Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE
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i TWJENIIETJI YJDAK. OMAHA , SUNDAY MORNINGjJTJLY ] 0 , 1S90-SIXTEEN PAGES. NUMBER 18.
THE BATTLE BEGUN ,
Opening of the Great Prohibition-High Li-
ccnsa Debate at Beatrice.
fHE CHAUTAUQUA GROUNDS THRONGED ,
fiis Thousand People Lhton Attentively to
the Opposing Champions.
THEY CHEER THE ANTI-LICENSE MEN.
ni:383 ruiilGroauB for ho Advocates of Lifuot
Saloon Regalatioa.
A QUESTION OF PUBLIC POLICY.
Prof. Dlolcr ) OntliiiOH the Case nml It
1'ullowiMl by Sir. Itosewntcr-1'i.iu-
CH ! IMnrphy Deronds Him-
BKATIIICH , Neb. , July" ) ( SpcciilTelegram
In Tin : I'Kis.J Uveiy scat iirtho Chautnuipn
Inbciiimlovat occupieil nn houi before Iho
fjicit dcb.ito on prohibition \crsin high
license ? begun and fully six thoiis md people
listened to it with rapt attention The gre it
majority wuio rank prohibitionists and scv-
cm ) hundred of them ludboen imported from
ICmis.is mid the suuoundlnir country to em-
ph id/o r.s inui'li us posilblo that prohibition
wns in the nsc'cndunt
iveiyineh ; of the platfoim % W5 occupied ,
anil in the front Helen M ( Joujjui sought the
promlneaco which she nhva : j craves , niul
hci anuirunco was groetud v\Itli choeis
which aho tu.kno\\lcdioil with an actrMs-llko
couitcsy Kov Sun Sinill , who wa.s belated
byafulluio to iniko railtoid connections ,
was locoivoil with cnthuslnin Mr Koso-
water nnd Mr.Vobitcr woio accorded a
aomevvf.it cold reception , theio boliif ? nn
cvlitont disposition on the part of the pro
hibitionists to mauifost dissent by unfair In-
tomiptlons , hlbsoiand unsootnl ) groaning ,
Among the audlonco in the back cud was
Funds Miuimy and when Mi Kosevvnter ,
in the course of hh si > oeeh , stinted to defend
lilin against Uio usponlons cast upon by him
b ) I'rof Dickie , who ehiugcd that Muiphy
had been roontly Incucoiatod In u D.iugor
Jail for iluuikc'iioss , Mr. Murphy created a
big sensation by rising In Ills sent nnd indig-
iiiintly clenounclng Iho cluir o as utterly
fahe.
Kieh spoi'ccr was given foity minutes
time nnd tlio chiilrnnn , L W. D.ivldion ,
found it nucossaiy several Units to lepiovo
the audlcneo for manifesting dlseouilosy to
the an tl prohibitionists i Ho exhorted thorn to
treat all the debaters , no in liter vvhal their
"Uws , vvltli fairness.
Gioattrodlt is duo him for Ills Insisting
upon fair p'ny. ' Mr Davidson announced
Unit the dobita would bo eon tinned Monday
inoi n ing from S toll ) i in. ind lesnmed at 3
to I p. m , the same day , oich speaker bohnj
allowed tlility minutes mid Iho debalo lo eon-
tluue In lotntion from beginning to end.
Sumiel Dickie , being iniroduood by the
cliilrimit , spoke as follows.
Mr. Chnlim in , ladies and gentlemen : The
time at my eomiiiind Is limited and lean
wsto none of it. Wo are not hero for oidi
nm v speech m iking but foi Uio dlsonsslon of
ngicat question of pabllo policy. I shall
.simplyoutline the onso , retrying fora later
liour statistical infoiimitloii nnd testimony
.from competent inrties. I stand hcio to de
fend the position of legal prohibition of the
dilnk tunic ,
I bcllovo Iho s itoon ouglit to bo prohibited
because the saloon , standing us the ropio-
sentatho of the whole ti idle , possesses no
power to add to the people's wealth , but rep
resents a vast absorbing power to desti oy the
\vealthof the nation. I stmel heio todeclire
and v\lit produce , bofoio wo are through
vvith this dlseussio.i , satisfactory evl-
denca-tlmt the dilnk trnttle In the
state of Nebraska , fioin tlio commencement
of thopioeess of nianufacturo down to the
point of llnal eoiisumptlon , hns never added
ono dollar nnd never contributed one dlmo to
the aggregate values of this gieat common
wealth [ Applause. ]
I nm aw nit that the gentlemen upon the
other side of this discussion inny point to
Avciltliv brewers , to men who h ivo gio\\n
enoi mously tleh In the mmiufucturo of stiimg
tli Ink , nnd they may undei take to deduce the
argument that because A , B and C hive
gunvn vv ealthv In Iho dilnk Iraflle , the trade
is wealth pioJucing , hut the in in vvho coos
tonight and break-i into a bmk of the oil ) of
DoatiKo ilnd cm lies nvva ) SlOfl.OJO , If bo cs-
eape-s the oflleeiiof tub 1m , in iv bo wealthy
foi the balniie-o of bis day , but the buiglnrfs
not uiiuiigi'd In a voaltli piodiulug business.
Ilio ( .uinblcr i my uccnmulato money , but
tlio gninblei pi educes no wealth. Tlio suc-
tissful pickpocket may aujulro vast pos i's-
slons , but neither the buiglai , the gambler
ugr the pkkpoiket Is engaged In a wetlth
piodiidngltulustiy. In every ono of thcso
ia.si-1 that 1 have rofeirod to b ) way of il
lustration the pnty tikes the money from
Ills viitint aud gives no valinblo tiling as
considc'ivUlon.
Now 1 ask , and I submit it to the Intelll-
Ktnt judgment of this grc'it audlomo , may I
not Intioduco a fouith Icrm into the proposi
tion unit decline that the burglar , the
punblcr , thopUkpoekot ami the MilnonUeiper
nil take the money from their victims
und give no valinblo thing in ictuin. [ Ap-
llansoj.
Let mo try the simplest sort of mental cv-
peilment. 1 go to this iian before mo , who
| H * > ' . t-yvukjxThup * spends f)0 a yeir for his clothing ,
nnd 1 sav to this man , "Keep light on , jlvc
jotr | tailor $1 every Siituiilny night , but 10-
filso to ncci.pt liU ( foods and you will bo wiser
nnd bettor for the change , "
I t-ay to this Indy , who possibly spends $300
a year nH | > u her vvaidrobo , "Go light on ,
iimdiini , bestow your money upon the
my goods denier and the dix'ssinaker , but
accept no goods and toke no seivkcs In i-e-
ttirn therefor. " Ami you tell mo It would
i ot bo wisei Unit ho who gives his mono ) to
the butchcT and the baker and receives noth
V ing Inretiitu is giving ovldemuof alackof
| iraotcal ! wisdom ; but I goto tills other mm ,
vvho spends what for n drinking man Is a
ury small sum - 1,000 per year ami I siy
to this man , "You must contributn to the
support of the s iloonkoeper nnd his
family If you would make it possible
for the saloonkioper to dwell in
n house moro superb than you can afford to
own. If ou must contribute to Ihe saloon-
keonor'8 ability to dress his wllo and children
la silks and s.illns , while ) ours are ilovlutl ui
calico and go in rugs , If j ou must make It pos
sible for a saloonkeeper to liavo sirloin roast
upon Ids dinner lablo every day , while } ou
Micakup the back stilrs on a Sa'uinhy night
with 11 bit of liver under yom arm " lf ) ou
must do thcso things , " I say to tho" drinking
imn , "In Clod's nnino send , vonr
money to the saloonUeoiKT ns
n donation mid stay mvny from his place of
business. " [ ApphiUsoJ.
