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- - - - - " " " ' " - - - * - - . - - " " vwn ' " ! - ' ' - . - -TT' - T- , . * . . " 5 | ' " ' . , . , ' r . "f- -y. , THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY JULY 15 18Sa' TWELVE PAGES. A MOST BRILLIANT SUCCESS , The Banquet of the Younpr MOD'S Re publican Olub of Plattenlouth. ENTHUSIASM REIGNED SUPREME. The Gntlicrlnu Addressed Uy Many 1'roinlnoiit Speakoi-n I'roin All Over the StiUC 'ihn (111(1 Itf : The i'lnURiiiniith Huiiuuct. Pi.ATTsMofTii , Nub. , July II. [ Corre spondence of Tin : Hun.Tlio ] memorably event of tlio week , anil even of the year , wus the grand banquet of the Young Men'n Ko- publican club Thursday evening. The re ports telegraphed Tin : BKI : oy your corro spondcntvero not , owing to the lateness of the hour , Commensurate with the-import ance of the gathering , which was thu most brilliant success of any of the four annual banquets given by this enthusiastic organi zation. Fully two hundred and fifty people were In attendance , mid a inoro enthusiastic mill earnest republican gathering has never assembled In the stale. Promptly ill 0 o'clock the members of the club and their quests took scats at the bountiful tables spread In Waterman's opera house. AH the iirruni/emonts were perfect , and the decor- ill ions tiisty. A largo Hug , the nation's em- blum , readied across the stage , bearing n lilaciird , "Our Hiindiinas. " The portraits of Hiivernlof the presidents adorned the walls. After nn Inspiring song by the glee olnb , John A. IJitvles delivered the address of welcome. In beginning the speaker Bald : "Hidden among- the pints and liatnmoeks of a fiouthcrn land IB a spring of waU'r iiroand which lingers a beautiful legend. This spring is jitlll pointed out to the way- flirinI , ' pilgrim as tlio idenlctal fountain In search of which 1'onco do Leon mmu from the old world to the now , believing it would impiir.1 immortal youth to nil who should drink of Its w liters. Many years it f let word n small body of God-fearing 111111 went in search of ( mother spring whosu waters \v'ould impait iminoital love of country to all wlio miieht drink thereof. To-night wo invite our fair and honnrcd guests to meet witli us ubottt this- fountain of loyal principles and pro gressive ideas , thy woll-sm-ing of republican ism. " Aftpr comparing tlio histories of. the re publican tuul democratic parties the speaker closed as follows : ' 'The war of thu rebel lion is over , but the contest of ideas is about us. And to-night while wo meet 'round this well spring of republicanism , renewing old acquaintance- | forming new ones , let us turn our faces to the fiUure , let us welcome the pioblenis of peace , the right solution of whioh will drive before us the fallacies of mere theorists as the morning sun dispels the shades of night. In the coming contest we ask your aid as we thank you for your as- Mstutieo in the past and the encouragement of your presence to-night. To tnu young la dies who have favored Us with tills bounte ous spread , to the ladies especially whoso in- llucni'o in moulding the nation's character is reflected in just and upright laws , to all our guests' from abroad Or at homo the Young Men's ' Republican club of Pluttsmnuth conies greeting. " After Mr. D.lvIeV address Hon. It. 15. \Vlndlmm read imjny letters of regret , among which were the following. KotfSMniu ; Hotr.i. . NKW YOIIK , July 4. Mi-ssr.s. II. H. Wlndlmm , Ai N. .Sullivan and C. M.Vc.ul. . GoiiUemoii : I thank you for tlie hospitable courtesy of your invitution to attend your annual bumiuct on the IStli of this montli , but I find that cngagcmoiiis wil1 of necessity detain mo here beyond Unit time. 1 have to line the pleasure 1 .should have had in being present with you. Yours truly , JUIIN U. FIIUMOXT. UAIIMKT Pi.vcr , WASUINOTOX. D. U. ] { . B. Windhum aud others. Dour Sir : Please convey to 'Tho Young Men's Kopublleun club'1 my sincere thanks for the honor of their Mutteringin - vltlon mid my regret Unit I can not attend Uieiv banquet. May lite patriotism tli.it inspired their organi/ation prompt them to untiring effort iu achieving u great victory in tlio approaching campaign. With best wishes for each member and yourselves espechilly , I urn respectfully , Mils. Joitx A. Lo.o\S . INUIAXAVOMS , fnd. , July 3. 11:83. K. 11. Wiiidham , A. N. Sullivan and C. M. Wood , Committee , Patlsmouth ) , Neb. Gcutloracn : Permit mo to thank you most cordially for your kind invitation to attend the fourth tin- mml banquet of the Young Mon's UcpuU- lican club of your city on July it ! , 1SSS. 1 re gret that the picss of duties now devolved upbn mo will prevent mo from accepting the Invitation. Yours very truly , BrJNJ. HAKIUSON. One of the plcasantcst addresses of the evening wns thu response of Mayor Broateh , of Otntllm , to the tonst , "Nebraska to the Front. " After thanking tlio club for the honor , the speaker said : "How grand u statq is Nebraska. Twenty- eight years ; igo her population embraced but HU.OOO souls , her vast domain wus but u pas ture land for the buffalo ; hunting ground for the. Indian. Now , within the short space