Vol. 16.
PLATTSMOUTII, NE Bit A SKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 18S0.
No. 32.
How English Marts His Fortune.
Cincinnati, sirpt. 13. The further
the investigation is pushed into the
inniiner in which W. II. English ac
quired his great wealth, the mwre his
character suiters. The evidence taken
from the records of his grinding policy
toward the poor continue to be pub
lished. It was at first stated, in be
half of Mr. English, that he did not
deal in tax titles, jet records show
that ha has tax titles to 2l."i pieces of
property in Indianapolis. Then an ef
fort was made to prove that he actual
ly lost money on real estate loans, but
the records tell that the balance in his
favor between the amounts tie bid at
Sheriff's sale and the assessed value of
he property is nearly $:J00,O00, a;;d
that many of the notes on which he
foreclosed were purchased by him. in
dividually, at from to .10 cents on a
dollar.
His latest Defense that he was len
ient towards the poor indebted to hitu
is disproved by the fact that during
the last tw years (H ejectment suits
have beew h; ought by hi.n before two
Justices of the Peace, out of the thir
teen in oflk'e in Indianapolis. In ad
dition to these 6'J. 11 were vicled
during the present year, up totlYetinif
of holding tlie Cincinnati Convention,
but none since. Somo f those evicted
tenants have been talked with. An
drew O'Connor, an Irishman, was
evicted Aug. 5, 1S71, from N. 117
West McCarty street, because he owed
$3 rent. He was out of employment,
and is a sober, industrious mm. He
has three children, and is n v work
ing on the Belt road. Mrs. E:ln Kn
tflish, the widow of William II. En
glish, a namesake of the "poor man's
friend," was ejected summarily from
No. 50 Circle-hall, diroctlv adjoining
the barred window, on Oct. 15 last,
and this was done without the inter
vention of an agent. John Arnold, in
(Sreenwood street, rcceivwl bis walk
ing papers May 5, 180. He had four
children, who" were motheiles, and
the house from which he was turned
out did not have a p me of glass from
foundation to roof. Those ejectment
suits wre not brought for money due.
They were brought ior an advance
every time.
Another method adopted by the
"Por mau'j fiiend" to ai l in building
up his Virrel is as follows: Ne was
Presi dent and principal owner of the
Citizens'. street Railway Company, of
Indianapolis. It was a close corpora
tion, and no man could get work who
did not rent a house, or at laast a
room, from William II. English, It
mattered nothing as to whether the
man was married or f ingle; his name
could never be placed upon the pay
roll of the street car company until it
was registered upon the rent-roll of
William H. English. All his employes
were thereby made his , rental agents.
Some of these unfortunates hare been
been, the ilrst one being A. II. Fifty,
who was formerly in charge of the
harness department at the car stables.
He found it necessary to rent a house
from English at Dillon and IMoss
streets in order to get a job. The rent
was taken from bis wages each week
in advance. Mr. Fitty says that it
was the invariable rule that all em
ployes should rent from English, and
that rent, whether the property was
occupied or not. was taken from thei;
wages every Monday. .Several persons
who were made to conform to this
rule were seen, and all continued its
binding force. Two of them, at least,
never were inside of rooms for which
they were required to pay.
The Democrats in their desperation
over the difficulty of keeping their
presidential candidate .standing on a
-tarill for revenue only" plank, while
issuing letters which will satisfy pro
tective tariff i leas, have sent forth
a document parpurting to be a letter
from Ien. (iartield to one II L. Morey
a Lynn manufacturer which reads as
follows:
j"IKI:f(VAL AND CONFIDENTIAL."
IIOCNKOK IlF.rilESKXTATIVKS, I
Washington. .Ian. 23, 1880.
Deai: Slit. Yours in relation to the
Chinese problem came duly to hand.
I take it that the question of em
ployers is only a question of private
ind corpurated economy, and individ
u ils and companies have the right to
buy labor where they can get it the
cheapest. We have a treaty with the
Chinese which should be religiously
kept until its provisions are abrogated
by the action of th general govern
ment, and I -un not prepared to say
Ciat it should be abrogated until our
great manufacturing interests are con
served in the (Matter of labor.
James A. Cahfiklii.
II. L. Moklry, Employers' Union.
Lynn. Mass.
Of Avhich the followi ng will be &
complete refutation :
New York, Oct. 22. The following
dispatch was received t--iay at repub
lican national headquarters:
Mentok, O, Oct. 22, isso. To Hon
M.Jtwrll rtnl Iiou.S. II'. lhr-i : I
will not break the rule I have adopted!
i-y mating a puotic i wpiy m campaign
lies, but I authorize, you lo denounce
the so-caded Morey letter as a bold
forgery both in its language and senti
ment. 17 ii n t i 1 its publication I never
hoard of the existence of the employ
ers' union of Lynn. Mass., nor of such
a person as II. L. Morey.
(Signed) James A. Iauhee:.
