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FJ THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : ITOTOAY , OCTOBER 1 , 1886. THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. Oil ! ir Mnmi.ur tuition ) Inclutllint.jtoiiflnr II , K Omi unr . ! 5. . . 11001 I'orStr Mnntlis . . . . . . "JW. fi ( | 0 I jirTlirwi Monti's . , .1W " M ic Oinnlm Hmidiiy Ilnii , iniillo'l to nflfe uJJrc j , Uno Vcrir. . . . ' . . SCO fwtu nrnct ! , NO. tin AMI Wrt FMts-.ut fii-Hrr-- . N W VOKIC ( If I'll K , ItflOM t'A , Till , JVC. Hrill > IV < l. WAMJ.Miro * UI-IICE , Nn. DlU-'uttuiKNTiii ; < ntlir. ; : Ai communlo.it iom rotntlug1 to IIPWI ( Or III Illlltlor slicill < l 1)0 lUUlOl Ul to lltU Kill- roil or me lirw. All Int'lncvt lot IDM ntiil i-iMiilllnncenphoulilljo Rililrn od lit TUB in : i I'rm.ismso COMI'.YNV , OMMIA. Urufli. rtif-ks nml p'i'inlllon nr < li'r < to bo inndo piiyablo to I lie 01 cl r of tliu coin puny , IB ! Btt PROPRIEIOR3 , I'titTnit. THIS DAIMi' IJKH. Sworn Rtnlcmcnt ot C/'Iroiilntlon. Slide of Xcbiaska , i ( omilv < if lomrlas.ss ) ( < ( iw > . It. 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" , ( coiiii-s ; for.ltuu1 , Ibs-B , 1' > , M cnptpi ; for July , 1NSO , 1,314 ! copies ; for August , IM-O , 1S,4V1 ( ecmic. * . Ujco. 11TzsrjuirnK. . fiubwrlbcil niul sworn to before mo , this 1th day otSoiit. , A. 1) . 1HSO. N. P. FntL , FBI Ar I- Notary I'utillc. ItKl'l lU.ICAN fJOUNTV TICKHT. For Senators : OKO. W. LININCKU. IIIIUN'O TXSCI1UCK. Kor Ki'prcsontntlves : \V. G. W1HTMOUK , K U 111IJHA1CD. tiKO. 1115IMHOU. It. S. HALL , JOI1X MATTHIKSOiN. JAMES It. YOUNf , T. W. ULAUKBU1UV , M. O. H1CKKTTS. Kor Comity Attomcyi KDWAUD . SIMKHAL. For County Commissioner ! ISAAC X. PIKKCK. Anot'T tlio biggest shako that has occurred lately is Unit in tlio government printing ; ollicc. IK Wiggins will visit Charleston lie will learn something to his disadvantage. Hn hail bettor insure his life heavily Deforo 1 starling. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ TUB road to the northwest must bo built. 15ut it must bo n road to the north- wc.st and riot : i spur thrown out in sonic other direction as a feeder for existing trunk lines. I'IIILADKM'UIANS are kicking vigor ously over paying § 0.150 u ton for coal. If a few of the grumblers spent 11 winter in Nebraska with hard coal anywhere from $10 to $15 they would lind loss faull upon their return homo. Tun old Holdior vole for an old soldici generally carries everything before it. ir a republican sttito. Nebraska has lion orotl and been honored by John M | Tluiyor many times in the past thirtj years , lie will bo oli-eted by an over ' whelming majority against any candi date whom the democrats can bring for , ward. I THE disclosures of almost niiparallolci : atrocities in the Ohio penitentiary undoi doiiiocratio administration is supple niented by the exposure of a most deplorable able stuto of affairs that has long cxistoi In the state asylum of Indiana , also nndei democratic management. Both of tliesi institutions were run upon the strides spoils system , and the otlicialK wen leagued to rob tno people to the great in 'jury ' necessarily to the unfortunate in i Hiatus , it is despicable to rob and abusi prison convicts , but such a character ! , tlon is tame when applied to outrage , I upon tiie helplessly insane. ' OFFICIAL announcement is made of tin t Appointment of Mr. Ptuil Morton as gen ' oral plwsongor nml ticket agent of tin I Chicago , Unrlmgton & Qnincy railroat lomjiany vice Mr. Pcrolval Lowell , win liafi/'Oiiigncd. / Mr. Morton Is n Nolirasks * joyijho ) son of Hon. J. Sterling Morton , o Nebraska City. Ho 1ms worked bin waj Bteadily upward from u very uubordinati ijwitlon on the Uurlington road , and hai f'lcil his present advancement , b ; Ason of natural abilities , pcrst'vorin { icutlon to duty and force of oliaraetor ot many mouths ago his appointmen assistant gunoral freight ngcnt wa lironicled. My now becomes bead of tin > assongor department of one of tin 'irgest ' corporations in the country. Mr Norton has many personal frinnds ii Nebraska who will extend their warn Congratulation ? over his latest promotion It is a well merited tribute to brains am 1 pluot. , VT E olFort to obtain from the delegate , to the recent Now .Jersey democratic con ( vnntion an expression of their urosidon tinl preferences was only moderately sue vo < jS3ftil. Quito half of them would no any xpression , ami others cv.adei Jlvo question. Hut of those who had i reference , and wore frank enough to tic " clare it , the majority were found to b ( unfavorable to the renomination o 'f ' Icvolaud , and most of this nunibe ILumotl Governor lllll as their choice vhls Is slgnllicant in view of the intimat I Matious between the democratic maehln ' Now York and Now Jersey , sluiwini t it dons that the Hill mlliiencu and fol fwlug are not contlneil to the forme We , Some of those Now Jersey demo , \ats were very pronounced in their opin 'i } > of the president , declaring that the ; JJ nut regard him as being a democrat ji'lle some ot those who named Clove oil as their preference said they wer ' - pleased with all of his appointments undent that tlio democrats of No\ y are not a unit In support of th Illustration. Nobrnskn'fl Next Governor. The nomination of ( tnnnral John M. Tliaycr ( or chief magistrate of this state will bo lialU-d bv nil classes of people , and especially by loyal republicans , with sat isfaction anil pride. For more than thirly yi-iirs licm-ral Thayer has been a prominent lignre in this rommonwoalth. Ann leader of Nebraska's quota to the jtn.iy that saved the union , MS her rcpro- scnlatlvo In the senate of the United States , ns governor of