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For Lieut , Governor 11.11. SHEW ) .
ForSecieturyof State ( J. W. LAWS.
Per Troiisurcr-0. II. WILLARU.
For Auditor II. A. HAIICOCK.
For Attorney ( Sonurnl-WIIjUAM LEKKK.
For Coin. I'ubllo LandB-JOSKl'H SCOTT.
For Supt. Public instruction GKO.1J. LANK.
REPUMMCAN COUNTY TICKET.
For Senators *
GKO. W. LtN'INOKK ,
BRUNO TXSCHUCK.
I'"or IlcprcHcntntivos :
W. 0. WI11TMOHE ,
F. 11 1IIIJHAUI ) .
GEO. HKLMKOD ,
ii. s. HALL ,
JOHN MATTHIKSON ,
JAMES It. YOUNO.
T. W. HLAOKBUUN ,
N. O. H1CKETTS.
'For County Attorney :
EDWARD W. SLMERAL.
For County Comiiilaalonori
ISAAC N. P1EROI3.
CIIUHCH IlowK objects to his opponent
because ho ! H inturustod in cuttlo. The
former neighbors of Church IIowo , whom
ho swindled out of $5 n car In rebates ,
Will object to him because ho was too
much interested in hogs.
DKMOCKATIO Georgia is tcstinc prohi
bition much to the ilistruht of thousands
of its sensible citlr.ous. Nebraska's excel
lent local option and high license law was
enacted by republicans and will not bo
overthrown by a republican legislature.
Tnu touching anxiety wliicli the No-
malm fraud exhibits in the votes of labor
ing mnn is not half so sincere ns the in
terest he exhibited in having the state
foot the bill.s of the militia sent to coerce
Omaha laborers into working for board
wngos on the 1) ) . & M , dump some years
nijo. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
NiniiAsiCA : has already us effective a
I prohibitory law as any which 'human
ingenuity has dovi.sod. It docs not pro
I pose to throw it aside to experiment with
legislation which half a do/en states are
vainly trying to enforce. No matter
what state conventions may decree , re
publicans will refuse to misrepresent their
homo constituencies.
GixiiAi : : ! , VAN \Vvoic has boon.meet-
Jng the people of Antelope county , at
Ncllgli , and drawing to hear his address
the largest political gathering over held
In that section. Republican Nebraska is
for diaries II. Vim Wyck by an over
whelming majority , and they will register -
tor their will four weeks heuco , so that
"ho who runs may road. "
u is nothing in the proclamation
pf the county commissioners on the sale
pf the east fifty acres of the poor farm
Unit will prevent the board from post
polling the sale until spring , As pointed
out by the Dr.K such a postponement
would interfere in no way with the bcgin <
jiing of work on the poor liouso and hos
pitalimd would put several thousand del
Jars in the county treasury.
Oi'fici'.iis of the navy department rhli
cule the report that shiybuilders will do
plno ) to bhl for the contracts for the nin\
naval vessels. Every prominent ship
building llrm has applied for copies o :
the specifications and man ) ' of them havi
pent a representative to Washington u
study the subject. John Roach's frlondi
) Vpro a iiltlo premature la thulr state
to the decision of the supreme
promo court of Vermont a husband 1 ;
JjBDlo Jjl < ! pin08 for nu. nssdult by hi
wife on ono of his nolgebors , oven i
coramlUcd "against hU will and in splti
of his best endeavors to prevent it. " Tin
growing disinclination of Vermont younj
men to marry will not bo checked whoi
the decision of the highest court become
generally known ,
THK. democratic leaders are all fo
"high license now. " They announc
their position in thundertones as if "higl
license" was an net of their creation
which republicans are now assailing. J
few years ago the whole democrats
Jorco , from Dr. Miller up , were lightini
"high liccnf o" < u a prohibitionist enure
'There arc more republicans in Nebrask
-who favor "high liceuse" than there ar
democrats who oppose tlio submlsilon o
prohibitory amoatment.
Wlicrc Arc Ihoy 7
The bold challenge sounded , by Sonntor
Van Wyok to his competitors for .sena
torial honors to iiirot him on the .stump
nnd debate before the people the issitrsof
tlin day reinaliH still unansworeu. No
candidate has rot appeared who is willing
to openly admit his candidacy. The
choice of tlio railroads for the Van Wyck
succession has been carefully kept in the
background , Ho of all others , whoever
he may be , is tlio last man who would
otijoy the opportunity of meeting Charle.s
II. Van Wyck in joint debsilo.
Where are the competitor * for the
highest honor which Nebraska can
bestow on any of her eitl/ons. The election
which Is to decide the composition of the
next legislature is only four weeks dis
tant. The nomination ! ) for stale sena
tors and representatives have been made.
.Senator Van Wyck has made an open
and manly canvass of the state , frankly
hinting his position on the various ques
tions of state and national Is uc and ask
ing for republican supporton the strength
of his six years' adherence to the pledges
inado at the time of his election . Of the
republican nominees selected in over
whelmingly republican districts Senator
Van Wyck is the choice of a largo ma
jority. There Is no doubt lie is tlio choice
of the republican party. This cries of "mug-
wiimpery" nnd prospective bolting with
which the railroad prcsj deluged their
readers in advance of tlio conventions
have died away in the face of the solid
straight republican endorsements which
General Van Wyck has received through
out the slate.
