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r THE WEALTH MAKERS. April 19, 1894 iM. - THE "WEALTH MAKERS. New Seriei of THE ALLIANCE-INDEPENDENT, OMoildatlon of tb Farmers MliancegScbiasta Independent PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY The Wealth Makers Publiihiag Company, Uio M Street, Lincoln, weo. . -n in nmoi MltOT Cnaa. T. aairru,.. WBowtf ------ nn.iMii HMUMr. J, 8. HTATT, II any man mnt fall for m to rise, Then Mk I not to climb. Another's pain I ckooM not for my good, A golden chain, A rob of konor, U too good a prta To tempt my Baety band to do wrong Onto a fellow man. Tal life nt woe nniiiit hv man'i eatanlc fee: And who that hath a heart would dare prolong Or add a aorrow to a trican aoui That aeeka a healing balm to make It whole? My boaomowna the brotherhood of man." K, L P. A. Pmbllaberf Annoonoement. The fubeorloUon price of Th Wsalm Makcm U .00 per year, In advance. Aoarr tn olfcltln-obcritlon should be eery careful that all name are correctly pefled and proper portofnee given. Blank for return aabecrlpllona, return envelope, etc., can be had on application te tbu . ALWAV lien yeur name. No matter how Of ten you write un do not neglect tbt Import ant matter. It-very week we receive letters with Incomplete addresse or without ilgna lure and it la aometime difficult to locat J"n. iw to change tbelr poetofflce address muat aiway CHAVOB Or ADDBM. BDDUcnueni five their former a wen e raeir reu whan chanira will be promptly made, eat aid- Judub CaldwklL ihowed blmaelf a grssd. wan, a man wko plaoes the right oi man above tbe so-called rights of money, when he declared the work era must be paid juat wages if not a cent of Interest or dlvldonds was paid. Whew willing worker cannot find work it Indicates criminal legislation and lack of legislation on tbe part of our lawmakers. It also indicates wick ed selfishness, or inexcusable Ignorance of what 1 right and equitable, on the part of those who ubo the ballot. The stockholders of the Union Faolflo railroad system, investigation discloses, paid into tbe treasury of the company but two cents on the dollar which the people hare been, in freight and pass enger charges, expected to pay divi dends on. What can maximum rate laws do with corporations which are in their stock so inflated? Tub stockholders of the Union Pacific paid into the treasury (400,650, and upon this sun issued to themselves :i(i,7l2, 300 of stock, and then made schedules and passenger rates to compel tbe peo ple to pay dividends on this vast sum of watered stock. And the first maximum rate law which the people legally decreed Dundy enjolnod its execution. The plutocratic way of making slaves is to monopolize the earth and its ener glee and compel the working class to take care of themselves and earn profits for thoir masters. By keeping part of the workers unemployed and starving, they can reduce wages and prices far below the Value produced. And when the unemployed start out penniless to seek employment they arrest them as vagrants and compel them to live on prison or poor house fare, and work for the property owners for thtlr board. "O say, does the star-spangled oannor yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?" Mrs. Gofp of Kearney writes us that the women of Kearney have organized a club to study and discuss political, financial and other questions. Good. That means help for the industrial emancipation movement. We call at tention to an article which we reprint this week from the Woman's Tribune, showing how tbe Colorado women vot. As the ballot was given to the women of our sister state by the Populists, and the news regarding the voting is given by the Denver Republican, all our read ers should rid their winds of prejudice and acquaint themselves with tho way equal sutTrug works. IIehi eskntatiyk Bokn, the Mlnne kota Populist congrecsinan, ha Intro duoed a bill In tho House to cut down the par of all government servant whose salaries exceed ,0o0 a year. Ill bill would reduce the pay of the proaldmt Irom ..0.ooo to ,tKKj sal aries of 9-VioQ to -'0,000 would re duced a il per c nt , and tho itarl from JI.OoO t tM), r cent. Thoro I reaou aud equity lu such a bill. WhlU ages aud price have for twenty year bison falling the !arW Of government orriolnl. from prrldent down, l av been kept up, have btsoa ralJ. The nij a!rU' tnd pension are now at I. i double tho burden on Iho p,M plo trat ibey were twenty year ago. Hut l.o expect tHo .t'Ht t 'M'r cm j fur the wtHknr anl ! U) i t wti.