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TOE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , OCTOBER 21 , 1886. HIM IKU1/Y IIMIC , fU < * * K i m rum ! uimt , nmm , . 'Hilt ' IMIMIMh / , HilfHIfHI Bf ( tll'MlliUlrtH , , i lh * % l7f fiM ! rtfl Htjp JMII1 ! tfS , t 11 , * wpt > fc Mwfffl ( Tuli IITlFli 10 , win ns 'i ' " . , i in n uiiiiii. i , , , . If.fjp ' .li'lfO , IH . , . , , , , , . , , , , . . . . . | ! l.ll7ft ' " I ' 'fr , W i in f'i . , , , , , , ,111 , 'Jfw ' Hi'Ht , I * in.in HJIJO HBO. 11 , r/if MM i * . . " 'ili | IndliiJ tilMf'Hht > | l III liiv Jilt1 I'm ' ftiit imjof orlulicr , A , Ii , Iwt , U H I'MII ( I , u ' . Iwlliu Hist duly swiilll , ill | , r . " * ' / ( ! | illtli ( llVl lii'lu. swii'lnry ' of ( ho II M l'iiiill liliiiHimMhy. ! | llmt llm nriiml nv . . . . . . 'iifljii"J'Tif'iifi All ill of Ilii * Iliiliv Hoc for \I \ < K iniiiilhiif ilntiinii , llf/1 , Will iD.llfS . . . . . . . . . . . . . iit , HWO I'liiilesi ' for Mulch. * * , li.wif ciijilw liit AuII. | 1 , I'J.ini . IH. I'9Wriiii' | ! < * . 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Tin : oily of Cleveland Is bragging over nn Increase of ! W per cent. In bank clear- ingn , When Omaha falls to reaoh an Iliormuo of fiO per cent , her people fool that timed rti rather hard. Now that the council has deeded the Jiropurly to thu company who propose to bore for natural gas , wo shall noon see whuthor thn city is to become the great- lint manufacturing center of the west. Lot the drill revolve. AIIIUM Hr.wrrr IH a great sufferer from pleu'Mo.ssnesi. An election to the Now York mayoralty Is not the best of pro- ncrlptloiiB formichadisoaso. Mr. Ilowitt , If olootml , will have some twenty import- nut olllecu to divide among the clashing olitliH of the Now York democracy. Sf.vsKT Cox , who loft congress lo ao- copt n foreign mission , threw up his seat nt Washington because "ho was tired of thrashing over llm same straw year after your" After a year's absence Sunset I'M ' concluded ( o take up the congres sional flail again. This Is " Why We to a J'urln letter In a Now York paper , Mr. Cherroul , the eminent confeiiarliiii , bonst.s of thu fact that ho Jlred lo BOO four kings In Franco. That's nothlnu. There nro do/.eus of men In Onmlm not half so old who have seen four kings tlmo and again and didn't Imixst of it. ovun when tholr opponents rnkvd iu the pot , Co Mm nn voters of Douglas county Imvn nn able representative on the republican - . publican tieket in thu person of Dr. iUokotM , Mr Kloketts is an enterpris ing nnd tiggroMlvo republican nnd htands high among his people. He should poll ary colored vole In Omaha in wplto of 1'nt Ford and lili hoantml Influence. Ax n now the Northwestern will cheer fully honor Itself by building direct to Onmlm If guaranteed a handsome sub- nldjr Why not ? Any ether railroad Would do the inino , Douglas county will Mover vo'o another dollar In bonds to a corporation which la not controlled in Ddtiglu * county nnd operated for tliobou- etit of her eltl/ons. I'l uf.io iinprovotnunta started Omaha's julviuiuo in real estate by attracting popu- Intton nnd now enterprises to the city. I'lihllo liuprovuiucnts tire matntamUig valuv * by thu incro'iidng domaud fur property which thuy footer , and the In- CIOM IHK populntlon which thuy draw. I'lihlio Improu'iuttnt have been , unit will cnuUnuu to bo for years , the loUo * tynu of " i | > r wwritjr | , Cliuucil liuwi ; would hardly bo fool enough ( o fonio those perfunctory lutturs 'ufundoriontont ' whluli he Is exhibiting with so uiiioh prldo. They tir.i nut v.iKi bl u yiiouah for that. What duj4 uv- 1'riHldunt Arthur know about the No- mba fruud that IiU congratulations which ho extend * to him ovur IiU noun- tloit should Influence n vote ? He wouh the iamo worda of che r to any ro- * * . " nominee who wrote sw Church ui Kd wiuut Jf oiolnMt ; ; _ Arthur hud known half tuu. * I Church Huwc's bistort ho would have mnphntletJlj to cheer him ID CttUVOSi. J lldttl" . li'irii ttf tdtff Ins golif" tifi f > ofu ( ho fphtililicnin who oppose V < ifi W.tck < rtcf HIP alarming fliftl lti friend * ftf orgftiil/ltiK f t Kill ftffl ( fir tinptilflf trntP fill the ftia- ( Mclfil f < uifi VMifM tup Informed Hint tttl tfrte Will tf Illf-Uftl bflcfttue ( lovetior 'MWMfnmic no fffernftre ( o 11 lit his f < ff > Hfrm Mwtfifttfiltmi. TlifV am wnrnod ! ! f ft Will flrtl Iw ffifitnsfi ( If Ph t , and 'fifMlfttMl Wlltl | irn phh fifi If wHt ft frtllwt fwf l te officer * fftf Iff frtfp ft fifl U'ii nr printed preference ftf I'hllwl JMrtlM flinlof , Tltfwftl n1 of dnwtior lnwp ) lo liienr- fmtnin Mir fififllirlitl IMUP 111 IiU flection fffwIitfTHllof ! # n not unoxpnctud. The | fwim M * do fHniid l Oiiontl Van W.trk' p'lndldftry , mid lenvos no stone ifttttMK'd Jo throw olulnolm In Us palh. lltil Ihf ficRlM f Hi1 * Hovurnoreaii innkn fw | tfi | | ) | ( . dllt't-i'fiirc. Theslnto conMl- tillfiii fiinkc * full ninl motile provision fnf llit'uiiiiltti' | | vole on ( lie senatorshlp. I'llh Inttri nf llm stain delhifl lio\v and H-hmi llml volmlntll bn cast , and ho\v it slmll lin cntivttswl. No Judge of election dull' ' Nifino lo receive , nnd no canvasser ditrt' ' ilwlliiii to eunvnss a ballot contain- it voter's proforoiieo on the ISMIO. The courts would IHimiptly right tiny such attempted The guiitf of boodlera antl nnli- Vnti U'yck railroad howlers who arc [ willing In agony over the prospect of a lumvy popular vole for the pcoplo'.s can- illtliiln imi only making themselves rl- illotiloiis. It 11 oiiiitll.y | idnurd to assort Unit printIng - Ing HID natiio of any