Now If these propositions nro true they bill
cmph wire the declaration thnt the values In-
\olved \ In the drlnlc trnftlc are what the
ccuiiuniUti call lletitlons values and not real
vuliuw If ) eu WOIM to dwtro ) every drop of
Intoxli-atlng ill Ink contulited uilblii the llin-
its of Nebiiskaon this Saturdiy iiflcinoon ,
bialslilt nil , bum It oil , consume It in tlm
Caiucs und \v Ucu thtillaincs hud licked up tbo
list drop of It the st-ito of Nebraska would
not have lost one lota of her nctimlalue. .
[ Applause ] ,
Hi010 eiigago.l In the business mlfrht suffer
ilnanchl loss , but the total real \alics of the
commonwealth \\ouldsuffcrno ilccnnso by
the lintiuitaneoui deduction of the entire
product of browuy nnd distillery. Hut thli
tralllc , while posscs'slii no power tocruuto
wealth , U possessed of tx vast power to absorb
serb \\ealth J
It is a fruitful source of poverty It gives
cinplojmunt , it is true , to u cousMcruhla
mmibcr of men , Imt ho who In not piolltubly
emplojca , nnd whoso labor produces no use
ful pioduit. Is expending his cncrirv
in n iirolltless task , and weie I
to expend hud I that amount
of mono- one million dollais in rearing HOIIIO
vast mound upon your \\cstuin pnliles , I
inlirhtho pi ) ing out the moiiuy Invaces to
day laborers , to teamsters , to ineehnnles to
icnmi artlllelal mounttilnaoveial thousand
feet in height.
I might rccnlvo revenue therefrom , pro-
\ Ided tliu tieoplu W oula p.'iy r > or 10 or 'M wilts
for the pn\ liege of ascend ing my mtitlclnl
mound , but If I did not lontilbutoto the
wclimoof my fillow men , If I did not fur
nish Innocent letreatlon to the people but ,
on the contrary , ever ) onehundieth nun \\lio
nsceded in ) iiitifldtil mountain fell down anil
broltoa log , oveiv ilvo liumliedth man In Ills
headlong tumble broke his neck-then I ask ,
his mj flJJOKJ ( ( ) , nlthough BhliiK cmiiloy-
ine'iit to a laigo niimber of labotlng men , his
that mono ) been piolltubly expended and
lenlly eontilbntulto the llnmclil wclfuro of
the pcojilel And ) oil tell mo no
And so lunirm thnt , while the brewers nnd
distillers mi ) gi\o omitlojmeut to labor , ) ot
. they piolucoa product destitute of leal
Milue , possessed of no power to mcol the In-
noeont wants of Iho people , that 1 ibor as
well us the nuv initeml Is
uttotly nnd foieicrosted from the stand
point of the economist. Nay , mow This
trifilciobshborbothof its Justiewaids and
of its fair otmoiUnities
I have recently soinowhit carefully gone
Into ttio statistical ovldonvs of thu ease and
Hind that the sumo amount of tlxed capital
thatstinds behind one wage woiker , and
gives in oiltiblecmploineiit to one man In
the dtlalc tuifllc , that same capital , if Invested
In tliomainiHictuio of lumber orconstiuctlon
of furnitnro or building of franio
house. ? mid In wood work generally ,
the sumo c.ixiitnl would gl\o ptofltablo
eiiiployinent to sl\ and one half men if in
vested In the ininufaeturoof boots uuilshoes ;
to iivo mou If In tlio mining of coal nnd iion
and In the iioti indtistiy in general would
pivo inolltiiblu cmplo ) mcnt to four .intl thieo-
fouvtns men ; and grouping all the Imlustilos
Imoun to our people into one miss , we ilud
Hint the same cipitul th.it gives employment
to one man In thodiitlk tialllc would on the
averaso gi\o employment to about four and
one-thltd men in the honest iiidustiics car-
ilcd on by our people
So I say , from the Industrial nnd from the
economic bt.iiulpoint , wo believe In the puie-
tle.il nnd the complete legal prohibition of the
diliik tralle. [ ApplmseJ 1 cannot tiKe
time to speak fiom the social and the moral
standpoint I'lic-so piopositions may bo dls-
nissul later. Now , what me some of the ob
jections , 'ihey aio iiuitc numeious.
I hud thought thnt the old cry of personal
llbcity , us r used ug.ihibt the piohlbitlon ide.i
w us n cry of the past , but I diseov or now and
tbeii some iintlni-aii.in sometimes n , Kin
Van WinUo In the jouriulistlo field
who has been so unwise as to
lead his own newspaper until ho believes the
things it contains [ Applause ] Ho will
como forward withn pioiiosition , us they
sometimes do in Nebraska , in the newspapers
that prohibition is an unwarranted Invasion
ot the peisonid lights of the Individual citi
zen.
1 answer , prohibition Invades personal
libci tv enl ) as all elvili/atlon Invaded per
sonal llbeity ; piohibltlon Interferes with tha
private lights of tholiidivldnal eltl/tcn only us
all progress fiom sn\ugon to civilisation lops
on" the iudlviduil rights of the isolated man.
\Vh ) , personal liberty , as a gieat
many of our Teutonic fiionds _ _ talk ,
'about it , * exists nowhere * outside of conTfleto )
suvat'cry , and I trust that no mm will stiuu
aghast nnd prouonnco my doetuno an un-
Atiicrlcnn or unsifo doctilnc.
But tsUnd heio today to confess that , In a
perfectly pioper sense , prohibition does in
vade the u'llm of the complete personal lib-
city of the Indhidunl citizen. Butas Guiot
tells us in his Jidmii iblo woik on the history
of chili/ation , "Civlll/.xtlon tt chniiictoii/cd
by no ono thing 111010 eleail ) tii in by the
\oluntary concession ot tlio liberties of the
Individual cltueu tint ho mav enjoy some
thing liehir and bettor than civil llbert ) of
orKonbcd boeletv. "
I liavo very little pitienco and but small vc-
spcct for the uiguinont against piohibitlon
based upon the try of peisotial llbcity AVhy ,
jou and I nmy sutlei cuitailmcnt of our pri
vate ilirhts and have our personal libcitles
Invaded constantly. It is within thohnrmony
of tlio personal llbeity of the lnUiiclual un-
aostralnod by social considerations to go
about the strei ts of Uontili o u la Adam before -
fore the fall , but lot any rnm utidcitako to do
that sort of thing and ho llnds out at oueo
that the propiieties and the decencies of
modem civilization hn\o inc ciiind us to
whit a mm shall Aeir , and especially ns to
what ho shall not wear. [ Appl luse ) .
AVhyo are told bv thcso gentlemen , they
lift up their hands In holy honor and thov
ask us if wo pinposo to legislate as to what
men shall cat and \ \ lint they sh ill dilnk , and
wnnt the ) shall wear. Well , not dliectly.
Some firinei li\o miles out of Beatrice
( omcs intoyoui cit ) on Mend ly inoiningaiid
consults imnttotney. Ho sa.\s , "I had an
utilin il tli it dial on Sunday moining Now , "
said he , "is thcie mi ) thing that
stands in my way of dressing that diseased
linlin il and using it for food in mv own fam
ily , " and the nun , wlso In the tiff ads of the
law , tolls him , "No , sir , but as a friend I
would not ndvlso j ou to do it , but ns n m liter
of law you hmu a poifeet tight to do so. "
"But , " siid ho. "thcio Is inoio thfiii lean
consume ; tiinv I not dress It and put It on
nmikcU " "No , " s.is the la\\icr , "wo have
a piohlbltory statute in the state of Ne
braska against the selling of diseased meat. "
"Ihlt , " says the proposed seller , "I will ad-
\oitiso it us such ; tlio purchaser snail buy it
with full knowledge of the facts " "No , " the
luwjcr tells lilm , "tho know ledge nnd consent
of tlio pine-baser In no way relieves jouof
the obligation vou liavo assumed , and ) ou
cannot put diseased moil upon tnomiiket
and sell It oven with the Knowledge and eon-
sent of the purLhaser "
IIcio our punonnlllboi tics niohedged nfalu.
