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, There In no oxnisofora fnllnroto get Tar. 1IKR
on the trains. All now neulers linve boon notl-
lied to curry n full supply. Jrnvolcri wnn u nt
TUB llr.K and cun't Ret It on trnlni where other
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IHonl.l K. I1. J'EH , .
Tim county attorney fortifies himself
with tlio Btato constitution and blocks
the rnid of the bnck-piy : grabbers.
Tin : federal grand jury will now stir
up that end ol the democratic camp
wliich was beyond the jurisdiction of
the county inquisition.
WITH the Tenth street viaduct and n
now bridge north of the Union Pacific
Bhops , tlio railioad problem for Omaha
will bo solved forever.
PAT Foun is now devoting his entire
time to hia tin can. Everybody on the
democratic ticket is to be thrown over
board for the benefit Of Snyder.
Till : viaduct and union depot scheme
has roichod a focus at lust. For the
firat time in fifteen years the question
is now before tlio voters in practical
form.
TJII : public can not bo deceived by
democratic assurances of victory in
Ohio and Iowa. Both states are as
safely republican us Nebraska or
Dakota.
IK tlio prohibitionists keep Helen
Cougar on the fatump in this state for
the next six months wo can safely guar
antee fifty thousand majority for high
license.
LOCAI < ability nnd enterprise are
'shaping u prosperous future for Omaha.
The railroad bridge blockade on the
commerce of the city will soon -bo a
[ thing of the past.
. TJIK attempt of the Ohio democrats
, to bolster up their campaign by drag-
'ging Judge Tliurman out of the well-
'unrnoil peace of private life was nothing
less than sacrilege.
Tin : price of silver bullion is now
ninety-four cents an ounce , the highest
point touched in a year. This is the re
sult of the growing sentiment of the
world in favor of u bi-metallic currency ,
VuitV HUlo hag boon said about the
candidates for justices of the peace in
this city. It is of the utmost im
portance to every taxpayer and busi
ness man that shysters who run cost
mills ahnll bo kept out of the justice
courts.
HKI.KX GouoAulias sounded the loy {
"note of the Nebraska prohibition cru-
nado of 1800. Slandorand vituperation ,
the gag , inob violence nnd jail for ovory-
tlrody who does not believe that prohibi
tion will do away with drunkenness and
-tho evils of intemperance.
"Uui'Uiu.ics nro not ungrateful , but
they are slow in dispensing their re
wards. Jlonoro Lcivornior , of the First
Wisconsin cavalry , has just received
his share of the reward offered by the
govern men t for the capture of JoH
Davis in 1805. It amounts to two hun
dred and ninety-throe dollars.
ONI : of the most interesting features
of next Sunday's BIK will bo nn article
from the pen of Franlt G. Carpenter
telling about the curious way in which
men nro shaved in oriental countries.
The Bubjoot is treated in the author's
most entertaining style nnd will bo
welcomed by all who onjovod the series
of Inimitable pen pictures of lifo in the
fur ouai recently published in this
paper. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TIIUIII : la a alight difference of opinion
among Dakotans as to the extent of the
distress in the now btates. The corre
spondent of TUB But ; at Bismarck as
sorts that the reports nro greatly oxag-
gomtod. - while Governor MolloUo.
Congressman Hansbrough and others
declare Unit distress is widespread in
seven counties. Information received
by the relief committee of the St. Paul
board of trade shown that twenty thou
sand families , or nearly ana hundred
thousand persona , will need the assist
ance of u generous public to tide them
over the hardships of winter.
TIM TKKAStAll JNOIJJEKT.
In the history of Nebraska no oront
hns reflected ns much disgrace nnd dis
honor \ipon this stnto ns did the Tokn-
mah incident of Tuesday night. Ours
hns been pro-omfnontly n Blnto founded
upon the corner atone of free speech in
the momornblo struggle for the rights
of nil men to bo frco nnd equal. The
ngltntors of compulsory sobriety never
tire of comparing themselves to the
abolitionists ot old , whoso bnttly cry was ,
"Free speech , free soil , frco press nnd
frco man. " In upholding thcso sacred
and inalienable rights they were over
ready to stake their fortunes nnd risk
their lives.
But at Tokamah the spurious re
formers who waflt to abolish the slavery
of man to the Inherentpassion for drink
liavo followed tlio o.xnmplo of the old
slave driver and man-whippor. They
throttle free speech nnd deny a rnnn
who has been villifloduml charged with
the gravest of crimes in their presence
the right to demand that his accuser
shall turniali proof of the charges
made. Seized with a fanatical frenzy ,
they completely lost their heads and
men and women demeaned themselves
naif they had boon possessed of some
evil spirit. The inoffensive presence
of n slnglo man , who respectfully sought
a hearing to redress a great wrong , sot
them wild under tlio mesmeric influence )
of a bold , unprincipled woman. While
this person , lost to all modostyand de
cency , talked about the lewd practices of
the vilest other sex as glibly ns she would
about her last dinner , before an au
dience composed largely ot school girls
and boys , she was heartily applauded.
And when sha imperiously commanded
her audicnco to lay violent hands upon
the man whom she had outrageously
slandered and whom she did not dare
to face , they resolved themselves into a
howling mob. To cap the climax of
brutal intolerance thcso zealots
actually went eo _ fnr as to scok
to throw the editor of the loading daily
of this section into a filthy jail for dar
ing to appear in tv public meeting to
face his traducer.
