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STATI3 T1O1CKT.
ForOovernor-JOUN M. T11AYHU.
. For Lieut Oovernor H. II. StIKIM ) .
I Tor Secretary of Stato-(5. W. LAWS.
PorTro ! 8iircr-0. II. WILLARD.
1'or Auditor II. A. BAllCOUK.
. For Attorney General WILLIAM LEESK.
1 For Com. Public Lands JOSKi'Il SCOTT.
ForSupt.PubliclnstnictIon-Gl'o.H.LANK. :
KEPUULiICAN COUNTY TICKET.
For Senators :
GEO. AV. LININORR ,
KRUNO TZSCHUCK.
For HonroBontatlvos :
W. O. W1HTMORE ,
F. B IIIJJBAUD ,
R. S. HALL ,
JOHN MATTHIESOiN.
JAMES R. YOUNG.
T. W. BLACKBURN ,
M. 0. RICKETTS.
For County Attorney :
EDWARD W. SIMERAL.
For County Commissioner :
ISAAC N. PIERCE.
ELECTION is approaching. That Omaha
& Northwestern proposition should ma
terialize promptly , if at all.
TEXAS cattle men are reported to bo
very hard up. Wyoming cattle men
know how to sympathize with tlioir
Texan brothers.
MR. DOKSEV need not devote much time
during the next month in looking after
his political fences in the Third district.
They are in a fmo state of repair.
THE mayor will have to appoint an
export inspector to supervise tlio con
struction of the city hall building. Who
ever is appointed should bo an honest ,
practical mechanic.
GENERAL MILES is likely to end his in
glorious campaign in a contest with ( ion-
oral Court Martial. The president is
anxious to know the true "inwardness"
of Goronimo's escape from capital pun
ishment.
MR. PULLMAN announces that his com
pany is making a great deal of money.
Asuggostlon that it pay its porters who
are now compel led to bog from a long
Buffering traveling public will bo in
order. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
COLIJV who narrowly escaped a coat of
tar and feathers some years ago is a
sweet bcentcd persimmon to represent
the beautiful and thriving county of Gage
iu the state senate. Ho should be loft at
homo "by a largo majority. "
/ - CARDINAL TASCHERKAU , of Montreal ,
has served notice on liishop Gravels forbidding -
bidding him to intorfora with political
elections lu any shape. If Cardinal Hoi-
dredge , of Nebraska , would servo notice
on the gravel trains of the I ) , & M. for
bidding thorn to interfere in politics In
this state , there would bo ponoral satis
faction exhibited iu llio Burlington terri
vl tory. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THE swelling chorus of disgust from
honest republican papers , both in and
outside of the First district hews how
well Church Howe is known in the state
where ho has played his part for so many
years. His strongest supporters on
political grounds do not attempt to pretend
tend that they bollovo him honest. The
gang of "workers" who have undertaken
I ( o. the job of foisting upon him republicans
whom he has time aud again repudiated ,
urge ids "smartness'1 and "success" iu
trickery as his chief claim for the ofllco to
which he aspires. The railroad managers
nnd attorneys , whoso pliant legis
lative tool and corruptloniat ho has
boon , advance as his chief merit
the refusal of the DEE to further his can
dldaoy. Docout men of both political
parties will do well do examine carefully
nud deliberately into the character of the
man who asks their votes for national
honors. It is beyond dispute that over
Bluco his entrance into Nebraska politics
he has boon a political contortionist , on
both sides of every issue , now a republi
can for gain , again u granger forgrood ,
aud still again n democrat for revenue.
aily. With a reputation spotted like a
leper by charges of blackmail , bribery ,
corruption and fraud , Church Howe has
the brazen bravado to appeal to honest
xiieu to stamp the seal of Ihoir approval
upon his checkered career by sending
him to Washington as the ehoson repre
sentative of tlio most populous and
wealthy district iu the state.
Organize tlio Compan } ' .
Tlio project of a road to llio northwest
Is received with cordial approval by eltl *
zensof Omaha. Them is n fjonor.il feelIng -
Ing that Hie tlino for compromise has
passed , and that the day for work has
arrived , Taxpayorsamlproperty-owners
sen at last how this city i. hanilicappod
in her uflbrl to extend her trade. They
also begin to understand that the only
means of relief must come from them-
solves.
Tf'0 way to secure a competing road up
thu KlKhorn Valley Is to build it. Under
proper conditions it can be done
and done under a generous and
enthusiastic support from the
pcoplo of Douglas comity. The committee -
mitteo which has the matter in charge
should pu h the matter of the organism-
lion of a company to a head. Only four
weeks remain before the full elections at
which a proposition for aid ought to be
submitted to our people. Much will do-
pcmt upon I In1 nipn into whose hands the
beginning of tlio work will bo intrusted.
Able business men and citizens of htuli
character should be selected. Douglas
county has twice voted aiil to railroads
only to see them pas * into tile
hands of interests opposed to
her own. It is proposed that
the controlling interest in the stock of
the new road shall bo placed in the
hands of trustee ? ) bound to retain it in
the interests of this city. It is further
more understood that the line is to bo
built honestly and economically in the
interests of the counties through which
it is to run. Much depends upon the
popular aid voted , and the amount of
the assistance will depend in turn upon
llio popular confidence secured. With a
company organized of tlio right material
and organized for business , there is no
reason to doubt tiio success of the scheme
to give Omaha and the Elkhorn valley a
competing road.