I t.eo tint beuitiful hoit > o passing along
the green ) ender , and I have no doubt were
tha gentleman la tlio cuniage behind him to
put him to the very top of his spicct , there
would be none to sny him hay , but let him
tulto that sumo horse do\sn to the city of
Omaha , which , under the high license regime ,
arrests ono out of ten of till its population the
) car mound. [ Applause ]
1 cannot imagine what ) ou are choiringfor
I thought you would take out your handker
chiefs and weep over tint thought But lot
him go to Mr. Itobowutei's city and go out on
thobtoadstreet , of that growing city and
speed the nnlimil nt the very top ol his
speed and ho would not go tvvo blocks before
some polleoimti , if ho was doing his duty ,
would linvo the liorso by the bits and a.i-
otbcr policeman -would have thodilver by
the coat collnt and ho-would lug him up to
the police ofllco , his personal Illicit ) Invaded.
Wli ) I At the behest of the public good.
Smallpox breaks out In jour family nnd
your personal llbertv Is at once restrained.
You cannot go out of jour door and up and
down the streets as foimerly A\hyl \ lie-
eausoyour personal right must glvo wny bo-
forotho deinmul of a higher good , the preser
vation of the public health.
I will go some of these days down"to
Omaha after prohibition prevails and it got-s
lit for a gentleman to live In [ Applause ] and
I -wilt bo on such excellent terms with my
friend , Mr. Uosewatcr , that I can get his
endorsement nt the bank for $100,000 ; 1 will
spend half of It in ba ) ing an elegant building
lot right In the heart of Omahi and then I
will accumulate a great quantity of building
material and some beautiful morning a gen-
tlenmn with n blue coat and brass buttons
will wait upon mo and ho will say :
' Sir , aio thcbo your premises I" I tell him
tin1) ) nro. "Is this ) our building material * "
I assure him It Is. "Now , " ho sas , "will
you show mo ) our plans and specltications I "
IJi-cfuso. He persists and I ) IcU.IIo looks tbem
"Now sir " hosns "I intend
over , , ) , see ) ou
to build n four-stoiy frame house. "
I assure him hot \ > eoiiect , "Now , sir , "
ho adds , "it la my olllelal dut ) to orvo upon
you a notice that ) ou cannot build a fruuia
honso nn this lot. Ami I have been rending
Tun OMUU Urn. and absorbed Mr. Itoie-
vvnter's iKraonal llbeity Ideas , nnd softly all
topics at oneo , and I siy , "this Is nstrattgo
procecdlntf , " nnd I tnllc about the rourth of
July , and o pluribus unum , and the blond of
our forefathers , and the stats and stripes ,
and the personal liberty of the Individual
citizen , mid I say , "things have como to a
pretty pass if on my own leal estate I cannot
I" Mild unv sort of a house I ploise. "
Hut 1 rave as long as I will , talk
ns loudly ns I cnro to. I lam
right up h ird against a prohibition Hint within
the lire limits of a giu.it eltv no frame buildIng -
Ing shall bo erected ] AppUuno ] .
Now , when my filendstnlk , ns they very
lllcol ) willabout , piohibltlon interfcirlng vvltn
the ptlvato rights of the Individual cltl/en ,
they will not bo discussing the question wo
ara heio to examine Ptohlbltlon docs not
contemplate the individual drinking man ,
prohibition does not proposes to Inloifero w ith
the private rluhts ot any cltl7cn It takes n
In oad , comprehensive , statesmanlike ) view of
the situation.
Piohlbitlon says the saloon ts a bad thing ;
prohibition stis the saloon ere it03 no value < ;
prohibition sajs the saloon nbsorlu vast val
ues , prohibition sas the saloon corrupts the
people , tcnoilzes tlio politicians , suborns wit
nesses , bus legislatures , the saloon tears
down wh it , the best forces of modem civllUa-
tion would build up ; piohibltlon Riys , and
proposes to sa ) It beia in Nebt islca , that the
saloon must go hippiusoj and If in the process
ot t ho banishment of the saloon the hum id mil
drinker shall suffei some cmtallmciit of his
former lights , ho must cxpecttbisnnd icccivo
It ns the necessity of the ease and circum
stance an imldont und not the objective
point.
The object is the suppression of the siloon
flVitem bee utso tho3 iloon system is the
enemy of the common wo ilth's best welfare
[ Applause. ] Well. I heiidainan the other
day on the cars object to piohlbltion because
he s ild ) ou cannot m-Oto people good by lav/ ,
and I was soiely tempted to lemlnd that self-
simotnan that to my personal knowledge ho
was made good and sobci for tlio 11 rat time in
ilvo v ears by being placed in the clutches of
tlio law and locked up In the Baugor Jail
[ Applause 1
Ho is going to lecture somewhere tomorrow
night. [ Applause ] Not tint it would not
be aveiy gieitmisfortunoif wocio tomako
people good b ) law , laudable though such an
cffoit might be. but it is to make the condi
tions favotablo to goodness As the great
Kngllsh statesman , Gladstone said : "It is
the duty ot the state to malto it as hard as
possible to do wrong and as easy as possible
to do i ight " [ Applause ]
Now in the two or thico minutes still loft
mo I desire to proscnt ono item of statistical
in formation. I had occasion this morning to
look over some caiefully picpared statistics
showing the ineicnsoof vnluounder piohibl-
tion In the state of Kansas ascompired with
their Incic.iso undei high liceiiso In the state
ot Nebi.iska , and I found tins to bo true :
Taking the sworn statement of the
state's auditors in both cases , that
the state of Kansas , dining nine
) ears of prohibition , has incieascd her
assessed valuition % 18,000,000 more than
tlio total valuation of the state of Nobinska
[ Applause. ]
1 nnd that the stnto of Kansas has in
creased her assessed valuation during the
nine ye.ns of ptohlbitlon at the rate of
-0WKUOO ! a ) ear. I want you to hcai it-
Kansas increasing her values $ iUOO,0)0 )
oveiy year , and I llnd according to the s uno
repoit that the state of Nobiaskalns in-
ciciscd her total valuition &iUOOUO ) poi
) ear , so that Kansas , under prohibition , has
increased her values $ H,0XUld ) ) per annum
moio rapidly than the increase of values in
youro\\n state under high license. [ Ap
plause 1
I shall later on have considerable moio to
say along this line , but I simply pause hero to
nrguo how can a business producing no
valuable pioduct add to the values
of ttio btatol How can a trallio contiibutinK
to the perpetuation of piupeilstn , of crime , of
disease , the thieateniiig ot human life and
the beggary of a vast multitude of your popuv
lutloti' how can siioh a5 business , that eon-
ducts its entire trnnlc on the economic piinci-
plo of getting something for nothing how
can that business add to the total values of
the people of the btatoi Awl } ouanswer mo ,
it is impossible.
Well , sometimes these gentlemen on the
other side mo disposed to tell us that ptohi-
bitlon docs not prohibit , that it is nowheio
put Into practical effect I liavo no thno at
jucseiit to canvass that question at length. I
desire to call ) om attention to two character-
Ibtias suirounding that pioposltlon. Who
makes the statement. Whonfllrnis that pie
hibltlon docs not prohlbltl Peter Her sajs
prohibition does not prohibit , but Peter Her
spends his money fieoly to see that prohi
bition does not have a chance to provo a fail-
in o la Nebraska. [ Applause ]
The national liquor ilealeis , tbiough
the publications of their house
at Louisville , Ky , are telling the pcoplo that
piohibitlon does not prohibit , but they raised
t.l.r)0,000 to see to it that prohibition m Ohio
did not have a chaneo to provo a dismal fall-
uio.
uio.Thoy ate sending out documents from that
same publication house tolling vou on ono
and the same page two lemirk.iblo things :
First , tint Iowa is cuised A\lth vacant build-
iivj , wheio thu saloons have been diiveu out ,
and secondly , that there Is moro llimor In the
state of Iowa than theto ever was befoie.
