Saturday
Motn ing
Courier.
VOLUME 8, NO. 37.
MNGOLN, NKBRASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST, 19, 1893.
PRI6B FIVH GENTS,
I
1 DEPRESSION
Tho norrifcwhnt rnmnrkublo rain of
Monday and Tuesday hml n torn-
Iporarlly depressing effect on the rotnU
'trade In thto city; but it won followed by
'it feeling of onso and greater conlldonco
in tho crop prospect that qulto nuido up
fcr tHo loss of two day's busineBB. Tho
rain, which ncemcd to bo pretty general
'Ctoflt -of Hastings, camo in tiiuo to save
many a corn Hold. It could havo dono
more-good if it had como a couplo of
' weeks" Boonor, but as it was, it was of in-
'caTctllnblo bonoilt.
It is very generally admitted now, ex-
'cept by a few chronic croakora who
'woiild grumble In paradise and Jlnd fault
'wlih perfection, that tho crops this year
'will avcrago up very well. There arc
'some bad siotfl, it is true; but there
always are. In tho eastern part of tho
state, for instance between Lincoln and
Omaha there are a good many corn Holds
that presented a sickly appcaranco be
fore tho rain, and it is doubtful if tho
worst of theso were helped any by the
downpour. But oven in this region,
which suffered moro from drouth than
any other portion of tho Htato, there are
many very good Holds observable, and
pome of the corn will givo u big crop.
In tho west and in thoso sections which
are tho main dopondonco of tho state,
agriculturally, there has been more rain,
and cropB are in fair condition, with
hero and there a bad 'spot. Hut all
things considered tho crop in tho aggre
gate will bo good. It Is believed it will
bo up to tho average. There is moro
land under cultivation than ever before,
tho acrcago of corn being specially large.
Oats, contrary to expectation, yielded
fairly well; in somo favored sections there
wbb what might bo called a very good
"crop.
But If Nebraska Is assured a good
crop, there is another condition that
confronts us that at thiB moment ap
pears qulto formidable, namely, tho in
adequacy of tho supply of monoy to move
tho crop. It will bo somo timo, however,
boforo tho crop is ready to movo, and
with monoy loosening every day, tho
, prospect is not nearly so bad ub it was.
Those peplo who must complain ubout
something are now putting inthoir spare
tlmo bemoaning prospective low prices,
and it niust bo confessed, not without
t- somo reason. Pork and iork products
havo been high for a long time, but there
has lwen a big fall, and prices will prob
ably go upward very slowly. Wheat is
. always depressed concurrently with tho
mnnnv market. Tho small cron of corn
hvmofltof tho states ought to raise tho
. prico of that staphs, and it undoubtedly
will havo u wholesome intluonce. There
ris timo for a material change for the
bettor Id prices boforo tho crop is mar
keted, ' moreover.
Local 'merchants continuo to take a
i hopeful viowofi tho situation. Business
is, gradually improving, 'and there is
. reason to look forward to a fair Septem
ber trade.
A gooddeul-depends on tho state fair.
..If thofalr is a success it will open up
i..fall trado several weeks earlier than
would bo tho cbbo otherwise. Merchants
i are 'beginning to look forward to tho
annual agricultural show with much
. genuine interest. What is tho prospect
hero? So many things atfect tho at
tendance at tho state fair that it is
manifestly difficult to form a Butisfactory
estimate. Tho fair draws its supjiort
from tho farming class, and it is a fact
that this class has been tho least alleoted
by tho financial depression. Tho crop
will bo fairly good, and there is no tcason
-why tho farmers should not turn out in
round numbers. Of course there is tho
world's fair. But it is not believed that
it will affect tho Btato exhibition as much
as was at Hrst feared. A vory largo per-
ccntago of peoplo havo by this time
reconciled themselves to uon-uttondanco
,upon tho Chicago fair, und or thoso who
intend going in tho fall, many will ur-
range their trip so as to includo a day or
two at tho stato fair. Secretary Furnas,
in a lettorto tho editor of Tur.Couitir.it,
says that unusual, oaro has boon taken
in tho protwration for tho annual fair,
. and that this' year's exhibition will, in
his opinion, bo most successful. Ho
says but'ono thing ouu- prevont a good
attendance rain, and it in notorious that
theolcmonta lmvo always boon ravoraoiy
'disposed toward tho fair. . All things
i considered, tho attendance will probably
lo'a llttlo ituulor tho uverago, but it will
Ijo big enough to havo a salutary otTect
on business in.' Lincoln. Tho fair is
worth a big 'pot of monoy to this city,
, and now that there is only one more
year of tho'allotted llvo left, tho tner-
chants are beginning to realize It.