In tlio 1'lvotnl State.
Every day brings forward now testi
mony showing that Governor Hill is play
ing a dee ) ) and earnest game with his eye
fixed Htcadily on 1888. Shrewdly as ho
may attempt to conceal his plans indica
tions of them will crop out hero and
thoro. Wo have heretofore pointed out
some of these. He is not uniformly suc
cessful in carrying ids point , as when his
friends in tlio state committee were com
pelled to submit to tlio nomination of
Judge Pockham , a pronounced Cleveland -
land man. Hut in the main the Hill
tactics are successful , and if Pcckham
should bo defeated , a not improbable re
sult , since his republican opponent , Judge
Daniels , is an exceedingly strong man ,
the governor may use that circumstance
as evidence of the mistake of disregard
ing Ills judgment and thus derive strength
from it. The fact is evident , however ,
tlwt Uovotnor Hill IMS the. fo.llo.wing o.
tlio majority of his party in New York ,
and tiio circumstance of his being abused
by the mugwump press and politicians is
steadily strengthening his grip upon that
following. No one can Iwvc failed to re
mark that the endorsement of tlio na
tional administration by the ! Now York
democratic committee was less vigorous
and hearty in its ti rnis than was the com
inundation of the state administration ,
and no man can bo so dull as to need to
have tlio meaning of this pointed out.
The men who are Hie most potential in
the management of democratic politics
in Now York are tlio friends and sup
porters of Hill , and whatever pretense of
regard they may make for the president
is insincere. They are implacably hostile
to the civil service reform policy in alt
its relations and bearings , and irrc'con-
cilably opposed to the course of the pres
ident in fostering this policy. These men
believe in the traditional principle ol the
party with respect to tlio distribution ot
the public patronage , and they have in
Governor Hill a man entirely of their
own mind. Another objection to Cleve
land which rtocs not rest against Hill , is
tlio absolute disregard of the former for
all political obligation. This is a con
spicuous characteristic of the president ,
and its efl'ect has been to alienate many
who were among his most active and use
ful supporters. Even tiio politician , who
is the least sentimental of men , recog
nizes tlio quality of gratitude , if not for
its moral worth at least for its practical
advantages , but with Air. Cleveland that
virtue seems to have no value whatever.
Hill , on the other hand , recognizes obli
gations and repays them , in some cases ,
as it lias turned out. to his temporary
embarrassment , but still giving pvi-
dcnco of Ids willingness to reward
his friends which increases his claim
to their continued support and draws to
him other friends. It is unquestionably
this sort of disposition that wins witli the
politicians , and there is nothing that will
quite compensate for its absence. For
the reason that Mr. Hill possesses it and
Mr. Cleveland docs not , the former is
now and will probably bo two years
hence more popular with the democracy
of Now York thr.n tlio latter.
And these men do not intend that their
friendship shall exhaust 1 itself in a
mere expression of kindly sentiment.
They are politicians for ft purpose. Party
success is nothing to them if it docs not
bring them seine personal advantage.
It lias failed to do so under the present
administration , and what assurance have
they that it would not still fail if tlio
administration wore continued ? If Mr.
Cleveland will not rccognizo ids political
obligations when the desire of a second
term is strong upon htm , ho certainly
would not do so whoa he no longer had a
personal ambition to servo , On the con
trary ho might bo expected to naturally
have less regard for such obligations.
This Is the line of reasoning , undoubt
edly , that the democratic politicians ol
New York are pursuing , and from the
politicians' point of view it must bo con
ceded to have a great deal of forco.
Tlio llniiUn and IJoml Calls ,
Financial circles are beginning to
manifest a peed deal of interest in the
probable effects of tlio continued bond
calls on the circulation of the national
banks , and tlio subject certainly merits
serious consideration. The lust call for
$15,000,003 of a per cent , bonds , includes
sl,813,000 held by national banks on
deposit in the treasury to secure circula
tion. Under the ruling and practice-
tlio department , whore these bonds cease
to bear Interest they ar < no longer avail
able ns security for circulation. The
banks owning them will then bo con
fronted with the alternative of retiring
circulation to the amount of ninety per
cout of the bonds rendered , or replacinc
those bonds with others. In order to dc
the latter the banks will have to go into
tlio market and buy four per cent , bonds ,
which now command a premium of
about twetity-nlno. and may go hlglutr if
such a demand should come from the
banks. Can tiicso institutions afford to
do this ? There seems to bo a question
whether they can , mid whether they will
be disposed to. If they were allowed to
issue circulation to the par value of the
bonds deposited , they might do so with
the prospect of at least making them
selves oven in the transaction , but with
tlio ninety per cent , llmitof a circulation n
considerable sacrillco will bo necessary
to replace the redeemed ! 1 per cent bonds
with < 1 per cunts at the high rate of pre
mium which they would be compelled to
pay.
pay.This
This is the situation into which the
banks are being forced by the redemp
tion of the It per cent bonds , and unless
there is a change in the laws which will
enable these Institutions to find some
oilier less expensive , wldlo equally safe ,
form of security than those now existing ,
for the protection of their circulation , the
oll'ect will inevitably bo calamitous to the
national banking system. It is probable
that congress will bo urgently asked to
give attention to the matter at the next
session.
Tlio European Tension.
