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IT is a piece of grim humor to road a
frcfih dispatch from London every day
announcing another Whitechapel mur
der.
GoVKiixoii TIIAYUU lias challenged
John A. McShano to a public discussion
on stuto issues , and McShano's paper
him referred him to the democratic cam
paign text-book. This is a knock-down
argument.
WK are informed that the democratic
national committee has some tremendous
deus revelations to make which will just
paralyze republican voters , but they tire
to bo reserved for the last fortnight of
the campaign.
statements to the contrary , the
American party is alive and kicking.
It has just started a party organ in
Now York , which although a little late
will still bo able to spend lots of Mr.
Curtis' money before election day.
TUB republican county committee
should be convened at the earliest day
possible. It is only four weeks until
election , and at best only two weeks
will remain for a county campaign
which will bo contested at great disad
vantage. _ _ _ _ _ _ < i > _ _ _ > _ < _ _
RKCKXTLY two females indulged in a
disgraceful prize fight in Buffalo , and
now the news comes that the "backers"
of this mill have been sent to the peni
tentiary. It is quite evident thatfomalo
prize fighting will not grow in favor in
this country.
THEIIK is a crooked aqueduct ring in
New York City , there is also a crooked
aqueduct ring in Washington. In both
cases the contractors have robbed those
cities of hundreds of thousands of del
lars. The long and tedious process of
bringing some of those boodlers to jus
tice has begun. But it is moro than
likojy that the sharks will escape their
just dues through the technicalities of
the law. It has been done so often that
it is now an old and famous trick.
AFTEU all congress managed to
sandwich a piece of good legislation in
between its tariff bills. The house has
Just passed the senate bill protecting
the claims of those settlers who in Kau
nas and other states wore forced to
abandon thctr homesteads on the public
domain by reason of drought in order
to secure support ( or themselves. This
Is u law both humane and beneficial
and will restore to thousands of settlers
the lands to which thov are Busily en
titled.
THE little twist to the lion's tail which
Cleveland gave by his retaliatory policy
would have tickled the Iribh Americans
'to death if it had made the lion howl.
But as those who do the chief howling
for the lion , the London papers , spoke
of it as a justifiable electioneering de
vice which must be taken by English
men in its true sense , the Irish Ameri
cans are loss conciliated than ever. If
the utterances of Patrick Ford voiced
the opinions of all his countrymen ,
Cleveland would not obtain a single
Irish vote.
EVKIIY day demonstrates moro forci
bly the aim and object of the boodling
contractors of this city in having the
boodlors of the legislature cut out the
clause in the charter by which the city
engineer was made a member of the
board of public works. As it Is now we
have incompetent and dishonest inspec
tion and barefaced evasions of opcciUca-
tlons in the matter of sewer construc
tion , paving and other improvements.
K the city engineer had bcon a member
of the board there would have been an
cltuetlvo chock to all such rascality.
IT la not absolutely certain that there
is a short crop of wheat or that the rise
in Chicago was simply the result o
"Hutch's HuniDUg. " Other articles o
produce are jumping up in n very lively
way. It is impossible that these coulc
have boon acted upon by the Hutch in
mm conspiracy. The fact is that Eng
land has unduly depressed the prices o
food products by her control of th <
markets , and as she has lost or is losing
this , thora is a rebound from the arti
flcial depression. The consumer ha :
R bollet that If prices coup , somebody
is to blame , but that a constant fall it
prices la in obedience to the natural lav
I bupuly and demand. This is natural
norhaps , but ludicrously one-sided.
Deferring Important
It is probable that the amendments
to the intor-stato commerce law passed
by the house some time ago will not bo
acted upon by thc'Bunato at thin session.
It is the intention to call up the tariff
bill for consideration next Monday , and
it Is expected that the debate which
will then begin will occupy the atten
tion of tnc senate until n data shall bo
agreed upon , near the close of the pres
ent month , for adjournment or recess ,
In view of the fact that fifty Fonators
ate said to have announced their inten
tion to speak on the tariff bill It is ob
vious that the senate will hav3 little
time to do moro than listen to them if
all of them adhere to their intention.
The amendments to the intcr-Htato
commerce law , to which wo have here
tofore referred , arc important , pome of
them urgently so , and deferring them
to the ne.xt session will bo a matter of
regret. The most Important of these
amendments was that of Mr. Anderson ,
of Iowa , giving all state courts of com
petent jurisdiction concurrent author
ity with United States courts In cases
ngainnt intor-stato railroads for violat
ing the law. The effect of this would
bo to open nearly two thousand addi
tional tribunals for hearing and pass
ing upon the complaints of those hav
ing business relations with the
railroads. , and it would give
merchants , farmers , and other shippers
that might bo aggrieved the right to
apucal to the local courts. This amend
ment provides that appeals shall be
taken to the higher courts of the state
and shall not bo taken to the supreme
court of the United States unless the
value involved in a controversy ex
ceed live thousand dollars , which
would doubtless keep a majority of
cases in the state courts and secure
their final adjudication there. The
great importance of this amendment to
those having business with the rall-
roadb is obvious , and it ought not to bo
delayed.
