CHOSEN OF POPOCRATS
FOR SUPREME COURT
Houno-Itciit Hnlronih ( iota There With
Both Ilro iiiift and Trample * the Op
position Tlioroundor Popocratlc 1'ceii-
llnrltlcti Prodoii.inatu at Conventions.
The popocrats of Nebraska have
done gone and did it , and republicans
arc consequently happy over the
result.
For downright stupidity commend
us to the fusionists of Nebraska. Pass
ing by the splendid material in their
ranks they picked up the croohedest
stick they could find , and amid the
violent protests of the decent clement
iu the parties they forced Iloleoinb to
the front for a scat on the bench of
the Nebraska supreme court.
Ffom a republican standpoint , the
work of the demo-pop aggregation at
Omaha is eminently satisfactory. In
the first place not more than half of
the delegates were on hand , und a
whole lot of skirmishiug was indulged
in to "fill out" delegations with local
i and visiting fusionists. A showing had
to be made .some how , and this was the
most convenient. After a bit of labor
in this direction a fairly good showing
was made in the pop and democratic
conventions. In the free silver rep-
publican convention hall the GO or 100
delegates present would have felt lost
had it not been for Charley Wooster's
elegant side whiskers. Nearly ten
hours were fooled away "getting to
gether , " as there was a whole host of
recalcitrant bucks who were opposed
to the chieftaincy of "Slippery Si"and
these had to be whipped into line be
fore the great council could proceed.
However , Bryan and Allen were
thcie and everywhere all forenoon
and all afternoon , and their labors in
behalf of Holcomb bore fruit when
the clans gathered after supper , and
Si's nomination was railroaded through
according to plans and specifications
agreed upon.
Billy Neville was there , too. It
wouldn't do for one member of the
tripartite trust of Allen , Holcomb &
Neville to be absent , and the Judge
was on hand to aid and to see that not
a cog of the machine "slipped. "
Judge Edgar Howard of Pnptllion.
another member of the happy family ,
was there , but he looked far from be
ing happy. He was a Robinson Cru
see , alone on the desert island , even
his man Friday going back on him. He
tried hard to get a little compairy , but
he soon discovered the uselessness of
bucking against the inevitable and
sorrowfully wended bis way back to
Papillion and is now engaged in de
ciding which is best for him to do
swallow Slippery Silas and whoop "cr
up. or maintain bis reputation for con
sistency. His decision will be anxi
ously awaited by bis popoeratic
brethren.
Harry Phclps of the Howells Journal
wanted to fight because Si was chosen ,
but no one dared to pluck the chip off
his shoulder , and he was not accom
modated.
Bryan , the ringmaster , found it very
hard work to get the three rings work
ing % on the same fake , but he accom
plished the task , even if it did cause a
careworn expression to assail his us
ually smiling countenance.
One of the amusing features of ihe
conventions was the adoption of a resolution
elution against passes. The free silver
republicans started the ball to rolling ,
and the others took it up with a more
or less gingerly grasp.
They considered it dangerousbut evi
dently thought that their stand on
passes would be considered a straddle if
they accepted the resolution and nomi
nated the champion pass grabber of
the state for supreme judge. How the
people will look at the situation will
be found out in November when the ex-
governor is snowed under by republi
can ballots.
Ilolcomb's nomination has left a very
bad taste in the mouths of many fu
sionists and a serious split is bound to
come unless the interests of Bryan are
thought to be paramount to consist
ency. Democrats and populists who
have opposed official corruption and
pass grabbing were not slow to ex
press their indignation at having to
be placed in a position where they had
to eat crow or leave their party. But
the bosses demanded Silas' nomination
and the discontented were forced to
accept the supreme court vote juggler ,
the house-rent absorber and champion
pass grabber , Beuton Maret , pusher ,
horns , hoofs and all.
The. happy family is not at all
happy.
But They Didn't.
Taplllion Times
Very long will be the way. very hard
the hills to ilimb. with Slippery Si
Holcomb weighing-down the popocratie
band wagon in Nebraska. For the
good of the state , for the good of
Bryan , we bog the popocratie conven
tions to keep Ilolcomb's name off the
ticket.