-n a Mil la th intorctl nt r.M'!r f harden j would draw tn mey fMin tua num who mil u;ak the la? No one but a ropulUt would tbluk of introducing tuoh a bill, or he honet and fair rrtaod fPHii torally favor It. IF OISISTOIMETO OMAHi The Omaha Christian Advocate claims to be "published by authority of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church." We hope, however, that the Methodist church laity, at least, have enough of the spirit of Christ in them to Indignantly condemn the anti christ teaching of the editorial la its laet isaua headed. "The Era f the Blatherskite." It reads in part as fol lows: On tn Wanhinrton marches Coxey and his victorious rmy of 280 at the present writing. If be does not succeed in get ting to the capital city with bis un rivaled aggregation of deadbeats it will net be the fault of tbe dAlly press, which has boomed him and puffed him and Sven him every possible Advertisement ews of his enterprise ha been tele graphed to the ends of the country, and therebv all that floating element of (rood fnr-nnthlnff that abound and al ways have Abounded in every land on the face of the earth are Attracted to his standard And help to make a demon atratlon that Is entirely out of propor tion to the ral status of the working men of the republic How does this kid-gloved "divine" know thtCoxey's Commonweal Army is an army of deadbeats, made up of "floating element of good-for-nothings?' Has he gathered such information from the daily press reports? CertAtnly not, The associated press has not described them as professional beggars, and they have done no violence.' But even if they are (to drop Into clerical language) 'poor sinners," would Christ consider them "good-for-nothings?" The church teaches that they have "souls to save," even when it permits their bodies to be damned, doesn't it? Concerning General Kelley's regiment of unemployed, whloh last week was on its way And yesterday passed through Omaha, this unchristian editor went on to say: A band of several hundred tramps congregated in San Francisco and by cowardly policy enough money was raised there to force them on the town of Oakland. Oakland sends them to Ogden, and thus they hope that each city, moved by selflshnoiis the most wlcved, will help them on to tne next. The Union I'acluo officials declare that they will not carry them through to Omaha unless their fare is paid. It is sincerely hoped that they will abide by this decision and tbattbo money will not be forthcoming. This statement that Mr. Kelley's men are "tramps," in the common meaning of the term, is unqualifiedly false. They aro simply unemployed men, as moral, as respectable, as worthy men as any unsclected 1,000 men at work. And tbelr rights aro not simply the right to starve or live upon charity. The press dispatches say they aro "peaceable and orderly," and that they are "men who are not accused of violating any law or committing AnyofTense." General Kel- ley himself says there is not a tramp or professional beggar among them; and tbe demand which those men and those under Mr. Coxey are making, and going to make peaceably In Washington, is, "government employment for the un employed." Two thirds of the 1,200 men with Kelloy are men who have learned a trado. There are also repre sentatives of the different professions among them, including a chaplain of tho regiment. General Kelley is a Christian) if we may judge by his works, a man who sacrificed a lucrative position to holp his suffering unem ployed follow-workors. Tho men under him are under perfect discipline, and not a drop of liquor Is drank by one of thciu. And they are Intelligent, as well as moral and orderly. , This company of honest, upright, temperate, Intelligent citizens, whoattk not charity but employment, a che.nco to produce enough to satisfy thoir need, these men, this Crane, or Shank, or whatever hi name may be, speaking for a great church, calls "tramps," and draws tho holy Pharisaical robes away from them. An Englishman has just written, If Christ Came to Chicago." Christ hat come to Omaha. Ho comes always In the person of the poor, the needy, tne oppressed, the cast out and the mouthpiece of the Methodist Conference says, ''Away with hlra! Let him starve! Let him be cruoifledl We have all the poor (Chrtsts) wo want here, and It Christ comes with and In the poor, ho may not outer our city. We don't want to save such 'good-for- nothing,1 and 'aggregated dead boats."1 Wo have but to turn to the words of tho world's Savior, to the ruling of the uit of hsven, to prove that the writer of ' The Era of the lathtrklt" and so much of the church a he speaks for, art?, desplt their profossluns, book ed straight for hell, the judgment bvlng upon tht'lr treatment of General Kvl ley's ana Christ poof who cam to thiin. Camo t them and received to wilcotite. no ym'athy, no annlstauce. "tmsmutk ill Uiti II not ia m vf th liail vf tnf. l did it hvt te mi, Ikmtt frv'H r, in rtrtti." 