[ Applause. ]
I say , undoubtedly the man who -urioto that
chculm had been puicticing his own doctrine
bofoio ho sat down to the desk and w.is piotty
thotouuhly muddled in the upper stoty. Let
maiilUim I know nfllinmtlon is no pioof
but In my haste , in my last mlnuto let mo
alllnn tint prohibition in piohibltlon stalls
( and 1 will piovo It before I am done ) is
better enforced than hI0'b license In tlio .stato
ot Nebiaska [ Applause. ' ] fA voice : Wo
know it ] Hverjoody knows it.
Tlioie is not n single icstiielivo feature of
your high license law in this state that Is
not violated continually light in the city of
Omaha , tint puudiso , tint model city ,
[ applause ] th.it most leputablo abode whoio
bo luigo a peicentugo of her people are
annually ariested.
Liquoi Is sold Ihero ou Sunday , liquor Is
sold theio on legal holidiys , linuor Is sold to
minors , liquor Is sold to men in the habit of
becoming intoxicated. Adultoiatcd drinks
are sold mink you , not a single defender of
high license who will nppoir on this pint
form has over muloiliken the task of en-
f01 dug high license in the city of Omaha erin
in thu btato of Nolnasha [ Applause. ]
TUB Aiiamu.NT of HOV. u. Kosi.vvucn.
The Hoi. . IMvMird Hose water then spoke as
follovNS :
Mr. President and ladles nnd gentlemen.
In this era of our clvillzitlon , on iho np
pioaeh of the twentieth century , It will seem
stiangolo these who uiovell read and \\ell
infouncd that any man should appear bofoio
as Intelligent i\u uudlo.ico as this and make
t ho nsbci tion that the libottiob of Individuals
Inuo been continuously moro nnd moro cur
tailed as civilization has advanced.
It does bcoin to mo a paradox In the face
of the fact that the pcoplo
of Now England , who huvo repealed
so man } of the laws that their ancestors en
acted in the earlier p.nt of tlio seventeenth
century , of these , In fact , \vho have tiled pro
hibition in their own giand state of Mass i-
chusotls , and after trvlng itfaiil ) repudiated
It , and have adopted the system of regulative
local option and high license ,
Man ) of jou are not uvvnro , perhaps , that
the I'uiitans , who eamo over fvo'-r Unglaml ,
enacted a seiles of lavvs that -v\ould , In the
lit'lit of the prebcnt century , seem obnoxious.
1 liavo heio a com iso compendium of tho.u
laws and will read you tvvo or throe of them :
"No food or lodging ( .hall bo offciod u
Quaker , Adamite or other heiotle. "
"If any person shall turn Quaker , ho shall
bo banished and not suffeied to return , on
pain of death. " [ Lauglitoi , ]
"No ono shall i un on the b ibbalh day , or
walk in htb garden or elsewhere except rov-
ciently to nnd from meeting. "
"No one shall tiavol , cook victuals , make
beds , sweep house , cut hair or shave on the
Sabbath day. "
"No woman shall kiss her children on the
Sabbath day or fast day. "
How would you Ilka such laws Ingrafted
upon our constitution I
"Whoeverweurs clothes trimmed with gold ,
silver or bono Inco nbovo tvvo shillings poi
yard , shall bo presented by the grand jurors
and the select men shall tax the offender on
his eslate. "
"No ono shall read the common pi\ier
book , keep Christmas or set days or play on
any instrument except' * the drum or Jews
" '
uirp
'The magistrate only ; ah ill join them In
nnrringe' , as they do It' with less scandal to
Curls t's church. " {
"Manleel persons must ilvo together or ho
mpilsoned In Jail. " [ Aoiio ! "flint's
good , that's good , flrst raUj. " Laughter mid
applause ]
If all the married persons had to live to
gether or bo Imprisoned in Jail n great many
> orsons who now travel through this state
uid preach prohibition would now bo in jail.
[ Laughter und applause. ]
Now I submit whether or not Individual
llbei tv has not been broadened since tlio cm
of the blue laws of the Puritans. Dut i Ight
licit ) let mo icnurk that I am nmtircd nt
Lho st itement of my predecessor tint prohi
bition does not rench' to the indivldtid
or the swing of the individual- that it simply
sweeps across the liorlrtin , so speak , of the
entire stito and imposes penalties upon these
Mho dura to dealer trafile in Intoxicants.
Lord MacCnuley once \Mototlut thoPuii-
tans \veie not so much opposed lobeir bill
ing , on account of thotoituro nndpalnthat
tney gave to the bear , but on account of the
pleasure It gave to the lookers-on.
And with equal malignity , so to speak ,
thcso pcoplo who nro now euuy-
ing on this cruundo nil over
Ibis state , or ft great many of
them nt least , nro very "much put out when
they llnd mi ) body enjoying a social glass of
wine. They tire very much put out when
they llnd people having recreation. They
vv nit to bo like these oldiPuiitans who ciled ,
"all flesh is grass , and all grass Is hay , " who
tottured women und burnt them at the stake ,
diovo men out becauto they dllToicd
vvlth them iu theljr lollgious views
and pilloiled men .for doing things
tint todiy would bo considered bonoiablo ;
and I am equally pined fa see that my piodo-
ccssor hu the audacity , ( , o to speak , to ic-
lleet upon n man who luw saved moio indi
viduals from Ihodegiadnllou of diunkonncss
and the misery caused by intemperance ,
fiom the gicit ciavlng which c.u-
ncs men into uens or inrumv
nnd into jnlh than nil the prohibltionisls Unit
have ever trod on the1' soil of Nebraska.
[ Applause ] 1
That man pcilmps did go through the
ngonies of the same craving , peihiips ho did
suiter and was airesto'd down in Uimgor ,
Mo , but why has not this man
Mr. Dickie , rofcired to another man who has
published a book kuowii as "Fifteen Years
in Hell , " mid who Is now upheld by tbo pro
hibitionists of Nebraska ! " [ Mr. Muiphv ,
ilslng in the aisle ] : "My name is Trancis
Murphy , and the statement thnt Mr D'ukio
m uio about mo Is absolutely fnlbc. " [ Ap
plause ] . i
Iiuferto Luther Bcnscn , who has by Ids
own confession in his own book dccl.nod that
lie is still picachlug prohibition be
tween drunks that time and time
ngiln , after wrestling with all his
might and main to keep sober In
Indiana , in Maine , in Now Hainpshho and in
every state almost , prohibltoiy and high
license Hint oveiy little while , when ho hud
tint gieit craving , a craving that is nothing
moie or less than an iuheiitcd disease , ho
fell fjom grace , lepentod and lesumedhls
\voik.
I honor him for thnt btcauso I honor every
in in vvho seekb to bo n ralin and uplift other
men to the level of maiAiood. Thedo not
try lo save the individual , they say In
dlvlduals are nothing. What say
jou , inlnistcis of Nebraska , on tluitt
You nio engaged in cvor/chuic'i In this lind
tiing lo save the individual , tilng lo laise
him nnd bung him to tU6 path of vitlue , Iho
pith of iightcousnessand the pith of Clius-
tlinity. Yoiaro laboring diisully with the
individual and light heixs is the line of demar-
cition. ' %
True temperance docs , not moin prohibi
tion , tine temperance means the dealing -\\it\i \
each individual man or weimu. All the pro
fessional prohibition nfcltAlors who make a
living out of it > .Amuot mitno mo
n single manoij woman that
they have save ! Srjor bought to
save , Tweiity thotisilfti Hyomen , are piaroh-
'
Ing the streeU of Ciilc'tgo every day fu wane *
of breid , selling their bo lies , titiJ noboJy la
the piohlbitlon crowd raises bis litllo limror
or seeks to s ivo them from on untimely grave
and from a dishonorable , shameful life. [ Ap
plause and ei ics of "That's so. " ]
Now wo are hero today to discuss Ihis
pioblem : Has piohlbltion , after duo trial
and a fair trial in the different si itos wheio
it h.ib bjon oimctol , notuully biotight about a
bcttui slaleof niouils ; h'is it dccr-'ised the
amount of drunkenness or the quan
tity of liquor consumed ; has it
decreased crime ; h is It emptied tlio Jails ;
moio , has It kept people moro out of prison or
has itiaisod up the lowly aud those who fre
quent the dives and dons where the \voist
liquor is sold.
