in part. Such thing would not happen in the B. & M. print shop. They always liavt ) several thousand cop.'oa loft over. nns r/HH AXD SKX.T In the speeches mndo nt Exposition hall In this city Inst Friday republicans wore exhorted to stnnd by every candi date nominated by thn party , because next year the contest will involve the supremacy of the parly at the state capItol - Itol and In the halls of congress. In the interview that took place Sat urday bolwcon the editor of the Fremont. A : Klkhoni organ and Judge Maxwell this question was propounded to .Tudgo Max well : "What do you think would bo the re sult to the pat'ty if Holcomb were elected -the result next year , sny ? " ' "I do not know what the result would be , " mid the judge. , lttdge Maxwell is not a politician , liunce ho is nut quali fied to make predictions us to the out come of next year's ' campaign , TllK BlJK will , however , venture to auawer the question propounded to the judgo. If Holcomb is elected this year the republicans of Nebraska will pick their Hint and cntor the campaign next year with a ticket that cannot bo as sailed cither on the score 01 competency , integrity or subserviency to railroads. If Harrison is defeated this year the railroad republicans and boodle ring men will bo forced to the rear and llio party will take credit for rebuking the outrageous methods by which Judge Maxwell was turned down at the behest of the railroad magnates who seek to dominate the supreme court us they now control the impeached stale ofllcials. If the republicans who resent the capture of the state convention by the railroad mercenaries lay down this year mul help to elect the railroad can didate it is absolutely certain that a yellow dog ticket will be nominated next your and the party will bo defeated , horse , foot and dragoons. It does not take a prophet to foretell that Harrison's election will bo hailed as a popular endorsement of railroadism and all that the term implies. It will bo trumpeted all over the state as an assurance that the republican party may nominate Tom Majors , Brad Slaughter , Walt Secley , or e . 'on Charley Moshor , and win in next year's campaign ! When tli campaign does open next year the party will bo on the defensive from start to finish , and its doom will bo scaled. Republican stumpers will talk tariff , finance and pensions , but the farmers nnd'Worklngmen will persist in pinning them down on state house jobs , on asylum steals , the looting of the treasury by Moshor and his nals , the vindication of embeztiers and thieves and the in famous conspiracy by which the supreme bench has been surrendered to railroads. On these issues the campaign will bo fought next year and on thcsa wo shall bo driven to the wall. Now "what profiteth u man if ho gain the whole world and lese his own soul. " What benefit will the republican party derive from electing Harrison this year if such a victory is sure to carry with it the disastrous defeat of the state ticket , the legislature and congressmen next year and brings about the election of a popu list United States senator in 1893 ? Tills is what Judge Maxwell may not have foreseen , but any man conversant with practical politics must realize that that is the inevitable outcome. THE ASSASSlXATiON Of .V.U'Ofi 1USUN. The entire country was profoundly shocked by the 'nows rhat Mayor Carter II. Harrison of Chicago had been assas sinated in his homo under circumstances to arotibo the strongest sympathy and the keenest rcgrot. While enjoying the pleasures of the domestic circle , in which the lady soon to have become his bride was a guest , after u day passed in' entertaining the chief executives of many cities ; with abaunding health and happiness and a consciousness of duty well performed ; with no thought of per sonal danger and with every thing about him bright and cheer ful nnd delightful in that mo ment of gladness , of peace and of fairest promise the assassin came , and summoning Carter II. Harrison from the society of these nearest and dearest to him relentlessly shot him down. Could anything bo moro sad or moro deplorable than such a fate under such circumstances ? And what moro can bo said of it ? It was one of those tragedies' which come unexpectedly and without warning , ap palling mankind , but leaving the minds of men to gropti in darkness for a Bufll- siont and satisfactory explanation. It does not appear , from what has boon developed at thU writing , that the assassin of Mayor Harrison had any deep-seated hatred of his victim , Ho had a fancied grievance , the nature of which warrants the opinion that his mind was unbalanced , but there is nothing to show that ho had long contemplated a murderous revenge. It bcomu that ho had. made uomo hort of threats , to which Mr. Harrison paid no attention , regarding them as mernly the vuporings of a crank. The event dem onstrates that this