of a quarter century the rod man has been beaten and subdued. A great city 1ms arisen from the banks of the swift Missouri , whcro once the wigwam of the savage was tiio solo emblem of man's authority and over the fertile plains of Nebraska are scattered tlio homes of a million intelligent nnd patri otic Americans. In the present congress it has been proposed to distribute among the Bovenil states in proportion to their illiteracy lurno Hums of money to assist them in tlio noble work ot education. And It is our proud bousl that should that bill become a law , no' , oven Massachusetts , with all her culture , or New York , with all her wealth , would receive ho small u sburo of the na tional bounty as Nebraska and herein rests our surest guarantee Unit she will continue IIrm In her republicanism. The party of shivery , free trade and hyj > ocriey linds tin- congenial the climate of intelligence. Lot it turn to the slums of New York for its support ; it will liml no nourishment.hore. Hero education , patriotism and political in telligence go hand in hand with commercial nnd agricultural prosperity. In business and in politics , in IM.-IICO and in war Nebraska i-i nlways at the front. Shu was at thu front ut Fort Donnelson when her present governoi nt the head of his gallant brigade met am1 broke the shock of the confederate assault , Her sons shrunk not front tliolr duty on thai bloody day , nor have they ever siuco. Shi has been at the front lighting tlio battle foi the elevation of mankind. Thu nation ha1 long and unsuccessfully sought to vesti niii the truniu in liquor. It remained for Nebraskn to solve the problem by passing her .satisfac tory and much copied high license laws , To me , gentlemen , U seems impossible Unit republicanism should full iu this decisive dtrugglu for the nations good. Wo must suc ceed wo shall succeed. The skirmishlnn 1ms already begun the battle which is tc follow means , it won , cncoun-gement to out manufacturers ; protection to our laboring nnd industrial classes ; Imppy homes and tire Bides if lost , thi ) picture is reversed ; am : with tlio surplus products of Kuropo flooding our markets the existing conditions of tht laboring o'nsses In the old world must inovlt ably follow hero. I predict success to 0111 efforts , mid when the line of twenty states is formed Nebraska will bo at the front. " The resoiiso | of Hon. G.M. Liimbortson tc the toast. "Fallacies of the Administration , ' was forcible and to the point. Ho acknowl edged the impossibility of pointing out all the fallacies In the brief time allotted , nnd s < pnnounccdthut ho would confine himself tc thu r.iro species , tlio now breeds. "Tin history of thu administration , " said UK speaker , "will bo written in six words , Magnificent in promise , paltry in perform nnco. Tlio democracy stole into ixnyer though willful mendacity on the one ham ! and the mojt suc--ed vows on the other. Foi twenty-tlvo years they persistently sowed the seeds of calumny , nnd watered them witl dcwfi of promised reform , until HOme of their took root in the shallow and rocky neil of tin Korchctd mugwump , and thu f to of tin nation was surrendered to that partj that hits been ' ' always 'long' 01 promise , and 'short * in performance An wo approach the summit ot tlio las dejnocnitlo administration this country wil : ever sec , with six hundred millions in tin ticasury , the result of democratic Inaction 01 tttiipidity , the administration asks a contln uir.icuof ppwcr on the very same ground Um they tnrnod us out four years ago. And It order to irlvo the national banks the bctiPtl r ui.oco.UX ) , and pllo the surplus higher tucj for n time deliberately Ignored , nnd nullified an act of congress authorlzing.tho application of the surplus to the retirement of the bonded debt. Prttondlng to seir great danger to tlio monetary Interests of the country by mi cxrasslvo coinage of silver , the adminis tration tiai coined more silver than was minted under republican administration. Hut the greatest fallacy of the administration Is the president liimsclf , A fallacy Imports the assumption of something it is ) iot. The term includes in Its meaning , pretension , de ception and hypocrisy , nnd yet'I nin not prepared - pared to say that the president Is a pretender , n deceiver or n hypocrite , but nil Uieso qual ities are , in more-or less degree , In his make up nnd crop out In his politics. " After-quoting from the record o the presi dent , Mr. Lamoertson said : "Tho adminis tration niluht bo-aptly termed the sky rocket civil service reform administration , that climbed the skies In a bhi/e of glory before election but found the earth very soon thereafter. The super-sensitive , ever intelligent , Indo- l > enileiit voter may noiv fclicitute himself upon the fact that he sold his birlbrlulit netTer Tor n mess of pottage , but the promise of n ness of potlugu , nilil has made a pretty mess if it all round. In my humble opinion there ias never been a single posterity democrat ircsldcnl , except Jackson , whoso administra tion will go down tlio centuries , smelling to the heavens , as the rankest nnd most corrupt that ever