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    THE CBIAHA DAILY BEE : 8A7UKDAY. OCTOBER 1C. 1880.
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STATE TICKET.
For Govcrnor-JOilN if. TilAYKlt.
For Meut. Governor U. 11. SI1K W > .
For Secretary of Stato-0. W. hAWS.
ForTioasnier-0. II. WlhLAUU.
For Auditor II. A. HAUCOUK" .
For Attorney General WILUAit M5KSI5.
For Com. Public Lands-JOSKPIl SCOTT.
I'orSupt.l'ubllclnslructloii-GKO.aijANls.
REPUBMOAN COUNTV TICKIiT.
li'or Bonntors *
( JEO. W. LININGKll ,
JJUUNO T/SCIIUCIC.
For RcpreHuntatlvot :
\V. O. WH1T4IOIIK ,
F. J ) HinUAUI ) ,
GEO. J1KLMUO1) .
It. S. I1AI.L ,
JOHN MATTHIESOW.
JAMES II. TOUNO.
T. W. BLACKnUllX ,
W. 0. RICKETTS.
FOP Countj- Attorney :
EDWARD W. SIMK11AL.
For County Coninilsslouci' :
ISAAC N. PIERCE
TOVINO with prohibition in order to
catch the cold water vote is a foolish
business whoso folly has been proved in
every stuto whore republicans have
made the attempt.
JMus. SAUAII HOWK is hard at work
swindling the foolish women of Boston.
We don't know whether Sarah is nny
relation of Church , but both come from
Massachusetts nnd use the same business
methods.
NKIIIIASKA already has county prohi
bition or local option , the only kind of
prohibition which is practicable , rational
or right. No class of citizens have a
right to force n law of local application
upon other communities Avhcro its en
forcement will bo impossible and whore
public sentiment will be forced to uphold
law breakers.
UKTWKKJ * Church Howe and an honest
democrat there is no reason why repub
licans should hesitate to choose a demo
crat. Howe has jumped back and forth
from every political party in the state
during the last twelve years and would
remain n republican at Washington just
ns long ns ho failed to see how ho could
butter his bread by joining the demo
crats.
THK democratic legislative ticket is n
huge blunder. It is overloaded with one
* nationality. It is overloaded because a
fair distribution of olliccs among the
Tarious elements of the voting popula
tion is necessary in order to call out n
full vote nnd prevent dangerous jeal
ousies. Who the individual members of
the ticket are or are not makes little
diillercnco in the face of this admitted
fact , which every shrewd democratic
politician in Omaha frankly admits ,
Ciiuucn UOWK'S "boodlors"
are brag-
King loudly that they have captured the
Omaha labor vote. Omaha laboring men
_ _ . - . , . . , „ . UUUIUKCO mtui unuron
Howe gives thorn credit for. They know
how that infamous mountebank has
worked and voted against the interests of
laboring men , sold them out by his
treachery and pandered Jo their taskmas
ters. The labor vote that Church Ilowo
will receive in the First district can bo
carried in his smallest sized hat.
I'ublic Opinion , of Washington , D. C. ,
has Just completed its first volume , the
last number being supplemented with a
most exhaustive index. The publishers
announced at the beginning that the pa
per would contain each week thu opinions
of all the loading papers of the country
on every important current topic. They
have fiiUllle'd their promises to the letter ,
nnd 1'ublifi Opinion has como to be almost
n necessity to a person who wishes to
catch the drift of current thought ns pre
sented by the press of the world.
Mti. Riorum ) S. HAU , , nominated for
rourescntativu by the Douglas county re
publicans , is one.of . thu brightest nnd
ablest of the luoiubers of the Omulm bar ,
-Dick" Hull is. too well known to the oil-
Jreus of lids community to need any in
troduction. Ho has lived among us for
nruiy yours and counts his warm friends
1 and admirers by tlia hundreds , No ono
vtho Knows him will fail to work and vote
for lun. : Mr. Hall will not htivo to make
n defenilvv h' ht. His reputation and
ohmneter wil ) butliostrongL'sturgumouts
lor his candidacy. ' ,
Cluircli Howe nnd tlio Yotinc Men.
The luo.st notorious corruptionist in
Nebraska politics i n candidate for olllco
at the hands of the most densely popu
lated congressional district In the slate.
It is the district which contiUnt moro of
the wealth , intelligence nnd activity of
nny section of the size In this common-
wcnllh. It is the district in which the
bulk of nil the commercial transactions
ot a great area cilhcr originate or nrc
consummated. Containing more banks ,
morcgreit ; railroad headquarters , more
largo commercial establishments nnd
more places of business employing cler
ical labor than nny oilier district in
Nebraska it fairly teems with young
lifo. Gathered within the 1'irst district
are several thousand young men wlioso
connection with political parties is either
just commencing or has not been long
begun. Omaha and Lincoln nloiio con
tain the large proportion of the young
voters of whose support Church Howe is
beaMing so loudly , and whose ballots ho
licpos will curry him into the ollicc lie
lira so long coveted.
The young men of the 1'irsl district arc
net n drove of calllo to be whipped Into
the political shambles of the Neiuaha
lobbyist. They may , and probably do ,
admire activity nnd shrewdness , but they
will not transfer their admiration for
these qualities to a man who possesses
llicni only to corrupt honest men and to
pavolhuway to n success achieved by
the lowest acts of the traitor , charlatan
and trick-iler. The young men of the
First district , if republicansarc notlikoly
to evidence their sterling republicanism
by voting for a man who has been all
things to nil parties a mountebank
who vaulted from republicanism
into the grange , who destroyed the
grange to work with the democracy when
Tildcn's election hung in the balance and
who bounded once more into tlio repub
lican ranks when the national adminis
tration seemed secure in republican
hands. Honest and upright young men
of whatever party will hesitate , we bo-
liovc , a long time before endorsing the
candidacy of a politician in \ \ hose hon
esty his best friends decline to believe
and whom his most ardent admirers
praise less for pluck than for low cun
ning nnd brilliant talents for intrigue.
