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    THE OMAHA DAII
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TWENTIETH YEAH. OMAHA , TUESDAY , , JULY 8 , 1890 , NUMBER 20.
PACTS ASD FIGURES ,
They Prove Beyond a Donlit that Prohibi
tion 'n a Failure.
VESTERDAY'S ' DEBATE AT BEATRICE.
Dickio Oonflncs Himself to Generalities and
Gross Misrepresentations
WHILE SMALL DODGES THE ISSUE.
Hosewatcr and Webster Provo Tbcir State
ments by Indisputable Authorities.
A CONVINCING ARRAY OF STATISTICS.
Tlio IncDiiip.imhli * Hl li
Opt Ion Ij.ixv < if Nulifiiflka Slioun to
be HIM Only .Means ol1 llt'Kii-
Intiun anil I'lolilhitlon.
BrATiucr , Neb , July 7.-fKpoclnl toTnr.
Oil ] In the opinion of the oldest citizen of
tlio beautiful city of Ho itrico It never haforo
situ oils Incorporation umtiiued such u vast
tonroursa of pconlo nq xx'eto gntlicruil hero
jcstcrdny. 1'coplo llotkcd In from uolfjhbor-
In towns and inoto dUtuut points until Iho
hotels , restaurants and other places of uccoin -
nioilation foi Iho visitors \xero lllleil to ovor-
iloxvliiK nnd the Into corners hud to put up
with wh itevor titty could get. At the Ic.id-
ing botch croxx'ds of ImitKiy prohibitionists
- \x-.iltcd fathoms
ninl nntl-pi-ohibltlonibts patientlyx.iltcd
hems for tin opportunity to tofiosh the iniior
/nan livery bed lu the hole's ' ami ro-jtiu-
lantHis occupied and In mtitiy cvses the
prolilhltlouists and the mills found that fate
hud xvlllod it that they should JHSS at least
otto night together In close i > to\lmity.
The lingo gathciing of people were all very
Eood-uutuied and disposed lo inako the best
of the situation. Quito u number found it
nciessiuy'to sleep ouUido vith the starrj
canopy of he iven us their only toof. In spite
of Beveral other big uttr.ictlons in the Uty
thogtetttoplo of eonxotsition overyxvlteru ,
In the lobbies of the hotels , on the streets and
on the grounds , vas the noxx * iclobtated pro
hibition xcrsiis hlli ! liicnso dcbitc1.
Tills moinintf i't uii caily hour > eh ides of
cvciy desuiptioiteio seen \xending
thtirvuy to the grounds and
long befoio the hour announced
for the deb ito to uonimcni-o every tiv.illublo
bpu e in the tabetniiclo XXMS occupied
As the deu.ito piocecded the enormous
onnxd Incixased until It numbcicd fullv
7,000 The uudtoiito x\us niiteh bettor -
tor ixhux'cd tliiut on Siturday , although
Ptof Davidson found It neccssaiy to again
loinhid them lliut intctniiitlons could not bo
pciiuIUed during the pto ros of the do-
bate.
'Jho It i epresslblo Mrs. Gouijar could not
keep nulut for t\\o coitsccutlvo liouu juil hud
to put In u. uord now and , iD'aiu.
I'UOK. DIOltlK.
JIo aiakos Htroin : Cliiiins null Pro-
POSOH lo Itaolc Tlx-iii Up.
Entiles a'ud Gentlemen I dcsiro nt the out
set to tall attention Jo Iho eiltieism pissed
upon uiioiutin my opouing address In whiuli
11 ild down the proposition that cfvili/atioi
\\U3 inuKcil bj no ono thing more tlearl >
thin bj the transferor concession of the pet-
wonul libortks of the IitdivWuul that ho ml ht
onjoj sonielliingiichef and better the civil
llbeiti s of orgimiyi'dsociety. Uut I taunot
i-estiuln the ox press ion of my sutpriao tint
these irontlettieit so uttetly failed to dis
tinguish bctxx'ecu the personal libeity of tlio
snvago and the civil liberty of the cultivated
citizen Prohibition docs not intrench upon
nny iniui's tlxilllbcttles , hut prohibition , so
fnt us it docs debar the dtitililuir tunii frou
the practice of his former hublts , is a per-
feitly proper and altogether icubomiulo
nnd nit untiixly dofctisiblo inlreiiehtuent
iiiion the iibstintt pei-sonal libeilx of the in-
dfIduul tint the : tclf-.suno liidhldual inty
have his civil Ifbcitlts ottlnrged.
I \vtuit to addtvss tujself this morning to
the unswoiiiiK of ouoor t o < iue&tious. rtrit ,
does jitohlbltiou piohtbltl Nox\ ' , this is a
qui'stuin of fuel , not a nutter of thcoty. It
is to be uusxxeied not by falsely Juggling
AX 1th statistics , hut by the presentation of
the ft nth and by revolving the testimony of
those persons most inialiliod to spcnkilh
imthotily. I um Hcio to aQlnn thnt if hum in
tistlmony is capable of proving nnj tiling It
tan boprnxcd to the satisfaction of thi3 Juiy
that ptohlbitlon does ptohthit TIIOLMSC is on
ttial 1 am not hero to uddioss you , but
simply to call the xvltncbbcs and let them
tpealc In jour heailiiK , uinl I call tlfst lit this
case the Hon. John A. Miiilln , fjoveinor
of thobtute of Kansas. Hear him. "Fully
iilue-tiulhs of the dtlnUIng and lUnnlicnnObS
iirevilent in Knnsas uin-lit jeius ugo
1ms been obliterated , not\xlthsl.uiillug the
fiu-t that the . populition of the uUto
la sttadllj Iiicieiising. the nunihtr of tilni-
Inals loniliipd in our penitentiary Is steadily
ileu-easlne , ninny of oui Juilsaio oinptj , anil
nil Hhoxx a utaikiul fulling off lu the number
of liilsoncis conllned
tsomo ofon have licnul of the gontlrmin
fioin Multu * . the ( jentloinait x\ho defoaloil St
John in l&l-Mr 111 line In a spo.th de-
llx't'ied in raimiiiRlou on September H , 1HSS ,
Mr Dlainouses tht'iO xxords' "Mainefor tlio
last Ihiiti-sexen ye.us bus been ttndei n pro-
lilhltoiy liuv The sUite his deilved ftreit
ndv.iut4i o from it 1 think the state is far
richir uinl fur better beeuuso of that law
than it would hnxo been \\lthout it. " I
AX under if thoho gcntleniPiiill UII vou that
Mr lllulno is tin untruslxvoithyltuess iu
this liupoit.int tase.
lion Chillies D.uifoith of August i , Mo. ,
Judyo ot the supreme couit ot that state , snys
- these \\ouls : " 1 can vcty xx't-11 itmenibor the
condition of the eoinntunity in rep'ard to
tenipor.iiau before utid at thu time the pro
hibitory Inxv xx'iis p.isscd. Kin iticlal o\ils
AxoromonlioslMl , hut sofar as ean bo iwr-
eeix-til none of them huvo como to pass. It Is
evidently tutu that more xvholesomo business
is dene no\v , mid it is Into that t.i\es nro
less under prohibition than they xvtio for-
wctlj "
JIou Wlllhm Lirrnbee , ov governor of
IOAMI , next tiikrs the stand and ti-stlltes as
follow a "Thousands of the o who \ oted
tifr.ilnst the constitutional amendment and
bi'lltxed thatsurhalaxv xxouhl prove a dead
letter are uoxx com iucod th it It i an bo en-
fouul and doniand its ivteution. Sioux
Citj , Urs Mohus , Cedar Kaplda .mil Ot-
tunnxu have banished the saloon anil } elate
iiutong the most prospcro'is titles of Iho
btate. The benellts xxhle'h haxo vo-
bitltcd to the btato fioin
the utforioiuent of this Inxv
are far le tchlng indeed. Hlsnell rcio -
nlzi'd fin t thnt ot line is on the Increase in thu
United States , but ioxxa does not ntrlbitlo
to that im rease. While the number of con-
Alctn in the countij iitlarKOXXiu in ls5Uouo
to ! l-H-i It wt s iu isso in the country at Imgo
ono to Nil ) , but In lovui it xx'asonoto tt.1.10.