" Tho feeling in Lincoln can bo said
to be much -improved. Tho banks are
'all fooling tho beneficial effects
of returning conlldonco.- In somo cases
there has been a heavy . increase in
deposits. It seems to bo only uques-
' tion of-a short time when -tho. patrons of
tho savings banks will como back with
their monoy, as tho tide has certainly
turned.
Iteal estate dealers think they see In
tho present depression and snore an
opportunity to attract purchasers, par
ticularly that class that withdrew money
from tho savings banks, and as noon an
things ease up again it in quite possible
that there will bo considerable activity
in real estate, particularly in cheap lots
sold on tho Instalment plan.
Tiir Couiiir.it takes pleasure in pre
senting below tho opinions of many
noted men, in different walks of life, on
tho Hnnncial depression. Many dlvorso
opinions are expressed, and the articles
will bo found to bo an interesting con
tribution on a subject that is just now
of vital interest:
From the Governor of Colorndu.
In answer to your recent favor asking
what Is my opinion of tbo cuutto of tho
present depression and the remedy I state:
The can so Is a money famine brought on by
a contraction of the currency in withdraw
ing greenbacks and treasury notes from
circulation ami tho demonetization of sti
ver, thereby enhancing tbo value of gold
and reducing the value of all commodities,
including silver, which ht-cume. a mere com
modity from tbo tiuiu England passed
through congress tliu act of IbTil, demone
tising silver (yea, hi Ihemaluth straying it).
reducing the aggregate of money to onc
Imlf of wlmt it lind been, making the labor
and merchandise of this country tributary
to England.
The .Sherman law, which tho eastern gold
barons, capitalists and plutocrats are anx
ious to repeal, cuts no figure in the present
jianic, except that the. amount of silver cer
tificates Utiied in purmiancu (hereof relieves
tho depression In the ratio Mich amount
bears to the volume of circulating money.
I have no doubt that the primary cause of
tho enormous shrinkage In values is due to
the vicious destruction of silver by the act
of 1873, which was tho entering wedge to
tho panic of 1873, commencing tu thu sum
mer of that year, which panic wiw rome
what relieved by the Bland act of 1878 and
by the Sherman act of ItW), but tho viola
tion of the Sherman net in piling up silver
bullion In tho treasury and not tanning sil
ver certificates as required by law broke
open tho healed sore, and tho increasing
population and votumuof business requited
to keep pace with a growing population for
want of an increased money circulation
compelled thu debtor and general business
class, including the banks, to go into liauk
ruptcy. The remedy In:
First An net of congress re-estubllshlng
free and linlimltcd coinage of silver at thu
present legal ratio of 10 to 1.
Second The abolition of all national nnd
statu banks.
Third Increasing tho circulation of mon
ey to not less than W) per capita.
Fourth All money to bo Issued by the
notional government only, and in the eveut
J that gold and silver obtained shall not bu
sufficient to establish a circulation of mon
ey to tho full nmoiiutof $S0 per rapita then
issuo treasury notes or green lucks, or both,
to such nn amount that gold ami silver
treasury notes and greenbacks added to
gether shall aggregatu tlm fuH sum of $.7)
per capita, and that such sum sliull be in
creased (if found necessary) to enable a
growing population nnd volume of trade to
do business on a cash basis. Tbo Sherman
act of 181)0 should not be repealed without
an net for tho free find uiiliinlt.il rnlnnirn of
silver at the ratio of 10 to 1 be substituted
In Its place. DAVIS II. Waitk.