'we want no mos." Hi ore We now sorlof pattU' tjireadiu. A tkit4 minority um Wvn demand' lug r.btuiiriH (or Jean, a NiahdlJ, and the h!rUtg pie ha J "or J and rUioulfd The poUMcUn hav latigh- I'd and lUd. aiul uld and bought, a uul Tao UHuovilU have bulldrd throtua aiul attar hk'bcr aud tiulr higher Un tie fcoUlea and aoul tf living, sweating, starving multitude and the mifhtv have Kit secure. Tov have deelarcd unanimously that, ri4 V fofi.f euvt'tttt, every thing Is as It al w.yt w aad will be. I . . v I ..A A (lain t a nnAawxl I ' But a few days ago a cloud appeared over Maasillon, Ohio, and started In the direction of Washington. Another cloud, and another, rose over the frown lag Rockies. And portentous gatherings of uacertaln force and future from various directions, like the Massiilon cloud, are seen converging on the na tlon's capitol. ' And, somehow, "eocfi dence" soems to be losing its grasp on everything It thought secure. The solid ground held dowa by legal titles. and farther bAllASted with bonds And stocks And mortgages 'and notes and gold, And Iaws compelling rent And Interest and dividends, somehow the basis of this seems quivering. Is it tbe tread of a tramping army soon to pass by And be forgotten? Oris it the be ginning of fearful natural convulsions that shall destroy the old and with la finite pain and sorrow give birth to new world of righteousness? The dally press has been having great sport over tbe ragged regiments under Coxie And his lieutenants. But the men Are orderly And respecUble They Are not beggars or professional tramps, but Intelligent citizens of the working class who simply ask for justice, for natural rights which this government was framed to secure to weak and strong Alike. And there Are four millions in like condition watch' lng tbe head movements of the Army The entire working class stands wAtch- ing Also, and a mighty Army will spring up to defend them if the men in Autho rity dare to deal with them as criminals There is therefore stealing over those who began to laugh a serious, an anx ious look. From one of the old party dailies we select words of soberness A million men la this republic today Dia uoxey s army ooa speed on to wasn -ington. Some say it openly, some will not SDeak it out, some feel that the no tion pressing on tbe leader's brain is chimerical, and It may be, but the time may come apace when laughing at this sort oi ining wm do cnangea into boos, and the jeers of the populace Into the waitings or sorrow. Uoxey's army may only be a bit of tbe comedy, a fbrclcal side play, while tbe mlgnty drama, with Its tragedy, is pre paring. But Jet the murmuring of the discontent that is heard like the rumb- lng thunder of an approaching storm, go on, and no one can foresee the stu pendous revolution that will follow the swift wings and the wide swath of cy clonic devastation. A million men to day in America aro restless under what tbey feel to b the goad Intra of centraliz ed wealth. False political economists feed the fllckerlngs of the flame by a fuel ol justification for their conditions of mind and heart, inciting their souls to a resentment of their wrongs. The trail of tbe serpent is seen in tbe ast sentence above, but the writer goes on to say: Good men by the hundred thousands feel that there Is something wrong, and are just waiting to be swept on a tidal wave of popular demonstration. The masses do not believe in the integrity of our millionaire lawmakers at Wash ington, whose seats in the national leg islature only in exceptional ca?es rep resent statesmanship. In our great cities the stench of political pollution mis tne air, ana doubt leoks askance to tho press for some means of relief, and amid this vast restlessness, this foment ing oi discontent over real or imagined wrongs, were there only secular forces to ballast the nation, wnll might we cry, uoa pny tne itepuouc!' . . EQUITY THE KEAL PROTECTION John M. Thurston is the champion oratorical prevaricator of tho Republi can party In Nebraska, the most emi nent mouthpiece of the political ma chine and the corporations, never fall ing to work politically and profession ally in their