Nebraska Newspapers

    ;ELD ON COOLEY.
OVERNOR HOTLY CRITI
CISES THE JURIST.
irei Ha Is In His Dota»e—Thirty
l(o Ha Wrota n Book on Constl
>1 Law Which Does Not Ssem to
la With the Views Expressed
American Bar Association Ad
Criticism on Cooley.
IELD, 111., Aug. 25.—Gov.
sid yesterday regarding
oley's address- before the
Bar association, criticising
to President Cleveland
(ding federal troops to Chi
Eg the late strike: “Judge
l pu tat ion is likely to have
be done it unless the people
biminate between the real
the later Cooley. In ad
the bar association he was in
an of a fashionable preacher
wished to be popular with
ence, had to eater to its
American Bar associa
small body of men-, most of
^ve corporations for clients.
shrewd and able men who
|lere fat fees come from. A
whose clients are poor
. afford to go to Saratoga and
food time and attend a bar
Judge Cooley’s utterance
1st be taken with some others
| made and the question is how
jiportance attaches to them
bcause they came from Judge
Nearly thirty years ago when
oley was in his prime, when
teacher in the Ann Arbor
»1, he wrote a book on con
si law. which was an able
gave him a reputation. In
he pointed out the limita
pon the federal government
j*d attention to the constant
fliat free institutions were in
encroachments of a central
brough the agency of a stand
by. Among other things he
anding army is peculiarly ob
to any free government and
readed by the people as an
nt of oppression than a tyr
monarch of any foreign
The alternative of a standing
a well regulated militia.’ But,
jting this book and while a
of the supreme court of the
established a reputation of
irporation judge and made
io obnoxious to the people of
that they arose and put
his career in that state,
years past he was out of
en congress created the in
immerce board and Cleve
g his first term as president
the judge on this board on
if 87,000 a year and expenses,
s princely compared with
ad been receiving. He held
place until a couple of years
n he retired on account of his
feeling, as he should, very
to Mr. Cleveland. Recently
president had sent troops to
the judge’s gratitude impelled .
rush into print in a letter
commending the president on
Among other things in that
e uses the following lan
‘I am especially gratified that
it and valuable lesson in
tional construction has been
for all time to come with re
ly litlle bloodshed,’ thus ad
tliat the constitution did not
give the president the power
vhat he had done and that it
n necessary for the president
s lesson in construction in or
|o it, and the judge was grati
the lesson in constitutional
tion had been given with so
oodshed. Had the constitu
rly given the power neither a
ed construction, nor any
construction, would have
necessary. The world has
f constitutional construction
ns of the military before. It
Bpened before. The operations
lometimes brilliant, but were
fatal to the patient. When
Cooley was in the vigor of man
ie expounded the constitution
free man addressing a free peo
rhere was nothing subservient
utterances, and the bright repu
he then made must not be
d by utterances that are born
ateful dotage."
RNOB ROBINSON’S WILL.
University the Ultimate Bene
y of All Bat s Few Thousands.
rencEi Kan., Aug. 25.—The
t the late ex-Governor Charles
son was filed in the probate
to-day as follows:
five and bequeath to my wife,
T. D. Robinson, the use of all
al and personal estate during
tlural life, after which it is to
sposed of as follows: To each
y nieces, Emilie H. Mason
May L. Robinson, 85,000;
ay niece, Belle R. Fellows,
ise of 85,000 during her natural
o my niece, Phcebe A. Beeman,
; to the children of my late niece,
a R. Hill, 81.000; to Frank R.
ence of Boston, 85,000; also to
lrae the use of 85,000 additional
g his natural life; and the re
fler of my estate, both real and
pal, including that the nse of
* is given to Bella R. Fellows
F. B. Lawrence during their
is hereby given and bequeathed
6 Kansas state university.”
6 will was signed April 18, 1883.
. Sears, Charles Chadwick and
Robinson are named as ex
>rs. The estate is estimated to
»rth 8200,000.
