As soon as the Tournal sees it
-beaten it howls "bloody shirt."
IF referring to the late war is
waving a bloody shirt, Mr. Journal,
and it hurts your feelings, you
should not do it.
Cleveland was only president
for selfish interests. He sold him
self, body and soul, to the Cobden
club of England.
Presidents who deserve second
terms usually get them. OnJy two
presidents Lincoln und Grant-
since JackHon hare been thui hon.
ored because only two have de
served the honor. Harrison is all
right
The editor of this paper met
Judge Kamsey this morning and
told him that we were opposed to
his being city attorney. The judge
replied that he knew nothing of the
attempt to appoint him as city at
torney and that he would not accept
as he had more work than he could
attend to properly already.
Pardon another allusion to wire
nails, but have any of our free trade
friends noticed that the Pittsburg
quotation is now $1.65 per 1(10
pounds? The tariff on that quan
tity of nails amounts to $2. Why
does not the manufacturer add the
tariff to the price and sell the
goods for $.'1.65? He could do it ii
the tariff were only a tax.
Senator Hill, so to speak, has
the courage of his cowardice. That
is, he still relusca to tell how he
stands on that Bland bill. Globe
Democrat. Yes, but he votes for free coinage
indirectly on that Aruonn gold
interest bill, and allies himself
with the silver men of the west,
which is one evidence of the cow
ardice of his courage in standing in
with both sides.
ISN'T it strange that the tariff "re
form" press has quite avoided all
mention of the fact that the Hon. T.
Jefferson Coolidge, who has junt
been appointed minister to France,
is a great grandson of Thomas Jef
ferson? Mr. Coolidge is an enthus
iastic believer in Jeffersonian prin
ciples of democracy, and was al
ways a member of the democratic
party until 1888; but in that year
Cleveland's free trade message
drove him over to the republicans
Free trade never did harnionze
with Jeffersonian principles, A uier
ican Keconcmist.
The democratic city administra
tion showed its hand last night in
great shape, disappointing the
public generally ond expectedly.
The nomination of George Poisal
for street commissioner will be
looked upon as the result of a bar
gain nnd sale from the late
lamented city election. The Hek
ALD has no personal war on Mr.
Poisal, but, ns a republican, we
cannot understand why he is taken
up by this democratic administra
tion and given the fat oiice of
street commissioner.
The nomination of Judge Kam
sey is another curious arrangement
open to criticism, demonstrating
the lack of available timber in the
democratic camp for city attorney
The Herald believes that Judge
Kamsey has no business with this
appointment. Attorneys of this
bar who have business know that
he has scarcely the time to transact
wic ujuiiij conn nusineHS ana ih
carrying, continually, a large share
of his business under advisement.
If Mayor Butler is appointing re
publicans to office, here is an oflice
he could fill with a good lawyer
who would have the time to attend
to city business. Going into the
county court and appointing a
judge whose court has jurisdiction
of a majority of the cases which
will arise against the city corpora
tion is an unheard of thing. The
appointment is ridiculous, and
without precedent. We admit the
scarcity of first-class democratic
timber for city attorney.
THE SOUTHERN CONVICT LEASE
SYSTEM
The country is but little aware of
the enormities of the convict lease
system in the south. Kennan, the
traveler, lately startled the public
with the horrors of Siberian prisons,
yet under onr own eyes a system
but a shade less barbarious exists.
The convict lease system is main
taiaed in twelve states. It is simply
a traffic in human blood and muscle.
That a group of penal systems,
cruel, brutalizing, and deadly by
Uheir own showing, should live in
-the midst of our humane and char
itable institutions, seems unbeliev
able; yet its truth cannot be denied.
The question is, shall it continue?
Our own safety forbids it. What we
:have of good, in the way of institu
tions, state or national, are the re
milts of wntchfulness and the sup.
prcssion of wrong. We have a cor
rector always nt hand, if appealed
jit and aroused. The sense of jus. j
tice, the humane Insticts, are the in
Alienees in ourciviluation that beat
down all opposition . Enlightened
public opinion is the death of every
wrong. Aroused, it demolishes the
evil as light overthrows and beats
down darkness. It is the high court
of appeals to which political parties
must be brought, in the last resort.
