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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TIIUBSDAY. OCTOBER 7 , 1880.
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KKI'UULICAN HTAT13 T1CIC13T.
For Oovornor-JOUN M. T11AYKU.
For Lieut. Governor II. U. S11KUD.
For Secretary of Stato-U W. LAWS.
KorTroasurer-C. II. WILLAUD.
For Auditor II. A. BAUCOCIC.
ForAttoruoy ( ienoral-WlLLtAJt LHESK.
For Com. I'ubllc Laads-JOSEl'H SCOTT.
ForSupt.l'tiblloInstruction-UEO.RLAN.h.
KEPUUtilCAN OOUNTV TICKET.
For Senators.-
OEO. W. LININGEU ,
BKUNO TXSC11UCIC.
Kor Representatives :
w. G. wiiiTMoitE ,
F. U HIBBAKD ,
GKO. 11KIMUOI ) .
11. S. HALL ,
JOHN MATTIIIKSOiN ,
JAMES H. YOUNG.
T. W. HLAUKBUllX ,
M. O. KICKETTS.
For Uouiity Attorney :
EDWAKD W. SIMEUAIi.
For County Commissioner :
ISAAC N. PIERCE.
Uiiuiion HOWE is on deck , bul wliat
lias become of the Mendota Carpenter ?
l'HK Austrian minister in generally con-
isldorod by Russians to bo a disagreeable
Tisza.
GKNEIIM. KAUUIAKS has loft Bulgaria
in disgust. General Kiuilburs and 1'rinco
Alexander scbni to be in the same boat
iu tliis particular.
I
Tun Coiipnipjationalists ut Dos Moincs
will spend most of their session in discussing -
cussing foreign missions. Koiloy should
bo on hand to throw light on the sub
ill ject.
J ject.A
A DUIVK around Omaha in a light
buggy will give tlio driver some idea of
the amount of public improvements now
in progress. At its conclusion it is also
likuly to give him eomn idea of the size of
carriage repairers' bills.
THE county commissioners hayo taken
n junketing trip to St. Louis to attend tliu
Veiled Prophets and "inspect" St. Louis
hospitals. St. Louis hospitals are about
us much behind tlio nga as St. Louis busi
ness men. If the commissioners rooily
dofllro information about hospital con
struction they should took it from Now
York or Philadelphia.
tFitE3iniiNTCi.iiVKi.AKi > has lost his grip
on the boys who run with the machine in
Now York. There is a man at Albany
whoso other name is Governor Hill who
is leaving no stone untttrncd to draw to
himself all losses from the administration
iu thu Empire state. Air. Hill has no
r-ow-fanglgd ideas concerning civil sor-
vleo reform. Ho believes in the Jack-
sonian doctrine of "get while your get
ting , " especially as applied to federal
ofllces' \Vhen tlio next national con von-
tion meets Mr. Hill's strength will bo
apparent in just the quarter who.ro Presi
dent Cleveland's weakness Is most
evident ,
TUB request of Messrs. Her , Kountzo ,
McShano and others , interested in sink-
Jug u well fqr natural gas , that the city
donate them parts o ( certain lots in t ) *
bottoms to further their
9jm safely bg V ntod. The lotsjn qucs-
" the bC > -
. . u south of the tracKs .
toms , and the city can well afford to : ' , ' "
( Ctiiem for tjio purpose najned , ' coupled
Jfvlth the conditltlon that they revert to
It. in case the well fails to otriko the
* expected gas vein. The syndicate , which
proposes to bore for natural gas , will expend -
pond a lurgo sum of money iu their ox-
jiorltnunts. If success crowns their oflbrts
Onmlia will experience the heaviest boom ,
as a manufacturing center , of any west
ern city , ' _
EASTERN consumers 07 beef are agitated
over the report tliathrco thousand quar-
nntinod animals in the Chicago stock
yards nro to be killed and the llosh of
Otiose pronounced sound put on the
market , % 'hoy fear that some mistake
way bo made and that diseased hind
quarters may accidentally put in air ap
pearance in the Hoston nnd Now York
'markota. The only safety under these
distressing clrcunistancos is for the beef
caters of tlio east to insist tlmt none but
Omaha killed cattle shall bo served up
'for their breakfast and dinners. Plouro
( pneumonia lias not yet put in an appear-
nnco hero and none but the best corn
'led ' cattle nro carried off in Iho rofrigera-
> r cars from the stock yards ,
Tlic llofbrmcil Itntlroituo.
The country ha ? been favored with lec
tures by reformed drunkards , reformed
gamblers nnd reformed pugilists , lint
it is notorious Hint few reformed black
sheep ever ? \ny \ ruformcd very long. And
now Church llowo , the reformed rail-
rogue , has taken the stump with a care
fully prepared lecture on the terrible
evils of monopoly and the necessity of
regulating railroad tnrlffrnmi of stopping
rnilroftd robberies. With l.is we.Il known
method th reformed railroguo telegraphs
his great triumph at Faih City on Tues
day nljrht iu exaetiy the same words to
the railroad organs at Omaha and Lin
coln. He tells tis that ho has not only
converted a multitude of republicans , but
nearly every democrat in the audience
ramo away shouting for Church Howe
and anti-monopoly. Itvill make Jay
Gould's cyi'3 water when ho reads about
Church HoweV ovation from the grang
ers , and Hoxie will fairly scream with
delight as ho forwards another package
of blank passes to the Missouri Pncilio
lobbyist to bo used where they will do
the most good.