What a blot upon Nebraska's fair
famol Such an incident could not have
taken place among the desperadoes of
Texas or Mississippi. It remained for
the fanatics ot the village of Tokamnh
to advertise this stale abroad
ns harboring at least one commu
nity in which the spirit of the
Spanish inquisition is rampant and
in which no man or woman is sale from
persecution. Fortunately for Ne
braska , there is only one Tekamah in
it. Wo know of no other place in this
commonwealth where people who call
themselves intelligent Christians would
bo guilty of conduct that recalls the
dense ignorance and brutal bigotry of
tlio middle ages , Such people are
capable of burning at the stake dis
senters from their "ism1 and applying
the thumb-screw , the rack and the
slocks to those who offend their peculiar
notions of public morals.
VALUE OF GOOD FA fTIT.
The equally just and generous princi
ple which Commissioner Groff has an
nounced will bo observed respecting
settlers on Iho public lands whoso good
faith can .bo established in cases where
the letter of the law has not 'boon
strictly complfcd with , will have gen
eral approval. Ilis decision in the case
of Mary Movers , who , seven years ago ,
made a homestead entry in the Nio-
brara land district , but by reason of
sickness and poverty v ns unable
to comply with the full re
quirements of the law as to occupancy ,
is so manifestly fair and just that no ono
having regard for the spirit of the law
can find fault with it. The woman had
made such improvements on the lands
as her health and means would ajlow
her to make , she had given all the at
tention to it that she could in her cir
cumstances , and she had refused an
offer for her claim that would have con
siderably more than reimbursed her for
the outlay she had made. In all this
there was the clearest evidence of
good faith , while there was nothing ex
cept her failure to occupy tlio land con
tinuously to show that she had any in
tention to abandon the claim. But both
sickness and poverty prevented her re
maining on the land except at the noril
of her life , and Commissioner Groff
justly holds that the law does not rc-
quire that lifo and health should bo
sacrificed to maintain a residence.
Tlio homestead law wns conceived in
abroad and generous spirit , with the
purpose of enabling the people to secure
homes on the public domain under such
conditions as would insure settlement
and protect the government against
fraud , but it was not intended to estab
lish a hard and procrustean policy
which no circumstances should affect.
Nor did such a policy prevail until re
cent years , when there appeared to
bo an opportunity to make political
capital out of it. IJow much injustice it
was responsible for will never bo known ,
but it uoubtlofas greatly outweighed the
small benefits secured to the govern
ment. The principle announced by
Commissioner GrolT in the Meyers decis
ion will not interfere witli u proper re
gard for and enforcement of the homo-
Btaad law. It offers no invitation or
warrant for neglecting the require
ments of the law. It simply says that
the government will bo batislled witli
the sufficient evidence of the settlor's
good faith and hone t intent when the
circumstances beyond his control are
such as to render full compliance with
the law impossible , or only to bo done
at the greatest of sacrifices.
A COMPLICATED
Thorn is a mass of contradictory re
ports and rumors regarding what is
happening or to happen among the rail
roads of the country , the effect of which
is to glvo the situation a more than
ordinary complicated aspect , The ono
established and highly important fact
is the traffic compact - between the
Uuiou Pacific and the Chicago & North
western , by which arrangement there
is formed practically a single
through railway system from
thp Atlantic to the Pacific. What
is to be the effect of this alliance upon
competing railways is just now the load
ing 'question. There is excellent rea
son lo believe that this combination has
been strengthened and rendered more
formidable by taking in tlio Alton , nnd
what other moves may develop in this
Inrgo and very interesting tjamo of rail
way alliance is a subject ot curious con
jecture. What will the rival Hnoa to
Iho Northwestern which have com
peted for the Unton Pacific's Omaha
freight now do ? They will lese
most ot this freight , and it is
not to bo supposed that they will submit
to this loss without a struggle. Their
only apparent recourse , assuming that
the alliance ot the Union Pacific and
Northwestern is not ropiignnnt to the
intcr-stato commerce law , is to form
other combinations. It is not doubted
that this course is now being most
Foriously considered by nil the linos.
The report that the Pennsylvania road ,
the Burlington & Qulncy , the Burling
ton A ; Northern nnd the Manitoba have
practically closed the details of n
eloso trafllo arrangement is altogether
probable. What the other roads nro
doing with a view to their protection
is notdivulgcdvbut it is lo be presumed
they are not idlo. In the opinion of
practical railroad mon the result of
those movements must eventually bo
the formation of four grand trans
continental trunk lines , crossing the
Mississippi nnd Missouri respectively at
St. Paul , Omaha , Atchlson nnd Now
Orleans. This would scorn to bo
inevitable unless there should
bo brought about a general
railroad combination or trust , such aa
has been suggested nnd is believed to bo
earnestly sought by certain railroad
magnates.
The question as lo whether this new
form of combination is legal will have
to bo determined. The in tor-state com
merce commission will doubtless bo
called on to'pass upon it very soon after
it goes into ollect and the policy under
it as to rates becomes known. It is
clearly hostile to the rule of the Inter
state Commerce Railway association ,
which prohibits the diversion of traffic
to a single line by private arrange
ments , but this association has literally
gone to pieces. Withoutlcgal standing
and powerless to enforce its rules , the
association had ceased to exist from the
moment the compact between the Union
Pacific , nnd Northwestern was con
cluded. Tlio tcndoncyamong the great
trunk lines is toward federation , and
the progress of the movement in that
direction will bo of tuo greatest public
interest.
