THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 6 , 3880 ,
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lor the week ending Oct. 1st , 1SSO , wusas
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] ti'o PimllshliiKCDiiiimny , that the nctnitl nv-
craco dally circulation of tlio Dally Hco for
tlio month ot January , 18-jO , was 10.il 78 copies ,
for February , lt J , lO.G'.O copies ; for March.
lb8H , 11.KI7 copli-s ; for April , ISM ) , 15Sltl , )
comes : lor May. ISSil , 12,4 $ ) conies ; for Juno ,
jtM , 12,203 copies ; for. ) uly , 16S < \ 12.IH4 copies ;
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KUPUniaCAN STATK T1GKI2T.
ForOovornor-JOUN M. TllAYETt.
Tor Lieut. Oovornor JI. 11. S11EUD.
For Secretary of Sti\to- ( } . W. LAWS.
For Treasurer-0. If. WILLAUU.
For Auditor II. A. BABCOOIC.
For Attorney General WILLIAM LEESE.
For Coin. Public Lanrts-JOSEl'H SCOTT.
ForSunt.Publlolnstruction-UEO.B.LANK.
ItEPUIlLIGAN COUNTY TICKET.
For Senators :
(5EO. W. LININGEU ,
BHUXO TXSCI1UCK.
For Representatives :
W. O. W111TMOHE ,
F. B HIIJUAUD ,
GEO. iiElMllOI > ,
It. S. 11 ALL ,
JOHN MATTIIIKSO.N ,
JAMES 11. YOUNG.
T. W. UL.AOK1JUUN. .
M. O. KIOKETTS.
For Comity Attorney :
EWVAUD W. SIMEUAL.
For CoTinty Commissioner :
ISAAC N. P1EKCE.
GENKUAL VAN WYCK is the preferred
Straight ropublicnn candidate for sena
tor in Nebraska by a lixrgo mnjority as
bhown by the votes and instructions of
republican conventions.
TIIKUK must bo no line , job or syndi
cate in the sale of the valuable county
poor farm property. Dousrlas county
tax payers will insist that every move
shall bo open and above-board.
UHUJICII liowij's political .strikers arc
finding hard work among Omaha work-
ingmon. The wage workers of Douglas
county do not forget tlio record of the
Nenialm trickster on the so called "riot. "
UUTLEII county , through both Its re
publican and domooratio conventions ,
lias instructed for Senator Van Wyck.
The wilting of the Van Wyck boom is
not yet perceptible to unaided vision.
TUB whirligig of time brings its re
Vcngos. Two years ago the state coiv
vontion refused to muko General Thayoi
chairman boouilso of Valentino's and
Church IIowo's ] opposition. This year's
convention made him governor.
HKIMUOD , Young and Mattliioson arc
names on the republican legislative
ticket winch will command the full part ;
vote. Each and every one of the candl
dates for legislative honors are representative
ontativo cltlxons of Omaha who may bi
trusted us intelligent , oflloiont and hon
est men , to work and vote in the inter
cats of this community ,
T.uwHuifAi.u Is again-Jutnicuing th
bubjeet of thc-Omafiti & Northern , or ii
other words the northern extension o
the Missouri I'acillo. It must not bo cou
founded with the proposed Omaha t
Nortliwestorn , which will bo apart am
distinct from any of Jay Gould's sohomo
for local subsidies for stub feeders to hi
Kansas City system.
Tais uprising among Gaga county re
publicans ngainst Colby ami his guns c
rowdies and repeaters has deep !
wounded the tender sensibilities of th
Into railroad commissioner. The Lincoli
Joitnutt charges the wholesale bolt upo
Van Wyck , who of course is made th
lender of this rebellion of the decent rt
publicans of Gage. This Is not the firs
uprising which has taken place in Gag
county ngainst Colby and his method !
Once upon n tlmo the whole city o
JJeatrlco rose in their indignant migli
and threatened to submerge Colby in th
IJluo river if ho did not undo his town lo
Stflttdlo. At another time , some thro
tfcS whole of Gng
years ago ,
county rebelled against the . .t mut t <
inako Colby jiuljro of the district an
gave Judge Uroady a thousand majorlt
over Colby in his own county , which i
republican by 1,500. , WhvVan Wyok i
to bo hold roiponslbh ) for the gonon
disfavor In which Colby is hold in Gai :
county wo cannot conceive , although w
do understand why Colby and Churo
llowo arc held in such reverence in th
sanctum of the Lincoln Journal , Uy th
way , is it nil wrong for Gage uonnty re
publicans to bolt Colby and Co. and a !
right for the Journal to uphold the bol
ngainst Duras in Saline countyt Dura
has no flaw in his title to the nomination
There wcro no railroad and water work
gauss voted three or four times to oarr
the Snlliio county primaries as there wor
down iu Beatrice.
A Notcxvnrtlij Hoclston.
Tlio decision of tlio supreme court of
Pcnnsjlvanln , that the law of that state
prohibiting the store-order system is un
constitutional and void , will bo regarded
with serious concern by the laboring In
terests of other states in which a similar
law has boon enacted. This is notably
the case in the neighboring state of Ohio ,
where such an act covering the case was
pn sod as recently as two yenrs ago.
These laws wore enacted to do awny
with a system that was in practice ,
chiolly in the mining districts , and which
had grown into a very serious abuse to
the great detriment , as was claimed , of
wage workers. The system consisted in
the establishment of stores by the mine
operators , or parties representing them ,
nt which the operatives wcro required to
deal , receiving orders for such supplies
as they needed in Hen of cash. There
was necessarily no competition , and the
buyers wcro compelled to pay any rate
of prollt established by the storekeepers ,
which , of course , was invariably the very
highest that could bo obtained , or that
the resources of tho'buyers would allow.