llul what will well informed people
who know the history of this inountc-
bank think of this latest performance of
the politienl Canada Hill of hcbrnska. A
reformed railrogueis certainly a novelty ,
but Church llowo as the champion of
railroad regulation beats old Satan him
self. It was nil very well for Church
llowo to pull the wool over the eyes
of the grangers during the. "grange"
movement in 1873 and 18M. Ho was
then a new man in Nebraska , and his
crocodile tears over the suller'niga of the
industrial class were taken for the gen
uine article. As a "granger" he
stumped Nemaha county in 1874 airainsl
the regular republican candidate , and
xvns duly elected on pledges of railroad
regulation. The legislative journal of
187is n blank .so far as Cliureh Howe's
promised railroad tarifl' legislation is
concerned. The only ofl'ort made by
Cliureh llowo on behalf of the farmer
in that legislature was when he cast his
vote for that horny-handed "granger , "
Nelse Patrick , for United States bonator ,
and picked up an envelope containing
sJ,000 ! of good democratic money. In
1870 when it came to be an issue
whether the people south of the
Platlo river should hnvo an
outlet to the Pacific by way of Kearney
on terms which wore provided for in the
Union L'acilic charter , Church Howe
made himself solid with Jay Gould and
became an active railroad lobbyist for
the Union Pacilic "for revenue only. "
During the legislative session of 1877 ho
made his anti-monopoly record by insert
ing into the resolution in favor of a gen
eral pro rata an amendment which in ef
fect debarred the whole South Platte
country from any of its benclits. and
which was afterwards used by the Jay
Gould lobby at Washington to defeat the
pro rata bills then pending in congress.
In 1879 , four years after the pcoplo of
Nebraska had doclarc'd through their
revised constitution that ' 'the legis
lature shall pass laws to correct
abuses nnd prevent unjust dis
crimination nnd extortion" by
railroads and "enforce such laws by pen
alties" tlio " ' "
champion "granger' was
chairman of the senate committee on
railroads. Ed Cams , the famous rail-
rogue , was lieutenant governor and with
Church Howe as chairman of the com
mittee all railroad legislation was pigeon
holed. Towards the close of the session
the committee through Church Howe pro-
hontcd the following report :
Mr. President :
Your committee on railroads to whom have
been referred at various times bills to rostriet
railroad companies in their charges for the
transportation of vasscngrrs anil Iroishts ,
and also certain resolutions concerning the
charge now made for transfer by railroad
bridges and ferries across the Missouri river.
Beg leave to submit the following report :
Your committee have met with the railioad
committee of the house and have Jilven the
question of legislative railroad regulation a
thorough examination and have come to the
conclusion tlmt the same is not at the pres
ent time demanded by the best interests ol
the state and iul ht do us serious Injury in
delaying the construction of now railroad
lines Into the various sections of the state.
Your committee would also suggest that it
Is very doubtful wbcjther the legislation pio-
posed would accomplish any of the purposes
designed by Its promoters , while It would
ceitnlnly prevent'tlio obtaining of any
intes for the exportation of our products , ex
cept such as could bo forced from tlio rail-
loads by legislation , it la more than probnblo
tlmt such regulation , which could only affuct
local rates , would lower them at the expense
of the through ratoon our irrain. A majority
of vour committee would recommend tlmt the
further consideration of such legislation be
induflnltely postponed ,
[ SIcnecLj C. HOWE ,
Chairman.
When this report was made railroad
fares wore from five to ten cents u
mile , freights across the Missouri bridge
wcro ton dollars a car load for any class ,
nnd fifty cents per head was charged for
every man , woman and child that came
into Nebraska. In the various legislatures
of which Church Howe has been a member
slncn 187Q , the Nemaha fraud has always
played the part of sell out and traitor to
the producers. During the last twp years
ho has been a sort of conlidential cor *
ruptionifct , issuing scores of nnnual
posses over his ovyn n.iuo and placing
hundreds of. f 550 excursion passes to Now
Orlcov , ! ) , 'St. Loula , and other distant cities
in tUo liands of those who would do him
personal or political service. Only a few
months ago ho sent with his compli
ments nnnuaj. passes over the Missouri
Pacitio to prominent citizen * nnd ; ; j't't ] | .
- . , 4).1. ) M. , ! of . . . .
Olsns in uw oj. , wwioiirats and ropu'J '
cans , with "Church ilowo" in bold let
ters on the back. Since the present
campaign has opened ho has Hooded this
whole district with railroad passes which
have crowded the Missouri PiieUio with
dead heads and shysters from one end of
the week to the other.
If the people of Richardson county
have no more intelligence or self-respect
than to pledge support to such an impu
dent rogue under any pretense , least of
all that of promised relief from railroad
exaction , tnoy ought to emigrate to i'iko
county , Missouri , or to western Texas.
The Anthracite Con ]
Tlio extraordinary policy adopted this
year by the anthracite coal combination ,
in curtailing the production and at'vann '
ing the price of coal , has most properly
been made the subject of oflicial consid
eration by the attorue } ' general of Penn
sylvania , by direction of the governor ,
with a view of ascertaining whether or
not the course and operations of this
ring are not u violation of the constitu
tion of the state. That instrument pro
hibits any common carrier from prose
cuting or engaging , directly or indi
rectly , in mining or manufacturing ar
ticles for transportation over its works.