We really feel sorry for Edgar
Howard. He must tulle , of course , but
in this case , what can he say ?
BARRY AGAIN DKlrKATKD.
No Consolation for Him Kvon In Ilia
Peaceful Slumbers ,
North Plattc Telegram.
Word comes by wire just as we go to
press that ( Jencral Barry , when he
got back to Lincoln , threw himself on
the lounge and was soon wrapped in a
deep sleep. "While thus resting in the
arms of Morpheus , he had the follow
ing dream : The general in his dream
died , and wending his way upward to
the outer gate , he knocked with con
siderable confidence , feeling that his
war record should give him open-se
same to the courts above. As the sound
echoed through the corridors and died
away in the distance , the gate was
opened and the general was asked
what he wanted , lie replied that he
had lately attended a political conven
tion , went home disappointed and
died , and now he desired to escape
from the buffeting and sorrows of the
work by entering within the gates of
the golden city. St. Peter asked the
general his politics , and when he re
plied that ho was a populist , he was
informed that parties of that political
faith were not permitted to enter , but
that he could go round on the bluffs
overlooking the city and gaze on the
happy conditions within. Slowly and
sorrowfully the general wandered
around and took his seat on a big
boulder high up on the bluffs over-
banging the walls. Imagine his sur
prise when he saw Judge Neville ming
ling with the happy throng. Greatly
astonished the general went back to
the gate , and when St. Peter came he
said he noticed Neville inside , and that
he was a populist and hud beaten him
for the nomination for congress. St.
Peter smiled and said that since Nev
ille was nominated and before he died
he bad changed his political belief
and joined the Salvation army , that
being the only party that Neville had
not joined at some period of his life.
Then the general turned and walked
.slowly down the pathway , reflecting
on the uncertainties of life and the
fickleness of human nature.
Afraid It Will Get Away.
Seward Reporter.
The pops must be getting a Httle un
easy about Nebraska. Coin Harvey
has been speaking in the state for a
number of weeks , and is billed for a
long time ahead. W. J. Bryan is also
announced to make a number of
speeches in Nebraska during the cam
paign. It would seem as if they were
making unusual assertions for an "off
year. " The trouble is , Mr. Bryanis a
little fearful that the state may get
away from the fusion forces this year ,
which would somewhat damage his
boom for 1000. He is therefore making
strenuous efforts to hold his forces in
line. Harvey has been sent out be
cause his book had a great effect in
Nebraska in 139(3. ( Since then the people
ple of this state have seen demonstrat
ed the fallacy of his arguments , and
they arc not likely to be again misled
by his sophistries. Nor will they be
deceived by the brilliant rhetoric of
Mr. Bryan. The logie of facts is more
convincing than the theories of any
orator , and the people of Nebraska
have had plenty of facts to convince
them of the uubouudness of the Bryan
argument.
Won't Bo Humbugged
Wayne Herald.
We do not believe there is an honest
thinking farmer iu Wayne county who
will deny that this country is now
blessed with prosperity , and that the
ranting of the free silver ! tes three
years ago when they proclaimed so
vigorousU' that the country would be
ruined if Bryan was defeated , was a
delusion. Doubtless many of them will
register his contempt for such misrep-
representation by voting for the party
which brought a return of prosperity
in addition to having carried on a suc
cessful war with Spain , brought on by
the continuous singsong of Bryan and
his fusion friends in congress. But
thinking people will no longer be
humbugged by the oratorical Willie.
In fact , it is doubtful if he again gets
the nomination.
It Is As Leaven.
State Journal.
Up to date there has not appeared
one word of sworn testimcny to dis
prove or discredit the findings of the
senate investigating committee. There
has not been the slightest bit of
testimony , explanation or attempt to
show mitigating circumstances that
would be given the slightest consider
ation in any court of equity or justice.
The report of the investigating com
mittee stands uncontradicted if not
unassailed. and the findings are just
as clearly impressed on the minds of
the people of Nebraska as they would
have been bad the governor given the
document the most spacious pigeon
holn in the office.
