September 27, 1894.
THE WEALTH MAKERS
FAIRBDRY
STORMED
Three Judges and an El-President of
Indiana Honnal UniTsrsity.
OUE P0PTJLI8T CANDIDATES, SPEAK
Judge Static a Dangerous Vote-Maker
The Points of his Speech Judge '
Holcomb Discusses State Issues.
Holcomb. Wilson, Jones and Stark
'As advertised for some time, Judge
Holcomb, Judge Wilson, Judge Stark
and Prof. Jones spoke in the opera
house Monday, September 17, about 500
persons hearing them expound Populist
doctrine for a period of about three and
a half hours.
Judge Stark, nominee for Coagress,
Fourth district, opened with a rattling
speech on national questions, handling
the subject in such a manner that one
prominent attorney of this place, an
ardent Republican, was heard to say:
"That man Stark is a dangerous man;
he is a vote-maker from start to finish."
Beginning with money, Judge Stark ex
plained the "fiat" and the legal tender
quality of money; showed examples of
gold bars, counterfeit gold coins, gold
coins of foreign countries, and finally
gold coins of this country, and how all
of these except the last could be refused
in liquidation of a debt. v
Taking up the subject of "price" he
quoted the Eocjclopedia Brittanica,
saying: "this can hardly be called a
Populist document," and showed that
supply demand, and amount of money
in circulation regulate prices. That,
other things being equal, a large supply
of money in circulation means cbeap
money and means high prices for pro
ducts. That the crippling legislation
against silver for over 20 years has
materially reduced our supply of money
and, of course, has reduced prices of
labor and labor's products. That the
free and unlimited coinage of silver
would increase our circulating medium,
and that he, if elected to congress,
would work and vote with all his might
for the same.
Referring to the "intrinsic value"
theory advanced by old party speakers,
the Judge quoted from a number of
eminent political economists, snowing
by Ricaroo that the value of a dollar
is determined by the amount in circula
tion and not by reason of the substance
entering into its composition. He
showed that tne value of one unit (dol
lar) depeDda upon the whole number of
those units (dollars) in circulation. But
sajsone, if this tie true, everything
then falis or tcales down according to
the decrease of these units; he gave the
illustration of a man in tbe east who
It-
took 100 bushels of wheat to market in
1867, sold it for $200, bought a stove for
$40, a suit of clothes for $30, a pair of
boots for $8.25 yards of calico for $3 75
pair of shoes for $2 00 and a baby chair
for $1.75; paid for these things out of
his 100 bushels of wheat and had left
$114.50, which he put in the bank. In
1883 he took 100 bushels of wheat to
market, sold it for $45 00; bought a
stove for $20 00, a suit of clothes for
$15 00, a pair of boots for $4 00, 25 yards
of calico for $1.75, a pair of shoes for
$1.00, and he felt so poor with only $3 25
in his pocket that he didn't buy a baby
chair, nor did he put any money in the
bank. Continuing, he said, "mortgages
don't scale down along with the rest."