Another practical and desirable
amendment provides for equal rates
per car load on oil products , whether in
tank car or barrels. The hou.so in
passing this amendment expressed its
dibsent from a decision of the intcr-
blato commerce commission favorable to
tank cars , by which the great oil mo
nopoly was given a decided advantage
It is a matter of justice to other pro
ducers of oil who do not use tank cars ,
and doubtlcbs also in the interest of
consumers , that this amendment should
not bo unnecessarily deferred. The
other amendment , and not the least in
iniDorlaiicc , is that giving state or ter-
ritotial legislatures jurisdiction over
the freights and fares of railroads
chartered by congress and built
into the territorial limits of
states or territories , such jurisdiction
extending of course only to transporta
tion between places or stations within
the limits of a state or territory.
All these amendments experience has
shown to bo desirable and necessary
they are obviously in the interest of the
general welfare , there is some degree of
urgency for their enactment into law ,
and if the senate wore as solicitous as it
should bo to subserve the public inter
ests it has had ample opportunity to act
on thorn. They have received very
little or no consideration , however ,
from that body , n neglect certainly not
duo to the presauro of other busi
ness , and it is now probable that the
close of the session will find them still
unconsldered , or at all events undis
posed of. It is not an unwarranted sus
picion that the senate's lack of interest
in this matter is in no small measure
due to the well-understood influence of
the railroads in that body.
An Appeal to Colored Citizens.
Twelve representative men of the
colored race , among them Frederick
Douglass , John 11. Lynch of Mississippi ,
P. B. S. Pinchback of Louisiana , and
Kobort Smalls of South Carolina , have
issued an appeal to the colored men of
the nation to stand by the republican
party. It is an earnest and eloquent
appeal , setting forth strongly what the
republican party has done for the nation
and for the colored race , pointing out
the derelictions of the democratic party
in itt > treatment of the negro , and urg
ing the duty of every member of the
race which secured freedom and citi/en-
ship from the republican party to give
his support to that party.
The fact that colored men are making
an organized olTort as allies of the
democracy , to defeat the republican
party , is characterfzed as a "strange
and unnatural spectacle , " and the ap
peal says : "No position over taken by
any class of colored people in this
country seems to us moro inconsistent ,
illogical and disastrous to our civil and
political rights than this. " Conceding
that the men identified with this orga
nization are honest and really hope to
accomplish something for the welfare
and advancement of the race , the ap
peal proceeds to point out
the reasons for a different
course. These are so cogent that
they ought to bo conclusive to the mind
of every colored man who may be waver
ing between the two parlies and call
back to their natural party affiliation
many of those who by specious argu
ment have been won from it. It is as
sorted that the democratic party has
never admitted the equality of the ne
groes as American citizens ; that that
party has made the south solidly demo-
craticbythu cart whip and shot gun ;
that to divide the colored vote between
the two parties would bo the greatest
and most reprehensible of ) x > litical mis
takes "it would Iw putting the dignity
of this nation on the side of the violence ,
rapine , lynch law , and murder of out
people ; " that the democratic party
kills the negro at the south foi
success , and coddles him at the north
for the same thing and , finally , thai
full control of the government by the
democracy might prove disastrous tc
negro citizenship and all that is Involved -
volvod in it.
A leader of the democratic party , Mr. .
Henry Wattonon , frankly admits the
suppression of the negro vote
in the south , and says it will
always bo done in localities
where that vote is in the majority ,
A United States senator from Louisiana
Mr. Kustis , Bfya that "tho negro to-daj
hit * eiry roiuon to know thut undei
no circumstances will the whlto
people submit to his government
rind his domination , " which amounts to
saying that although of the majority
there ar6 rights of citizenship which
ho will not bo permitted to enjoy , at
least in the section for which Mr. Kustis
speaks , and the general sentiment of
which ho undoubtedly rollocts. The
democracy Is making a strong cflort to
seduce colored votes from the repub
lican party in the doubtful states , and
has had some success , but it is not easy
to believe that when the decisive mo
ment comes many of thoto who have
gone politically estray will fail to sue
their mlbtako and give their support to
the party to which It naturally belongs ,
and in the success of which is t.hoir se
curity us citizens.
That nilNHliiK Contract.
It is a revolution to the old residents
of Omaha that the oxistunce of any con
tract between this city and the Union
Pacific railroad in absolutely denied by
the president of the road and some of
its directors. What has become of that
contract ? It is a matter of history and
record through the press that a contract
was drawn up by the firm of Savage &
Manderson on behalf of this city , rep
resented through : i committee of leadIng -
Ing citizens. In compliance with its
provisions , the city of Omaha Issued
two hundred thousand dollars in bonds
for the purchase of the Union Pacific
depot grounds. These grounds , worth
now moro than a million dollars , were
deeded by Alvln Saunders as trustee
for the city of Omaha. In rec
ompense for this magnificent do
nation the Union Pacific Railway
company agreed to maintain its ma
chine shops and headquarters in
Omaha ; to build a commodious union
dupot and to carry on the transfer of
pas-scngors and freight within the
boundaries of this city.