We do not think that we overestimate
the political integrity of the young men
of the district when wo claim that they
will refuse to vote for Church Howe when
they discover him to bo n corrupt nnd
unscrupulous " politician , a trickster whoso
only interest in men is for
what he can secure from their influence
or votes , n citizen without character and
n charlatan whose record both public
and private is such thai no young man
can aflbnl to emulate it with any hopes
of retaining his own self respect. The
BEU will endeavor during the remainder
of the canvass to enlighten the voters of
the First district both young and old with
respect to Chnrnh Howe's candidacy. It
will not attempt to make personal abuse
stand in the stead of argument , drawn
from facts which can be proved. If it
fails to convince every voter open to
conviction that Church Howe's election
would be a disgrace to republicanism , a
premium on pot house politics and an
endorsement of crime and corruption it
will fall short of what it believes it has
the material to provo.
"Why This BIystory ?
The president has slid out of Washing
ton again. After a day of secret ar
rangements , with padlocks on the lips
of every servant about the White house ,
Cleveland , Lament and the valet slip into
a carriage in the dark of night and arc
driven to the depot , where the carriage
was concealed in a coal yard until the
train arrived. Then Dan grabs tlio grip
sack , and with the bend of thu nation
dodges into a private car. The valet re
turns ns mute ns a sphinx , and the hcnd
of the nation goes whore 1 To a club
bouse in Maryland to hunt and lish.
Never before in the history of this
country did a president make himself so
offensively conspicuous in thosecrcsyof
ids goings and comings as Mr. Cleve
land. The crowned heads of Europe
arc wont to travel incognito nt times ,
'but that menus simply that king so and
so , whose face is known to all , travels
openly us count so and so , and this means
that they nro to bo allowed to pass without
ollicial notice or ceremony. If Cleveland
must ape royally in the mystgry of his
movementsand chooses to go out of town ,
as ho has a right to do , why not go as
plain John Smith , by day light ?
Two other kingly examples of myster
ious night travels have been furnished by
the crazy king of Bavaria , and the nihil
ist-haunted czar of Russia , Is Cleveland
orn.yor does ho think a band of Amer
ican nihilists nro plotting to take his
democratic lifo ? We know not. but cer
tain it is that it docs not suit him to go
nnd como ns nn American gentleman , ns
Washington , Jofl'erson , the Adamses ,
Jackson and all other presidents did ,
but ho hides his intentions and conceals
in darkness hs ( movements like tlio king
with a clouded brain , or the c/.ar who is
surrounded by conspirators. Does lie think
the creative power of the Almighty was
oxhnusted when lie Avns made , and thnt
if anything happened to him the country
would go to the domnitlon bow-wows ? If
it is not fear that incites to this mystery , is
it pride ? Docs he think himself too good
to bo scon of common people , going unit
coming as other people do ?
Mr. Cleveland 1ms only just returned
from weeks of hunting nud llshing. Must
ho so soon return to it , or bus lib gone
to n secluded rendezvous to meet some
politicians whom ho did not care to re-
cnivo nt homo and in public , and with
thorn to lay plans for carrying the elec
tions ? In any light it is u singular move
and singularly made.
Stincrnl nud
Republicans nnd Independent , voters
need not hesitate to cast their ballots for
county attorney , for Edward S. Simorat ,
Mr , Slinor.il is a lawyer of ability and of
experience. Ho began his study of law
in this city , and worked his way steadily
upward to a handsome practice , by hard
study und untiring energy. No one who
knows him doubts his integrity. Ills
character is ubove reproach nnd his abil
ity is unquestioned. Mr. Simcral is no
chronic otllco-sookor , Ho has labored
long and faithfully for the party'without
claiming party reward. Ills nomination
was a woll-deserved recognition of his
sterling republicanismIds admitted legal
ability nud his high standing among the
younger members of the Douglas county
bar. In Mr. Slmeral's hands the interests
of the tax-paycrf and eili/.ens of this
county would bo safe and secure.
Mr , Ferguson bus been ouo ot tliu con-
rcntcncics of democracy for several
years past. When hard up for a candi
date who would bo "harmless1 Mr. Fer
guson has invariably been called upon.
It is needless to say that ho has never
declined. Mr. Ferguson is n good cit
izen , a good lawyer am ! a good demo
crat. Ho was elected to the ollice of
district attorney once by n "scratch , "
because his opponent wns weaker than
ho was. Having been "honored" nt that
time by the independent vote , he ought
to remain satisfied. There is no reason
why he should be chosen again.
Jnt LAIRD opened the campaign al
Lincoln to nn audience of ii..O Church
Howe republicans , anti-Howe independ
ents and straight-out deinocrats who
wcrn curious to eel n sight of the "Laird
of Stinking Water. " As u&ual , Jim de
voted the greater part of his speech to
denouncing Sparks for interfering with
illegal land entries. Laird has n sere
thumb nnd lie never fails to exhibit it.
Mil. MI.Tm.'ty not know his own
mind , but there is ono kind of "mind"
with which ho will willingly acquaint the
Herald. That is "mind your own busi
ness. " When Mr. Fred Mela authorizes
his friends to state that "under no cir
cumstances" will he accept a nomination
on the democratic legislative ticket , ho
means just what ho says.