Regarding the Populists he remarked
thht many old party speakers alluded to
our people as "haviDg 'wheels' in their
heads;" "if they have," he added,
"there are a good many eminent men
in America who have a good deal bigger
ones." "Jefferson, in writing to
Alexander Hamilton, said: "I concur
with you that the standard must stand
on both metals;" he bad a "wheel" in
bis head.. Quoting from Supreme Court
decision in the case of Knox vs. Lee,
12 Wallace, 457, that "It is hardly cor
rect to speak of a standard of values:
value is an ideal thing," Judge Stark
thought the Supreme Court must have
had some pretty big "wheels" in their
heads if old party assertions about the
single standard of values, etc., is cor
rect. He said it had been necessary for con
gress to twice pass acts to prevent the
further destruction of greenbacks, and
showed a souvenir made of macerated
greenbacks the Old Liberty Bell
supposed to contain about $5,000.00
worth of the destroyed money, he ssid,
"it is a long time since our Nebraska
law against horse stealing was passed
and it has never been necessary to re
enact it; but this act to prevent the
further cancellation and destruction of
U. S. notes had to be passed a second
time before it was heeded by the differ
ent administrations." He then told a
story of a young man in Company K,
21st Connecticut Volunteers, who short
ly before a battle sent home part of his
paj; on one $5.00 note was written in
his boyish hand for he was but a boy
in years the words, "for mother;" in
two or three days came the news that
tbe young man had been killed. Show
lnir the identical note, one of the origi
nal greenbacks, "receivable for all
publicises," the Judge said: "This
no'e pa d any debt that a gold dollar
would, bought anything that a gold
dollar would, went anywhere that a
gold dollar could go; it never went be
low par." Then showing another $5 00
bill with the exception clause thereon,
he said: "I have been informed by old
soldiers that these notes hae some
times been exchanged for 40 cents on
the dollar, and because of this excep
tion clause; between this note and the
other a great wrong was done."
Taking np the subject f parity he
said that in Hamilton county farmers
put their steers In a feed lot together,
fed them all they would eat, and they
usually came out a pretty even lot of
steers; but if the yellow steers should
be kept up and fed and the white ones
turned out in the highways and chased
by every dog in the neighborhood, it
would be rather hard to keep them on a
"parity." That all silver needs is an
even chance with gold and there will be
no trouble about the parity.
Regarding exports and imports, he
said that since 1868 on an average we
have an excess of exports of products,
in round numbers $60,000,000; an aver
age excess of exports of gold, $10,000,
000; an average excess exports of silver
$14,000,000; that every year we send
abroad $60,000,000 worth of products
and chase these up with $24,000,000
worth of gold and silver.
Coming down to Fourth District mat
ters he gave a brief synopsis of Mr.
Hainer's record, showing that Messrs.
Hainer, Meiklejohn and Mercer uni
formly voted against the white metal;
and Messrs Bryan, Kern and KcKeighan
uniformly for it.
He then touched on what has some
times been thrown up to us that Popu
lists are "anarchists ;and socialists."
Giving a brief outline of what anarch
ists believe and what socialists believe,
he said: The ideas of these two classes
are as opposite as east from west, as one
pole from the other; and any man who
accuses us ef having both these tenden
cies is so badly mixed in his ideas that
we may confidently expect to next hear
him speaking about a ' silent noise."
Following J udge Stark, the audience
were addressed briefly by Judge Wilson,
nominee for State Auditor, and Prof.
Jones, nominee for State Superinten
dent. Judge Holcomb our next governor
talked about an hour on state issues
solely, reviewing- in a masterly manner
the Newberry bill and its tie-up; the
state house boodlers and their steals;
how the state depository law is openly
defied; how the state indebtedness is
away in excess of the amount allowed
by the statute. The Judge then said he
had been requested to mention a matte r
that is now going the rounds of the
press in Nebraska to the effect that he
had been a B. & M R. R attorney prior
to his election as District Judge. He
said from the general tone of these
articles they must have all emanated
from one source, and that source so far
as he is able to ascertain is an eminent
divine in Lincoln, who, in his zeal to
assist in the election of Majors had,
purposely or through ignorance of the
real facts which, the Judge knew not
had absolutely misrepresented him;
that at no time in his life had he ever
acted in a professional capacity for the
B. & M. R. R. That he could see no
reason why an attorney for a railroad
should be any worse or better than an
attorney for any other person or cor
poration, s ) long as he did his work
well although doing work well is
sometimes construed differently by
different persons and that railroad
managers ideal of work done well would
not meet the approval of the general
community. "I do not know why this
reverend d'vice should depart from the
truth; but I do know that I have never
been in any way connected with the B.
& M. R. R. in any professional capa
city." Charms Q. DeFkance
The Charming "Gold Basis."