Harvest Excursion*.
Paul, Minn., Ang. 27th.—Harvest
rsions at largely reduced rates for
rand trip to Minnesota, Dakota
iontana points are announced by
reat Northern Railway, for Sept,
and 25th, and Oct 9th.
A Crwdfl Min* In Flames.
rvER, Col., Aug. 25.—A dispatch
Creede, Col., received by D. H.
t, says that the shaft house and
nery at tl>e Amethyst mine
burned to-day. The wire rope
ray, letting 'the cage fall to the
> of the shaft and kilUng four
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
Mr. MeMUlla flat! Forth In ths “Record"
the Legislation Accomplished.
Washinkton, Aug. 26.— Representa
tive McMillin, Democrat of Tennes
see has incorporated in the Congress
ional Record a speech intended as a
summary of what this congress has
accomplished. His associates have de
ferred to him in preparing this state
ment and it is a semi-official showing,
from a political standpoint, of what
the majority has done. After review
ing what laws it has heretofore
framed, he says:
1 come to a few things it has done
during this administration. It has re
pealed all force laws and left elections
free.
ib uas repuaiuu uiu i»w auuiunziug'
the president to levy and remit taxes.
I cannot conceive of a surrender of a
greater prerogative, more dangerous
and unpardonable than this. We de
nounced K at the time in this hall.
We went forth to the people and de
nounced it. We pledged them in our
platform that if intrusted with power
we would take this ancient right
from the president and give it back to
the people’s representatives. We have
now kept the promise.
This congress has also authorized
the states to tax greenbacks and other
United States currency. For years
the exemption of these has been a
crying ill. The law authorizing the
issue of greenbacks and the treasury
warrants under the Sherman act ex
empted from the state, county and
municipal taxation. Hundreds of
millions thereby escaped all taxation.
Individuals escaped it by having their
funds in bank nominally invested in
greenbacks or treasury warrants on
the day for assessment. Banks ac
complished the same object in the
same way. No doubt can exist that
in some banks the United States war
rants were placed to the credit
of more individuals on the day for
assessment to escape municipal
and state taxes. It is 'also charged
that certain banks would aid each
other in different states by changing
their treasury warrant deposits from
one to the other to suit the different
days for assessment existing in differ
ent states. All this is stopped now.
Under the bill introduced and passed
by the gentleman from Indiana (Mr.
Cooper) all United States currency
heretofore escaping taxation will be
reached by the tax gatherer. United
States treasury warrants known as
greenbacks and the bills issued under
the Sherman bill amount to about
$500,000,000 and the country owes a
debt of gratitude for his patriotic ex
ertion.
Mr. McMillin reviews the reductions
of appropriations heretofore set forth
by Representative Sayers of the appro
priations committee and continues:
It has passed the most stringent
laws against trusts ever enacted in
this country. At the same time the
attorney general has instituted pro
ceedings in the courts to try to dis
solve illegal trusts. The amendment
offered by the senator from Alabama,
Mr. Morgan, carries into law the most
effective means ever yet devised for
controlling and curbing the power of
trusts. A law against them was
passed last congress, but it dealt with
the question in a way so mild and
gingerly that the Democratic party
finds that it has not been sufficient to
crush the combinations that have
been fostered under protection. The
Democratic paity was pledged to
more stringent legislation against
trusts. It has kept this pledge.
It has inaugurated an income tax,
thereby taking taxes off of want and
putting them on wealth. It is true
that the senate amendments have
changed somewhat this feature of the
bill and.have released some that ought
to be taxed; still it remains a great
benefit to the American people.
It found the treasury bankrupt and
by the tariff bill is not only replenish
ing it but at the same time producing
taxes.
Mr. McMillin then reviews the re
peal of the Sherman silver' law and
closes with an elaborate summary of
the tariff legislation.
UNION PACIFIC EMPLOYES.
General Manager Dickinson Flooded With
Petitions for Their Reinstatement.