interest. lie was unable to attend tho recent meeting of the National College Republican league, on account of a little trouble his corpora tion was having with their 22,000 em ployes who were objecting in court to an arbitrary reduction In wages. But the maker and mouther of smooth sentences sent the League a letter, and In it said: Only one year ago the prosperity of our country oxcltod the wonder, envy and admiration of the civilized world: and the secret of it all was this: That every honest, capable, deeervlng man could find an opportunity In every day of the year to do an honest day's work, for a fair wage. Sound well, doesn't It? Under Re publics rule "Every honest, capable, d serving man could find an opportunity In every day of the year to do an honest day's work for a fair wage," says John. If that doesn't convict him of being the champion liar outside of Congress aad the dally paper c Dices, we do not know what could. Tho trouble wan, the ople tlUi not know they were all independent and that all their prosiwrtty unparalleled sprang in-m the Kepubllcan tariff, the Urifthat hat not yti been rtptaUJ. For twenty yr wage ami price ktd Vji falli', an l nutwlthttandlng the Thur tn aertU;n of constant work and fair we strike luul greatly multiplied, and the demand fr goU and labor wa at no thuo equal to the supply, In the "10, under KerubltcAQ rule aud a lio pub'.lcaa terl.T, there im, aUt, wo re ineibher, A nil terrUlo panic and lack of employment, and iMllUnis ol 14( AiiieiVait eltiien tramped uvrr the country hiking fr work and begging for food; and more than a or of iaw ! puitMht Republican traiuplaw. making every det tuto un ho lc!trumab hvk for work a llraker. Then in the 'o we had another let severe perlo! of bulne deprcnelon, multitude, la addition to the usual wage-lowering, out of work cutl agent, being obliged to quit work for the i over production" to pass away. Our people are never able, are never paid enough to buy back all the wealth they produce; tut sometimes foreign famines make an extra price for American goods, unload our glutted markets and increase for a time the demand for work. Had Thurston's statement been true, that under Republican rule 'every hon est, capable, deserving man could find employment every day of the year at fair wages,' equitable wages, he might well have gone on to say, as he did in the next sentence: In that statemeat Is embodied the whole wisdom of true political economy, That country Is prosperous which fur nishes employment to its people; And true national wealth la not measured by money in bank, but by the employment oi tne people, bearcn tne wide world over for a prosperous community, And you will find it, not where goods Are cheap, but where labor Is dear. Not low-priced manufactures, but high priced men should be the Aim of Amer CAn statesmanship. If Thurston is right as to what con stitutes the wisdom of true political economy and American statesmanship and he is tbe course of the Republl CAn party nas shown no wisdom, no statesmanship. Away back In the '60s it began to retire and burn up the people's money, money they had fought for And redeemed the country with, And as fast as they retired the greenbacks they cheapened labor; they begAn to produce oheap goods And cheap men. In the '70s they demonetized silver, also, and by sudden sweeps and steady downward movements they have been depreciat ing men and appreciating money ever since. Tbe tariff talk about protection for American labor, and higher wages to follow high tariffs, Is all humbug, wages having been continuously falling since 1873, lowered under and notwithstand ing the tariff, by the infamous narrow ing down of the currency to a gold basis; making not only cheap men but millions of virtual slaves. There is only ene way to provide every honeat, capable, deserving man opportunity to work every day in tbe year of every year that he wishes to produce wealth, and that is, to cut off from the wealth makers the drain of rent, interest and dividends which monopolists now draw from them. Let each individual worker have the money value or an equitable exchange for what ho has produced, and the demand on the market will just equal the supply, each year and forever. The interest, rent at (1 dividends which are subtracted from the pay of the workers leave them correspondingly short of money to buy back of each other what all have pro duced, and as the usurers wish to ac cumulate, the goods which their money accumulations stand for remain in the market to glut it, and so work