In this way the mine owners got back n
generous share of tlio earnings of their
employes , and were enabled also to keep
them in a state of dcpundonco amount-
inn very nearly to vassalage. H was n
system which in its very nature did
violence to the true principles of trade in
excluding competition , while depriving
the wage worker of the opportunity and
right to use his earnings to the best ad
vantage in a free market. It was
simply a scheme of tyranny
and plunder , and those who once
became subjected to it wcro thereafter
helplesd. The mine owner dictated
the amount of the employe's wages and
the greedy maw of the storekeeper
swallowed it down to bo in large part
returned to the pocket of the operator.
Compliance with the system was made a
condition of employment. Thus in every
way the laborer was subjected
to conditions subversive of his
independence and a wrong to him
financially conditions which put him
completely in the power of the employer
ami hold him there , unless he chose to ac
cept the alternative of idleness and pov
erty by refusing to submit to an opprcs'
sivo exaction.
Yet in face of this the supreme court of
Pennsylvania declares the law prohibit-
ng the degrading and damaging system
to be unconstitutional on tlio ground that
t prevents persons from making their
own contracts , that it is an infringement
; iliko on tlio rights of the employer and
employe , and that it is "an insulting at
tempt to put the laborer under legislative
tutelage , which is not only degrading to
lis manhood , but subservient to his rights
as a citixcn of the United States. " The
evidence regarding the store-order sys
tem is that it tolerated or permitted no
reciprocity of rights , but is an arrange
ment wholly one-sided in "its conditions
: xntl its bcnelits. The man who oll'ors his
labor for sale is told that ho will receive
for it a certain sum expressed in dollars
untl cents , -but that ho must accept
pay In a form that can be utilized only in
a specified way and in a ttpecliicd chan
nel , which arc established in the interest
of the buyer of his labor , lie is not per
mitted to control his earnings , but simply
to transfer thorn , on such terms as the
party who pays thorn may prescribe.
With respect to the employer of labor it
is a wholly arbitrary proceeding , in its
character essentially hostile to the inde
pendence and tno universally recognized
right of the employe in the matter of
controlling tlio proceeds of his labor.
In the case of tlio laborer it is a choice of
evil. Ho can accept idleness or work nt
the penalty which luis system involves ,
It is not easy to conceive of anything
that could bn more degrading to man
hood or more subversive to the rights ol
a citi/on than a system compelling sucli
conditions as these. Were the principle
enunciated by the Pennsylvania court tc
become generally accepted , the great
corporations of the country would find
the way easy for the practical cnslav.c
incut of their employes and their owr
nmtertal gain by a process of legalizet
robbery as outrageous as any thai exist ;
in Kussia or Ireland.
Irish Malcontents.
It is evident that the excellent spirii
which characterized the deliberation. '
and results of the last convention of tin
Irish National league does not dominate
all branches of that organization. Tin
dissatislicd element which made itsul
known in that body , but which was prevented
vented from exerting any marked inllu
once , was silenced butnotsiibduod. I'ron
a somewhat active and aggressive forc <
it consented , in obedience to the domain
of the majority on the scorn ol oxpcdi
oucy , to bccouie.A-5toht ! energy , but il
didjaot-snrfonder ' its opinions or foregc
fal'th in its policy. This is the faotioi
that bollovcs the power of argument ha
been exhausted , ana that recourse nnis
bo had to a sterner policy in .dealing will
England. It would seem that this faetloi
Is now likely to bo reinforced by anothe
which has so far lost confidence in tin
Irish loaders as even to question their iu
tegrity to the cause of Ireland. Tlio no
live presence and apparent growth o
those elements is a startling menace t <
the peace and harmony of the Nationu
league and to the progress of the cause i
represents.
The fact of the existence of these dig
turbing elements was developed at a meet
ing of a branch of the loagno in Nuv
York on Monday evening , When th
question of futlinr subscriptions of mono ;
came on for consideration it was mot b ;
a most vigorous protest , in which wa
embraced distrust both of the method o
dealing with the issue and of the mci
entrusted witli carrying it out. It wa
declared that the vast sums of mono ,
which Imd been sent to Ireland had bcei
fruitless of results , that peaceful agitii
tion had led only to pauperism , extet
mitiiion and general dotnonili/.atioii
that the preSOlU Condition of allaim ii
Ireland is worse than iiitS uSiste.l bofor
in the last hundred years , and th ? * t'1 '
time is come when some other mean
must be tried. The chairman stated tint
ho would not contribute another penn ;
to the anti-eviction fund or any form o
parliamentary agitation , ami explicit ! ;
charged that the funds senUo the Icagn
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iu Ireland wore not used to aid th
evicted people , but went into the pocket
of the leaders , These oppressions of dis
satisfaction and distrust were receive
with approval by tlui branch. The dis
pleasure to which all this benra ovidnnc
Is very likely to bo intensified by the les
tiiuony of Air , Wplff regarding the dis
courtesy shown him and hid mission b
Mr. Parnell , which If It should not receive
an acceptable explanation from tlio Irish
leader will certainly place him in a very
unfavorable position.
Kvcry friend of the cause of Ireland
mist deplore the existence and exhibition
of this rebellious spirit , which in the do-
; rco that it carries discouragement to
rlshmen in their native laud strengthens
ho determination of their oppressions.
