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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY. AUGUST 14. 1886.
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Tusn the paving.
Mil. WAiKim , of the Omaha nailworks ,
talks too niuuli.
Mi : . WAr.icnu ought to run a wind mill
instead of a nail mill.
THE sidewalk question will not down
until solid walks arc laid on all our lead
ing business streets. An inch of stone is
worth a yard of plank.
OirAHA is over ready to encourage
the location of now industries in her
'midst , Uut in a panic of blnll' she will
hold the whining latul. :
KIIAKTOUM has once more been razed
by rebels. What they're rebelling about
is not stated , and really is of little an-
pot lance. Khartoum is regularly raxed
bysomcbody every year or two anyway ,
and its inhabitants would doubtless be
unable to identify their city if it were
not periodically destroyed.
' dosoot civil service reform
consists in the removal of a federal of
ficial of energy , integrity and cllicienc.
to nuiku room for an antiquated Bour
bon inos'-sback. There is much indigna
tion in the capilol city in consequence ,
but as Iowa is solidly republican the
storm cloud will not do much damage
even if it bursts over the executive man
sion.
TIIK foreign commerce of Great
Jint'mn continues to go from bad to
worse , the ofllcinl statistics showing a
decrease of $10,750,000 in imports and
$3,400,000 , in exports for the month of
July as compared with 1880 , although
trade was considered very dull a year
ago. The English exporters arc finding
It more and more diittciilt to hold dis
tant markets against foreign competi
tion , and if ocean freights wore not re
markably low British manufacturers
would find it still harder to dispose of
their goods.
Ciiuncii UOWK threatens to smash Van
Wyck if wo dare to oppose his nomina
tion to congress , Wo dare to do it and
will take tlio consequences , lie tells
people that ho has a bundle , of Van
Wyck'a letters. whl ! > Will read very
funuj if made public. Wo say by all
means publish those letters. If Van
Wyek lias written anything confidential
to Church Howe which compromises him
ho will receive no sympathy from any
quarter , least of all from the BEE. Wo
have never taken anv stouk in Church
Howe and wo never will.
POLITICAL circles at Ues Moincs , Iowa ,
are stirred tp their depths over the sua-
pension of John Beck , with from the post
mastership and the appointment of a
roossback democrat , Qolonul Morritt , to
tho. position , lloekwlth had advanced
through several grades from that of
mailing clerk , had been twenty yqara In ,
the postal soi'vTcfl , " and was thoroughly
oITioiunt nnd not nn nctivo politician ,
Merrill tins boon a political manager and
belongs iu thq class of "offensive parti
sans. " The retention of the former
until tlio expiration of lib commission
would have been in accord with the civil
service professions of the administration ,
Is Mr. Cleveland weakening in his reform
form policy y ilus ho penetrated to the
core of democratic sentiment regarding
tnnt policy and concluded that a too
rigid adherence to it may interfere with
are-nomination f Some recent "fitraw.s"
would seem to warrant an allirmativo
opinion on thcso questions ,
NOT more tlmn a year ago there was a
good dual said by foreign correspondents
roficimlitiK the .alleged unfriendliness o ;
the German government towarna the
United Stntca , to which there was some
plausibility given by that government
excludiiv ; the American hog , the disposl
tlon shown to disrugwd thn rights of
Uornut.'i'Amerioan citizens visiting the
fatherland , and cenuin contemptuous ex
previous vnid to luiva como from promi
DOnt public ofl'mluls. It U not altogether
itnprolviblo that B ! utu'ck is not so cor
dial on aihnlror of Um republic as ho
nilglit be , but it 1.1 vtdent that the
fricndlt tabling which thn emperor has
always had for the American people is
a * tmlnnt now us U has o > er been , The
plcntiing event at { islr.biirg , reported in
Iha cablegram ? to the UHK , is evidence o
this , nml Americans at homo will hear
tiy ! upurcciato the UkUiiKuUhcil oourles }
ihown thnir countrymen in ( iiirmauy on
tbnt occasion by Umporor William in per
sonally assuring them of his admiration
for the American people. It was an
avtmt honorable in , every way to ail who
participated.
. ' Chtircli Howe.
The most notorious Ipg'islaUvo jobber
nnd railroad capper in Nebraska has become -
como a candidate for congress from this
lijtrlct. For months ho has schemed
light nnd day to capture the republican
lomlnation. Ilo has left no stone tin-
timed to achieve his end through the
phaln gang rings at the state capital.
Ilo lias opened a recruiting ofllrc In every
county and city to muster the corrupt
ind purchasable dements of all parties.
