Nebraska Newspapers

    4 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FKIDAY , OCTOBER 15. 1880 ,
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UHPUliljlOAM STATE T1OKKT.
For ( iovornor JOHN' M. T11AYKR.
1'or Meut. Governor II. II. SHHIM ) .
For Secretary of StatoW. < } . LAWS.
For Troasurer-C. H. AV ILL A 111) .
For Auditor II. A. HAJICOOK.
For Attorney Ocneral-WILLlAM LKK8K.
For Com. Public Lands-.JOSKl'M SCOTT.
ForSupt. Public liislructIon-EO.IUAN ! IS.
IIKPUIJLICAN COUNTY TICKET.
For Snnntorg *
CEO. W. LININCKIl ,
IJHUNO TXSUHUCK.
For Ttoprrsciitntivoa :
W. (5. WIIITMOKE ,
F. H 1IIHBAUI ) ,
( ! EO. J1EIMKOI ) .
H. S. HALL ,
JOHN MATTHIESOM.
JAMES J { . YOUNG.
T. W. ULAUICimUN ,
M. O. 1UOKETTS.
For County Attorney :
EUWAUD W. SIMKUAL.
For County Commissioner :
ISAAC N. P1KUCK
ADA Ji STHIXOLKIN is tlio solo representa
tive of the Gorman American democrats
on tlio county ticket. Stringloin means
"llltlu string. " Adtun will prove n very
thin string by winch to drag the Gorman
voters into supporting tlio conglomerate
ticket.
Gr.NEim , ItouLANGKit has in
vented a now kind of shnll said to be tlio
most destructive over made. General
Election in t.lio United States has a coun
terpart which is equally annoying to
candidates. It goes by the name of
"shell out. "
Itunouw FAI.II , a European seismolo
gist , is trying to frighten thu people by
n tremendous Hood in tlio year C100 A. 1) ) .
Mr. Wi < rgins ought to follow llm example
of Mr , Ftilbnd : \ put the dates of his
disasters about four thousand years from
the present time. People would then
liuvo some confidence in him.
Ann HKWITT recently admitted that dur-
ng his long service in congress ho really
liud been uimulo to accomplish anything ,
mid for that reason lie did not care to re
turn. There is now some talk of nomi
nating him for mayor of New York.Yo
question whether he would accomplish
anything more as mayor of the metrop
olis than he did as congressman.
DOWN in lUohardson county Church
IIowu in ills public speeches praised A. J.
Weaver sky high and predicted that ho
would bo Van Wyck'u successor. Here
In Omaha , thu Nemaha mountebank took
pains to assure Senator Van Wyck that
ho was only bamboozling Weaver , whom
ho uronounccd too dead to skin. Mr.
Weaver and his friends must take their
coats oft" for Howe and Van Wyck's fool
friends down in Otoo will prolmbty fol
low suit on the strength of his strictly
confidential pledge that his entire in
fluence will bo used after the election to
re-olect Van Wyck.
FOUKION advices , confirmed in Lon
don , are to tlio olVuct that the Czar of
Russia is going mad. lie suffers from
( sleeplessness , and passes whole nights
walking to and fro in his well-guarded
apartments , exhibiting great mental
Irritation , ami dictating varying plans to
Ids secretaries for extensive military
' 'campaigns , ami for settling the Hulgavian
Uifileulty , Tlio imperial family and min
isters are greatly alarmed at his condi
tion , insanity appears to bo spreading
nmong crowi.od heads. Our rulers hero
have their little troubles and worries
with ofllco-seokors , but they don't go
nraay , They only got mad when tuny
arc not re-elected.
I \ SOMI ; ttmn since tlio labor organiza
tions protested against contracts being
awarded on government buildings to em
ployers of contract prison labor. Tuo
fenly of the treasury department was
that the law required that the bids of tlio
lowest responsible bidders must bo ac
cepted , and the department has no right
to Inquire wlr.it kind of labor was em
ployed , llids hare now been received
( or the building at Daltlmoro , and the de
partment Is embarrassed because it has
found that political capital was being
made out of iu decision. How to obey
the law und at the anmo time avoid thu
loa.i of votes Is tlio quoatiou to bo decided.
It is knotty , if not nl.co.
Gonld'ft CnmlMntc.
Jay Gould is already taking an active
Inti-rcst in tlio congressional campaign
of tliis district. Not only docs tlio
Omaha IIi-ntM play fast and loose to
choke oir its own parly candidate and
lioloter tlii' Nemalia fraud , but proofs of
Gould's interest in Church Ilowo are
cropping out in every direction. Tlio
Lincoln Drnwrrt1 , of Wudncsdi.v even
ing , has this to say concerning tlio can
vass in those parts :
Frank P. Ireland Is openly canvassing
ncalilsl.JoIm A. MeShanc. lie was In the
city yesterday , this paper Is Informed on
Kooil mithority.aitd was a paity to an attempt
to bribe a democrat with cold caili to support
Howe. Tills moans that Jay ( Sould's iall-
mad Is distributing Its boodle to secure the
election of Church Ilowo. Who will | inv
that money b.u-k to ( lonld' ' The defrauded
and swindled people of this dlstilct. ( Jould
extoiU money from the people by evpesslvo
anil outrageous freight rates. Ho spends a
part of It to elect one of Ids eoirupt hirelings
to pongriMs.Vllh him elected howlllcet
his money bark and may Ret more with It.