QUALIFICATIONS OF VOL'EIIS.
LINCOLN , Nob. , Oct. 30 , 18S9. To tlio
Editor ot Tim BKE : Will you Ulndly In
form uio how I will proceed to qualify in
order to vote at the coming election )
I am a Canadian by birth ; came to Mnssn-
ctaieotts at tlio * afro of seventeen In 1SS3.
Have been a resilient' of Lincoln for over a
year. Have uevur voted. Respectfully ,
S. C. BROWN.
The national law governing natural
ization provides that an alien coming
to this country under the ago of eight
een need not make his declaration of
intention to become a citizen , but must
take out naturalization papers before
ho can vote , provided ho has lived con
tinuously in the country five years and
is twenty-one years of _ age. The
children of persons duly natural
ized , being under ago at that
time , become citizens of the United
States on arriving at their majority.
Undortho lawsol Nebraska an alien who
has declared his intention to become a
citizen of , the United States thirty days
prior to any election , and has lived in
the stale six months , in the county forty
days and the precinct or ward ton days ,
is a qualified elector.
Mr. Brown fails to state whether his
father was or is an American-citizen.
If not ho cannot vote without procuring
naturalization papers. Those papers
can bo had on application to the clerk
of the district court.
SHALL WE ItAlSE TI1E
The Tenth street viaduct and union
depot proposition has been revised and
proper safeguards have been provided
to protect the interests of the city and
insure the construction of a new depot.
The conditions under which the viaduct
and depot are lo bo secured are pro
nounced fair and reasonable by many
of our heaviest property own
ers and taxpayers. A bonus
of 'one hundred nnd fifty thousand
dollars is asked to reimburse the union
depot company for part of the outlay
they have obligated themselves to incur
in the erection of a viaduct and depot.
If the company carries out in good faith
what it agrees to do and the Union Pa
cific railroad company grants the use of
its bridge to all Iowa roads on reason
able terms under the rules
of arbitration Omaha will got
back in the stimulus given to her
growth within two years thrice the
value of the bonus asked for. It re
mains for our citizens now to determine
for themselves whether they are will
ing to tax themselves seventy-five hun
dred dollars a year for the next twenty
years in order to bting about the early
removal of the embargo on our com
merce , or whether they deem it prudent
torolnrd the growth of this city and sub
mit to the annoying and damaging
transfer systemwith its wretched depot
facilities , for an indefinite period.
WK nro pained to note chat the scion
of the great house of Astor did not carry
out his pledge to subscribe twenty mil
lion dollars to the Now York world fail-
fund. Mr. Aster came down to the level
of ordinary mortals with twenty-five
thousand dollars and his standing in
public opinion has fallen away forty
thousand per cent.
A'O
It Is made the duty of each grand jury
in this state to inspect the county jail
nnd report its condition when they sub
mit their report to the court before they
are disbanded. The fuel that the grand
jury which has just adjourned reported
that they found the Douglas county jail
in good condition , is paraded by Sheriff
Coburn'd champions as proof positive
that Ihor has been nothing wrong in
his management ot the jail. Nobody
pretends that the building in which
Douglas county prisoner * are confined
is in bud condition , and if it had been
so found by the grand jury , the
bin mo would not bo with the jailor or
his deputies ; but the .grand jury has
not inquired into Iho conduct of Sheriff
Coburn iu connection with criminals
under his cusloc\y and care. IT.oy had
no mcnna of knowing anything about
the favoritism exhibited toward pcoplo
charged with murder and all manner ot
high crimes ? fitor of the alleged mal
treatment of1 p'rlsonors who have in
curred the displeasure of the sheriff's
chief jailor. ' ; fiio ; report ot the grand
jury , thoroforjQ , ja in no sense a vindica
tion of Mr. Cqlmrn.
Tim pcoplo , who voted against the
proposition to1 construct additional
school houses Jiavo only themselves to
blame now fortho lack of school room
In the central portion of the city. It is
out of the question now to construct a
central school building in the neighbor
hood of the high school durlngthopres
ent year. If u bond proposition is sub
mitted now the proceeds can only bo
ttscd next spring. The only way that
wo can sec out of the difficulty
is to rent ono ot the
largo residences adjacent to the high
school and convert it into a temporary
school hotiso for the use of the lower
grades. To leave the high school
building to the lower grades nnd rent
some largo building for high school
purposes woulu bo out of question , oven
if it could bo legally dono.
Mnhono a I'retty Heavy MUM.
Sf. Paul Ptoncer l'rtts.
Billy Mahono weighs only ninety rounds ,
but his opponents appear to linvo consider
able difficulty in crawling out from under
him.
The Wlrns nnrf tlio People.
Tu Now York courts nro to decldo
whether the electric wires or the people nro
to go under ground. At the present tlmo the
outlook for the pcoplo la not promising.
In the Dramatic Notes.
Clilcaoa Hi raid.
