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THE OMAJTA DAILY B12E : MONDAY , SEPTEMBER 14 , 1890. Tim OMAHA DAILY BEII 15. llOSnWATKIl. Editor. I'UHMSlinD MORNING. TKHMS OK Dully Ilcc ( Without fiumlny ) One Ycar.SM Dully llc < - and Sunday , One Year . 1004 Rlx Months . SW Thrrc Mnnlhii . . . ZM Sunday Ilee , One Year . ZM HatuMay U ? . One Year . . . . 1 M Weekly Itee. One Year . Omalia , Thn lien . South Ornnlm , Slntcpr IIIK. . Cor. N and 2tth Sts. Council Illuffn , 1C North Main Strett. I'hUairo Oince , 317 fhamtirr of Commerce. New York , Honm * 13 , 14 anil IS , Trlliuno Illdg. Washington , HOT I * Street , N. W. All commiinlcntlorn retallns In news nnd edi torial matter should bo nddreifcd : To the IMItor. iiUBiNiTss Mrri5ii8. All Ijunlnpjn letters and rrmlttances should be addressed to The Ilec I'uhllxhlnit t' tn | > nny , Omaha. Drafts , checks nnl poMolIlce orders to be made imynblo to the order nf the company. . Tim iun TUIIMHIIINU COMPANY. HTATHMKNT OP CIllCUI.ATtON. 8tnlo of Nebrnrkn , I DnUKlan County. I George II. Twchurk , fecretary of The Dcf I'ub. IlKliliiR company , living duly n orn , Kays that llio actunl niimlxT of full nml c mi > lctc cniileit of the Dally , MornlnK , HvcnliiR nnd Kuudny lice printed ' i month of AUKUst , IMS , wan ns follows : 1 20,215 i ; 20.1G1 2 20,7(0 IS Zi,187 3 20,218 19 20.2i7 4 20,292 20 21 W r 20.2C.S 21 21,701 6 20..107 22 2l,7.Vi 7 21,399 2J Sl.OTO 8 20.2DI 21 21rG7 ! l 20 , > 00 2" , 21,201 10 20,311 ID 20,159 11 20,221 27 20.440 12 2Dl7fi Pt 20.3S3 13 20,1) } J3 20,429 14 20.201 3D 21,100 31 20,711 ' " ' ' ' ' ' " ' ' ' 1C' . . . . . . ! ! . ! ! . . 20'KO Tolnl C39.721 I.CM ilciluctlonn for unfold nnd returned cnj > Ies , . 12 811 Not unlcs ( M.007 Net ilnlly avcniKC , 20.22.1 oiconoi : n. T/wrmicK. Hunrn to liofnrc mo nnd nulmcrlhed In my pirKenrp tliln 1st ilny of September. IS9U. ( Keiil. ) N. 1' . FiiU Notnry 1'ubllc. Miilni' todny. Forward with the exposition project ! Tlio only thing ever In doubt In Is tliu sl-/u of tlie republican innjorlty. . This IH tv presidentiul year and a re- puhllcun your , hut It Is not a yellow dog year. If Ilr.vnn Is so nnxlous to debate the Issues of the day , Tom Wntsoii will doubtless be nhul to aoeoiulnodate him. One tiling at a time. After loeal re publicans have put up a strong , reputa ble legislative ticket they will turn their attention to the candidates for the city council. Time Is precious. Partner delay In Retting the exposition ball a-rolllng onlv means crowding the work Into a few short months and risking a postpone ment of the opening. Senator Allen tind Tom Watson are ap parently ut radical disagreement as to thu proper time when the populist nom inees should bo formally notified of the action of the St. Louls convention. Haven't the j > opulist.s of Nebraska any one In their party but lawyers able to aspire to congress ? " \Viis It not the pop ullsts who have been protesting ugalnst entrusting the making of our laws to lawyers ? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If a golil standard deprived tin1 American teller of a single day's worker or his family of a single comfort , 01 reduced his wages , or1 made Hfo harder for him , I should be against it. " AV11 Ham MeKlnley. The business men of Omaha have seldom failed to accomplish anythln that they have gone at with practical unanimity and determination. They can raise the standard of our legislative delegations If they really want to do so. General Tohn M. rainier will be com pelled to Interrupt his presidential can vass the coming week to try two law suits In Clay county , Illinois. Mr. Itrynn has no fear that the demand for his legal services will interfere with his campaigning. "A metal whose market vnluo IH ( he same as its coin value Is surely a safer standard than a metal whose market value IH 4S per cent less than Its coin value. If yon arc to have two standards they must be equal. " AVI1- Ham MeKlnley. Judge Broiuly , fusion candidate for congress In the First district , Is rushing Into print to express his confidence that Uryan will carry Nebraska. He doe * not venture to glvo figures , however , and about the probabilities of bis own can didacy ho discreetly says nary a word. "I run In favor of protecting today the laboring man of the United States against a degraded curreney , and 1 am opposed to free trade because It de grades American labor. I am opposed to free coinage because It degrades American money. " William MeKlnley. "Tho rich are all against TU-yan , " shrieks the local silver organ. Of course , all exeept Arthur Scwall , Mil lionaire Hearst and Millionaire Me- lA'iui and the various bulllonalru silver mine owners ami a few hundred other millionaires who hope to become bil lionaires If free coinage'Is adopted. Mr. llryan's personal organ prints a picture of Governor Stone of Missouri with the countenance of an Italian ban dit and the moustache of a Mexican cowpimcher. Governor Stone has bisen llli-tlng with silver wl h a tiiion h shaven face for i\t \ least a year , and certainly deserves bi-tter than this In thu house of his supposed friends. The Itryiui press la now printing af fidavits to provo that Hryin never said lie was not a democrat. Hut , as wo have said before , It does not matter so much what Itrynn calls himself as what others competent to Judge call him. Tom Wat- non might , for example , deny that he Is u populist , but that would hardly bo COIN cluulvu authority on thu subject. Tha upward tendency of the price of liard coal has caused many household- era to look about for cheaper fuel for their base burners. In times like these $10 ami $12 u ton for anthracite is more than the tralllc will bear. Parties tire being formed and householders will pool together , order their coal In car load lota uud escape cliar u * by middle men. THIS ItEMAnKAnT.R