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PRESIDFATSfdlRMAX' VIFW
1 IUjOIUUAI OUlLlUJtil OULH
Head of Cornell Un rersitj Discu'sc Obm-
lin-i n' TmMM..
tici o. National Importance,
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DISCUSSES FUTURE OF PHILIPPINES
' rmumrua
feint Oot that I'rmlririit MfKlnlry
Jla Only l-'otloned I'rrcr
Uent of tleimicrntlu
l'rfileccmnri,
There Is so man la the United State
ho is better qualified to speak with au
tborlty on the Philippine question or, lnded.
on matter of almost anr kind
affecting th poller of the American
nation, than President Jacob
uuuiu ,
Behurman of Cornell unlversltr of
Ithaca, N. Y., President Schunnan, It
will be remembered, was president of the
commission appointed to visit the Phil
ippines and Investigate conditions In those
Islands, and what ne has to say on this
point Is the result of his personal obser
vation. As the head of one of the greatest
Institutions of learning la the Empire ment of thc Philippines over to the FUI
atate. he Is naturally obliged to kP ' pines always tall to specify what tribe or
"7" ,u loucn n poimcai seuumeni.
both state and national, and his views are,
for this reason, especially worthy of con
sideration-
President Schurman was In the city yes
terday and was Interrogated as to what bo
had been doing In Nebraska. In reply be
katd:
"What have I been doing tn Nebraska!
1 hare been speaking In Lincoln Monday
evening and Geneva yesterday, where 1
tad very large and enthusiastic audiences.
From gentlemen of Influential position In
the republican party I gathered the Im
pression that this state was likely to give
itcKlnley a majority. I am going to speak
In Weeping Water tonight, and for the
rest ef the week in Indiana.
The state of New York is as safe for
McKlnley as the state of Massachusetts.
Just look at the farts In the case: Mc
Klnley received four years ago a majority
of over ICS.000 votes. There may have
been some slight change since that time
on the part of democrats who desired to
get back Into their own organization. The
change, however. Is not large and it Is
fully offset by worklngmen and farmers
who are now returning to the republican
party which they deserted four year ago
in the trr of hard times, thlnklne that
In nrvan fro ullvor nnnlrum thpv lnieht !
find a cure for the evils under which they
labored. Anart from these chances the '
McKlnley majority of four years ago re
mains unaffected. Republicans do not claim
as large a majority as of that time, but the
most reliable sources claim a majority of
at least 10(1,000.
I!rAU'a I! nil llrrak.
"Mr. Bryan's speeches tn New York City,
In taf Judgment, have contributed to en
hance the republican majority. The single
statement which he made In New York
'Great Is Tammany and Croker Is Its
Prophet' Identified Bryanlsm lth tho
worst enemy of free Institutions In the
United States and has, as a result,
alienated hundreds of thousands of Inde
pendent and democratic voters who are
desiring, If possible, to get back to their
partr. "No prty can carrr the state of
New York without the support of the Inde
pendent men In both parties and the mug
wumps. These elements, which were for
merly not disposed to support McKlnley,
have been swung over by resistless
force through the effect of Mr. Itrran's
identification of his party with that of
Itlchard Crokcr. In addition to the effect
of his speeches la New York Citr, we must
reckon as adverse to Mr. Brran's cause his
efforts tn New York state to stir up rivalry,
dissensions and class animosities, which
have been resented by, decent people in
both parties.
"As to the Issue of Imperialism there was
some danger of that a few months ago, but
u the facts come to be better understood
vtho danger ts disappearing, or b.as, perhaps,
completely disappeared. There are In tbe
state of New York independent men In both
parties who are opposed to the annexation of
the Phllllpplne Islands, but ther bave come
to see that the taking of the archipelago was
a necessary consequence of the war with
Spain, and since the ratification of the
lrea.tr. br Mr. Brran'a aid, absolutely noth
ng remained to the administration but to
nforce our national authority In thts new
part of our territory.
"The question of the future of tbe Philip
pines Is not up In thts campaign. The only
question Is whether we shall maintain the
authority of the United States In a piece of
territory Mr. Bryan helped to annex to
the nation, and on that Issue the people of
New York state bave made up their mtnd
and will certainly support President Mc
Klnley." Democratic Precedents Followed.
"It is charged that the republican policy
In tbe Philippines involves tyranny and
violates the principle of the consent of thi
governed?"