As exploring party should be sent to
bunt up the remains of the Mendota , car
penter. .Since the Bii-'s : : exposure of
thai mendacious fraud his promised
stumping tour ngainst Van Wyck has
been erased from the programme and
Wilcox has skipped for regions unknown.
MH. AHMOUU talks of packing up ills
packing houses nnd removing them to
Omaha. Good enough. With several
millions of hulicls of corn to spare , Ne
braska is prepared to compote with the
world in "hog and hominy. "
AN Iowa defaulter lias returned to DCS
Moines , claiming that he prefers it to
Canada. This is the worst blow that
Canada lias yet received.
AND now the Pennsylvania railroad is
reported as about to build an "air lino"
from some where to an equally undefined
llomt- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Other IinmlH Tlinii Ours.
The Bulgarian crisis continues. Gen
eral Katilburs' mission has proved a com
plete failure. The Russian emissary has
turned out to be an unfortunate choice.
At the very outset , he attained the dislike
of the Bulgarians and his subsequent
proceedings did not tend to lift him in
popular favor. He alternately cajoled
and bullied the directorate ; but wlulu ho
was occasionally able to arouse a little
pro-Russian enthusiasm , his own person
ality has always prevented any success
ful demonstration of tlio willingness of
the representatives of the people to
acknowledge the claims of his imperial
master. *
The sweeping anti-Russian majorities
of the week have destroyed the last hope
of the czar that he will be able to covet-
bis schemes for nggiundizemcnt in Ihc
direction ot Constantinople by obtaining
from tlio Bulgarians a request for inter
ference to keep the peace of t'io ' country.
If he takes any steps now toward occupy
ing Bulgaria , it will bo an aggressive
violation of the Berlin treaty , for which
no excuse can bo ofl'ercd. Bulgaria
threatens to bo oven more aggressive. A
larco number of the newly elected min
isterialists Iniyc announced their decision
to vote for Alexander's return ,
and it , is rumored thai ho has
promised to respond to the invitation.
Such an affront would be unbearable on
the part of Russia , and if supported by
Austria , the long-lookcd-for war in the
East would doubtless begin.
* f
The opinion of our representative in
Turkey , Mr. Cox , as to the probable issue
of the Bulgarian complications has just
been frankly expressed. Mr. Cox looks
for the outbreak of war at any day. Ho
believes that Russia has dntormincd to
take Bulgaria and next Eastern Rouinoha ,
thus passing the Ualkuns and pressing
close upon Constantinople. As he thinks ,
it is merely n question of weeks , or days ,
perhaps , when fcho will make this bold
move. He expects , of course , that the
attempt will result in war , which may
extend to all the great powers of Europe.
*
*
The merciless landlords of Ireland arc
rushing madly to their own destruction.
The failure of the homo rule party to ob
tain government sanction to a reduction
of rent was n signal for scores of crowbar
and eviction brigades to start out on their
cruel missions. "Authentic information
roaches us , " says United Ireland of
October 8 , "that writs and processes of
ejectment are being prepared by the
thousands and tens of thousands. If you
were to mark with a red mark every spot
in Ireland where evictions nro In pro
gress or in preparation , there is not a
county , there is hardly a parish , that
would bo without n blood-stain on tlio
mnp.1 ' Evidently the landlords nro do-
tcrrtiincd to drive out nnd level nil oppo-
.IfJ ; ; , . n . * I . 11. * 1. t. vv > /1 * r.lnr\ ! of
DUIU11 , nllU VVJIU UIU Uliujr MIAU l/t/AAl/v MM
their service , there is little ohanco of
failure , The magnitude of thn wreck
and ruin wrought the lirst half of the
year is shown byofliclnl returns of nearly
cloven thousand evictions. During the
third quarter of the year , thirteen thou
sand processes wore issued , and tlio esti
mates for the last quarter exceed that
number. This eclipses by sixteen thou
sand the black record of 1881 , when
20,024 writs of ejectment were issued ,
These figures give a total of monstrous
proportions. They tell a tale of stupendous
deus woo inflicted by an idle , useless , and
dissolute class upon a virtuous and indus
trious people such as no other human
records can match , "Were moral
law and divine justice invoked , " says
United Ireland , "to rule the affairs of
nations instead of the cold dry maxims
of legal quibbling , thn landlords of Ire
land would Eland indicted and con
demned before the tribunal of humanity
as the greatest enemies of their kind that
ever breathed. "
. *
In signing the decree for the manumis
sion of all slaves in Cuba , the queen
regent of Spain simply consummated n
reform begun seventeen years ngo , though
the act anticipates by four years , the time
get in the law of 187U for general emanci
pation , The h'r.4 move toward abolition
was the law of 1800 , which provided for
the conditional liberation of certain
classes of slaves. The law of J870 freed
at once a.11 slaves 55 years old and over ,
ami was gradual in Us action , all bonds *
men between IB a MU4f ( to be freed this
year , whilecoinplet'e emancipation should
take place in IWO. jl'liq owners have re
ceived from Ihe .Spanish treasury the lib
eral recompense of ! ji59 : tor ench slave.
*
* *
Lord do Freync , who holds vast es
tates in county lo-foniiioii ! : , Ire. , has
issued processes of eviction against AOO
tenants. They will petition for a recon
sideration on the pnrt of his lordship.