disgrr.ced the republic , while the enlightening policy and patriotic government of Abraham Lincoln will slnnu with mi- dimmed lustre through the ages until tlio ilusty scioil of man's history Is roiled up for ever. " John Y. Young , of Iowa , responded to the oait : "I'ocularitles of (1 rover Cleveland ; His Men and Administration , " as follows : Mr. I'resldent , Ladies and ( tantieme * ! ! of the Club : To night your Justly satisfied orators imvo insisted on Nebraska's position "at the front. " A son of lowu is glad to comu across the great river and bo "at the fiont. " Iowa lias divided her fornrn1 splen did republican' majority of SO.IKII with Dakota , Kansas and Nebraska. Perhups Nebraskii has got more than her nharo and possibly that may have placed her at the front. I am glad to join hands with your club in prup.u-ation for thq great battle so soon to be fought where thu 1101 thorn de mocracy 1ms always fought its bilttles at tlio rear , Tlio language of the toast asslirned to mo roqiiires a ion < | idc.rution of the personal char acteristics of Orovor Cleveland. Indeed it is dlfllcult t < > measure a man in Ills relations to thu presidency without to some extent taking into consideiation his own person ality. Hence it is that ( have no purpose to make-any inividious comparisons or any un friendly contrasts in taking into view some of Ills personalities nnd puculiarities. Indeed , I don't know that I should npolof.Uo ; for this. The democracy ha * ) al ready begun u personal campaign ngnlnst Hen Harrison sneering at him us the grand son of his grandfather , without reflecting that the striking democratic need of the houi Is u grandfather for Qrover Cleveland. His liarty would be joyously content if it could find even a great-grandfather for him. Hen Harrison's ancestors , I am glad to observe , never conducted themselves in any sucli way as to cause him the loss of any votes. ( Jrover Clevclanu's first ilistinpuisheil public act wns to serve his country in tlio sweat and blood of n patriotic live-hundred- dollar substitute. Although ho was but twenty-four or twenty-five years of ape , healthy , vigorous , robust and rotund , witli a vast opportunity before him , ho chose to rel- t'guto his patriotism to n pioxy for pay ; ami this man , tlio democracy's present hero , thus besan bis now historic career. When youth ful heroes were Hocking to the stars anil stripes in every loyal state of the union , when strong young men were beginning mighty careers , when hruvo Hen Harrison was taking leave ol his wife and babies to go to tlio front and the country was aliie with patriotism uml enthusiasm , ( .trover Cleveland sat down in his dingy office at Huftaio to await the working out of results , and to earn by brave deeds and faithful services in n law ofllco the honors of the future presidency. For twenty years lie h d never bad a button sewed on except by a heathen Chinee , whoso pigtail was nine feet long ; unit \v"hin the Chinaman was out of town , the buttons were not sewed on at all. His clothes Were patched by the same Mon golian , and when the Mongolian was sick , the raveling rents went unp.itclicd. He drank lager beer gut of a ten-inch schooner , and he smoked a cob pipe with a short stem. For twenty years he did not sleep on u bed that was made up with the delicate lingers of woman. It was always thrown together and jumbled in n bunch by the colored janitor that swept the creaky und uneven floor. He never hud a- wife , ho novpr had a love. What need had ho for a lioinoi What does ho who in vcr had ono know about the com forts and enjoyments of an American homoj In the matter of homo life and homo sur roundings he was u free trader then , as ho is a commercial and political free trader now. Now , Mr. Chairman , a eloso analysis of American history will shpw that no man who has lived to bo forty-eight years of ago without taking ono of tlio fair daughters of this couhtr.v to hin bosom over yet made a good president. Think of a man being president that never dandled a baby on his lap , or stroitcd the cheeks of a beautiful boy , or fondled a lovely silken- haired girl. What a llguro Cleveland would cut with a baby in his arms. Ho would hoh : it upside down and wrong end to , and its mother would bo in constant fear Unit lie would let. it fall , or in his awkwardness , pul a limb off. Grover Cleveland wns discovered b.