Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY 33E.E : SUNDAY , NOVEMBER 0 , 1898.
HITCHCOCK CHANGES FRONT
When He Dabbed the SixUon to One Men M
Dishonest or Visionary ,
SHORT CMNGE DOLLAR NOT GOOD MONEY
Not hi tie lint HIP Nriniili liHorcat of the
Mine Owner * llclilnil ( lie De-
niunil for n. Ii > i > ri'clntiMl
C'urri-iie ) ' .
OMAHA , Nov. r. . To the Editor of The
Bee : 1 notlco that G. M. Hitchcock , In his
appeals to popocrats for support In his can
didacy for congress , enumerates as the first
plank in his platform , "The restoration of
the frco and unlimited coinage of silver at I
the ratio of 1C to 1. "
I remembered that at the time the sllvei'
question won at Its height , Hitchcock and
his paper were opposing 16 to 1 coinage. 1
have looked up the flies of Hltchcock'ft
paper nnd found the following articles , which
were written by the man who now says h
Is for 10 to 1 :
What to Ho.
World-Herald , Jnly 31. 1803 : First , repeal
the silver purchasing clause of the Sherman
'
ac ( , for the reason that Its effect has been
to put Into circulation silver currency of i
shake the confidence I
such a debased value as to
fidence of timid Investors and ( o force out j
of circulation much money ordinarily used
to transact the business of the country , tuua
producing stringency and nann.
Second , provide for the frco nnd unlimited
coinage of silver on such a standard as will
nut 100 cents of silver in each silver dollar ,
taking the average value for the last twelve
The World-Herald believes that the two
propositions contained In the above para-
Krapbn appeal to tbo sound | ud mcnt ot the
Intelligent people of Nebraska.
With regard to the flrst there ought to
bo by this time no question. Whether or
not timid Investors were justified In becom
ing alarmed at the prospect ot a depreciated
currency makes no difference. They mny
have been foolish , but even then their fears
have had nn effect on the whole business
world and produced vast troubles. Remove
the cause of ( heir fears and restore confi
dence.
The second IB practical , honest and sfo
bimetallism on the ratio ot 1 to 23. It
would reopen all the silver mines of the
wfPt and bo equivalent to affording a per
manent market for silver at about 82 cents
per ounce. Investors would know Unit a
liver dollar contained us much real value
AS a gold dollar , and It would , therefore ,
pass as readily In foreign business as gold.
Confidence would be restored. The gradual
Increase In the cupply of silver currency
worth par would proceed. The silver In
terests would bo stable and reasonaly ptus-
perous.
No people , except the greedy owners of
liver mines , anxious to make inordinate
profits , nre Interested In coinage at the ratio
of 1 to 16.
No people except those avaricious owners
of money , who profit by contracting the cur
rency , are Interested In prohibiting honest
free silver coinage at the ratio ot t to 25.
Wo have no silver mines in Nebraska and
the interests of the people of this state
simply require frco and unlimited coinage of
silver upon the basis of ls reasonable value ,
which cannot bo far from 1 part of gold to
Z5 of silver.
ContunliiK Two IHnttiiut Idvnn ,
World-Herald , August 3 , 1S93 : The silver
agitators who Insist on free coinage upon
the dishonest ratio of 1 to 1C nnd refuse to
accept It upon the honest ratio of I to 2.
are very anxious to delude the public Into
the belief that the demand for moro cur
rency and the demand for colnago upon the
ratio of 1 to 10 are Identical.
They brand as goldbugg nil who decline
to advocate E4-cont silver dollars.
In truth , however , the only honest bl-
mctalllst Is ho who believes In the free
coinage of gold and silver , each ( akcn at
its market value and so coined that 10(1 (
cents worth of gold shall bo in the sold
dollar ami 100 cents worth o : silver shall
be In the silver dollar.
The blmetalllst who advocates free coin-
flRe of gold and stiver on a ratio of 1 to
25 Is as much a believer In an Increase in
the circulating medium as the man who
demands colnugc on the ratio of 1 to 16.
The sllverltcs in ChlcaRO need not arro
gate to thfuiuclvos the championship of an
increased currency. That Is not their real
purpose nor is It the real effect o' their
agitation. They are only the champions ol
silver.
A Dattlc of tlic Standard * .
World-Herald , August 7 , 1893 : The com
ing Issue Is not whether silver shall ho
coined n money with sold , but at wht'
ratio shall silver and gol.l bo coined in the
United States.
A majority of congress and a majority o :
the people unquestionably fnvor the frcp
coinage of both metals. The principle o :
bimetallism Is triumphant In this country
The goldbugs nre far In the minority.
But when "silver grubs" undertake to
compel the United States to grunt free coinage -
ago on the ratio of 1 to 16 they pervert the
principle of bimetallism to their own selfisl
ends. They are attempting to make the
people accept silver at BO per cent moro than
It Is worth. They take advantage of a urea
principle and endeavor to have It so nppllcc
us to enrich themselves at the expense o
the rest of the people.
There is no vlrtuo In bimetallism at 1 t <
1C which docs not also belong to bimetal
lUm upon the standard of the market vain :
of the two metalfl. That Is to say , the froi
and unlimited colnago of 100-cent sllvci
dollars nan every advantage that tho. colnagi
of 55-cent dollars has , without any of thi
dangers. The only difference Is that thi
silver mine owners do not got nn onormoui
premium for their product.