course was a mis take , but it IH probable that in his public career Carter Harrison hud boon many times threatened with personal harmand HO had become indifferent to such threats. Howasa man of courage and what would have , alarmed manyiothor men caused him no approUonslon. It would HOOIII likely , from the information now at hand , that the idea of killing Mayor Harrison was a uuddim impulse- with Prondorgaijt and that it took complete possession of his weak and perhaps un balanced mind. Once having determined on thia way of redressing his fancied grievance ho loat no time in carrying the cowardly and cruel conception into execution. One uuggoatlon presents its- self. Can it bo possible tlmt the assassin was nerved and encouraged to the performance of this bloody work by some ono of stronger mind than ho ? As to the lesson , or moral , of this , most deplorable tragedy , none suggests itself unless it ba thatpubllo men should not too readily dismiss from attontlot threats of personal harm. What goon for courage in this matter may some tlmos prove to bo foollmrdlnoss. The no-culled crank or lunatic whoso monta tendencies are in the direction of mur dor is a proper subject for the attontioi of the Dolico authorities and should never btpermitted to run nt largo an hour after his tendency becomes known Carter II. Harrison had a public ca rocr covering nearly twenty years , nnd was serving his fifth term as mayor of Chicago , in which position ho attained his greatest political prominence. Whatever misgivings there may htivo boon nt the time of his last election as to Ills administration of city affairs dur ing the pnriod of the Columbian exposi tion , candor mid fairness exact the testi mony that ho discharged his duties ably and creditably. The demands upon him during the last six months were great and his labors arduous , but ho mot every requirement , nnd the good record vhlch Chicago has made during this imo as u well governed city must > o largely placed to the credit of her dead chief executive. Perhaps 10 would have wished no bettor epitaph , lmn this. In the numerous addresses of welcome that ho made during the fair 10 uniformly acquitted himself A-oll , vhlle in discharging the obligations of hospitality incident to his position the good name of Chicago in this respect vas always maintained. For the past six months no man in tho- country lias joon more in the public attention than Carter II. Harribon. and It is not to bo loubtod tlmt he was as strong , if not stronger , in the regard of the people of Chicago on the day of his leaUi than on that of ' his inaug uration , though ho was elected jy n larger vole than wns over before given to u candidate for mayor in that city. AH u shrewd and aggressive poli tician ho had few superiors anywhere , while as u public-spirited citizen ho was typical of Chicago. There will bo u universal heartfelt sympathy with his family , nnd especially with the lady prostrated by the sudden and ovor- whnlraing bereavement , who in u short time was to have become his wife. Chicago cage , it hardly need bo said , will fittingly iioner the memory of ono of its most use ful and distinguished citizens. SllKttlVF UEXXGTT AND 1113 VIXDl- When a candidate is charged with g-avo misdemeanors in ofllce by any re sponsible man or paper ho must cither vindicate himself or face defeat at the polls. The charges against George Ben nett were not of a frivolous nature. They attack his oilicial integrity as sheriff and custodian of prisoners. They were not trumped up as campaign thunder after his nomination , but were made in all seriousness in advance of the repub lican primaries and reiterated before he was renorainatod. . The republican primaries were held on October KJ. On October 10 , three days before the primaries , the following editorial appeared in THE BKE under the heading , "Sheriff Bennett's Short comings. " \Vlioti George A. Bcnnott wns up for elec tion two years ago ho received the cordial , earnest and vigorous support of THE UEE. Ho was vouched for as an honest mechanic , who possessed not. only physical , but moral stamina , and bunco was specially qualified for the position of sheriff. Mr. Bennett has liad a fair trial and proved hiinsolf unlit for the place. Now that wo are on the eve of the republican county primaries wo doom it our duty to caution the party against com mitting itself to his rcnomination. VVo do this from no personal animosity , but from a sincere conviction that ho could not bo suc cessfully defended against the charges of incompotency and want of ofllcial Integrity. At the very outset Mr. Dennett was com pelled to call in ex-Shoriff Coburn to manage - ago his ofllco. A fairly intelligent man would have learned the work of the sheriff's ottlcu in three months , but Mr. Bennett has not been able to disponao with Mr. Coburn after twenty months of his incumbency , and