Executive Chamber, Denver.
From K. Ilrnjamln Amiruurt, President of
Ilrown Unheralty and Delegate to the
Itranele Confcrenee.
Probably each of tho causes to which tho
present depression has been referred (threat
of tariff reduction, speculation and silver
purchases) has had some effect, but these
things, whether singly or together, do not
in my judgment so much as hint At the
true explanation. The real difficulty is the
scarcity of nltimate or exportable money
in tho world, owing to tho exclusion of sil
ver from this office in Kuropo and North
America. Growth, of population and busi
ness tmnuhsely increases tho demand for
such mony, while tho supply, limited to
gold alono, does not much if any increase.
The result Is the Intermittent but relent
less fall in general prices, which we have
been suffering ever since 1873, when the de
monetization of silver began.
The reason why the trouble is acute just
at this moment Is the actiou of thu British
government in arranging to put India on a
gold basis, which will require about W5,
000,000 of gold, mi Immense uciudeniaiid on
the world's already too slender supply.
The change iu India has not depressed
merely tho gold price of silver, but the gold
prices of things in general. People are
amazed that wheat and wool, e. g., are the
lowest they havo over been, but it is just
what we ought to expect and what tho
writer did expect. The now Indian policy
has lowered the gold price of sliver, but
not its Vdluc,
Other things have fallen hi relatlou to
gold quite us much, to that silver still has
as high a general purchasing power as over.
Tho essential change appertains to gold,
consists in an appreciation of gold. I wish
people could bear iu mlud the elementary
prlnclplu that "fall In general prices" 13
nothing elsu In tho world but another
name for "appreciation of gold." An in
crease In tho value of gold is thu bottom
reality of what is now causing misery.
Credit shrinks. Thu average piece of prop
erty means less In dollars day by day.
Second mortgages become worthless, and
first mortgages lose value. What has been
good becurlty ceases to be such, and whoso
cannot offer tho very best cannot get ao
comniodatlon and falls. Assets realize but
little, so that nearly every failure Involves
several more. Permanent improvement
can come only from an enlargement of thin
world's stock of full money by thu addi
tion thereto of silver, as before 1873.
I would repeal tho Sherman law, because
it hinders nick lemonutizatlon of silver,
though I believe It not to havo been influ
ential, save In a remote and subordinate
degiee, lu producing thu present crisis. Its
repeal by Itself will bring no real relief,
and should It Ihj repealed w Ithoitt. any pro
vision whatever for the rehabilitation of
liver gold would take another btg leap
Continued on Seventh Jyi)
YAR'EMISS
ED
Wahiiinoton, Aug. 15, 18D.'l. Special
CouuiKit CorrcsjKindenct'. One of tho
familiar figures which will be missed at
the cnpitol at this session of congress is
that of General Ben Butler. For a
quarter of a century before his death ho
mado periodical visits to Washington at
short Intervals. Ho had a great deal of
business before tho supremo court and a
great deal of personal business to attend
to as well. For many years he was In
terested In Belling to tho government the
big block of greystonobulldingsopiioslto
tho houso wing of tho cupitol on Now
Jersey avenue, now occupied by tho
marine hospital and the coast survey,
Congress higgled over tho price for
many years, meantime renting tho build
IngB at a fat price for tho use of tho
committees of tho house. When Gen
eral Butlersold thu buildings to congress
there was a mortgage of $00,000 on thorn,
and it was said that ho had used this
money in his campaign for the presi
dency, This is probably a great deal
more than any other presidential candi
date over spent in the canvass.
Butler had many enemies in his own
state, and ono of tho bitterest of theso
was Judge Ilockwood Hoar, Senator
Hoar's brother, who served as attorney
general In the cabinet of President
Grant. Judge Hoar was walking with a
stranger ono day, when Butler'a block
was pointed out. Tho stranger expressed
some interest in the building.
"It's worth a quarter of a million,''
said tho man who had pointed to it.