candlilato for HID Hunalti on HID tmrty tickets Is a violation of the election law. The law win dc- ( dgitiid to protect regularly noniinali'd candidates from coiiHpiraclc.s under ( lin guise of the party ttiuuo. It cannot , bo twisted to apply tea a mere t\prc.sslon ! of opinion upon nn Issue wldch the stale conven tions of neither of tno parties have tackled. Any candidate for senatorial honors , has the right undnr the law to call out the volt ) by having his name tirlnted or pasted on the stale tieket. The statute makes no provision for a ftoparalo ballol. Il docs inako provision for the canvass of the vote by the legisla ture which canvasses the vote for state ollledi's , ( chapter 20 , section 51) ) , Compiled Statutes , "Canvass of vote for state olli- oerr ) . " The law expressly provides that the senatorial vote shall be canvassed with the vote for ollicor-s on the state ticket. The only ballot in the absence of other special provision , through which popular will can be expressed is through the ballots for state oflieers. All tlie howl and cry of the railroad brigade over tlio melhod proposed to voice thn popu lar will under the Jaw is only intended to defeat the operation of the law itself. It will not succeed in accomplishing its object. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The Ncniiilm Chameleon. Natural histories inform us that the chameleon can change his color at will. Church Howe in bis rapid transforma tions in politics can give the chameleon points and bent him at his own game. Ill ' 05 'JlUiro.li was marshal of Wyoming territory as : i republican federal appoint ment. Ho wis : it stalwart of the stalwarts and bragged of his fidnlity to party as one of his most characlorislii ) virtues. Those who knew him best at the time do not hesitate to say that his faithfulness to republicanism was only excelled by his fidelity to the interests of his pocket book. Ho left a bad odor behind him in Wyo ming whoso scent still lingers among the sago brush nnd greasowood. When ho lost his federal ollice Church Howe made his first vault. Froju ardent republicanism lie bcctuno a ram pant independent. Shocked at what ho termed the "hideous corrup tion in the party1' ho bade it a tearful farewell. The grange was then flourish ing and He became a granger hoping to ride into influence on the crest of that movement. . As grand master ho discov ered that there was moro money to be made from the railroads and ho slaught ered the grange and turned a somersault Into the ranks of the railroad lobby as a legislative free-bootcr. His political spine having become limbered by those two acrobatic feats , Church llowo found it no trick at all to turn a handspring into the democratic camp. When Noise Pat rick made his memorable campaign for thoscnatorshipChurch Howe made $ ! t,000 by pocketing the campaign fund and casting his vote for that bterling bourbon nominee. In 1870 this convert to democ racy placed himself on record as pro testing against the canvass of the vote in Nebraska for Hayes and Wheeler and boldly voted in the succcodinglegislaturo against a resolution alllrming their title to ofllce. A year later , when a republi can administration for at least four years Was assured , the mountebank from Norn- aha made a startling flop over into the republican camp. Ho wisely omitted all references to his previous performances , but howled himself hoarse for the grand old party nnd the interests of hia dear constituents. As there was no other party organization to tackle , Church has smco remained a republican for revenue only. And this Is the man who Is appeal ing to republicans lo support him be cause ho is a republican , and to overlook bin checkered career because ho suc ceeded in capturing the party nomina tion. ' For County Attorney. The nomination of Edward W. Khnoral for county attorney is onn of the strong est of the strong nominations on the re publican county ticket. It appeals di rectly to taxpayers who under the law unw about to go into operation will bo furnished with a legal ndriser of their own selection. Formerly the county at torney was chosen by the board of com missioners , and his dutius were purely advisory to the board. The ollico in now combined with that of prosecuting attor ney , who U elected by direct vote of the people. Mr , Siuiorul , is an able , experi enced , honorable and upright young re publican , who has manfully fought bis way upward in tliijj pity. Ho has been knovTn from boyhood to our people and his record aud reputation are without spot or blemUh , Taxpayers who know him will fuel every coutidcuca in hh in- tugrily aud In Ida ability to handle the legal au'itlr < of thU community , Hut Air Simcral' * candidacy appeals even moro strongly to the young men of Douglas county , ampng whom he has been prominent for a number of years. Hisiucccsija lifo and la Ivls profession -j been a notable example of what a y'oiiug miin "an accomplish by uutiriiig ' nd Iwrd ° enthusiasm energy gtuuj. - of the younger menibc-M of the bar , and of hundreds of young men of both pollti- cnl li.