The silver champions Ilko to arrogate ti
themselves the solo championship of bl
mctalllsm. They have no legitimate monnp
ely of the principle , however. The real Issu
Is not for and against bimetallism nor fo
nnd against silver. It is a question o
values. Shall our silver coinage bo ha
upon the experience of the world nr.
corded in the markets of ( ho world or filial
we undertake to put a fictitious and cxor
bltant value on silver simply because it formerly
morly had that value ?
An Unholy Alliance.
World-Herald , August 8 , 1893 : A dlspatd
from tbo City of Mexico eays : "There is
project on foot here to unlto all Latin
American nations In a monetary league
resist the depreciation of silver. It Is as
sorted that while sliver has declined i
"A cold
on the chest.
Aiier's
sJ
Cherry Pectoral
"A cure
in a night.
obedlcneo to natural laws , yet the fall U
out of proportion to what It should ho , and
debtor nations i ouM unlto to defend tholr
Interest * against conspiracy. Publlo opinion
hero would favor filtering Into a tnonj'.if1. :
league with the United States , transform *
the trade of Latin America largely to Amor-
leans , only anklng on the part of the United
States a freer entrance of raw matcrlalB. "
Just who discovered that the fall of nil-
ver wan "out of proportion to what It should '
bo" or by what means he discovered It , or ,
how ho came to admit that there should IB
any fall nt all , Is not told. For a sllverlto |
lo admit that silver could depreciate If
every nation on earth demonetized It Is rank
herepy. The United States of Arnerlca' '
would look well tied up In an alliance for
the rehabilitation of silver with Mexico ,
whoso credit has been ruined by the free
colnago of that metal.
The Market Vnluc of .Silver.
World-Herald , Augunt 8 , 1893 : "Tho
Omaha World-Herald wnnU 'safe bimetal-
llsm at tbo ratio of 1 to 2C. ' Nothing Is safe
unless It ban stability , and you can't have
stability with two money standards , one of
which Is continually bobbing up and down ,
Ilko a cork on a choppy sen. Minneapolis
Journal. "
There is no reason to believe that the
market value of silver would fluctuate If
once fixed by free colnago upon a reason
able basis. As a more commodity silver
will fluctuate moro or less. Gold itself
would fluctuate if reduced to the rank of a
mere commodity.
Mcro fluctuations In market values of
either gold or sliver nre abolished by free
colnago , which affords an unlimited demand
for the two metals at an unvarying price.
Nothing but stupendous new discoveries or
a revolution In mining could affect silver
allies If frc colnago were once established ,
rovlded the law establishing frco coinage
laced It upon the sound basis of market
alue.
The man who refuses tcr give silver n
intico is as unreasonable as the man who
nslsts on worshiping a silver Idol ,
flovernmcnt may not be able by law to
ako the business world accept 60 cents
orth of silver as the equivalent of 100
; nts worth of gold , but government la able
a legalize an average value of silver , which
xpcrlenco has shown to be fair and which
10 markets have recorded.
Moderating ISxtrctue Vlcwn.
World-Herald , August 11. 1893 : It must
e conceded that the situation at Washlnc-
on is assuming a gratifying condition ,
[ any of the free silver men who went to
Vashlngton wedded to the 16 to 1 fallacy
ave Indicated a disposition to yield their
Uremo viows. Many of these men go BO
nr as to pay that a 20 to 1 ratio will bo
cceptable , and by resolution the caucus
ecl.ired for "such a ratio" as would maln-
aln the parity between gold and silver.
Certainly the president's clear and earnest
message had much to do with the result.
ut whatever may have been the cause of
10 pronounced change In radical views the
Ffect Is gratifying to the entlrn country ,
'radically the 16 to 1 fallacy Is a thing
f the past , and now that the once radical
llvor men nre entering upon the highroad
o conservatism we may hope that their
atrlotlsra and the appreciation of the neces-
Itles of their countrymen will prompt
icm tot entirely abandon the uncertainty for
! io certainty.
It Is one thing to preach 1G to 1 in the
ever of enthusiasm Inspired by a monster
olttlcal gathering , but U Is quite another
hlug to deliberately defend such a fallacy
n the congress of the United States.
The free silver men are to be concratu
atcd that their eyes are beginning to open ,
nd when the end of our pressnt trials eh ll
omo let us hope that those eyes will ! > .
n a condition to enjoy the benefits of ae -
uvenated country , made possible by patrl-
tlc and busluoss-llke legislation.
If that Is the way Hitchcock talked about
G to 1 sliver coinace In 1803 how will he
itand on the question if the sllvorltcs
hould send him to congrens ? J. H.
HAVE MUUCUU'S llEAk nECOItD.
Chiilrmnii Illiickhiirn AVrlten n Letter
to Attorney ncnernl Smyth.
OMAHA , Nov. 3. Hon. C. J. Smyth , At-
orney General , City : My Dear Sir I see
by reports made In the World-Herald that
rou have taken the contract to stand before
: hls intelligent community and attempt to
mislead the voters into the belief that Mr.
Mercer had little , If anything , to do with securing -
curing , among other things , the Transmlssls-
slppl Exposition.
Believing that you must certainly be 1m-
po-ned upon nnd that you have forgotten the
"acts , I wish to call your attention to the
record as It appears in the World-Herald of
June 11 , 1896.
I have always regarded you as an honor
able gentleman and have supposed you
would not attempt by Innuendo or falsehood
to place any public man in nn attitude
which his record docs not warrant.
You know as well as I that Mr. Mercer has
been the moat efficient congressman this
district has ever had at Washington. This
haa been partly due to his length of service
and partly due to his energy and ability.