The public , who propose to take a di
rect part in voicing their preference for
senator at the polls next month , would
bo gratilied to learn the names of the
other candidates. Senator Van Wyck's
competitors should step boldly to the
front before it is everlastingly too subse
quent. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TIU ) ( . 'Dior I/lll ( > III UlolUIMHUl.
It will bo most unfortunate if the color
line c.onllict at Richmond , growing outof
the presence there of a colored man as
an accredited delegate to the Knights of
Label-convention , shall result in any
thing more serious than a war of social
ideas , as now appears lo bo threatened
The right of the controversy is unques
tionably with the Knights , who insist that
their colored brother shall not bo denied
any of the privileges of a citinon which
are accorded to them , and they are to bo
commended for adhering lo this prin
ciple , lie is there properly accredited as
tlio representative of a branch of the
orgam/ation , and he is clearly entitled
to its fullest recognition and protection.
Even if the law did not guarantee him
the privileges which are claimed for him ,
it would still be the duty of his fellow-
knights , who in admitting him to the
organization have acknowledged his
equality , to take the stand tlicy have , and
from , which they cannot honorably or
ustly recede. On the other hand the
lotel proprietors , theater managers , and
ithcr caterers to the public who refuse
he colored delegate the same considera-
ion thoygivo lo the whites , are doubtless
backed by the popular opinion of Richmond
mend and will lirmly refuse to yield. In
his dilemma a grave responsibility i&
placed upon the colored man who is the
bone of contention" us to whether ho
, vill persist in antagonizing or
submit to tlio social rule which
.vould . exclude him from public par
ticipation with the whites. The proba
bility is that ho will elect to do the for
mer , and upon every other ground than
hat of personal expediency lie would be
uslilicd in < ! oing so. It is thought tlio
climax of the unfortunate controversy
s likely lo bo reached next Monday
evening , when a banquet is to bo given
in honor of the Knights in which they
will of course demand that the colored
ilolcgato shall share. There ought , however -
over , to bo no danger from this of serious
trouble , since if the colored Knight is re
fused recognition on the occasion his fel
low delegates should decline to bo ban-
quoted.
Aleanwhilo there is in this circumstance
matter for the serious contemplation of
llio.so who claim that tlio rights of the
colored man are as fully respected in the
south as in the north , and that tlio color
line is a ( igmcnt of the politician's imagi
nation. It may perhaps bo granted that
tin ) line is drawn moro severely at Richmond
mend , where the old Virginia spirit still
dominates , than at most other points In
tlio south , but it is not questionable tlmt
this spirit is approved by every distinct
ively southern community throughout
that section , and it Is safe to predict that
the course of the Richmond populace in
arraying itself against this ono
colored man from the north
will be generally endorsed. It
is an event lo bo thought about when in
ono of the chief cities of the south
the presence of a colored man atone
ono of the theatres among the whites
throw the entire community into a Hum-
Ingoxcltomcnt.and when n.ropctltlon was
threatened Incited the populace to a
stale of exasperation ripe for bloodshed ,
How much value la to bo attached to
constitutional amendments nnd civil
rights laws which are inoporailvn against
social customs that impose restrictions
upon the rights and privileges of the citi-
xen on the ground of color ? The con
course of people which assembled in
Richmond on Thursday night with the
avowed purpose of robintlng any effort
by the colored Knight of Labor to entov
the theatre , was nn r.nhnvl l assemblage.
Although it committed no overt act , il
was present with that known design , and
was therefore In opposition to the law ,
It was : t procccdiug that had In It all the
conditions of rebellion , It demonstrated
in connection with the expressions of thr
newspapers , that all the rights of the colored
orod man guaranteed by the laws of the
country are not respected in Richmond
nnd tlmt it is not proposed that they slml
bo. It Is [ undoubtedly the fact that tin
Is true of the south generally.
Tlio Complimentary Ticket.
Tor tlio tirst time since territorial days
the democratic party of Nebraska have
gathered In stiftlolont numbers from var
ious sections to entitle the assemblugo tc
the name of a representative state con
volition. The conventions hold during
the latt eighteen years have beeu the
mere skeletons of . political corpse. The
resurrection of thn party at Washiugtoi
has brought out all thn mossbacks whc
have like Rip VanWinklo bcim asleep fo
twenty years , while the smell of the llusl
pots has Infused new vitality Into tin
body uolitio that bodes no good to rvi [
service reform and the offensive parti * * " )
In view of the fact that thnIITH
is no better condition to CUTN :
thnn It is to carry Vermont , the ticket
nominated is purely complimentary. It
Is hardly necessary lo discuss the Illness
or the unfitness of the candidates. They
are all good democrats from "way-lack" : '
und each ono will consider himself well
paid for his foreordained defeat if Uncle
fJrover will apply the plaster of a federal
commission lo his bruised body when the
election is over.
With thn slrongest republican ticket
nominated in years opposing them ,
headed by John M. Tliaycr , Jlr. North
and , his fellows in democratic honors will
sleep tinder 25,000 republican majority.
No man on the ticket has any moro
chance for an election than a teptiblican
has for a fo Jeral commission.