Two propositions can not be re
futed. First. That the present convict
lease system is the shame and de
gradation of the state a great pub
lie wrong. It is inhuman and brut
al. It is injustice itself. It inflicts
a punishment upon the convict not
imposed by the sentence of the
courts. It violates the law of the
land, under the pretense of enforce
ingthelaw. Finding itself in the
possesion of a human being, it puts
aside law and humanity, and wrings
out of the convict all the profit his
life will bring. It increases enorm
ously the death rate. It is the sur
render of the state of its trust and
functions for so much money. The
state, under this system, puts aside
the duty it owes to society to make
an effort for the convict's reforma
tion. It takes bread out of the
mouth of the honest workingman
and degrades Libor. It Bhames the
enlightenment of the age. It is a
relic and a legacy of the cheap slave
labor system.
Second. It is a democi atic wrong
kept in its place by the democratic
party. It is a democratic alliance
with crime, upheld by the bayonet.
The proof of this is to be found in
the fact that the system exists to-day
and is upheld by democratic states
and democratic influences. Ten
democratic states, out of twelve con
vict lease states, stand solidly be
hind it.
WHAT PROTECTION IS LIKE
Protection is like a good book;
once in your hands you want to
hold on to it.
Protection is to workingmen
what flowers are to bees; it enables
them to store away the fruits of
their labor for future emertrencies.
Protection is to labor what a
solid abutment is to a bridge; a
safe and sure foundation on which
to rest.
Protection is as necessary to the
growth, development, and elevation
of labor, as the sunlight is to the
flowers.
Protection is no respector of per
sons; it even extends its blessings
to democrats.
Protection in like a king; it con
fers dignities; it dignifies labor.
Protection is like a mother; 'it
Rives nourishment to industries.
Protection is like suu warmth; it
cheers and gladdens the hearts of
the poor.
Protection is like a valuable
jewel; once you have it in your
possession you do not like to part
with it.
The democratic party, ns The
IlKKALl) well knows, is not opposed
to just and liberal pensions, ynite
to the contrary. Hut it is opposed
to pensioning unworthy sulkers
and deserters nnd to running the
pension department in the interest
of ti political party and for the
financial benefit of rich attorneys
who Maud and deliver at the de
mand of the republican boodle
committee. Journal, May 7.
The republican party is in favor
of pensioning every worthy Union
soldier that needs it, and is opposed
to pensioning sulkers and deserters
as much as any one is, but it won't
stop the pensions of those who de
serve them just because a few un
principled men get them who do
not deserve them. The pension
department is not run in the inter
est of nny political party, nor is it
run in the interest of any rich
attorneys, lor the simple reason
that a republican congress has
fixed the law so that an attorney
can only have $10 for each claim
that he gets allowed. The only
trouble with the editor of the
Journal, that we can gee, is that he
belonged to the class known ns un
worthy sulkers and can't get a pen
sion. WILSON ANSWERS CLEVELAND
AND MCMILLIN.
Ex-President Cleveland delivered
a stump speech in Rhode Island on
April 2; Congressman McMillin.of
Tennessee spoke on the Free Wool
bill on March 9; Congressman Wil
son, of West Virginia, addressed the
house of representatives on that
measure April 7. Tne following are
extracts from these speeches:
MR. CI.KVKI.ANO.
At uuy riitc, the con
minwr him fniinil life
JIK. WILSON.
DuritiK the mist
year there fins
tw-en a chenrteninirof
nnrcler fluoe this re
form i. e. tlieMcKlti
lev taw) tluin before
M K. MCMII.LIN.
everything that men
niiikcto well except
breiidHttifYn ami aril.
