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Gou > and silver lias been fonnil in Vir
ginia. It is ton to ono that tlio iron
and coal found in Georgia will discount
the Virginia discovery in practical re-
fillltS.
A ifiw honr.s only remain before tlio
opening of tlio senatorial wrestling
match. General Vin : Wyek , to use a
] irofussonil ! expression , "iecls ) well. "
Ho is all muscle and has tlio inside liold.
COLUMNS ami columns have been writ
ten during the past two weeks about the
senatorial situation , but the whole mat
ter could just as well have been summed
up in four words Van Wyck's election
is assured.
Mu. LAIIID has been intorviowcd on
tlio Knuvnls bill anil of course claims all
the credit for its success in the senate ,
where Mr. Lain ! lias about tis much in.
Jlnonco as ho lias in London or Vienna.
Mr. .Laird's herculean efforts for the
Knovals settlers in tlio upnor house will
not materially strengthen his senatorial
boomlet.
TIIIRTY-TIIIIEE hundred dollars are re
turned as the net proceeds of tlio charity
ball. There is no other way in which
jtich a sum could bo so easily collected
for charitable purposes as the ono
an adopted for the past three years in
Omaha. It is. safe to predict that the
1 charity ball has come to stay as an an
nual institution.
THE defeat of ox-Senator McDonald by
Judge Turpio has caused a breach in the
ranks of the Indiana democracy which
will not be speedily closed. The success
of Turpic was evidently due chielly to the
fact of his being in sympathy with the
revolutionary tactic ? of a majority of tlio
democrats in. the legislature , which wcro
not approved by McDonald. On tlio
score of ability and party service the
claims of the veteran who was rejected
are infinitely greater than those of the
successful candidate , who is not credited
with largo capacity and who is not known
outside of Indiana , if generally in that
state , as a party leader. The result is a
great disappointment to McDonald and
his friends , which they will not soon for
got. It is by no means assured , however ,
that Turpio will bo tiio next United States
senator from Indiana. There is a very
good chance that liarrison will bo his
own successor. If ho nnd Tnrpio co to
Washington with certificates of election ,
as now seems probable , even so good n
democrat as Mr. Holman has expressed
the opinion that the scat will bo given to
Harrison , and there Is iv considerable
element of the Indiana democracy that
would not regret that result.
WITH the frost still in the ground nnd
spring several months distant , the rail
road surveyors have already taken the
field nnd are running their lines and
driving their stakes in n half a dozen di
rections which all radiate from the cor
porate limits of Omaha. Within a few
months wo shall see an interesting
Bcrumblo for entrance into our city by
several Important companies Competi
tion 1ms accomplished what cajoling and
prayers failed to win. The very lines
which n low years ago wcro haughtily
declining nil overtures nro now
malting the first advances. Years
ngo Omaha had a hard struggle to
Bccuro the entrance of railroads within
her corporate 1'mils. ' Now it is the rail
roads themselves who are struggling for
entrance. Four great trunk systems arc
( Irmly located among us and an equal
number of no less important lines arc
preparing to make Omaha their Missouri
river terminus. Our vast commercial In
terests , our growing industrial import
ance , the stock yards and a great city
doubling in population every five years
and advancing more rapidly than any
other metropolis of its size in the west ,
are the magnets which are drawing iron
rails nnd the steam horse to a closer and
more vital connection with this prosper
ous community. Omaha , working
steadily if slowly upwards by her
own capital and through her own re
sources , has finally reached a point where
capital is eagerly seeking investment in
her midst anxious to advance the boom
nud to lind remunerative returns in the
general prosperity. Within ten years we
jiavo passoil trom town to a city , and
Jrom a city to a metropolis. The men
nnd corporations who formerly watched
with little interest the Jagging wagon of
slow progress uro now foverisHy anxious
to catch on behind and take a ride with
the prpce.ssion. And they shall bo wel
come. There is room enough for all.
The Senatorial Situation.
ljiNrotv , , Jan , 10. [ Editorial Corre
spondence. ] The present week will mark
ono of tlio most important epochs in the
political history of the stato. The First
Napoleon made the historic prediction
that all Europe would either become civ
ilized or Cossack , He meant by this that
progressive nnd enlightened statesman
ship would rule the civilized world or
there would be a relapse to ignorance
and tyrannical barbarism. The contest
which is about to terminate in the reelection
tion or defeat of Charles 11. Van Wyck
involves in a lesscrdcgrcetho Napoleonic
dogma of human progress or reaction.
In the person of Van Wyck arc embodied
the hopes anil sentiments of the popular
ideal of reform in political methods
and policies. Throughout the whole
country Van Wyck is regarded ns tlio
foremost champion in the senate o ! the
United Slates of the productive nnd in
dustrial classes , nnd the most fearless
opponent of corporate aggression. Op
posed to him in solid phalanx are ar
rayed the cohorts of monopoly , the cor
rupt jobbers , and the horde of political
lepers whom the people of Nebraska
have cast Out as unclean.
For the first time in the history of the
country tlio test is to bo made whether
the will of the people , ns directly nnd in-
dlroclly expressed , shall bo respected by
their representatives in the legislature by
the choice of United Stales senator.
Our system of elective government
will either prove itself a sham and.
farce , or a fabric worthy of confidence
and respect. 1 remember well how pow
erful popular sentiment was in favor of
giving people a chance to vote their
choice for United States senator when our
present constitution was being framed.