We all know without being told, that
there is something wrong about things
in general. We see on every side an
abundance of the gifts of nature, and
also that the Invention of man has made
ample provision for the production of
wealth in quantities almost beyond com
prehension, and with a facility little
dreamed of but a fewyears ago. As a
producer (and every man who renders a
service to society is a producer) you feel
that somehow or other you are not get
ting a fair share of things; that it takes
too much work (when you can get it)
to secure what little you do get, that the
future for yourself and children cannot
be contemplated with that serenity
which ought to be the lot of an honest
workman, and would be, under a right
eous system of democratic government.
You are also not blind to the fact that
the non-producer (the speculator) accu
mulates wealth in many cases with
great rapidity and ease.
Then what is the matter, and what
the remedy? You have had mountains
of cheap advice lately, so much in fact,
that you are just a little, confused, and
half inclined to believe that there is no
rational solution, certainly none- which
is "practicable," Let us see. Perhaps
it can be made clear and simple after
all.
So far as the "struggle for existence"
is concerned there are but two questions
with which we need concern ourselves
the production of wealth and its dls
trlbutlon; and as the land is the source
of all material wealth, and money the
great, and under civilized usages, the
chief vehicle of distribution the whole
matter resolves itself into the "land
question" and the "money question."
Any settlement ot these questions which
shall conform to justice, will inevitably
carry our particular civilization far be
yond any which have preceded it, and
is therefore a subject that is worthy of
the best minds and truest hearts.
For the present, let us confine our
selves to the "money question. " .For
many reasons it comes first. While it
is perfectly trne that a settlement of
either will not dispose of the other,
currency reform is the most cempllca
ttd, is now in pressing need of settle
ment and once settled, will do much, to
clear the way for land reform.
You know, reader, that one of the
most prevailing desires of the human
heart is to live without working, or at
least to live with as little, and as light
work, as possible. Such desire has been
of incalculable benefits to humanity, for
it has led to Invention and progress
generally; but at the same time it has
put a power within the grasp of the un
scrupulous, the magnitude of which it
is Impossible to conceive, and one which
in this eleotric age is increasing in de
gree with a rapidity unheard of. Usury
is this terrible engine of destruction.
Reader, make your Own estimate ot
the amount of money, or other forms of
wealth that is drawing interest, or rent
(the same thing),' at the present moment
It really makes but little difference as
an illustration, how near you come to
the mark one way or the other. Now
estimate as best you can, how often the
principal will double. Again accuracy
is a non essestial, for it matters not how
quickly it doubles the day will certainly
come when Labor cannot pay it. That's
all, absolutely all there is in It. You
are undertaking, and have been for
centuries a physical Impossibility. To
get an idea of the working of it, suppose
Adam had saved $50 a day for six thous
and years, today he would be worth
only a little over one hundred million
dollars, not muoh more than half the
wealth of a Rockefeller. But suppose
he had spent all his money save one
dollar only, which he put out at 8 per
cent interest, at the end of his first
day's toil. What now would we have?
An amount so great that words cannot
express it, but it has been calculated
as the equivalent in value of a globe of
pure gold greater than our earth.
Now, you know that as sure as there
is a God in heaven there is a right for
every wrong, and you naturally say,
how is usury possible, and how did it
originate? Simply because the volume
of money has always been restricted and
always will be, until Labor awakes from
its long sleep. There is not enough to
do the work. There are plenty of plows
and shovels, plenty of engines and ma
chines, but not enough money to dis
tribute the wealth these things create,
so what? Why, the banker just lends
us some credit (our own credit by tbe
way) and the manufacturer collects the
credit (for which he paid a trifle of
course) from the merchant, and the
merchant collects it again from the la
borer, or does so as long as he can.
But Borne one says there is plenty of
money awaiting security just as much
as ever there was. Well, that is just
the point. When money is perverted
from its simple function as a represent
ative of property and made a power for
the collection of Interest, or the arbi
trary raising or lowering of prices, then
the devil is getting in his work in great
shape. Moreover, tell us, good friend
just how much money there should be.