-utie * for Slmernl.ovidpnccsthppop- nlnrlty of hi s candidacy among this Im portant class of our citizenship. The vo- lor fif UfUiglas comity will make no mis- Inko In electing ICdward W. Slmrral for Iliclr rnntilv attorney , bysuclia majority at will show that titty appreciate the value of a clean and able nominee on their county ticket. What Depends oil the Sluyornlly Con test hi Now York. tntpreMing news comes from Washington - ton rcippcllng the attitude of the lion. A. S. llewllt toward Cleveland. It appears lobe well known there that Hewitt has ho love for the president and has held no social relations with him ; more than that , liu has expressed himself freely and in the mo t uncomplimentary way of Cleve land and his methods. This givei a new meaning to the willingness of Mr. Hewitt to retire from congresswhere his opposi tion to Cleveland could al bpst amount lo n protest only , bv vole and speech , nnd to accept the nomination for mayor of New York Citv , in which ollice ho could make his opposition n power to be fell In the presidential election of 18 . When Cleveland appointed llcddcu collector of the port of New York , ho soon found that he had put into the mo.H important federal oflico lu the country a friend of lil most dangerous rival for the presidential succession. When It became manifest thai lleddon wns using his olllcial Inl'.uenco and power of appoint ment In the interests of Governor Hill , Cleveland removed him nnd sub stituted Daniel Magone , u po litical lieutenant of Tildon's , und who could therefore bo depended upon to Mipporl Tildt'ii's presidential heir. This appeared to make the stronghold of New York democracy safe for the Man of Destiny two years hence. Hut now all is changed. Hewitt is nominated for mayor by Tammany , which , by grace of John Kelly , only came late and half-heartedly to the support of Cleveland in 1831 , and is endorsed by the county democracy. Hewitt'.s opposition to the administration must be as well known in New York City as in Washing ton , and it is quite natural to infer that tiiat oppo.-lion ! , it not the controlling factor in his selection , yet hail much to do with it. \ \ ith Hewitt as mayor con trolling the city democracy , and Gover nor Hill that of the state , II is notdillicull to predict that the New York delegation in the next national convention will not be for Cleveland. Hut what of Mr. Hewitt's chances of success ? Twice in recent years in 1831) ) and in 183' . ' , there were clean-cut elections for mayor of New York ; the democrats were united on one candidate , and the republican candidate constitute. ! the only opposition. The democratic vote in 18 0 wasl01,7GO-thc republican08,715. In 1882 the democratic vjte was D ,802 ! Ihe repub lican 70,1335. II will be seen therefore that 1,523 votes withdrawn from the democ racy in 18SO , or 10,70 ! ) in 183. , would have olccled : i republican mayor. In the present contest Henry Ucorgo , as the workingmon's candidate , started out with a pledged support of JJO,000 votes , and his supporters claim thai ho will got 50,000 or 00,000 votes. As the Irving Hall wing of the democracy has endorsed George , the estimate of his vote appears reasonable. Without doubt , too , the largest portion of that vote will come from the democratic ranks. In the election of 1885 Irving Hall and Tammany united and the county de mocracy stood alone on local ollices. The vote stood on sheriff : Kopublican fMf)00 , Comity democracy OS-ISO Tammany and Irving Hall 74,151 Hut on governor the united democratic vote tell ofT 0,037 , , while the republican vote increased 0,853. Without George in the field Iherc is a democratic majority ordinarily to be depended upon of about 50,000 ; with George , and so popular a re publican as Theodore Roosevelt , who will receive the hearty supjiorb of all the mugwumps , Mr. Hewitt can at most expect but a small plurality , and should George's vole unexpectedly go beyond the estimate of his friends , it would doubtless elect Koosevalt. The democratic majority in New York city is very largely made up of wage-workers , and these again largely of Irishmen , with whom Henry George is very popular by reason of his lectures in Kngland and Ireland on land reform. The Irish imve hitherto constituted the strength ot demo cracy , but In 1884 , ' . ' 5,000 of them in Now York voted for Hlainc , and this defection will increase , for their example will bo contagious. It will bo scon , therefore , that if George's candidacy does not elect Kooscvelt and so strengthen the repub licans as to give them the state in 1888 , Hewitt's election is likely to lose it for Cleveland. Henry George may therefore determine the next presidency. the Tyranny of Conventions. The Omaha Republican on Sunday con tained an editorial under the caption of "Good Sense , " which was conspicuous for the absence of that quality. Its bur den was the old plea to stand by the party nominations and the party organization under all circumstances aim conditions. If things that are old are entitled to ever lasting veneration ; If things that are es tablished must never bo disturbed ; if ac cepted theories , moss-oovorod policies , antiquated principles , are not to be ques tioned , then the teachings o ( experience and the lapse of time add nothing to human knowledge , and we should seek in the catacombs of Kgypt for guidance in the present. History Is strewn with protests which led to reforms. All progress is a protest against the past. The barons of Kngland , protesting against old policies , demanded and received Magnu Charla from Kinir John. Our revolution was a protest against tyranny , aud thp right prevailed , The abolitionists waged a war against slavery for more than thirty yours , and they tri umphed. David Wilmot , by his provis'o declaring that the territories were of right free , carried the best part of the democratic party into wjiat became the republican party , and the election of Lincoln resulted , "Resistance tp tyranny is obedience to God. " Opposition to error Jn parties , to .corruption in men is the duty of oycry citizen. A