tin- territory of Wyominy. ( Icneral 1'hayor has lionorotl the stale and won for himself popular o- l < - ( ! ] , eonlideiii-'o and respect. Unlikti many others who Imvo amassed wealth in public llfo , Ci-nernl Tlmyer Imc rnrned n b\ro : subslstetipe. His oomra-li-j on the tented held have fought the battle for him. at their own espouse , anil will make him governor of Nebraska to close the crowning days of Ins honored career with another mark of alleclion. The people of Nebraska whom ho has served so ably nml faithfully in times past , will rt'Ufy tlm choice ol the old sol diers by thclariri" ! iw.iorily ever given to any candidate for their suirran- ' * . For the first time since she has become a stale , Nebraska will have a governor capable of lillins the position with dig nity and high ability. Without ro- Heeling on any one of bis prodc- oe.ssors , it. is a humiliating fact that our governors have been in point of ability and executive ex- uorliMico far below the standard net by other states for their chief magistrate" . InlitiM. Thayer will , we fool .sure , rank as tlio peer among jnvvrHors m the old est states of the union. 1'or the republican party , the nomina tion of John M. Thayer will be pei-uliarly fortunate at this juncture. The party needs a popular leader in the pres ent campaign who is able to expound Its principles and doctrines , and is not. only familiar with its record , but has also been closely idontiliud with its history. Tlio PintConn. If Mr. ( Sere , who was foisted by the rail road inlliioiice upon the platform com mittee as its chairman , had not injected a stum ) ) speech full of clittering general ities and patriotic buncombe into the resolutions adopted by the convention the republican platform would have been very acceptable. Mr. ( Jcro prides him self on being the great platform builder oi Nebraska and upon erecting a struct ure on which everybody can stand with out serious Inconvenience. His very latest for IWfl is built on the tome old pattern , Its diction is faultless and the style polished. Hut it reminds us a great deal of sawdust pie covered with a tempting sugared enisf With its chief feature , the arraignment of the democratic party , republicans will fully coincide. U'ith its big band and long index linger pointing to the glorious records of tlio past , no loyal republican will bo apt to disagree. That has become one of tiio stereotyped decoration's of all the ready-made and whip-sawed plat forms of the past ten years. The eloquent declarations about na tional a Hairs would bo pronounced by the Hon. Hardwell Slote as "A. S. S. , " 'above .statesman's standard. " The resolution elution referring to the homo rule in Ireland touches a tender chord in the Irish American heart , and so does tiio declaration that alien landlordism must go- goOn the regulation of railroads by con gress Mr. tioro has yielded a point or two from his old and well known position. But regulation in Nebraska lias been ig nored entirely , perhaps because Mr. Gere lias full confidence in the ability of the railroad commission to atlbrd all the relief to which Nebraska is entitled. Labor , and especially convict labor , is treated very generously , and if these resolutions emanated from anybody ox- coptmg the mouthpiece of monopoly ami the over-ready champion of penitentiary contractors it would moot with cordial approval from the working classes. The resolution favoring the submission of n prohibition amendment , which was hitched on by the minority of the plat form committee , was , in our opinion , 511 timed , ill-advised , and will prove ombar russiug. Most ot the legislative district' have already taken their position on this question and nominated their candidate , who will stand or fall according to the platforms adopted in the respective conn ties. Where public opinion backs the de mands tlio members will feel bourn by it. But whore , as in tin ; and other counties , a very largi majority are outspoken in favor of tin rigid enforcement of the present higl license and local option law as the most oflr.elivo restriction on the oviln of intern pornncc , it is utterly impolitic and tin reasonable to pledge representatives foi prohibition. The republican dolegalioi trom Douulas who are pledged to higl license will stand or fall upon that plat form , and to them tlio resolution by uuj outside convention will bo a dead letter County. Notice has been served on county tcpublicans \ > y the B. & M. rail road organ at Lincoln , that no mon favors need bo expected by this count , ; at the hands of the party hereafter if thej dare to bolt the nomination of Churcl Ilowo. "Tho people of the Hirst district,1 says the Lincoln Journal , "arc jrotth'f tired of having Douglas come into stall ami congressional conventions with i delegation overtopping all the rest , am then afterwards , because an Omaha mat wasn't nominated , go baolr and give ai Omaha democrat half of the rupublicut vote in the county. " On behalf of the Douglas ( 'utility republicans publicans , whoso sentiment wo believi wo voice , wo will say to tho.Uarlingtoi organ that its insolent throat * have m cfl'cot upon them. Douglas count ; has been in the state of Ncbranka eve since it was organized , but nobody ii Nebraska has over heard of a Dongla county man in a state oliice. With tin exception of Judge Lake , who was un < of the territorial juJgos ami continue' on the bench for about ton years , Doug las county has never had a state nflicur With one-tenth of the population n Nebraska and paying nearly one-tun',1 of the taxes f ho lias never had a < ; ovnrnoi' lieutenant governor , auditor , treasure ; secretary of state , land commissioner , o PVOII scjiool