The double-ender decision rendered
by the nephew of Sidney Dillon annulled
that portion of the contract relating to
tranbfer , but no court has or can relieve
the Union Pacific company from the ob
ligation that it can legally fulfill .unless
it surrenders to this city the depot
grounds donated and repays the inter
est which Omaha has paid on the depot
jonds. That interest alone amounts to
vcr three hundred tnousand dollars.
But to return to the contract. Many
f our leading property owners not
nly remember distinctly the terms of
, ho contract , but they have seen the
iriginal document. It is well known
hat this contract was deposited in the
Omaha National bank with its presi
dent , the lute E/ra Millard. If the con-
ract has disappeared , it has either
jccn wilfully destroyed , secreted or
itolon. In any event , there are living
ivitncHses to it whose credibility no
body dare assail. And even if the con-
ract has been destroyed its conditions
uro binding on the road. How does Mr.
Adams , or any other officer of the road ,
nccount for the acquisition of their
Omaha depot grounds ? Docs it stand
o reason that Governor Saunders , as
trustee for the city would make the
oad n present of real estate worth two
lundrod thousand dollars , under con
demnation process , without any consid
eration in return ? Would Mr. Adams ,
as an honorable man , justify the de
struction or theft of a contract in order
to evade the obligations which it im
poses on his road as one of the contract
ing parties ? Such a thing would bo
not only criminal , but infamous.
The contract , it is true , was not made
of record , but so long as the obligations
incurred toward Omaha by the Union
Pacific remain unfulfilled , no reputable
manager of that road can alTord to re
pudiate and ignore its provisions. Ono
thing is certain : i'f the Union Pacific
persists in ignoring and violating the
contract , taxpayers of this city will bo
justified In taking stops to recover the
property that has boon acquired by the
company without rendering an equiva
lent for value received.
An liiKciilnus Subterfuge.
The letter of Charles Francis Adams
to Mr. Millard touching the relations of
the Union Pacific to Omaha , is now
given to the nubile. In the main , Mr.
Adams repeats over his signature what
he stated verbally to the committee of
the Union club , which called upon him
to urge the construction of the Union
depot. It is an ingeniously worded
subterfuge to saddle upon other shoul
ders the responsibility for the failure to
live up to periodical promises made by
the managers of the road to the citi
zens and representative business men
of Omaha.
Wliile expressing the kindliest fool
ing toward this city Mr. Adams parries
the vital issue between Omaha and
the road , by holding the state
board of transportation up as
the scare-crow which frightened
thcTJnion Pacific directors from expending -
pending any moro money in Nebraska ,
and moro particularly in Omaha. Who
created this terrible board that acts as
a barrier to the good intentions of tno
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Union Pacific directors to Omaha ? Is
not this board the creature of the rail
roads , under the direct inspiration and
leadership of John M. Thurston , the
political attorney of the road ? Did
Omaha petition to have this board cre
ated , and isshotosutlor for th rhtsfit cut
out by John M. Thurston ? And after
all , will anybody tell us in what partic
ular the board has crippled the Union
Pacific , so as to prevent it
from building the union depot
while it has abundant rncana
tobuild depots In Choyonnoand Ogden ,
and make costly improvements ol&o-
whore. Has the board really done any
thing moro than to makeolitioal ) capi
tal by framing schedules before state
conventions , to bo repudiated after the
conventions ?
Is not all the talk about the hostility
of the railroad creatures on the state
board preposterous ? Are wo to havu
this transfer nuinanco kept up perpet
ually under such flimsy pretexts ? Why
can't Mr. Adams and his managers deal
with Omaha In an open , manly way ,
arid show some appreciation ot the gen
erous treatment and forobearanco ac
corded to the road under the most pro
voking circumstances. It Is an open
sccrot now that the Union Pacific ox-
peels Omahn to aid in pulling through
its funding bill and other sclejno } §
through go'mitor Mnndorson. What
benefit will Otnliha derive from this one-
sidcil bargain ? The withdrawal of John
M. Thursloii froV the senatorial race ,
and the support of Mr. Mandorson by
the road may bo gratifying and satis
factory to Mt' < Manderson , but whore Is
Omaha's advantage to como in from
this arrangoniont ? Is not the course
pursued by the directors of the Union
Piioltle In refusing to fulfill the obliga
tions of the ro.id and the pledges of Mr.
Adams under any pretext utterly inex
cusable , to use the mildest of language ?
IN' ( he matter of campaign contribu
tions the republican national committee
appears to have done unexpectedly well ,
and it Is noteworthy that there has
been no complaint of lack of funds from
that quarter. It Is said that the con
tributions thus far to the republican
catnp.iign fund have amounted to a mil
lion dollars , and the harvest is not yet
fully garnered. There was some appre
hension at the otitfcot of the campaign
that the republican managers would
have difficulty in securing the money to
carry on the canvass , but the result
shows this to have been unfounded.
The inference is that there is a much
greater interest and confidence in re
publican success than had been counted
on , and in quarters whoro'monoy is lobe
had. On the other hand the democratic
committee has been steadily hard up
and is said to be heavily in debt. Inves
tigation has shown that the reported
ten thousand dollur contribution of Mr.