Austria's menace to Russia that she
will not stand idle while any one power
Is plotting to exercise exclusive control
in tlio llalknns has stirred np once moro
the smoldering embers of impending war
in southeastern Europe. The threat was
a bold challenge to Russian intrigue and
a clarion note of defiance to the czar's
emissaries in Ilulgarla that the house of
Ilansburg feels sniliciently strong to
insist upon the maintenance of the treaty
of Horlin and to guarantee tlio inde
pendence of the southern principalities ,
The announcement has scuta thrill of
alarm throughout Europe. On its face it
seems to portend tlmt the triple alliance
of Germany , Austria and Uussia is
broken and tlmt Austria lias received as
surance of support from Bismarck and
England. The tone of the liritisli press
seems to lend countenance to this view ,
but Germany remains silent. The opin
ion at London is that the situation in
southeastern Europe is graver than at
any time since the deposition of Prince
Alexander. Bulgaria , emboldened
by Austria's attitude , is iirmly
resisting tlio demands of Uussia
that shu shall release the abductors of her
prince and postpone the elections until
Russian money and intrigue can dictate
the elioico of a successor to tlio late prince.
Servia and Uoumelia stand ready to 'as
sist , and Turkey , in spite of all contrary
reports , has been secretly arming for
months. With tlio glove thrown in her
face by Austria it looks as if the c/.ar
must either light or retract. Which lie
will do is the question Uitt ? JijJlIiUivj
Kuropc. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TIIEKH are indications at Washington
that the administration is seeking a way
to get rid of the remaining republican
employes in the departments , which shall
not bo in open contravention of the spirit
of the civil service law. The creation of
rules under the law is left with the com
mission , and it is said that it is now proposed -
posed to give the heads of departments
or bureaus the right to require an exami
nation of any clerks not appointed through
the commission. A plan of this kind would
probably result in making a great many
vacancies , for doubtless there is a largo
number of employes in the departments
who , wldlo qualified to perform thor
oughly and ollicicntly the routine duties
with which they have become familiar ,
would fail in such an examination as tiio
commission would require. Thusadoublo
injustice would bo worked in throwing
tlieso clerks out of .imploymcnt and
branding them as incompetents , although
thoroughly capable in the work required
of them. The plea that them are many
incompetent pcoplo in the departments
who must bo got rid of in this way is not
good. There is no bar to the dismissal of
such employes. If such a rule as is said
to bo proposed is adopted , it will bo simply
as a pretext to got rid of republican clerks
without palpably violating the civil ser
vice law. The example of the new public
printer is perhaps irritating other officials
who have less freedom of removal than
ho has.
THE fathers of the two men who are
now tlio democratic and republican lead
ers as gubernatorial candidates , in Mas
sachusetts , wore twenty-live years ago of
tlio same political party and acting to
gether officially. Then John A. Andrew
was governor of the state and Uakes
Ames was a member of Jiis executive
council. As luds John F. Andrew and
Oliver Ames , now the democratic and
republican candidates , were frequently
seen about the state house in Boston ,
Wonderful history lias boon made in that
period , and the two men who helped to
make it occupy boldly contrasting posi
tions in the record. Andrew stands out
conspicuously among the great figures of
his time an executive of commanding
ability , n patriot of the most sterling
quality , and moro fully equipped in all
respects for the great exigency in which
ho played so important a part. AB to
the career of tlio other charity counsels
silence , though It cannot blot out the un
fortunate record. The fact of the sons
of those men now confronting eacli other
as opposing partisans is a rattier inter
esting example of the changes and evolutions
lutions time oll'ects.
THE hue and cry that the republican
party cannot afford to lot a dome en.t go
to congress from Nebraska , even if they
have to elect a reprobate and blackmailer -
mailer , can have no effect upon sensible ,
intelligent republicans. Nebraska will
have at least two republicans in congress
and it would bo a worse calamity to the
state and the party at largo to elect
Howe than to elect an honest democrat.
What assurance have republicans that
Howe will remain ropublicun if it [ .be
comes his interest to bn a democrat *
How was it in 167G ? .Suppose the demo
crats needed Church Howe's vote to give
thorn control of the house , How long
would it bo before they could make It to
Howe's interest to Hop into their party
once moro ? A man who was willing to
soil out the whole republican party to
Sam Tildcn and democracy is not likely
to hesitate when by a singla vote ho can
transfer boodle and patronage into his
jeans. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
WHEN the llerahl calls upon the citi
zens of Douglas county to defeat as hon
orable and enterprising a citizen us
George W. Lininger under tlio false pre
text that ; ho is n prohibitionist , it shows
to what base ends Its editor would resort.
to accomplish his political designs. Mr.
Linlnger is a temperate man , but ho Is
not n temperance fanatic , lie does not
believe that prohibition has ever been
made to prohibit , except where it can bo
sustained by nn overwhelming public
sentiment. Hoforo Mr Lininger was
nominated ho defined his position on lids
issue and it is tersely expressed in tlio
platform adopted by the republican
county convention that nominated him.
Mr. Limngcr declared in so many words
that during his travels all over the world
ho had never found prohibition practical.
Ho was unreserved in pronouncing in
favor of the present law which gives local
option wherever it is demanded and reg
ulates the liquor trailic through high li
cense. Mr. Linlnger is as sound with re
gard to prohibition as Mr. 'JV.schuck , Mr.
Whitmoro or Mr. lleimrod. llio assault
on Mr. Liningor , coming from such a
source , can linvo very little weight , even
with liquor dealers.
