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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FEIDAY , NOVHMniSB 2 , 1804 ,
DAILY BEE
E. HOBI-rvVATnn. Editor.
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STATUUKNT Of CIHCUL.AT1ON.
II. TiKliucU. nccretary ot Tie He Pub-
1'ihlnB cnmpnny ticlnu rtuly worn , tars that
the actual nunilMT ul full ami complete copies
of The JJnlly Mornlnr. KTrnlnir nnil Sunday Ilc
printed dnilnu the month of September , 1S34.
was as follows :
1 2UW 16 2I.1M
i * : i.42 > ) IT ZI.MS
9. . , . 2I.C.VI It Zl.OiT
t 2l,3 < a 1 > ZI.M2
E. . , . : I.PO 11 85,957
6 21,334 21 20,930
7 21,201 22 21.113
B 21,127 23 Z3OM
B 23J75 21 20,971
ID 21,219 25 20,808
11 21. M 25 SJ,8T7
27 21,071
1J 21,234 2)1 ) 20,883
14 21,190 2 > 21,731
15 21,272 3J 21,075
Total 017,000
I n deduction for untold and returned
copies 8,583
Tola ! * > M / . 6U421
Daily average net circulation 21,147
Sunday.
OEOrtOK B. TZSCIITJCK.
Sunrn to before me nn < l rubacrlbed In my
pmipnce this lit ot October , 1SSI.
( Seal. ) N. P. FE1U
Notary Public.
The cznr Is deiul ! Lou * ; live tlie czar !
Common HOIISO on tlio otllclal ballot In
lo prevail utter all
Majors' Tlallowo'ru visions were
rlslons of dlnnslcr nnd defeat.
In the school board Is
what thu | K'i > i > Io have always dciuaudcd.
The rcKlslcnrx sit today and tomor
row from ! l a. in. to ! ) i > . in. Ho sure that
your tuiino Is properly entered upon the
registration books.
Frank Lawlor tliroaloiiH lo go back to
the biiKliU'ss oT seeking office liy petition
1C he iBHKnlu ( iirned down In his appeal
for votes as caniUdutu for congress.
Only t\vo more days ot registration !
Kvery voter who lias not yet registered
must see that his name Is placed on the
registration books before U o'clock Satur
day evening ;
Attorneys on salaries in the Iltirlin-
loti law department npiioaring in court
for the republican state committee !
Have tup railroads become so brazen In
politics as this ?
Speaker Crisp will be a poor substi
tute for L'rwijlriit Cleveland In Senator
mil's NMV York cninpnTgn , but lie will
bo welcomed nil tin * more hearty be
cause of tlio contrast. >
The dlirurcnt decisions of different dis
trict courts on llm ballot law cases will
give the supreme court the pleasant
work of rowndllnj ; the c-ontllctini ; oplu-
leas of the various Inferior judges.
The scramble to got out of the shadow
of the Hailroad Itusluess Men's associa
tion Is more lively than ever. The men
who arc not sorry that they signed the
calamity manifesto nru few and far be
tween. v
We latow that the troubles of tlie
pending campaign would not prevent
President Cleveland from doing his duty
! u this matter of issuing n Thanksgiving
vroclnmutlon In ample time to allow the
turkeys to prepare for theobsequies. .
If "Tom" Lowry resorts to fraud and
deception before plectlon In order to
keen the nnmu of tut opponent off the
olllclal ballot , what Is to bo expected
of him after election , should he by
chance force his way Into the city
council ?
Prom the prominence which Adlal K.
Stevenson has assumed In tbe pending
campaign no one would Imagine for an
Instnnt Hint lie occupies so obscure and
Insignificant u public olllce as tlie vice
presidency. It Is not what he has , but
what he hopes to have.
Euclid Martin and Ids company of pie-
biters announce tholr Intention of voting
the rump ticket just to show how strong
their faction Is In Nebraska. Euclid
Booms to forget that tlio vote on the
rump ticket will at tbe same time dis
close how few democrats of his variety
there are.
The death of the Kusslnn czar will
give the people of tin- whole world an
other illustration of the close connection
between the different roynl families of
Hurope. All will send tokens of sympa
thy to the bereaved family and * for n
moment diplomatic entanglements will
bo forgotten. The bond that uncoil *
Bclously unites monarchical rulers Is
never so strong us when one of the
Broup passes away.
The suggestion made In The Bee a few
duys ago that the business men of
Omuho. do something to secure for this
city the advantages of the new fast
mall train on the Northwestern railroad
has not yet been acted upon. This train
might BUVO several hours In the time
between Chicago mid Omaha , but It
comes no nearer this city than Missouri
Valley. The mall which. It carries Is
taken past Omaha , by way of Fremont
to Lincoln ami then back to this city.