Hut It Is tlio essence of gall for railroad mag
nates to compel tin ) pL'oplu to pay the ex
pense attendant upon tlio robburlus o ( which
they are tlio victims.
Frank Ireland is an Otoo county dem
ocrat with a railroad tag. At every
session of the legislature for years lie lias
hcen one of tlio active porruptors of dem
ocratic members ol easy virtue , lie is
assistant attorney of Jay Gould's rail
road and has been cheek by jowl with
Church Ilowo in all the crooked work
that has been done by the corporation
managers. A few months ago hu was an
applicant for the position held by Mr.
James K. Hoyd's son-in-law. His work
against MeSliano and for Ilowo may pos
sibly get him tlio position. Gould is re
puted to bo very liberal in Ins political
contributions. Ho is said to have sub
scribed $ oOQOO to the lUainc fund and an
equal sum to the Cleveland liind. That ,
ought to give him inllncuco enough with
thu attorney mineral to make Ireland
United States marshal immediately after
Howe takes his seat in congress.
That Jtnilrnnd Project.
The position which the llr.i : takes on
tlio railroad project may be summed up
in a few words Wo want , a railroad to
the northwest built and operated in thu
interest of Omaha. Wo do not care
where the capital oomcs from to build
such a railroad so long as tlio interests
of Oninha are well guarded. If the plan
of having n majority of the stock placed
in the hands of trustees under restricted
conditions nan bo put into od'ect we
should consider it as decidedly the safest
and best. If Omaha capitalists cannot
build the road on these conditions wo
should not object to its construction by
outsulu capital , if Jay Gould
wants to build the ' railroad
under the trustee scheme wo
are not. opposed to his so doing.
What we object to in any project of
which Jay Gould lias supreme control is
that instead of giving us an Omaha road
ho would give us an extension of thu Mis
souri Pacilic with Omaha as a way sta
tion and Kansas City and St. Louis as
terminals. Such a railroad instead of
benefiting Omaha would only make
things worse than tliuy now are. At
present tlio Chicago & Northwestern and
IJurlington systems cut Omaha out of a
largo share of the business in her own
territory by giving local points
Chicago through rates while they
exact local rates to and from
Omaha. The Union Pacilic by
reason of existing pools and the private
interest which Mr. Adams iias in Kansas
City is also operated against Omalia and
in the interest of more distant rivals. A
Missouri Pacific extension to Yankton
might be of some advantage but would
hardly justify a subsidy from Douglas
county. If Mr. Gould wants to build
such a road Omalia would be glad to sco
him do it , oven though it would carry to
St. Louis the bulk of the products ot
northern Nebraska which now go to
Chicago by way of Sioux City.
In a nut-shell , a Missouri Pacific ex
tension will not bo of sullicicnt advan
tage to Omalia to justify a subsidy of sev
eral hundred thousand dollars in county
bonds.
AH to MiMctz. .
IT is icportcd in an evening paper that
Fred Mutz will not accept the nomination for
senator In the lloat district If tendered to
him. This scarcely seems probable In view
of tlio fact that .Mr. Met1ms so much at stake
In these days of threatened prohibition.
Tlio democratic convention had no
right to use the name of Fred Motz in
connection with the lloat senatorship.
Ho hud emphatically declined to allow
his name to bo used , and requested sev
eral delegates to announce that he would
not , under any circumstances , accept thu
nomination. Ho lias served notice on
thu delegates to thu float convention that
lie will not run , and if elected will not
.servo. This ought to bo enough to
stitsfy the Herald that 'Mr. Mntx
is .not in the field. Mr. Mot/
knows ills own interest better
than tlio parties who want to use him for
political ondH. Ho knows and has so de
clared publicly that a brewer or liquor
dealer can bo of little service ,111 the leg
islative battle against prohibition , Ho
knows that the members of the legisla
ture from this county , whether democrats
or republicans , will oppose any ofl'ort to
legislate prohibition into our stututu books
in face of tlio overwhelming sentiment in
this community against such a course.
Mr. Met/ has "a good deal at stake in
those days of threatened prohibition , "
but lie is wise enough to lot parties who
have no personal interest in tlio liquor
tralllo represent tlio interests of Omalia
and Douglas county.
Our Mall Service ,
It is admitted by all parties that the
nostollico department is thu most power
ful factor in our politics , because its
functions touch more closely tlio social
and business aflairs of tuo whole people
than those of any other department of
government. Whatever else tlio people ,
in mountains , plains and valleys in
great cities or little hamlets at country
cross roads , or on great thoroughfares ,
have to do or not to do witii tha govern
ment , the mall service is an intimate part
of their daily lives , an essential element
in their business atl'uirs. In thu conduct
of this department a vast army is em
ployed of postmasters alone over 50,000
and hence Its control by a party has
long boon considered the most important
agency in iwpoUiating tmit. pariy's
power.
If Mr. Cleveland personally know Mr.
Vitas , in placing him at the head of the
postotllce. department ho chose more
wisely , in a party sense , than iu almost
any oilier of his appointments. If ho did
not know him personally , ho was singu
larly well advised from the party
stand-point , also , for Mr. Vll.is
has been dominated in tlio conduct
of his department by the } single
idea that the po tofl1ces muM be made to
continue the democratic partj in power.