superintendent. Since th days of John TanV , who wan our fir ? congressman , Douglas county has no had a man in the lower home , In vitn of tnis dcliberato attempt to bar Dough county from lior proper suare of the stut otlicer.s it comes with ill-grace ti lecture and browbeat about th size of her republican voto. Who republicans of the state and district huv to respect the wishes and feelings of republicans of this county outside of the railroad gang , they will have no rniiso to fear a bolt. In any other stale or district , the first questions when n candidate pro- snnU himself arc , how docs ho stand with the rank ami lilo of the party ? Js ho the most available and least objectionable man ? Will any large portion of the party be disnll'eple.d by his candidacy ? In thisstatc and district the only questions are and have been , "Will ho bo auceplnnlo to the railroads and the 15. & M. in particular V ' " " How docs ho stand with Marquctto , Thurston. Tom Kor.nard and Boss stout ? " "Can lie be made useful to the corporate inllueitco ? " An aflirmativii answer to these questions insures hi * nomination A negative 0110 defeats him. By such a deal Church lie we lias became the party's candidate for congress , and because Douglas county republicans resent the outrage , they are told that they will bodise.lpline.dnml pun ished in the political hereafter. Such threat * , wo can assure the Lincoln whippet petin , have no terrors for Douglas county republicans. They have got . ' .Ifing comfortably without any favors from the railroad party and they will sur vive its displeasure. When the republi cans of the first district taught by the discipline of defeat , learn that they must at least consult Douglas county republi cans sutlieiently to ascertain whether a candidate for congress is of fensive and likely to meet with horioui opposition on account of his character and record , they will not run the gauntlet of disaster and de feat. feat.Until Until then the hone.il and unbonirlil re publican voters of Douglas county will continue to protect on the only ground on which their pretest can bo made ollective. Sherman on Silver. The acknowledged position of Senator Sherman 113 outof the ablest financiers among the public mon of the country , and the credit he justly enjoy : ; of having been always consistent in his views re garding the currency , irrespective of considerations affecting political chances or any otl'er ' inlluonccs , give great wrighl to hi.s public expressions of opinion respecting existing linancial con ditions. In his speech at Portsmouth , Ohio , a few evening ago , Senator Sher man , in referring to the .silver question , said that the growing disparity in in trinsic value between our gold and silver coin is now approaching a crisis that may at any time bring us to a single standard of silver. Such a result , ho said , ho should regard as most unfortu nate , lie declared himself in favor of an honest dollar , made either of gold or silver , coined at their respective market value and that all other forms of cur rency should be cipial to each other , of the same purchasing power and value , without discount or degradation. Inallirminga "growing disparity11 in intrinsic value between jrold and silver coin , Mr. Sherman , of course , simply ap plied the term to indicate that there is in progress a natural or nec essary separation of the two metals in the matter of commer cial value. lie could not have been un aware ot the fact that within the past few weeks silver has appreciated relatively to gold about two per cent. , and that the American silver dollar is now worth as coin 75 ! cents , whereas less than | a month ago it was quoted at 71 cents. But this is only an mcidential change , duo in some measure , perhaps , to the appoint ment of an English commission to con sider this subject which , from its com position it is thought , may not take an unfavorable view of silver , together with other indications abroad construed as more favorable to the cause of this form of currency. Apart trom these artificial influences nothing has occurred to lessen tlio disparity which had come about na turally between gold and silver , and winch , with entirely normal conditions , might have been expected to continue , if not to grow. What the country must re gard , therefore , is ( hisituation : asit would beatl'ected if entirely freed from artificial influences , which can only be temporary and are liable to be removed at any time , and it was doubtless in this view that Mr. Sherman considered the M bject. To those who can look at the subject in this way tlio statement of Mr. Sherman that the mailer is approaching preaching a crisis that may at any limn bring us to a .single standard of silver will not appear as an exaggeration. The stop 10 that point is not so great that it could not bo made by a single serious mistake. In January , 188o , the sub-treas ury at Boston made all its payments in silver , thereby forcing or inducing the clearing house to make its settlements in the same currency. Tim consequence was that cold and legal tender notes dis appeared from financial transactions and silver certificates were at a discount , erin in other words New York exchange , winch represented gold or greenbacks , went to a premium. This continued several days , or until the sub-troasury abandoned its exclusive silver disburse- nu'iilH ami paid out legal tender notes. The incident show * how easy It would bo by recklessly forcing silver beyond the natural requirements of the market , to reach tlio point towards which Mr. Sher man believes the country is moving. But whether tlio crisis Is as imminniil as the Ohio senator seems to think or is mill remote , there would bo far less rea son to have any apprehension con cerning it if the hilvcr dollar were made an honest dollar , as Mr. Sher man says ho is in favor of making it. 