Vo believe lhe.ro is neither wisdom nor
ustlcu in the dissatisfaction and distrust
of these malcontents. Only the wildest
oily would demand at this time the
abandonment of argument for an appeal
o force. What could unhappy Ireland
io in a contlict of arms ? What else thane
o become a slaughter pen for her tin-
ortunato people ? As to the Integrity of
ho Irish leaders , wo believe it is above
question or reproach. They have borne
liemselves bravely and wisely , and it is
gross ingratitude to deny them the credit
hey have won , or lo refuse them the con-
idenco they have shown them selves
worthy of. The duty of Irishmen is to
give no hoed to these hot-heads , whose
cal overturns their discretion , but to
continue on in the course they have pur
sued of sustaining by their means and
their approval the able and earnest lead *
era , who arc bearing with uulllncliing
courage the heat and burden of the con-
Hot.
Postpone It Until
Actintr under the advice of General
-owin , the board of county commission
ers have decided to plat and sell a par-
.ion of the poor farm properly without
'urther authorization from the people ,
mil to apply the proceeds to the con
struction of tlio proposed county hospital ,
poor house and asylum for the insane.
The board , if correctly reported , propose
to have the east half of the poor larm laid
out into city lots , their value appraised
by three disinterested citizens , and the
lots sold at public auction at prices in no
aso below the appraised value. It is
.bought that tlio funds derived from the
sale of half the. property will bo
suilicient to erect the projected Im'Shling. '
On its face the proposition is a good one.
The plan as outlined is that suggested a
year ago by this paper when the board
sought sanction for the sale of poor farm
property under conditions which failed
Lo meet with public approval , because
: iiey left the door open for inside specu
lation. With honest appraisement and
public sale to the highest bidder , with the
Appraised value as an upset price , the
poor farm property properly laid out and
platted oiight to bring the market value.
Surrounded as it now is by city additions
it is too valuable a piece of land for its
present uses. 15ut it will be a poor piece
of policy to place it on the market
this fall. The property will command
fully 20 per cent higher prices if the sale.
is postponed until next spring. The
county , which will have no use for the
money this winter , can bettor allbrd to
carry th < j land than to have speculators
make the prolits of holding it until the
opening of spring. Plans'for the new
building have not yet been adopted and
no contracts could bo safely let for the
beginning of work until the ffost gets
out of the ground. There is no reason
wliv the lots should bo sold this fall ,
while there are many good reasons why
the sale should not take place until
spring. - . - . . . . - . . - - . . .
-A Munificent ( lift.
Even the republican press of Franco is
forced into praises of the Due d'Aumalo
for his magnificent gift of the domain of
Chantilly to the French institute to beheld
hold by it in trust for the French nation.
TheT'o is no place iu France , or even in
Europe , which has a more romantic his
tory than has the Castle of Chantilly ; and
in the domain with which it issurrounded
one could , in the words of Richard II. ,
"sit upon the ground and tell sad stories
of the death of kings. " It is , in fact , an
epitome of the art and literature of ages :
and oven the murders , the suicides , the
plots , and the intrigues which have taken
place within its walls arc forgotten in the
thought of its priceless treasures ,
The munificence of this gift is made more
significant by the fact that it was provi
ded for in the will ot the duke , wliicli
was executed last year , and that tin
exile to which ho was sentenced has nol
changed his intentions. The value ol
lliogift is more than $12,000.000 , , ant ]
from the excess of revenue beyond whal
is needed to maintain the property in
good condition , pensions and pecuniary
aid are to bo granted to literary men anil
artists , and a fund is to bo established tc
aid 'those who have made literature
science or art their profrsilon. There
are few indt : Ces on record & * i.Cu" ! !
dly gift.
The HiisincsH Situation.
The autumn trade is expanding stead
ily and satisfactorily. Throughout tin
west the assurances of the harvest hav <
stimulated .orders and the distributivt
movement has fully realised the cxpecta
tions , which wcro formed earlier in tin
season Local jobbers report heavy mail
orders , and the increasing tonnage of tin
railroads and large bank clearings show
that the fall business has opuned with i
rush. Detailed reports from the varioin
trailoH show a careful and confident feel
ing , Iron is active and prices are linn
Tlio fall production of furnaces and mill
is being absorbed and the promise of tradi
most encouraging in all departments. Tin
wool market has been less active , owm <
in part to the stiffening views of Kellers
The market is very strong , and highc :
prices are confidently anticipated bufon
the close of the year.
Cotton has boon in good demand fo
uxport , aud the inquiry for homo con
sumption has been moderately active
Prices are generally i of a cent highe
than they wcro a week ago , and thosta
tistical position of the market continue ;
strong. The cotton goods trade is fairl ;
active and values are uniformly firm , will
Blocks under { rood control , Print cloth
have advanced 1-10 of a cent per yar <
under a brisk demand and exceptional ! ;
small supplies , and several makes o
brown , bleached and colored stapl
fabrics have bo'jn ' fractionally advanced
Wheat Jtlic'BS declined } to 1 j cents pe
bushel early in UiO WcC.lf , but have sinci
recovered to within f io i Cent of tin
level of quotations current a week ago
The market is weighted by accumulating
stocks aud by the discouragement o
speculative conlidencu by the continuci
apathy of foreign buyers. The majorit ;
of traders regard wheat as cheap , ami a
likely to rulu higher rather than lowe
during the balance of the crop year
but the market waits for a renewal o
.export demand aud a halt in tlio growtl
of stocks to give an upward impulse t <
values. Engli-di buyers have not bought
freely at anytime jjiis. season , and the
continental demand , which was the main
stay of the cxjiort trade during
August , lias been comparatively
light for several weeks past. The
largo purchases ' "by French ship
pers were duo in great part to the preva
lence of wet weather On the. continent
between the closing wveks of July anil
August. Since the latter date the weather
has been highly favorable , and tlui
French crop has been harvested in much
better condition than had boon antici
pated. French marHets.aro now drawing
a considerable supply from homo sources ,
which is supplemented by the frequent
arrivals of cargoes bouslit in this conn- '
try during August ; hence the present lull
In demand from that quarter. Corn
prices have declined 1 to 1 } cents per
bushel as a result of free offerings and a
continued lack of supporting demand
either from shippers or speculators.