Like his patron , Jay Gould , who was a
dcmocr.it in democratic districts , a re-
niblicaii in republican districts , nn in-
Ippomlcnt In uncertain dtatrh'ts , but an
Urio man always , PO this infamous 1m-
) o.-ttcr and trickster pretends to bo all
things to all men. With his wily ways
ind smooth longiio ho goes around
nmong fnrmora professing to be In
tensely for Van Wyck , whlln he is . e-
erotly kniling him and doubtless Ims
) lcdged to Jay Gould to compass bis
defeat by fair means or foul.
Now even if Church Howe wa lion-
stly for Van Wyck nml if Van Wyck's
lection depends upon sending Church
iloxvelo congress wo should still oppose
iis candidacy with all the vigor at our
command.
Wo should no more think of advising
lonost republicans to take Church Ilowo
IN their standard bearer than wo would
counsel then to take n viper to their
) osom. The man who Is reputed lo have
received and kept $9,000 for his vote for
S'lilso Patrick for United States senator
n ISTi" * , the man who has been notori
ously on sale in every legislature of
which ho was a member , the man who
vorkud himself into the confidence of the
grange and became grand master of the
mler to dnstroy it for his own interest
ind the benelil of the railroads , the man
vho introduced prohibition bills in order
0 bleed the brewers , distillers and saloon
Jeepers , the man who in the last legislature
ture- introduced a bill to maku gambling
1 felony in order to have the sporting
fraternity shell out over .one thousand
lollars for its defeat , is not
the kind of a candidates for
republicans of this district to support.
Ills political career is honeycombed with
rascality and corruption and his personal
ifo is far from being above reproach.
We arc told that Church Ilowo hasonco
norp. repented of his crooked work and
is now ready to pledge himself to support
every measure the people want , and is
willing lo stand on any platform which
nny convention may frame. As well talk
\bout changing the spots on the leopard
or of purifying a rotten egg. How many
times has this rogue promised to be hon
est and how many pledges has ho over
: ept unless they conditioned on a bribe.
Will the republicans of this district
allow Church Howe to be nominated ? Is
the party reckless enough to invite in
evitable defeat by putting up a man who
las betrayed the farmers , insulted the
workingmen and sold out the intercsls of
the people lo the railroad corporations
and jobbers ?
The Bankers anil Silver.
The National Association of American
.stinkers completed its deliberations on
I'htiraday. Perhaps the most important
part of its proceedings was the adoption
inantmously of the report of llio execu
tive council on the subject of silver ,
which , while in the main a reiteration of
the views of the association expressed at
previous sessions , is rather more direct
andpronunced than any preceding utter
ance on this question. Claiming to re
gard the problem solely from a linnncial
and business point of view , as the associ
ation properly may claim since its mem
bership embraces men of every political
party , and repudiating the idea that their
opinions arcinlluenccd by considerations
of self interest , these representatives of
the banking intcros.ts of the country
renew the warning of impending danger
to the country in the continued coinage
of silver dollars under the net of 1873.
While recognizing the fact that both gold
and silver are required as the money of
the land , they believe that neither should
bo coined iu such ratio that the
other will be driven out of general
use , nnd they appeal to all commercial ,
civil and political bodies to exert their
influence in favor of tlio suspension of
silver coinage.
The good reasons which existed a year
ago against continuing the coinage of
the silver dollar nro very much stronger
now , the commercial value of silver hav
ing in the past twelve months depreciated
fully 0 pqr cent. , so that at this time thn
dollar has nn intrinsic value of only 73
cents. A year ago the great absorber of
silver , India , which had for years laiccn
all the surplus of the world and seemed
anxious for more , snowed no indications
of satiety , but ivithin the past few
months India has been crying enough ,
with the euect of seriously disturbing the
exchanges of England , and consequently
to n greater or less extent of Europe ,
atUUnc tO" Ufo problem a now complica
tion of. the most scri9iis nature , So lon
as Indfa continued to bo n receptacle tlio
capacity of which seemed to bo equal to
any requirement , the advocates of
maintaining silver cojnago had
at least one Etun" upon which
to lean , but now that the recepta
cle is gorged to overflowing , and the
consequences nro already becoming
seHous to tlio business and financial
afl'airs of Europe , with the certainty that
the effect must in time bq felt in this
country , it Is difficult lo see whore they
are to find another prop for their cause
under the prevailing conditions , The do-
precialion of silver in the past twelve
mouths clearly proves that the simply is
in excess of the demand , nmt puts be
yond all controversy the proposition that
unless thu European nations which have
demonetized silver can be induced to ro
sier o it lo their currency it.s coinage in
this country must cease , and for nn in
definite time , Even certain of the mliio
owners , who tire reported to have stopped
operations because tlio mining of silver
at the present price of the metal is not
prolitable , must BCO the' mistake which
tlui government is mauing iu ad
hering to a policy the ofl'ocl
of which cannot bo olhorwlso
than to force a further depreciation ,
while it is compelling the people to pay
moro for their dollar than it is intriu'
si cully worth.
