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I or County CoininltiMloiici * :
1SAAU N. I'lKUCl !
iST ( , Is hero but the real estate boom
remains unnippcd. Prices are steadily
tending upwards and confidence remains
'imalmtcd. ' _
Tin : boodle cry of freedom as heard in
Cage county will be In full blast when
'Colby ' anil Church Howe join to capture
the gravel train brigade.
AND now lot Messrs , Arthur , Logan &
Itice publish Church llowu's letters ap
pealing for ( heir endorsement on the
uround of needed assistance to the re-
publican ticket.
WITH Abe Hewitt an mayor , ( Jrovor
Cleveland's political Interests In Now
York will not be allowed to sutler. Mr.
.Hill will take due notice and govern
himself accordingly.
HAVINO disposed of his surplus pork
Mr. Armour ' Is ready to begin packing
operations'again. The strike in Chicago
is over , with the great pork packer the
only party heiuilltled.
Mil. HtmiiiTT and iho Northwestern
managers are becoming alarmed at the
prospects that their rich railroad terri
tory will boon bo lapped by u competing
Jinc , and a-e anxious to compromise on
liny basis which will leave them in uiutfK-
turbed possession of their Hold. Promises
ure cheap curreuoy with which to pay
debts. The shipper * of Omaha are lookIng -
Ing for permanent redress , not for pres
ent favors.
TIIK cattle company of which Church
Howe's opponent Is manager , purchased
274,030 acres of land from the Union
3'acillo company in the sand hills of
Wyoming. This terrible piece of busi-
'iioss of course tripos out Church Howe's
.record of thievery and corruption , and
should certainly elect him. If McShano
hud Ntolon two hundred thouand
neres of land he would be placed more
nearly on a par with thu record of the
.Nemnlia fraud
JAY Got'i.p has come and gone. Of
course ho full in love with Oimilm. Ho
always does , just as lie Is in the habit of
doing with every city where ho wishes to
.make temporary friends tor his latest
roiul. Ho went into raptures over St.
.Louis , throw himsejf into hysterics of Joy
, RS he contemplated the future of luinsus
.City , and * mlliul in ecstncy ns ho dls-
.oantod upon the marvellous prospect * of
the s.ilino industry at Lincoln , By the
time he arrived in Omahn ho hud swept
over the whole gamut of emotions and
hud to begin again , Mr. ( iould's com
pliments mean nothing , and they are
taken for just \vhnt they are worth.
TUB enthusiasm for Colby reached a
fever heat in ( iag i county several years
Ago. His dear friends and neighbors no
whom ho had swindled were to overflow *
ing with enthusiasm that they proposed
to raise him in triumph and present him
With a now * uit of clothes. A stout rail ,
, * .n . barrel of tar and a tack of fcaUiers
1' , wcro provided for this purpose , and
Colby had thu greatest dillloulty m preventing -
venting those popular honors from being it
thrust upon him. When last before the thu
people ( hey evidenced their esteem by
guowlug htm under n * n candidate for sco
judge and electing Ids democratic oppo
nent. Mr. Colby Is a line tort of n can ley
didate for the state * cr.atc. Ho should bo
clcotud to stay at homo by an overwhelm
ing majority. lem
It tt III Itn Cnnrnasril.
The em mips of Senator Van Wyck who
have been slinking in their boots ever
since his appeal for nn expression of the
popular -choice for senator are thrown
Into h > ileries of terror by the 'discovery
t hut hii friend * do not proposn lo let the
vote go by default , but have organl/od to
call out Hie fullest pos iblo expres lou of
the popular will. Mr. Churle * N. Gere ,
whoso resolution denouncing Ihe count- !
lutmnal provision for u popular vole on
MMintor , was snowed under at the Inlc re
publican convention , Is particularly In
dignant. He regards as outrngcotis any
attempt of the people to carry into
ell'ect thn constitutional proviso by
thii method laid down in the
Matulcs. lie troths and foain.s at
Ihe month , denounce1 ! llio law us a dead
letter threatens voters who propose to
iir-l under its provisions , ami throws n
Hood of billingsgate at all coiinecled
with the movement.
Air. Geru and Ids railroad masters nro
wasting their breath. "The dead letter
on the statute book of Nebraska" has
becoino a living IHSIIO U he howls of ( he
monopoly cappeis and political trick-
< lers who see their kliiudom slipping
away from under ( heir hands will not re-
turd thi ) movement. The people of Ne
braska will ho provided with the nu'iitis
to voice their wishes under Iho
constitution and their votu will
bo canvassed us the law di-
reel.s. As the Issue is u state
one the uioper nnd only place for its
adjudication in on the stale ticket. No
canvassing ollleer will dare to refuse to
canvass the \ otefoiHcimlor. . No ono
knows this better than thu tin-can editor
ol thu Hiirlingtim road , whose foolish
threats and spasms of nigu are each
equally ridiculous In the eyes of the
voters of Nebraska.
Vnn ' .Vyolt mill llio Solille.ru.
Veterans of the civil war should not
forget that < ienural Van Wyck hlmsolf
wns for almost four years a soldier of the
war of the rebellion and has done Tilth-
ful duly dm Ing his term in the senate in
the matter of pensions. I Jo raised and
equipped at his own oxpeiiRu tlio Tenth
legion of Now York volunleeiH and
served with Ilium in camp and Held.
