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. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY. NOVEMBER 3 , 1886 , THE DAILY BEE PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TWIMS or su Daily fMoml.iK Kdltlon ) including Stinduy HKK. Onn Year . . . . . . $10 ( For SIT Months . fit VorThrco Montl'i . . . SI yiio Oinnlm Sunday IJKK , tniillod to nny mlIiG > s , Ono Vcnr. . . SI OrnrE , No. Ml ANII 01ft FAnvA't Nr.w V/IUK or PICK , Itimxt to. TIIIIII'NR Ill'ii.niM WA8IIINOTU.V UrriCE , NO. M I I'OL-HTEESTII STUCK connr.spottnr.Ncet All cnmmunle.it torn ) rolntliiK to news nrxlrd torlul nmttur * > lioull ( bo mldiossod to tlio llu TOII Of TIII : IIKB. K f All Iniilnim letters iiml romlttrinccn ihnuM 1 ; ftclllrCMCtl 10 TlIK lll ) rCIIUSIIIMI L'OSICAN' OMMH. Drafts , rlioclcs unil povtnfllco oriloi toboiumloimynblo totlioordirortliucompuut HIE BEE POBllSBlSliPW , PROPRIETORS , 1C. H03KWATKU. KniTOU. TIIK 1 > A1I < Y IJJ3R. Hworn .Statement of Circulation. State of Nebraska , I , County of Douglas , i (5eo. 11. Tz5cliuck , secretary of Tlio He I'ubllMilnR conniaiiy , ( Iocs fwlemnlv swen tlmt tlio actual en dilation of the Dally lie lor tlio week cmllngOct. 2'Jtli , 1S30 , w s a follows : Saturday. Oct.23 13,01 Hiinilnv. .M U.OK Alnnilny. i" W > 1 TWMlaV. UO ! ! ) . ! Wednesday. 'J7. l',7 ! Tliiin.diiy.ii-S lU.sc Friday , 'JJ ' . 1K ! ! ! Avcrnjrc , 12,01 ( ! KO , ii. T/.sciiruK. Sworn to and subscribed In my piesunc tills Mill day of October , A. ! > . . Ib8fl. N. P. KF.II. , [ SEAL ] Notary Public. Gco. U. Tzsclinck , belne lirst duly sworr deposes and says that ho is secretary of th Jieo Publishing CDinimny , that tlio actual tu crnco dally circulation of thu Dullv Hue fn tlio month of January , ISbO , was lo.iits ropio- for February , 18S(5 ( , lo.fflij copies ; tor Marcl 18SO , Uni7"copies : ; for April , isso , 12m , ropiest I or May. IKNl. is,4S3 copies ; fnr.luni 18S5. 12,2iS ) copfi'.s ; for July , IS l , 12 , t4 copies for August , ISbO , 12-10-f copiesfor ; Soptcmbei WHO , it,0iO : : copies. OKO. II. TxscitrcK. Subscribed and sworn to before mo this 2 dfty of October , A , 1) . , lbi > 0. N. P. Kim. . ISEALI Notary Public. nEPUKLilCAN STATE TICKET. For Oovcrnor-JOllN Jr. T11AYEU. Tor Lieut. Governor II. 11. SHKUI ) . For Secretary of Stntc-G. L. LAWS. For Troasurcr-0. II. WILLAUD. For Auditor 11. A. HAliCOCIC. For Attorney ( Jcneral WILLIAM LEESP For Com. Public Lands JOSKl'll SCOTT ForSupt.Publlelnstructlon OEO.13.0AN1 REPUBLICAN COUNT ! TICKET. i FOP Sonntors : i GEO. W. L1N1NGEK , ! UKUNO T2SCHUCIC. FLOAT DISTINCT : E. BOSEWATEll. For Representatives : W. G. WIllTMOKE , F. B HIUIUKD , GEO. 11EIM150D. K. S. HALL , JOHN MATTHIESON. JAMES B. YOUNG. T.V. . HLAOKBUIirr , It. O. UICKKTTS. For County Attorney * EDWARD W. SlMEltAL. FOP County CominlHsloiicr : ISAAC N. PIERCE HEAK General Vnn Wyck to-night. POLITICAL treachery will receive s merited rebnko in the overwhelming de feat ot Church Howe. llox. CIIAULKS H. VAN WVCK wil speak this evening at tins cxposilioi bnildiug on the issues of the campaign CIIUUCH liowK has been for years ham in glove with Uoss Stout , tlio conric labor contractor. Workiugrnonvillno forgot this when they grasp their ballot nt thu polls to-morrow. , Fouri yo.1rs ngo John A. McShaui voted against thu capitol appropriation bill because the senate refused to adopl liis amendment that uo convict laboi should be employed upon it. THE democratic candidate for Jloa eomitor iu vigorously engaged in trading ofT votes for McShano for voles for Camp boll. The democratic candidate- for congress gross has a Hue chance to retaliate. Evjsitv farmer and merchant iuterostci. in cheap transportation should cast hi ; vote against the life-long capper of tin monopolies whoso whole record lias boor n protest against railroad regulation. EvF.nr vote for Edward Simcral Is r vote for an honest , capable and ninnlj young lawyer , whoso character anil repu tatlon are autlieleut vouchers for tin fidelity and ability with which ho will 1111 the oftlco of county attorney. < WIIKRE Is Church Howe's threatened libel suit ? Lot him bring it on , and we promise his character the most thorough ventilation it has over received. A suit for defamation of the character of u characterless man would be an Interesting - ing one. EvF.nr voter should see Uiat the name ol 0. II. Van Wyck is on his ballot or , election day. Tlio popular vote , now fin , ) appealed to under our constitution , phould bu BO largo RS to force the coiv tinuanco of this method by which the jioopio will in the future clioosu theit eonators by clipping tlio wings of tin. . scrupulous and ambitious politicians , THAT accomplished jawrtinith and bilk , ' 3nsou Lewis , succeeded in gathering liftecii or twenly allowed workmen lo- gothor on Saturday evening to endorse Church llowo and scratch KosowiUor. . ' Twenty-live votes is aboul Ihe oxtenl ol the Blronglh of Lewis' alleged working , ' men. They call ihcmsulvcs so because 'Ao chief business is " " 'Aa their "working" men 'AT for boodle to bo spent in boor on election T Uny. - * * * - ! ? o - , A. .VON MANSVKUIE , M. D. , has felt 6 called upon to reply to our editorial do- Upiinclng hs } prostitution ot the olllco ol 6l 6if secretary of the State Medical society to * ndvanco the Interests of Church jrloiro. if ' U'ho doctor's denial denies nothing , anil . Ills' explanation cxpl.iins nothing. The | ) roMlehl ( of the Medicil : society has al < rt-ady placed Ids indignant protest ont fccord nd reputable pliysic-ia'ns ovtiry- ' t whura M& chiuiofuig for Voa Mausfeldo's . rcniuval. An Tnrnnious Conoplfncy. Rcliablo information