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Robbed the Grave.
A startling incident is narrated by John
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an awful condition. My skin was almost
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tinually in back and sides , no appetite , grow
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made a decided improvement. I continued
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and tried a dozen dilferent medicines but all
to no purpose. I sent fora bottle of Cham
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This remedy is for sale by McConnell < Sc Berry.
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Fusion Campaigners In Their
Desperation to Save Poynter
Resort to Base Slander.
Clmrley TowiioM Oratory Never Kulsoil tlio
1'ricc of a IJusIic-l of Gralu or
round of Meat.
Omahn , Oct. 15. In BO called tem
perance districts In the state and
among temperance people some of
Governor Poynter's friends are trying
to make votes for him by telling false
hoods about Charles II. Dietrich , the
Republican candidate for governor.
When they are talking to these people
they tell stories about Dietrich being
a saloon man , part owner of a brew
ery and of making a "saloon cam
paign.Vheu they speak of Mr.
Dietrich to the saloon element they
tell them that he is a rank temperance
man and is In favor of prohibition.
There are HO different places in the
city of Omaha where the minions of
Governor Poynter have been and rep
resented that Charles H. Dietrich
was not alone a temperance man , but
a prohibitionist. They have gone into
many saloons of this city and cam
paigned against Dietrich on the
ground that he is a temperance man.
In other communities , among church
and temperance people , they have
taken just the opposite tact and cir
culated reports that Dietvich is part
owner of a brewery and is in league
with the saloon clement.
Democrats and Populists , some of
them holding office , are going over the
state in the temperance districts in
the guise of temperance advocates at
tacking his record and spreading vic
ious falsehoods about him. It is
known that one of the state bank ex
aminers has devoted a great deal of
his time to this class of work the last
few months. He has kept his iden
tity covered up and has been instru
mental , under the pretense of working
for the good of the temperance cause ,
In organizing temperance clubs against
Dietrich and in misleading by false
statements members of churches and
ministers of the gospel.
The statement that Charles H. Diet
rich , the Republican candidate for
governor , now or at any other time
owned an interest in a brewery , sa
loon or any other establishment where
liquor was made or sold , or that he is
what is termed a drinking man , is as
false and malicious a statement as
any one could possibly make. There
Is not a word of truth in it and it is
absolutely false in each and every par
ticular. In the city of Hastings ,
where Mr. Deitrich has been in busi
ness and resided for many years , he
is recognized as an exemplary citizen ,
temperate , industrious and a liberal
giver to the churches and to charity.
Since this question has been raised
it may be appropriate to give the good
temperance people some inside history
concerning Govenor Poynter and thi :
liquor element. The statements here
in made can be easily verified. Hero
they are :
Governor Poynter appointed as col
onel on his staff Walter Moise of
Omaha. Moise is in the liquor busi
ness on Fourteenth street , between
Farnam and Douglas , in this city , and
owns and controls xipwards of 30 sa
loons in different towns in the state.
He sells whisky all over Nebraska ,
as much if not more than any other
liquor dealer In the state. Until about
a year ago he was connected with one
.Tack Norton , alias John Robenstein , in
the saloon business in the south half
of the building occupied by his whole
sale liquor house. Norton is a des
perate character and his photograph is
in the rogue's gallery in the Harrison
street police station at Chicago. The
resort run by Moise and Norton was
a veritable dive. Moise stood in with
the police commission at that time
and blackmail was levied on dives ,
gamblers , thugs and thieves. These
desperate characters made Norton's
saloon their headquarters and the "li
censed" thieves and thugs met there
and divided up the plunder. The place
became such a resort for bad charac
ters that the authorities finally had to
close it. During a city campaign
which occurred about that time there
was a falling out between Moise and
some of his "heelers" and the result
was that a public circular was issued
in which Moise was openly charged
with being a boodler and the names
of gamblers were given , together with
the amount of money they had to pay
each week for the privilege of break
ing the law. It was even charged that
Norton made a deal or demanded $7.1
per day from two well-known pick
pockets for the privilege of robbing
the people on street cars during the
exposition , he to stop the police from
arresting them. This is the Moise
who is colonel on Governor Poynter's
staff.
Last spring , just before the city elec
tion , Governor Poynter came to Omaha
and made a deal with the brewers of
this ( 'ty to appoint a police commis
sion that vould permit them to run
their saloons all night and with back |
and side doors open on Sunday and
the brewers in turn were to give up
$1.500 to the Democratic city campaign - '
paign fund. This deal was made in
secret conference. The money Avas
paid and the police commission was
appointed , but the whole deal was so
fraudulent and unlawful that the su
preme court declared the acts of the
governor null and void and knocked
out the commission appointed by him.
Any one who disbelieves these charges
has only to consult the dockets of the
fusion supreme court to ascertain that
the commission was appointed and
knocked out , and there are any number
of people In Omaha who know of the
deal between Poynter and the brewers.
It is a fact worthy of note , too. that
one of the commissioners appointed at
that time by Poynter AVUS and is a
close and confidential friend of Mulsc
and was and is a gambler on the board
of trade. Another of his appointees
on the commission was a lawyer whom
Judge C. R. Scott of the district court
disbarred for attempting to bribe him.
Governor Poynter appointed as su
perintendent of the state fish hatchery
at South Bend Adam Sloup , an Omaha
saloonkeopor. Sloup still retains his
half interest in a saloon at Fourteenth
and Williams streets in the city of
Omaha. Sloup knew nothing of the
fish hatchery business and the prop
erty is practically ruined.