"It Is true that the republicans did not
ask the consent of the Inhabitants of the
CULLED from the Field of POLITICS
The greatest parade of tbe campaign Is the don't vote the republican ticket. Of course, be defeated by a majority smaller than was
bound money parade booked for New York as everybody knows, the great Majority recorded against him last year. The dem
Citr next Saturday, Advance estimates of of the business men of the country are for ocratlc candidate for state auditor In Mass-
the number of voters who will be. tn line
Is 159 100. The wholesale dry goods traaa
.meets to turn out 8T.0O0 strong and the
paper trade next with 55,000 men. General tlnuance, of It for four years more. But backer. He Is now a democrat, the dlstlnc
Anson G. McCook will command the great It's been the same with everybody. ' tlon between democrats and populists In
pageant, which will be reviewed by Gov-
ernor Roosevelt. Tbero will be no postpone-
ment on account of weather, but In case of
rain the number who will turn out will be
reduced and should the weather be generally
unfavorable organizations are asked to bold
themselves in readiness to start at an
earlier hour thin Is set In the schedule,
which Is laid out in anticlnatlon of One
weather and ranks at least as large as those
of the famous carade of 1SSS. In that sreat
demonstratlon there were 110,000 marchers,
making It the largest In the history of tbe
metropolls. The purpose of the managers
of next Saturday's parade tsto make It
surpass tho parade of four years ago and
they are confident (t will break tbe record
by nearly 50,000. From almost every win-
dow alone the line of march, from staffs.
from lines stretched across street and ave-
nue, from roof to cornice, from the historic
Battery to the Bronx, from the Hudson to
the waterway which skirts Manhattan Is
land on Its eastern shore, will the national
emblem be unfurled. Not less significant Is
tbe fact that ever' person In line will be
a voter.
The wlndup ot the campaign In Chlco. tMnk he bt,Bef , mta ,aborlBB nea
Saturday next, promise, to N ; much livelier hMd mwM wi
Xhl? ,U m"L Y,0rCUM ? Sr, wiii, P for -'J'Ktnley for all they knew bow."
parties will be In the whirl. Bryan will b
tbere to stir anew the waning hopes of fu
sion and give the fight a semblance of ac- The democrats of Massachusetts are not
tlvlty. Four years ago the republicans
practically cloed their campaign before Mr.
Bryan returned to Chicago for the wlndup
and they had nothttsc to offset the efforts
of the democratic candidate. This year tho
reverse will be the order. There wUl be
!50 renubllctn sneakers In the city aud
eountv holding meeilncs every n'uht and
there will be no cessation of activity until
the votes are In tbe boxes.
"There Is only one thing about It that
don't understand, says a New York bust-
Best mas, 'and that is why all band
Philippine islands before annexing them. I
but In that course ther followed the ex-'
ample get by Jefferson in the annexai
of Louisiana in 1S, and br ll his de
i"",ic u"rs who had been respons
fr the annexation of our entire tra
ratssissippi uniry To ba-e cbsa
"the Inhabitant of the doll, afur real
nrnple set br Jefferson In the annexation !
of Louisiana in 1SI, and br kit his demo-
Ible '
rant-
sited :
the Inhabitants of the soil, after maVlngjlce trost. then there ts a call for regnla-
1 lhe. ,r'atr wUh the powor erflics
ierelgnty over them. would hate been t(
o
i make an abiolutelr nev departure in
, American polities. President McKlnley I
i wisely followed in the footstep of his
predecessors. Even If .t had ben desired
I t,T . '".fl f I"' ' b'""',t" ,n-
habitants.. it ould have been necessary to!
V, . . . "u u"w"",tr 10 ""'relieve the people of New York of the In
different tribes, and if these Interpreters ; lquttous extortion of the Ice trust If the lee
could hare been secured and the different j ,rul htd B0 dcMrc ,0 cxtend ,
tribes could hare been made to understand , .,.,,, n, ,hA f ,,, riciB. .ndlf.
their mission- hleh. rcry much doubt-,
then the answer of all but one would have 1
b - Pn ,h.t thv i,hr rii....i i
iean sovereignty or were absolutely lndlt
tcrent to the matter; and the one exception
would have been the Tagalogs, whose op
position would have been due to the fact
that ther a tribe numbering l.JOO.WO of
people desired to establish a despotism
over the other S,M0,0V0 inhabitants of the
archipelago.
"Those who propose turning the govern-
rtcc lhtr Mean. tn general, ther assume
that the 1,500.004 Tagalos. from whom
Agulnaldo has secured his Insurrectionists,
represent all the tribes and all the peoples
of the archipelago. No assumption could
do greater violence to the facts.
"There are scores of tribes who do not
understand the language of the Tagalos
and whose hatred toward them is of the
bitterest type. If this country Invested
Agulnaldo and his band of Insurrectionists
with sovereignty over all the other peoples
of thc Island tribal warfare would fol
low the sailing away of our navy and then
a few months of anarchy would have suc
ceeded and the intervention of the great
powers of Europe for the protection of
their citizens and their properties would
have become Indispensable.
Filipino' Only Hope.