It is a matter of record that the iirst leg
islature convened under the present con
stitution almost unanimously passed n
me morial to congress demanding an
amendment to the national constitution
that would make the ollico of
United States senator elective ,
the same ns members of con
gress. I'opular sentiment on this
question is more intense to-day than
over. The people of Nebraska will have
their choice as indicated by their ballots
and conventions , or they will know the
reason why. Not only the people of Ne
braska , but those of the whole country
nro anxiously waiting to hear the result
of the balloting. In every respect the
position of members is the same
as those of presidential electors. If
Van Wyck had been running for presi
dent and received over 51,000 votes outof
the scattering returns every elector would
bo in honor and duty bound to cast
his vole lor him. The attempt
to tamper with members who were
elected on the Aran Wyck issue is just as
infamous and villainous as was the effort
to purchase Croniu's vole for SamTildcn
ten years ago. It is rather significant ,
too , that the parties engaged iu that
boodle scheme are to-day plotting to
overthrow tlio popular choice in Ne
braska.
An extraordinary ofl'ort is being made
to concentrate all the prominent Miller
democrats hero to-morrow. Some of
them are already hero. The purpose of
such concentration is to bulldo/.o demo
cratic members and compel them to vote
solidly for McShane with the solo pur
pose of defeating Van Wyck and turning
his friends to some other man , presum
ably Dundy or Paddock. This is to bo
done oven independently of McSliane's
wishes.
15ut this scheme is altogether too trans
parent and will not win. I have talked
with quite a number of the members and
they positively declare that they will not
violate faith with tlio people. They say
that McShane has no more chance of
election than Dr. Miller , and they scout
the idea that the clamor of railroad demo
crats can influence their notion which
was prescribed by their constituents.
Ou the other hand , all the schemes to
break the ranks of the Van Wyck repub
licans have so far failed. The hue and
cry about Van Wyck alliances with demo
crats Is hypocritical on its face. The very
people who are loudest about straight
goods have applauded the railroad re
publican clement iu its alliance with
democrats to organize the senate. It
was perfectly honorable and strictly re
publican to tie up with Vandcmark and
Campbell in order to prevent Van Wyck
republicans from electing the ofliccrs of
the senate ; but it would have been
awfully disloyal to the republican party
if Van Wyck'a friends had done the same
thing. Republican members , elected
ana pledged to support Van Wyck , are
exhorted to desert him whenever the
first democrat casts his vote for him , but
if Campbell and a dozen other democrats
cast their votes for u railroad republican ,
it will bo straight goods and no mis
take. Rampant stalwarts who now
are shocked at VanWyek's disposition to
accept the support of democrats , were
jubilant when Hitchcock defeated Thaycr
in 1871 by the solid nud purchased dem
ocratic vote ; they rejoiced at the triumph
of Paddock four years later when ho
carried the legislature by the nearly solid
vote of democrats , and the Vandorvoorts ,
Valentines nnd Geres made the most
desperate efforts to ro-oleet both Hitch
cock and Paddock in 1S77 and 1S79 by
democratic support. Ejren our latest
senator , Manderson , had an arrange
ment the night before his election to re
place republican caucus bolters
by democrats nnd anti-monopolists.
With these stubborn historic facts before
them it is not likely that any honest Van
Wyck republican will desert the senator
under the flimsy pretext that ho cannot
conscientiously support him If democrats
vote for him. Such an excuse will only
bu plain proof that the man has been
tampered with und bargained , nway his
TOtb. K. ROSEAVATtP. .
Tlio Electoral Count 11111.
The notion of the house of representa
tives on last Friday , In adopting without
division the electoral count bill reported
by the conference committee , renders it
certain that the country is finally to have
a clear and simple law regulating the
odicial counting by the two houses of
congress of the presidential vote. It has
required n discussion of eighty-six years'
duration to bring about this result , not
withstanding the fact that the best wis
dom of the country Mias admitted the
dcfeots of the existing plan. The first
electoral count bill wns introduced in
1800 , nnd provided for a commission to
decide nil disputed returns , to consist of
eix senator ; ? , six representatives nnd the
chlet justice of the supreme court. This
bill , which passed the senate , wns
nmcnded in the house , nnd failed between
the two. doubtless suggested the electoral
commission of 1870. A second bill was
introduced in 1824 and passed the senate ,
but failed in the house. This measure ,
by Mr. Van Huron , provided that if a
return wcro objected to it should bo
counted unless the two houses , voting
separately , concurred in rejecting it. In
1875 Senator Morton introduced n bill
which provided that if objection wcro
made to any return it should bo counted
unless it wns rejected by the concurrent
vote of both houses , and that in case of
double returns that one should bo counted
which the two houses , acting separately ,
should dcclnro to bo the true * ono.
In cnso of failure of the two
houses to agree , tlio vote of the state
would bo lost. Tlio bill passed the
senate by a party vote , but a motion was
entered to reconsider and never finally
disposed of. If this measure had passed
Tilden would probably have been seated
in 1870 , as the failure of the two houses
to agree as to any ono of the southern
states in dispute at that time would have
thrown out its vote and thus given the
democratic candidate the majority of the
electoral college.
