Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY. JUNE 7 , 188C.
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State ot Nebraska , I .
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N. P. Fell , cashier of the IJoo 1'tiblisliing
cotnpanTid i.s ! solemnly swc.ir that thn nc-
ttial circulation of thu Daily Hoc for the.
wnek ciulhif , ' .Mini'Itli , lf < 80 , was as follows :
Saturday , ' "Jth 12,420
Mnmlny , nut lil.OTE
I'nesclny. 1st IB.'iV )
\Vclnt ( ! . < clay , 2tl 12,100
'riniwilny , 8 l > 12,140
Frldnyitl 12,175
Avcr.iRO 12,125
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Sworn to ntul subscribed before mo , tills
5ih day of Jutif , A. O. issn.
Jf J. Fisiir.tu
Notary Public.
N. P. Foil , hnlni ; IIret iluly sworn , deposes
and says that lie Is rnHlitcr of the Jtco Pub-
llsliln company , that the actual average
dally circulation of the Dally lice for the
month of January , 18S5 , was 10,378 copies ;
for l-'cbniarv " , IbSfi , 10,5'.K > coiiles ; for Murcli ,
mso , 11.KJ7"copies ; for April , 1SSO , 1:5,101 :
copies ; lot-May , 1SSO , 12,4:50conies. : *
N. P. FKII.
Sworn to nnd subscribed before mo this
8rd Uayot June , A. D. 18bO.
Sisto.v J. FiniiKR.
Notary Public.
T Aimiuit has rnccivctl n
} > ioeo of the Cloveluml wedding cake.
Ours had not yet arrived.
Tin : ncxttimo a murder or a burglary
is committed in Oinnlui find the HICK.
prints the fucLs with the names of the
criminals , tlio brilliant genius who edits
the Ifcrulil in the absence of Dr. Miller
will call upon 'tho linn to iilo written
charges against the murderer or burglar
in the courts , in order to give the case a
legal status.
ANI > now tnero is a dispute botwcen
Mr. Dlaino and the hhorthaml reporter of
his Portland speech us to what he actually
said about Lord Salisbury and the Irish
problem. Mr. lilaino is busily trying to
explain away his denunciation of Salis
bury as "brutal , " but the stenographer
sticks to liis rnport and insists that his
notes are butter than Mr. Blaino's inom
ory.
IN 188-1 California's wheat
- crop ex
ceeded r > 0,000C03 bushels. Tills year the
estimates place it at (50,000,000. ( The
bears hayo the deck in the wheat pit , and
the days of dollar wheat seem a long
fimo off. As a matter of fact , India and
, the Danube now regulate the price ot
wheat In the markets of the world with
cheap labor to harvest the orop nnd cheap
transportation to carry it from the field
to the grnnery.
ALL tlio railroads ot Now York state
are compelled by a law of 1885 to place
automatic couplers on every new freight
car after July 1 , and a great many in
ventions of the sort arc to bo tested at the
yards of the Central at .East Albany the
10th inst. , after which the railroad com
missioners will recommend the best.
There is a handsome fortune in store for
the Inventor who produces an automatic
car coupler which will secure perfect
safety combined with durability and
cheapness.
WHEN the president returns to the
white housu ho will have to take off his
coat and nmko up for the lost time of the
honeymoon. Secretary Lament reports
the accumulation of mail something fear
ful. Kvcry ofllco seeker has striven to
bring his mime otico moro before the at
tention of the chief executive by sending
n dispatch congratulating the president
upon his wedding. The presents tied up ,
caged and boxed , comprise everything
from a copy of the civil service act to a
British bulldog.
PAKTIES who have been led to bolievc
that the charges against Auditor Habcock
have been inspired by partiality for State
Senator Paul , who has a grievance
against Habcoek , are very much mistak
en. Our course with regard to 13abcock
'
springs from no personal or political mo-
tivo. It Is purely in the interest of good
government , without regard to personal
fooling or political clluct. With Mr. Nab *
cock as si man wo have no unfriendly re
lations , With Auditor Habcock as r. stain
ofllcor wo deal as wo would with any
Other ollleial who has stopped boyoml the
boundaries of the law , and proved him-
elf unfit to guard the portals of thn treas
ury. Mr. Paul htiB not sought tointluence
our notion , and if ho had attempted It lie
would have fulled. As a matter of fact
wo do not take any more atock in Mr.
1'uul than wo do in K. K. Valentino.
BKNATOU VAN WVCMC keeps adding to
Ilia record every day as a ftiarless do-
fouder of the rights of the producer * of
the west and an unsparing assailant of
the , wrongs perpetrated on the people by
corporate monopolies , lie is winning
gohlon lauroln of praho from such load
ing journals of the country as the Now
York Times , Chicago VV 6 ii find Phila
delphia Itcconl for his bravo light in thn
sonata for suoli measures as his land
grant forfeiture bill , and the railroad land
tax bills , while his position upon all allied
questions is consistent with his profes
sions of devotion to the Interests
which ho so ably represent : * , ( inu-
oral Van Wyck is an able , intelli
gent -mil educated exponent of the best
opinion of the country on topics of na
tional as well as of local Interest. His
.voice and vote are hoard and full in tlm
( Usbi'.ssion and .settlement of issues which
call to their foot the ablest debaters ot
llit * senate chamber , and thn .senator from
JJcbraska invariably hold * liis own
ngaiiibt the best. The backers of
thu basswood statesmen who tire
auxious to rattle tuound iu the Van
Van Wyclc brogans are cordially invited
to trot .out their candidates for inspec
tion. Senator Van Wyc.k's friends will
aot shrink comparison.