There Is no reason whatever why the
cltlc.i of Fremont and Lincoln should
enjoy better mall facilities than Omaha.
The Burlington in particular , which has
the United States inull contract , ought
to bo compelled to supply a service west
of Chicago equal to the best. If the
business men of this city should move
simultaneously upon the Burlington
management nnd upon the postoftlcc
authorities they might secure the de
sired accommodations. This discrimina
tion against Omaha ought not to be
tolerated u moment longer than la
ibsolutdy ueeeasarjr.
nnnttAKA.'s
Victor Hugo tells us In his fntnotm
volume , "Tho History of n Grime , " that
the election of Louis Napoleon to the
presidency of the French republic wax
the first step toward the erection of Im-
perlnltsni upon KB ruins. What was-
.rue ivlntlng to the destruction of popu-
ar self-government In France applies ,
with equal force to nil countries that
permit despotism in any form under
whatever pretext to usurp the right of
: hc people lo govern themselves.
In the struggle between the people of.
Nebraska and the confederated corpora
tions history only repent * Itself. Up to
this time ntir loferrnco to the Nebraska
c ar and the rntltond despotism Las been.
regarded by many well-meaning people
nnd many patriotic citizens as nn orer-
Irawn assumption of a state of affairs
that does nut ivnlly exist. This class of
leople will doubtless be surprised tf not
startled by the open admission on the
jnrt of the Majors campaign me lingers
luit railroad domination Is not only
egltlnmto , but essential to the well-be-
ng of the state and Its people.
The mouthpiece of Mr. Majors makes ,
bold to assert In n paid editorial that
ippenrs in Tliursday's World-Herald
that Mr. Iloldrege is fully Justified. In
exercising dictatorial powers over the
peopleof Nebraska. The exact Ian-
'tingo used Is that every honest man In
Nebraska nn-ognlxes the right of Mr.
Iloldrege to defend the property which
Is put hi Ids charge against whatever
evil forces would destroy its value , We
ire further told that 30.000 people of
moderate means In New Kngliind own
the Hurltngton railroad in this state. If
Mr. Iloldrege would stand Idly by and
see these 30,000 eastern stockholders
injured In the value of their property
without any good to Nebraska every
manly man In the state would despise
ilm for such a course.
So Nebraska must have a lord pro
tector to Keep her from exercising her
sovereign right to self-government ! The
people must abdicate their right to
choose their own rulers and representa
tives to Mr. Iloldrege In the Interest of
the IIO.OOO stockholders of moderntc
means In New Kiigland and the half a
doxen inultl-milllonalros who have
unasscd colossal wealth from the tribute
they have levied upon the people of Uiis
state. No reasonable man will deny that
Mr. Iloldrege has a right lo protect the
Interests of the Hurlingou ) railroad : tml
Its stockholders by all legitimate
means at his command. Hut what right
lias he to constitute- himself lord pro
tector and despot of Nebraska ? What
right has he to debauch our voters by the
corrupting Inlluenco of 0,000 annual rail
road passes ; hi * the use of lawless re
bates ; by the lawless combinations with
other corporations that seek to terror
ise the people by threats of a with
drawal of credits ? What right bus In
to hold the. club of discharge over the
heads of wage workers who have as
much right to east a free and untr.un-
melcd ballot as he has himself ?
Could any monarch In Kiiropp go much
further In suppressing Individual free
dom and dominating by main force ?
Why does not the lord protector ot the
Ittirllngton proclaim himself czar of Ne
braska , Wyoming and Montana , just as
Francis .Tosepli of Austria is king of
Hungary ami Bohemia and duluof
Dnlmtilin ? Why not convert Nebraska
into an absolute monarchy instead of a
free state in an elective republic ?
What is the use of going through the
furce of ratifying the choice of candi
dates named by the lord protector at
Hurllngton headquarters ? If the pro
tectorate is to be permanent would it
not be well for the lord protector to per
mit us to choose a governor who is not
tattooed from head to hole and can at
least enjoy the respect of the lord pro
tector's subjects ?
TWO SKNSIHM : DKCISIOXS.
The decisions just rendered by Judge
Ferguson on the otllclal ballot cases take
the only noniiartlsan , sensible , broadminded -
minded view of the election law nnd
will meet the approval of all classes who
can rise above party prejudice. As wo
have iterated and reiterated the pur
pose of the legislature In the enactment
of the Australian ballot law was to
assist the voter and not to confuse him.
