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THE .OMAHA DAILY BEE' JFJUDAY , OOTOJBEK 22 , THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVEftY MORNING. TKHMS t > F KLMHCdtPTIOVi U.illv rMnttil.iir Kdltlnm Including amid ay ru-r , Ono Voar . $100) For Six Month * . & < rorTlirooMontM . . . , . 2 t/ > The Oiiinlni Smulnjr Hr.R , tnnllod to nny iuMrc s , Olio Your. . . "CO OrrirNo.su AMI 91 * IMnvA t STitrrT. VuliK on-irc. HOIIM tt , THIlirvi : HCII.IIIMI u.v omen , x < i M.tI-"ut'iiTtt.- Sriin.1. All comtnunlcMlioim lolntlnir tow s toriul mntlor "liouUl bu mliJiusseJ lo tlio Uul- luit or 7IH. Uiu : All li'i'lnpM letter * iinil romlttuncn * should lie IUldle * 0 < l 10 TlIK IIP. " . I't III.I.SIIIMl COMPANY , ( > M\IIA. IlnilH , cho-ks Mini pti'tnllld1 onlur * lo bu madu payable to iliooi'd roftlit' company. 1HE DEE PUBLISHIsTcipm , PROPRIETORS , K. IlOSEWATKIl. K THH IAIIV IJKK. Sworn Statement of Circulation. Stale of Nebraska , I _ County of Dounl.i * . ih- * ' ( ! ( ( > . II. T cliiick , scfiietarr of The Hee Publishing roinpnny , does colcninlv swear Ihat tlio nctii.il circulation ol Iho Dally Boo for Hieeck ending Oct. l&lh , lifcO , was as fdllo\\s : Salimlny. Oct. l ) 13,00. Sunday. 10 iW- : . .Monday , I' ' l.i.r.t Tlll'Mlay , 12 1'A'OO "Wednesday , M 12,075 Tlmr < lny.ll 1-.7DO Kridny , 15 .I'J.TOO A\ erase 12.1134 < ! io. : B. T/SCIHTK. Sworn to and subsrilbud In my presence this 10th day ot October , A. I ) . IMrt. N. P. Kurt. , OKA LI Notnry Public. ( ! co. B. TzMihuck , bolnij llr.st duly swoin , \A \ deposes mid snjs tlmt ho Is secretary ( it thu lice PiihlHiltii : company , that thu actual av- rnue dally circulation of the Dallv Hee for the month of .Innnary , ltN > . was lO.IiiS e < iile | > . for Kfhiuarv " , 18N1 , io.KKi copies ; lor March. 18bfl , Il.tttT"copies ; lor April , IbWI , 12,1(11 ( conies : lor May. IKSfi. l'J,49 ! ! copies ; for June , IBs. ' . , 12,2118 cotiles ; for July. Itfcfi , 12iH : copies ; for Am.Mi.sl , ISM ) , 12-IGl coph'stfor .September , ISSrt , 1.1,030 copies. Oi'.o. II. T/snircK. Subscribed and swoin to before mo this "d diiy of October , A. 1) . , ISbl ! . N. I' . Kiir. : , ISICALI Notary Public. STATE TICKKT. Tor dovcrnor-JOHX M. THAYKK. Tor I.lcut. Governor-H. II. SHEW ) . 1'orScctetaryof State ( ! . L. LAWS. 1'or Tronsurcr-C. II. W1LLAKO. For Auditor II. A. IJAHCOUK. For Attorney ( lOiicrnl WILLIAM LEESE. Tor Com. Public Lands-JOSKl'Il SCOTT. ForSupt.l'ubllelnslructlon-GKO.B.LANli. 1 1 UI2PUBMCAN COUNT ! TICKKT. J < * or Honntors : CKO. W. LININOEll , 1JKUNO T2SC1IUCK. For ItiiprcHcntatlroa : W. G. WIlITMOItE , F. B IIIBBAUD. CEO. 11EIMHOD , It. S. HALL , JOI1X MATTHIESON. JAMES H. YOUNG. T. W. BLAOKBUKX. M. O. ItlCKBTTS. For County Attorney : I5UWAHD W. SIMEUAL. For County Commissioner : ISAAC N. PIERCE A VK\V inoro rctlromoiitd of democrats from tiio Douglas county ticket will make tlio politician ! , even more tired than tlio EVEIMT friend of Senator Van Wyck should work to call out tlio popular vote and see that tlm General's name Is on Ins ballot on election day. has not yet discov ered that he is running ; against anyone. An expedition should nt OIKJO be organ- izcd to hunt for the furthest north. r.u and Tx.schuck at tlio head of our legislative delegation equal in ability and standing any candidates which the republican party of Douglas county has named in years for the state senators. BOTH of the proposed constitutional amendments should bo adopted by good majorities. Jf put into efl'oct they will work a long needed reform in the con duct of public bnsincsj at the state oapilol. CONOKF.SSMAN Doiisny linds that liia popularity is of the kind that counts. His constituents appreciate his faithful and hard work by turning out and work ing for a majority which promises to bo the heaviest over given for a republican congressional candidate in Nebraska. VOTKKS of Nebraska should search the records of every candidate for the logis laturo. The men who have betrayed their trusts and refused to voice tlio wishes of thr | coustituenu In timcs.past should ba left at homo. Traitors and tricksters ought to luvo ( no place in the next legis lature ; Cuuucii HOWE has been an abolition republican , a Johnson republican , an in dependent republican , a railroad republi can in fact every kind of n republican but an honest republican. In addition ho has been a granger , an indepcwj democrat and a Tildon bourbon. For variegated politic * Church Howe's po Jitlcal record should take the first prom 2"ni of 6vorwholminj ( defeat at the hands of honest men. TUB Neinalm fraud is dealing hoayll" j In political blackmail by ihroaloning all ' taUjjpjte > vhlch oppose him in thu First district with the wrath of his masters in \jhso they refuse to change front. Ho tried to bulldoze the Lincoluitos by throats of tlio capital removal , and warned contractors on the Missouri PA- qillo that they would be thrown out of their jobs K they failed to vote straight. This is the kind of a man whom voters of integrity are asked to support on the solo ground that his name will bo printed on republican tickets on election day. Tur.ur. should bo a rigid investigation of tlio shooting of a Chicago workingman - man by one of Pinkorton's detective hire lings. In times of excitement working- inon's lives arn hold too cheap nowadays. Omaha workiugtnon remember tlio cold blooded murder of one 6f their number several years ago at the hands of a militiaman. They also remember Church Howe's ' defense of the dastardly deed and his hard work in the legislature to pass the bill appropriating the taxpayers' Bioney for the whiskey nnd free lunches csnsuinod on that occasion. 