You have made the statement by Implica
tion that Mr. Mercer pays no taxes In
Ouiaha and that ho is a resident ot Minne
apolis. You could very easily have learned
by Investigation of the records that Mr
Mercer pays about as much taxes In Omaha
as you nnd you could have learned , If you
had chosen to make tbo effort , that Mr
Mercer lives at No. 2811 Hickory street am
that this has been his homo for uioro than
ten years.
Alimit Aniiroiirlutlon * ,
You go farther , however , In speaking o
the appropriations secured during Mr. Mer
cer's terms in congress nnd practically lay
down the proposition that another man la
entitled to all the credit and that Mr. Mer
ccr Is sailing under false colors.
Mr. Mercer's public announcement does
not claim to himself anything except tha
these results were accomplished during hli
Incumbency of the office of congressman
Ho believes , as you believe and everybody
el3o knows , that ho assisted very material ! ;
In securing the appropriations nnd ho sub
mils that on the record he has made ho is
entitled to the consideration ot the voters
of the district.
But permit mo to refer you to the World
Herald of June 11 , 1S96 , for further informa
tlon In regard to tbo Transmlsslsslppl Expo
sltlon bill. On the editorial page of th
World-Herald of that date you will find th
following paragraph :
From the day that the measure ( th
Transmlsslsslppl Exposition appropriate
bill ) flrst reached the house Cougresstna :
Mercer ban devoted to It his best energy an
his most watchful care. Mcuy other mei
would have been discouraged , but Mr. Me.
cer has worked under great difficulties wit
a Determination and fidelity which have bee
well rewarded.
The editorial referred to speaks also o
tbo work done by ex-Senator Paddock , Con
gressman Jlalncr1 and Senator Allen , and 1 :
the name of ( ho people of Nebraska ( banks
these gentlemen right cordially for their
good work.
Knilurneil In Ne vn Column * .
In the news pages you will And a good
deal of matter bearing upon the subject.
For Instance , In tha South Omaha columns
of the World-Herald , under the title of the
"Town is Much Pleased" you will read the
following :
When the World-Herald's exclusive bulle
tins went up yesterday shortly after the 1
o'clock whittle had blown anjl It was an
nounced In the Maglo City that the exposi
tion bill had passed there was much rt
Jolctng , and If Congressman Mercer had
been there he would have heard many times ,
"There is no one like 'our Dave' " and "If
he don't we what ho wants let him ask for
it. " The most prominent men In the city
would utop on the street to shake hands
over the passage of the act and remark-
"That will glvo us a boom from now until
long after tbo exposition has ceased to
exist. "
The Washington World-Herald bureau re
port , signed by Fred T. Schrader , contains
nearly a column of comment upon the meas
ure , and I beg you to read the entire article
m It appear'hut specially the following
paragraph ! :
. Mercer Immediately seized upon the
golden . opportunity and asked for recogni
tion . , which was Instantly granted by Speaker
Reed. The bill was uot even read , but tl o
. . .
lltlo was announced and a vote taken wlfjlc
. Kpace of two minutes , which resulted _ H
the unanimous passage of the bill. The tliuc
wns so quick that It Is claimed that Mr.
. .
Bnlley did not oven have tlm to swallow
.
the flrst mouthful of food he hnd taken ,
. The speaker used hU gavel In vain trying
to . quiet the mighty phouts and bamlclnpplns
that . resulted from the passage of the bill.
After ' the passage of the bill Mr. Mercer
spent the greater portion of the dny In re-
r ctvlng the congratulations of his numeroim
riendft : in the house and senate.
The bill was quickly finished by the sen-
to and , armed with it , Mr. Mercer started
or the White House. As ho went Into the
mansion ho passed the president's messen-
er carrying to the house the president's
cto to the Fort Omaha military reservation
111. Not knowing that , ho hastened In
nd In a few minutes' time came out trl-
mphandy wlh ( he signature of the preol-
ent attached to the exposition bill. Many
members remarked about the expansive
mile which Mr. Mercer wore the rest of
lie day.
AVlint Other Mciiihvr. * Salil.
Mr. Hopkins of Illinois , In an Interview
with the World-Herald correspondent , said1
"At the Mart the ways and means commit
tee was strongly opposed to the cxposltlin
ill ) , but we changed our views on account
f the persistence of Mr. Mercer In the work
or the bill and because Mr. Mercer thor-
ughly convinced us that the only thing to
o was to pass the bill. I am highly
Ighted at the passage of the bill and am
erlously thinking of commencing the con-
tructlon of buildings on my lots In Omaha ,
or the exposition Is sure to boom the
ilace. "
Representative Dolllvcr said : "Mr. Mercer
s an exceedingly successful man In all
eglslatlon undertaken by hlrn. "
Mr. Payne said that Mr. Mercer was th&
no man of the house who could get an ex-
icmttlon bill through congress and that he
md shown himself to be a man untiring In
his efforts to do that for hla constituents
which was desired by them.
It will not do to take up too much space ,
a ( 1 will state that between thirty-five and
orty other members expressed themselves
n a like strain.
Mr. Kem was missed from tbo floor of the
house , where ho could have killed consld-
rable time today , and upon Inquiry It was
earned that he left In tha company of Rep
csentatlvo Heatwole at 11 o'clock this morn-
ng for Omaha. While on the train Hent-
wolo sent a telegram to Mercer , In which
he said : "Kcm is gone ; hasten the bill. "
Representatives Halncr and Andrews de
serve credit for the way In which they as
slsted Mr. Mercer. Both of them did every
thing they could and that la saying a great
deal.