When the time come * and ho nnd other
extensive land owners { urn out the ten-
nnts , the beauties of ( ho policy of energy
and delay will conic oul ill n clearer
light. Al Uuerrin the sheriff nnd police
force at his back , wiio attempted an
eviction on Thursday , were beaten back
by n mob of 2oO men and women , and a
largo military force \\ill bo required to
enforce the Inw ,
*
A bloody riot between Mohammedans
nnd Hindoos is reported from Delhi , In
dia , several natives being killed. Such
outbreaks < > how how Great Britain is
aided in governing 250,000,001) people in
India with a mere handful of Europeans.
The unlives nro divided into hostile par
ties by race and religious feuds , and it is
always possible to Use one faction against
the other.
* \
The reported Irish home rule project
of the tory government is a Glndstono
triumph , The lories have had to come
around to the grand old man's principle ,
il they do not accept it in form. They
propose lo give Ireland four parliaments ,
one in each of the provinces of Ulster ,
Minister , Leinstcr and Connnught , for
local purposes , nnd keep up the connec
tion with the imperial parliament as nt
present. Whejher this meets the views
of the Irish home rulers or not , , it is a big
concession to their demands.
IMtUMJNUNT I'EUSONS.
Donn Platt has been appointed postmaster
at Mac-n-Chcuk , Ohio.
General Adam Baileau is n middle nscd
man , ; short , heavy set , of < juck ! movement
nnd cutting eye.
Hamilton Fish , now within less than a
year of fourscore , is stiirerlm ; n slight stroke
of paralysis lately and Is otherwise feeble.
Augustus Jessnp is Iho richest youn ? man
In Philadelphia. He is twonty-fouryears old
and has an .innunl Income of between 00,000
and 870,000.
Dr. Galling , the Inventor ot the Galling
Kim , lives in an unpretentious but comforta
ble house ncai Hartford , and goes but little
into society.
General F. A. Walker has declined Sena
tor Lclaiul Stanford's olVor of the presidency
of the university boon to spring from n
810,000,000 egg.
11. A. Aldrlch , of"Wiiidom , Mass. , 1ms
been postmaster of that toivn for over sixly
years , and is said 'o ' be Ihe oldest federal of
ficer in the service. / i
Fay Templeton , thti condo opera .singer ,
who was last year divorced from William
West In Chicago , has ! Kone to Europe with
Howell Osborne , one of'the ' richest young
men In Wall street. . ' .
Dr. Mary Walker Is going to San Francisco
and the Alia of Ihat city liforms | those who
are not acquainted with the mislit doctor that
"she is the only man in tlio United States
that can put n p.xtch In his trousers. "
Scnor Don Jose Mftnue'l Ilalcemcda , the
new presidoht of Cldll/'was'born / in 1810 , and
belongs to one of the highest nprt wealthiest
families of the republic1. lie is , < h.o author of
the laws of civil m\trlinniiy : \ and lay ceme
teries In Chill , and ho now uroclnlms his pol
icy for a complete separation of chinch and
state.
Count Tolsloi , Iho Russian novelist , wns
found by a recent visitor clad In poas.int's
irarbnnd sweeplnir his hearth. Ills while
shirt was soiled wi'th mud nnd soot , thcio wns
u strap about his waist , and his heavy boots
were coated with clay. Alter breakfast the
count nnd his son went to help repair n
neighbor's bam , and worked alt day like
common artisans.
General Alf Pleasonton has recently boon
spending some days In New York on purely
literary business. Wo ouo ? would lake him
for n warrior who had won great renown be
fore Sheridan was much Known , Ills lines
have not been laid In pleasant places since
tlio war. ] lo Is a slender , medium-sized mnn ,
somewhat bowed. Gray hair nnd n white
mustache revcp.l Iho years thnt have passed
over his he-ad. Ho is extremely quiet , re
served , but likes lo meet old comrades , or to
ts5k over the days of the war with inlolllirent
persons , lie never complains that the cov-
crnment has shown Ingratitude , nnd mod
estly denies that ho saved Hooker's army
from idler riot and capture nt Chancollors-
vllle. The cener.il lives , a solitary bachel
or's Hfo in Washington.
Must bo Enormous.
JVciuami JVciM.
Philadelphia has eight female physicians
who make 520,000 a year each. How much
eight Philadelphia undertakers rr.ake Is not
stated , but their protits must be enormous.
New Haven A"eu' .
Secretary Laniar says the report oC his
contemplated nmrrlago is "very much ex
aggerated. " Somebody must have hinted
that Iho sccrclary Intended going to Utah to
settle.
VCI-HO ,
Bono Dullcateil in Lontlnn to 11. I ! ' . / ' .
TJm dnvll went out ono day ,
In search of tin Impious preacher ,
And he wasn't very lone on his sway
Before ho collared old Ucccher.
The Nation's Pet.
Cc.1uml > ui Jlt ) > atcli.
Treat him considerately-
Poor , abused Lo.
Harm not deliberately
CnrnililllO.
Hols our Nation's pet
Isn't ho sweety
Rarest of rations set
For him lo eat..m
General HolInnui'HjCompliments to
Dr. Miller.
EMEUSON , > ob. , Oct. 14. [ To the Edi
tor of the BEE. ] It I linftilliating to me
as well ns unpleasant pr your readers
that I should again bijqojppolled to stoop
to denounce an nrtielui written by thnt
political fraud in thfl Oinnha Herald. I
tun at a loss lo know how lo address him
as it wns but reccntlyunnounced that his
location was Wnllr street , No. 13 , nnd
whether the "whited Sfepulchor" there
boars the name of George L. Miller , or
Miller L. George , I arn 'not advised , but
from the odor of tins emanation 1 con-
conclude his present location is Omnlm.
