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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 14, 1886)
r STILL 18 ONE-MAN POWER , The Unsatisfactory Management at the In sane Hospital Yet in Existence. THE BOARD SIGHS FOR RELIEF , I'lntMinontti Yomist Men's Hcpuli- llcnn ClnlVorrloH the Stntc Journal Now Town Iuld Out Capital News. Iritow TIIK nKK's t.iNcot.x ntriiEto.1 'Ihu board of public lands and build ings has been in cession the past week transacting ; the monthly routine of busi ness , nnd M usual the Insane hospital mutters look much of their time and attention - tontion , and continues lo bo a source of annoyance and trouble above all oilier state institutions. Mailers since the ap pointment of Mrs. Mntlhowson ai matron nro moro unsatisfactory llian over to the board , who see no hope ot a change for tlio bolter until a long suffering public onjoy.s a chiuige from the Dawcs admin istration. The hospital for the Insane has a king and ( | uecn , but no cabinet , und the asslslanl physician , lady physi cian and steward are kept without in fluence and from counsel as far as pos sible. The statement is freely made that the lady phywiolun'8 judgment and ex perience Is confined to the task of feed- ini ! two female patients who have taken n determined htand to smcido by starva tion , and the board finds that the ser vices of the professional and valuable as sistants at the hospital are kept crowded down and out of useful channels under the star chamber procedures- that in- fclilulolhat two separate legislatures have said ought lo bo reformed. It need not be n mirprise if an oppn rupture occurs holwoen iho superintendent and the board , in spite of Ihu fael Ihat a one-man power has succeeded in keeping the su- porintcndont in power and forcing a mat ron on the board against their unanimous opposition. While Ibis state of uuairs ex ists Iho Salaries go on , and curly in Iho morning of the second day's session of the board tlio .superintendent" making Kolicitlou.s inquiries concerning Iho regu lar allowance. There will bo a prodigious high of relief on Iho part of the board when they can PCO Iho dawn of satisfac tory manauomont at the Nebraska hospi tal for thu insane. roNOKHNINO A KKI'UIU.ICAN Cf.UH. Some of the Lincoln papers , notably the Stale Journal , are in n slate of per turbation over tlio rceont Young Men's Jtcpultliean club banquet at Plattsmouth tno ilotirnal , because that club invited ticintor Van Wyck for ono of ils guesls , who is a republican in every part of the United State.1 } except the third story of the Journal building. The young men's republican club of Plattsmouth is built of material Unit is honest enough and in earnest enough to keep aliyo and pros perous in Nebraska the only incorporated club wc.st . of Chicago. u club that ought to bo the pride of every republican - publican in the stale , without an exhi bition of editorial intolerance. It must be , tn many , humiliating lo road the HtricturcH that radiate from the editorial triiiod situated on the apex of the mag nificent structure known as the Journal ollieo , that has been accumulated and sustained by stale putro-migo gleaned as prolils from Iho republican party. The young men's republican olub of Plaits- mouth has enjoyed no such inducements to keep ils camp fires burning , and when il is remembered that the editor of the State Journal , who , with other promi nent republicans , were invited to tno club banquet , did not esteem the invitation enough to * acknowledge its receipt , it would seem as though thu club had oeen treated with all thu contempt it deserves. KUTUKK CITIES. The Lincoln or 1) ) . & M. town site com pany , which plats and locates the now towns on the line.s of the I ) . & M. in the stall * , has had a busy year thus far , owing to ninny Burlington extensions this year into now torritorj' . The company lias already located and laid out thirty-two new towns in the state , in addition to the yearly work of platting now additions to towns already established and in which they have proprietary interests. These thirty-two now towns are located along the B. & M.'s Grand Island extension to the northwest , along the El wood branch west through Frontier county , and on the Blue Hill lloldrcgo extension. The company has also put in a few now towns on the Denver main line , and every ono of Iho lot is booming its individual self into a city , with corner lota raising in value. The town silo work on Iho now B. & M , extensions this summer has kept three surveying- parties actively at work over since stakes could bo driven in llio early spring , and is a fair index of the way in which Nebraska is growing. SAJ.INK I'OMTICS. A citizen of Saline county has quietly furnished the information to Capital City parlies that the arrangements for Iho legislative ticket in that county are com plete and that mun had boon agreed upon. This arrangement contemplates thu election of F. U Foss as ono of the legislators , and , in term , for the speaker- ship of the house , all of which , no doubt , would bo yury pleasant to the governor , who would bo enabled in that way to see ! n litllo substance to take the place oftlio vapory film before his eyes , which hesi tates in formulating a senatorial boom. lint the Foss tmonkcrdliip combination has a terrific gauntlet yet to run , before it H safe to count upon. trniKit KVENTS. Saturday oycningMr.nnd Mrs.I. Friend celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of their niarriago , their entertainment con sisting of a reception , banquet und bull. hold at the Masonic Temple hall , where tiomo seventy-live couple woru in altond- unco enjoying the anniversary. The col lation served was a complete champagne supper ; Brown's opera orchestra fur- iiinlied Ihe inusio anil iho festivities con tinued to n Into hour , Among the gnob-ts present from abroad was Rabbi Benson , ot Omaha , who during the I-OIIMO of the btinquol made u folluitious speech con gratulatory to Mr. und Mrs. Friend. Among the handsome gifts received were evidences of the ctlbct of the heated Qterni upon thn people , three complete aim elegant silver water sets being among the array of gifts en- numerated , ono of them coming from Iho congregation of which the host and hostess are members. In Justice L'ochrun's court an interest ing case has been totminutcu in which Mrs. Madovnio sued one ( Joldwater for board , Iho { defense being an onset for work alone , and performed for plaintill 1. ono item ofvhich was for ? J.fX > as