CAMl'AHIN. The Hop Is lii receipt of a clrcula lottrr from the secretary of the na tlonal democratic press bureau at Ch1 en BO , the substnutlal part of whlcl reads as follows ! The newspaper directories do not Inillcat with any degree of accuracy the polltlca aflHlatlon ot the papers of the United States In this remark iMc campaign. Wo are pre pared to furnish n trie plate service to ol papers that print tr-o silver side of tli tircsc.it flnainlal controversy. If you ar on the other Bide , an answer to this com munlcatlctt Is not necessary. If you carte to handle some first class silver llteratur notify mo at once. While It Is perfectly It-ultimate fo the national committee of any parly t < offer to supply. Its parly newspaper , with certain campaign literature , Is 1 not a slgnlllcnnt fact thru the demo cratlc press bureau bus to take till meaiH of ascertaining what newspapers It can look to for support of Its can dldates ? Is it not a matter to ellcl comment that , as the circular state ; It , "the newspaper directories do no indicate with any degree of aecuracj the political alllllatlon of the paper , of thu United States In tills remarkable campaign. " The truth Is , however , that the Inae en ra ny of the newspaper directories complained of relates almost exclu slvely to those ilewspapeis that art therein designated as democratic Though there have been heiv aiul tin \ \ defections from MeKlnley among tin. republican press , chlelly papers pub llshed In the silver mining states never buforo was the revolt of demo cratlc newspapers so large. If the tal Ismanlc ratio of 1J ( to 1 really meant anything In this remarkable campaign It means that sixteen of the inlluentla democratic newspapers are opposing llrynn to every one that Is supporting him. Here In Nebraska the rapilllon Times , edited by the man who rejire- mmti'il lirynn as his alternate at tin Chicago convention , complains that only two dally papers in thu state are supporting Itryan. Tills Is not strictly accurate , because we know of thiet Nebraska silver dallies , lint even with this correction the situation Is signifi cant enough. To attribute tills wholesale revul sion of the democratic ; press from the free silver fallacy to the pressure of outside liilluences Is too absurd to merit serious consideration. The charge that the papers advocating sound moii".v have been bought up or subsidized by Wall street Is intended only for the cousu uption of the credulous and un thinking and to blind them to the un precedented defection from the demo cratic ticket of ( MX ) or more democratic newspapers. IN TJIK SlLVKIt STATUS. There arc reports of a change of feelIng - Ing In some of the silver producing states which warrant the belief that not all of them will give them electoral vote to tlie Chicago ticket. In both Idaho and Montana tlie republicans are said to be more hopeful , dueto the fact that tlie voters are giving more attention to tlie question of protection. There are interests In those states af fected by the tariff which are of far greater value than the silver produc tion and the people are hi'glnnlng to see that there would bo nothing gained for these interests by thr > election to the presidency of a man who is one of thu most radical foes of the principle of protection and who is In a measure responsible for the great injury suf fered under the present tariff by the wool-growing Industry particularly of those states. A great many people' In Montana and Idaho and also in Utah are not per suaded that free silver would give them the relief they need and when they weigh against any benefit possi ble to result from that policy the In jury certain to be rcnllml from tlie continuance of democratic tariff policy they cannot but see the desirability of restoring protection , which they know would not be an experiment , as would free silver. The republicans of thu silver stntc-.s are doing hard and earnest woik and thu Indications are that they are mak ing progress. While they do not pro fess kto be confident of carrying any of these states , they believe they have a lighting chance in some of them with protection as the issue and they intend to maintain an aggressive contest. NOTIFICATIONS. Tlie. nominees of the national demo cratic party weio formally notified at Louisville on Saturday and the occasion was one of decided interest. Not tlie least Interohthu feature of It was a let ter from President Cleveland , expressIng - Ing regret at his'Inability to be present and signifying Ills full sympathy with tbo action of the Indianapolis conven tion. It IH perhaps to be regretted that Mr. Cleveland did not Improve the op portunity to slate his views on the cur rency Issue , but there Is no doubt that hu Is uncomproinlblngly opposed to the popocratic combine. Secretary Carlisle was nNo heard from by letter , In which he pledged such support anil assistance to thu Indianapolis ticket as 1m can propnrly glvu during the campaign. Thus thu democratic administration re pudiates thu Chicago platform and the men who stand upon that platform and in this It has the acquiescence of nearly every democrat of distinct Ion ami In fluence In tlie nation. The men who liavu given diameter to thu demociatlc party , thu men who have upheld Its standard and led It to victory , unite In saying that the Chicago convention be- tiayed thu parly , that Its utterances are undemocratic and that thu men whom it nominated are not democrats. Senator Palmer , in accepting thu nom ination , pointed out very clearly thu fallacy of the contentions of the advo cates of free silver. He said the asser tion that thu fr.'e coln.igu of tllvcr would increase the value of silver bullion to fl. 