The French paporft are not usually supposed
to bo posted on American nffulrs , yet the
Parts Figaro prints a notice of the btirnlnR
of the TalmaRO tabernacle with Us "Theatri
cal Notes. "
*
No Wonder Hlio Fa 1 1 ml.
Mtlicaiikct Scntlnal.
The wotnixn who tried to start an Institu
tion In New York for the spanking of chil
dren , to relieve mothers , has not mailo a
success of It. She Is from Knglund and did
not know thnt the American child not only
refuses to bo spanked but runs the house
hold and is particularly tlio boss of its mother.
IlurileticU tt tth IliH NnmcB.
JVfto 1'or/f Iltrald. -
There Is an Austrian who has just been of
fered a sniiR berth as captain of a British
merchant vessel , lie happens to be bunleusil
with a name Unit would bo out of place on
the ship's register. So Ills Royal Highness
Archduke JcatiNciiomucencdalvator Ncarlo
Joseph Dean Ferdinand Baltlmsur Louis
Gonzaguo Pierre Alexander Zenoblua Anton -
ton in has asked the emperor's permission to
resign his titles and become n private citizen.
Wo hope that ho will succeed In his manly
endeavor , and that'1 Captain John Hapsburg
will turu out to ue the happiest tar on the
wide seas. '
THE AFTERNOON 1'KA.
Old Lady Sir , you've stole my daughter's
love. Unabashed Culprit Well , didn't I re
turn It ?
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i J-
Dr. A. ( meeting his college friend after a
long absence ) Ho you remember Frauloin
Kern , with whom we danced so often , when
wo were students together at Uonn ? Dr. U.
( after reflection ) Ha , ha I you mean that
good-looking but dreadfully frivolous young
lady of wliom you used to say that you pitied
the man who might chance to marry her.
Well , what nuout her ? Dr. A. Ahem ! what
about her ? Why she is now my wife.
A young woman of this city is married to a
gentleman who is many years her senior.
They have become well enough acquainted
to say unpleasant things to cadi other. The
other morning at breakfast ho suggested a
a foreign tour. "But wo mustn't visit
Egypt. " "Why not ? " "I'm afraid you'd go
in public time. " ' 'Well
to sleep some , sup
pose I did ? " "You'd be stolen for a mummy ,
sure. "
"But , my dear woman , " said Do Hroot ,
' bo reasonable. " "I won't bo reasonable , "
she snapped pettishly. "Very well , then ; be
a woman. "
"How intensn are the fires of lovol"
ejaculated the poet "Yes , " answered the
father of six marriageable daughters ; "but
they do take an a'wful sight o' coal. "
Druggist ( awakened at 2 a. m. ) "Well ,
what Is it ? " Customer "It's a boy. Get
upl"
A gossip writes that a now London freak
is "Tho Peace Society. " The members as
semble tor tea in fashionable studios ,
languidly look through collections of
sketches and as languidly listen to music ,
and then , with continued languor , discuss
questions-for banishing Ideas of war from ,
the youthful mind. One Idea fa to treat war
as merely an Incident in text books of his
tory. This Is the society which , some tlmo
aeo , began its self-appointed mission by
recommending the banishment of drums and
tin soldiers from the nursery.
Jones ( meeting an acquaintance on tuo
train ) How are yeu , Smltn ? . Mighty glad
to see you. Been in Franco nil thcso years ,
eh ? How's your wife ? Smith Wlfo ? How
did you know I was married ? Jones Why ,
you jumped when I touched your arm.
Most women liketo look at pretty pictures ,
but they don't llko to have their husbands
show them pretty pictures of other women ,
just the same.
George Why 30 sad , Charles ? Does not
Milared return yourdovoi Charles No , she
only returns myllcttcn.
"Dost love mojfqr'my ' wealth or bralus ? "
He asked the maid with words Intense.
To which she made this wise reply :
I love you , dearest , for your j l ° ,
"Ted I suppose J.IIQ best way to find out
whether she loves 10 Is logo right up nnd
ask her. NcJ Not at all , tny boy. You had
better ask cnio otJer , | girl friends.
STATK ANU XKKKITOHY.
Jottings.
Pomona Grange ; ' of Webster township ,
Dodge county , hus'qrganlzcd u mutual Insur
ance Company.
The Plain view schools are eo crowded that
additional room will have to bo secured for
the winter term.
Mrs. Alva Lemons , ot Cozacl , died at the
Norfolk insane asylum recently of tuoer-
culosls of the intestines.
Mrs. M. 8. Drake , a Columbus milliner
and dressmaker , has been forced to close up
on account of slow collections.
There are 117 cases on the docket of the
Madison county district court , now la set-
ftlon , fourot which are cilmmals.
The Nebraska City saloonkeepers have
filed a remonstrance with the city eou'jcll
against reducing the police forcn.
Mischievous Edgar boys atolo a wrench
from the waterworks tool house , opened a
hydrant , and bulf flooded tlio town.
The Hasting * clothing firm of L. Stone &
Son has betm forced to the wall. Thu uasets
n 1-02 1,000 auu the liabilities $15,000.
The wife and two children of Joseph
Stanaley. who lives near Shclton , have died
in the past four weeks of typhoid fever , aad
another child Is striken with tuo dlscnsf. It
In believed that the sickness is caused by
drlnhlnfr water from a well wlilcli fa situated
In a cattle yard.