"The only hope for a free, self-governing
Philippine commonwealth is under the
tutelage and crotectlon of the United
States for a suRlclent period to enable the
tribes, who are now separated by diversi
ties of language and sentiment and physi
cal obstacles, to come together and gain
an experience for a generation or two tn
the practice of self-government, with which
I heretofore they bave had absolutely noth
'nB to do,
" "ould like to" say for myself I am no
JSO ana never nave oeea an Asiatic
panslonlst. I am one of those who, had the
Philippine Islands been offered to the United
States three years ago as a gift, would bave
voted against taking them. But the Islands,
have come under our sovereignty as a result
of the war with Spain, and In virtue of the
ratification of the treaty which Mr. Bryan
helped the administration to secure which
without Mr. Bryan's help could not have
been ratified. I believe tn the nation doing
Its duty with regard to them.
"My present sentiments on the Philippine j
question are determined eoleiy by the facts
of the case namely, by tbe circumstances
of the Inhabitants of the archipelago and br
the obligations towards them and towards
tbe nations of the world which the United
States assumed in tbe treaty of peace which
it made with Spain. I would not have our
nation shirk a single one of these obliga
tions even though the performance of them
requires us to hold the Philippine Islands.
We must do our national duty, and trust that
In doing so we shall come out all right.
"I never met. In all the time I was In tho
Philippine Islands, among men of the army,
the navy' or among the' civilians, any one
who believed that we could at present give
up the Islands to tbe Inhabitants, or any
portion, of them, and yet I met a great
many who would have been glad to do so
had the circumstances permitted.
Mlaslnn In thc Philippines.
"Our mission in the Pniilppine islands
at the present time is to suppress the re
maining embers of tbe Insurrection, to es
tablish peace, to make life and property
secure, to found schools for the people,
to guarantee religious liberty and to give
the Inhabitants their first lessons In self
government, which, beginning, with vil
lages and towns, may gradually be extended
to the provinces and ultimately to the
general government for the entire archi
pelago. "From the political point, however, our
mission is to train thc Filipinos to govern
themselves and the flag stands for self
government In the Philippines as It stands
for self-government In Nebraska. ,
"What about trusts? Mr. Bryan has been
speaking much on trusts throughout hts
eastern tour, but intelligent people recognize
that. It you mean by trusts great comblna
tlons of capital, they are a necessary phase
of our modern industrial civilization; an
indispensable result of the use of steam and
electricity for, like the Introduction of
machinery 100 years ago, they have some
pernicious results. The tendency un
doubtedly Is to cheapen the cost of com
modities to tbe consumer; to supply tbe
worklcgman with permanent employment
and at a higher wage than bo could get
McKlnley. One reason for this s that they
nave naa unaer nis aaministraiion xour years
of prosperity, and they look, under a ccn-
"The merchants have sold lots of goods
and done well, but they couldn't bave sold
these things unless there bad been custo-
mera to buy them, and tbe customers
couldn't bave bought unless they had
money to buy with.
4jf course, as everybody knows, the pur-
chases made br txocle of moderate or
limited or small means are in the acrre.
gate, as compared with those of so-called
rich peonle. as thousands of dollars to one.
The great bulk of the country's trade comes
from the people of moderate means, and
the present great prosperity of buslnes
n this country means that they are all
earnlnc moner and have all tot moner to
spend. Not the business men alone, but-aM
hands the country over are doing well.
"U-v,v nn.r tfc nnnn n v u-nrVini-mon
so-called I do not know why wc say work-
jngman, for every man In this country that
. vin f k... ,i.v ,
Is a workingman-why under the canopy
any man that depends for his support upon
his dally labor should ever think of such
o .Mno. vin v iv,. -,-,. .
setting all this by voting for somebody
I crt.lnlr cannot UDrtPt.nfl. T hm,M
ruy aauuiea oy pouwcai jawurc. 1a ioe
ate election of IStS, one year ago. Robert
Treat Paine was defeated for gov-
crncr on thc democratic ticket ty
65.000 majority. In tbe ktate election
preceding Alexander D. Bruce of Law-
rence, the democratic candidate for gov-
crnor, was defeated by Sl.000 majority. In
tbo state election of the year before that
George rred Williams was aeteaieu ny m.
000 majority Notwithstanding these dls
I couragements tbe democrats ot Maisaehu
setts bave renominated Mr Paine for gov
crnor this year and are hopeful that he will
TIIE OMAHA DAILY
fom competing concerns While
bring the. advantages. .t i. rer
trusts
ottrlfd i
that there are evils to tbis form of In-1
duttrial organization, that is to say. when :
trust sets a monopolr of some "cesry
or existence ana raise prices to ine ran-
suraer as was the case with the New York
twn If not suppression la the interest or
the publlr.
Hrjnn' Itemed Iiierrcctunl.
"Mr. Uryan's remedy i to require trtwts
to take out a lleemc from the federal gov-
trna:eBl beforc bBiBMi etlWe e tht
state of their origin. 1 note with res.nl to
,,,. ... ,,,, ,, -t,i ,..n
thls rcmejr. according to the most eminent
wi.. 1. tt..if ftb.ur,i ina.mt.fh . 11
contravenes the constitution of the United
States; and when the republicans, last
spring, intrduced a bill Into congress pro
viding for ait amendmeat of the constitution,
with a view to the regulation of trusts, Mr.