'J ' an ounce bus no support In thu ex perience of mankind. "It Is enough for present purposes , " said Senator Palmer , "to say that it has no other foundation than thu confident assertions of those who share in that belief. " He said that ihe freu sllvorltes propose to advance the value of thu silver coinage of all the na tions of thu world to an eijual accepta bility uud value with coins of gold , oud he declared that If thla expectation were realized It would be dllllcult , upon their own premises , to perceive * what would bo gained by those who expect cheap money. The sliver dollar would then be as dllllcult to procure as the dollar of gold Is now. Hut this Is not the real expectation of the great body of Hi supporters of the free coinage of sllvei What , they expect and what they wan Is a depreciated nnd cheaper dolhu "which would enhance nominal value and be used In the payments of debts but would be attended ami followed h the ruin of all Industries , the destrut ( Ion of public and private credit and h reparable mischief. " What was saltl b .Senator Pahrer Is a complete answer t the assertions made by Mr. llrynn 01 thu same day at Kansas City In regan to the effeetof free coinage on the valu of silver and It will carry conviction t every mind open to conviction. The national democratic ticket being now fully launched , It Is to be expeetct that the party will lose no time In open Ing a vigorous and aggressive campaign particularly In those stales where 1 can render the greatest service to th cause of sound and honest money. Th ablest democrats In the country are con ni'ctcd with It and there can be no donb that their Influence will be widely ex tended In behalf of sound principles o finance and government. AS ru Tim We are admonished that the men wh responded promptly nnd liberally to the call for subscriptions to the stocl of the exposition company are becom Ing restive under the delay In coin pletlng the organization of the associa Hon. Theie Is no question that valua ble lime has already boon lost and tha If tlie exposition Is to materialize on tin appointed date , a fresh Impetus wll hav f to be given to the movement rr the earliest possible day. Thu men Interested In the exposltloi project * cannot be Impressed too strongly with the Importance of the element , of time In an undertaking o : such magnitude. One drawback iindei which most great expositions of recent years have suffered has been dilatorl ss In getting started and consequent crowding of work into the hist fe\v weeks before the opening if not actua postponement. If thu Transmls-ilsslpp Exposition could be held up as an ex ccptlon to the usual inle , by the fact that every promise I. ? carried out ac cording to the letter and precisely upon the schedule , the advantages that would accrue could scarcely be overestimated While everyone realizes that business conditions aio unpropitlous for tin. inauguration of new enterprises or the execution of those that have beei planned , tlie exposition project lias reached the point where only one more concerted effort Is needed tp set its entire machinery in motion. Thu wage- earners , thu salaried and professional men , the small merchants and many > f thu larger business men and property owners have done their share n the way of stock subscriptions , but i few of the biggest merchants , ant ] leavlcst property owners and large corporations are for one reason or mother holding back. It is to be loped that within the next ten days 'very large business concern and every n-operty owner to whom the exposl- Ion managers have a right to look for support will make their stock subscrip tions and place the. association in a ) osillou to make its application to the iresldunt for the ollicial proclamation contemplated in the act of congress granting recognition to the Transmls- slsslppi Exposition. ST.IL1 , I'HKAMJlKa FALLACIES. The speeches delivered by Mr. Bryan on Saturday show that during his brief est at Lincoln be gathered no- new deas and that the country need ox- icct from him on his present tour noth- ng that he has not repeated again and tgaln for more than a month past. He goes on making assertions , which he lever attempts to support by any facts , brewing out assumptions and declar- ng fallacies as if they wore established ri'thM , relying upon the Ignorance and he prejudices of the people to accept hem. It Is the most extraordinary exhibition of mingled demagogy and U'osumptlon ever witnessed in this ountry on the part of a man seeking he highest olllce In the gift of thu peo- tle , Although the many sophistries and fallacies which Mr. Uryan has uttered uive been very fully exposed , It vlll continue to bo the duty of tho'press o show them up as lie goes on repeat- ng them. In his speech at Kansas City the popocratic candidate said thu uomont the mints were opened thu 70- 000,000 of people could go out and so- lire silver , take It to thu mint and convert it Into money and use that aonoy to pay taxes and debts with and or thu purchase of properly. Is It msslhli ! that any sane man can ! > ; ( le aded by a proposition of this kind ? s thu man honest and sincere who an make such a proposition ? No- wily could get an ounce of silver under roe coinage any more than ho can now vlthout exchanging something for It , low would the wage earner get silver uiillon , or thu farmer , or anybody else vho Is not a producer of silver ? Are ho silver in I no owners going about xchauglng their bullion for silver they hi not want , or for manufactures and ho proilucts of agriculture ? lint In the same speech MY. Hrynu says hat free coinage would ralso the price if silver so that there would bo none In ho world which could hu purchased or less than $1.'J ! > per ounce In gold. If hat wore the case , what advantage voiild It hu to anybody to purchase bal lon and take it to the mint ? Why go o that trouble when the money ho al- eady had would answer exactly thu amu purpose for paying debts and pur- basing propertyV