That's the point. Perhaps there is too
much. How do you know?
As money is purely an invention of
man, there should be as much as he
needs surely. And bow much does he
need? Let's see. At present less than
one per cent of our assessed values is
represented by currency. At the same
time it is extremely improbable that
more than 8 or 10 per cent of our wealth
is changing hands at one time, so that
if the latter percentage were represent
ed by money in general circulation, it
is altogether probable that our entire
business would be conducted on a cash
bads. But that wou.d not do because
the non-producer would then be unable
to sell us credit (See?) and charge us
interest The good old Book calls it
usury and that's what it is, for if ooe
per cent is right, so is twenty. And
how comes it we have never seen this
before? So simple, too Why, because
we have let our greed blind us. We
love gold and "precious metals." Pre
cious nonsense what would gold bullion
be worth without free coinage of gold.
Talk about a "gold basis" pare ab
surdity. There never was such a thing.
There's a Bread and Butter basis though,
and every -dollar gold, silver or paper
has to be redeemed on that basis.
Labor pays it all "
Doesn't the government take security
for every dollar it issues? What then
does it matter what the dollar is printed
on? Think man, think and vote, but
never fight for a fool. Form one giant
union and put every laborer, merchant
and manufacturer in America into it, if
you wish, but remember the words of
the martyred Garfield: "Whosoever
controls the volume of money is abso
lutely master of all industry and com
merce." Headquarters Lincoln Lesion.
Populists visiting Lincoln are cor
dially invited to visit tbe headquarters
and free reading room of the Industrial
Legion, 1114 O St, second floor
Wilt Three WHIe Furnish Watrr?
CVMBO, Neb , Sept. 12, 1894.
Editor Wealth Makers:
We are getting greatly interest d In
the plan of irrigation la this county.
As a matter of fact, there is a great
portion of our county that can not
successfully be irrigated by the different
streams that flow through our county.
Now I have a plan (if found to be suc
cessful) that most ot our rolling land
could be irrigated. For instance, I
have a farm with 160 acres in cultiva
tion and In the center of this cultivated
land there is a ridge about one-half
mile long.. My plan Is to put down say
three hydranlio wells along this ridge
and pump the water into a reservoir
that will be on the rldge, and If I can
get enough water I can irrigate the 160
acre tract. 1
I do not know bow muoh water it will
take to irrigate this much land. Some
say that the expense will be so great
that I can not afford to undertake it
The three wells will cost me all com
plete about seven hundred dollars, and
I consider that a small investment if I
get water enough to irrigate the land.
I have never had any experience in
Irrigation and I write this to find out if
this plan has ever been tested. Will
some main with Irrigating experience
please answer through The Wealth
Makers. J. B. Jones.
P, S. The people of this county are
solid for Judge Holcomb for governor,
and regardless of party lines our judge
receive the largest vote ever cast
for any man in this county. As to the
rest of the ticket, well, you know how
Populists vote. They generally vote
her straight. I was a delegate to the
state convention and I think we nomi
nated the finest ticket ever presented
to the voters of the state of Nebraska,
and if the Populists will stick to the
middle of the road success is sure.
J. B.J.
Tom Major's Pedigree.
The action of your convention impels
me to tender my resignation as national
committeeman. You have nominated a
man for governor who hat been branded as
an accessory to forgery and perjury by a
Republican congressional committee, of
which Son. Thomas B Reid was chairman,
a man who stands self convicted of falsify
ing official records and procuring the issue
of a fraudulent voucher while acting in the
capacity of president of the senate; a man
who was consorttd with boodlers and jobbers
and converted the rooms tf the lieutenant
governor at the capitol of the state into a
den of debauchery; a man who has been the
pliant tool of the railroads, in season and
whose nomination was procured by the com
lined influence of corporate cappers, pro
fessional bribe givers, jury fixers and im
peached state house officials I cannot
and never will ask any self respecting
Republican who loves his state and
country and deBlres to perpetuate the
free Institutions under which we live,
under a Republican 1 orm of government ,
to help rivet the chains of subserviency
to corporate monopoly and tyranny up
on the people of the common-wealth.