Dit. EmvAitn Avn.txo , the representa
tive of English socialists , who came to
this country a short time ago with the In
tention of lecturing on .socialism , is not
having an altogether delightful exper
ience. Ills first rebuff was at the hands
of the theatre managers , who refused to
honor his claim as the representative of
a couple of obscure weekly London
papers , and the persistence of tlio doctor
in this matter caused him to be generally
ridiculed by the newspapers. His next
sot-back was from the Manhaltan club ,
to which ho had been Invited by a mem
ber who desired 16 rcelproclte : courtesies
shown him by tlio doctor in London. The
o Ulcers of the club , however , decided
that they could not properly entertain a
person holding the views of Dr. Aveling ,
and the member who gave him the iu-
vitation was required to withdraw it. Ho
failed also to tint ! that congenial compan
ionship among the socialists of New Vork
Unit he had expected , and having an
nounced his purpose to visit Chicago and
lecture , the pro.ss of that city has warned
him , in view of his having condemned
Ilia sentence of the anarchists , that he
will not receive a cordial welcome there ,
and that it will bo well for him while
visiting that city to bo on his good be
havior. Thus , the experience of the
doctor has biou of so discouraging a na
ture that ho must bo by this tiine pretty
nearly convinced that socialism is not at
a premium in this frco land.
is constantly reminded for
how litllo she counts in the politics of
Europe. Her wishes go for just nothing
in the settlement of the Bulgarian ques
tion , and Turkey refuses to give any
weight to her oilers jofsupport against
Russia. In fact tlio emissaries of Russia
are a controlling inlUiunue in Constanti
nople , and the c/.ar is tu3poworful , there
as in Sofia. Much of this collapse is due
to the English invasion of Egypt. That
has permanently nliqnalqd France , who
cannot forgive horsojf thp blunder of re
fusing to join the attack oniArabi Boy.
It has alienated Turkey , who was thus
deprived of the actual stfkoraiuty over an
important Moslem oountr'y. And it has
broken the moral fprco' of England's
opposition lo Muscovite ambitions , by
showing that England could
steal as unscrupulously and1- under
as many lying ' pretences , when
she thought the safety of her Indi an em
pire was at stake , as any Muscovite on
the road lo India or' to the Uosphorus.
If the principle that "ruy neighbor's
rights are limited by my fearrf , " is ac
cepted in international politics , " there is
no iniquity for which an excuse cannot
be found. And it was this maxim which
prompted the bombardment of Alexan
dria , and this exile of the only leader the
Egyutian people had to look up to. Not
ono of the advantages expected has re
sulted from the false step in Egypt. Her
Indian empire has been weakened by the
alienation of the sultan , who is the Ca
liph of her Moslem subjects. She has
lost armies , generals and credit in . the
Soudan , without restoring quiet or bring
ing back the province to Egypt. And she
line not a friend loft in Europe , unless it
bo Italy , which will be her friend if there
is anything to be got by it ,
Du. MILI.KU lias made a personal dis
claimer to the editor of tlio UKB that be
received any pay for his temperance lec
ture nt Lincoln , to which reference was
made in last evening's edition of the HUE.
The doctor assures us that ho footed all
the bills on that occasion , including the
cost of the hall. Wo cheerfully make
the correction which Hjualziot r a k ? for ,
although our sriginal informant on' this
nVaUer was a prominent citizen who had
a business interest in beating prohibition
and who professed to have been u con
tributor to the fund. We take It that Dr.
Miller in this case was misrepresented
t cms.
Hit. SIMKUAL has been for years oue
of the most faithful workers among "tlio
young republicans He , is a lawyer of
ability and experience , a hard student
and an honorable and high minded gen
tleman. His nomination was a compli
ment to the young men of the party ,
which they will appreciate by rolling up
a rousing majority to safely land him in
the seal of the county attorno.yrihip.
Mit. I5rAOKiiuitN.has propounded a
eonosof questionson'public ' school man
agement which read like.i | section of the
Longer Catechism , , j
Jftclino'H SentenceWlllrmed.
AI.IIANV , Oct. 4. Thiicouit of appeals Iwa
huiulcd down a decision coilllrmlni ; tliwscn-
tenco of the lower court Hi the case of ex-
Alilurmun Jaehne , whoSvaVcouvlctcd on the
charge ot bribery In tfio Droadwny railroad
franchise. Juilga Andrew Wrote the decision
In the .Incline ease. Jiuluo 'Vtapnllo wrot n
illsKcntliii ; opinion of 0UUO | words In which
Juiliru Earl concurs.
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Cnttlo Quiirnmlno ,
ST. Louis. Oct. 5-A > , Snnta Fo , N , M. ,
special t > ays : Governor ; Koss , ot New Mexico
ice has issued a proclamation to cattle in-
HlMictors of tlio tiirltnry authorizing them tn
prohibit the Imposition of cattle from dis
tricts In the south and cast ot the United
SliUes where contagious diseases i-xibt ,
A Match Uctwenn Sprinters.