has reached thi ofllco that an infamous conspiracy h ? been ? ct on foot by the political bosses c the IJurlington railroad to defer Senator Van \V.yck at all hazard : Kmissarips of that road have held a coi fcrencc at Lincoln , at which it was di tcrmincd lo strike a deadly blow tit Va Wyck by a concerted cfl'ort to dcfct tlio greater i ortion of the rcpublica legislative ticket of Douglas county , an especially Kdward llosowator and JJrun Txscliuck , by a lavish use of inonej Charles J. Great ) , the political attonlc of tlio 15. & M. , a stalwai monopoly republican , nml Wllliat II. Tower , n stalwart monopol dumocrat , a'ro chief engineers c liia villainous job. They have alread set thu machinery in motion to dubauc the election. Mr. Campbell , th democratic candidate for Moat senate has been taken into the conlidonco of th corporation henchmen and was ctscortc by Green and Tower into the bank lliti handles the railroad company's fund ! Democrats and republicans have beci offered enormous sums to do the blddin of the 1J. & M. dictators. Such higli handed work has not been attempted i Omaha since Jay Gould's momorabl Nebraska campaign of 1870. In behal of this county and city we enter our prr test against this attempt to throttle th popular will bylhosliamelc.is dcijanuhcr , of our nicotians. Wo call upon Pi'csideti Perkins to order a halt of hismorcenarie ; The citizens of Lincoln and Laucasle counties may submit tamely to B. & M railroad rule , hut Omaha and Dougln county will resent and resist it. Jlowc or AlcSiinno. Tim voters of the First congressionn district must take their choice bctwcci Church Ho wo and John A. McShnno. Th candidate nominated by the prohibilioi party will , of course , receive three t four thousand out of the fifty thousaci votes that will be cast in the district , and therefore , is practically out of the race Narrowed down to the two men , It seem to us that no conscientious voter can fo a moment hesitate. Church Howe represents within him self all Hint is vicious , dishonest au < criminal in his political methods. Hi record is that of a trickster , bribe-take and political mountebank. Of allthemci in Nebraska ho is the most brazen o monopoly cappers. H < > is n. dangerou man to place in the national legislature His nomination was notoriously procure * by wholesale bribery and fraud. Of al the men inJhe state he is the last to ap peal to republicans on the ground of hi republicanism. Politically ho has beci nil things to all parties. His record o treachery in 1870 when ho attempted ti prevent the canvass of Nebraska's clec toral vote for Hayes and Wheeler shouli forever bar him out of republican conn cils. John A. McShane , his opponent , is : democrat"and under ordinary circum stances we should not expei-t republican to support him. Ho makes no prctensi tobcingan anti-monopolist , buthisrccon in the legislature during : three session stands in marked contrast with that o Church Howe. He has always favorci railroad regulation and was decidedl ; opposed to the bogus railroad commis .sion , created at the instance of the rail road bosses and through Church Jlowe' connivance. A\ hen that bill was on it final passage , Mr. McShane oflVivd th following explanation , which was printci on page 050 , Senate journal : "Air. President : The question of creating board of railroad commissioner.havlngbeu ! : submitted to tlio peoplu ot the state , and b them rejected , and bellovlnj ; this bill to bo litho li the Interest of the railroads instead of th people , and passed for thu express purpose o dccoiviuu tlio ncnplo of this state , 1 vet 'no. ' " Mr. MeShr.no , it is truo. is very wealthy brt nobody can charge him truthful ! ' with any dishonest businus.s transaction His word is as good as his bond. I elected to congress ho will occupy th position as a matter of honor nnd trust IIo will have no votes to soil and no in liuonco to barter. Ills election will no be a democratic triumph , but a rcpubli can protcbt against corruption and im proper interference with party macJiiuer ; by corporate monopoly. Iu the choice between Church IIowi and John A. McSlinue honc-st republican haveadtity to perform to their party , tin state ami the country. They must defeat feat Church Howe , and the only way the : can do it is to vote against him nud fo" , John A. McShano. Uovr to Vote for Buimtor. The provision of the constitution , whicl allows the citizens of this state to oxpresi their choice for United States senator a the coming election , docs not pcrseribi on what portion of the ticket the nnnit oi the cundidato shall be printed 01 written , and wa regard it as imtnateria whether it is in the middle or nt the em ! of the ticket. The only thing whlol should bo uniform is the expression , li printing tickets for Van Wyck UilaBhouUi bo us follows ; Preference for United States Senator. CiiAKLKsIl. VAN WVCK. Under our Jaws it does not mallei whether the given jiamu is in full or the initials. Thu nniuo of Van Wyck , nndei llio preference for United States ( senator , mtitlcs it to bo counted for Van Wyck It is only where thuro arc two candidates sf the same name that the initials an nec-cssary. Voters should BOO to it thai the judges and clerks of election give : rcdit on the tally sheet and return blanfc for every vote cast , as there will bo an Attempt in many places to choke oh" tin > optilnr expression. Kcorr-t Circulars. Several secret circulars Imvo been got- : cn up for tlio benefit ofho thoughtless rotors of Douglas county. Due of theses , s a medical circular strictly for tlio pro- tossloii only and in the interest of thai political quack , Church