ser vices for writing a letter. Tlio case was a contest of attorneys and until far into the night thu eloquent pleas were contin ued until all U street resounded with the sounds of oratory. The case ended in dismissal with thu costs taxed up to both parties , The jail records yesterday showed that twenty-four arrests hud been made and that twenty-four pilgrims would cat Sun day dinner at tno expense of the city. These arrests covered a variety of mis , demeanors , ranging trom plain drunks upward , and the police court in consequence quence will bn a busy place to-day. One of the important arrests is of a Mrs. Hawkins and three others for conspiracy > together and secreting stolen property. The oflicers who were armed wiln the search warrant and made the arrest found a trunk full of shoos und a largo , varied nnd interesting assortment of underwear. on the premises. M.rs. Hawkins is ire porlcd as a bad citizen from Omaha , , and tbo case will bo heard rtt 3 p. m. to-day. The citizens of Kast Lincoln , which , by the way. Is one of the growing suburbs , would like a few improvements al Iho hnmls of the city fathers , including nn oloe.lric slrect light , some much needed sidewalk and the extension of water ser vice out to Twenty-seventh strecl. A goodly number of Lincoln people of musical tastes were excursionists to Omaha and Unit city's great musical fes tival on Saturday last , to ntlcnd Iho mat inee concert on thai afternoon. Return ing homo they have only words of appre ciation for the festival. A former newspaper man in the state nnd cx-goveinnii'iit olllcial has gotten into trouble by not sotlling a board bill at the Windsor , and has been placed under arrest. To him il will bo lhc wrong kind of an advertisement. An Interesting meeting was enjoyed by the Capital City camp of the Modern Woodmen Friday evening. Deputy Head Consul Yolton presided Ri Iho absence of Consul F. M. Woods. The membership has reached 120 and will count IcO before the chart is closed , so say the workers in the organization. F. F Koso and L. Bald win wore elected delegates to the head camp which meets in October next at Sterling , Illinois. One of the old land marks In the city has been removed from the corner of 0 nnd Twelfth streets lo make room for anew now biick Ihat will be built on that corner and which will bo a pleasing im provement. J. T. Mallalicn , superintendent of the reform school at Kearney , is at the capi tal , combining business and pleasure. ( Jcorgc W. Ihincaii of SI. Joe , formerly with the Hick & Miller Tea company , now with Slcelc & Walker'of that city , passed Sunday in Lincoln at the Com mercial. The Palaili.in society , at ils excellent entertainment tit Iho opera liousosulVered grievous annoyance from lain comers , who seriously interfered with the pro gramme. The radical reform in this matter of late coming oughl lo bo inaug urated during the remaining entertain ments of commencement week. Lincoln base ball enthusiasts drew anew now breath of courage when the Lincoln club won Saturday's game at Leaven- worth , on a score of ' 3 to 2 in an eleven inning game. Secretary of State Koggen bus been n visitor at Omaha the last day past on a business excursion lo thai place. ( iuorgc B. Lane , a well advertised can didtttu tor state superintendent , came in from Omaha ycftorduy. It is announced that Professor W. W. Urummond , ol Plattsmouth. is also in the Hold for this position. Sam Waugh. late of Crcle , passed llirough Lincoln yesterday ctirouto to Plattsmouth , where he becomes a citizen and cashier ot the First National bank at that place. Chancellor Manatt delivered the Bac calaureate address at the opera house last evening , his Ihcmo being "Tho Obliga tion of Culture in Modern Life. " HOTKL OUESTS. The followingNobraskans discussed the Sunday bills ot faro at Lincoln hotels yesterday torday : J. Ililliger , umnha ; E. O. Jack son , Omaha ; F. C. Thompson , Omaha C. H. Hamilton , Milford ; George M. Walsh , Milford ; T. E. Clark , Omaiia ; W. P. Clark , Fremont ; W. A. Dilworlh Hastings ; E. J. Parrot , Omaha ; John W. Clark. Weeping Water ; U. W. Bates Grand Island ; E. D. Lawton , Beatrice W. D. Wen/ , Nebraska City ; B. B. Rice Omaha ; Charles E. Do Soilen , Omaha ; 11 C. Gist , Plattsmouth ; Roger Strum Chadron ; George Clark , Omaha. UNOliK SABI'S KIOIMALU ARBIX. Tliclr KlHclenry , Salaries mid Work Fifteen ThoiiHuml In the De partment * A. ftonmnce of the Treasury. The Washington correspondent of the Utica Observer writes : The govornmcn clerks employed in the departments n Washington number 15,000 , making an army half again as largo as Ihat o Xcnophon in the retreat which he writes of in his " " "Anabasis. A curious army it is old and young men and women , o all types , strong and weak , crippled anc active its variety is as broad as that o human lifol Fifty-eight hundred of its number receive salaries which range from $000 to $1,800 n year , and all , fron chiefs to privates , are allotted a vacation of ono whole month al almost any time of the year they choose to take it. This army of clerks never strikes. I is content with its wages , and it has no reason to complain of its hours of work These hours are practically only sij dailv. The departments open at ! ) o'clock , und the clerks tire oxpecled lo bo at their desks at that hour. They work steadily unlll noon , and then take usually an hour for luncheon. At ' o'clock they are back at their desks , am at 4 their day's work is done. The treasury contains between 3,500 am 4,000 clerks. It is tlio largest department of Iho government. At 4 p. m. fotu human streams pour fourth from its vari ous exits , and the strcols become crowded in a moment. Hero goes a dashing youn < lady with a lunch basket in her haiicf dressed in the latest fashion , and with : now spring bonnet resting jauntily abovi her banged curls. Beside her is a gi : , young man In a Derby , who chats wit. her almost lovingly ns they pass out to gothor. In front of her is n plainly dressed old woman , who probably keeps a family out of the $720 a year which she makes oy copying papers all day long and back of her is a long thin dude will a collar us big as a sldrl end'u ml enormous cars. Further back llioru is a widow ii mourning , and as you look at her yoi wonder whether her husband was a sol dior. dior.There There are 4,000 women in the govern mnnl departments at Washington , and among the best-looking and most intclli gent ladies of the capital are so employed ' i'hoy como , us n rule , from