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1 6 . . * * - OMAHA DAITAr TOTE : WHESBAY. . 1. 1888. Ing about the extension of the session for 00 longrr ; that came up afterwards , nnd tlio measure was carried. At ttnit tlmo I said to Mr. Smyth , "Got Jour delegation como to mo at once ; Acnd along the remonstrances ; why wait until af ter It has passed the henato and then ask mo to veto 111 Why don't they po before the senate cominltteo nnd try to prevent such n passage therol" Then 1 urged him to hnvo them como forth with , nnd not crowd uK | > n mo in the closing IIOUM of the session when bills wcro piling Droll nil tno constantly , so I could not got at nnd cxnmlno them. I had boon examining the penitentiary bill , and was prepared tenet net upon it , but I said "I will wait nnd hear them. " l-'rom that dny down to my having Blencd tlio bill , not ono remonstrance was presented to me , not ono came to the execu tive office , except ono remonstrance signed by thirty-three men from the town of Cort- liinil , away In the southern portion of the Htntu. Ho had represented that two or thrco thousand names were upon the remon strances herd In Omaha , within two hours ride of my ofllco , and not ono was over pro- ponied to inc. [ Cheers. I The bill passed through the senate , was ftlgncd by the speakers of the two houses , find presented to inu , and I waited twenty- four hours before I signed it , and I was sur prised that no ono called upon mo. Mr. Kniytli did not call upon mo until ono whole liny had passed ; and I catut ; to the conclusion that nobody was going to appear before mo. 'Jhc.v did not , except certain persons rcprc- Renting labor interests who came to me and Raid , ouu getitbnmn In particular , represent ing other * . Mr. Joseph Hums , said ho , "Wo liavo had that bill up before us ICnlglils of Labor and others ; wo have examined it ; wo liave naked the committees to incorporate certain provisions of the bill which have been put into it. Now wo don't object , to It. " They prohibit the manufacture of certain nrtleles. 1 recall ono , that was the convicts Bhall not niako cigars in the penitentiary. Another was that they shall not work upon Btonc Mr Webster My friends want to Know If there is any provision put in against malting democratic uniforms ) Governor Thaycr That is the point I am Coming to. The democratic Flambeau club ol Lincoln had all their suits made by the convicts in the penitentiary. [ Urcat ap plause. ) When these gentlemen called upon mo and assured mo that they bad no objection ns representing thu interests of labor , nnd nobody appeared to remonstrate In over eight days after ho spoke to me , 1 came to the conclusion that they did not desire to bo hoard , and 1 signed the bill , nnd when ho called to inform mo that ho had received a telegram from parties in Omaha , Haying they would bo glad to bo heard from , 1 said. "Mr. Smyth , I have already signed that bill. " These nro facts , and you can deny them as you will ; they are the living truth. [ Cries pf Good , Good j There was nothing calling upon mo to wait longer. 1 had moru bills than I could ex amine , nnd did to the close of the session. I wanted to get them off my hands as fust as I could , HO as not to pile them up In Inoxtric- nblo confusion. 1 had urged the legislature to pass their bills at an earlier stage , foresee ing the difficulties of an executive ofllcer In examining tlio bills so that lie might under- etaml tncm. It is so everywhere with legis lative bodies. I tried to prevent it but I did ftot succeed. These are the circumstances under which I signed Unit bill. democrats voted for the ATwcnty-llvo pass- go of that bill. Senator Vamlcrmark , a democrat from Saunder.s county , worked for It. spoke for It , and urged its passage. Mr. nlcMlller , a democratic representative from J3utler county , championed It , nnd urged its passage In the house. Ho was the president of the Into democratic state convention that nominated John A. McSluino for gov ernor , and ho sat there in his chair when they passed a resolution condemning Gov ernor Thayer for signing that bill. [ Cheers. ] I wonder his cheeks did not tingle with Bhnino when he heard it , when ho heard the condemnation pronounced upon him as well as me , and the other twenty-five democratic members. Why , sir , three-fourths of the democratic party votud for that bill , and yet I havu been denounced for signing it. [ Laughter. ] Ono bundled nnd ono members of the two houses voted for Its passage ; it takes three-fifths to carry a bill over the governor's veto. Three- llfths and twenty-one more than necessary to carry it through over the governor's vote , voted for that bill [ Cheers. ] And I am hold Up to public reprobation because I signed it. Thnt is about the kind of consistency you Und among the democrats. Now , 1 have not time to discuss that bill , but I can convince any man that it was the best system that wo can adopt. U has been found so in other states ; It Is less bxpenslvo a system than any other. Ono tulght Hupposu that paying 40 cents a day for feeding convicts il a largo sum , but 1 want to state that out of4'J'J convicts there uro COS who engage in productive labor In that prison , and the labor of a convict is only 00 percenter * ! ; that is , the labor of u convict is worth only CO cents where that of n free man is worth a dollar. That is the testimony of the wardens of the prisons of Now York ; It Is of the English prisons ; so It is every where. There is wuch a depreciation of the