Thojullbof itiituy loiinlles nro noxv ( > niity )
iliiiliig agood poitloii of tlio year , nnd the
number of coavifts in our uoniteiili irh\s has
been reduced fioiuTNIltt Afuivlt , IbN ) , to MM
in July , IbVJ. It is the Usthnoiti
of the judges of our con its that
n Imhial business has been mluivd fronrw
to 75 per tent. The poorer rlawea hnvo
hetti.'r fare , hettir elothlnj ; , bet
ter sihoollni ; nnd hotter houses.
Umx cries Imxo IKVII convetted Into oat
meal mills iiiul caunlnpr factories and lire
oiH'rated as such by their oxx tiers "
How AYUO kuosinoro about this question
in loxx-n , tboex-KOVt.norof loxvaor the edi
tor of Tin , Oxmi x HKI.I JApplauso ]
I glvo jou nnother. Goxeinor I.irrabco
nlsomiysi "It is info to say thnt not ono-
tcnth nnd prob ibly not one-txventtcth of the
HijUor iscotisumeitln the state noxv as was
tonsutned live cnrs ndo. " Lirmbco snys
that probably not oic-txvcntluth , and jet jou
will llndsotnoon this platforni before the day
Is done triiiie to mnUojou believe that loxva
drinks more liquor todny tlmn she did before
the passage of the prohibitory luxv.
Another , lion Mr Hiinilircy. ] ) the present
govei nor of Kansas ! "Piohlbltlon Is neither
a fnrco nor a fatluii' . The oiien saloon la out-
hix\cd , the uxoeatlon. of thu barkeeper lu gone.
Since prohibition emitted in tlio state it
hus Incteased In xxcalth , in population and in
jiro x't'lty , and trittto has greatly dimin
ished. "
lion. ,1 , T Ingiills , Unlttd States scnntor
from ICntisas I ntn too KOOI ! an altornej to
stou nnd iinpi'iclt the testimony of my oxvn
xvltncssts or 1 might siy something to
him , but heto Is the testimony
"ICunsiw 1ms nhollshod the saloon ; the
open diain shop Is 113 oxtlnetas the sale of
indulgences A dtxinlcuril is n phenomenon ,
the bat Ueopir has Joined the crusaders anil
the inotinu builders. The broxx-or uinl the
distiller , nnd the bonded A/arehousos nro
known only to the at theologist An ucchcol-
Ofrlsl Aery likely edits Tin : OMUIA BLU. "
[ Aiiphiuso ] .
fcjomomoiox'ciy speelllo tcstlmnny.lt II
MeClure , cleik of Osngo counl ) : "i'hcie is
no saloon In the tounty , drimhonuess has
befit enthely done aAxny xxlth , the population
of Iho tount ) has doubled since prohibition
bognn , business his Itept jnco with the popu
lation and capital can bo hnd from the east
AX itlt Kiculcr case ami at about txvo thitds of
the former into of Intctcst"
M. I1.Vood , treasurer of Montgomery
county , Independence , ICau : "Tho law Is a
gttat success 1 hero Is not ono barrel of
xxhlslcy or ono keg of beer sold In Iho county
for ten of each sold bJfoie prohibition. "
I xvtint you to note the icpiewntitivo chat-
neter of tncso men. County deilts , county
trotsuicrs. Judges mid public men
Clutilcs M llovey , tuicasuicr otThomtis
county ! "Prohibition has hi en cnforted as
Avtll as nny other laxx In the state There Is
not a saloon or dtu ? stoic in the toiinty
Avhcro liquor ean bo bought for drinking put-
poses I do not bi'luno prohibition has dtlven
iixxiiy asinglo capltilist mid I luiow that
much mone\ has beott spent lu the p vymeut
ofdobtb that A\ould ha\o been spent for
liquor xvithout piolilbillon Our nsoplu
Avould be IIOPIOI xvote it not forpiohlbltion "
Tlie uoxtls.r A. Iloninin , tteasurerot Oi-
homo eountv. "i'lohlbltlon is a glorious suc-
ecss and is enforced us Avell as any other
stitut' . AVe Invo no saloons or Joints The
illsippcnranco of dtimlcenness and diinkins ;
for hex et.tgo put posts is almost tot.illv abel
ished. The tax tate has been decieiscd 'J per
i cut. Our propel ty Is assossul at about one-
lifth In value I'auperlsinhasboiMideeieised
\Vo hax'o a bettei clitss of people Itundieds
that u < ud to spoml their ntonov foi liquor ate
now sober , homst and itulusttious"
W II. Sinitb , tuMsuier of Marshall
count } "Our cxpoilencexvltli prohibition Is
tit it It ( It IACS out the men xx o do iiotAX'imt and
biiitgsln those xxo do xvant" [ Appliuse ]
Hear this : "Tl sends our AX'otst citizens to
iM'liraska nnd btIngs us their best people"
[ Appliusu ]
li 1Ailatnson , trcisuivr of Jackson
countj. "Our business intetosts nro on a
Ilrmor basis Captt il li coming uninvited
Mono ) Ui.Husol toilud Its vxay to the saloon
tills is employed to ftcd , tlotbo and educate
Iho children "
I hive not tlmo to icad all the extracts
along this Hue , but I vmh to call jour atten
tion in pasi.nifto tlu testimony that comes lo
us from unfriendly source3 Let mo u-.id a
litter from Sol Millet , editor of the Tioy.
Kan. , Chief , xxho AX.IS axlolent opponent ot
prohibition IIosiixs : "if AAOhnu thopOAxer
AVO Avould not tepcal the prohibitory law. It
bus tlono great pootl E\en with the dtlnk-
1111 ( linl. Kllll i Yi * t > l\rt IMII S.PA tliu iTnml nf.
fects of prohibition. "
PoiclValM. Loxve , n democratlo member
of the Btato sen ito in Kansas , n violent op
ponent of tuohlbitlon at tlio beginning , sujs :
"I opposed prohibition nnd X'otcd against the
amendment. I ndA'ocated resuhmlssion The
sentiment , hoxxavcr , is gio\vingovety dax
Deinagoguts miy sneer at the luxv , but 1 tell
jou it Is as lived as the huv of the Modes and
the I'ctslaiis. Hundicda of men xxho be
lieved this IIIAV Avould piOAQ impractlcablo
and AxoikmoiocA'ilthnn good Axould not noxv
xoto for mi open s iloon fet anj thing under
the sun , nnd 1 um ono of those nun "
I noticed in Tun OM vui ULI : of Fcbruaiy
21 a paiagtaph that leafls as folloxxs : "Tho
sentiment of the judges of the coints of Iowa
on pi ohibltion has undergone a radical change
In tAX 03 curs , n change no less loinirknblo
than Uniti-cgistcrcj nt the billet box last
November A nnjority of the Judges con-
eeilo that the eufoicement of the la\v is im-
posslblo and mgo the siibstllutlou of high
llconso us the only uffectlx o me ins to sup-
pi ess the hidtous Joints xvlth their hordes of
tree sharks "
NoxxIxxiintto boiespcctfitl. Ishill Imp -
p ach no man's votaulty. No\x spapuis somo-
tlmes malto tnlstnkis , and llut statement is
utterly lulso In ox'ciy pirtkahn , and I hax-o
no doubt thnt on the niuiuiiigaftcr that state
ment suxv daylight that Ananiastuitied oxer
In hU giwo and giexv greeu. xx ith CIIA ) ' . [ Ap-
plati'n 1
\\'o took gt cat i > lias to got at the facts in
the caao and so soul out from New York , to
exery onoof the jiulgesln the sttito of loxx.i
asking the truthlulnessot this patagriph and
giving them a copy of the same. Wo 10-
leU'cd i-ojponscs Jtom tXAOitty-four persons.