Should Pile Specific
The HIK : states that Its editor In person In
formed ( lovertior Dawe.s of the derelictions
nml mnlfeaiancc of Auditor Habcock. There
would , therefore , seem to be no reason why
the same rxccusatit should neglect to tile
charges In writing and thus gtvo the matter
a legal stntits. The llcrnld stands ready to
second any movement ( o eject a dishonest
olllcl.il. . It h. therefore , anxious to see the
editor of tlio HIE : get down to business and
cea'o bulldozing. llcrahJ.
The HKK neither asks nor expects the
Herald to second any ofl'ort it may make
to dislodge dishonest public ofllclals. Its
course on Auditor Habcock's crooked
work is in accord with tlio record which
that paper has made in the past. Reform
at the state capital will never bo seconded
by the Herald when it affects anybody
who has warrants to isstto for job print
ing or has authority to let the contracts
for which that paper is a competitor.
It Is only when an oilicial has
lost his head that the Herald
is willing to join in reforming
Ins ollico , and that only when there is a
possibility of making political capital out
of it for the monopoly wing of the Ne
braska democracy.
To got down to business. It is absurd
to ask the editor of a paper to act as pub
lic informer In the courts or slate capt-
tols. The pcoplo hire an attorney gen
eral to do this work. Tlio people expect
governors to supervise useuntivu depart
ments nnd to see to it that tlio laws are
faithfully executed by each ollieer ; When
Nnnec.was governor he did not wait for
tiny editor to Iilo written charges
against Auditor Le.idlkc "in order to
give the matter a legal status. " When it
came to his knowledge that Loldtkc had
failed to pay over the fees of his ollico
into the state treasury as required by the
constitution lie suspended him by tlio
neck , politically speaking , and the attor
ney general at oneo took stops to recover
the money. Governor Shnrman , of Iowa ,
last year suspended the auditor on
charges of malfeasance , although no edi
tor had tiled a written complaint. Gov
ernor Dawes cannot plead the baby act
in this instance. The charge that Babcock -
cock had violated the laws in
retaining funds which ho has no
right to receive or handle and
had signed warrants which ho had no
right to issue was made in the mo.st
widely circulated paper in the state over
its editor's signature. If this charge was
true the governor had only one thing to
do ana thai was to suspend the delinquent
oilicial nnd designate u .successor to take
charge of the uflico. Anything less than
that is shirking his sworn duty.
The facts stated by the editor of the
UKK remain undcnied. The only
excuse oH'ored , comes through the
court organ of Lincoln which has as its
only mission the defense of jobbery and
the division of political.spoils. Its version
of the auditor's misdemeanor is decidedly
gauvsy. The auditor , we are told , has
only done what others have done before
him with regard to handling and retain
ing fees and ho has a right to be a law
unto himself with regard to issuing war
rants on an appropriation authorized by
the legislature.
It is hardly necessary to recall the fact
that the supreme court has passed upon
thu right of a state oilicer to han
dle and retain fees. The decision of the
court is of record and leaves no loophole
of escape from the plain mandate that
the fees must be paid into the treasury
before any officer can perform an act for
which fees are payable. Every oilicer
but the auditor lias complied witli this
order. Tlio governor himself has obeyed
it and ho certainly will not dare to de
fend or excuse its violation.
It is preposterous to .claim that the
auditor has a right to issue warrants
on a levy which is not yet mado. In this
case it was not simply issuing warrants
on a fund for a specific appropriation
limited in amount , but it was issued
on the proceeds to bo derived
from an unknown quantity of state tax
which depends upon the aggregate of
the assessments. The legislature did not
appropriate a given sum to be paid ' over
to the contractor of the capital building ,
but they have authorized the state to
levy a half mill tax for two years in suc
cession on ilic grand assessment roll of
Nebraska. Now if the auditor had the
right to issue $20,030 j , , warrants on the
urospcutivo lovjof 1880 ho has the right
to issue $200.000 which , of course , would
make an overlap and subject him to
severe penalties. It the issue of $200,000
is an unlawful net the issue of $20,000 ,
which ho has made is equally unlawful.
There is only one way to insure perfect
safety in tlio management of state alia ire ,
and that is lo hold every oilicer strictly
within the bounds of the law. It is tlio
duty of the governor to enforce the laws
and see that they are faithfully executed.
In doing this ho should know neither
friend nor foo. From a party standpoint
ho is even more responsible and culpable.
The dominant party is in honor Daiind to
give the people honest government. It
can only keep its skirts clean by enforc
ing a high standard of ollleial integrity.
It must give no occasion to its political
enemies for charges of corruption , even
at the sacrilicoof public men whom it has
honored. Thin is the platform on which
wo have always stood as a republican
newspaper , and it should bo the platform
from which the party fights and wins its
battles.
AVclconie Kalns ,
Four days of soaking rains In western
Nebraska have oncu moro driven the ,
croakers to their holes. A week nso
there was a chorus of predictions of
drouth , jN'ow settlers wore frightened
with the old story ibat range land could
never bu turned into farms and visitors
were told that "claims could bo bought
for a song" bofuro autumn lengthened
into whiter.
The tune bus changed now. Growing
crops whioh worn riroouiug a week ago
are now nourishing with a soil soaked
witn moisluro , and breaking and plant
ing are progressing throughout the whole
section.