According to the statement of Treasu
rer Jordan to the bankers' association ,
thu coinage of silver dollars to the close
of the last fiscal year , Juno 30 , amounted
to $233,723,250. , The value of the subsid
iary silver la estimated at $70,000,000. , So
there Is a total of silver coin of $303,723-
280 , nn amount which wo suppose no ra
tional man will contend In not sufliciont
for ul ! the present demands of thu coun
try , nnd until some other outlet is found
likely to bo suuiclont for years to como.
Nothing is more sure than that the United
States cannot control the matter of the
value and distribution of silver , and the
sooner wo give up the idea thai wo can
do so , and submit lo the immutable and
imperative law governing this question ,
thobolfpr it will be for the future of the
country , both in its domestic business
and Its financial and commercial rela
tions with other lands.
WllEXKVKti this paper refers to the
coarse , vindicative nnd malignant as
saults , which the Herald has of late in
dulged in , ns the work of Dr. Miller's
hired man , it is resented as a slander ,
and we nro told that "Dr. Milter's strong
arm is still at the holm. " When , on the
other hand , Dr. Miller's strong arm is
detected in a political leader and the doc
tor Is taken to task for his inconsislency ,
then the young man behind the screen
cries "for shame. The doelor does not
meddle with the conduct of the Herald
during his absence. " Now wo happen to
know that the "Youug-man-afraid-of-his
'bulls' ' " receives n great deal of assist
ance , considerable advice nnd more or
less reproof from this editor-in-chief. In
fact , it is an open secret that the doctor
is at the helm whenever llio Herald at
tempts to ram Van Wyck while steering
the democracy into the monopoly chan
nel. It is no use to play this thimble rig
game of "now you see it and now you
don't. "
McittiEK by duel is not regarded in
Belgium , if we may judge by a judicial
verdict just rendered there , ns a serious
crime. A lieutenant in the army , sus
pecting his friend , the military surgeon ,
of having betrayed his wife , challenged
and killed him , three shots being ox-
changed. To the last the suspected man
asserted that there was noground for the
accusation. The lieutenant was arraigned
by the military prosecutor , who asked
for punishment "in order to uphold the
law , " and the court complied by sending
the murderer to jail for ninety days and
fining him about twenty Hollars lew
punishment than is frequently inflicted
oven hero for a breach of the peace.
People iu Belgium having a propensity to
kill , and reckless of personal danger , can
gratify it at small cost if they can find
anyone willing to bo shot at.
ArcouniNO to tlio Chicago Times
Omaliu. oilers lo capitalists the most
promising licld for investment in the
west. And they are recognizing the
fact. Hundreds of thousands of dollars
arc being planted by eastern moneyed
men in Omaha real estate.
Tun exposition annex will be com
pleted in time for the opening. There
will be room for the exhibits of all Ne
braska and Iowa in the great show which
the Interstate Imposition managers arc
preparing for their patrons.
IF Ihe Omaha nailworks can't bo made
to pay in this city , how could the estab
lishment bo made a profitable enterprise
in Lincoln ? Will Mr. Walker please
answer this question ?
Other Lands Titan Ours.
The week abroad has been noticeable
for a fearful renewal of rioting in Belfast ,
the close of the Heidelberg anniversary ,
continued agitation of the Boulangor in
cident in France , nnd a cessation of re
ports of Hussia's warlike intentions and
preparations on tlie Black Sea. The
riots at Belfast which began on last Sat
urday were instigated by the "law-abid
ing" Protestant fanatics of that city. The
riots lasted all day Sunday and were re
newed on Monday , the rioters attacking
Catholic residences , tooting taverns and
groggcries , assailing the police and firing
buildings. So savage was this terrible
mob and so powerless wore the police
among them , that it became necessary to
telegraph to Dublin for military aid. The
dispatches wore so urgent that the sol
diers on furlough wore summoned by
bugle in the streets and -100 men wore
hastily dispatched to Belfast , to bo fol
lowed by others.