In view of the mistaken attitude which
you have assumed upon the exposition iblll ,
It Is fair to presume that your opinion In re-
jard to every other measure mentioned by
Mr. Mercer In his public announcement of
his record Is likewise uncertain and Incor
rect.
I trust that after you have read thla com
munication you will have the 'manhood In
your next speech to explain to the public
that , in your partisan zeal for an editor
who has said many unpleasant things of you
In times past , you forget the facts which
transpired only two and a half years ago.
Yours truly , T. W. BLACKBURN.
John Mitdcll'a Iteoord.
OMAHA , Nov. 5. To the Editor of The
Bee : I saw In the World-Herald , under
date of November 2 , 1898 , John Llddell'8
record , which was signed by the officers of
the Moulders' union. In this they endorse
John Llddell for rc-clcctton to the legisla
ture on account ot his "brilliant" record
made two years ago.
I would like to know whether or not the
Iron moulders of this city want to go on
record as supporting a man of Llddell's caFi
ber.
ber.The
The truth Is , and cannot be denied , that he
deliberately voted to unseat Messrs. John
Butler , Levl Cox and Frank Burman , because -
cause they were republicans , and to replace
them by three fuslonlsts who did not receive
a majority of the votes cast in Douglas
county in the last legislature. Llddell also
recommended Ed Crane for engineer at the
state capltol building , which position Crane
received and now holds , In spite of the fact
that a protest was made by the Interna
tlonal Association of Machinists to the ap
pointive board , Ltddelf and his colleagues.
The rweon for the protest was that the
Union Pacific Railroad company failed to
comply with an agreement made by It and the
employes , causing a strike , at which tlmo
,
Crane left the drawing department and went
to work as a machinist , thus branding him
self ai a "scab" among worklngmcn. Lid
doll ! knew this , and cannot deny It , as It can
be proved by his own shop mates In the Iron
moulders' department , as well as In all other
departments of the Union Pacific shops.
Therefore , Llddell having supported a Bcab ,
Is not a friend of organized labor , notwith
standing his appeal for their suffrage.
HARRY E. EASTON.
Chni > K of Cnnillilate * .
Jeremiah Cooper , republican candidate for
assessor In the Fourth ward , died yestc'day
at about C o'clock a , m. The vacancy on the
republican ticket has been filled by placing
upon the ticket the name ot William Q
Anderson. Mr. Anderson Is a eon of Judge
Guatave Anderson , well known to residents
ot the fourth ward. Ho has served for
number of years as deputy assessor a.nd hat
been selected by Mr. Cooper to act In
similar capacity under his administration.
Mm. StlnipNoii IN IJurncil.
A small blaze was discovered yesterday
afternoon about 3 o'clock In the one-storj
frame building at 2627 Hamilton street oc
cupied as a dwelling by Edward Slmpsoi
and family. An alarm was sent In , but the
11 ro was extinguished before the nrrlva
of the firemen , no great damage having
been done beyond severe burns Incurred \ > :
Mrs. Stlmpson In trying to smother the
flames. The cause of the fire is not known.
When you ask for De Witt's Witch Haze
Salve don't accept a counterfeit or Imitation
There are more cases of piles cured by this
than all others combined.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
W. J. Kirk of Cleveland is at .he Her
Grand ,
C. W. Converse of Sandusky , 0. , Is a
the Her Grand.
B. A. Knight and wife of Louisville , Ky.
are in the cltv.
Charlea D. Horgan of Rapid City , S. D.
is an Omaha visitor.
L. L. Thomas ban gone to Chicago and th
east on a business trip.
W , R. Graham , paymaster in the Unltet
States army , is In Omaha.
Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Knlcht of Louisville
Ky. , ore at the Her Grand.
B. A. Branch of Chicago , representing the
Erie lines , la at the Her Grand.
J. C. Havermcyer and Miss Havermeyer o
Yonkers. N. Y. , are In the city.
Colonel and Mrs. C. E. Hambleton OL
Chicago have taken permanent apartments
at the Her Grand.
Harold L. Parsons of New York Is at the
Her Grand. Mr. Parsons Is western manager
of the Clark Mile End Cotton company.
R. R. Ritchie of San Francisco , formerly
general agent for the Northwestern roai
In this city , U visiting friends In Omaha.
Brigadier S. L. Brcnglo of the Salvation
Army arrived in Omaha yesterday to hold a
series of meetings. Ho registers from New
York City.
Ncbraskans at the hotelr : H. W. Gllllj
Tekamah ; W. A. Lamed , Halgler ; W. A
Woodward. Lincoln ; Dawson C. Collins
Nebraska City ,
The Omaha friends of J. J. McCarthy
formerly traveling passenger agent of th
New York Central and West Shore roads
are pleased to learn of his appointment a.
general western agent of the West Shore
road at Chicago , vice William Caldwcll , re
trigned.
'here's ' a Barrel of Money
In It for yon If you but supply tlic
ntllca of your household with Urox 1"
Shooumn's Kt'milm' box calf , oork-fllh'il
sole winter slioc. they combine wtylt *
nnd durability tind nre the Ideal winter
shoo no rubber * to loose nnd nuuoy
no wet foot-Just the BIIOO for skating
Wo wnnt the Indies to Inspect this shoe
wo know It will please Just to start
.hem off lively we've made the price
! 'I.OO. While the price Is small yon can
lepend on the value being there about
$4 worth this Is a genuine bos calf shoe
for $3.00.
Drexel Shoe Co. ,
Omnhn'a L'p-to-dnto Shoe llomt.