As the railroad corporations connected
with this combination are all , or nearly
all , engaged in mining coal , the ease
against thorn would seem to be so clear
that little difliculty should be encountered
in bringing them to an account and in
breaking ui > the unjustifiable conspiracy
against Iho public interests. In almost
any other ntalo such a result might bo
confidently counted upon , but experience
\7JthPontisylvnuia justice , legislative and
jndicial'iri dealing with thcso powerful
corporations , hai not been such as to
warrant the expectation that the eflbrt of
Governor Pattison in the present instance
will be productive of results largely or
permanently to the advantage of.tlie pub
lic. The fact is that the constitutional
prohibition applying to these corpora
tions has been notoriously violated by
all the coal roads for years , and yet they
have been permitted to go on iu the en
joyment of absolute immunity. The
promise that they may now , having
shown u purpose to carry exaction to the
farthest c\treme , be compelled to con
form to the requirement of the funda
mental law , is one to bo welcomed ,
though It may not bo possible to feel
sanguine of its fulfillment.
In hln communication to the attornoj'
general , Governor Pattison states that
this combination was formed two years
ago at a meeting in Now York of the
representatives of eight railroad corpora-
tions.nenrly all of whicharo known as the
"coal roads" and received their charters
from the state of Pennsylvania. At that
meeting an agreement was made by
which six of the corporations were
pledged to restrict the production of coal
and maintain and advance its price. An
apportionment of the total production ,
lixcd for the current year at IW OO.OOO
tons , was alloted to ouch company. In
July , however , it was decided to restrict
the output for August , which was made
half a million tons less than for the same
month of the preceding year. Again it
was ordered that the production for Sep
tember bo restricted nnd the price ad
vanced 15 cents a ton. On the last day
of Seploaibor another advance was
ordered. Thcso are believed to be the
fororunncrn of other advances , the com
bination , recently strengthened by a
syndicate of capitalists , having become
more aggressive , and claiming tlio power
to mark up coal prices to any figure ,
"thereby,11 says Governor Pattison , "sub
jecting tlio public to their mercy , injuri
ously and unwarrantably taxing every
lircsido , and imposing upon coal con
sumers the linancial burdens which the
speculations of some of these companies
have engendered. "
Besides the wrong done to ov ery con
sumer of coal throughout the ooun try by
the rapacity and the lawless policy of
tins combination , great injury is done to
the army of miners and their families
who are subjected to this policy.
It is stated that for long periods
the mines have been run
on three-quarter time , thus putting nearly
100,000 workers on what amounted to
three-quarter pay. Tlio effect of this
is necessarily felt by other interests. It
operates also to retard development , and
in short from every point of view having
regard for the public interests it is a
wrong and * damage , and ought to bo
firmly and sternly dealt with. All such
combinations are in their very nature
pernicious , and when they assume the
formidable proportions and the rapacious
character of this coal ring , levying at
will upon the public any exaction or tax
they may determine to bo necessary to
their interests , they bccomo a power so
dangerous to the public welfare that
almost any measure for their extinction
would bo justifiable.
Flnauclully Bomb i'rooJ" .
The latest reason which tlio railroad
organs tirce ngain&t Van Wyck's reelection
tion is the statement made by Judge
Gresham that hia Now York friends be
lieve him to bo a millionaire. This is
startling. Of course it at once disquali
fies the sunator from nny hopes of public
approval. His six years' record of hard
worK for the poor and struggling pro
ducers of the west , his speeches and votes
for labor and uiborine men , IMS ener
getic efforts against the railroad land
grabbers and millionaire jobbers , all
count for nothing , because Van \Vyok is
said to bo a wealthy man and to own sev
eral thousands of acres of land in Ne
braska.
It makes a great difference to the rail
rogue organ what sort of a candi
date it is who represents wealth ,
and whether the wealth represented has
boon honestly acquired or dishonestly
wrung from the pocket books of others.
SQIIIQ years ago it wag vigorously sup
porting a wealthy representative of a
Wall street millionaire who counted his
railroad lands in Nebraska by the hun
dreds of thousands of acres , and whoso
means had been acquired by highway
robbery and wholesale plundering of the
producers of the west.
General Yin \Vyck is a citizen of Ne
braska of comfortable moans ami with
landed interests in this state , the result
of faith in her future and honest investment -
vestment of his own honest capital , if
ho had proved the willing tool of
the monopolies , the fact that
ho was not a poor man would hayo been
no discredit to him. Under the circum
stances It should promptly bur him out
from tlio eonutoric.l race. A man who is
jommUtod against the policy of piracy
I and plunder which lias been pursued by
I so mfui.Y railroad tor so many years
against the people of the west , and who
is"jinanclnlly bomb proof against bribes
and pcenn ry favors , is not the kind o { ,
candidate whom thoconsoiuiniour C'iiptJ-
olios can support in the contest for
torial honors.
A. Mistaken Potluy >
Property owners on Graoo street have
protested against the improvement of
that thoroughfare , which the council a
week ago ordered to bo narrowed and
paved. They base their protest on the
ground that the improvement is unneces
sary at present and that ) ts cost will bo
burdensome. So far as the necessity of
the improvement is called into question ,
it need only bo said that the paving of
Grace street is required to make an east
and west connection between Sixteenth
and Saunders streets , in North Omaha.