It aimed to throw around the exercise of
the franchise every possible safeguard
of secrecy and Independence and at
the same time to make tlio process so
plain that every one could register his
exact preferences expedltiously nnd
without dltJicully. To gain what to them
appears to be some slight temporary
party advantage the republican man
agers have Induced republican state nnd
county ottkials to abuse their authority
and to attempt to misinterpret the. pro
visions of the law for the deception or
inconvenience of the voter.
Two points are cleared up by Judge.
Ferguson's decisions. The first Is that
of party designations. The court holds
that these designations must be such
as Indicate the true character of the
candidate after whose name they are
placed. Certain legislative nominees of
the people's Independent party conven
tion In this county withdrew from the
contest only to llnd that other names
were Immediately certified by petition
as people's Independent candidates for
the places which they had vacated.
The object of this was to make. It ap
pear that the full ticket of that parly
convention was still In the. Held. An ap
plication for an order compelling tins
county clerk to add the words "by peti
tion" to the designation in order to
show the character of these fandidnte.s
was granted. Any other course , sayH
the judge , would be fraud , because It
would enable petition candidates
to appear ns regular party can-
daten when In fact they were
not such candidates. It would
also enable ambitious aspirnnta
for oillce to anticipate this convention
by tiling petitions In advance and limn
stealing the party designation.
The other point decided relnles to the
form of the otllclal ballot. The copy
sent out by the secretary of state- string *
out In one line all the. designations of
candidates who have lecelved nomina
tions of more than outs party. The
designation after the name of Judge
llolcomb therefore read "democrat-
people's Independent. " This the court
held IB a Hlmluir attempt at fraud , and
can have no other effect than to de
ceive and confuse the voter. There Is
no such party as democrat-people's Inde-
pendent , but there arc two parties , the
democratic and the people's Independ
ent Hitch oC these Is entitled to hare
Its candidate appear on the ticket and
the only wny lo accomplish this Is to
have the designations printed after the
candidates' names on separate lines.
The soundness and logic of these de
cisions cannot but nppeal to every fair-
minded person and will be admitted
even by the most Intense partisans so
soon as they emerge Iroui the excite
ment of the campaign.
O.V/.V A VR\rDOU.Ali \ ( > MOltK.
Everybody that tit tended the republi
can state convention held In this city on
the -1M day of. August will remember
the dramatic disclaimer of Thomas J.
Majors of the charge that connects him
with the Taylor Incident and tlie Issue
of a fraudulent certificate vouching for
Taylor's services to the end of tlie ses
sion of the legislature of IS'.U. In the
presence of 1,000 delegates and more
than 2,000 spectators Majors raised Ills
hand to heaven and called God to wit
ness that he knew nothing about the
plot to abduct Taylor , and boldly as
serted that Taylor was entitled to full
pay to the end of I ho session , as he had
served trlxty-thtee days exclusive of Sun
days and recesses. These brazen false
hoods have been reiterated from the
slump In almost every town and village
of the state. A more Impudent piece of
Imposture never had been attempted by
any man seeking the suffrages of nn in
telligent people. Majors' assertions re
garding the Taylor voucher are dis
proved by testimony that cannot be con
troverted , namely the Journal of the
state senate of JS01 , which shows that
Taylor disappeared on the morning of
the llfty-thlrd day of the session , nnd
after that day his name does not appear
In the journal either on the roll call or on
any recorded vote.
And now at tlds Inte day , after per-
blstently denying that Majors had certi-
lled to the fraudulent voucher , of which
a fac simile appears hi tills Issue , the
U. & M. .Journal attempts to palliate
this Impeachable offense by pointing to
the fact that the fraudulent Taylor
voucher AVILS only a few dollars over and
above the amount actually due to Tay
lor. Only a few dollars , to be sure !
Only $7. > , but every dollar of that sum
was fraudulently taken out of the state
treasury by reason of the cei'tlllcate
signed l y MaiciB ret > ' ( sentliig that Tay
lor had served lo ( he end of the ses
sion.
sion.Only
Only a few dollars , tti be sure. But It
is an open confession that tinelutrge is
true in substance and nn admission that
Majors deliberately deceived the repub
lican state convention and used the
name of the Almighty to ntlirin testi
mony he knew to be false.
Only a few dollars , Indeed , but the
man who would , filch a few dollars
ftom the .state treasury nnd put It Into
the pocket of nn oil room boodler Is not
the man the people of Nebraska can
trust with the position of chief execu
tive.