The liiliorrr
hunrlen controlled hv
iwn forced to iuv
trustH, und Hi id feni-
mure fur the roof flint
Mieltem him, for the
xiriiry clieaiienitiK
infected the artC
Hut that covers lux
cleti covered by the
McKinley hill ns it
lieiitl und the wool
ens thnt cover his
back. He hati had to clt-s. outside of the
niiHuttected the arti
iihy iiioieior inc mi- .'icrtitilev iui.
en iie,wears,tiie niiin
mer uik) the hoe with
which he works.
Messrs. Cleveland, McMilHn and
Wilson are nil free traders. The on
ly difference between them is this:
Mr. Wilwitn la hnnul. M
land and McMilliau are not.
TRIUMPHS OF H CtPR CITY.
In making sugar free, th repub
lican party limlt'd both brfnro ami
I after. We found our farm products
practical!. iu.l .1 limn SpauUh
America ami l er.M.il I nroj c. 1 in
very con nt i i.-." wlin.-t ritr
products wt were about to relieve nf
duties maintained uaiio-t tin a
nolid war o! cmmm-i ri.d eu In -ion;
some at the liiet.r ion of iioni" gov
ernments, a.- eb.i; uiln r to ro
vide reseioi', , - republics '
the south; oiite. , n -.e l-.-.iinv aii'l
Germany, to tin n markets fov
their own fa. in i -
The act of p'.i i without esposing
a Mingle 1 1 1 1 1 1 .-1 i it'T- M. by a
brief provision, gave tile president
a limited discretion to res tore the
sugar duties, wiih otln-rs lieu tofore
remitted, in cur dealing with evi ry
country that alter a ,-peeilii d time
refuserl to dial laiily i y tin- Amer
ican farm. I'nil'.r iliat Minnie pro
vision, 'llreadj
- l ., I ur I lY out
highest court, we have concluded
treaties opening tic. irl all of I. ami
America to our merchandise, in
cluding breiidslutls ami meat, nt
nominal rates ol duty in exchange
for the free admission of Mi.ar into
our market place. -Congressman
Dol liver.
NO' tLIUIBLE
Judge Ramsey is not eligible, in
our opinion, to hold the oHice of
city attorney. If be is, the mayor
can close the county court against
all citi.ens who have claims
against the city for all amounts up
to Jl,(K)t).
The first purchasers of the
Schildknecht shoe stock will have
the best selection. 2lw.
NEBRASKA WI ATHER i-EHVICF
Reprt of Crop9 in the Diffrf:rit
Counties for Week Ending May 6.
The week lias been everywhere
cool and cloudy and the condition
of the ground, saturated by previ
ous rains, has delayed farm work
which is now fully a week behind
last year.
The temperature has been every
where low, varying from three to
seven degrees below the normal in
various parts of the state and there
has been less than the normal
amount of sunshine, Over the state
generally the rainfall has been be
low the normal amount and in
most places less than half an inch
in the southern part of the state
more that an inch fell, and in the
Blue river vulley it exceeded four
inches falling principally in local
rains on Saturday night.
Plowing for corn has progressed
slowly and little or no corn has
been planted during the week, ow
ing the cold, wet condition of the
ground, and in the southeastern
part of the state all farming opera
tions have been practically stopped
Small grain although backward is
generally reported as in good con
dition but in a few localities if ft
has been somewhat damaged by
the wet weather,
In southern Nebraska plum and
cherry trees ore in bloom being
about a week later than last year.
REl'OKT UY. COUNTIES
Antelope All crops of slow
growth; very little corn planted.
Boone Cool nnd wet: good for
wheat and oats, farm work progress
ing rapidly; not much corn planted
Box Butte Seeding nearly com
pleted and some plowing for corn.
Brown Seeding not all finished
jet, not one farmer in ten has
plowed any for com yet.
Buffalo Some corn planted but
weather is yet too cool for corn,
Butler Considerable ground too
wet to work. Grass doing well
when not covered with water.
Cass Ground full of water and
will delay work already two weeks
behind. Wheat doing only fairly
well. Very little corn planted.
plums in blossom.