Cleveland was only n "fake , " though ho
did give a smaller sum , while only three
members of the cabinet have contrib
uted anything. The officeholders are
not chipping in liberally , and it doesn't
ppear that the managers arc getting
: nuch help from other sources. The rc-
) ublicans evidently have very much
ho advantage financially , and there is
i good deal in that.
EVKKY sensible man will applaud the
sugar cut of the senate. There are just
Llireo parishes in Louisiana where sugar
cane growing is carried on to any ap-
ireoiablo extent. It is absurd that the
ivliolo army of consumers should bo
axed for the benefit of those three par-
shcs. When the protective tariff irade
, hat provision for the sugar growers it
was confidently believed that the cane
could bo cultivated in other parts of the
union , and that sorghum could bo made
; i substitute. This hope has been found
delusion , anVl { fortunately so. As a
matter of genuine policy wo ought to
buy our coffee and sugar from our Span
ish-American customers , for commerce
to bo a benefit rmist be reciprocal. Wo
have not found ibo enormous purchases
of coffee frotnjaenezuela and Guate
mala and Brazil and other Spanish-
American coUiUcies to bo a drain upon
our precious m lals , because they buy
from us willinjly } _ in the same ratio that
wo buy from them.
WK WOULD Jito to know whether the
joke is on DenT ckinson or on Charles
A. Dana , about the speech on the lounge
to which the Dftjunodc such a tender and
pathetic allusion in that ridiculous
speech at Detroit when he compared
Cleveland to the Kock of Ages. The
Siot says that ho gnvo the substance of
it to a Chicago correspondent before ho
left Washington , and that it appeared
in cold typo before he arrived in De
troit , and that the Michigan loaders of
the democracy bolng forewarned made
him preside to get rid of his speech in
a civil way. The Don denies that there
was any connection between what ho
said to the Chicago reporter and the
speech on the lounge , and declares ,
moreover , that the speech which was
not delivered at Detroit is to bo de
livered somewhere else very shortly.
THE dovoliHh glee with which Dana ,
of the New York Sun , is knifing Cleve
land Is hugely enjoyed by republicans
while it tortures and rocks the demo
cratic press. Dana professes the most
ardent friendship for Cleveland , but in
the same breath insists that the presi
dent call off his mugwump friends
who are antngoni/.lng Hill. The situa
tion in Now York is decidedly critical.
There is danger of o | > on rupture
between Hill and Cleveland. The
president is between two fires , and
whichever way he turns ho courts defeat
in his own state. . In the meantime the
editor of the iS'uii has impaled the demo
cratic candidate for president and is
pouring poison into every wound ho
makes.
A VKIIY lively time is expected in
Boston when members of the school
board are elected. Over twenty thous
and women who have the right to vote
have been registered. The unusual in
terest in the schools has boon duo to
the controversy over Swinton's history ,
which , unfortunately , has led to n
breach between the Catholics and
Protestants of that city. The women
of Boston have taken up the quarrel.
They have ranged themselves on their
respective sides , and the day for the
election of members of the board of edu
cation is destined to bo memorable In
politics of the Htlb.
WITH but ono exception , the present
session of congress is the longest on
record. It has already worried through
three hundred and seven days and is
likely to prolong it-s life at least until
the end of the present month. The
fiftieth congress ha.s not accomplished
much in the way of beneficial legisla
tion. It is also very likely to drag out
its last days in n/i ( indleas discussion on
the tarllt without rfe-inging matters to a
head. When tHlsgcongros-j finally ad
journs , it can boast of but twoithings :
it has beaten the record and has done
nothing. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
VOICK OF T11K MXATK I'UICSH.
"A vote for Gilbert L. Laws Is a vote for
the railroad corporations of the state , " re
marks the Wayne Gazette.
ThoCarned County Quaver says : "Mr.
Council Is a worthy eandldulo and there
will bo a republican victory this your instead
of a humiliating dnfeat aa was the case with
Railroad Capper Howe two years ago in the
bltf First.
"H is not only eminently proper" says Uie
Fremont Tribune , "that J. Sterling Morton
should hnvo the doinocratlo congressional
nomination in the First district for the
reason bo Is a frco trader , but for the further
reason that ho Is 'qultn EnglUU you know. '
Ho has his estates iu Otoo county placed in
ontnU , contrary to tlio Atnortcun style , but
in perfect itcoord with the HrltlMi custom.