It was only a few dollars that Majors
overcharged In collecting mileage as
lieutenant governor for 18'JL and 18X ! )
but the act was so much more repre- ,
henslble because It was only a few del
lars. A man who would run up 2SS
miles at 10 cents a mile for a distance
of 14i ( miles actually traveled on an
annual pass is not tlie kind of n. man
Nebraska or any other state should ele
vate to the highest position within the
gift of her people.
WII.T. M-atctuiH Tin : KND.
The country will heartily welcome the
conclusion of the pending campaign.
Not , perhaps , because it has made any
greater strain upon the business inter
ests than Is usual with general cam
paigns Involving a change in the politi
cal complexion of a branch of the federal -
oral government , but for the reason that
they are anslous to go forward with the
work of readjustment upon whatever
lines the result of next Tuesday's elec
tions Hlmll determine.
The matter of paramount Importance.
Is tlie political complexion of the next
house of representatives. This is due
to tlie fact that the democratic leaders
have declared tholr purpose to continue
their policy of tearing down the protec
tion defenses to American Industries
and labor. There can bo no rea
sonable' ' doubt that the' Industrial
and business conditions would be
very much better than they are
but for this declaration , yet every
democrat with authority to speak for
the party has made It repeatedly. If
the people on next Tuesday approve this
policy by eTcctJng a majority of demo
crats to the popular branch of the Fifty-
fourth congress there can be no doubt
that what the leaders have promised
will be carried out. On the other hand ,
the election of a republican house would
be such a protest against democratic
policy that the party in power would
hardly venture to disregard It. Even If
the more radical of its leaders should
Insist upon going on with the assault
Mxm protection , which they will proba
bly do In any event , the conservative
men in the party would hardly support
them In the face of a strong popular
repudiation of their purpose. So far as
tlie present congress is concerned , there.
Is little danger of It doing any mine
tarltf mischief. It will be In session loss
than three months and the republican
minority in the senate will have little
dllllculty In preventing the enactment
of any legislation relating to the tariff
which it does not favor. The danger Is
from the next congress in the event of
the democrats retaining coat rat.
Tlio election of a republican house of
representatives next Tuesday will bo
followed , there is every reason to be
lieve , by a marked Improvement In In-
4lustrlal and business activity. In
creating a sense of security against fur
ther tariff tinkering Itouhl ; give nn Im
pulse to the mtirkots In almost every
line of enterprise. The prerequisite tea
a restoration of prosperity in confidence ,
and the only way to obtain that Is by
dislodging from ( lie iwwer to do further
harm the party whose policy Is responsi
ble for distrust nnd depression , To con
tinue that party In control of congress
would obviously Invite a continuance of
the unfortunate conditions from which
the country hun suffered during the lust
eighteen months. It Is hut n few ( lays
until the business Interests of the conn-
try will know what this immediate
future Is to be whether a period du-
roled to Hip-tearing down of nil the de
fenses of protection or one of peace nnd
rest from taVirf ngltntlon. The signs are
most favoruyUj iat the popular demand
will be for the lulter condition.
T ) < ' ; ; ID KMt'KllOlt.
Alexander * JIDbore his great Buffer
ing , which glided only with his death ,
with remnrkjijp ] ) , patience nnd fortitude.
Throughout , hl , , Illness he manifested a
nnlrlt of GhrUtlnu resignation which
will bo recoriled to his credit In the
pages of hlsloryiMnuly courage In the
hard ordeal 'wa to have been expected
of him , for h'o , was a soldier who had
faced death on the Held of battle. Pro
found religious faith nud devotion , how
ever , was n revelation of character that
might not have been looked for from u
ruler who during his reign permitted
cruelties and persecutions not consistent
with such n spirit. Tim dead emperor
will not figure hi history ns a great man ,
measured by the standard of
some of his ancestors , yet ho
was not without excellent qualities.
A contemporary historian says of him
that he was "at all times the sworn
enemy of abuses and of corrupt men
profoundly honest himself and unnblo
to tolerate dishonesty about him Im
pervious to the feminine blandishments
to which his father so easily succumbed
combining , unlike the latter , the vir
tues of the private man with the sever
eign's noble aspirations incapable of
any weakness or low compromise with
conscience for the benefit of favorites
of cither sex scrupulously thrifty in
the use of the public wealth , and tilled
with the sense of the sacredness of his
mission. " This is unquestionably some
what exaggerated praise , but yet not en
tirely unwarranted. He was faithful In
Ills domestic obligations and evidence
of his thrift is not wanting. The great
est tiling , however , to be said lo bis
credit is that his great power and In
fluence were always exerted on the sldo
of peace , and perhaps no sovereign did
so much as he to prevent u great
European war. Were It not for the
cruel proscriptions nnd persecutions that
marked his reign his name would llvo
In history as in some respects a model
ruler for one exercising autocratic
power.