Before -wo get through I will submit
to the candid nnd fair Judgment
of every man and woman hero that I sh ill
prove beyond a peradv'mtmo of n doubt what
prohibition has ulleily failed U > do , as com
p ired ou the basis of the state of Nobrask i.
And I nm heie today , not only upholding the
livv which has been in foicc slnco iSfcl ,
not only upholding iho right of our pcoplo to
continue In well doin , ' , but I nm hcio in the
mitno of Nebi.iska to uphold her in'dust the
slimdciors and defiuneis who have all over
this land chculitod lalsehoods ion-
corning our depravity , conccining
our immorality , - concerning our
poveity and concerning oar general cussid-
ness. fLoud laughter. 1
I am hero today , also , to defend the fame
ofOmitui. [ Laughter. ] I want to say to
this audience , and in th j presence of the par
sons who liivo chugcu these things , Unit
they hive slandeied pur city ; thit they
have misquoted the police lecoids , that thov
have misquoted the facts relating to the sale
of liquor ; that they h ivo misquoted the ciim-
inul st itistic.4 , and that they b ivo purposely
misled the people , not only in this state , but
in other states ; the ) Insinuate thai Omaha is
the vciy city of hall , almost , mid tbo most tor-
liblo place for vlco und immoiality on the
face of the globe.
Tor Instance , every citizen of Nebraska
ought to take some pndo In the eit.v
hi which ho lives , I have lived
in this state twenty-seven ) ears. I
have helped build this stute. 1 liavo done my
share In twenty-seven ycais to inueaso our
popul itlon [ loud laughter ] and that it Is a
gieat deal more than half of Iheso piohibi-
ttonlsls hnv o done for it.
I do not bcliovo that hilf of thorn
have increased the ) population of
any state. [ Laughter. ] Lot mo leid from
the Moline Hovlovv n dbpatch of May 1J ! , IbO ) ,
what ono of the prohibition Iccluiers has
said : "Tho long standing high license city
of Onnha' this Is a leport in a lecture heio
w lilch had been delivered In Moline by a lady
whom Ivlll not name , iyho hod lectuicd in
Omaha tlncevocks before and had nmplo
oppoitunlty to inform hetsclf fully In regard
to wh il she was talking about , liaving as
sisted In the Nebraska , amendment camp ilgn
"wero a70 of tbo llnost ujjjiolntcd and most al-
lui ing saloons slio hud oyur seen licensed at
$1,000 each , In the iisar of each was a house
of assignation as u further attraction
Thcso nnd other dens of vice
wore openly licensed. the woman
keeping the places bolng allowed to run open
houso. The city has by this means wised
f.,000 ! ( ) , which , added to 'the $ ! " ,0 < )0 ) from the
saloons , goes to tbo support of the free
schools , Omiha with its inultl-
plldily of vice nnd erimo , and
unobservaneo of Sundjy , came no irer re
minding the lecturer of a mlnlturo Pans tti in
any city aho hud over soon in tlio country. '
[ A volco : "Whal is her name ! " ] What did
she know about 1'aiis morally , and what did
she know about Onnha Immorally )
If what she charged vvcao true , if there w ore
277 bad houses In Omaha , licensed and pay.
lug , asshosays , $14 ittVpor month for for
the keepers and * > i pur month for the in
mates , the aggregate would amount to * 77,0 < X )
If tin re weio only ono keeper and one
Inmate In each house ,
But she says the receipts were $30,000 ,
which disproves the charge light oa its face
It is utterly untrue Unit any single liquor
dealing establishment in Omaha is permitted
by the police authorities to have any connec
tion or relation with ( llsordoily houses. On
the contrary , the chief of police has for years
ilgldly excluded all that elms of business
Into u pait of the city -where buloons. uro not
In proximity.
And what is moro , every complaint to the
board of police commissioners mid the board
U appointed by the governor of Nebraska and
has nothing to do with Omaha politics
every ono of ttioso complaints is followed by
the revocation of the license. The facts
about Omaha nro these : During the year
ISbO the Oinnlm police made 8,110 ntiests' ,
of these " 10 were persons finiilslied with torn-
pormy lodgings In Iho station house , where
they had bought shelter , \ \ hloh leaves 1,7,19
arrests for violation of state laws.
Instead of - ! U houses of assignation and 111
repute , us ch.irged by the dcfainci 4 of Onmlin ,
the number of such known to our police U
thhty-slv , and nearly all of them nro Isolated
In asepaiutoUlsliict.
Now there are ns a matter of fact In the
city of Omaha ! MS liquor dealeis nt th s tlmo.
Of that number is" are saloons. The othui ?
mo hotels\vliolos-ilo dealers mid lesUurants ,
fco far ns licensing a liotil lo
sell liquor is concerned , Omaha bus done
nothing raoie Hum has been done by Iho city
of Washington , for n hotel Is now owned b )
the vlco president of the'United States.
[ Giles of "slinino.1' )
Now j ou say "Shame on lilm " TA voice
"Yes , It is a" shame on him. ' ] In
whiil clvlll/cd nation or great eltv can u Hist
class hotel exist \\ltliout some liquor being
furnished for Its guestsl [ Hisses J
No Ilrst class hotel wuho'it wines nnd
liquors exists In any cit ) on the face of the
glebe outside , posslbl ) , of Constantinople ,
and I doubt very much if Constantinople
ovei hadnllist-elim hotel , but vou hiss nnd
miikoouiseho3 appear mil ) ild'etilous ' when
1 tellon the filet Hi it I was down In Mount
Veinon .seven or elgl.t ycais ngo , the pluco
which \vas the homo und icsldome of CJeoigo
Washington , and there I sivv decanters iu
which i inn \vas hud. the big jugs in which
wine was had and in which ulno mid rum
vvcioseived by George Washington to his
fi lends and guests and to sti mgeisvho vis
ited Mounl Veinon. [ A voice : "Times mo
changed ' ]
lie uns president of the United
States nnd piobubly just us good as
liny man in this house , Wo have In re , II
seems , n ne'vv elvilbalioii Wo have nnlved
nt a stage of morals that are so eilted and 10
good that even Oeoige Wnsliintton p
penis lo bo acry common sinner and
veiy grc'il ciimlmil I piesumo Abiaham
Lincoln would have appeared iu the same
light.
And tint God-imn , Jesus Clulst , came In
this vvoild and ho c.unu citing bread and
diinking wine , foimettled wine , nnd not
unfciinentcd wine Ho uimo into this
woild and attended the m imago feast at
Oanaand thcio p.iitUipated with his apes
ties They took wine the wine of Joy the
same wine of Joy that is drunk in ovei ) Jew
ish man Inge and has been lot three thousand
joins , and the other diy when the grand
lodge of Masons eiinio lo Omaha lo lay the
coinci stone of the cltj hull the ) pouted upon
that stone coin , oil mid wine the corn of
plentv , the oil of peace and the vv inc ot Joy.
And no Masonic coiner stone has
ever ueen laid or evervill
bo tlnough thegcnciations that aio to como
without the vv ilio being placed side b ) side
with'tie oil.