for un- ust pay must periodically cease. Thurston to the contrary notwithstand ing. What this paper and the Populists every where have said, charging the cause of the panic and consequent fear ful suffering to the refusal of the bank ers to loan money a year ago, refusing tho credits necessary to sustain the credit system of production 'and ex change, Is undeniably true, is histori cally true, But some of our subeorlbers' Republican neighbors (to whom we trust they loan The Wealth Makers) may like confirmation from Republican sources. We have it in this language of the Minneapolis Tribune: "And so the money owners inaugurated a strike which has not ceased at the present moment, and the Western debtor was forced to face the prospecc of doing business on a cash basis, Instead of un der the oredlt Bvstem as heretofore.' A strike of the money owners, the bankers, can thus reduce millions to beggary, to absolute dependence. A strike of tbe bankers brings credit structures down with a crash, throws millions out of work, reduces the mark et prlco of every product of the farm, of every unmonopollzed commodity, and correspondingly reduoes wages. Which all proves that the money power is a monster power that must be shorn of it strength. PARTISAN TRADUOERS AND ANAR CHISTS The old party pres ha manufactured for it readers through misrepresent tlon all possible political capital out of tbe lawlenoB which has shown it teeth In three states where the execu tivo was either a I'opulUt or an Alliance man. in each ca the lawless element hat lien upheld and tho executive cited at the I'opulUt euuso of tho outbreak, when In two of l!u state theanamhUU, thu.o realttlng authority and trampling urder foot tho la, utre AV'.'i.'Viji, 1 heenVlre unprincipled prlln prei h beea belaboring t.venur Waiio vf tVkriio lor tlrutly lnlling n ulng tho authority vesled l hint by the pvo U of that ma'.. The Republican retain, tbe arnwd anarvhWu, they hv w I'hout tjuotton or crllleUm iu parted, and ehrtfeU all their anarchUttc act t the uian who a elected anJ era- p.oied l) Wt'Uten law l. da jut what the lae-lvM, bandtd together, r filed lo permit hm t do. The law w r.UtU by an uuUwful armeO N ly of city Ki!leo. Uoveruor Wa'uv catle4 out tbe .tlai mtlUU te execute the law. UepufelU aa partUaa JuJge then later tertd, eajolalng the Uov( rnor, one eo' ordinate branch of the government In vadlng the domain and assuming the prerogatives of Another, until finally the superior court by writs of prohibi tion dissolved the conflicting Injuno tions of the lower courts And justified or pronounced legal the acts of the Populist governor. But the villainous political slanderers make no meation of the vindication of Governor Walte by the higher court. More than that. On the night of April 6th the Bar Association of Denver met, the largest meeting In the history of the- Association, the subject for dis cussion being, "The Power of the Ex ecutive." Over fifty of the city's legal luminaries were present and all shades and colors of political belief were rep resented, but with most remarkable unanimity Governor Walte's whole course of action, including his calling out tbe militia to put down the revolt ing rebellious police force of Denver, was upheld. "It was the almost unanl mous opinion," says tbe News, that no oonrt In the 8 tote had power to enjoin tbe Governor or otherwise seek to in fluence his discretion." The discussion was ooened bv Prof. W. H. Smitn of the lew school, who reaa acareiuny prepared and exhaus tive paper, quoting decisions and au thorities, from the reports of other states and from the supreme court of me unitea states, all of them strongly combatting tbe slightest pretense on the part of the judiciary to any right to interfere in the slightest degree with either of its co-ordinate branches of government In the exercise of their powers. Several prominent members of the Association spoke strongly in the same line and there was no voice raised In opposition. Mr. H, C, Van Shaack voiced plainly the opinion of about the whole Denver bar when he said: "Any judge who will crina-e to the party lash is a disgrace to the memorv at Coke and Story and Marshall. The varying decisions of the district judges and even our supreme court in the re cent troubles were most unfortunate. They have given rise to a suspicion in the minds of tbe publicthst party "pull" can influence the courts, and such a thought, though it be but a breath, is an awful thing for the community. For my own part I think from the first the district