I'ARNAM STREET
The Karona Kamera
Is the latest to suddenly go to the top
as the most popular of cameras a ? 3.T
camera for § 10 , that's about what It
mean ? when you buy a Karona llncst
quality of acrotnatlc lenso now Gunlock -
lock shutter made expressly for the
Karona Iris dlaphram time-bulb nnd
Instantaneous movement nnd speed reg-
tjlator two trypod sockets ground glass
screens telescope Led made of mahog
any wood covered with best srnde of
leather takes a picture 4x5 and sells
complete for ? 1O If you can't got here
send for catalogue showing cuta , ots.
TheAloe&PenfoldCo
AmnteBr Photo Supp * ' Aonttr ,
140 ! Furnam Street.
Parton Hotel.
ABOUT WALKER AND KODTSKY
Bomo Information Which the Voter is
Entitled to Have.
SCANDALOUS RECORD OF DISREPUTABLES
Why No Self-IU'Hpcctlnc I'crnon Can
Cast Illn Vote for Theno Mat-
odoroiiH LeKlnlutlve Can-
ditto.
Among the candidates for the legislature
from among whom the vote's will bo com
pelled to choose at the approaching election
are two for whom no respectable citizen can
cast his vote , knowing their characters and
careers. These two candidates are Victor 0.
Walker and Joseph Koutsky , whose names
appear upon the republican legislative ticket. j
Victor B. Walker Is an attorney. His' ( '
practice la confined almost exclusively j I
to the defense In the police court of thieves j
and prostitutes with whom ho Is a constant I
associate. Walker's disgraceful career began
to acquire publicity some years ago , when I
ho was appointed a member of the Omaha
police force.
Walker put on his uniform the end of
April , 1S89. Ho was not on the force a
month before ho was reprimanded by the
police board. Ho was up before the board
at frequent Intervals on all sorts of charges.
The case for which he was dismissed from
the police force it * peculiarly scandalous
by reason of the aggravating circumstances
under which the offense was committed.
Shortly before this time the son of a poor ,
Illiterate negro woman , Mrs. Sarah Proctor , I
who then resided at 1711 Harney street , j
won arrested on a criminal charge In Kansas
City , Kan. An attorney was retained at
Kansas City , to defend the boy. Walker ,
learning of the cane , wormed himself Into
the confidence of tbo poor old negro woman
with the pretense that ho would help her
secure the liberty of her son.
Fraudulent ChccIiM.
The attorney at Kansas City wrote to Mrs ,
Proctor , telling her what ho had done and
stating that It would require J35 to pay for
the court fees and his own services. Mrs.
Proctor accepted tbo offer of Walker's oe-
alstanco In carrying on the correspondence
and agreed to pay part of the money and the
rest as soon as she couM raise It. She gave
Walker $10 of her savings to bo sent to
Kansas City for tbo benefit of the boy , hut
Walker pocketed the money and let the
boy lie In jail. Ho wrote to the
attorney making all sorts of excuses
for withholding the money and again stat-
Ing that he had eent the money to the clerk
of the court.
To these letters he forged the name of Mrs.
Prostor without her authority or consent.
Finally , when cornered and threatsuei with
prosecution , Instead of sending the money
which he had appropriated , ho wrote out a
check for $10 on the First National bank and
sent It to the Kansas City man. The check
when presented for payment came back
promptly with the Information that Wolktrj j
not only had no funds In the bank , butji
never had a deposit In it. I'
The forged letters , the fraudulent check'i '
and all the papers In the case were presented
to the police commission , and upon this
documentary evidence Walker was
summarily dropped from the police depart-
raent. The papers In the case were filed
with the other documents of the police board ,
but before many weeks elapsed they dla-
appeared from the flics. I
After his dismissal from the police fores '
Walker turned up as a police court at-1 '
torney , catering to the business of the
lowest and most vicious classes of criminals. i
Since the tlmo Walker's chief notoriety
has been gained In the police court and In
the district devoted to prostitutes. His
pollco court work has consisted mostly of
securing the releases of prisoners by run
ning away or wearing out complaining wit- j
nesses or enabling them to jump town on !
straw bonds. His principal clients have betni
denizens of tbo burnt district who retain him'
not as a lawyer , but aa a professional bonds
man.
IIli HiiNliicMH a n IlonUmnnn.
In July , 1S97 , he signed a bond for a
colored man who had stolen $800. The pris
oner , as Eoon as released , jumped town , but
the records do not show that the JSOO-bond
has over been made good by Walker. The
following month the colored lawyer justi
fied on tbo bond of his white mistress , Alice
Gordon , when she was arrested for slashing
a woman who had slandered her lover. Sep
tember 17 , 1807 , Walker became surety on a
bond of John Drown and Lew Pierce ,
charged with assaulting David Morris with
Intent to do bodily barm. The bond was
$500. April 7 , 1S9S. he went bond for Mlnnlo
Stephens , Carrie n. and Ltzzlo Stortz , ar
rested for grand larceny. Suffice it to say
Walker has never made good a forfeited
bond , and that ho signs straw half bunds as
a regular business simply for a cash consid
eration.
Although Walker Ii married and has a
family , be consorts opculy and notorlouily
with prostitutes , both black and white.
Several cecapades of hla white mistress ,
Allco Gordon , have achieved public note
riety. For nearly three years Walker has
been asHoclatlng with this white
woman , with whom be could bo
seen every now and then parading
up And down the burnt district row , and via * ,
Itlng the dives In that part of the town.
Ills connection with the woman would prob
ably bo as close today as ever were It not
for the fact that three weeks ago she was
driven out of town by the order Issued by
Chief White for the arrest of all known
femaro thieves on charges of vagrancy , if
they did not leave the city.