Omaha, Neb., Aug. 25. —General
Manager Dickinson of the Union Pa
cific is daily receiving hundreds of
petitions for the reinstatement of old
employes who went out on strike.
These letters do not come from the
men themselves, but from merchants,
bankers, real estate agents, board of
trade associations and others. They
are all of the same tenor, asking that
work be resumed in the shops, and
that old employes be given prefer
ence over imported help. So urgent
are some of the 'demands that Mr.
Dickinson has decided to go west and
personally interview the business men
of the communities clamoring for re
lief and asking for the reinstatement
of the men. The petitions declare
that many of the men's families are in
absolute want.
A Prominent Hnnsnu Dead.
Emporia, Kan., Aug. 25.—J. K. Fin
ley, capitalist and one of the most
prominent men of this city, died early
this morning of Bright’s disease. He
was chief promoter of and an exten
sive stockholder in the enterprise cf
building the Howard branch of the
Santa Fe from here to Moline.
“Buck" Kilgore to Be Retired.
Daixas, Texas, Aug. 25.—Judge C.
H. Yoakum was nominated for con
gress by the Democrats ef the Third
district at Mineola to succeed “Buck"
Kilgore. _
The New Rifle Well Liked.
Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 25—During
the target shooting at Camp Douglas,
which ended last evening, the Krag
Jorgenson rifle was given a good test
at 200 yards. The sights are defective
as yet, but the officers who shot with
it pronounce it the coming rifle. The
scores at 200 yards were: Major Har
ris, 40; Captain Berkhauser, 40; Major
Edwards, 36; General L. Auer, 34.
A. r. a. ana the nmitia.
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 25.—Steps
have been taken within the past two
weeks by members of the A. P. A and
the Junior Order of United American
Mechanics, a kindred organization, to
form a company of militia and ask
admission to the Third regiment. A
j similar movement has recently been
started by certain members of Catho
He organizations
MR. STORY’S VIEWS.
GIVEN BE PORE THE AMERICAN
BAR ASSOCIATION.
TIm Lobby System Under Discussion—
The Declaration That Corruption Ik
Rampant In Many of tbo Lawmaking
Bodies of the United States, and Tbnt
It Hns Roaehod a Mott Dangerous
Stage.
American Legislation.
Saratoga, N. Y., Aug. 24.—The an
nual address before the American Bar
association was delivered this morn-.
lug1 by Moorofleld Storey of Massa
chusetts. It was on the American
legislature and features were as fol
lows:
"Every observe^ of our political
history during the last twenty years
must have been struck with the
change which has taken place in the
attitude of our people toward the
fundamental principles of our gov
ernment. Large bodies of our follow
citizens insist that because they
choose not to work no one should
work in their places; that every man
who wishes to follow a certain trade
shall join an association which they
form and submit his liberty to its con
trol, or else abandon his calling; and
that if a man refuses to employ them
on terms which they dictate he 3hall
employ no one else. Upon terms like
these are justified the efforts to pre
vent the employment .of non-union
men by refusing to work with them,
by boycotting employers who allow
them to work, and by murderous at
tacks upon them when they take the
place of strikers. Respect for the
result of the elections seems to be
disappearing, and political partisans
are ready apparently to resort to any
expedient to enable them to retain or
acquire power. There is to be heard
every day adverse comment regarding
congress, state legislatures and city
aldermen and councilmen, and dis
trust of their acts is generally felt
"For my present purpose I mention
it as evidence that the leading mem
bers of the house of representatives
do not trust that body and frame
their rules accordingly. Loss of faith
in the legislature is loss of faith in
representative government, a loss of
faith in people themselves, and this
feeling really lies at the root of the
changes in public opinion on funda
mental principles which I have noted.
Bribery is made the excuse for
anarchy. The danger against which
we guard in constitutions and which
in conversation we recognize and
deplore is the danger that private
interests can afford to pay for the
privileges which they seek prices
which the ordinary legislators caniiot
refuse.