Uoports show that thn area of rains i.v- !
tended not only over the entire western
part of thin state , but also over Colorado
and Kastorn Wyoming , The rainfall tills
year is now brought up to tnc average of
the three preceding for the spring
months.
Nebraska is n great agricultural state.
The welfare of her farmers is the pros
perity of all other classes of her citi/.ens.
Kvory distributing center watches crop
reports- with scarcely less anxiety
than -mining camps sca.n Iho woek-
Iv ' bulletins of ore outputs , l-'ears
of drouth , of rust , of imvnirod crops , .ex
orcise an unfavonvblo.intluence in all of
our dtied'.and towns. The reports of the
late rains are therefore good news not
only In the farming regions west , but in
the towns which they assist in maintain
ing. Tlicro is to be no return to the great
American desert this year at least.
Croakers nnd prophets of evil can wager
on that safely and surely.
Slitnlntr the UcsponslMllty.
The liuK will , if shns fall not , soon bo
throwing the responsibility for tlio attack on
Auditor Uabcock upon the shoulders of Sen
ator Paul and thcnco upon his backer Valen-
tine. Itcnild.
Dr. Miller should have been consulted
before this paragraph was written. That
veteran reader of the BEE knows that this
paper is not in the habit of shifting re
sponsibility for its opinions upon any
shoulders outside of its own editorial
rooms. In this il differs somewhat from
several of Its esteemed contemporaries. .
The charges made by the HIK : against
Auditor Bubcock wore the result of pcf
sonal investigation by its editor. They
wore nmdo over his own signature. . And
they still stand unchallenged.
lias or lias not II. A..Babcock , in defi
ance of a constitutional proviso nnd in
disobedience of a decision rendered in
the case of his predecessor by the supreme
premo court , illegally collected and re
tained in his own possession several thou
sand dollars of money belonging to the
state of Nebraska and which should have
boon covered Into its treasury ?
Did or did not Auditor Babcock , contrary -
trary to law , make an overdraft of many
thousand dollars on tlio state treasury ,
drawn on a levy which , under law , was
not available at the time and would not
not be for mouths to comcf
These are thu two simple and leading
questions which the BKE put to the gov
ernor a week ago. They constitute our
charges against the auditor. Will Gov
ernor Dawes give them a few moments
of his valuable time ?
SAYS the Herald : "Tho BBE begins to
talk stand-pipo for Iho city water works.
Has the frequent visits to Nebraska of
Mr. George Morgan , of Chicago , the
great anil only stand-pipe maker , had
any potency in this connection ? " \Vc
have never soon or heard of Mr. George
Morgan , of Chicago , but if ho is "tho
great and only stand-pipo maker , " we
have no doubt that , he could promptly
furnish required facilities } for providing
the exposed high portions of Omaha with
the lire protection demanded by the
residents. Stand-pipe distribution is sug
gested as the most feasible , but any other
plan which will give a safe and steady
pressure above the roof tops , cresting
Omaha's hills will be
, gratefully appre
ciated.
SECHETAUY LAM.utaml Commissioner
Sparks have decided that while congress
is in session the land oilice has no power
to suspend the operation of national
statutes. Accordingly tlio order of Juno
2d has been revoked. Secretary Lamar
evidently misses Attorney Jenks , who
acted as a brake on the eighty-horse
power engine which is doing powerful
work in the office of the general land
commissioners. Land entries vail there
fore continue to be made until congress
repeals or amends the existing laws.
\Vms : tlie HKK .suggested that Omaha
should combine piety with business ana
secure Sam Jones for a fall attraction , it
had no idea that it would stir up such a
hornets' nest in the newspaper sanctums
of the city. Even the clergymen of
Omaha have taken sides on the issue of
Jones or no Jones and are debating the
question with u vigor which is most
praiseworthy for the heated term , Sam
Jones is high-priced , but business men
elsewhere believe that lie is full value for
the moiicy.
MR. EUCLID MARTIN'S absence from
the city gave the opportunity of a life
time to the chief of the "packing house"
faction of the democracy. Wo imagine
that Mr. Martin will have several re
marks lo make in reply to the Herald's
attack wlicn ho brushes the dust of a
long journey oil' his jeans.
Tun HKK leads tlio newspaper proces
sion in this section of the west. See the
circulation allidavit at the head of this
page. Wo are still waiting for our es
teemed contemporaries to follow suit.
MR. SiMi-soN , the ex-ttx-nsnrer of Otoo
comity , who was arrested in this city for
a $50,000 bhortage , should Jiuvo gone to
Canada inntead of coming to Omaha.
DR. Si.Ni ; > iniAXi : ) , the gentleman
who tied the knot at the white house wed
ding , snys that Cleveland is an earnest
Christian. Good for Clove !
WHEN Miss Folsoiu was homeward
bound on the rolling deep she wrote u-
littlo-story. Her nc.xt. literary ofl'ort will
probably bo a big book.
IN case Mr. Blaine is nominated for
the presidency in 1838 ho will not get the
Knglish vote.
Herald says Gardner must go. It
seems that wo have hoard that before.
SENATORS AND CONOKI3HSMI3N.
Senator Fair ot California sent litteea
boxes of cut ( lowers to bo placed on ( iiaut's
tomb.
Senator Logan has promised to attend tlio
( irand Army reunion In Sun Francisco next
August.
Senator Fair is said to bo tiled of public
life , and ex-Senator Stewart Is bent on cap-
nidus his sent.
It Is thought that "Objector" Holman will
bo rcnumlnnted lor congress at Urcciibburg
1ml. , on the IGlh Inst.