111Olnlins Tor Support. Senator Van Wyck is the llnst c-andi- late forrc-plcetion to the sorm'tu who has had the manliness to appeal lo his con- stiliicuta for tin ondorsomenl of his can- lidary based alone on the record which hu has made. Other candidates have de pended upon tlio railroads , upon combi nation.- politician' , upon thu rivalries of oppoMng candidates. Senator Van Wyck confidently haards Iho verdict of the people as expressed by their ballots and voiced by their representatives. He Is willing to stand or fall on tin issue which he makes. Six years ago when selected for Hu ; hlch ollici- which ho now holds , Charles 11. Van Wyck pledged himself to certain measures and a certain line of policy , lie announced himself as the un faltering -idvooato of the principles of anti-monopoly , as the determined oppo nent of fraud and corruption in high place" , nnd ho pledged himself lo work nnd vote for the interests of the people which ho represented. The pledges then made have been carried out. Senator Van U'ick has gained a national rcputn- tation a.s an able , uncorruptible and un swerving advocate of laws regulating interstate - ter-stato commerce , as an active and njr- gr < ssivo worker lo render the senate moro .subject to the ellucts of popular opinion , and as an umleviating assailant of land grant steals , land syndicate frauds and land rob bers of the public domain. His speeches and votes on material issues have always been in accord with the feentimi'iil of the state which ho repre sented. His vlnws on the currency , on the tarin" , and labor in its interests have voiced tlio views of his constituency. Above all , no taint of fraud has scented Ills record. Ills bitterest enemies have never dared to assert that ho was owned or controlled by any interest or any in dividual. .Such is the record , whoso de tails arc known to every reader of the Washington dispatches. It is one of which Nebraskans have a right to bo proud. It is ono on which Senator Van Wyck oan fearlessly base his claims for re-election , confident that it will not bo ignored by an honest and. intelligent con stituency. Tlio Two Tests Applied. There are only two national grounds upon which Chnreh Howe can appeal for the support of republicans of the First district. The first is his loyalty to the party which ho now claims j the second is his record as a servant of the people. He mast fall by cither test. No matter by what means hu has secured his present nomination at the hands of a republican convention , every citizen of Nebraska familiar with the history of politics dur ing the past twelve years knows that Church Howe has no claims on republi canism. Ho not only deserted it when defeat was staring it in the face , but ho allied himself with * ts enemies and sought its destruction. In two legislatures he voted for democrats for United States senators. Ho rejoined the partv for revenue only and is in the ranks to-day for the same purpose. As a representative of the people Church Howe's career is'equally dishon orable. From tlio day when he put his foot In Nebraska bis hand has been thrust up to the elbow in every dirty fob hatched at the state cap- itol. As grand master of the grange he sold it out to the railroads , as member of the house ho acted as an open stool pigeon of the monopolies and from his seat in the senate ho strangled nnd throttled all anti-monopoly legislation which the friends of the people ple sought to press to a passage. His entire legislative career is sullied with scandals which have not been and can not be denied. His vote and voice were always on sale to thu highest bidder and his inllucnco was used in favpr of black mailing prohibitory and anti-gambling legislation , which was only withdrawn when the assailed interests purchased his silence. The strongest advocate of Church Howe dare not endorse him as an honest man. The most stalwart of republicans make no attempts to defend his party apostacy. Voters are asked to cast thoin ballots for this prince of trick sters on the .solo ground that the nomi nation of the Beatrice convention "washed him white as snow" by throw ing over liis corrupt carcass the mantle of a party endorsement of his candidacy. I'roHuIciitlnl I'rogpcctN. Certain democrats appear to bo casting about lo see if a presidential candidate for their party in 1838 could not bo found in the west. From 1801 to 18SO , their six candidates were from the east , four from Now York and ono each from Pennsyl vania and Now Jersey. Ono only , the last from Now York , succeeded , and many shrewd men of that party reoeguizo tlio truth that that was a "scratch. " On the contrary , from Lincoln down , with ono exception , the republican candidates have been from Illinois and Ohio , and the eastern exception was beaten. Wo have in the wcstorn or middle states men who could carry Now York , oven if that state worn indispensable , which it is not , but no democrat west of that state'has over been Bunrgastcd as at all likely to bo able to carry it. It Is morally certain , therefore , that the democratic candidate in 1888 will bo again an eastern man , witii the chances lying between Cloviiland , Hill , Randall and Carlisle , while the re publicans have the western , middle and eastern states to cheese from To the democracy it i $ Jiulisiiansablo to carry Ne\v Yprk to the republicans uot. Had lilaino carried Indiana and cither Connecticut or Now Jersey ho would have been elected without Now York , yet with Indiana , Connecticut and Now Jersey , but with out Now York , Cleveland u ; 1 , nave been