Iti \ ) a 8oninxy'-vt ' ; significant omen that
the chief secretary for Ireland , under the
now ministry that comes into oflico upon
nn Irish issue , one of whoso principal
arguments in the campaign struggle was
the necessity of protection for these Ulster
Protestants , should bo called upon to take
stern measures to suppress the one fac
tion his government was , in a manner ,
created to protect. It is also a somcwoat
unfortunate circumstance fiat the lender
of the house of commons in the par
liament which will bo called upon to
deal with the Ulster insurgents , is the
man whoso incendiary harangue six
months ago was the primary cause of the
outbreak. Until herd Randolph Churchill
exhorted Ulster lo wave all Us banners
and charge with all its chivalry , the "mi
nority" had manifested no inclination to
mob a denomination that' happened to
diner with them about a theological is
sue , which chanced also to bo a question
upon which the two political parties in
Ireland are to a certain extent divided.
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Their can bo no palliation of the crime
of the Belfast insurgents. The proles-
tnnts began Iho doling on every occa
sion , with no bnttor pretext than relig
ious intolerance. Lord Salisbury's gov.
crnment owes it to itself to take prompt
and stern measures to suppress the riots
and then to punish with the utmost se
verity all who can be proved lo have par
ticipated in them. England cannot at
tlib juncture in Irish nilairs aflord to
adopt two policies in dealing with crime
in Ireland , and though the present gov
ernment has the unwelcome task of pun
ishing its own political adherents in this
instance , that punishment should bo none
thci less swift and severe , When the next
Irish debate comes on It is likely that the
question , What Is to be done for the poor
protestants of Ulster ? will not excite the
house of commons so much us it did bo-
fore.
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The state entry of Lord Londonderry
Into Dublin as the viceroy will not take
place until the close of September ; and ,
if money can buy it , the occasion wilt bo
blinding in the extreme. The New York
Tribune correspondent says : "Ho will
send over thirty-two carriage horses , re
quires his coachman to bo able to turn
out four four-ln-hauds simultaneously ,
and takes with him a large hunting stud ,
Including ton hunters besides those for
his own riding. Lady Londonderry
shares her husband's ambition to make
his viceroyalty memorable for splendor ,
and will do whatever oan be done by u
pretty uud cloycr woman , oven to emu
lating Lady Aberdeen's charitable
work. "
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The Armstrong jtfnt * manufacturing
company nro havint'ill Juck In their at
tempt to suppress the npwspaper expos
ures of the company'u mode of sncuring
contracts from the British government
When Captain Armlt jiubllshed in the
Admiralty and Homo Guards Gazette thn
details of the fraud practiced upon the
government , thn Armstrong people sued
for libel , and tollowed tiiis up with a mo
tion for an injunction restraining the
Gnzotto from printing aliy moro of llio
sensalional correspondence. The coiirl
of queen' ? boneh has refused to enjoin the
newspaper , on the ground that it is utter
ing privileged communications. The
court said in its opinion that , if those
statements arc true , "it is of the utmost
importance that the country should bo
'made aware of the knowledge they con-
( vey. "
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M. do Lesseps has scored another llnan-
clal success in placing the now loan of
the Panama Canal company in the face
of the dilllculties which bc.sot that enter
prise. It is perhaps not astonishing to
find 100,000 , of the old shareholders taking
$ J5,000,000 of tlio bonds , for of the IM.OI'.O
original subscribers there wcro 80,837
whoso allotment did not exceed $500 , and
some 10,000 women , nnd those small hold
ers , outside the world of speculation , nro
the readiest to bank up their sagacity
with their purses by further advances.
This statement that 1GJ.OOO new subscrib
ers have been added indicates a wide dis
tribution of the loan among provinces ,
where M. do Lessep.Vs brilliant and san
guine picture of the condition of the work
are found more fascinating than in the
metropolis. As llio loan is placed at 45 ,
the. load which the company assumes is
something enormous , and a failure of M.
do Lcssops's predictions as to the progress
to be made with the work which scorns
inevitable must moan ruin.