llowo. The rcg. .liar doctors have tried.to take this pro- wiptiou infernally 'but it won't stay on ihoir stomachs. Then there is a circular ' 'to ' thoughtful ' t-otcr9'whieh is.fiil ! of conlUhjntial' - rice about "bossism" nud te | ; tr < srits of .ho democratic candidate for float aonn- : or. This circular is not signed by Doctor rou Mansfeldn , but botrs tne convenient iignuUiro of "Tho Indeootirfem Commit too , " It bear ? tbo imprint of cowardlc and personal spite on its faco. Us cfToe will bo in the nature of n boomerang. Secret circulars are mighty poor cam paign material. Honest doctors tun "thoughtful voters" have no use for sue ! stuff thrust into their hands at the las : moment. Their judgment is generall ; made up as to the qualifications of candl dales from a careful consideration of th canvass and the discussions on tlfu stum ; and in the public pros ? . Hloventli hotii "roorbacks" rarely chance it. Kiom Cntnp Clnt'kc. When the Lincoln Journal published ti its renders that tlfo republican lloat con volition of Douglas and Suruy colmtie was made of two Douglas county dele gnU'S who held proxies for all thu rest while Snrpy county was entirely unrop resented , we treated the lie with sllcu contempt. Hut when the 1'apillion pa per , edited at Omaha by drug hton boodle , repents this falsehood with i view of deceiuug republican voters it Snrpy county wo feel called upon to refute futo it. livery well informed republicai in this county knows thai there were enl ; tlncc proxies in llio entire convention and the u were given by delegates frou thu country with full knowledge tha their vote was to bo cast for K. Koso water. 1'ourof the live Sarpy county del egates woie personally present. One o them had thu proxy of another and frou the start the delegation stood solid fo the candidate nominated. There was m set up job about it. Tlio delegates fron Douglas and Sarpy were witii purhup ; one exception warm political and per sonal friends of the nominee and nccdc ( no urging to vote for him. So much foi that campaign he from Camp Clarke. County Hospital. The proposition allowing the board o county conimisiioneiv to sell the ens fifty acruti of the poor farm and apply tin proceeds for the construction of a count : hospital should carry by an overwhelm ing majority. Kvcry voter should no fail to cast his vote for the proposition. Douglas county has more poor ami sull'oring within her limits than any twc other counties in thu state. Omaha will her 80,000 population contributes tin larger portion. To-day , there are score ! of sick and fcublu in this city who caiinol be given relief because there is no room for them in tlio poor liouao. We htivi sixty-live incurable insane huddled to getlicr in cramped and lilthy quarters ai the poor farm. The proposition in its present form leaves no loophole for jobbery or fraud Tno ground will be platted into city lot : and sold at auction after appraisement. Plans for the now building are now being considered by an able committee of doc tors. Whichever may bo selected , Doug las comity will be able to boast of having a beautiful , commodious and admirably arranged structure for hospital purposes without having voted a single dollar of additional taxation. Every interest demands the construc tion of the county hospital as rapidly ns possible. Our poor und suffering need it , our infirm nnd insane cannot bo provided for without it. Common decency and the call of ordinary humanity require it ' 1 bought to bo Ijo.siiig Ground. There are indications that Mr. Clove limit is steadily losing ground witli hi ; party. While a little time ago every thing pointed to his re-nomination ii 18S8 , there have recently been evidence ! of revolt and of growing dissatisfaction which must bo regarded as a serious menace lo his chances. These come nisi from a section where he must have t solid support in order to be .sticcessfu either in the national convention or be fore the people. The Virginian incident continues to be talked about , and what ever northern democrats may thinli about it , it has unquestionably madn : decided impression , not confined to Vir einia , unfavorable to Mr. Cleveland. II is also apparent that South Carolina if no longer n unit for him. His inaction and anpnrcnt indifference respecting tin calamity at Charleston lost him thousands of friends among a people who wcro as ardently devoted to his political fortunes as those of anv other portion of the coun try , and the displeasure is a lasting ono , It was measurably expressed in the recent - cent bitter arraignment of the president' * policy by Congressman Tillman ol South Carolina , ono of the ablest and most influential politicians in the South , which is reported to have created n marked sensation in that section. I'lirthor evidences of the growing displeasure come from Louis iana and Tuxas , In the former state Senator Kustis has long been a con spicuous opponent of the president , and now it is believed Senator Gibson has also antagonized him. Wo recently noted the fact of an interview between tlio latter senator and the piesidont , in which Gibson bluntly charged the admin- istrution with inconsistency in tlio pro posed action regarding federal ollleiuh in Louisiana who wore alleged to have violated the civil scrylco order of the president , In Washington the democratic nnthnsmsin which preceded Cleveland's election and was go marked in the early part of his administration is no longer found , and the Imlanco of feeling there is decidedly against him. Ho keeps coldly aloof from the people , and it is sal'1 that he and his cabinet act , as it were by con ceit , 10 