Bryan's party unanimously opposed the
measure.
Tin republicans have put on the statute
books thc only law we now have for thc
regulation of trusts and It Is their policy
to continue thts beneficent legislation
more particularly by securing the same In
spection and regulation of trusts as banks
are now subjected to.
''If the public could only be Informed of
the -value of trust stocks and what they
really represented, or how much water di
luted them, the chief evils of which the
public complain In connection with thc
trusts would disappear. This Information
could t? secured by the public If trusts
were subjected to visitation and Inspection
like banks.
"The republicans have the real remedy
for the evil. Mr. Bryan's remedy Is either
Ineffectual or unconstitutional.
"Mr. Bryan adds that the trusts have
been created by a protective tariff which
he therefore proposes to repeal. He over
looks the fact that la repealing the tariff oa
articles produced by trusts he will rul the
business of thousands of producers In com
modities which have no connection with
trusts.
"That trusts have not been produced by
a protective tariff Is demonstrated by tbe
fact that tn free trade England, during the
last decade, there has been a faster devel
opment of trusts than In this country un
der a protective tariff."
WOltKINGJIUX TO HOLD JIEKTIXG.
MrchanlcK to .Meet at Crrlicliton Ilnll
Thursday MkIiI.
The laboring men of tbe city are laying
large plans for their own private demonstra
tion, to be held In Creighton hall to
night. Republicans from every labor
union In the city will be present, as well
as hundreds from unorganized occupations.
O. P. Shrum of the Bricklayers' union will
act as presiding officer, seconded by a com
mittee of fifty, which will occupy the stage.
The speaker of tbe evening will be E. Rose-
water, and his address will be supplemented
by brief remarks from E. D. Mullery,
molder: J. B. Schupp, clgarmaker; J. L.
Balrd, secretary of the Central Labor
union, and B. Christie, carpenter, all
orklngmen. Others than laboring men will
be present and the committee expects to
nil the hall to the doors.
The committee in charge of the meetlnc.
made up entirely of laboring men, ts as
follows:
C, Snyder.
Peter Shurkey.
Charles Williams.
Charles Lceder.
Jake Wilson.
9. 8. Smiley.
II. J. O ConnelL
J. E. Rollo.
I. J. Copenharve.
Fred Hoye.
Scott Jackson.
Thomas Falconer.
William Harris.
Ed Augustine.
Fred M. Knox.
Herman AuenswalL
Harvey Easton.
M. Y. Starbuclc
C. E. Watson.
Robert Lynn.
S. L. Rowzee.
F. S. Devon.
J. P. Redman.
John Scott.
Roy Hutton.
C. E. Sparke.
K. A. Willis.
Thomas McGovem.
Bert Bush.
George Vawter.
William RIcheUea.
Thomas Stewart,
John Larson.
Charles Russell.
Burt Carmelleo.
Fred It. Young?.
W. II. McKenna,
Robert White.
George Parker.
O. C. Schwerm.
William Parrott.
F. Starbuclc
Robert Christie.
R. E. Rowland.
Joel Johnson.
Paul Seward.
John Llckholm.
Ed A. Taylor.
Robert Houghton.
R. B. Carter.
B. H. Betebender.
Harry Brewer.
John Lynch.
John Innls.
Frank Kelpln.
Political Notes.
The state republican committee has sent
out its last budget of literature and the
shipping department has been closed. A
number of the typewriting staff In Chair
man Lindsay's office have also been dis
pensed with as the work is being brought
to a close.
President Houston of the Traveling
Men's Republican club has conferred with
a number of similar orcanlzatlon thraurh.
out the state looking to their attendance at
ina niuu republican rally on October 5.
He has assurance that delegations from
Hastings. Grandlsland and nrohahlv Vnr.
folk will be present as well as the largi
Traveling Men's Marching club of Lincoln.
Secretary Paul Seward of the McKlnley
and Roosevelt County Central club dis
played an ma Drass Key at the county
headquarters yesterday which formerly
unlocked the safe at the old Herndon
house, now the Union Pacific headquarters,
when James T. Allan. Mr. Seward s uncle
was proprietor. The safe was nightly made
the treasury tn those days of thousands
of dollars' worth of cold dust and mri.
and the committee will suspend the key
achusetts this year is Elbridge Gerry Drown,
who u a popuusi canaiaate tor governor
In 15&a, having been prior to that a creen-
Massachusetts being no longer very clear,
Although Montana was a hot silver state
four -years ago. almost no mention of free
silver is beard this year. Local Issue:
chiefly the fight between Clark and Daly.