A number of brick tnnaons ot Broken Bow
jumped the town owing good sized saloon
bills. Ono ot the wen , "more of B speculator
than the rest , borrowed the saloonkeeper' *
overcoat nnd took It with him.
A Grand Island musician is the possessor
of a violin over two hundred years old.
which ho bought for n BOHR from n poor and
Ignorant Italian family in Kansas. It u
probably the finest Instrument of Us kind in
the west.
The horse owners of Wyraore nnd vicinity
nro ntarmcrd over the appearance In that city
of a disease which ia boliovcd to bo glanders.
Tlio barn where the disease appeared has
bcnn closed , the nftllctcd horses killed , and It
is thought there Is no danger of the illsooso
spreading.
1 coins ,
Clinton will spend 1,000 for park Improve.
nicnts.
Work has commenced on an elevator of
CO.OCO bushels capacity in Sioux Center.
Maquokcta cltucns nro trying to secure
the location of a watch fnctorv In that city.
The trustees of Coo college have held
tliolr annual session nt Cedar Rapids and ro
cketed all the old ofllccrs.
There have been 2,130 barrel * of sauerkraut
kraut packed in Dubtiquo this full and the
works have closed for the season.
A case of smallpox Is reported in Allen
Grove township. Scott cottntv. and the people
ple in thnt vicinity nro greatly alarmed.
Henry Leo , n brtdgo builder , fell from n
bridge near OHkaloosa and was dashed to
death on the rocks thlrly feet below.
Clara Kdmonson , a woak-mindcd Kcokuli
girl , took a dose of poison with suicidal In
tent , but n stomach pump In the bauds of a
skillful doctor saved hsr life.
A singular accident happened to a lad
named Rlleyt living near Otluinwa. Ho wa-
patting n yoang horse tied to the man
ger with a half Inch ropo. Ho took hold of
the rope and gave it n turn uround Ills hand
and then reached up to rub the colt's head.
The ntilmal nnddcnly threw its head up ,
caught young liiley's thumb m the 'loop of
the rope and cut Itofl.
Wyoimne nml Colorado.
Bunches of cattle are being sold atBulTalo ,
Wyo. for S.5 a head.
Rov. R. E. Field has resigned the pastorate
of the Presbyterian church nt Chcveniio nnd
will leave for u new ileld of labor January 1.
Serious charges have been madn against
Police Judco Johnson , of Aspen , Cole , , und
n committee has been appointed to investi
gate them.
Charles Cornish , who was convicted at
Cheyenne , Wyo. , in 1SS2 , of the murder of n
woman nt Sunhouso and sentenced to prison
for life , has just died in confinement at Jolict.
All the employes of the Laramle , Wyo. ,
glass works have loft town , many of them
golnt ; to htrcator , 111. , where they have been
promised positions.
I. L. Briinnon , sixty-three years of ago ,
who was colonel of the Forty-eighth Penn
sylvania volunteers during the late war , tin *
been sentenced at Denver recently to ono
icar in the penitentiary.
The county commissioners of Fremont and ,
Crook counties. Wyoming , have neglected to
provide for an election and those who want
statenood will not ho able to votci. It is
stated the omission is partly duo to the on-
position of certain county officials to some
portions of the constitution.
Of the crew of eighteen on the Monitor
during her IminorUil combat with the Morri-
mac , there were seven gunners. Three out
of these uuvcn men , who did the actual fight
ing 011 that occasion. wore In Pueblo , Col. ,
the other day. They nro H. S. Currie. ot
Silver Oliff : H. S. Blake , of Hardserabble ,
and Major Fay , of Pueblo.
Johnnie , the sixteen year-old son of W. A.
Johnson of Green river , Wyo. , left the homo
nest a few months ago and secured a position
on the Union Pacille at Blackfoot , Idaho.
The other day ho resented the insults of n.
drunken Mexican by shooting tlio "greaser11
through the heart. A coroner's jury decided
that tlio killing was done in self-defense.
Mr. Johnson has gone niter his wayward
son and \vl\l \ send him to an Eastern college.
THE JUDICIAL CONTEST.
J. T. Moriurty Presents Sonic 1'nlnts
for tlio Consideration ol'Voters.
OMAHA , Oct. 31. To the Editor of Tnc
BHB : In reading the article of Mr. E. W.
Simeral In last Sunday's issue of your paper ,
wherein is given what ho calls a "history of
tne action of the bar of this district in rela
tion to the selection of judges , " I find several
things that ought not to pass unnoticed ,
lakinir the historical facts to bo just as'ho
states them , they warrant the following im
portant conclusions :
1. That since 18S2 tlio pcoplo of this judi
cial district have sought to put nnd keep on
the bench men who were tlistlmrulshed by
ability and character , rather than by politi
cal adulations.
" . That in order to put ana keep such men
on the bench , our people have deemed it nec
essary to plant the election of our judiciary
on a non-partisan basis.
3. That the method of thus planting the
election of our judges on a non-partisan basis
has proved a success.
4. That In the election of 1SS it was effect ,
unl In placinir on the bench a set of mon "far
superior" to those on the straight "republi
can ticket. "
To show the soundness ot these conclu
sions wo need to reflect but a moment on
Mr. Simcral's facts. Ho tolls us that In
1S32. after the number of oar judges had
been Increased from one to two , a petition
was circulated among the attorneys of our
"entire district. " asking the governor to ap
point Judge Wakoloy , who had been a life
long democrat. It is evident , from what Mr.