\ Daniel Manning , n great New York politician It was thought that Cleveland had hue enough of ollice to be talked about as a statesman , and that he had done so llttlo that no had madu no record to Htand in judgement against him. Hence ho was nom inated as governor In the belief that ho might bo made popular in Now York Clti where it was hoped ho would become known and that ho would not become unpopular it : tlio country where it was supposed ho wouh ! never bo knowni Ho hod been lawyer , sheriff , executioner mayor , bachelor , clubman , boarder am luncher. These were the sums totals of his career. They marked the achievements ol his life nnit constituted tlio foundation of his claim to the governorship of Now York am thence to the presidency. Some months ago u prominent republican speaking before u largo uudienco wasendeav oring to impress the point that Cleveland's administration had done nothing for tlio good of the country. In u HercO tone ho exclaimed , "What has ( trover Cleveland's administration done for the people 1" 1'uus ing a moment ho repeated , ' 'What has this administration done ! " And utter u silcnco of some moments the speaker in u burst o : power exclaimed , " 1 repeat again , follow oil ucus , what has this administration done I" In the midst of tlio profound silence Urn followed a little old fellow with a weaken face and u squeaky voice from a remote corner nor of the gallery shrieked out : "Its sister has written a book. " While it is true that this administration has accomplished nothing for tlio good of tlio country , ills also trite that it lias done muel that Is aggressively on the wrong side. Its civil service reform has been u cheat and an imposture from tlio beginning. It bus failed to reeognizo the demands of the tlmen. I has been wanting In the application o needed remedies to accumulating ills. In its early selections of persons for public offices it picked on men some of whom were resting under Indictment or sentence. Under the pro tence. of non-partisanship and tha claim tlia persons who arc engaged in bitter partisan wurfuro should receive no place under tlio government , and that in case's where these principles were violateil the incumbents o public positions should be removed , the pros idcnt has unblushingly appointed toodlcolha most active , the most aggressive , and In KOIIIO cases the most unscrupulous partisans li his party. The cabinet has been runninf , recruiting oftlves for the nomination and re election of Orover Cleveland , and it was reorganized for that pur poso. Ho has inudo many remov nls of republicans In public positions who were entirely competent and cntirclj worthy , and who claimed no right to par ticipate In public affairs except the right to voto. There has been no pronouncement by him of any worthy principals of action which ho has not unblushingly violated. Maimed union Holdicrs wuoin the democratic party boastfully- , and yet falsely , asserts that It will protect have been removed from public positions and unrepentant confederates put in their places. In his selection of men for public positions from the ranks oi those who fought against us during tlio war , he has taken the unregeneratcd and unrepentant rebel In preference to tlio man who manfully accepted the situation , surrendered llko u hero , and lias since loyally endeavored to dlschargo his obligations to the government. No limn llko Longstrcot or Moscby or Ma- hone or Chalmers has any chance in this democratic administration for public | K > sl- Uons us loiifcas tuore u a mail loft south of ONE DOLLAR'S ' WORTH OF GOODS FOR 75 CENTS , m LU C > LTD 1518-1520 FARNAM STREET , OMAHA , Having experienced that during our former bargain sales , the larger part of the bargains were procured by new and not regular customers , and in order to offer our regular cnstomers as well as new customers A CHANCE TO BUY THE VERY GOODS THEY- WANT -t : - : : - : : - : : - : BARGAIN PRICES ! We have decided to put : . LJL. ENTIRE STOCK ON SPECIAL SALE FOR TWO DAYS , MONDAYandTDESDAY.Julylfithandmh Everybody purchasing at our store during this SALE is entitled to a : Rebate of 25 Gents on Every Dollar's Worth of Goods OF ANY DESCRIPTION. This isa BONA FIDE BARGAIN SALE , and no goods will be sold to storekeepers. All direct consumers will be welcome to the bargains with no limit to the amount of bill. HEYMAN & DEICHES cn 1518-1520 FARNAM STREET , OMAHA. ONE DOLLAR'S ' WORTH UF GOODS FOR 75 CENTS , Mason and Dixon's line who Is still " with the animosities and bitterness with which .Jeff Davis himself Is still liiBmrod. of the fnbr c Hepcntance , Which is the basis nouncea of Christian by religion tlio' , is ItO a.mnodr' ? Grovci ' Cleveland. And the man who turns his back upon the disloyal past , with bis eyes so. upon tlio star of tha futurenml the llagof 1 Is country in his hands stands loyally by the union and the republican party , is denounced us u traitor by Grover Cleveland Und hiA co horts , Treason to the government , in tlicii disqualification to appointment for eyes , is no high places , unless the guilty man has gone back on the past and atones for it by ft life of loyalty and devotion to the principles of the union. The civil service of the American government , in the main , Js In the hands of tlio men who sought to overthrow it or sym- pathicd With those who nnulo the attempt. In largo numbers of Instances appointees or the administration Imvo turned out to bo notoriously incompetent and have brought discredit , uuon the service to which they uo- ° Ktiua'lly successful has the president been in the sclqction of his agents abroad. To him belongs the solo distinction of having discovered the first American who was suc cessful in saving his life from the potent and mighty mescal where it nourished imd wus entrenched in its native Mexico. The presi dent was In need of a cast iron man txj repre sent his administration in that