"In many states, certainly, there
has grown up an irresponsible party
between the people and their repre
sentatives which undertakes to sell
legislation and finds the business ex
tremely profitable. When the legis
lature meets, each professional lob
byist has a oody of members who will
listen readily to their advice and
whose votes he can influence to a
greater or less extent. Certain large
corporations which are likely to be
interested in legislation adopt
the same methods of select
ing representatives, and each has
its cohort of disciplined supporters.
The issues upon which these repre
sentatives have been chosen have
played no part in the campaign, have
been discussed in no political meet
ing, have attracted no public atten
tion. The real question that is to
divide the legislature which they
choose is whether one party or an
other shall acquire the right to con
trol the streets of some great city.
“Thejlobbyist also plays a prominent
part in the selection of the Speaker of
the bouse and pays well for it, the
private or personal interests at stake
being sometimes enormous, and the
corruptible law-makers greatly profit
by the transaction. Committee de
cisions are also affected by these evil
agencies and it is only after some de
signing bill is favorably reported that
the public awakens to the danger of
the situation.
■ “In congress, too, investigations of
alleged corruptions are notably fruit
less.' Not criminals alone, but men of
wealth and standing for years have
paid the officers of the law to neglect
or to discharg'e their duty. Great
corporations and private citizens
have paid large sums to men
of political influence in return
lor legislative lavors or lor in
surance against hostile laws, while
humble peddlers have paid for
the permission to earn their living.
In the greatest and richest city of our
land, the government of laws has
given place to a government of cor
ruption and blackmail. New York
has had virtue enough at least to be
gin to reform, and has learned what
onest men never sufficiently realize,
how essentially and necessarily weak
is any combination of scoundrels.
“The character of legislators must
be raised, and bribery stripped of
every cloak. Public opinion must be
brought to recognize the truth that it
is not the comparatively poor, weak
and often uneducated man who re
ceives the bribe, but the strong, rich
and able man, who pays, at whose
door lies the sin of corruption. The
temptor is as bad as the man whom
he tempts. If we cut off the
fountain the rivulet ceases to
flow. It is the poclret from which
the money comes at which we must
strike if corruption is to be stayed.
The public must realize the truth
that the man who knowingly em
ployes a dishonest agent, gives him
money to accomplish an object and
closes his eyes to everything but the
result, is just as guilty of every cor
rupt act which that agent does as if
he did it himself.
“In dealing with the delicate ques
tions between labor and capital which
are pressing upon us, the legislature
is the court and jury. When men's
passions are as strongly enlisted as j
they are in these disputes, the most j
perfect integrity and the greatest j
wisdom arc needed to adjust them.
Absolute confidence in the arbiters
is essential. Let it, once be believed
by the laborer tha’t the legislature
has been bought and how long will it
be before we witness a riot which
will be perhaps a civil war?’’
WILL NOT SION IT.
I
Ctanlud lUMlnd to Ul Um Tariff Qo
Into KObot Without Ilia llinaura
Washing-tow, Aug. 34. —The presi
dent, It Is positively declared, re
mains firm In his purpose to let the
tariff bill beoome a law without his
signature. This was his intention
when he left Washington for Uray
Gables, and there is excellent author
ity for the statement that, since hts
return, ho has indicated that he is of
the same opinion ns before he loft.
Oreat pressure has boen and is still
being exerted to induce Mr. Cleve
land to forego his present purpose
and to sign the bill either with or
without some message expressing his
views, but he has given no encourage
ment to those who have pressed views
of this nature on his attention and
has indicated that he will allow the
bill to become a law by the expira
tion of the ten days' clause of the
WUnVHiUblUUi
The persona most urgent in suggest*
ing to the president that ho sign the
bill are members of congress who have
represented very strongly that a sig
nature of the bill will help them con
siderably in their defense of it in the
coming campaign, and that should it
not have the measure of presidential
approval indicated by Mr. Cleveland’s
signature thoir position on the stump
will be embarrassed to some extent at
least. Speaker Crisp and a number of
other congressmen have expressed
this view of the matter and the speak
er saw the president to-day on the
matter.
