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BVBMTS PRBCSOIMO
HIS TRIAL.
i Ha was First Mmd Guilty
Ml Later Pursued By Enemies
an Jew Haters.
Cajpeateras, Dasartmeat at Vauctuse,
Vtajwa,8epC tt. Former Captain Drey
tm arrived her Thursday morning and
tt ta th Immm sf M. Vsiabreugue, a
Parta 8pacUl.-Ta Figure gives
the nrilTiaT am account of the Journey
ta Carpeateras from tta special corre
asjsaiist traveling with Captaia Drey
(aa It la dated Avignon, Thursday,
aad after some description eeys:
"Bferclsr." I asked Dreyfus, "what
impression did bis depoaltlaaa mak on
Said ha sharply: "He la a malictoua
asaa and a dlahoneat man. but I do not
Ckiak ha la oonaeiona of tha extant of
the aril he ha done. Ha la too intelli
gent for ma to be able to any that ha
is net aware of It, out If he la meatally
conscious he la morally uaoonecioua
JU la a man without moral sense."
Ha talked of the death of Scheurer
Kaatner. He told ua the tannlte sor-
raw he had felt at the thought that be
-would never be allowed to thank him
. and he would never aae the man who
bad done ao much for him and ta whom
he owed hla liberty. He teemed in a
a1 roam for a moment Than he aald:
"What ana eharaotera have display,
-ed themselves in thla affair.''
"Have you written many, letters aince
you returned?" I ssksd.
UBl'lVttB RECEIVED.
"We, I haven't had time, but new I
-am going to write those that I ought
-ta write. Think, I have received more
than t,M9 since my return to Prance
' without counting- those that my wife
has received on her side very humble
testimonials, besides very high ones
Oh, It has done me good. Officers, even
am active service, have written to me
and signed their names. One of my
.comrades in promotion wrote me the
simple words: 'Glad at your return;
glad at your approaching rehabilita
tion.' That consoles me for many de
sertions and for the unexpected hos
tility of many of my comrades.
"Ah. what I suffered from those de
positions in which they came spon
taneously to say things which had no
connection with the trial, but which
they thought might injure me. And,
snind you, I do not think it was out of
snalice against me no, it was merely
to please the chiefs."
"How do you explain this animosity
against you since 1894 In the offices of
the general staff?"
HIS CHARITABLE VIEW.
"1 think that the cause of it Is rather
ompiex. First, and above all, I was
eelleved to be guilty. It could never
have been suspected that they could
' have plunged so lightheartedly into er
' tor. Then there was anti-semitis In
later stage. Lastly my manner may
perhaps have had something to do with
ft. Tea, it was rather curt, but only
with my chiefs, for, of course, they
strove to show as much consideration
as possible to my inferiors. I scarcely
aaaociated with any one when I en
tered the general staff. I paid no visits.
I contented myself with sending cards
SV my orderly to the chief and sub
ebJef, the general ataff and the chief
sad sub-chief of my office and that was
jasass
"''ifBCAVtm he had iwbab.
"Tn my dealings with my chiefs I al--ways
.retained my outspokenness and
' Independence. If a plan or any piece of
- work seemed to me to be badly con-
- celved I did not hesitate to say so sloud
Instead of considering myself obliged
ao approve everything In advance, as I
saw done all around me when It was a
- chief who spoke or acted. I know that
people don't like that. Colonel Benin
Mourot said something with deep teel
.lag at Rennes, speaking of that admlr
afele man, that hero. Colonel Ptcquart.
At was felt that this officer did not walk
sfctnd the chiefs. That is their psy
chology and all their morality."
"Walk behind the chiefs as if it were
IB war or at the maneuvers?"
"Tes, certainly, but when It is a ques
tion af honor ana amy, is mere any
jced to walk behind anyone? Has one
cast one's own conscience?"
The conversation now rattled on any
thing at haphaxard.
B8THRHAZT A SWINDLER.
.Aad Esterhasy what do you think
-of him?"
In quiet, measured accents, slightly
doubtful, ever like a savant propound
ing a hypothesis, he replied:
T think be is a swindler, a Chevs
Vsr d'lndustrie. who has swindled his
country It is not even his country
tast as he swindled his cousin and his
tradesmen, but without the least real
sstng that he did so. He wanted mon
cw. That was his motive, for," he con
dinned with an intimation, "every crime
there mast be s motive."
-What conld It have been In my case?
jfa one ever saw me touch a card, so I
was not a gambler. It was said that I
laid led a fast life. How can you e
iain that when I took the ninth place
a leaving the college? Don't people
joww what arduous work these exam
inations mean? How can hard work be
Iliad with debauch? General Harder
-aid that the search for a motive for s
crime belonged to the domain of psy
chology and that we were on the Jndl
dal 'domain.' What doth that mean?