The electoral commission was n make
shift , and it served to more strongly em
phasize the necessity for n change in the
law. In 1878 Senator Edmunds intro
duced a bill which provided that each
state might establish tribunals for the
trial of electoral contests and that 'their
decision should be final ; that if there
should bo any uisputo as to the lawful
ness of the state tribunal , or if there
should bo double returns from a state
which had not provided such a tribunal ,
only those returns should bo counted
which the two houses , acting separately ,
should concur in receiving , nnd that any
single return should bo counted unless
rejected by both. This measure passed
the senate , but was not fnetcd upon by
the house. Similar results attended sev
eral attempts since made. The present
bill was introduced by Senator Edmunds
at the last session. It provides that in
those states whore a tribunal has been
established for the determination of elec
toral contests , and such tribunal
lias decided what electors wcro
duly appointed , the determination
of the tribunal shall bo conclus
ive ; that when there is but one return
from a state the vote so returned shall bo
counted ; that when there are two or
more returns nnd the question nrises
which of two or more stale tribunals
or authorities is the lawful one , that re
turn shall bo counted which the two
houses , acting concurrently , shall ac
cept ; that when there is one state gov
ernment and two sets of returns pur
porting to be the vote of tlio state , that
return shall bo counted which is sup
ported by the certificate of the executive
of the state , unless both houses , acting
separately , shall concur in deciding that
it is not the lawful vote of the stato.
This is clear and simple , and under the
operation of such n law it is not con
ceivable that any circumstances could
arise to make trouble. It is left to the
tribunals of a state to determine what
votes are legal coming from that state ,
the two houses of congress to bo bound
by such determination , and it will bo the
state's own fault if the matter is left in
doubt and its vote is thereby lost.
Still Keeping Aloof.
The advice extended to Mr. Cleveland
by certain democratic editors that ho
should put himself on terms of closer in
timacy with the loaders of his party ap
pears not to have had any effect upon the
president. It is still a matter of com
plaint with the democratic politicians
that Mr. Cleveland ignores them , or
rather that ho manifests no concern as to
their views regarding questions of pub
lic policy. Ho kcops along in the oven
tenor of his way without consulting the
party leaders , and apparently without
the slightest interest respecting what
they may think or desire. This course
of the president , which ho seems deter
mined to maintain , is undoubtedly very
annoying , if not exasperating , to the
parties ignored. Their feelings are prob
ably voiced by the correspondent of the
loadingdcmocratio journal of New York ,
who recently remarked that Mr. Cleve
land "shows signs of succumbing to the
terrible disease of the swelled head. " "If
this were not true , " further remarks this
correspondent , "would ho not consult
more with the leaders of his party ?
Would ho not occasionally cease to re
gard his cabinet as seven confidential
clerks ? Would ho not cease to regard
criticism of himself and his administra
tion by the leading democratic papers of
the country as haying some better motive
than disappointed personal ambition1 ?
Then the promise is hold out that ( ho
president may yet accomplish something
If ho "will only place himself in close re
lations with the loaders of Ins party , " but
otherwise the situation seems hopeless.
It is not a now , revelation that Mr.
Cleveland is a victim of the swelled head
disease. Tlio man who in I860 was "a
humble torch-bearer in a Hancock parade
in Hullalo , " has since learned to place
an estimate upon himselt that is not deficient -
ficient in any direction. But who else
than these complaining democratic poll-
ticians are responsible for this ? They
had vainly struggled for twenty-four
years with tiio old hulks and machinery
to ri'storo their party to power when
Cleveland was discovered. Ho was an
accident with no disparaging political
record , while all the old leaders had
ln&torics which tlio pooplejwere very sure
to repudiate. Ho was a necessity to the
party , Ho won the light , which none of
the party politicians could have done.
Mr. Cleveland understands all this , nnd
therefore his self-3utlicionoy. Hut ho has
another reason tor not consulting these
lendirs , and that is the fact that they nre
themselves in continual disagreement
Whom , for rxamplo , shall ho prefer
Carlisle or Randall , nnd if ho listens to
both , what chance is there that ho
could decide on any policy ! Is It quite
just to saddle nil the fault upon the pros
Went when the leaders of the party
whom ho is asked to consult nro unable
to agree ? Uut it is purely a democratic
squabble , for democrats to settle , nnd i
looks , despite the whining of the poll
ticians , as if they will bo compelled to go
Cleveland again ns tiio only hope of thu
party.This , nlgo , the president nppnr
eutly understands.
Dn. Mii.un : has been sent post haste to
Mexico on n confidential mission fron
the administration , which , it is under
stood , has n vital connection with Minister
istor Manning's late pcrtormauces among
the greasers , The doctor is earni'stly re
quested not to look upon the reputation
destroying mescal when it is red in tin
bowl. Much as Omaha enjoys n proper
notoriety ttnined by Its prominent cili
ZOHS nbroad , it would grieve execcdincl. }
to learn that tlio doctor's diplomatic in
vesligations had afforded food for the
paragraphers who lunched so voracious ! j
on Sedgwick anil Manning.
OMAHA'S real estate transfers on Satur
day rolled past the half million point
Heat cannot melt or frosts chill their in
finite variety.
STAXI2 AND TUUHITOHY.
Ncbrnskn Jottings.
The poor farm of Dodge county has
eighteen guests.