value of tholr labor. It has , I believe , 50 or CO who are employed in menial service about tliu prison , In the cooking house , cooking for 4:19 : men , cleaning out the prisons , sweeping out and washing iho cells every day , and airing the blankets. Then , there are generally on nn average twenty or thirty in the hospital ; then , there nro some thirty or forty or fifty who are physically unabio to labor , and yet they have to be supported by the contractors. So that the only profit that he can derive is from 205 men convicts. Now , their labor la reduced down to 103 In reality , of good , ofticlcnt labor. The I'ifTorenco between convict labor in the penitentiary and free labor outside is only as three-eighths ef 1 per cent to U3 < per cent of frco labor. And yet there is this talk aud bowl about convict labor. There Is nothing In it ; I have stated the facts ns they aro. There uro 29,000 laboring men or were , In J8SJI , according to the census. The number engaged In productive labor In this infinitely Binnll amount of labor in the penitentiary Is causing the same demagogues to howl about the convict labor. Now , 1 urn for free labor all the time. Every Hcntlmont of my heart and soul is with tlio laboring classes , I started in life as u laboring man at the ugo of 13 , wont out nnd worked on a farm at seven dollars u South ; digging stone , clearing the ground to lake Holds that could bo cultivated. I know what It is to labor , nnd I never will do an act thnt will impair the rights of the laboring man. I am always for the elevation of labor. I am for the highest wages they can obtain , nlways. Now , I want to toll you what labor In the penitentiary docs. Compete with what ) why , with the best manufactories bi the eastern states. They make BS mo small kinds of agricultural imple ments down in that penitentiary , and the fanners of this state get the benefit of thu reduced prices ; for instance , they made several thousand corn shelUirfl in 13&i nnd sold them to the farmers of Nebraska $7. while eastern manufacturers hud been Belling them for $10 apiece. The farmers bad the advantage of their labor on reduced prices , nnd yet the labor on the outside was not interfered with In the sllghost degree. If they make them cheaper , you nnd I get the benefit. During that session of the legisla ture , agents of the Studebaker Wagon manu factory they make wagons in the peniten tiary the Stiidebakors , the Itaclno Wagon Manufacturing company , and thu Hacino I'low company had agents at Lincoln to prevent the extension of that contract sys tem. Why , they said openly , your convicts compel us to bring down our prices. Wo cannot veduce the price of labor. Thcra is more ignorance , more dcmagoguory on this question than I have over known to pertain to u miosllon of a public character that has ever boon before the iioopte. Mr. Fred Nye wrote In a letter made a statement which Is literally true. Ho said , "If wo would liang the demagogues there would be no anarchists to hang. " [ Applause. ] That U true. These men who never did an honest day's work in their lives , und 1 do not bollevo they ever will , howl about convict labor. They seek to make favor with the laboring classes , and then hone to ride Into some ofllco bv the votes of laboring men. ( Applause. ) That is their puriwso ; but the. laboring men are too intelli gent to be deceived by thtim. I have Bald enough on thnt point. I could give other in formation In regard to Its operation In that prison \VhIch Is Interesting. I will , however - over , stuto this ; That the contractor pays every olltecr of thnt prison ovary guard ; ho boards thorn J he furnishes them incdlctno for the sick ; ho meets every slnylo item' of expense incurred In running that prison. The state does not pay.out ono del lar. And hero Is another reason \vhv I Blgucd it. The Herald charged mo with being - ing connected with a penitentiary ring. I Jgacd that-bill to prevent tbV existence of any ring , f Apptauio.1 If I had desired to form ring to make money , I would have vctood that bill , nnd then caused the whole business of furnishing the supplies to bo thrown upon agents to bo appointed by the state. Then there would hive been the widest field for corruption. [ Cries of good , nnd truol ] I was determined to put up the bars so there could bo no chance for men to swindle the state. If the contractor gets cheated In purchasing supplies , that Is his fault. You know the cupidity of the human heart. Honest men often give way to temptation. In purchasing supplies you see how easy it Is for a man to give a per centage to theDgent who buys ; that Is done , I know very well , nnd so do oiliers , that the government has been cheated year after year by contractors who furnish supplies to the Indians up north. [ Cries of good. ] hero uro rings , I know ; there are syndl- ales , Omaha men belong to some of them. Applause. ] Men in Omaha have made icir fortunes as millionaire * by being In Ing" . [ Applause. ] Do you know how they cmctimcs sell cattle to the Indians ) [ Ap- ilauso and laughter. ] For Instance , tlio 'ontractor Is c.illed upon to furnish 1,003 oad of cattle ; they are driven there ; hey have to pass through a chute where lOinebody in cahoot with tlio contractor itands to count them. They are passed .hrough ono at a tlmo ; a thousand head will trctch out a mile or two ; then the head ones re driven away around nnd around in the istance , and they como around again , and omehow or other the head of the herd 'listens onto the tail [ great applause ] nnd .hey go through a second time , the s.imo c it- , le , and arc counted again , a third , fourth or "fth time , nnd by this process a thousand cad In the course of u day make up live housaiid head. [ Laughter. ] It Is a kind of miraculous performance ; something like , ho five loaves and two ilshes feeding live housaiid people. So , the herd of cattle Is ncrcased in that manner , and they get pay 'or flvo thousand head. It would bo mter- isting to know how fortunes have been made through these rings. I did want to illuilo to the 1'mkorlon men , but I hid I shall not have time. I want to say this , that the presence jf the 1'inkcrton men in this state was as disagreeable to me as it was to anybody else , nd 1 did remonstrate with the manager of ho railroad ; but I had no power to mil them mt , and if any man will point me to ono cintilla of authority which vested mo with ho power to take these men by force and > itch them over the Missouri river , as some ) coplosaid 1 ought to do , 1 will withdraw "nun the Held as candidate for governor. Cries of good and applause. | Why don't /ou ask me to put the Chinese out ! They urc obnoxious to the people. I do not want Lo see any such labor in this land , and yet he great government of the United States cannot Keep them out. They get into this country in some way , ami that is all there is , o it. There was no law that justified me to undertake to put them out of the stato. No man ever saw them brills' arms into the Into. I have inquired time and again 'Did you see them como into , hc state with arms oven a pistolf" They , vero in the state before I knew anything ibout it. Then they were sworn in by the navorof I'lattsmouth as special policemen , nnd then made deputy sheriffs by the sheriff ) t Douglas county. Jutt think of the gov ernor calling out the militia to gather up the " 'inkerton1 men and putting them out by orco. What a spectacle that would have resented for the governor of the state to break the laws and take these men by force ud send them over the river. There was no way in which they could bo reached. If , hey were occupying positions in violation of , ho law of the state , any man could have jono before a magistrate and sworn out , warrant and had them arrested , nd if they were violating the aw , the law provides penalties which is im risonment. Not ono did this. The prose cuting attorneys are ready to discharge their duties , but no ono made comploint. Hut that did not satisfy these nroakors about the 1'in- kortons. I could only call out the military .tower of the state to suppress military inva sion , insurrection , riots , and rebellion. There ivas no insurrection ; there was nothing , heroforo , for mo to do. liut the civil inagis- rates had authority if any one had gone and nade complaint , but not one did it. That did not suit these democrats. They want to in- ; lame the public mind , and the dcmocrattu l arty passed a resolution condemning mo for lot putting the Pinkcrton men out of the state , aud the county convention hero passed n similar resolution. They can talk about , his until dooms daymy ; shoulders are broad , ; can bear It. Now , for McShano's record. I said I was going to unmask a conspiracy. I must give a little attention to that. The purpose has been formed to elect a democratic senator rom the legislature of Nebraska. Why , what is the object of this ! it is to give con trol to United States senate to the dcmo- ratic party. If they can re-elect drover Jlovelunii , re-elect a majority of democrats to the house of reprosonatives , it is of the utmost importance to them to secure the senate. Why , the south is in this conspiracy. They have u purpose in view , u purpose tvhich they have cherished since the close of the war ; it is to gain control of this country to accomplish that which they failed to accomplish In the Hold. Now , Mr. McShano's record. ( Cries of good. ) In his letter of acceptance he said some very good things. Ho wrote : "Nearly olght years' enforcement and proof of our wise nnd practical license law has demonstrated beyond all ques tion , that this is the most feasible solution of tlio traflle in intoxicating liquors. " Ho endorsed It as n good law. So dot. [ Laughter. ] I do not want n change cither , but when ho had a chance to give a vote on the passage of the law , ho voted No. " [ Great applause. ] He did not know then that it was a good law , and ho did all ho could to dafeat It. "Hailroads , as common carriers , are the creatures of the state , and are subject to con trol by the people. " That's what I say , "They should be protected in their right to carry on tholr legitimate business the same as Individuals , but extortion nnd exhorbitant charges in freight and passenger rates , anil unjust discriminations against individuals and localities , should bo prevented by effect ual legislation so that all shippers of freight may secure equal rates and tlio producers and consumers within our state , as cheap transportation for their products as posl- blo. " I say "Amen" to that ; but when ho was in the leglsla- laturo and had a chauco to vote in favor of the people , ho said , "No. " [ Great applause. ] See Senate File , number 111 ; see House Journal SOI , page 841 , where ho is found voting "No" against that bill. When at that tlmo the peopto of this state wcro agitating that very question and demanding lower rates from the railroads to check their very oppressive tariff charges , ho. as ropro scntativo of Douglas county , said "No , there shall bo no restriction placed upon thorn ; " but he has got light now ; ho is seek ing votes at the present time. [ Laughter , and cries of "Ho won't got them. " ] I have some more of this : Ho voted oealnst house roll No. HI , ontl tied "A bill for un act to fix a maximum standard of freight charges on rallroadsauil , to prevent improper discrimination therein 01 secret rates , rebates or drawbacks therefor.1' See House Journal 18sl , page 811. Then again : The benevolent Institutions of our state have the care of the helpless and unfortunate , such as the asylum for the insane nnd blind and homo for the friendless and fccuh minded , instutitions for the deaf and dumb , nnd should receive from the state generous supiKJrt. " A bill was introduced into the house providing an appropriation of 5OOJ , for establishing n homo for thu friendless It Lincoln. If there is an Institution in this state which calls down thu blessings and the benedictions of the Al mighty Kuler of the universe and of all gooi men and women , It Is that of the homo for the friendless thoro. I went through it ; Ii several rooms , twenty feet square ? perhaps , I saw or fifteen little cradles , each holding a waif of humanity and cast-off ones that had been dropped upon some doorstep , or aban doned by Inhuman mothers and fathers , taken to the homo of the friendless and there those good woman who manage that institu tion , nurse and care for this drift of society , as tcndorly as mothers do for tholr own babies. They watch over them night after nlcht. Then I came into other rooms where those of a greater ugo nra found three , four , five or six years of ago they are cared tor in thu suuiu way ; uiul whou they ar rive at an ago of eight or ton years , if they can find some good Christian family to re ceive him they lot him go ; but they follow him with a watchful care afterwards to see that they have good comfortable homes , and If they are disappointed in that they take them back again. That Institution U doing the work ot the Master. They are those good Samaritan women , following the footstep - step of Hun who came to proclaim peacp on earth ; who traversed up and down the earth souiflng- the humble , tho.lowly and the poor and the .depressed , try lug to do md ratso them up to n better condition of Ife , and spoke words of hope , even to Mary Magdcloncsof His time. Those are the works of those Christian vonion , and when John A. MoShnno , who vants that home cared for , when he had an > pportunty ! to vote on the side of humanity , id said "No. " [ Orcat applause. ] Hut I have not done with this record. Laughter. ] Mr. McShano voted against the illl see HoUse Journal 81 , page ' "J and 730. do not wont to omit any. A bill was Intro duced to the house nnd passed nnd went to the senate in lbS.1. It asked , ( I will give a olauso of the bllllln 1SU1 Company C , for whoso benefit this bill was introduced Com pany C of the Nebraska Militia of A. D. 1S04 was organized for the purpose of rc | > olllng an attack made by Indians in 1SG4 upon the settlers along the Platte river , in which at tack fourteen men wcro killed nnd two women captured and carried off by the In dians. After the militia had driven back.tho ndians the company returned , and without waiting for a formal discharge disbanded. The bill simply provided for their honorable lisi'harge. It did not propose to pay out u lollar of money , but simply to perfect the record of the honorable discharge from the service. For the vote on this bill see Senate lournal of 1 : ! , pages O'.mi. ' John A. Me- Slwno voted "no. ' [ Applause. | And yet n his letter of acceptance ho says ho wants the soldiers cared lor tenderly by the gov ernment. [ Applause. ] How much he thinks of them now ! And vet in 1 3-1 he .voiild . not permit an honorable discharge to ic given to those men who had done their lonorablo service faithfully. He seeks votes now. When that company returned , ) r at least I can .see just how It was. When they came near their own settlements : ho men were anxious to get home ; .hey had been gone months defending ; ho frontier and protecting the settlers , driv- tig the Indians back. They had got near their homes and wanted to get homo us soon is possible and their ofllcoM did too. 1 have done the same thing myself. After I had tcuompllshcd the purpose for which I had taken the volunteers along the frontier 1 staid -.vith the settlers for months nnd drought them in. They belonged anvwiiere Ix'tweon here and the Klkhorn river and ilong the Ulkhorn river. I dismissed them with formal discharges. I had no papers to make up ; had no forms whatever. Ho it is with the officers of that company. I could not march them into Omaha ami go through the paraphernalia of a formal discharge. 