During his term as congressman ho was
known n.s the steadfast friend of tlio
soldiers , devoting his time lo their Inter
ests and his experience to their advant
age. In the senate he cheerfully accepted
an appointment on the committee on
pensions and has had charge of all cor
respondence from his own state ,
KaiiMis and Iowa. During that time
hu has assisted in tlio passage of
hundreds of special bills when thu pen
sion olllce had refused justice lo the
politloiiiirh. Few senators arc williiiK lo
servo on the pensions coiinnitleo when
( ho labor Is so great and the glory so
small. Senator Van Wyok's record in
this branch of legislation is ouu to which
he can point with uride. Hu has been
the steadfast and consistent advocate of
a liberal policy towards the nation's de
fenders in spite of red tape restrictions
and unjust technicalities. Hu introduced
and aided greatly In the passage of a bill
to increase tlio pensions of soldier's
widows from if8 to $13 per month. Ho
Introduced and Is pledged to press
lo a passage the bill giving
a pension to every soldier who
served six months and is now disabled ,
no matter when tlio disability occurred
or what the cause , whether incurred in
the service or siuoo the service , the aim
and Intent being that no disabled soldier
who has served his country shall bo per
mitted to want. Senator Van Wyck also
favors the lawprovidlugtlmt all pensions
shall be paid from thu date of disability.
Nebraska veterans for themselves and
their comrades are interested in seeing
that they hnvo'a strong friend represent
ing tlio state at thu national capital.
( Jonoral Van Wyok has already proved
himself. The results of his industry and
ability are on record. With his ox-
perieuco in Washington ho can do more
for the veterans than any new man who
might bo selected to take IIKS. place.
The NortliwoNtnrn AKnlti.
Manager Marvin Hughitt has paid
Omaha the compliment of a visit urged
thereto by ( he threatening appcanuce of
the skies in the direction of thu Klkhorn
valloy. There are rumors which seem to
have a butter foundation than usual
( hat Mr. Ilughltt is determined to
grant Omaha a direct connection with
Iho Northwestern territory and to this
end a em-ofT between this city and Fre
mont is one of thu probabilities of the
near future. This is the plan which the
Br.r. six months ago urged strongly
upon the Northwestern management.
It pointed out that ono of the
most bitter complaints against that
system was the delays in the tranship
ment of freight at Blair. Instances were
cited where goods from Chicago reached
points on the Elkhoru Valley line several
days before goods shipped at thu same
time from Omaha and billed to the name
destination. With n short line from
Omaha to Fremont bolwnun thirty nnd
forty miles of nocdloss transportation
would bo avcd and our merchants would
be given direct nooos.s to the trade terri
tory from which they are now in great
part excluded , Time is an import-ant
element in freight shipments as country
merchants along the Klkhorn Valley
line have found in their attempts
to satisfactorily transact business
with our jobbers and wholesalers.
But the delay of freight is not tha only
complaint made by our people ngunut
the Northwestern management , ' That of
tioiui of contention has boon and is Ilia
result of the same causa for all the other of
complaints aaalnst the Chicago corpora *
lion. The Northwestern has no compet
itor in its territory , It makes IU own
ratoa and enforces its own policy upon
shippers , U is secure against the fcnr of
driving patronage to another corpora- U
tlon. Merchants are bound to isu ) its
rails and shippers into the territory hnvo
option of routes for billing their
froljjht , The arrogant disregard of
the wishes of its patrons , ( ho
persistent policy of diverting nlf
tralllo as far as possible to and from
Chicago and the resulting enmity of our of
people to Its management have all had
their mainspring in the monopoly which
holds of the furlilu country bolwecn
ttlkhorn ami the NIobrara rivers.
Omaha merchants will be pleased to
Mr. Hugluitt's company give them a to
more direct outlet into the Klkhorn val the
, The now line will doubtless Mini-
late business end prove profitable to its
owners. Hut It will not solve the prob
wltb which our shippers nro wrps-
tling It will net-prevent n discrimination
which places Chicago nearer thnli Omaha
tone Wc t Polnl and Rapid City , It will
not cut off robules which knife our
grocery < ' houses and hardware dealers for
tl" ( bciiefllof Sprngitt' , Warner & Co. ,
Hlbbard , Sponcrr & B.irtlntt and the
long haul. In short , it will not bring
ativ , competition with thu Northwestern
IlKldf.
Our Tloliol.
The ticket nominated by the Douglas
county republicans commends Itself lo nil
damns of tlio community. It commoud.s
Itself lo republicans because It is com
posed of men who are representative re
publicans. It is approved by workingmen -
men bncausu it comprises in the list suv-
Till leadnrs ( if labor whoeu leadership
means .something more than ( ho intere.sl.s
of their poeketbooks. It meets with the
pral.se ' of citi/.ens and taxpayergenerally
j
by reason of thu clean , honest and lion-
orahln names which it presents
lor | ) j popular endorsement. Headed by
( JeorgoV . Llnii.ger , the successful
man of business , and enterprising clti-
/.en ( , and Bruno 'IV.schuek , whose ( ! er-
man voice and vole have always beuu at
the command of Ids party and his nation
ality , thu senatorial delegation could not
bo improved. Hold randidalcs are men
of ago and experience , versed in the
wauls of Omaha , and able to make them
known at Lincoln.