Tlio' schools of Columbus report an
average attendance of115. .
A pinning mill is to bo milled to the
manufacturing interests of Hastings.
Four tramps , loaded with cutlery am
revolvers , have been jailed at Louisville
Adams county is a parent. A line babj
boy was born at the poor farm last week.
Stuart's improvement record for the
past year showed an expenditure o
! ? 35,000.
The Anselmo Sun has hid its ligh
under a bushel of debt nnd disappears
in a halo ot'mortgages. .
The State Firemen's association meets
in Columbus Wednesday. The citizens
will royally entertain the boys.
Herman Natcnstcdt. a Columbus black
smith , sneaked out of town ono nigh
last week wrapped up in $300 borrowei
money.
Exprcss Messenger Frank Choneworth ,
who vfna injured in the Uunbar wreck on
the Missouri Pacific last week , died at his
homo in Kansas City.
The Kansas City & Omaha railroat
company has filed articles of incorpor
ation in Adams county and Hastings ex
pects to capture the main line.
The rage for illustrated journalism has
struck O'Neill City. The Tribune has in
vested in an artist , with a butcher knife
in his hand and a revolver iu his pocke
to silence critics.
Union Pacific surveyors arc running a
line for an extension of the road from
Norfolk to Sioux City. The movemen
excites considerable interest along the
route and in Sioux City.
Miss Baldwin , daughter of Rev. Mr
Haldwin , pastor of the First Congrega
tional church of Pierce , lias received n
position in ono of the land offices in Col
orado at a salary of $ li.00 a year.
The child of Mr. and Mrs. James Long
of Clennvator , Antelope county , was
choked to death by a kernel of corn becoming
coming lodged in its throat. The little
darling was only fifteen months old.
The Uurnctt Hlado tells of a wrathfu
parent who attempted to thrasli a school
teacher nnd failed miserably. His am
bition cost him a sere head and $33 cash
paid into court. This sends memory
skurrying back to the sixties and a. little
brick sclioolliouse in York stato. A partj
of four rebelled against mental disci
pline ono warm spring morning , and took
to the woods. Next day tlio teacher , a
man of peace and much muscle , invitee
the runaways to a private seance during
recess. The rebellion broke out afresl
and n stampede for the door followed
Three escaped , but the leader after re
peated knockdowns , was induced to re
main. The agony of the ensuing twenty
minutes was made plain by the yells and
whacks that creased the peaceful atmos
phere. The sounds were Impressive
alike within and without , nnd playful
children stood open-mouthed listening to
the fearful commotion. Tlio follow
ing evening the agitator of youth
stopped at the homo of the whipped boy
to explain the cause and effect of the cas-
ti-ration to the father. Ho was warmly
welcomed. The father and four brothers
fell upon him and wept with satisfaction.
The exact duration of the matinee and
the parts taken by the several performers
was never recorded The neighborhood
could only Judge from results. The re
mains of the teacher were sent to the
town hospital and the school closed for
two weeks.
Iowa Koinn.
Clinton is sinking au artesian well.
Missouri Valley improved during the
past year $100,000.
The next state fair Is booked for Sep
tember 2-0 , at DCS Moiucs.
The Keokuk Canning compnny has
contracted for 500 acres of tomatoes.
Two old residents of DCS Moines county
nro each nlucty-sovcn years of ago.
Carroll county will spend $50.000 In
building a court house und. jail this
season.
Drunks nro ns common in the DCS
Moines police court as before the era of
prohibition.
The working classes of Ccdnr Rapids
have $200,000 deposited in the city sav
ings bank.
The Iowa State Horticultural society
will hold iU twenty-first annual meeting
at Charles City Januar } 18 to 21 inclu
sive.
sive.Mrs.
Mrs. George Sago , of Ilnrlan , is re
ported to have traveled M.OOO miles in
pursuit of her husband ; who Jast fall ran
off with the lured girl.
Mr. John S. Gortnor , of Mcchanlcsvillo.
was one of the victims of the ill-fated
train on the Baltimore & Ohio , and per
ished in the burning wreck. Ho was a
banker of that pl.ico , ,
The druggists of the state generally are
bitterly complaining qf the actions of law
sharks , who arc Imrrassing thorn with
suits for the purpose qf making money
instead of enforcing the law.
OMatt Stork , an ox-saloon kcopcr of
lircda , forged notes on prominent farm
ers to the amount of $185. llo was ar
rested in Chicago and brought back ,
placed under $1,000 bonds aim now lan
guishes iu jail.
The German Trust and Savings bank ,
of Dubuque , having a capital block of
if'50,000 , has filed articles of incorporation
witli the secretary of state , as also the
Labor Review Publishing company , of
Clinton. The Standard Lumber com
pany , ot Dubuque , renewed its corporate
existence for a period of ten years and
increased its capital stock to § 100,000.
Miles Sweeney , of Holy Cross , n farmer
who had been stopping at Dubuque for a
day or two , was assaulted by several des
perate characters us ho was boarding the
Chicago & Milwaukee tram at that city ,
dragged from the platform , knocked
senseless with a club , und robbed of l.'lK ' )
Which he hud just received. It was the
most daring robbery that ever occurred
in Dubuque. _
DrvUoin.
The Masonic frativr\y of Rapid City
has selected a , < site lor a hall.