Tin : decision adverse to the motion of
the Chicago anarchists for a now trial is
In accordance with the popular expecta
tion , and from Iho circumstanceof
several of the convicted men having pre
pared speeches when the court addressed
to them the usual question before pro
nouncing .sentence , the result was evi
dently anticipated also by them. The
conclusion of theeourt carries with it
the reassurance that the trial was con
ducted withfalrnesH and with no irregu
larity of proceeding that would justify
the re-opening of the c.ise. It is evident
that thi.s decision was reached only after
the most careful and patient review of
lilt ; proof and the proceedings , and un
doubtedly the best advice that can be
given to the doomed men is to prepare to
meet the law's demand , rather than to in
dulge in hopes almost certain to fail
them. As to ( ho utterances ot these men ,
they are in character and spirit what
might have hui'ii expected.Vhilo deny
ing guilt , charging insufllclcncy of proof
and unfairness in tlio trial , and heaping
abuse upon the judicial authorities , they
make a bombastic boast of courage and
tieek lo identify their authors with tlui
heroes and martyrs of the past. There
arc doubtless people who would bo im-
ircssed by such an exhibition of defiant
ibaldry and fanatical vaporing , but in-
clligcnt men will regard it only as
mother evidence of the pernicious and
[ omorali/ing influence of the doctrines
vhich have Drought those men to their
inhappy fate. Perhaps no ono would
lony to these victims of n false and
langorous theory the nrivilego of believ-
ng that they are martyrs to a just
cause , oven if it wcro possible to con-
'inco them otherwise , but tlio just judg-
ncnt of mankind will consign them to
heir proper plaeo as malefactors fairly
and justly condemned to stiller the pen
alty of their crime.
MH. Hovn'8 reference "to our Gorman
rlcnds1' at tlio Hastings convention , was
cry touching. Ills Herman friends in
ho Second ward headed by Louis Hoim-
od will appreciate the allusion. By the
vay what has the dispenser of democratic
) * tronago for Nebraska over done for
lis Gorman friends ?
Mit. S. II. CAI.HOIJN doesn't propose to
ese his grip on that collectorship of in-
ernal revenue by laying himself open to
executive criticism. Hence his loiter de
clining to lake part in active politics.
\r. \ Calhoun thinks ho has a largo head
f ho docs happen to wear a small hat.
WITH a steadily shifting nopulalion
Omaha needs school re-districting from
imo to time. This has been urged time
mil again upon the board by the superin
tendent. Hut oven with present incon
veniences the situation is belter than it
s for years.
Mu. JIM NOUTII is always on hand
ready to stand up to bo knocked down
for future honors and Nebraska bour-
bomsm.
Other Lands Than Ours.
The evidence is at last conclusive that
the mission of Kaulbars to Bulgaria is to
oxoito such a. disturbance in the princi
pality as will afford Russia a fair pretext
for occupying the country. During tlio
past week ho has traveled from Solia to
Widdin , alternately threatening and scat
tering bribes , endeavoring to corrupt the
ofliccrs of garnson.s and seeking to bring
about insurrectionary disturbances on
the frontier. The cool rccoplion which
General Kaulburs has received must have
convinced him that Iho aroused spirit of
Bulgarian independence will not
permit itself to bo tampered
with to carry out the con
ditions and designs of the Russian c/.ar.
Meantime , Lord Randolph Churchill's
visit to Berlin Is believed by European
journals to bo connected with the Russo-
Bulgarian matter. The Russian press
are diripleasod witli Iho attitude of the
Bulgarian people's representatives , as
well as with England's and Austria's atti
tude toward Russia. Prince Bismarck's
organ accuses the Hungarians of viewing
the Bulgarian question solely in the light
of Hungary's inlorests , rather than ttioso
of the Austrian empire as a whole. The
general opinion in Europe still appears
to bo that war can not bo much longer
doforrcd ,
* .
The Incident of the week in Irish mat-
ton was the visit of the Irish delegates
to Hawardon to present the freedom ol
the Irish cities to Mr , Gladstone and the
petition of 00,000 Irish women for homo
rule , Mr. Gladstone's reply lyas a unkiuo
affair in British politics. The fallen
prime minister did not betray the slight
est evidences of a lessening faith in Ire
land's iinixl triumph. Ho spokn of the
"temperance of expression" which has
characterized the Irish members in par
liament , and ho described their cause as
'the ' cause of order , peace and legality.
Mr. Gladstone says lie does not propose
to leave public life , There Is but ono
wiy for the conservatives to prevent Mr.
Gladstone from giving Ireland justice ,
and that is by giving that justice them-
solves. The present plan Is an evasion as
was soon in Lord Randolph Churchill's
last speech , The liberal unionists are to
bo hold by proposals for easy transfer of
lands and other radical planks which the
conservatives have long ouposed. Well
may the London Tekyraph say as It did
j'eoontly , that "old party Hues eem to
bo disappearing ; the house of commons
consists of two seta of reformers. "
* V
II is reported from London that trust
worthy advices received in that city froui
Berlin iudictUo that the cmporor Is in a
much moro critical condition than is ad
mitted by court olllcials to the public ,
Thn opinion is said to bo general that the
end U not far off. The emperor William
is now in his ninetieth year , having been
irn on March 22,1707. Ho has been a
man of wonderful physical strength , and
his determination to give Ids attention
to affairs as long as. possible has doubtless -
less sustained him when men
of less force of cKarjictcr might have
given way. It is nn exceedingly critical
time in Europe , and if his death should
occur now it would probably seriously
complicate matters. It U believed that
there is not between Bismarck and the
crown prince as much sympalhy ns be
tween the former and the cmpnror. Tor
this reason the accession of the crown
prince to tlio throne might make im
portant changes in the foreign policy of
the empire. Germany would probably
then bo moro Inclined to an alliance
with England.