snub and ropulsu district inter ests. The so-called democrats are the most undemocratic element of the popu lation , and it is not uncommon to hoar them ox-press the buliof , which with them is the equivalent of hoping , that the next president will be a republican. It is furthermore a somewhat signifi cant fact , to which wo have heretofore referred , that many of thu most earnest friends and supporters of Mr. Cleveland In the present congress failed of ni-nom- ination , thu reason therefor being mainly if not solely the active support they had given his policy. A striking example ) is the case ot General Hingg , of Wisconsin , who proclaimed that ho loved the presi dent "for the enemies ho liadmndo , " and athers : ire Floyd King , of LoitUlunu , \Vellborn \ and Tlironkmorton , of Texas , Willis , of Kentucky , with a number of atl.ers of less prominence. It Is con- 3eded thiit the republicans will mnko largo gains in the next house , if they do not succeed in carrying it , mid old-fash ioned democrats , charge tlio responsibility jntirel.y tu the policy of the. president Mid his treatment of the party. Mr. 1/lOvolftnd was some .time ago made con- icious of the fact , through the investiga- joiis of his more sagacious lieutenants , Manning and Lamout , that in his own state the party wns rapidly drifting awa. from him , and he has since boon diligent ly seeking to recover his lo t grpum there l > i selecting for public positions enl , thoM > in whoso complete nud unchnngr nblo devotion to his cause ho had im pllc't ' oonlidoncu. The appointment of Magotio , nnd Ilencdict , unit Lock wood are the evidence of this. Hut It i questionable whether tills policy of th president , obviously designed to nvcr threatened disaster to his aspirations ii his own stale , will accomplish that result It certainly has not silenced the fault finding of the most inllticiilial exponent of democratic views among the press o that state , and the action last week of th anti-Cleveland democrats of Buffalo ii nominating for congress General Itogcr who was an applicant for the Dositloi of public printer and Is said to feel ver ; sore and indignant at his failure is i most substantial indication that the polic ; has not appeased all portions of the party It is quite possible that Mr. Cluvclani nml his close friends do not regard thesi signs as of very grunt or grave import mice ; or If they do , ho may have plan for the future by which ho expects to re move the evident displeasure that nov exists. But none the less they are signi ( leant , and unless the president can ehccl their growth his cuiibo is likely to lieeomi hopeless long before the time for the as scmbling of tlio next national democratic convention. Pnrmertt nml I'rolilbltlon. There lias just been issued by the in tcrnal revenue department a statistica exhibit of the revenue derived from tin manufacture of liquors and malt bovor ages. One remarkable feature of tin showing is that in spite of prohibition n several states that formerly Hocused tin liquor traffic , the income has increased which shows that prohibition has pro duccd no material effect. The exhibl made is , however , more interesting U the farmers , whose products have fount a very profitable market at homo , whik fully a half of the manufactured produc of the distilleries has gone abroad. Last year botweeti tlfteeii and sixteen milliot bushels of grain were consumed in the manufacture of alcohol and spirits. Tlu breweries have consumed as much more , In other words the farmers of the coun try have had a homo market for in on than tnirty million bushels of grnin am every car load of alcohol exported has meant live car loads of farm product ! shipped out of the country. To wipe out this industry would do crci : o the selling price of every bushel ol corn , wheat , rye and barley. It would add thirty millions of bushels of grain to out surplus. I'lirm products , owing to rail road extortions , are low enough now Do Nebraska farmers wish to cut then own throats by stilf fuhher decreasing them 1 , r Tun caiibo of lldhryJjleorgo , in York will derive nlo strength from the Irish vote , although he lias bid for sup. port in that direction , and this fact will doubtless bo favorable to Hewitt. Not only arc tlio Irish opposed to socialism as advocated by Mr. George , but tboy re- { rnrd tliat gentleman personally with dis approval because of his eourso when he was propagating iijs land doctrines in Great Britain. Ho-saUl things at that time about the Irish which greatly of fended them , nnd those utterances now return to plague him. He was then de nounced by Mr. llealy ns an enemy oi Ireland , nnd it is said also that Mr. Par- neil was his determined opponent. A strong feeling lias consequently been aroused against him among the Irish- American voters of New York , which hit democratic opponent has of cour.sc played upon with due diligence ! and y.eal , and doubtless with good effect. It is not at all unlikely , however , that the repub lican candidate will get a share , and per haps a considerable one , of this vote , which on more than ono occasion has been uast liberally in that direction. Tin : uncertainties of the congressional campaign , arc great. The democratic majority in the house is forty-three , nnd there are forty.four districts in which the plurality of the present congressmen was hiss than ! il)0. ) Twenty- four of these districts are represented by lumocrats ; ono each in California , Con necticut , Indiana , Kentucky , Louisiana , Iho Sixth Massachusetts , New York , L'ennsylvania , Tennessee , Virginia and West Virginia ; two in Michigan ; three 3nch In