_ Among jrilher reforms which General
Boulouger desires to introduce ? '
French army is that of obligatory celib
acy for subalterns , and as one means of
effecting this ho proposes to raise the
regulation dowry. Now an officer can
marry any lady who brings him a portion
of 1,200 francs a year ; but General Bou
langor , considering that the franc Is not
worth as much as it used to be , intends
to change nil this. It appears that there
has been too much marrying and giving
in marriage since the establishment of
permanent garrisons to suit the war min
ister , who evidently thinks that a wife
detracts from the gallantry of an ofllcnr
in the Held. Those onposcd to the theory
of General Boiilangci. might cite the ex
ample of Bonaparte , who'got married the
day before he set out'lo tfakc command of
llio army of Italy : in ! fact , that command
was thu dowry whicii Jqsephino brought
him. Wo know that on one occasion ,
hearing that Josephine' ' ' had wept over
his dangers , he cxjclaihied , "Wurmscr
shall pay dearly for ihoslf tears. "
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The Crofter question crtmes to the front
in thiTlIiglilands , the defeat of the liber
als nnd llio accession of a landlord gov
ernment to power having made the pee
ple. desperate , fn ( ha. t1Utlo island , of
Tirco ( or Tiry ) , which ibrms : part of the
Argyle estate , there is'a ' sort of civil war
On hand. The people arc preparing for
armed resistance to the agents of the
duke , who has tlio most plausible ex
planation for this , as for all the difficul
ties which arise on his estate. The Argylcs
are hard landlords , and of the people
whom the present duke found on his es
tates when ho came into possession , a
very large share have boon driven to em
igrate. It was said that Iho marquis of
Lome governed more of them in Canada
than his father had kept at homo. II is
certain that the people of this and the
others of the Hebrides group nro In a
stale ot great distress and growing pov
erty. And they are not of the sort to
submit to oppression forever. Although
they speak Gaelic anil generally bear Celtic -
tic names , they are very largely of < > ! ' !
Norwegian § tockaut' have inherited its
figntlng qualities.
AXI > SENATORS.
Senator Sherman Is just learning how lo
smoke.
Senator Jones of Nevada carries a small ,
cheap silver watch.
Senator Stan ford , of California , wears no
jewelry of any kind.
Senator and Mrs , Frye are at their summer
home al Snulrn ; ! Island.
Senator Logan only wears one piece of
jewelry , a small sold rliiK.
Senator Kvnrts broke the record In the
oleomargarine debate by uttering a sentence
containing 231 words.
Speaker Carlisle has only a common school
education and Is one of thu hardest sludcnls
to bo found anywhere ,
Congressman Collins of Massachusetts
having refused a ron.oinlnatlon the demo
crats talk of running him for governor ,
Senator Fair's , magnificent Washington
dinners are eatCii by some clever people in
society who never Invite him to their own
boi\rct \ , It la sadly observed.
A Torpid Liver ,
irifiitou / ( / Crfdc.
Tlio Now York Sun Bpella river and har
bor bill with three letters , viz. , J-o-b. The
orthography of our esteemed contemporary
seems to DP Buffering wlrti'u ' torpid liver ,
A Kiss That Won't Draw.
Keit Orleans Wcavwie.
A female of the Saltation army has in
vented what Is called thji 'Tialvatlon Kiss. "
U will draw until a swcjlnr jooklng element
Is Introduced Into the army ranks ,
Traduced
CMeago
Governor Alger , of MfchKian , has been tra
duced. It Is now known tha't at all banquets
where wine Is used hp.'timishls glass upside
down. Whether or not.lifs mouth Is under it
when It Is thus turned is not a matter that
concerns the public. '
Iteod vs. 'Blaliie.
St , l\t I pioneer I'rai.
Congresman Heed of ( ' Maine Isl charged
with having mistaken aspirations for the
republican presidential nomination In lt 8.
This may conflict wan Mr. Ulalno's views ;
and. really , Maine is too small a state to con
tain two men with bow In their bonnets.
'Jho Meslfiun AV u ,
Chtcau't Tilliune.
Have you heard of the Mexican war ?
If not , all that yon have to do Is
To make a brief railroad trip , for
The battle U on In St. Louis 1
Decrepit old "Colonels" talk llsht
In the town by tlio mud-latluu river ;
In a vision of KOTO they dullght ,
And their talk would make any one shiver ,
They ai08w illin > f with fury and fiimo ,
And they have no itiluetanco to show It ;
They are tenon ) , and It Is a siiamo
That the Mexicans don't twin to know It I
lint the sliaitow of war will pass by ,
The flame will dloout with n flicker ,
And the "Colonels. " with novur a sigh ,
Will calmly return to tbelr liquor.
A SAMPLE CASE OF CHEEK ,
A Political Mountebank Abroad in the Big
Tlrst ,
HOWE'S CAREER ANDCHARACTER
Trade nnd JVloplRnnei I'crfoctrd lly
Cliiit-cli Ilowo to Scicuro the Con-
Kfcsslonnt Nnmlnntlon The
Spots In lll < < Itccord.