good families Many of them nro Iho widows of notei generals , the daughters of ox-governors and ox-congressmen , and now and thoi you will find Iho relative of a president or a cabinet minister. Many of then have travelled widely , and the great majority are educated am refined ladies. They do all kinds 01 work , and receive salaries ranging fron $720 to $1,600 a year. As money counters Ihoy are much moro export Ihan the men nnd Iho rapidity with which they cm count thousands upon thousands of del lars without making a mistake make ; your brain whirl us you watch thorn These money counters get about $75 a month , and they count millions of dollars every month , Al ono side of each ono 01 Iho table Ho great piles of greenbacks § done into packages us they come from the press. I am speaking now of redemp tion bureau of the treasury. Those bills are old and dirty. The strip of paper around each package of 100 bills slate : where they came trom , and who counlec them in the country. The voting lady takes this off , and , moistening her lingers with u wet sponge in front of her , she counts the bills like lightning , and if the package is not right , she reports so to the chief , and the banks from which the bills come must stand the loss. The girls sol doui make a mistake , and if they do so 01 pass n counterfeit without noting it they must make the mistake good , and the , amount is taken out of their salary. The ; can toll , however ; a bad bill simply b1 feeling it , and a bank cashier will make a hundred mistakes where they make ono Not long ngo one of these young lady counters was engaged upon a lot of f 11X notes. She had been dropping the scrap on the floor beside her in a pile , afto verifying the count. While she \vJCa counting a package she would lay tin scrap , marked with the'name' the bank. which sent it , on Iho table bcsldo hen U last she came to a package that con- alncd ninety-nine note. " , and on looking or the scrap was torrilicd to find that it md fallen among the other * . She was tire she know the name of the bank , but ho could not prove it. The bank was lotilicd and refused to acknowledge the ulslake , and the poor girl was forced to wv Iho $100. llotb sexes of clerks In Washington work in Iho snmo department , and it is often tlio case lhal young men and young women have desks side by side. There s no restriction ns to social intercourse , and It is a matter of surprise to outsiders that so few marriages occur among the clerks. It is not thai Iho girls are nol ; oed looking , nor Ihat they are not good , icat and Intelligent. And ll is not thai [ ho men arc not noble and at tractive. Washington living , how ever , is expensive , and it is conlrary to the rules of the department that two members of the same family should hold positions under the govern ment. The ladles in Iho departments oat n enough to keep them respectably , and they do not care to marry a nnui who has no larger income than them selves , nnd have in Iho end nol so much pocket money than she had before. Many of thn marriages which do take place are with men outside of the depart ments , and it is not an uncommon thing here for a good-looking clerk to marry a congressman , a senalor , or a newspaper correspondent. Mrs. Theaker , who is to bb Stanley Matthews' wife , was a gov ernment clerk when she mot and married Judge Theaker , a former commissioner of ptucnU. Stephen A. Douglas married a department clerk , and Atlorney Gen eral Brcwster's wife , although she was Robert J. Walker's daughter , was work ing In the departments when ho fell in love with her. I don't think women are justly Ireated in Iho departments. Men vllo do the same class of work often receive higher salaries than the women , and a if 1-100 clerk and a $1,000 clerk are employed on the same work al limes , and the $1,000 woman perhaps docs tlio most. It was in 181)2 that women entered the ser vice as copyists and counters at a salary of $720 per year. They wore not eligible to clerkships. At this same time the men appointed to clerKships received $1,200 a year , and later , when the salary of such women was laiscd lo $ UOO , men doing the same work wore paid as high us $1,200 and $1,000 per annum , fn ] 1870 women wore made eligible lo clerkships , and since then they have been promoted until now two receive $1,800 a year. But Iho high-priced women clerks tire very few , and men who do as good work re ceive as aj-ulo hotter pay , and are moro certain of holding their positions The young men in Iho departments as a rule , have no ono but themselves to care for , and if you ask them why they are not married , they will tell yon thai their salary is not largo enough for them to support wives. Nearly till of the single women in Iho departments have others depending upon them. Many of tliom send their sisters and bothers to school , and many of them are widows , who in this way support nnd educate heir families. Some of Iho old lady clerks are very fine looking , and BO mo of them had noted careers in society before going into the departments. One I know who had Jef ferson for an ancestor , and another , per haps the most beautiful of the white- haired ladies of Iho treasury , was Iho wife of an Ohio governor who was a great friend of President Lincoln. An other Ohio governor has a daughter in the departments , and ono of the line old ladies of the pension ollice , now a great grandmother , is a Kansas woman , who was tlio first woman cleric over elected by a legislative body in this country. These old lady clerks dress well , anil among them are some of the most agree able talkers in Washington- Their hearts are young , thoiifAh their hair is white , and they arc almo&as fascinating now as when the bloom vivas on their cheeks and they wore the belles of their native states. . The women do the bulk of the dead letter - tor olliec business. In 1881 there were twenty-seven male clerks in the dead letter - tor oflico and sovcnty-oighl female clorks. The annual pay roll of the nnilo clerks was $37,400 , an average of $1.41 per day. The annual pay roll of the seventy-eight female clerks was $73,420 , or an trvcrago of $3.ll ! per day. The men did practic ally the same work as the women , bul they received $1.10 more a day for it , and hail the men's work been done by women the government would have saved $0,811. , Had tlio men done all the work at the above rate the pay roll would have hat ! to be increased $24,155. It would seem that an equalization board ought to bo appointed and