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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