NiiutAsKCiTVNob. : . , August in. [ Cor
respondence of the UBK.I The ino t
prominent candidate for congress In thh
district , niidliifnelthu only candidate who
is making nil active nnd vigorous can
vass , is Church Howe. Ho has not only
traversed every county in the district ,
but set his pins in every village and liam-
lit. He is trading on more , fictitious
o.ipilal than hit patron , Jay Gould , ever
did. His deals have assumed an incal
culable magnitude. Hohas already is-
Mied mortgage * enough on thn state con
vention and loglslalure to bankrupt nil
the politicians in tlio district.
He is as profuse and reckless with his
pledges nn he is with his Missouri Pacific
passes , He has sonorously pledged to
deliver thu state delegations from nine of
the cloven counties in this district
to Henry T. Clarke for gov
ernor on condition that Douglas
county shall vote solid for Church Howe
in the congressional convention. Ho has
bargained with * Lieutenant ( invornor
Shcdd to deliver him the whole congres
sional district for renomination in ex
change for the delegation from Saunders
county. He has contracted lo make Mr.
Hill , of Honlrico , secretary of slatu in con
sideration of Ihe delivery of ( Jago county
delegates to the congressional conven
tion. To make things doubly sure in
Uago this acrobatic political gambler has
made up with ex-Senator Paddock.
TIIK NKMAHA DI'.I.KflATlOX
to the legislature is to be headed by Pad
dock's bosom friend Tom Majors , with
two lighter weight ? that will follow Ma
jor's lead in the coming contest. Pad
dock and Howe had a love feast in Omaha
about two weeks ago , when the ex-senator
allowed himself lobe placated for Howe's
double dealing in 1881 , when Nance was
groomed by Church Ilowo iw
tlio preferred candidate of the Union
Pacilic and Missouri Pacific bosses.
These arc only a few of the political
mortgages which Howe has executed in
his desperate effort to capture tlio con
gressional nomination. To prevent a
rush of indignant dupes Church engi
neered the congressional committee ,
when it mot at Lincoln , thn e weeks ago ,
and had the congressional convention set
one week ahead of the state convention.
Once nominated , ho does not care a lig-
what the delegates , whoso votes ho has
pledged to the candidates for state offices ,
do iu the state convention. Indeed it is
very doubtful whether Church Howe can
deliver a single delegate outside of his
own county , and oven those may not be
given him for delivery , like cattle and
hogs. It is a sad commentary upon the
republicans of the First district that a
notorious political mountebank like
Church Ilqwe should be the most promi
nent candiatu for congress iu a time
when the party
CANNOT Al'KOKDTOMAKi : MISTAKES.
It is not al all surprising that new
comers who arc not familiar with Church
iiowe's record should allow themselves
to be imposed on by this slick knave.
For their benefit I liavo taken pains to
compile the personal and political his
tory of Church Howe sineo his advent
in the west. His antecedents in New
England , where he originally hails
from , como to Nebraska through reports
that are not very creditable to his char
acter as a man or a citizen. All we can
learn that is authentic js that ho kept a
tavern and bar down in Massachusetts ,
which was conducted with his peculiar
tact for doing business.
Upon the prevailing presumption that
the territories wera settled chiefly by
hard cili/.ens and outlaws , thu first 'terri
torial ollicors of Wyoming were chosen
with less reference to their morals than to
their propensity to make the most of the
posilion.
The Crodil-Mobilipr , which controlled
tho'Union Pacilic railroad , was doubtless
more or less instrumental In sending
Church Ilowo to Wyoming , as United
States marshal , soon after the Pacili.o.
railroad was omplQtcd : Aniarslial of
' 'Jn'Tij ! ( . Church raided everything
and everybody that came within roach.
His exactions became so intolerable and
his raids on private and public property
so shameless , that his retention became a
scandal , and lie was
COMriJU.KDTO VAOVTE.
Having abruptly concluded his profitable -
able service in Wyoming , Church Howe
came to Nebraska about 1870 or ' 71 , to
pursue the profitless vocation of a far
mer , lie located on a farm , in 15cd-
ford precinct , Noniahn county , and soon
became very much interested in the
granger movement. The wrongs of the
norny-fbited lollers had aroused his
deepest sympathy and ho was ready to
sacrifice himself in the struggle for their
relief from monopoly oppression. At
first his cflbrts on behalf of the grangers
were directed through the' republican
channels. Ho took an active part In county
politics , and became a member of the re
publican county central committee. In
the fall of 1874 , Church was so wrought
up over the terrible wrongs inflicted by
railroad corporations upon the farmers
of Nebraska , that ho publicly severed
his connection with tlio party in a tragic
'Bpqce'b , made in the CQunbjican conven
tion from which ho withdraw with the
declaration that the party had become
TOO COltltUl'T I'OU HIM
to remain in it. Henceforward nnd forever
over he announced himself as nn inde
pendent , and as such was elected to the
legislature In opposition to the regular
republican nominee.