thai Uncle Sam at least should give his nieces tlio same pay as his nephews when they do the same work. Is the civil service of the government a good plaeo for women V It seems to mo that it is. The hours ol labor tire short , Iho work is not such lhal il overtaxes Iho .system , and Iho labor is honorable. The "salaries are bolter than women can make in almost any other oc cupation , and the associations are what the women choose to make thorn. There used to bo an idea Unit women in the departments partments wore as a rule o.uo"siionablo characters ; that they wore indebted lo politicians for their appointment , and that Ihe appointments wore often given in the way of a bargain for questionable relations wiih such congressmen. There may have been instances of this charac ter , but they are by no moans common , and ninety-nine huiidredlhs of the women in the departments to-day are as pure us any in the country. No womau who wishes to bo honest need fear that she will.be insulted while working for tha government. The government clerks stand well in Washington city. They are far above Iho average of the intelligence of men doing the same character of work which they do throughout the country. Washington is a pleasant place in which to live. It is expensive or cheap , us ono wishes to make it. and it is to bo in the future the great educational , social and literary con tor of Iho counlry. "For economy anp comfort ovorj spring , wo use Hood's Sars.tpurillu , writes a Bumilo , N. Y. ) lady. 100 doses Ono Dollar. That's Whnt Lot Him Out. "Now , " said a gentleman to a negro whom ho had just employed. "I wan you to come early every morning. . ' propose to pay you well and I want yoi to work. " "Wants me tor work , yer say ? " "Ofcouroldo. " Pat lots me out , don. I don't 'jecl tor do pay an' I'd Jos' as soon hire out but I doau wantor work. Good day ah , " irbcn E bjr WM tick , we g rt her CutorU , When ih wu Child , the cried for CutorU , Wttn th * becam * UlM , he clone to CutorU , Wfea th * U4 CbiUno , i& * gtrt them Cajtori Opposition to Street Cars. PiTTSiiuiio , June 12. The slriklng slree car employes started a number of wagons or Wylfu avenue line to-day In opposition to tin street cats , which have been boycotted by the Knlubts of Labor. Another line of wagons will bo put on the Oakland road this after ' noon. I'he wuguiis are well patronized. " Recognized medical , authorities ( erm Rod Star Cough Cure a valuable dia a covpry. a THE PLATTSMOUTII BANQUET , Synopsis of the Speeches Delivered Before the Young Mon's' ' epublican Olub. THE BOURBON PARTY IN POWER The Administration Dciionnccit by Friend * ntul Dorlilod by 15iicnilcfl Certain Itcpuhllcnn Success. The second annual banquet of the Young Men's republican club , of Plaits- nioiitli , List Thursday night , was of moro than local importance. It was a state af fair , anil bronchi together many of the most prominent republican * In Nebraska. U'ho opera tiotiso was appropriately dec orated for the occasion , while the tables woru supplied with everything calculated to tempt the appullto. The speeches wore eloquent , pointed and brief , and covered a wide range of lopic. I'llOKKSSOH UUUMMUNI ) delivered the address of welcome. "Every living tiling , " said the speaker , "needs organization , therefore tlio re publican party needs some such organi zation as tliis to keep it bound together and give it life , and 1 think that during the lust few years smcn this has been in existence the Young ; Men's republican club has been the lifo of republicanism. 1 am sorry to say Hint some of these who were expected huro to-nightaro unable to be with us. L have in my hand letters of regret from n'jargo nun.bur of gentlemen , some of which arc Senator Ingalls , Gov ernor Uawes. Hon. John A. Logan , Mr. I rod NVo , Congressu Weaver , Senator Van Wyck , lion. James : Laird , General Miindorson and others. Wliilo wo are sorry that Ihcsu speakers cannot be with us we are consoled with the fael that wo have Tliurston , who so gloriously enter tained us lastvearand biieddhas come to his relief on the bank of Salt creek , ready lo catch some llsh , of what n tit tire 1 am unable to say , bat ho lias enter tained mo with many lish stories. 1 hope that this republican club will grow in strength and numbers so Ihal itsinlluencc will not only bo felt in Oass but in all the surrounding country. " JOHN St. T11UKSTON congratulated the club on the success of the banquet of last year , but regretted that no speaker had ucon selected at this banquet to talk about the ladies. Ho did not know why he had been selected lo respond lo Iho least , "Our Ancient Ene mies. " Ho was only comparatively bald- headed and insisted that he was still a young man. Our ancient enemies are ancient in name only , for there is not a doctrine of the democratic party that any of them have the cheek to own up lc > or lo father to-day. Instead of following out what they claim to bo the principles of democracy they have been persistent followers in iho footsteps of every on ward mpvementsof , the republican party since ils origin. [ Applause. ] Their only claim to the suffrage of the Amor can people of to-day is that they hav abandoned every ipriuoiplo that the ; have stood for in the past , and assert thai they arc perfectly willing to take up am enforce whatever republican doctrine they can in the 'future. The democratic party of to-day/and the ancient party as administered byi its present executive , i. in a slate of "innocuous desuetude , " > f have got the name right. This ancient party of purity , reform and good govern mentis not niodcrn..it scorns to me , in its manner of going about the business lo carry on Iho ' government. It seems very willing to lot well enough albno 1 call your , attention to the solemn fact that the claim of the demo cratic party so far is that they have hai a safe and peaceable administration , ant that simply means tiiat they have let the wheels of government go on in the same old tracks that the republican party had started them in. They are afraid in congress gross to allcmpt to legislate upon any ol the ancient doctrines. For all these j'aars that the republican party was in power they said and afHrmod all over the coun try whenever the hogs died of cholera , the grasshoppers oat up the crops ami general cusscdness prevailed , that it was a direct result of tariff. [ Laughter. ] They have boon in power a good share ol the democratic administration ahd not one more lias boon made toward remodeling - oling this terrible republican tariff. They said to the laboring man in every time of depression or labor trouble that it was tlie manner of running the gov ernment , and the failures of the republi can party to properly take care of the intuorsts of the laboring man. The demo cratic party has a president and full administration - ministration , a house of congress of ! U own , and notwithstanding this , the labor trouble has been steadily increasing , and so far not a single measure has been in troduced to ameliorate the condition of .skilled labor in thisgreatcoanlry of ours. The country is safe , gentlemen , in the hands of llie present democratic admin istration , because this administration has neither the brains nor the courage to put into force any principle or doctrine of the democratic party. It is sate , because it is an administration of mediocrity , ot seven mule power stubborncss. and Ihat is all Ihero is to it. [ Laughter. ] What shall wo do with the.su ancient en emies of ours ? They are in power. All the patronage thai wo can got is what wo get to eat at these little banquets. They said when they got into power that that was the end of tlio republican party ; that the republican party was living , and could only live , upon plunder ; that was one of their particular and peculiar charges on which they went before the country in every campaign. Every re publican oflico-holdor is now either out , or so very anxious to stay In ollico that hois worse than a democrat. [ Applause , ] Every square-toed ono of them , in my I judgment , got htrnighl out , for in my opinion it is an almighty mean republi can that will hold an ollico under a democrat. [ Applause j * * Two years ago 1 was selected by the republican party of thiaslalo to tmnd its delegation and express ils choice at the national convention in Chicago , and when the shout of tin ) assembled delegation wont up until it snomed to lift the vary to roof of the building in which the convun- lion was hold , 1 .belipvcd then and I be liovo now that tljut , shout voiced the do > liberate , earnest , conscientious judgment of the republican party , its brains , its in telligence , its ItoiieKty , its manhood und its statesmanship when it was raised for James ( * . lilaino [ Continued applause. ] That convention , fcaid that James G. lilaino was Iho grandest man to load the republican putty that could bo found within those Unlled States. The party wont to defeat , not because of its load' ' prs and why J Because nil the disorgan i/ed elements ot thn country were clamoring - oring for a change , und mid como to believe in the oft repealed cry that a change would make things bettor , It wont to defeat bncau.se in the state of Now York a fraudulent vote and a fraudulent count were had , II went to detcat through no fault of its leader or its statesmanship. It wont to defeat because the democratic parly in Iho state of Now York and in other cilies ' ' had the machinery of parly politics and tic used it to elect their own candidates. EDWAIII ) ItOSnVATKIt It Said : I am more than impressed with Iho fact that the unexpected always happens. Nothing was further from my mind to when I slartod from homo to-night than ho that I would be called upon to discuss "Heform and Democracy. " My friend , Sam Chapman hero , who has.just got bac.k from Kansas , remarked of few minutes ago that down there when homesteader w'auts to get solidly lo- catcd ho digs n well and gets a wind-mill in operation ; and nftor ho gets down SCO feet or so ho strikes water. I venture to say Ihnt the largest wind-mill power in America could not strike reform in the democratic party. I have watched it since it wont into power at Washington. So far as I can remember since they have gone into power there has been only n systematic reform of what is called bouncing offensive partisans. The offen sive partisan has been a great eye-sore in their minds , and 1 have noticed how olVensive democratic editors have been all over Nebraska. They have been offen sive in Platlsmoulh and they could not get an olVtcc. ( Applause. ) Coming from . tlio ridiculous to the sublime 1 am still perplexed at the idea thai I am to talk about domooratio reform. There were ten or twelve planks in llieir platform of 1870 , and everyone commenced "Reform is necessary. " Wo have failed yet to as certain just at what point reform has begun outside of bouncintr offensives par tisans. When 1 was in Washington last winter I met n friend from Nebraska in the bureau of engraving , and who since the democratic part } ' came into power has become a good democrat. Ho was n republican at the lima that the change took place. Ho gave mo some samples of reform in the bureau of engraving. For instance , a clerk who was an expert in engraving of ovoiy description was cmloycd at a salary of $3930 a year , and when the democratic partv came Into power they concluded they did not want n § 2800 clerk in the. bureau , so they imti- lied him that the place would bo vacant. In due tune they appointed another man. They found that it was necessary to reform Iho bureau and appoint a democrat at Iho same salary , bill that man having no ex perience in the handling of bonds and notes , they sent for the republican expert and employed him at a salary of $1100 a year. Koform was necessary. They em ployed that same man for $1400 a year to do the work that ho did before , and the other man is still In the ollico drawing $2800 a year. When I got to the while house last February I expected to sco anew now doorkeeper. I thought of course thai reform had begun at the white house , bul lo my great sm prise my republican friend who nail sat there for many years was still silling there and performing the duties Iho same as before. 1 said how is this ? and ho said ho was still there but expected to bo ousted any day ; up to that time they 'bad not been able lo find a man to till his place. Ho presumed the reason was he happened to know mo t every public man in the country. I expect some dav tlioy will retire him on half pension because reform is always necessary. 