Hut in Ins eagerness to replace republi
cans with democrats everywhere , lie lias
had little thought or care for maintaining
the eflicieney of the mail service. Ho
did not consider that sweeping changes
of ollieinls overcwhurc , mid as nearly
simultaneous : H ho could make them ,
would throw the service into confusion ,
disastrously alVect the bushier alVairn
and social concerns of the people of tlio
whole country , and sot tlinin to thinking
if it would not bo wise on this account
aloiio to return to republican rule with
its sensible and business-like methods.
There can be no question , parly feeling
a ule , that the postal service of to-day is
the worst we have had for twenty-live
years. Wo do not mean by this that
democrats cannot make as good post
masters or postmasters' clerks as re
publicans , but that in the rapid
and sweeping changes made poli
tics and not good business principles
ruled , and confusion was bound to
result. Had thusu changes been made
more gradually , retaining always a .sulll-
cienl number of old olllcials to instruct
the now in their complicated duties , the
service would liuvo su lie red no material
detriment , and more slowly but just as
surely could the political end in view
have been attained.
Vilac has shown himself to bo simply
and purely n partisan of the most viru
lent type , and in no .sense a man of broad
administrative views or common sense
business methods , He has not in his ap
pointments sought to get oven tliu best
democrats attainable , but has chosen the
most active politicians with little or no
regard to character or business qtialllicti-
lions. Hu has chosen thieves and jail
birds because they worn ollieient politi
cal strikers , and especially in the railway
mail service in Indiana , lias he demoral-
i/.od the whole force by his bigoted parti
san methods and his discharge of the best
material to give place to ex-convicts and
others incapable of doing anything ex
cept running primaries and sinning bal
lot boxes. To this condition lias our
mail service conic , and such it must re
main while Vilas continues at
its head. Meantime tlio public
suffers. Mails are delayed or missent ;
the nllairs of our merchants and business
men are confused , and complaints load
to no improvement. Wlutne.y's idea of
"reform" and tlio encouragement of
American ship-building was to break
down the largest ship yard iji the coun
try. Vilas' idea of the same things is to
refuse to American ships money appro
priated for carrying the mails , and to
substitute the worst elements of the dem
ocratic party for experienced and compe
tent men in the land .service , to tlio great
detriment of all thu business of the coun-
Tlic Army I'romoiions.
The vacancy in thu list of brigadier
generals by tlio retirement of General
Joseph H. Potter lias been filled by thu
president. General O. \Vilicox \ , con-
onul of tlio Twelfth infantry , changes tlio
eagle on his shoulder strai ) for tlio star
of a general ollicer and the infantry arm
of the service is congratulating itself
upon the promotion all along the
line which results from General Willcox's
good fortune. It lias been crenerally con
ceded ever since General Potter's promo
tion last spring that cither Colonel Will-
cox or Colonel Mcrritt , of tlio Fifth
Cavalry , would be solectd to fill the next
vacancy. Colonel Willcox had the for
tune to Lo personally known
to Mr. Cleveland. Jn fact when the
president was governor of Now York lie
signed an urgent application on behalf
of Colonel Willcox for the brigadiership
awarded to General Stanley. That Mr.
Cleveland lias not changed his views of
the colonel's fitness for promotion is evi
dent by the commission ho now oilers
him. General Willcox has a brilliant
army record. Horn in Michigan in IS' 1
ho entered the military academy from
that state at tlio age of twenty and was
graduated in 1817 with high honors , llu
was assigned to the Fourth artillery with
which ho served for three years , leaving
it as a. first lieutenant in 1850 to enter
mercantile life. At the earliest outbreak
of the war , General Willcox raised the
First Michigan regiment of infantry and
became its first colonel , serving
with it until July , 1800 , when ho was promoted
meted to a brigadiorship of volunteers
for gallant services in action. In August ,
j801 , lie was brevotted a major general
for gallant and meritorious services in
the Wilderness campaign , and at the
closu of the war came into the regular
establishment as colonel of the Twenty-
ninth infantry , from which in 18G'J ' ho
was transferred to the Twelfth.
General Wileox retires from aotiyo
service in April of next year , when it is
understood Colonel Merrill , of thu Fifth
cavalry will succeed him.
Colonel Dtiano , who succeeds General
Nowtou as chief of the engineers with
the rank of brigadier , is one of the oldest
ollicers in that branch of tliearmyhaving
served with it continuously since 1818 ,
the date of his graduation from West
Point. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Civil Service.
The Republican , in sneaking of the
defeat of Congressman Willis for a ro-
nomination , attributes it to his success
in getting Mrs , Thompson ro-appointe.il
to the postollico at Louisville , and adds :
"Civil service reform should never shine
anywhere except in a platform. In oper
ation it is a deceptive and impracticable
fraud. A party in power which cannot
find usuHluiont number of good men iu
its own ranks to hold the ofllces , docs
not deserve to rule. "
It should bo well known to the licpub-
licaft that civil service reform has noth
ing to do with appointments to post-
otllcos , land olllccs , colloctortililps , etc. ,
but only with the clerical force In tlio de
partments at Washington and the largo
postollices and revenue olllccs in the coun
try. As suoh , honestly administered , it
is no fraud , but n great benefit to the
public service. It is a republican meas
ure and should receive republican sup
port. The manner in which Cleveland's
heads of departments have twisted it
from its intent shows that when republi
cans are again In control of the government
mont the law must lie amended , but it
should not bo confounded with public
positions beyond its scope and intent.