I'jTTtiUirnu , Oct. 5. ( Jcorge Smith , of this
city , champion MO yards sprinter , has been
nmtelied aminst Klttlemau , the California
ilycr , for § 1,000 a side and tlio clramplonslilii
W Iii ( ( TnltwlStates. The date of the race
or place Of meeting has not yet been settled.
Speaker Carlisle Henoinlnntccl.
Ni'.wi-our. Ky. , Oct. O.-Tlio democrats ol
tliu Sixth cimuresslonnl district this morning
lennmiaated by acclamation lion. John ( j.
Carlisle.
Ccilro is a now town on the Skagjt
river , three miles above Whatcom , m
Washington Territory. It contains a
shingle mill , store , etc.
Keep It IJeforo 1lc | > u1 > llcnits.
The republicans of the 1'irst district
should ask themselves whether a man
having such a record as that of Church
llowo ha * any rightful claim upon the
support of any decent republican. Leav
ing out of question his corrupt methods
and notorious venality wo * appeal to republicans -
publicans to pause and relloct before
they put a premium upon party trea
son nml conspiracy ngainst its very exist
ence.
Ten years ago , when the republican
party was on the verge of disaster , and
every electoral vote east for Hayes and
Wheeler was needed to retain the party
In power , Church llowo entered into
a conspiracy to deliver republican
Nebraska into the hands of the enemy.
This infamous plot h nol a mere conjec
ture. The proof of il docs nol rest on
surmise or suspicion. It is not to bo
pooh-poohed or brushed away by pro
nouncing it one of Kosowaler's malicious
campaign slanders.
Tli3 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. Hrioily told , the history of this
plan to hand over the country lo Tildcn
and democracy is as follows :
in 1870 Nebraska elected Silas A.
Strickland , Amasa Cobb and A. 11.
Connor presidential electors by a vote of
31,010 as against a vote of 10,1)54 ) cast for
the Tildcn aud llcndricks olectors. After
the elcclion it was discovnred thai the
canvass of this vote could not take place
under the then existing law before the
legislature convened. The electoral vole
had to bo canvassed in December
at Iho latest , and the regular ses
sion of the legislature did nol beirin
until January. In order lo make
a legal canvass of Iho electoral returns ,
Governor Garbcr called a special session
of the legislature to convene on thefithof
December , ' 70 , at Lincoln , for the pur
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
biien plotting for the capture of uno of
the electors from Nebraska , and il IH also
historic that a largo bribe was offered to
one of the electors , General Strickland.
The call of the legislature broke into the
plan of the plotters , anil they found n will
ing and reckless tool in Clfurch Howe.
When the legislature convened at the capi
talChurch Howe filed a protest which may
be found on pages 0 , 7 and 8 of the Ne
braska HotiPC Journal of 1877. The fol-
lowingcxtract makes interesting reading :
" 1 , Churoh Howe , a member of tlio legisla
ture of Ncbiaska , now convened by procla
mation of his excellency , ( loveruor Silas
Harbor , for the purpose of canvassing and
declaring the result of the vote cast in Ne
braska for cleclors for iireslilont and vice
president of tlio United States , hereby enter
my solemn protest against such act , denying
that the governor has power to call tins body
in special session for any siu-h purpose , or
that this body has any authority to canvasser
or declare the result of such vote upon the
following Kroumls :
First. This lozlslatiirc now convened hav
ing been elected under what is known as the
old constitution , lias no power to act in the
premises , the new constitution of the state
liavinc been in fuico 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 protest
against any canvass of the electoral vote
of the slate by Ibis body , and demand
lhat this , my protest , bo entered upon
the journal. " ( Signed ) Church Howe ,
member of the legislature of Nebraska.
The democrats did not respond to tlio
call of the governor and there was barely
a quorum in the senate , while tlicro wcro
several to spare in the house of which
Howe was a member. The protest en
tered by Howe was doubtless prepared
by the Tildcn lawyers in Omaha and
Howe had the glory of being Hie solo
champion of Sam Tildcn. The legishv-
lure ignored Church Howe , spread his
protest on its record and canvassed the
electoral vote in spite of it.
When the legisliitiiro convened in Jan
uary , 1877 , Iho presidential contcsl was
at its hoislit in Washington. Church
llowo had changed places from tlio house
to the 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 the electoral votes wore en
titled to their seats. This resolution
gave rise lo a very lively debate which
lasted two davs. Church Howe askcu to
bo excused from voting when it first
cauir. sip and was so excused. On the
final passage of tlio resolution Iho record
[ page 87(1 ( , Senate Journal 1877 , ] shows
tlio following result ; Yeas Ambrose ,
Haird , ISlanchard , Uryant , Calkins ,
Cams , Chapman , Colby , Dawes , Garfield -
field , Gilham , Hayes , Kennard , ICnapp ,
Popoon , Powers , Thummol , Van Wyck ,
Walton and Wilcox-20.
Those voting In the negative wcroi
Aton , Hrown , Covcll , Ferguson , iltiunan ,
Holt , Church llowo aud North 8.
During the same session of the legisla
ture , Church Howe's vote on United
Slates senator for Iho first three ballots is
recorded ao haying been cast for K. W.
Thomas , a South Carolina democrat ,
Limgcs 1)3 ! ) and i03 ! Semite Journal. ] All
this time Church llowo professed lo bo a
republican indupundeiit , republican on
national issue and a temperance granger
on local issues. Wo simply ask what
right a man with sunh a record has to
the support of any republican ,
PROJ1INKNT I'HHSONH.
