rribint.
By F. M. KIMMELL.
THE contest thickens !
THE Indian messiah is of the
earth earthy.
CANADA proposes to spend $250-
000 in encouraging immigration.
THE Kearney Bub endorses Mr.
iBoyd as the "Noblest Ruin'un"
' Nebraska has ever produced.
THERE are now seventeen candi
dates for speaker of next house
and there isn't a republican among
them.
MR. ELAINE is actively at work
in several reciprocity treaties. It
is pretty sure to be Elaine and
reciprocity in 1892.
CONGRESS meets next Monday.
The republican leaders are send
ing out word to members of their
party that they are expected to be
promptly on hand.
THE Curtis Eecord , Elwood Record -
ord , Palisade Patriot and the "Well-
fleet Standard will want no more
they have gone down in the
"crush of ( newspaper ) worlds and
wreck of ( journalistic ) matter. "
A REPORT comes from Washing
ton that President Harrison has
decided on the appointment of Af
ford Eussell of Detroit to the va
cancy on the supreme bench caus
ed by the death of Justice Miller.
IT will take 93 votes to elect a
United States senator in Kansas
at the approaching session of the
legislature of that state. The best
informed persons agree that Mr.
Ingalls cannot command more
than 75 votes. He is practically
out of the race. Whoever the
Farmers' Alliance agrees upon will
be Mr. Ingalls' successor.
PROF. KOCH announces that he
does not pretend to cure decayed
lungs , and he ventures the hope
that experienced , men of science
mil do all in their power to pre-
Tent consumptive patients , to whom
a journey at this time of year
would do harm , from traveling to
Berlin. The conservative and
sensible manner in which Prof.
Koch talks about his remedy has
done more than anything else to
inspire confidence in its efficacy.
JUDGE CALDWELL of the U. S.
court decides that defendents in
that court need not pay an attor
ney's fee even though the mort
gage calls for if. He will per
mit no exaction of attorney's fees
that are not allowed by statute.
The decision will tend to break up
the practice non-residents have so
freely indulged in of dragging citi
zens before the U. S. Court to de-
feud in civil cases , where it has
been easjr enough heretofore to
tack on an attorney's fee not allow
ed in the state courts. Blessed be
Judge CaldwelL
IHE contest which has been fil
ed with regard to the seating : of
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the governor and other state offic
ers promises to be one of unusual
importance. The contest is based
upon the broad grounds of the
right of a people under their
chartered privileges , to exercise a
iree and unconstrained use of their
elective franchise. Charges of
conspiracy are wide spread , the
postmaster , the city and county
officers of Omaha and others in
high standing are included in the
list of those who endeavored to
thwart the means of justice and
defeat the will of the people. How
much of this can be established
remains to be proven. We await
the result. Kearney Journal-En
terprise.
THE different committees in
charge of the World's Fair are
still engaged in arranging prelim
inaries and in compromising dif
ferences regarding the manage
ment of the exposition. The coun
try has a good deal of faith in the
ability of Chicago to carry out to
successful completion anything
which she undertakes to do , but
she has got a bigger contract on
her hands now than she has ever
before tackled. With the enter
prise for which Chicago is noted ,
two years may suffice for construct
ing the buildings for the fair and
making a canvass for foreign ex
hibits , but it cuts down the time
for quibbling to an exceedingly
narrow margin.
I ;
WASHINGTOH LETTER :
EDITOR TRIBUNE : -The fall elec
tions are over , the smoke and fog
have subsided , the result not
wholy unexpected is now known ,
and things , here-a-bouts , have as
sumed their normal condition.
The scary fictitious' prices placed
on certain kinds of merchandise
just before the election have been
removed notwithstanding the Mc-
ELinley bill is just as much the
law of the land now as it "was be
fore November 4th. The demo
crats that never lead , but * always
follow in the wake of public opin
ion , are just now buildingpolitical
castles on the basis of the returns
from the elections in the west. The
defeat of the republican party in
some states in the west , and the
heavy vote cast by the farmers' al
liance party , make the democrats
believe that they have discovered
the rainbow of promise which Cal
vin Brice chased so industriously
during the campaign of 1888. In
coming to this conclusion , how
ever , they have to assume that the
dissatisfaction of the farmers
springs from their dislike of a pro
tective tariff and that they will be
eager to join any party , vote for
any candidate that stands on a
free-trado platform. But these
buoyant hopes of the democrats
are likely to meet with disappoint
ment. The first authoritative words
which have come from the farmers'
alliance since the election as to the
standing of that organization on
the tariff , was uttered in Lexing
ton , Ky. , a few days since , where
the alliance state convention was
in session. Mr. B. Terrell , the
national lecturer for the organiza
tion , is quoted by the Cincinnati
Enquire as taking the following
attitude on the tariff question :
"Mr. Terrell deprecates the
idea that the farmers demand
cheap prices for the goods they
buy , for , says he , if they buy
cheap they would half to sell
cheap , and what the farmers want
is not cheap prices , but high ones.