Ilolcomb's House Rent.
Wayne Republican.
There are a few reform organs God
spare the name in the state that have
the brazen effrontery to try to make
their readers believe that ex Governor
Holcomb only drew from the state
treasury the amount actually paid for
house rent. These papers evidently
believe their readers entirely ignorant
of the true facts in the case and trust
that their only source of information
on such subjects is through the medi
um of their miserable lying columns.
EEIS "UP A&AHW IT"
BRYAN'S WAY TO THE WHITE
HOUSE BARRED.
Bestrlcllne the Dcino-1'op Donkey , "Frco
Silver ami Free Trade , " Ills Path In
So Obstructed by the Solid Wall of
Substantial Prosperity.
One of the most impressive among
the many showings of prosperity with
which the American people are nowa
days so frequently regaled after two
full years of restored protection , is
that made in the news columns of the
New York Sun of July 29. With its
characteristic enterprise and sagacity
the Sun , always keenly alive to matters
of genuine public interest , has gath
ered from correspondents in various
business centers some very significant
facts as to the abnormal activity which
prevails among the railroads of the
United States. No one needs to be told
that when the great inland transporta
tion systems are rushed with business
and straining to increase their facili
ties to meet an increased demand ,
everybody else must be extremely busy.
Railroad business is a sure index of
general business.
From Chicago the report is that
every railroad entering that city today
needs more cars than it has or can get
to meet the demands of shippers. This'
condition is not due to any great a d
sudden increase in any particular tnu-
fic , but is due to the steady growth of
all kinds of traffic. From all indica
tions the year 1S90 will eclipse all for
mer years in the volume of business
done by the railroads. Last year was
one of prosperity for the railroads , the
increase in traffic as compared with
that of several years previous being
considered almost phenomenal , but
there is almost as great an increase in
earnings so far this year over those of
the corresponding period of last year as
was the case of 1S9S over 1S97. All the
railroads which build their own freight
cars have kept full forces at work in
the shops , but they could not turn out
cars fast enough to supply the demand ,
and orders were placed with car manu
facturing companies which will keep
most of them busy for the remainder of
the year , if not longer.
Here is a curiously suggestive fact
stated by an official of one of the big
Western railways :
"More pianos were shipped over our
road from Chicago to the West and
Southwest in the last three months
than the entire number in the years
from 1893 to 1S97. This is good proof
of the prosperity of the farmer , for a
piano is a luxury in which he does not
indulge as soon as he gets a few hun
dred dollars ahead. Our traffic in
farming machinery was never so large
as it has been this year and our crop
reports made it certain that the invest
ments in machinery were wejl made. "
When the farmers buy pianos they
are "on Eaty street. " No doubt of that.
Another railroad manager said : "If
we could borrow or hire from 5,000 to
10,000 box cars we could find immediate
use for all of them. "
At Detroit an official declared that in
twenty years his road has "never seen
a condition like the present. Ordinar
ily at this time of the year we are not
burdened with a surplus of business
and rather have difficulty in finding a
place to store our empty freight cars
than to employ all our energies to
find cars enough to carry the business
offered to us. We are certainly behind
on a visible supply of cars requisite to
carry the freight which we can get
without any solicitation. "
Baltimore reports a scarcity of cars
with which to move the tremendous
business present and prospective. At
Buffalo the freight traffic is far in ex
cess of the supply of cars. Thousands
of extra cars could be used , but they
are not to be foucd. At Philadelphia
a trunk line official testifies to a great
increase on all the lines of his road.
Speaking of the lines east of Pittsburg ,
he said :
"I am convinced that the present
prosperity is lasting for the reason
that the increase of business is not
confined to a particular locality. It is
general. For instance , on all the sta
tions of our road there is a substantial
betterment. Some of the offices report
an increase of 7 per cent , others 15 per
cent , many from 50 to 75 per cent ,
some 100 per cent , and one as high as
21G per cent.