This , with hi * free trade Iduas , will insure
him the English vote. "
The selection of Mr. Council for coiiRrcss
Is characterized by the Tccuinsuh Kcpubll-
can us , "ono Unit will.iinplro republicans of
this district with confidence , nnd means Unit
a republican Instead of a democrat will be
our next congressman. "
The Beatrice Democrat virtually concedes
that Mr. Morton cannot bo elected , and says
It "Is a matter of HUlo concern to him
whether lit ) is elected or not. As ho said In
his speech in accepting the Domination , the
ofllco Is simply an Incident. "
The York Times says It "took a domocrut
to size up J. Sterling Morton nnd publish his
measurement. Morton , HKO O. 1' . Mason
and K. 10. Hrown , w.is a wonderful man In
Nebraska when there was no ono else hero ,
and ho still moves by the convention which
he received in that primitive day. In n sod
house ho would appear to bo above his sur
roundings. In a country debate society lit
would bo great , but in congress he would bo
pretty small. "
The Plattsmouth Herald soliloqul/os as
follows : "Tho democracy have nt last
named their candidate for MeSlmno's shoes ,
nnd it is the hero , philosopher , lone fisher
man , and political specialist of Arbor
Springs , Otoo county , Neb. J. Sterling
Morton. An out-and-out free-trader , an in
tractable , egotistical , hide-bound politician ,
whose record during the war was that of an
extreme copperhead , and whoso political
course since has been that of a retractive
bouruon , whose hatred of everything accom
plished by the republican party during the
iiast ( | uaitcr of u century has swayed nnd
overwhelmed his judgment. Having grown
rieh out of the Chicago , Hurlington & Qiilncy
management In divers ways , and having suc
ceeded in placing his son , 1'atil Morton ,
where ho can do the most good Mr. Morton
ins been at home , in Nebraska , posing as an
mitl-inonopolist , while holding close confiden
tial relations with his railroad company. Ho
has been a candidate for , and ran for every
ofllco the long suffering democracy of Ne
braska would niimo him for , and now the
> eoplo of this district nro to bo again In-
llctcd with his political diabetes of free
trade and Mortoniau democracy. Douglas
county will give Mr. Connell twoorthrco
thousand majority against this candidate ,
nnd wo honestly believe every county in the
district will return a republican majority.
The democracy could not have named a
weaker iniin to make the race. "
The Groeloy Leader refers to Mr. Morton's
candidacy as follows : "Nebraska state dem
ocracy has shown contempt for railroad mo
nopolies by nominating J. Sterling Morton ,
the paid lobbyist of the Burlington road at
Washington , for congressman In the first
district. His record on the Saline land
scheme , too , is a matter of not far distant
history to Nebraska farmers. His encour
agement of his son's course in opposition to
engineers , firemen , brakcmcn nnd switch
men in thulr efforts to secure u soUlomont at
the hands of the Burlington authorities is
another matter of history that shows where
the party leaders of democracy stand on
questions of interest to the laboring mon.
Yet he would make a grand congressman J
Hut ho is a loader of the party , you know ,
nnd a member of the Cobdeu club , too.
CJrand specimen. "
"Tho republican congressional convention
at Lim jln did well and wisely hi the nomin
ation of Hon. W. J. Connell , ot Omaha , "
remarks the Falls City Journal. "Tho
worldly wisdom of the act lies In the fact
that Mr. Connell can carry a largo majority
of the stupendously huge vote of Douglas
county against any candidate that could bo
selected from the democratic party of this
district. And if Mr. Connell has any en
emies they rcsldo in this same Douglas
county , where he has too many friends to
suffer from an occasional enemy. In the dis
trict ut largo Mr. Connell will receive the
whole republican vote , and his majority will
probably exceed Harrison's in this district.
And this means that It will exceed 7,000. The
convention did well In nominating a man of
W. J. Connoll's ' character , record and opin
ions of public policy. Ho Is in sentiment a
thorough anti-monopolist , and during
his public career ns prosecuting attorney
and city attorney of Omaha ho has stood the
test of fire. As attorney for Omaha under
the present nictiopolitan charter ho waged
increasing war against every ono of the
whole banded league of monopolies that had
apparently established their divine right , In
the opinion of the city government , to keep
the city treasury drained. Beneath a quiet
and unobtrusive demeanor W. J. Connell
possesses courage. No howling , suborned
Omaha mob was ever nble to turn his course
an iota. Ho has remained unbotight , unbtil-
lied , uncajoled. He wilt vote right on the
great ciuestions that will probanly como before -
fore the next congress. Ho will stand for
the people , as ho always has , and against the
monopolies. With the rest Mr. Connell is a
man of genuine ability , sound judgment and
business acumen. It is safe to say there will
bo no pencil marks on Council's name on the
republican tickets cast this fall in Uichard-
son county. "
A Blow to an Industry.
Chleaon Tribune.
The action of the Canadian courts in sen
tencing to the penitentiary for seven years
the absconding bank toiler , Piteltor , of Prov
idence , It. I. , is likely to prove a serious blow
at ono of the oldest and heretofore best pro
tected of American Industries.
A Hlilplilnu Trust.
JVifliKlfti/i ) / < < i llrcnnl.
To the rapidly incroasingllstof trusts must
bo added the Cheese Association of New
York , a commercial device by which it is ex
pected to control the domestic and ex
port trade in this interesting dairy product.
A cheese trust ought to bo a strong and
llvoly combination.
A Tcleurani From Hill.
JVeu. ' Voik 7VbMiir. (
Executive Chamber , Satur lay , 0 a. in. To
O. Cleveland , Washington , 1) . C. : I passed
a sleepless night with my face pressed against
the window pane looking for your letter.
Oh , If not for my sake , for the sake of the
common democratic weal , indorse ) mo. Don't
forget the golden rule. Auswor pd.
DAVID.
DcNplonlllo.
Clilcnuo Trttmne.