1 don't know that this republican club will do any great amount of work' towards bringing about reform in the democratic party , but I im agine the only way to reform that party would bo to retire them in about two years from now , with Iho experience Ihat they have been unable tomunagc Iho gov ernment any better than the republicans have managed it and furthermore with a good cortillcato and aflidavil.asmy friend Air. Thnrslon would say , that they hayo not found any deficiency in the treasury department although they rep resented in every campaign that deli- cioneics existed , which tlioy would ex pose , but which Ihoy have boon unable up to Iho present lime to find. Treasurer \ ymau is in Omaha attending to a moro profitable business than in Vi ashington. Ho has turned over every penny that be longed in the treasury. I cannot go over the ground as my friend Mr. Thurston did and announce myself for any partic ular candidate. My idea is to nominate a man who can most successfully lead Iho party in 1888. I am in favor of the man whom the majority of republicans believe capable of carrying the country. * * * My republicanism began : v good while ago. I have a litllo relio , it is a badge of tao republican candidate in 1850 for president , John C. Fremont , and for vice president , William L. Dayton of New Jersey. I was a moro boy then , and fol lowed in the procession as boys do in the days when there is a campaign. At that time I was living in Ohio , what was then called the western re serve , and there I got my ideas of the correct principles underly ing tiio republican party. That party was one of progress and not like the bourbons of the democratic partynoithor loarnin < r or forgetting anything. In the very first platform of the republican party of 183U wo find the most progress ive ideas. It was founded in the first place with a view of making Nebraska und Kansas free states. "Free soil , free speech , free men anil Fremont , " was the battle cry of that campaign. The eighth plank of the plalform was in favor oFlho construction of Iho Pacific railroad from tlio most central portion of the United States , and the ninth favored internal improvements. The republicans of ISM had no place to point wilhpndo to as the republicans of the present era. Tlioy could not look behind them , but they had to look into the future and grapple with living issues. And when wo go back again to these principles of progress and reform as its fundamental idea , you will find some of Iho old enthusiasm kindling , and the young republicans will go for ward and do battle again as tlio old re publicans did | n 1850. " UKNKKAI. C.r.OltCJE S. 6.MITIT , in response to the toasl , "Republican Ne braska , " said : "I look over this assem bled throng and see these who in 18UO , tender in years in all probability they must Jtavo been , because they are not very old yet. who took upon themselves lo say lo their sisters , their mothers and their fathers , "Good-by , I will go to light the batllo of my country. " I have had Ihe pleasure of attending a great many slate conventions in this stale. have seen those who came from the slate of Illinois , and Iowa , and various other stales of this union , to make Nebraska their homo , and when you find thoio who have started out young in lifo and have taken the ling of the union in one hand and Iho sabre in the other for the purpose of protecting their country , when you aeo that class of citi/.ons liero , nay it is no wonder Ihat it is republican Nebraska. There is nothing I would like more to tulle about than this subject , but my time is short and I simply nay this : In 1870 the state of Nebraska was a hun dred and seventy-eight thousand pee ple. Fifteen years afterwards , with the onward inarch of progress , she num bers 500,000 people. In 1870 tlio republi can majority of Nebraska was trom 5,000 1/1,000. / and in 1885 tno republican ma jority for any candidate that the party might put forth is from 15,000 to 25,000. In its onward march of progress it has been said thai "Westward the star of empire takes its way. " The party to which you belong is founded upon the grand and eternal truth. That truth can not bo washed away simply because de feat has mot us by accident or otherwise. of ni are the party that represents pro- gres , human liberty , and the party that represents to all llii's country advance nient and the prosperity that tins country now has since 1800. It makes no differ ence whether you are for Hlamn or tlio black eagle ot Illinois , Who ever the re publican party sees tit to nominate at the next convention will bo supported by every republican in Nebraska. IIO.V. II , H. SIIF.KI ) was the next speaker , responding to the toast : " 1881 Then and Now 1880. " U'ho speaker referred to the import of the words "then" and "now , " and said ; 'These are the words that open the mys past and the golden futuro. Only two short years ago your club was organized. came into existence during a campaign " the most brilliant in its nomination since " Iho days of Henry Clay. " Then referring the election resulting in tUfeat , expressed as perhaps a fortunate thing for the republican party und tint ed American people that they wore obliged to undergo four yearn democratic iqismanagoinunr andinU rule. They are thus given all -upporlu nlty to realize" how shallow wero'thu i > r- ; tonsoa of the party that Is now in power , The national democratic misfit parlors are sedulously engaged In sending away disgusted customers from among their best friends , so that it is no diflieult thing to predict what the result will be two years hence. Thoicpublican party which has so long and /ealously cunrded the in terests of the nation and directed her des tiny will bo returned to power with not only the confidence of its own friends in creased , but the respect of iU alien * I en emies gronlly enlarged. Ho paid elo quent tribute lo the party's past history and the brilliant prospects of Us future years. HOJf. SAM CAAl'MAX. The next toasl , "A free ballot the safe guard of republican institutions " , was responded - spondod to by Hon. Sam Chapman , a-i follows : "If I was in the habit of - Apologizing gizing I would oiler one to-nlglil for attempting - tempting to speak before this grand as sembly of young republicans. U tilled mo with enthusiasm when Mr. Hosowator held up to the view of this Young Men's Republican club the uadgo of the days when the free soil party look the place of Iho olit organizations under the banner of Fremont , free territory , frco speech and free ballot. 