The First National bank of Fargo has
paid up capital of ? t50CO. ) .
The Odd Fellows liall in Huron which
cost $20.000 was iKnllrnirtl recently.
In the lower Hrulo agonpy the Indians
have n church nnd four Impels. The
church membership reaches 100 , in which
they tnVo great pride.
Rapid City has just sold $3 1,000 worth
of bonds voted to reimburse donors of
lands to tno railway company and to pay
all damages , right of-\\ iy , etc. , for tiio
company.
Ono day recently Milton Hrisbine'a
head came in contact with the hlud foot
of a Ynnkton county farmer's mulo. The
mule died , but Milt was kept homo for
a week feeling sorry for the animal ,
The Watortown land ollico claims tn
have transacted moro buslnessduring the
last quarter than any other land ollico in
the territory. The receipts of tlio ollico
for tlr.it period were $7o.710.r > 0.
What comprises now 20,003 acres of
worthless land in Ynnkton and Clay
counties is to be reclaimed by drainage.
A ditch that will cost ! f " ,000 has been
ordered dug by thu county commissioner : * .
A largo colony ot negroes from North
Carolina and Virginia is looking up
Dakota ns an objective point. There are
11,000 who want to settle on government
iamlsomcwliore. A committee has con
ferred with Delegate Uill'ord nnd will
visit Dakota. _
Wyoming.
Parties nro investigating Lnramic with
a view to establishing glass works.
The Crook county bank , capital
$15,000has been organized at , Sundance.
The Wyoming ( Sold and Silver Mining
company , of Sundance , capital $2,500,000 , ,
has been incorporated.
The republicans wcro victorious iu the
city election in Cheyonne. They elected
the mayor and two of the three council-
men.
men.On
On the last day of 18SO the Rock Sprins
coal mines produced 1G7 car loads of
coal , the largest output known to the
mines.
During the month of December , 1SSC.
the merchants of Laramie received
8,370,000 pounds of freight , or ( nearly
double tiie amount received during the
December of any previous year.
Tlio Perils of High
I'itMiuru l'rcs.
Take such deaths within a few 3'cars as
those of Grant , Matt Carpenter , /Cach
Chandler , Hancock , Ilcndricks , Arthur ,
MeClellau , Logan , Judge David Davis ,
General Miller , Vanderbilt , and the many
less prominent but still widely known
men , and it may bo ascertained that their
deaths were duo to high living and sed
entary habits. Secretary Manning has
been disabled from n similar cause , and
President Cleveland is , for the second
time this winter , laid up in bed witli
rheumatism , gout , or something of the
kind , brought on by too much eating and
not enough exercise. Now Cleveland and
General Sheridan talk about the "mass
age" treatment , or a sort of Turkish bath
treatment , to reduce their burdensome
llcshl Mechanical removal of blubber , in
other wortlsl What they and all such
should do is to Jive moderately and ex
orcise freely.
The world laughs at Gladstone chop
ping down his almost daily tree at
llawardcn as a crank , and in consequence
quence of his tree-chopping and other
healthful exercise Gladstone is a power
in tlio world at near eighty .years of age ;
and Emperor Wilhelm , who takes his
daily horseback exercise , is a lively old
boy of ninety.
How many eighty -year-old able-bodied
men in public life have we in the United
States ? Washington living and the pack
ing of heavy dinners hero and there
about the country uses Americans up
at a time when English statesmen arc at
their best. Hnncroft , the historian , is
over four score and still healthful and
happy , but he takes his daily long walks ,
as he has done these twenty years. Hut
Americans with the physical qualities of
iSancroftaro scarce.
What our prominent and well-to-do
people need is temperance in eating , and
an abundance but not excess of exercise.
More of plain bread , beef and lea , and
less of turtle , oysters and wines ; more
of active exercises and lees of sedentary
occupations ; more of walking and less of
carriage riding , and so better health and
longer Jives. Ono thing more they should
observe : The design of nature wns to
make eating and drinking a benefit , not
a detriment , to the body ; and according
to that wise provision , cheap food , which
is the food most easily obtained , is the
best food , so that it bo not foul or cor
rupt with decay or adulteration before
being taken into the system. The man
who attempts to cat out his income after
it passes a reasonable sum will lind his
great income a barrier to his happiness ,
and a standing mcnaco against Ins life.
Logan was not rich and therefore could
not give many dinners , but ho was
powerful , or promised to be , and ho was
a favorite with people who could give
dinners , and ho sufi'ered in consequence.
I'lioso who give and those who accept too
much eating and drinking are equally
unfortunate. _
Gospel from the Hunch.
ACID Yurlt WotM.
There have been several notable legal
decisions of late which have done much
to increase respect for the bench. They
have been aimed directly at a species of
business immorality practised by men
who assume to bo rcspcctablo. Those ,
by their example , wealth and social in-
llucnco , have succeeded in blunting in
financial and commercial circles a proper
sense of their dishonesty. Watering
stock , wrecking railroads , "cornering"
necessaries of life and compassing legis
lative corruption are actually regarded
by many , through the mere force of cus
tom , as forming a regular and admissible
clement of business , A man can indulge
in thcso things either directly or by
proxy and enjoy a good commercial rep
utation. Nor will they interfere mate
rially with his standing as a pillar of the
church if he chooses to bo ono.