republic. Ho selected a Now Yorker. It became neces sary to have n6t only an accomplished law yer familiar witli International Jurisprudence and a diplonuitistof largo capacity and cxiwri- ence , but it was essential to have a time- tried nnd lire-tested diner-out who could meet the linry mescal in its native land and overthrow it. Do you know what mescal is I You cunnot find it in tlio dictionary , but Scdgwick found it iu Mexico. It is n concentrated doublo-distilled hand-made , centrated , - , lightning-flavored , hair-trigger drink. It is supposed to turn anything on earth but a Mexican's stomach. It is warranted to kill tin American ut u thousand yards and to take the center like a Creedmore rillo-shot. But it didn't kill Sedgwick. H merely struck him centre. Malicious persons Imvo claimed that the president knew the special skill and experience of his envoy before ho dispatched him to the Mexican catiital. It is said thai Xhe two gentlemen were much to- gpthcr in tlio olden tinic , and that the presi dent's unerring Judgment of men marked tlio Now York diplomat for distinction. The grcut international lawyer wns also n re former , with tlio spirit of Grover and of the democratic party ever about him. Ho intro duced formidable ceremonials among thonir- bron/cd courtiers of sunny Ananuac. Ho donned a turban three feet high , striped like u barber polo ami surmounted witli an im- mcnso boquct of peacock feathers. Dan Hico in the days of his glory was never arrayed like Scdgwick. He folded the ling of his be loved country around him us an Indian war rior would have arrayed himself for n state occasion , and then with u bottle of mescal in one hand and n red bandana in the other ho sallied forth for conquest. Hero the admin istration has drawn the curtain ; but Its great ambassador , If the annals of the tlmo are credible , for many hours defiantly and haughtily , if not nlways gracefully , strode around where the order of the hour wus most pernicious activity. Some of his coun trymen afterwards wished that lie ImJ boon knocked into the inglorious gutter of innocu ous desuetude. The president has filled places in tlio for eign service in most instances with men who are beyond the line of sympathy with tiio country and its institutions ; witli men who , In the days of our most glorious past , were vlit of sympathy with the inspirations of the time nnd with the mighty purposes of tlio party that has shed so much glory upon the country. With men who were in direct antagonism to the hopes , sympathies and tlio purposes which have been iichievcd and which have placed the nation upon the pinnacle of enduring ; lory ; witli men who belong to tlio iuimem- orublo past and whoso garments are mil dewed with the dump of the flood. Ho dis graced the man who discovered him nnd made him president ; and this benefactor and friend , stricken down by tlio disfavor and in- gr.ultudo of the man tic had raised to u throne , died of u broken heart. Ho has dis charged his personal obligations to the men who made him president by turning upon them the waters of disgrace from the over flowing rivers of ingratitude. Ho stood by and stolidly permitted his secretary of tbo navy by an act of heartless tyranny to strike down and destroy an honest old Scotchman whoso work had reflected honor on the American name the world ever and whose , genius and energy had fur nished employment to an unny of American workingmcn for mom than a quarter of a century. Ho has placed In the highest Ju dicial oftlco of the land a man who may bo called upon to pass in Judgment upon the integrity and validity of tlio great war meas ures , legislative und organic , and who long after the war at the city of Oxford , in tiio state of Mississippi , denounced the Ameri can ling u9 nn emblem of tyranny nnd the sign of oppression. Ho lias accredited to tlio court of St. James a man who bends his sycophatie knees to the free trade throne of England , anil who turns his back upon the struggling homes und workingmcn ot Amer ica whoso prosperity and happiness arc threatened by the power that issues from the tlirono at which he kneels. What has the administration done toward influencing its fawning and obsequious ma jority In the house toward giving home gov ernment to the 000,000 people of Dakota who have so long been bogging for the privilege and rights of statehood , which under the fed eral constitution they were entitled to many years ago ! How long do the democratic party and its autocratic president intend to brazt-nly violate this plain command of the supreme law ! What aid , moral or official , has the democratic government given to the toiling millions of laboring men in their struggle for life and happiness ! What as sistance has it given the American woman to gaitl n contented und huppy homo in her struggle with the giants of free trade who threaten her prosperity and Hopes. ! rom Cleveland's lip or pen there has como no word of condemnation of the tissue ballot , the stuffing of the ballot box or the fraudu lent count ! From him there has been no word of protest or warning against the un paralleled barbarities inflicted by democratic