Out of the txventy-foiu' ju-lges of the dlsttii t
louils nllof them mo iu tax or of retaitiint ;
ptohlbition In IOXAM [ Applause. ] Of llietit-
tlro number but thiuo fux'or repeal , and of
tltosoAX'ho have changed tlielt bentitnents
theio seems to bo only ono , and ho formerly
opposed but noxv sustains ptohibltlon. [ Ap-
plllUbO 1
1 AX ant * to nsk a sucoint question : Does pto-
hlbitlon injure huslnessl It ib said that pto-
hlbilioti has mined Iowa. On Juno.iO , l' > 7 ,
Iheto xx'eto tl hty-sox en sax Ings banks , xx Ith
total assets of Sl.WO.OOO. . In two \oars of
prohibition tiny hax-o incro.ised to Jlfty sa\-
tngs banks , Aviih n sets of * > l.7l V OJ. Dining
the sintopi'ilod slate bmlcs imteascd ftom
ai.xtx HA'o to eipihtx one nnd theit assels from
51iJiO,000 ) to $ IJ,1TOOOJ In other Ax-otds. the
lasttxxo ) e irs , \x hllo piohlbitlon bus been
mining loxva xxo h.u'o had an imreasoof
tAA'entjuino banks and an incicasoin their
abbots of f , ' < OJiWU [ Applause |
Governor Lirrabeo sijh fuithor : "Moro
moitgag's haxo bivn lifted lu loxxu list jear
than haxo been pUtedn f ittxvhieli uinnotbo
staled of any pioxious je iriu tlio cntlro hls-
lorx of the state. " I Atipliiuse ] .
The Topoki Capital , AX-IIOSO editor at the
outsit AX as unfi loudly , on Januiry 2 , IbO'
uses this language. "ICiutsas h'.s a popula
tion todit ) four times as givnt as It had in
IbTO. The population of the state InlbbUxxas
UlHM' ' " * ' , todux , I. H.IXX ) , auliicieiso In nlno
) cars of a titllo oxer M i > tr cent. TIIOII.S-
bossed Aiiluutlon of all piopcrty inlbtOxxas
SUI.OJO.UOO , iitul for Ibbl ) , f 1WVK,000. ) ( ) nn in-
ctviso in ten jearj of " ( i per cent , lint fioin
1SWJ to isss U mounted up to $ J3lo.KX ! ( ) , an
Incioase in eljjht yc.iH under prohibition of
I'iO per icitt. " ( AppluusoJ
Ilnivoheiothoixxoin statement of Thomas
II Deiiton , uudiloi uf Nohmbkn , and of Tim-
oth ) MiCarl ) , auditor of Ktinsis. I xx'nut to
giAoyou thetlgmos in IS.M ) Tito total xnlu-
atlon of Kulmibk t xvas SX,499KK ! ( ) , ot Kansas
? lUOi70OtH , ) , In isV.i , of Nobmslu $133,7(1.1,000 ( ,
of luuists $ .ii > Jsixoo I , thnt Is an inucauc iu
ICansas under prohibition of S300U.HKJ ( ) , nnd
tin htfieiso lit Xcbr.iska und r high llienso
of t',0 , ' 11,000 , a dlflcitnce lit favor of Knnsas
ovirNcbiuslti of ? 107'JTO,000. [ Applause ] ,
I liuvocaiefull ) gone over the ta\ figures
I want to ro.ui to ) ou the repoit on the st ito
tuxes for n number of 3earn In these txvo
st'itea. 1 btvln xxlth iSbUnmtglvo vou llrs > t
Nebraska mid secondly Kunsw : Nobraaka
nil1 , cents , Kansas 51 cents ( notlcj Kansas
hlKtier Iu li O than NVuraska ) ; 1 81 , Nebraska -
braska 01 cents , ICansas ISO , lt > vj , Nobiiiska
117 cents ICiinaus-Ci ; ISN } , Nebmalta 7t > , Ivan ,
MIS 4..1 , Ibs' " ' -
Nebraska 11
has HO , ti
ICaiistu : , , _ . _ , _ ,
txvoboinj ; for Is-iU. ( li-atiplii } , ' the last live
} cars In men state , vvoUma an avoiago into
of luxation upon the tdOJ assessed for sttito
put poses to bo ns folloxxa : In Nobraskti ,
74 li-lO cents , In Kansas , at , 0-10 cents , n tutlo
moro th m ono-h tlf.
I road again , from the Phllndelphli Press
of Muy 10 : "A Kniikus company Avhlch
Inn negotiated $7,000OJO of loans slnco
Ihs7 has foiiclos il Icsa than ono per cent of
its loans. A solid fact llko this b wor th toils
of blather nlojt the debt ridden farmer. "
That is Avhut the Philadelphia Press sa > s
noxv , but It talked about the debt ridden far
mer during the I'cnmvlviinln iimpdgn
I UUAo nnother fioin that romirknblo shoot ,
TUB OMAIU 131 u. [ Laughter I On the
7th city of last Am 11 Tin OMUIA Btn
published an unsigned letter fiom LXete-r ,
Neb , A\hlch aimed to show that duiinp tA\o
years of no liiense the toxvn had suffered
gieallj. business xxas piraljzed ; property
declined and Industry xvns prostrated. The
nnonyinous Icttt r flojed xxlth these Axoids
"Our business men nnd all dependent on
county trudo hue bo"ii solid for hluli li
cense " A number of leputablc gentlemen
propareil a lengthy reply and banded It
up to mo to read , irlxlng the lie
to the mioiiinou3 letter of Amll 7 in TUB
Omi x Hii' , und closing ultli this hiiifruuge'
"llmttho fnlso statements mny be cortectcd
and the truth knoxxit xve. the elti/mts of 1-v-
eler , Axould lespectfully ink ) ou lo publixh
the above. II. G. Smith , president I'list
National bank. C \Vullurnndt , pcneril
inctchandise. C A. Songsler , tonl and lum-
bet\V IIVnllnco. . cashier 1'xeter National
bank ; Sanfoid Willianis , hardxxaro and im-
pltmenls ; Jacob Pllug , agiltultur.il imple
ments "
As n rule xvhen you find an nnon.x mous
loiter In Tiir OMXII x HIM. or miyv here else ,
.thcro U some seoundtel nt the hack of it th it
knows he Is not telling tlio truth [ Applause |
The Omaha \Vorld-IIcrald lells us tint the
taxes in Oimhuhist xear xvero SW1HX ) , and
futthor than that , the said tac his tlietc-
fete Incieascil , siys that paper , ! iO per cent
oxer the year befoio. Is it not time to tall a
halt ?
I haxo another : I rather like to quota
fiom TUB OMXIIA Bir. [ Laughter ] I wnnt
jou to hear all this because the repoitets
AX ill reprint it :
"Peter Kuhlimn AX anted to start a saloon
ntNo 117 Not Hi Ninth street , nc\t door to
nn evening paper 'Iho business men In th it
iiclghboihood piotestcd , and the fuss came
up xvlicti tlioprotestants xxeio plA'cn o heir-
ing. CA'ciy business man In the block , c\-
tcpt the owner of the building xvhcre the
pioposcd saloon XXMS to bo located tcstllled
tbe saloon xxould kill their tiade Tlio 11-
ecusoxvasiefused. " I nm astonished tlmt
this paiagiaph found its Avay into the eol-
umtis of Tin : OMUIX. BII. [ Ltughter
and applause ] And I can only account for
It on the theor ) that Mr Hosexvater xxas out
that afternoon having his phologtaph talvcn
for "Dab. " [ Laughter. Uencxx'ed laughter J
Don t consume my tlmo On the loth
diy of lastrobittai ) lion WllliumLauaboe ,
ex goxernor of loAva , in n length A lettir , uses
this language : "As to the doiircriation In
A .due of i-eal estate , oetasioncd bv ptohibi- "
bltlon , It Is sheer nonsense" Noxv , Axho
knoxxs best , cx-Uox'crnor Larrnbee ; or the
cdltot of a ttoxxsp ix | > r Axllling to sell its space
to public falsehoods concocted iu LoulsATille ,
Ky. I [ Applause loud and ptolonged ] A'nl-
ucshiA'o , 1 btliex'o , been sustained In Iowa
r.s AA'cll as uiljolning states Axhery prohibition
is not Iho nile ilono ) Is noxv sicnt [ for the
nccos'iiiics of life and for " .egillnuitc uses in-
sle.ul of belni , ' spent at the -baloon The
bulking business of tlio state is afun biuom-
eter.