successful party inevitably draws to. itself the adventurers in politics as camp followers gather about an army for spoil , The men who make a trade of politics become more skilled thai ) those who simply read and vote incidentally to their ordinary vocations , A thoroughly un scrupulous and skillful manipulator of primaries and conventions will too often succeed'against the combined integrity and lofty principle * of. a pat'ly , beeau n the good niPii of n p'arf > y are usually In- dillerentto preliminary work. This ex plains the surcpsslvo t rings and great steals of Now York City , ami it explains how the practices of a parly so often belle Its principles. ' Hut the time IKH passed when republi cans will vote "liiodevllorayellow dog , " if they hut secure iioiuinntioitsi the time has passed for the argument to have force that ( he worst republican 5s betler than tlio best democrat. 'The ' time lias passpd for the prostitution of the principles nnd organi/.allou of tlio republican party lo tin ; scllish : nnl alitbilious ends of men who have not even n speaking acquain tance with truth , honesty and morality. When a man has been all things loall mon and his public course is as parti colored as Joseph's coat ; when he has re peatedly betrayed his friends ; sold out his parties , ami worn his principles on his co.it sleeve , not to be peeked at but to be bid lor , the re publican party stullilics il elf by making him its representative. If the republican party is not strong enough to take purg ing phy.-ic to remove its wicked bile , it is nol merely approaching dealh ; il is dead already. Church Howe has secured a uom'.e. tiou for oniigross in this district. He is n gambler In politics , antl has been play ing a brace game throughout hN politi cal career , lie is a .soldier of fortune. Kverythinu' Is fish that conies to his net. The plea that the next congress may bo close is used to justify the party in sus taining Howe , bill even on that plea what has Howe done in tlio p.ist to justify liftbelief that ho can be depended upon in a crisis ? His convictions have been in the market for years. His vole and voice ha\o gone lo the highest bidder , lie has made re publicanism the mask behind which ho concealed his political charlatanism. With a record which his warmest ad mirers dare not defend , ho stands as the republican nominee for congress in this dislrict only because its overwhelming l > arty majority was believed strong enough to carry through any candidate whoso name was borne on a republican ticket. Kvery republican who lias the interests of the party at heart should as sist in burying him under a mountain of adverse republican voles. A .MAitKDi ) increase in the annual min eral production of the country is shown by ( ho report of the Uniled States geological logical survey for 1835. This is interest ing as a good indication of the improve ment in business. O no of the first of in dustries to suffer wflcn money is tight is tliommiiiir business. There is always a largo , speculative -vlenient involved in carrying it on and icapital , proverbially cautious , becomes Stilfr moro timid in times of depression. The present vol ume of the govcrnn&nt'jreports ' on min ing is the third of the series prepared by the division of mining ! statistics and technology and "ktioVn as "min eral resources rcpprt. " The sta tistics in hand point ) out that the j-ear 1835 makes a better showing than cither of the two provibus years. The totals given may , fta the report says , bo due to moro complete returns ami closer estimates , but liujy imUcnte nt the sumo tune , in the opinion of those who collected thorn , : i moro profitable business y'cur than either 1883 or 1834. It would be interesting if the extent of the min eral product for the first six monlhs of the present year could be ascertained and brought into comparison. Mit. TiioiiNuricE RICK has boon fully compensated for tlio indignity put upon him by Minister 1'hclps. Ho has boon twice admitted to the presence of his Royal Highness , the Prince of Walesand has thus been permitted to bask in the sniilos of prospective Hritish sovereignty. The liberty of the press in this country is still safe. GUEVV has , it is said , de cided to annul the decree of expulsion of the Due d'Aumalc. Can It bo that the gift of Chantilly has already borne fruit ? If the report bo true , however , it only shows that France has not yet got down to any appreciation of the neces sity of holding fast to dotinato principles. The Gallic nature is swayed to much by impulse. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ KINGS AXI ) QHKHNS. The Gorman emperor is extremely fond ot fish and has tioutun his table every day. The ciown prince of ( iermany Is a thrifty pcnion and not ashamed to turn an honest penny by selling milk fiom his dairy farm near Berlin. The empress oTAustria being out ot health would seek aid nc tlio shrine of Gourdes only she dislikes the French government too much to go upon French soil , oven incog. The queen of Italy , "tho Marguerite of .Marguerites , " ns King Umberto calls her , dresscuby Woith , chaiicim ; her gowns four times a day. dunclnc like a sylph and rlUliiK like nn nmazon , has vet tlmo to fill the qulrl- nal and hir ; palace nt Monza with crystals from Venice , carving in Ivory , olil jewelry and intngllos. Pnnco Albert was the first ot the royalties to dabble In land speculation , and there Is no doubt timt a cousldpiuble portion of the vast fortune that ho left wns the Irnlt of those transactions. The precise nutuio ot the roynl interest In South KonMtiRton .has