* * .
Premier Do Frovciiict scorns to think
that it Frenchmen mint build canals they
should build them at homo. But if it
were necessary to raise the money for
.ho proposed canal across the neck of the
Iberian peninsula by popular sub crlp-
ion , there would bu very little money
'orthcoming , for tlio Panama canal will
.ako all the spare change of the trench
ror some years lo como , and they will
gladly yield it up so long as Do Losseps
s alive. The Premier's canal , however ,
s u work to bo paid for out of tlio taxes.
It could have been built three times with
the money thai has gone into the Panama
ditch , nnd Franco would have had .somo-
.liing to show for Iho Investment , while
Jie vast siniiH spent on the isthmus may
be a dead loss.
* %
The C7.ar has extended the state of
siege proclaimed by him April , 1831 ,
after the assassination of his father , to
several additional districts , probably on
account of the recent attempt to blow
him up in his railway car. The procla
mation means severe repression. The
state of siege gives governors conorals ,
governors and chiefs of cities tlio right to
forbid any meetings , public or private ,
to close markets or stores , to exile any
person , to try any crime by court mar
tial , lo dismiss all civil ollicers and to
line anybody live hundred roubles. The
police have the right to search anybody
and any house. This pleasant stale of
affairs will doubtless bo kept up a long
time , as the c/.ar is very nervous nltor a
nihilistic conspiracy lias been unearthed.
*
*
Pom , having lost her nitrate deposits to
Chili , is making a virtue of necessity and
turning her attention to the development
of her many resources. Foreign capital
is reatly to enlist in her railroad enter
prises and it is reasonable to suppose that
government which has to depend upon
its people for support will bo a better
government than ono which could draw
its revenue from nitrate beds anil content
itself with keeping nn state display ut the
capital. It nicy bo that Pern is too near
the equator lo develop Hindi vigor , but
there are iiHlicitionsthit ; ; , her future will
be brighter than hcr < pa3l.
* !
The French are keenly1 watching Eng
land's course in Egypt ! The French
member of the Egyptian debt commission
hints that England 'is improperly using
the last guaranteed loan. , That loan was
for § 40,000,000 to make up deficits of the
years 1882 , 1883 and isSl , , but it did not
help much when the liig-bid for the last
Soudan campaign caniein. The British
governmentlia's not ct ' answered the
French interrogatory ns.to what it pro
poses to do in Egypt.
*
* -
TIIK Arabs of tlio Soudan are assem
bled in force at Dongola , and they now
threaten the Egyptian frontier. The
death of thn mahdi seems to have had
but little effect upon the desert tribes ,
and the khcdivo is menaced by a fee
which overcame Gordon and drove Lord
\Volseloy out of Africa. It would bo a
singular consummation if the question
of Egypt was to be settled by a uow
Arabic inundation.
PUOMINIONT I'UItSONS.
Henry Wattorson and S. S. Cox are "do-
Ing" Paris ariii-ln-arin.
Air. Gladstone 1ms but three finRor.s on the
left hand , the fore linger being uone.
Ex-Senator Bruce , of Mississippi , snys ho
Is coin * , ' to prepare a lecture on his experi
ence In the senate.
Senator Sawyer , of Wisconsin , quietly eel-
bratfd the seventieth anniversary of his birth
at his home in Wisconsin the other day.
Mine. PattI will lvo a faruwcll concert tn
the Albeit hall , London , before sailing for
the United States. Sit'iior Nlcollnl will also
warble.
Chicago Tribune : Unffnlo Bill will visit
Europe next year. Jlo thinks tlio American
tours of Snlvinl nnd Henry Irving call for a
lilting return.
Mrs. 0. E. Barton and daughter , of DCS
Molnes , won over 100 ( llll'ercnt premiums on
their exhibit ot needle and fancy work at
the recent Iowa Slate fair.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe's two daughters
both belong to the noble profession of Jour
nalism , nml tlmt is how they como to know
so much and to bo such charming writers.
Senator Warner JHIIer was once a professor
ser of Crook and Latin In the Fort Kdwnril
Collegia to Institute , near Saratoga , and U Is
said that His wife still addresses him often as
"Professor. "
Congressman llockwcll told some Massa
chusetts farmers the other day that agricul
tural colleges were proper ciioiij : ! ' , "tmly
they hnvo a tendency to wcau young men
ftw-y from the farm. "
Ccncnd Lord Wolseloy was ono of the most
Interested visitors to Mr. Sued , the Itnjlan
faster : possibly with a vl/iw / to using his
"elixir" in future campions on the Nile. Mr ,
bucel , by the way , inado ouly 51,200 bv his
thirty-days' exhibition , . . ,
The Men WoJvi ) to Meet ,
JVciu ( > rfiim ( ? /'tail/line ,
Mon who whistle and * , who smoke cigars
mny not bo ameeablo Infill places , but Ilioj
are men who will neyof ) Mual up and slug
you In the dark. i *
Just lii Tliio.
Chicago /friufili
General Miles had Ms haiiQiiot nt Albu
querque just In tlmo , It Imsslnco been dls
covered tlmt only halt of the bostlle Apncbes
have been raptured nnd tlmt the others are
ttteallng ciittlu and taking scalps In the same
old fashion.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Jlcconipouse.