Each of thcso is a great north and south
thoroughfare. Sixteenth street is already
paved and Saunders will bo paved before
winter sets in. The last paved connect
ing street south ot Grace Is now Cuming
street , which is nearly a half a mile bo-
low By the paving y'f Grace all property
in that portion of North Omaha nnd es
pecially Graeo street properly will bo
greatly benefited , while the traveling
public will bo given a dry nml substantial
thoroughfare for orosslng the city.
The cost of paving Grace street will be
trilling. The street is sixty feet in width ,
but by a recent ordinance the roadwny
from curb to curb was narrowed lo about
thirty feet. Kacli lot owner will therefor
have but fifteen feet of pavement to pay
for , which , on our system of extended
payments , would make its annual cost
little more than $ ! ! u a year. It is need
less to say Unit the bouelit lo the prop
erty will bo enormously above that sum.
Hut there are others besides the im
mediate lot owners who arc interested In
public improvements. If the streets wore
private property , the lot owners might
be given unlimited power to order anil lo
pay for all tlio Improvements made.
Such , however , is not the caso. The
public ul largo , who use the thorough
fares and who pay for n third of the cost
of thulr improvement , nro still more
vitally concerned in having them made
passable.
While our charter gives wide powers
to olti/.cns directly interested , In the
choice of paving material , it properly
vests in the council the power lo oivilui *
such paving ns the interests of the city
may demand. If the paving of a
thoroughfare were to depend entirelv
upon the wish of the owners of abutting
lots , the oily would bu constantly suffer
ing from the refusal of non resident lot
owners lo consent lo the improvement of
their property.
The owncrd of properly abutting on
Grace street make n mistake in trying to
obstruct its improvement , whinh thoj'
will bo the lirsl to acknowledge when il
becomes the main east and wusl
thoroughfare between Cuming and the
fairgrounds.
Gr.NKit.u , Mu.us thinks that envious
persons are trying lo pull him down.
What the parlies referred to are envious
about is notfetated in the reports of the
interview.
CUKIII2NT TOPICS.
A new morning paper to be called the Ga-
7ctte , nml to have no Sunday edition , Is to be
started In Xew Yoik next month , Philadel
phia capital is s.tid to be behind the enter
prise.
The Cincinnati Enquirer printed a fac
simile of the new Icn-dollnr silver certificate ,
and In Eodoint : made Itself linble to a line of
S100 under tlio statute which makes it unlaw
ful to pi hit in nny manner n likeness of any
United States note. The Knqulier wasn't
lined , but was nsked to destroy the plate liom
\vlilcli the lac simile was pilntcd.
Andrew Carneslo Is ibuiltUng on the sum
mit of tlio Alleslieiilc near ( . 'icston
hprlngs , a house , or castle , which will cost
Sl.MO.OJO. The eTitlio. wnlls will be
built up altogether of the undicsscd surface
stone which is to ba found on the place , and
tbey are not to show in ally place a single
mark of the chisel tr Iiitmmer. Mr. Car
negie's outers arc positive on this point , ho
havlnc expressed a wljth to have as far as
possible oven the moss on the rocks used in
the wnlls undistmbed.
lioimnza Mackay hopes to cronto out of the
Po > tnl Telegraph company a system ns ex
tensive as the Western Union , nnd predicts
that in dolm ; so ho will reducerotes to such
an extent as to do away with business letter
wiiting Inside of thruu.years. Ills most am
bitious plnn Is to buildin line through to tinn
Francisco , nnd he promisor .Now York busi
ness men to send twenty words for every
dollar before the 1st of nextJanuary. ,
A Croat Hellenic ,
Clitcooo Tribune.
A St. Louis diiectory man Is on his way
cast , lie wants to copytlioso 30,000 names
on the Henry George petition for his next
year's volume.
Poetry vs. Hnso Hall.
Vliicauo Tilbunc.
Many a noor poet who couldn't sell a fitty-
cauto production of his muse for SlO to save
his life has crawled up Into his hay-mow and
wept since reading tlmt a Now York ball
player 1ms been presented with a S250 watch
for simply knocking a ball over a fence.
Cross Questioning ,
Clitcauo HcmM.
The right of attorneys to bullyrag and
abuse witnesses to the Injury of their health
Is to bo passed upon In a Dakota court , where
a man , whoso wife was driven insilno by n
cross-questioner , is suing for damngcs. In
some respects It Is to bo regretted tlmt tno
Issue ims been raised so far west. Dakota is
near enough to the Kocky mountain region
for the husband of u woman so outraged to
talco upon lilmsclf the duty of settling with
the blackirunrd.
All Got ou but Me.
Jii/m / 11. HemiMtied in Chicago Herald.
I think at last I hnvo found out
Why lam what I am ;
I know I'm not a common lout ,
Not oven yet u clam.
At least 1 fancy , In my mind ,
Such cannot bo tlio case ;
At hcliool I was not much behind ,
And never In disgrace.
Bul there is Jim , nnd Jack , and John ,
In good positions nil ,
Somehow they nmimgnto get on
Without a binak or fall.
Why oven Dan , nnd D.ivo , nnd Dick ,
I loft them in the shade ,
lint now they're getting on so slick
Since each lias learned a trade.
I'vo tried my hand at mnny schemes
That promised soon topny.
How all proved mere delusive dreams ,
1 Imrdfy need to sny ,
The moral of this sell-tirade.