I was never In the law, but It seems to
that tne first thing to be done when
ae impacts a criminal Is to discover
tha motive for hla crime. That Is what
1 salt sound sense."
x. aawocaad hla shooldors and bis
' ristrt vases rose high la the silence of
as atowasd train. Then lowering nw
wotes ha repeated several times, acceat
m una seen word: "Bound ssase; simple
ana1 aaase."
Mia atavtad and the captain
: "As to tns tneory n tor
sal martial upon tns auenusung cir-
i. It la lust like this: Treason
Ms country is us gresiem
Banian being ean commit. A
. a thief, may And eome ex-
aa haetvtdusi. Treason Is
( . '2 ;. " i - a eoOecttvtty. There sre
, - '. t r?et did tkw verdict have
t" -jT-' i tmr '
:V . aale sh as staw towered and
s aaM: "It wss Bret or au m
v Shan atsoefaetlon. then
it it tiaa sewraae to
. rt t.at 1 swear that
ii wsts
r r ciitirts ji
ry tv day aad
r,, i r I . . hr the
'.. -- ixesBwsf
atttwfrsan
ywaf I asked.
Press time ta time Us rigors wars r
Jiahlal I know saw that that coin
aided with the deeiaratloas of the min
isters of war. Every tlms one of them
ascended the rostrum aad declared thai
I had been justly aad legally condom n
ed I felt the eff acta through the medium
of my Jailers. They cut off my food
or my reading or my work or my walk
or. tha sight of the sea and Anally mov.
tag about by the aid of the dsuMs
'beucle.'
PRECAUTION ART MEASURES.
"Tat one day." hs went on. "the day
whoa they put Irons on my feet, I asked
the reason of the barbarous treatment.
They replied "precautionary measure.'
It wsa the day following that when s
denial had been given of the bogus at
tempt to escape. Ah. I will remember
that night. It was not o'clock. I wss
la bed when I heard musketry Are and
a great commotion abound ma I aat
up ta bed aad cried, "What is it? Who la
there?" No one replied: my gusrd Is si
Isat I do sot stir, thanks to I know
not what Instinct. It wss a good thing
I did not, for I should havs been In
stantly shot."
"And so you Imagined that General
do Bolsdeffre wss looking T"
"Tes, I see now that I was mistaken."
"Would you re-enter the army If le
gally you had the rlghtr"
"No, I will resign the very evening
of my rehabilitation."
"In short do you think It has been an
error or conspiracy 7""
"I think that In the beginning up to
tha time af the court-mart lal in 1984
that la to say toward the end of this
Investigation, they believed at least
the majority of the persons connected
wit hit that I was guilty, but at the
court-martial It was different I am
certain that from that moment, as they
felt they had made a mistake, they
were afraid of being accused of care
lessness and they accumulated all kinds
of machinattona The proof of thla has
been given by Captain Freystaetter.
Hs asks ma point blank: "Do you
wish to know my opinion sf the af
fairs r
This, as ws all laugh over this out
burst, he says to me half serious, half
gay. "Well the fact Is. I do not yet un
derstand how they could accuse me of
auch a crime."
HAVANA'S STRIKES.
Thsrs Arc Twelve Thousand Man
Out and Mors to follow.
Havana (Special.) The strike has
assumed serious proportions. It is now
estimated that there are 11,000 striking
masons, painters, carpenters, tcartmen
and laundry workers, and if, as is
threatened, the backmen, stevedores
and dgarmakers strike within the next
few days, there will be another 4,000.
The cartmen went out today, thereby
paralysing the wholesale business. They
give as a reason for their action tne
unfair treatment they have been re
ceiving at the handa of the police, s
majority being Spaniards.
Many reliable business men say that
thla strike of the cartmen Is the only
legitimate strike. It Is asserted that
the police shamefully abuse their au
thority over cartmen, endeavoring to
get them to talk back, so ss to have a
pretext to take them to the Viva prison
and to accuse tbem next dsy of Insult
ing the police. General Rafael Carde
nas, chief of police, and Mayer Lacoate
deny that the police are guilty of op
pressive conduct, but the mese fact
that the cartmen went out on that
ground alone seems to Indicate that
there Is more truth than fiction In their
grievances.
Tns strike of the laundry workers is
also a serious matter, owing to the
large quantity of clothing that requires
regular washing In a tropical climate.
Considering the Isrge number of men
now out of employment It Is remarkable
that there are no disorders. Striker
and employers are apparently equally
apathetic.