There is no doubt that Congressman Davis
of Massachusetts Is squarely In the Held for
Senator Uawea' seat.
It Is stated that Mr , Hearst , California's
new senator , addressed the president at their
/ir&t / meeting as "my dear young mun , "
Senator Merrill amends Senator Platt's
open executive session resolution by apply
ing to It reciprocity tiealles Instead of nom
inations.
Itepresentatlvo McKlnley , of Ohio , Is al
luded to as bring in his personal appearance
a counterfeit presentment of the lirst Na
poleon.
The average weight of the United States
senators now iu Washington Is 175 pounds ,
iliough it would take twenty Mahoues to
make a ton.
Senator linralls has written an article for
the Nortli American Itevlew presenting liU
views In favor of changing Inauguration day
f torn March 4 to April 80.
Senator-Hale has Introduced a bill makiug
the.Impeding or obstruction of railroads ex-
can't by legal process , u , crime punishable by
tine and imprisonment.
ijeuutor Mcl'hciion , ofNew Jersey , .Is a
STS 1 - '
tall , thin-faced man with a tJoman nose ,
overhanging broTv'e , iieavy Iron-gray laus-
tache , with a tlngfof Silver In It.
Senator Edmunds was appointed In ISCTi
to succeed Senator Foote. deceased. The
appointment was first /offered / to ox-Governor
Smith , who declined U' nnd is now talked of
as Mr. Kdmtinds' most formidable opponent
for the next term.
Congressman Cobbjiiow serving Ids fifth
term from Indlann < will not he returned. Ho
Is ono of tlio lmiidf < omot men In the house ,
and Is chairman of tlio , committee on public
land ? . Ills districts complained that ho did
not give enough attention to local Interests.
Mr. lirown , one 'of ' jho Georgia senators ,
used to bo the best sjidl with a squirrel rlllo
In the south. Ills father would gtvo him
twelve bullets and tell him to bring in twelve
squirrels. "And mind ye , " the old man
would attd , "let the holes o through their
tarnal heads. " Once Robert Toombs dial'
Ictigcd lirown to light a duel , nnd besought
the latter to name llio weapons. ' 'Squirrel
titles , " said lirown to the second who bore
the message. 13ut nothing further was heard
from Toombs.
Not So Numerous nsTlioy \ \ ore ,
t'Mrni/it IttraW.
The number of Miss Folsemi's uncles
shrank wonderfully when the wedding Invi
tations weio Issued ,
Killed , and Ought to lie llurletl.
IVitlddf/p/iftt / / Vrcss.
The plain fact is that the administration
, has killed the civil service act and Mr. llan-
dall wants to have the corpse buried.
No Fear of Tbolr Itcturn ,
Albany Time * .
In case of war with Canada Ills to bc > hoped
that the patriotism of tlio American colony at
Montreal will nievcnt them from returning
home.
Prohibition mill High License.
iVciD York Sim.
We believe the prohibitionists to bo wholly
wrong in their theoryand that high license Is
the correct and rational solution oC the liquor
question. _
No Show for anybody Kl.sc.
J'/illt/cli/ila / ( / ) / Tlinct.
Now that Loiran has written a book and an
arbitration bill , too. It Is hard to see hew any
body else can have the nerve to ask for the
presidential nomination.
A Dandy \O\VH paper Man.
A'misrl * t'i'lTime ' * .
MIke Hhcitdan was something of a news
paper man in his day , but he was small pota
toes as compared with Dan Lamout. If Mr.
Cleveland is Mirowd he will dispense with
Ueu I'lilsoiu on that Kuropean tour and .stick
to Dan.
_
They Want to 3lnkc n Comparison.
The park commissioners of Now York city
want to spend 5.1,1)00 ) for a blir rhinoceros.
The object probably is to show their constitu
ents that there are moro "ornery" looklnir
creatures In the world than Cotliam politi
cians.
A Seasonable Hint.
Cliiculi't ' tlcralil.
Rlevcn Saratoga tttitks , containing the
outfit of tlio white. ' hofise bride , are sug
gestive of the fact that it' the wives and
daughters of the Jacksonians intend to cut
much of a ligure during. . the next social sea
son , the time to hiio dressmakers has ar-
rlvwl- -L.
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When the Circus' Cum to Town.
Jama A. I' < iiln > . .
Vou kin talk o' your circuses nowadays ,
An' jour railroad shown , and sleli ,
An' the wonderful things , the riders do ,
An' your mammcrs gittiu' rich ,
For It letches a tomlwHi > ot. an' bometlmcs
A tear starts tricklln * down ,
As i think o' homo and the village giceu ,
When the circus cum' to town.
I remember well Iiow we'd scamper out
Lone afore the break o' day ,
An' how one 'd collar a wateriu' pall
An * t'other a bunch of hay.
An' witli carryin' water an' 1'eedin' th' hay
An' cloln' odd jobs aroun' .
Weall stood In ter a topmost seat
When the circus cum to town.
An' I can't forslt how my lieart'd thump
At the sudden turns they made ,
As we stood an' watched em drive in line
For the -'dally street parade. "
An' 1 think how we'd all fall in behind
An1 toiler 'em all aioun' ,
Till my heart beats fast as It used to do
When the circus cum to town.
I kin see them rings on tlio village green ,
Wilh tlm sawdust 'roun' ' inside ,
An the house on the top o' the elephant's
back ,
Wher' the'hammcdins used to ride.
1 liin hear the crack o' tlio master' ? whip ,
An' the shriek o' the striped clown ,
As wo set on the highest seat an' laired ,
When the circus cum to town.