The Gordon woman has been kept by
Walker at two or thrco different places , the
fast one being on Capitol avenue , just above
Ninth street. She bought Walker costly
presents , gave him money , paid for his
clothes , to say nothing of the secondhand
jewelry which came into his possession
through her.
So notorious had becorao these scandals
that Walker long ago lost whatever ctand-
Ing ho ever had In colored society and la
shunned allko by respectable negroes ns
well is whlto people.
ICoutsky'a Tough Ilccord.
Joseph Koutsky , the white running mate
on the lerlslatlvo ticket with the colored
attorney , ha * a record which , while differing
11 In variety , commends him no more to self-
respecting voters. Koutsky Is a South
Omaha bar room tough. While his parents
are Bohemians , young Koutsky has turned
his back on the foreigners , but has ac
quired ; only the lowest associations with
the Americans. He Is said to bo a tinner
by trade , but ho never worked steadily at
that or any other labor. He has been constantly -
stantly in fights and brawls ever since a. boy
and has several times been brought before
the criminal courts on serious charges.
Two years ngo he became a partner of
Frank Dolezal In a saloon on Twenty-fourth
street between N and 0. This saloon had
the reputation of being one ot the toughest
in the city of South Omaha , It was a
loafing -place for vicious characters and the
scene of repeated fights. Bunco utecrers
and confidence men made it their bead-
quarters and many complaints were regis
tered by people who were steered
to the Koutsky saloon and then robbed
by skin-game workers. The proprietors
were arrested for violating the liquor laws
and the saloon finally became so dangerous
that U was closed by order of the mayor.
On February 1 , 1897 , J. M. Tanner , the
editor of the South Omaha Tribune , was
assaulted with a deadly weapon on N
street. Joseph Koutsky was arrested
ai the assailant. Tanner was BO used up ,
hli nose having been broken and his head
cut ( , that the case had to be put off to
enable him to appear. When the preliminary
trial came up Koutsky , with the aid of
Dolazal . and some of his saloon loafera , es
tablished an alibi and procured his release. ,
In the Interval Koutsky and Dolezal had
a falling out. The disappearance ot a cash '
register i claimed by each was a' prominent
feature ' which brought them both Into court.
j' Rach ' accused the other of the theft of th *
cash register and one of them is tald to have
secured a judgment for its value In one ot
the justice courts of South Omaha. The case
was , however , finally settled out of court.
Held for Deadly Ainault.
While these differences were pending Dole
zal subscribed to an affidavit identifying
Koutsky ] as the man who assaulted Tanner
and described in detail how the alibi had
been 1 fixed up and witnesses tampered with.
On ( the disclosure of this affidavit Koutsky
was rearrested on the charge of felonious
assault t before Police Judge Frank Christ-
man on May 21 , 1897. Koutsky's attorney
tried 1 to have the information quashed , but
failed I , and the prisoner was held to the
district < court , no testimony being offered In
his 1 defense. He procured his liberty tem
porarily I by a ball bond , signed by his
mother. i Tbo new Information against j
Koutsky was filed by County Attorney 1
Baldrlge , December IE , 1837 , charging that
Koutaky , "Did unlawfully nnd feloniously
make : an assault upon John M. Tanner with
Intent to unlawfully and feloniously Inflict
great bodily Injury. "
The Koutsky case was postponed from
tlmo to tlmo and continued on various pre
texts until Juno , 1S98. By that tlmo Dole-
zaf and Koutsky were said to have become
fast friends again. Dolezal notified Tanner
, that ' he would not stand by the affidavit he
had given end that be would do
all ho could to help Koutsky out.
On thltt state of affaire Tanner
concluded not to press the caeo and agreed
to hare It nolled by the county attorney.
HH | AllcKcd Labor Itecord.
Koutsky pretends to bo a great labor rep
resentative and that ho Is the unanimous
choice of the laboring people , emphasizing
tbo fact that be Is an officer of a branch
of the American Federation of Labor. The : ,
fact Is , as stated , that he has not labored
at any trade for years. The labor union
of which ho boasts bis membership was only
organized thre months ago and ho has
never had any standing with reputable la
borers. On the stump ho has boasted that
ho alone settled tbo strike at the South
Omaha packing houses lust summer and
secured a great victory for ( ho striken , but
Mr , Cudaby and others who were present
at all the conferences during the strike say
that KouUky waa not there and bad nothing
whatever to do with arranging the terina
upon which the strike was settled. Tha
credit for Bottling the strike belongs to
other and more reputable labor leaders.
Initead of working at a trade since he
went out of the saloon builness Koutsky
hustled real estate for a few months for a
South Omaha real estate dealer and then
went Into the coal business , veiling coal to
poor p ople at high prices by the bucket ,
ful and bagful. When he was working as a.
real estate solicitor ho earned the munificent
salary ot $50 , but now thinks himself quail-
More About Ranges
The .lewol stevl range niul cook Htovm
will burn wood hnril or soft conl equal
ly us well tlipy nro handsome looking ,
yet not so much nickel as to make them
burdensome the range Is tundc of cold
rolled ntcel of the right weight and
thickness so that It can lie bent when
hot , but never broken no sheet Iron
tisetl to get all dented out of 8ha ) o
while the oven Is made In four sec
tions llrmly rlvlted together , which prevents -
vents warplnj ; and Insures perfect link
ing the rangea start at $ IM , while the
cook stoves commence at $10.
A. C. Raymer ,
WE DELIVER YOUR PURCHASE.