Governor General Brooke has Issued
a circular order directing that the only
legal holidays, so far as business docu
ments sre concerned, shall be New
Tears. Christmas, Holy Thursday, Good
Friday and Sunday. This order was
found necessary owing to the large
number of saints days aad the fre
quent attempts to defraud by docu
ments issued on those daya It will not,
however. Interfere with people observ
ing any days they desire.
The Discussion says: "Martinez, a
guerrilla, went to Neuvlta Pax, where
he had committed many outrages. The
people attempted to lynch him, and
would have done ao out ior me unci
vention of the police, who sent him to
Havana Before leaving Neuvltas Pas
he confessed to having committed the
crime In obedience to superior author
ity and in order to serve certain ioci
interests- He placed in the hands of
the police documents besring out his
statement; and these reveal the names
of many who had been heretofore re
garded ss good patriots, but are now
known to be trsitors ana
the Infamy perpetrated by Marlines.
riM Til Bneclal.) Fire did Kit.-
000 damage to buildings In the stock
yards district, "mere were j,w none,
in h. .tables at the time the Are broke
out, but none of them were Injured.
The pavilion wnere me ure niui
. . i.rM stable with an amphithe
ater where exhibitions of thoroughbreds
and sales of fancy stoca were new.
wss valued at $160,000 and is a total
loss, together with its contents, which
amounted to M.000.
The Trenett house, the largest hotel
ta the stock ysrds district, was dam
aged to the extent of 175,000. Other loss
es are ss follows: The Dexter Psrk sts-
Mes aad contents, .wv; o
pled by Newgsss son ana -Co..
horns dealers, tlt.OOS.
The Dexter Park auction staMss and
the stables around It were not dam
aged and ssles will be continued with
out interruption.
TAKEN BY ENGLISH SYNDICATE.
San Francisco, Cat., Sept. M. The
Post ssys the sals of the Crocker In
terests In the Southern Pacific railroad
company has been made and that the
stock has been absorbed by an English
syndicate. The Post statement is in
tlmate friend."
ttsform of an Interview with "sn ta
"The value of tns Crocker Interests In
the Southern PacMc company," contta
nsd th Post's Informant, "Is closely
ZptiflMtad at ta,tm.m. but the flgure
Xaiytas purchasers will bea little
over that amount. George Crocker's
hare la the proceeds will no nearly
tajaeasB. Of tads sum be has expressed
UMdetermiaatkm to Invest the msjor
portion In rest estate In New Tors,
Chlcsgo n4 San Francisco."
Clgarettss cm be rapidly sade by a
new baud-oprsted machine, which has
a cylinder closed at both tads, but open
oa oae side tor the msertkm of the pa-
saw Mai UtisfltT. cm edge of the paper
JSmm bets M a etessp untli the otter
sa isjuJiil the tosscoo, wnsv us
tMSdjw sms pasted. .
rORAKnft OH THK ItWUM.
silvers Soma bentiments Abatvt
Trusts and tha War.
Hamilton, a. Sept. H raatsr J. B.
foraker delivered an address here st
.he emancipation celebration on the
Butler fair grounds. Among the fea
ures of his address were his deolara
ions for expansion and aa ethaasfivs
irgument on trusts. Theas are soma
x tracts from bis speech:
"We hear it aald that the tariff Is
iie mother of trusts and that they are
he cause of all sorts of evils. Ws do
lave trusts, and some of them ss had
ts they are represented, but they are
lot the product of the tariff, and If
Jkey were, the tariff with Its attendant
Kosperlty and trusts is better than
'ree trade and idleness, ruin, want,
lunger, souphouses aad rags-
"But we should distinguish. Not all
somblnationa of capital and business
ire trusts Not all of them have llle
ritlmate purposes, and not all are at
ended with disadvantages of Its cn
lequences. On the contrary, the grsat
najority of business combinations are
egltimate and beneficial. But whether
they are of the kind or another, they
ire not partisan in character. Trusts
ire not a republican Institution, en
loyed by republicans alone, but they
ire composed of democrats and repub
licans alike; men of both parties ars
engaged in them and Interested In their
promotion and their protection under
the law.
"By coeolidatlon of capital, plants and
manaSetnent, expenses of varioua kinds
ire eliminated, and It is made possible
to continue the experiment of our cap
ital and the employment of our labor
and the development of our resources,
and the multiplication of eur wealth by
a resort to the economies that follow
consolidation we are enabled to meet
the prices of England, Germany and
the older countries of Europe.
"An unhappy wsr is new In progress,
(t Is costing us many lives and many
millions, but President McKlnltV has
announced that he has no purpose In
prosecuting It except only to restore
order and prepare the way tor the es
tablishment in due time of such civil
government as the congress may pro
vide. When congress convenes all can
be heard, and I have no doubt but that
wise and Just results will be reached.