This wide social acceptance of inher
ently dishonest methods carries men
along with it who refrain from such
wrong-doing themselves , but have not
the moral courage to make things un
pleasant by protesting. Lawyers of the
highest ability hnlp to strengthen the
respectability of what are designated in
tin ) decisions alluded to as frauds and
crimes. Judge Groshani , In the Wabash
case , Judge Daniels in the Kenno lard-
co rner mattpr , and Judges Jones and
Hamilton , of Cleveland , in the Nickel
I'late mortgage suit , have shown that
: hey are Independent of ( lie strong in-
ilnenco in question. Thov call things by
: heir right names. From their high places
hey atriko at the great sin of thu ago. The
Cleveland judges utated that the transac-
.ion of the Nickel Plato syndicate was
fraudulent. Judge Grcsham practically
denominated the \Valmsh management
us thievery. Judge Daniels defined corn-
) rs ns "respectable robbery" and ' 'im-
awful conspiracy nunishablo as crime. "
Gospel can come from the bench as
tvcll as the pulpit. All honor bp to the
udgus who can rise above the iniluennu
if the immoral business current spoken
if , and tear the mask from tlio facus o.f
ho prosperous malefactors.
Tlio combination , proportion and prov
ce s in preparing Hood's bimapurilla
ire peculiar to this medicine , and tin-
to others. ,
REASONS FOR RE-ELECTION
Charles n , Van Wycl the ? ooplo'- First nni
Only Choice.
HIS HONESTY WARMS THE HEART
Of the 1'ntrt'iltc nml Worthy
Itnllronil Cabooses , Honscs and
Uoodlos Democrats on
liist-y Miller.
A Very iTTveTjCorpse. .
iTonumt Tribune ! The "Old Man'1 i
proving to bo a much livlior corpse thai
many of his assassins anticipated.
Xo Doubt or \Vhniovor. .
Nohrnskn City News : No doubt manj
of the legislators wish Ihvir chances o
poing to liunvon were as bright as Vni
Wyek's of re-election.
Wnt-iii In thu I'eoplo'H Hearts.
Crete Videtto : No one in Ki'hrisk :
ever had a warmer place in thu hearts o
tins people than C. H. Van \ \ yck. Ni
man over had and merited sv grontei
hatred of thu railroads nnd their litth
2x1 politicians thnn ho.
Gcntlo Hint to the "Junior. "
Plnttsmouth Herald : It is roportoi
that Senator Mnndcrsoti will soon nrrivi
at Lincoln to taku part in the ligh
against Van Wyck. Senator Mnmlofeun
will do well to steer clear of the huna
lorial squabble in this state , for ho Inn
nothing to gain by active participation ii
thu contest , nnd possibly may lose much ,
No Dnst-y Sillier Hero.
Schuylor Democrat : The talk of elect
ing a democrat to the Kniinto from thi-
statu is all nonsense. There is no pos
siblu show , and papers like the Oinahi :
Herald know better when they suy thort
is. As much as wo would like to sco n
democrat senator from this state , wu set
no good reason for lying about the facts
in the case. Thu next senator will be
Van Wyck or some republican.
Thin Objections to Vnii'AVyclc.
Schuylor Quill : The railroad re
publican organs of the slate , suel
as the Omaha Republican am !
Lincoln Journal , say they object to Vat
Wyck being ro-oleetcd to the United
States senate because ho affiliates lee
nuch with the democrats. The railroat
democratic organ , thu Omaha Herald
objects to him receiving any support
from that sidu of _ the line because ho i :
too Strom ; a partisan republican. Toe
bud thcso would-be dictators cannot se
lect a straight-out railroad tool. Theii
objections to Van Wyck are thin.
Thnj-'vo no Use for the 1'eoplc
Crete Vidclto : It is difficult for the way
faring man to tell which of this railroai
organs the Herald or Republican feu' ' :
tlio meanest over the bright prospects foi
Senator Van Wyek's re-election. Not :
farmer or mechanic in the statu of Nebraska
braska ought to palroni/.o either of thesi
organs or the State .Journal Their even
eflort is put forth in behalf of monopolies
and they never uttered an honest though' '
in the interest of labor. If Van Wycl <
was a railroad tool they would how
themselves hoarse for him , but they liavi
no use for the people's ' candidate.
The 1'coplo's Will SliouUl ho Ijaw.
York Times : The people of the stall
piefor Van Wyck. There can bo MC
question about that. Their vote of 40,001
lor him out of 01,000 cast cannot bo mis
understood. It is not absolutely binding
uion ) this legislature , but is a clear hull
cation of what their constituents desire
them to do. They are tliero , not to obey
the mandates , but the will of their con-
stitueius.Aiiy wish of the people , clearlj
expressed , should be their law. The only
oxouso a member of tlio legislature can
give for going contrary to the will of his
constituents is his ignorance of their
will. In this case that excuse cannot bo
urged. _
Van Wyok' Holiil Slronsth.
Lincoln Cor. Schuyler Sun : Senator
Van Wyck's strength at present far ex
ceeds that of any other candidate , and
unless the railroads combine ngnin.st him
his election is almost an assured fact.
The signatures of thirty republicans
have been secured , pledging their suu-
port to the senator , and refusing to enter
a caucus. This , with the thirty-eight
democrats , who are known to favor the.
senator and who would largely support
that issue , is a sure indication of the out
come , unless serious tampering by the
use of boodle or false pledges is made.