New the question simply arises , hue wo
leaelfd that stage in the hisloiy of tbo
woihl wheio men aio betlor than
the law giver who gave the ten
commandments fiom Mount Salmi and did
not include the eleventh commandment
"Thou slmltnot dilnk fcimcnted wine "
Aiovo.my heller llun Chiisl. who came
nnd ut the laal supper p n look of 'wine , the
paschal w hie , vv huh \ \ as used iu these dns b )
the .lows and had been used foi thousands of
ye.us befoio he came , and is Used at this da )
UL uvury ui i nojox . .iuvIMI uimur i vei mm
ande\ei ) woman at the table Is piovidod
with four cups of wine at the pissover
least. You seem to think tint this
is u gieat sin , and what right have ) ou to do-
line siniVliit right luup jou to foibid
wliitClnbt blinselt bus tolerated and vv hit
ho his not piohibited } It Ins been slated
heio tint piohlbltion pioposes to leach
out and cuitail ttio puvilcgas of the
indlv idual for the benefit of the musics and
it has been cited that the diseased inrnt
found in the butcher shop is tnlo n away by
the police and confiscated.
I want to Know whether , thov aie going to
prohibit the sale of moat because them
ib some meat that is dbQasc.l } [ Laugjitcr ]
Aio thov going to have us back in iho civil
isation of the Asiatic eountiles , in which moat
is ciitiioly disiiboJ and wheio the puny , mis-
eiable ponulution of 1UU,00(1,000 ( Ilvo on 1110
nnd vegetiblest Asiinedl ) not. '
Wo have been told that voiy poisonous
liquors me being sold by saloon men nml
thereby the be iHh of the Individual Is belnt ;
undermined. Grant It. But where has the
piohlbitionist ever raised his voice
or intioduecd a amglo bill , or sought
to introduce one , lo piolnbil the adulteration
of ilquois , Just us ho wants to piohlmt and
should piohibit the iutioduction of diseased
me it.
And , again , v\e are told oy our f'lend
if heveie to build ahouso in Omaha and
theio is no doubt about my advancing him a
* 100OdO cheek , not in the le.ibl [ laughter ]
whether ho gets paid or not is another
matter. [ Loud laughter ] Ho sas
that if ho wants to build that foai-
story building in Omaha ho will
have to take out n peimit. Well , that
Is tuio. but we mo not going to enact u law
prohibiting him fiom owning piopeitv In
Omaha. The permit Is simply u icgulation
It Is a license incasuiu foi the consti notion
of buildings , and we biy he eould not build
his foui stor ) frame house in Omaha if he did
have $ ' 100,000 , for Ihe le.ibon that a four btoiy
wooden house would not bo allowed undei oui
legulatlons. Toui stoty fi.uno houses can
no longer bo built in Omaha bci uirio wo do
not want to burn up anbody alive.
liut tlio fact is potent that the building
permit is n license and license is legulation
New let mo eoine to the main question , is tbo
condition of Nebraska what it has been de
picted by my f i lend fiom Michigan As a
piofesbor of nstionomy ho is In the habit
of looking at things al some distance ! and he
seis things on the planets Mais and Jupiter
a good deal cleaier and plainer than ho does
ou this caith.
Ho sees n greit deal plainer nwny off
than ho docs when ho gets ncncr
lo the things of this woild
jind comes in coat let w 1th them What h iv ewe
wo hi Nobiaskat Have \\o a veiy lingo pop
ulation ot piupoisf Have wo a veiy lame
population of diunknrdsj Have \vo a lingo
population of ciiiulnalsi Have the ) In the
state of Maine or in the state of Iowa erin
in the Btato of Kansas have they in Iheso
states few or iiimlnnls , hive the ) in these
slates a moio Intelligent population or better
educational facilities i
Have they In llieso states n better financial
condition of the musses ) If any one
can provo this to bo true
then I will jleld and I will } iold gracofull ) ;
but 1 propose to provo bofoio wo get tlnough
with this debate that on ever0110 of these
points Nobuiska is supciior toeveiy piolil-
bltlon state In America.
Thcio nio fewer criminals In
the state of Nebiaska , propoitionato
tohcr population , Ihan Ihcio nro in the state
of Kansas , the state of Maine or the state of
Iowa Theio aio fewer diunkaids in the ( ity
of Omaha , in piopoitloa to her population ,
than thoio ate in iho city of Portland , Me
Theio are fewer iiibano pcoplo in the state
of Nebi.ihkn , pioportlonate lo iho population ,
than there nro in the state of Iowa. The fact
is thlb. The btato of Iowa has 1.870
people now in herliisnito asylum , Kansas has
1 , 77 insane , while the htute of Nebraska
only hns HbO , and ihoso blatlslkb me oflkial
i have ibuoiiglual documents in my pos
session , andlctteis fiom tliu buperinlendciits
of the asylum , and I linvo them lioin all puts
of the union. There ate hi the state
of Kansas today IM5 coin lets in Iho
pcnllcullary , ihcie mo In Ihe pculteiitlar ) of
Iowa loduv ( ol convicts and in the btato of
Nebnihka thcio uio Ibs. [ Applause J That
is a fact.
Lot mo ulvo you another little bit of information
mation , This KenUoim.il talked so mudi about
emptying thu Jails and penitentiaries In
prohibition states They huvo emptied the
Julln of tovva and Kansas and 01 Maine , and if
jou believe them the millcnlum has como.
As n mutter of fuel , I sent a letter to every
slicilff In the .state of Nebraska nltliln the
lust ten das und I have the
answers from eighty-threo counties , all but
tvvo , und there aie llfty-ono counties in No-
bmsku that have not a prisoner In Jail. [ Ap
plause ]
Can anybody la Iowa sav as much ) I will
name the counties and I will name tbo num
ber of piisonors In Iowa presenlly I have
already got leturns from ilfty-ono counties In
Iowa and I will have the others before tomor
row morning. In Jowa In the llfty-ono coun
ties already relumed they have moropiibon-
ers in ] ull than we huvo lit the whole" stale
aud there uro btlll forty-eight counties iu
Iowa to hear from. Now they liisT MI they
are going to do great things fof 2i binshi.
I think they have como with tluV r * ires to
the wrong market ; the wares tliu - / are
peddling hero nro not needed.
Wo Irivo nlrcidy got an erly ,
moral , well behive'd nnd u vous
commonwealth nnd wo hnv , oro-
lilblllon In sKtv odd eittiM and towns'lih
state today , and 1 will be able to imraAlhcin
fur you ne\t Monda.v if not sooner. I Ap
plause' ] Wo hnv o it state of facts vv ith tiigh
Ilccnso thill can iiotbo puiilleled nnwhero
imdei prehlbltlon.
Mj ft lend heie has said there IsnotiiMnglo
mm of the high license uiUociUes thai hm
evei gone and made complaint to enfouo
high Hcotise. I sii ) that 1 nm one of the o
men thnt did do this When high licence
was Ilrst introduced in Nebraska It
was icsistcd b ) tbo saloonkeepeis , by the
hievvcrs and by the nun povvir , as in ) file-nil
Is pleased to call It. and the minister * of No-
braski all endorsed II 'iho Woman's Chris
tian Tomper.imo union uulotscd It
I joined them and attended the ministers'
meeting In Osnih.i. \olunteeiedlo make
the complaint against the saloonkeepers and
I made It person ill ) and at the ilsk of im
life , as the ) said ut Hint lime f Applause 1
I undo a complaint against the Omiitii
Turner hall , I made complaint against u man
b ) the name of Hornboigor , bccausi' ho kept a
gambling place , and I in uio complaint against
a mini by the name of Itlclmd ( Juriy , and
two of llioao llnce licenses von * 10fused by
Iho boird. The olhcr was eventually
grunted.