1 wanted to let them get home ns .soon as pos sible. I said. "Go ! " rtiiiso men , thinking it over , said wo ought to have a discharge from the service ; wo would like to have the record made ; perhaps sometime wo may get a pension for our ser vices , and wo want evidences nf it. Or it may bo pleasant to hand down our dl-charpcs as an heirloom to our children perfectly nat ural. This bill did not nslc for tile payment of a singtn dollar , as our state did not appro priate n dollar ; It asked for nothing but the perfection of tliu military record of their ser vices and the simple granting to them of an honorable discharge. Can you believe that a man with human sentiments and instincts would have refused that simple boon I Four teen settlers slam , slaughtered by the sav ages , and two women carried into captivity ; no ono but God knows or could describe the fate of these women. Whenever you read of a woman captured by Indians can you picture the horrors to which she Is subjected ! Death a thousand times over would bo preferable. And yet John A. Mc Shane sat in his seat as a representative from Douglas county and voted "No , " they shall not have this discharge. [ Applause. ] I wanted Mr. McShano right hero on the platform with mo that 1 miglit present his lecord to bis face , but I am denied thnt privilege. [ Cries of "Cloodl" ] I much pre fer to say it to him , where 1 make my at tacks , if I make any. In regard to the proof of that company to whom he refused an honorable discharge I liave to say that they are all living , nearly nil of them , on the Hluo to-day. Do you think they will vote for John A. McShano for governor ! [ Cries of "No ! " ] Let mo go on. As chairman of the com mittee on railroads , in ISi'l , ho reported against the bill senate iilo 103 making the railroad companies responsible for Injuries sustained by employes while in the employ of such companies. There he manifested his friendliness to the railroads , because on that bill ho voted "No. " ( Applause. ) If there are any gentlemen here connected with rail roads I ask them to make a note of it. I am always willing that railroads should reim burse their employes for injuries which they sustain while in the line of the performance of their duties in service for their company. They are engaged in the most dangerous ser vice in the land. They are subjected to greater dangers. Who ui-o subject to greater dangers than the engineers of the trains ! I sometimes think of it when riding along quietly , pleasantly , never thinking of danger. Who is it that controls this train ! U ho is it that holds the lives of perhaps 200 men in the hollow of his hands ) It is that one engineer who stands in Ills cab with Ills eyes over to the front , some times to the rear ; or the fireman taking his place with his eyes to the front to guard against danger , and through the long hours of the night , while the passengers are Klee | > - ing , be is nt his post. The great headlight throwing its light over the track , and he watching it for the slightest object on tlwU track , to guard against a wreck His danger is great. So is that of the fireman , and so is that of the brakcman , and the conductor , though In a less degree. I have often thought when I siw a brakeuian going along from car to car on a long freight train with his lantern in his hand , to put on the brakes or let them olT , what dangers ho does not bravo - liable to bu thrown off by a mishap , his life is t he forfeit. I say the railroads ought to reimburse every ono for the damages , the loss of leg or limb or naud or an cyo nnd in jury received when in the performance of their duties , and when they have served the company faithfully year after year and old ago creeps upon thorn. I sav the railroads ought to pension them , provide for them in their declining days. And when John A. McShano had a chance to vote in favor of the employes of railroads and their interests , ho said "no , " and they shall not bo reim bursed. I have the record here Senate Journal 87 , page ! 100. Let mo go on. Ho voted against the me morial to congress simply on the appropria tion ; u memorial to congress asking that each citizen who had served in the army three months or more , and who had been honorably - ably discharged from the service should bo placed upon the pension rolls when ho had attained the ago of fifty years. Ho voted "no" on that. See Sonuts Journal S3 , page 4SO. Now ho wants the soldiers taken care of klndlv. Changes hnvo como over his views. The bill was introduced and passed the house , granting equal civil rights to every citizen , black and white , rich and poor. In the senate the bill received the vote of every member save three , and among the ttiroo was John A. McShanc. They have been charging here that I am not a friend of the colored man. I want the colored man to remember this vote. When he had the chance to vote in their favor for rights , giving thorn equal rights with every other citizen , John A. McShano said they should not have it. Let mo say right hero. I have fought down through the years for tno rights of the colored race. I had three col ored regiments in my command. I tried them in every portion of the service on the march , In the campaign , protecting trains , and on thu battle-field , and I never had hot ter men than the colored men woro. [ Ap plause. ] They were just as good soldiers us their white brctucrn , and there was no feelIng - Ing of hostility. I recollect ou ono field , when the battle was raging , nnd rather going against us , lighting on odds perhaps indicat ing that wo should bo boatcn , I saw a column coming In the distance , I could not toll whether It was friend or foo. On they came , and on , and on , and as they approached nearer , our hearts were gladdened by the sight that the men were the army blue , and when they came near enough for us to see , bearing their bay onets , glistening in the sunlight of heaven , wo saw they were the dark sons of Africa. And they came In and joined us , and tlio sun went down upon u glorious victory for union arms. [ Applause. I Having tried those soldiers in thn field , I said then and there that if I over lived to return to Ne braska I would commence a battle for the rights of the colored race. That man who was worthy