Lttturt Jlnur.
If thou ranst wnko wjtliln ono human brcas ]
A thoucht of lasting joy : It thou haat btliici
Hoi ) ( U'.slrnby some Insplrlni ; word
Or lulled thti sorrowful to soothing rest ;
It with some glorious vision thou imst bloat
The tired , the wayworn ( as when some rapt
bird
Unseen poura forth its soul , the song Is
beard
By the tranced leaves and flowers , a-tremble
lest
Itcea.st > s too BOOH , too soon ) If this thy lot
Cnro not how lonely thou mayttt seem to ue ,
How cast away as useless or forgot ;
As to the mik'litiest comes his work , to thee
The tnimblo bisk to light oine little gpot ,
TliouL'h star-like , yet with rays tlio heavens
may seo.
Keep It Me fore Ilci > ut > llun < i > < .
The republicans of the First district
mould ask themselves whether a man
laving such a record as that of Church
llowo has any rightful claim upon the
support of any decent republieaiii Leav
ing out of question his corrupt methods
mil notorious venality wo appeal to re
publicans to pau o and reflect before
[ hey put a premium upon party trea
son tmd conspiracy against its very exist
ence.
Ten years ago , when the republican
party was on the verge of disaster , anil
jvory electoral vote cast for Hayes and
Wheeler was needed to retain the party
in power , Church IIowo entered into
a conspiracy to deliver republican
Nebraska into thn hands of the enemy.
This Infamous plot is not a mere conjec
ture. The proof of il docs not rest on
surmise or suspicion. It Is not to bo
| ) ooh-poohed or brushed away by pro
nouncing it one of Rosewatcr's malicious
campaign slanders.
Tlu records of the legislature of which
Church IIowo 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. Briclly told , tlio history of this
plan to hand over the country to Tildon
and democracy is as follows :
In 1870 Nebraska elected Silas A.
Strickland , Amasa Cobb and A. II.
Connor presidential electors by a vote of
< )1,010 ) as against a vote of 10)5l ! ) cast for
the Tildon and Hcndrieks electors. After
the election it was discovered that 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 the latest , and the regular ses
sion of the legislature did not begin
until January. In order to make
a legal canvass of the electoral returns ,
Governor Garber called a special session
of tlio legislature to convene on lliciitltof
December , ' 70 , at Lincoln , for the. pur
pose of canvassing tlio electoral vote of
the state. The democratic effort to cap
ture republican electoral votes is historic.
Tildeif 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
ono of the electors. General Strickland.
The call of the legislature broke into the
plan of the plotters , and they found a will
ing and reckless tool in Church Howe.
When the legislature convened at the capi-
tal.Churcli IIowo llled a protest which maybe
bo found on nages 0 , 7 and 8 of the Ne
braska House Journal of 1877. The fol-
lowingcxtnict makes interesting reading :
" 1 , Church Howe , a member of the legisla
ture of Nebraska , now convened by procla
mation of his excellency , ( Sovornor Silas
( arbor , for the purpose of canvassing and
declaring the result of tlio vote cast in Ne
braska for electors for president and vice
president of the United States , hereby enter
my solemn protest against such act , danylng
tlmt the governor has jKiwer to call this body
in special session for any siu-h purpose , or
tlmt this body bus 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 , 1ms no power to act In the
promises , the now constitution of the state
having been in foico slnco November , 1875. "
Tlio. 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 the electoral vote
of the state by this body , nnd demand
that this , my protest , bo entered upon
the journal , " ( Signed ) Church Howe ,
member of the legislature of Nebraska.
The democrats did not respond to the
call of the governor and there was barely
a quorum in tlio scnnto , while there wore
several to spare in the liouso of which
IIowo was a member. The protest en
tered by Howe was doubtless prepared
by the Tildon lawyers in Omaha and
Howe had the glory of being the solo
champion of Sam Tildon. The legisla
ture ignored Church IIowo , spread his
protest on its record and canvassed the
electoral vote in spite of it.
When the legislature convened in Jan
uary , 1877 , tlio presidential contest was
at its height in Washington , Church
Howe had changed places from the liouso
to the sonata. Early in the session , a
resolution was introduced expressing the
conviction on tlio parr of the sonata that
Hayes and Whoclor having received a
majority of the electoral votes wore entitled -
titled to their scats. This resolution
gave rise to a very lively debate which
lasted two davs. Church IIowo asked to
bo excused from voting when it lirst
came up and was so excused. On the
final passage of the resolution the record
[ page ! )70 ) , Sonata Journal 1877 , ] shows
the following result : Yeas Ambrose ,
Balrd , lilanchard , Bryant , Calkins ,
Cams , Chapman , Colby , Dawcs , Garfield -
field , Gilliam , Hayes , Konnard , Knapp ,
Popoon , Powers , Thummol , Van "Wyck ,
Walton and Wilcox-20.
These voling in tlio negative wore *
Aton , Brown , Covcll , Ferguson , Hinronu ,
Holt , Church llowo and North-8.
During the same session of the legisla
ture , Church Howe's vote on UllUod-
States senator for the Hwtlliroo ballots is
records1 ! as having boon cast for E. W.
Thomas , n South Carolina democrat ,
[ pages 108 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 ask what
right a man with such a record has to
the support of any republican.
Jlo Will Not Hn JMIssod.