In the meantime so long as the war
rontlnues, there can be but two sldee to
it, and only one the American' side.
Wherever our flag floats and our aol
liers are, there must stand the whole
American people.
"When the end of the utrlfe comes,
if not sooner. It will be made manifest
that our purposes are altogether benefi
cent. We do not want to oppress any
body or deprive anybody of self-govern-nent
who Is capable of It. On the con.
trary, to the fullest extent consistent
with the maintenance of law and order
tnd the discharge of our Internal obli
gations, and as rapidly as possible the
Tagalos, the Vlcolls, the Vlsayans, the
Moros. the Negritos and all other peo
ples and tribes of that archipelago will
be advanced In the enjoyment of free
dom, liberty. Independence and self
rovernment under the protection of the
American flag."
GEN. LEE WAS HEARD.
Ex-Confederato Addressee Iowa
Soldiers' Reunion.
.Iowa City, Is. (Special.) Confeder
ite General Stephen D. Lee, former
president of the Mississippi State Ag
ricultural college, at the invitation of
President MacLean, addressed 3.000 stu
lents and citizens from the steps of
the central building of the university,
rtm three reeiments holding a reunion
lere marched from the armory at J0
ind at 10 o'clock President MacLean
presented the guest of honor with a
university cataiogus tieo vntn eia goio.
General Lee spoke, thanking him for
he honor, and paid a warm tribute to
:he university. He spoke of the new
jnlon, saying, "I am thankful for the
lew war, for today we see north snd
louth battling under the same flag and
narchlng shoulder to shoulder.
At the campflre of the Twenty-fourth
Iowa In the afternoon General Lee
i poke as follows:
"From my home a thousand miles
iway your courteous and cordial Invi
tation haa brought me the share in
the gladness of this reunion, where we
;an light our battles over again In a
ay very much more agreeable than we
lid over thirty-three years ago. esince
reaching Iowa City I have been made
to know what sn Iowa welcome means,
rhe fame of this cultivates community
ind Its splendid seat of learning had
reached me before, but I have now
earned more of the warm hearts and
renerous hospitality to be found in
four midst. Above all, you have given
ne a soldier's welcome. Sometimes I
think that the men who were first In
the charge were also the first In the
forglvlngs afterwards. Brave men
earn to honor courage and principle
ven In their enemies, and when the
aattle Is over are as quick to bind up,
the wounds as they were to make them.
"We eld fellows with the grey hairs
are not going to let the sun of life go
lown on our wrath. If there Is any
thing in your hearts, my countrymen,
a shred of bitterness toward your
brethren of the south, a feeling of
wrong which still lingers, a loss whose
lorrow the merciful years have never
healed, I Implore you, let them not go
lown with you to the grave, but here
and now let them be lout In our coun
try's reconclllstton In the deep bosom
)f the ocean buried."
CANNOT SUV FILIPINOS OFF.
Otis Reports Failure to Oat Arms of
Insurgents at MO par oun.
r. TnrW Bant. St. A SDecial to tha
Herald from Washington ssyi: Word
f esrnts ta wsr ueperancni anuwwa
that General Otis has sought to Imi
tate the policy emptoyeo in tuon oi
buying Filipino arms, snd thst his ef
forts hsve been unsuccessful.
hvm aaM al van in understand
that upon the surrender of a gun the
mtltary autnonues wouia pay me b-t-
it taQ and a-uarantea
blm Immunity from arrest for previous
ermeu opposition w mv umwn
snd protection for the future. Not
withstanding this tempting offer, not
one bona noe surrenaer oi m cue
'''.Ma I la aalA a nit red with
gun In hsnd, snd tns military officers
naaan congratulating- incnnin
..IT M 4ah anil that th Tt
n OW4B mW " - -
of Aataaldo's troops would follow his
egampls Whsa tney learnea n in awu
treatment given this man. A requisi
tion was made on the treasury for MS.
bat before tne money wh ito
vssttgation uncovered -tns fact that tns
native wss acting as an agent tor as
TZ .... alala- arka had eantSrSd thS
gun In action, and wanted to
It at government ngnree w
"S'uTnot Zm7ZZ-ii TThespper
rSj ssi has bee Wived. Were the
2-ummi la s'. sathy with their su.
.i -1 b the arm
Ejm TttsMMrssM certainly havs sar-
LAW TO COLLECT THE POUND OF
FLESH 18 STILL IN FORCE.
Oov. Holoomba Rooord on tha Much
Talked About Deficiency
Judgment Law.