wo do not believe ho ever will bo cupublo of running the ofHce , excepting by a substitute. Mr. Bennett's incompetency is , however , the least objectionable point la his candidacy for reuomination. There has been inexcus able negligence In the safe keeping of county prisoners. Quito a number of prisoners have made their escape from a jail that is consid ered impregnable. No satisfactory explana tion has boon made or cau bo made for these jail deliveries. More flagrant and inezcusablo than the jail deliveries has been the Moshor scandal. Under sentence of the United States court Charles W. Moshcr was committed to prison for a term of ftvo years. The banker convic * , was remanded into the custody of Shorift Bennett to bu kept in close conflnotncnt in the Douglas county jail until such time as he should bo transported by the United States marshal to the Lincoln or Sioux Falls peni tentiary. Instead of guarding Mr. Moshor as any other criminal convicted of a peniten tiary offcnso Sheriff Bennett has extended to him the freedom of the city and the sur rounding country. Ho has not only per mitted him to roam about , but ho has at least in ono instance used Moshor ns a guard for a prisoner whom ho was called on to convoy to the jail for safekeeping , When a man occupying the ouico of sheriff shows such u rootless disregard of the law as the custodian of convicts ho has forfeited the light to un endorsement for re election , and the party bus no right to assume the risk of defeat by placing him at the head of the county ticket. The county convention was hold Octo ber 14. Two days before , October 1U , TUB BEE warned the convention against committing the party to the supuort of Uonnett for a hocond term. The follow ing extract from this appeal shows that the charges were upociilu and covered in general terms all that has been pub lished in detail within the past week : It is an open secret that Sheriff Ruunott has after fair trial provoa himself - incompetent tent , and has been compelled to keep a sub stitute to do the Inside work of his office. That , howuvcr , might bu overlooked. But Bennett's chief dlsiiutllflcation is his mis management of the Jail nnd favoritism shown to Convict Moshcr. Sheriff Bennett cannot give plausible oxcusofor the frequent jail deliveries , nor can ho or any other man justify the Moshor scandal. Moshor has not only cnjoyud thu freedom of the jail hut the freedom of the city and the suburbs. Mosher 1ms buen employed us a guard for other pris oners whllo they were boinx conyoyoJ to thu jail , and wo are crodlbly informed that ho hits uccn taken to ro.td houses for diver sion. Moshcr ! m emba/zlcu moro than $500,000. Ho is presumed to have socrotoJ a great part of this a waft , and thu natural in- fcronco Is that ho is piflri ; hiimlsdtnely tor thu favors shown him by his jailers. Sheriff Bonnutt's intrusion into the roqont dtlzcu'mooting ubostioivu him to bo totally until , for thu position of chief pollee oulcer ol the county , The republican convention must nocussa- rily hesitate bofora thoycommit ttip nrty to nn endorspnient of Mr , Bennett , v' In the face of mteh grave chargc-H what has Uunnutt done IP vindicate him- bolf ? Ho bus procured an nllldavit from Moshor denying tlmt ho had had any other freedom than ( ring to his inoala outsldo of the ojnU. Moshcr docs not swear that ho loft'lho ' jail alone. Ho docs not s\vear that ho novcr went to nn a < slgnatipnwliou3e on Paul street or nt the corner"of Fourteenth nnd Capitol avenue 1 " Ho dees not wear 'that ho has not boon visited in the- county jail by Nellie Snycr many tlmowJ He docs not sVf'car tlmt ho did nnt go to Council Bluffy/Wjith u male ttiitl twofo- male friends unntlpmlotl by any ofllcial. Jlodoos not swclir that ho passed un der the name of Wntson , or Wallace' in the jail. M' Deputy Sheriffs John Lewis , Oeorgo F. Grigg , James D. Coin tcnoy and Her man C. Timmo tnnko affidavit that no ono of them over wont out with Moahor on ono of his carousals. No ono has accused them. They fail to swear that they were not aware of the fact that Moshcr was going out , or was visited in jail by Nellie Saycr. John T. Linn ami Samuel G. Ernest , deputy jailors , swear that they novcr took Moshor any place except for the purpose of gelling his meals. Nobody has accused them. Jailor Theodore Bennett swears that ho never took Moshor out of the jail ex cept to get n meal. Theodore falls to swear that Nellie Sayer has not had access to the jail and to Moshor's apartments. Ho falls to swear that ho did not take Embezzler Henderson to a gambling roam. Ho does not tltmy that Moshor had n private room in the jail , was allowed the run of the building and win treated aa u com panion rather than a prisoner. It is an established fact that men charged with crime will not hesitate to add perjury to their other offenses. Moahor'n general denial is rank perjury. Wo