A'cic I'o/h Trtliune.
Hero Is another suicidal rattlebrain. This
one aimed a blow at a hunting dog with the
butt of n loaded gun , and naturally dis
charged the cun Into his own body. Nature
perhaps provides mercifully for the irmoval
of such people , leabt tliolr recklessness
should thin out a more desirable- class of citi
zens.
Ilov. Joel 31'Wlisckcr.
Carson ( Nov. ) Appeal : The San Fran
cisco Post is printing some very amusing
sketches of Ruv. Joel MoWhacKor , Many
have supposed that MoWhaekor is a cre
ation of the imagination , but such is not
the fact. Ho is a real personage. The
pictures of him presented in the Post are
fcullloiontly like the original to bo recog-
ni/eil as good m drawing by many old
residents ot Nevada. Ho used to live In
Virginia City years ago , ami also
preached the gospel in Tuscarora. In
18JO ( or thereabouts ho resided in Ne
braska , whore the writer tirst hud the
pleuEuro of meeting him. It happened
in this wise :
Ono day actarical looking person came
to Nebraska City and secured the Metho
dist church to preach in , the regular pus-
tor being absent. Of cour * the parish
ioners accepted with avid > proposi
tion of the stranger to ha pulpit.
There happened to bo n circus billed for
the town on Monday , and tile preacher
took the cirrus for his text.
Ho hurled the thuudoringanatliomns at
the godless amtisomcnt i" line shape , and
drew riich a realistic picture of the lo *
male trapt/.e. performers and lers in
silk tights and short skirts that his ser
mon didn't hurt the show in the least.
He took up a collection of $ .M.
Next ilav came Iho eireus and Me-
Whacker disappeared. During Hie l > er-
formanco ( he clown appeared in n cleri
cal rig. and burlesqued Rev. , ln eph Mo-
Whacker's sermon , taking oil' the neiitlo-
man to the life. Amid tlio roars of
laughter somebody in the audience near
"That's old Mu-
the ring shouted out :
Whacker himself. " And sure enough
the clown and McWhaekor were one and
the same person. When this was fully
reali/ed the roar that went up at thn ex
pense of the Methodist church may bo im
agined.
Ho was a remarkable clown ; full of
original expression , and withal a man of
no mean talents. Ho blossomed out as a
preacher in Kansas , took the sawdust
ring , made moncv , took to drink and
lost it , went back to the pulpit , and is
now rather on the down grade , nnd has
no regular pulpit , but is sort of "at
largo. "
Ho was charged years ago with having
no regular license , but if the writer rec
ollects aright lie proved that his creden
tials were correct , and if they have
never been revoked , it is because no gen
erally sails under alias. He is a man
who sneaks his mind freely , does not
conceal his love for fast company and
good or bad liquor , and with all his faults
is reported as having a generous heart.
In San Francisco the sports , the turfmen
and prize lighters generally employ Mo-
"
Whacker when they have" any cleric.il
work to bo performed , and ho derives a
fair income from this source.
nivisns.
San Francisco Post : The Rev. Joel Mo-
Whacker , of Tombstone , was seated in
the otlice of the Palace last ovonlng ,
smoking his after-dinner cigar , when a
worldly acquaintance approached with n
clerical-looking person in tow.
"Mr. McWIiackor , " said the acquaint
ance , gravely , "let mo introduce my
friend , Parson Davies , of Chicago.1'
"Delighted to know you , sir. " .said Mr.
McWhaeker , rising and offering his
hand. "With what branch of the great
Christian church are you connected ,
sir ? "
"ChurchI the Devil ! " said the stranger
calmly. "I'm no preacher. I'm ' a .sport
ing man , and the backer of Johnny
Burke , the best middleweight slugger in
these hero United States. "
"Sir , " cried Mr. McWhaeker , turning
upon the introducer , "this is an unseemly
jest. You have trilled with my sacred
character , sir ; and have taken an unwar
rantably liberty. "
"Oh , you needn't cut up so high and
mighty about it , " observed the rebuked
one , coolly ; "I was reading the other day
that you used to be n clown in a circus
yourself. "
"It is false , said Mr. McWhaeker. "It
is infamously false. I was ringmaster.1'
And the good man strode oil , red with
righteous indignation.
A Titui : CIIKISTIAN ix TIII : AKIXOXA SKXSE
or TIIKvonn. .
San Francisco Post : The Rev. Joel
McWhaeker , of Tombstone , was handed
a telegram in the ol'.ico of tlio Palace last
evening.
"Well , I'm ' blessed ! " exclaimed tlio rev
erend gentleman , letting the dispatch
fall from his nerveless hand.
"What's the matter ? " asked several
anxious friends at once.
"Why , Jim Baker is dead ! " cried Mr.
MoWhackor. "Shot in Tombstone last
night by Billy Widgeon , the short-card
player. Poor Jim , poor Jim I"
"Friend of yours V '
"Friend. Well I should say so ; wo
packed our blankets into camp together.
Friend , I'm afraid I shall never have such
another. This cuts short my visit to the
metropolis. Nobody but me can preach
Jim Baker's sermon. He was a Christian
if thar over was one. I don't say ho
hadn't his faults , for ho had , and his stan
dard was not the same , porliaps , as that
reirardcd as proper in older communities ;
but ho was n man of strictest moral integ
rity. Nobody could ivor say that his
taro game was not a fair one , and it was
his pride to sell the best whisky in Ari
y.ona. Ho would have shot a man ,
gentlemen , who should hayo accused
him of adulterating the liquor vended
in Ids saloon. And ho was n first-class
shot. Nobody in the territory could beat
him with tlio nllo oil-hand at long range.