Manifestly ho would nivo nothing to gain by exchanging a 'old dollar for a silver dollar of pro- luely the same value. Mr. Uryan is doing his best or ivorat o fool thu people and he Is fooling some f them , hut the violence ho does to com mon sense In such propositions as above noted cannot mislead Intelligent and thoughtful men. It Is reported that the colored men of Omaha- repudiate the candidacy of M. t ) . Hick , t.1- a Rvftt In the legislature. This Is a good sign. If men who have n direct , ] jjjEpiurj | Interest In the wel fare of OmiiTia can be Induced to go to the loKi.sl ture this winter , men of lllcketts' dhtijip will be kept at home. And there fire other self-seekers for loglslatlvt1fulnatloiis ( should also be kept at'holnc. The rel f'i'rocers ' have Issued a printed citrular to the patrons of all members W ! flie association , giving no tice tlmtiTfUlS must be paid promptly or credit .will be withdrawn. The re tailers nsVerl' that a compliance with this rule will enable them to sell goods on closer margins thnn they have been able to do In the past. This Is only one way of saying that prompt-paying customers have been taxed to pay a part of the losses Incurred by deliver ing goods to deadbeats. No rational person can object to the new policy of the grocers , but men who pay their bills will expect the retailers to make good their promises and also to enforce the ' now rule Impartially and rigidly. It Is slated on the best popocrntle au thority that the managers of the llrynn campaign have become tired of Senator Hill's attitude , and that If the senator wants anything of them hu will mm have to come to them to gel It. Thej have , wo are told , reached the poln where they no longer care whom tin. New York senator supports or what hi does. Tlie authority is the St. Louis Hi1 public , which Is a rampant Uryan or gan. Wonder what Uryan went out o his way for when he sought and secured cured an Invitation to dine with Senatoi Hill. Chairman Jones Is now quoted as say ing that the withdrawal of Sewall fron thu popocratic ticket has never been con sldcrod by the national committee , li oilier words , the talk about Sewall glv Ing place to a populist nominee was onlj buncombe to bamboozle thu populis1 convention to endorse Uryan. Hut ovei if the national committee has never con sidered the question of withdrawal , thai is no reason why it will noh consider li soon , when the populist outcry against Sewall becomes louder and more wide .spread. Mr. Ilryan asserts that the queslloi how our money got into circulatioi never bothered him. Plainly so. If lie devoted a little attention to that part of thu money problem ho would see thai the question , t > fj circulation Is the all im portant one. jt does not matter how much money is In the country unless confidence * ' , brljugs it out from hiding places and Keeps it loaned and investot no ono caji Rvt any of It Uryan nevei bothers about ( important details. Tha Is why he"trip * himself up so often , d 1 I * Globe-Democrat. The demotratld appeal for campaign funda Is a fraud and n humbug. Intended to give the silver fcause'an ' air of honest poverty , Any one of'thu silver baronir could pay the whole cxptuises < of the democratic cam paign , and make it all back on the election ota"i ; ; ; ' , - Kc-it'lc licToIlM Klrxl. ChlcaRO Chronicle. Senator Marlon Ilutler , populist chairman , has Imitated Senator J. 1C. Jones , silver democratic chairman. In Issuing nn appeal to the tolling masses for campaign contribu tions. The question between Sewall and Watson should be settled before contribu tions are paid , BO that the tolling masses can tell Into which rat hole they are pour- ins their money. llliilno anil IlliiictnlllMiii. ChlcnRii lleconl ( Incl. ) . Mr. Dlalne never advocated the free coin age of silver as proposed by the Chicago ilatform. Ho was a silver man , however ; i blmetalllst , who believed In the negotla- .lon of an International agreement for maln- : alnlng the ratio between thd two metals , ills best speeches on this subject were de- Ivered In December , 1SG7 , In February , 1870 , and on the Uluncl bill In 1878-0 , and can bo 'ound in his published volume. The UllKlit of Agitation. Bprlnsflelil ( Mass. ) Ilepulillcan. The president of the big McCormlck Har vester Machine company at Chicago lias asked the 7,600 agents ot the company to give in their opinions as to the probable esult ot the election. As matters stand ; ho company Is at a loss what to do. If gold were sure to win It would lay out plans 'or a full -season's work , whllo If silver were , o win , the company would not .care to run icyond half-time or capacity. That Is the position in which nearly all Industry ilnds Uclf at this time , Wliiit llryjiu Koiilly Kvurn. New York Sun ( Jem. ) . The heads of great corporations are under taking to compel their employes to support ho gold standard. Dryan. Kvery employe ot every great corporation , indMivery small corporation , known that that s both falr.o and absurd. How can a cor- orutlou control the secret ballot ot Its em- iloycs , or any of thorn7 Every clttien knows hat tie is frco to vote ua ho chooses , and .hat nobody can Interferes with his exercise at the franchise. An employer who tells lia men ot the danger of the Bryan cheap rronoy humbug warns them for their good ; jut they can tnko or reject this advlco as hey think best when they put their votes n the ballot box , Bryan's real fear U not if the corporations , but of the common sense jf their employes. The Demniictlxiitlon of Cotton , New York World. An Interesting campaign Item is furnished jy the estimate vf the TCgypliaa cotton ciop af this yearvn which is placed nt 0,000,000 ; antira ! , or about 1MOOOP bales , the largest : ron on rrcortir This is aiydnterestlng campaign Item , be- ausi ) It Is qulio possible that the competition 