THE contractors who have taken the
job of grading llarney street from Six
teenth to Twentieth , to tlio newly estab
lished and final grade , should bestir
themselves. The cut at Sixteenth and
Hartley will alter the grade on Sixteenth
street between Farnam and St. Mary's
avenue , which is ordered paved , and
should bo llnlshod before frost. The
board of trade building is now Hearing
completion and ( lie street opposite it
should bo paved before tlio structure is
occupied. There is no good reason for
the delay.
IT is only four weeks from now to elec
tion.
KINGS AND QUEENS.
Emperor William is accompanied In all his
travels by tluce court physicians.
Queen Victoria's family costs England
over 51,000,000 in the way of salaries and al
lowances.
The queen o Spain's widowhood Is tinged
with melancholy. It Is reported that the
royal Inuy is nllllctcd with consumption.
Queen Victoria's new carriage Is decorated
with the rose , the shamrock and the tlilstlc.
The only emblem which docs not seem to
be at home Is the neat little shamrock.
The KliiR of 1'ortiigid is to mnrry the Prin
cess llonrlette , daughter of tlio Comto tic
Flandres. Her papa is among the wealthiest
princes in Europe and she will have a big
dot.
dot.it
it Is said that the sultan of Turkey has a
servant In his household whoso duty it Is to
translnto funny paragraphs from the Ameri
can newspapers to him. At last account the
servant was a glbbeiing iilot , and \\tis getting
bettor no lastcr.
The empress of Japan has determined In
future to wear European dross on certain
ceremonial occasions , mill , hence nil the ladles
of the palace are free to wy.ir the same kind
dress will boon bo universal among the ladies
of tlio bettor class in Japan.
The 'urineo of Wnlcs is shooting deer in
Scotland. Tlio princess visits the queen al
most every day , and thclrsccoiul sou. ( Scorgi1 ,
is with his uncle , tjio duke of Eilinbun , ' ,
at Constantinople. , The queen recently
went to church at Cratille , nenrJJalmor.il ,
nnil was accompanied bvthopilnce ot Wales ,
Princess Ueatricu and the duchess of Albany.
It was the Hrst time tlio q'uuun ' hail pone to
Crntlile to worship this year. The duchess
of Albany sat In a pew beside her and the
princes' * of Wales aud iho remainder o the
party just behind her. , '
The ( jiicon of Portugal wears tlio Paris life
saver's medal. In 1874 she was bathlni : with
her two sons , Charles anil Alphonsc , accd
eleven ami nine years , at the watering place
ot'Cascaes. A big wave curried oil the two
children , and the queen boldly swam out to
their relief. Tlio sea was running high , and
the ladv nud the boys were nearly lost in the
surf , when the lighthouse keeper , seeing
their danger , dashed into tlio water and suc
ceeded In bringing all three to shore in
safety. Her majesty wears her medal proud
ly us the reward of her bravery ; but there is
110 record o any medal or any otlior reward
having been given to the ) lirhtliou e man.
The queen of the Belgians was the heroine
of a pleasing little adventure a few days
back. She had rcci-lvcd in the morning a
letter from her unfortunate sister , the Em
press Charlotte , expressing a desire to see
her immediately. She at once ordered her
little pony carriage , which she drives herself ,
and sot out , but was surprised on her way by
a licavyisho\ver'unil forced to take refuse in
some barracks which were near. As it was
about luncheon time the officers prepared to
Improvise a repast for her as well as they
were able , but the queen refused to allow
them , and said , as she was a new recruit just
arrived , she would bosatlsllod with the ordi
nary , aud made a meal of a plate of cabbage
soup and a piece of the mess joint.
to Have I'rlntcd His Picture.
' Chicago Times.
Mr. E. Stone Wiggins , the Canadian earth
quake and general weather crank , parts Ids
hair ns well as his name ii , the middle , and
has the general make-up of a dudo. If his
picture hud been published simultaneously
with his earthquake prognostications , tlio
latter would not have produced the smallest
alarm , _
Dcllcnto Tribute to Talent.
llntit/in Itecnnl.
Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland has set the
price for matter published in her inagazino
at 1 cent a word. A brilliant contribution re
cently sent by a leading Boston poet
amounted toSl.-J ,
In the letter , however , which ho received
enclosing tlio check , which was made out lor
31.i5 ! , tlio tribute duo to talent was paid in the
remark : "Owing to tlio excellence of the
poem , wo have raised the amount credited to
you , as you will see by the check. "
Miss Cleveland bus evidently determined
to get the best kind of talent , no mutter what
It costs.
AVIiltRwasli fur Hnynril.
muhtnoton Critic.
'Daniel , " said the president as they strolled
about tlio executive mansion taking a casual
Inventory ol tht < Improvements.
"Yes , niro , " responded Dantcl.
"Tho old place looks gutter. "
'
"Quito butter , sire. "
"They have whitewashed pretty much
everything , haven't they , Jtianlel. "
"Ves , siro. " '
"I wonder If any wop loft , over , Daniel ? "
"I don't Iniow , Hire , but I. will Investigate ,
Do you want to use it , sire ? "
"Oh , no. Daniel , but ? I thou.ht , " and the
president hesitated a minute , relluctlvoly , "I
thought , Daniel , If there was any left wo
might send It to Jlayiird In case ho wasn't
quite through with
Aiitiininaljjpvo.
llumt Jlftuhiaf ,
Fair Is love whose fooUtqps wanders
'Mid the summer nieuds of spring ;
Love that smlliw and laughs and ponders
\Vhllo \ the swallow's on the wine ;
Fair and tender
Full of splendor ,
Full of thoughts that loses bring-
Full of dicams tlmt roses bring.