Illinois and Iowa , and live in Dliio. Twenty districts went republican liy Jess than ! ) UO plurality , one each in Connecticut , Illinois , Kentucky , Michi gan , Nevada , New Jer oy , Ohio , Ten nessee and West Virginia ; two each in Jalifornia , Iowa , Nuw York and Wis consin , and thret ; in Indiana. In most jf these districts the plurality is much ess than 903 , in many loss than -100 , while : ho third parly vote is often larger than lie plurality , so that the call for sharp ighting is pretty evenly distributed over .he country , and the result mighty uncor- .ain till after election day. Gr.oitni : HKIMHOD should poll a tre- nondous voto. Enterprising , able , lion- jst and full of energy ho is a roprosuntn- .ive of the business men who have done .o much to push Omaha to the front of t commercial cities of the west. Vex MANSKUI.UI : , MiD.yhns liin forceps in Church llowo , nnd'cnlls for assistance rom the other members'/if ' the medical ioclety. U is too tough n ciiho for von \Iaiihfelde \ , nnd his brethren in the pro- 'ession doclinu lo con/iilt. ' WiiiiJioui' nnd Hibbm-d are the jountry candidates , JSach will mnKo an iblo , fearless and hoiii'st'roproscntative. ' I'ho warfare of a few ; boilers against Mr. libbard will not materially affect Ins salivas. LixiN(3iit and T/.t > ohuckjWill represent he clcar-licml''d ' business men of Omnha n thu state souato with all thu ability vhich long rosidpnco in this city and ex- ) orlence with her needs give them , Tin : three candidates for mayor of vTew York are revenue reformers , The lampnign itself will bu something in that ino for Iho candidates' bank accounts. AND now Church Howe is blackguard- ngOmahntogain Lincoln votes. Omaha vill respond by rollingui > a monumental mijority for Air. Howe's opponent. Two members of the board of county ioinmissioncrs are dcinodnits , Deed > ouglas county want a solid board 6f lourbonsf Keep It Ocforo republicans. The republicans ol the Virst dlslrl should ask themselves whether ti inn having such a record as that of Cllurr llowo Itns any rightful claim upon tli support of any decent republican. Lea' ' ing olit of question his corrupt mcthot and notorious venality we uppcal to n publicans to pnuso nnd reflect bcfot they put a premium upon party tivi son end conspiracy against its vorycxls cnco. Ten years ngo , when the rcpublica party was on the verge of disaster , an every electoral vote cnst for Hayes nn Wheeler wns hooded to retnin the part in power , Church llowo entered hit a conspiracy to deliver republica Nebraska into the hands of the 01101113 ' This infamous plot is not a mere conje'c lure. The proof of it tloos not rest o stirmiso or suspicion. U is not to b pooh-poohed or brushed away by pro nonncing it one of Uosewatcr's mnliciou campaign slanders. Tli3 records of the legislature of whit : Church Howe wiw a member in ' 70-7 ; contain the indelible proofs of the Iron1 enable conspiracy , and no denial ca stand ngainst evidence furnished by hi own pun. Briolly told , the history of th ! plan to hand over tlio country to Tlldei and democracy is as follows : In 1870 Nebraska elected Silns A Strickland , Amnsn Co lib nnd A. II Connor presidential electors by a vote < i niil , ! ( ! as against n vote of 10,1)51 , ) cast fo tlio Tilden ami Uondrleks electors. Afto the election it wns discovered that tli canvass of this vote could not take plac tinder the then existing law before th legislature convened. The electoral vet had to be canvassed in Decembe at the latest , and the regular se ? sion of the legislature did not beirii until January. In order to mab a legal canvass of the electoral returns Governor Garbcr called a special sessloi of the legislature to convene on thofitho December , ' 70 , at Lincoln , for the pur pose of canvassing the electoral vote o the state. The democratic cfl'ort to capture turo republican electoral votes is historic Tilden's friends , notably Dr. Miller , hat been plotting for the capture of ono o the electors from Nebraska , and it is alsc historic that a largo bribe was offered t < one of the cinctors , General Strickland Tlio call of the legislature broke into tin plan of the plotters , and they found a will ing and reckless tool in Church Howe When the legislature convened , nt the enpi tal.Church Howe Illed a protest which mn : bo found on pages 0 , 7 and 8 of the No braskn House Journal of 1877. The fol lowing extract makes interesting reading " 1 , Church llowo , a member of the leslsla lure of Nebraska , now convened by procla iimtion of his excellency , ( iovcrnor Slla ; Harbor , for the purpose of canvassing nut ilcclarlnir tlio result of-the vote cast in Nc liraskn for electors for president and vic < inusldentof the United StiiU-s , hereby cute ; my solemn protest against such act , denyliu Uiat the governor his ; power to call this bodj In special session for any siu'h purpose , oi that this body 1ms any authority tocanvns1 or declare the result ot such vote upon the following grounds : First. This legislature now convened hnv- ins been elected under what Is known as th < jld constitution , has no power to net In tin l > remi es , tbo new constitution of the state liaylnc been in toico since November , 1875. ' The second and third clauses deal will technical objections and are somewhat lengthy. The concluding sentences ol this precious document are ns follows "For the foregoing reasons I protest igainst any canvass of tlio electoral vote af the state by * his body , and demand that this , my protest , bo entered upon iho journal. " ( Signed ) Church Howe , member of the legislature of Nebraska. The democrats did not respond