Hoys , you cnu plainly see ,
And why the lads who loarj'.vd n trade ,
Have nil go ton but mo ,
Compliments of < ? on , Tfoll man to Dr
KUKKSON. Oct. B.-lT ! jtlio Editor ; I
hnvo remained Mlotit under the attacks
mnilo upon mo through that rotten sheet ,
the Omaha I Tn no 111 ( FrtK * 1 1 silt the -.111 _ „
says the protest iilcd'afflii ist liollman in
duced the department ; ask for his resig
nation , which was uron tly forwarded.
In reply < ? ( .his unprlncm cu scouiulrol. I
uououpco him as an 'njan lgatod liar , ffl'
Who ? I sent my resignatfon'to ' the ' - , "
meat they refused to " * * Dpt-
! , , " - . - * vMUpt U. 1 then
/iMHiossea a letter to'q , president deolin-
; g the appolntmontiind3iorowithl6ond
you the. reply recoiTOl ; from the execu
tive. This is in keeping with thu slang
and filth ho has been tyirnwiug at mo for
the last ton years , f lHyjfond a copy to
the department requesting a reply to the
infamous llo ho has pnfc in circulation , I
have refrained from noticing anything
that ho has said about me , but when ho
misrcm-esenlb thu administration I think
tlio truth should bo known , Respectfully
yours , JOSKMI HOU.MAN ,
EXECUTIVE MANSION , WASHINGTON ,
Oct. 1.19SO. Mr. Joseph liollman , Emer
son , Nob. Dear Sir : The president di
rects mo to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter of the 25th ultimo , advising
him of your inability to accept the posi
tion of agent for the Winnobago and
Omaha Indians , and to statothat it has
boon referred for the Information of the
secretary of the Interior ,
Very respectfully ,
1) ) , S , LAHONT ,
Private Secretary ,
First premium buggies for sale at 1808
Izard st. O. S. Pottls & Co.
Keep It llbforc llcpitbllcnno.
The republicans of the lirst district
should ask. themselves whether a man
1ming such n record as that of Church
llowo has any rightful claim upon the
support of siny decent republican. Leav
ing out of question his corrupt methods
and notorious venality \vc appeal to re
publicans to pause and reflect before
they put a premium upon parly trea
son nnd conspiracy against its very exist
ence.
Ten years ago , when the republican
party was on the verge of disaster , mid
every electoral vote cast for Hayes nnd
Wheeler was needed to retain the parly
in power , Church llowo entered into
a conspiracy to deliver republican
Nebraska into the hands of thu enemy.
This infamous plot Is not n mere conjec
ture. The proof of it does not rest on
surmise or suspicion. It is not to bo
pooh-poohed or brushed away by pro
nouncing II one of Uosewater's malicious
campaign slanders.
The records of Iho legislature of which
Cliureh Howe wa. a member in ' 70-77 ,
contain tlio indelible proofs of thu treasonable
enable conspiracy , and no denial can
stand against evidence furnished by liis
own pen. Uriolly told , the history of this
plan to hand over the country to Tildon
and democracy is as follows :
In 187(5 ( Nebraska elected Silas A.
Strickland , Amasa Cobb and A , H.
Connor presidential electors by a vote of
81blOns against a vole of 10,051 , cast for
the Tildon and llondrieks electors. After
the election il was discovered tlmt the
canvass of this vote could not tnko place
under the 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 besin
until January. In order lo make
a legal canvass of the electoral returns ,
Governor Garber called a special session
of the legislature to convene on the nth of
December , ' 70 , at Lincoln , for the pur
pose of canvassing the electoral vote of
the state. The democratic ellbrl to cap
ture republican electoral votes Is historic.
Tiiden'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.
The cull of the legislature broke into Iho
plnn of the plotters , and they found a will
ing and reckless tool in Church Howe.
When the legislature convened at the capi
talChurch Howe filed a protest which maybe
bo found ou pages 0 , 7 anil 8 of the Ne
braska House Journal of 1877. The fol-
lowingextract makes interestingroadina :
" 1 , Church llowo , a member of tlio legisla
ture of Ncbinhka , now convened by procla
mation of his excellency , Governor Silas
Gnrber , for the purpose of canvassing and
declining 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 , denying
ttmt the governor has power to call this body
in spceial Mission lor any siu-h purpose , or
tlmt this body has nuy authority to cnnvass
or declare the result of such vote upon the
followinc grounds :
First. This legislature now convened hav
ing been elected under what is known as the
old constitution , 1ms no power to net In the
premises , the now constitution of the state
having been in loico since November , 187.1 ; . "
The second nnd 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 tlio electoral vote
of the state by this body , and demand
that this , my protest , bo entered upon
the journal. " ( Signed ) Church llowo ,
member of the legislature of Nebraska.
The democrats did not respond to the
call of the governor and there was barely
a quorum in thn senate , while there wore
several to spare in the house of which
llowo was a member. The protest en
tered by Howe was doubtless prepared
by the Tilden lawyers in Omaha and
llowe had the glory of being the solo
champion of Sam Tilden. 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
nt its height in Washington , Church
llowo had changed places from the lion.so
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 u
majority of the electoral votes were en
titled to their scats. This resolution
gave rise to a very lively debute which
lasted two davs. Church llowo asked io
bo excused from voting when it first
came up and was so excused. On the
final passage of the resolution Vlio record
[ page 370 , Senate Journal 1B77 , ] shows
the following result : Yeas Ambrose ,
liuird , Ulanchard , Bryant , Calkins ,
Cams , Chapman , Colby , Dawes , Garfield -
field , Gil.ham , .llJiycs , Kcnnard , Knapp ,
Popoon , PqwrOrs , Thummol , Van AVyck ,
Walton KnU Wilcox 20.