'That , after all , seems to be the one policy which would dissipate all fears and re move-all dangers. That would conserve both the wish and the welfare of the poo- pic. But unfortunately it Is the one which is the last to be thought of by those whom the people entrust with the re sponsibilities of legislation. A Cireat .Naval Gnu Factory. An event deemed of MHIIO importance in the history of the American navy will occur to-day m the transformation of the navy yard at Washington into a naval gun factory. This is the consummation of efforts that have been making for many years looking to the establishment of a first-class gun factory for the construc tion ol ordnance for the navy. Refer ring to this important step , it is noted that thd ordnance department of the navy i far ahead of the same branch of the army , for it has actually built several guns that glvu bettor results than any of the same calibres in Europe , and twenty more are in process of construction , while the ordnance department of the army has not even , commenced the. man- 1 tifncturc of any modern artillery larger than field pieces. The reasons for this difference arc various , but it is a little singular that Hie ' navy is so much ahead of the army when the former has no permanent urdilancu corps , all the ordnance ollleers being detailei1. in rota tion for three years i\t \ a time. , except the , chief of the bureau , who serves four years , for this kind of duty. On the other hand the ordnuuee bureau of the army is supposed to consist of professional exports. It is a pr-rnttincnt corps filled by details of selected line ollleers , who once in the corps , never leave it. It has been charged that a chief reason why the ordnance department of the army has made so little progress isin the fact that the ordnance corps is permanent , which has permitted the growth of a clique thai controls it. This combination , It is alleged , refuses to have anything to do with outside inventors , and that by un In ordinate opinion of its own skill and the value of ils own inventions ha given as little countenance as possible to outside invention , and thus retarded progress. But without making invidious compari sons the fact remains that the ordnance department of the navy has achieved better result. * and made greater progress than that of the army. The establish ment of a great gun factory at Washing ton , orr"thor tin ; first .step in the enter prise , which is to be taken to-day , is another evidence to the Hwakencd in terest in naval all'air.s which has take ! ! place within the past two or three years , and which it may bo hoped will continue/ until the country is given a navy ade quate to its requirements , and sullieieut for the vast seacoast interests now prac tically defenseless. The Slnti ! Tinlcct. The republican state ticket is excep tionally strong. Ueneral Tbayer's name at Its head is in it elf .itowe.r ot strength. The remainder is nearly all made up of theMirtio soldier element. Two Of the nominees , Mea rs. Scott and Laws , have left their legs on confederate battle fields. The powerful influence of the old veterans in the republican councils of Nebraska is soon in the drafts made on their numbers for incumbents of tlio state ollices. With these exceptions tlio entire ticket , outside of its head , have already filled the ollices to which they will be re.- elected , and on this account tlioir names call for no extended discussion. They are well known throughout the state to the people generally , as well as to re publicans , and will not put the party on the defensive in fighting their battles. Mr. Law , v/ho was nominated for secretary of state , is a one-legged vet eran who is well-anti favorbly known throughout the Kepiiblican valley , and who has taken a proininent position in the party councils for' many years past. A sterling republican , ' and an elliciei.t federal ollico holder , , nml a man of in tegrity ami characturv he will command the full support of his.party. Mr. ( ! oo. B. Lime , tlio nominee for .superintendent of public instruction , is an educator of ability and experience. Ho was for years connected with the public schools of St. Louis and later was super intendent of the Omaha school system. Mr. Lane will iniike ; i capable and pro gressive officer in the -line of las chosen profession. Jt goes without saying that the state ticket will bo elected from head to foot by the usual handsome majority. TIIK American exhibition which is to open in London next year is reported to bo steadily progressing , and notwith- .standliiu the depreciatory statements of persons not friendly to tiio enterprise , perhaps because of their inability to use it to their personal advantage , the prom ise for it is said to be most flattering. In evidence of this a New York promoter of the undertaking a few days ago stated that up to tno present time the applica tions for space from intending exhib itors exceeded in number tlio applications received at a similar period for the centennial exhibition. It is expected by the promoters that the exhibition will bo opened on the id ? of May next year , and arrangements have alrcadv been made for this ceremony to lie performed by President Cleveland. The president will not go to London , but by an ar rangement with tlio Western Union Telegraph company and the Cable com pany the wires will bo hold that day for the president's use about the time sot for the opening of the exhibition. The pres ident will touch n button releasing the