to fight by uiy side , black though ho was. was wortliy to vote by my side. [ Cries of Good and Applause. ] And I niado a speech In the autumn of ISttS , in the old court houso. and announced that very declar. ntton , "Ah , " republicans said ami 1 can naniA jomo of them to-day prominent republicans' who said "Oh. that will not do , Thayer is too radical , I cannot stand that. " .Hut I rcaulect after a while they did stand it and came up to adopt universal sufi frage. I repeat , if the colored man over had a friend In Nebraska , my humble self is one of them. Heforo the war , In 1S57-3 the question began to bo agitated , ( trowing out of the campaign of 1351 * when Fremont was T candidate for the , presidency we con- : endcd for the rlqht of the colored people ; we were designated by the democrats ns Woolly heads nnd as negro worshippers ; every kind of opprobrious epithet was thrust jpou us. The democrats now claim to bo : he friend of the colored man. [ Applause. ] Jed help the colored rnco when they fall nto the hands of the democratic party. 'Laughter and applause. ] And , by the way , 1 will notice ono charge that has been made , t'ttiat 1 refused to sur render n young man chareod with murder in 1'cnnessco beau so the murdered man was a colored man. Can you conceive of anything more Infamous than that ! Hut 1 have been drawn awny from the re cord. [ Applause. ] There Is some more hero ! believe. He patient my friends. [ Cries of 'Goon.1' ' ] A bill was Introduced In the leg- Mature to prohibit the spread of hog cholera. What do you think McShane did I I'll bo langcd If he didn't vote against that bill. 'Ic voted against a bill to prevent the spread of hog cholera ! See Senate Journal so and so 1 am therefore Justltled In saying John V. McShaiio Is In favor of hog cholera , [ Ap- ilausu and laughter. ] He voted against the bill maidnp It u poni- .entiary olTonso for any man tu truffle in dis eased nnimals , John A. McKhane voted igalnsttlmt. Ho voted against the mechanic's ten law. Laboring men ! workmen ! how do vou like that ! [ Cries of'that is immense. ' ) The lien law was Intended to piotect the abormg man so that the contractor shall bo compelled to pay : hem their wages which they lave honestly worked for. It is to secure .hem In the possession of their rights noth- ng else. John A. McShane said "No , " they shall not have the lien law to protect them so that they can secure their wages. Labor ers ! how d you like that ! [ Applause. ] In connection with I'inkerton business , I should have reminded you of the fact that ho democratic mayor of this city , some four or flvo years ago , and other leading lemocrats called upon Governor Nance to send the Nebraska National euards up into 3mnha to put down the strikers. When : hey were abusing motor the I'inkerton men jcing here , or when they were denouncing the national guards , why didn't tliev de nounce the fact tt.at the democratic officials wanted the militia scut up here to put down .ho laboring men ! Let me state another Tact. When that murder of n man ( cries of Armstrong ) Armstrong , that is it. Why didn't they recall that fact ! Democrats wanted the troops here. 1 am going to call your attention to another fact which took iihice while McSlrine was in the leglslsturo. A job was put up to induce a poor old one- legged man to rob the state treasury in the lay-tune , between 1- and 1 o'clock , when the legislature was in session , or during the ses sion of the legislature. Heenlin nnd got some money , and as ho came out a detective liounil shot him down like n doir , and the general conviction was that the hound had iirep.ired that scheme in order to get a ro- ward. A reward was offered , and the bill went through the senate giving him a re ward for arresting the alleged burglar of the treasury , and for killing him , but before it liasicd through the house tlui news came out that it was a scheme put up to inveigle him Into the commission ot the act , so ns to ar rest him and get the reward , and a bill , ns stated . , went through the senate to pay him the rev/aril , but in the house the passage was arrested , and it was defeated there. Hut lohn A. McShano voted in favor of paying that reward to that murderer. ( Luighter. | Well , as I stated , I have given you enough of his record. 1 shall not take up your time any lonirer. I am glad to have hud an op portunity of aildroisiug you on those sub jects , because 1 have been the subject of such miserable aud mean warfare , not for any good purpose at all , but the attempt was at the head of the ticket in order to Incik down , if possible , and to Impair the success ol the rest of tin' ticket , and to secure n ma jority of democrats in the legislature and elect John A. McShano to office. ( Cries of "What is the matter with Uoyd. " ] I am not dealing with Uoyd to-night. I have nothing against him. He is not a candidate that 1 know of. Hut 1 tell you , my friends , the people of Nebraska , the republican part v , are aroused to this issue Which is now before us. It is n scheme and conspiracy carried for ward by boodle nnd crime. ( Applause. ) Those arc the instruments by which it is hoped to bo accomplished by boodle. It it to bo a boodle campaign on the part of John A. McShano and his followers. You have seen the letter In one of the papers , which says Addressed to tlio democrats How much money will bu necessary to elect a dem ocratic member of the house in your legisla tive district ! What does this mean * To buy the votes of men into the