So far as can be loarned the presi
dent's attitude has been one of pa
tient listening and consideration of
the argument! presented, but he has
refrained carefully from making any
promises or giving encouragement to
congressmen who wish the bill signed.
A veto of the bill, however, is not
even suggested. It cannot become a
law without the presidential auto
graph until next Monday, and this be
ing tiie case the adjournment of con
gress will hardly take place bofore
next Tuesday.
ARMOR PLAT'S FRAUD PROVED.
Chairman Cummings Make* a Strong Re
port on the Carneglo Investigation.
Washington, Aug. 24.—Representa
tive Cummings, chairman of the house
commltteo on naval affairs, presented
to the house to-day the preliminary
report upon the investigation of the
armor plate billets furnished to the
government by the Carnegie steel
company.
The committee finds that charges of
fraud have boon sustained; scores the
company severely and recommends
that fifty-nine suspected plates in use
should be tested as the only method
of proving their fitness or unfitnesB.
It only finds that the government in
spection was negligent, but no charge
of dishonesty rests upon t'he in
spectors.
When the house met, with about
fifty members present, Mr. Cummings
firesented the report and a joint reso
ution to direct the secretary of the
navy to remove from the Monadnock,
the monitor Terror, the ships Oregon,
Indiana and Massachusetts ’ and the
cruiser Monterey certain specified
armor plates and subject them to the
ballistic test at the Indian Head prov
ing ground. The resolution also
directed a speedy report on these
tests.
The resolution was adopted without
division and at 1:05 p. m. the house
adjourned until to-morrow.
TEXAS CONGRESSMEN.
Paschall's Vote for Froe Wool Defeats
Him for Renomlnatlon.
Washington, Aug. 24.—The Texas
delegation in congress is receiving
retunrs from a cumber of con
gressional conventions in the state
now being held. Representative Pas
chall was defeated for renomination,
tho wool question being the iffain
cause of his defeat. It is a large wool
growing district. Mr. Paschall voted
for free wool. The candidate nomi
nated is not an advocate of free wool.
Representative Cockrell’s conven
tion has adjourned until August 30,
after balloting ineffectually. Mr.
Cockrell was within four and one-half
votes of the two-thirds majority at
the time of the adjournment.
Representative Kilgore's convention
is in session, but no word has been
received from it.
Last Day* of Pompeii.
The wonderful historical out-door
spectacle of the Last Days of Pompeii
is to be produced at Courtland Reach,
Omaha, August 21. 23, 25, 28, 30 and
September 1, 3, 4, 6and 8. It isa grand
and gorgeous production, costing a
great sum of money to put it before the
public. The management has secured
low rates on all railroads, so that the
people of Nebraska and adjoining
states may see at reduced cost a spec
tacle that may not again be the oppor
tunity of a life time. It will be given
at Courtland only on the days before
stated. The belching of Mt. Vesuvius
and the immitation earthquake at
Omaha's “Last Days of Pompeii” will
be distinctly heard for six or eight
miles, and the aerial pieces of fire
works can be seen several times as far.
Some, of the pieces are fired heaven
ward from cannon weighing over 500
pounds. Don’t miss the greatest spec
tacle of modern times—one which you
may never again have an oportunity to
sea
Senator Quay's Tariff Speech.
Washington, Aug1. 24.—The Con
gressional Record yesterday morning
contained eighty-five pages of Senator
Quay's speech, which has been in
serted under the “leave to print’’
privilege granted several weeks ago.
Representative Brosius takes advan
tage of the leave to print granted by
the house when the tariff bill was
passed to insert a speech loaded with
campaign poetry. There are twenty
five selections of various kinds, some
being dialect verses, others straight
doggerel.
Now Hampshire Weavers Strike.