bosses on tlio terrorized voters of the south in the red saturnalia of hatred and violence. The president's vetoes of pension bills have fallen llttlo short of usurpation. Never be fore in any country has its chief executive sneered at tiio veterans who saved It and loaded on them a national Insult. It was re served for this ago und for the democratic president to malco of public record in tbo archives of state nn outrapo on the feelings and character of men Who , while ho was rest ing in inglorious case in a northern city , were wasting by disease , shedding their blood and periling their lives to save the country from whose chief seat ho now de nounces them. In all time the banner of an enemy on the field of battle has been regarded as the em blem of iU courage und power. Snecinl guards of the bravest men are always placed by the side of the regimental colors. These men always have orders to die rather than give up the flag they protect. A waving of the national colors before the ranks of a patriotic army Is un inspiration to it. In des perate encounters nt critical points and moments In buttle and in forlorn hopes , n heroic olllcer will take in his hand the flag of liis country and the devoted soldiers will follow him through danger and death to victory or defeat. Tlio colors of the enemy are the cynosure of the daring soldier's eye. The most heroic endeavors that have over been made on the greatest battle fields of history have been put forth to capture the colors of the enemy , and when once taken nnd held these emblems arc kept for all tlmo as trophies of victory , und heroism. A mighty nulionul sentiment , , deeper than human principle and broader thun human rea son , demands that , ' those trophies shall bo faithfully kept and diligently guarded. These battle flags that u bloodless and soul less nature orders tobo , returned from the national capital to.tho men from whom they were taken represent the sum total of union valor. They are iho typical embodiment of a nation's intrepidity. In the supreme conflicts in which they wqro taken , thousands of blue- coated patriots lu.ld down their precious lives. They were wreiched ) by daring jneif from heroic hands entrenched behind walls of union and confederate dead. Every shred in tticir torn and difhqvcled folds bus been sat urated with tlio blood of heroes. Will any union" soldier or uny union sol dier's son see tnbrit1 in the man whose heart was so deud ho could not feel , und whoso soul was so blind ho could not see the imperishable - ishablo glory that surrounds the possession of these flags ) Four years ago in a solemn letter of accept ance , the president declared a second term dangerous to the safety of ttio country. Ho nsscrveruted that the president could use the power of his position to force a re-election , and ono would have supposed then that this great und good man would never consent to violate the grand principles lie then so firmly laid down. Ho savs now that ho is more than ever Impressed with-a sense of the obli gations and responsibilities of the presiden tial ofllco. Is ho not-also more than tiveu im pressed with u sense of the power the presi dent has to secirc his own re-nomination and re-election I Notwithstanding his fulmlna- lion against the second term on account of the dangers to the republic wo find him now sedately glorifying himself as the most'suit - on fourth ] > aije.\ \ . SOCIAL SEWS OF THE WEEK , A General Exodus to the Various Summer Resorts. TENNIS PARTY AT THE FORT. The favored Few Who Arc Cooler Hmints Open Air Ho c-lain mid Birthday Parties N'utcB. Tc-imlH Party and llnticc. The most eminently enjoyable society events in Omaha are those at the fort , und fortunuto is tlio belle or beau who is faVored with an invitation to any social affair con ducted by this coterie of hospitable people. On Friday evening the Omaha Lawn Tennis club , on invitation of Mrs. Major Brown and her daughters , repaired to this beautiful military retreat in Stevenson's carry-all. A number of other favored persons were also Invited. From 0 o'clock until twilight the pretty game of tennis was indulged in on the tennis grounds In front of General Brooks' residence. Meanwhile- the fort band discoursed for them some of its own lovely airs and added greatly to the enjoy ment of the event. Mrs. Brown and her daughters , the Misses Mary and Alice , proved most charming entertainers. At U o'clock all repaired to the dunce hull , and the rain which then commenced to fall cooled the air sufficiently to make dancing very pleasant. Hofreshmcnts were served at an appropriate tlmo and dancing con tinued until midnight. The ride homo in the mud will long bo remem bered , but was nevertheless enjoyed. Among those from Omaha who were pres ent were the Misses Yost , Dixon , Chandler , Sherwood , Nettie Sherwood , Wallace , May Wallace , McClintoek , Waring , Popploton , Nash. The Messrs. Karl , Gannett , Howard , Kennedy , Ed. Sherwood , Walluco Uroatch , Churlio Kills , Morris Hull , Uundall Brown , Edward McCau , Jnmes J. McCau , H. M. Patterson , H. Blose. Among the fort people whom the society editor met in tlio dance hall