Lincoln. Neb.. Sept. 21. (Special Cor
respondence.) Headquarters of the
people's Independent state central com
mittee, at the Windsor hotel, continues
to be a center of attraction, uespite re
unions, encampments and street fairs,
a, steady stream of visitors from all
parts of the state Bows toward Elev
enth and Q streets all hours of the day
and evening. Chairman Edmlsten and
Secretary Nelson are two sf the busiest
men in Nebraska, and their work la
now being felt In sll parts of the state.
A big force of clerks Is kept busy writ
ing letters snd arranging records of
various kinds for use later In the cam
paign.
OUR KIND OF PEOPLE.
Not many of the men who visit head
quarters wear silk hats and the best
brdcloth, but all have a generous
upply of gray matter concealed be
neath their slouch hats, and big, warm
hearts beating underneath their fus
tian and worsted coats. Many Inter
esting conversations take place In the
retention room at headluarlera One
in particular interested me greatly, and
I give it as nearly verbatim as possible,
leaving sut interruptions ana questions
asked by hearers. Several prominent
fualonlsts wers talking about the defi
ciency Judgment law. One of them said;
THE DEFICIENCY JUDGMENT LAW
'A number of llttlsyrspubllcan papers
in Nebraska are ualng considerable val
uable (?) space commenting on Judge
Dickinson's recent decision on the so
called 'deficiency Judgment' law. Un
doubtedly the Judge's decision wss cor
rtct; it la hard to see hew he could
have decided otherwise. This was not
one of those cases wherein the personal
bias of the Judge may turn the scales
of Justice In favor of one side or the
other. The law Is very plain. Judxe
Dickinson had no power to have a defi
ciency Judgment entered In favor of
the plaintiff, as even the dullest lay
man may see by reading the law, and
hla decision adds nothing to the efficacy
of the law in question. All this com
ment regarding his decision, now cur
rent In republican papers, is the merest
political buncomb.
"Senate File No. 108, Introduced by
Senator Beal of Custer at the twenty-
fifth session 0897), (chapter 5, session
laws of UK), repealed sections 847 and
Hi of the code of civil procedure and
amended section 848 by striking out the
words "unless authorized by the court."
The sections repealed In toto (847 and
MS) read as follows: (Reading from a
copy of the 1SK5 statutes.)
847. When a petition shall be filed
for the satisfaction of a mortgage, the
court shall not only have the power to
decree ana compel the delivery of the
possession of the premises to the pur
chaser thereof, but on the coming In of
the report of the sale the court shall
have power to decree and direct the
payment by the mortgagor of any bal
ance of the mortgage tfett that may
remain unsatisfied after a sale ot tha
mortgaged premises. In the cases In
which such balance Is recoverable at
iaw; and for that purpose may Issue the
necessary execution, as In other cases,
against other property of the mort
gagor. '849. If the mortgage debt be se
cured by the obligation or other evi
dence of debt of any other person be
tides the mortgagor, the complainant
may make such person a party to the
petition, and the court may decree pay
ment of the balance of such debt re
maining unsatisfied after a sale of the
mortgaged premises, as well against
such other person as the mortgagor and
may enforce such decree as In other
cases.'
A REPUBLICAN EDITOR OUGHT TO
SEE IT.
"After readlnaectlon 847 as It ex
isted prior to Its repeal by senate File
108, even a republican editor ought to
have Intelligence enough to see that,
during its existence as law. It gave the
trial court, sitting as a court of equity,
power to 'decree and direct the payment
by the mortgagor of any balance of the
mortgage debt that may remain unsat
isfied after a sale of tbe mortgaged
premises.' The unsatisfied balance Is
popularly known as s 'deficiency,' and a
judgment for such balance would be s
deficiency Judgment. Section 847 gave
the court power to render and enforce
a deficiency Judgment; and the enact
ment of ec-naie file 108 took away that
power. Isn't It plain enough?
"Section 840 provided for a deficiency
ludgment against sureties, if any, of
the mortgage debt. If B aa principal
and C as surety, gave their note to A
In the sum of H.OuO, and B further se
cured A by giving a mortgage upon cer
tain real estate; then, in case of default
In payment of the debt, followed by
foreclosure and sale. If any balanee re
mained unpaid after sale of tbe mort
gaged premises, the court could render
ludgment therefor against both B and
C. The enactment of senate file 108
took away that power also.
Section 84t, which was amended by
senate file 108, has reference to filing a
petition In foreclosure, and formerly
read Ss follows:
'841. After such petition shall be
filed, while the same la pending, and
after s decree rendered thereon, no
proceedings whatever shall be had at
law for the recovery of the debt se.
cured by the mortgage, or any part
thereof, unless authorised by the court.