"Tho number of banks In the state has
greatlv increased , nad Iholr capital tapidly
multip'icd ' I think mote thm half the Juls
of the state aio entltely omptj ut the ptesctit
tlmo There ate ninetA' eight less coin lots in
ouopeiiittntian thaa theio xxcrothito yeaib
ngo n\pensts in criminal eomts IUIAO do-
cte.i ed xiry hrgtly during the last foxx"
joais" And all this fioml'oveinoi Lnini-
bee , xvho dechues tint the talk about the de-
cicased A'idues of ttal estate in Ioxxa is the
sheen st nonsense.
I h IA o not tlmo to take up the nc\t item
no\A' I dcsite to c ill jour attention to a te-
mark made by my filend , Mr. ljosexvatcrx\ho
nlUrmed that In the btato of Nebraska
thoio uro 51 Jalld or lather , ito said , Bl
counties that haxo no prlsoncis hi their
] tils And Mr Hosexvatcr Is a A ery forgetful
man nnd ho does not rcnlenibdr lo tell jou
that of these 51 counties .11 of them haA'o no
Jail nt all. [ Loud laughter. ] Ho foigot to
remind ) ou thai Adams county , AX Ith
Ilasti.iga us its chief city , is vet entirely
xxithout a Jail. It has prisoners , but itbouda
them out la the jails ot surrounding tountlcs.
Butler county , of gtcat prominence in jour
state , has no jail , but scuds its prisottcis to
ndjatriittounties.
Noxx * , giMitlcmcn , I call jour attention to
these facts the testimony of the most ixlla-
blo and the most competent xvitnesbts in
Maine , Kansas aadloxxn. nnd I haxo them
lioiofiotn Now Huiipslnro and tiom Ver
mont , mill in the judgment of these poisons
piohibitton is prolitiblo and in no place has
probibltlon depreri tU.il values or Infringed
upon business interests. I sh ill this after
noon present irimln d statistics show Ing the
utter und confessed failure of high license
and pioye it by testimony as conclusho as
the testimony presented heio this moiuing.
HON. EU\VAIU > UOSUU'ATKIt.
Tlio OpcrnltoiiH of thu Nebraska and
IllAA'il IjaU'H Colllpjll'fill.
Edxvnrd Hojoxvater spDko as folloxx-s :
Mr. Chairi'iin , Ladies and Geiitlomon :
Itunmes mo that the gcntluinin xvho has
scaitcly touched the soil of Nobraski , who
husseireely been hero mete thun IXAO or
tlircodajs , undertikoi to quoitlon thosta-
tistlrs that I proio-itol hero on Situtvliy
about the ] ill Inmates of the stito of No
br.iska. Ho tells jou that tlioro nro thhty-
JiA'ccounties la this state In AA'hlch there nro
no Jr.lls. If that xx'oro true , It is the highest
testimonial that hin'ti llcanss could got
There ai j not thirty-live counties in the state
of IO.XM , that got along xvithoat a jail. Tlioro
aronot thirtj-llA'otountles in the state of
Kansas that cvi sttoxv th it they are xvithout
a jail llut the Uath is tint there are about
slc counties In this state tint have no jail ,
and 0110 county tint has a Jill his novel had
tin Inmuto In It That Is J31 mer county ,
AVe haxo hoard so mieh hero as to the
lion cc Ooveiuof Lirribjj anj his testi
mony AX ith repaid to tin opjratioaj of
prohibition in lowi ; bit GoA'oiuor
Lirr.ibce , llko Hen Bjtlor , sees both
xvajsnt the same time , and ho sees A or )
remarkably out of line when ho looks at ilg-
lire * 1 have heio the ofililul publltiitlon by
the secretary of state of Iho slate of loxvi
roptesenllng the criminal stutlstits of that
btute , and the e.\rense Inturred in prosecut
ing criminals In etch of the sex oral counties
for Iho list four years , an 1 I xvlll show by
them tint the expenses of pro ocullng trimi-
mils hi loxva have Increased by moro than
$ 0)OJO ) Avlthln the list txA-o ycirs. The
county of Polk , in xvhith the governor llx'cd
so long , in Axbich DCS Moines , tun capital city
is located , spoilt oxer < 5lX)3 ) ) last jciir in the
prosecution of s.tato cilminils , and JU,000 for
thopioseeutlon of police eouit offenses over
* ? OMJOO In ono count } xvhtn the AA'holo state
of Nobiiusku spent only ? 10"OOiJ for niexecut
ing crimlniilj. Hut I suppose that an ex gox-
ornor is no hotter thin a goxernor. I suppose -
pose that the gox et nor of loxva xvho has been
male the successor of Ltrrabeo by the people
of \\hoiescnteil the hypocrisy and the
niraat Unaxcry xxhith these ptohlbitloulsls
haxo sought to hnposo upon tno pcoplo uf
their oxx H state and states gtnerallx I say
that his testimony ought to bo consldeied as
good us that of Mr Larinbeiviiidxvhon Iprovo
Mr Lutmbeo to have fnVsifled thoiocotd In
r vird to criminal courts , all his statements
full to Iho gtotind ,
Lot mo call your attention to last fall , \x hen
Governor Lurabeo x\a.s leli\-erliig a ktluto
or im address lauding prohibition in the toxxn
of OttuuiAvn , In whith ho , I suppose , AAMS
oleetioneoring ; and xx hllo ho AX as tillclngthat
prohibition xxas a great success a xxagon load
of hay stood xvlthln twenty yntds of him full
of bottles of beer and boer AXMS btlug dealt
out to the croxvd That is a fact. I xvas la
loxx'ii nt the tlmo injsulf [ Long and loud
Inughttt ] Itisnot necessaiy fin mo lo hiy
that 1 XXMS In Sioux City when this happened
[ Umghtor. ] And Mr Lurnibeo xvas therj
on the occasion of the reception of the Pan-
American congrtss , and men camoovtr from
Ottunux'a to receive thq I'lin-Amei leans ejo
AXItacsses , that wore pmcnt ut that A'ery
time.
Noxv heio is n loiter from floA'crnor Doles :
DKsMoiMH. li . .Iline "is , IsMl K. lotxvutcr ! ,
KHIJ , Hear hlr : The prautU'iil oieiatl | < > u if
prolilbltlon In this Mute v-i nn to In ) in noid-
In to the pmltle il stiiilMlnt | front xx liloli the
iiui'siloii Ux exxtd ; our iipubllftin frlemtb In-
flil It U a success , tha deniut rats thnt It Is u
fid I urn. The fonscrtntlvo elcmtnt In both
Dartlcs rcath thu exuct truth whcu thuy dt-
clare thai In tlio rural clfclrlet * thn law Is
fnlrl ) xxell CMtfor.'crtnrd tint In the hrga
cities It Isopenly nnd totally Ignorvd , or coti-
tnntly Alolutcd by sowt nles umiily iiif-
llelent to meet the dOii nd. TlilshiiHlmon the
trim situation In loxvajlneotho I nv us en-
ii'-toil. Occii luimllyome of tliu cltk's will
make a tunpoiary t'lroit to enforce the I txx ,
Imt Ufh ( 'Hurts nrg pn'fuodlp. nnd lu i little
while tlio business 19 lenuxx til olthui oponl ) or
seeutly.