The st ranger looked at it with growing
interest. Probably ho did not know
that General Butler had the reputation
of muking 8100,000 a year in his law
business. -Turning to Judge Hoar the
stranger said: "And did General Butler
uuiko all of that by his practice?"
"No," growlod Judgo Hour; "by his
practices."
This remark was repeated to General
Butler not long ufterward by ono who
had heard it mado. General Butler was
ono of those who would rather be abused
than ignored. Ho was inclined to bo
philosophical about abuse; ho loved
notoriety of any kind. Ho only laughed
at Judge Hoar's remark. "It was Ilko
him," ho said. "Do you know that when
Hoar was on tho Buprcpio bench of
MuHHiichusetts ho was themost unhappy
man in tho world? It mado him per
fectly miserable to havo to decide In
favor of either tho plaintiff or tho
defendant. Ho would havo liked to
render his decisions against both of
them."
Speaking of Butler's cumpalgn ex
penses suggests tho fact that'll great many
rich men havo tried Mo buy their way
into thu presidential office, but never
with success. Alger wus tho last of
these, and his immediate predecessor
was John Sherman. Now Senator Brlce,
of Ohio und Now York, is setting his cap
at thu democratic party. A well known
republican, who was several times a
guest of Senutor Brico last winter, and
who saw the lavlshness of tho entertain
ment at tho Corcoran house, said with
gtent emphasis that there was no doubt
of tho object of all this, and ho did not
hesitate to express his opinion to Mr.
Brico himself. Thu senator only smiled.
If Senator Brico's expenditure for enter
tainment in Washington could bo
counted as one of tho preliminary ex
penses of his campaign for thu presi
dency, ho will exceed General Butler's
limit long before the national convention
of the democratic party is held.
The impression that John Sherman
spent any very largo amount Iu li'm last
canvass is a mistake. Popsihly if ho
had spent moro Mr. Alger would not
havo found it so easy to take tho dele
gates away from him. A man who is in
Mr. Sherman's confidence told me, not
long ago, that the story that Mr. Alger
had taken Chauncey I. Filloy and his
Missouri followors awuy from Mr. Bheri
man by bidding over him was an error.
Tho story, which was freely circulated
at thu time of tho convention of 1888,
wus that Filloy had como to Washington
and obtained a sum of money from Mr.
Sherman, promising tho votes of a cer
tain number of Missouri delegates iu
return. Then, accoidiug to this well
accepted tale, Mr. Filloy received it
larger sum from Mr. Alger, and turned
tho votes of thedelegatestothoMichlgaii
man. Hut thu fact is that Filloy re
ceived mi money from Mr. Sherman.
Ho camo to Wnshington to consult Mr.
Sherman at tho suggestion of tho nn -
tlonal committed from Ohio, who told
him that Mr. Sherman was unwilling to
put up tho money necessary to influence
he purchasable Missourlans. But this
WMtlonu without consultation with Mr.
Sherman, When Filloy got to Wash
ington he found that ho had como on a
fooP errand. Mr. Sherman refused to
contribute a cent. Filloy felt that ho
had been Ill-treated, and (hough ho pro
fessed to bo Sherman's friend ho nnd his
followers voted for Alger for reasons
which they kept to themselves. Mr.
Sherman has always felt that Filloy did
not treat him fairly, But Sherman held
on tu his dollars and Alger got tho votes.
Another Massachusetts man who will
be very much missed is Senator Dawes.
Mr. Dawes camo to Washington iu 1857
us Htniembcr of tho houso, and ho had
beepln tho senate eighteen years iu
March last, when his term expired, Ho
wHa'ionly two years behind Senator
Morrill, who holds tho record for con
grcMlonul oxiwricnco. To how many
hundreds of thousands of visitors to
Washington has Mr. Dawes been pointed
out from tho galleries of houso or senate!
Ho was ono of tho congressional land
marks, now fast disappearing.
Tho hottest place In Washington is at
the copltol. This may sound a llttlo odd
in view of tho fact that congress has
spent a great many thousand dollars on
ventilating apparatus, with a view to
make the capltol cool lu warm weather.