E. ROSEWATER.
Tbe Populist Hand Book.
The Populist Hand Book for the cam
paign of '94, prepared by a special oom
mlttee selected by the state executive
committee and compiled by the secrt
tary of the state executive committee,
gathers into small compass and cheap
convenient form the damning record of
the frauds in the ystate institutions in
the hands of Republican officers, their
extravagance, and what was brought to
light by the impeachment trial. It also
gives the vote on the Freight Rate bill
facts on the silver question, etc. The
entira matter of the book has been
gleaned with much labor from the re
cords ant is matter ot fact.
The contents of the book are given
below;
The Asylum Steals. History of the
Boodlers' Trials, Penitentiary Cell
House Steal, The Impeachment Trial,
Sta Land Steal, Failure of the Capi
tal National Bank, Investment of the
Permanent -bchool fund, Legislative
Appropriations, Deposit ot State and
County Funds, The Attempted Printing
Steal, The Half not Told, The Maximum
Freight Rate Law, What Populists have
Done for Nebraska, Populist Vote in
Nebraska, tacts on theSllver Question,
Two of a Kind, Omaha Plat'orm.
Price 10 cents epiect, $1.00 a dozen,
$7 50 a hundred
Order of Secretary J. A. Edgerton,
Lincoln, Neb
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you are unable toget yearly subscri'
bers,9and them in for three or six
months. See our special offer in
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Won't do you as much good as a week's
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The Burlington's local agent wll
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also if you ask fur it a beautifully
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Omaha, Neb.
THE POPE AND HIS POLICY.
Bishop Keane DIicohm Various Matter
Obserred by Him In Roma.
Baltimore, Md., Sept 24. Bishop
J. J. Keene, rector of the Catholic
university, Washington, who arrived
here last evening as the guest of Car
dinal Gibbons, went to Rome July 30
for the purpose of personally seeing
the pope and telling him of the Cath
olic university and the condition of
affairs in that institution. He had
two audiences with the pope, who ex
pressed himself as delighted with the
state of affairs at the university.
In speaking of the relations of the
qnirinal to tbe Vatican, Bishop Roane
said that the policy of the pope, in
view of the reoent overtures in Italy,
was the union of the church with the
great democratic powers of the future
that is America and France. This
was his hope, and toward it all his re
markable energies were bent ' He, as
a clear sighted statesman, was op
posed to militarism and despotism and
was consequently in sympathy with
France rather tliaa with the triple
alliance, of which Italy formed a part
The pope thought that a universal
suffrage, controlled by moral and re
ligious influences, should decide the
great social questions of the future.
The social question the pope recog
nized as the great one of the future.
Bishop Keane considers the pope
the greatest living man to-day. He
is 84 years of age, always rises not
later than 6 o'clock, does not go to
bed before 1 or 3 o'clock in the morn
ing and is the most abstemious person
imaginable. "He eats almost noth
ing, aaid the bishop, "and is the
most ethereal human being I have
ever seen. His mental and spiritual
nature are so developed and his will
power and nerve force are so great
that these sustain him, and he is as
well as he waa the last time I saw
him"
Bishop Eeane said the pope was in
terested in American politics, and
that he was well informed on these
subjects. He was profoundly grate
ful for the reception of Mgr. Satolli
in this country, and of ' course much
interested in his career. '
Bishop Keane, in speaking of Italy,
says that it was bankrupt and was
now sustained by Germany, and that
the general impression in Europe was
that the Italian monarchy could not
last In the reconstruction of Italian
affairs the independence of the pope
would be recognized. '
MORE TROOPS FOR COREA.
Japan's Arm? I "created by Seven Thou
sand Well Equipped Men.