defeated , Tills shows how much bettor the republican chances , or rather how much broader , in 1838 will bo than the democratic , Cleveland's plurality in Indiana was only 0,037 , in Connecticut but 1,290 , and in Now Jersey 4.U.18. The changing of 0,091 votes in these states would have given all to lilaino , and a change of 574 would have given him Now York , The prohibition vote alone In Connecti cut and Xew Jersey lost uft those states. How long the prohibitionists will con tinue thus to bo a bob to the democratic kite cannot bo predicted , but wo do pre dict that St. John will be far loss a power two years hence than lit ? was two years ago. Ho accomplished nothing in Maine nnd wo think ho has had his day. In our nomination it is evident that as much if not more consideration should bo given to Connecticut , Indiana and Now Jersey as to Now York. Wo could not have n bettor show for enough of those states to elect with more than one man that touUl bo named , while to keep Nou' York will bo a life and death struggle for the democrats I'ultrd States Depositories. A Boston exchange calls attention to the fact that in the last six months the national bank circulation has decreased * lll ! > 0iM : , and that the redemption fund for these notes In the treasury haa in creased during the same time ? S,110 , ! ) . lly adding these two amounts together it argues that the currency of the country has been contracted during the e six months $10)39i")3 : ) , mainly as the result of bond calls. That some contraction ha. " resulted from thc.so culls tliuro is no doubt , but the BKI ; showed a few days since , on Iho statement of a treasury ollieiul i , that the contraction is very grad ual , is in good part onset by the increase of silver certificates , nnd that to call thu increase of the redemption fund a lock- ing-up of currency is misleading , since it results from crediting the banks with the 1)0 ) per cent of the bonds called , out of which credit the bank notes are redeemed as they gradually come in , but that no stein are taken to force them in. Our Boston coniemporary , however , makes n very good suggestion , viz. , that the treasury should moro liberally avail itself of the depository feature of the national banking law , which empowers the secretary of the treasury to place nil monies received by the government ex cept customs duties with such national banks us he may make''designated de positories,1' taking as collateral security a corresponding deposit of United Slates bonds. This would leave a largo portion of the government receipts in the chan nels of trade , to bo drawn against as needed , just as a merchant's bank ac count ' is , while Iho varying balance would be subject to the bank's use in dis counting business paper , just as the sum of the balances of all other depositors is. Of course United States bonds as col lateral security for these deposits is un questioned. Any man having bonds can borrow their face in currency for use at the very lowest rate of interest , and bank depositories could well afford to pay the government 2 or 3 ucr cent for its average deposits to bo used in dis counts at a higher rate. Wo do not know if there is any restriction in prac tice as to the number of these depositor ies , nor if there is any dilliculty in secur ing a designation , but there certainly should bo neither. Where the operations of a government arc so extensive as ours , its working balance of funds must needs bo largo , but , except whcro specifi cally provided by law , as in the case of custom duties , these funds should bo sub ject to the people's use in business instead of lying idle in tlio sub-treasuries. The sub-treasury system is an admira ble one , and is the only good thing that has como down to us from Van Buren's administration. When Jackson with drew the deposits from the United States bank , the public funds were de posited with state banks with out proper security , and the government lost thereby many millions. With the better financial methods of the republican party , these sub-treasuries are not now so indispensable as when created , yet we should be sorry to see thorn abolished , as some democrats in con gress have proposed. But the largest portion of the funds may now bo de posited in banks with absolute security , and it should bo done at ovcry point where collections arc made. This would make our circulation llcxible. It would place all the money of the nation , except always the customs dues , nt tlio service of the nation , and it would ebb and How in Iho channels of commerce with the regularity of ocean tides. Tennessee Beaton. It has been supposed that the campaign of the Taylor brothers in Tennessee was without a parallel in our politics , but it is double discounted by the contest in Ed- wnrdsville , Madison county , Illinois , for the state senate , which is thus described : W. II. Prickett , who represented his dis trict in the lower house lost year , is now democratic candidate for the state senate. The republican candidate is his brother- in-law , Hadloy , and as soon as the latter was nominated the fun began. Prickett is a partner with his father-in-law , Ed ward M. West , in the banking business , who is also a very strong democrat and who has always aided Prickett in all his political lights , but this time ho considered that ho had done enough for him nnd that it was about time to help his republican son-in-law. Hadloy is a lawyer and a shrewd one , and although the district is a strong democratic ono , lie and West have done yeoman's ' work for a few weeks and weakened Prickott not a little. Mrs. Hadloy. however , has espoused the cause of Prickett because she doesn't want her husband to go to Springfield , and young Eddie Priokott has gone back on his parent and taken sides with Hadloy. There are Btill further complications , but those will servo to show to what extent the light is mired up , Hadley started in by giving liis professional services free to those- whom ho wished to conciliate , and Prick ett gained u good many republican votes by loaning money , interest free and with out security. Then Hadley bought and distributed ten gross of teotldng-rlngs among the infante in Madison county , and Prickett began a tour about the dis trict kissing all the babies , but struck a snag in the slmpo of a negro settlement , His son swears ho will vote against his father , and his father swears that the son hasn't a voto. Alloyes arc turned toward Madison county to see the result of this unique conflict. . _ * IV 1 U-IV4.VO , The Forum for October contains a well- written article on "Tho Fisheries Dis pute , " but It adds nothing to the general stock of knowledge on that subject. It merely states the situation succinctly , as has been done before , and shows that all real trouble now existing springs from arbitrary action of the Dominion under the Canadian law of 1803 , andisintc'ndcd to force us to restore the privileges which were granted to the provinces in the Washington treaty of 1871 , but which were abrogated by instruction of con gress after July 1 , 1833 , by proclamation of the president. By an act of the imperial parliament , passed in 1807 , the exclusive legislative authority of the parliament of Canada was recognized as regards the regulation of trade and commerce , navigation and shipping. It was by color of this author ity that the Canadian law waa passed in 1803 , intended to explain and enforce the provisions pf the treaty of l iS. The cn- forc'emenl of the hafthiand unjustifiable provisions of that act led to the treaty of 1871 , by which this oVcrnnii'iit granted reciprocity of tradultoUanada , and under which the Halifax commission adjudged that we should pay § .luOO,000 indemnity for certain fishing privileges which it was held the Aid treaty did nol confer , and by dunninirly devised sta tistics were made tui appear of great value. After fourteen years' experience of this treaty , it was apparent that wo had paid a large sum for : privileges that were worth very little to' ' our iHiormen. nnd conceded privileges to Canada which were very injurious lo us , hence we abolished ished It. Hut beeau e it was of great value to Canada she is now striving by a revival of the law of 18(33 ( to so annoy and harrass our fishermen as to induce our government to restore the privileges withdrawn. The chief dilllcully in this matter has arisen from the unjustifiable assumption of Canada , under imperial authority to regulnlo trade nnd com merce , navigation and shipping , to ex plain and enforce n treaty between this cout.try and England. This she has hau no right to do by any international law , and Knglaml is culpable for permit ting her to do it. It is held in law that a man has no right to punish his neigh bor's child , but ho may call that neighbor lo account for the child's wrong-doing. When wo do this England proposes that wo had better give her child cookies ami sugar plums and all sorts of valuable concussions , to the great injury pf our own citizens , if wo would have peace. The lishing business has greallyolmngcd since 1818 , and the uniform testimony of our fishermen has been that they do not need lo en'er ' Canadian ports for any other purposes than those conceded , viz. , bheltcr , wood , water and repairs. But around these rights so many restric tions arc thrown by the Canadian autho- nlies as to amount , to a practical denial of them. The evidence taken by tlio senate sub-committee of the committee on foreign relations , of which Senators Edmund and Fryo are members , at Glou cester , Boston , Provincetowu and Port land , as staled by Senator Fryc , conlirms this view. Our fishermen want nothing from Canada but treaty rights. They say for fifteen years the lishing inside the three milo limit has been absolutely worthless , nnd they would give nothing for the privilege. About the pur chase of bait they "euro little , for , although it may not bo so con venient , they can carry their bait from homo. What they do complain of , however , is that 'construction of the treaty which draws tljp Jiuo , from headland " land to headlaml"jot bays , and thus Illegally excludes them from bays which may bo ten or twenty miles wide. They ask only of our { rovcrnmcnt that Canadian fish shall hot bo admitted to our ports free of tluty. ' 'hore is not u market to-day to which 'tvo export fish in which we do not ha\vo tdlpay duty. Our duty on salt or cured fish is only ono cent per pound and Canuda's is higher , while on fresh fish wo lay no duty at all. Thus with ice and the modern refriger ator cars , Canada-ecjnds thousands of tons of fresh Jish tous 'co "Jot duty , and her vessels enjoy afl jthe rights in our ports that our own 9 , jmd/yet our ves sels are almost treated as pirates in their ports. Our fish market is an absolute necessity to Canada , while hers is .valueless to us. In many other directions , also , our mar kets are exceedingly valuable to them , and they arc deliberately and avowedly practicing a squeezcing process of out rage and denial of rights and common commercial privileges upon our fisher men with the hope of inducing our gov ernment to give thorn again the rights so valuable to them , but equally injurious to