Bui tho hottest place iu Washington is
not frequented by senators or members
of tho house. Occasionally a luckless
employe is compelled to visit it, but this
does' not happen very often. This very
hot place is the space between tho cell
ing of tho senato chamlier ami the
capltol roof. It is hot enough ordinarily
beculioe tho hot air from tho senate
chamber finds its outlet through tho
ceiling. But when tho gas jots are
turned on for a night session tho tem
perature sometimes runs up to 18(1
degrees. Theru Is a high pressure thor-
moiputer in this place, which keeps the
reeord of tho top notch of tho tomiorn
turq, No ono goes up to inspect this
thermometer unless ho has to do bo,
while the lights are burning. Thoro uro
beffw'een 000 und 1,000 gas jets used in
tlio'fuMimiriation of the senato chamber.
Tho senate uses tho electric light iu
ovcry other part of the building. An
experiment was mado with a view to re
ducing tho temperature, and electric
lights wcro put in abovo tho glass coll
ing of tho chamber. They did not seem
to givo tho illumination which was given
by tho gas jets and bo they were tuken
out.
NOT A ROMANTIC BRIDE.
I'eimtli- Miitrlmoiiliil CiitiilhliitrN nre no
Longer Tltiilil.
The phrase "a blushing bride" has
como to bo a mere figurative expression
totally inapplicable to tho serenely self
possessed young woman who forms the
center of attraction at the modern fash
ionable wedding, remarks Kate Field.
Her grand mother, iu order to bchnvo
becomingly, cultivated tho utmost
possible shyness of demeanor, but a
couplo of generations havo changed all
that, and thu modem bride exhibits a
placid composure that would havo been
frowned upon unmercifully a hulf cen
tury ago.
At a recent wedding in Washington
the bride showed moro than tho usual
luck of trepidation. Tho church was
tilled with a brilliant company, ami from
tho moment of her entrance she knew
herself to bo the cynosure of every eyo,
but sho went through tho ceremony as
it being married were tin everyday
occurrence, to bo regarded with iu
difference, if not with positivo disdain.
The climax was reached when, lean
ing on her husband's arm, sho passed
through the doorway leading to the
vestibule. Just itisido tho door stood a
group of friends joung women who
had arrived too late to be accommoda
ted with seats beyond the ribbon. Paus
ing on the threshold, knowing full well
that every eye in tho church was bent
upon her, tho bride deliberately leaned
toward her friends and whispered loud
enough to bo heard by tho bystanders:
"I'll chaperon you girls next season."
A Cm reel Ion.
A few weeks ago u statement was
made In Tiik Couiiikk to effect that
a man is employed in the governor's
otlico at a snlry glOOO per year who
cannot lead or write. It was subse
quently learned that the sutement was
an injustice to tho employe in question,
Mr. John Wlngo, and Tiik Coumku is
pleased to acknowledge Its error.
Dentil iif.Mr. NtirHi.
Samuel Shears, of the firm of Shears
Markell and SheaiB, proprietors of the
Lincoln hotel, died shortly after 12
o'clock yesterday morning, after an
illnes of several weeks.
1 Jeckell Bros, now tailoring establish,
nient. Ill) north Thirteenth street near
the LiinsinO is the popular icsort for
stylish garments.
PO
I
TiikCouiiikii last week, In tho most
rcHK'0tful manner Imaginable, ventured
to express an opinion on the Mculiar
course pursued by an esteemed content,
porury in seeking to convoy tholmpres
sioti that all of tho candidates for office
except its own are blackguards. It was
remarked that theso same blackguard
candidates wero charged by tho afore
Bald contemporary with concocting con
spltncles, etc., which led TiikCouiiikii
to nay that this year's crop of candidates
Is not a whit worso than usual, A part
of tho language used, was as follows:
"In fact there Is, it anything, a slight
Improvement, and as far an conspiracies
are concerned, ovory candidate for.olllco
is a conspirator, Politics is ulno-tenths
conspiracy. And our contemporary's
candidate, an excellent gentleman, by
tho way, Is just as busy conspiring to
get Into olllco as any of his adversaries."