Justin McCarthy Is to deliver over one
hundred lectures in tills country.
15. P. Koe , who. some people fancy , Is the
greatest novelist of his day , Is going to Cali
fornia to live tor a year or two to come.
Hen Kolsoin , Mrs. Cleveland's ' loquacious
cousin , Is to become , it is said , tlio Washing
ton correspondent of some New York
daily.
Mr. Gladstone hns two cousins In Ohio
\\Vand I ) , Gladstone , millers , who reside nt
White Plains , that stale. They arc American
citizens ,
Senator Don Cameron writes Ills name In
hotel leglsters , proceeded and followed by a
heavy dash , 1 > J. J ) . Cameron. " Ueins a very
modest man , the prefix or sutlix of "fjenator"
Is very repiiKiiant to him , nml hn hit upon
the dashing expedient to head oil ambitious
hotel clerks , who persistently disregarded bia
requests to leave elf all appendage * to his
name.
Secretary Itayard Is now accusnd of rude-
IIC.SH In addition to his many other shortcom
ings. Recently a delegation visited his otlice
to discuss Krievnneos sulfeied at ( ho hands of
the Spanish u'overnment , ami after n dhort
talk the secretary abruptly turned his back
upon the visitors sent to him by the presi
dent , ami. without the ordinary formality of
lurtiut , ' , invited the dulueatlou out of his
otlice by commenrlni : to write ii letter.
"Uoicoo Conkllng , " said u AlalUeu. Lauo
Jeweler the other ilay , "has a bread mliul. He
Is not only a groal lawvcr , but his gnnernl In
formation is great. Ho lias n civ.it many
chains and charms , and lie calls them nil
keepsakes. Ho nsks questions about the
jewelry business which prove that he knows
what ho Is talkuiii about. The other day ,
wliun ho nnleu'd a pair of sleve-lwttons , he
drew n diagram snowing Just the sl/.o nml
thickness lie wanted them made. No jew
eler could have drawn It more clearly or more
conectly. "
'B Mistake.
Om.itltuffmi.
Senator Logan says the country is on tlio
verge of ruin. Simator Logan makes the
mlstakeof supposing that ho is Hie country.
Tlic Imtest Hclentllh : Question.
SI. Iti'Vli Ul'itif-Drmneitit.
"When wll ) the e.-uth stop revolvlnst' . ' " U
the latest sclrnlilic question.'e \ \ should say
such an event Is likely to take plnce at about
the Mine tlmo tlial the democratic unity shall
becin to entry out Its promises ot icfonii.
Miss Cleveland Not DlHlunvcd ,
St.nn ( < lV l'/i ( < jiirh ! ( ,
Kduar L. Wakemnn , formerly connected
with the Current , is now sojourning In n Mas
sachusetts Ciypsy camp , but Miss Cleveland
Is not dismayed by this fearful example ol n
man who tried to inn a literary periodical in
In Chicago.
Temporary I'ostttonctiiont.
JtiMbm Hccwtt.
"Dan'l , said the president , as he peered out
of the window this morning , "Dan'l , 1 sny ,
nro not those tlio same faces wo left here
when wo stalled to chase the antelope
over the plain ? "
"Yes , sire. "
"The hands arc strctcheil out for some
thing just as they were bcfoicV
"Precisely , sire. "
"D.in'l , order the cohorts to gather forth
with ami disperse them I"
"lint , sire , they are lesal voters.1
"Well , n.in'1 , then wo will begin on the
loiters. The cohorts may finish ( heir break
fast , "
Tlic "Siirreiulor" of Gcronlmo.
S . /xiilt Globe-Democrat ,
II is lo bo hoped lhal In accepting the sur
render of Gorommo and his fellow murder
ers , ( icncrnl Miles did not guarantee them
Immunity from trial or punishment for their
many notorious crimes : but if ho did do so ,
it does not become the authorities nt Wash
ington to complain ot his action , lie hail no
pieoedents for doing otherwise. There lias
never yet been an instance where n captnrod
Indian lias been held responsible in a lennl
and practical way by tlio government for
offenses committed against white men , and
General Miles may very reasonably have
supposed this policy to be a llxed one ,
( icronlmo and his gang of robbers and assas
sins ought to bo put to dentil ; but It' General
Miles has agreed to save their necks , ho has
the uniform course of the government in such
cases to plead in ilcfonsu and excuse ol ! His
conduct , at any rate.
"U'lieii tljc WooilH Turn Brown.
lAtcy iMrcom.
IIo\v will It he when the \ynods turn brown ,
Their gold anil their crimson all dieppcd
down
And crumbled to dust ?
Oh , then as we lay
Our ear loeaith's lips we shall hear her say ,
"In the dark 1 am becking now gems lor my
crown , "
We will dream of jrrcen leaves when the
woods turn brown.
Nuvor Drink During Itusinc.sa Hourtj.
CTitaioo Tribune ,
Moderate drinkers engaged in pursuits
calling for judgment ami acumen , and
who use liquors during business hours ,
end. with scarcely an exception , as finan
cial wrecks , however successful they may
be in withstanding the physical consequences
quences of their indulgence. Thousands
who retain their health and tire never
ranked as victims of intemperance loose
their property , wreck llieir business , and
are-thrown into bankruptcy because of
tippling habits during business hours.