Sweet Is love when fervent sitmmnr
Kills the liuIdH with ( lower * and fruit ;
When strong imaslon , BwHt-wIni ; comer ,
Wakes wild echoes with Ills lute ;
Songs of sweeter
Notu and metro
Make spring's softest music iiuito
Mnko spring's sweetest music mule.
Yet life's autumn brought my tieasuio ;
I wnf find and tired and old ,
Worn nud weary bovond measure ,
When thy fnco 1 did behold ;
Sweet love found inn ,
Suvcil uild crowned ma
When the com WAS turning gold
Wlicu the corn was turulu j cold.
Keep It Itofnrp
The republicans of the Fir- t district
should ask themselves whether a man
having sueh n record as that of rimroh
Howe has any rightful claim upon the
support ot any decent republican. Leav
ing out of question Ids corrupt methods
and notorious venality we appeal to re
publicans to pause and reflect before
they put a premium upon parly trea
son oud conspiracy against its very exist
ence.
Ten years ago , when the republican
party was on the VITRO of disaster , and
every electoral yeti > cast for Hayes and
Wheeler was needed to retain tlio party
in power , Church Howe entered into
a conspiracy to deliver republican
Nebraska into the hands of the enemy.
This infamous plot Is not a mure conjec
ture. The proof of it docs not rest on
surmise or suspicion. It is not to bo
pooh-poohed or brushed away by pro
nouncing it one of Rosowntor'H malicious
campaign slanders.
The records of the legislature of which
Church Howe wa ? a member in ' 7C-77 ,
contain ( lie indelible proofs of the treasonable
enable conspiracy , and no denial can
stand against evidence furnished by ids
own pen. Hrielly told , the history of this
plan to hand over the country to Tilden
and democracy is ns follows :
In 1870 Nebraska elected Silas A.
Strickland , Amasa Cobb and A. 11.
Connor presidential electors by n vote of
31,010 , as against a vote of 16i , r > l cast for
tlio TildiHi and Hcndricks electors , After
tiio election it was discovered that the
canvass of this vote could not take place
under tlio then existing law before the
legislature convened. The electoral vote
had to bo canvassed in December
at the latest , and the regular ses
sion of the legislature did not bccin
until January. In order to make
a legal canvass of the electoral returns ,
Governor Garbcr called a special session
of tlio legislature to convene on the nth of
December , ' 70 , at Lincoln , for the pur
pose of canvassing tlio electoral vote of
the state. The democratic cflbrt to cap
ture republican electoral votes is historic.
Tilden's friends , notably Dr. Miller , had
been plotting for the capture of one of
the electors from Nebraska , and It is also
historic that a largo bribe was offered to
one of the electors , General Strickland.
Tlio call of tiio legislature broke into the
plan of the plotters , and they found a will
ing and reckless tool m Church Howe.
When the legislature convened at the capi-
tal.Uhu'rch Howe lllod a protest which may
be found on pages 0 , 7 and 8 of tiio Ne
braska House Journal of 1877. The following -
lowing extract makes intcrostingrcading :
" 1 , Church Howe , a member of the legisla
ture of Nebraska , now convened by procla
mation of his excellency , Governor Silas
Carber , for the purpose of canvassing and
declaring .the result gf. the vote cast ih Ne
braska for electors for president and vice
president of the United States , hereby enter
my solemn protest against such act , denying
mat the governor has power to call this body
in special session for any sunh purpose , or
that this body has any authority to canvasser
or declare the result of such vote upon the
following grounds :
First. This legislature now convened hav
ing been elected under what is known as the
old constitution , has no power to act In the
promises , the new constitution of the state
having been in foico slnco November , 1875. "
The second and third clauses deal with
technical objections and are somewhat
lengthy. Tiio concluding sentences of
this precious document are as follows :
"For the foregoing reasons I protest
against any canvass of the electoral vote
of the state by this body , and demand
that this , my protest , bo entered upon
tlio 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 tlie Tildcn lawyers in Omaha and
Howe had tlio glory of being the solo
champion of Sam Tildon. The legisla
ture ignored Church Howe , spread his
protest on its record and canvassed the
electoral vote in spite of it.
When the legislature convened in Jan
uary , 1877 , the. presidential contest was
at its height in Washington. Church
Howe had changed places from the house
to tlio senate. Early in the session , a
resolution was introduced expressing the
conviction on the part of the senate that
Hayes and Wheeler having received a
majority of tlio olcctornl votes were entitled -
titled to their scats. This resolution
gave rise to a very lively debate which
lusted two days. Church Howe asked to
bo excused from voting when it first
came up and was so excused. On the
final passage of the resolution tlio record
[ page 370 , Senate Journal 1877 , ] shows
tlio following result ; Yeas Ambrose ,
Haird , Hlanchard , Bryant , Calkins ,
Cams , Chapman , Colby , Dawcs , Garfield -
field , Gilham , Hayes , Kennard , Knapp ,
Popoon , Powers , Thuramol , Van Wyck ,
Walton and Wlloox 20.
Thpso voting in the negative wore :
Aton , Drown , Covcll , Ferguson , Hinman ,
Holt , Church Howe and North-8.