Sitncook, N. H., Aug. 24.—Four hun
dred weavers in the China mills here
did not go to work to-day, because of
a reduction iu wages equal te thi cut
down in the Fall River mills. No
tices of a reduction have been posted
in the Webster and Pembroke mills
also and strikes may follow. The
weavers, who are nearly all French,
are not members of a union bnt will
probably organize now.
I m
A TICKET IS NAMED
STATE CONVENTION OP NE
BRASKA REPUBLICANS.
Llent. Go*. Major*, of Nemaha Count*.
Nominated for Oo*ornor on the Tint
Ballot—R. K. Moor* WIU Malta the
Bao* for Lieutenant Governor—The
Platform Upon Which Bepoblleani of
Nebraska WIU Go Before tho People to
Stand or PaU a* the Voter* Mar Bleat.
Nebraska State Republican Convention.
GOVERNOR...THOMAS J. MAJORS
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
j# t] MOO KIT
SECRETARY OE HTATii.:.V”j. j.“ lllEB
AUDITOR l)E STATE....EUGENE MOORE
sr peri nten den t oiAi*u bV, 10 ?n -HIU*
8TKUOTION...H. It. UOKUETT
COMMISSIONER I'UULIO LANDS
AND BUILDINGS.II. 0. RUSSELL
Omaha, August 54.—The republican
state convention In session in this city
yesterday, placed In nomination the
ticket above given. Thomas J. Majors,
for governor, was nominated on tho
first ballot, tho result standing Majors
6S3Jif, McColl 401}^, Crounse 0, Cady 1.
TUB PI.ATFOllM.
The republicans of Nebraska in con
vention assembled deplore tho disas
trous result of tho “change" in the pol
icies of the national government, de
creed by tho people at a time when tho
mental balance of the country tvus
temporarily disturbed by tho exhilara
tion of a long course of peace, progress
and material prosperity, and the clam
or of demagogues and political quacks,
and confidently appeal to tho people of
the state for a return to the conditions
that existed prior to the elections of
1893.
Dismayed by the financial revulsions
that paralyzed tho business centres of
the country, when tho results of tho
national and state elections made it
certain that the policy of protection of
home industries and the guarantee of
public credit and a sound currency
were about to be overthrown by a dem
ocratic president and a congress demo
cratic in both brunches, the leaders of
tho party, wholly in power for the first
time in thirty years, have had neither
tho courage to embody the principles
set forth in theirnatlonal convention at
Chicago in legislation, or the wisdom to
abandon their threatened raid on tlio
industries of the country. Hut they
have kept the business interests of the
people in suspense and uncertainty du
ring twelve months of unprofitable de
bate over the work of framing a reve
nue bill founded on no deflnito or rec
ognizable commercial system, corrupt
on its face, discriminating against
northern industries for tho benefit of
the south, openly denounced by a ma
jority of those whoso votes carried it
to its passage, and not only fraught
with disaster to the people, but confes
sedly stamped with "party perfidy and
party dishonor,"as an abandonment of
the cause of a “tariff for revenue only,”
and the principles and pledges upon
which they were placed in power.
"How can they face the people after
indulging in such outrageous discrim
ination and violation of principles" as
are found in almost every paragraph of
tho sugar trust tariff bill?
In view of the practical results of a
year and a half of democratic rule, we
reaffirm with renewed faith and fervor
the plutform of the national republican
convention at Minneapolis. We de
mand the restoration of the American
policy of protection and commercial re
ciprocity with our sister republics of
Mexico, Central and Mouth America and
the governments of the West India
Islands.
The republican party of Nebraska
has always been the consistent friend
and aggressive champion of honest
money and it now takes no step back
ward. While we favor bimetallism and
demand tho iise of both gold and silver
standard money, we insist that the par
ity _ of the value of the two metals be
maintained, so that every dollar, paper
or coin, issued by the government, shall
be as good as any other.