"While , as these reports show , our
business is much in excess of that of
last year , we have not experienced
any great difficulty in getting cars to
handle the freight thus far , but there
will be a scarcity of cars in the latter
part of September or October. How
serious it will be I have no means of
telling at this time. As a matter of
fact we have very largely-increased
our equipment this year , and of course ,
that has aided us in handling the in
creased business , but in some kinds of
cars there has already been a scarcity. "
It is now but twenty-nine months
since William McKinley took his seat
as president of the United States ; only
a few days more than two years since
the Dingley tariff was enacted. Con
trast , if you can , present conditions
with those which existed twenty-nine
months after the inauguration of
Grover Cleveland in 1893 and twenty-
four months after the enactment of the
all-destroying Wilson-Gorman tariff
law. Ten billions of dollars would not
suffice to measure the increase in in
dividual , corporate and national wealth
which has taken place since the restora
tion of protection as the American
policy. Probably twenty billions would
fall below the mark.
Verily , is it true , in the euphemistic
phraseology of the cartoon which ap
pears on this page of the American
Economist , that William Jennings
Bryan , bestriding the Free Silver and
Free Trade ass of his party , finds his
progress to the white house barred by
a solid wall of prosperity , and is "Up i
Against tha Heal Thing Now. " ]
UP AGAINST THE REAL THING NOW.
HAVEMEYER'S INCONSISTEN
CIES.
lie \Vnntn Free Trade in Raw Sujjar as
a Ulcaiis of Increasing Ills I'rollts.
The free-trade papers have been at
tempting to gain comfort from the
statements of President Havemeyer of
the sugar trust , before the national in
dustrial commission , but can only dose
so by separating a few of his state
ments from his whole testimony. The
protectionists are willing for the people
ple to consider the whole of Have-
meyer's testimony , for it proves that
he is seeking the elimination of the
tariff on raw sugar in order that the
sugar trust's profits may be made larg
er ! That fact is made prominent by
his statement : "The protection on
sugar amounts only to 3V per cent. It
ought to be twice as much. " He also
said : "Congress should put an internal
revenue tax on the production of Amer
ican sugar. " He stated that his com
pany has 11,000 stockholders , and his
admissions show that the company's
business is not profitable , but it has
made many millions of dollars
by the sale of stock. Those
who were in the company be
fore the stock was enormously inflat
ed have made millions , but it is proba
ble that the new stockholders of the
sugar trust will receive very small , if
any , dividends.
Mr. Havemeyer closed his testimony
with a protest against the tariff dis
criminations against sugar , and insist
ed that "those discriminations against
sugar are entirely due to the feeling
against combinations in business" ! He
said that his company "is in the cof
fee business to stay , " yet there is no
tariff on coffee , and the coffee trust has
been able to double the prices of cof
fee during recent years ! The coffee
trust is able to control the coffee trade
of the world , and , notwithstanding all
the squabbling between companies
composing the trust , they are making
enormous profits on the sale of coffee
and stocks. The sale of stock has been
the chief source of profits for all
trusts , and when they cannot sell
stocks at good profits the downfall of
the trusts is at hand. Protectionists
are e-ntirely willing for the people to
consider the whole of Havemeyer's tes
timony , for it is only further proof that
a sufficient tariff must be maintained
to protect American labor. Home com
petition is the only safe regulator , and
that competition will destroy about all
trusts as soon as the trusts are unable
to make enormous profits on the sale
of stock. If you own stock in any
trust now is a good time to sell , for
it is possible that it will not be many
months before your stock will not be
worth more than its value as waste pa
per. Des Moines ( Iowa ) State Regis
ter.
In IJryan's State.