1514 Paruam Street.
Our Piano Stock-
is larger than usual at this season of
the year and represents the highest de
gree of piano building not one or two
different makes , but fifteen of the most
reliable makes are here for your In
spection owlnjr to our largo stock and
a desire to get most of them out of the
store this week we have made some very
special prices on some special offerings
for this week while the prices have
been reduced to a considerable extent
our satno easy terms will prevail you
can buy now by paying $23 down and
$10 a month.
A. HOSPE ,
Music and Art. 1513 Douglas.
You Live With Your Carpet-
You can't get away from them , no
matter where you look , visions of that
carpet will haunt you If It's not right
If It's of poor quality It's bound to wear
shaby right where It can't be covered
our carpets wear well and look well the
prices will please you for we price them
just as low as Is possible Tor us to do
on the qualltlos we give.
Omaha Carpet Co
Jhnnhn's Exclusive Carpet House ,
1515 Dodge St. f :
fled to represent Douglas county In the
legislature and make laws for the state ot
Nebraska.
i I SOUTH OMAHA NEWS.
Pte ? 1 SaJlF Xi tfyuVaViSS * Sf S
The officers of election for the South
Omaha ( precincts are as follows :
Flrnt Ward.
Flret District : Judges L. D. Walbrldge ,
rep. , block 88 ; J. W. Cress , rep. . 50C North
Nineteenth ; Joseph Murphy , dem. , Twenty-
fourth and N ; Morris O'Connell , dcm. . South
Omaha ; J. C. Graham , pop.'South Omaha.
Clerks Ellerv H. Westerfleld. 431 North
Twenty-third ; Samuel C. tjcbrlgloy. dem. .
Twenty-fourth and M.
Second District : Judges Burt Davis , rep. ,
South Omaha ; George Smith , rep. , South
Omaha ; John Condon , rep. , South Omaha ;
Peter Cockrell. dein. . Twenty-fifth and J ;
G. W. Raworth. pop. , J and Twenty-seventh.t
Clerks R. C. Young , rep. , Tw nty-slxth and
E ; James Carroll , dem. , South Omaha.
Third District : Judges George W. Howe ,
rep. , 734 South Eighteenth ; Ralph Sage ,
rep. , Nineteenth and I ; A. II. Murdock ,
r p , , Twenty-third and J ; J. C. Shaver
dem. . Twenty-fourth and K ; Abe Adams ,
pop. , 816 North Eighteenth. Clerks Philip
Horn , rep. , Twenty-flrst and II ; J. J. Breen ,
dem. . South Omaha.
Second Ward.
First District : Jtidccs A. S. Dlxon , rep. ,
Twenty-sixth and O : H. W. Reed , rep. ,
i' Twenty-fourth ' nnd N : I ) . Orandon , dem. ,
South ' Omaha : John O'Connor , dem. , 223
North Twenty-sixth ; P. A. Barrett , pop. ,
223 North Twentv-slxth. Clerks John Flce-
nek , rep. . 188 South Twenty-third ; A. A.
Abbott , dem. . 2117 O.
Second District : Judges Burton Rice , rep. ,
Sixteenth and M : J. M. Tobias , rep. , Nine
teenth between 0 and P ; J. J , Looney , dem. ,
2112 S ; James Krecek , dem. , South Omaha ;
A. L. Fuller , pop. , Eighteenth and O. Clerks
J. J. Maly , dem. , Eighteenth and O ; Jo
seph Dworak , rep. , Sixteenth nnd R.
Third District : Judges D. Morrlll , rep. ,
Twenty-fourth between 0 and N ; N. E.
Carter , rep. . Twenty-third and Railroad
avenue ; L. Sorenscn , dem. , Thirteenth and
Harrison ; S. J. Wyman , dem. , Fifteenth and
Washington ; A. Collins , pop. , Madison nnd
Railroad avenue. Clerks Phtlln J. Zellnka ,
rep. , 133 North Nineteenth ; Bernard Cur-
ran , dcm. , 1401 Jackson.
Third Ward.
First District : Judges C. A. Evans , rep. ,
Twenty-eighth and R ; James Shields , rep. ,
2721 Q ; Charles J. Fields , dem. , Twenty-
second and Jefferson ; J. Hogan , dem. ,
Twenty-eighth and Q ; Daniel Way , pop. ,
Twenty-sixth nnd Jackson. Clerks John H.
Frlcdt , rep. , 2713 Q ; Joseph Condon , dem. ,
Twenty-eighth and Q.
Second District : Judges Martin Conway ,
rep. . 115 South Thirtieth ; John F. Shultz ,
rep. , Thirtieth nnd R ; William Seveka ,
d m. , South Omaha ; John Blondln , dcm. ,
Thirty-second and R ; C. O'Brien , dem. ,
South Omaha. Clerks Dr. T. Mcrldlth , rep. ,
Thirtieth and S ; Gcorgo Dunscombe , dcm. ,
3120 S.
Fourth Wiird.
First District : Judges C. 0. Bruce , rep. ,
Thirty-third and J ; C. D. Gray , rep. , Thirty-
second and J ; James A. McCarthy , rep. ,
Thirty-third and K ; John Anderson , dcm. ,
Forty-second and J ; Thomas Fitzgerald ,
pop. , Thirty-fifth and J. Clerks Albert Vu-
zlnski , rep. , Thirty-second nnd L ; Patrick
Broderlck , dem. Fortieth and L.
Total ItrKlxtrntlnn.
