IN AWFUL CONDITION Bhamefal State of Affain Prevalent at State Institution, FEEBLE MINDED YOUTH NEGLECTED Blcknec* and Death Aidiid; Ilie Inmate* •f Horn* for lecbla Blinded Youth at Beatrice—Situation In General I* De plorable. LINCOLN, Neb., Oct; 29. 1900. Incompetency is getlink in Its dead ly work at several of the state insti tutions. It is indeed a crying shame that the poor, unfortunate people of the state who are helpless to protect themselves from results of Ignorance »nd abuses rhould be thus treated. Governor Poynter has placed these In stitutions in the hands of spolls-hunt ing politicians and the result is that everything is demoralized and the unfortunate inmates are suffering to that extent that in some instances death follows. The following correspondence be tween Mrs. S. A. Brown of Homer, wife of the chairman of the demo cratic county central committee of Da kota county, and Dr. B. F. Lang, ex superintendent of the Home for the Feeble Minded Yxuth at Beatrice, throws a strong light on the sad con ditions prevalent at that institution "Homer, Neb., Oct. 15, 1900. "B. F. Lang, M. D., “Beatrice, Neb. •‘Dear Sir: “Yours of the 10th addressed to Mr. Brown Ih at hand. He will consider Its contents and weigh It In tho new light that has developed in our case, and let you know as requlsted. "You no doubt know that we visited the Institute Oct. 8th and the result of that Visit Is not yet known, only to us. What we found there, God alone knows. Dr. Lang, I want you to ascertain the true condition of Charlie when you left him and his condition during the two pre vious months. For how long a time has he been In falling health? Do you know If he had ‘the spells' dally or monthly? Borne of his attendants should know about this. We were nover told one word about him being In a falling condition, but ex pected to llnd him In his general good health, considering his disease, and we found a total wreck, and I um vory much In doubt as to whether It Is the result of only two or three weeks of neglect and abuse. When we got there that morn ing we had to wait one hour before he was brought to us and when he was drag ged In by two men his father could not believe It to be our Charlie. Ife was wasted and unable to sit up, blue and cold, fresh from a cold bath In a cold room. Fifteen minutes after I got him Into a bed he was In a raging fever. Dr. Dang, I believe you to understand enough of humanity to realise our feelings at ■uch a discovery. Charlie had developed lung fever and his body Is covered with bruises and cuts and on his back Is a deep festered sore. Is It possible, I ask myself, that this Is all the sinful, wicked neglect of the new administration? We have had tho best skill In tho profes sion to examine him and all agree that his physical condition Is the result of neglect. He has the next thing to pneu monia, lies helpless and has one hard spell nfter another. In the building that cold morning there was no sign of Are or heat. “Well, Charlie has come home to die and If It takes the remainder of our lives we expect to hunt this thing down and find redress, not In political barterlngs, but it shall be paid even as he has paid the price for this sinful neglect—In tf.e flesh. Dr. Lung, I request this of you: Write us all you know of his condition as I asked you. Two days before we reached there a letter came here that our child was In hts general health and good condition. Dr. D- had not even known that he had been down sick. The whole town and surrounding country here are aroused and Indignant over this shame ful discovery. Dr. Maxwell of Dakota City and Dr. Way of Wahoo were the first to examine him. We did not expect to get him home alive. “Dr. Dang, I pray you, give this your attention. It Is too late for Charlie's sake, but It may be the means of saving aome other helpless soul. In faith, I am yours, (Signed! “MRS. S. A. BROWN.” The foregoing brought forth the fol lowing reply from Dr. Lang, who, by the way, has long been considered one of the strongest men In the fusion •party: LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 18, 1900. Mr. and Mrs. Brown: Dear Friends—I received the very snd statement about your little son whom you were obliged to take away from the Nebraska Institution for Feeble Minded Youth at Beatrice, Nebraska. I am not surprised at your statement, and I am sure that the taxpayers and voters of Nebraska will not be surprised either. Only a few days of neglect of tho poor, unfortunate children at the Institution will cause, not only what you describe, but death. You will be astonished that two have died at the Institution within a week, so reported by attendants. Miss Wagener, an attendant, who died last Tuesday, wanted to quit the morning I left the Institution, but I advised her to remain to care for the Inmates If possi ble. If a strong, vigorous person Ilka ehe can be the victim of bad sanitary con ditions and neglect, need you be surpris ed