His Infamous record in that nnd suc
ceeding legislatures , I reserve for an
other letter. Sulllco it to say , that hav
ing worked himself into thoconiidenco of
Iho grangers , ho was finally clecled lo
Iho important olllco of grand master of
the. state grange. After duping the fann
ers into elevating him to thu highest olllce
of their body in the state , ho treacherously
broke up the grange by sowing dissen
sion In Its ranks , and ingeniously thwart
ing nil its efforts by secretly playing Into
the hands of the railroads.
In 1870 Church Howe became a Demo
crat , and E , A. Allen , then chairman of
the iiomoerntlo state central committee ,
canvassed Noniaha county for him , His
conduct in the legislature of 1877 was , if
anything , more disreputable than in the
preceding legislature.
It became notorious tlmt Church Howe
had to bo "fixed" before ho voted
on appropriation bills , unless ho
had some personal interest In them ,
After Hayes was declared elected , ho
professed to have become a convert onoo
moro tp tile-republican fold , IJnt it was
only through the co-operation of the rail-
roail gang of politicians and railroad
bosrius. that hi ! was a.cnin tolerated In the
republican conventions. His career as
JAV OOUI.H'8 ATTOHSKV AND I.OU1SVIST
has done moro to bring the republican
partyiiito disrepute and contempt among
honest people than any other Known
agency. It has been one continuous
chapter of treachery , trickery , corrup
tion and jobbery. . , ,
How can such a man maintain him
self ou top of the political wave ? How
does he manage to got the support of
neighbors and the people of Meiualm
county generally ? 1 have taken the
trouble lo inquire amongl all classes iu
Ncmaha county , mid find that Church
Howe's popularity' Is entirely artificial.
Chnrch Howe has made polities a study
and an art , while ho ImS been thn
most subtle enemy of the farming
community : he alwaj's manages to work
upon their credulity , by methods which
place them under personal obligations
to him. Ho always plays the kind and
generous neighbor. He is full of sym
pathy for everybody In distress and loani
money on ea. < y terms , mid during his
campaigns disburses money freely , llti
does not buy voters. Ho simply hires n
man nnd his team for $10 a day , when
the service Is only worth -'J. Ho carries
blank pass books and annual railroad
passes ready to fill up , and anybody who
IM willing to ser o him can get them ,
cither for himself or his sisters , cousins
and aunts. While he privately sneers at
religion and lm < sold out Iho prohibition
ists , ho U very loud in his professions of
temperance principles and very tender in
his religiono sentiment * . Ho has always
courted the religious elt'incnta by gener
ous contributions and donations to Iho
churches.
TIM'S HK HAS KNMSTKI )
nearly every element of society and
placed ( hem under obligations.
In this respect ho resembles the late
Canada Hill , who was always very kindhearted -
hearted to his victims. Hill's tactics were
to take iu the unsuspecting traveler , beat
him out of all his money ami then kindly
buy him a ticket to return home. Church
has robbed the farmer and taxpayer by
playing tapper for the railroad hlgliwnv-
men , and after tilling Ins pockets lias di
vided part of the swag among his neigh
bors. With the boodle which he lias
amassed by his mercenary schemes , ho
now expects to capture a seat in congress ,
where his talents would have n moro
prolitabb field than the Nebraska Iccl.'Ia-
ture. Ai , . FAiitimoTiiiut.
Thn
Wtitlitnoton Slur.
A statement prepared nt the pension
olllee , by direction of llio chief of the
cerlilioato division , Mr. J. 7 . Smith ,
shows that there arc only -loS pensioners
on the roll who have lost nn arm at the
shoulder joint or a leg at the hip joint.
The small number as computed with the
number of pensioners in the oilier classes
indicates how few survive the amputa
tion of an entire limb. There is greater
danger attendant upon the entire ampu
tation of a leg than of an arm , , lor there
are on the rolls only ten pensioners who
have losl a leg at the hip joint , while those
who have lo.it an arm at the shoulder joint
number ! ) . They receive $15 per month.