I fitl certain that moro dUtlllcd spirits nrc
tuedns abe-MtiiKoln Iowa umUrtlio lirc cnt
laxx thutiixer Iinxolietitorcxei xvoultl bo un-
tltra llecnse ssteui. but on thu othir hind
llierols ICK unit UniioMistd i am pqmllv
Hire-that the spirits UHtd UM tlin xxoist Kind ,
fukliu I lie slntu together there Is no doubt
but that iiroltlliltlon hiisfiiilid to Usson tlio
cxllsnf IntcMiiponinee , h is rttnnltd ImmUta-
tlon Into and Ifisti ntd i-inUritlon from tlio
sinuMinil lit it It lias destiovoil most ( if the
capital Inxi'sicd iiiliiowirl.s and distilleries ,
kieit l.uiL-hK r ] , nlliu'il t lnsn tntlustiles niul
Is constantly ilr.Unlntc the ituUi of Itiininisu
Miiiiiof money se-ntto nth' MtaUs for tliu imr-
iluiM ! of Intoxicating Unit > i
Let us s ly ono Arord hero My predecessor
1ms stated that all the brtix erics In loxxn have
been com cried or rath Mpei hips Uovcrnor
Ltirtnbeo said It Ihfitnll the biexveties Invo
boon com 01 led into oil meal fnctotles , nud
they tire tun by the men xxho oxxn them I
for one xxill say thtif 1 knoxv iitleastono
pat tv that xvent from Count 11 HlulTs nnd lo-
uitcd in Chlttiinoogi and is rtmniiiK' u
bi-cxxery theie , mid the Council ttluffs btoxA'-
try lias not been conxcrt 1 Into ninthim ? in
pirlieulir , so far as I knoxx [ Cries of
"Good , " "Good " 1 It Is a pretty dinieult
thine toconxeit ubielxeryIsuppohO , [ Orcat
laiifihtcr ]
1 xxill it.ulhorc !
I do not ht'lloAo thnt crlmo hii boon dimin
ished 01 criminal cxpuns s by tills law , ort'int '
e'rlniln ile'oin let Ions nn li is now thin they
xxero hofoio the law xx'clit Intoolltct liisload
then oC. If xx < ! count piou i-'itlons eonx Ictlons
nnd exp lists Inttiricd tpdet Ibis lixv they
hiiAcbuen im ttly lnoiensi l
The c ) that our jails atul p'Millonthrlcsaro
lioltui inpllrtl Is tilolnsloniincxcituiileil
butonopenltcntltry In this state , md xvhen
v.e biillttxvoinoic xvn liadiiiioinoiothtin xvns
iictu illy noidod Thlix\ii9sobefuroiiihlbt | ( *
tlon xxasenactedand l < s > .till ion lirjio ox-
tent. \ihc3andthllilrt nhaAobfoii tin-
puxulsslitd by FAOibltnnt lints Imposed by
this laxv thin uxer Xfi ru ruined In this sttito
b > all the evils of Inli'inpiMiinco loiiiblnuil ,
IliitiKhtir ] and thtoush tlmsaino minus mom
tnimllesliiiAO liotn Hip ir.ili d uiil illsurieud
by tlio Imprisonment i > T liiisb.iiidH uinl liiiith-
tis Tlio sttito Is full of c iii s of siuheMtimo
lutrdslilp that in ) ptinltti ss ii M.IS ( oiislintly
euniiitllid tn oMettd e\i ( ntlvi iliinciuj to
RIIAO xliulo fumlllcs frini ill poir house , anil
I can ( In nothln , ' less th in fo'linx ' In his foot
steps llio moio I knou of the piaitle.il
x\jkltiS | ) ! ( > f this laxv Iliu uiciru thutoiulily
conxlnced I ma that Its eiiictmint w is , i
slupeniloiis blunder tlmt loxv i \ > 111 not recover -
cover from Inye-ais. VeT ) ttnlj jours.
Hint xd Hoirs.
" \VhiiolAxasslttlugoiithls platform n lot-
tei xx'as handed to mo this moinlngxohiutat-
ily , signed bv a b inker fiom tlio toxxa of
I-Tor'ati , and I AX ill read it to ) on. It Is dl-
iccted fiom Logan dllOttto Btituco :
IorA\.In July 7 , Malion 15 lese ! atcr ,
e < i , Hintilce , Nib l"ii ) tlrVllltvi p.u-
donn sujKcstlontu ru'iinlto in ) Uii i of 'pto-
hlbltlonr" \\oulil I like to li ixu j ui uslt the
teniperincn folks xxlmt they uu Kolng to < lo
xx Ith the "lillll.iid halls1 niul ' tempi r nice
pool rooms" attei they Ket a innliltilliiiy 1 ix\ \ .
Oure\i | ) tli n 'e Is that tlun > so-called tcnipci-
iini ti lilllunil hulls are its bid us thuoicn si-
loon A piohlbltorv 1 i\v xxill not elo-.d . the
loalln nltlees Axboru t 'inn rineo drinks tiio
Mild , and It h my opinion that a pi iln s iloon ,
xxltbont 1giiinus"ot liny kind. Is better tb in
blllliinl saloons or "pn Inis' xxhoto ttmpci-
nmii dilnKs are alone - 11 As xnu em sio
tin Idci lt ) ttoi than 11 ui i\ilain"L | [ I iiigli-
tet ] \\lllnotbothcrjoiixltlitt lung letter.
Yours , CilAiut * , 1 J itl1 ,
Pronrietdr l.d ' in llinlf.
NOAA * , I want to say right hero that so much
has betn said about tLc wondtrful increase
of banks and baibcr bli.iviu ? shops In the
state of Iowa , j-ou will boxer ) much re
joiced to heir that the atite of loxvi lias got
moio money llian the state of Nebraska , but
that is not true , foi % all that. Theto lias been
tAAtco as intith incre iso in bank capital in the
stnto otNobiiiska dmii'g the same pcilod as
there has btcii in thu jstato of loxvix. As I
expect to talk on thi } state of loAvumoro
fully , Ixvill dexoto myself to the stnto of
Ivansns. *
„ # n.
ICtin'os business ineri favdfed rrotiibltiori" ,
not from n moral but from a business stand
point , beliex ing that the moiid phtifeoofllio
question Avoald nttiaet the most desirable
character of emigration. At lirst this AMIS
tiue , hut stxenor cUht jcars of actual c\-
pcnemo ha.s knocked all the sentiment out of
CACII the piohlbltloinsts themsr-lxcs xvhtn
they see tlio s iloon supplemoiued bj' tlio
joint , x.hicli is the most dtminiblo foim jet
assumed bx the demon of intemperance. 'Jho
on ! ) ' consistent temperance state olllccr in
ofllco in Katibas today Is Attorney General
L , P. ICcllOo'g. All the rest fiom the gov-
oinoruoAVii aio consuincts ot iutojiie.itlng
liquois 'this is a fact , nnd can. bo vcnlied
The piescnt goxernor disgraced himself and
slnlo list summer Axhilo In Coloiado and Axas
advertised as iidiunkcnbumln Colorado.
About tltieo xxc 'ksag that Avonuctful at-
touiey geiieuil of ICansas. Avho IITS slid so
much upon tlio piohtblt'on ' mtastlon , and
made a living out of It by lc < hiring in other
stntcs ttlbo. hlivd a iilumber lo look after some
tiouble or leak In his house , and the plumber
struck lAA'o ot the boxes of aio nnd beer lying
In his cellar , and ptesentlv the xxholo town
bceanio uxxuro of it. This is xxhata gieat
nnnyotheis 1110 tint adx'ocato prohibition
on ono da ) and do their Ji inking on thu next
d iv.