Ho made as much as $ oOO a year in
Apache scalp bounties , and always gave
me the money thus earned as his contri
bution to the missionary fund for the
spread of the gospel in heathen lands.
Poor Jim I Ha was my chief deacon and
my right hand man. Arizona and the
cause of religion have suffered a sad loss
in ins death. Excuse mo , gentlemen ; I
must leave j-ou to prepare for my depart
ure for Tombstone by the earliest train. "
THE JERSEY LILY.
A Woman Who Known the Value or
Her Slgimtui'o.
Washington Po.st : Biro. Langtry de
nies that she is going lo write a play. Of
course- she isn't , bless her heart ; but it
isn't necessary for her to deny it.
The first interview I over hail with the
Jersey Lily wan a memorable ono. 1 was
sent as an ambassador extraordinary to
offer her $100 for a column article for an
important Now York periodical. I mot
her in tlio lobby of the Albomarlo hotel ,
Now York.and was presented by a friend
of mine who hapnonod to bo with hor.
"Como up \Viillackn at 1 , " she said ;
"l have now an appointment , but will bo
there then at rohearsal. "
1 went , and made my way through the
darkness baok of the stage , She wnn. |
Rtrcot costume and was til the footlights
colng through the rehearsal of Gahitoa.
Just ay 1 had arrived at the conclusion
that she would rank about the 28,000lh
among the handsome women I know Bho
came up the stage wlioro 1 stond.
1 ( old her my errand. " 1 couldn't
write anything that anybody would want
to read , " she said , with a laugh. I mur
mured Komothlng. about her ability being
no doubt eiiiiul to her modesty , whim ,
without noticing it , she wont on. "But
you could. You could wrlto something
and I could sign it. How would that doj"
It wouldn't do at all , I answered ; what
wo wanted was some sketch of herself ,
and her trlenda and her going on the
stage and all that ,
"AH , well , yes * , then Mrs. Labouchore ,
hero , will write it , won't you dear ? "
That worthy chaperon said she would
try , "and wo can fuss It up together. "
"A hundred pounds you said , " mused
the Beauty , demurely. I corrected iier
and said $100 20.
"O , It's nothing ! " she broke outj "for
n whole column , tool'1
1 assured her that no paper would prob
ably pay any more. At any rate , i was
not imlhorlml to offer it.
"And I got a hundred and twonty-two
pounds , " she continued , ' for just HijrniiiK
my ujunu to a certificate of soap yestor-
day.
I pleaded that this would be different ;
"signing n nice article all about your
profession , your homo , your tastes , your
ambitions dlflorunt from soap , don't von
* ' * *
scoV
Slii'oponod her big oyoa and looked
with imllietiu inquiry at Mrs. Labouohero
then back at mo. "NO , not u shilling less'-
she said " ' "
; "what'atho difference ?
1 feared that , slm was becoming bewil
dered as to the qualities of things , and
lurnodriadly nwuy.
liaustry Golnjr toBiitl Ilowii anil lie
Mrw. Ocbhurtlr ,
Many friends and admirer * have asked
what lias iudunud the fair Lily to return
to Amttricii when ehe had ussnred herself
a position on the English * tng by her at-
tractive performance of "Tlio Luit :
Lyons. " She has money enough , if -
pleases , to build n theater as largo as i r
capabilities demand. If she Is M < mi. ,
she Is as much a beauty ns she cvnr \ \
before the stage had detracted from p. . -
social successes to replace Ihcm u i
bouquets and dramatic criticisms.
In tins , her coming tourncc thmu. 'i '
America , it Is very probable that then- <
still "magni'i ! nr' sullieietit in the IIMI.'C
of Lauglrv to attract largo nudiein .
Allowing that Iho lady's ait has IIM
proved , nnd that with Mr. Coghlan r\
pcrienco her gifts have developed to i ! < -
cMon , both she and her manager n. . v
reap a most desirable harvest before -
returns to Europe ; but Is It lo bosuppo- <
that her love for Now York alone li.i
brought her , with her family , across tlio
Atlantic ?
Scarcely. There is a prospect of throw
ing off a very irksome tie , nn almost 1111
.supportable millstone , in the shape of : i
husband , who eats ut her expense , at. i
drinks too. If report Is correct. It mijii | ; >
be diflleult In England to rid hcrsell'
these shackles , as po'itlvo cruelty as w < i |
tis Infidelity must bo proved befc .
divorce of a man can bo effected. T .
bring women of bad reputation Into th"
house where his wife is dwelling may l >
accounted cruelty , ns It is simpler In Hi s
country lo settle such matters than la llu >
old.
old.An
An American , young , eminently good
looking , fairly rich , and devoted to such
an extent that , on the Umbria when lie
crossed a fortnight ago , it was noticed
ho never spoke to any woman on board ,
is waiting for this divorce ; and the
divorce will como as sure as our next
number will make its weekly appearance.
Mrs. Langtry by this time knows what
satisfaction there is in putting her faith
In princes , lords , and heretics , She will
know how to reward lidolity.