Senate file 108 amended this section
by striking out the last five words, 'un
less euthorlsed by the, court.' The ef
fect of this amendment Is to deprive
the court of any power to authorise an
sctlon st law for the recovery of any
portion of a debt secured by mortgage
after a petition for the foreclosure of
such mortgage shsll be filed, or while
the same is pending, or after a decree
has been rendered thereon.
A STRICT FORECLOSURE.
"Section SCO of the civil procedure
(which was not affected by senste file
No. 108) provides that when a petition
in forecloserue ts filed the complain
ant shall state whether any proceed
ings hsve been bsd st law for the re
covery of the debt, secured by such
mortgage. And section 861 provides that
If any Judgment hss been obtslned In
s suit at Isw, no proceedings shall be
had In the foreclosure suit unless It be
shown thst sn execution has been is
sued against the defendant's property
and returned either wholly or partial
ly unsatisfied, snd that the defendant
has no other property to satisfy such
execution, axcept the mortgaged prem
ises. Such a proceeding Is ususlly
termed a 'strict foreclosure,' Inasmuch
sa no Jadgment for money Is asked for
by tbe complainant All he desires is
to nave tns mortgaged premises sold
sad tha proceeds applied to the pay
nent sf a Judgment hs had procured
bsf ore la an action at law pen the
by tas
to be ferssleeed.
NO WAT TO ESCAPE THS POUND
OF FLESH.
"Senate file 108 wipes out 'deficiency
Judgments' so far ss concerns their
rendition In sn sctlon to foreclose: It
also prevents an action at law for the
recovery of any balance. AFTER fore
closure proceedings havs been begun.
But ss It left the code of civil proced
ure,, there is nothing to prevent the
mortgagee from FIRST obtaining a
Judgment for the full amount of the
debt in an action st law, and then. In
sn action of 'strict foreclosure.' have
the mortgaged premised foreclossd,sold
and the proceeds applied on his Judg
ment; if such proceeds will not suffice
to cancel the Judgment In full, then the
Judgment creditor surely has a 'defi
ciency Judgment' for whatever part of
bis debt remains unpaid. There is no
escape from payment of the debt in
full, except Inability or disinclination
to pay; no escape from some sort of s
'deficiency Judgment if tbe creditor
claims hla pound of flesh. Senste file 108
rendered the method of obtaining defi
ciency Judgments mors circuitous, but
It did not sbollah them by any means
A LITTLE HISTORY ON THE SUB
JECT. "From the earliest times there hss
been a continued effort to enact laws
aid to be in the Interest of debtors
laws which would ameliorate the condi
tion of those who owed the pound of
flesh. These assumed different forms;
one time it would be to change the na
ture of a mortgage: thgt which would
become a deed absolute upon default of
a certain condition (perhaps, ths pay
ment of a sum of money) Was changed
so it became a mere lien upon the prop,
erty, to become void upon the per
formance of a certain condition (also,
ususlly, the payment of money). Un
der the first holding there could be
nothing In the nature of a 'deficiency
Judgment;' If the debt were not paid
when due, the mortgaged premises be
came the absolute property of the mort
gagee and the debt was canceled. In
those days the mortgaged premises
were usually worth much more than
the debt and in response to public
opinion mortgages assumed their pres
ent character, becase after a sale was
had there would ususlly be some sur
plus to be turned over to the mortgag
or. But under conditions which existed
In Nebraska prior to 7 snd extending
up to the present time, it Is more fre
quently the case that Instead of a sur
plus coming to the mortgagor mere is
a denclency owing to tne mongagee;
and senate file 108 was enacted In re
sponse to a popular demand for relief
againat 'deficiency Judgments.' Home
stead laws, exemption Isws, statutes of
limitations, etc.llke the deficiency judg
ment law, are all the result of popular
demand for relief for the laboring peo
ple. To my mind they are all wrong In
principle; they do not touch the seat
of trouble. Instead of enacting laws
to enable a debtor to escape from the
clutches of his creditor, why not enact
laws which will bring about conditions
whereby the debtor may pay off his
obligations and then, so far as possi
ble, keep out of debt? Homestead laws
add nothing to the protection of him
who owes nothing. He who Is out of
debt has no need to Invoke the aid of
exemption laws. And be whose farm,
is free from mortgages cares little for!
a deficiency Judgment law.
MORTGAGE VALUES UP, LAND
VALUES DOWN.