It is said hero npaln that prohibition 1ms
ubsolutclj tliininat d the liipior business in
thu state of Kuusis. 1 stsut a miin by
the name of lliompson , n tboioughly
bobor , icliable man , outof tboctty of Oniihti
und ho spent three \\oeks in ICatibas and got
luck only last \\etk IhaA'oa gteat niitiy of
the icpoi ts that I pioposo to read noxv ,
"in many loxxns in Kansas llio expiess
coin panics have built additions to their AV.IKS-
housesfoilhoc\in.ss putposo of caring for
tlio Jug trade , and li ix o put on cUra xvugons
of a pceullatly loxv build in xxhlch these
beverages tuo do-Hi prod at night to joints ,
elubsand ptiva'o liuuscs.
"Abrcwtiy In MIlxvuuUco ships tlitco car
loads of bottled beet into Kansas ovciy day ,
Axhlch alone xAOiildnmoiint tomoio than Axlint
the piohibltionists claim is the total con
sumption in the state.
"Tho Anhcusci-Ilusch bottling company
Well , I xx-on't go further , because It is not
necessary to detail nil [ Liughlor.V11 ] ,
It simply refers to other biewei les , and I an
not going to adxeitlso them. [ Liuuhtcr.J It
costb money. [ Iti ncxveil laughter.7
"Tho dtug business is pmstiluiffl so that
the good men nro out and poor ones in Some
dtuggists sell ox'cr tineo gallons of the ox-
liact or cssonte of Janialii ginger , three
ounces n dose , Thodingglsts buy ono bir-
rel of alcohol nud n " iairel of xvhtsky , 01
rather txx'cntj-Uiicc "of alcohol to one 01
whisky. Bnyiumls rxiportontnlcoliol The
sales tire to po n lo of prohibition protliA'ltlcs
xxho cannot gtt .ic os to i lubs.
"A tin * load of beer AVas closed out botAxeon
12 m until ) p. m of the same day bj at
oiiglnal ptckago man ( In Topclci. The OK
ptessconipinles of Toppka earn dm Ing some
months of the A cm " ? Ji"K ) per month oteli
( There mo tlnoo of them , or * 7rK ( ) per
month ) Supposing th6 oxpioss chuges to
represent SO per cent of the test of goods , xvo
xxouldlnuo not far from ? ln)0) , ( ) spent for In-
toxitatiiij ; liquor * , , or aboutfl caca per jeir
for ox cry man , xvomm md thlld In Tope'cn ' ,
Kus , population about forty thousand.
* Topekiiis fullof e ubhoutcs , xvhichinclude
among their members boys from fifteen jeirs
up to gr.ix liuiicd men , AVhotito suiipliod by
the jug houses of Kansas City. Drinking to
c < cosb Is common , hundreds of young men
are becomiilgdfinor.iltzea and lost. In Men-
moatb township , thisrount ) [ KhmcocoimlyJ
foui xoutig bojs. rnv'ng fioui tx.clvo to lif-
tccncars , cntoicila church duilng bctxlco
reeling diunUandspoxxvd nil oxtr the fluor ,
seats , etc , of course supplied from 1Cuiibas
Cltj ' "llio boys hnx o caught on '
A tiumbor of ivs > poctablo Hxxcdlsh yomg
menxxhoin the piohibltionists had doniul or
depiixodof beer , tonic to moio iwitablo xxlns-
koj-and are today ei nfiimed iiuinkntds In
SToith Topeki the b > } s und mon chip in " >
cents to Kansas C Itytet n keg of bici * xxhlch
Is s oto I In a stable < > r IniUhor shop and al
nUht drank by tills emhio club. About
llitton kega per AXtuk Is the UA'ctaKO from the
North s > lw
" .Shmice county , ICansas. Is r.allod Iho ban
ner prohibition i untv of tlia Unltol States
A careful inxestlg-tti'inoi the giound pwvos
that prohibition is notnffoiting llio mortis of
ICansas a ptutlclo , theio bcitit , ' us much If not
iiosltlvely moro tilmo noxv than fornwily
btnco the iidoptlon of the prohibit Ion nniend
mint in l M the cnmlnal coses huxc more
than doubled. This statomi'iitls Acrllltd by i
the coutt records , The coat of criailuul 1
prosecution hns been kept n. nrofouncl secret
AAlth nprohlbltion nudltoi'sniiibyncoininlttcts '
on suppression during the present cmnpilL'ti.
Iloxvoxer , ho will bo compelled to cither
nuke ncotjeet statement or refuse to. either
of whlohAOUlt1 bo nn admission of guilt.
Aboutono jeiirnfjo HAAIW ptibUshel in the
prohibition papers of the I mil , Including
Voice , Noxv Ymk , that In Sluuito tounty ,
Kim ns , In other voruX iu Toiwlm , theio
wno no crimln th for tl lu
"I'lio naked truth xvas that the oU county
nttorncy wu going out and the nexv county
nttornu ) AXIS going in. The out going nt-
torno } lld not haxo the cases iloekctcd.
TheriMxus the usual munbor road ) for ttltl.
At Ihehisl termof lourt In 1SVJ thci-o Axero
ulghtj nlno cilmlnal ctses on the dotket ,
sexerul of whith rcpicseatcd mow ttiim ono
ptlsoncr , inalcliigoAer onohimdrid i > ilsonera
reidy for tiinl. Of these oxer forty Axoro
'
felonies and at least txvo xvcto inurdo'r cases.
Since .laiuinry 1 , isvi , there line UenJIO
cases on the docket of the dlsttlit ciuu-t in
Slmnco county , IC-insas , and at letst , thhty-
iixo luxe been sent to the penitential * ) "
U'o IUA'O bctn told that piohlbitimt does
not injure business. I xxlll lead the folloxxlug
upon that subjett :
'The ' folloxving capitalists and prominent
business men In the state , after hiving al
most luincd tilth * homo town of Topeki , lux o
Itft for moro coiijcniil climes nnd hive
sought mom piomlslng opportunities for In-
A'tstlng their xxcalth : 11. M. Dnics.lcc -
prcsideiit bmli of I'opcknone ( to Chicago
because of the dcpicsslon in business in
Topolt t caused by mohibitlon ; lr ) Mulvimo ,
violent piohlbillonlst , xxealthv , gene to Ctti-
cage : e\-Miyor Mcligiir of Topekn , gone to
Hedtiili , Mo. bamotvason ; John Morse , llmo ,
cement and bildc business gone to Denxor ,
Cole , stimo rcison ; on Runs is nvoiuio ,
lopolti , oxer o'io imlo long , live out of six.
buslntos men and clurus dteluro lot resub-
tnlssion
"Tho old topublioati prohibition party held
noonxciition Juno 10 foi the putposo of send
ing den-gules to the concessional convention
ut 12111101 ia June 21 , next iutroduccjil n i-eso-
lutlonfivoring prohibition and against the
oilginil pu'kago business The vxild ojcd
piotiihition repitblltaiis tabled It ptomptly ,
not dating to discuss the subject hi open tott-
Aeiition. "
Noxx , Avhllo Mr. 'lliompson xvas In the city
of Topeka , ho xxoiit to xxork and iitssod up
and doxvn the in lin street of the fit ) of To-
pcku xx ith this proposition : A billet hex xvas
lirescntod to om-y person , nnd eicli business
man was nskod tt > drop Into thatbo < c a ballot ,
xx hither it xvas lor or ngaimt itsubniisslon ,
and xxo b.uo heio the ntUdtxlt of thu man
xxho took that hallos. And ho makes this
tciliilt.ito ( reading ) :
St aloof Kauris , bit ixxneo county , ss
\\r. II Ktmij , bonii duly sworn , ik poses nnd
says.
1 AAiis ont'ilftrid to take the vote of Iviinsni
uxoiiue. In 1 opok i , Kan , on the ( uitstloa of
pntlillilt Ion mill lusiibini-iskiii.