Thu hoii.su delngatlon nominated docs
not fall u whit below the calibru of men
demanded. Ilclmrod and Hibbard ,
Whilinoro and Young , Malthiesou Hall ,
Kickett.s and Blaokuiirn , represent all ol-
onionts In the party. Workingmun know
John Matthieson and ilainus Young too
well to call for any Introduction to tlieso
candidates against whose character and
reputation no ouu can raise n voice. The
other names on the ticket are likewise
their own endorsement.
. Against . such a liuket thu mongrel af
fair that thu democrats have put in nom
ination is a poor apology fora uoiupeti-
tor. It is thu weakest nominated for
yearn by the Douglas county democracy ,
and is .so conceded.
A Jloinoorallo Itoinl ) .
Benedict , tlio now public printer , gives
it out that ho has a bomb to discharge
into ( ho republican ranks. When ticked
to slate what his alleged discoveries were ,
hu declines on the ground thai if given
out now thu ufl'eet would die out before
election. "Wait until a few days before
election , " he said , "and then it will bo a
bomb-shell and carry weight before ilcim
bo denied.1 This is an old democratic
trick. During thu presidential campaign
of 1810 , Van Huron assured an intimate
friend , who condoled with him on his
gloomy prospects , that ho "had a card
to play yet , which neither party dreamed
of. " All federal ollleials wore as mysteri
ous as Delphic oracles , but they shook
llioir heads and winked in intimation of
disclosures just before the presidential
election , which were to blow the Whigs
"sky-high. "
At length the maga/.ino was exploded
with due regard to dramatic ell'ecl , and il
wus : found to consist of sworn statumontfi.
published simultaneously in dill'urent .
parts of the country , to the elleet that : i
man named Glontworth had been em
ployed by loading New York wings Iwo
years betore to import voters from Phila
delphia who were ostensibly to bo engaged
in laying pipe for thu Croton waterworks.
Promptly the leading men of the whig
parly implicated published alHdavits de
nying the charge The basis of the charge
was found to be on investigation that
some thirty men bad gone to Now York
from Philadelphia thu day before elec
tion , but tliuru was no evidence to show
that more than one of them had voted.
The bomb had exploded , but failed of its
object , its only oflect being to add tbo
phrase "pipe-laying" to our political vo
cabulary.
Thu latest "bomb" of the democratic
parly was the Moroy letter in 1880 , by
which It was sought to convict Garlield
ofCl encouraging tlio importation of
Chinese. The letter was skillfully forged
bj procurement of Iho national demo
cratic committee , and sent broadcast
over the land in fac simile a day or Iwo .
before the election , to do its work "bo- Is
fore it could bo denied.11 It lost Garfield
the vote of throe stales. The perpetra
tors wore afterwards hunted out and
topi
punished , and the crime unmistakably
fa upon the democratic campaign
in . Benedict may as well go to
slow with his bomb. The trick is an old
one. It is democratic , but it will fall.
An ISntorlnjj Wcilcc.
In permitting its citi/.ous to voice their ,
preference for United Stales senator
through the ballot box , the constitution
and statutes of Nebraska give thu voters
of this state a privilege granted by no
other state in the union. The experi
ment of n popular vote for senator is
being watched with interest in a score of a
other states , nnd upon the result in Ne
braska at the coming election will greatly
depend the inauguration of this method
in other political commonwealths. Sen
ator Van Wyok's appeal to the people
has shaken up the dead political bones.
It has alarmed the political nhy-
stern who Inivo mndo tralllo in
the votes of the people's ' representatives.
It has frightened the great corporations
whose emissaries have controlled the
election of our senators , and sent their
pliant tools to Washington to block
remedial legislation demanded by the
producers of the west. The choice of the '
United States senator through the direct ing
vote of the people menus the destruction
thu legislative lobby , the confiulon ol
corporate corruption , and thu overthrow
combinations to override thu will of
the ruonlo.
The vote in this stuto , on the 2nd of us
November , will bo'tho entering wedge.
Lot thu people drive it homo. If success
ful hero it will bo adopted elsewhere ,
will split wide open the
mossback byston , which enable *
political bosses , corporate power and
orgftimod wenlth to elect ft &enato not
need
dependent upon the votes of the pcoplo It
nnd no sympathy for the struggles and oral
toils of labor , U will tench our house of
lords that there Is something uioro back
their tillo to otHco than n majority of of
tha rotes of a legislature. It will road a she
lesson to the aspiring politicians that the
Mipport of the people is more to bo
courted than the.
pledges of great cor
poral nns , and that a good record Is more from
b. desired In a senatorial contest than
favors of many railroad managers. ether
the
TJIK board of education have made &
detailed answer to Mr , Blackburn's cate
chism. The report covers tbo ground
> cry thoroiiglv and "U hl to 1 e s.illsfnc-
torr. Mr Blacktnirn hits gained a pass
ing notoriety from his conundrum * ,
wlilcli proved n little1 easier to solve limn
that gentleman
Tlio UiiMlurfM Sllunllon.
Tlio 1 promises of early summer are
being fulfilled in the fall trade which is
fully up to exrrt'etMions and In some
brnnchiM beyond the' capacity of mills
and factories to lill order * . The iinniRtiso
volume of business which is being trans
acted Is shown by the clearings table
in' which , as is her1 crtstoin , Omaha lends
the list in the p'orc nlago of increase.