our own citizens. " But by J the exclu sion of our vessels their people on the shores lose much valuable trade , and Senator Fryo thinks when they see the squeezing process fails of its intent they will desist. Certain it is that whatever settlement of this question is made , it must not be of the jug-hundlo kind , ns before. COLO.VKI. SwiT/.un , one of the oldest and most influential of Missouri journal ists , and at present chief of the bureau of statistics at Washington , has boon spending a few days in Omaha , the guest of his son , Warren Switzler , Esq. Since his appointment by President Cleveland , Colonel Swit/.ler has been de voting to the duties of his * oflico all the energy and experience which made him so successful a newspaper man. A portion tion of the results of his labors will soon appear in a report upon the industries of the south , upon which special agents of his oflico have boon industriously at work for a year past. In a passing con versation with the writer Col onel SwItTiler remarked that the investigations carried on would prove the amazing statement that no section of the country was show ing suoh marvelous Industrial progress as the eleven states between the Mississippi nnd the Atlantic and the Ohio and the gulf. The mineral resources are prac tically limitless. The iron ore is superior to that of Pennsylvania , the coals equal to any in the United States , while the. cheapness of labor atitl the increasing transportation facilities yfill render it a successful competitor with the most favored manufacturing cctions of the north. Colonel Swi ler believes with Speaker Carlisle that thesouth , no longer needs sympathy for nbr ] poverty. Before long she will prove herself a bitter com mercial rival of the jiortjliurn industrial centers and ono of th > .iiwtiltliiekit sections of the union. , j ' SOUTH Sixteenthjsh'ould bo paved among the first of ouruiiliavod thorough * fares , When the v/jfiiujjt / is linlshed an immense amount of 'i'nvvel ' will pass over it between the oity Hnd fho stock yards , and the adjoining country. Property owners mturubtcd are already circulating petition foV paying from Howard to Vinton streets. This , when completed , will give Omaha a north and south busi ness street nearly four miles in length , and paved for three-fourths that distance. TUB cost of opening and widening 'streets in order to make them conform to those in the main part of the city is a heavy ono. The expense could have boon avoided if the council had unforced in years past the ordinance demanding that all additions laid out should conform in their streets and alloys to those already existing. That ordinance cannot bo too rigidly enforced. Keep It Hcftii-c Republicans. The republicans of the I'irst dilrio should ask themselves whether a man having such a record as that of Church Howe has nny rlitltlful claim upoli Iho support ot any decent republican. Leav ing out of question his corrupt methods and notorious venality we appeal to re publicans to pause and relleot before they put a premium upon party trea son s ml conspiracy against its very exist ence. Ten years ago. when the republican party was on the verge of disaster , nnd every electoral vote cast for Hayes and Wheeler was needed to retain the party in power , Church Howe entered into n conspiracy to deliver republican Nebraska into the hands of the enemy. This infamous plot is not a more conjec ture. The proof of it does not rest on surmise or suspicion , ll is not to bu pooh-poohed of brushed away by pro nouncing It ono of Hosewater's malicious campaign slanders. Tha records of the legislature of which Church Howe was n 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. Briefly told , the history of Ihis plan to hand over the country to Tilden ami democracy is as follows : In 1870 Nebraska elected Silas A. Strickland , Anmsa Cobb ami A. H. Connor presidential electors by a vote of JUilO { as against a vote of 10,1)51 ) cast for the Tilden and llendrleks electors. After the election it was discovered that the canvass of this vote could not take place under the then existing law before the legislature convened. The electoral vote had to bo canvassed in December at the latest , and the regular ses sion of the legislature did not begin until January. In order to make n legal canvass of the electoral returns , Governor Garbcr called a special session of the legislature to convene on the 5th of December , ' 70 , at Lincoln , lor the pur pose of canvassing the electoral vole of the state. The democratic oflbrt to cap ture republican electoral votes is historic. Tilden's friends , notably Dr. Miller , had boon plotting for the capture of ono of the doctors from Nebraska , and it is also historic that n largo bribe was o fib rod to ono of the electors , General Strickland. The call of the legislature broke into the plan of the plotlors , and they found a will ing and reckless tool m Church Howo. When the legislature convened at the capi talChurch Howe llled a protest which maybe bo found on pages 0 , 7 and 8 of Iho Ne braska House Journal of 1877. The fol lowing extract makes interesting reading : "I , Church Howe , a member of the leglsla- tuie of Nebraska , now convened by procla mation of his excellency. Governor Sllns Garbor , for the purpose of canvassing and declaring the result of the vote cast in Ne braska for electors for president and vice president of the United States , hereby enter my solemn protest against such act , denying tlmt the governor has power to call tins body In special session for any 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 nlectcd