never yet boon made cli' r. vyiien thn full and true his tory Is inmlo known there will bo some queer revelations. * The sultan of Turlf'cy 1 a cousin ot the late oinworor of the Fiuncli , He Is dlroctlv de.seendod from Mile. lX\bue \ do lUvry , who was captuied by Al ailno pirates and be- cun the favorite wlfQnf the then Sultnn Solimand ; she wns a Jirwje , first cousin to Mllo. Tnscher do la fyigejlo the Kmino s Josephine , grandmother otj Tnpoleon 111 , Piince Henry , of Unjlenberthns recently Inclined tlio disulensunf.bf rlio queen bv Ills earnest protest agalnst'uio 'kilt iu which he was compelled to array1 li.lmself lust uutuinn , und lu which IIH never ilpl uicd without In curring the derisive cimiDient of nil be holders. Her majesty ovliluiuly thinks that as she Is compelled to fim'lt"1' ' ' clothes for the Impecunious prince , fahpiliuulil be permitted tu golcct the pattern , Queen Victoria. It Is Raid , Is now In fnvor of placing Prince \VaIdi'mar \ , of Uenmurk , on the Bulgarian throne. Prince \Valilenuir , In responding to a ( uiPAtlon put to him by the czar as to whether he would come forward ns Hubsla'd raiulldato. consented upon the con dition that he be ulvpn freedom of action lu all Internal ntlulrs , and , If he saw fit , to be permitted to niisi ) Bulgaria to the rank gf a kingdom. The czar , as the story goes , hesi tates over these stipulations of the prince. The sultan of Morocco is fond of tricycling , brft too lazv to woik the pedals himself ; so huims had a gorgeous machine constructed , propelled-by slave power. He slta cross- legged UDon an embossed couch , curtained and canopied with silk and silver nnd gold. At Ids right hand Is n cluck , and t his lott a compass , in order Hint when beyoud the reach ot the inuozzln's call the faithful Mohamme dan may observe the exact nour of prnyer nnd the exact direction lu which hi ? orisons are to be addressed. Keep It Hefore llcriubllcnns. The republicans of the 1'irst dislrio should ask themselves whether a luan having such a record nsthat of Church Howe has any rightful claim upon the support HI any decent republican. Leav ing out of question hl < corrupt methods and notorious venality we appeal to re publicans to pau e and retleet before they put a premium upon party trea son suiil conspiracy ngainsl iLs very evisl- cuee. Ten years ago , when the republican parly was on the verge of disaster , and every electoral vote enst for Hayes nnd Wheeler was needed to retain the parly in power , Church llowo entered into a conspiracy to deliver republican Nebraska into the hands of the enemy. This Infamous plot is not n mere coulee- lure. Tlio proof of it does not rest on surmise or suspicion. H Is not to bo pooh-poohed or brushed away by pro nouncing it one of 15oie.walcr'h malicious campaign slanders. Th 3 records of the legislature of which Church Howe WIH a member In ' 70-77 , contain the indelible proofs of the treasonable enable conspiracy , and no denial can stand against evidence furnished by his own pen. Urielly told , the history of tills plan to hand over the country lo Tildeu and dio'ioeraoy Is as follows : In 18TD Nebraska elected Silas A. Strickland , Amasa Cobb and A. 11. Connor presidential electors by a vote of fll.lilO as against a vote of 10i.rl , ( cast for the Tildeu and Hendrieks electors. After the election II was discovered that the canvass of this vote could not take place under the then existing law before the legislature convened. The electoral vote had to be canvassed in December nt the late.sl , and the regular sua sion of the legislature did not begin until January. In order to make a legal canvass of the electoral returns , Governor Garber called a special session of the legislature to convene on thorithof December , ' 70 , at Lincoln , for the pur pose of canvassing the electoral vote of the state. The 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 il is also hisloric that a largo bribe was offered to one of the electors , General Strickland. The call of the legislature broke intolhe plan of the plotters , and they found a will- iiiK and reckless tool in Church Howe. When t he legislature convened all ho capi talChurch Howe lllod a protestwhie.h maybe bo found on pages 0 , 7 and 8 of the Ne braska House Journal of 1877. The fol- lowingextraot makes interesting reading : " 1 , Chuich Howe , a member of Uie legisla ture of NcbiafcUa , now convened by procln- mnlion of his excellency , Governor Silas ( liubei1 , for Iho purpose ol canvasslnc and declaring tlio result of tlio vote cast in Ne- biaska for elector * for piesldent and vice piusldimt of the United States , tieieby enter my solemn piotest against such net , denying that the governor has power to cnll tins body in special .session tor any siifh purpose , or that this body 1ms any authority to canvasser or declare the result of such vote upon tlip followint ; grounds : Fir.sti This legislature now convened hav ing been elected under what Is known as tlio old constitution , has no power to act In the promises , the new constitution of the state having been in toico since November , 1875. " The second and third clauses deal with technical objections and arc somewhat lengthy. The concluding sentences of this precious document are as follows : "For the foregoing reasons I protest against any canvass of the electoral vote of the state byhis body , and demand that this , my protest , bo entered upon the journal. " ( Signed ) Church Howe , member of the legislature of Nebraska. The democrats did not respond to the call of the governor and there wns 