Thosa voting in the negative were :
A.'ien , Urown , Covell , Ferguson , Hinman ,
Holt , Church llowo and North 8.
During the same session of Iho legisla
ture. Church Howe's vote on United
States senator for tlio flrsl three bullets is
recorded as having been cast for E. W.
Thomas , a South Carolina democrat ,
[ pages 108 and 208 Snnato Journal.1 All
this time Cmroh | Howe professed to bo 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 support of any republican.
STATIC AND T
.
t
Nebraska Jottings.
Grand Island is to invest in a tower
and a lire alarm bell.
Adolph Masclmrgo , while visiting his
daughter at Oakdnlo , died suddenly of
heart disease , Ho was 04 years of
ago.
ago.An
An elevator will ; a capacity of 25,000
bushels will bo built at Crcsco , a new
town on the Elkhorn valley extension to
Lincoln.
Black Hills stone Is being shipped into
tlio state for buildjug purposes. Two
hundred car loads will be sent to a Fre
mont contractor.
Knvenna received its baptism of fire on
the 4th , A hardware store on Anpian
avenue was cleaned out , and f'v'.fJOO .
worth of property destroyed.
The Plattsmouth cannery has closed
down for the bouson. Thu company has
lint up 8,000,000 cans of goods , about one-
halt the amount calculated on. The
dhortago Is duo to the partial failure of
the vegetable crop.
The Havonnu Star points the way to
the mnglo young city on tlio H. & M.
thirty miles northwest of Grand Island.
It IB owned ami edited by Charles P ,
W.hltesidea and Carl IS. Cnss.
Butler county is considering plans for
n court houseto cost about $ .10.000. Thn
committee appointed by the board of
supervisors reported in favor of submit
ting a proposition to voters to issue bonds
for the building.
The Who and Lewis teams of the
PlntlMiiouth sporting clubs are going out
on a slaughtering expedition noU Wed
nesday ami I Imr.sday. Western shippers
nro advised to maKe generous consign-
menu for the days named.
A committee of eilixcns of York tins
tendered the Chicago V Northwestern
pcoplo a bonus of $ .VJ,000 ns an induce
ment to build lo that city. The oiler was
taken under advi'ement , The odds are
in favor of il ? acceptance.
The contract has been let for the ex
tension of the B. ft M. , 100 miles mil 111-
west of Curtis in Frontier county. This
branch will run through Kfelh county
and will strike I lie Union Pacific in tlio
neighborhood of Ognllala
"Vou'ro a reprobate ; I don't want to
have : my dealing * willi ymi ! " hissed
Clms. W. llnneyto William H. Head nt
Broken Bow. The latter pulled his gun ,
nnd Hareis now sufluring from : i
shattered s'loulder blade. Head is ban
daged in jail.
The body of James Quiiin , who was
missing from his home for nearly a week ,
was discovered In n corn field , eight
miles from Hastings. That Qitinn was
murdered was clearly shown by Mialp
bruises , but by whom , mid for what pur
pose , are niyMcries in the neighborhood.
A shallow grave was dug by the murder
ers and the body Kligliflv covered with
dirt. This was rooted oil by hogs and
the body partially devoured when found.
I OWll ItCIUH.
Prophet Foster predicts squalls be
tween October 8 and 10.
Sioux Cily is moving for a cooper shop
which will employ sixty hands.
A gang of confidence men are opera ting -
ing with great success in Burlington.
One hundred and live commercial trav
elers make their homos at Waterloo.
The grand lodge of the Knights of Py
thias ot Iowa is in session at Davenport.
This sonsoii'soutput nt the Cedar Falls
porghum works will amount loOT.OOO gal
lons.
.Plymouth county claims an average
yield of wheat this year of twenty-three
bushels to the acre.
There wore seventy-six births and forty
marriages in Davenport during this
month of September.
There are in Iowa about 11,075 schoolhouses -
houses , 28,110 teachers , G ! } , lf > ? children of
school ago. with an enrollment in thu
schools of 17215 and an average attend
ance of S 18,408. ,
Dakota.
Wheat averaged only ten bushels to Iho
acre in Hand county this year.
A gang of hoi > o thieves are operating
quite cxtcnpivelv in the vicinity of Itnnid
City.The
The Dead wood National bank opened
for business lust week with n capital of
$100,000.
An empty alcohol barrel exploded" in
( Jury one day recently and created sad
havoc with the surrounding property.
The first year of the Pierre street car
line ended lust week. . The superinten
dent says tlio line has paid a semi-annual
dividend of over 12 per cent.
Moris Evans and Pierce Grcer , the de
fendants in the Sturgis murder trial ,
have been found guilty of murder in the
first degree , and sentenced to imprison
ment for life.
One sargent of tlio Indian poiico at
Pine Itidgu agency , on the 2d inst. shot
and killed a Choycnno Indian who re
sisted arrest. Reports of serious trouble
are alloat , but it is thought that Colonel
Gallagher , the now agent , will quiet the
disturbances.
" \Vyomlnfi.
Douglas has one newspaper to every
200 inhabitants.