Of one thing thcro is n certainty , that thu
present condition of the members will
permit of no republican caucus in sulh-
cient numbers to efi'ect a nomination , un
less Senator Van Wyck's friends go in ,
and they will not enter the caucus until
they have strength enough to control it.
Can't Injure the Old Man.
Columbus Journal : Wo don't know
who the man is that now writes the
"Topics" department of the Lincoln
Journal , but whoever ho may bo it is well
enough to say to him that in his warfare
against Senator Van Wyck ho lias o'er-
stepped the bounds of decency nnd out
raged that scnso of fair play which all
men entertain. It is proper enough to
combat a man's opinions , to oppose him
in his ambitions , to compass his defeat
for ollico by just means , but to speak of n
man as a phvsical monstrosity is going a
little too far. That method of warfare
will , however , not injure Van Wyck any.
It only shows the weakness of thu man
who indulges in such remarks. It re
minds of the fashion of children who
raako faces when they wish to vent their
spleen and dare not strike a fair blow.
Prloklncr the AlcSlmno nubble.
Norfolk Ga/otto : The Omaha Herald
has hoisted Congressman McShano as
the proper caucus nominee of the demo
cratic party for the United State senator-
ship , and claims that the factof his being
the first democrat to represent Nebraska
in congress entitles him to still higher
honprri. This is doubtless true , but by
McShano's nomination , nnd perhaps
election , the party would gain nothing ,
or at least , much loss than' it would by
the election of any ether lending demo
crat. To put it tersely : What will it
profit the democratic party of Nebraska
if itg-.iin a senator and lese a congress-
many Mr. McShano mndu u good light
for congressional honors in the First
district nnd overcame Ids opponent , by a
substantial majority and lor this ho is
entitled to credit without limit. Hut
were he to bo sent to thu United States
senate , his successor In congress would
bo republican and the gain in the trnns-
nctlon would bu MoShnno'H only ; to thu
democratic party it would he almost nil.
nilllri-'N Oliiunrleoii I'nn.
Schuylor Herald : Tlio Omaha Herald
Is now cracking the party whip over the
shoulders of the democratic senators and
representatives , whom it is afraid will
I'oto for Van \\yck , and is charging
them to vote for some democrat. The
editor of thu Herald is in a poor position
to criticise the action of any democrat in
: his direction. Ai a mectinir of the leg-
slature , not so long ago but that n
jreat many of us younger democrats re-
nomber it , Dr. Miller , thu editor of thu
Herald , personally asked democratic
numbers , including thu ono from
.his county , to vote for ex-Senator
i'addock for United
Status Konu-
or. The worthy doctor was not as par-
icular about democrats voting for demo-
: raU then , as he seems to bo now. Mem-
jers who wish to volu for Van Wyck will
irobably do so regardless of what the
lurald may have to Buy on tie ! question.
Ac think that before the Bosiion is .over
ho Herald will got over its anxiety to
uive all the democrats votu for n demo- '
rat. About the tirnc some railroad us- |
publican bobs up nsa candidatennd hn3
n show of being elected wo expect to
see l ho Herald advising democratic ntciu *
bcrs to vote for some republican.
Honor to Whom Honor la Dno.
Columbus Journal : A prominent
"Irish Democrnt" say * : Lot Van \\yck \
bo the password iriven to every true- man
who will mount guard in the halls of
legislation , because no man who kcr\cj
as member , cither in the house or senaii- ,
who believes in the maxim , honor to
whom honor is duo , but will vote llrsl ,
last nnd all the time for the old horn who
spent lite time , strenghmonny nnd nuUM
lo save the union , nnd then , like a II-MU
Spartan stood up almost alone in ttio
senate nnd battled for thu rights of mo
people , nnd wilh such success thai no
amaxcd the whole nntion , so tint \ \ *
nninohns become n household won I u
every homo throughout thu land. ' 1 lie
man who can stand tip and say that Vtm
Wyck did not do his duly in the l'tilu l
Stales senate and ought not to bt- returned -
turned is not worthy of com
ment , is postrs-wd of n irui-
jiard hard enough to griiul
gravel for cementing an oiigsliell. Mr.
Editor , the whole country is Watching the
present legislature and thu mombiT , bo
ho di'inocrnt or republican , who for pal
try gain wll ! help to slay Van Wyoi ; i-i
thu contest Will be well remembered , uu.l
should he aspire n nin for ollico "l n
immo will be pants , " as thu country will
tnku euro of those men who make it si
rule to pacu convention with men cvirr > -
ing spurious credentials. Such men are
being shadowed and will in duo tmm bu
dismissed Irom thu pay roll as too bur
densome to the people. No doubt money
will Im spout freely at thu capital lo eoni-
pass Van Wyek's defeat. Wheru money
is used to put a man out of office there is a
"nigger in the wood pile , " for had Van
Wyck been a bad servant thu taxpayers
throughout the stntu would soon tell him
so , but that isn't the wrinklu. Van Wjck
'
wants to help better thu condition of' nil
men who honestly toil for n living for
themsulves nnd families , and that don't ,
go down well on tlio bloated stomachs of
money kings.
Respect the Popular Will.