An' artor the show was done we'd stan'
Arpuu' where the hucksters bake ,
An' in silence gaze witli hungry eyes
At tlio chunks o1 ginger cake.
These back an' thcr' '
things come ain't nouso
A trvln to keep 'em down.
Why , 1 never thought o' doin' thelchores
When the circus cum to ( own.
A Match Story.
Clitcnu" Tribune.
The largest match factory in the United
States , situated at Akron , Ohio , turns out
57,0i.0)03 ( ) matches in ono day when run
to its full capacity. That enormous pro
duction gives ono match to every man ,
woman nnd child in the country and is
very far from supplying tlio total con
sumption of the pcoplo , every one of
whom is just now deeply interested in
the result of the presidential matchmaking
ing , at Washington. Things in this par
ticular are very difl'erentfrom what they
were in the days which our older readers
well remember. One needs not to bo
very far advanced in years to recollect
Iho tinder-box , with its accompaniment
of Hint and steel , which together found
about tlio only means known for literally
"striking a light , " except the still
moro antiquated ono of rubbing two
sticks together or the n o of the burning-
glass. The brimstone match was then
I lip only kind known , , unless ( hat ono
might occasionally uyo a phosphorus bottle -
tlo exhibited as a scientific curiosity , Ami
Iheso brimstone days separated nights
that could bo artificially lighted up only
by tlio tallow dip or , , tin ; , oil lamp. No
gas. much less electric , ight , to turn the
night into day and superannuate tlio
pcripturo injunction to "Work while it is
day , because the night gonioth when no
man can work. " The match was then a
something to bo taken care of , not so
much on account , 61 its danger
'
as because it cost' ; money nvon
when the house-holder bought
bin brimstone at' the store , cut
up tlio wood with lus.laok knife and
made his own matehei , And ho was
generally the ono to-'usy them , tlio abil
ity to ignite the tinder and then to evolve
a llama from it , being gained only by
patent ellbrt which the boys were not
credited with. The intelligent grand
father of to-day can tell lo the children
of a great many radical changes that
have occurred since he was a boy , but in
no direction 1ms ho more room for the
exorcise of his descriptive powers than
in the ellbrt to enlighten tlio juvenile
mind by letting it know what a Hood of
artificial light has been thrown upon the
world within the compass of a single
lifetime.
o
A Ijabor Aeitator hocked Up.
MJI.WAITKKE , June 5. Uobert Schilling ,
( ho labor agitator , returned from Cleveland
last night , ' and presented himself. at the sher
iffs otlico i'or arrest this morning , saving ho
understood ho was wanted tindcr.au Indict
ment. Two caolases were read him aud-lio
was locked up. .
IIofTmnn's Vindication.
On my return from Chicago Satur
day night my attention was called
to the following semi-editorial article -
clo which appeared iu the Lincoln
Journal on Thursday :
For a year or so ( ho HOD. K. lloscwatcr has
been assuring the public through the Um : ,
which bat a larco cliculatlon , and through
his mouth which has a circulation both
larger and louder , that when the case of J.
M. HolTmnn against him for libel came up ho
would make Hofl'man wish he had never
been born. He would show that HolTmnn
did steal that horse as alleged beyond any
possible question. All ho wanted Was a
chance. Ho was hot witli Impatlenco to
get into court with his witnesses and depo
sitions. Ho could hardly restrain himself
to wait for the regular term of court. Hoff
man was a villain who ought to bo exposed
to thq public , and when the trial of the ease
came on Mr. llosowater would present an act
or uxdipallon on Hoffman that would dis
count St. ( tcorgo and the dragon. Tlmo
moved as slow to Mr. Kosowater as to a
groom expectant. _
The case was reached on the court rlocketr-
ycsterday. The plalntift was leady
and eager. The counsel for Mr.
llosowater pleaded the most trifling
technicality and scut the case over to
the ne.\t term of coutt. Notwithstanding ho
had ransacked the country from Clmdron to
Little Rock , and published columns ot depo
sitions In the HKK , llosowater slunk out of
the encounter like double-dyed . poltroon.
Tlio case will never come to trial. At the
next term of court some other dodge will be
spuing , and so on till the end of time. Vcntie
atlldavlts will servo their turn , witnesses
will be sick , die or remove from tlio state , all
the tedious and costly delays so inttlcately
Interwoven with the alleged structure of law
Will bo interposed , and the slanderer will go
iinpunt.slied so long as ho can pay for expe
dients.
And this Is the arrogant follow who only
hungered for a chance to piovo what he had
printed. Buhl lie is only a cowardly and
evasive liar , who would thrust a poisoned
bare into an Innocent and unsuspecting
victim and then Hoc from the consequences
like a shccp-kllllngdog. Ho would bu burled
beneath public contempt but that be inhabits
a moral abyss over which contempt lloati
like a balloon.
This. I take it , is intended to vindicate
John Milton Holl'man and justify ( ! o\v
ernor Dawes in continuing lloll'man in
the conlidcntial relation of private secre
tary. ' The relleetions upon mv moral
ami physical courage will handy set Mr.