What tlio political effects upon Russia
nnd the relations of that country to the
rest of Europe may be only time can
disclose. The successor to the throne ,
tirnnd Dulio Nicholas , is only 2G yonrs
old. and report does not speak highly of
Ills qualifications for the great task ho
will at once-assume. lie does not In
herit the physical proportions of his
father and Ue has not shown any ex-
ceptionnl intellectual qualities. Still ho
may prove I < MKJTI wise and progressive
ruler. One tiling seems assured he Is
ns strongly In favor of conserving the
peace of Eurjbpp 'ns was his father , and
his relations , to , the roynl house * of
Englnnd nnd Gorjmany arc such that his
feeling In this respect is not likely to
undergo any change , but rather to be
strengthened. Thnt he is to be sub
jected to the same danger that con
stantly mcnacetlf his 'father appears
probable from-tlie report already sent
out thatn coilRpirncy-r.gninst the life of
tlie czdrewitcfi lias b'uen Vllscovcred. The
opportunity invites the nihilists to nctlv-
Ity , but so thorough is the spy nnd
police system of the llusslnn govern
ment , which ramifies every channel of
society , that there Is really hardly n.
possibility of the success of n conspir
acy against the heir to tlie throne.
The American people , while having no
sympathy with the political system of
liusMa , will sympathize with the Kus-
siitu people In the loss of n sovereign
who nlways manifested a most friendly
interest in the United Slates.
Henry H. Corbctt , the republican can
didate for superintendent of public In
struction , has a recent and Intimate
acquaintance with the work of the
public schools In Nebraska to commend
him to the voters as n man entirely
qualified for the oftlce. to which he as
pires. He was , up to tlie time of his
nomination by the republican state con
vention , city superintendent of schools
at York. Ho had worked his way up to
that position through fourteen years of
thorough experience as a school teacher
In Nebraska village and town schools
and an principal of various village
schools In the state. Ills high standing
in educational circles Is best proven by
the fact that luIs now president of the
Nebraska state association of school
superintendents and teachers. In few
Instances has any candidate for .superin
tendent of public instruction boon us
well qualified ns Mr. Corbctt for per
forming the duties of that office.
The men who arc actively engaged In
promoting the proposed canal repudiate
the statements made by one or two of
the stockholders that It will not bo
worth while to vote the canal bonds
unless Majors Is elected governor , so .IH
to enable the bonds to be floated. It Is
simply ridiculous to claim that tlio elec
tion of an houcst man to conduct the
administration , of the state will hamper
in the least degree the negotiation of
securities backed-by the credit of the
richest community-m the state. Friends
of tlie canal itare nothing In common
with the nllcged'i'allroad ' business inon
who are vainly iitfempting to bolster up
the tattooed candidate of tlio li. & M.
czar.
Never put ot ? registering until tomorrow
'
row when you i'n , register today.
, \n ftliirfrit i-nllcy.
iJftolDemocra t.
Wo produce over & 00X ( ,000 ot wool manu
factures In tHtw country , or liave been
clolns BO , and ithw'total Imports of nuch
by all other'countries l.s only about
SSO.COO.OW. Thin UMiftocrats propo.se to sur
muter to forwBU nations the market It
wlilch wo dlPx > se pi the mont of this J300 , .
CCO.OUO products , nnd then make nn effort
to capture the maikets In which their Im
parts of JSO.OW.IWO are told. One need not
l > o much of a mathematician to see the
absurdity of such a. policy.
1'KOVf.RI.YW
Tob CAStor U wreallieJ In "stratslit"
blushes. Olvo lilm a Ja h ot salt.
John 1 * . St. John IIM been prevailed upon
to enter the Kansas campaign at the regu
lation terms.
"Lot mo WTlto tlio obituary of mjr party , "
Cleveland should exclaim , "nnd I care not
ftlio appoints I ho mourners. "
Notwithstanding the fact that Cleveland la
paying his taicca In New York , many New
Yorkers Insist an taxing liU conduct.
Helena people accuse the Marcus of Ana
conda of all th capital crimes In tlio calen
dar. Yet votes nro quoted at J3.50 and ris
ing.
There Is a strong bond ot sympathy bo-
twcen Peru and Llvadla , The conspicuous
residents ot both are vainly striving to utava
off the clammy hand ,
A woman moonshrner down In Hancock
county , Tennessee , gives the revenue olllcor
much trouble. She weighs COO pounds , and
can hardly squeeze through the door of her
cabin ,
If the American beef excluded from Ger
many was n specimen of the "prime" artlclo
retailed In this section , a. great many people
will applaud the teal of the kaiser In protect
ing the teeth of tlio natives.