These who met the Jersey Lllv as she
descended on shorn with dignified steps
and a majestic embonpoint , which her
stay in Europe iias added to her charms ,
would have been astonished if they had
seen her : i fortnight ago at the fair in
Bonlogno-snr Mor , riding wooden horses
in the carrousel and laughing out loud
every time she missed a ring with her
lance. There wore crowds every evening
watching her , but Mrs. Langtry is ac
customed to being stared at.
" \Vnr AunliiHt Monopolists.
If the suit which the democratic gov
ernor of Pennsylvania has ordered the
attorney general to bring against the-
combination of powerful corporations in
that state which lias , with so defiant au
dacity , taken the anthracite coal business
into its own hands , shall bo vigorously
prosecuted to a pitiless and exhaustive
conclusion , it will prove an event of pro
found and far-reaching signiiicaneo.
Governor Paltison names the eight cor
porations that arc parties in this "anthra
cite pool , " as it is called , ami it will open
the eyes of the American people to the
magnitude of their wealth and power
when it is stated that ono of them ,
the Pennsylvania company , claims n
valuation of $207,000,000 , ; another ,
the Now York , Lake Erie anil
Western , $17,0i)0,000 ! ) , ) ; another , the Phila
delphia & Reading , SlfiO.OOO.OOO ; and the
whole combination , $001,000.000 , or an
aggregate wealth in railroads , canals and
coal mines equal to the total taxable
wealth of Kansas , Nebraska , Arkansas ,
Minnesota and Colorado. It controls
not only all the anthracite coal mines in
Pennsylvania , but the railways and
canals leading to and from them , and the
use it makes of this enormous power over
an article of necessity in manufacturing
and households is to limit the production
and advance the price of it. This double
strike , aganibl pi-oiluutum i\nd for u
higher priro , is made through an edict of
si committee in New York as absolute
and despotic as the ukase of the Russian
autocrat or the decree of an oriental sov
ereign , or a well-considered law of the
United States congress so great and
Arrogant have the monopolist corpora
tions of Pennsylvania been permitted ar.d
oven encouraged to grow under the
favoring treatment of the republican
party in thatfitato.
The offending corporations are guilty
of two gross broaches of law. They are
conspirators against tlio public peace and
welfare in combining to put down com
petition nnd ndvanco the price of a
necessary of life ; and they are habitual
violators of the constitution of Pennsyl
vania , which forbids corporate companies
doing the business of common carrier to
directly , or indirectly , engage in or
prosecute the mining or manufacturing
of articles for transportation over its
works. Gov. Pattison states that , in
dolianco of this provision , "nearly all the
common carriers represented in the
anthracite coal combination are engaged
in the mining of coal , and the anthracite
regions of tlio state are practically under
the control of this combination. " It
exhibits its authority over 100,000 workers
by running the mines on three-quarters
time and putting the men on three-
quarters pay and over a population of
millions by forcing thorn to pay it an
extra sum of i800 , ( ; , < )00 ) to 10,000,000 , for
their annual supply of coal.
It is a daring act for a governor of
Pennsylvania lo declare war without
quarter against llio powerful and
potted corporations that have , for
nearly a generation controlled
its legislatures nnd dictated its
legislation. But the time has como when
u mortal issue must bo made. Either the
people of Pennyslvaniii must rise and
show themselves masters of the corpora
tions , widen arc creatures of their own
making , or they must submit to them in
a hcliiless servitude. Governor Pattison
is lighting the cause of the many against
thofow oftho people against tlio cor
porations of the general welfare against
the onoronohmonts of urrogutU ( uw lawless , -
loss aggregations of cajmal. He will
have the countoniinco oftho whole press ;
ho will have the active support of the 15-
000,000 people who warm their homos
with anthraclto coal , and ho will have the
support of the hundreds of thousands of
workingmoii engaged in mining anthra
cite coal , and tlio hundreds of millions of
manufacturing investments with which
cheap coal Is u raw material In produc
tion.
Perhaps It will not bo out of place to
add that the people of Missouri have a
special interest of their own in tlio result
of this prosecution. Themis grown up a
stern conviction that the railroadn-of this
state , which habitually disregard the
constitution and laws , must bo subdued
into obedience at all hazards al any
cost * and when the governor ami people
of Pennsylvania shall bayo beaten tlio
inonoiiolfHts of tholr slate into submit
sion , ft will bo taken as the signal for bo-
Ulnning n similar discipline of Missouri.
JloVns No Oreonlmrn.
Chicago Herald : A granger on a west
bound train wanted to know the price of
bananas. The train boy gladly informed
him ,
"What ! 10 cents foi two of them little
bananas ? " exclaimed the
down-east rus-
to , who was going west to grow up with
the country ; "guess I'll wait till 1 can got
'em oheapcr'n " that 'fore I oat any , young
fuller.
"Oh. I see that you're no greenhorn , "
replied the train boy ; "you are up to
tricks , you aro. You must have traveled
a good bit in your timo. Now , it isn't '
everybody travolin1 west , as you are , that
Knows ho can pic * bananas off'u Iho
trees out west of Omaha without paying
a cent for 'em. 1 ECO that's what you're
wailing for , and so I'll huvo to make my
sales to passengers who don't know as
much as you do. "
Half an hour later the emigrant was
tolling some of his companions tlmt ho
had made up his mind to stop out in the
banana grove bolt of Nebraska aud M-
U ho couldn't buy a email ftna.