These men arc not drunkards , and only
close observers can detect the inllucnco
of strong drink in their deportment ; but
nevcrlheless liquor gives thorn false
nerve , mak ; s them reckless , clouds the
judgment , and soon involves them in bad
purchases , worse sales , and ruinous con
tracts. Sooner or later it is shown that
the habit of tippling during business
hours is a forerunner of bankruptcy.
Let every sticji drinker review his busi
ness transactions for a scries of years and
answer whether this slatment is nol true.
Liquor acts on the brain in the same
manner as chloroform or ether , produc
ing a stimulation which nffcutu cool
thought , followed by a depression corresponding
spending to the amount of the doso.
What man would expect to succeed in
business if he wcro accustomed to take ,
while nt work , even very slight whl Kj of
other , chloroform , or Inngiung-gas and
keep himself all' the time , more or leas ,
under suoh beclouding inllnencosv Sne.h
a man , even if able to preserve his health ,
would grow reckless , loquacious , and
soon prove no nialjli for a clear-headed
rival. Liquor is an indispensable ally
wherever \iclims arc systematically
ileecml , and its ollects arc soon also m the
rivalries of legitimate business. The
professional gambler keeps a frco bar ,
but never drinks himselt when at the
table ; and , wliJls IX KObtr , clear-headed ,
honorable merchant , dealer , or operator
would not endeavor to ply his rival with
liquor , ho would gain great advantages
from the lallor'a self-sought indulgence.
Liquor shows its victims not only in
saloons and gambling dens but about
boards of trade and stock oxcimngoH
and in every 1s'1" * > t business requiring
a clen'r , " cool I ' Moderate drinkers
who attempt L. do business with oven
slighlly excited bruin- , arc the men vffo
arc all the time making loscs ami going
to the wall.
It is to the thousands of modern to
drinkers who are novr' seen intoxicated
or overcome wlUtiUinor that our roniarks
especially npl y. These men decline to
become teetotaler * ) , but they can easily
adopt a habit of total abstinence during
business hours. Lot them imitate at least
llin prudence ol gamblers and m-iscc-
lighters , who never drink while at
' work. " They can BOOH satisfy them ,
solves such n policy will "pay. " ' Abstain
ing from liquor until aftnr business hours ,
and beginning the < l y without nn "ovti
opener , " they will soon bo able to appre
ciate the results. Following such a rule ,
a moderate drinker ought to come to the
duties of the day with an unclouded , un-
stimulated brain , and bo able to discharge
them to the best of his natural ability. A
needed .temperance reform is ono that
will persuade business men to abstain
wholly from tippling during working
hours , as success in business absolutely
depends UJKHI it. If they do not possess
enough power of self-denial to keep from
tiupllng during business hours , tlio sooner
they retire from business tliu bettor for
thuin , for they are on the sure road to
defeat , _
JMn n/.lnu VVrllors.
IJ , P. W. in Chicago Tribune ; The beat
and most prolific maga/Ino writers are
seldom able to rcal/.o ! $ # 00 year from
their writing. Only a very small proportion
tion of mnniiscnpU.submiUcd are rvece | > t-
wl , and the prices paid are not high. ' 1 he
newspapers pay bettor in proportion f r
the same class of wort , and have tlio ad
vantage of being prompt and reliable ,
which cannot alwas be claimed for the
magazines.
A certain very famous monthly in the
cast ( to iliuMnitc the inferior prices which
magazines pay ) wrote to a popular jour ,
nulist in Chlfiiigo , asking him for a short
humorous sketch such as he wrote twice
a week for thu. Tribu.no. . They olfurod to
pay him handsomely , and he beul them
ono of his characteristic sketches sm b ?
Ihu Tribune paid him $1.1 for. After i
delay of over a month ho received a dr.i . r
for ' . ' . ' 0 from the munificent journal '
elevated literature. The humorist en t
back the draft with n rather harsh n > i H.
but no apology came from the self-jn'i-
lied editors of the magazine , who ev.-
dently deemed themselves affronted.
It seeiiH almost Incredible that a vi-t
number of magazines h.tvo the audacity
lo accept aud publish manuscript * for
which they pny nothing whatever. Il ; s
iwkinp others to fill their larder , to ohop
their wood , to build their houses. 'I is
practice is followed by a Inrgo projmi
tion of llic semi-religious niagn.liic < i
which , however , have among thorn Mime
most honorable exceptions ami a pruir t
from a contributor will bring a tm > > i
righteous and reproving reply. They ap
pear to think il almost sacrilegious to ih-
sint pay for any artiolo written for the
mnuu/.mus published in the interest ol
the churches.Vliy \ not expect the plum
her who lays their gus-plpus to give hN
tlmo and wares for nothing or the carpi l
merchant to cover the church lloor IIIM-
tultotislyT The fault is that there Is a
lack of appreciation of ideas. If the sup
ply Is greater than the demand , whv i
also is the supply of cranberries
greater than tlio demand , and
yet no ono expects lo ha o
them for nothing on that nooonnt. The
honest plan is lake HIM mnrkolablo ldcn < * .
pay what they are worth , and reject the
unmarketable lines.
The plan which many of our moat
reputable magsi/.Inusiiavoof paying upon
publication is also a burden placet ! upon
the writers. As well might a man borrow
money without paying interest , or a man
purchase a suit irom his tailor anil ngree
to pay for it when he put it on anil tlien
hang it up In his closet for an iudellnito
number of yours. In case of the du.slnic-
tion of the manuscript by lire or any
other cutoslropho the loss would not bo
made good to the writer. It is the hubit
of magazine * n u.mp uianti < : onr > U tulur
Acceptance from three months to MX or
eighl years before publication. If all
periodical publications followed this pltiu
of paying for articles only whim printed
the outlook for magazine-writers would
be a sad ono.