London, Sept 24. A dispatch from
Chemulpo, Corea, dated September 18,
says that thirty-two Japanese trans
ports, convoyed by a fleet of warships,
have arrived at that port bringing
reinforcements. The latter, the dis
patch adds, consists of 7,000 soldiers
and 3,000 coolies with 2,000 pack
horses, several pontoon bridges and
batteries of mounted (runs. The re
inforcements were hurried forward to
Seoul, the capital of Corea, where, it
is said an attack upon the part of the
Chinese is expected.
DUN'S BUSINESS REVIEW1
Encouraging- aad Discouraging Features i
In the Trade Situation.
New Yohk, Sept 24. R. G. Dun &
Ca's Weekly Review of Trade says: j
Plenty of material for encourage
ment and also for discouragement can j
be found by those who seek that and ,
nothing1 else, iiut ousmess men wno
want to see the situation exactly as
it is find, accounts so conflicting that
it is difficult to strike a balance.
In the aggregate, business is about
a tenth larger than last year, but still
falls about twenty-five per cent below
a full volume for the season.
HUDSON CHANGES HIS MIND.
The Congressman iay Reseek the Pop
nllst Nomination.
Topeka, Kan., Sept 24. A dispatch
from the Third district says that Con
gressman T. J. Hudson, who with
drew from the race after havinr be
gun a canvass for re-election, is in
the field seeking the nomination
again. The dispatch adds that Hud
son quit originally because he had
been assessed $1,500 by the district
committee. Chairman Breidenthal of
the Populist state committee denies
tbe story.
Indiana Militiamen Disgraced. '
Indianapolis, Ind., Sept 24. Ad-1
jutant General Robbins said to-day
that several men in company A and
company D of the First rt-giment had !
been expelled because they Aid not
answer Governor Matthews' order for
troops June 2. Company A is located
at Vincennes and company D at
Washington. The names of the dis
missed militiamen were not made
known.
Ohio Miner Reject a Compromise.
Massillon, Ohio, Sept 21. The
Minglewood coal miners at North
Lawrence have voted to refuse the
operator's offer of sixty-five cents, or
five cents more than the original
offer, and resolved to hold out for
Beventy-five cents. This is believed
to foreshadow the defeat of attempts
at a compromise initiated by the state
board of arbitration.
Arrested After Three Year.
Nevada, Ma, Sept 24. Delno
Teeters, wanted for stealing mules in
Elk county, Kan., three years ago,
was arrested to-day by Deputy Sheriff
Ewing at the home of his brother-in-law,
Alfred Speers, and will be taken
back for trial.
He Bnneoed I'lttsbarg Mason.
Pittsburg, Kan., Sept 24. A young
man giving his name as O. E. Evans is
under arrest here for confldencing the
Masonic lodge out of money. Ha
claimed to be a member of several
lodges, but investigation found such
was not the case.
Chicago's Hon Noted Caterer Dead.
Chicago, Sept 24. Herbert M.
Kinsley, the noted Chicago caterer,
died in New York to-day. His death
was the result of a surgical operation
performed there.
IS
NOMINEE
SO DECLARED BY THE CON
CRESSIONAL COMMITTEE.
UNANIMOUS IN OWENS' PAYOR.
Congressman Breckinridge File BIS
ter Protect, Bat the Committee I'ajr
No Attention to It He Bitterly
Attack! Hi Enemies and
Charge Fraud by the
Owen Hen.
Frankfort, Ky., Sept. 24. The
Democratic congressional committee
of this, the Ashland district decided
unanimously this afternoon that W.
C. Owens was the nominee of the party
for congress by a plurality of 255.
When the committee met soon after
noon, all the members were in attend- .
w o t.j ... ; . u
a big delegation of friends. VV. CP.
Breckinridge's interests were looked
after by his law partner, John T.