"Of courae the arguments used In
favor of the deficiency Judgment law
are not without merit but the remedy
may well be likened to poulticing a
pimple In order to cure gross Impurities
of the body. Its advocates declare that
through no fault of theirs their prop
erty has depreciated so much in value
that the mortgage, which originally
amounted to but one-fourth or one
third of the value of the land It cov
ered, now amounts to more than the
value of the land; that while their
property has steadily and swiftly de
creased In value, the mortgagee's prop
erty has relatively increased, although
In terms remaining the same; and that
In all fairness and Justice he should be
satisfied to take the property and can
cel the debt. I am not sure the de
crease in land values Is not. In some
degree, attributable to the mortgagors
themselves: many of them year after
year blindly vote the republican ticket
and howl themselves hoarse over 'hon
est money;' they want a money 'good
In the markets of the world,' when in
fact a money good to pay debu In the
United States would serve them bet
ter; they scorn 'cheap money,' but fall
to see that money constantly Increasing
In value means property Just as con
stantly decreasing In value; they fall
to see thst property constantly decreas
ing In value means deficiency Judg.
ments If mortgages cover It, snd loss to
the owner In any event.
"No, Judge Dickinson could hardly do
otherwise than hold as he did. The
papers that are now making such a
fuss over his holding are the very ones
that howled about senate file 108 and
predicted dire things te happen If it
became a law; capital would pull up
stakes and leave Nebraska permanent
ly; It would be repudiation, anarchy
and all that. Personally, I do not be
lieve the law Is of much good to debt
ridden farmers, because In the very na
ture of things all that It does is to
make a change In the law of procedure.
On the other hand, the law Is In no
manner vicious. It merely says to the
creditor: 'You rosy have judgment In
full for your debt, but In order to ob
tain It yon must proceed In a certain
way and no other.'
GOVERNOR HOLCOMB'S POSITION.
"Governor Holcomb, ss a Iswyer snd
s good one, too knew this. He knew
that the law would be of little. If sny,
benefit to mortgagor debtors, If credit
ors wers determined to take advantage
of the "herd times' snd foreclose: snd
he knew thst it would do no Injustice
to either party. I suppose hs did not
care to approve the bill because of Its
weskness. On the other hsnd .s large
majority of the legislature, backed by
their constituents, said: 'We want this
bill.' snd. Inasmuch as there was noth
ing vicious In tbe bill, be allowed it to
become a Isw without executive ap
proval. All thla republican cant now
Is for political effect It was Intended
to boom Judge Dickinson for supreme
Judge, but, now that he hss withdrawn,
I suppose they will drop It soon.'
CHARLES Q. DB FRANCE.
Sioux Fslls, 8. D., Sept. X. The es
tablishment st Alexandria of a grain
elevator by a stock compsny composed
Isrgely of farmers living In that vi
cinity has resulted In open warfare be
tween some of the merchants who pur.
chased stock in the elevator compsny
snd the regular grain buyers. In re
taliation for the saslstsnce given by
the merchants In establishing the new
elevator the grain buyers havs rented a
store building snd will put In a com
plete stock of merchandise, which will
he sold at cost Ths farmers In that lo
cality will not lose snythlng by this
move of ths regular grain buyers, but
on the other hsnd ars certain of obtalr.
Ing good prices for their grain as w (
as securing tbe nacssssriss of life a.
oost.
A CAMPAIGN FVK3.
ta entirely New Way t
Money to Run Campaign.
The campaign fund of the people sT
Nebraska, for 1N0, betas; raised under
the auspices of the national ways and
ueans committee, by counties, ss re
ported through ths Packers' National
bank of South Omaha." to which alt
money and pledges are sent is, up to
September Zt, as follows:
fill
e on
S II
f ; r $ r u
COUNTY.
6- o i 09
S
Sill?
antelope 11 1 l.tt I " OS i
adams KSt 17.00 4 4S1.0S 9
Boone 1171 40.80 1 t 0
Buffalo ta 17.00 1M.00 t
Burt US TS.OO H4. 4
Butler X2S7 B.U lVj 4M.M
rasa 4tt H.00 4 TH.OOn
redar 18 .
Clay 17S 11.00 41.00 1
Colfax .... .... 14H 15.00 1 .
Cuming 17S7 40.00 1 1-1 171 00 U
Dakota KM 18.00 1 14 00 19
Dixon ....US 00 1 ta.OtM
Dodge 64 00 1 14100 T
Dougla 11730 HS.00 2 038 0011
Qage 1708 17.00 144.00 I
Sreeiey T7& 8.0 MS.OO 74
Mall U41 7t. 4 Wt.1t M
Hamilton HO 47.00 1 0B
Howard.. U87 40. SO I M0 It
lefferson ...... U14 ...... JW.091,,,
rohnson 1X1 11 001 188.00 1
Knox 1M 80.001 611 .00
Lancaster ..... M77 17.00 1 714.00 14
Lincoln 1JSS 1.09 ..... 1100 1
Madison 1711 70.00 4 8U.00 11
Merrick 1010 44.80 4H IB M U
Nance K M OO I 80.00 21
Nemaha 1027 62.00 Z 08.00 IS .