I am informed thnt before this contin-
ncntal btraddlcr and constitutional liar
took his departure for New York ho be
came so offensive to Iho sidewalks thai
they lofiiscd longer to support his rotten
carcass , nnd ho was obliged to take the
middle of the streeis. along with the olhor
animals. I wish to say lo Iho rcspeclablo
portion of the democratic party of the
stale , that 1 was not a candidate for sena
torial honors , but went to the convention
to support Mr. Fred White , and secure
his nomination , and that there , wore but
two names presented to the convention ,
both of whom were gentlemen , which is
more than can bo said of him. I am in
formed that the information was con
cocted by two of his ycluers , ono the
Dakota county bolter , nnd the other the
candidate for county altornoy of Cedur
both about as reliable as himself.
Keep It HeforeTtrpuMlcnnR.
The republicans of the First dlslrio
should nsk themselves whether a man
having such a record ns that of Church
llowc has any rightful claim upon the
support ol tiny decent republican. Leav
ing out of question his corrupt methods
and notorious venality we appeal to re
publicans to pause nml reflect before
they put a premium upon parly trea
son nnd conspiracy ngainst its very exist
ence.
Ton years ago , when Ihe republican
party was on Ihe verge of disaster , and
every electoral vole cnst for Hayes and
Wheeler wns needed lo retniu the parly
In power , Church Howe entered into
a conspiracy to deliver republican
Nebraska into the bands of the enemy.
This infamous plot is not a mere conjee-
lure. The proof of it docs not rest on
surmise or suspicion. It is not to bo
pooh-poohed or brushed away by pro
nouncing ; it one of Rosewater's malicious
campaign slanders.
Tlu records of the legislature of which
Church Howe \vn ? n member in ' 70-77 ,
contnin Ihc indelible proofs of the treasonable
enable conspiracy , and no denial c-nn
stand against evidence furnished by his
own pen. Briefly told , the history of this
plan to hand over the country to Tildeu
nnd democracy is ns follows :
In 1871 ! Nebraska elected Silas A.
Strickland , Anmsa Cobb and A. II.
Connor presidential electors by n vole of
511OKI ns ngainst a vote of 10,1)51 , ) cast for
lie Ti Iden and Hendrleks electors. After
the election it was discovered thai Iho
canvass of this vote could not take place
under Iho then existing law before the
legislature convened. The electoral vote
had to bo canvassed in December
nt the latest , and the regular ses
sion of the legislature did not begin
until January. In order to mnke
a legal canvass of the electoral returns ,
Governor Gurber called n special session
of the legislature to convene on thofithof
December , ' 70 , at Lincoln , lor the pur
pose of canvassing the electoral vole of
the stale. The democratic effort to cap
ture republican electoral votes is historic.
Tildon's friends , notably Dr. Miller , had
been plotting for the capture of one of
the electors from Nebraska , nnd it is also
historic that n largo bribe was offered to
one 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 Ilowo.
When the legislature convened at the capi-
tal.Clmrch Howe tiled a protest which may
be found on pages 0 , 7 nnd 8 of the Ne
braska House Journal of 1S77. The fol-
lowingextract makes interesting reading :
" 1 , Church llowc , n member of tlio legisla
ture of Nebraska , now convened by procla
mation of his excellency , Governor Silas
Garner , for Iho purpose of canvassing and
declaring Ihe result of the vote cast in Ne
braska for electors for president and vice
president of the United States , hereby enter
my solemn protest ngainst such act , denylns ;
that the governor has power to call tins body
in special session for nny such purpose , or
that this body has any authority to canvasser
or declare the result of such vote upon the
folio wine grounds :
First. This legislature now convened hav
ing been elected under what Is known as the
old constitution , has no power to act In the
premises , Iho now constitution of the stnte
having been in foicc since November , 1875. "
The second and third clauses deal with
technical objections and are somewhat
lengthy. The concluding sentences of
this precious document arc ns follows :
"For the foregoing reasons 1 protest
against nny canvass of the electoral vote
of the state by ibis body , and demand
that this , my protest , bo entered upon
the journal. " ( Signed ) Church Howe ,
member of the legislature of Nebraska.
Tie | democrats did not respond to the
call of the governor and there was barely
a quorum in the senate , while there wore
several to spare in the house of which
Howe was a member. The protest en
tered by Ilowo was doubtless prepared
by the Tilden lawyers in Omaha , and
Ilowo had the glory of being the solo
champion of Sam Tildon. The legisla
ture ignored Church Howe , spread his
protest on its record and canvassed the
electoral vote in spite of it.
When the logi&lattiro convened In Jan
uary , 1877 , the presidential contest was
at its height in Washington. Church
Howe had changed places from the house
to the senate. Early in the session , a
resolution was introduced expressing thn
conviction on the part of the senate that
Hayes and Wheeler 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 Iwo days. Church Howe asked to
bo excused from voting when it lirst
came up and wns so excused. On the
linal passage of the resolution the record
[ pngo 1170 , Senate Journal 1877 , ] shows
the following result : Yeas Ambroao ,
Bnird , Blanchard , Bryant , Calkins ,
Cams , Chapman , Colby , Dnwos , Garfield -
field , Gilham , Hayes , Kennard , Knapp ,
Popoon , Powers , Thuniniol , Van Wyck ,
Walton and Wilcox-80.
Those voting in the negative wore :
Aton , Brown , Co veil , Forgqson , Hinman ,
Holt , Church Howe and North 8.