the rival democratic leaders occupy all the
attention of voters. The republicans are
united and tbe prospects for Senator Car
ter'B re-election by the coming legislature
Te reported to be very bright. Tbe elec-
torIal TOte u conceded to Bryan, for the
ana uaiy men nave united on tn elec-
toral t'cket. The cattlemen and ranchmen
ar nearly all republicans. A large fol
lwtng of democrats of both factions I
'ounJ among the miners, who are numerous
. ,n tnc "ate-
..Thf TOter ot the Twelfth congres.IosaL
al,mct or Missouri are revell.ng In vaude
ville-entertainment, free of alt expense. The
lJmt"c the proprietor of
a,bJ? "uflertlU theater in St. Louis. Every
lKht w' U u "prted'1 h? ukM bu
near the door of his playhouse and when
f " 8f U dlfls,(on " only to show
lhat he U TOter ,a 0ne ds Of
the district and the doorkeepers come for
ward and welcome him within. All others
pay. audevllle la declared to be a win
nlcg card with many voters in this Missouri
constituency.
St. Joseph, Mich., ts stirred by a novel
political issue. It It
trusts or sliver, but
Is not imperialism or
the county clerkship.
Berrien county U a refuge for numerous
couples desirous of matrimony. Excursions
are run from Chicago to St. Joseph and thc
clerk cf the county receives the fees as
Us emoluments. Tor every couple fu
nlshed with a !!cnse he gets iZ and In tbe
- course 01 a year taxes in a lot or money,
- as Incomes go In that part of the world
- The republican and democratic candidates
- are running neck and neck and the county
ts a'.He with excitement over the outcome
HUE'. TIirnSDAT. NOVEMBER 1, 1000.
K' ' K II NIL rlil!iri)vl
vJili JjMa I lib u.'t.UUL u0 ,
a Siarle Rttord of CoETictwn to
Eis Credit
DISMISSES THOUGH GUILT 13 CONCLUSIVE
I.eU nnililerx Dloliitf Tlielr I'siliI
Attorucj n lll lrpntp
Mlmx'tr Hrtnlnnl (1)
(iunililr r.
When The Bee characterized the candi
dacy of George W. Shields for re-election
as county attorney as "incompetent, irrele
vant and Immaterial" It told only half the
tale.
Shields Is trying to hoodwink taw and
order people by posing as the irreconcil
able prosecutor of criminals, and particu
larly of alt connected with gambling or
gamblers.
Tbe fact Is Shields bas been playing a
masquerade from thc moment he w-aa nomi-
Bated a year ago
The convention wnicn
named hltn on the fusion ticket at thil J
time was dominated by a gang of gamblers I
and their satellites. The committee which j
handled his campaign was made up of the
same gamblers' crew. The money which
elected him was levied from the gamblers.
And when he was elected the same
gamblers dictated bis deputies and the em
ployes of his office.
While be is pretending to be a foe to
the gambling fraternity he has bad dozens
of cases in which persons were charged
with gambling and setting up gambling
devices during his Incumbency, yet can
not point to a single conviction except on
the plea of guilty, while on the other
band two-thirds of the offenders were
turned loose at his request or refusal to
prosecute.
DltiiiUaes Cae by Wholeanle.
Here ts a list of the cases iu which per
sons were accused of gamcllng or setting
up gambling devices, taken from the rec
ords of the police court, where the prelimi
nary hearing was had. Let any one note
the Instances in which the prisoners were
discharged on motion of the county attor
ney and judge for himself the Implacable
desire Shields must bave cherished for the
conviction and punishment of his gambler
friends:
-January. U. lS-Harry Gibson. Theodore
Gallagher, charged with keeping Kambllng
room and dismissed on motion of count
6 January. II. ISSJ-Harry Gibson. Theodore
Gallagher, charged with keeping gambling
fixtures and dismissed on motion of count)
a,Feonruary 3. lSSJ-Elmer Holmes, charged
with keeping gambling room and dismissed
on motion of county attorney.
February :t. lS-Ed Tuttle. charged with
keeping gambllnc devices and dismissed for
want of prosecution. .
February ii. 1S-A! Clark'on. D. A- VI U;
Hams. J. A. Douclas, J. B. Leslie, Frejl
WlUon. John Henningway. George ocxi.
n t
charged with pambllng
and dismissal for want of prosecution.
.... - ,n .n.4 ia K. Holme". Georff
iteynoiu
Long, charged with kteplng gambling room
and dismissed on motion of county at- j
l0Anri'l' 1 ls-C. D Johnson, charged
with keeping gambling devices and dis-
charged. ... HlV,
keeping Vambilng room and dismissed on
April . iw-o.b. ... ""
motion 01 oeifniwiu. ,
May 2, IKO-ReJben Harvey, charged with
keeping gambling fixtures and discharged
on motion of county attorney. .,..,,,,
r.. -r icv. nia .Tnrlrn. John rlcht.
charged w'th rambling and discharged.
June 1. lS-Jacob Lj'.z. Julius Treiuchke.
Herman Schaffer. charged with exhibiting
a gambling device ana aiscaarB uu .mo
tion of county attorney. , , ,
ni- ii isvilTnhn nhfrt. Charles Elidn.