Tbo total registration up to the closing
of the polls last night was 3,215. This
shows an increase over last year of 328 ,
but Is a decrease over thn registration of
two years ago , when 3,312 voters regis
tered. The total registration Is :
First Ward First precinct , 510 ; Second
precinct , 310 ; Third precinct , 421 ; total ,
1,271.
Second Ward First precinct , 381 ; Second
precinct , 370 ; Third precinct , 215 ; total , 90& .
Third Ward First precinct , 3C9 ; Second
precinct , 297 ; ( otal , C66.
Fourth Ward 312.
l.nxt Iliilly of tlm
On Monday evening ( he republicans will
hold ( he last grand rally before election at
Blum's hall. Senator Thuraton , Congress.
man Mercer and Hon. James H. VanDuson
will speak. An effort will be made by the
local committee to induce a largo number ,
especially democrats , to attend this meeting.
The speakers will touch on tbo IKIUCS of the
day and will discuss the method ! ) of the
fuslonlsta In detail. Captain Auatln of the
central committee and Henry C. Murphy
are looking after the details of the meet.
Ing. which promises to be the best one licld
PLAN MEETSJ5/ITH / APPROVAL
Select a Watch Now , Have it En
graved and Call for It at Christmas ,
Jeweler 215 S. 16th St.
Henry Copley , , . . ,
Invltcn Yon to Innprrt Illn IVntchr *
AH Illn Stoclv IN Very Complete at
I'rcHt-iit All tlio XcMvcnt Style *
I'roiliiCL-d Thin Fall.
'
Boys' Watches from $3.00 to JS.60. Girls'
Wutchn , JTi.OO to 50.00. Misses' Watcheti.
$6.00 to $12.00. Younic Men's Watches. $5.50
to $18.00. L.-nllf ' Watches. $12.00 and up , i
and Men's Watches , JIG and up In nickel , !
silver , pold ( Illed and solid Kold cases. Tha
very latett In Ladles' Watches is a tiny
enameled watch with pin to match. Cost
$12.00 these nre beautiful.
If you come In now you can BCP a good
soloctlun of watches , uxumlno them at
your leisure , have thn engraving dona
when the engraver Is not rushed , and wt
will regulate the watch nicely , put It away
for you Htm you pan cull at Christmas ,
pay tor It then , and thus avoid belni ? hur
ried later on when everything IB Imstle and
excitement. Kindly cull at Coplcy'H and
Investigate this plan. Quite u numbei *
have taken advantage of this opportunity.
In South Omaha during the campaign which
Is drawing to a close.
City CioHHlp. :
John Mullen is homo again after a trip M
Alarka.
Mr. nnd Mrs. J. C. Wysong report tha
birth of a son.
Services will bo held at St. Clement's ml-
Blon in the Third ward this evening. '
The remains of Herbert V. Whiting wcrii
interred at Ucllevuo yesterday afternoon.
Over 3,000 feeder sheep wore shipped to
the country from this market yesterday.
Dr. S. II. Hothard of Atlantic. la. , Ifl In
the city , the guest of Dr. F. W. Slabaugh.
Michael Cuilahy of Chicago Bpent yesterday
In the city , the guest of his brother , E. A.
Cudahy.
The seventh berlea of the South Omabi :
Loan and Building association will bo polit
Monday.
George A. Smith and Miss America Boll
were married Friday evenlug by Ilev. J. At
Johnson.
Miss Jessie Carpenter leaves Tuesday foj
Now York , where she will study music dur
ing the winter.
C. M. Johnson will lead the eenlor En
deavor meeting at the First Presbyterian ,
church this evening. -i
Charles E. Koff will lead the men's meet
ing at the Young Men's Christian association
atI o'clock this afternoon.
"Tho Hural Church" will be the topic oj
Uev. Dr. Wheeler's morning sermon at tha
First Presbyterian church today.
John Morrison , a packing house employe ,
in In Jail for threatening to carvq C. Carlson
with a knife. Ho will have n trial Monday.
The second annual ball of Superior lodge ,
No. 193 , Degree of Honor , will be given a {
Workman hall on the evening of November
10.
10.A
A conductor has been placed on the Q
street stub line. This Is on Improvement
which has been asked for by tbo city c6un-
cll.
The tlmo of service at the United I'rcsliy-
terlan church baa been changed from It a.
m. to 10:30 : a. m. , with Sabbath school at
noon.
Drlgadlcr Drcngln of the Salvation army ,
Now York City , will wpeak at , the Flmt
Methodist church this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Every one Invited.
At the Episcopal church this morning llcv.
Irving Johnson preaches on "The Being and
Nature of Man. " In the evening there will
be a full choral Bcrvlce ,
It Is stated that a number of ( ho members
of the local Young Men's Christian associa
tion will Join the evening educational classes
at the Omaha association this winter.
, . , ? , D' stanlcv " " "I Porrle Men. \
Wheeler have bctn elected assistant tuners \
at the First Presbyterian church and Joseph f
Uoberts has qualified as n member of the
board of trustees.
I'llptTH JjPt Out II H llHIial.
SAN FUANCISCO. Nov. B. Notwlthstand- < , i
Ins the strike of pressmen and utercotypera r
all the San Francisco
morning papurii ap. j
pcared on tlmo this morning , each 'i
Issuing a twelvo-paeo edition. Sbmn
men refused to go out with the Btrlk- " 7
-
ors , and with the assistance of employee In 1
other departments of the offices the uto'reo-
-
typing and press work wa dona. The trllc
will probably reach a crisis today. Uoth
Bides refuse to yield , but the publisher ,
seem the more confident
, as they are greatly
encouraged n their success in retaining
of their best workman.