Simeral says , that this petition was signed
ullko by republicans and democrats. In other
words , it was a non-partisan movement to
got a worthy maa on the bench , regardless
of more political considerations. It was suc
cessful. Yielding to- the prayer of the peti
tion , Governor Dawes did ono of the noblest
acts of his public career ; nnd the
bench of this district , in the per
son of the Hon. Kloazer Wakoloy.
wns thnrcby adorned with ono of the putust
men , ono of the ablest jurists und oneof the
most Impartial judges to bo found nny where
in this country.
Aguin Mr. Simeral tolls us that in 1SSS the
republican and democratic judicial conven
tions mot on the same day , and by "mutual
agreement o.iuli convention nominated ono
candidate , " the republicans naming Judge
Neville nnd the democrats Judge Wajtoloy.
This course , it will bo seen , was equivalent
to u nomination of each judce by both con
ventions , and i so conceded by Mr , Simeral ,
where ho says "Jt was virtually an endorse-
incut by both parties of thu two gentlemen. "
The proceeding was' , for all practical pur
poses , a non-partisan movement. In the
light of what followed It amounted to the
sutno think' , as an express agreement by both
parties to vote for both men , regardless of
politics. The agreement was adhered to ,
und both men were elected without oppost-
tion.
In the next place Mr. Sltneral Informs us
that In 1SS7 , after our bench had been in
creased to lour judges , u "mooting of tbu en
tire bur of our dlsti let wus called to select
four names to ba suggested to the party con
ventions us suitable persons to occupv the
bench ; " that at the meeting tluis called a
"resolution wni passed unanimously rceotn-
mondintf Juiiccs Wakoley , Groff and Hope-
well , " but adjourned "without providing for
the fourth place ; " that later on the. demo
cratic judicial convention "ar < mlcsced In the
request of the bar nnd placed the names of
Judges Wukcln.v , GrofT , IIopovvoll and lion.
William A. Stowo on their ticket ; that a few
days thereafter Mr. Stowe died , when his
place on tlio ticket was filled with the name
of Judge Doane ; tbat the republican judicial
convention "refused to ratify the action of
the bar , " and nominated four republicans ,
ono of whom was Judge Hopowell , who wan
also on the other ticket , as above slated ;
that u "citizens' meeting" was then called
and participated In by a "largo
number of our leading aad most
Influential cituens ; " that this meetIng -
Ing , by "a liearty unanimity , en
dorsed tlio democratic- nominees : " that It
Was uulverHally admitted that "tho ability
and legal attainments represented by the
citizoni'-dcinocruliii ticket were far tuperior
to those of tbu lepubllcHn. "
From these facts It is clourly apparent that
the call for u bar meeting ulludutl to was a
noa-partlian call ; that tlio meeting of tbo
bar hold In pursuance of such call was n nonpartisan -
partisan pnthering ; thnt when thu meeting
recommended .lodges Wakcloy , ( Iroft nntl
Hopowoll ( the first named democrat nnd
the other * republicans ) to the political con
ventions of both parties , such recommenda
tion w-ns made on a non-partisan lianls ! that
when the democratic Judicial convention
thereafter mot. ratified the notion of the bar
meeting , completed Its woMc by putting the
name of Mr. Stowo In the "fourth place , "
and thereby went before the public with a
ticket consistlntror two republican * nnd two
demccratn , It acted on a non-partisan
bnsU ; thnt the citizens' meeting
subsequently held was a non
partisan assemblage ; that the "hearty
unanimity" wltn which it "endorsed the
democratic nominees" was but nn emphatic )
cxprcstion of the non-partisan sentiment
which controlled Its deliberations ; thnt tlio
"universal ndmUMon of the mincrlority of
thocltlzoii's-dcmocrntlc tiokct" over tlio re
publican ticket was nn mlmlsslon that the
several non-partisan movements set on foot
lind succeeded In putting bet tor men in the
field than tlioso named by the purely parti
san-republican judicial convention ,
j. As Mr. Sltneral says , the result Is well
nnown. The republican ticket , the partisan
ticket , the purely political ticket , audgo
Hopowell only oxccplcd. was snowed under ,
and tbo noil-partisan ticket \viw triumphantly
elected.
Another Important inference nlso folio van
from Mr. Siiiicrnl'n statement of facts which
it 11 well , porbnp * . not to lese slftht of ,
namely : thnt iu defeating the straight repub
lican ticket In 1SS7 our people succeeded.
In elevating to the bench a bettor class of
men than would otherwise have been the
cnso.
cnso.We find , then , In Mr. Slmernl'a paper a
strong basis of fact on which to rest the four
propositions with which wo began tun ar
ticle.
But , stninpo to say , Mr. Simeral ventures
to contend thnt In the cnnvasi now going on
Mr. Clarksan is not before our pcoplo as a
non-partisan candidate. Tins Is done , qulto
evidently , for the purpose of taking awny
from Mr. Clurltson tlio strength nnd prcstlgo
which finch a position would naturally glvo
him. This contention oil the part or Mr.