court was wronff. Governor Walte had an absolute rif ht to call out tne muitia u ne tnougnt tbe emergency required it. When he decided there was such an emergency and issued his call, that settled lc. and no court in the state could question it. A resolution condemning the action of the courts in interfering with the ex ecutive was passed with but three dis senting votes. This, notwithstanding the well-known fact that lawyers are extremely slow the very last, to con demn the judiciary. Now will the partisan press publish this vindication of Mr. Walte. the opullst Governor? Of course not. ' It wishes as many as possible to believe a le. It is in the misrepresenting, repu tation-des'roylDg, deceiving, misleading business, and it is never known to undo ts devilish work, or to give tho public the truth after it has misrepresented and wronged a political opponent THE BHYL00K REPUBLICAN LEAGUE The National Republican League has been called to moot ia Denver, the ob- ect being to bamboozle the silver pro ducing states back into the Republican ranks The League reaches out its arms to all "who believe In sound money" and the use of both gold and sliver as standard money," and that '"the pur chasing and debt-paying power of the dollar, whether of silver, gold or paper, shall bo at all times equal,' as pledged in the national Republican platform at Minneapolis." Ignatius Donnelly, commenting on Ibis hypocritical talk to silver men about "the use of gold and silver" and 'standard money," well calls it, "awful impudence and matchless mendacity." Standard money.' What is it? John Sherman and nine-tenths of the Repub lican party (a majority of the Demo crats also) vote against silver, declare It is not honest money, but fifty cent dollars, dangerous, must not be coined, etc., that gold alone is sound, bonem money, in which all silver and paper must on demand be redeemed; and yet, the scamps, the thieves, the debt-doub-lers, the slave-makers, the red-handed political murderers approach the people they have robbed most, the states they have largely depopulated, and Issuing a national call, say: The league chooses to open the new content with this convention held on the slope ot the Rocky mountain and In vite the Republican ot the Uulted State, to asaeiublo In thl great unite ve.lod, resourceful western country aad renew their fealty to th rarty for the preservation of pat achievement and orgauUe for greater victories In the future, In rone to the public demand fnp Republican rmtori-ii n, tottuxtal proeperlty an t an adintsls'raiion dio tlnctly American In policy. And the goldbug with a thin wh of l!ver on their wing, thu shy! k of two worM. will b there in the pereon politician, l.t they will flnd ihtllmti of pwer to fool a urtrlng pwpie. , it UiW K'hriiKi to hauituHu'.e atul mate fart at r political ue ot a plundered p?o pie d.H not d!g4t aiul rnrfc'o Teller aud the w (.(. ru anil gouln ig Uep.tb't eaut h'sU Ab-I low, and !" tot force them Into th tvop!'s party, It will be bfvau they are IrMMJutlly lacking either in lntIlgctie or rharatWr $l4JiJ" silver menfey, Ktai.dard - the valu mure. Way, then, you black hearted debt double ra, uld you i shut the mints agatnt IV You wr I afraid the people would have too much standard money to measure values and facilitate exchanges. You wanted the government to issue Interest-bearing bonds and borrow money of the bank ers Instead of coining Jt And you hide your monarchism, your despotism, your treason, your merchandise of the liber ties of the people, your personally profitable subserviency to Shyloclc kings and tyranny, under the cloak of Republicanism! O Lincoln and Sumner Republicanism, what crimes are com mitted in thy name! POINTED POLITICAL SQUIBS. We are sorry to learn that farmers hereabouts who sowed their oats before the late freeze are having to re-sow on account of a thin stand. A good deal is said about Brad Slaughter, the chairman of the Repub lican state committee, never wearing a necktie, but nobody seems at all con cerned about the fact that he alwave wears A collar. Let us rejoice over, And be thankful for, the few things that come, in those dark days, to bless end encourage labor. The general distribution of rain eyer Nebraska, for the last few days, Is not, however, due to the McKlnW hill 'Pill McKinley, or the Democratic adminis tration, but It may offset some of the combined cussedness of all three. , As Noah Sfl.l(1 tn tha nmnl an Bra ana. to the governor's private secretary, 'if , j" Buv h k in uuir ui iuo wei, vru must get a oumo on vou " lor Ma iseu . is now several laps ahad. O, youdonV want to tackle McKeigban or any other Populist again. Well, it that is the way you feel, your storehouse of wisdom will soon be full. It is onlv thn burnt child that dreads th i?.e. O! Jobnny M. Thurstnn my Joe John ' 0 why were you not thera in you towa, '. When your party so neeA't your fleln. 