Tlio whole practice places literature in
a wrong light. It makes it assume an al
titude of hiimilitv , whereas its attitude
should bo a prouifone. It makes it ap
pear as if a publisher conferred a great
favor by accepting an article , while in
truth ho confers no greater favor than
the woman does to the merchant when
she buys a bolt , of bed-ticking for him. If
a manuscript is available for use it is as
much merchandise as anything else
offered for sale from which profit can bo
made by tliu dealers.
A ; > II\ocl A mil p.
Detroit Free Press : In August , 1801 ,
when Kilnalriok struck the Atlantic As
Macon railroad at Joncsboro and other
points , I was attached to Armstrong's
brigade , of Jackson's division of con
federate cavalry. The federal raider
struck Joncsboro late ono afternoon ,
drove out the militia stationed there In
small numbers and applied the lorch lo
fotir-liftlis of the town. Nevt morning ,
as they came up to Lovejo.y's station , our
division , which had been widely scattered
the day before , wore massed and ready
for a fight. Our infantry had been
lighting and falling back for an hoiirwhen
wo moved into tlio light , two-thirds of
the command being dismounted ,
'
J\ly \ own regiment wa's dismounted to
support ono of our batteries , and while
lying in n ravine just behind the guns
were taken iu Hank by a charge ot the
Fourth Michigan cavalry. 1 admit that
wo wore badly rallied at the onset , sonic
of the men breaking for tlio cover of tlio
wood a few hundred yards away , and
beniK Htibored as they ran. A cavalry
man rode straight at mo with uplifted sa
ber , anil I hauled up n\y \ musket to shoot
him elf his horse. At that time my regi
ment wa-j armed with ritle.s , shotguns ,
carbines , revolvers , sabers and swords.
A few men hail carbines and sabers to-
irother ; all others depended on ono wca-
don alone. Those who had muskets
did not have , except in rare instances -
stances , sabers ; those who had subura
had neither muskets nor revolvers. Not
over one company in the regiment were
asvell equipped as the federals. 1 had
an infantry musket , bayonet attached ,
and when I sought to fire on the cavalry
man at close range the charge would not
explode. Then as ho rode mo down , f
deiendcd myself with the bayonet ,
wounding him in the hand and llinglng
his saber to the ground. I had the ao >
vanlago and ho saw It and gracefully
surrendered and came down off his
hor.se ,
During tills tmio there was fighting all
around us. A part of our men usuoT the
ravine for a rillo-pit and could not bo did-
lodged , and the cavalry wore galloping
hither and thither through the giuoko. l
asked my prisoner what command lie be
longed to , uuil ho answered the Fourth
I.Iionlgan. UulluUi were /.ipplng about
us liku angry bees , but 1 could not lake
him to the rear for the simple reason that
there was norear. . Kobel and Yank
wcro mixed up like beans in a bag as far
as 1 could see. I stood holding him by
the arm with one hnnd and hanging lo
his liorso with the other , when two Yan
kee cavalry miai came riding up. My man
appealed to thorn , and as they raised their
sabers at me , 1 surrendered as a prisoner
of war
"Watch your chance and run him inlo
our lines , ' ' paid ono of the men to my
captor , | \ml \ both rode oil' at the call of a
buttle.
The Yankee now had his saber and my
gun , and as his horse became restive lis
could give me but little attun'icTI. " Ho
asked me what cominjMidT belonged to.
how the fight -honied to bo going , and
rather. . U r-undcd on my honesty not to
ruu-oiT. lie had Just. Hiiggostod moving
Along the ravine when a dismounted
Johnny , who was dodging about in the
smoke , came upon us. Ho took in the
situation at a glance , and insidu of A
minute < ltli Michigan was again my prisoner -
onor , My friend took the saber and
mounted the hor.su and rodu nway , while
I col my nniKkct baon.
"You II probably be. roriaptural again , "
1 said to the blue-coal as wo walked Hide
by Sildo up the ravine.
"Very likely. " ho replied , as ho walked
on ahead and ducked every two seconds
for a bullet.
\Vo \ had proceeded nol over a hundred
yards when n crowd of about twenty
cavalrymen , nearly iive.nly divided as to
friend and fee , came surging down upon
us as they cut and slushed. Wa were-
both knocked down in a jllfy. and I got a
cut on the head fro in a horse fi foot which
loft mo unconscious for a quarter of un
hour.
hour.When 1 rallied the fight WIIH over , the
federals having Hanked us and passed on.
As my captor and prisoner wns not found
on tliu ground the" conclusion was that
hu escaped to his own linos. I have
always hoped PO , for ho seemed to be u
fairly good fellow.
Hi-oker * Can IIox.
Cincinnati Sun : Howell Oiborn , the
"Charley" Osborn who
son of the lute ,
was for years Jay ( iould'e broker , mid
who was worth $7,00(1,000 ( , is one ot the
best boxers nn the Mwik exchange , and
now that he Is to retire with an income
of ? 100,000a year , granted him by his
mother on condition that he leave. Wall
street , he may have more time lo piu/eot
himself In his favorite science , which he
has studied under able professors. In
fact , Wall street brokers hire broken
down prize lighters to instruct tliuiu in
the manly art , and some of those worthies
actually visit the street and give lessons
to their patrons them. It U not snfo for
a Sixth ward rough to iueult some rather
dmlisli-looldntf brokers ; there is danger
of their letting go their right with the
force Of the fiiud Hub of a dlsuk-a uU
mule ,