He says that the higher the tariff ,
the better off the country will be.
'What the farmer and the country
need , ' says Mr. Terrell , 'is money ,
and plenty of it. Give the coun
try this and make the tariff as
high as possible , and this will be
a prosperous and happy nation. ' "
With such views on the issue of
protection to home industries the
natural position of the alliance will
be Avith the republican party on
the tariff question. It certainly
cannot render any aid to the dem
ocratic party which proposes to
give the farmer the privilege of
buying a few things cheap and in
return compel him to sell his pro
duce in the cheapest market. In
the address of Mr. Terrell , before
the Kentucky convention , he said
further , "that it was not the inten
tion of the alliance to form an in
dependent party , but to have the
other parties assist the farmers in
accomplishing their aims. " As
one of the aims of the organization
is to have a good market for the
farmer to sell in , it cannot affiliate
with the democratic party , whose
avowed purpose it is to break
down protection , check growing
industries , and place the market
3,000 miles away from the farm.
It is evident from the facts that
the democrats are still chasing
rainbows when they look for aid
from the farmers' alliance in their
crusade against the policy of pro-
tsction. The democrats are claim
ing all farmers' alliance elected to
congress as democrats cheek per
sonified when the facts are , that
the alliance swallowed up the dem
ocratic party soul and britches in
several of the southern states.
The citizens of McCook and Red
Willow county will learn with sad
ness the demise of Royal Buck ,
late a citizen of that part of Neb
raska. For a year or mere Judge
Buck had been on the decline , but
able to move around and attend to
some business. About the 1st of
October he was confined to his
room , and grew gradually worse
until the 20th of November , when
he was overtaken by death and re
leased from suffering. He was
buried on the 22nd of November ,
from his late residence at Belts-
ville , Maryland , in a little church
graveyard , where Gov. Reed , a
brother Q Mrs. Buck , was inter
red some years ago. Many rela
tives and friends went out from
the city , to show their respect and
sympathy both for the dead and
the living , on the day of the funer
al. Among others in attendance
were Judge Goff , U. S. land com
missioner , and wife , C. W. Davis ,
wife and daughter , Prof. Heltman ,
and the writer of this. Rev. Dr
Newman , of the First Congregationalist -
tionalist church , conducted the
services. The farm adjoining
Branchville , on which the family
resided , having been sold. I be
lieve it is the intention of Mre.
Buck , son and daughter , to remove
to this city. T. E. McCRACKEN.
OUR national income from the
ordinary revenues last year was
§ 403,080,982.
THE Great United States Tariff
Reform School will open its win
ter session , next Monday.
THE names of James Gillespie
Blaine and Preston Bonapar
Plumb are being associated in
connection with the Presidentia
contest in 1892 , in a manner which
is more or less complimentary to
both of these gentlemen.
The lottery law passed by the
Fifty-first congress has decreasec
the receipts of the New Orleans
postoffice. § 120,000 a year , and has
resulted in the discharge of quite
a number of clerks already , whose
services are no longer required to
run the office. This is about one-
third of the animal income of the
office.
The pulpits of England are
ringing against the sin of Charles
Stuart Parnell. This is all very
well. But when the scion of the
royal family or a member of the
house of lords is notoriously guilty
of the same offenses against soci
ety the silence of the pulpits oj
England could be cut with a knife.
This is British human nature.
State Journal.
THE voters of this country ai.-e
constantly complaining about the
large number of dishonest and in
competent men who are elected to
office simply because they happen
to have money. There is certain
ly a good deal of ground for such
complaints , but it might be perti
nent to inquire in this connection
who elects men to office in this
country. Ex.