WliflratiiMin, that estimable democrat
who writes tho republican editorials iu
tho Kveninu AVtr, and who as a reward
for his able services has been apiotntod
private secretary to Congressman Bryan,
takes a flyer In a somewhat fanciful und
not altogether lucid sketch on tho gen
eral nobility of politics, with particular
refeienco to tho rascality of the can
dldates for olllco who, unfortunately,
have not been brought out uuder the
auspices or tho AIbhw. "It Ib to bo re
gretted," sayH tho democratic editorial
writer of the BupMscddo-bo-repiibllcau
i vu'h, "iiiui some people lmvo no
higher conception of isilitics than to
enunciate the doctrine that it is nine
tenths conspiracy. Webster dellues
conspiracy as a combination of men for
an ovil purpose; an agreement between
two or more persons to commit a crime
in concert." Tho evening paper ullows
Its enthusiasm to run awuy with its
reason. Tub Couimkk enunciated no
doctrine; it simply stated a fact. Tho
A'cir quotes We-bator -properly, bo faritfl
it gocB. It does not state, however, that
this eminent authority gives another
meaning for tho word conspiracy,
namely: "a concurrence; a general
tendency of two or moro causes to ono
event." And when Tiik Couiiikk, using
thu word broadly, said that (stlltlcs is
ninu-tcnths conspiracy, and that every
candidate Is a conspirator, It advanced
no now theory or doctrine. It simply
stated what all rational persons know to
bo true. And if tho AVuvt is dissatisfied
.-- i.l a a
with thu condition of isilitics iu Lan
caster county and thinks it ought to bu
elovutcd, let It essay the task. Tho AYim
modestly asserts that "it lias dono sev
end remurkuhle. things under its present
management." Lot it then continuo iu
the good work and make politics us pure
iib tho democracy of the man who writes
its republican leaders; but, to Imi success
ful it must depart from its peculiar
coiirw) to which reference has been
made.
There is most unquestionably a "con
currence between tho A'etra und Mr.
Hoaglaud, a candidate for the republi
can nomination for sheriff, a "general
tendency," iib it were, on tho part of the
Ncwh and Mr. Hoaglaud toward tho office
of sheriff, mid Mr. Hoaglund is rertainly
to bo congratulated on having such a
zealous champion, notwithstanding the
champion's disiosition to cut peculiar
cajKirs in tho jMilitleal are mi. The con
spiracy between tho newspaper und the
candidate is entirely legitimate.or would
bo entirely legitimate if it wero simply a
disinterested attempt to help forward a
good man, as Mr. Hoagland clearly is;
but the Nrwn, In its zeal for its preferred
candidate, and jsissibly intoxicated by
visions of largo bunches of sheriffs no
tices for publication, goes farther than
this. Itself in a conspiracy it violently
attacks tho other candidates and makes
all manner of charges against them for
tho manifest purpose of advancing the
interests of Its own candidate. Iu all
candor, does the AVim think it is scud
lug Militics on the upgrade by such u
IKilicy? Is It purifying olitics in Lan
caster by calling other candidates naiiies
for doing precisely what it and its chosen
candidate are doing, namely, conspiring
for preferment
"What it lias endeavored In several
previous editorials on this matter to
elucidate, not very clearly, It may be, Is
its unalterable oiqsisltiou ton conspiracy
which had for its object tho placing iu
office a man with whom it has no per
sonal quarrel," siijb tho AVira, "but who
Is being pushed forward by a cllquu that
has not the Interests of the party, but
its own private and personal interests at
heart." Friendsof other candidates might
reply to this grandiloquent sentiment by
oxprcHslng their horror at a conspiracy
which linn for its object tho placing In,
office si man who Is pushed forward, not
In tho Interests of tho party, as might
unfeelingly bo alleged, but In tho prl
vato and personal Interest of tho pusher
tho New, iu advertising and other
favors from tho shorlff's office. Tho
New' efforts tu clean und ulovntu poll Men
are, to say tho least, decidedly plctur-csquo,
Tho AVirn thou branches off Into a
homily on tho Iraimtyof unlnstructod
delegations. It nays that that practice
of naming an candidates tho men who
aro the purty'Hreal choice wanrocognlaod
as a good and trim ono In tho caucus of
tho republicans of tho Fifth ward last
spring lu tho action refusing to send
a delegation to thu city convention in
st nutted for anyone for olllco. ''Tim
avowed object of this procedure," say
tho AVic, "was to allow tho dolvgatca to
express their untrummolod choice for
mayor, us woll as tho other offices to bo
lllled." This may havo been tho avowed
purioso of tho memorable action of tho
Fifth ward caucus; but tho real reason
was a "conspiracy" on tho part of an
other candidate for city treasurer from
another ward, and his friends, to turn
down Mart Altkon. If there was any
high resolve to purify and beautify
isilltlcs in that Fifth ward caucus, par
ticularly lu thu scheme to prevont
pledging iho delegation to Altkon, it
wasn't discovered at tho timo.