Cedar Remarkably cold wet
weather; plowing for corn nearly
completed but none planted. Large
increase oi acreage oi all crops.
Chase Only two days of sun
shine. Some small pieces of corn
planted.
Cherry Planting delayed by cold
wet weater.
Clay Small grain and tame grass
doing well; wild grass backward.
Cuming Soil in excellent condi
tion and weather favorable for early
sown grain.
Dawes -First three days favorable
for farm work; raiu nd snow since.
Dawson Wheat doing well but
too cold to plant corn.
Dixon Plowing for corn progress
ing in Bpiteof rainy weather, wheat
looks weil.
Dodge No corn planted and rery
little plowing done.
Dundy Farm work has advanced
rapidly the past week.
Filmore Wheat and oats grow
ing slowly. Corn ground about
half plowed.
Furnas Small grain looking fine.
Corn planting fairly commenced.
Gage Very little corn planted;
crops badly washed by the heavy
rains, ,
Hall Cold and cloudy but favor
able for small grain.
Hamilton Unseasonable cold,
corn planting commenced,
Harlan Farm work progressing
slowly; some corn planted.
Holt All crops in good shape;
grass backward, plowing for corn
nnd millet.
Johnson Farm work stopped nnd
crops badly washed by heavy rain
Saturday night.
Kearney All small grain looks
well and much later than an aver
age condition; plowing for corn to
il.iv but progressing rapidly.
Key a Pah.i Wheat not nearly all
u and some rotted in the ground
Very little ground plowed for corn.
i. nop-Cniiiiiio.i ot wheat and
o.il - better ih.il. ever.
Logan Com pl.o.tuig just begun
ami -mall r,i. I j. ine.
.''i.eli.-on !-..i o; . I- In ad; con-.-iileral'le
corn pi ' '1
.Merrick ' le 1, -Ii i.e. I ell
ii ton corn plan ' i oi.ten i,. i
iili- .Veeh.ri- ;, ' ."' 'I.nii i'iiIII '-
ae.-.-: thii I. on I'.i j ! i I ' '
In- a l:e;tlti.; ' bni
Nance I'n ,i "i .' a-r " mils.
I' i, in ! .- busy um'. t 'tu Ii behind
v. iih I In it work.
.Nuckolls I 'ne . . i m: ai die
lulil. ii I- has p: .'. tr...l between
r.uus; the cool an .v.r.in-i i ! i.e
hci.i I to stnail gi i i n.
Otoe 1 no uiuclt :.nn; l( i ml;
work awnv behind
Pawnee" Wild grax' flowing
nicely and lieu: I i ut i, Ii i nt a liv
ing lor i-toi'li. ''in ' ecu plained
and all li.-te.l. l .,: - ;.i. i I y up.
I'lat te Soim coi ii I.I i Hie I bni
' preparation of tin e ' d is one or
j i no weeks 1 iti
! Riebanli-oi! nur coin plannd
i but injured by v ! -wea; ncr; .vheii
loohs well.
Rock -No corn pi.talt'i; ' -i -S
backward; low I itel i il"-d ) a. .t u
by Wednesday'.- rain
."-aline PlokVin lur i urn ii n!
done; tall wheal i n -Iim.1 : -omc.
S.iumlers Continue! rain.- luive
prevented field rtorii, Some irrain
doing fairley wi II.
Scott's Blulf ' heal coming up
nicely; little corn planted but
ground although in t; ne condition is
too cold for corn
Seward I'lowi i .: lor corn pro
ijrei-siii iiIoh i . none , lanted:ver
much wi.er -i.im lin.' on small
gram,
Sheridan Much seeding done:
sin. ill grain are i laoeh larger than
last year.
Ihaver Ground eenerally too
wet in' work; very Imle com plant
ed. Oats ii ml fall wheat in excel
lent condition.
Valley Cut om- warm da dur
ing the week; ground i:i excellent
condition for working. Plowing
for com well advanced; some plant
ine (lone, .small grain looking
well.