In reference to these latter no ono ex
pected the democratic administration to
go back on HID eardiliiil'principle ' of its
party : "To the Victors b-loug the
spoils. " It is probable that a long tlmo
will elapse before oitlvvr party will bo
educated tin to the ICnglifch system , which
treats all subordinati ! olllccs as nonpolitical
litical , and therefore both may be ex
pected to give "party ruwards" while in
power. Hut this practice should not be
cited as an evidence of the failure of a
law intended to apply to clerks alone ,
ami which has fairly wt-ll withstood its
severest test a change of administra
tion.
li' it ean bo established that a person
really dead can be restored to life by the
injection of brandy into the heart , it will
possibly somewhat complicate the tem
perance question by showing that If ulco-
hoi-is a life destroyer , it can nl.o be
made a life-savor. The rase recently re
ported from Georgia , where a physician
was called to u colored woman who had
a congestive chill , is exciting consider
able interest among tlio doctors there.
The physician , on seeing the patient ,
predicted that she would din in ten min
utes , but ho prepared to give her a hypo
dermic injection of brandy and
ammonia for immediate relief. He.fore
ho could administer it , however , tlio
ptilso had ceased to beat , the heart , was
motionless , the woman was dead. As un
experiment he inserted the instrument
into the body over the heart until it
touched that organ , when ho discharged
it portion of its contents. In a few
seconds the heart moved and the pulse
resumed its boating. The patient recov
ered. The important question i.s , was
she dead ? The doctor says she was. It
will never bo known if she would have
revived without the injection , and in
cases of revival without tlio injection tlio
proof is furnished that the patient was
not dead. Hut doctors ought to know
whun people are dead , and the Georgia ,
remedy may give chances to change
many a will.
TUB friends of "reform1' will no doubt ,
lo ) pleaded to learn thai for some time a
number of clerks of the treasury depart
ment at Washington have been cngitged
in compiling a democratic campaign
pamphlet showing how much "reform"
this administration ha.s given to the coun
try. The president didn't choose to have
olliccholders evince "pernicious activity"
in running conventions , for thu public
could take note of that , but thu same
"pernicious activity" of government
clerks in doing campaign work in the
public oflicus nt Washington it was
thought might escape notice , as great
pains have been taken to conceal the fact.
Some time ago it was stated , and not con
tradicted , that clerks' ' in another depart
ment were engaged jn mailing campaign
material. It is mulcrntood , therefore ,
that "reform" means that government
clerks are not to bo : Vskcd to contribute
any part of their wages for campaign
purposes , but are to bo required to em
ploy the time which the government pays
them for in doingi campaign work in
stead of attending to their legitimate du
ties. Democratic reform is "very pecu
liar. "
Mit. Cox G.VMAOIJIP. : feels very sore
over the Hii-'s remauks about his back
handed stab at Mr. McSbano and lie goes
out of his way into the llcrnhl , as an
Irishman , to protest against the HF.E'S
' know-nothingism. " Tins is very absurd.
What did wo say to justify such talk ?
We merely stated that the county ticket
was overloaded with one nationality , and
wo compared it to an "Irish stow" with a
few German and American crumbs
thrown in. If this convicts us-of insult
ing the Irish as a people , wo plead guilty.
Tins paper generally calls a spade a
spade , and that's why it is popular with
thu Irish as it is with all other classes of
the community. The trouble with Mr.
Gallagher is not on account of our oppo
sition to Irishmen , but because wo have
disclosed his peculiar friendliness to the
leading IrislrAniorienn candiclato on the
democratic ticket.
TIIK ITcrahl has suddenly discovered
that its silence about Howe ha.I given its
editor away , so tlio readers hr.vo at last
been told that Howes' record is not what
it ought to have been. To make sure
that McShano should not profit by these
feints at Howe , a very few -shots
are fired at the Jews and Bohemians just
to make them feel pleasant towards the
democratic candidate for congress.
CIIICAOO packers have shrewdly inaug
urated n lock-out in order to advance the
price of hog products. Of course they
rnfusoto compromi.so.and will continue to
refuse as long ns it remains to their in
terests to keep worldngmen out of em
ployment , and raise the price of pork
and lard by restricting their production.
A SKVKKI ; canon regarding marriage
and divorce bus been introduced in the
American Episcopal convention now in
session in Chicago , the champion divorce
city of tlio continent. A great many people
ple who seek divorce ought to bo brought
within range of n cannon , and fired from
the ranks of decent society.
Snitnwi ) Irish American politicians do
not hesitate to say openly that the demo
cratic ticket is overloaded with one na
tionality. They niusi , bo careful not to
breathe their suspicions an the neighbor
hood of the Jlernld ofliee if they hope to
escape being charged , with "know notli-
ingism. " ! _ J
Tun Knights of La'por ' jiavo ro-electeu
Mr. Powderly us thuiij master workmen.
The enemies of organized labor who pre
dicted a volcanic eruption at Richmond
during tlio session have been badly dis-
appointed. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
CHICAGO does not bbliovo In doing
things by halves. TJuit | s the reason she
is so mad at Mr. Ne lil forestalling half a
million instead of a itiillion.
Mlt. FEHOUSON , tho1 democratic candi
date for county attorney , lias no advan
tage over Mr. Edward Simonil in ability ,
honesty or oillcioncy.
Autumn fcnnvcs.
l/m-jxr1 * 1'otinu I'eople.
Crimson and scarlet and yellow ,
Kmcralu turned to gold ,
Shimmering tlioro In tlio sunbeams ,
Slilvcrlni ! hero in the cold ;
Waving farewells as the tempest
Ituthlcssly tears them apart.