under whnt Is known ns the old constitution , has no power to act In the promises , the new constitution of the state JiavliiK been m foico since November , Ib75. " The second and third clauses deal with technical objections and are somewhat lengthy. The concluding sentences of this precious document nro as follows : "For the foregoing reasons I protest against any canvass of the electoral vote of the state by his 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 was barely a quorum in the senate , while there were several to spare in the house of which Howe was a member. The protest en tered by Howe was doubtless prepared by the Tilden lawyers in Omaha and Howe 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 legislature convened in Jan uary , 1877 , the presidential contest was ut its height in Washington. Church Howe had ehangcd 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 and Wheeler having received a majority of the electoral votes were entitled - titled to their scats. This resolution gave rise to a very lively debate \vhloh lasted two davs. Churoh Howe asked to bo excused from voting when it first came up and was so excused. On the final passage of the resolution the record [ page 870 , Senate Journal 1877 , ] shows the following result : Yeas Ambrose , Baird , Blanclmrd , Bryant , Calkins , Cams , Chapman , Colby , Dawes , Gar- Hold , Gilham , Hayes , Kennard , Knapp , Popoon , POWOM , Thummel , Van Wyck , Walton and Wiloox 20. Those voting in the negative wore : Aton , Brown , Covcll , Ferguson , Hinman , Holt , Church Howe and North 8. During thu same session of the legisla ture , Church Howo's vote on United States senator for the first three ballots is recorded as haying been cast for E. W. Thomas , iv South Carolina democrat , [ pages 108 nnd 203 Senate Journal , ] All tills Unit ) Church Howe professed to bo a republican independent , republican on national issues and a temperance granger on local issues. Wo simply ask what right a man with such a record has to the support of any republican. Mil. TII.PKN'S will hits been admitted to probate without opposition. A couple of hundred thousand to the two nephews who protested against the dfvision of the bar'l js supposed to liavo _ smoothed the way for a settlement. The only disap pointed persons are the lawyers. Mil , JAMHS CIIKIOUTON has withdrawn from the democratic- legislative ticket , following Mr. Donovan's example. Rats are said to desert a smklngship. Messrs , Creighton and Donavnn are wise enough to stand from under the impending ava- laneho , OUHUK.Vr TOPICS. During the liscal 3,48 ? postofllccs were established and 1,1"0 wein dlscontln tied. The French minister of marine wants 510,000,000 for tlio Improvement of the nnvy. Runts are steadily declining In Ireland because of the refusal of tlio tenants to como to time. It is stated that the Jnniah steamealp com pany has entered Into voluntary liquidation for the purpose of reorganization. George IL and Samuel J , Tilden , thu sons 'of Iloury A , Tilden , have finally determined to enter upon a contest of flm will ot Ihelr undo , the late Samuel J. Til.Ien. William J. Sherman , Hie Brooklyn prleM whoso uinrrlaifo some time nso caused much e.xmtement In Catholic cliclcs , has concluded lo enter the ltxi ; > ll.t mluls-fry , and expects 16 be-ordained In January , Mrs. ( Irani hn souther check to the Now Yoik Sun for 5' > W ) , the amount paid by lha unpcrto Holmes ACo. . . for emlulmluc the Imdv of Oencral ( iranl , but claimed that the fuiilll ) logiudodtliobillna Improper and tin- meritorious.Vu cannot consent thai jtiu should he coi.stralned by our notion to pay \\lmt jou do not think Has due. " Orlliotlov on tlio Hen Srrpimt. JVif/mJrijiJifi / .Ynrt/i .Itnrrfrctll. Ilcic N Hob IiiKcratll , who believes theie ! ; no ( iod , ndmUllm : Hint there may he some thing In the theories about a se.i serpent , ( Jrnit Snet'e- ) ' ) . ; \Vi > i n ( ' / / ) / Tun's. Over clpht thousand sales of liquor In Shawnee county , Kan. , were reported to the piobnte judeo In one mouth , Piohlbitioti is a lion ling success. Ccitaln to itnvo n Uootl Mayor. ' ( VifcrtBo TlintK , No matter \\lio wins , New York Is ccitaln to have a flood mayor. Chicago congratulates New York , with the hope that some day New York will he presented with a similar occasion fur congratulating Chicago. Prohibition Vnnntlclsin. IhlofOH ttCltllll , Among the numerousprohibltoiv tncasines presented to the Vermont IcKlsluturo' Is one which makes the possession of a United Stales license to sell pioot of a "nuisance , " and subjects the possessor to S100 line , six months' Imprisonment and the summary closing ot his place ot business. Sj-Htcui. llostun HdiiM. Why don't the Pltikerlons buy Chicago and run It to suit themselves ? Or , if that would be too expensive , they will soon have anuinv : of their own with which they can capture It without buylni ? . T.lnt a single linn can employ hunaieds ot men , better armed than the soldleis ot the United States , and send them \\hero they please. Is an anoimily under and a menace to our institu tions. Trouble N bound to comu of the sys tem If It Is allowed to grow. In After Ycnrs. Jo/m / J. 3tcinntt ( , The summer's iled , the leaves are shed On country path and opun highways ; The trues aie bare , and wintry carols ls stealing through once pleasant by-ways. And yet it seems that nftcr dreams From olden haunts can ramble never , Buttonilly show In love's warm glow Those summer walks as bright as ever. So mav it be In yenrs lhat wo Will backward view this life together hit by the sun of labor done , Forgetting all