Tin iron trade which lin conm lo be
considered n barometer of the general
business situation , continues strong with
values indicating a hardening tendency
on both cruilu and finished products.
We Is moderately active with prices
an . Grain markets show an improvo-
nienl over lasl week's quotations when
the lowest prices of the year were reached
on Monday wllh wheat al ( illjc on the
Chicago board. The change for the bet
ter Is duo lo increasing confidence in
speculative , circles , encouraged by the
improved | tone of foreign markets mid
the prevalent rumor that a new combination
lioi of Chicago and New York operators
has ( been formed to ad vance prices. There
has boon compii 'aUvoly little new de
mand for o\porl , but parlies who had
previously ( sold cargoes abroad for October
bei clearance from Atlantic ports have
been covering their contracts this week ,
and this inquiry , together with the
foreign political news , has helped
lo strengthen the maiket. The wheat
yield of the present year , as finally esti
mated by the federal departmoiil of agri
culture , reaches a total of 153,000,000
bushels , or 100,000,000 bushels morcthan
the crops of last year. The corn trade
ha ; continued dull without important
change in prices. The complication al
Chicago has caused u falling-oil in wesl-
ern packing operations to tlio extent of
25 per ' cent , as compared with last week ,
and ( has interfurcd with tlio shipments of
products from that centre. Prices are
BTl ! } cents per barrel higher for pork and
, 10 , . cents pur 100 pounds higher for lard.
The wo.ither has boon generally favorable
for Iho ripening of corn in U < o west and
for . , thu picking and marketing of cotton
in the south.
l.v Iho history of his life Church Howe
omits all reference to his thrilling experi
ences as United Slates marshal of Wyom
ing , where ho held federal olllce under a
republican administration only a few
months before be lelt the republican ,
party "on account of its corruption. "
' '
Woiiic on the viaducts is steadily pro-
rossing. Within a fw weeks the bar
rier of the tracks Will lie removed through
easy and convonii'lit ' a'ccess lo n section
of the city whoso rostth has been ma
terially hampered bjr those dangerous
obstructions. i > i
AITIU : a short interview witli Jay
Gould at Lincoln , Cluurch Howe returned
to his friends "fecjing , refreshed , " as ho
pul it. It will takp something more than
.lay Gould's sloeklwatcring pot to revive
tlio wilted Howe boom.
KVEUY railway baprVci Ju the First dis
trict is working tjjolh' and nail for their
old pal , the Nomaba trioKster , Church
Howe. Church depends upon railroads
to reward him for his troauhory to the
people. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Now is the lime when Iho bogus work-
ingmon's tickets begin to sprout. The
men who control only their own votes
are principally concerned in getting
them up. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Tin : more railroads Ihe merrier , bul
Omaha must have a road of its own to
compete with lines whoso business in
terests lie in Chicago and the long haul.
PROMINENT PKIISONS.
.Tunics 0 , Bliiltio began life as a book asent
In Pennsylvania. , '
Walker Blidno Is ( rotting ready to open a
law ofllcoin Chlenco.
Kx-I'oilinaster ( Jenor.'il Thomas L. James
growlmr Bray and sloiit.
1) . L. Moody , ( ho evangelist , will bccin
work next month in ( he .south.
The story Is revived that Mrs. Langtry will
receive her dlvorcotlds winter nnd will make
her future home In this country.
Miss lloso Kllzabcth Cleveland , accordinR
a Washincton letter In the Boston Bndcet
will bo a guest at the white house the coininc
season , nnd will abandon the effort to paint
Chicago a gorgeous Tyilau purple.
Sarah Bcrnhnrdt has been presented with
2,000 acres of land by some admirers In the
Argentine HcpuUllc , and a faint hope Is ex [
pressed tliat llus erratic creature may yet set
tle down 10 the rc.spectablo life of n stock
fanner.
Adirondack Murray 1ms swung around
the circle nnd is back in Boston again , not as
clergyman , but ns a reader. lie Is done
trying to reform the world , lie says , aud Is
now trying to entertain It. The years have
dealt kindly with this erratic man.
Why the StranRor Comes.
Ktw llarcii fi'ctrt , tui
Thcf Indians say , "If a dog howls In the Stc
night a stranger will come to-morrow. " The rec
sayliig does not sny why the stranger will Th
come , but It is probably1 to murder thu dog. Thpr [
Not
NotCMeago
CMeago Tribune.
Ohio democrats now have a pretty coriect
estimate ol the number of votes they will be on
cbllned to import Irom Kentucky to carry
0 state at the coming election. Tbo show the
Is not (
A
Chlcaoo Ttmet ,
A fiirmer In Nebraska dug up a
6W
loity-nliiolnclu's Jong the olier
(
day , it In
should l > o bent to tlKr-timttlisonlnn Institute Inwh
a valuable piece olu-siunony in fixing the wh
period of the tirst rncv of American politi no
cians. , as
for
Marrlaso in the Snlvntlon Army. is
* ii
The now onler In tlio salvadon army pro-
hlbltlng marriage muter tlie rank of captain ns'
appears like a verv great hardship , though U ma
not necessarily be one , to it ) that alniy the
Is just as easy to make a man a mafor-gCn- the
as It Is to make him a sergeant the
An intelligent cow entered the chapel sail
St. Paul's church , in Kinirstpu.Cunada , have :
attracted by a choir rehearsal , and before prc
wont out bad ripped up several Jar
benches nnd torn the garments of several ap
tenors and bassos , and
Ihc :
A big eagle that measured nno feet
tip to tip , captured last spring near all
Binnhampton , N. V. , was released the
day. On its leg is a brass tag giving
date of its liberation and offering cash
prizes for tlio return of the bird.