During the same session of ' "
lure , Church How'o Joglsla-
Stales son ' 'r . „ „ vote on United
r " ' , jr tor the Hrst three ballots i
. .worded as having boon cast for E. W.
Thomas , n South Carolina democrat ,
[ pages 108 and 208 Senate Journal. ] All
this time Church Ilowo professed to bo n
republican Independent , republican on
national Issues and a temperance granger
on' local issues. Wo simply ask what
right a man with such n record has to
thu support of nny republican.
The Second United l'rcwlyterinn
Church.
The Second United Presbyterian church
wns'organi/od Teursday night at the cornr
of Grant street and Park avenue , with a
membership of twenty-one ladles nnd
gentlemen. The elders elected wore
Thomas B. McCullooh , William Larimer
and II. W. Spalding. There wore live
trustees also elected , nnd before long
another meeting of tlio society will be
hold for tlio purpose of selecting a pas
tor. A sermon was prcnohcd by Roy , R.
I ) , Inches , of North Bund.
A Pastor Called.
Rev. D. R. Kerr , of Mercer , Pa. , who
recently delivered a short address nt thu
Harvest Homo exercises of the South
west Prcsbvterinn church , returned to this
city yesterday morning from Crnig.in'this
stale , where ho has been on a fchort visit.
During his absence the church in ques
tion decided to ask him to accept the pas
toral charge of the same , and the request
was formally made him to-day. He has
not yet concluded lo accept thn position ,
and before deciding will go to his home
in Mercer , Pa. , when ho will undoubtedly
accept tl.e call.
St. Jacobs Oil. without exception and
comparison , is the best remedy for neu
ralgia.
RATALAN'S TOWERKC ROCK ,
The Old Colonial ( hullo ( \t Sitka Grandly
Overlooking tlio Sea-
A PLACE OF HISTORIC FAME.
1'nst Onyrts * nml Present Dosolntlon
Holies ( if Hotter Days Tlio
I'uri'hnso of AlnttUn.
San Francisco Chronicle : Katalan's
rock towers above the sun al tlio to | ) cor
ner of Sitka. Below it on tlio ono lintid
the nnele'.il colonial houses arc scattered
down tin ; shore among given Inwns like
lustnro lands nnd beside grass-grown
si routs with n trail of dust in the middle
of them. Chi the other hand tins Siwnsh
Indian lodges nro clustered along the
beach. This rancheria wu.s originally
separated from HIP town by si high stock-
mle , and tlio huge gat : s were closed at
night for tlio greater security of the In
habitants , bat since tlio Amnrienn oocu-
imtioii the gates have been destroyed ,
and only a portion of the stockade-
mains. Kalalan's ' rook is steep enough
to command the to\\n nnd ample enough
to allbrd all tlio space necessary for forti
fications and liio accommodation of
troops and stores. A natural Gibraltar ,
it was the silo of thu lirst .settlement
and has ever remained the most con
spicuous and distinguished cjuar-
ler of the eolonv. Tlio lirst
building creeled on this rock was r. block
house , which was afterward burned. A
second building erected , on tlio ruins of
the first , was destroyed ny an cartluiake ;
but a third , the colonial residence of the
governors , stands to this day. It crowns
the summit of the rock , is 140 feet in
length , seventy feet in depth , two stories
with basement and attic , and has n look
out that commands one of tlio most ro
mantic and picturesque combinations of
hind and sea imaginable. It is not a
handsome edilice , nor is it in the least
like u castle , nor like what one supposes
u castle should bo. W ere it nnywhero
else it mijjht pass for the coimlrv resi
dence of a gentleman of the old school ,
or lor an unfnshionnbly suburban hotel ,
or for a provincial seminary. It is built
of solid cedar logs that look as if they
were destined to weather the storms of
ages. These logs are secured by inmnn
crablo copper bolts , and the whole strtic
lure is riveted to the rocks , so that
neither wind nor wave nov earthquake
shook is likely to prevail against it.
IN COI.OMAl. 11AVS.
Handsomely furnished within , it was
in Hie colonial dayn richly furnished , and
as Sitka was at that time a largo settle
ment composed of wealthy and high-bred
.Russians , governed by a prince or a baron
whoso potty court was made up of the
representatives of the rank and fashions
of St. Petersburg and Moscow , the colonial
nial castle was much of the tiiuc the
scene of social splendor.
The fame of the brilliant and beautiful
Baroness \Vrnngull , iirst chatelaine of
the castle , lives after her. She was suc
ceeded by the wife of Governor Kuprca-
iiqll' , a bravo lady , wlio , in 18555 , crossed
Siberia on horseback to Behring sea on
her wuy to Sitka. Hy and bye the
Princess Mnksonlpll' became the .social
queen and reigned' in the little castle on
Katahm's rock as never qnccn reigned
before. A flagship was anchored under
the windows and the proud admiral
spent much of his time on shore. The
ollicers' clubhouse , yonder , clown the
grassy street , wis the favorite lounging
place'of the navy , but the teagardons
have run to seed and the race-course is
obliterated , whore , doubtless , fair ladies
and brave men disported themselves in
the interminable twiljghts of the Alaskan
summer. In the reign of the P nee s
Mnkonloll the ladies were shown Jirst to
the sideboard. When they had regaled
themselves with potent punch and
cavairc , the gentlemen followed suit.
But the big , brazed samovar was forever
steaming in the-grand salon anil deli
cious draughts of caravan tea wore in
order at all hours.
What days they were when the castle
was thronged with guests and those of all
ages and descriptions and from every
rank in and out of society. The presi
dential levee is not more democratic than
were the fetes of the Princess MaksontolV.