Washington Cloudy and rainy
most of the time, tanning greatly
delayed. York - Small grain looking well;
plowing for corn backward.
G. 1). SWKKSKY, Director.
Commissioners' Proceedings.
Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment. Present, A. C. Loder, Jacob
Tritsch and S. W. Button, county
commissioners, and Frank Dickson,
county clerk.
Minutes of April session rend and
approved, when the following busi
ness was transacted in regular
form:
Petition for public road and vaca
tion of road No. 303 was taken up
for consideration, there being a re
monstrance to said petition. Mon
day, May 0, was set as a day of
hearing and clerk ordered to notify
both petitioners and remonstrators
Indemnity bond of the Lincoln
Art Stone and Manufacturing com
pany approved.
Bond of Henry Inhelder, overseer
district 4, approved.
Notice of appointment of W. C.
Showalter as deputy clerk of the
district court was filed and ap
proved. Affidavit of D. J. Pitman in re
gard to claim of $H.84 for erroneous
tax on lot 8, south-west quarter of
north-east quarter of section 18-11-14,
tor the year lS'.K), was examined and
claim refused.
Application of C. A. Webster for a
reduction of taxes on the east 22
feet of lot 5, block 04, in the city of
Weeping Water, for the year 1891,
was refused, as the complaint
should have been made during the
days of equaliiation of said year.
Bond of 1). W. Mosher for faithful
performance of the contract for
sodding and grading court house
grounds, approved
In the matter of the judgment
rendered against Cass county in
the case of Murless vs. Cass county,
the clerk was ordered to draw a
warrant for said judgment in favor
of W. 11. Bearing, clerk of the dis
trict court, and to take his receipt
for the same.
In regard to night juries, the
commissioners refused to pay fees
to jurors for such service.
Board adjourned to meet May 9.
H1I.I.8 ALLOWED.
A C Lorler, k exp $ 0a
jiicob Tritsch, mime M) 16
S W Dutton, snnie t '
Krnnk Dickson, sul, work k exp VSt IB
(i W Noble, sul A exp 1 l
V I) Rutes, Mint court house V: l
U A M K K Co, fare of pauper 14 h5
W II (ioodwin, lutheriUK gla 10 4
A C Maves, labor A exp . 2U 50
S 1) MathiHon, rent for poor 4 00
II C McMnken A Son, excavating.... 41 W
M I) Muck, rent 30 00
A Clark, iiulse to county 10 IS
V I White, coal to county 13 IH
W J White, rent of court room 10 (m
K McCourt, mil He to poor 6 00
Anna Hart, Ixjunling poor 12 J
Kreil Goo, hnurdintf jury 18 2T
F S White, nulse to poor no
E K Day, same IS 00
M H Murphy A Co, Bume 1 50
C K Wescott, same 3 00
Chas Sterner, work on court house.. 5 00
J C S5inith. keeping cripple 1" 00
KinK Paper Co, fixtures for c h 12 50
Chus llempel, wood to poor 2 50
Ma ver A Co, tndse to jail Hf
I) llurriH, work on court house 15 00
H McGlynn, same. 107 12
JC Kikenhary, ImordlnR poor 130 50
Dickson, Stopher A Co, coal to poor, g
Jos (Jrahiim, keening poor 15 00
Stander Hros. milse to poor 31 00
Auk Uach.same Ill
lli-iniett AITiitt. Mime 12 00
John Schiupiiacasse, boarding jury. 13 )
Omiiliu Art Glass Co, glass 2ri v5
W L ells, care of poor
Cost hill-Stute vs. Johnson
W in Tighe. hd'ng A gd'ng prls. . . .
I N Muck, bailiff March term
Ill Thrasher, same
K.l Kitzifcrald.Mime
2S 50
1 W
217 WI
84 00
St III
M (10
John Tighe, name M i
H 1) Travis, exp of moving office A 50
K W Cook, phvs'B sal 35 00
G W Noble, witness, State vg Moke. 4 XI)
Will Stohlman, same 4 40
Cost bill-Stute vs Geo Dtiflield 43 20
Heeson A Knot, attvn In Murlesscase 75 )
W II Hearing, State vs J CmmholU. 4 13
Coleman A Mcl'lierson, lumlier 4 51
K M Kichey, lumcer and tiling XI W
Dickson, Stopher A Co, lumber 12 25
I) Coriiilchucl, road receipt, dist 33.. 3 11
Bill of News Publishingcompany
for $4.3.') was refused.
