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D. H. CRONIN, Editor.
There is nothing, the mntter with
Hanna.
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’■/v It is about time for the pops to
A ease np on their calamity wail.
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The reformers who are holding
down soft berths in the court-house
want to look out for rats.
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Yesterday Mark Hanna was
!' elected United States senator for
both the long and short terms by
the Ohio legislature.
The North Nebraska Eagle has
p. presented the name of W. E. Peeb
les, of Thurston county, as a pros
pective oandidate for the republi
can nomination for governor.
The annual meeting of the Ne
braska Press association which was
to have been held at Lincoln on
January 11 and 12, has been post
poned to January 25 and 26. It is
expected that this will be the larg
est meeting in the history of the
organization.
Now that the Hawaiian annexa
tion treaty is before the senate there
is mnoh speonlation as to where the
individual senators stand. Senator
Thurston has been placed on both
sides of the question, but it is now
understood that he haB about
reached the conclusion to vote
against annexation. He realizes
that the proposed annexation is a
radical departure frem the estab
lished polioy of this government
The senator has appreciated all the
time the menace to the beet sugar
'industry from the annexation of the
islands, sugar coming in from them
1 and being transported over
transcontinental lines at a very
low rate, putting the severest
and sharpest point of competition
directly on Nebraska and adjoining
states, where the soil and climatic
conditions combine most favorably
for the production of the sugar beet
For these reasons he will, it is now
thought, vote against the treaty.
Gear, of Iowa, will also vote against
the measure, and tonight it looks as
if the treaty were doomed to defeat.
—-tjhnaba Bee.
At thi mass meeting of the citi
zens and taxpayers of the city of
O’Neill and Grattan township held
at the court house on last Saturday,
resolutions were adopted by an
overwhelming majority denouncing
repudiation and instructing the
township board to discontinue the
^ further litigation of the Grattan
. , township bonds. In another column
of this issue we publish these reso
lutions in full. In taking this very
I. decisive action, which we believe
to be deserving of the highest praise
and commendation, the taxpayers
have reared a lasting monument to
the integrity and honesty of the
people of this community. They
voieed their feelings upon these
matters in no mistaken terms, and
in a manner that cannot well go
undeeded by the offioers of the town
ship. It is true that there were a
few who attended the meeting who
did not share the same views enter
tained by the large majority, but,
while this is to be regretted, we
cannot think that these few were
fully informed upon the questions at
issue. People are sometimes prone
to allow prejudices to influence their
decisions and to think that the
interest of the taxpayer of one part
of the township in a matter of this
k>nd is not common with that of the
interest of the taxpayer of another
pari In this they are undeniably
wrong. The people should all work
together for the common good, and
at all times present an unbroken
front against anything that smacks
of repudiation. The township board,
elected by the people to do the will
and carry out the wishes of the peo
ple, #ill prove themselves worthy of
the confidence reposed in them when
they were elected if they take no
further action and make no further
effort to destroy the validity of the
Grattan township bonds.
THE REFORMERS.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 8, 1898.—
Special Correspondence: The dis
cussion of Governor Holcomb’s
greed for “house rent” has bronght
prominent before the public mind
here at Lincoln another example of
greed and the filching of unlawful
money from the public pocket con
trary to the express provisions of
the constitution.
One wrong brings another. The
example of the chief executive is
always potent to raise or lower the
morality of state government. When
Governor Holcomb sent out his lob
byists to plead for a “house rent”
appropriation which everyone knew
was unconstitutional, that was a
sign that he was not the high
minded reformer which he had pre
tended to be, and the understrapper
politicians of his party, taking the
hint from him, entered into a gen
eral scramble for all manner of
political spoil. ’
j.ne piace nuniers swarmea ny me
hundreds into Lincoln from over the'
state at the convening of the legis
lature. There were more applicants
than places. They talked a great
deal at the country picnics about a
reform which they would inaugurate
in which the offices would seek the
men and not the men the offices, but
in this they seem to have been about
as honest as they were in the pass
reform which they promised, for as
soon as they got into power there
commenced such a hustling for
office as had never been seen before.