The secretary of war did not soil his fin
gers with boodle contributions to Brice's
campaign fund , but hu has made compensa
tion for his failure in this direction by the
meanest and most despicable campaign trick
that has yet been played by any ono dema
gogue In the attempt to sccuro the election ol
O rover Cleveland. It should make oven C
man or Hlgglns envious.
A OnmlilinR Hell.
CVifcnuo Aeu1 * ,
Tlio "wheat deal" was as purely a gamb
ling transaction as though "Mlko" McDon
ald or "Al" Hankins had engineered It in
on of the ( rambling hells of which Mayor
Hocho Is alleged to have rid Chicago. The
only thing to the credit of the board of trade
game Is that the players on both sides of the
table were equally "sports , " nt.d there was
no "roping In" of outsiders.
AVnr on Women.
iViflditrljiMu North Ainalutii.
General Benot's order , issued by direction
of Secretary Kndloott , requiring wholesale
discharges In our armories and arsonaU to
make room for democrats , not only lays
ho administration's greed for spoils , but
shows how low n man sometimes sinks when
put Into public ofllce. Hardly anything could
sound moro contemptible than the closing
sentence "This rule wilt apply to women
nnd children , as well as men , and will bo
strictly enforced. "
A Clear Statement.
The letter of the Hon. Iovl P. Morton ac
cepting the republican nomination for vlco
ircsident , is a remarkably clear statement of
the main Issues between the two great politi
cal parties , After declaring that the une
quivocal and comprehensive resolutions of
the platform reflect his personal convictions
nnd have his hearty approval , Mr. Morton
dwells on what ho regards thn controlling
question of the campaign the tariff and de
clares himself "an ninvavei ing friend of the
protective system. " On this ami other
questions Mr. Morton expresses himself with
force and clearness , nnd there is no chance
for niisundci standing him ,
Kvon JcfTDnvlN Wouldn't Do It.
JIHnoff state Joiimnf.
The present is the first time In the history
of the nation , as far as publicly known , when
nn order has been issued by an ofllcor of the
army instructing his subordinates to make a
partisan use of their position by appointing
to places under them only members of a cer
tain political party. Kvcn Jen" Davis and
Floyd , while engaged in stripping the gov
ernment of the power of self defense , by
scattering the navy throughout the world ,
and storing arms , ammunition and other prop
erty in southern arsenals , where it might bo
the muru easily stolen , did not attempt to
roirupt the service in this high-handed man
ner.
PllOMINKNT t'KUSONS.
Amelio Hives-Chandler Is said to have an
intense dislike for candy. She never par
takes of confectionery in any form.
Mrs. General Sheridan will return to Non-
qnitt another season , after building an exten
sive addition to her new cottage.
Hussell Sago is said to bo worth $00,000,000 ,
nnd spends only ilO.OOO a year. Ho is over
seventy years of age , but with his clear com
plexion , bright eyes nnd active ways he
scarcely seems moro than ilfty.
The Hev. Dr. Noah Porter , ox-prcsliiont of
Yale college , has returned to Now Haven ,
Conn. , after spending the summer in
European travel. His tour had a benollcial
effect upon his health.
General Schotlcld , successor to General
Sheridan , ut the head of the armv of the
United Slates , will bo obliged to live in a
Washington boarding house , because his sal
ary of $7,500 a year is not sufficient to enable
him to set up such an establishment as his
position demands.
The venerable Mr. Hewitt is not the only
oscillatory mayor in the country. Ho has a
rival in Mayor Filler of Philadelphia. Six
little girls and two little boys recently called
upon the latter and presented him with $1C3
for the yellow fever sufferers. Mayor Fltlor
kissed the children , oven saluting the boys.
Tbc youngsters had held n fair and had been
able to raise a very presentable sum for the
nflltctcd in Florida.
John L. Porter , who designed and con
structed the Merrimac , thu Urst ironclad
ever built , and who thus changed completely
the system of naval warfare , is now wic'd-
ing a broadaxe in the navy yard at Norfolk.
Ho in an old man , almost eightv , but Is com
pelled to toil from early until lato. Ho has
had an eventful career , and his life has been
a marked contrast to that of John Ericsson.
who constructed the Monitor , and whoo old
age has been free from want.
STATE AND TKIIUITOKY.
Ncbrnakn Jotting * .
Butler county farmers have conceived the
Idea of selling their corncobs for fish poles.
While trying to shoot a chicken John Kan-
kal , of I'lattsmoutu , lost his loft hand by the
explosion of the gun.
A dozen Italians have swooped down on
1'lattsmouth and the local laborers look on
thorn with suspicion.
Sam Black , of Norden , was married last
week after twenty years of courtship con
ducted tirouth ! the mails.
George Dudley , of Norfolk , played the
good Samaritan act for a penniless stranger ,
nnd now mourns the loss of a couple of
watchos.
Beatrice has ha'l seventeen cases of ty
phoid fuver recently. The physicians at
tribute the prevalence of the disease to the
removal of earth In so many parts of the
city on account of grading and sewering.
While Kev. J. R McCoy , of Ulysses , was
preaching to his little Hock some sacrilegious
thief broke into his residence nnd devoured
the Sunday dinner. The preacher was so
mad that ho ate what was loft \\lthout say
ing grace.