Pluttcrlnir , dancing anil rustling
As hither and thither tliuy uait ;
Recklessly stilling the rapids ,
Lazily swimming tlio pools.
Playing "I W" wllli each other
Under tlui pulfy toadstiwla.
Wreaths for the wall * of fi T dwelling
Kach neat llttiu housekeepur weaves ,
And there amid dellc-ati ) fern sprays ,
KeMe. the bright imtumu leaves.
Keep It Itcforc
The republicans of the First tlislrie
should ask themselves whether n man
having such a record as that of Church
Ilowo has any rightful claim upon the
support ot any decent republican. Leav
ing out of question his corrupt methods
and notorious venality we appeal to re
publicans to pause and relleet before
they put a premium upon parly trea
son mid conspiracy against its very exist
ence.
Ten years ago , when the republican
party was on the verge of disaster , and
every electoral vote east for Hayes mid
Wheeler was needed to retain the parly
In power , Church Ilowo entered into
n conspiracy to deliver republican
Nebraska into the hands of thu enemy.
This infamous plot is not n mere conjec
ture. Thu proof of It does not rest on
surmise or suspicion. It is not to bo
pooh-poohed or brushed nway by pro
nouncing it ono of Uosuwater's malicious
campaign slanders.
Th 3 records of tlio legislature of which
Church Howe was a member in ' 70-77 ,
contain the indelible proofs of thu treasonable
enable conspiracy , and no denial can
stand against evidence furnished by hi ?
own pen. Hriolly told , the history of this
plan to hand over the country to Tildeu
and democracy is as follows :
In 1870 Nebraska elected Silas A.
Strickland , Amnsn Cobb and A. II.
Connor presidential electors by a vote of
Ill.lilfl as against a vole of lO.IKU cast for
ImTi lde.ii and Hondrieks electors. After
the election it was discovered that the
canvass of tills vote could not take 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 tlio legislature did not begin
until January. In order to make
a legal canvass of the electoral returns ,
Governor Oarbcr called a special session
of the legislature to convene on thofUhof
December , ' 70 , nt Lincoln , for the pur
pose of canvassing the electoral vote of
the state. Tlio democratic effort to cap
ture republican electoral votes is historic.
Tilden's friends , notably Dr. Miller , had
been plotting for the capture of one of
the electors from Nebraska , and it is also
historic that a largo bvibu was offered to
ono of the electors , General Strickland.
Tlio call of the logislaturu broke into the
plan of the plotters , and they found a will
ing and reckless tool in Church Ilowo.
When t he legislature convened at the capi
tal , Church Ilowo tiled a protest which may
bu found on pages 0 , 7 and 8 of the Ne
braska House Journal of 1877. The following -
lowing extract makes interesting reading :
" 1 , Church llowc , a member of the legisla
ture of Nebraska , now convened by piocla-
mation of his excellency. ( Jovornor Silas
( iarbor , for the purpose of canvassing and
declaring the ro.sult of the vote cast in Ne
braska for electors for president and vice
president of the United States , herebj enter
my solemn protest against such act , dcnyhi ! ;
that the governor has power to call tins body
in special session for any sivh purpose , or
that this body has any authority to canvasser
or declare the result of such vote upon the.
following grounds :
First. This legislature now convened hav
ing been elected under what Is known as the
old constitution , has 110 power to act in the
premises , thu new constitution of the state
having been in foico since November , 18T5. "
Tlio second and third clauses deal with
technical objections and are somewhat
lengthy. The concluding sentences of
this precious document arc as follows :
"For thu foregoing reasons I protest
against any canvass of the electoral vote
of thu state by his body , and demand
that this , my protest , bo entered upon
tlio journal. " ( Signed ) Church Howe ,
member of the legislature of Nebraska.
The democrats did not respond to the
call of the governor and there was barely
a quorum in the senate , while there were
several to spare in the house of which
Howe was a member. The protest en
tered by Howe was doubtless prepared
by thu Tildcn lawyers in Omaha and
Ilowo had the glory of being thu sole
champion of Sam Tildcn. The legisla
ture ignored Church Howe , spread his
protest on its record and canvassed the
electoral vole in spite of it.
When tlio legislature convened in Jan-
nary , 1877 , the presidential contest was
at its height in Washington. Church
Howe had changed places from the house
to the senate. Early in tlio 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 were entitled -
titled to their seats. This resolution
gave rise to a very lively debate which
lasted two davs. Church Ilowo askeu to
bo excused from voting when it first
came up and was so excused. On the
final passage of the resolution the record
[ page ! )70 ) , Senate Journal 1877 , ] shows
the following result : Yeas Ambrose ,
Haird , Hlancbard , Uryaiit , Calkins ,
Cams , Chapman , Colby , Dawcs , Garfield -
field , Gillmm , Hayes , Kennard , Knapp ,
Popoon , Poworc , Thummol , Van Wyck ,
Walton and Wileox 20 ,
Those voting in the negative wore :
Aten , Hrown , Covcll , Ferguson , Hinman ,
Holt , Church Ilowo and North-8.
During the same session of the legisla
ture , Church Howe's vote on United
States senator for the first thrco ballots is
recorded as having been cast for 13. W.