Hereafter the annual allottmcnt tor a
soldier ( or ammunition for all target practice
will be only (0 for a cavalry man and | 4.50
for an Infantry man. 'TIs a poor shot that
will not fire that amount In a single night.
Prince Clodwlff Carl Victor von Hohcnlohe-
Sclillllngsfurst , the new Herman chancellor ,
Is 74 years of ago. Ho will bo called
Jlohonlohe for short. His wife was the
Princess von Snyn-Wltthensteln-licrleberg.
and they have 'five children , of whom the
eldest Is a Prussian captain.
In a speech on HID Bowery , our own
Chaunrey drew a graphic picture of hla early
slruRRlcs. the weary hours of toll and the
hardships endured to reach an eminence.
lie boasted that ho was a worUlnRiuan , nnd
moved his horny hand In proof of the asser
tion Hut the effect was spoiled by an en
thusiastic yell , "Uoc , you're a peach. "
General Sir Wijllum Olpherts , V. C. , enJoys -
Joys > the sultriest sobriquet , probably. In the
llritish army , where a man without a fond
name Is a man virtually unknown. The gen
eral acquired his In tills way at Lucknow : A
gun hart threatened to turst If It wens served
with another shell like the last Another
shell as necessary , but the servers hesitated.
Whereat Captain Olpherts sat himself upon
the gun. "Arrali , yo dlvlls. Will yo fire
" "dlvlls" did. The
now ? Bo Inquired. The
Kun thoufiht better of it. When the rider
dismounted he was "Hell Fire Dick. "
Vrry L.ltpljr. !
New York Herald.
Somebody is oltiR to be dreadfully dis
appointed on uU-ctlon day. It Is u danger
ous ycnr for the prophets. The private
citizen is cloliiB i > vast amount of heavy
thinking and nnrd ivaik , nnd Ills move
ments confound both bosses and leaders.
A I.iniirloni Lunch I'loml.
Kansas Clly Sl.ir.
M. Fuvette , a high otllcial of France , lias
been removed from < jftlce for charging1 ICO
dlnneis nnd six cab ildes * to the govern
ment. M. FaVL'tte'H fice lunch Idea has
loujr been woilced with success tu this coun
try , but here the olllulala are mnnrt enough
to charge the lunches to stationery or some
other legitimate Item of expense.
( illiiinlljr'K Mi ll. w frjr.
ChlCJiB" 1'ost.
While we are llRUring out agricultural de
pression let's make It good nnd tough The
havoc and despair thut one ISO-pound man
can accomplish with the stub end of a 3-
cenl lead pencil Is something fearful and
awful to contemplate. If the farmera of
the north and south only knew the tremendous
deus llnunclnl torture they are enduring
they -would seek refuse In the grave. Their
case seem ? hopeless.
lie for ill 111 thu Dlruutlunof liconoinjr.
ImlUnjipolls Journal.
Since Emperor William could not keep the
pence between the chancellor and the pre
mier of his government he acted wisely In
con-ioUtlatltiK the ofllces. ITInce von
llohenlohe , lliotr successor. Is said by Uls-
mnrck to bo u safe man , but to lack Initia
tive. There will bo no trouble about "In-
Ittatlvo" with the frisky kaiser at the fore ;
ha % vlll attend to that , and at the name
time Hud It much easier tu keep one man
In order than two. .
Tlio I lijlil ii r u l.llrlllnc.
CMcaBu Record.
Senator Hill Is developing all the finali
ties of u bull terrier In his light against
ftile , against hln record and against the
majority of voters In New Vork stale. He
may win. but even In the more probable
event of his defeat he will emerge from Un
tight us full oC "scrap Iron" as ever and
ready for the next sel-to. AH thu news-
papeis of Now York are against him , with
uu import lint exceptions. He has no cer
tain ally In his old friend Tammany , that
beast being very busy dodging brickbats
on Its own account. He has , in fact , no
real filend save that American spirit which
uKvuys runs out to the aid of the under dog
In the light. That spirit Is admirable In
Itself , but upum analysis is always found
more productive of sentiment than of votes.
XOM'AJtTJSA.f JtlKTJL.
Fllegemle Blaetter : "Your yardstick IM
too short. " 1'eddler True , but you will
notice haw thick It Is.
Detroit Tribune : Dulce de Cay Do you
love an old ruin ? Ml&s Catchum Oh , your
grace , this Is so cr 1 think I could learn.