Holl'man right in the esteem of the pub
lic. Mr. lloll'man's champion , who
hurls such epithets as "double-dyed pol
troon , " "liar" and'"coward , " is a miser
able Hessian from Alabama , who sought
to destroy bis country , and , having
failed , lias hired lum > clf to a
republican organ to shoot pois
oned barbed arrows from behind" the
ambush at honest democrats and decent
republicans , who do not consort with
horse-thieves , political highwaymen and
plunderers of the state treasury. While
stabbing liis own party for mere gain ,
this cheap hireling has been a standing
applicant for sonii ) olliee nt the hands ot
the democrats. It is eminently belitting
for this Alabama bushwhacker to impugn
my bravery and moral courage. He is
the lir.st man who hits dared to do bo in
all the fifteen years of my newspaper
career.It is thu lirst time , too. that any
body has charged mo _ with run
ning away from a light. Those
who know"me intimately will know
better without n denial on my part.
There are , however , some people who
might bo misled into the belief that I
have ; hacked down from my position in
tiio lloll'man case because I had no proof
to sustain my charge. There may even
be some who are willing to believe that
IIoilman is a victim of malicious libel ,
and the governor who upholds him a
man who does not elevate adventurers
into , positions of great responsibility. For
this class 1 will briefly recite the facts es
tablished , and tno reasons why the trial
ditl not come oil'at this term of court. It
is notorious that the charge against
Hofl'man was published in the
midst of excitement that followed the
bogus robbery of the state treasury
during the suasion of the last legislature.
The story about Hodman's theft of a
horse had boon given me some months
previous , but I only made it public when
1 became impressed that ho was likel.y lo
have been a party to the plot of thq state
treasury robbery. The man was , in my
mind , capable of Riieh a crime , anil I
publicly warned the governor as I
deemed it my duly to do. .1 did not per
sonally call on the governor because my
relations with him were unfriendly. The
day after this was published 1 went to
Lincoln and faced Holl'man and liis back
ers , taking the chances of assaults or
libel milts. The only utep Holl'man took
wan to scout the very idea through the
Lincoln Journal , which pronounced the
story as an atrocious libel , gotten up by
mo without a shadow of foundation. I
then reiterated my charge , giving the de
tails about tlio horse theft as related to
me by the owner , Mr. llarnes. iiuforo
doing this 1 had taken the precaution to
have Barnes relate the whole story in the
presence of a witness. No notice what
ever was taken of my open letter. Hod
man no longer denied absolutely , as he
did at lirst , that ho over ran away
with a norse , but admitted that lie
ho hud disposed of ahorseyhilo travel
ing for Barnes , thn excuse being that he
was compelled to do so because Barnes
failed to send him money and ho was des
titute. This story was generally accepted
at Lincoln as true until the libel suit was
brought ten months after I had given pub
licity to the charge. Without waiting for
the trial , 1 at once took steps to es
tablish the facts by taking deposi
tions. Those depositions luaYu.nojstund-
ing room for Hollmah. 1 have proVe'd
by Mr , Barnes that ho owned
a hqr.su which Holl'man borrowed
and failed to rotiirn. 1 have shown
by the same witness ( hat Hofl'man hud no
authority to .sell the lior.su , anil when
brought tp time ho gnvu his note lo pay
for tlio horse , insisting , however , upon a
written promise that Barnes would not
him criminally. 1 have shown
y the deposition ol Owen Evans , former
ly deputy sheriff of Lancaster county ,
that ilolVi-jan tried to soil him the hor.sn
at 1'irth , within twoiity-two miles of Li.i-
coin , for a price which made Kvans sus
pect nt onoo that the borsu was stolen.
The pretense Hoffman made wan that it
was too cold for him to ride. This
completely demolishes lloH'inaiiVt story
that ho was obliged lo neil the horpii
down south , when ho was in distress.
Barnes gave him ! W in money when ho
started out of Lincoln , and tlio rascal of
fered to sell the horse buforti ho fairly got
out of town. II it was too cold to ride ,
why did lie not leave the horse at Firth
and notify Barnes to send fo/ him ? 1
have shown by tlio deposition of Hedges
that lloll'man was in jail in 1'ierco City ,
Missouri , throe months after ho left Lin
coln , on tlio charge of Jmrso steal
ing , according to - the Spring-
field. iMo. ( ) papers. Barnes t s-
testifies that ho ordered him n-.lunsed ,
nnd finally ro-eallud him ami compelled
him to settle , Holl'man nuy bi > a very
honest man now , but this is his record ,
and there is no wiping it out.
JTio ease was set for trial in the May
term and the dale on thodooUot was May
'J7. llolVinun's lawyers puiposiil.y faded
to put in an answer which , under Hut
rules , postponed the oasn jl lf , 'jut ' i was
on hand promptly ami wanted the case
tried then and them. 1 was awaru
that Hoffman Imd many advantage *
His backers were using improper iullii-
enco to defeat thu emU of justice. They
luvd done their ut.most to prevent li.'U'ue.s
from tulHng tiio truth. John H , < larko ,
for instance , who know nil nliout Hull-
man's iiorso trauip , bi-cuuso lie dbeuuulud
his note for the horse , was holding a clul
over Barnes' head in the shape of a mort-
cape and tightening the thumb-screws
Hoffman was made private secretary bj
( lovcrnor Dawes for Clarke's benefit ,
and it was but natural that Ularko wouhl
hnto to loose such a useful tool.
1 know that an officer of the court had
sought to pnrsuado Owe.n Kvans not to
testify , and Hoffman's lawyers had tried
in vain lo tamper with my witnesses.