John S. Dilllngor , ex-special county clerk ,
was arraigned nt Whitman , Wednesday last.
upon the charge of perjury , and was bound
over to appear before the next term of the
district court In the sum of $500 to answer
the charge. U is the opinion of the public
that ho will bo convicted at the trial.
The Presbyterian ladles of Scotia believe
In mixing religion with practical , every day
affairs. At thu last meeting of the sewing
society they discussed at the sumo time the
questions , "What Stinll Wo Do to Induce the
Men to Atttcnd Church ! " nnd "Which Costs
the Mora Money Hand-made Jam or Pickle-
lilly ! "
An accidental shooting occurred near Dorp ,
In Logan county , about twenty-live miles
north of North 1'lntto. last Tuesday. A man
named Downing , carrying a musket , at
tempted to cross the South Loup river on a
foot log. When nearly across ho lost his
balance , and in his full thu gun was dis
charged , the ball entering just below his eye
and tearing off the tup of his head. Ho re
cently came from Kansas to Logan county.
A horse thief named Bayneld , who Is in
jail at Indianola , had a brief half hour's ' lib
erty thu other day. Somebody had fur-
nisucd him with a revolver , and when the
deputy sheriff opened the door the prisoner
covered him and ordered htm to throw up In *
hamls. The officer complied nnd Baylleld
Wed to the timber. Ho was quickly surrounded -
rounded by citixcns , however , and captured
without any bloodshed.
town.
Only one prisoner is confined In the Mar
shall county jail.
An Iowa Falls citizen raised a squash
weighing 10S pounds , which is the pndo of
the town.
Only thirty arrests -.voro made In Daven
port last month sixteen for violation of city
ordinances and fourteen under the state
laws.
At the present term of couit in DosMoines
county the grand jury again condemned the
county Jail , declaring it insecure and unlit
for the incarceration of prisoner * .
Two barrels of "flour" destined to the
residence of an Oskaloosa physician , fell off
n wagon , broke open in the streets , and
proved to bo two ban ols of whisky.
The saw mills in Davenport have supplies
of logs enough on hand and within reach to
last until the 1st of December If the weather
allows them to operate until that duto.
Every mill will bo run us long as the wnather
will iKjrmlt and the lumbermen hope that
will bo for two months yet.
The reports of the various state Institu
tions filed with the governor show the fol
lowing list of inmates of the same : Orphans'
home , Davenport , HJS ; hospital for insane ,
Mt. Pleasant , 7ei9' hospital for insane , Inde
pendence , 808 ; girls' ' industrial school , Mitch-
cllvillo , IIS.
Hero's the conclusion the Cedai1 Falls Ga-
7btUi editor has como to "After a careful
study of the dfttigor and cxpcnso ot attemptIng -
Ing to husk the corn this fall by shooting of
the cars , wo arc clearly of the opinion that it
would bo best to use ladders or make a plat *
form on top of the wagon box , and use a long
polo with a hook on the end to pull the stalks
down. Where corn is not over sixteen to
thirty fcot high the ears can bo reached at
less expense than to shoot them off with a
rllle. " _
Dnkotn.
Local option will bo ono of the Uiues In
Splnk county this fall.
Dealers at Spencer paid out Jl",000 for
grain during September.
The Dakota Methodist conference assem
bles ut Van K ton on the 10th.
It costs $15 In the Black. Hills for a Had-
lander to "thump hla woman. "
After paying : all the premiums the South
Dakota fair association has money in tlio
bank.
The Dcadwood poor farm manager raised
nnd sold $15.)0 ! ! ! ) ( votth of vegetables this
Benson In excels of those used by the paupers.
President Miller of the Dcndwood Contrnl
road has jiiht completed contracts for haul
ing -tOO tons of rails for his company to Dead-
wood.
Yiinklon county farmers nro becoming
money kings nnd visit tax sales for the pur
pose of Investing their hard earnings in
titles.
The busiest manufactories at Yankton ro
the breweries , which nro kept running to
their fullest capacity to supply n thirst-
quencher for the outlying prohibition cities.
A well-known republican of Aberdeen lifts
for several weeks iiast made It u practlco to
send Postmaster Firey n raid dally notify
ing him of the supposed duration of his torin.
Saturday's notice road this way ; "Only If > 5
ilays moro ut $ d.4U per day. Total , 1902. "
Tlio Hont-I'Yd 1'ooplo on tlio Globe.
i'orum.
If we take as n starting point the year
1B70 , when the armies on both Hides of
the civil conflict had become finally nb-
sorbcd in the pursuits of peace , wo find
that while the population increased
from 1870 to 1887 only 65 per cent , the
product of hay , which is synonymous
with moat and the products of the
dairy , increased 70 to 80 per cent ; the
product of grain Increased 80 per cent ;
the product of cotton 112 per cent ; the
consumption ofool , domestic and for
eign , nearly 100 per cent ; the product
of pip-Iron 285 nor cent : the construc
tion of railways 23.'t per cent ; and BO on
in vur.ing proportions , all in oxcosa of
population , with regard to all the no-
cesHitius nnd comforts of life. It fol
lows , of necessity , that since there has
been no accumulation of stock , and
since all that has been produced or im
ported in exchange for the export of
domestic products has been consumed ,
the general consumption of the mans of
the people must have bcon greater ,
more adequate , and moro satisfactory
than ever before.