that your weak and afflicted little son would be found in the condition de scribed in your letter. Not only these, but I am Informed that others are now confined to their bedg with low forms of fevers. You ask me If his condition could have been the result of three or four weeks' neglect? It could have been even worse with the neglect of only one week. Your sons visited the Institution while under my charge, and you know how well pleased they w'erc with your lit tle son’s condition, and you, about June, visited and was granted every privilege and Invited to Investigate every depart ment. You had Charlie with you for two days, not In basement rooms, but were treated as every father and mother Ahould be. In the guest rooms of that Institution. You know his condition when you visited him In his ward at night and your testimony is worth everything to the voters of this state. I am very sorry, my dear friends, that you found your afflicted little boy in such It condition and If I could be of any help yon know that I would gladly assist you. The voter* of the state of Nebraska Uav# tbe only remedy to correct these evils In our state Institutions, by electing leg islators and a governor who Will not be led by hungry political pie hunters. Any further Information I shall be glad to give. Yours very truly, BENJ. F. I.ANO, M. D. (BenJ. F. Bang, M. D.) A MANBY DENlAB. Hastings, Neb., Oct. 22, 1900. To the Public: A circular letter has been Issued and circulated throughout the state of Ne braska by the Antl-Saloun Beugue of this state, which states that the republican nominee for governor pulled off a prize fight In the city of Hastings, during the month of September, 1899, during the street fair carnival. The facts are as follows: | " The .Street Fair Association, by William Dutton, Its president, Fred Renner, sec retary, William Braeh, treasurer, and the committee on miscellaneous sports, of which Mr. Dietrich was only a member, decided to have a sparring and wrestling oooiest. A contract was entered Into for a sparring contest with six ounce gloves and for points only. The ministers of the city, having been misinformed, under stood that there was to be a prize light. A committee of ministers called upon the officers of the association and with the mayor of the city investigated, and the oontruct was shown them and they, them selves, aproved of it, provided the con tract wns lived up to. It was a matter entirely In the hands of the association and nothing that could bo charged up to Mr. Dietrich personally. J. D. MINES, Sec. Miscellaneous Sports. W1BB M. DUTTON, Pres. WIBBIAM BRACH, Treas. FRED RENNER. Jr„ Secy. I have read the above statement and vouch for the correctness of the state ment and positively assert that there was no prize light held, but a sparring contest was held under the terms of the con tract. JACOB FISHER. Mayor City of Hastings. William Dutton, who Is one of the persons whose names appear above In exonerating and clearing Mr. Dletrlcn of all personal responsibility, is one of the most substantial business men of Hastings and heavily interested in Omaha, being a member of the firm of J. H. Hatney A Co. Mr. Dutton is also a member of Governor Poynter’s staff. William Brash, another of the sign ors, is a democrat and is a member of the firm of Walbach &Brash, one of the largest business houses in the city of Hastings. J. D. Minos is now and for years has been treasurer of the city of Hastings and is a highly esteemed cit zen. The fuslonists have scattered lies and falsehoods broadcast about Charles H. Dietrich. They are conducting a campaign of villainous deception. Every time one of these false reports is in vestigated it is invariably found to be untrue. It would be a gross injustice should Governor Poynter be elected by voters who have been influenced by false reports concerning Mr. Dietrich. Poynter’s public record is that bad that falsehood could no*, make it worse. His management of the state institutions has been shameful In the highest conceivable degree. It would be a public misfortune to re-elect him and continue the reign of politicians over affairs of the state two more years. SURRENDERED TO TAMMANY. Bryan is the first democratic can didate for the presidency, from Tllden to Cleveland, that ever surrendered to Tammany. All the other candidates on the democratic ticket have man fully refused to recognize Tammany. Tammany has always claimed as the price for its support the right to con trol and distribute all the federal ap pointments in the Btate of New York. No man of high moral standing would consent to such an illicit compact and the result is that for years Tammany has failed to take concentrated inter est in the national elections and has confined its efforts to preying upon the metropolis. It was Grover Cleveland’s stubborn fight against that iniquitous organization that led that sturdy old democrat, General Edward Bragg of Wisconsin, speaking In the