Slmoral , while not wanting In Ingenuity , 1ms ,
nevertheless , no foundation whatever on
which to rest , us shown by certain mutters
to which ho , In part , alludcn. The call for n
bar mooting to bo hold on the 29th of last
month was signed by lawyers belong
ing to both political parties , and
was therefore u non-partisan call.
The meeting held in our city In pursuance of
such call was composed of lawyers belong
ing to both political parties , nml wns a nonpartisan -
partisan gathering. The votes vast nt that
meeting , of which Mr. Cliirksou got a major
ity , wore the votes of gentlemen belonging
to both political parties ; anil the action of
thnt meeting rcsuliinir in his suggestion or
recommendation to Iho judicial conventions
thereafter held wns a non-partisan proccou-
Ing. His endorsement or nomination ( or
whatever else It may bocallcd ) bv the demo
cratic judicial convention some days later
was certainly n recognition of him as n nonpartisan -
partisan candidate , and a pledge to him of
democratic support on that basis.
Jt is more quibbling to tala about how the
dclctmtes to that convention were selected.
Whatever the manner of their selection , the
all-important fact that tnoy were democrats
Is not disputed ; and this being true , they
could not and would not have pledged
their party to the supxn-t | of Mr.
Clarkson on any other theory than that of
his being n non-partisan candidate. Tlicro
are still a few mora fuels worthy of b-ing
liorno in mind. Mr. Clarkson Isa republican.
His republicanism Is unquestioned. Ho is
not , the candidate of his own party ns such ;
but being put in tlio Held by thu action of
both the bar mcetlncf and the democratic
judicial convention , ho stands buforo our
pcoplo as a non-partisan candidate , nid as
such he expects to bo elected. His competi
tor , Mr. Davis , is the nominee of the
straipht republican judicial convention his
candldncv rests on this fact , and on nothing
else. Yet despite all thcso considerations ,
we find It claimed. In an address published
in last Tuesday's Ben , signed by Mr. John
L. Webster nml otncrs , that Air. Davis is
the non-pallium candidate , " anil on that
ground they make nn appeal in his behalf.
To say that Mr , Davis is tlio non-partisan
candidate , and ought , therefore , to ba elect
ed , is to say that Mr. Clarkson is the parti
san candidate and ought , therefore , to be
defeated. The address in question impUcdly
concedes that tlicro is among us n strong de
mand for : i non-partisan candidate , nnd that
such candidate ought to bo elected , and hav
ing made thcso implied concessions , it
adroitly insists that Mr. Davis is the nonpartisan -
partisan candidate.
In view of the foregoing facts and others
familiar to the public , It would scorn that
the gentlemen who published tbo address
above alluded to , wherein they seek to i.ut
Mr. Davis in the attitude of being n nonpartisan -
partisan candidate , must have counted large
ly on the gullibility of our people.
J. T. MoniiitTV.
NON-PAIITIS.VN JUD1GIA.IIY.
The Business Klcn ol * Omnlia K.\press
Their Prcl'ofi ncc.
To the Electors of the Third Judicial Dis
trict : Too much importan jo cannot bo given
to the selection of our judiciary. An inde
pendent , fearless , able nnd incorruptible
bench , all citbons nro Interested in seeing es
tablished nnd maintained. The bcncli should
bo kpjit aloof from partisan ! primaries , con- <
volitions and politics. It should bo non-par- I
tisan. Two years ago we elected four judges
by non-parlisan movement who have honored
the position. Wo had supposed that the nonpartisan -
partisan principle had been firmly establish
ed. There is now an effort on loot to over
throw it which connot bo too severely cen
sured.
Wo appeal to you to vote for Joseph II.
Clarkson to succed Jndgo Graft. While Mr.
Clarkaon is a republican in politico , ho was
selected by a largo meeting of the bar , our
most reputable and distinguished lawyers ,
without regard to party. Joining Ihoieln.
The democratic convention hiu cndorml his
nomination , but the republican convention
linn nominated ft partisan candidate. While
\vo regard the nomination of the bar ns high
evidence of the qunllllcnllonii nml Illness of
Mr. Clnrkson , nnrt believe that by reason of
lita profiler ago nnd experience , bo has n
higher claim upon the ntifTrngca tlinn Mr.
Davis , wo plnco our npponl to you principally
upon the Importance of withdrawing the
judiciary from the unseemly anil discredit
able contentions of party primaries , conven
tions nnil politics. Lot u uphold the In
tegrity und honor of the bench. Let us
moot the attempt lo orurthroiv the nonpartisan -
partisan principle with determined resist-
nnco nml overwucIniltiRdofetit.
Woodman Llnsoed oil works ,
( loot-go 11. Hammond & Co. , by lly. H. Mo-
day , manager , packers South Omaha.
W. L > . 1'nrrotto ft Co. , wholesale hat mid
cups.
Leo , Clarke , Amlrccaon Hardware company ,
K. M. Anilrcesen , secretary nml treasurer.
Charles A. Coo , wholnsalo boots nnd nhocs ,
Pnxtou ft Giillnghor. wholesale grocers.
Harrow & Lognn. wholcsnlo hatH nnd caps.
American Hand Sowed Shoo company.
Gilmnrc & Uuho , wholesale clothiers.
C. H. Itustin.
KirKlndnll , Jones & Co. , wholesale boots
and shoes.