To the music of the admiral's band com
bined with the orchestra of the castle , it
was "all hands round. ' ! The prince
danced with each and every lady in turn ,
nnd the princess was no less gracious , for
all danced with her who chose , from lord
high admiral to midshipmito and the
crow of the captain's gig.
iiEKOiiE THE SALE.
You will read of these things in tlio
pages of Lutka , Sir George Simpson , Sir
Edward Belcher and other early voy
agers. They vouch for the peculiar and
unique charm of the colonial life at that
day. Washington Irving , in his
"Astoria , " has .something to say of Now
Archangel ( Michael ) as "Shectko , " as ho
spells it , but it is of the lime when the
snips of John Jacob Aslor were touching
in that vicinity , and the reports aic not
FO pleasing. While social lifo in the
little colony was still most en
joyable , n change came that
in a single hour reversed
the order of affairs. For years Russia
had bcpn willing , if not eager , to dispose
of the great , lands that lay along the
northwestern coast of America. She
seemed never to have eared much for
them , nor to have believed much in their
present value or possible future develop
ment. No enterprise was evidenced
nmong the people ; Ihov yyero * -
live exiles , vyho so-- " . .ou
'
, .vugnt tc _
s' " . , 01 their ( sxistonco by ono con
. . .me round of gnyety. Soirees nt the
castle , tea-garden parties , picnics upon
the thousand lovely isles that beautify the
Sitknn sea ; strolls among the sylvan re
treats in which the primeval forests , at
Iho very edge of the town , abounds ; lish-
ing and hunting expeditions , music ,
dancing , lively conversation , strong
punch ( casinri and the steaming samovar
var ) , those wore the chief diversions with
which noble 'nnd ' serf alike sought lo
lighten the burden of Iho day. While
Knssin was willing to part with the lone
land on the Paoillo , she wns determined
thnt it should not pnss Into the hands of
certain of the powers for whom she hits
little or no love. Hence there was time
for the United States to consider the
question of a purchase nnd to huggle a
Jlttlo over the price. For yonrs the bar
gain hung in the balance. When it wns
finally setllcd it was settled so suddenly
that the witnesses had to be called out of
their beds and they assembled secretly
in the middle of the night us if they wcr't
conspirators ; and before sunrise the
wjiolo matter was fixed forever.
AN IMl'OUTANT I'.VENT.
On the 18th of October , 1807 , three
United States ships of war Iny anchored
oH'Kniulan'fi rock. These were the Ossi-
pee , the Juincwtovvn anil Iho Hosacn , In
Iho aflcrnoon , at 3UO : o'clock , the terrace
before the c.islle was surrounded I by
United States Iroops , Russian soldiers ,
officials , citi/.ons and Indians , The town
was alive with Russian bunting and the
ships nllutler with liturs and stripes nnd
BtreamorH. There was something ominous -
ous in the air nnd in the sunshine. Bang !
went the guns fronVlhe Ossipeo , nnd the
Husslnn Hug slowly descended from the
lofty staff'of the castle , but the wind
caught it and twisted it round nnd round
the staff' , nnd it , was long butoru n boat
swain's olmir could bo rigged to the hal
yards and some oue hauled up to disen
tangle the rebellious banner. Meanwhile
the rain began to fall nnd Iho Princess
Makbontou was in tears , and it was alto
gether n dismal hour for thu proud court
of the doughty governor. . The llus-
shin water battery was firiiij. \
salute from the dock ns the stur < ir , |
jitrlj.i-s were climbing to the skies i .o
great continent of icy peak nnd pine \ \ n
passing from the hands of ono nation i < >
the other. Jn the silence that succeed id
Captain PestchourolV stepped forward
and said : "Hy nuthofity of his majesty ,
the emperor of Russln , I transfer to liw
United Slates the territory of Alaska. '
The prince governor surrendered Ms
insignia of olllco , nnd the thing was doiiv.
In n few months' time fifty ships nnd 4)1
people had deserted SitKa , and lodi-y
but three families of pure Russian blond
remain. Perhaps the fault llmllni *
which followed this remarkable ixcnuni-
lion of territory on the part of the Uml < d
State * government both the ucqnislliMi
nnd the fault finding were on the part ot
our government -had best be left tin-
mentioned. Now that the glorioio
\\atersof that mngnilleeut archipelago
have become the re ort of summer tour
ists every man , woman nnd child can
see for his , her or its self , nnd this is the
only way to convince an American ,
1'AST AMI IMU3KNT.
Nineteen years ngo Sitku was what 1
have attempted to describe above. To
day liow dillerent ! Passing Its barracks
nt the foot of Katalan's rock one sens a
handful of marines looking decidedlv
bored if oil'duty. The steps that lend up
the steep incline of the rock to the castle
terrace are fust falling to decay. Weeds
and rank grass trail over them and cover
the whole to ] ) of the rocK , The castle
has been dismantled. The walls will
stand until they are blown up or torn
down , but every vestige of the original
ornamentation of the interior has disap
peared. The carved balustrades , the
cnriotH locks , knobs , hinges , chandeliers
and fragments of the wainscoting have
been borne away in triumph by enter
prising curio hunters. There was posi
tively nothing left for me to take. Ono
may still see the chamber occupied by
Secretary Seward , who closed the bar
gain with the Russian government nt
if7.000,000. cash down. Lady Finnkln |
occupied that chamber when she was
scouring these waters in the fearless nud
indefatigable , but fruitlesssearch for the
relics ot the lo.-l Sir .John. One handsome
apartment has been partially restored
nnd suitably furnished for the use ot the
United States district attorney. Two
rooms on the ground lloor are occupied
by the signal ollicers , but the remainder
of tlio building is in .a shameful condi
tion , and nothing but its traditions re
main to make it an object of interest to
ovorj stranger guest. It is said that twice
in the year at the dead hour of night the
ghost of a br'.de wanders sorrowfully
from room to room. She was the daughter
of one of the old governors , n stern
parent , who forced her into a marriage
without love. On the bridal eve , while
all the guests \yuro assembled nnd the
bride in wedding garments was the
center of attraction , she suddenly disap
peared. After a long search her body
was found in one of the apartments of
the castle , but life was extinct. At Knstor-
tide the shade of this sad body makes the
round of the deserted halls , and in puss-
ing leaves a faint odor of wild roses.
nVIDKXCKS OP m-X'AV.