have abundant proof of his Intimacy with notorious women whileho was pre sumed to bo a prisoner in close conllne- mont. The most villainous piece of business in connection with Bennett's present campaign is the employment of a con victed blackmailer am' ' ex-convict to sculler about the city a leprous shoot that reeks with criminal libel and filth. This is George Bonnott's vindicator , and this the material with which he expects to roinstalo himself in public confidence. KIKI : > IT nKFoiiK iiin TAXPAYERS. Thousands of our most intelligent citizens still labor under the delusion that the 81,500,000 bond proposition con templates the builjling of a canal. Some of our brightcstibusiness men have been made to believe that any attempt to divert the money from the canal would bo enjoined by tljp courts. The reverse is true. i I The proposition : 'as submitted to the voters of Omahafrqads as follows : tumid of tun clly of Omiilm In thu n inn of one million. live hundred thousand dollars ( Sl.fiOO.OOO ) Uimniljur the Hppi-o- prlutlon mul purclingo of waterworks nnd an flnctrlo light plant tor said , city and the ap propriation unit iinrclitiso of the land re quired , lor Kuril wutorxvnrks anil itlcotrln liuht plant , ihn H.-ilil bonds to run not moro tlutn twenty (20) ( ) xoura unit to boar Intercut , p.iyuhln homl.aiii uuly | at a rutii not to ox- ccoil live (0) ( ) per cunt , per annum , with coupons pens attached , thn'sitlil'liondK o l p culled WalerWorlt * iinii' KlccTtrlo Msh't' rinut Konds , " anil not t l > n inlil for IRKS tlian par ; tlio proceed * of nail ! ! > DuiU to ho mod for no other purpose thin piyliiKtho uottoftlin appropriation or purchase of waterworks and an electric ll lu plant and land thorc- lor , anil the suirt boiutrt to u Usucil from tlmuto tlniR in may l > o requlrod Uurlnj ; the years 1804 , 1RKS ! anil 1800. There is not onp word about a canal in this proposition. If Iho bonds carry iho proceeds can only legally bo used for the purchase of the waterworks or electric lighting plant. The proposition places no restrictions upon the council us re gards the purchase. The . council can have the works appraised or it can agree with Wiley upon the price to bo paid without oven going through the formality of nn appraisement. The council can override the mayor's veto if Wiley can control ttvolvo members , and the courts cannot interfere unless abso lute proofs can bo furnished by unim peachable witnesses that the bargain was consummated by bribery or fraud. Any man who assorts that the bonds to be voted under the proposition sub mitted can bo legally used for a canal is an impostor. They cannot bo so used oven if the legislature should amend the charter so as to authorize the city to con struct the canal or acquire its ownership by purchaso. No law can operate back ward. All who really favor the canal project should vote no on the proposition. These who do not want to mortgage the city for $1,500,000 without restrictions and safeguards will certainly vote no. IT is said to bo the intention of the president to inform the country regard ing the Hawaiian situation ns soon as the silver bill is out of the way , it being understood that ho has his message al ready prepared. Popular interest in the Hawaiian matter has pretty much died out , but the question of what shall ho done with these islands will have to bo settled by the government of the United Slates in eotno way and the coun try will undoubtedly bo interested in kn > wlng what suggestions or rooam- ' mondations the ' 'president ' has to submit to congress for a solu tion of the question. The admin istration has maintained the most com plete secrecy as to its views. Not n single intimation has come Irom it ro- gurdlng what iioim'-n might bo taken and It is to bo presumed that none will bo given until Mr > Cleveland communi cates with congress. It is not worth while to conjootut'o'what ' the president will recommend , lAjt it will not bo at all surprising if j'tp , ' Phall bo found to hold the opinion tftt ] | it is the duty of the United StutosiV-M-l'Jt the Hawaiian people settle for tliembolves the form of government they shall have , with the single condition tlmt they shall not por- mlt any European or Asiatic government to obluln dominion over the islands. That , of course , Ihla country could not allow. It is not probable that the pres ident will advise olthor annexation or a protectorate , WH TJIUST that tha terrible deed of the Chicago crank , Prondorgust , will not stimulate any imitators to similar at tempts upon the lives of other promi nent men throughout the country. Law lessness of this kind ia latal to a free government. It must ba bupproasod at the first Intimation. ij.'s ctni > , ] Fremont Trtbimo. October 23. The fol lowing "card" appeared on the editorial columns of today's Ilcn : KHKMOXT , Noh..0cl. . U7. Hon. Rdwnnl Uo o- wntcr , r.dltnr of Tun OMAHA lAiiV UKK : Dr.Alt Hut 1 M > o In sonic of the pntiera tlmt 1 nni on- thnslnttlcally In tavor of MnrrHon'.i oloutlnn for jiidjto. t Imvo ( undo no such slnteniunl , nnd domitcaro to ho misrepresented. Ircj ; iit llolcnml ) us much llio bc-U man. llols ncup.i- l > lo lawyer , u fnlr , linn , coniurvntlvn iniin , under no obllsMlnns to txny one , nnd will mukn nil elllrlpiit , capable , good judce. VIIIIN very respect fully , NAMITKI , MAXWGI.T. The Tribune itotcrmlnod to ascertain the pt'Milneness of .Judge Maxwell's communica tion , lu editor [ icfonllticlV called upon Iho chlof Justice nt his hotno this afternoon , tie wns cordially received , by the Judge , who wns perfectly willing to talk. ' I have come , " said the newspaper emis sary , "to ascertain tf you wrote the letter to Tur. Dr.r. which appears in Us columns todayf "Itllil"satd the Judgo. "Upon returning homo Thursday ovonintr from Lincoln I saw n statement in Iho Tribune , clipped from some pnp.ni' , that 1 was giving Harrison my enthusiastic support. T Immediately sat down and wrote the cnrd to Tnr Hun which you rofcr to. I felt Hint un Injustice was being done to mo by reporting mo ns sup porting Harrison , and that I could not con * Blstently remain quiet. " "You mean that as nn endorsement of Holcomb , do you ? " "Yos. " "Pardon another question : Prior lo Iho state convention thorn appeared in Tun Hir. a communication from Fremont , nnmmncliic that you had aulhorlzod thu statement that you wera a republican , had always been a rev publican and would ncwpt a nomination from no other source except the republican convention. Did you uuihorizo these stntu- meuts ? " ' liloiiol rotncinbor to have seen that In Tun UKK. I Imvo always boon r. republican , however , And helped In a feeble w.iy to or ganize the jnrty. 1 have made a public state ment nt this limo ns n duly to myself. " "Do you not think you ewe a duty to the party ? What do you think would ho the re sult lo the party If Uolcomb were elected thu ri'sult next year , any ! " " 1 do not know what the result would be. " l-J'Ml'l.K A\l > TlllbUS. Senator Gorman was chiefly successful in compromising his reputation. The use of tears to moisten a desert oC talk is a novelty in legislative annuls. Mr. Teller should have llred the canons oflits native heath and put Waite in the saddle. The prcsidnnt of Costn Klca is Inconsola ble. His failure to hot-row n million threatens the underpinning of his job. Last year Now South Wales produced sil ver and lead valued at $11.000.000 , pold worth $ .1,000,000 and tin worth $500,000. Isanc Pusey Gray , United .Stales minister lo Mexico , has obtained leuvo of absence , doubtless to attend the political funeral of Larry Neal. Speaker Crisp never goes to the senate chamber without his overcoaton his arm. It is his iuaispcnsablo companion ns nec essary , apparently , to the proccsson of thought ns George Frlsbio Hoar's hunch of keys. Lord Boaconsflold invested $ " 20,383,120 of Great Britain's money in Suez canal stock eighteen years ago. The investment now represents $58,750,000 , and meauNvhilo the British treasury has bron potting 5 per cent on its money and it will shortly got three times that. Robert Louis Stovonsou is only -13 years old. Of the other novelists Mr. Meredith , nnd Mrs. Oliphatit are each 05. Mr. Itesant is 55 , Mr. Hardy and Miss Broughton nro each 53 , Mr.'Buchnnan is 5iJ , Grant Allen is 45 , Kider Haggard is 37 , Mr. Barrio and Mr. Doyle nro each 'M. Mr. Kipling is 29 and Mr. Qulller-Couch is 28. American Hnilrnnil Accidents. American railroads in the month from August 26 to September 20 killed nearly eighty passengers. English railroads the three years from 1890 to 1893 killed forty- four passougors. This single month , there fore , saw almost , twice as many passengers hi II ml in conspicuous accidents on American lines as were killed in thirty-six months from all causes on the railroads of tlio United Kingdom. This country has cisht times us great n milongo as Great Britain and Ireland and carries more passengers , tnough not in proportion. In 181)1. ) for in stance , the deaths of passengers per milo in this country was a little less than England , although the- aggregate was seven fold greater ; but the bloody record of September it would not bo possible to matcU.anywhero clso in thn world. It is a disgracaful proof of loose and inadequate management on American raihoads. Few of thcso "acci dents" vruro accidental. The Van Itiinilull ICald. St. Paul Olole. Some time ago Fort Randall , Neb. , was abandoned by the military authorities. It wns situated on an Indian reservation he- longing to a band of lirulc Sioux , of whom Big Bear is chief. Recently the Indians linvo seized upon thu fort , and claim it us their property , on the ground that the United States was merely a tenant , and had rights on the reservation only during