were the witty und vivacious Mrs. Lieutenant PicKcring , the charming Misses Sattcrtliwaito , Miss Sheltou , Lieutenant and Mrs , Turner , Mrs. Ulio , Miss KholofT , Miss Multoon and numer ous others. Tlio party was given in honor of the openIng - Ing of the club for the season. A nirtliilay Party. The birthday party given at the ies- Idencoof Mr. James Y. Craig on North Twenty-fourth street Wednesday evening in honor of Miss Anna Craig was u highly en joyable affair. About 9 p. m. tlio parlors of Mr. Craig were filled with over twenty coup les of Saratoga's most prominent young pee ple. After n few choice selections by the pianist , the company adjourned to the beau tiful lawn , decorated in a most artistic man ner , where some engaged in croquet , while others enjoyed themselves in various other ways. The evening was n very pleasant ono for the occasion , and tlio beautiful lights that uliono from the trees added much to the beauty of the scene. After the games closed elegunt refreshments weio served. Midsummer .Nighl'M FcHtlvnl. On Thursday evening Met/'s gurden was brilliantly illuminated with Chinese lanterns and otherwise beautifully decorated fortlu midsummer night's festival of tlio Schwabcn- verein. The evening was vor.v warm but this cool retreat proved a grateful refuge from the heat und was thronged until nearly Su. m. with visitors. In tiio early part of the evening was given a German play , which was greatly enjoyed by the audience. Tlio remainder of tlio evening was given up to dancing and convivial pleasures. Tlio oHIccrs of this association are : President , Otto Guglcr ; vice president , Gustav Grieb ; treusurer , Albert Nust ; secretary , K. W. Klein. _ A Children' * Party. Mrs. Weston , 8WS Calfornia street , gave U birthday party on Thursday for her son Carl , three years old. The little folks hud a pplcn- did time , admired the decorations and enJoyed - Joyed the refreshments greatly. Those pres ent were Sylvia Panot , Daisy Burr , Oivo ! , McLuin , Lulu Wright , Uertha Maynurd , Harry MeVcy , Willie Guild , Nettie Mc- Vey , Birdie Wright , Hiilph McLain , Law rence Guild , Wilbur Emerson , Iru Green. Josiello.se , Kdith Weston , Eva Buslte , Hei-t Holt , Clara Green , ( Jrauo Wesson , George Kinger und Clarence Punot. nt tlio I iinie. Tlio weekly shoot of the Omaha rillo club nt/thc Bcllevuo range last Wednesday was attended by a number of invited guests , among whom were ladies , who enjoyed not only watching the hits and misses of the marksmen , but particularly reveled in the cool shades of the surrounding groves and the beautiful glimpses of landscape seen from the hilltops. Among tlio ladies wore Mrs. General Brook , Mrs. ShOlton and a number of young society ladies of Omaha. The coming Wednesday n largo number of persons have been invited to attend tlio shoot and will go to Bellevue in H special car. Midsummer Marriages. nuTii-rci.s , On Wednesday evening , iu the presence of a Imgo gathering of friends nnd relatives , Mr. Joseph P. Guth and Miss Bella D. Puli weio united in wedlock. The wedding oc curred at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Schult ? , 1W4 North Eighteenth street , the UeMr. . Schnur , of St. Mark's Lutheran church , oniciuting. Miss Josephine Williamx acted us bridesmaid , Mr. Gus Streltz us groomsman. A line wedding supper fol lowed the ceremony und congratulations. A lurgo number of most acceptable presents were received. The bride and groom have been residents of Omaha only u finv years , but in that time each has won u large num ber of friends that testify to their popularity. Mr. Guth is the junior member of the firm of Dietrich As Guth , architects. The young couple have taken up their residence ut'JTll Parker street , where the groom hiispicpnrcd un elegant homo. In the august presence of some of the old est residents of Omaha and u lai'no number of other friends , Mr. Herman F. Paulson mid Miss Delia Baker , on Wednesday even ing took tlio oath that forever makes them one. JudKO Anderson presided over the cer emony. The event occurred ut tlio homo of Mr. John T. Paulson , ttio groom's father , 2'M'i Luke street , mid the occasion wus in mnny ways a memorable ono. Tlio lawn wus beautifully illuminated with Chinese lanterns und was the favorite resort for the young and old throughout the evening. The groom's father was ono of the early Hcttlers in Omaha and them -.vere present titthu wed ding a largo number of his fellow pioneers , who delighted in recalling old times and scenes. Among those wore noticed Messrs. Charles Karbaugh , John Steubcn , Frank Cluffncr , Henry Uusor , Justice Anderson and numerous others. The young couple re ceived a largo number Of valuable presents , which test i lied to the high appreciation in which they tire held by their friends. An elegant supper was served , wlno flowed and good fellowship generally urovullcd. The young couple start in their wedded life under most auspicious circumstances. ficncrnl Gossip. P. H. Dillon is In St. Louis. B , B. Woods is at Spirit Luke. T. M. Orr and wife are at Garliold beach. Augustus Pratt and family are at Spirit lake. lake.Elmer Elmer U. Frank