On the 1 Ui and lltli il ix s iif .Tuno , 3W ) , 1 x Is-
llul all tlio sloies .mil uliii't'H on tliu ground
Hoot oil luuiiis uxtMino fiom | hi > rlxu to
r.lKhlh strti t.ultlt tbi't'M'iptlonof tlio Kock
Island duput and < ino liu < I\\ntu \ mil one jrio-
ctty si OIL , anil pitsontid tliu b illiit lo\ to tlio
cinpliii > is ihi-o nethely mi u-eil In btisl-
nis. . andtlii'h oniployis , and iiii'Mt'd | tlu-in
lodi posit n billet , i ill K" foi pi ohlUll Inn in
iiilislon Iho lnxsus ) - - ( iiuli.il niul
i I b id Hniiliuil 1 ou neil tlio saini ) In t lit
pus n ! > of Hun I H t'nmcli nf lloiinet ,
Kun , Mi C. L ) Thmiilison of Uiiiuli I , Net ) ,
Mi. Ilihliuil of 'lonilii Air llitvliii Stiiitu
md A. I , Alh'ii. and thu billets \mo til > c i
( toiii s ltd bu\ nut lanfullj counted uiult.vl-
jllll Of tllUb.lIlie 111 lilt ) III till ) pICSLIItll Of til' !
su l guiitleintii. L'liu u suit is as fuUuus
Ttiri n luliiihi.il .lull t hlmot.o ; fni K iihnils-
son undone linnilied and sixty foi pro
hibition. Onl ) about twent ) ptihOii8iofusc.il
to \ ote , and I ( , ' ire all the < niptiit et H mil uni-
plox cs til the pi le'cs x tsiteil the fitlloimoitim-
Itj ludeiHMlt tlio liillulut thulr clic Ice.
A11. \ . ICr.NSA- .
Sxxoin to btfoio me and stibscilluil In in )
picstncctliUlltlicl.iv of June. V t ) . I-t ) I.
O I' MCH.W. Vcrtiuvl'iilille * .
"tVo come noxv to the opoi.itions ol piulubl
tlon as found hi thu dlfleienb titles in Kan
sas :
"I/iAvicncp , Kau ' Is a tollo 'o mil church
town of 17.00J population , chiefly from Now
nnghiul. rrolnbltlon his been fostered
Wltlfuc ] tlom caro. In IbM tlioro xvoro ten
or txxeho open saloons and there xvcro no
holes in the AX ill or boot-lcggon * , noxv theio
nro fullx tvxenty places Avhcio Hunou mo
clniulestlncly sold. Ex-Governor Chtrios
Itoblnsou , the AAMI' gov cruor of Knnsas , an
able man and bavins laigo interests heie ,
stated to Mr. Thompson that ho knew that
liquor AVIS sold in fiom soxcntecii to tAACtit-
llvophxets lnL AAxionca , for , stld lie , 'loxvn
n liittfo farm Just near this city , I employ a
number of men ; .unon ? them Is u man , a
capiblo felloxx , Avbotn I dmo not send to Ltux-
icucofoife.il * ho xvill get diiink. Todti ) ,
Juno IU. I sent him to toxx a xvitli txxo lotds of
wheat ; It Is noxv near 5 p in. and I have not
found him yet. lie is In some hnlo In tlio
Avail drunk. He has a family and is totally
dependent on mo for xxork to support them
llut I will bo obliged to tum him out of clouts
on account of rum holes in the city ofLtixv-
rcuco. When this mm iliuls ono of these
plates , nnd they are not haul to llnil , lie
scorns to bo aft iltl ho nuy not gel In ig.iln
and drinks to drunkenness Yes , theio mo
clubs toiuiu the bjs and they mo miking
use of their oppottunlties I have not use
for liquor ; I nm n tototlar , but I hnx o no use
for Knns is iiieiliibitiou , It Is a filto , breed
ing hypocrits '
"flic negroes and the least self-respecting
the the 'bloods'
young men pitronizo Joints ,
Imxe fotmccl elubs where liquors of till kinds
aiokept Each moinber oxvnsa hex and gova
nt xxill to thocoiniiton stock Hols cnthcly
withoutlodtiaint , hisiuin.Ia only u , inutttr
of time
"A younger cliss cf hos pioemea flask ot
Avhlsky xx liith they tarr ) In their pockets
They meet in binis and dark allots ami
drinlc it , and thus acquit e nn appetite for the
stiong bevctago Prohibition in ICansas is
Minply supplanting beei with whlskx , thu
mote poittitilo. It is causing men to diink to
drunkciinoss ix ho xvcio satisfied vxitb a glass
of beer bo foil } .
"riiopropttetor of the nidildpe house , the
be.it hotel in Lnxuence , uMr Uohii , inns tin
open Joint in bis house , piesldotl OVOL by his
coloiud porter. Hu bold to miiitid , to mi'roes ,
to drunkaiJs , to ox'orxbody EIo xvua at-
icstcd , tonxietodaiid sentenced to pay n line
of JlUOatid iinptisomnent , but Justus s onns
sontcnto AVMS passed his ftionels , piohlbltion-
isls , AAho AXtio In tcltv'raphiccommunication
xvlth Cioveiiior Iltiiiiphrynt Topoln , received
a ptrdon for him. The poor negio. AX ho xxas
his still ' in bo-
only hiiellufr , lnnr'tiisho > Jail -
e.iubo tuisooth his innstti Avlll uot pay the
line vvhleli iis not remitted.
' Business is stiigmnt and xxholo roxvs of
business pi tees can bo found empty Infjiixv-
renco It should bo boruo in mind tlmt Lnw-
ronte is poinlo 1 lo us a place xvheio prohibi
tion is iisnitcss H Is mitutallv n quiet
town and the conditions mo peed for Its suc
cess , but in propoilion to population nnd Its
class of tltUuib taken into consideration
thtio is as much llmior tmimmoj in L-\\--
rento iw In any city In ICiuii is. I counted
ciylit cases of beer and four ke s before the
exptc-ss olllco on the sidewalk nnd xxas told
tint entire xx agon loads of bcei came thtougti
tliooxiuessoHlte "
Xo\AT , her is Lcax'eiiAXorth. Wicu 1 Axas
in I euxcnxxorth In 1MJ il xxas also piohlbl-
tion time. Theio x\cro l.r 0 , und probably
moio , btioons running Avldo open. There AXIIS
noelToit undo to enfoieo piotiihition. At
tint time , If I lomct'ibor right , thu city of
LcaA'enxvoith AX as quoted xvith u population ,
of over , ! eVK ) , ( ) , In lbS7. H ) the election of u
ncxx ell ) government they got itt sumo very
rigid ivulations and they cluicd tlio s ilootts
to all Intents and putpo- > ( < > [ Applause J
IN'OXXxxh.it Is the rejultl The proiunt popu-
lullon of Lenvcinvoith He'r ) > s , a falling oil
of ox-ct 10U)0 ) fiorn th , > census of IhbO ,
I want mix prohibitionist tuoxp'nln ' that tome
mo and shoxv why the city of LeiAenxvorlli
h.ts dcileased 10,001 In her population. In
IfiS * this cllv hid a population of : II10. , ! It
AX as dui Ins that ) car th it the saloons AX ere
t-los 'd up at the fiont door and business
diixon lo the JolutH , xviuro it liai since boon
going on xxitti much SUCC.M.S for tlio benelltof
those engaged m the tralllc , bat to the Injury
of bubinoss nud the rovoiiuen of the eity.
Thuelloct of prohlbitlun on buslnus nnd
propeit ) vduos has beta very d "Jttuotivo.
Ued lutato Is n drug on Iho miikel. At no
time in the hUtory of the tit1.1 liuxo there
boon so iniuy ( inpt ) stoto hnuhusm the busl.
ness btteots of the city. Such n conilltlon of
uiridi-a did not exist prior to lk7 , be-foro any
attempt xx iw midei In the cnfoit.unuiil of the
Invx AViilchls not enfnrud.
f met Mi n.xcrs of Ltavenxvoitli tx1odays
ago at Omiha II' ' ) OXXIIH H'iiiiiiJ ( In real
citatonnd has been n K > Hint of Lt.ixtu-
Axorth for m ire tt an txvnt } ) IMIS Mr
i fought lot inoUiuiUui ! , aiitl lau void mo
the thing AXIIS vet only a tl mil nn Impo
sition , but It bad been u it to his oily ,
and hiudo.strujcil moro pr ( < t , y values than
if the i Ity had been drink cu-lono.