I know that the court Itself was
unfriendly and the surroundings worn
all in favor of Hoffman ,
but I determined ( o take all the chances ,
confident that Hoffman could not gel
twelve men , no matter how prejudiced ,
to award him damages for a reputation
which nobody could damage. I hail
gene to the expense of bringing Owou
Kvans all the way from Clmdron. Ho
and other witnesses remained with mo at
Lincoln for four days after the day sot ,
but the ease ilnally had to go over because -
cause there was no chance to try it at
this term. Other cases had occupied the
court until the criminal docket was
called , which , as I was told , would take
the balance of ( ho term. AH this
was known not only to Holl'man and his-
lawyers , but to Iho hireling on the Lin
coln Journal , who bus taken the job of
white.washing HoiTintuf by blackwanhing
me. If my course shows any backoown
or cowardice , or if it vindicates Holl'mnti
in any way ho and his patron and part
ner , ( tovornor Dawes , are at liberty to
make the most of it. E. KOSKWATUII.
ttcfiitulli ) for Farmers ,
In view of the extremely low price ol
agricultural products tliu owner of a farm
who puts a now mortgage on it for any
ordinary purpose is very rash. Ho may
have good reason to believe that outlays
in barns , machinery , or othur improve
ments would be a great convenience ami
considerably increase tlio productive
capacity of his farm , but the hard fact
remains that few farms nro now paying
moro than a .small Interest on their cost
and that unless the money which ho
might invest in buildings , stock , or tools
added to the yield of his land enough to
return a fair rate per cent upon the sum
so expended it would only increase Hit
difficulty of making both ends meet. Al
ready the farmers of the United States
are burdened with a lamentably heavy
load of debt and their interest payments
are out of proportion to their present
possibilities for making money. In
many jiarts of the west and southwest
they are still paying 8 and 10 per cent on
old mortgages amply secured , and nil
over the countrv the rales of interest on
farm debts are. in many lnstanccshighur
than those paid by other borrowers who
give no better security. A western
banker has well said that the most profit
able business eonnco.ted with agriculture
was the loaning of money to farmers , and
observation in almost any section will
show that the vijlage money lender is
very apt to get rich while the farmers
whom ho accommodates do not. At a
time when money is vainly seeking in
vestment in all financial centers at ex
tremely low rates of interest and several
issues ot bonds paying 8 per cent or less
arc being eagerly purchased , it is a great
pity that such a state of things should
exist. The qnerv is prompto.l whether it
is not feasible for farmers to follow the
example of states , municipalities , and the
United States government ami refund a
large part ot their indebtedness with
great advantage to their linancml con
dition. There are various reasons why
the law of .supply and demand 1ms boon
so unsatisfactory in lowering rates upon
farm mortgages. In many oases the
trouble has been niumty inertia on the
part of the farmer. If he were to bor
row money on a new mortgage he would
doubtless make a diligent ellbrt to got it
as cheaply as possible , but ho goes on pay
ing the old rate of interest upon a mort
gage given when the scale of prices was
higher all around , and sees no way of
lightening the burden of interest charges ,
with wheat at seventy-live cents a busncl ,
which properly belongs to the time when
his gram sold at twice that price. Another
cause of the high rates is that nn insur
ance company , savings bank or other
financial institution having largo sums to
loan finds it difficult to invest money in
farm mortgages without scattering its
loans so much that the expense and
trouble of lookfhg after them is too "real
to be willingly incurred. The task of
bringing together the buyer and seller , so
to speak , has been too di'llieult , and if it
is possible for farmers to lighten their in
terest burdens tlmy can best do so by
combining to make it easier for the bor
rower to cfeal with the capitalist who has
cheap money to lend. If tlm thrifty , pro
gressive farmers of a western "town
ship or county , who are paying high
interest on mortgages , should organize
enough to appoint one of the most wide
awake and trustworthy of thuir number
to act for them all , and send him to ono
of the money eunters'lin might , by giving
ono company or capitalist all the mort
gages of the section ruprcsonlod , uml
thereby making it easy to watoh the investment -
vestment , perhaps refund hundreds of
thousands of dollars at a rate from 2 to
1 per cent Ic.ss than his neighbors now
imy. It would at least bo gratifying to
have the experiment tried on a largo
scale. If it should succeed the result
would bo the paving oyury year of
millions of dollars to the fanners of the
United States.
DpBtnictivo
SCOTTDAI.K. Pa. , .lime 5. A lira broke out
hero about i'K ) : ) last night , and was not
c-hecked until it had consumed eight business
houses , and a number of others were torn
clown to stay Its progress. Tlio lire was
caused by tin- explosion of a lamp in the
hands of a little glil in thu Kntcrprlso slofo.
Total low , S:20ft':0. : : The lililerlrl ; who had tlio
lamp l.i missing , and It Is supposed she imr-
Ished In the flumes- Ono of tlio llrcniini full
I'luma two story house rt'.ul was badly hurl ,
. SnlooiiH on tin inlay.
LONDON , .fimo 5. Tlio commons , in com-
mlttc-e , agrcod last ovuiiln : . ' , by a vote of
lift to luu , to an amendment to the sale of
Sunday sitlo of Illinois bill , provldinir for
closing ol'imblii ! liiiuor Jioiwoon .Sunday
Ihioiighout Knglaiiu , e.'a'yjit in London and
UH submits.