Thomas , a South Carolina democrat ,
[ pages 108 and 208 Senate Journal. ] All
this ti'nio Church Howe professed to bu a
republican Independent , republican an
national issues mid a temperance granger
on local issues. We simply ask what
right a man with such a record has to
the support of any republican.
No Iicuturo l-iiiiiROiiientH. :
Chlcwjo T/IIIM. /
The anarchists are Interesting speakers ,
but they are making no lecture engagements
for the eoinlni : season ,
Always In tlio Front Itank.
A'n tuns City Times.
Chicago sends another gentleman of lei
sure to Canada , and adds to her brilliant
record of sensational business failures. This
inalccs the second championship Chicago ha.s
won this season. .
Jloodlo VH. Votes.
IVitttiilrtjiMii llteonl.
One of tlio Irregularly nominated candi
dates for mayor of New Yoik la hacked by
niDii holding ever a 81,000,000,000 of capital ;
another by over 0,000 promised votes. It
will bo Interest inn to note which of tiio e
two Simmons or ( Jeorgo comes out ahead
In tlio linn ! in en.
TUB VIISIjD OK IXHUSTUV.
The Detroit Stove works mo sending their
stoyca all over Kurope.
A silk manufacturing roncern has started
up In Chicago with a capital ot S NX ) , two.
Tlio textile inanufactuicrstiml work people
are delighted over the' excellent-trade pros
pects.
Some very largo stealn engines are bclug
made. One Now llamrishlro firm has just
put In one lOO-liorse-powcr engine.
The Kochesler Tumbler company , of Penn
sylvania , offers Sl.OOO In prlrcs to Its em
ployes for the best work during the coining
> ear.
A class bottle faetory is to bo established In
Atlanta , ( hi. There Is n largo local demand
In the south which this enterprise expects to
supply.
Copper tube manufacturer * will bo Inter
ested to know that there Is a new piore.ss
Just patented In nirniliiL'haui , Hnsland ? , for
making seamless copper tubes.
A Huston mechanic has just Invented a ma
chine for cutting leather lacings by nincliln-
ery , which have hitherto been cut by hand.
Kach machine turns out the work often men.
Instead of a falllnc oil In the demand for
labor on aeeDimt of the approaching close of
thu building .season , there Is an Increasing
demand for It , skilled and unskilled , In all
Industrial branches.
American makers of agricultural Imnln
incuts aio pushing their business with such
activity In foreign countries that the British
consuls are compelled to write letters of an
alarming character to their government.
Paper manufacturers have lor years been
easting about them for some new material
for paper making. The use of peat Is now
an accomplished fact. A machine has been
made that can turn out three tons an hour.
The leading aiithoilty In New York says
that there Is a general expectation that the
icvlval of trade will be distinctly marked
throuili the coming autumn anil winter. Me
chanics and workinguieti talse great eomfoit
from these statements , because heretofore
they have used up In winter what they saved
In summer.
New York builders and architects leport
unusual activity In teal estate throughout the
eity. They have a bureau of Information ,
by which buyers of propel ty can obtain valu
able Information at small cost , liiiildinir is
very active In Brooklyn. During September
permits were taken out lor101 buildings ,
whlelt will cost over ? i,000,0i)0. ! ) Building ac
tivity Is reported throughout New Yoik state
and material in consequence is repelled linn
In price.
German Industries of all kinds are pros
pering out of prnpoitlon to comparative
countiies. The cloak maiiufacturcis have
placed euotiiiouH orders for cloth In Berlin ,
and prices for material are 20 per cent higher
than last year. The woolen goods industries
of ( ierinatiy show a decided Improvement.
\ \ orsted yarns have advanced per cent ,
and ( Jerimin wool isso scarce that Hungarian
and Ilitsslan wool baa to bo used. ( Jerman
hosiery Is giving our Philadelphia manufac
turers a good deal to worry over , and ( ! er-
man iron , steel and hardware are making
themselves heard far beyond the limits of the
empire.
31 imufacturcrs In several stales have In
creased their labor torce silica the lir.st of the
mouth. Some of the favored branches are :
locomotive mid car building , coal mining ,
foundry and machine-shop work , anil the
textile Industries. The building trades are
crowded , and a great deal of new work Is
con'imr up. Thu season will bo very late ,
and the winter will bo an active ono for both
Inside and outside work. The building of
houses and the extension of shop capacity
will continue actively , not only In the larger
citie.s. but , according to the testimony of
architects and builders , it will continue In
the smaller towns and villages.
The silk manufacturing Interests are highly
pleased over the unexpected development ol
the home industry. Manufactured silk iroods
have declined troin SM,000,000 : In 1881 to
Sa , UOO.OOO during the past liscal year. Kaw
silk imports increased 40 per cent. In the
same time. Tim decrease in the value of Im
ported silk goods wasiw per cent. , in ribbons
fj'i percent. , and In braids and bindings the
biime. Sewiims and twist nrnductlon has in
creased fioin 1'i to ir > per cent. The trim
mings made In home markets suit them
much better than imported good.s. Many
new mills have been built and numerous ex
tensions Have been made.
STATI3 AN ll TKIIUITOUY.
Nebraska Jottings.
.John Dillon , the noted comedian , is
doing the interior towns.
The contract has been let for building
a largo hotel at Central City.
Robbers cracked the trunk of Harvey
Potter in Scotia , .securing $ ) ! J and an old
gun.
gun.The
The Alma Times lias changed owners
and colors , and is now dealing out demo
cratic fodder.