Fkank IIcksox,
County Clerk.
Ocring & Co. are headquarters for
everything in the druggist line.
THE - BOSTON - STORE
K CALL your attention to the fact that our millinery depart-
Y t: '-ut is complete nnd that we can show you more pattern
h:i s . more flowers and more ornaments in all kinds of novel,
tiesjn the 1 i i of millinery goods than all of ths millinery stores put
ogether. V buy all of our millinery goods in large quantities and we
can them iv nbouthalf prices. Before you buy a hat call on us and ex
amine our prices. This is a new department with us and everything U
new style.
r r7BSTIC DEPARTMENT.
100 pieces good heavey sheeting worth 8c for 5c per yard
Yard-wide bleached muslin, worth 8c for 5C per vard
Lonsdale muslin, the best, worth 10c for i'fSUc Der vard
"Fruit of the Loom" muslin, worth 10 fcor qc per varj
Indigo blue prints, the best made, worth 8c for gc per vard
8 4 sheeting, worth 25c for nic . ' d
9 4 sheeting, worth 27c for V. 20c per yard
1-2 sheeting, worth c for ...Zc pe?yard
42-inch pillow case muslin, worth 15c for iQc per yard
Our Mcxik of
Spring and Summer
Dress K..l, ami all the luted things in wash dress roods, and all the
later t tlm.ir ... Iad.es ,,! gentlemans furnishing g od is complets in
j r
Til 1 Miisun has b en so dull
1 he liberty and mark our gooilsaway down that yen can not duplicate
tlllllll till ! ll-Kllll t .l... . 1 t 1 .
i.,.ie iii ir sliUf. cmr
Watch this 'ad' for prices during the month of May.
Tlje - Bostoq - Store,
PLATTSMOUTH NEBRASKA.
101'T YOU THINK
JUj Tlxat Old. Carpet
of yours has been turned for the last time, it will hardly
6tand another such beating as yon gave it last spring besides
we know you are too tehder hearted to give it such another
)asliing. It will be a useless task as you cannot lash back
its respectability. Better discard it altogether and let us
sell you one of these elegant new patterns that we have
just received.
Spi'iqa ttoqse Cleqriiris.
Will soon be upon us and you will want new carpets, cur
tains, linens, etc. We are head quarters lor anything in
this line, we can sell you hemp carpets as low as ten cents
a yard, Ingrains as low as twenty-five cents and Urussells
tr tun litty cents upward. This is u
NEW : DEPARTMENT
with us. We have handled them with samples but finding
that we could sell them much cheaper by having them in
stock we have discarded the .former method and are now
able to sell them at a very low price, will duplicate Omaha
prices every time, kind and quality taken into consideration
Being all new goods we have no old designs in the line, We
have just received an excellent assortment of -
CURTAINS
We can sell lace curtains for 50 cents a pair npward, Irish
Point curtains. Tambour muslin curtains, Swiss curtains,
curtain screen in plam and fancy, table silks for draperies
Chenille Portieres. Also a fine line of window shX ll
the lowest prices.
XjIWEDSTS. linens.
We have the finest line of linens ever brought to this city
Table cloths with napkins to match, Table8 emfe BurkJ
drapes bleached table damask with' drawn Trk anj Jem
8t.tched by the yard, plain damask tor draw! wo" T linen
scrim, stamped linens an elegant assortment of towels with
TXhTowrr0rk "'nd cy HaAd
Turkish Towels, linen sheeting and pillow casing etc.
WI. HEEOLD & SOI.
on fipennnr of ruin a tW ...-
scock is 60 heavy thot wo must