1 was but n boy at that lime , and still when that old badge was exhibited Intro , lesions that my mother taught mo returned as vividly as if It were but yesterday. The future of this nation depends upon the exorcise of Iho free ballot. I am proud lo say that 1 lived in a day when the republican purly reared tno banner of our country to Ihe helghl that it attained and loft us an undivided country und left us a frco ballot. To-day wo are enjoying a democratic ; tidmlnistra- lion. This great republic : : in ) party rejolc- ing in its strength , in its enlightenment and the elvili/.atlon that it attained and brought to this country , bows ils head for a brief period of four years only , and then it will take up Iho old banner and Iho old cry and march on lo victory. [ Applause. ] Gentlemen , it strikes mo thai everything that is great and grand in this notion represents the republican party. The picture of the hero of Appo- matlox epitomizes Iho republican party. Lincoln and all the blessed memories con nected with him is but a voice and token of the republican party. All of the men of that day who with sword fought the battles ill the front , with words eloquent with wisdom in our national issues sus tained the arms of lhc republican parly. Everything is but the history of this or ganization. It is for you and mo and everyone who professes to bo a re publican and believes with that prat party to scto the republican organ ization IK maintained intact ; that ils doctrines are borne to the front , that its tradtcions are knpl altvo and Unit its memories may bo ever fresh in the minds of the American people. Now , then , what more could bo said of the free ballot. It is the great foundation of this party. It is disregarded in certain sec tions of this American union. The great flag floats in every state of this union ; on every foot of soil from the Atlantic to the Pacific and yet there are men that are citix.cns that are denied the free bal lot that wo jirofoss lo rcspocl and honor. Until Ihat right is given us , until it is ac corded to every man , black and white , high and low , rich and poor in this land , this republican party must kcop up its organization. ( Applause. ) GKOKIJK A. MAOXKV , of the 1'apillion Times responded to 1 the toast , "Tho signs of the times..1 Ho believed the signs of the times were good. This club is an indication of what signs of the times _ wero. Now what docs this mean ? It moans that there will bo n determination that there will bo an honest standard and recognized endeavor in two years from now to redeem what they have lost ; and the indications and signs seem to bo this and point in tlio same direction every where all over this broad land. I think that it in lo bo redeemed by organization of the republican party all over this country before Iho next presidential election. Organization is necessary and it is well for Plattsmouth and Cass county that this organization is preserved. They will do beller work two years from now. The democratic party has not given the people what they expected and it has not amounted lo as much as the democrats thought it would ; they are dissatisfied with the results themselves nnd the re publicans look on with a great deal of pleasure. The republican party will take advantage of this misdeed in the next canvass tno years hcneo just as surely as there is a republican ticket nominated and just so sure will it bo elected. The speaker paid a glowing tribute to the old ticket and expressed the belief that there was no man so well qualified to take charge of the chief magistracy of the nation as the plumed knight of Maine. HON. M. A. I1AKTIOAN responded to the toast , "Now Allies of at Party. " Ho said the thousands of labor ing men who listened to the siren is song of English frco tr.ido , as sung by the paid choir of the dem " ocratic party that they after four years of hesitancy and uncertainly in manufacturing enterprises , hesitancy in the investment of capital in this country. Iho shrinkage of American industry and commerce and Iho sudden rise and rapid growth of the protecting idea of England , rrancound Germany , will have reason lo J nsk forgiveness and como back. Wo will have Ihoso who boliovc in a reform for reform's sake , and not as n mere political pass word , who love honesty from cdu- . cation and purity of principal and who are forced to admit that there is little good that can como out of the present political Nazareth. We will have the political experience of this nation for four years , an experience that will settle Ihu preference of the yftting voters who came upon the stage of action and Iho earth since Iho domo- cratio party wont out twenty-five years ago and returned to power llirough a political accident , aided by tlio ill-advised and misinterpreted cry of "Ituni , Roman ism and Rebellion. " Wo may have St. John and John B , Finch , providing we can moot their figures , but from the ox- porionccs had with Ibis worthy pair in the Ohio lately , Iho democrats tire nol dis tim posed lo bank so heavily upon them as iiorolotoro , and the honest temperance clement will BOO that from tim parly of education , progress and patriotism must como the reforms tlioy usk. V o will have the history of Iho world nnd pages therein written for Iho last four yours. Wo will have the spectacle and result ot the grand old man , thu ablest btalesinan that England has pro dueed , pleading iho cause of liv'u million oppressed anil unhappy people , while across Ihu Atlantic thu Buacunsliuld of America is pleading thu sumo cause , and wo shall have the spectacle of Ihu Queen England Bonding congratulations to President Cleveland on his assumption of his sacred relation of husband , while Iho house of commons by n majority vote rejects the bill restoring ( irattaii's parliament on College Green. Wo shall have last but nol leant the orator , thu scholar , the American in lovn nnd .sympathy with mankind , tlio states man from Mainu as mir lender , supported by tlio soldier who noyor know defeat in btitllo , loved by Ihu men he led jo victory , anil trusted and honored by this mighty nation whose guardsman ho is. Hon. John Rush responded to the toast , "Young Republicans the Hope of the Nation , " und was followed by r. \ \ ' WIM-OX , the "Mendola Carpenter , " on the "Turifl" Doctor * . " Ho said : "Thu tarill' question Is one of tlio oldest questions In American politics and the most important question connected with our political economy. Properly adjust , il spreads the carpet upon Iho home and lights u brilliant tire around the homo ot industry. Properly adjusted , it . in motion.tho wiiculd of our. industry aiul.indkc-i us'n'hat wo oroto-day ; , Thu question has boon dUcitsscd'tuorc tuu any other question of legislation since the organization of this government. The first bill over signed by Washington. passed by the constitutional