Plattsmouth dudes arc growing pain
fully sallow in tlio glare of paste diamond
mend collar buttons.
The now German Evangelical church
at Turkey Creek. Pawnee comuv , which
cost sJ-.OOJ , was dedicated last Sunday. '
A Nebraska farmer crossed the river to
Sioux City und lost a roll of $1,710. It
was found in a car and returned to the
owner. The tinder was rewarded with
$100.
$100.A
A correspondent intimates that the itcli
forollice will culminate in considerable
"scratching" November 2. Tlio dear
people will rasi ) the ambition of many a.
callow youth and maturoif worker.
The council of Nebraska City has
granted the Missouri Pacific permission
to cut down the gradu of Mam street to
bring it to a level with the track. Tlio
riglit of way will cost the company from
$00,000 to $70,000.
The firemen of York , "in solemn meet
ing assembled , " tired a vigorous set of
resolutions nt the Fremont lady who
called it "A Drunken Tournament. " An
engrossed copy of the resolves will come
in handy for "curl papers.1'
O. W. Ilntchinson , an engineer of
thirty years experience , was presented
with a gold headed'ebony cane by the
Wymore division of tlio Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers on the occasion of
his departure for Douglas , \Vyo. , whore
he has established a commission business.
Mr. Hutcliinson has another handsome
cane that was presented to his great
grandfather , and has been in tlio Hutchinson -
inson family 139 years.
Iowa Items ,
Last week a patriotic farmer donated a
sack of rod poppers to " ( ire the hearts"
of the old soldiers encamped at Ottuinwa.
A government prisoner escaped from
the jail at Missouri Valley on the 10th
inst. , and a reward of $500 is olferud for
his capture , dead or alive. When last
scon he was shackled and handcuffed.
Iowa as a state ranks tenth in popula
tion , second in the number of acres of im
proved land , fourth in her coal product ,
first in thu production of creamery but
ter , second in live stock on farms , first in
production of corn per capita , and lir.st
m thu yield of corn per acre.
In Iowa 055. women own and direct
farms. 18 direct stock farms , 5 own
greenhouses , W ) manage market gardens ,
lit servo as county superintenuuiltH , B7
manage intermediate institutions of
learning , 125 are physicians , .ft ) are regis
tered pharmacists , fi attorneys at law , 10
ministers , ! ) dentists , 110 professional
nursus , mid 1 is a civil engineer.
Scott county has a school population of
iri , . 8 7,700 males and 7,731) ) females ,
The county employs 203 teachers. Last
year 7,803 pupils attended the public
schools in the county this year 7,003 ,
The nvorngo cost last year was $3.03 per
pupil , and this year it is $1.01. There
were IOH frame school houses in ' 85 , and
this year thuro are 101 ; the number of
brickls 11 and stone 7. The value of
school houses last year was $110,780 ,
while this year it Is $121,800. ,
Dakota.
One hundred mid fifty students'are enrolled -
rolled at the Hrookings agricultural college -
logo ,
A large swarm of hornets gently
marred thu pleasure of the audience at a
iimtineu in Yankton last Saturday after
noon , After the first attack the hall was
cleared quicker than the cry oJliro would
have done it.
The Indian womou of Lower Hrulo
: igcnoy have a sowing circle which meets
every week. They huvo made articles of
ilitlercnt kinds which havobeun soUl , iind
during the past year they liuvo realized
$100 for their labor , which has . . ,
towards purchasing a bell for their i.w .
chureli now beinc built at St. Aldan. *
One of the principal business bliu-ks , if
Spearllsh , with most of its eoitti-n.-
burned October I ) ; loss. $ OSOf. ( ) . I'1 0
principal Piillorcrs are James lioditer ,
hotel ; Xncllnor Hroo. , elotliliiT ; T. ll.
roieinan , saloon ; Xerlllng & Hill , f.la-
tionery ; lllaekwell it l.cppln , salon n ;
Llmore iVr'Limkin , liverv ; Peter Decker ,
beer hall : Henry Williams , boots un < l
shoes.
The lawyers of Huffalo Gap arc mmlo
of the timber out of whieli cemeteries sire
built. In a recent ease Judge. Ueno < le-
eided ngalnst the client of n legal terror.
The latter expressed his sorrow nt having
forgotten to bring his -ifi calibre zivgu-
mi-lit , but if his honor would remain on
the bench for twentv minutes ho would
agree to amend the decision of the court
and erect n void in his interior. Thu
rourt declined to grant the motion.
Hnllalo Gap on Saturday night and
Sunday was converted into a veritable
Ron Gulch bv seven bad cowboys I mm
outside and one bad girl who belongs
there. The celebration was opened by
"a national salute" fired in a saloon b'y
tlio cowboys and the enthusiasm was un
abated until the marshal ran In two bov-
and the girl , so that the people could gVl
through the streets and go to church.
The police of Rapid City bear a strik
ing resemblance to the ruby Jims of
Omaha , especially in boo/.ing ability.
One of the former , loaded to the guarils
wilh snake billions , pulled his gun on a
tenderfoot barkeeper who stuck a straw
m Ids cocktail. The. bullet shattered a
mirror. Tlio fragrant nosegay of justice.
then turned to thu pianist and persuaded
him to dance to his own music. The lat-
terpiinishment was applauded throughout -
out the town , and the cop's promotion
followed.
Utah nnil Idaho.
Idaho has twenty-six newspapers.