Otoe 2512 . H aOi-00
Platte 2160 80.60 4 17. 00 1
Red Willow .... 1004 1.00 18.00 1
Richardson .... 2S36 17.60 K 1011.60 40
lallne 2007 6 00 6.00 ....
Saunders 271 88.00 1 SH OO UP
eward 271 41.60 114 "
Sherman ST 1.00 .,,.. 18.00....
Stanton 832 22.00 4 IS 00 40
Thurston 714 20,00 1 246.00 M
Washington ...1426 32.00 2 30 00 21
(Payne 1108 31.00 Z'-i 24 00 82
Webster 1341 25.00 1 26.00 1
Tork 17 47.00 1 271.00 16
Total cash to date, 12.068.50.
Total subscriptions, 114,636.75.
The list by counties will be published
from time to time, with additions as
they are made. The table printed gives
the vote for Bryan In 18, and com
pares therewith the cash snd total sub
scriptions by percentage.
It will be observed that Greeley coun
ty haa, up to this time, subscribed ths
equivalent of 74 cents for each vote for
Bryan In 18M. and by percentage stands
at ths head of the Hat of counties. For
cash, Richardson county hss 1167.60 ts
Its credit, or 6 1-4 cents per voter, and,
for cash paid In, ranks first over all
other counties In percentage.
In the above figures there are vol
umes of political philosophy. It repre
sents a combined movement of the
people seeking In a practical way ths
lurcess of a grest cause.
No political organization and no busi
ness can succeed unless It Is success
fully financiered. Our readers will re
member the alliance movement tha
swept ao many western states a few
years ago. It was a surprise to poli
ticians and observers of election re
sults, and much of its success at the
time was attributed to political unrest.
But to one who has studied the alli
ance movement, the conclusion Is us
ually reached that Its great success was
Because of that fact that In that move
ment the people made numerous con
tributions In a small way financially to'
It. and each thereby became the more
Interested. In a manner, each one be
came a proprietor In politics. When
one contributes ever so small a sum to
i political movement, he does not have
to hsve a buggy sent to his house on
the day of the election to bring him
out to vote.
There Is a wide difference between)
an simstaker In politics snd a proprie
tor In politics. The difference between
the old aiiiencs movement ana tne pres
ent Is that while the former Included
farmers only, the latter Includes people
at sll classes of business and profes
sions. In Dakota county. In a meet
ing of neighbors recently, who were dis
cussing the propriety of entering the
present national movement, a tall man
with gray hair and over 70 years of age.
rose In the meeting and said: "I am 72
year of age, and make my living by
pounding Iron all day on the anvil, but
I am willing to contribute a dollar a
month to this movement for the eman
cipation of mankind." And thereupon
he subscribed the sum of 11 a month
till November, 100. In the utterance
of this blacksmith there Is deep mean
ing snd portends much for this new
movement of the people. It means that
the mechanic, the laboring man, the
farmer, the lawyer, the doctor and the
merchant sre all joining In one com
mon effort. In a practical way, to rid
themselves of the privileged few who
by class legislation are preying upon
the people.
It looks as If Nebraska would do her
part In the Impending struggle. The
tart thus far made Is a very creditable
one, and a friendly rivalry between the
counties will spur many a person to be
come one of this movement of emanci
pation. We will publish a corrected
list by counties every few weeks, show
ing the chsnges as the new counties
make their report, snd the old counties
add to the sum already raised.
SECULAR SHOTS AT THE "PULPIT.
Washington Post: It looks as if Dr.
Briggs would not be allowed to enjoy a
peaceful seclusion even after his ordi
nation by the Protestant Episcopal
church. While It cannot be said thst
he has freshly aroused the clergy or
the laity of the denomination, It Is well
Vnown that had It not been for the
warm espoussl of his cause by Bishop
Potter he would have been rejected..
The present Interest In the case Is stir
red by the coming diocesan convention
In New York on September 17. A close
contest Is looked for, and If the oppo
nents of Bishop Potter are victorious,
It Is ssld they will make thins-s de.
rM-dly uncomfortable for Dr. Briggs.
This standing committee wields s grest
iel of power wllhln the Protestsnl
Episcopal church. It Is composed of as
equal number of clergymen and lay
men, but the clerical members have at
wnvs been granted exclusive authorlt
'fi thenloairsl matters. When the cues.
Hon of admitting Dr. Briggs came nc
Wore th present standing comniltt
Ms champions won, but they alee re-,
'toed to ordsln John Tllley, Jr., wh
s urged by Rev. Dr. Clendenln, th
leader of th antl-Bilggs faction.
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