thq occupancy of the fort. Big Bcarislesally right , and his claims would doubtless bo sustained bv the courts if carried before them. It is crcdintblo to his shrmvdncss , also , that ho is avoiding all entanglements with white sot- lers by moans of which the rights of his tnbo may bo compromised. Ho is manifestly a shrewd Indian , ana may yet cause his white brethren considerable trouble. I'utrick llonry us u I'ronhat. This communication , containing a romark- ablobilof history , was addressed to the editor of the New York Evening post : " 3lr : Wlulo looking over the 'History of the Virginia Convention of 178S,1 1 llnd the following words In u speech of Patrick llonry against the adoption of the constitu tion of the United States : " 'This constitution Is said to Imvo beauti ful features , but when I como to examine thcso features , sir , they appear to mo frightful. * * * Your senate is so imper fectly constituted that your dearest rights may bo sacrlllced by what may bo a small minority , nnd a very small minority may continue forever unchangeably this govern ment , although horribly defective. ' "Soon in the light of present uvcnts this sooins prophetic. J , A. PATTKIWOX. "Now York , October 19. " I.ursiy n I'umlly Allnlr. Sl > rtn'Jlcll ( ( .Mart. ) HeyinljUcaii. The public ! service is becoming largely a family affair. This is what a special con gressional investigating committed finds. Of 17,509 employes in the departments at Washington , no less than 5,010 have relatives at the same time drawing government sala- rlos. Five ofllclals have each eight relatives In the service with themselves , twenty-six have live each , ninoty-six huto four each , 270 have three each , and so on. Many cases am given whcro nearly entire families , par ents with brothers and sisters , are holding well-paid places. The spoilsmen are seizing upon these fuels ns telling against reform. They rather tell in the other direction. Tlm Nlmlli Murmur. Huston Olnbe , France and Russia are having n season of love making that on general principles is too intense lo bo lasting. It might bo wall for the lively f ratornlrors to sober up a Illllo before talking .too glibly of gutting nwuy with the English navy and the Gorman army. i That ( Jirl. Linciiln Newt. No , Qoorgo , Mr. Moshor will not bo taken tostiO'Thoairll Ixift Behind Me" by the Ueeper nt iho Lancaster county Jail. And It won't bo solely for the roa&on tlmt It might bring back painful recollections of the good times he formerly enjoyed lu Omaha. riuuhluii tlm VotcrHiu. IntltanajxiKt Journal , In less tli.iu eight months SecroUry Hake Smith has spent iOO,000 In seeding out spies upon pensioners , and ho wants 100,000 moro. And yet iho administration is suld to appro- date the uniou veterans. Wliero In tlmt Law Notrf Chlwja Pott. We do not understand that dispatch which describes a "war betvroen rival saloon keepers lu Creslou , lu , " We eave been laboringundur the Impression that Iowa had a prohibition law , .MUHIIKH'S M'VIMf.MB.VT. . . . . Lincoln News : H would bo Interesting to know whether or not the good time Moshor has boon having In Oinnhn counts lust iho s.unn ns Iho aooil time ether convicts grt credited with when they mal < o It. Any con- viol desiring to h , vo real good time mnrto can bo accommodated by calling un GImm- pairno Oharluv * . iVuroiaSun : Happou-a that Moshsr's Im prisonment Is no punishment at all. Ho k'ors when and whi'i-o ho wishes , mul cnjovs society and associates with convivial friends of both aoxcs at will. Turn him loose inn lot him piy his own oxpomj for nniusn * mpiil , inslrnd of being entertained royally nt the ex pc n so < i f thu state. Such a farce In punlshmont Is a disgrace lo clvill/aUon , David City 1'rosi : Life Is going merry with Charley , whllo some of Ins victims are nndlutr their way to sUIeldo's graves. Many whom he has rulnotl , financially , do not know which way to turn , nor what to < lo. Iho WAV of thotranagix'ssorIs hard It ho steals n loaf ot broad but onsy If ho steal ? ? UXW,000 and is smart enough to hold on to it , and maico up to the .Jtulgo nnd other guar dians of thu law. Nebraska Ully Press : The people of Ihls state would HKo to know where Mosher gets all iho monov ho Is spending , and moreover whether a Ihlof In this stitto is allowed lo keep his stolun goods even after conviction. II is bad enough that Moshor wantonly roubjjd Iho poor people of Iho state , but to allow him to keep and unjoy his spoils is lee brami a disgrace to bo bornu with any ucirico of complacency. Fremont Herald : Tun Bnn says , "U h safe to predict thai Mosher will not run at lurgolu ihosti-coU of Lincoln. There are too many defrauded depositor * there. " And It would be in the interest ot public morals and honesty If some defrauded depositor would go lusaiiu enough , in cases HUe this , lo put the thluf out of the way of doing nnv moro of hU thieving work. Thcso are iho kind of "object , lessons" that the country needs Just now. The Alliance Leader : As far as Iho treat ment of Mushor is coiicarnou. it Illustrates the humanity of this ago , as comiMi-ed with .500 or100 years ago. Wo have no doubt that there is at least tnoa.UOO of the Capital National booillu hidden nwu.v against thu llmo when the thief may be ruloasod to enjoy it. And further , o have no doubt that there is at , least ono man at largo who knows tjulto us much about lltu-whole mat ter as Moshor docs. Now , ! ! 