Gatarrli to Consumption ,
Crtlnrrli In Itsdrst. tic t'vo forceEi.tiulK nrxt to
( mil iindonblccllluiUl'Min lof.imuiiiinloii. it
l > ibiTi'lotit hiiiiflur Hint tliniO ullllcloil ivjili
iliN Icnrlul II | OIMI ; tihiiiHil mil iim ! < o It tlio oli-
left ol' tlinlr livrH li rlil llicmr-oiU ! * of It. Do-
jcplivij iiiii.iMlIdH o iiift-'tti'il bv IxMiirniil ) ni > -
[ uiiilot'ri KI iiiiMllciil knowluilifii huvo wtnluniiil :
lliu rontlilH'U ! ! of tlo : nri.'iit iii.ijorji i > ! < uU'ernrrf
ti nil u < IWiU"il irin'ilics. Tnry lioi-ciiuti ru-
.lyniiJ tou IHcol' misery nitliiT limn tciluro
Ilic'in3 lv-i ! ivlili iloublliil p illintifo.f.
llul UiU 'Till niiKiriio. Ciiiunh must ho met
lit ovcry 3iiuu uml COIIIIIIIM. | . | with nl our
might. I" ninny ( ! : IM > Iliu Uibnit < - < i liis : it siiincil
luniruroiis nymptoins. Tlio'.ioui'Siiiiil turtllniro
( If tlio JI.JS. ) , HlK CIVifUIUOt lldiUMIlf , Of IUC\\\X \ \ \
aid of tiiKihuf MI nttcatiul ni Hi bn .luclos , llio
iivnliiio ul'iiKatti'llliu ' llitinit t > > liitlitiooJ itmt
11 IlUtOil 116 III0'lU'OU | | ) C'UDSlillll 11IU UltlrCoa
itl'IC-OUJfll.
Hi. KiiiD'ri Ilviiia.ti. Cum : mncH nvorf pliuso
of Cuttin-li , frotn mltnpln tioail ioli | to thvniobt
ualhtOiiHi mill I'.o.'i-muivn Hii.'u.s. It Is ioca
uml oniiritltullomU | n-tiinl in rollofutj : , pur
nimioiu In cui 'n ; , fata , uiiontnnlcul uml IIUVCT
liiillinr.
io'i : ; paclrntro rontalns oiin liolllnof ilia Itvu-
10 tl.lU'lir , 1)110 UOX l'AT.Utlll(4l.fi ( < II.V.WT , mill
nu I.Mi'R'n KII I.Mi.\.tii , ivltli irunlUo ; pilc-o fl.
Purrj-ii Uitun'in ( vjoi. . Co. . Itoavox.
RHEUMATIC PAINS.
Nournlslo. SuUtic , Sudden , .Slmrii and
Nurv'otid i'Alurf Mini Strft'ii-s icllt-vml
In uiiu mlnutu by the ( iilicum .Mill-
I'.iln 1'luatur , tlm limit poi-foot nnll-
, dole to | > i < ln fttid liillniniiiatlun vrur
. V'oinpotiiuliiil Now , orlnliml , liiUnu-
luuuoiu , | iifitllll > lo nnJ nff. At nil drmiKlKt" .
t'Ki ; 11 vti lur JI./J ' ; or pnotiiKu ii'jupf I'ottt-r
l.'rux mill CuomK-ul ( .V. , lloston , Mass , '
STRICTLY PURE.
rr COHTAIIVH AU OFIUM iv ANY rotm
25
CENTS
for
Cough
IN THREE SIZE BOTTLES.
25 CENTS , 50 CENTS , AND $1 PER BOTTLE
O N I' nnTTLEnro nn- tin forth *
( OTi'nmtnttonot nl | whn rt trn r ° o
Mid low nrl"- '
Gtueh , OoldandCroupRemidy
ItlOSR DKSIIIINO A 1IKMKDV KOII
CONSUMPTION
Asr
LUNG DISEASE.
Should fccuro tlioluixo $1 bottle * . Ulrootloa
ncv'omimiiyiinr uncli Iiottlo.
Soldby .xll
< il
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017 St. i'lmrlcN.St. , N ( . I.ouln.Ho.
Arrfulnr ( trtiltinteof two MedletlCAllr | < * i , IIM tron lonftf
ennmeil In the l > eelfcl trrbtmtotof CHKUIIC , Ninvou * . S l
ted BLDID Dfiitti thtn nnr olhft l'hileUn InSt. Lal4
kiclty ptprri thaw intt nil oUreiiMcnU know ,
Nervotis Prostration , Debility , Mental nnO
Physical Weakness ; Mercurial and other ARoc
lions ol Throat , Skin or Bones , Blood Poisoning ,
Old Sores and Ulcers , nro lrr tfj with unp.rtll.1.4
iUfCjn , ( inUtnliMrnllOo lirlnclj.lMjiUrolT , Prlrdtlr.
Diseases Arising from Indiscretion , Excels.
Exposure or Indulgence , hich rrodno tom < r th. I
following rfldUi uttiouinen , Jcl.llHj , dlmncn or ilM
aoddf rtetlte memorj , plmpl.a on th. f cf , pbfileildeeftf ,
trerilontothe loelrljof frtailo , ccoru.Un of Mm , l . ,
rendering Mnrrlnzo Imnropor or unhnpny. '
rtrnmnrntlr e r J. l' > tnpblcll > | 'i ( < irn Ihenliote , i nt
IniHlcdtnTrlopo , frtiitoinrtililreii. CotiiulUllomlQt.
Dei or by mill fr.n , luvllej mil illicit ; c.nOJtolUI.
A Positive Written Guarantee i n ineT.rrei.
nbll cue. lloJIcine lent ertrj b.re bj nail or tlprtll.
MARRIAGE GUIDE ,
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binding , pfiiled fir BOO. In pottnxBoreiirrpQer. Or r nnr
Vimdtrrul prn I'loliirn. true ID Hie | irllclt I oil tbo role ! Uf
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