electric current , which will bo the signal for the formal opening , and he will send a congratulatory message along the wires , which will probably bo received and re sponded to bj the Prince of Wales , who , it is confidently expected , will preside on that occasion as the president of the Knghsli council of welcome. THE arrival in Now York from Eng land , a few days ago , of General Booth , the head of the Salvation Army , proba bly means renewed activity on the part of that peculiar organization in the United States. The general is under stood to have come over on a tour of in spection , and from reports regarding the army in some localities it is evidently in need of both inspection and reformation. The newspaper portraits of Booth give him a face indicating great force of char acter , ami his career has certainly been remarkable of its kind. That his unique enterprise has accomplished any good in a religious way is somewhat questiona ble. ANew York poiUemporary rather irreverently refers to the arrival of Booth as a "public niisior'tiino ' , ' and expresses the fear that ho is ' 'goirjg to make the religions - ligions organization of which ho is the head oven more of 1,1 nu/saiice / than it is at present. ' ' There must bo an army headipiarter.s In the neUr neighborhood of our contemporary 1 sanctum. Clinton Howi ; tijiw a sop to the pro hibitionists by voting for the prohibition plank in the platform ami ho tingled for the labor vote b ' demanding higher wages for labor , and the branding of con vict products. If Boss Stout could bo in duced to brand his products Church Howe would Imvo a big stamp on his left shoulder. Church has several times been made by the Boss in return for support of the extension of the penitentiary con tract. , DOUOI.AS county cast twenty-five of its twonty-so\on votes for Henry T. Clarke. If all the votes which Church Howe promised to throw to Mr. Clarke in re turn for his support , had been cast , the Douglas county candidate would only have beaten him two to one. Mtt. AsuHitsoN , of Fillmore , received u handsome complimentary vote. Keep It The republicans of the Kirst district should ask themselves whether a man having such a record as that of C'hnreli Ilowo has any rightful claim upon the supporl of tiny decent republican. Leav ing out of question his corrupt methods and notorious venality wo appeal to re publicans to pausn and relleet before they put a premium upon party trea son inn ! conspiracy against its very exist ence. Ton j'ears ago , when the republican party was on the verge of disaster , ami every electoral vole east for Hayes and Wheeler was needed to retain the party in power , Church Ilowo entered into a conspiracy to deliver republican Nebraska into the. hands of the enemy. This Infamous plot is not a more conjec ture. The proof of it docs not rest on surmise or suspicion. It i. ol to bo pooh-poohed or brushed away by pro nouncing it ono of llosuwtxtor'a malicious campaign slanders. Tlu records of the legislature of which Church Howe wa = a member in 70-77 , contain the indelible proofs of the treasonable enable conspiracy , and no denial can stand against evidence furnished by his own pen. Brielly told , the history of this plan to hand over the country to Tilden ami democracy is as follows : In 1870 Nebraska elected Silas A. Strickland , Amnsn Cobb and A. 11. Connor presidential electors by a vote of Jil.tilO as against a vote of 10,11.11 east for tiio Til'len ami Heudricks electors. After the election it was 'J'scov.red that the canvass of this vote could not take i.'bico under the then existing law before tlm legislature convened. The electoral vote had to bo canvassed in December at the latest , and the regular ses sion of the legislature did not begin until January. In order to make a legal canvass of the electoral returns , ( lovernor Garber called a special session of the legislature to convene on the fHhof Dccoinhoi' , ' 70 , al Lincoln , for iii ! > ] : ilr- pose of canvassing the electoral vote of the state. The democratic effort to cap ture republican electoral votes is historic. Tilden's friends , notably Dr. Miller , had been plotting for the capture of ono of the electors from Nebraska , and it i.s also historic that a large bribe was o lib red to one of the electors , General Strickland. The call of the legislature broke into the plan of the plotters , and they found a will ing and reckless tool in Church Howe. When the legislature convened at tlio capi tal , Church 1 lowe tiled a protest which maybe bo found on pages 0 , 7 ami S of the Ne braska House Journal of 1877. The fol- lowingoxtract makes interesting reading : " 1 , Church Howe , a member of the legisla ture of Nebraska , now convened by procla mation of his excellency , Uovemor Silas Harbor , for the purpose of canvassing anil declaring the result of the vote cast in Ne braska for electors for president and vice president of the United States , hereby enter my solemn protest against such act , ilenyiiiR that the governor has power to eall tins body in special session for any sndt purpose , or that this body has any authority to canvasser or declare the result of such vote upon the following grounds : Klrst. This legislature now convened hav ing been elected under what is known as the old constitution , has no po\\er to act In the premises , the new constitution of the state having been m foieo since November , 1875. " Tlio second and third clauses deal with technical objections and are somewhat lengthy. The concluding sentences of this precious document are as follows : "For the foregoing reasons I pretest against any canvass of the electoral vote of the state by this body , and demand that this , my