congress of this country , was a bill to impose upon foreign imports a dtitj to provide a reve nue for tlio government nece.Mitles. Since that hill passed forty-one tariff bills have passed the congress of the United States. There has not been a single session that hns met In Washington since tlio organization of the government to the present time thai some man has not Introduced a taritV bill. The tarlCf hns more doctors than tlio consumption. [ Applause ! Sam Randall fell of the piv tienl's pulse , and turned nroutid and said , 1 think wo had bettor let It sleep. After looking Into the palo foaturnsof tim public , he said , I am not sum but wo haif bettor give it u 20 per cent sweat. [ Ap plause ] . Nebraska had a physician. Ho was eminent a few years ago. Wo hear of him occasionally through the Chicago papers. Wo used to think that ho wa.i opposed to the taritf , but since coming out here I learned that he has turned and is absolutely opposed to free trade. [ A pluusol. Morrison , who was an eminent physician n few years ago when wo talked to him , savs Ihero Is no use ot making such n fu s about it. If the SO per cent don't work well we can repo.il Ul in two or three years. This reminds nu1 of a very eminent physician ia Franco to-day , who has attracted thu attention of the cntlro world. He has discovered a system oy which hydropho bin 111:13 * bo prevented anil cured. In the discovery of his remedy ho took the virus from a rabid dog and injected it Uito tha brains of rabbits , and produces that which ho uses for tlio purpose of curing the disease. It is said that before ha brought it to perfection that he absolutely slow 0,000 rabbits. Ho would stand and watch thorn in the agonies of death from hydrophobia , and smile upon his face and say it was a grand triumph for science. Kor every man thai is cured forty rabbits are killed. If il was not a fin that Morrison wanted to use us for the rabbits , ! would not cure particularly. [ Applause ] . If ho has saved a few per sons from hydrophobia , don't you think ; it is ! rough on the rabbits ? [ Applause ] . if Morrison ; wants to experiment , lol him select something besides Iho honest labor of the country for his specimens. [ Ap plause ] . Mr. chairman and gentlemen : 1 thank you again for your in dulgence and Kind hospitalities. It is possible that 1 may como to Nebraska to find a homo among you. la nol so particular about my ago as my ! good friend Uosowntur. 1 voted for Fremont. Lincoln , Grunt , Garliold and lilaino. : 1 have been a republican all my lift and if I como lo Nebraska i want tn find a republican homo amour you. If I como , lot mo say this that I como not asking for anything tit the hands of the republican party. I never was a candi date for an ofllco in my lifo and I presume - sumo 1 never shall bo. I como not sock inp honor or wealth. I ask not Unit when I am dead Ihat a long reside shall follow mo to my tomb , or tinit 1 .shall have a marble monument erected there to toll the passers by where my body sleeps , but lot it rest in the silent tomb where the lonely night bird may sing my reiiuiom and entwine around my tomb the old flag that the passers by may say that I was loyal to the land of my birth , [ bond ap plause and cries , go on Wiloox ? ( Jo on. ] Mr. Wilcox If you will excuse mo now , sometime during the campaign I will como down hero and sand paper the democratic party until you won't know them when I got through. [ Applause. ] - . A sure euro for Blind. IHecdln ? , Itohlu B nd Ulcerated Piles has been dlsoovored by Dr.Wl Williams , ( un Indian remedy ) , called Dr Williams' Indlau Pile Ointment , A nlnglo box has cured tlio worst chronlo cases ot / > ur HOj years stundlmr. No ono need suiter live minutes alter applying this wonderful sootli luc medicine. Lotions anil instruments do more harm than cood. Williams' Indian Pile Ointment absorbs the tiinuirB , allays the intense Itching , ( particularly at nleht after gcttine warm In bed ) , nets as a poultice , cl ves instant relief , nnd Is prepared only for Piles , itching of private parts , and for nothing elao. ltdE SKIN DISEASES GURI2I ) . Dr. Frazlnr's Made Ulntmont cures as or magic ; , Pimples , Black Heads or Orubs , Blotches and Eruptions on the face , leaving the sitln clear and ueautlf ul. Also euro * Itch. Sal ithciim , Sere Nipple * , Sore Lips , and OldS Obstinate Ulcers. , . Sold by druggists , or mailed on receipt of SOconls. Ketallcd by Kuhn & Co. , and Schroeter * Conrad. At wholesale by U. I1. Uoodiuan , She Guessed It the First Time. j There was u famous character la. Gin- ' cinnati in ils earliest days whom wo will J disguise under the name of Walter Fcr- i guson. Ferguson was of a convivial na ture and often indulged too deeply in the flowing bowl. He staggered homo ono time in the wee sma' hours unit was met the door by his wife. Bracing himself against the door-jamb , ho said : "Mrs. Ferguson ( hio ) doyouknow what the matter with mo ? " "Yes , Mr. Ferguson , " his wife replied , "you are drunk , sir , very drunk. " "Mrs. Ferguson ( hio ) , you ant correct , " said ho. "You guessed it the first time. " Dcnlon'H Hair Grower All who am BALI ) , nil who are becoming BALI ) , all who do not want to bn bald , all who are troubled with D.VNDUUKK , or fUll INC of the scalp ; should use Bcnton's Hair Grower , Kmirrv PKU CUNT of those using It hava crown hair. It never fulls to stop the hair from falling. Throiiirh sickness anil fevers Iho hair sometimes lulls oil In a short tlmo , and although Iho person may have remained bald for years , If you use Hen- tun's Hair Grower according to directions you are sure ota growth of hair. In hun dreds of cases wo have produced a coed growth of Hair on these who have been bald nnd glazed for years wo have fully bubstan- tlntad the following facts : \VogrowllalrlnHO cases out of 100 , no matter how lonirhald. Unlike other preparations , It contains no sugar of lead , or vegetable or mineral poisons. It Is a spncilic for falling hair , dandruff , and ItchliiL'of till ) scalp. TholIalrCrowurls a hair food , and Its oiniiusitlnu Is almost exactly like the oil which supplies the hair with Its vitality. DUBiK ( AND THI PLK STHKNUTIf. When the skin Is very lough and hard , and folllre Is apparently effectually closed , single titrengtli will sometlmex tail to leach tno papilla ; in xucli eases the dmihlit or triple Htrenglli should he used In connection with thu single , using them alternately. 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