3f thu Egyptian cotton crop with the crop } f this countfy ics demo as much as "the uilmo nt 1873" to bring about low prices , list as the competition of Argentina and lussla lias brought about low prices for : creai . S / v Other tblhsfayjysldca silver have been de- nonutlzod stnco lSTS , Cotton terms to he 3iio or UtcnflfUd with Rgypt assisting hi ho ovcrprodutl | | < n of this commodity there c little room : > J hope that any act ot con- ; res4 can remdutlro : it and make It pass 'urrent at Its , olcl-tlme value until popula- lon and dejuia rlso to the level of supply. ' * - . ! IIOIIK Ilnlr , NMv YoiU Bun. Captain Jack Crawford of New Mexico aa long been distinguished , among his ther accomplishments , by ono nf the most rnatu and loiidlstanco heads of hair In no country. Hu lias huiLa few Inches of it areil oft , and now some of his friends have egun to fear that hU poetical talents must uffer from that amputation , Tlila la an Id error.1 Whllo exact statistics on the ubjecc are hard to obtain , there can bo ttlc doubt that a large part of the poetry loduced by men Is produced by bald- naded men or mua with short hair. When mcs have changed BO much that a man 'th ' a brardleig countenance can be the opullst candidate for president , It U ab- urd to expect that pools will envelop their alent In copious napkins ot hair. The oet la not made , at least not made by fugth of locks. Captain Jack Crawford's 'uglng robes don't have to bo cut ail ) hortur in Che skirt because ula hair hit eeii. Till : STATE C.VMI'AIH.N. Genoa Leader : If you sec In the World- IIcraM don't you believe It. Kearney Hub : Keep It before the people - plo that the World-Herald's Klnnnclnl News forgery Is ono of the methods of ( lie Urynn campaign managers to make a campaign out ot nothing. Falsehood ami forgery make a very good start hi the direction ot the white- fcotire. York Times : Quotations from the Euro pean press lit the World-Herald are read with considerable suspicion of late. We do not exactly know just why It Is so , but that forgery from the London Financial News or the c.xpose ot the forgery may have some thing to do with It. Weeping Water Hcptibllcan : Thf World- Herald got both feet In It when It forged that London Financial Nous article , and The Dee In publishing n fnc-slmlle ot The News' denial has placed the Uryan organ hi n position not to bo envied by any sclt- rcspcctlng publication. Alliance- Times : They've got one demo- pop coon treed , anyhow. The Omaha World- Herald has been running a lot of alleged clippings from English newspapers calcu lated to make the touml money position of the republican party look nasty. Every blessed one ot the clippings are unadul terated forgeries. The World-Herald Is really nothing but a forgery anyhow. Leigh World : None ot the popocratic papers , not even the Immaculate World- Herald , are breaking their necks to repu diate the miserable fake they Imposed upon the country with glaring head lines , " 1'asto This In Your Hat , " and purporting to come from the Financial News , London. Of course It was all a lie. It this Is a campaign of education why not educate Instead of misinforming. It Is obviously thu duty ot all those papers that printed that fake arti cle to ay that It was only a pleco ot po litical jugglery and 1ms no weight , Don't deceive It jou arc trying to educate. J'eo- pie will get onto the right track finally. AshlnnJ Gazette : The World-Herald re ported between 2,600 and 3,000 persons at the train to greet Bryan when ho passed through Ashland. We wonder It this Is a fair sample ot the difference between the truth and the reports sent out by the Bryai reporters to the Bryan meetings ? At th utmost there were not to exceed COO per sons , all told. This number was made u largely of the pupils of the public school : who came In a body. The women nnd chll drcn made up the bulk of the crowd , On hundred and nineteen MeKlnley voters wor counted , nnd they comprised n good major Ity ot the adult males present. Taking th outsldo estimate made by any ono here It we may calculate that the same proper tlon ot falsehood appears In all the report of the Bryan meetings throughout thu eas tliey must have been tame aftalrs. Crete Vldetto : The Salt Lake News am Tribune pronounces the article a forgery The World-Herald claimed the article wa taken from a Philadelphia paper. Now 1 comes out with the statement that Join Dlvne , a populist candidate for congress It the Third district , furnished the article. 1U claims that It was a "clipping" sent hln by parties In London , nnd they claimed I was taken from the Financial News of Aprl 30 , and not March 10 , as claimed by tin Ilbrald. The Bee has published a fac-slmlli letter from the editor of the News denying In tote , the publication ot any such article In fact , wherever It was published , It turns out that the tenor ot the article was quota tlons from a frco silver * speech delivered h the senate by Dou Cameron. It is like tin gaibled quotations from Lincoln , Garflelc and Blalnc. The World-Herald has got itsel in a bad corner. In 1893 , It published as ai editorial the strongest kind of an argument in favor of a "gold standard" In ' 90 it ad mlta that it wag "wrong. " It claimed too that J. W. Bryan would mop the earth with John Thurston. Hero again It was woefully wrong. It claimed confidently that J. K Boyd would eternally crush Dave Mercer h the congresslonally race Dave was electci by over 1,200 majority , and the World-Herali was again wrong. Its last canard was h yesterday's paper In claiming that the audi ence attending the free silver notification o Bryan at Lincoln last Tuesday numbered "nearly 00,000. " The highest estimate we have heard by the most enthusiastic Bryan- Ito was 'from' ' 20,000 to 2F,000. , But that is about us near as the double-ender ever comes to telling the truth. As an original all around "fako factory" It takes the cake. It Is even discountenanced by its own jiartj papers. CO.1I.1IAMICR CIA11K.SO.