.John Q. Cannon , son of the missing
apostle George , has been hauled up again
for practising polygamy.
The product of the Utah mines for the
past nine months amounted to ! ? l,2tOlo8.
of this thu Ontario produced $ t,2iWil. :
A deposit of blood agate , containing
stones large enough to bo sawed into
slabs and mantels , has been found in
Utah , near the Grand river ,
The banks of Salt Lake city report tlio
receipt for thu week ending the ( ! th inst. .
inclusive , of $ SO.-ll8.yi ! : in bullion , and
? 8r.nS2.71 in ore , a total of $172,012.51.
The metal shipments out from Salt
Lake City for the week ending Saturday ,
October 0 , inclusive , were eighteen cars
of bullion , -150,837 Ibs. ; live cars of ore ,
258,000 Ib.s. ; ton cars copper ore , 271,700 ,
Ibs. ; total , thirty-three cars , 01KVit7 ; Ibs.
The September yield of tlio Hellcvno ,
Idaho mines was : The Minnie Moore ,
forty-four ear loads of ore ; the Queen
of tlio Hills , twenty-four ; and the Over
land , two. Averaging each car load
at sixteen tons , and the value of ere at
$100 per ton , this makes a total of about
1,120 tons , valued nt $112,000.
Alon'nnn.
Deer Lodge is determined to have wa
terworks , and a company with $25,000 is
being organized to see that she gets there.
The forest fires in the Yellowstone Na
tional park have extended ever llio boun
dary and reached the Clarke's Fork min
ing district.
The Knightd of Labor have endeavored
to lease the coal mines of the Northern
Pacilic coal company at Timberline , but
they have been unsuccessful.
The output of the Drum Lummoii for
the month of September was $131,070.87. ,
The amount of ere crushed was 8,0."iO
tons , and sixty stamps in the two mills
ran twenty-seven days.
The Rocky Mountiiin Tctagrnph com
pany has been incorporated to build and
operate lines in various portions of tlio
territory and surrounding slates and ter
ritories. Capital stock , $500,000. ,
The bip irrigating ditch now under
construction in thuMiIes City vicinity will
not be finished until next spring , It will
be twelve feet wide , twenty-six miles
long , water 15,000 acres of laud , and cost
$100,000.
A stockman in an interview with the
Allies City Journal says although tlio
grass in the open range is almost non est ,
the broken country and bad lands- are
plentifully supplied witli good grazing ,
in spots. The lack of water this summer
lias in a manner prevented cattle from
seeking those localities , thus leaving the
season's growth virtually intact.
The Pnclllc Coast.
A whale fishery station is to bo estab
lished at the west end of Vancouver
Island.
Large deposits of oxide of antimony
and silver are said to exist in Woodsido
canon , Nevada.
Over 15,500,000 , pounds of fruit have
been shipped ever tlio Vaea Valley rail
road during the present season.
During September 5iS. ! > ,000 foot of
lumber was shipped from Ptigot Sound
ports , and 18,075 tons of coal.
The passenger movement for Septem
ber ovjr the Pacific system of the South
ern Pacilic company was ns follows : Eastbound -
bound , ' 1JOJ , ( ( ; westbound , 4,307 ; total ,
3,070.
The feed on tlio live stock ranges of
eastern Nevada and western Utah is ox-
liausted , and cattle raisers are forced to
Llio alternative of either purchasing hay
to winter their bands or shipping them to
grass.
The rivals of the Standard Oil com
pany in tlio cast have succeeded In estab
lishing a market in California. Some
time ago the railroads gave thu Standard
people such rates as to give them a nrac-
tical monopoly of the coast trade , * but
the opnosilion oil men secured a fivor-
able rate over tlio Canadian Pacific , and
now land oil in San Francisco at less
cost than thu Standard.
A strange fatality among fish in the
Truckeo river has been puzzling local
scientists of Reno for several months.
The llcsh of the dead fish was found on
examination to bo thoroughly cooked.
An investigation of the cause of this
phenomenon led to the discovery of a
spring of boiling hot water bubbling
from the center of the stream near Reno ,
Tins discovery explained thu strange
fatality. The tlsli m passing over that
portion of the river bed where the spring
is located are scalded and their flesh
cooked in thu boiling water.
The Farmer's Votu is the Most Impor
tant.
The farmer's vote is , beyond ajl com
parison , the most important vote in this
country , and it is more of a native vote
than any other. At thu last census 17-
ii'J2OOi , ) persons were reported as engaged
in various employments , of which 1-1,741-
U12 were males of all ages. Of these
7,075,083 were engaged in agricultural
pursuits as farmers , farm laborers and
stock raisers. Nino-tenths of the.se people -
plo were natives of the United States , so
that it is clear that thu farmer vote is
fully one-half of the whole cast. Of
persons engaged in professional or per
sonal services there were 2,712,013 mules ,
while 1,750,81)3 ) were engaged in trade
and transportation and 3.205,124 in man
ufacturing ami mechanical industries ,
Even in this state , which manufactures on
so largo a scale , out of 1,538,8(11 ( persons
returned as employed in various pursuits
tlioro wore 370,313 , engaged In agricul
ture , and it is a well-known fact that ti
majority of the counties are controlled
by the agricultural voto. ' 1 hereforo ,
when our statesmen cultivate them at
fairs , conventions and in other ways ,
they show themselves to bo wise in their
Uuy and generation and to have proper
views of the needs of their coustiluouU
as well as of their owu.