The official salaried attorney of the
State Liquor League is Matthew Ger-
ing of Plattsmouth , a prominent figure
in the state councils of the Democratic
party.
One of the fusion regents of the uni
versity , elected at the last election ,
was at the time of his nomination and
election the locally retained attorney
of a well-known Milwaukee brewing
company.
This is only part of Poynter's record
on the liquor question. There is no
" " " told me"
"so-and-so
"they say" or - -
about these statements. Some of them
are matters of record and all of them
can be easily verified.
Reverting to the reports concerning
Mr. Dietrich , it may be well to state
that there is a G. H. Dietrich in the
wholesale liquor business at Crawford
and there is a man named Diederich
who represents the Krug Brewing
company , and it is possible that some
people have confused these names and
unintentionally done the Republican
candidate for governor an injury. But
these gcntle'uen are in no way related
and are separate and distinct individ
uals. While some may have uninten
tionally confused these names there
are fusion campaign workers who
know the facts and their confusion is
not only intentional , but it is malicious.
If the earnest temperance workers
who are members of the Anti-Saloon
League think they are helping their
cause by supporting Poynter and de
feating Dietrich they are very much
mistaken.
IS POOR COLLATERAL.
Charles A. Towne has abandoned
Minnesota and Michigan , the two
states he agreed to deliver to Bryan ,
and has come to Nebraska to help
stem the tide.
It is claimed for Towne that he is
a great orator and has a happy facul
ty of making auditors believe that
black is white whenever the occasion
requires.
Well , oratory is all right in its place ,
but it never filled an empty stomach ,
bought a crust of bread , raised the
price of a bushel of grain or a pound
of meat , paid off a mortgage , created
employment for labor or a market for
farm products.
All the oratory from Demosthenes to
Towne never provided any one witli a
day's labor or afforded means of pay
ing a dollar's worth of indebtedness.
It is not bankable , you can not check
against it , you can not tise it is collat
eral security , it wouldn't even serve
to ignite the kindling in the stove to
keep yourself and little ones warm.
It never put a shingle on a roof , bought
a pair of baby shoes or protected one
man , woman or child from the cold.
Yes , oratory is all right in its place ,
but its place is not on the bill of fare
when you Avant to order something for
an empty stomach. Like the plumage
of the peacock , oratory is intended for
a display , but it adds neither value nor
worth to anything. It is simply gaudy
plumage , nothing more.
There is a wide distinction between
oratory and logic. Oratory is the
spray of logic. In politics it is often
used as a bridge to span Avide gaps
and chasms in the chain of reason. Or
ators arouse the ecstatic admiration
of their auditors and then , while they
are in this hypnotized condition , lead
them across these bridges without
their knowing it. Though beset with
danger , these poor , misguided victims
of effulgent loquacity never realize it.
Mr. Towne is more of a hypnotist
than a statesman. It is a common
thing for hypnotists to make their sub
jects believe that Avronir is right. Un
der the Avill of the operator subjects
have gone so far as to respond to every
suegestion. They have given up vnl-
uables bec-ause the hypnotist , through
the process of telepathy , told them to.
When they recover from their spell
thej * realize their mistake. No doubt
Mr. Towne now and then finds one
here and there Avhere he is speaking
Avho. like the hypnotized subject.
SAvallows all he says as gospel truth.
In the face of conclusive evidence to
the contrary he permits Mr. Towne to
lead him to conclusions manifestly
absurd.
Mr. ToAvne's oratory did not prevent
the hard time ? of 1S96. Ilis oratory
did not bring the good times of today.
This is something for the Nebraska
admirers of ToAvne to think about.
Let the farmers of Nebraska throw
Mr. Towne's oratory and the logic of
experience into the same scale and j
weigh them both. Do this before you
t-ote. Remember that Towneism t ?
Bryanism and Bryanisin means low
prices and hard times. You do not
have to be told by Towne or any one
else that B' anism means hard times.
This nation could live forever with
out oratory , 'out it would ire to pieces
in a very short time without state- = -
mnnship. One ounce of McKinle ?
statesmanship in the matter of creat
ing neAv markets for the products of
No'irn kn f.'rms and employment for
American 1. bor is worth a train-load
of Towi' ' oratory.
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In anaemia and most women's ailments the
digestion is weak , the making of color , flesh
and strength out of food is imperfect , so that
the patient is weak , wan , nervous , and dyspep
tic. This condition can be corrected by taking
a course of Herbine. Price.50 cents. A. Mc-
Millen.
It is better to have your bank in your heart
'
than your heart in the'bank.
A "stitch in time saves nine. ' ' and a dose of
Ballard's Horehound Syrup at the beginning
of a cold v.ill save > ou manv weary hours and
pv > n days of distressing and harassing cough.
Price , 25 and ,0 cents. A. McMillen.
The man who refiVcts deeply will soon be a
ligM instead of a reflector.
The be t method of cleansing the liver is
the use of the famous little pil's known as
De\\itt's I ittle Early Risers. Easy to take.
Never gripe. McLonnell & Berry.
A Thousand Tonjjues
Could not express the rapture of Annie K.
Springer of Philadelphia , w hen Dr. King > >
New Discovery cured her of a hacking cougn
that for many years had made life a burden.
She say : "After all other remedies and doc
tors failed it soon removed the pain in my
chest and I can now sleep soundly , some
thing I can scarcely remember diing before.
I feel like sounding its praises throughout t ! e
universe. " Dr. King's New Discovery i-
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About 500 spellbinders are now putting in
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ever/ night , and Tim Woodruffs vest tops
them all.
You little knew when first we met
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