Criohton A Whitney soil hard and' soft the voj
coal.iath and Iiurd aud 218 S. 15tb street. each
Keep It Ilofbre
The republicans of the Kttst dlnlrio
should ask themselves whether a man
having such .1 record ns that of Church
Howe has any rightful olalni upon the
support ol any decent republican. Leav
ing out of ( juostion his corrupt methods
and notorious venality wo appeal to re
publicans to pause mid reflect before
they put n premium upon party trea
son and conspiracy against its very exist
ence.
Ten years ago , when the republican
party was on the verge of disaster , and
o\cry electoral Vole cast for Hayes : iud
Wheeler was needed to retain the party
in power , Church Howe entered into
a conspiracy to deliver republican
Nebraska lulo the hands of thu enemy.
This infamous plot is not a mere conjec
ture. The proof of It does not rest oil
surmise or suspicion. It is not to bo
pooh-poohed or brushed away by pro
nouncing it one of Hosuwatcr's malicious
campaign slanders.
Tlu records of the legislature of which
Church llowo wa. n member In ' 70-77 ,
contain tiic indelible proofs of lliu Ircas-
nimble conspiracy , nnd no denial can
stand ngaliisl evidence furnished by his
own pun. Hriully told , the history of this
plan to hand over the country to Tilden
and democracy is as follows :
In 1870 Nebraska elected Silns A.
Strickland , Amasa Cobb and A. H.
Connor presidential electors by a vote of
! llilfl ! as against a vole of 10,1)01 ) cast for
thoTildun ami Hcndrieks electors. After
Iho election it was discovered that the
canvass of this vote could not take place
under the then existing law before the
legislature con veiled. Tlio electoral vote
had to bo canvassed in December
at the latest , and the regular sijs-
slon of the Icgislaluro did not beirin
until January. In order to make
a legal canvass of the electoral returns ,
Go
of
December , ' 7(1 ( , tit Lincoln , lor the pur
pose of canvassing the electoral vote of
the state. The democratic ell'ort to cap
ture republican electoral votu.s is historic.
Tildeti's friends , notably Dr. Miller , had
been plotting for the capture of ono of
the electors from Nebraska , and it is also
historic tliat a largo bribe was ollbred to
Oil' ' of thu electors , General Strickland.
The call of tha legislature broke into the
plan : of the plotters , and they found a will
ing and reckless tool in Church Howo.
When the legislature convened at the capi
talChurch Howe tiled a protest which may
bo found ou pages 0 , 7 and 8 of tlio Ne
braska : House Journal of 1877. The fol
lowing extract makes interesting reading :
" 1 , Church Howe , a member of the legisla
ture of Nebraska , now convened by procla
mation of his excellency , ( lovornor Silas
Harbor , for the purpose of canvasslne and
declaring the result of the vote cast in Ne
braska for electors for president aud vice
president of the United States , hereby enter
my solemn protest against such act , denying
tliat the governor has power to call this body
In special session for any siu-h purpose , or
that this body has any authority to canvasser
or dcclnra the result of such vote upon the
followlnz grounds :
First. This liiirislaturo now convened hav
liif been elected under what Is known as the
old constitution , has no power to act In the
promises , the now constitution of the state
having been in foico since November , 1875. "
The second and third clauses deal with
technical objections and are somewhat
lengthy. The concluding sentences of
this precious document are as follows :
"For the foregoing reasons 1 protest
against any canvass of the electoral vote
of the state byi bis body , ana demand
that this , my protest , be entered upon
the journal. " ( Signed ) Church Howe ,
member of the legislature of Nebraska.
The J democrats did not respond to the
call ) of the governor nnd there was barely
a quorum in the senate , while there wore
sover.il \ to spare in the house of which
Howe was a member. The protest en
tered by llowo was doubtless prepared
by the Tilden lawyers in Omaha and
llowe had Ihe glory of being Iho solo
champion : of Sam Tilden. The legisla
ture ignored Church Howe , spread his
protest , on its rooord and canvassed the
electoral vote in splto of it.
When the legislature convener ! in Jan
uary , 1877 , the presidential contest was of
at its height in Washington. Church
Howe liiuj ohangcd places from Iho house
to the senate. Karly In the session , a
resolution was introduced expressing tlio
conviction on tlio parr of the senate thai
Hayes and Wheeler
having received a
majority of the electoral votes were en
titled to their seats. This resolution
gave : rise to a very lively debate which
lasted two days. Church llowo askcu to
bo excused from voting when it Jirst
c.imo up and was so excused. On the
final passage of the resolution the record .
page : 370 , Senate Journal 1877 , ] shows
tin following resull : Yeas Ambrose , the
Bainl , Hlanchard , Bryant , Calkins , '
Cams , Chapman , Colby , Dawos , Gar
field , Gllliam , Hayes , Kcnnard , Knapp ,
Pepoon , Poivors , Thummel , Van Wyck ,
Walton and Wilcox 20.