democratic national convention, to remark: "We love Cleveland for the enemies he has made." It is a matter of history that honest democrats everywhere have kept aloof from Tammany Hall. David B. Hill, one of the leading democrats of the_natlon, only a few weeks ago in a public speech denounced Tam many as "a monster of vice, ignor ance and persecution.” Hill at that time was making a speech in support of Bryan, but that did not stop him from placing the brand of vicious in iquity on Tammany. But along comes Mr. Bryan, the man from Nebraska, the “reformer” of reformers, and startles the honest men of all parties by riding through the streets of New York with Boss Croker as a compan ion and following it up by proclaiming in his speech in Madison Square Gar den that same evening: “Great is Tam many, and Croker is its prophet!” Other democrats less loud in their pro fessions of decency than Mr. Bryan have refused to have anything to do with Tammany, and Mr. Bryan’s ac tion in this respect will not only cause many of his adherents to view the as pect with disappointment, but will strengthen belief in the accuracy and truthfulness of other reports concern ing him which many have been slow to believe because of his supposed in tegrity. The simple fact of the mat ter is that the bargain between Bryan and Tammany has been struck and ! | everybody with any knowledge of pol- j itics knows the consideration. In thi3 j as in all other respects Bryan and his advisers brush aside the logic or ex perience and history. It is a matter I of history that Tammany’s most de structive influence in national politics is its support. The mere fact that Tammany supported a candidate in times past has been enough to turn chastened sentiment against him. The record of the organization is so preg nant with iniquity that its opposition is the strongest certificate of charac ter any candidate or any party could have. Dick Croker, its chief, came to the position a poor man, yet in a few years, with no other way of accumu lating a fortune than by fraud and the spoils of office in New York City, he is already several times a million aire. Tammany has been for years re galed in the public prints and de nounced from the public rostrum as a monster of vice and corruption and nobody has dared to deny these dras tic lmpeaebrhentS. The thievery and corruption of this organization was so openly manifest that denial was use less. For years it has had its tenta cles fastened upon the government of New York, with the result that it takes $90,000,000 per year to maintain municipal government in that city, or nearly one-flfth of what it costs to ruu the entire government of the nation. It will be observed, therefore, that Tammany is not in politics for its health. This is the organization that has made its truce with Mr. Bryan. Tammany’s support has always been an element of weakness, and with a record shaking under the weight of its own rottenness it must continue to be. By this alliance Mr. Bryan may and will secure the slum element of that great city, but he will lose the support of decent democrats, which will send the republican majority in the state high up in the thousands. It Is quite apparent that Bryan has been tricked by Boss Croker. Croker knows as well as anybody that public support by Tammany in national cam paigns will defeat any ticket. But Croker is looking out for 1904. He is bent on defeating David B. Hill at that time, and he must in order to succeed have control of the municipal machin ery of New York City. Cunning poli tician that he is, he has laid his plans well. Disastrous as the alliance with Bryan will be to Bryan it is the only hope Croker has of retaining Tam many’s grip on New York City. Should Bryan be elected Croker would of course be the power behind the throne in state if not in national affairs, but hiB eye is set on conditions four years hence. But how will Mr. Bryan’s “re form” friends in Nebraska view this latest performance? Will they calmly yield to the party lash, or will they resist the afTront? In other words, will they uphold a candidate who “re forms” by going over to the enemy bag and baggage? The popocrats pro fess to favor honest and economical government. How can they reconcile this profession to the alliance between Bryan and the most subtle, corrupt and iniquitous political organization this country has ever known? NOT AUTHORIZED. It develops, however, that Darnall'3 use o ftho Anti-Saloon league to pro mote the candidacy of Governor Poyn ter Is absolutely without authority. Frank Carpenter of Omaha, vice president of the league and a member of the Carpenter Paper company, on ? of the largest establishments of this kind in the west, when asked if th° league had authorized Darnall to take action against Mr. Dietrich, said: "Positively no. I regard Mr. Dietrich .as being a thorough and substantial business man and good citizen. I feel confident that no better, safer or ex perienced