York Times : A desporalu attempt 1.1
being made by the opponents of Senator
Van Wyck to nullify thu favorable i'\-
pression of the people of thu state at thu
election last fall. Thu conduct of thu
ringstors and thu corruptionistsliasnuviT
been moru despicable and unfair than in
their method of dealing with this matter.
Under thu provision of the constitution
Senator Van Wyck appealed to the voters
of the state to express their preference
for United States senator. If they were
pleased with his course ho wanted to
know it , and if they were dissatisfied
with his work and desired to have * emu
one ulso to servo them ho wanted to know
it. Very few honest men will object
to this proceeding , as it conforms to
the constitution of the statu , and
to thu spirit of popular govcrnmnit
Iheru are men who have been so tricky
or are so inr-apnblo that the people do
not want them and will not vote for
them. Such men can oulv got ollieo b >
appointment. They will" never appeal
lo the people themselves nor will thu\
ever laver such an appeal by any one
else. These nu > n at oucu began to tr\
to defeat the expression of thu people ,
and to cheat them out of the opportunity
to oxpresss their preference for senator.
What reason had they for doing this'
Thcro could bu none cxeept the fact that
the people preferred Senator Van U'yok ,
nnd they did not want to consult the
people in the matter. Now that thu voters
have del-bred for Senator Van \Vyek ,
the opposition , instead of listening tn tlio
voice of ninety two per cent ot' thnsu
who had a preference are busy trying to
prove that Hie prulurenco of the voters of
the state does not amount to anything.
It never has influenced thum any. Tlie.ir
tactics have always been lo ovur-rido the
wishes and interests of the people and
cot themselves in by deception and chi
canery , and then to steal everything that
was loose , even to the chairs and euspa-
dors in the legislative chambers. They
say , "What if thu people have expressed
a preference for Van Wyck , that is not
binding ! Thu legislature- must eleet ju.st
the snmol" Now to a man who must bo
kept in prison to bo law-abiding , or a
man who never does an honest tiling un
less ho id absolutely compelled to do it ,
this would bo a good argument , but to a
person who believes that thu sentiment
of the majority should control , and that
the preference of the people should bo
the guide of their servants , such a Ktato-
ment seems peculiar , lo .say the least.
When men are ulcoled to thu legislature
it is supposed they will enact such laws
as thu pooplu want , and do what the
people want done ; in fact they are nip-
posed to bo the representatives of the
peoplo. If In anything they defy lliu ux
pressed wishes of the people they are
recreant to thuir trust , and
forfeit tlio confidence of thuir
constituents. Such dulianco of tliu
preference of the people has already
broken the uncle of many aspiring poli
ticians in Nebraska , and it is the rook
upon which any man will bo wrecked
who strikes it. There is no future fora
legislator who sets at naught the wishes
of the people. Experience has nlways
taught that the man who is nearest thu
heart of the people is the most successful
in public life , and it should bo so. Thu
people have spoucn in thunder tones.
They have said thov wanted Van Wyck
to succeed himself. Will the legislature
have the cllronlery to turn a deal cur to
them and say they can have no voice nor
choice in the matter ? Those legislators
who do that way will find that tliuy have
forfeited the respect and confidence of
oven the enemies of Senator Van Wyck.
'Iho NohraHlcu Snnatnr-Nhip.
The Itvwlu'tttD \ \ < muasi \ \ \ ' \ .
It appears that previous to the last
election thu main issue in Nebraska poll-
tics was Van Wyck and anti-Van Wyck ,
and that members of thu legislature gen
erally wcro elected on that issue , candi
dates , both republicans nnd democrats ,
putting themselves squarely and publicly
on record , and pledging their firm HUP-
port or opposition to Van Wyck , if
elected.
It would nl.so snom thai if all HIOKU
eleeled kuitp their pledge * , Van U'yok
is prutt.v sure of ro election. Many of
tint loading reinibiicun papers bitturly
opposu Van Wyck , and would ovi-
ilently rather KOO a democrat
olecled than him , and to com
pass his defeat they aru urging
both parlies i < > hold caucuses and tigrou
lo abideby thu caucus nominees , pro
vided , of course , that Van Wyck is not
unu of thum. On thu other liami , demo
cratic pupurs that want Vim Wyck do-
rented urge n caucus nominee , whilu
tho.su in favor of him as bitturly opposu
t. Itisu queer political muddle , nnd
what the result will bu of courou no emi
-an tell.
Wo aru not meddling with Nebraska
unities , but in our opinion tlieru ( Might
o bu jubt as much honor in political
natters as anything else , and political
iledgc.s should bo considered just ns
, ucrud as these of n biHiiiim character.
\ man may not always bo nhlo to pay a
lotu or account when hu promises to dee
; o , but hu can and should vote for a can-
lldnlo if hu agrees to.
Jf democrats huuurud their election by
iromising to vote for Van Wyck , thu'y
houhl stup right up like men and HO an-
lounco their voles in thu logihlaturu.
Another tiling : There i.s scarculy a
; host of a cliauuu of a democratic sen
ior being chosun. nd hm-h being the
iiso , wu should ( ilium it lliu bullur part
if dumouratio wisdom to votu for and
loot Senator Van Wyck. who is always
mind arrayud on thu sldo of the puoiilo
nd agiiinst monopolies , nnd which , by
liu way , account * for such violent repute
it-an opposition.