protest , bo entered upon the journal. " ( Signed ) Church Howe , member of the legislature of Nebraska. The democrats did not respond to the call of the governor and there was barely a quorum in the senate , while there were several to spare in the house of which Howe was a member. The protest en tered by Howe was doubtless prepared by the Tilden lawyers in Omaha and liowe had the glory of being the sole champion of Sam Tilden. The legisla ture ignored Church Ilowo , spread his pretest on its record and canvassed the electoral vote in spite of it. When the logi&lnturu convened in Jan uary , 1877 , tlio presidential contest was at its heiifht in Washington. Church Howe had changed places from the house to the somite. Early in the session , a resolution was introduced expressing the conviction on tiio part of the senate that Hayes and Wheeler having received a majority of tlio electoral votes were en titled to their scats. This resolution gave rise to a very lively debate which lasted two ( lavs. Church Ilowo asked to bo excused from voting when it ilrst came up and was so excused. On the final passage of the resolution the record [ page 37D , Senate Journal 1877 , ] shows the following result ; Yeas--Ambrose , Baird , Blanchard , Bryant , Calkins , Cams. Chapman , Colby , Dawos , Garfield - field , Gilham , Hayes , Konnard , Knapp , Popoon , Powers , Thummol , Van Wyek , Walton and Wilcox SO. Those voting in the negative were : Aton , Brown , Covell , Ferguson , ( Unman , Holt , Church Howe and North 8. During tlio same session of the legisla ture , Church Howe's vote on United States senator for the llrst throe ballots is recorded an haying been east for K. W. Thomas , a South Carolina democrat , [ pages 103 and i.'l)8 ) Semite Journal. ] All this time Church Howe professed to bit a republican independent , republican on national issues and a temperance granger on local issues. Wo simply ask what right a man with such a record has to the supper t of any republican. Tur.itn werosovoral Burchanls in the republican state convention who insisted upon ramming prohibition into the plal- form at any risk or cost lo the party. OMAHA'S short time 0 per cent LomUi continue to sell at a handsome premium. No city in tlio west has better credit in eastern linancial circle ? . WINTKU is coming on. Chairman House should bestir himself 0:1 : the sidewalk - walk question unless he intend * lo post pone all action until spring. ( JuNr.u.M. THAYKH'S canvass was a walk-over. His campaign svill bo a walk- away. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ TIIK KIKU > OI- ' The railroad corporations have refused special rates to the. knights to ( tlchmond. Architects In westnrn cities rupori a greal deal 01' projected building for the winter niul There are Indications of a scaicity of launi In machine shops , car and locomotive vvorkt and mills. Silk-making machinery Is crowdlu lit * Italian silk manufactures to the vvali. Thej Imvo no power looms ami poor facilities for dyeing , printing and finishing. Two I'lttsburg manufacturing firms have boniht land on which to elect 200 or WO houses which their workmen will be en couraged to pin chase on easy payment * . The breaking up of the Kiiiopean steel-mil syndicate caused a reduction of 5 per Ion. The ( ierman rallmakers are heavy loser.s on home and foreign contracts , while Kngllsh inanufat'tureis are holding their own. At no time has there been such an active demand for lots In sulmtbati districts as there has been this year. Woikmon are putting their spare money Into lots rather limn Into banks and loan associations , evidently pie- 1 erring to be .small propel ty-owuers. The Pullmans have four months' worJc promised , and some of the \\estotn builders have quit piomlsmfr. Cars are source on several roads ami trnflii' requirements are In- ctvaMng. The Penusyhanla company Is building Iron ore cars to haul forty tons. There are twenty-four worklngmen In tlio Ocrnisu parliament , and they command a henrlmr on oveiTT'c-sllon they advocate. In Belgium the worklnginen aia vl-oioitsly agi tating for universal suffrage. In Denmark and Italy labor advocates command respect. The highest earnings of the Belgium coal miners , according to the repot I or a royal commission , are SIS per month ; girls from If ! to 19 years of age are kept under ground for sixteen to eighteen hours pel- day , for which they are paid from Bu to 40 cents. Tiio New Jersey silk Industry Is growing rapidly. Plans aie completed for a new silk mill at 1'ater.soii ami for several extensions. A number of companies have decided ID In- cieaso their capital stock , lu several Kuro- peau silk centers the demand Is chlelly fol low grades which mitimlacturers do not care to make. The great Industrhl pKKsnerity i * . " ! ' " < ulatliig gienter imln-try. The foundations ate being laid for an overproduction. Two tliiitisnml new coke ovens me piojci'ted , and 1000 are under way already. The coke buveis will be glad to s-ee the -'OiKi built , but the in- dnslry iscdiitiolled by u little syndicate that entitle- to n nodding acquaintance at least with the Standard Oil Company. Makers of machinery hi general aitloliu " " v/nrk tiiiin June ihoy done lor two yeais. Ono cause m' the demand is the tak ing out nf Mimll and old machinery and putting in of now and moie powerful apparatus. The milkers of the laixest eiiuiiie.