The basement is half filled with rub
bish. I found rooms where an amateur
minstrel entertainment had been given.
Rude lettering upon the walls recorded
the fact in lampblack , and a monster
hand pointed with index lingers to its
temporary bar : burnt cork debris was
scattered about and there were "old sol-
diers" enough on the premises to have
staggered n moralist. The Muscovite
reign is over. The princess is in her
grave on the hill yonder u grave that
was forgotten for a time and lost in the
jungle that has overgrown the old Rus
sian cemetery. The Indians mutilated
Hint town , but Lieutenant Oilman , in
charge of the marines attached to the
Adams , restored it , und he.with Ins men ,
did much towaul preserving Sitka , from
going to the dogs. Gone are the good
old nays , but tlio Americanized Sitka does
not propose to be behind the limes. I dis
covered : i theatre. It was in one of the
orginul Russian houses , doomed to lust
forever a long nnd narrow hall , with n
stage at the upper end of it ; two or three
scenes , evidently painted on the spot in
dire distress ; a drop curtain depicting
an utterly impracticable roseate ice-
gorge in the ideal Alaska , uud four lool-
lights constituted the sum total of the
properties. The stage was six feet deep ,
about , ten feet broad nnd the "Hies" hung
like bangs above the faroheads of the
players. In the adjoining room , conven
ient in case of a panic or anything of Hint
sort , was the Silkn fire department , 0911-
sisting of ono man power machinewhich
a small boy might work without endang
ering anybody or anything.
THE SUUUU15S OK SITICA.
Suburban Sitka is sweet and sad. Ono
passes on tlio way to the wildwood.whoro
everybody goes as often as convenient , iv
"
socalled""blarney stone. " Many a
fellow has chipped away at that stone
while he chatted with his girl I suppose
that is whore the blarney conies in and
lott his name or initials for n sacred
memory. There nro dull old Russian
hieroglyphs there likewise , hove is alike
in all languages , you know. The truth
about the stone is merely this : It is n
big soft stone by the sea , and of just the
right height to rest the weary pilgrim.
There old Baranou" , the lirst governor ,
used to sit of u summer nftcrnoon and sip
his Russian brandy until he was as sense
less as the stone beneath himand then ho
was carried in state up to the colonial castle
tlo nnd suffered to sober oil' . Bojond the
stone , and the curving beach with the
grass-grown highway skirling it , is the
forest ; and through this forest is the
lovera' lane , mndo l < jpg t Q by the " " '
colonists and opt 5ll tfr . .
jnter.ti n i- , vcl , trjm by the
( --.iS5 ! } uwr is crc&n-arclied over-
norm nnd fern-walind on either sibc , . and
soft-with the dust of dcnd pine boughs
underfoot. There also nro streams and
wnlnrfnlls and rustic bridges such ns oiio
might'look for in some stately park in
England , but hardly in Alaska. Surely
there is no bit of wilderness finer than
this All is sweet and grave and silent ,
save the ripple of waters and the sigh
ing of winds.
A rAHTINd OMMPSK ,
Returning into the town by a circuitous
route one finds the Presbyterian minion ,
under the charge ot Bov , Sheldon Jack
son , Numerous schools preceded the
advent of the Rev. Mr. JnokFon. Miss
Mcsser , Mr. Rogers , n son of Chaplain
Van Horn , and many of the naval ollicers
stationed nt Sitka linvo had chnrgi ! of
week-day schools nnd Sunday schools ,
nnd compulsory education was estab
lished n long time ago , AH for the SI wash
village on the other side of Sitka , it is n
Siwush village over again. JIow soon
one wearies of them ! But ono ought
never to weary of the glorious ucn isles
nnd the overshadowing mountains that
lie on every side of the quaint , half-
barbarous capital ; nnd though it is dead
to the core and beginning to show the
signs of death , It is ono of tlio drcnmk'st
spots on earth , nnd just this ono for long
summer solitude ; at least so'we all
thought , for on the morrow we wore
horuawnrd bound.
CjiAiti.KS WAJIHKN STOIJDAUD.
Tlio Now Drug lU-niich.
Representatives of the Richardson
Drug cornpan3r , of St. Louis , nro nego
tiating to buy out the Goo'dmnn Drug
company. It is thought thnt the transfer ,
will be mnile.
As mentioned In thn Br.i : yesterday , 'it'
is almost certain that Urn Richardson
Drug company will locate ti largo bratjch
hero , The only trouble will bo
to secure a large cnouch 'build
ing. Dr. Mercer oilers to or.cct a
Jnrge building with CO foot frontuge on
Howard street , to bo five storlca lilgh.
Mr. Crgi hton has also ollercd' to erect u
somewhat larger building nlsa' oh How
ard Ktrcct. .No definite UCCJBIOU in this
regard hug been made. ,