We adhere to the doctrine that all
railway lines are subject to regulation
and control by the state, and we de
mand the regulation of railway and
transportation lines to such extent and
in such manner as will insure fair and
reasonable rates to the producers nnd
consumers of the country. To that end
we insist that laws shall be enforced
forbidding the fictitious capitalization
of such corporations and that the con
stitution of the state shall be rigidly
enforced wherein it is provided: “No
railroad corporation shall issue any
Btock or bonds except for money, labor
or property actually received and ap
plied to tho purpose for which such cor
poration was created, and all stock
dividends and other fictitious increase
of the capital stock or indebtedness of
any such corporation shall be void.”
M e are in favor of the enforcement
of all laws, whether they affect tho in
dividual or the corporation, and we
therefore demand the enforcement of
the maximum rate bill passed by the
last legislature until the same is de
clared void by the courts or is repealed.
" e are in lavor ol the enactment of
laws by congress that will provide for
the supervision, regulation and control
of corporations engaged in interstate
commerce, with a view to preventing
the fictitious capitalization and exces
sive bonding of such corporations.
We denounce all combinations of cap
ital organized in trusts, or otherwise,
to control arbitrarily the conditions of
trade, and arraign as criminal legisla
tion the manifest concessions of the
tariff bill now in the hands of the pres
ident to the sugar and whisky trusts.
We recognize the rights of laborers
to organize, using all honorable meas
ures for the purpose of dignifying their
condition and placing them on an equal
footing with capital, to the end that
they may both fully understand that
they are necessary to the prosperity of
the country. Arbitration should take
the place of strikes and lockouts for
settling labor disputes
The extirpation of anarchy is essen
tial to the self-preservation of the na
tion, and we therefore favor the pend
ing bill in congress for the exclusion of
anarchists.
We recommend that the ensuing leg
islature submit an amendment to the
constitution, to be voted on by the peo
ple at the next general election, pro
viding for the investment of the per
manent school fund in state, county
and school district bonds
We believe that the industries of our
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state should be diversified, to relieve
the masses of the people from depend
ence upon one class of agricultural pro
ducts subject to crop failures, and it
being demonstrated that the soil of
this state la adapted to the produetion
of sugar beets, even In dry seasons, »
source of incalculable wealth, we favor
legislation that shall bring to our peo
ple its full realisation.
Ever mindful of the services and sac
rifices of the men who saved the life of
the nation, we protest against the Illib
eral and unjust poltoy of the pension
department under the present adminis
tration, and pledge anew to the veteran
soldiers of the republic a recognition of
their just claims upon a grateful peo
nle.
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SEW (TATE COMMITTEE.
The list of state committeemen te as
follows, by districts: •
First—A. R. Keim, Fells City.
Second—M. H. Christy, Sterling.
Third—J. R. McKee, l’almyra.
Fourth—George Sheldon, Nehawka
Fifth—U. M. Clark, Itlilco.
Sixth—11. U. Boyles, Frank Burman,
Peter Schwenck.
Seventh—J.* B. Sutherland, Teka*
mah.
Eighth—John D. Haskel, Wakefield.
Ninth—J. F. Boyd, Oakdale. .
Tenth—It. U. Snyder, Fremont
Eleventh—J. M. Alden, Pierce
Twelfth—E. T. liodsdon, Schuyler.
Thirteenth—Sanford Parker, Butler.
Fourteenth—George A. Eokles, Chad*
ron.
Fifteenth—M. E. Getter, Ord. . *
Sixteenth—Aaron Wall, Loup City.
Seventeenth—F. W. Crow, St Paul
Eighteenth—J. H. Mickey, Osceola.
Nineteenth—W. U. llusematter, Lin*
wood.
Twentieth—J. II. Clay, Lincoln, and
J. J. Trompen, Hickman.
Twenty-Hrst—J. E. llays, Beatrice. .
Twenty-second—J. N. Van Duyn,
Wilber.
Twenty-third—John Uessty, Fair*
bury.
Twenty-fourth—C. A. McCloud, York.
Twenty-fifth—
Twenty. Bixth—II. Galusha, Bed
Cloud.
Twenty-seventh—C. F. McGrow, Has
tings.