Specimen blocks of polished Laramie
stone are being shipped to England.
P. J. Qucaly , of Carbon , has boon ap
pointed territorial superintendent of
mines by Governor Warren.
The Cheyenne Smelting and Itpfining
company menu business. Organization
lias been perfected , with many of the
richest men in the city in the directory.
The company proposes lo erect works at
once
The Wyoming Development company
have made a complete success of their
agricultural experiments on their lands
in ( he regions of tlio Sabille and Laramie
rivers. Fifty thousand acres of ar.iblo
lands lie hero in one body , nnd under ono
magnificent ditch system , live hundred
acres were planted this season in oats ,
wheat and alfalfa , and the results are
most gratifying. The oats brought thirty
huslicJs to the acre , and over forty pounds
to Iho bushel. The wheat yielded twenty-
live bushels per acre , nnd weighed over
sixty pounds to the bushel. The alfalfa
grow rank and affords asplendid yield.
Vegetables of all kinds gave prolific re
turns , and certain observations convince
the farmer that corn will mature fully.
Over 8,000 bushels of oat.s were harvested
tills season ,
A SAMPLE MELODRAMA
Or tlio Sort that American
Import and Muko Fortune
Out of.
The Judge : Like the chestnuts they
como with the autumn , anil the probabil
ities are that this season will produce a
more than generous crop. Their gror.t
characteristic is that the playgoer recalls
ono from the other solely by tno thrilling
resemblance that in the "Thief-Taker ot
lloxton , " the villain wasct'ishedto ' doith
by a train in the underground railway ,
while in "Beneath the Dark Arches" the
assassin of the hero's grandmother was
run oyor by a penny boat under Waterloo
bridge.
I append a sample of what we may
expect this winter , after reading tlio an
nouncements of manapcra who intend to
exhibit "unrivaled stage settings and
rnaliHtio English cll'octs upon American
boards , "
ACT I.
Scone- Gold Coast.
[ Enter Herbert Clmuncoy , followed by
slxtnen wagons drawn by thirty-two
mules , each containing n lo.ul of imita
tion gold dust. ]
11 , C. "At last rav exile is o'er. Thrco
months and Iho nlYres of old -V--1 "
will meet my tenr-ii-
forcoi ! '
seek
now
Bow Dells !
Enter life-size steamship with real
tunokc issuing from funnela , tars man
ning the yap Is , and band on the poop.
deck playing "Tho Union Jack ol Old
England. " Mules and wagons are driven
aboard ; the King of Aslmntoc comes
down to wharf with suite ; ballot by na
tive girls and dusky wnrriora. Tlio
whistle shrieks ( real steam ) and vessel
glides on" , with Herbert C. obliging the
captain with a little < in : ou the bridge
( nml cigars ) ,
ACT II.
Old Meg'f > lodglng'hojiso In Spitalflolds ,
with view of Wnitccliapet church , Aid-
gate pump , und the Great Eastern rail
way arch over Brlok lane , Mabol
Chnuneey lying on pallet of real straw
With old 'Meg at her eido.
Mnlielnm dying , I fear-dying.
JSaiso my hold and Ipt mo sco dear Aid-
gate pump again , 1-lftoon years and still
no news of mo 'uslmiid. "
Old Meg "Thou should have married
Lord Tody , dcano. Then thou wouldst
have been a lady. "
Mabol " 'Tis his persecullon which
lmn driven mo to lids. But leave mo
now , Meg ; 'tis time for business. "
[ Exit oiu Meg witli basket , shouting ,
' "Ero'sVor fried lish and broad a pen
ny. " Lights lowered , and enter Lord
Tody nnd Tiger. Mabel hides i.u.i i
the pallet 1
Tiger "Me V.rl fails me , mo 1ml. 'I *
a liemlfch plot.1
Lord T. "Enough ! I have thee in i-v
power. Dost remember flint forced not <
Ah , Isen thou shrinkosll From tliis \\j-i.
dow wo can reneh the railway line I'm '
oa li'st. Chuuneey will bo n pnsscnarr
ou the ne\t train. A rail removed , ami
what then ? Ah , well mnvest tlinu sluiii
tier ! Then my adorable Mabel will be f.
widow indeed. "
| Scene revolves , showing railroad. Lord
T. cuts signal wire ns train approaches
and Tiger pulls up n rail with Ins
teem. Mabel leaps from window with
nid lantern in her hand. Too Into. Th
train crashes over side or archway and
takes lire. Tableau. ]
Acr : in.
Scene Lord Tody's cily chambers , with
view of new law courts. Strand , Puiu-li
otlleo and Holborn viaduct.
Lord T. "So all my scheming was iu
vain. . Clinuncpy was not a passenger on
the train 1 wrecked. Ah , woo ! Mixing hn
eve upon the Punch afllee ) sorrow and
dreary phantoms haunt mo. Ah , that
noisol Tis the polleol" { Jumps out of
window. )
( Scene revolves , showing Lambeth
bridtro , Millbank prison , House of
1 coulil sponge on the first families
the rest of my days. "
[ Police ollieers , baked 'later men and
Herbert C'hauncoy appear on bridge :
shoot fugitive , who sinks in the rivnr
( real water ) . Then Mabel dashes in.
and grand reunion of husband ami
wife , In which .seven pounds of rod lire
are consumed. ]
Such , gentle Claudlan , is the slumlord
English melodrama "one in all and nil
in one. " Wo have all seen it , with the
same old plot that always brought about
seven murders and a suii-ldc. And yet
wo are told there are no American play
wrights who pan supply managers with
the drama.