\ . WIsnor Chronicle : Major Thaddeus G. Clarkson of Omaha was elected commander of the Grand Army of the Republic by accla mation. Nebraska Is harvesting a largo crop of honors as well as of corn this year. Wlnside Tribune : Major Clarkson ol Omaha has been elected commander-ln-chlel ot the Grand Army of the Republic. The major is de-servlne ot the honor and shows by his popularity and mcsterful campaignIng - Ing that ho holla from Nebraska. Hartlngton Leader : T. S. Clarkson ol Omaha has been elected to the prominent and proud i tuition of coinmander-ln-chbf of the Grand Army -of the Republic at the last annual gathorlng ot the honored boy In blue. Ono by ono the honors continue to fall on Nebraska. Plerco Loader : Honors are falling thick and fast upon Nebraska this year. This tlmo It Is Major T. S. Clarkson of Omaha , who was elected conimander-ln-chlof ot the Grand Army of the Republic at St. Paul last week. Nebraska citizens are proral nont In all walks and positions of life. Holdrogo Progress : At the national eii' campent ot the Grand Army of the Republic hold in St. Paul on the 4th of the present month , Major T. S. Clarkson of Omaha wau elected comnnander-li'tohlef oJ that body. Verily Nebraska Is having honor and greatness thrust upon her this year and no mistake- . Scwird Reporter : Nebr.iBkn received another honor last work , In the election of Major T. S. Clarkson of Omaha as comman- der-in-chlef of the Grand Army of the Re public. Major Clarkson has been for many years prominent in the iworlts ot the Grand Army of the Republic , and his cle-c- tlon as head of the order 1ms been well earned. It Is a compliment to the man. as well as an honor to the state. Valley Enterprise. : Nebraska scored an other victory last week by furnishing an- nther candidate for the highest honor In a national convention. The national conven tion referred to la the Grand Army ot the Republic encampment , which close < l Us sen slon at St. Paul , Minn , , last Saturday after Bleating Major T , 8. Clarkson ot Omaha tta commander. Truly Nebraska Is In It this year , as she carries off the honors In conventions of all kinds. Stanton Picket : The selection of Major r , S. Clarkson as national commander of the "Iraml Army of the Republic is a compliment lot to bo lightly coiiHldored , and which all s'ebraskn will delight In , Honors have fallen .hick and fast upon Nebraska this year of mr Lord 1S9G , and this last of the Hat Is by 10 means the 'east or moat to bo appreciated , rhcro are plenty of men who would rather bo ommamlor of this grandest of organizations : han bo president and there are moro who , vould rather bo the recipient of such an toner than bo the presidential nominee of a > arty that has no possibility of winning. It s an honor above politics , and anything .hat politics has to lies tow. U is assurance } f thu highest approbation ot "brothem and : omrades and In era ml army circles such lionors do not como easily or unmerited , ftgaln wo say that all Nebraska will rejoice , vlth Nebraska veterans and join in extend ing congratulations to Major CUrkson. North Bend Republican : Again one of N'cbrasak'a sons has betn honored. Major rhaddeus S , Clarkson lias bocn chosen ; ommnndcr of the Grand Army of the Re public and the headquarters of the army ivlll be moved to Omulm , The organization , vus founded In the wrst and many of its commanders have teen thosen from the west. > ut tills is perhaps the fartlio.it west that t has ever had Its headquarters. Clarkson ABB a gallant soldier In the war and has iluco been prominent In Grand Army affairs , Wayne Democrat ; The last Nebraska mane o be honored by a national organization s Major T , S , Clarlmon. who v.'aa elected is commamler-in .chief of the Grand Army > f the Republic at St. Paul last week. Ne- > raska has furnished more nottxl mm than my other state this year. Two candidates or the presidency , two chairmen of na- lonal conventions , besides a member of ho president's cabinet , and now the com- uander-in-chlef of thu Grand Army of the tepubllc inalic-a a allowing of which every icnon In the state may well be proud. noi'imn cocicu\\ . Chicago Record U Is a fact , \\hlch a number ot politicians might do well to note down for future reference , * that Bourke Cockrnn has made a big hit simply by decllnlnc to accept an office. Kansas City Star : Bourke Coekran's dec- linntlon to accept the nomination ot the republican party for congress in the Twelfth district ot Now York Is nn addi tional evidence of fidelity to the principles of true democracy as ho understands them. In opposing the election of the candidates of his party , Mr. Cockrnn , like thousands of others , Is "expiating the follies nnd excesses" Into which his party has fallen , and It Is fit , therefore , that he should sh.iro the "exclusion from office , " which he urges the people to Impose on Iho party. Detroit Free Press : Hon. Bourke Coekran's declination of the republican nom ination for congress In the Twelfth Now York district a nomination that would he equivalent to mi election demonstrates the unselfishness and patriotism of his advo cacy of the present monetary system of this country. Ills forcible and manly let ter to the republican leader who proffered the nomination Is n sufficient answer to the charge of the free silver organs that Mr. Cockran has enlisted In the sound money movement for mercenary reasons. Chicago Post : He has testified to his un wavering fealty to good government and n sound currencv In a manner the sincerity of which cannot now bo questioned. Having thrust aside political honors , and havliiR declined what might bo construed as r. reward for his repudiation ot the Chicago