When the steering committee
which had in charge the distribu
tion of patronage took an invoioe of
the number of places and the num
ber of applicants, they found the
ratio about 16 to 1, about as it had
been under republican rule, except
that each of these reformers had an
aching void which was more empty
and ached with more intensity than
any aohing voids had ever ached
before.
The appointive offices most sought
after were the secretaryships of the
state board of transportation. These
places drew $2,000 each, with an
unlimited supply of passes and
under the arrangement which had
been made with the railroads there
was to be no work to do, and so
these three situations were consid
ered snaps.
For these three snaps there were
over fifty applicants. Besides it
nuu ueeu supuiaiea loan tne rail
roads must 0 K these appointments.
Among these fifty applicants were
five members of the house and sen
ate who Would not be pot off for
they claimed to have promises which
entitled them to the offices or to a
row whioh would make plenty of
trouble, not only for the ring but
for the railroads as well.
Now right at this point is where
the ingenuity of this reform move
ment showed itself and where the
governor’s “house rent” precedent
was potent to invite unconstitutional
appropriations. Two years before,
Governor Holcomb had demanded
and received au unconstitutional
appropriation of $1,600 for “house
rent,” and why could not these five
members, who were to be dis
appointed as to the railroad secre
taryships, reach their hands into the
public pocket and gut fifteen hun
dred dollars eaoh by some unconsti
tutional appropriation if they could
get the house to pass it?
Bight here they evolved the idea
of putting these five members of the
legislature on the investigating
committee, giving them permanent
positions at $5 a day, notwithstand
ing the constitution expressly stipu
lates that members of the legislature
shall draw pay only while the legis
lature is in session and their com
pensation shall not exceed $300.
Now it takes two to make a bar
gain. It took both the executive
and the legislative departments of
the state government to get this
money in this unlawful way. The
legislature appropriated it and the
governor signed the appropriation,
because the governor himself had
already absorbed an unlawful appro
priation of $1,500 during his firet
two years and was. now asking for
another like amount, and he was in
no position to question, or listen to
the voice of conscience which must
have whispered to him the oath in
ANNUAL CLEARING SALE
January 17 to 29th.
Our January sale this year will surpass all our previous efforts
in this direction as our stock is very complete and our custo
mers will have the benefit of the best selection of merchandise
ever offered in O’Neill at discount prices.
. Twenty per cent. Discount
on all dress goods, silks, trimmings, mens’ and boy’s suits, shoes
furnishing goods, hats, caps, gloves, underwear of all kinds,
overalls, shirts, mackintoshes, trunks, carpets, blankets, comforts
and all goods not otherwise specified. This will include our full
line of staple and fancy dishes and glassware.
THINK OF THIS
Chanc^to Discount
make money —.=—
On all ladies cloaks, capes and jackets and our full line of mens’
boys and children’s overcoats. This does not include fur coats
on which the discount will only be TEN PER CENT.
Special Dry Goods Prices.
uawrence ju. ju. o cents per yd J
Good black moslin 6c. per yd. |
Fine bleach inuslih, soft finish, ]
7J cents per yard. j
Indian head 7J cents per yard. ]
Heavy cotton flannel worth 10 j
only 8 cents per yard. J
Good prints 4 cents per yard, j
Best prints 5 cents per yard. J
Heavy twill worth 12J, only 10. j
EIndigo bine b tents per yard.
Best check gingham 5 cents.
| Table oil cloth 16 cents per yd.
I Good straw ticking 7 cents.
| Best feather ticking 12 cents*
I Amoskeag shirting, heaviest
I made, 8 cents per yard.
| Good heavy denim 12 cents.
! Onting flannels 6, 8 and 10c.
| German bine 8 cents per yard.
Special discount of 25 per cent on all ladies winter shoes and
slippers and a fine line of E. P. Heeds best shoes in pointed toes.
Quality as good as the best in the store.
Ten per cent, only will be allowed on all artics and rubbers,
except a line of mens’ fine three buckle artics worth $2.25
which we offer at $1.75 on account of being overstocked.