Twenty-eighth—S. G Stuart, Ax tel.
Twenty-ninth—C. D. Fuller, Impe
rial.
Thirtieth—A. E. Allyn, Coznd.
The following are ex-officio members
of the coinmitteo, the first six being
the chairmen of the republican con
gressional committees and the last two
the president and secretary of the Re
publican State league.
li. M. Bushnel, Lincoln, First ' dis
trict; B. U. ltoblnson, Omaha, Second
district; C. G MoNish, Wisner Third
district; S. II. Steele, David City,
Fourth district; R. Q. Stewart, Camp
bell, Fifth district; Henry Cutting,
Kearney, Sixth district; Frank Collins,
Lincoln; II. M. Warring, Omaha.
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Witnesses Who Think the Falnee Car
Stagnate Is AH Might.
Chicago, Aug. 23.—Several of the
witnesses examined by the strike com
mission to-day gave testimony more
favorable to tho Pullman companjr
than that which had previously been
heard. Frank W. Glover, a real estate
agent, said he considered the Pullman
houses at 818 and 830 a month really
cheaper than 813 a month houses in
surrounding towns. Tho Pullman
houses were well equipped and beau
tifully located, ho said, and rents were
not, in his opinion, too high. In reply
to a query of Commissioner Wright, he
denied that he was in any way con*,
ncctcd witli tho Pullman company,
Paul E. Hermes, a news dealer, who
formerly worked in the Pullman
shops. Said lie did not place much
faith In the complaints of the tie AT
Their trouble, he thought, was largely
due to tholr fondness for beer. AB
the saloon keepers in the surrounding
towns had grown rich, and a large
number of Kensington beer wagons
were well supported by Pullman em
ployes. Of real estate values he
knew little, but did not believe that
Pullman rents were unusuully high.
L. 11 Johnson, a Pullman furniture
dealer, testified that store room rents
in the town had been cut, though nq
reduction had been made in tho resi
dence rentals.
Chairman Wright announced that
the commission had concluded its in
quiry into the strike from the side of
the employes and would now hoar the
statements of' public officials and
those of the employers who wished to
testify. Mayor Hopkins, Chief of
Police Brennan, Fire Chief Sween e
and other city officials have been
summoned and Governor Altgcld will
probably be called upon. The com
missioners refuse to say whether or
not Mr. Pullman will testify.
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A NEW RIVAL FOR AMERICA.
Siberian Wheat Will Enter the World**
Market With the Xew Hold.
Washington, Aug. 23. — Uni tad
States Consul General Jonas at St.
Petersburg, in a report to the de
partment ot stats, points to the fa at
that the early completion of the Si
berian railroad is likely to have a
depressing effect upon the prices of
grain throughout the world. No re
liable estimate can be formed of the
probable export of Siberian grain to
Europe by this road, and one rough
estimate placing it at 6,000,01)0 bushels
for the West Siberian side is regarded
as decidedly too low. Moreover, the
completion of the road is expeotel to
greatly stimulate the planting of
ffrain in the black soil belt,famous for
its fertility. In 1839 Siberia produced
a surplus of 30,000,000 bushels of grain.
To lessen the depressing effect upon
the local-lit. Petersburg market of the
expected in-rush of Siberian wheat, a
new outlet is provided by a line of
railroad from Perm, already con
nected with Western Siberia to Kot
las, on the Dvina river, offering an
easy way to Archangel on the White
sea, whence the wheat can be ex
ported to other European countries.
A Justice Short •9,003.
Kansas Citv, Mo., Aug. 23.—The
county court gave out for publica
tion at 2 o'clock this afternoon the
report of the County Accountant R.
D. Slater on the office of Justice of the
Peace Boss W. Latshaw. It shows
that Latshaw is short to the county
to the extent of S9,006, with all credits
allowed. The report further shows
that Latshaw has exacted a tribute
from the keepers of disorderly houses,
the great bulk of which does not ap
pear on the books of his office.
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