Those voting in Iho negallvo wcro :
Alon , Brown , Covell , Ferguson , Hininan ,
Holt , Church llowo and North 8.
'During the same session of the legislature -
turo , Church Howe's vote on. United
nav
States senator for the first three ballots it mo
recorded as baying boon cast for E. W. ma
Thomas , a South Carolina democrat , and
pages 103 nnd 208 Snnate Journal. ] All oth
this time Church IIo\vo l\\\ \
\ professed lo bo a llay
lay
republican
independent , republican on see
national issues and a temperance graugor call
local issues. We simply ask what bos
riglit a man with such a record has to dec
of republican ubu
support any ,
ma
The Dee ns a Newspaper. stpi
TtiHtl.
The Omaha I\KK \ publishes each day a and
sworn statement of its dully circulation. just
proportion to the size of the city in
which it is published , ' we baliovo there is
live-cent dally that has anything like Ins
large u circulation as the BEE. Take He
instance the Chicago dailies. Chicago
at leiibt ten tunes ns largo as Omaha , vest
the demand for dailies is ten times : - .
great ' , while Omaha has five times as boa
many daily newspapers in proportion to hard
population as Chicago. I'd. wj- ; } , ) ]
these advantages , tin ; great Chicago
dailies ImV" < " lv abouj four or live times
circulation ot thu IJF.E , when with the He
same enterprise and ability it ought to 1
at least twenty to ono. There is Ho
probably no other city In the country no but
larger ; than Omaha thai can boast of such
paper for witerpriso , outlay of money
circulation , As a newspaper , the "
is a greater success than the Chicago
Times was in its palmiest days , Inking
the circumstances Into consideration.
quite
Three vessels lhat sailed from Iluenos been
Ayrcs for Savannah ou the same day saw He
nothing of each other during the entire and
litre until they entered iho mouth of had
Savannah river within a few hours of -
oilier. the
TWO NAVAL CELEBRITIES.
Commodore Porter's Illness Suggesting War
Reminiscences.
The Coinnioilara n I-'nmoiis
Writer Ail nilrnl Woollen's
riospccts.
. Tlio recent severe and almost
illnc. s at Newport of Admiral 1) . D. Tor
tor , of Ihn navy , and the doubt that yet
exists of his recovery , will revive interest
in tin1'ortiT family , and incidentally in
many of lliu older ollleers of the navy
now passing away. A retired vcleranof
the navy , in conversation on the- subject
of Admir.il Porter , was not especially
impressed with Hio solemnity of tlie idea
Hint perhaps the navy might soon bo
without itn admiral. "Yes , " lie re
marked , "I saw that David was very ill ,
siiid was quite startled. Hut In a day or
two 1 saw'that ho was able to sit up and
( lictato 1'jttcrs , and then I know thai
David was still himself. . Dave Porter , "
continued the grizzled voloran witli n
laugh , "is the greatest letter writer on
earth. What ( tonoral Sherman is in llio
Hold of talking , I'ortor Is with his clerks
ami their typewriters. 1'ortcr has n
private secretary -Jim Alden , a nephew
of Hoar-Admiral Aldun but , bless
yen ! Alden couhl no more handle Per
tor's eorrespondenco than Dan Lamoiit
could thn president's. Alden has three
clerks under him. Ono is a monographer
and type-writer and another is a proof
reader. I don't know what the third one
does , but 1 guess he keeps the scrapbooks -
books of tilings tliat are saiil about the
admiral from time to time In the public
prints. . ' * Porter's correspondence with
the navy department ( luring the war was
greater than that of all the other com-
mundiiis : ollicers combined. Ho had on
liis llag.ship ou > the Mississippi waters half
u dozen clerks whoso sole duty it was to
write letters and reports for him to sign.
"Iut ! , after all , " continued the veteran ,
"it was Grant that made Porter. The hit-
tor's ' activity and hearty co-operation before -
fore Vicskbtirg won Grant's confidence ,
and from that time they were very close
friend.1 * . It was Urant that got Porter as
signed to the Fort Fisher oMiodition.
Ciiduon Welles did not like Porter and
choose Farragul for tne command. Far-
ragut's health had broken and lie de
clined Then Mr. Welles was going to
select Commodore Winslow. who had
just sunk the Alabama , but ( Irani used
his inlliionco with Mr. Lincoln and got
the latter to overrule Mr. Welles , [ t was
Fort I'iMior that made Porter a vice ad
miral when Farragut was promoted , and
when the latter died it was the ever-faith
ful Urant who made his protege an ad
miral. There was a good deal of quiet
opposition to this last promotion , for
many in ami out of congress , and the
whole navy as well , thought that the
rank ought to die with the great ollicer
for whom it was created. Hut Grant had
Ids wav , as ho always had. "
"The admiral's Unties , I suppose , are
merely nominal in times of peace , " was
remarked.
"BJoss you , they're not oven that. lie
is paid ! ? it,000 ; a year and has no duty
whatever. 1 believe under an old regu
lation ho makes a report once a your to
the president on 'tho condition of the
navy'but that is merely porfunctorv.