- , are the misiest. The econom ical advantages ot gi eater turner are. fell , and hence thtfio is a general adoption of the. best. The Baldwins arc putting out two engines a dav to join the grand army nf iron hor.M'S pulTmg nU'ht and dap for only tlio eoal they can eat and the water they can drink , never striking or even kicking. All tlio Incumo- tlvo worU.s are fall of orders , and ralhoad managers on several lines both east ami west arc tignrlng hmlew engines they can get along with ilurn the noU twelve months. The lone hotu- > and low wages on the con tinent of ICurope are telling .severely on the Kiifthsli mamiliictmers. I'nddler.V wages in r.n.laitd an- likely to ho i educed to Sl.'iO per tun. Mere they are 1 , and in the \\est Sr > . Knglish freight rates are about double what they are In ( iorinaiiy , and this helps the ( Jer- mans to export their iroodsto compete In and with Knglaud. The Knglish companies make matters worse by carrying Herman ami other imported goods lor less than thev will carry domestic manufactures. The Kiigli.sh manufacturers have been pretty rrndly shaken up of late by ( ierman competition. A Shelllold inamifactiner who iccentlv made n tour of the United State * , wrote to a home paper and said it was nut ( id-many but the United States the Knglish had to tear , lie raid ho was surprised on every side to lind the immense stiide.s the Americans had made In readily adapting ma- clim civ to almost , every m tide , by wldcli they are enhied to produce goods at prices with whldi .ic British inannlacturcr could not possibly compete. Kind to Stranccrfl. San I'ViiurtsM ' Alia. True , Lieutenant llemi lost his big yacht rac.\ but wo are kind to strangers. All the American papers call him 'Colonel. " In the. Wilderness. The president is out of the woods , but ho need not yell yet awhile. His administra tion Is yet lljiindoring in the wilderness. Not to l > ( ! Commended. S < tylnaw Courier. There is no law that prevent ! , a person from becoming a political oil leu hog , but such pigglshness i.s not to bo commended In any person or party. Prohibition. 0/iciiiii ( Tribune. Prohibitory laws unfoitimatcly do not change or abate the appetites of drinkers , and in any community where tliero is a demand for ltiiior | the utmost such enactments can do I.s lo throw the trnlllo Into new channels , substitute seciet tor open drinking , ami "liaid" liquors for mild beverages , while the dcaleis m Intoxicants arc exempt trom taxa tion and the dcliclt Is nindo up by an In creased luvy on propei ty owners In general. liooin. llul'licl. "To what do I attribute tlio election of a legislature la Vermont favorable to Mr. Kd- mntids' return to the senate' ' " said Senator Blair. "Why , to the boom hu managed to give to ono ot Vermont's largest Industries that of artificial | jittt r-colorliiK stun" , In tlm little comedy scoim prearranged between lilm ami Mr. Iiigalls during the oleomargarine debate last session. " Hero Mr. Blair had re course to the seductive ice. water cooler to Kootlie Ids agitated tcullngs. Tlio 1'owcrs in Politics. The llainliltr. Oh. ' .vhero'H the ur.o ot common sense , And brains and xtatoHm&n.shli ) ' . ' In this age of IndilUiruiiCit Such tilings have lost their grip ; For politic. * , it scums to me , Are ono unceasing quarrel : And these mo now tiio pow'rs that bo Tlio bottle iimJ tlio "barrel. " The statesman now displays his "bar' ) , " And makes no claim to bialns. There i.s a scramble an 1 a .snail Korottico and Its gains. The demagogues iionr Ingle down Eic.li voting iniulon'H throttle. TIM--O powers brim : place ami hi'h renown The barrel and tlmlwttk1. ST/VTI3 AN rTK 1 1 U ITO K Y. Hastings bnlles have set the fashion of buttoning their gloves with clothes pirn , ' Settlers are making entries in the Val entino. land ollico at the rale of > : Q'J a month. The country Roribo who perpetrates the vunnrabln ohcatimt , "Jlo'll get Tluiyor" ' .vi 11 ring the gong in tlm nearest jail for si.Nty days , The Cedar Creek wreck on the 1 $ . & M. consisted of eighteen cars reduced to hplintors ami two engines stripped of trimming.- * . tii'.m llallance , a Ii. & M , employe ) in I'jattsmouth , weighed anchor and put out to the matrimonial sea Wednesday evening , with Miss .Stella .Shannon as first mate. .1. K. Prow , ono of that increasing gang of toughs who want to fence in the earth and then rule it , refused lo pay fan : on the K. & M. train near Lincoln , and at tempted to knite Conductor liailinj cr , but was overpowered and sent to jail. The knight of the punch received a few Flight outs. A tramp who applied for grub in Friend was Mil to work on the streets to got up an appetite. The weak and woe ful ollbrts of the wanderer to manipulate. the ahovol was aliriuutcd to hunger , but subsequent examination proved her to be a girl imisquor/vling in men's clothes. An Atkinron Ih'iu is turning out an extra quality of forglitim syrup. Cans of "puro Vermont muple syrup , manufac tured expressly fo- the woslern ( ' u' ' with the Atkinson linn's nntnohlov.ii . the corner , will soon compete With t Chicago article in this market. Iowa Item * . There are Itl.KK ( ) pensioners in the si , . Work lias begun on ( he Sioux l i chamber of commerce building. Hishop Cixgrovc administered conlii u , allen to 117 persons in Kcokuk Ja.n Su , , day. Captain C.V llmtd , of DCS M.ir , has issued a challenge to Captain l : gardus , the champion wing shot of ii world , for a pigeon s.hoot , 100 birds. With n new court house , Masrv * building , Turner hall , prospi < cti\c r ; > road ami 1071 dogs tagged at.d ta\ed , il- . measure of Da\enpott'g happiness is overflowing. The Hiirimgton fair receipts of th s year fell over ij.'i,000 short of last yenr * amount , ami tlio meeting was In a "men tire a financial failure , The trouble \ \ as caused by the rain. I'our brothers , whoso combined age is niU years , met at Ml. Vernon one d iv last week ami had their pictures taken in a grmip. They were Prior Scott , of Cedar < uiuntv,8i ; James Scott , 80 : PITS ton Scott , sl , both of Linn county ; N. . ' ley Scott , of Mercer county , Illinois , IT. D\Uotn. An iron mine has been discovered near Valley City. A sulphur spring has been discovered at Deattwood. Hutto county is becoming celebrated for its coal Melds. The HomeMakc continues to pay its usual monthly dividend. During September the Iron Hill mine- turned out 20,000 ounces of silver. A Hohomiau woman named Cartla , In ing near Tymlall , was .stamed ) to death by ti Te\as pony not long ago. Immigration Comrr."sifn r Dunlap estimates tlm increase of population of Dakota , exclusive of births , during the year ending Juno 80 , 188J ( , to have been ( ! . "i,0iit ) . This would give Dakota about O2.)00 ( ) inhabitants. On , lamesi Crowe's farm , a few miles north of v. . . . ; . ; fi-y0 ( 1VKO , WMJJ slocked with lish appeared in ono night. Several acre * of land , in the center of which are several gram and hay stacks , sunk several feet and water lillod the in denture. "Wyoming. The HuH'alo Oti | ) Argus has been moved to Douglas. The lirst public school was opened in IZ. Douglas last Monday. IZ.a. . Tlio first storv of the new depot a Cheyenne is nearly completed. A cow witli two mouths is the envy and admiration of ward workers in Chey enne. Two hundred and fifty Knights of Pythias were bampicttcd by the local lodges in Chevenno Tuesday night. A. largo deposit of eoal which can bo easily worked has been discovered a few miles from Clieyenno on the line of the Northern road. The Union Pacific has recently opened a now coal mine at Almy , and is doing a great deal of improvement < vork on the mines at Carbon , sit that If the antic ipated cold winter comes there cannot bo a coal famine. Colorado. Three hundred men are working in tha .sa.nd.sUmo. ( marries near 1'ort Collins. Leadvillo i.s nnjo.ying a season of pros perity unequalled since the Hush days of ' 78-U. 78U.A A New York syndicate has purchased a tract , of land near Del Norte , and will prospect tor oil and coal. , , Mrs. Herbert \Vhiltemore , who wai mistaken for a burglar ami tmol bj her husband , died of her wounds. Aftel a thorough inquiry into the case , the cor oner decided not to hold an inquest , being convinced that , the cause of tha woman's death was simply a fatal aoci' ' dejit. Montitnn. There have been twenty-seven birtlu ' ami twenty-two deaths in' Helena sine * the 1st of July. The Dillon artesian well is now 240 feet deep , but still as dry as nil opera hotisu gallery between acts. It is announced that the Northern Pa cific and its allied lines will build A branch to Marysville , the great camp ol the celebrated Drum Liimmon mine. and. nave trains running within forty days. The growth of population in tliu Uwiu' d'Aleiie district has been remarkable. Murray and its surrounding towns and camps have a population of 2,000 , while the Wardner district has Home 1,600 , u total for the Ccutir d'Alenos ol ! ! ,000. , In its Milutatory the new demoe.ratia paper of Mis.soula county says : "Itrinti out the shot-gun , take down the cowhide from its forlorn receptacle , chloroform the festive politician , and carry the uowfl to everybody that wo are hero.Vo want the hired henchmen of tliu ring gang to ! ioto this stubborn fact. " 'I 111) I'llCillu CO.INt. He.no , Nov. , has a well-patronized nu- kindergarten school. lot There are hveiity-sovcn peaks in Nevada - lot. vada exceeding 10,000 feet in height. Id , It is estimated that the prune crop in Santa Clara county this season i.s worth $ 1,200,000. There are fifty mon under the age of nr.nt > thirty years in Portland , Ore. , who are ir , worth over a $1,00'.OQO ) each. in * The last building in Clifton , Nevada , a In.J pa * . booming mining town in Lander county 111 J twenty years ago , was recently destroyed by lire. Warden Shirley , of the San Qucdtln prison , has paid into the state treasury $7,113 , proceeds of the jute works at that institution. The hiinerintenilimt of the Dome for the Adult Blind also paid in O.'tl.SJ' profit from the sale of brooms made by the blind , November 27 lias been officially de clared Arbor day in California. Adolph Sutro has olio-rod to donate a true to everyone of Iho10,000 school children in Sail Francisco who will plantIhoyounif giants of the forest on Uoat Island ami other places. Tliero are about fourteen hundred law yers in San Kraneiseo alone , or one to evury 110 inhabitants. This proportion extends all along the line. The Hastings Law college is grinding thorn out at the rate of forty to each yearly revolution , and the supreme court , in the samospaco of time , ini'TcaKi'S the army by twice as many. I'our gangs of carpenters are repairing the weak spots of the Niiownheds along 110 line of the Central Pacific railroad. A great dual of now shod has ar-.cu built this KoUsoii , over a milo of now shod lmv ing been built at Tamarack. The sheds that have been miido now are higher than the old , so a brakeman can stand erect on a car instead of stooping. A few days ago a man went into n store in Gold Hill , Nov. , to buy a pair of stoga boots. "U'hal'll ye tale : to fill 'em with whisky ? " ho asked. The More- keeper had never made mioli a trade- before , and the novelty of the thing struck him at once , Making a lightning calculation as to how much wlnuky tlm boots would hold , he replied , " 'JVo dollars. " "Kill'em up , " wild the oui tumor , as ho threw the money upon tlio counter to make the bargain solid. Tlio . with a grin , proceeded to till the boots , but straightened his lace m blank astonishment when lie found the capacity of tlm boots to bo somutlung over throu gallons. lied Star Cough Cure is an original combination of tlio best remedial uyeuls