Charles Thomas, Andy Wood. Ed Coleman.
W. G. Peyton, charged with playing game
of chance and discharged.
June Il-IS Julius Treltschke. Herman
Schaflcr. Jacob Lutr. chargeo. with keeping
gambllnc device and discharged.
June -5, 15W ipaac sionc, v. xi.
harced with keeping gambling room and
discharges.
July 6, IK'S H. I- Hlllman, charged with
gambling for livelihood and discharged.
July -Frank Arthur, G. Ne.s. John
Johnson, x-rea uisen, 11. xirnum...
charged with playing game for money and
discharged. ... ;,
July 12. ! Georee Brown. L. Herrold,
Ed Hmltn. inaries jioimnu. ueorpe junw,
w T.vnn. Jno Williams. William Stenhen-
son. Frank Harter. charged with gambling
and dlscnargeo on mouon 01 cuumj attorney-
. . ... ,..
July U Jonn amiin, cnareeu "u
tnr gambling room and discharged on
motion of county attorney.
July 31 and September 1 G. S. Homer.
rnnV Pmr! w II Seward, charced with
keeping gambling fixtures and discharged
on monon 01 couni uiiuiurj.
Charles Anderron. Louis Andrews, Henry
Sommers. Bert Day. H. M. Chub. A. P.
Godard. A. W. Light, charged witn
gambling and aiscnargea on mouon 01
eB?&toSril- lS-Joh Kttllan. , Paut
Matthews. Nick Ball, Virgil. Orane O'Neill,
charged with keeping gambling fixtures
ana aiscnargea. ..
September 11. IMO-Slgwart Kohn. charged
with s'Ulne lottery tickets and discharged,
December William Donnelly. Frank
Sampson, charged with keeping gambling
devices and discharged.
June 27, lswiom tianape, j. n. xtas
dale, E. II. Gulnn, charged with keeplr.y
gambling devices and discharged for want
of prosecution. o
JUiy 1J J . J. C7(liI.U?l0U., ""IHU
v.nlnir cambllnc devices and dis
charged for want of prosecution.
July 13, 1" -an xajiuucr, utcn cwau-
nrar Wilson. O. Hansey. Gus John
son. A. Slmonson, Carl Holsteln. J. Benson,
A. Nelson. U. 3. ritrrsou, r tauh ov!iu,
charged with gambling and discharged for
want ot prosecution.
savuie Story In uutrlct court.
The records of the county court and dis
trict court all tell the same story. The
only gamblers whom Shields bas prose
cuted were one or two who refused to
cough up to the gang of blackmailers that
backed htm tor tbe position, while those
law-breakers who were friendly to the
gang and had shared their profits with It
were turned loose with his assistance.
One of the most Cagrant cases Is that ot
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Henry Oerter. who was convicted by
County Attorney Baldrige. the predecessor
ct Mr. Shields, of maintaining and setting
iio rambling devices The evidence was
conclusive anJ the jury brought In a ver-
O.ICI 01 guilty wunoui ueiaj. ine case nai
carried up to the supreme- court and a new
trial ordered purely on a technicality. In
stead of prosecuting thc case Shields re
paid the assistance Oerter and his friends
had given him by entering a nolle prosequi
and Oerter quickly folded up his tent and
decamped from tbe city. Of course there
I no slgnlfleanre to be attached to thc fast
that Oirter's attorney who defended him
when be was prosecuted was none other
than I. J. Dunn, appointed by Shields and
cow h,'s chief deputy.
Another set of gambling cases which
likewise went by the board with Shields'
consent and assistance were those known
as the South Omeba gambling cases. A
number of South Omaha gamblers had been
arraigned by County Attorney Baldrige and
taken before Judge Baxter upon evidence
which seemed to point to a conviction.
One of the gamblers arraigned, a party
earned Itay, was defended In Judge Bax
ter's court by George W. Shields, who,
naturally, when he became county attor
ney, saw to it that his former client was
not molested, and alt the othars Implicated
by the same testimony were likewise
turned scot free.
5rninlnl ii f Deputy Dnnn.
Tbe chief scandal of Shields' term came
up In connecttoa with the raid on gambling
rooms run by Cliff Cole. In April of last
year the place was raided and the arraign
ment took place In the police court before
Judge Gordon. So close were the witnesses
to Shields that he put his own deputy, I.
J. Dunn, on the stand to testify for the
prosecution, and when he propounded ques
tions to him received onlr the answer: "I
refuse to testify, because I would Incrimi
nate myself."
With this conclusive evidence that hts
own chief deputy was partlccps crlmtnls
In breaking the gambling laws, he still
continued him as his confidential assistant
and holds him In that position at tbe
present time. The only Inference is that
his own connection with the gamblers'
gang Is such that he dare not dispense with
Dunn's services and that If re-elected he
will reappoint tbe man who refused to
testify because he feared he would Incrimi
nate himself.