No , for more than ten years Porter has
written .1 great for the newspapers and
magazines ana now I believe has turned
out 0110 or two novels. lie has also writ
ten ono or two pamphlets on naval topics ,
lie js more of a writer in a literary than a
professional way. Ho is somewhat given
to poetry , too , or used to bo. I was with
him in I860 in the Powliatan and then lie
used to scribble whole reams of poetry ,
some of it not bad cither. Afterwards ,
too , when commanding the squadron on
the Mississippi , he did up the siege of
Vieksburg in mock heroic verse in a way
that immensely tickled Grant and Sher
man , He was nhynys writing doggerel
to his brother officers , some of it some
times carrying with it wounds , for Per
ter was not always mindful of otiicr poo- in
pie's feelings.
Soon after the Mexican war Porter and
Lieutenant Henry A. Wise , of the navy ,
together wrote a Mexican nov.ol. ' 'Los
Griugoes , " it was called. Porter , who ,
by the way , is an accomplished linquist ,
translated it into Spanish. As it was n
dreadful satire upon all Spanish-speaking
people it gave great olletibo. " After
wards , Owhcn Porter commanded the
New York and Havana steamer , Black
Warrior , ho got into n row with the
Spanish authorities , and it all crew out
that book. I don't remember what the
immediate grievance was , but the real the
cause of Spanish hatred was the affronts
contained in that novel. Porter was
always getting into rows in his young
day.s. When , In ' 1657 , Jofi\Divis : , then Ihn
secretary of war'sent I'ortor to Syria to
bring over a ship load of camels for Ari
zona , he got into a. squabble with sonic ol
Syrian authorities , which came near end
ing in bloodshed. Porter was inclined to
imagine that somebody was intending an can
insult to his llag. and being over ready
for a " light he vas almost always into safu one
ono.
"Did 3fou over know the admiral's
brother , 'Bill' * " asked thoTribuno writer. the
"O , yes. Bill and I sailed together in
old Jamestown awav back in 18153.
'Bill1 was older than 'Davo,1 and was
higher in rank. But ho was n queer
genius. 1 fancy Bill Porter was more
like his father , the old commodore , David , have
and
than was his brother. Of course , nil the in
Porters were lighters , but Bill was rough
and eccentric. Ho had n horror of naval
forms , and customs , and dress , and eti- and il
qtiot. When , during the war , ho got
command of the ironclad Essex , and plies
could do as ho pleased , ho thre.w of ) ' all and
naval rest mint He made his gunboat
more of n Mississippi Hat boat than n cept
man-of-war. Ho kept her guns ready and
: 'lighting tacks' always aboard , but
otherwise she was a sorry spectacle to the
nayal \ eye. Once in 1803 when the Essex press
oil' Baton Hougo I wont aboard to RO
'Captain Bill,1 , as lie was always to
called. There ' ' '
wasn't a 'side boy' nor a
boeim'w pipo. nor oyen an ofllcor of the
deck to receive mo , The crow was lying
about in merchant sailor's or 'longshore
man's rig , the dock hadn't boon Holy
stoned in a month. The boat was alive by
with pigs , and geese , and chickens , the
result of 'Gapt , Bill's1 foraging aihorp ,
she looked more like a freight boat
struck the Joyce from the 'upper
coast' thiin anything clt > o j could im
agine. Oil thu upper duck with hands in
pockets auit lolling against a smoke
stack-guy , fctood 'Captain Bill1 Porter.
had on a stovepipe hat , cocked on the
back of his lioiul. Hu wore no coat nor
, but had on a red woolen shirt and
a.pair of dirty whlto trousers lurked into
heavy top boots , Thaj wns ' ( . 'apt. Bill's'
outfit as to clothes. But ho was a
fighter , Stl ! ! ' "a cauturo or
destruction of the rebel "nun Ar
kansas was an event of the war. Ho
never bad a command after thn K.st > \ .
got to be a commodore , however , and
thinK died a year or two after the war.
was a fine sailor and a greal lighter ,
his eccentric habits and rougTi nnd
profane ways kept him back in his pro
fession.
"Tno admiral spends hi * ilmo between
Washington and Newport , Ho is rich ,
having got nearly $100,000 prUo money
during the war. And then ho has snrcd
u fortune from the Inriffl pay ho bus
getting for the | a.i lifUHin your * .
has u handsome hoiixi in Washington
a costly ootuige it fxowpori. Ho lliu
several children.
The socoud con ,
T-lifcotlore , is A lieutenant oommandur in
navy and la an instructor at - *
Nu : rvl academy. There h n ilaij. '
lee , I b.'liove , the wife of Coiuui ,
Mason , of the navy. "
"What is llio reason Porter has , -
been retired ? The
general of tin- n-c
hail to co when he reached the age. | , (
Porter old enough * "
"O , ves , the admiral Is nn older
than Sherman. Ho is over sevrntv-i
think about seventy-one. , and mn v \ , i
purs retire at sixty-two. But iimfeit'i. '
law any oflicor who may have by iu ! : .
received the thanks of congress for ' > i i.
special service Is exempt from the o | , , . | , .
lion of llio retiring law for ten MMI <
after he may Imvn reached tlm p.
scribed ago. J'lms I'ortor will uol I. . , , i ,
retired until ho is
mally sevenu i\\- .
though practically he Is retired now , f > <
ho has . Thorn
no duty. wore se\n i |
other officers who enjoyed tliM even , .
lion. Vieo Admiral Kowan , nnd Hi ,
Admiral Worden of Monitor fame. I ;
Admiral Porter recovers from his pi-p.
out illness lie will be retired ne\t ye. "
and so also will Vice-Admiral Itownn'
who has been over sixty years in the SIM
vice. The rank of both of these ollit-i i.
will expire with them and when thei i >
tire or dlo the senior ollleor of the n'ai v
will , bo John L. Worden , the gnlhcu
commander of the Monitor. "
A MUSCULAR CHRISTIAN.