0l > years ago Moshcr would have been taken lo a dungeon , stretched on ti rack and ' -put to the ques tion , " as they willed it ; vlho would have beuu compelled to cough the whole thine up. It's a pity Lincoln News : Mr. Moshor , too , has Inkcn to writing open letters to Mr. Rose- water. In his open letter Mr. Moshcr ac cuses Mr. Rosowatur of having been his partner in sover.il nefarious schemes nnd affects to ballevo that his word will bo accepted by the public before thai of Iho Omaha editor. There are a great many people who have como to the opinion that Mr. Uosawater lacks several of the qualities which go to make up the perfect saint , bul thcro are few of them whoso sense of Justice 1ms 'iccn so distorted by hate ana envy that they are willing to lalto Moshor's unsup ported word as proof positive1 of Ills infamy. As the News has before remarked , Moshor's word circulates In Lincoln at the same discount as cottllicates of deposit in the Capital National ban' ' : . Merely to show that the base alloy in Moshor's com position is principally brass , and that his Idea of the mainspring of human action is money , only money , it is merely nccossiry testate state that ho really believes that the reason why the newspapers have excoriated him bo roundly and have printed so many columns about his intamy is simply to sell pupors a sentiment which ho has repeatedly expressed to reporters when called on for an inter view. A man who has no higher conception of a true and honest newspaper's duty , who believes that the paramount idea of news paper men in printing news is to sell papers , who apparently fashions his notions on the old political maxim that every man has his prico. is pro-cminontly lit to rob banks , despoil widows and orphans and then at tempt to dodge the responsibility for his crime. Oi coma u.ii.uitic. flalvi-.ston Nuws : If you would curry favor with u iiiuu do not rub film iho wrong nay. Dallas News : "Man wnnts hut Httlo hero below , " but It bceins homebody eUo has It. Detroit Tribune : l.ady Whnt earthly use Is tlmtstutry Uteri ; It Is Kolng at cost today. Lndy Give mo liny yards. Yonkers Htntosman : "Another railroad lie up , " suld the section Imiul , us ho began to hammer down the rcllroad sleeper In place. Now Yoik Herald : Kstlier Did ho kiss you ? Trim Ho Imdn't thu nurvo to cln tlmt. Ivsther It would require considerable. Buffalo Quips ; "How IOIIR , " says a contem porary , "can one llvo without ulr ? " It de pends on the air. Most people could llvo a long time without some of the airs wlilr.'j ' huvu been popular during the p-.ist twelve months. I'uck : Doctor It's a boy but I'm sorry to lull you that although It Is not exactly de formed , it lias enormously lur | . ' font , mm wus born with it bl crop of 1mlr. I'llthor Tliut's all .right. Doc just think what a rattling football pluyur he'll nmUu when bo's old enough to so to college. Till ! JACK. j\e j York llcmlil. Tosotlwr wo hud boon milking. In the twilight silent and dim , And when wo ro turned to the parlor , I formed my opinions of him. . I learned tlmt he docs not love mo , And sorrow o'orllows my cup. For , NcolnK the gas burning faintly , He hastened to turn It up. Ttn. . , . Minneapolis rtlbuneA peed , lon ( ? Icrm In Jail will bo a proper punishment for those Nebraska women who look the law Into tholr own hruids nnd brutally assaulted a numbnrof their erring slslers. Such con duct s theirs never ndvnncfd.lho cauno of inornlltyor Chrlstli\uil a single stop , and never will. New York Evening .Sun : The Women's Christian Temperance union women whllo IMV | of Otcrnhi , Nob. , nix ; said to have had a reputation for bcinir the most chnrllnblo Indies of the city , but It was not ns St. 1'nul nmnmtcd charily , but rnther In Ihu spirit of those to whom a groatnr than 1'aul wild : "l-ot him who U without sin among you cast the llrst .stone-nt nor. " Washington Post : I'ndotihtcdly the of- fe'idlugplrls uucdcd some sort of punish- monl , and their p.ironts or guardians would undoubtedly have administered It had they bccnniado acquainted with the situation , but It Is certain thai the roprcsontallvosof llio "proinlnuni" element of the town mndo a serious -inlslaku when they organized tnotusoiycs Into a vigilance committee and Indulged in a whllo cap raid. Minneapolis Tlmps : The "white cap" business is on tlio