IT cost 36,000,000 to take the
census of 1890. That makes the
cost per head more than ten times
as great as it was when the first
census , in 1790 , was taken. One
volume held allthefigures for 1790 ;
for 1880 twenty-four volumes
were required. We have to know
so many more things now than our
fathers in order to be people of
common intelligence.
JAMES E. BOSD has been given
formal notice that his right to the
governor's chair will be contested.
The document is voluminous and
embraces charges of corruption at
polling precincts in Douglass ,
Hall , Madison , Gage and Box
Butte counties , and an investiga
tion must be made. The contest
ing papers are signed by John H.
Powers and his attorneys are
Lamb , Rickets & Wilson , of Lin
coln , Allen , Robinson & Reed , of
Norfolk , and Y. O. Stickler , of
Omaha. Kearney Hub.
Now even the importers are
writing letters urging congress to
make no rash changes in the tariff.
They thought some of the items in
the new law very hard , but believe
that a general repeal would be dis
astrous to the country , as it would
unsettle prices and make everybody
uneasy again. There is no danger.
The democracy couldn't agree on
a bill to succeed the present law
even if it had the power. The
tariff will stand until it has been
tried. The schedules can be
changed from time to time as they
are found to need it , but they will
not be condemned on suspicion.
The Wall street panic is over.
The action of the banks in fling
ing their accumulated resources
into the light end of the balance
put a sudden stop to the string
ency. Operators for a further fall
in the prices of stocks gave up the
game. Nothing now remains to
be none but to gather up the frag
ments , patch the torn places in dis
ordered credit , and go on again as
before until another opportunity
shall occur to lock up money , pre
cipitate a crisis and create unnec
essary business distress and ap
prehension. The monetary strin
gency in Europe , which was the
inciting cause of the trouble in
New York , has apparently been
worked for all it was worth. It is
a pleasure , therefore , to know that
the financial sky is beginning to
clear on the other side of the At
lantic , so that further immediate
complications may not be expected.
KRIS KRINGLE
is a clever , sensible old gentleman , and the public will not be surprised to learn
tliat he has this early in the season established his headquarters in McCook for
the holiday trade. And they will admire his good taste and wisdom in select
ing the ELEGANT AND POPULAR ESTABLISHMENT OF
H. P. SUTTON
Leadin Jeweler
OF WESTERN NEBRASKA ,
in which , to make his MOST EXTENSIVE. ELABORATE and
DISPLAY. We shall not attempt to give an adequate description o
and marvelous array of presents the generous old
upon which you are invited to feast your eye. It cant
commissioned Mr. Sutton as his distributing agent , an
and pleasure in showing you the same , and satisfac
KRIS is a cash buyer
Will duplicate any ea I-
Will Not be Uflpersold
Stock of Silverware purchased before passage of
Silver Bill. Will sell cheaper than anybody.
A splendid stock of Sterling Silver. All goods
engraved free of charge to our customers.
And then in the line of
JEW
we are unapproachable. Car
rying a stock of
Diamond Rings ,
Diamond Ear Rings ,
Diamond Scarf Pins ,
Studs , Lockets ,
CuffBottons , Pins ,
Broaches , Bracelets ,
Necklaces , Pendants ,
Hair Ornaments ,
and an endless variety of every
and all articles kept in a
Jewelry Store.
There is
That the heart desires in the
line of JEWELRY that Sutton
does not have and what can be
more acceptable for a Christmas
Gift or a New Tear Present than
a Diamond Ring , a Watch , Silver
Tea Set , or in fact any of the 100
things of beauty and joys forever
to be secured at
SUTTON'S.
No establishment in Western Nebraska carries one-half
the quantity , nor the quality , of
IWATCHESi
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that I now have displayed in my show cases , embracing
the best movements , such as the
Roekford , Howard ,
"Waltham , Columbus ,
Elgin and Hampden.
You can also have a choice of Solid or Filled Gold cases ,
of which I carry an elegant line , or of a large assort
ment of the less expensive silver cases.
Solid Gold or Warranted Filled Gases ,
>
In .addition we have anything you want in
FRENCH CLOCKS
,
or in the many popular , reliable clocks of home make.
All our Goods are of Standard Make and You are
. Sure of getting THE BEST at
HP.SUTTON'S