legislature. Hu expended ( his own friends have admitted to mo ) $100,000 ; one placed it at ? ' , C > , OJO and two others ut $110,000 , a'nd his own cousin admitted as I have heard from reliable men Unit it cost him $ 7HX ( ) ; but split the differ ence , ho spent that vast sum to get u seat in the house of representatives two years ngo. The plot has been formed : it has thickened. The aim is to carry Nebraska by boodlo. There has been no such plan hero , there has been no such scheme devised for corrupting the ballot , and thus destroying and under mining the foundation of civil society , as this which has been concocted in Washing ton and here in Nebraska. The men who amass large fortunes como to be Indiff rent as to public sentiment ; they como to regard money as the great j > ewer to control men ; the Idea has boon spread abroad that they can buy members of the legislatures and thus accomplish their purpose. I say there has been nothing like this in this country since the days of William M. Tweed. [ Ap- plauso.l This is the plain scheme which is proposed in Nebraska to-day. I charge it openly. Wo know it is so. We are gathering evi dence of the fraud that is being attempted and I hold in my hand a fraudulent ballot printed In Chicago. Hero it is the fraudu lent ballots which they are now distributing over Nebraska.with three fraudulent tickets. I will read the republican ticket : "For president , Hcnjamin Harrison ; for vice pres ident , Lev ! I' , Morton of New York ; electors , ; democratic candidate for governor ( on republican ticket ) , John A. McShane. " Now , the ticket is being sent over Nebraska to-day ; but we got on to the fraud In time ; to use a vulgar slang , "wo got ou to thoii racket. " [ Applause. ] Hero is is three tickets. Hcica long rigmarole .signed by J. Hurrows of Gage county , in which ho says ho has sent out these tickets , circulated them , procured their printing. Now , lot mo see how the law reads. I copied it from the statutes this morning. On page 402 , chapter S0 ! , section 115-1115 , in the compiled statutes for lbS7 , is to bo found the following : Section 115 says. "When at any general or special election a ballot with the designated heading contains printed thereon in place of another a name not found on the regular ballot having such heading , such name shall bo regarded by the judges as hav ing been placed therein for the purpose of fraud and the ballot shall not bo counted for the name so found. " Let mo go on , "Sec tion 110 , ( penalty ) . That any person caus ing ballots to bo printed in the designated head ing by changing a name or names not found on the regular ballot hav ing such heading , or any person knowingly puddling or distributing any such ballot with intent to have such ballot voted at any such general or special election , shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor , and shall on con viction thereof for cavh , olfenso be fined in any sum not less than ? JO nor more than $ JOO and bo Imprisoned In the county Jail not ex ceeding sixty days. " That is the penalty for sueli printing to the man circulating that bal lot. Wo are getting them into the toils , and wo mean to have them where they belong. [ Applause. ] My friends , this U one of the most serious questions that con fronts you the corruption of the ballot. I am told hero that I won't get many votes in Douglas county. [ Cries of "you will"J ! I am told that Mr. McShano is omnipotent hero : ho is one of thor'bwnors of the stock yards at South Omaha' ' . I wish I could have u night to go there and address that people. I want to lay down the gospel of truth to them and ask them If they arc like the cattle they slaughter there. Mr. McShano and others say ho will get three , four or flvo thousand votes In South Omaha , and that Thaycr won't get fifty. I do not know how it may bo. I have too much respect for the worklngmen to believe that they are going to bo sold by the wholesale traded off. It inavboso. And then i am torn they nro to bo brought up to vote hero In Omaha also. Now , I say , let my republican friends stand by their colors , and preserve the purity of the ballot. There Is no greater danger to our civil Institutions than when our ballot la- overthrown. That his been the cause in all cases. And let these men , let Mr. McShano and his associates remember the fate of William M. Tweed. I beg of you , ' citizens of Omaha , consider the dangers which threaten you , jf you per mit money to overturn your interests hero in Omaha. Greater dangers will confront you if you do. You have uo conception of the dnnutpo'that may bo done to this prosperous city I have lived here many years : 1 did something for this city ; 1 would not have alluded to It except for the warfare that has bocn maile upon uio bv political assassins. It was my privilege to secure the appro priation , the first one , for that court house , postofllcc , the United States court building in this city. I did It alone. My colleagues , one was absent , and the other sick , neither of them In either house. It was during tlio close of the BOS- slon , nnd I secured the appropriation through both houses , through my own individual ef forts , nnd had the pleasure of telecraphing the people hero in Omaha what had been uo complished. When that was completed It was niy for tune , too , to designate that land up there near Omaha ns the site of Fort Omaha. I did secure the bringing ot Fort Omaha to Omaha. These are xomo of the things that I accomplished for this city in the earlier