Chicago Inter Ocean : One thing about
people who wear religion H a. cloak , they
are pretty sure to be v.-arm In the next
world too.
New York Herald : A man may think he
adores a woman. But his love Is put to a
terrible strain when she asks him to button
her shoes with a hairpin.
Truth : Mr. Ncvergo Don't you think It
Is time I went ?
Miss Weerle Why , np. It la almost time
for you to call nsuln.
Judge : "Sue made a bad break today ,
didn't she ? " aMced Mlsi Hleker.
"Yes , " replied Miss Kmerson of Boston ,
"she manufactured n Bvrlous fracture. "
Syracuse Post : McSwatlcra Is Clanghorn
a llnlshed nuthor ? McSwitters Yes , you
see , he called on Woolly , of the Howler , nnd
called him u liar ; and well , you know
Woolly.
New York World : Dusty niiodes-Fltzey
an' I was pailners for years , but I had
to scare him away. Weary Walker Did
he dovrons3 Dusty Klunles Yep ; he got
go he'd sit by the roadside for hours , tukln *
what ho called a "sun bath. "
Chicago Tribune : Guest Good night , my
dear Mrs. Kerplume. 1 have had heigh-
ho ! a most delightful evening.
Hostess Must you KO , my dear Mrs. Up
john ? I am so helgh-ho delighted , you
came !
Detroit Free Press ; Wife I thought you
were going- fishing ?
Husband I am , but I'm going to get some
bait IIrat.
Wife HemerrTber , William , you've signed
the pledge.
PATHOS.
ImlliMiaixilli Journal.
Of nil sad things In the lot of man ,
Thu one most full of woe ,
In paying the price
That's due on Ice
He used three months ago.
WII.IT wttur.n int not
Atlanta Coimttutlon.
If all the woild was always bright ,
Without a shadow crcepln ,
An' suns kept ehlnln' day an' nliht-
Wtmt would we do for slcepln' ?
If all the skies -was always clear ,
An' Hprlng Jest kept a-stnyln1 ,
An' bt'ea mndo honey nil the year
What would wo Co for '
I everything went Jest our way.
An' not a storm wa nowlln' ;
An * cash coma In for work or play ,
What would we do for erowlln' ?
Jest lot the plan o' Nature rest-
He tslad for any weather ,
The feller ho still does Ills best.
Ilrlnga earth an' heaven UuetherJ
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U.S. Gov't ' Report
THAT FRAUDULEN JTAYLOR VOUCHER ,
The Unanswerable Record Proof of T. J.
Majors' Dishonesty.
The candidacy ot Thomas J , Majors coil- for $75 was Issued to W. M. Tnylot as Imlnnco
fronts the republican party of Nebraska , as duo tor aliened services In ttio sennit lot
a mcnaco to Its success la Iho campaign. tlio last fifteen days of tlio month :
from v. . . < tciy o/ . . . ( t.AM .to _ . c
Tvtal , - -
) f
Dcttuct amount drawn , -
Italanccdue , . . . .
ilnccM , c/ - iSl.
S kenl/v cerlfy \ t hat the aboiv occoun ! it comet atuljustand htu not txmpatd.
( su. HIM ) fjXinf y.
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UVirranf Ao'
Ao'S
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Every candidate nnd every party leader on
the stump must champion the candidacy of
a man who Is tattooed with a record of In
delible Infamy. They arc confronted at
every crossroad with the story of the forged
census returns that scandalized the state at
the national capital and placed a stigma upon
the man whom the people ot this common
wealth had honored with a place In the halls
of congress as their representative.
During two sessions of the legislature
in which he occupied the responsible and hon
orable position of presiding ofllccr of the
upper house by virtue of his election as lieu
tenant governor , Jlr. Majors was notoriously
a tool and capper for the corporation lobby ,
and exerted all his power and Influence dur
ing ench session of the legislature to pro
mote jobbery and assist boodle schemes nnd
obstruct , sidetrack and defeal all railway
regulation bills and measures lo curb the
rapacity of corporate monopoly.
SCANIMUZED THE STATE.
During the session of 1891 the- state was
scandalized by the nbductlon of Senator
Taylor , a populist , who had been elected on
the anti-monopoly platform , which pledged
him to support a maximum rate law. It
Is notorious that Taylor was on confidential
terms with Lieutenant Governor Majors , and
especially with his private secretary , Walt
M. Sccly. Thera Is no doubt whatever that
Majors and Scely must have known of the
plot lo abduct Taylor In order to keep him
from casting his vote for the Newberry
maximum rate bill.