A dispatch from Omaha says :
"The industrial situation through
this part of the Missouri valley is in
dicative of the general prosperity that
appears to prevail throughout the en
tire west. Ordinarily July witnesses
very little business in the commercial
world among Missouri river jobbers ,
but this month is an exception. Whole
salers generally have scarcely had time
to invoice their stocks and ascertain
the extent of business for the first six
months of the year. "
This is the situation in Mr. Bryan's
own state , and in the other states near
by. It makes an effective contrast to
the situation which existed in that re
gion during the years when the policy
of free trade , eo vigorously supported
by Mr. Bryan , both in and out of con
gress , was in force , and the Wilson
law was exerting its blighting influ
ence upon the industries of the coun
try. It is pretty safe to say that the
business men of Nebraska and of other
Missouri river valley states will not
have any use for Mr. Bryan or for any
other free trader in 1900.
An Kra of Prosperity.
The best news possible , increase in
the wages of the workingman , is heard
on all sides. Prosperity is not only on
the way , but it is here , and the good
news is not confined to one section of
the country , it comes from all sections.
In far off Denver , the Times reports
increases in wages that show that sec
tion to be prospering beyond expecta- (
tion. The Denver Times says : [
"Colorado may be In distress with j
her labor troubles , but the rest of the {
nation is reaping a harvest from the
unprecedented demand of foreign na
tions for our manufactured products.
On June 10 the iron , steel and tin trust
raised the wages of their employes 25
per cent. The raise takes effect im
mediately and affects directly 45,000
employes. This is glad tidings to la
bor. The advances are the largest
made in the history of the Amalga
mated association , and the wages for
the year will be the highest since 1892.
The tin pail brigade of the great man
ufacturing districts of the eastern
states have already opened the cam
paign of 1900 and are shouting : "Mc
Kinley has kept his promise now
we'll keep ours. " This augurs well for
republican success in 1900 , and would
indicate that the calamity howler will
not be much in demand in the next
presidential campaign. "
The same news comes from Chicago ,
Philadelphia , St. Louis and the other
trade centers. All over New England
the mills and factories are running on
full time , and the employes are re
ceiving better pay. It is a McKinley
era of prosperity and to the president
the people give the credit. Springfield
( Mass. ) Union.
Produce a Remedy.
As to the political responsibility for
trusts there is none. Trusts are no
more Republican or Democratic than
are ordinary business combinations on
a small scale. Their friends and ene
mies , their beneficiaries and victims ,
are in all parties , and they thrive in
England and Germany as well as in
America. In the eastern rural dis
tricts , where the heaviest Republican
vote exists , the warfare upon trusts is
waged with more vigor than is evi
denced in Democratic cities , where the
bulk of the laboring population is in
some way dependent on industrial pur
suits. Produce a remedy for the evil
and the Republican party will be as
quick to take it up and press it as any
other. Nor will it be less assiduous in
search of a remedy. With things in
this position how is it possible to draw
campaign lines ? People who are agreed
cannot divide and fight ; when two par
ties are equally solicitous to "smash
the trusts" how is one , unless it pre
sents a remedy which the other rejects ,
going to profit by the issue ?
The great trouble is that no one has
a remedy. The federal law is neces
sarily limited in its application ; the
state laws have uniformly failed. Has
the Democracy anything new to sug
gest ? If it has not its slogan of
"smash the trusts ! " will be as mean
ingless and inconsequential as one to
wipe out the grip or abolish the
mea = les. San Francisco Chronicle.
"Why Trtiat Them ?
The Republican party gave the coun
try a protective tariff. Now watch the
ever increasing exports : In 1895 , $807-
000.000 ; in 1S9G , $882,000,000 ; in 1897 ,
$1,000,000,000 ; in 1898 , $1,231,000,000 ;
and when the present fiscal year is
completed on the 30th of June instant ,
look out for a larger figure even than
the last one. And yet Democratic
free traders predicted they wouldn't
have it any other way that Republic
an protection would destroy our for
eign commerce by killing off our ex
ports. What prophets ! and why
should the country further trust them ?
Mansfield ( O. ) News.
Kverythlng Gained , Xothliifj Lost.
The home market is ours ; the wages
of American workmen and workwomen
are the highest in the world and the
highest ever known in this country of
high wages ; the markets of the world
are fast becoming ours. Through pro
tection we have won everything and
have given up nothing ; we have won
everything which free trade falsely
claimed for itself without paying the
price which free trade always exacted.