Hut the high license of 18S1 and
Ibb'J is not the high Ilccnso
of today. In ISsl , when high lUonso eamo
Into Nebiaska , Omaha mil a fi action o\er
UNO liundicd saloons , with a population of
.W.I5 n. Today she has ' , ' 18 all
told , including bioweiles , vvholesalo
und retail dcalen , hotels and
leataurants , nndve have now a population
; of inru :
1 dcf ) any imn toiiamo n ilty In a pioblbl-
lion stale that has a better iccoul for law
and older , and a bettor reeoiil forenfoie'ing
Stimli ) laws , than Omaha his bid lor the
p ist tvvo ) ears We have had a great strug
gle In en lot cing high 1t'libO 1 hci'iutso n low
lleense was naturally the favonte thing with
the s iloontteopu1. and as an example Iv ill
elto } ou Iho diilereneo belvveen Omaha
and some of Iho cities of Iho
eonntiy that piss for model cities The city
of Cleveland , In the he.ut of the \ votein reserve -
servo , fiom which piobablv n veiv large pci-
centige of m ) tuidieneo hails , a cit ) that
has been the homo of C n Held
and some of the ablest and best
men this eotinli v has ever moaueed the eltv
of Cleveland today , accoiding to theiepott
that is light heie in mj possession , bus over
1,000 saloons with a population of .TxlOO )
Now what a itmiked dllleienco be
tween Omaha nnd Cleveland. Heie
h a cit ) tbnl has less than double Iho
popul ilion of Omiili land neatly seven tlinci
thu iiinnbci of saloons Ami then Ilmtloid ,
( Jonn , light In the he.ut of New Ung-
land , In tl.o ecntcr of an Intelligent and
enlightened people , cud tlio capital of
the state Iho capital of the slate of Con-
nct'tlcut his J..t ) saloons ted iv , live more
saloons than Iho eitv of Oinilia 't'liopopn-
latioiof llailford , Conn , Is 5J.OOO , against
l.r.K , ( ) ! ) foi Omihii. What is Iho use in being
deluded ?
The dlslicssiiig iiicliiios tint vvcio shown
to you of the bufteiing nnd misoij bv icason
of ilciuoi we all admit.Voknow thcio mv.
wo know that men have mule beasts of
themselves , we know that men have
gone down to their giaves ; and wo
know that linndicds of thousands of peojlo
nrp luipovctished.
The iiucition is , how will jou relieve thi m ,
vv hut is ll > o best reiuedv foi iiromoting tern
norunco and sobriety ) Suppose you
bad bc-cii ill with some disease anil
jou had tiled some pmticulir lotnedv and
had hied 11 for a number of } eais and found
llonthol ) woilhless. would ) ou Insist upon
tiyiug it again.mid keep OH living U when
jou know that it \voithlessf
" \Vliy , Iho oltcct of pioulbltiou In the stales
whdro It hcs been iitlioduced , so
far as the suppiession of the Hcpior liaflleli
eonceincd , ib no { rrciter th&u il you vvcroto
take ono of the poious plasteis thatiuo ad-
\eitlsed In the newspipers so extcnslvel )
and paste It a < iosb the solcb of j our boots.
THEItlXK J/.V.M.1 S/f 9.
nrilllatit IJ.ill nt tlie Ogden Carnival
Hiuls tvltli Iloyal Ccionionicu.
Oain-v , Utah , July 5 [ Hpacial Tdegram
to Tin : BLI' . ] The giand event of cainlvul
week was the splendid misk bill last nighl
Thhteen thou-siud people -vvcie seated in the
Collsoum , and " 00 masked danceu , in nn hi-
Unite vaiietj'of btllllaiit coatuines , vvhhled
In the \ \ , dt . It had a suggestion of the mag
nificence of the ancient Coliseum at Homo
The king and queen did not nniiusk until 1
o'clock this mot nlng. 'ihiA was the climax of
inluodl In thticntliG programme Thoiojnl
i ou pie and their ictinuo weie regal ljutt lied
mid then m.iich to the tin one was a line iml-
lalhm of iiij-alty. Then , iimld the hush of the
gre il audience and with gK.it foimality. the
king stepped forward and was unmiskcd
Ho w.u Major J , Henry IJolim of New"
Oilcms He eamo hciu as the king's clnn- '
eellor , and the pel son then masked vvnb onu
of the comp my The queen piovul to bs Mis1"
Mineiva ICumiedj , leunll ) of Kansas Citv
She Is a most beautiful blonde. She was ic-
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eoived with gic.at applause.
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uuUtah : , Telegram
uu- , , July [ Spechl
gram to Tin HIT ] King Itcx and lotluuo
est ibllshcd the Older of Neptune in.ion lo
daj % Their hcaiVpmitois aio ut ( JnrJleld
bo.ieh. 'lliej no.ited moie than two hundred
titles. Ills tstlinitod that JO.UJd stl.mgeis
w eie In the i ity today
J > VI1' OX .l.tfill ! 1C ICMItV. .
.The Krcncli Scmm- Shows Its Iliinil on
Amerlcui ( JeslloriH.
PMIIS , .Tulj 4. Tlio senate lias shown Its
band plainly in legaul to Ameile-an questions -
tions After n long delialo 11 voted in fav or
of n dut ) of : i ftanis on coin and d fi ittes on
corn meal It was dlstlmtly avovvoil that
the dut ) on corn was to ho considered enl ) as
a continu itiou of tin1 policj toward Amciicin
poik. The Comto do Cartel declined that the
impoitation ot Ameilcan p3ik was enl j'an
other mode of Impotllng Amoilcan corn , and
ri-eneh funnel * umld not innitit dn them-
solvcs lu.iinst It The piohlbllion of potlc
was righl and ought to be maintained , and
tlio dut'ou coin bhould ulbo bo mideptohibl-
llvoMolaud called attention to the fact that
American poik is niohlbited on tlio giound of
alleged imhealtlifuhic'is. Ho decluios that
this is merely u pietoxt
An m tide published In Tompj , thought to
lellect the \iovvs of the govcinment , sug
gests thai Ihere might bo clreii instances undoi
whkh It might bodosltablo to withdraw the
prohibition iigainsl pork.a .
An Aitimlo hclicinc.
Pviu , July fi fSp cInl Cablegram to
Tin Hi r J A proposition Is being agitated
among the Atnoi lean at lists for the lounda-
lion in New Yeikof a 1'iix do Koine , bimllai
lo the I'lench Prix doIJome , under the ion-
dltlons ofliicli tour m lists who are so
le-aid hero b ) i-ompetenl uitlstio authorities
mo sentcvei ) year to Korno to loinpleto thc-Ii
studies In aitul iho public oxpeiiso. The plin
now sugt'Ostod Is that a slmilur endowment
he raised in Ameiiia for the purpose of i\.wl \ (
iiigjeaily to I'aiis ono or moio artists umloi
thlity jeurs of aio bomo well knoivn inein
beis of the Ametkan colony have oxptcsscd
their dcsho to contribute to such n fuud.
'I lit ) Dc.illi Itoll.
CISTISN TI , O , July 5. Colonel t. A
Hauls , a member of the bond of malingers
of nalle'iul soldiers' homos , died this mornIng -
Ing from a chronic ailment. He served with
distinction during the war of thu rebellion , Is
an ex ma ) or of Clncltmatl , and vvas nt onetime
time collector of Intcinul revenue in this dis
trict
CINCINS TI , O , July 5 , I'rof Uobert II.
nishoi ) , for many ) oars cornice Udvllh \
Miami unlvciblt ) , died ut Oxford , 0. , tuduy
from paralysis.
TROUBLE IS THE BALKANS.
Indications of a Radical Oh-ui o ia tlio
Policy of Germany ,
THE CLAIMS OF BULGARIA AND RUSSIA ,
A Promise 3lmlo ot'nn IJnt'l ) S
ul' ( lit ) .Mallei * In llmm > ny
AVIth tlio Treaty ol'
1 01 1 In.
V > > ; > ; / > W ( TO t > u tlic AVip I'm/i / AnoeliM J'/r.