man can be found. I know Mr. Dietrich, well enough to know that the temperance cause is perfectly safe in his hands, and safer than it would be in the hands of some who" just at this time profess to be so keenly con cerned about it. I regard Mr. Diet rich as being one of the very best citi zens and a man neither politicians nor schemers can control. He will do what he thinks is right regardless of consequences." SOLD OUT TEMPERANCE. In an interview with Dr. Lang upon the position taken by Governor Poyn ter and his friends towards the tem perance people of this state, he said: “I was chairman of the York county populist delegation of the state con vention which nominated W. A. Poyn ter in 1898, and it is amusing to note the position that the friends of W. A. Poynter have taken and tbe arguments they are using that the ‘temperance people of the state should not vote for Mr. Dietrich as against Mr. Poynter.' I was an ardent supporter of Mr. Poynter’s candidacy in 1898, as I be lieved there was a demand at that I time that a man of temperance repu tation be nominated. I remember well the long and tiresome siege that the populists had at that time in Lincoln persuading the democrats that Mr. Poynter was a fit person to become governor of the great state of Ne braska. Many of the populists who formerly were republicans, and some of us who had affiliated with the pro hibition people of the state, were in clined to stay by Poynter at all haz ards, as we were informed that he was a temperance man. We could not understand why the democrats should have been so persistent in their oppo sition, after agreeing that we should designate the man for governor, but Poynter. being an unknown factor to many of the populistB, they were in clined to weaken and give way to the demands of the democrats. The dem ocrats insisted that they would not suport a man whom they had any sus picion was tainted with prohibition personality. The fight was long and hard and lasted until the wee hours of morning. When the convention ad journed a committee was appointed to see if they could not agree upon some other candidate or some future action. I remember that the cele brated Edgar Howard, who is now running for congress in the Second congressional district, held the hon orable position of chairman of the democratic party at that time. At the Llndell hotel he stated, when asked why the democrats were holding out against Poynter, “that of all the hard things in this world for a democrat to do was to take water from a popu list convention.” This statement gave away the whole thing and the popu lists renewed their courage and were determined, after being refreshed, that they would go back and fight it out. When the populist convention had con venpH a stamDede was made to throw Poynter over the transom. 1 his was planned and encouraged by the dem ocratic allies end a few delegations of the populists who had opopsed Poyn ter’s nomination. Seeing that noth ing could be done the democrats de manded that Mr. Poynter should ap pear at their convention and make clear his position toward the temper ance people of the state and whether he were tied up with them. He ap peared before them, and, much to the chagrin and humiliation of his popu list friends, who had stood by him from the first, he said: ‘I am from Kentucky and you understand my po sition,’ and immediateiy a motion was made that they endorse his nomina tion, and it was carried with a whoop. To say that the populists were embar rassed by the position he had taken mildly expresses it, as there was no such Issue before the people. Had this been the last of the matter the peopulists and temperance people of the state could have forgotten the en tire deal. The least tha* could be said about it at that time was that he was a very weak man or he never would have yielded to the demand made upon him. Nothing else could be done at the time and the different elements composing the fusion forces rallied and congratulated themselves, believing that he would straighten up and show his mettle later in the cam paign. Among the different elements tha composed the fusion party wera the prohibition people who desired to express tnemseives ana to nave recog nition. They were allowed to ratify and to congratulate Mr. Poynter upon his nomination. He assured them that they had his sympathy, but his fu ture actions disappointed them. When they asked the privilege of placing his name and that of Lieutenant Gover nor Gilbert at the head of their ticket, having been led to believe that they sympathized with them, upon he tem perance issues of the day, they were refused this courtesy. The prohibi tionsto have not to this day forgotten the cool reception Poynter gave them, and although he and his supporters are out slandering Mr. Dietrich, the can didate of the republican party for gov ernor, and holding up their hands in horror, warning the people against any supoprt that he may receive, it will