stmo ; plan of the vigllnnca committees , though lynchliiM have not yet been Included in the soopo of Its operations. Hut the "whito cans" umlcrt.iko to punish peoplp without a hearing and to usurp the functions ot the courts. Suuh procoodlnaa .should bo put down nt all hazards , even ihoutrh to du so should uwossllnto givluit Iho "lady wliiio cappors" of Osceola n fuw monlliH In the woruhousci or the common Jail , Minneapolis Journal ; The Women's Chris tian temperance union whlto rappers of No- br.iskalmvo zeal without discretion. The \ \ omen's Christian Tmnpcr.mco union sviruly was not organised lo reform bv force , but by porsunslon. And these whlto cappers ofOsivul.i are said to ba of. "llio bettor olasstif woinun. " Such \\oincn. however , cisuld hardly 1m fntrusted with Dower through Ihu ballot , for they have no regard for law nnd order , but class tlionisolves with the "regulator1 ; of luJiaim or Kentucky. Kansas City Tlmos : Two radical depart- urea from established rule Imvo been mndo [ tno hist few dn > 8 hyuik-gcd inmubnrs of the \\oiiuitr.s Christian Tcmucr.iuco union , nnd they will bo charged , however wrongly , against that order. Thoouo was the cruel and unjustilliiblo lorturo of two erring girls at Osceola , Mob. The other was the slum ming tour of Miss Hays mid her companions in Uliicago. Of thn ih-st tua no condemna tion is too severe for the poi-pctr.itors , whether they are whlto rlbboucrs or uot. .Morion mul tlm rurmnrn. . It is doubtful [ f tin.1. . Sterling Morton salvo will allay the Irritation among the farmers. They were rpstloss a year ago , but ia thu meantime to their restlessness 1ms been nudcd iho restlessness of inllllous of men of other ocoup.it ions. It Is useless for Mr. Morton tn su.lo . Iho farmers now "Peace , bo still. " It is useless to cry "Peace ! Pcacol1' when there is no peace. The farmers were farmed , the worklngmon worked with to their undoing and a whole nation hypnotised a year ago. H is wldo , awake enough now. For Mr. Merion to' Intimate to thn pcoplo that they were a nation of sloop-walkers and the frco trade politicians a body of mesmerists will not stay the reaping of thu whirlwind. Tlmos and Ihn IViipIn Chnnc. jic rink Tilliunc , Ono of the Roman emperors was In a .state of mind once upon n time , because , as ho put , it , ho had "lost u day. " What would ho his emotions could ho co "tho most august legislative body in the world" making ono legislative day extend over seven or eight common days ? 9 ! i'Mfi.v DK coittr 1'OXE'H HOT. llecnril. Rpy Is tlmos In llfo when imchor beems to slip u coz un' KO Jos' u raltlln' down eruntlon Lnk u ocean's nburllow ; When thu world Jos' slu'ts a-sptnnln' l.ak a pickaninny's top , An' yo' cup ob Joy Is brlmmln' Tttoll KheriiHubont to slop ; An' you feel Jes' Ink n ruoor Dat U training fu' to trot , When yo' mammy ses do blessln' An' du co'ii polio's hot. \Vlion you so" down at tlio table Soi to' weary luk nn" suil An' youso Jus a loltle tired An' perhaps u loltlo mad Hnw yo' gloom tu'ns Into gladness , How yo joy drlbus out "o doubt- When ile oben do' Is opened An' do smell comes pn'ln' out , Why , de'leotrlu lights ob heaven Seems lo Mitlln on do sMit | , When yo' mammy ses du blussln' An' uu co' n pono'b hot , When the cnbhngo pot is steaniln' An' do hicon KOOU an' fat , When do chlttlln's Is a snutt'iln' Ho'.s to .show yo' whar dey's ut Tnk nway yo' sody blseult.s , Tele uwiiy yo1 cuko und plo. Fo' do B'ory ' time Is cumin' An' Its'uroacliln' foory nigh , An' yo' want to Jump un' hollali , Do' yo' know yo' buttuli not Whenyo' mammy HUS thu blesiln' An * do co'n ponu's hot. I hah hocrd ob lots ob sormotiH , 1 hub lieurd ob lots of prayers An' L'b llstonod to some Hlnvln' Hut hub tuk mo uu du stairs Ob uo ulory land an' not mo Jos' bclo.v no .Mustuli's tiirono , An' linhlof my heart ii-slngln' In u happy aftah lorm ; Hut ( loin words so softly murmured Seems to touch do sollos' spot When yo' mammy HOS tlio ulossln' An' Uu co'n nonu'u hot , Largest Mxmif.xutiirjri ml of Ulotuiiu lu tiu WorU. It strikes me That it's coming1 it always does , and it will this year , whether Corbett and Mitchell Aghtornot. If you don't believe it look , in the almanac. Winter that's ' what we're talking about , and now we're g-oing- to talk about winter overcoats. If there is anybody in the house who wants to got out they'd bettor go now before the service begins , so as not to dis turb the rest of the congregation. Firstly , we will call your attention to the fact that we're selling the best overcoat in the city for $10. Then there is one for $15 that but few can sell lor $20 and make a profit at all. The prices gradually rise from $15 up to $35. But when you pay $20 or more for an overcoat you get something that tailors can't beat either for ( It , finish , fabric or fashion. The boys are also provided for. BROWNING , KING & CO. , | Sj ty jQfo