During the same session of tiio legisla
ture , Church Howe's vote on United
States senator for the first throe ballots is
recorded no haying boon cast for E. W.
Thomas , a South Carolina democrat ,
[ .pages 103 and 208 Senate Journal. ] All
this time Church Howe professed to bo a
republican independent , republican on
national issues and a temperance granger
on local issues. Wo simply RSK what
right a man witli such a record lias to
the support of any republican ,
STATE ANU TKUIUTOUV.
Nebraska Jottinga.
tVahoo has a now depot.
Collar Kaplds in short on residences ,
Safe crackers tapped an iron till in
Hastings Friday night and secured $50 ,
The voter * of Madison will give the
county scat another whirl in November.
The Itnlo llridgcman is the latest nddl
lion to tlio journalistic procession m the
state.
Jim Ulalno's picture is doing service in
Jiooiii ) county to illustrate a local candi
date for the legislature.
O'Neill is booming , There are about
twenty-four buildings , botli business and
residences , under construction.
Dentists are encouraging "pie socials"
In the interior towns. Drilling and ex
cavating are lively in consequence ,
A cheMmit shark sprang his gong on
the wrong man In Hastings , His clapper
was hushed and ho was taken to the hos
pital for repairs.
Dakota City is struggling without a
heavenly Pilot. This accounts for the
anxiety of the citizens to got on the
main lino" of the Omaha & Northern.
Mrs. Martha liarnet , living in Camdcn ,
Hall county , expedited a lire with kero-
6cuo. tibo Was burned to death , uudturco
others who came to her rescue were se
verely injured ,
Ono hundred and fiftv wngon lo.xds of
bones wore brought into Valentine by
Indians last week. Kneh load averaged
S.-VX ) , and they got for tlio same $ ia..V ) ,
or for thu whole buneh sfl.HiG , which was
mostly spent in that town.
The wife of George U. Wolf , of lla lings l-
ings , suicided with poison Friday last.
Sin1 lulininlstorcd the dose as a rebuke to
her husband for refusing to provide a
pump instead of a windlass for the well.
O'Neill ' enjoyed a shooting matinee re
cently. The captain of the artillery nt-
tcmpted to C'ook an over-ripe Mullen in
n polllii-al souse , but milled the murk.
He .succeeded in hitting the side of a
bouse.
The detective who caused the arrest of
Hi-nry Tin-go for tiring North Uend , was
warmly treated when ho visited tlio
town last week in search of "fro'sli
clues. " lie will 1ako his mo als standing
for the next ten days. Thego was dis
charged.
A lame and sickly steer , in a eattlo
filed In Nebraska City , tackled Foreman
Hieh , took lit ) tlio slack of his pantaloons
nud raised him some fifteen foot. The
beauty of the bo < > 4 and tlio "action" dis
played paralleled the hasty flight of Hog-
gen's railroad clerk. It was an unex
pectedly Hich treat.
Local and imported pr/o ! fighters can
rest easy. The giant of O'Neill has re
tired temporarily from the ring and is
engaged in the melancholy occupation of
shilling a congressional satidbng for the
amusement of George Dorscy. "Present
engagements. " writes the giant bruiser
of three rivals in a day , "prevent mo
from visiting thu metropolis , and polish
ing tlio ugly mugs of thcso boasting cut-
tcrblrds. I'm a matured ryelone from
tlio Minncchndush and no Chicago terror
or Utah zephyr can blister my frame
wldlo awake. 1 never sleep. "
Iowa li ( Miis.
The total subscriptions from Iowa to
the Irish parliamentary fund , as stated
b.v Treasure r James Foley , amount to
$13,1)18.80. )
An Algonn farmer owns a rooster that
has adopted a brood of guinea chickens.
and cares for them as tenderly as coulu
their own mother.
Articles of Incorporation of tlio Hawkeye -
eye Coal and Mining company , of Ol-
tumwa , have boon tiled with thu secre
tary of state. The capital stock is $200-
000.
000.Since
Since January 1 , ISSj , there have been
issued from the county clerk's office in
Dos Moines one thousand and fifty mar
riage licenses , six hundred and fourteen
of which wore granted last year.
Creston has eight drug stores and two
bakeries. The Gazette explains the mat
ter by saying that the inhabitants of tlio
city are largely railroad people , and
necessarily use a great deal of bread.
Somebody recently entered the court
liotifo at Des Monies and recaptured all
the confiscated liquors stored in that hall
of justice , thus destroying the evidence
against the saloons. There is no ellle to
the perpetrators.
Alex Arnold , a carpenter , whose homo
is : : : KinrossVSS iTiirtfiOra ! 6fi ttt5 3 ° ft
ult. , uy unknown parties who placed his
dead body on tiie railroad track in order
to divert suspicion from their crime.
Two tramps who were scon in the neigh
borhood of the murder that day are sus
pected.
Tiio Capital City opera house in DCS
Moines lias been engaged for the meet
ings of the Iowa State Teachers' associa
tion , to bo hold in that city during the
holiday week next December , and rooms
have been secured at the Capital hotel
for MO guests during the week.
A family living m Lyons show an ex
traordinary avoirdupois record. The fam
ily is composed of father , mother , three
sons and live daughters , tho. youngest son
beinp about fourteen years old. Their
combined weight is 1,070 } pounds ; their
average weight 185.01 pounds , and their
individual weights are 3JOJ , 203 , 202 } , 203 ,
211 , 172 , 1-11 } , Ml , 153.