has returned fiom Wyo ming. Wilson Dowett has returned from Salt L-ako. Mr. H. P. Wlutmoro lias returned from Chicago. I. Hodgson and family have gone to Min neapolis. Mrs. S. S. Cahlwell and son tire ut Laramie - mio City. Fred Nash will spend his vacation at Gar- Hold Beach. The Misses Susie and Lottie Cook are in Kansas City. P. C. Himobaugh is keeping cool at Atlan tic City , N. J. Miss Ilsittie Stephens has gone to Crete to spend the summer. Mrs. Samuel Burns nnd children have re turned from Crete. Mr. and Mrs. C , N. Dlctz loft Friday evening - ing for Spirit Lake. B..A. Klncardo of WuWrford , Penn. , is tlio guest of J. A. Bryuns. A. F. Bo.scho and family arc visiting the cool retreuu of Colorado. Mrs. Jennlo Mugruno has returned from her trip to Louisville. Mo. Mr. und Mrs. E. S. Dundy , Jr. . left , Thurs day for the cast , whCro they will visit Bos- . * ton , New York nnd take In the various' watering places on the Atlantic coast. Martin Unnhain and It. A , Snllloy loll for . Spirit Lake Monday evening. ' , . . - Silas CoW > is enjoying a thirty 'days' le.wo of absence in Kentucky. ' . General Hrooko and Lieutenant Ilowo ro turned from Wyoming Monday. Mrs. P. AV. Lynch is matting u three weeks' visit in Chicago and Milwaukee. Hichurd Uyan and his sister loft Tuesday for n three months JSuropcati trip. Miss Huttio Lewis , of Laport City. Iu. , is tlio guest of Dr. mid Mrs. Hanchett. Miss M. A. Uowur , of London , Ont. , is the guest of her brother Mr. J. U. Uowar.- ' Mrs. 13. M. Mitchell left for a two-months' trip to Now York stuto on Wednesday. ' Mrs. W. Lyle Dickey and child left . Wednesday for Munltou iapriiifc'H , Cole , . Mrs. A. J. Simp < ion'H address forf the re- nmindqr of tlio summer will bo Spirit . -Lako. ' Collins Jordan and daughters have gonO'oa u trip through Ciinudn and the eastern states , ' W. V. Morse and family loft for Boston Tuesday , where they will poud the sum mer. mer.Mrs. . F. U. Gilmore 1ms gqno to Hock' Is and , 111. , on a two-months' visit with friends. Mrs. P. II. ICelkenny , accompanied by Mrs. Hall and daughters , left for Chicago Wednes day evening. Mr. J. 11. Kitchen and wife of the Puxton , loft for the east yesterday afternoon to bo gone six weeks. Kred Mctz and wife left early In tlio week' ' for u trip to Kuropo. They set sail from Now ork yesterday. Mrs. Hums and family Icavn to-morrow for Clear Lake , Iowa , where they will spend tlio heated term. Miss T. C. Kennedy has returned from 'St. ' Margarets , Waterbury , Conn , , and will pass I her vacation bore. 1 W. R. Clark nnd family loft Wednesday for t.uko Okoboji , lowu , whore they will spend the summer. Miss Ellen .1. Conncy , Eighteenth and California streets , left Tuesday to visit friends at Princeton. ' Miss Anna Abratns has loft for u two or three months' trip through California and i the neighboring states. Mr. nnd Mrs. Andrew Uosowator nnd fain- , ily will pass the remainder of the summer at I Man itou Springs , Colo. \ Mrs. M. F. Gaston and her grandson , Muster Herbert Van Clostor , have gone to , Vintoii , la. , for tlio summer. Major nnd Mrs. 1) . H. Wheeler loft Wed nesday for n visit ut Minneapolis , Minno- tonku and other points In Minnesota. Mr. 15 , C. Snyder , ussocinto editor of the Kxcolsior , loft yesterday for a six-weeks' so journ in Now York city and Philadelphia. Miss Mlnnlii H. Wilson and her nleco , Mlsa Mary Woodbridgc , left Tuesday evening for Now York , to remain until September. I Mrs. 13. M. Mitchell. 2518 Capitol nvetiuo , left Thursday evening for a two monts' visit with relatives in Washington nnd Now York. , Alfred Millard sails on the 2.M prox. tor I Kuropo. Humor hath it that on his return I ho will buy tickets for Mr. and Mrs. MilV. lard. ' " Mr. J. N , PVcnzer will hunt the cool retreats - treats of Maniton , Leudvllle , Suit Lake , Idaho Springs and otherpoints the remainder of the summer. Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Nichols arc In Lrirn- , nile City. Mr. Nichols will return In two weeks , but Mrs. Nichols will remain thu rest of the summer. Mr. Henry Cassidy. assistant general freight agent for tlio Klkhorn line , Is oft for a vacation often days , which ho will spend visiting relatives in Canada. Miss Nolllo Root , tlio accomplished daugli- ' ter of William Hoot , of tlio Herald , Joft Wed- nesduy morning , to spend her summer vaca tion visiting friends in Denver and Lead- vllle. 1 Mr , Fred Nye teen his wife and baby to Spirit Lake Monday , where they will pass the summer. Mr. Nye returned to Omaha the following day to continue his editorial A championship of republicanism. Mr. Unstcll H. Harrison , the son of our next president , was In the city a few hours Thursday , Ho lias the appearance of an elegant - gant , accomplished gentleman and will bo a desirable acquisition to Washington society after next March. Mrs. J. W. Cotton , the sweet singer of Trinity cathedral , will go east to-morrow , not for rest but for the purpose of Industri ously imttinir In her time gaining additional ideas about the management of choirs. Kho will visit the prominent ctiolrumstcis of Chi- c.iK-o , New York , Uiiffnlo and other