D. M. Stcelo < & Co. , wholesale grocers.
Williams , Vnn Aorimm & Hnrto , wholesale
boots nnd shoes ,
Louis Bradford , wholesale lumber.
James J. Urown.
Acino 1'rosscd Urlck company.
Thomns R Tuttle , Insurance.
Ocorga A. Honglatulvholosalo lumber.
Sloan. Johnson & Co. , wholesale grocers.
McUlurit Cracker company.
Drexel & Foil , contractors auil stone work
ers.
Hlchartlson drug company.
Uomls Omaha bag company.
Hlbblo & Smith , commission.
J. W. Walker , commission.
The Kmcrsoii seed company.
Milton UoguR ) & Sons , wholesale and rotatl
stoves.
Kennant glass nnd paint company ,
W. F. Palis , manager Wm. S. Wilson & Co. ,
wholesale tobacco and cigars ,
Charles Shl\ortcK& Co. , wtiolesalo mid re
tail furniture. . ,
A. C. Uroibus , wholesale confectionary.
J. H. Hootmltla.
Omnlia Uubbor Co.
Turner & Jay. tints nnd caps.
Churchill I'll inn ( Jo.
E. T. Wolant , Mgr. , for A. L. Dean & Co. ,
safes nnd vaults.
Hector & Wilholmy Co. , wholesale hard-
waiv.
L. Klrscht & Co. , wholesale liquors ana
cigars.
John A. Wnkcfleld , wholesale lumber.
MOJC Meyer , wholesale jewelry.
11. A. L-.iumun , of Perkins , Gated & Lau-
man , ciilnu and glassware.
S. A. Orchard , Wholesale and retail car-
pots.
Consolidated CofToo Co. , W. N. Cole , Mgr.
Meyer & linnpko , wholesale grocers.
Maries Hros. , Saddlury Co.
G. L. Stone , of Dewey & Stone Furniture
company.
I'eycko Bros. t Co. , commission.
P. Rocco Uros. & Co. , commission.
J. T. Robinson Notion company , wholcsalo
notions. '
Lombard Investment company.
A. F. liosr.hes A. ( Jo. , cold storage und com
mission.
Charles J. Hell , malinger H. O. Dnnii it Co.
Somr | , Wells & Co. , wholesale lumber.
P. II. Davis , cashier First National bank.
John S. lirady. of McCord , Brady & Co. ,
wholcsalo grocers.
Parlin , Oromlorff < fc Martin company , ngn-
cultural instruments.
Allen Koch , of Klrkpatrick , Koch Dry
Goods company , wholesale dry goods.
A. C. Powell , cashiur American Loan and
Trust company.
Miller & Gundcrson. sash nnd door mill.
P. W. Brown , of Cotsworth Lumber com-
pany.
D. C. Dunbar ft Co , , publishers.
distilvo Bcuekc.
C. N. Doltz , wholcsalo and retail lumber.
G , D. Wyatt , wnolesalo and retail lumber.
A. A. Stiver , of Kelley , Stlger & Co. , dry
goods.
Omaha Paint nnd Oil company.
Gwm & Dunuiirc , guns mul ammunition.
J. J. Dickey.
George Patterson , of Nebraska Fuel corn-
puny.
Pooiy & Scgelko
Metz & Brother.
Henry Yoss.
Omaha Packing Co. , by James Video , jr. ,
treasurer.
Arinur , ( Judahv Packing Co. , B. A. Cudahy.
Swift & Co. , by A. C. Foster.
Gibson , Miller & UicUardson.
Aaron Calm.
K. W. Nash ,
Omana & Grant Smelling and Refining Co. ,
by Guy C. Bartou , president.
M. H. Bliss.
Truman Buck.
T. J. Beard & Bro.
James Morton ft Son.
CIni3. K. Fora , cashier Douglas County
Bank.
Douglas County Bunk.
John Llndcrholm.
Byron Heed Co. , A. L. Heed , scc'y.
Dexter L. Thomas.
Harry Lawrie.
Wendell Ucnson.
Cummings Neilson.
Liniuper & MetcaU Co.
W. A. Paxton.
D. H. Bowmnn.
Phillip Potter.
They Took NoAction. .
Cciuie CitnKic , Cans Co. , Nob. , Oct. 31.
To the Kditor of TIIK BBK : Did the last re
publican stnto convention , which convened
nt HnstiiigR , by resolution or otherwise ,
favor the carrying out nnd endorse
ment of the prohibitory nrnendraentto the
constitution of tlio state of Nebraska ns sub
mitted oy the last republican legislature !
D. S. DIIAPEII.
The republican state convention took no
action with regard to the prohibition amend
ment. [ Ed. BKB.I
"TJOW clean one always feels after using the IVORY SOAP. "
J7U , "Yes , that's because it rinses off so easily. My attention was
attracted to the soap by seeing an analysis of it published , in which
it was shown that the "Ivouv" was a well made soap , that the alkali
is so thoroughly combined with the oils , that it has more than ordi
nary cleansing power and there is nothing sticky or greasy about it. "
A WORD OF WARNING.
There are many while soaps , each represented lo be "just as good as tlie 'Ivor/j" '
they ARF NOT , but like all counterfeits , lack the peculiar and remarkable qualities
of the genuine , Ask for "Ivory" Soap and Insist upon getting It ,
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