There are. ! ) , t01 pensioners who have lost
an arm above the elbow , and 2,011 , who
have lost a leg above the knee. Such pen
sioners are to receive a pension of $ ! )0 ) per
month , an increase of $3. There are also
813' ' . ! pensioners who have lost an arm
below the elbow and 1,185 pensioners who
have lost a leg oillow the knee. Those
pensioners are to receive $ ! ! 0 per month ,
an increase of $0. The bill further pro
vides "that nothing ccntained in this act
shall bo construed to repeal section -109 ! )
of the Revised Stalules of Ihe United
States , or to chance the rate of $18 per
month therein mentioned to bu proportionately
tionately divided for any degree ot disa
bility established , for wliich section -1005
makes no provision. " The list of pen
sions now paid shows that in thu
higher grades the number of pensioners
is comparatively small. For instance ,
what is termed total disability , such as
the loss of both arms , both legs , bolh
feet , the sighl of both eyes and insanity ,
thi ) highest pension is paid , namely , $72
per month. The , number of pensioners
in these classes is'ns follows- Lost ooth
arms , 21 ; bolh legs , 22 ; both hands , 7 ;
both feet , 02 ; bo-h eyes , 531 ; insanity , 1)0. ! )
There are only two persons who receive
a higher pension than $73 per month ,
one of whom receives $75 per month and
the other $100. the latter being General
Black , commissioner of pensions , who
received this pension by a special act of
congress. Of the 250,000 and moro pen-
bioners now on the rolls , the largest num-
uer. 00,208 , receive § 1 permonth ; the next
highest number , 44,775 , , receive $8 per
month. Then there are { 11,080 pensioners
who receive $0 per month ; 20,131 who re
ceive $2 per month ; 15,480 who receive
$12 per mouth ; 15,020 , who receive $21 per
month ; 0,297 who receive $10 per month ;
7,1)27 ) wiio receive $30 per month ; 4,488
who receive § 10 per month , and
U.413 who receive $14 per month.
The grades of pensioners run from $1
per month to $100 , and the above are the
classes which contain the greatest num
ber of pensioners , li ) addition there are
$37.50 and thirty-six at § 30.
A IJrlof Career.
St. Mud I'liinccr'CMS. .
Senator Hearst of California had a brief
and Intcrohtlni ; career iu the senate cham
ber. Ills one little speech , about the late
Senator Miller , was an unfortunate oratori
cal ellurt ; and , on the whole , Mr , Hearst's
retirement Is the best Uilnjr for himself and
the senate.
lit Favor or tlio South Pole ,
Dctmtt l''icc 1'iess.
It Is a curious thing that no one over tries
tollnd the Kouth Pole. It wo.uld bo Just as
valuable to us when we found It as the North
Polo possibly could be. Ik'shlcs the climate
down south Is so much warmer than' in the
north that the search ought to bo conducted
with less outlay | n the matter of clothing.
This great scientific statement may bo
doubttd , but as no ono has buun ul cithur pule
wo may defy contradiction.
i * i
A. Great Deal Said to Very Mtlle Pur
pose.
1l'a 7iHw < / Wilt ,
The Congressional Itecord ot the session
just closed , bo far as completed , fills S.ttX )
pases , which will probably bo Increased to
0,000 , not including indexes and appendices.
It contains about 1,500 pages moro of debate
tlmn ever before manufactured by any pro
ceeding session ofcoiiKiess. HsoRms strange ,
considering the acknowledged power of tin ;
JJiiKlihh laiiKiifiW , that en miicli coulU bo said
to comparatively fee small a jmrjio.ie.
JIo Was n Purly
Washington Critic : Ho was a poli
tician mm ii democrat , and ho had been
striving with Iho powers Hint bo for a
poatollico , but without success. The
other dav ho returned to Iho city , and ho
registered at his hotel as "John JSIorroy ,
P. Al. "
"Ah , " tUd the clerk , "you'vgot there
atlahty"
" ( Jot where ? " ho asked , bluntly.
" ( lot your poslollico , " replied thn
clerk , pointing to the appended Ini
tials.
"Not much , I haven't. "
'Well , what did yon sign your name
that way for * "
' "Cause I've got n right to , "
"Hut you said yon wcro not a post
master. " _
"And 1 ain't and not likely to bo , P.
M. don't stand for postmaster in this ad-
ministration. It stands for party man ,
and don't you forget it. D the mug
wumps , " _ _
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1'urnum. _
If you buy lumber anywhere without
fiwt getting lloaghinds prices you will
lose money.
PIANOS ANP OISOAXS TO JIKXT , as low as
$1 per month , at Mas Meyer & liro's
wareiooms. _
Dr Hamilton Wnrrun , Koloutlo Physi
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block corner iOth mid Capitol avenue
Day uud night e.ulls promptly atleutud to
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