the adverse weather That thus we may with lancy stray To golden days no trials severe , And , hearing cfiliws of those loved times , In memory be young forever. STATIC iS'ol > rnnki Forty-five thousand sheep are feeding in the neighborhood of Fremont. The anti-Howe Republican club in Nebraska City has 0110 hundred stalwart members. The Emmet Echo is a recent addition to Holt county papers. Phil T. Jacobs is editor and proprietor. Prohibitionists arc nursing a coal bore in Holt county. Experience is worth the price , with the tools thrown in. The Sherman County Transcript has become a journalistic fixture in Loup City. G. L. Barton is the editor. The Bin Spring Sentry is out of woods after a month's rest. P. G. Ruckman holds down the editorial chair with an imported toothpick and pen. Jeremiah Wilson , a farmer living near Buda , pulled a gun uo/zlo foremost out ot his wagon last Saturday. His funeral was largely attended. Hon. J. Sterling Merion will paint the gloomy horizon of Dodge county demo cracy a tari ft1 red some day next week. The situation is alarming according to Webster. Miss Brogan , a Seward schoolma'am , is richer by $ .20,000 by the death of a rela tive. A gold-lined Brogan would fill an nchinc void in the average masculine heart , and rob cold feet of their terrors. The revivi.l in Beatrice is said to have strangely affected tlioyoungmon , Their desire to embrace religion , however , is not as spontaneous and tender as the embrace of the religious on the journey homo. Two Hastings colored sporls quarreled over a fifty cent cane , fought two rounds without satisfactory result , nnd blew into court $31 to secure a legal settlement of the ownership. The cane is useful as u toothpick for a jack. The O'Neill Free Press bv W. D. Matthews , is the latest. The Press has succeeded in tumbling into the boodle political camp since shedding post- oflico toga , and is now a feeble crank pin in the railroad organ system. The Quill , an independent republican paper , by John C. Spreoher , is stirring up the mossbacks at Scliuylcr. It is a staunch supporter of Senator Van Wyck , and Is bound to cut a wide fwutli in state and county politics and progress. RushvJllo has taken decisive steps lo seeiiro a cemetery. ' It is of the utmost importance to the community to fence in a temporary boneyard by November 8. There will be a sulnciont number of polit ical still's by that time to give ita rcspcta- bio start. Saturdaj night's wreck on the Elkhorn Valley road at Hay Springs was a seri ous ono. Two engines and four cars were demolished and Fireman Harvey killed. His remains wore taken to Nor folk for burial. The wreck was caused by a misunderstanding of orders. A street fakir started n little game in Rod Cloud , ono day last week , having paid $25 for the privilege. On the Urst turn of Iho wheel ho rukod in $10 and a policeman. It east him $27.77 moro to get. out of the law's clutches and leave the country. The town treasury is rolling in riches. The Plattsmouth water works contrno tors have hud another spasm of progress. The contract for the seftling basin has been let. A carload of pipe has arrived , and the work of laying them has begun. Sanguine citizens assert that the works " ' - - - - - ui tw * * * M. depot. Iowa Items. Ground has been broken for the foun dation of the opera house and board of trade building in Sioux City. Patrick Kyan fell oil'u wagon load of sand and under the wheels in Sioux City Tuesday. Ho was crushed , to death. The woman suffragists of Ottumwn arc busy preparing for their stnto convention which takes place in that oity on the ! M and 3d of November. The capacity of prohibitionists is illus trated by the statement that in Ottumwa beer is drank by the car load. In law and order , high license communities beer ir drank by the fichoonor. A chapter of St. Andrew's Cross Brotherhood , an outgrowth of the Epis copal church , has been , organized at Davenport. Its object is said to be "for the spread of Christ's kingdom among men. " A Creston lady recently caught her husband in the act of kissing .tho hired girj , .She said nothing at the time , hut a.ftcr her husband hau cone to his ofilco she pitched into that domestic i I knocked her out in one round , nnd < 1 .1 > use hard gloves cither. The Lilly H i > > doinjr her own housework. The Oitbuquo police broke up n . ' * light Monday night. The sports ohi , | > Ni I to Iho intrusion , pulled their rovolvcM.s iuid threatened to make it warm forth- iiollcemen if they did nol wilhdraw. T , . law olllcers withdrew , nnd wilh Ihi-in look several of the toughs , who win afterwards heavily lined for their indi- eretioii. Dakota. The tracklayers on the Milwaukee lianj reached Faiilklon. Clay county's corn crop is turning oil * nricli bet lor than was anticipated. Uapld City is looking forward to Ili establishment of nn ice rink fur tin winter. HusUng bees are all the rage at prev ent , and red cars were never more nu merous this year. Six years ago the southern part of D.i- kola was entirely blockaded by snow , for a period of rive uays , from the 14th lo the IJlth of October. Two verdant youths from tlio country recenllv attempted lo lake all Yauktoii by surprise. They concluded to be wild nnd woolly cowboys , so putting spurs i > > Iheir horses , with a whoop , they started down the main street of the city. They were run in and fined $15 and eo ls each. Colorado. The stale and county tax levy in Denver - ver is 0.17-100 mills , The Morning Star Mine of hendvlllo 1ms distributed § C60,000 m dividends to date. The inventory filed in the probate court of Denver shows that the estate of Iho lalu Senator Chall'eo is worth $ ; IOO , < H o. J. G. llubber , of Golden , subsisted for live weeks on beer. On sobering up ho gorged himself with food nnd an hour later was a corpse. The state board of agriculture has selected 1-llK ) aeres of land in Iho north eastern part of Klbert county for the ag ricultural college. Miss Laura H. Marsh , daughter of the editor of the Durango Herald , has been awarded the Youth's Companion pmu of $500 for the best story written for the maira/.iiio in a given lime. The Pnclllo Const. Santa Barbara rejoices in a pumpkin , that weighs 210 pounds. The monthly pay roll at Mare island navy yard for September was § 10,000. For nine months of 1880. ! ! 