to the : all of the governor and there was bnrclj i quorum in the senate , while there were iovcral to spare in the house of wlncl : llowo was a member. The protest en > xjred by Howe was doubtless prepared by the Tilden lawyers in Omaha anil liowe had the glory of being thu sole jhumpion of Sam Tilden. The legisla ture ignored Church Howe , spread his protest on its record and canvassed the jlectoral vote in spite of it. When the legislature convened in .Inn- .mry , 1877 , the presidential contest wa < it its height in Washington. Churcli ilowc had ehnnged places from the house lo t' ' > e senate. Early in the session , a resolution was introduced expressing thn conviction on Iho part of the senate that Hayes and Wheeler having received n .mijority of the electoral votes were on- .Hied to their seats. This resolution ; ave rise to a very lively debate which aslcd two davrt. Church Howe askca to jo excused from voting when it first ; amo up and was so excused. On the iiuil passage of the resolution the record jingo 370 , Senate Journal 1877 , ] shows Jin following result ; Yeas Ambrose , iinird , Blanehard , Bryaiit , Calkins , Jams , Chapman , Colby , Dnwes , Gar- iold , Gilham , Hayes , Konnnrd , Knapp , ? epoon , L'oworc , Thnmmol , Van Wyck , iViilton and Wilcox 90. Those voting in the negative wore : Vten , Brown , Covell , Ferguson , Jlinman , lolt , Church Howe and North-8. During the same session of the Icgisla- uro , CiiurcJi Howe's vote on United Slates senator for the first three ballots is ocordod as having been cns-t for K. W , L'homsis , a South Carolina democrat , pages 1)8 ! ) nnd 208 Samite Journal. ] All his time Church Howe professed to be a 'opublicnii ' independent , republican on intional issues and n temperance granger m local issues. Wo simply ask what ignt a man with such n record has to ic tupport of any republican. JOJINM.TIIUUSTON on ( 'hurch llowo , iomito Journal , 1877 , p. MO , in reply to .question : " 1 diil not mention Howe , localise Howe wns not a member of the opublican party , " JOIIK MATTHIKSON and Jimmy Young . "ill poll an enormous worUngmun's oto. They are no "jnw.Miiiths. " EVKIIV colored voter should take elf is coat for Kickcits. Worst ) Than n Kiro Alarm. Ono of tin ) most dreadful tilurmi that an bo sounded in a mother's oars is pro- need by uroup , dreadful , becnunu it is nown to bo dangerous' , the muro dread- nl because the lUo of a loved onu is in lopanly. Chamberlain's Cough Kennedy ; a never failing safeguard against this angurous disease. Iu reputation as n rcventitivi ) nnd cum of croup is fully nd firmly ostnJilishcd. In fact it is the nlv remedy which u.ui always bn re- uaapou. _ Miss Kennedy is prop.wd to tafeo rdcrs for indelliblo fctamping , having ist received a variety of new 10 N. llth ( st. CHUllCllHCWt : ATl'JjATTSMODT Tlio Mountebank's l-'nlscfiood * . My attention has just been called i Church Howe's speech at 1'latLsmout which appears in full in Sunday's li ] > iljlican. ( Thin speech , from bcginuin to end , is n tissue of falsehood. In n tempting to explain the motives whit ho believes actuate mo in opposing h eandldie.y ; , Church llowo had the brasc Impudence to assert that 1 began my w fnro upon him In 1871 when ho ran forth legislature. He says that I sent for liii and demanded that ho buy my supper which ho says lie then refused. This is falsehood which 1 nm in position to dn prove by his own handwriting. In 18,71 while 1 was prostrate on my back , nftc the murderous assault of Curri Church llowo wrote to my brother Andrew Uosowator , who was the temporarily editing the paper , a lettc now on lilu in this ollice , which reads a follows : My UcnrSlr : DeCnie the attempted nun dcrof } our brother I'Mwnrd , wo had n Ion Interview satisfactory tu us both , lie ha nhvays treated mo lalily In all tiling , and believe Intended to do so In llio lutiiro. 1 d not believe you desire to do otherwise. 1 ni now n tiinrut belli. : shot nt by every paper I' the state opposed to the Orange oignnlrattor nnd 1 only ask at your hands the same ttea inent you ( ! ive my opponents' . * * 1 eiiclo'e four nt tides which 1 wish yo would publish In the 15ii ; : . Onu In p.utlci larlll Interest you. This letter is dated Lincoln , April I 1H70 , and its date nml contents convict llowo of telling a downright fnlsohoutl when ho sniil at Plattsmouth that I hat waged war on him in 1871 because lie re fused to buy my support , ' as candl date for the legislature , but Clutrc ! Howe does not stop there. Hois quotei by the lifjniblicnn as having said : He ( meniiiuir myself ) sent Joseph Lnn castor lo come anil see him , and when lu did come a demand was made foradividt of congressional salary. In other words I am charged with ai attempt to blackmail Church llowo mi of $5,000 as a condition precedent to m ; support. This 1 pronounce an infamou libel , and I am able to prove it such ii any court of justice. I never sent J\ir \ Lancaster or any other man after Churcl llowo. Air. Lancaster will bear me on in the assertion that I told him both u Lincoln and Oinnhn that Church llowt never could get my support under any uircunihtances. The only talk between myself and llowo during the present campaign took plnco In my oflicc , and was overheard by my associate editor , who wns in the adjoining room , llowo asked mo what 1 proposed to do if he was nominated. 