All goods and prices strictly as represented. Sale closes
positively Saturday, January 29. These prices are given for
tho purpose of raising money quickly and all goods charged
will be at regular prices.
J. P. MANN.
which he had sworn to obey the
constitution.
Whenever a governor demands
for himself an unconstitutional
appropriation of money, then that
governor’s mouth is sealed and he
must acquiesce in any other uncon
stitutional appropriation. If that
legislature had voted $1,500 to each
of its members, as it did to these
five, it would have been just as law
ful and the governor would have
been obliged to approve it, or else
to veto and refuse the $1,500 “house
rent.”
Everybody can understand this.
Its a plain case of breaking the con
stitution and breaking into the
treasury and the money so obtained
is as unlawful as if they had pro
cured it by cracking a safe.
Crounse had seen the immorality
of the “house rent” steal and had
vetoed it. Boyd had realized the
dishonesty of it and the danger of
such an sxample, and had refused
to touch it. Now there is no parti
san abuse in this. It is a plain
matter of the unlawful taking of
money and everybody can under
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stand it. It was lawful to appro
priate the $10,000 for investigating
purposes, but it was not lawful for
any member of the legislature to
touch one dollar more than the $300
stipulated in the constitution, and it
is unlawful for the governor to take
the $1,500 “house rent.”
Gut this out, mail it to Governor
Holcomb and ask him to explain the
unconstitutional “house rent” steal.
Ask the live legislative members
who are drawing $5 a day each if
they can explain and make these
appropriations match with the con
stitution which they have sworn to
obey. Don’t scold at republican
writers, populist reader. Spend
your fury on the men who have
betrayed you. By such a course
you will reform your own party and
will demonstrate your own individ
ual political honesty and your dig
nity and self-respeot as a citizen.
J. W. Johnson.
THE NEW WAY.
WOMEN used
to think " fe
male diseases ”
could o n 1 y be
treated after “lo
c a 1 examina
tions” by physi
cians. Dread of
s««h treatment
kept thousands of
modest women
silent about their
suffering. The in
iroauction oi
Wins ef Cardui has now demon
strated that nine-tenths of all the
cases of menstrual disorders do
not require a physician's attention
at all. The simple, pure
taken In the privacy of a woman’s
own home insures quick relief and
Speedy cure. Women need not
hesitate now. Wine of Cardui re
quires no humiliating examina
tions for its adoption. It cures any
disease that comes under the head
of "female troubles"—disordered
menses, falling of the womb,
"whites, "change of life. It makes
women beautiful by making them
well. It keeps them young by
keeping them healthy. $1.00 at
the drug store.
F6r advice In cases requiring special
directions, address, giving symptoms,
the “Ladies' Advisory Department,"
The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chatta
nooga, Tenn.
V. 1. ADDISON, M.D., Cary, Miss., says:
"I use Wine of Cardui extensively In
my praetlee and And Ha most excellent
preparation for female troubles."
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the different branches. All work guaranteed to be the best, as we
rely on our workmenship to draw our custom. Also in season we
sell the Plano up to date harvesters, binders mowers and reapers
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Only First-class Hotel
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W. T. EVANS, Prop.
DeYARMAN’S BARN.
B. A. DeYARMAN, Manager.
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Livery, Feed and Sale Stable.
Finest turnouts in the city.
Good, careful drivers when
wanted. AL>o run the O’Neill
Omnibus line. Commercial
trade a specialty.
Pacific Short Line
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BEST TRAIN SERVICE
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Through Freight and Passenger Rates
TO ALL POINTS.
If you are going on a trip or Intend chang
ing your location, apply to our nearest
agent, or write to
W. B. McNIDER,
Gen'l Pass. Agent. Sioux City
Purchase Tickets and Consign your
Freight via the
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RAILROADS.
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Freight east. No. 24,
Freight east, No. 28,
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12:15 p. m
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ooino win
Passenger west. No. 3, 9:40 p. m
Freight west, No. 27, 10:04 p. m
Freight, No, 23, Local 4:00 p. m.
The Elkhorn Line 1* now running Reclining
Chair Cars dally, between Omaha and Dead
wood, Jree to holders of first-class transpor
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