Tbe insincerity of Shields' declamation
against the gamblers tn shown again tn the
South Omaha slot machine episode. In the
spring of last year evidence was placed In
bis bands so convincing In Its nature that
he drew up warrants against the proprie
tors of sixty-one automatic gambling slot
machines, but before he had them Issued
something happened to change his mind.
The fact that a levy of $10 apiece on each
machine bad been made shortly before to
shield them from prosecution may or may
not have had direct connection with It.
But although tbe machines hare been" run
ning almost continuously during tbe Inter
val the warrants hare never been served
nor a single proprietor Interfered with.
J Milcldo' Contlnuou Mnaiiur rade.
Shields' promises and threats alike have
been ma(je purely for public absorption.
His record discloses that In not a single
case has he made an honest effort to carry
them oUt.
He ,nd hi. ..gUtants have for years
been tbe paid attorneys ot well known
gamblers. Shields was tbe uttorney for
the notorious Jack Morrison, one of the
proprietors of tbe Diamond gambling re
sort, and In June, 1SS6, appeared tor him
and filed an answer In a foreclosure suit
In the United States circuit court In a
case entitled, "Tbe Northwestern Mutual
Lite Insurance company against Felicia H.
Little et al." He ts also one of the regu
larly retained lawyers of Charles White,
another member of the Diamond gambling
combine, while his chief deputy, Dunn, has
appeared tor the defense In so many gamb-
ling cases It would occupy too much space
to enumerate them
Shields In the role of an exterminator ot
gambling Is as great a farce as Smyth In
the role of trust-smasher.
PROSPECTS IN LICOL COCNTV.
Judge Haldvrln iujn Republican! Ex
pect to Carry It.
"We expect to wtre you on election night
that North Platte has returned a repub
lican majority ot 200," said County Judge
A S. Baldwin of that city, who has made
a careful canvass of Lincoln county as sec
retary of tho county republican commit
tee. "The town shows on the poll a Mc
Klnley lead of UO, and we hope to do
even better than that. Out In the county
we will do as well as a standoff, so the city
bas tbe outcome In Its hands. Two years
ago we gave Hay ward a majority of one
and last fall the republicans won by sixty
five for supremo Judge, so we have plenty
of reason to feel confident.
"Senator Owens bas more of a task tor
re-election, as his district Includes Daw
son county and runs to the Wyoming line,
but he has every prospect of winning.
Evans also has to cover most ot the .west
ern part of the United States In present
ing his candidacy" for tbe legislature to
those eighteen counties, but be is get
ting satisfactory results.
"The balance of power In North Plate
lies with tbe railroad men, all of whom
bave good Jobs and get wages which sat
isfy them. They are a hard class of men
to guess about, but If we can believe tbe
unanimous reports from shops and yards
alike McKlnley will draw most ot their
votes.
Accident Proves I'ntal.
CHICAGO. Oct. II. Frank J. Carpenter,
treasurer and general manager of the Nye
& Jcnks Grain company .and member of
the Board of Trade, died from Injuries re
ceived in alighting from an Illinois Central
suburban train last night. He was crushed
between car steps and station platform.
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LILL1AX TRUE BRYAXT JiJ EREDERCK BALD Y.
GIRL BETRAYED BY SPELLING
Poor Orthography cf Mies Trader Convicts
Her of Freakish Act.
HOTEL CLERK WARNED OF KINDLING FLAMES
Strange Communication Is Not Per
fectly Constructed, However, anil
He llnld Kortnne-Trlllnii Pari)
Which rtrrrnU the Secret.
Ascertaining thc authorship of a docu
ment by means of hsnd riling Is common,
but here ts the case of a crank letter
writer whose bad spelling was the means
of her undoing. She habitually spelled the
word "very" with two "r's." The detec
tives noticed It acted upon the tip and
now Miss Nettle Frailer, whose sanity Is
questioned, ts at her home under constant
guard.
Miss Frailer, a stenographer rsnployed In
a downtown law office, roomed at the Clar
endon, Twelfth and Castellar streets, a
resepctable family hotel and a popular re
sort for young women stenographers, cash
iers and saleswomen. Recently tbe clerk
has been receiving anonymous letters pre
dicting that tbe hotel would burn Novem
ber IS. He paid no attention to the first
two or three, but when the fourth aud
finally thc fifth arrived he began to get un
easy and reported the matter to the police,
as he feared the Cassandra would attempt
to fulfill her own prophecy.
The case was placed in the hands ot city
detective?. They went about their task In
the usual way by securing specimens of the
handwriting of all tbe women In tbe bouse,
but thts availed them nothing, as the chiro
graph of the seeress had been cunningly
disguised. Then one of them, who had
learned t.. spell in a district school, ob
served a defect in orthography. The word
"very." which appeared in all of the letters
save one, and In some of them several
times, was remarkable for Its prodigality
of "r's."