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 llowo was doubtless prepared by the Tildcn lawyers in Omaha and llowo had the glory of being the sole 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 legislature 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 the conviction on the part of the senate that Hayes nnd Wheeler having received a majority of the electoral votes were en titled to their scats. This resolution gave rise lo a very lively debate which lasted I wo ( lavs. Church Howe asked to be excused from voting when it first came up and was so excused. On the final passage of the resolution the record [ page 370 , Senate Journal 1877 , ] shows tlio following result ; Yeas Ambrose , Uaird , Ulanchard , Uryant , Calkins , Cams. Chapman , Colby , Dawcs , Garfield - field , Gllham , Hayes , Konnard , Knapp , Pepoon , Poworn , Thummcl , Van Wyck , Walton and Wilcox-20. Those voting in the negative were : Atcn , Brown , Covell , Ferguson , Hinman , Holt , Church Howe and North 8. During the same session of Iho legisla ture , Church Howe's vote on United States senator for the first three ballots is recorded as having boon cast for E. W. Thomas , a South Carolina democrat , [ pages 103 and 203 Snnato Journal , ] All this time Church Howa professed to bo a republican independent , republican on national Issues and n temperance granger on local issues , Wo simply ask what right a man with such a record has to the support of any republican , licoomiiii ; UHoil to Bliakas. Chicago Newt. Tlio people of Chin lesion am becoming so familiar with earthquakes that they ring their t'ongsand yell "chestnuts" evoiy time thnlr dlbhes begin to rattle. Earthquakes nro nothing when you get um to them. A llrilllant Hecorcl of Fa U urn. Albany llstncit , One by one the democratic errors Jmvn been developing , nnd yet when It U consld. ored that the party has been In power but eighteen months HID sum total of sins of omission and commission Is nothing less than startling. _ _ Not tlio Stngo , but tlio 1'ooplovlio arc on lr , { Vir ( < ifw llerali } . "Is the Staco Immoral ' ( " 'continues to stare at people as the headings of newspaper arti cles and sermons. No , thti btage Jts > elf Is a very exemplary pleco of carpenter woik. Some of the people who strut their brief hour on the boa i do need to bo looked after occas ionally , however. _ GIvliiK Away Family Secrets. . The officeholder Is ho longer notified that ho must pay so much ; ho is merely invited to contribute , and ( old what will bo satisfac tory. The reform of .which wo have heard so much nnd scon so HIHo worthy of com mendation Is In practice found to be reduced lonrhnneo In the plnafcoloijv pt the beg- circulars. In the Name ol' lilhcrty. .V. .t. SuMii. Two armies forth tob.Utlo went , Hocked out In full airny ; One v oie the line of cloudless skies , The other Vtcuo the "Cliaj.1 The Held with Wood ( hev coveied o'er , Thousands weto slain that day ; And childless mothers pin\cd tor boys In "lUiio' and bejs lu "Dray. " I met the sUhlne cavalcade Atlei the wild melee , I akcd the e.uise lor which they fought , Thej shouted "I.lbctlyl" I met \niicU'slied ] nrmy then , In hues of leaden sky ; 1 asked the cause torhlch they lought , And "Mbeity ! " thuyeiy. I pondeiod lone and pondered well , Vet only could exclaim ; "Oh , Ijlbeity , how man v crimes Aie wrought In tliysuent nniiio. " STATK AND TiaUltlTOUV. The quality und quantity of the corn crop in DKoii county this year wore never better. The business mon of Fremont arc nrj ranging for an ox" ! Vflou ! to Lincoln , " \\Vll \ have jolly lime. " The cow must go from the pastures of Nebraska City , peacefully , If possible , or by powder , it necessary. Surveyors of the proposed Sioux City and Denver "air" line tire said to bo operating in the I.oup valley. Fremont is confident llint the H , Sr M. will build a branch to thai city from Iho Ashland cnlou" . Surveyors nro said to bo miming a line on the north side of the 1'latte lollle "Prettiest. " Shorill'Ncls And r.-on , ot Cedar county , has purchased a farm of 700 acres near St. James , which cost him ? ! . " an aero. lie will cultivate beats , quashes nnd in ternal greetings that demand warrants or promise reward. A Kansas man with an aching jaw tnukled an itenerant tooth-tinker nt Ucd Cloud. The hitler rammed his nipper home ami extracted a largo section of the Kansair.sjuvv and dislocated the re mainder. The tooth-linker escaped on the lii > t train. The saloon men of Niobrara agree to close up shop and abandon the business if the prohibitionists donate $1,500 , a year lo the school fund. There is no danger of acceptance. The drive well agitators wilt never "shut up , " much less put up to reform the world. A freight train on the St. Paul & Omaha road went through a bridge near Kmerson baturday , wrecking the engine and four cars. The engineer jumped and escaped , but Fireman Patrick O'Hern went down into the abyss and miracu lously escaped injury. J'rcd Gran/ill , of Fremont , while braid ing the tail of a mild-eyed broncho , was fanned by the hitter's heels. He lost sev eral tcclh by Ihoconluet , besides securing a flattciiod nose and a bruised forehead. He will live , but the Romanesque out lines of his phix are beyond ronair. Nebraska City is trembling on tlio brink of ruin. Church Howe threatens to stop the construction of the Missouri Pacific to the city unless the voters pile up a majority for him at the polls. Kvery worker lor Howe is promised a sidetrack through his back yard , with a round house in front , with an annual jxi.