Hum is , July6. Thorn urn growing sin 13
of niilMipotidlngstorm in the Hulk ins The
situation Issogutvothut tlio lutlliluy vuc.i-
ions of lc.ullng onld ils of tlio foreign oilled
ll\0 ! llOOll Stopped. A moillOlltOUS lIlllllKOJ
ipponrs to liuvooeouired in Ooriu uiy's policy
11 tlio Unlhiitis. lustoud of pursuing tha
scmt-uouti.il policy of IMiico Ultmuclr ,
.ho emperor h.w directed : { oir Kidowltato
nko tuo Initiative In advising tlio poilo hovr
tO llllCt tllO COtlleildlllg I'lallllS Of lltlllfuU
mul liusslu Instructed thiough Clinncellop
Cupilvl , Uulowltz bus promised thopoito in
iinly solution of Uio IJulg.niim trouble In
unnoiiy with the lloilln tie.ity tuul also
: hnt an endeavor vv 111 bo made to nuet tha
Kusslan war huluiiiulty The ompi-ioi'a
seheino of scttloniont , ucvoidlng to the itc-
u'ptedioport in diploin itio chelcs , involves
the dUnlacltig of i'linco Ver-
iliiiuml ami Uio substitution of
1'iliico Kml of Swcilcu im the uilor ol
liulgniIn In bis stead , mul also the nti.ingo-
noutof the Russian Indemnity by capltall/-
lug the union-it through iho Intel nut lo.ial
couiull of lulinlntstiiitioii \ \ hli'h uo\v cmtiola
the Turklsk lo.ma Tlio scheme seems to
i.ivo locclvcd nn Impetus fioin Utnporor
William's conference \\ith I'lineo Ojeurut
Uhrlsti ma Though the lliiiuoiiil proposal -
posal hns not been formally communl-
c.itod to lliihiln , It Is iilu'idy lepoited
, h it Uo Glers , Russian , prime inlnistor , Ins
rescued mi Intimation of tlioir uiitnioltli
m expression th it they wore not satisfm-uuy
to Russia , ho stilting Unit Kusiiii ilhl not
want to ba concerned In lo.iiianging the
furklsh ilobt mul profound to hold tliu poits
Hioctly to it1 ? engigeitioiits lilt response
moans tb.it Rimia will not let go liur giip on
I'm hoy's nock given by the war dobt.
A general explosion In ih" Hulk ins innoc % -
cm before ilio powers ha\o tinio to consider
r.mpeior U'llliun's proposal. Giecio and
Scrvl i liavo aihlod tolliogeneial Imbiogllo by
each presenting notes to the poito to the
cIToct th it any toiuossion to Hiilgutia would
iciiuiro bimllui concessions to the Gicuk and
Sorvim nitloimls. The Seivtan note also
deel nos that tlio absence of law mid oidoi In
Macedonia exposes Soivians to continuous
outrage and ilcninnils instiuit lemedy
An upiislng in liuU'.uInls hltolj nt any
moment to gno the signal for a uenotal con-
il i ji ; itlon Colonel NIcol ictr , Mtijor 1'aiiit. . I'a
I ) 'othor-iii law , \ \ lie is ninong tlio most popu-
iir ofllcois in Iho Uulgnrl.ui arm ) , is In
MticuJonii watching fora chiiico to iiuitu
revolt.
M. Stiimbuloff , the pilmo minister , who la
now vlrtunl dictator of ltil'Mili ' , , miles upjix
lil brother-in-law , Colonel MontkoaiolTlio
hold * tlio Uilof cjinnuml In the army , to p.-j-
vontnn upiMng. The letter of I'rlnca Alex
ander of Batteiiboig to Major PunUs-i's
widow , often lug to adopt her child , bus added
Ilio to Ilio dlsiMiitont i\lth the present 10-
Rlnie A nulguim delogntion nulved .it
1'oalh yosteril ly. They ui-o going to hold a
confeiomo with Piinco Alexander.
The peuod of thostntoof siege uxplied In
Lolpjic on Tuesday. Heir Uoblmeoht and a
lurijonuinbuf of socialists \ \ lioern rxpcllod
are letunilng nml tnking p ufc in the fetes un-
dlstmbed by the police. Ilurr Liobltnetht
\\111 como to Ucrllu In the autumn Helm
now become the sole center of the \olntlon- -
aiy p.uty. The riuisluigo KeUung assciti
that IZmpowr William , on his jour
ney f i om Iteilin to Kiel on tha
nlglit of June 21 , hud along intci view \\ltU
Prince lilsmtuclc at Sc-hwiiKenbicb , the htn-
tlon befon ) leaching PicdcilUisiuhu. 'iho
stutemcnt la doubtful.
ThoGeim.ui students'club nt Piiiguo haj
subitiibcd 1,000 iniukH to the lllsinmclt
meinoiinl fund. The local pjlk-o oulatiil
the tlub dissolved unless the inenibers can-
Lolled their subscriptions
Princess Dolgoiouki hits lotuincd to St.
Potusbmg thiougk Bcilln , under poimisslon
oftlioc/ar Slio h is petitioned thu cv.u to
.ippi'nt her ( , on , the t/ar's h ilf brother ivj
nu ofllccr in the guards. The c/iu has or-
dewd the prince to Join as a pi hate.
Mr Kmost Henderson and his wife mid In-
fnntdnuglitcrh.iilod fioin Hi omen for Xew
Voile on Wednesday. Hofoio leaving Co.at
Cb.ipliiin Kiommcl baptised UlUr diugluor.
Minlstei Phelps and slfosero witnesses
The lonoiuuingof Ptiiico Uismuuk's \lslt
to in0'land is duo to the alleied iLspt-tt of for
eign affairs. Ho will go to his estate .it
Schoiiliausen and thento to GiisUiln , wlicro
Count Kulnoky , the Austio Himgaiy piima
niinlstci , will also ivciult his health Afto
his ioco\crj , the Ilambiirgi'i-NaclnlUiten
hn.\ . , nismiutk will not enter the leiclistiig.
if ho Is diivcn to oppose the government ho
would piofci to iqiu-facnt a national lilwial
consultancy , ho noiv bolngmorolnsjinpatliy
with tb.it p uty thin \\ith the LOIISIi vativea.
Despite tbo opposition In the nnglhli pir-
lluincnt , the Anglo (5eiin in ngioomcnt wla-
tlvo to Afiluun tenltoiy Is consldcied
absolutely bafo , The Cleiinm ambassa
dor nt London bus the assiiiaiice ot
Loul Salisbury that the go\ermne it Is caus
ing Its auppoitors to know It will stand or
full by the compact and has secured a nomi
nal maoiity. }
The Fici'ch repot Us of the secret clause In
Uio tit-nty committing nngland to naval lu-
tuiMMitlon in the North sea and the Hnltlo In
fnvor of Oerinuny In the event
of war ftio liieoucct , nlthotigh an
enteiito exists amounting to u conceited
1 oliey iignliibt Fiance .ind Ilnsslu
'Iho Itclihs in/lger aiinounccs the lemnvnl
of the pinhibltloit against the impoitntloii of
Danish pork ami bacon sides The lemoval
of thcso iestilotions will iiffoul gtoundsfor
tlio lenewnl of Minister Phclps1 communica
tions conceinlng Anicilcaii trade.
Ulic Miiidcit'il .MiHHloiuiiy.
IJociiM.r , Ind. , July t > - [ Sjieeial Tele
gram to Tin : Hi --Lute i : letters icc < l\cd
fioin 1'cr-ilu give deUUsof the niinloroi
Mis John N Wright , Aiiiciic.mPresbytuhm
nilsslon try at Salinas , Western I'uslii , in
Apill. A nntlvosulicwl teacher , hnlf Aineil-
can , hulf Sj rlan , killed hci with a dagger In
her own home , in lOMiigo for his dKchuigu
fiom her employ
Mrs , \ViIgnt was n historian anil was beau ,
tiful , ui'H educated mid aiunnplihlicil Her
father w"is a teacher of undent Syim In an
Amotkan ( ollego She was mini led to Mr.
Wilght four years They were In this coun
try lastjoarVilglitwiisaiiiitIvoor Ohio.
The niurdci cr is In custody.
Will S < lt UCHIIIIK ) MllHillCHS.
( JiucAdo , July fi It was definitely nn-
noimeed at the 1'aik National bunk toiluy
thnt thudlrcctois luuudcclucil not to icsunio
business. No lecelvor luw yet been ap
pointed u > id nofuiihci otilvr inelv.d fiom
tin coinptioller.