Now arose tbe question: How could they
Induce each ot the eighteen women In the
house to write a sentence In which the
word "vety" appeared: To accomplish
this delicate task the hotel clerk, William
Hubbel, was pressed into service, and he
was equal to the emergency.
The next day two of the young women.
as they left the dining room, paused at his
desk to chat-
Clerk's Clever Hnir,
"Did you have your fortunes told?" he
asked carelessly.
"No, I haven't not for two years,"
answered one.
"Why, didn't you see the gypsy fortune
teller who was around here this fore
noon?" "No; tell us about It."
"Well, her work was coarse. I can tell
fortunes as well as she and I don't use
cards, either. I go by the handwriting al
together."
After a little more conversation in thts
line Mr. Hubbel succeeded In working the
curiosity of hts guest to the necessary
pitch. He then suggested that they, as
semble a half-dozen other young women
patrons ot tbe house and ho would enter
tain them at a fortune telling party.
He bad them copy the sentence: "I am
very sorry to disappoint you." This was
correctly rendered In every Instance, so
far a the word "very" was concerned,
Don't You Know?-
What we are offering pianos and or
gans at? Why, eTery piano that goes
from our house this week Is sold at
factory prices aud on very easy terms
and if you want one you mu9t hurry
we include standard makes and every
thing el6e now Is your tlmo to buy
that "BAltGAIN" which you have been
looking for the past six months call
and ask to be shown the wonderful
self-playing "Apollo" piano attachment
this Is acknowledged by all to be the
"ACME OF PERFECTION."
A. HOSPE,
Mutlc ui Art. 1613 Diitllt
Dis Am De Kin'o Weather-
Wat pleases me 'car e I can carry
my new umbrella, nn I kno' It's goln'
to git cold an' when it does den de
people will buy more storen, an dat's
wat I'm "harpln' " ou now Jlst stoves
fur de reason dat my boss am got de
best stoves wat's sold In dls town an
his prices am away down low an' be
sells on dat tasy payment plan "Why
should you hesitate when you can buy
de Favorite Base Burner Stove for
$in.SO-uuthIn' better made or a good
Oak Heater for $4.lS an' dere's dat
Favorite Cook Store for Jll.OO-an de
Favorite Ste'cl Range for ?29.SO-We
say, why should you hesitate? If you
do, you're lost, and dat ain't no lie.
A. C. Rayttier
1514 Farnatn St.
I
though one of the eight girls spelled "dis
appoint" with two "s's" and one "p." How
ever, the test was not satisfactory and Mr.
Hubbel was disappointed. Albeit, he was
net discouraged and. during tbe next
twenty-tour hours he held other fortune
telling parties. It was during his third
seance that his efforts were rewarded. A
tall, willowy brunette spelled the word
"very" with two "r's."
That night ho reported progress to the
detectives. Miss Frailer was subjected to
a swratbox ordral. In which she confessed
having written the warning letters.
Her father being notified by wire has
come to Omaha and taken his daughter
home, where, he says, he will have her
watched closely until he can have her
examined as to ber mental condition. He
ts a well-to-do farmer, living near Cal
houn. Miss Frailer during her residence
in tbe city had become a convert to spiritualism.
Amerlcau fur Superintendent,
CHICAGO, Oct. 31.-D. H Louderback of
Chicago left last night on his way to Lon
don, where he Is to take charge of tho
Charing Cross underground railroad. In
which Charles T. Terkes and other Chicago
and eastern capitalists are Interested, lie
will be the personal representative In Lon
don of the American syndicate and will as
sume the direction of the work as soon
as he arrives there Mr. Loudt-rback was
selected to go to London because of hts
long experience In the planning, promot
ing and building of the elevated railroad
systems in Chicago.
Drlrer Han Unit Fall.
Mark T. Devount. driver of a garbagn
wagon, fell from his vehicle at the corner
of Tenth and Harney streets Wednesday
afternoon, striking bis head with such force
upon the stone pavement that he was
nicked ud in a semt-eonsclous condition
and taken to the police station, where
Drs. Ames and Ralph endeavored to ascer
tain whether or not his eku!l had been
fractured. Devount llv at 171b Jackson
street, whither arrangements were made
for removing him as boon as the extent ot
his Injuries shall have been ascertained.
Cbarccd with Illackmall.
NEW TORK. Oct- SI. Leonard Watson,
counsel for and assistant manager of tbe
Wall Btreet Press; John Evans, president
of the paper, and Ferdinand G. Gardiner,
an employe, were defendants In police court
today on the charge of blackmail. The com
plainant Is C. Morgan, a banker and broker.
Alrnrd In Police Court.
NEW YORK, Oct. 31.-Cornellus L.
Alvord. Jr., the former teller of the First
National bank, who embezzled !&0,C0 of th
bank's funds, was rearralgned In pollen
court today, but his examination was ad
journed until tomorrow.
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