Shelby, , and a large delegation of
prominent men. Chairman Field Mc
Leod presided. A protest against Mc
Leod voting and a decision of Chair
man Curroll of the state committee
that McLecd could vote only in case
of a tie was filed in behalf of Breckin
ridge. The following communication from
Breckinridge was received, read and
ordered filed:
To the Democratic committee of the
Seventh congressional district: Under
the statutes of Kentucky and the
order of this committee, you are duly
authorized and constituted the govern
ing authority empowered to count the .
votes received by the candidates in
the primary election of September 15,
and to declare the candidate receiv r
ing the highest number of votes the .
nominee of the Democratic party in
this district and you alone have the
power to determine upon the form
and manner of the proceedings you
will take to discharge this duty. In
case of contest you, and you alone,
have the power to hear and determine
such contest and decide who shall re
ceive the nomination and you owe it
to the . Democratic party of the dis
trict and to your sense of right that
the duties imposed upon you shall not
be performed by anyone else nor
shall they be encroached upon.
You, and you alone, have the power
to prescribe what political qualifica
tions shall be possessed by such legal
voter as reside within the district
and : .-ire to participate in the pri
mary, and you, and you alone, have
the right to determine whether the
rules laid down by you, and in which
were necessarily incorporated the
provisions of the statutes, have been
complied with. I deem it a duty I
owe to the Democratic party of the
district to my friends and to myself,
to state this principle and protest
against any action of any judge, coun
ty committee of any county, or pri
vate individual, which encroaches or
attempts to encroach upon your ex
clusive jurisdiction, so that whatever
has been done in the primary may not
be held to be precedent to be . used
hereafter for the want of an open
and formal protest against it
I formally protest against the
action of the judge of the Fourteenth
judicial district in the issue of the ex
traordinary order in the case of W, E.
Sims and others vs. others. This com
mittee met on September 8 and
adopted certain rules. The plaintiffs
waited until the afternoon of Friday, $
the 9th, having had amnio time to
take such 6teps as they deemed nec
essary and give proper notice to me
or to the nominal defendants, so that
a hearing might have been had. This
delay was known to that judge and
was of itself a cause for refusal to is
sue any restraining order. But I, as
well as the nominal defendants, lived
near enough for a notice to have been
given of the application for the re
straining order, so that the judge
might pass upon it after a hearing,
and with the opportunity afforded to
present reason against it and the
issue of the so-called temporary
injunction, which under 1 the
circumstances was equivalent to a
final and permanent one, and the set
ting of the hearing of any application
for its dissolution or modification for
a date six days after the election,
when it would already have accom
plished its purpose, is such an extra
ordinary ' abuse of the discretion
lodged in a judicial officer, even if
that officer had jurisdiction and the
order were one which on hearing
might properly have been issued, that
it ought not to pass without attract
ing universal attention and receiving
unanimous condemnation and when
it is remembered that this judge has
been for many years my bitter per-
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ipating in malignant attacks upon me
in many prrts of the country, and was
also my heated political enemy, his
action becomes the more extraor
dinary. This action in and of itself
would justify me in making a contest
and justify this committee in refusing
to declare the beneficiary of such con
duct tbe nominee of the party.
I also deem it my duty to solemnly
avow that 1 have not the shadow of
doubt that I have received, as against
William C. Owens of Scott county, a
majority of the legal Democratic
votes of this district, and that 1 am
legally entitled 'to be declared the
nominee of the Democratic party in
this district The inexplicable in-
crease in the vote cast at this primary .
over the vote cast in 1892 would be
sufficient reason to require of this
committee an investigation. 1 ap
pend to this a comparative table of the
vote cast for Mr. Cleveland and my
self in 1892, and for governor in 1891,
in the eight counties constituting this
district and the vote cast at the recent
primaries.
Lost a Fortune In California.
Topeka, Kan., Sept 24. J. W.
Hartzell, who built and operated the
first street car line in Topeka, and
afterward made a fortune in Cali
fornia, has failed. According to a
San. Francisco paper, he has been
worth a $250,000 while to-dav all he
owns in the world is in the hands of
the sheriff.