platform , no man dare nssall his political honesty or Impugn the Integrity of his mo tives. Mr. Cockran believes that the In terests of good government nnd national prosperity demand that every patriot shall cast his vote for MeKlnley and Hobart this fall. Chicago Times-Herald : Cockran decline's an assured reward. The temptation Is greater because ho has been a valued con gressman , because hu loves the activities of membership In the house , because hu prizes the national eminence It gave him. Ho has been called a politician , but this act suggests the statesman. Few men re buking their own party have declined as sured honors from the opposition. In Ills honesty , dignity and public spirit of his action Bourke Cockran has projected tv rather hopeful ray across the general gloom of hls'party's fortunes In the present cam paign. IIHYAX'S IjAST liliTTlill. Chicago Chronicle ( dcm. ) : Mr. Bryan's formal letter Is weaker oven than his In formal but carefully prepared Madison Square Garden deliverance. It Is an un precedented compound of shallow political philosophy , platitudes , errors and negations of sound principles. It Is hardly deserving of serious criticism. Boston Globe ( dcm ) : Mr. Bryan's letter , accepting the democratic nomination , ap parently Is only a hasty summary ot his conclusions on .tho propositions contained In the Chicago platform , nnd whoever looked to It for un argumentative review of the Issues of the campaign such as Mr. Mc- Klnley's letter , or indeed the letters ot most presidential candidates.In recent years , must have read with dlsappplntmeut this brief declaration ot principles , Louisville Courier-Journal ( dem. ) : Mr. Bryan's letter accepting the Chicago nomi nation has the merit of being much shorter than his speech of acceptance. Indeed , I seems as it , impressed with the failure of his Breech at Madison Square Garden , ho has como to the conclusion that serious discus sion Is not his forte , and has determine to devote his energies to the oratorical ap peals to Ignorance , prejudice and passion to which he returned Immediately after his Madison Square effort. Springfield ( Mass. ) Republican ( Ind. dcm. ) The plea for homo rule Is all right am1 , federal Interference In Iho domestic affairs of a state is to bo condemned , but further along In the letter Mr. Bryan Insists upon the right of the United States to regulate interstate commerce In order that "tho Interests ot the whole people" may be looked after which Is precisely the point where the United States took hold at Chi cago. It put down interference with the transmission of the malls and protected In terstate commerce , and did this not to med dle unwarrantably In domestic affairs , butte to protect "the Interests of the whole pee ple. " Now York World ( dem. ) : Mr. Bryan's let ter of acceptance was written under per plexities that should command the sym pathy of all generous minds. Ho Is the can didate ot three different parties , no tweet ot which stand for the same policies or agree In thilr aspirations. Ho wants the votes of democrats , whose concern Is for lower tariffs and a larger Individual liberty. Ho wants the votes of the free silver republicans , who are primarily for higher tariffs and an enlarged paternalism. He wants the votes of ex-domocratlc populists , whoso dominant deslro li to "down the democrats" from whom they eeceded and who are not at heart for free slher , but for flat paper money. It Is hard to ride three horses that are disposed to run In different directions , and Mr. Bryan Is entitled to sympathy. Washington Times ( dem. ) : Mr. Bryan's reference to the "gold and allvor standard of our constitution" Is another bimetallic myth. That Instrument empowers con gress to "coin money and regulate the value thereof , " but in no way does It refer to a gold and silver standard , or to ratio between these metals. It prohibits states from making anything hut gold and sliver a legal tender In payment of debts , but says nothing about tree coinage. Wo are now nearer the money of the constitu tion than we would bo If our mints wcro open to coinage on individual account , for In that event gold would bo driven out or circulation. Bimetallism is impossible without International agreement , nor has the United States over been able to en force It , oven when the commercial ratio of gold and silver was nearly at a parity. I'OMTICAI , XOT13S. A canvass made by traveling newspaper correspondents of railroad employes east of the Mississippi river and north of the Ohio shows BO per cent of the employes In favor of McKinley. The sale of Bryan campaign regalia has collapsed In the cast. Orders from the west are few nnd far between , On the other liand the demand for MeKlnley hats is steadily growing. . The ballot to bo voted for In Philadel phia this year will measure two feet by three feet , Klght parlies are already In the lold , and the Jcffursonlans will add their Indianapolis ticket. Charles U. Lane of California and Wash- ngton contributed $10,000 to the frco silver campaign fund , Lane is the owner of BUV- > ra ! gold mines and Is not averse to seini ng his metal to a premium , Three hundred sound money clubs com posed of railroad men , with a membership of 120,000 voters , were organized through out the country during August , The nuin- > or Is being increased every week , Senator Stewart , the frco silver patriot uul "filtmd of labor , " wants to compromise its controversy with the Columbia Typo- ; raphcal ! union on a basis of $12 n week. [ 'ho union wages U $18 per week , and Uowart is now paying $9 to ills printers. Mr. James L. Keach of Indianapolis , who oeently resigned na a member of the popo- iratlc stito executive committee , In an ntervlow with James Crcelman of the Now Yoik World , said : "McKinley will carry Indiana by about 40,000. There U