Dakota.
There are live church organizations ot
\Volsoy. \
There is not a paper of any kind pub
lished in Unite county.
Plankington is fast surging to the front
as one of tlio live towns of Dakota.
Moody county comes to the front with
an average acreage of wheat of twenty-
two bushels.
Tiio DeMlwood jail is ready for occu
pation and the marshal has o He red a
premium to the person who becomes its
iirst regular tenant.
An eighty-foot electric light polo was
recently raised in Kli/abethtown , and thu
following night a wag raised a common
hintcrn to the top. 1 ho citizens gathered
and declared sueb a light an insult to the
people of Elizabotlitown , and an informal
indignation meeting was hold. The oloo-
trio Tight company was condemned and
that particular light was pronounced a
fraud , When the hoax was discovered
the perpetrator narrowly escaped a neck
tie party.
THE HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR.
KfCorlH at Improvements In Ijoeomo-
tiVCH.
San Francisco Chronicle : When George
Stephcnson assorted his ability to run
passongt.r coaches at a speed of twelve to
fifteen miles an hour , scientific and prac
tical men deemed him fit for a lunatic
asylum , but time lias shown tlmt trains
may bo run at a much greater velocity
without materially adding to the dangers
of railway travel. The flight of the last
express on tlio Pennsylvania railway is a
marked example of the possibilities in
the way of sus'talning high rates of speed ,
Tins road now runs tlio fastest train In
America. Nine hundred and twelve
miles , including soyon stops , are accom
plished in twenty-live and one-half lioiiiu
and the average time is 80,80 miles an
hour. A portion o > ° tlio distance la run at
the rate o * seventy-live miles an hour
At u epeed of sixty miles an hour the
driving wheels on the locomotive on tills
train miiko 2r > 8 } revolutions a minute ,
William Vandorbilt's spurt of eighty-one
miles In slxty-onu minutes on the Now
York Central is declared to bo the highest
rate of speed over attained in this coun
try , but this speed was not a surprise to
' good engineers , many of whom are firm
in the belief that one hundred miles an
hour will yet bo accomplished' Ameri
can roads.
Thirty-one years ago Col. Mciggs read
a paper before the New York farmers'
oluo on "Future Traveling , " in which ho
expressed the belief that railroad-cars
could bo safely propelled by steam at the
rate of thrco hundred miles nn hour. Ho
siad : "Tlio emperor of Hussia has taken
the first great stop toward what I deem the
ultimatum of railroad travel. Instead of
cutting what I call a mere drill through
tlio country and going around every
thing in the way for a straight line , ho
has cut u broad way for live hundred
miles from St. Petersburg to Moscow.
Ho has made It all the way two hundred
feet wide so that the engineer sees every
thing on the road. This is part of the
future the railroad from point to point
with a mathematical line ; the rails ten
times stronger than are now used ; the
locomotives on wheels of far greater
diameter : the gauge of a relative breadth ;
the signals and times perfectly settled ;
the roads on both sides during the transit
of traliu having the gates of tlio walls all
closed then instead of traveling one
hundred miles nn hour , we shall more
safely travel three hundred miles an
hour. "
One of the latest efforts t improve
ment in locomotives is that of French
man named Estrade , who lias constructed
an engine which ho calls LuParisionno.
'La I'uridiemio , when watered and iired ,
weighs forty-two tons. Its driving wbrr ,
six in number , mo eight and one-h. , t
foci in diameter. The cylinders arei >
the outside , with valve boxes on top. ' ! *
length of UH stroke Is two foot and llir <
inches and one-half. This engine is bn.il
for highspeed , and wilt carry a piv-
sure of 2CO pounds to the square iiu-'i
above the atmosphere , or an absohri-
pressure of 215 pounds. Kstrade's eng.ii
is designed to run nt the average late of
seventy-eight miles an hour.
SOME FAMOUS OLD MEN.
Statesmen Nolntilo for Tliclr ] j"i | > l'i
ol' Day * .
Youths' Companion. The longevity of
famous stnlrsmon is remarkable. Imagim-
Lord Pnlmerston acting vigorously : <
prime minister of Kngland when over
eighty , governing the vast British cmpiiv
with steady hand ami making speechr *
throe hours long in the house of common ? ,
and rising next day fresh nn n man of
forty ! flunk of the veuorabln ( ttil/.oi ,
thu French statesman , who at the ago i f
eighty-seven was still writing histories
presiding o\or religious conventions , nud
carrying on lively discussions in lln-
lirllish academy.
The late Lord Lvndlmrst matin nbin
speeches in the house of lorda when In-
had passed his ninetieth year ; and Ins
long-lime rival , Lord Brougham , wrote
Ins autobiography , in three goodly vol
umes , when ho had nearly rcaeiicd ninety
yours.
The marquis of Lansdowno. who , ns
Lord llenrv Petty , was a leading mem
ber of the "All the Talents" cabinet , of
which Charles James Fox was tlio chief ,
in IKOO , was still an active member ot tlio
house of lords nearly sixty years tutor ,
in 180 ! ) , and dieil in that year at tlio ago
of 811.
The duke of Wellington took part In
public affairs until Ids death In 1833 , In
Ids fctfd year.
In former generations energetic states
men of advanced years are found thickly
scattered through the pages of history.