days of its career. Not the great city It Is now ; not 7,000 people In Omaha when 1 secured that postoftlco building. Wo had been a state but ono year ; Kansas had been a state ten years. Ono of the senators came mo ; "Wull , " said he , "it Is pretty extraordinary ; you have been In the union but ono year , and you have got an appropriation for a gov ernment building. Wo In Kansas have been a state for ten vcars , and we have got noth ing of the kind. " 1 do not speak of that boastlngly , but I want to let these men know who have been assailing me , what 1 hnvo been doing In the past years for the benefit of Omaha. And If my mime is to bo cut upon thu tickets for Mc Shane , I can survive it. There is a great state of Nebraska outside of Omaha where I do not think you will find much cutting and slashing. The deception which was at tempted to bo imposed upon certain classes in regard to the proposition of the prohibition amendment has been ot | > oseil. The supreme cDurt unanimously say that the governor has no more to do with that measure limn either you or the emperor of L'hina has ; and yet they have been lolling certain classes of the people that if John A. McShano is elected wvernor he will veto that bill. He can't \etolt ; ho won't have a chance to do It , for : ho judges say it does not go to him. The .egislature is independent ; It requires three- fifths of thu voters of each house , and that is ill. That makes It an amendment to go too : \\o \ \ people. Nothing more of that. Now , my friends , 1 have maile this appeal to you to guard sacredly the elective fran chise , because it is the grand charter of minim rights. It is the instrument by which a sovereign's will is made known to the penplo. 1 beg of you to treasure what I have said , if you find it worth it , give it consideration , nnd do your luty nt the polls. I beg you to put down this boodlerlsm. Do your duty and elect the republican ticket to the legislature ; and I lope you will stand by me as your nominee , mil , in standing by the republican ticket , vou will help to prevent the consummation if this gigantic scheme which 1 have out- .mod to jou. An I'liilerliiiinl Ganio. Open rivalry is honorable. Hut any ellort to trade upon tlio reputation of IMH-rloss SOXODONT , by forcing upon lliu public , dentifrices roprosontcd ns imilar or superior to it , is nn umlci- liaml ( Tiune. liloulc it by demanding SOZODONTonly. Woman's 1'riilo. Detroit Frcu Pros1 * : "Do you sec how dly that woman walks ? " do. Is. she a millionaire ? " l'O , no. It would bother her husband to raise WOO in cash. " I5ut the can't bo proud of her beauty.1' "No. " "Then what is it ? " "She lias nmdo thirty tumblers of jelly this fall , and none of her neiR-h- bors has made over fifteen. She has a right to hold up her uos-j. " Jlosford'M Acid lhospliatc , Uewyro of imitations. A Hardened Wreioh. Chicago Tribune : The clerical visit ors nt the jail stopped in front of a collin in which was a man condemned to three years in the pcnitoutiary for perjury. "My fi'iend , " feelingly remarked ono of the company , "how came you hero ? " "All on account of a Ho , sir , " replied the condemned prisoner. The visitors passed silently on. The man was clearly beyond reformation. An Absolute Cure. The ORIGINAL ABIETINK OINTMENT Is only put up in largo two ounce tin boxes , nnd is an absolute cure for old sores , burns , wounds , chapped hands , nnd all skin erup tions. Will positively care all kinds of piles. Ask for the ORIGINAL ABIETINB OINT MENT. Sold by Goodman Drug Co. , at M cents per box by raail 30 cunts. Findlni ; a Use Tor Him. Chicago Tribune : Lord Salisbury ( perplexed ) I wish I know what to do with Sir Skimpolo Loathorhead , your majesty. Ho is /.ealous .supporter of the government , but he is suuh a con summate ahss. Qiioon Victoria Is there no diplo matic position we can give him ! Lord Salisbury ( with animation ) The idea exactly , your majesty ! He would make a good minister to the United States. For nearly a third of a century those delicious , pure and economic prepara tions , Van Duzer's Flavoring Extracts , have led the vanguard in popularity of articles of their class , nor has dispar aging competition been able to shako for a single day the faith reposed in them by the American people. The bottles of these Extracts contain sur plus measure , n point of superiority over rivals , and the process by which they are prepared prevents contamina tion with any deleterious substance. "Gentlemen , " said the little man at the club as he looked at his watch , rose to his feet and toolc his hat , it is now ! ) :30. : and I promised my wife I would bo at homo nt 10. In matters of this kind I am rigid and indexible. When my wife asks mo to como home at a cot-tain hour , and I promise to do so , I am as firm as adamant in fulfilling that promise. Decision of character , gen tlemen , " ho continued , us ho thought fully rubbed a largo , triangular-shaped lump o\or his loft ear , "is indispensable to any man who expects to hold his po sition unquestioned as the head of the family. Gonttamon , good night. " CREAM BAKING Its superior excellence proren In millions of hotaw for niore thnn a quarter of a century , n It . used , by the , United States Government. En dorsed by the heads of the great Universities da the stroiiKebt. purest and most healthful Dr I'rtfe's Cream Baking J'owder tines not -rontJiri a.mmoaia. lltne or nlum. Sold onlv lit cans. 1'KICK JJAK1NOVlllt ] ( ! 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