Taylor's ' abduction created such a sensation
that even If Majors had not been advised
about the plot he could not have been
Ignorant of the fact that Taylor had disap
peared. The fact that Majors directed the
sergeant-at-arms to liave Taylor arrested
shows absolute knowledge on the part of
Majors of the disappearance of Taylor.
The records of the auditor's olllce show
that Taylor had drawn $262.40 as his pay
and mileage for the session up to the time
of his abrupt departure In the middle of
March.
On March 31when the session closed ,
the following bill , certified to by T. J.
Majors as president of the senate , was placed
In the hands of the auditor and a warrant
The above Is a fac slmllo of the csrtlllcalo
signed by Lieutenant Governor Majors and
approved by the auditor , as now on fllo In
the olllco of the auditor of state.
Ttio warrant for $75 was cashed hy Walt
M. Sccly , private secretary of the lieutenant
governor , nnd pocketed by him. Taylor
never received n penny of this money fraudu
lently procured by tlio connivance ot the
lieutenant governor.
This act alone stamps Thomas J. Majors ai
a dangerous man In any public olllce. When
he certified that Taylor had served through
the cntlro term ho knowingly nnd wittingly
committed a grave crime that laid him llabla
not only to Impeachment , but to prosecution
In tlie criminal courts.
Had Majors certified to a fraudulent
voucher In the army , or duplicated his own
pay In the army pay roll , hewould have
been court martlaU'd and cashiered In dis
grace. Where the ofTonse waJi aa flagrant
as the Taylor voucher Iraud ho would ha.vo
been madeto serve a sentence in a military
prison. Is this the kind of a man the re
publicans of Nebratka ore nslied to tnako
chief executive of state and commandor-ln-
chlef of the military forces of the common
wealth !
THE SENATI ! OIL HOOM.
The climax of Infamy on the part of the
lieutenant governor was the conversion ot
his private olDce adjoining the senate cham
ber Into a legislative oil room. In which
liquor was dispensed freely to members ot Uio
senate who vscro addicted to drink , and to
lobbyists , male and female , who resorted to
the room for debauching the law makers.
Every fel'ow who belonged to the gang
carried a Ynlo lock key In his pocket so as
to have access at all times , night or day ,
when the scnato was la session , or at recess ,
to the demijohns and decanters filled1 with
choice brands of liquor , with which the lieu
tenant governor's room was generously sup
plied regardless of expense by the corporate
concerns whoso bills tvero to be logrolled
through and whoso interests were to bo pro
tected by the bland , affable and accommodat
ing lieutenant governor.
Can republicans stultify themselves and
jeopardlzo the.r cause by placing a man with
such a record at the head of the state gov
ern in en 12
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d CUAJ&A % aMZn , $ * & ,
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The above Is a fac slmllo of the order of Governor Jlnjora. It purports to be dated
the abducted ex-senator authorizing Walt at Portland , Ore. , but la written on un ofll-
Seely to receipt the vouchers and warrants clal blank , headed with the nnmc of the
for his unearned salary It will be noted lieutenant governor , at the senate chamber.
that the order Is In the handwriting of AValt Lincoln , Neb. , with the da to line left blank ,
M. Seely , private secretary of Lieutenant except the figures 1891 ,
woitTii utt YOUJI .wo.vjrr
THE VOTE
Two ypnr i > BO for
Councilman
7T11 WAItn.
Ilurr. 7 ! ) : Kvunn ,
r.dCl : Itmki-rp , 1-14 ;
ThlllllMB , 1,7(1. (
HTU WAUI ) .
Itruncr. 737) ) Hun-
irat . ( ill ) .
OTH WARD.
Johimon. fi.17 ;
1'nrker , Ot)7. )
A
This has no reference to the campaign in Ne
braska , but it has some connection
Under \vear.
nection with the campaign
A nice flccco lined Un-
in China. The li [ pronounced
dor&hirtor Drawers for 50c ,
worth SI. Bettor ones for lee ] is the Chinese measure
75c and for SI.
, a dandy
of distance. It is a little over
one-third ol our mile. It's safe to bet that the Chi
nese think there are not enough lis between Peking
and the sea coast. The fewer of them there are between
our store and a man needing a suit or an overcoat
the better it is for him. This week we're selling
overcoats at $12.50 and $15. A tailor would think he
was being swindled if he let you have one of'em for
less than $25 or $28.
$12.50 and $15 suits are our great specialties.
Most stores would ask you $20 and $25 for 'em. "We
have suits at half those prices. They're good , too.
Browning , King & Co. ,
Itcliiiblc Clothiers , S. W. Cor. 15th ani DnujUia.