not have much weight with those who remember the deceit and double handed deal that he made at his nom ination in 1898. The argument at that time that h eknew that if he allowed his name to go upon the prohibition ticket would lose him many votes, clearly shows the character of the man. The fact alone would not have mucn significance had the matter dropped there, but his association and the rec ognition that he has given to the worst element in the political arena of any party In this state will not only condemn him with the prohibition people, but with all respectable peo pie. "The malicious and uncalled for at tacks made upon fllr. Dietrich and falsehoods that are continuously cir culated have already reacted, as It is simply another deal to mislead honor able people and to cover up the ac tions of Poynter and the fearful weak ness that has shown in recognizing an element which cannot be tolerated by respectable people. His appointees of the Fire and Police commission of Omaha stand out as a warning to ev ery respectable man that be cannot be trusted in any manner in the future. One of the hardest fights ever made in this state, that common decency and respectability should have a standing in our state institutions, was at Be atrice, when investigation showed that the whisky bottle was the sole cause of the disorganizing elements. When Governor'Poynter was obliged to face the proposition he chose* rather to stand by the bottle, stating that it was purely democratic and and should have recognition. What was equally as bad was his appointment of Walter Moise, a notirious liquor dealer at that time and now, as colonel on his staff. “I am not surprised, at the present time, that the only recommendation that he is seeking is to slander and blacken the character of his opponents. Governor Poynter’s reputation and standing toward the temperance peo ple is considered in the same light as his reputation for truth and veracity is by those who have had dealings with him during his executive career. There is not a county in the state but can be found many men of his own party and former supoprters who are absolutely obliged to admit that his word Is absolutely worthless.” LINCOLN, Oct. 26—Up to date but one candidate for the United States senate has petitioned the secretary of state to place his name on the official ballot. Under the law the voters may at the polls express preference for United States senators. The names of candidates are printed on the ballots without a party designation. Nearly 10,000 voters signed petitions asking the secretary of state to put Edward Rosewater’s name on the official bal lots, which was done according to law. In this connection Mr. Rosewater has made the following appeal to voters: For more than a quarter of a century I have advocated the election of Unit ed States senators by direct vote of the people. All efforts to secure this right for the people by amendment of the constitution of the United States, however, have failed up to this time. The nearest approach to pop ular selection of United States senators has been made in this state, where the people have a right under the state constitution to instruct their represen tatives in the legislature by an expres sion of preference at the ballot box. In proof of my sincerity as an advo cate of the direct popular election of senators I have appealed for an ex pression of public sentiment under the constitutional provision by having my name placed on the official ballot at the coming election. While standing upon the declarations of the repu oilcan party in its national platform, I am committed also to certain reforms which in my judgment are demanded in the interest of the American peo I am in favor of the establishment of postal savings banks in which the earnings of the people will be safely guarded through panic and depression. ( I am in favor of the postal telegraph and the widest extension of postal fa cilities to the people. I believe that corporations are crea tures of the state that should be reg ulated and controlled by the state. While I iavor public supervision of corporations, I am by no means m fa vor of confiscating their property, eith er by prescribing ruinous rates or ex cessive taxation. In other words, I favor such legislation as will protect the people against extortion and dis crimination by corporate monopolies, but at the same time am opposed to any legislation that would prevent them from earning fair interest on honest investment. My career in Nebraska, which covers a period of thirty-seven years, is a sut ficient guaranty that if elected to fne United States senate I will labor with all my ability and energy to promote the welfare and material prosperity of the state and nation and will always hold myself accessible to every citizen of Nebraska who has a claim upon my services or time, no matter how hum ble or poor, E. ROSEWATER. 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