-s and n permanent job il they succeed in carry ing the city. The six-year-old son of Daniel Garfl' found a blank cartridge anil at once or- Kunixed u Fourth of July celebration. Placing it on a rook , and taking deliber ate aim , he struck it with a Immmer. When thesmoKo rose above the ruins young Garll's lamentations followei.l , His face was like si war nihu-of Bulgaria painted rod , The damages are distigur- mg out not serious. The youthful town of Grant holds out uncommon inducements to young men to stay away from there. Among the advertised advantages of the town are that Adams fall not because there are no Eves there to lempt ; the apple-blossom maiden is happily nou est ; there arc no pearl-eyed damsels to break your lower jaw by a vicious left-hander , and there are no codfish balls to scent the air oren- courage dyspepsia. The case of D. A. Halo and W. L. Mills against M. Kellner , a stock and grain buyer of Madison , fell through in the dis trict court last week , und Kollner was honorably discharged. Kellner was an active business rival of tlio complainants and they sought to wreck him by circu lating stories that ho cheated his patrons , and had him arrested. When the -case came up for trial they wore unable to es tablish the truth of their charges. Iowa linns. Onawa claims to have a genuiift build ing boom. A. Scranton man claims to have fomid a portion of Noah sark while digging a well near that city recently. A stale bank was recently organized nt Sutherland , and now a national bank is to bo stnrlcd with a capital of 50,000. It will be the only one in the county. Ed. Vannatla , an employe in fho press room of the Sioux City Journal , fell against the press Monday , and had his arm cut off between the wrist and elbow. Some time during Friday night last six horses wore stolen from tno farm of h. Stcnberg , Uoaver township , Polk county. No clue as yet has been obtained us to tuu thieves. State warrants have boon drawn on the treasury ror $20,280 for support of the inmates of the insane hospital at Inde pendence , and $10,000 for the cottage in course of construction. Two Plymouth girls ran away from their homes to escape a whipping nnd wont to Sioux City , where the police took them in. TJioy wore returned to their Barents , who hustled them to bed in a hand-some manner. Three boys , whoso combined ngos sum up to about thirty-six years , loft their homes at Cartluiga one day last week to go out west and kill Indians. Oilicer.s are after them' and they will undoubtedly be taken homo and severely spanked with the maternal slipper. A terrible accident happened In Sioux county ono day last week. A seven- year-old son of Jacob Clevorlnga , while riding a horse , was suddenly thrown to the ground and his foot caught in the baltoi. The horse took fright and ran away , dragging the boy after him. Ono of the boy's arms caught in a wire fence nnd was literally torn oft'at the elbow. lie was finally rescued and bin arm am putated , and is now in a fair wtiy to re cover , Hobsio , thQ four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs , John Miller , ol Ashton. died rcconlly from Iho ull'eeU of a sad accident. While the family wore at nup > per Iho eldest daughter Passed a cup of tea over little lius-sle's head , and Mrs , Miller accidentally hit the cup with her arm , spilling tlio hot lea over the child's neck and back. The little one , delleatu un ( I lacking vitality to rally from the nervpus fchock , died in a few lit1 urn. DaUotn , A live pound potato is on exhibition In St , Thomas , A county seat contest is ripening in Campbell county , A druggists' ' association for South Da kota was organized at Mitchell yester day.Huron Huron has built l.r 0 new residences during the past year , and expeclu to double that number next season. Rapid City has u population of 8,000 , and two bunks. Tiiu bushier of the latter show ( ho prosperity of the p < o il During the past month they hamlleil ? ! WW1.U ) ! ! , and have on deposit subject to check or demand , $1110/250.07. / The alleged exlslenco of a platinum de posit In the Hlack Hills is exciting con siderable interest just now among pros- peelorts. and the lucky man who succeeds iu locating a claim which shall develo , ) into a platinum mlno will bo lucky in deed , The metal Is valuable for many purposes. Its commercial valun is some thing over ? 100 rer Pound avoirdupois. Wyoming. Tracklayers on the Cheyeniio & North ern are four miles beyond Fort Kiusell , laving rails at the rate of two miles pel- day.The The democratic candidate for clerk of Lnramli ) county was dropped from the. tieket because no could not put up $100 for campaign c\pi uses. The stockmen of the territory nro con sidering plans lo dispense with brands The jearly loss tostockmcnin hldesLs es timated at $1,00,00 , or $2 a hide. A social event in Cheyenne lasl week was the mnrrmgo of .James Hughe * , n colored man , to Mary Crawford , iv whlio woman. Hughes has a sulllciont vile of "rocks" to solten the color lino. FRENCH CANADIANS. i'OW They Have Inci-enscd During tlio Ijnst Century. All the Year Hound : A century and a quarter ago the white population of Can ada consisted ot about .sixty thousand hardy French colonistn. who , with thnir Indian allies , principally occupied the best and richest hinds on Iho snores of the St. Lawrence , between the towns of Quebec nnd Montreal. Some few were settled on the banks of the Richelieu , which Mows northward from Lake Chainplain near the little town of Sorol , formerly called William Henry , after the sailor monarch who once hon ored it with his presence. The remainder of the vast area