What tlio War Cost In Labor.
Fnriiin.
It may bo assumed that at a mini
mum the co-t of suppressing the
rebellion was $8,000,000,000. , It was ,
therefore , $ l,13 < rlOOO,000 a year for boven
years. It has boon held that the max
imum product of each person occupied
for gain in 1SSO could not have exceeded
8000 worth ; labor and capital wore at
least one-third moro effective oluring
and since the year 18SO than during the
period of war and reconstruction. If
then we value ono man's labor from
1801 to 18G8 inclusive at $500 a year , the
work of war required the unremitting
labor of 2,270,000 men for seven years ,
cither in two armies or in sustaining
them. At $400 each , nn estimate prob
ably nearer to the mark nt that time ,
the measure would be the constant work
of 2,8H7,600 men each year for svon-
yoars. The average population of that
period was ; 15,000,000 , of whom not over
ono in five could be considered an able-
bodied man of arms-bearing ago. The
cost of liberty , therefore , confuted in
actual arduoub work at the risk of life
for seven years , of one man of armos
bearing ago in every throo.
A TYPE-SETTINO MACHINE.
The Iiigcnlnfl Invention of A City
Stenographer.
New York Times : James E. Munson ,
a stenographer , gave an exhibition in
his temporary nboratory , at No. 28 Center -
tor street , New York , of his invention
of an automatic typo Hotting machine.
Mr. Munuou'ft apparatus is a complete
novelty , inasmuch IIH it runs the type
into tlio galley.s fully justified nnd cor
rected , something never before accomplished -
plishod by a typo setting machine. The
primary principles of Mr. Munson's in
vention are hpoed and the possibility of
justifying and correcting the typo
before it goes into the galleys.
In order to accomplish the justifying
and correcting , Mr. Munson has per
fected a keyboard which , made
like that of an ordinary typewriter , per
forates a strip of paper of about the
width u.sud in tlio Wheatstono telegraph
system. The perforations consist of
various combinntioiifi of letters based
upon an alphabetical principle invented
by Mr. Muiibon. Although only about
175 combinations are needed , 1 , Olit can
be made upon the keyboard if nocoHsnry.
When the paper leaves the perforating
machine the letters uro so farapart that
atitrip thirteen andono-half inchcH long
represents one line in a column of
printed matter. The operator of the
machine goes over the strip with a fine
rule and bees that the divisions of wordn
and Bpucob como to the end of the line
correctly. If they do not ho has a per
forating hand tool with which ho
"spaces out" the characters so they jus
tify on the paper strip.
When he hatt llnishoil justifying the
strip it in run through another machine
at a high rate of Bpeed and the perfor
ated characters are brought no eloao to
gether that four inches of pa
per roprehont one line In a
printed column. This strip is
then put Into the type-
betting machine ) proper. This is an
electric motor , with n sharp ] Minted
armature connected with magnets , rep
resenting the character on the papor.
As the armature passes through the
perforations in tlio paper connection in
made with the rods over the magnets ,
into a grove upon a rapidly revolving
platform , by which it is carried in
stantly to pick-ups , which in turn put it
upon a aupporting rail. It in then car
ried automatically to the galley and
dumped , fully justified and corrected.
In yesterday's exhibition Mr. Muiibon
used the Thorno typesetter nnd dis
tributer in connection with his auto
matic apparatus , which can bo applied ,
he bay , to any typesetting machine
now in uso. It is capable of Retting
from H.OOO to 18,000 ems per hour. Thu
machine is not perfect , but Mr. Munson
believes It soon will bo In practical op
eration.
An important feature in connection
with the invention is that verbatim re
ports can bo made upon any number of
perforated blips at a time , and a slip
supplied to each newspaper having ono
of the machines. Furthermore , the
slips can bo run through an automatic
telegraph machine in Washington and
facsimiles forwarded to any point in the
country directly to the newspapers , thus
having delay in handling matter by the
ordinary Monte tologri ph and in com
position. Mr. Munbon hopes to bo able
to use romprctfecd air as a motive power
and to have the machine on the market
within a fo\v weeks.
A MlHslnn Ijuko Solinonor.
SnmioYfU.v , Mien. , Oct. 4. Nothing has
bcon heard from the schooner Albatross ,
which was. dropped In LaUo Michigan Sun
day night by , tlie steam barge Kntorprlse.
At present It looks . " " . the Albatross mu t
have gonu down with aii on board.
The Iiiuctit Wliltuoliitpol
LOKDOK , Oct. 4. The liumutt on the Jc ?
of the woman found murdered fiumlay morn.
Ing was held to-day The testimony of thn
surgeons who made thn oxamlnutlon of the
body proved that the utrrut Hiid ouo kidney
were missing. _ _ _
If your complaint is want o ! appetite ,
try half wino glass Angostura Ulttori
before moats Or. J. ( J , B. Slcgorl&
Bonn , solo IPlufaottU'tvi. . ,