2,171 passcn- Hors hayo arrived in Oregon by sea and rail. There are 8,235 children in Sacrainonto county between the ages of live and fif teen , and of these eighty-seven are col ored and ! 28J ! native born Chinese. A company has struck natural gas and petroleum in San Mateo county , about four miles from Half-moon bay. The yield is abundant , and the oil of n high grade. The Southern Pacific company's roll ing mills , in Sacrainonto , arc now manu facturing thirty tons of iron every day , in all shapes , for railroad work. The roads now being built are causing a great demand for it. There is a lady in Santa Crux who pos sesses a necklace , locket and bracelets once owned by the ( impress of Germany. She purchased them at an auction sale while in Europo. The necklace is nmdo i of three rows of small gold bars , linked together by small chains. Tlio locket is large and has on it ton diamonds. On the locket was the royal crest , but It has been taken oil' . The bracelets ar-j of sil ver , very largo and old-fashioned. Willie Hrougli , n lad ten years old , hau created the greatest excitement among , the superstitious people livinjj near Tur- lock , Stockton county , Cnl. , by appar ently setting tire to objects by a glance. On Sunday last ho is held responsible for the destruction of $ ! ) ,000 worth of farm property. He has been expelled from the Madison county school near Turlook on account of his wonderful freaks. After Sunday's fire the boy's family re fused to have anything further to do with him , believing him to bo possessed of the devil. The boy was then taken home by a farmer and the following day sent to school. The first day live fires occurred in the school , ono in the center of the ceiling , ono on the teacher's desk , ono in the teacher's wardrobe and two on the walls. The boy discovered all these outbreaks and cried lustily from fright. The trustees immediately met nnd expelled him from the school. Thu sumo night one pf the Turlook insurance agents gave notice that ho would cancel all policies of property occupied by the boy. _ The Private Detect tvo anil UlH. Win chester. St. Limit IleiniiiUcntHtOtl. 10. The power of the state of Illinois is represented in Chicago just now by a force of 500 mercenaries armed with Winchester repeating rifles. They are fr6m the lowest class of society , a class notoriously unprincipled , worthless and venal. All this can bo bettor expressed , perhaps , in two words they are "private detectives. " The question presented is a very serious ono. These mon are first hired nnd armed by prlyalq parties. They are furnished by an agency at so much a head , like cattle. They are as unreliable as unsernpulouH , and ns little bound by any obligation of morality as any band of lapzkncchts that over rode alter a frcebdoling German baron in the Middle Ages. Yet , when they have been hired in n body , they are sworn jn in a body ns officers of the State of Illinois , with the power of lifo and death In their hands. Such u proceeding is as foreign to the American system of government , and moro menac ing to it , than the conspiracy of the anar chists who have been justly condemned to sillier death for murder. The time linn not eomp when the authority of any American state for the maintenance of law and the preservation of the peace must bo vested in such a class for leek , of popular support. It never will como unless it is forced on by a resort to such disgraceful means. Governor Oglosby , of Illinois , has the whole force of the sUite at his baok thousands of good citizens , honest and de ' termined' men , available in any emergency whieh the ollleers of the state , chosen by Uio people and paid by them , are not competent to moot. If it bo nec essary to take lifo in maintaining the law it should bo taken , but thu . . men ITAatA/l { * ! . * ! - - - - . v-.vv. int. . mu aiunonry 01 tno state in such an extreme should be carefully se lected officers ot the state or Its militia , not a rabble of Hessians , picked up from the slums af a great city and reduced to such desperate circumstances that they ha/.ard their worthless lives for money. Governor Qglesby talks like a domd- goguo and acts like a republican. He Is porsuing thosamo course In Chicago Hint he pursued in East St. Louis last spring , to the disgruco of the tstato , A licautlful Present. The Virgin Salt Co. , of Now Haven , Conn. , to introduce Virgin Salt into every family , are making this grand often A Crazy Patchwork block , enameled in twelve beautiful colors and containing the latest Fancy Stitches ; on a jargo Lithographed Card having n beautiful gold mounted Ideal Portrait in the cen ter , given away with every 10-cont pack age of Virgin Salt. Virgin salt has no equal for household purposos. It is the cleanest , purest and whitest Salt over seen or used. Remember that n largo package costs only Ip conW , with tuo above present. Ask your grocer for It ,