'Twill be many, man." a dttf John, An ; tbe leaf of yonr Jlte will b brown, John. When 'twill worse Mi your political yelp. 1 mean If you were rlwbt dowu bre John, When you spoke at tho banging that, night. And said to the "boys' "voce stralm.'' But U deems to an barest man, Jotiu, I bat there Is only our rule of rlgtit. And what Is good for your town John Would be equally goo I for your ute. i- . In discussing a local affair, of the Breckenridge Pollard character. w heard a prominent young society man of this city remark that it was only came to tbe surface. This may be true, and no doubt In a measure is true; but v is it not a fearful condition ot moral corruption to contemplate? And yet professionally good men continue to act and to vote with the old party machines Omaha is just learning that politics, or at least old party methods, wont build1 up, and make a prosperous city, and has had a citizens meeting ot her bast men, of all parties, to so resolve, and to plan for a business campaign. Tbe only surprising thing about it Is, wo failed to see the name of John M. Thurston trying to dispose of his pat ent that he came down to Lincoln to dispose of a few days ago to Lincoln voters. It was his old patent, "vote the ticket straight, boys." t Tbe damage to the womanly (?) affec tions ot Madeline Pollard, which were so lacerated by the blue grass Congress man, Breckenridge, has been estimated by a Washington jury to amount to the sum of $lf),0U0.00; but who is going to estimate the damage the trial has in flicted upon humanity in general, by giving it a glimpse of the so-called higher American life through an acci dental rent in the velvet curtain? Breckenridge filed his sworn answer to the charges. He willnow no doubt file his sworn schedule in answer to an exe cution in the hands of the sheriff, and will return, as It were, to the bosom of his constituents in general for an en dorsement of his private as well as pub lic acts. He may, however, only be in training for a prestdental race. In the first Congressional district, Republican candidates are sprouting fast, regardless of the oold weather. We learn that Church Howe, after being out of politics for the last twenty tour hours has reentered the field, and that Field himself, who was butchered a few years ago by Bryan has begun to show signs of returning life, and will enter the race as a convalescent or a corpse, and Jesse Strode has mounted his congressional steed and will stride into the ring. And then Johnny Watson will oiler himself a living sacraflce up on the congressional al tar, and will ask the Secretary of Agriculture to return x the compliment that Johnny was ready to pay him as a member of the last legislature, by voting for him for Uulted Stttes senator, whon enough votes for his election was secured. And G. M. Lainbertson, who relieved Gover nor Crounse, for a brief tlmn, a assist ant secretary of tho treasury, imagines that hl tall, go:d-tlppd form, would be a good conductor of congressional lightning llut four at leant out of the five of them will receive a stroke of summer lightning that will effectually scorch their aspirations, and the more unlucky one who receive thi nomina tion, lll be sllll worse teorchod with an early November fr"l. When tho Ucpuhitcan convention tueotit w shall exK'ct Another proof of the proverb that all the good dl young, Th Coxey army, llkoJohn Brown' nut. tlll h'oe (uarchlntj o i Homo are n ,ring the ritlol, and Other am tvutltrltij on through snuw and in'i l on foot, while mr, like c.oumuii cattle, are hvlng hrn etwrl hv the tin- rilU.,. Tll(1 tK.0ucio I vemtoly an 'aoomtly Inhuman, and to'elaUy In Mm-rU-ftO, anlr, Tiiiau4ell!-are to uiLut'ejf to tt r ci in't rt and top ; po t, ns, I 'it vo, ihruiigh any love j or ivi eel f ir thn nu n or tbe raovo rneitt. but to a v UI a vuiesu cuUmHy, Ulo-y tgtm tbelr Moni'tif i and Jti intuition amoftg th tn amiH hi The ! A tnMff f-o i, ai d eHHy t! ! A'nerieae (Amgrv, iuy el p4uw ia I Uirlr n aln and M:v, and K gln to -iiouly try tn et.lvn ol iTmatt ijiou. wberearw want at! fe tt PvA 111 1... f.ltl b A 1 tlHltttdk ft.k .......lu ..,,- ho i i !,.., i..,,, otbtr w oIm tu ranks aud mot oa u