now known as the Dominion ol Canada which stretches from the Atlantic lathe Pacific , and , bounded on the south by the frontier line of tlio United Stales , touches with jts northern boundary the extreme limits known to Arctic explorers was then a wild and trackless country , covered in great part by thick forests , teeming with animal life and traversed by wandering bands of savage and crafty Indians , who were supported by Iho lingo herds of bulValo which roamed over tno prairies , and by the fbh that abounded in every Jake and river. The province of Quebec , alone the si/.e of modern Germany , was , with tlio wxcoption of the region between Quebec nnd Montreal , an uninhabited wilderness. the French-Canadians increased To-day - have creased to a number which may.bo com puted at over one million unit a'half , and they have become .something more than an ordinary factor in the population of live millions , which , including English , Scotch , Irish and Frenchmen , has spread itself over Hritish North America , from Halifax In the cast to Vancouver's island in the west. They uro still chiefly to bo lound in tao province of Quebec , French names being rarely met with in other portions of Canadaus they are in Eng land. The spectacle of fifteen hundred thousand Freiichnien , speaking theirown language , following their own manners anu customs , and uractieinsr lo a certain extent their own laws , in a country in which they are : > conquered people , is a very remarkable one. How many nations besides England would have allowed this condition of things to continue it is not very dillic.ult to say. DOUGLAS CASTLE. CS. A * * * An Knrl "Whoso liu inoKS Saved Soot- Iniul'H Crown. f All the Year Hound : A mile Or so above lionitou Lynn the Clyde , which flows down toward the fall in "placid wimplln' course , " receives the water of Douglas whoso pleasant valley opens out in a northwesterly direction with the quiet old town of Douglas lying high among the moorlands. Close by is Douglas castle , itself a struoluro of the eighteenth cen tury , but with a ruined fragment still left of the old hold of the Douglas of whom this was the original seat that is , if any such word can bo applied lo a family whoso origin is lo.sl in Iho mists of autf- quily , as is written in Wyntoun's rhym ing chronicle : Of Mmiayo ami the Douglas , How that their bcKynnyng was , Syn sundiy iiieu speak fiuinliHcc , 1 ciiu put that in nao hloile. In a curious building , partly ruin , partly church , arid partly mausoleumare to be found sundry monumental elligies of the great Douglases the good Sir James , Archibald , first Karl and Duke of Tcurouaino in Franco ; James the fat seventh Earl , whose indolent somno lence at a critical crisis of the family history saved the crown of Scotland for the S Ui iir to all these may bo recognized and remembered in their stately luonu- iiKints , sadly defaced indeed by tne otros.s of lime and Iho attacks of stone-throwing urchins in the days when the church was rooiless and uneared for. Above the junction of Douglas Water the Clyde makes a wide detour about the base of Tynlo Hill , an oullylugand fcolilarv sum mit , a notable fcaluru in the landscape for miles aroundand familiar as a household - hold word in tiio homes of those who dwell thereabouts. Set her up on Tinto topi There is also an old rhyme of some mystic purport , noteworthy , in that them is an almost identical rhyme connected with llydon ball , a commanding point on the sand ridcos overlooking thu weald and I lin South Downs. Ou Tinted ; tai > there Is a mist , And In the mist there Is a klst , And In the kisl there Is a coup , And in the coup there IH a drop : Tak' up tlio coup , drink off the ( Imp , And set tlio eouu on Tintock tap. Tlio "lion MinlMcr" Down in Maine. lioston Record : At nn island on the coast of Maine , which is much reported to , there is nn esteemed local clergyman who is known to HID Hummer residents , nearly all of whom are Koslonlans , u.s the "lion minister. " This is by reason of his habit of telling , in season and out of season , n curium story which ( juoerly illustrates the idea of faith. "I preached a sermon ono Sunday1 ' the good minister will say , "on the doe- trinu of faith , in which I taught my hearers the good clmsljan doctrine that nil things may bo brought about by faith , Instructing them that faith is the evidence of things not scon , the substance of things Imjiu.l for. Ttieru was u farmer's wife in the congregation who was greatly edified by the hcrmou , nnd carnu to ma anil told me that she now understood just what faith was , "No.\t Sunday morning I overtook her on her way to church , "See here , Parson , ' ways she , 'J don't think much of your toncliln' ' about faith , ' "MVhynotr J asked. ' "Why , " nys she , 'tho other day I heard my upcckled hnn a-cacklin' like all to pay. "Now , " say 1 , 4ioro is a chance to show wliiit faith is , That speckled hen's oiig is the evidence of things not seen ; the substance of things hoped for. I have faith that sho's laid an egg , nnd I'm uuro that when I'll go out to thu shed I'll find it. " So 1 goes out and looks for it , and there wasn't ' any egg there , and that speckled hen hadn't Iniduny , Now. wluit'H your faith good for , I'd llko to know ? ' "And tlinn , " the minister will say , "I told her what wns the matter with nor faith. H was meant an a rebuke to you mat yon didn't find any egg there' said I > \ ou'd ought to have trusted in God , nnd not in the hen1" ! Oarfleld Tea at Hammond & Co.'e , grocurs , Counso Ulook. Full particular * and free sample at store.