Tlio Milliner In AVIilcIi Tlio Iiato Her.
CamlirlilRC Grnlinm Kept Order.
In the primitive days of Methodism ,
says Iho Altooua ( Pn. ) Tribune , it re
< iuired not only preachers of storlltn ;
piety nnd Christian colirago , but nK < >
physical strength. The late Hov. Cam
bridge Graham was noted not only for
the excellency of his Christian character ,
kindness of heart mid forbearance of
spirit , but for his great physical strength.
'Ibis latlnr characteristic was never
brought out in his ministry except when
no ether remedy was lelt him. In Ins
early ministry he was sent to Hancock cir
cuit , in Iho Baltimore conference. There
was al one of his appointments a fam
ily ( father mid sons ) who wore noted as
bullies , as disturbers of Methodist meet-
incs. While Mr. ( iniliiun was holding
meetings on ono occasion there werotuo
of the man's sons began their
usual series of interruption. No
rebuke had any effect upon
lliem , and finally the preacher ejected
them from thu house. Thu went home
and told their father of the truatmoiil
they had received at thu hands of thu
new Methodist preacher. The old man
man was very indignant at Mr. Graham
mill vowed to chastise him Iho next
morning. Bright and early , gun in
hand , he appeared at thu farm house
where the preacher was stopping. Mr.
( iraham was out on thu porch perform
ing his morning ablution ( thu man of the
house being over in 1111 adjoining tiold ) ,
when ho was accosted by the irate father :
"You are tlio now Methodist preacher1' ! '
"Yes , sir , " replied Mr. Graham.
He then narrated what he had done to
his sons the previous eveniiig.wimling up
with the declaration that "ho had come
over to whip him.1
"Whip me , " said the urcnchcr , in a
lone of surprise.
"Yes , you. "
"Well , " said llio preacher , "wait until
I got through washing. "
In thu meantime thu old man had set
down his gun and prepared for the strug-
Jo. Mr. Graham approached him in the
Kindliest manner , repeating , "Oh , you
don't want to whip mo , " and with a man
ner that practically disarmed his antag
onist. Drawing close up to him he placed
hip hand on eiieli of the old gent's arms.
II was like the grip of a vise.
"So you want to whip me , " as his grip
tighten , and he began to sway tno old
man back and forth. He was like an in
fant in the preacher's grasp , and writhed
in mortal agonjas the crip tightened
on his llesh , and the shaking became
more vigorous to the ctiorn.s : "iso you
want to whip me ! Why , I'll slinko you
to shavings ! " * -
The figlit was all taken out ot llio man ,
and ho begged to bo released , promising
for himselt and sous thai lliero should bu
no further molestation of Methodist meet
ings in that neighborhood. The preacher
accepted Ins promise and released him ,
and gave him some kind good advico.
The old man thoroughly crestfallen ,
pat-bud thu man of the house who was out
Iho Hold trambling for the safety of
the preacher , and saluted him with the
remark :
' ' 1 believe Unit preacher would light. "
There was peace at that preaching
place thereafter.
Dakota Entitled to Admission.
.St. Limit Qliibc-Demucrat.
The annual message of Governor Pierce
shows that 85,000 , have settled in Dakota
during the last year , and that the present
population of Ihe territory is fully
500,000. These peoule are entitled by all
rules ot justice and precedents in
such cases to the bandit of a state gov
ernment ; but thai right is arbitrarily de
nied them 1/3" the democratic party for
solo reason that a largo majority of
them are republic-ms. In all the history
this country ( here is not to bo found
another such a glaring and flagrant instance -
stance of discrimination against Ameri
citizens on account of their political
opinions. Dakota will get into the union
of these days , however- and it is very
to predict that she will remember
always with uncompromising hostility
party which has spurucd aim
wronged her.
To My J''rlonils. '
GIC.VXD ISLAND , Oct. 14 , 18UO : So many
telegrams and letters of concratuliitjoni
come to mo since my nomination ,
I have become so quickly engaged
the campaign , and being billed for a
meeting every week day till the election ,
twice a day for next Monday. I tiud
utterly impossible lo make suitable ro-
lo them. It has given mo very great
sinoero pleasure to receive the con
gratulations , and I beg the writers to no-
my lumrtfclt thanks for the same ,
trust they will excuse my inability ,
underthu circumstances , to reply lo
them. T also take the occasion to ex
my graliludo to those pipers which
earnestly favored my nomination prior
the convention , nnd have so cordially
endorsed it binoo. Very Hespectfnlly ,
JOHN M. TIIAVKII.
Houlii Omnlia.
Judge JJoiiilior was Monday gratified
receiving from the governor bis commission -
mission as notary public ,
MOST PERFECT MADE )