Such a record ought to and undoubt
edly has won for protection immunitj
from any serious assault for many
years to come. Trenton ( N. J. ) Ga
zette.
They "Jest Crowed. "
President Havemeyer of the Sugar
recently told the
Trust industrial com
mission that the tariff was the mother
of the trust. Assuming the statement
to be true the big trust over in free
trade England must be commercial Top-
sies. They certainly had no tariff
mamma. They must have "just
growed. " Sioux City ( Iowa ) Journal.
The Western Mecca.
the objective
Omaha seems to ba
seekers
point of all western pleasure
is now
there
this year , and the season
with the
at its helghth. Coupled
another ot
amusement attractions is
almost as much drawing power.-Hay-
advertised
. Widely
den Bros , the Big Store.
the Trans-
of
vertised as the greatest
Mississippi stores it lives up to its
assortments
incredible
name and carries
different
ments of goods in over forty
lines. Visitors make the Big Store
meet their friends ,
their headquarters ,
free and write
check their bundles
addressed
their letters there. A postal card
. Omaha , will
dressed Hayden Bros. ,
bring you prices on any goods you
want.
A North Georgia candidate says :
"We want the office because we thinrc
it because
we deserve it ; and we deserved
cause we have lived here ten years and
have never had anything except tlio
opportunity of running for it. "
You Never Miss the Water
Till the Well Runs Dry/ '
We never realize the value of health
until it ts gone. When old time strength
And vigor are wanting , purify the blood
by taking Hood's Sarsapardta ; soon re
stored appetite , perfect digestion , steady
nsrves and even temper ivill prove it is
bringing back the glovj of perfect health.
Keeps both rider and saddle per
fectly dry In the hardest storms.
Substitutes will disappoint Ask for
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It is entirely new. If not for sale in
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I o vrs In civil war. 15 atUnilicatius claim > < .atty since.
iratltictedwlth fTiiompsoiTs Eye Water.
sore eyes , uao .
Since their supply of tobacco was cut
down the convicts in the Iowa state
penitentiary have been sullen and hard
to manage , and some 300 of them have
refused to work. Chicago physicians
interviewed on the subject bay the ac
tion of the prison authorities was un
wise ; that tobacco in moderate quan
tity does no harm and its quieting ef
fects make prisoners as well as sol
diers as is recognized in the armies
of the world more amenable to disci
pline and less disposed to mischief.
John K. Cowen , the new president
of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad com
pany , was graduated from Princeton at
the head of his class in 1866. He
taught school for a time , and then
turned his attention to law. Mr. Cow-
en's connection with the Baltimore &
Ohio was due to the late Robert Garrett -
rett , one of his predecessors in tha
presidency of the road and a class
mate at Princeton.
A great national movement has been
started for the observance of the one
hundredth anniversary of the death of
George Washington on December 14. /
The Sons of the Revolution and other IT
similar organizations have the matter
in hand , and are arranging details of
the plan.
Misled. "I am frank to say , " he
'
said , "that I feel you encourag'ed my
attentions. " "Perhaps , " she replied
"but how was I to know whether you'
wanted to marry me , or only to bor
row money from father ? " Philadel
phia North American.
The majority of motor cars are now
driven by petroleum but
, a French en
gineer recommends the use of alcohc.1
instead of it , and motors are being al
tered so as to consume it. There is
no fear of explosion with alchohol an'rl
it is said to be less costly than petrol
eum.
Religion may say what it will , but
there comes a time in every human
soul , when it knows that there can bo
no heaven for it where some one other
human soul is not.
Married men , according to a German
investigator , live longer than bache
lors and are less likely to become in
sane. Another argument for matrimony
is found in the fact that there are
thirty-eight criminals
among eve- "
1,000 bachelors , while among marri rl
men the ratio is only eighteen per
LjU v v
Sea Terms. Stout Party ( to bath
ing master ) Got a bathing suit to fit
me ? Bath Robe Man ( looking ove-
him I guess so. What's your d's
Placement ? Philadelphia NorthAmer
ican.