nothing tt all behind the boast of the frcu silver eaders. " Whllo John P. Irish was speaking for sound money in Kansas City last week , some of the audlcnco hissed thu name of Cleveland , Irish choked them off with this Mlly : "In the economy of naturu only two hi ncs hiss , thu snaku and the goose. The snalto biases because ho Is poisonous , tha JOOSG because ho U a tool. " The hog Btory which Bryan worked off n Chicago on Labor day located the rooters n Iowa. In ono of his speeches In congress n 1&92 , ho said the rooters were In Kansas. As It took four years for the silver hogs o work from Kanaia to lov/a their progress s not hulllclent to cxclto alarm. Thu further cast llity go the moro rings they will ccure , Maine votes today. In the four previous ulcctlons the vote of the state has been aa follows ; Rep. Dorn. Hop. 1'lu. m-Pnsldent . WM 3.7JI 23.2S3 KW-Govornor . . . . 45.331 W.2H 1S.WCJ > 2 President . 48 OU M.'ja 14. JT9 SOI Governor . 30.W1 CU.WJ 33.S73 noon Anviris o.v THIS AJ ( Irand Inland Independent ; The constltu- ! tlonsl amendment providing for three ad ditional supreme court Justices seoma to ) mret with the favor of the greater portion of all parties. U U a necessary change , ai there la moro business for the court than can bo attended to with any degree ct promptness ns the court Is at present con stituted. Ilitrwell Progress- Tills ofllco Is In re- crlpt of a marked copy ot the Kxchango published at Klkhorn. The great ambition of the Kxcliango scorns to bo to defeat the proposed amendment to the constitution providing for the merging the cotinty anil city governments In counties In which ara located cities of the metropolitan class. Wo see nothing unfair about the proposed amendment for the reason that the voters of such counties have n clianco to express tliclr wishes In regard to the matter bcforo any change can be made In their county government , even If the amendment carries nt the general election , Vote for the con stitutional amendments. Tim roucnit v FACTOuv. Harwell Progress : A. R. Cndy will bo the next member of congress from the Sixth district. Stnnton Picket : When you , Mr. Voter , cast n ballot for Jack MncColt joti vote for n man whose Individual Integrity admits of no- question. Kalrfleht News : Hon. W. 13. Andrews Is doing some very telling work among Ills constituents In the Fifth district , which will show Itself when the result Is counted In November. Blair Pilot : Hess L. Hammond was nomi nated as a candidate for congress from thi > Third district. If Itoss can run for con gress like lie can wield an editorial pen there will be no question of his election , Hayca Center Times : Tbo republican candidates for judges of the supreme court , Itobcrt Ryan of Lancaster and M. 1' . Kin- ' knld of Holt , nro each well qimllllcKl for the ofllco and totem will make no mistake In placing them there. Grand Islind Independent : Hon. Jack MacColl is said to be thu only man running for oflico this year who wears whiskers , but the way lie Itecps moving over the state keeps tlie Nebraska zc.phyrs blowing through them at a lively rate. Wallace Tug : Judging from reports from all over the state , the only question In re gard to MacColl Is the size of his majority. Ho Is a friend-maker and a vote-gtUer , nnd tlk small Surplus which > Holcomb snared two years ngo will melt away llko caramels In the feed grinder of sweet six teen. Vnlley Kntorprlse : The congressional race has now simmered down to lion , Dave Mer cer nnd Judge Duffle , Will we return Mr. Mercer to congress and thus show our ap- _ prtclatlon of his grand work In securing" the Exposition appropriation bill , or will wo send a new man of whom we know nothing . as a congressman ? Kearney Hub : nig-hoarttd Jack MncColl U sawing moro wood every day than any candidate that over started out in this state , mid tbo opinion still goes that he will lead the republican ticket. The Sixth district will stnnd by him enthusiastically and furnish the proof that ho was tbo very man for the nomination for governor. Hdgar Post : Don't forget to make ar rangements to vote for Andrews. Ho lias represented this district faithfully and wull and will do so again with the added ability , , -I that his experience nan given him. Wo have nothing to say against Sutherland. Ho Is a good fellow , but llko a lot of other good fellows , would make a mighty poor congressman. Kimball Observer : The most encouraging reports are coming from Mr. Cady's nteet- lms all over the district. He is making friends everywhere and his election to con gress Is becoming moro certain every day. Mr. Cady Is a blight man , backed by a clean record , and if elected will be heard from in congress to tbo advantage of his constituents. Grand Island Independent : It Is safe to say that bad the little giant received tbo nomination for congress in the 'Fifth dli- trlct there would have at least been TI Ilt- tlo fun In It for Andrews while running ahead of his opponent. As It Is , the race Is so onc-islded that If we want any amuse ment from the congressional contest wo must turn to Cady and Hill Greene. Lilchfleld Monitor : As was expected , BUI Greene gobbled the nomination for con gress at the populist convention nt Crawford. Mr. Greene has always hunted oillce and has tried every political party of any 1m- are putting on new colors \i \ and why shouldn't au tumn men and boys ? Some of the fall patterns in cloths are almost as beautiful as the leaves. Light weight Overcoats are beginning to be worn and we'd like to liave you look at our lines. There is a variety of materials to choose from and they are lined and finished in various styles at prices to accommodate purses of different sizes. But with the lower- priced as with the more expensive garments , the cloths arc right and the fit is guaranteed. 8. W , Cor. 1 Stimuli Douglas