Bul .such is lite.
Surprising n Imndlnrd.
Boston Commercial Btilloton : The
trip was In the saddle with my light baggage -
gage strapped on behind mo Tlio trail
as far as Mill Creek , New Mexico , was
well drlined , and although making a
steady and continuous descent the way
wound along the side of the mountain ,
and only hero and there so steep as ti >
make it uncomfortable or dangerous.
Twelve miles of this brought mo well
down the mountain into a wooded coun
try , through which wound a tiny silver
stream , easily forded In plncus where it
seemed to pause in Its tortuous course.
preparing to take a leap over a dead fall
that turned its water in spray. Mill
Creek camp was passed , and six miles be
yond brought darkness and necessity for
night's halt.
A cabin showed itself beside tlio way
and the hospitality of tlio ranchero was
extended. "If the capitano wished to
stay nil night. " Now , the capitano did
wish to stay all night , but , nolwi lltstiind
Ing our codilicd directions , a feeling of
distrust took possession of us at tlio first
sight of the Mexican who so kindly offered
relreshnients for man and boast. Tlio
broncho vv'as staked out and supper
served of the delicious temaro that any
Mexican knows how to prepare.
A hard bed brought sound sleep for a
while , but nt length Hitting fancies dis
turbed my repose , the pictures of Moxi-
crn banditti louring at mo from behind
rocks and trees , snakes dropping lassoes
from overhanging branches , road agents
suggesting a division of boodle , etc. , etc.
wrought me up to such a slate of nerve
that it only required a grixxl.y to roll
down from an overhanging cliff to make
my happiness complete , and 1 stood in
Iho middle of tlio lloor , peering into the
darkness , w/iilo / caeh particular /mir / :
needed no electrical machine to separate
it from its neighbor , and perspiration
oozed from every pore.
It was only a dream , but it left "its
weight upon my waking hours. " So
much did the feeling of an overhanging
calamity impress me that I lay momen
tarily waiting the visitation. And it
came. It must have been about 11
o'clock and 1 was lying perfectly still ,
listening to my own heavy breathing ,
when 1 heard a scraping , sliding sound ,
as if some one were working to move a
sliding door.
My presence of mind returned , and ,
dismissing idle fancies , I took the pre
sent for what it was worth. Sliding
noiselessly from the bed with a good grip
ou my Colt I rolled us quietly under the
bod. I had not disrobed when 1 retired ;
I wasequipped with pocket fuse , whioli 1
put into position to light if needed. Soon
1 became aware of a presence in the
room , and , lying as I was , the proximity.
of feet quite clo.se to me gave notice that
somebody was standing by the side of
the bed.
A Hash from the dark lantern thrown
full on the bed informed the operator
that , his victim had left without settling.
He must hayo stood for a moment da/ea ,
for a rolleclion of the light discovered a
short knife in the hand of the would-bo
assassin. Ho was confused , and gave mo
a second in which to act. I sei/.ed him
by the lower oxtrumities and drawing
Ins feet from under him lii.iowhim at full
length upon the iloor of the cabin. As ho
turned on his face to recover himself by
the use of his luuuln , 1 was upon him
with a death grip upon his ncek , crushIng -
Ing his face against the lloor. Ills kuifo
had slipped from hii grasp when he fell ,
and Itirning his head to get the use of his
speech , ho cried witeously for mercy ,
The dark lantern was sitting upright
shining full on him.
I sprang nway from him , covering him / /
with a revolver , and , thus having him at
odds , dictated terms. Following my
orders , ho took down a luriut from u prg
on Iho wall and passing n noose over his
head pinioned his own arms. This done ,
I lowered the persuader and drew the
noose tightly , then finished the Job by
tying him so tightly Unit nothing .short of
a dark cabinet seance eoiilk release him.
1 then waited the dawn while ho lay
on the floor praying and curbing by
turns. I called the roll early and marched
him out to whore the broncho was teth
ered. Throwing another rope over his
neck 1 tied him to my saddle and
a retreat on Mill crcok. wlutr * r '
_ w. ; o HUtllcienl to convict in a mining
camp court ol justice.
1 niiver inquired what bcciimo of him ,
but have no doubt that ho was cared for ,
lie had been suspected of many a dark
jiloco of business , hut never before hod
boiin treed. Men had mysteriously dis
appeared after having struck the trail
loading by his cnbin , no trace of them
over liavm'g bcon discovered. But men
are soon forgotten in a miniiigcamp , and
an occasional discovery of a now lead
somewhere Is hiillleiont to blot uny Jittlo
affair of this kind from a minor's mem
ory. _
A HtohMi Ijap Hobo ,
Tuesday nig. t while Conductor Koshln
nnd his wife were visitlni' a relative on
South Sixth street they left a beauliful
Afgliau lap robe in their carriage at the
door. When they returned to the vehicle
the robe was gone. , Somebody in the
meantime had run away with it. Mrs.
JCeeshin'b1 cloak was In tliu bngiry at the
time , but it was not noticed in tbo dark-
HUBS and thus escaped the thief ,
A Clinncu Tor Wigging.
The ndmlnUtratlou should hire Wiggins
to predict the reforms It Is going to Inaug
urate , lie Is an expert In thlncs tlmt no not
happen ,
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