There was the old marquis of Winchester ,
who could remember Edward IV. , the
first York sovereign , in 1-183 , and who ,
when lie died In 1572 at the ago of 1)7 ) ,
was holding olllco under Queen Eliza *
both.
Referring to the statesmen of our own
country , It is a familliar fact that John
Adams and Thomas Jcflbrson , the second
and third presidents , both died the -1th of
July , 182(1 ( , just half a century from tlio
day on which botli signed the Declara
tion of Indopondene Adams being lit
and Jefferson 851. President Andrew
Jackson lived to bo 82 , John Quincy
Adams to be 81 , and Madison 80.
A FATAL WEIGHT OF FLESH.
Dentil of Captain Herman I ) . Dtiscli ,
ol' Hnlmkcii.
New York Times : Captain Herman D.
Busoh , proprietor of Uusch's hotel , in
Hobokon. and tlio heaviest man in New
Jersey , died at the holcl , at Third and
Hudson streets , lloboken , hist week. Ho
was a native of Germany and came to
this country in 1811. In 1801 ho pur
chased the hotel which bus since born ?
his name. Ho iuad.0 hiwif : fiopniar
vTltli th | W § Si llobukt- , , nnd t'iioy
elected nun to represent them in tlio state
legislature. He weighed then about 525
pounds. No chair could be bought largo
enough to accommodate him , aud one
had to bn made to order. When it was
placed at his desk in tlio assembly cham
ber , he could not walk through tiio passage -
sago to it , nnd the aisle had to bo
widened.
His size became a source of annoyance
and ill-health , and for the last four or five
yenrs the one objeot of his life had boon
to reduce himself. He tried all kinds of
nostrums , placed himself in tliu care of
every physician -who premised him rollofj
and traveled to distant points in tiio hope
of ( hiding row remedies. He had suc
ceeded in reducing his weight to about
125 pounds. Still his weight was uncom
fortable. Lately he had been feeling
symptoms of heart troubles , and recently
ho wont to the country in the hope of im
proving his health , lie felt holier when
ho came back , but it was not long before
the old troubles began to manifest thorn-
solves again and ho sank rapidly till his
death.
Captain Busoh was the founder of the
Now York , and afterward of tiio Jersey
City , Seliuetzun Corps anil the well known
llobokon Quartet club. Ho was also
president of the Fat Men's association
and a member of tiio United Brothers'
lodge F. and A. M. of New York. The
funeral will take place on Wednesday.
Undertaker Crane , who has charge of the
arrangements , said last evening that the
body and collin , when prepared for In
terment , will weigh about 700 pounds.
Orl iii ofa Famous Saying.
Cleveland Leader : John Randolph had
had a discussion with a man named
Shelley , who was one of his colleagues ,
and who had been a shoemaker in early
life. Shelley had made a speech which
excited Randolph's jealousy , nnd Ran
dolph , in replying to him , said that Shof-
fey was out of Ins sphere , and by way of
illustration told the story of the sculptor
Phidias. "This sculptor , " said Ran
dolph , "had made a noted figure , and
having placed it on the sidewalk ho se
cured a hiding place near by , where , un
observed , ho might hear the criticism of
those who passed upon his statue.
Among those who examined the marble
was aHnoemnkor , and this man criticised
thu sandals and muttered over to himself
as to where they wore wrong. After ho
had gene oway Phidias came forth and
examined the points that tlio shoemaker
had objected to and found that his criti
cism was correct. He removed the statue
to his studio and remedied the dofaota.
The next day Phidias again placed itupon
tlio street and the shoemaker agalo
stopped before it , Ho saw at once that
the defects ho hud noticed had been rem
edied , and ho now begun to orltleso very
foolishly other points about the statue.
Phidias listened to him for a time , and
then came forth with a Latin phrase
which moans "Lot the shoemaker Mick to
Ins last. ' And so , " concluded Randolph ,
"I say in regard to my colleague. "
Conkllnu at Ills Club ,
Indianapolis Journal ; Although his
professional duties prevented Senator
Roscno Conkling Iroin accepting the
presidency of the Carlton , lie passes all
his leisure time therein when not in
court or out driving tlio speedy bay mare
that Ed Stokes presented him in Ids ox-
iibonint delight over tlio speech on Jay
Gould's rapacity in the great tolegrapu
suit. There Is a table in the dining room
that is known as Mr. Conkllng'd , and it
is always reserved for him. Though not
practising Banting , lie is very moderate
In Ills selection. His favorite dish , both
for breakfast and dinner , Is English mut
ton chops slightly underdone , nnd baked
with potatoes very well done. Ho never
drinks anything stronger than russet ci
der , Ho occasionally smokes a mild
cigar , There Is a capacious arm chair in
tlio reading room which ho nlwayb ap
propriate * , ami which not even such an
audacious iconoclast as the Hon. Thomas
Porterhouse Oohiltreo would think of in *
vading when there WUH tlio slightest pos
sibility of his being around. According
to club routine Mr. Conkling 1 ? a very
domestic man. II is always ready to
join in the general conversation , but will
never discuss politics cxcitpt with inti
mate personal friends.
A hundred-acre peat bog has boon dis
covered near Ellendalo , Dak. The
peat reaches to u depth of from seven
to ton feet , and is said to overlay a eur-
face of ice.
JJoys in a barn at St. Thomas , Can.dis-
turbed a nebt of hornets , They at once
attacked u cat that was on the barn iloor ,
and stung her to death before she coulu
Set away ,