1 replied most emphatically that I couli not and would not support him. So much on that point. Church Howe' : apology for protesting against the can vass of tbo electoral vote of Nebraska foi Hayes and Wheeler is on a par with hit defense of his infamous record through out. He pretends that he only tiled thai protest to save the taxpayers the oxpensi of iv. special session. Inasmuch as tin legislature was already convened , an < - tlio session lasted only one day , I wouh like lo know how much ho would luivi saved the state by adjourning it , thrci hours sooner than it did adjourn. How does this pretense of economy compare with the recklessness at I ' Bxtra session when ho voted $ -10,000 the B. & M. railroad for car rying Colonel Colby and hi. militia to and from Omaha to suppress tlio working men who were on ahtrike for living wages. Howe denies point blank that he rated to recognize Tilden , when anybody ivho procures a copy of the Slate Journal nf 1877 can find his name enrolled with those of the democrats voting against the resolution to recognize Hayes and \ \ heolcr as duly entitled lo their seat ? un its final passage. Mr. Howe denounces mo as a slanderer ind libeller because J charged that ho resolved - solved $200 for engineering the I'earman bill through the legislature. Ho claims that when that bill passed ho was only u lobbyist and not a member , but ho forgot to tell his I'lattsmouth audience that lie ivas a member of the previous session ivhcn thu sumo bill , supported by him , Tailed to pass. Wa.s he disinterested then ind only Helping IVarman as an attorney ? Was ho not a member in 1881 when the prohibition bill , introduced by himself , was before the legislature ? Has ho ever ilared to demand from Mr. 1 * . K. Her a liuniul of iho charge concerning thu lioodlo raised for him to drop thai bill ? Why has ho never referred to the bill making gambling a felony ? Perhaps ho ivill answer that conundrum whun ho nukes his speech in Oaiuha. K. KoSKWATKIC. NOVKBIJJKU 8KCOND. State and Territorial KIcctloiiH lo Be Held on That Day. Alabama elects eight congressmen , Arkansas elects live congressmen. California elects state ollloors , lugisln- uro and six congressmen , and votes upon i proposed amimdinuut to the consult ) . ion of llio ntatu relating to thu assess- uenl of taxes. ' 'olorndo elects stale ollicors , legisla- ; unt and one congressman. Connecticut elects statit ollicors , legis- ulura and four congress mun. Delaware eluels governor , legislature uid olio congressman. Florida elects legislature nnd two con- jressmcn , nnd votes upon the proposed icw Goiuilitution for the state. Georgia elects ten congressmen Illinois elects stale ollicur-i. Jegi.-ltitnro md twenty congressmen , and vote.supon i proposed amendment to llio coiintitii > ion of the statu to abolish thu contract ybtoni in the state prisons. Imlintin elects minor btato ofliccrs nnd hirtoen congressmen. Iowa i h els minor htato ofllcors ami lovon c.j- ! - . i. ion. Knnni" ' -iliito ollicers , It'glhlaturo .nd seven < . .1 -smcu < , , and votes upon . propod n i.cmlmcnl to the constitu- ion uf the state lo ritirgnni/.u thu judi- inry. Kentucky elects eleven congressmen , Louisiana uleeU MX congressmen. Maryland olecls four congressmen. MHHsncluiRotls elects fctnto ollicers , : gislntiirn nnd fwelvn rongrcssniL'ii. Michigan elects stale uflieurs , legi nd eleven congic inun , uud votes upon kvo proposed an ondtJioiits to thu const- ! Jtiun o | tlio state , ' .inn of which provides or thu auditing uiut payment of claims gainst the couiiticn anil the other mhitcs i the salaries of the stute executive and idic'ml glllcprs Minnesota clertn btato ollicors , lcgi la. ivoand fivocoii ivi > ! > m < . : i , and volt > upon proposed unitinduieut i < ) the coiisliiu- onof the. stale lo ! ; ; cliiit ! the crcclion f county nnd Achuu ] building * . Mississippi elects rfuvim congressmen. Missouri elects minor stutu ollieers and > artccii congressmen Nebraska vlocts stulu olllcurs , lcUla no , and three congressmen , and vo'ci pen a pixpcti''d ' .inieiiilini'tit to thn con .ituUpu of thu statu which rclntc.b lu tlio pay of the members of the nnd the length of the biennial i. Nevada elects slnto olUccw , Icgtslnti r. , nijil ono congross'innn , nud votes upon j thrcfl proposed nmcndnicnt.s to the con stitution of the state , the first of win It relates to tlio manner of amending thi ; ( instrument , tlio second requires n jcar's residence In the state ns a ( junlilicnlii i ' for voter * , nnd the third nutliori/es thu i investment of tha state school funds ii ) United States bonds or the bonds of any I stato. Now Hampshire elects governor , legis- ' Inturo , nnd two congressmen. Now Jersey elects governor , legisla ture , nnd seven congressmon. New York elects a judge of tbo con t of appeals , assemblymen , and thirty-tin r congressmen , nnd votes upon the ijucs- tion of holding n convention to rovl.su the constitution of tlio slate. North Carolina elects justices of the supreme court , legislature , nml nine con Ohio olecls minor state ofl'icora ai..l twenty-one congressmen. Pennsylvania elects two Btato oflleer- ) , legislature and twenty-eight con 'exi- iron ( ono on tlio general ticket. ) Khode Island elects two conurp smi"i. South Carolina elects state ollicers , leg islature and seven congressmen , and vote i upon two proposed amendments to th constitution of the fitalo , ono ofvhu a provides for the renewal of the public debt , which matures in IS' ) . ' ) , and th. : other chances the time for the taking of the state census to 181H and every tenth year thereafter , but authorises tlu legislature to accept thu unumorntio.i inndo by Hie federal government and to base the apportionment and assignment of representatives upon it. Tenncsseo elects governor , legislature and ten congressmen. Texas elects state ollicers , legislature , and eleven congressmen. Virginia