The national republican committee
furnished the following:
Mentok. Oct. 23. 1 88 . Hon. Mar
shall Jtictll: Your telegram of this
afternoon is received. Publish mv
dispatch of this evening if you think
best. Within the last hour the mail
has brought tue a lithographic copy of
the forged letter. It is the work of
seme clumsy villain who caneot spell
uor write English nor imitate my
hand-writing. Every honest anil
inaulv democrat in Ohio, who is fami'
iar with my hand-writing, will de
nounce the forgery at sight. Put the
case in the hands of the ablest detect
ives at once and hunt the rascal down.
("Signed) J ames A. (iArkiklu.
Address of the National Democratic
Committee.
SAGE BROTHERS,
Dealers in-
New York. Oct. 14. The National
Democratic Executive Committee'
met to-dav and issued thd following: f
To the Democratic ami Conservative;
Voters of the Country :
The election of .President and Vice'
President is now before you. State!
and local dissensions are eliminated;
from the" issues of the day. The mag-;
nitude of a victory or defeat can only!
be estimated by the forces and means!
employed in securing it. By fraud
and corruption the 'people of the'
country were defeated in their purpose;
in 187(5, and the rightful v elected j
President was kept from office. With!
S T O "V IE S
ETC., ETC., ETC.
On! Door East of the Post-Office, riattsmoutli,
Nebraska.
rractiral Workers in
1HEET HON, ZINC, TIN,
ZIERY,dc.,dn.
BRA-
assortment of Hard and Soft
Pumps, (J ass Pipes and Fittings.
JO-A.3L. STOYE3,
Wood and Coal JStoves for
the combined capital of the ItepiiMi-j II V ATI Vfjj COOItT(i
.1
vry
Always ou Hand,
variety of Tin, Sheet Iron,
work. Kepi in Stork.
iiiij:! MAKING AND REPAIRING,
E VETl YTU 1XO 1VA lilt A XTET) ! jSM
PIC I r KM LOW POWX.
can party, anted iy
inents upon an army of oilier-holders
with the power of the Federal (lov
eminent represented, by United State:
marshals at the polls; with
uon, I rami, auti a resort lo ev
rupt appliance known to Republican
methods, concentrated in two Stales,!
our adversaries have succeeded in pro-.
curing the probable return of their lo-j
cal candidates. Can it be possible!
that in every state throughout this
broad land the same methods cm be;
brought to bear that were used by the
Republican managers in Indiana and
Ohio? Can the great States of New
York, New Tersy, Conneticut, Cali
fornia, Colorado, Nevada, and New
Hampshire be bought, intimidated
and defrauded,; Even without the
vote of Indiana, which we believe
will ) redeemed in November, with
New York, New Jersey, and the States
that are conceded to us, including
Maine, tha election of our candidates
is assured.
The Republican party has put in
nomination for President and Yier
President two men who, by the admis
sion of their own paity and press, aie
unworthy f your confidence and your
suffrages. It is impossible that lift v
millions of intelligent and patriotic
people will consent to thus place them
selves upon th humiliating level thus! j CFH"7 , H jy
prcpareu ior mem oy ine. jepuoncun
managers.
Pellow citizens, the first day's re
pulse at (Jettysburg ended on the "d,
with Hancock in the front, in a glori
ous victory. That victory seemed us
our Union. The quest ion is not. now
the preservation of the Union, but of;
the constitutional government. Han
cock is now. as then, in the front.
The repulse is now, as then, the omen
f a victory which will secure to com
ing general ions the inestimable bless
ings of civil liberty.
By order of the Nat'onal Democrat
ic Committee. Wm. II. Harntm.
Chairman.
ud Zinr
Excelsior Barber Shop.
J. C. BOONE,
One door west of Soloiiiou'.t Xathan' Pfor
FTX-CTJTTXIsra-,
R I1A V I X G A X D SHAMPOOIN (
Especial attention given to
JUTTING CHILDREN'S AND LA
DIES' HAIR.
MALL. AND SEE BOONE, GENTS,
And jret a lioon in a
CLEAN SHAVE
SIGN, CARRIAGE AND ORNA
MENTAL PA INTER,
I
shop over the J.rick Block next tu
II. Boeck's.
PI.ATTSMOl'TH. 4!y XKB.
BATES &
KOHNKfcJ.
Street,
Fresh Oysters.
Bennett & Lewis have secured the
agency in this city for D. 1) Mallory's
celebrated "Diairond brand" of oysters
and will be prepared at all times to
furnish these well known Oysters to
Hotels, Restaurants and private par
ties at bottom prices. 2otf
ew Carpenter Shop on Main
Corner of 7th.
BUILDERSCONTRACTORS
GENERAL V ORKMEN
In the Carpenter line.
BRICK! BRICK!
If J on want any
Fire or Grnamental Brick,
Call on
J. T. A. HOOVER,
LOUISVILLE, - - NEBRASKA.
f AGENTS WANTED FOR THE GREAT
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