Concerning Congressman Bryan and
his recent speech In Des Moines, tho
Sutiirdau Ih'i'ietr, of that city saya:
"Mr. Bryan, of Nebraska, drew an enor
mous crowd to the court houso on Mon
day evening last. His speech upon tho
tariff, iu thin city two years ago, had ,
established his reputation among our poo
plo as an orator above tho ordinary, and
this, with tho fact that he has a panacea
for the present financial ailment, drew
forth a crowd to see and hear him on
Monday night. Only a limited portion
of his audience wub entirely in sympathy
with his vIowb concerning tho monoy
question. Mr. Bryun sided with Bland
in tho last congress, but was not consid
ered n nllvor lender. It wnB'hln 'nrt
term In congress, and, like many others,
It.was thought ho favored free coinage be
cause of a supposed strong sentiment
among his constituents favorable to that
legislation. A great many things uro
overlooked during a legislator novitiate,
and errors of judgement owing to lack
of experience uro forgotten, but with tho
now congress Mr. Bryan will havo no,
claim to charitable consideration, and
his record cannot escape critical review.
Mr. Bryan's brilliancy would seem to in
sure him a great future, but tho silver
cloud may casta shadow over his promis
ing career. Tho youthful Nebrnskarvls
approaching a crisis, just such a one ub.
had carried many a budding statesman
into obscurity."
There is certuinly a vast amount 'of
room for improvement iu politics, und
especially in Lancaster county wlitlcsf
and tho AVics is capable of accomplish
ing much good in this direction, but it
must keep in tho middle of tho roud if it
really expects to measure up to its, lofty
expressions.
C. H. Alexander, or tho Third ward, Is
a candidate for the republican nomina
tion for constable. Mr. Alexander is ono
of the most enthusiastic and hard work
ing republicans iu the city. Ho Ib
qualified for a much better phico than
that of constable, ami thoso republicans
whom he has assisted in the past will no
doubt do all Iu their power to aid his
candidacy.
It is said that Gran Ensign is a candi
date for sheriff. It Is also said that ho is
not a candidate. Tiik Colmiikh violates
no conlldeuco in stating that Mr. Knsign
would not decline a nomination.
Of course joii can't tell so tur ahead;
but jiiht now to looks like Trompen or
Hoaglaud for sheriff, and Griffith or
Harnip for register.
Thu prohibitionists nominated u
county ticket this week, not for election,
but merely as an evidence of good faith.
Incidentally it may bo said that Univer
sity Place was strictly in it.
There will bo a meeting of tho repub
lican state central committee at tho Lin
coln hotel Wednesday, August li'l at 8
o'clock p. in. for thu purposu of culling
u state convention.
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The democratic state central commit
te.) at a meeting held in Omaha
on Thutsday, decided to hold tho stuto
convention in Lincoln, October 1.
Hucklugham's Dye for tho Whiskers
does its work thoroughly, coloring u uni
form brown or black, which, when dry,'
will neither rub, wash off, nor soil linen.
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