elects ton congrossmnn. West Virginia elects legislature ni.d lour congressmen. Wisconsin elects state ollicers , legisla ture , anil iiino congressmen , and voles upon n proposed amendment to the consti tution winch gives to women the right to vote at school elections. Tlio eight organised territories , Ari- /ona , Dakoln , Idaho , Montana. .Now Mexico , Utah , Washington , and Wyom ing , each elect ono delegate to congress , who is ciilillud lo a scat in the house and to speak but not to voto. A Srlf-Mmlo Viiiini ; Mnn , Chicago Mail. The republicans in llio northwestern district of Nebraska have nominated A. M. llobbins of Ord , Valley county , for state senator. About fifteen years ago young Hobbins was living on a farm in Boone comity , this stato. lie was inxions to get a better education than the district schools afforded , but fiis father didn't seem to think ho needed it , or that 10 could Hparo him from the farm. So ono day the youngster quietly disap- Dearoil , and nothing wns heard of him by liis friends or family until some year's later , when it was found that he had been caching school nnd going to .school nl- .ornately in Lee and Kane counties until : io got as good an education as could bo ind in that region , had studied law , been admitted to practice , nnd married a very cstimnblc young lady of Dixon. llo then wont west to Nebraska , where ho began , o practice his profession and grow up with the country. Ho has gained nn ex cellent biiMiu"s , and taken ononuh inter est in public affairs lo make him the inanimoiis choice of the convention in ils district for the position to which ho ins been nominated. The district is ono ) f the largest in the state , both in area nml population , nnd as it i.s strongly ro- lubhcan there is no doubt of his election. A RACE FOR LIFE. Mrs. AVIiilc's LVlKliirtJl Kxpcrlcnco AVIth n KatlleHiiako. Hnwloj ( Pa. ) Letter : Mrs. John White , living H fuw miles from this vil- nge , has a mounted rnlllosiinkn skin four eel and a half long , with an imperfect Nit of rattles in the tail , which she is iroud tu show to visitors , while relating low the snake when alive ciinsuU her , iltliough involuntarily , for nearly Imlf a nile , nnd kept up the chasn even aft < tr it wai dead. Mrs. White was standing by the roadside one warm day when nho heard a rattlesnake sound its "bells" immediately behind her , and nt the MIIUO lime felt a tug nt the sknt of her dross. She looked around quickly nnd saw that i big lattlcsnnfco had struck nl her , and .hat its fangs were fnst in the bottom of lor dross. Mrs. While started on a run 'or homo. Tlio snake's fang wore so su- jnrcly fastened in the dress that the make was carried along. Mrs. White an so fast Unit the rattlesnake was .vhippe . l and snapped about like the tail ) f a kito. The houeo wns almost half n mile away , ind when Mrs. White reached her door die was so much overcome by the run ind her fright that fho fainted on the loorstop. Her daughter ran out. When .ho . saw thobiiako , with its fangs fasl m ice mother's dross , and her mother lying > nlo on the kto' > , .sho supposed the nnako ind bitten her mother nnd killed her , and hogirl ran Kcreaminu to n. neighbor's , mil n mile further on. where she alaimed ho household with the news that her nether had been killed by a rattlesnake. man ran buck lo White's Mrs. White uiil revived sulliciently to drag herself nto the hon.se. Tlio snake wns dead , mil was still fast to the dress. The hresbing on the stones and against tlio : ronnd had beaten the lifo out of it and irukon elf tlio lower part of its rattles. Jovon were loft , from tlio size and grnd- , tion of which it was calculated that the nirfect sot contained at least thirteen , I'ho snake was skinned and mounted , nd has over Biuco been an object of ; rent curiosity in llio community. The liouk to Mrs. White prostrated 'her for evoral days. 'Ix : Trim Sl ory ol' n R-UNOIIH Quarrel. Now York Graphic : So many versions live been given of the cstrangmunt be- wccn Mrs. Mnoknv and Mrs. Parnn Slav- n n maelstrom into which Mr.s , Potter . us involuntarily drawn -that the Clint- ) ior feulw prompted oven at this Into day jstntethu e.Mictlncts. Mrs. Pallor wast 10 guest of Mro. Mnokuy at downs when lie lattur lady gave her meimjrr.hlo ro- option lo Britain's Heir apparent. Mrs 'arnn ' Slovens desired invlla- ons for horaolf and dungh- jr to Iho festivities graced by his royal Ulinoj.s , but WUH promptly refused. ho How into n passion , and not only do- Inre she would procure cards through rossiiru from the highest iiuaitors , but ml oho would after wards banish the ostcss of the occasion from the upper rust of eocioty. In duo time thu Prince of Wales did uggoM the hondinj. ; of cards to Mr.s. ( evens , whereupon Mrs. Mnekny nuletlv ( formed him thnf on n previous oconijloh hen sl.o had \loiidod m. invitation that uly n l only did not accept but had not ion the courtesy Ui respond. Never- icless , if the iirmcu wUhod it. sh'o would nfor In Ins pleasure , oto , "Not under uy cmisidornllon , " was tlio rctponso. Ire Stimxius was loft out in the i-old. i-iico the bubseijuont cold wave with hot ashes. Cur dfl.ivnr Oniiiplnlnt. lowAKAi.ijj , HnnllnCo. , la. , Juno 8 , ' 8.1 . ! . I hnvu bucn using Allcouk'ij Porous Jastors for four years , nnd 1 think I Jiild not get along without them , For lung timu 1 was afllieieU wilh a pain niler my right shoulder blndo ; I nlso ; id ( uniBidornlihi dllllculty m brcnthln } ' . applied ttti Allcncl ; s l oroim 'Plnster oil ly buck , und onu on my oiust. | I kept liuimmg them eu-iyfyur days , and nt iu end uf thr jo vu'vka \ ns ontiiojy US ,