Now , hoxv Is It In ICaiiiaj jul breweries ?
In the county of Atchls hivxxery his
been In oivtiitlon xxltbou or hlndraiico
sliioo the operation of the . In 1iCn\cn-
wotthnll tlmt class of ness lias Ixcu
stonped [ Appliuse 1
i'rotn .Tiiniuity 1 lo .1 1 , 2s ° 0 , for fix o
months , the arrests for druitltoimorts lu the
city of l.tMXeiiAXOith xvero till , b ) llieoniilul
report of the public touit Ami noxv AXO oomu
to Atchlsoit
In the city of Atihlvm the poliiooouit
shoxvs that um lug thiiyetr ISV.i , 1,171 itmsts
AACIO mule , of xxhlcli J7S AVtto for diunlait-
HCSS mid ( llstiirbincis ,
Atchison has been Just llko T cavonxvorth.
It h is been n diad toxvn , jutulxzed by pto-
hlbllioii llitsiness is languishing , aiitl all
improvements uro at a standstill 1 touiited
txxtnt ) Ih'o cnity stow liousts on Coiu-
inetclal strict , and stxx- out one bull ling In
thecourso of constiuetiim.
'Ihoiltyot ' St. Joseph , Mo , has heoncn-
Jojmg uiuliio mospoiit ) at the e\peuso of
AU'liisoti and lA'aAtiiAAortli There nro sK-
tcen ding stores in Atchison count ) , and
fouitein of Ihosoaro in tin * city of Atchisoii.
Their ropotts of sales shoxv all the AA i ) fiom
. ' ( Ho 4tH ) foi each stoto per mouth
Tin-re me clexcn plates on Common lul
stteot xx beio llinioi is solil On oiillinry
dus ) , nloiiil of beer is distilbuted on this
stteot , nnd on S itutday night four wugim
loids tire left at dives along Ibis stittt.
There Is one bulohor , who sells about txxo
pounds ot meat a iliv , has a Joint in the rear
irom Axltich he gain Ins tovciiuo. Ktiitlicr up
the street Iheto is n largo cnxo xxhie'h is
utlll/nl as a saloon. Theio Is u bet11 gaideii
Axith shade tiees nnd a iiiciij-gn ruimd.
It Is said tlmt two wagon lo uls of becraro
disposed of there almif. Dow n alongtho tail-
iciil ttacks there lire dlxes xxhotii muidoilm-s
been tommltttd fiviiucntl ) , und , of i-omst * ,
b ) reison of Ihoro being no ix iilutlvu 10-
( nilremetit by tlio police , the xvoist ilass ot >
moil aio doiling out the deadly jiolson.
Noxx 1 xxant to it id jou borne testimonials :
0 II Ilontlnx. siniilor of the Twenty -
ninth dlsttitt of ICansas , icsldiiiKiit WiclilUx ,
sas : "I li lA'o experienced nlno ) CIUM of
piohlbitlon in Kanns. 11 isa ( Illusion nnd a
sntrc It IticitHivi taxes and ruts of ! eii-
titely the n ittttal iinmiufatiim of a nexx st ito.
Hid Kiinsns nrvcr been nlllUttd Axltli | iro-
hlbilioit M'ubtta to lay would have 11X1,000 ,
Isolde I'tobibition dialnstnostatoof rcail >
cish. It has ilrixin 100.0H ) people outof
Knnsas and has lost scxeial liumlitil thou
sand m itmnigtatioit to the Httto. It is n
greater turso to the sttito than hot winds 01
gi isshapptrs It is only a question of tlmo
till Kansas i ids heisolf of piohibitloii In
my judgment no grottor cilainity 1,111 hip
pui toNohtabka thin to adopt lonstltutlimiil
piohihitloii 1't ohibltion his cost Sedgwlek
county diirinj niuo ) oais of prohibition
$0110,000.
" 11 the state of Nebiiska xvishes to lose
[ loptilitUin , to ( KMioA' her iminlgi ition , to
[ m'.iluu her pie > ont city and faun AMltius , lot
tur adopt prohibition U'ho ciy tint pro
liibttlou is lite moi il siJo of the question is
till humbug , piolubllion inoitii liee
Kin ill und U'c'Iistcr.
The licv Sam S mil followed Mr. Ilooxv.i
tcr in a rambling dLssett ition on Mr Itoboxxw
wr and A'ery llltlo ivfotencoto thoinilii Nsuo
III * . Webster closed the mo alngdoimo with
umisterl ) arguiiient ajstilnin , ' bib si lo of
tlio qwiition. Ilo stiel he hid huril nothing
ftom Mr Dttkio evcept his ivading liom a
little puuphlot pronirol to further ono sulu
of a politic d ctmpil'ti hi Ixms is Ilo QUOS
llotied the value ! of BUI h lestlinonlils. The
uuditnca xvas enthusiastic. In its npplause at
cxorviiutiiiuattil point tint .Mr Uifklo or
bm ill made In ono inst itii'o a Mr. ( Jroen in
tot nipted 0110 oC the lilvjh license spoikors
and xxiia dhccted to kov'p ( julot by I'raf. Dav
idson , Avhlohflra did verv reluctantly , ' * -
IT UK Arri'llNOON JinUATK.
Hcv. t > mtll bpcalcs JI1 t'looo and is
TolloAAcd h ) Sir. l&osexvalcr. &
The deb ito xxas tesumod at 2 o'clock in the
nftcinooii Some ( picstion arose us to xvho
should speak first. Tlio m it tor AVU lln illy
settled nnd UOA * Sam Sm ill nscendod the
lostitim. Ho xx'tis greeted w Ith applausoanl
upon Its subsidencohoxvacl'd Into his subjuct
xxith Ids usual volicmeuco.
Ho stilted that ho hid hitherto pail the
most attention to Mr llosovx ilor , but Uils
ttfleinoon ho xvould m ikj Mi. Wcbstor the
gentril subjett of his luftionccs. "Uiotbcr
DlcUio and I did not impoit this question of
piohlbition into Nohrnslca , neither xxero con-
sldet itinns of pnnly , homo nnd piospcrity
impotlcd Into Nobiaski b ) mo "
Ileelahor.ited on the McNicltlo iicident in
the list Is'obi.wlcii ItvLslature , xvlieie-in that
geiitlemtm concluded to betray his constitu
ents because of his bo ) 's blue e ) es ITii then
doA'otud toaslderablo tlmo to MrVebjtcr in
an clTott to impcich his evUeneo by
plant denials Ttio cloigy knoxA' tint
the blblo toithcs piiihtbitloii lie did not
blmidei Omnlia nnd Nebt.iski , ho enl ) held
nsido tlio cuitnin and shoxxed the photogitiph
lie denied si nideriii , , ' some of tht o publle
speakeis nud repicscntatlvos of Nobiaskn
' In all duo iNSpeet to Senator I'mlJoi k , who
bus lopiesented jour state In Washington lor
) car-t , I i > ay thoreis no rollectlon in tlio east
xvbich xxould Inilieato tint , hou \ --et the
Potoai'io ' oil nrc. and yet Scnitoi Paddock
permits to bo sold In hi , building in this city
the diunimblo stuff th tt makes ilritnktinls. "
Mr. Hosoxxntor , folloxving Ml. bmiill , snlil
"A fexv } eirs agothcto appealed in this
country a gteat lee tutor f mm Ore it Hrltiiln ,
xxhoso theino was ' \Vliy Don't ' God Kill the
Doxll ? ' and Ihaxobetn almost coumolltd to
ask la the ji.i t fexv d ) s , xdiy does he permit
a cloxvnto boa ptciicheri"
The levcrond gt-ntleimn Axas 10 scvenlv
scoied thnt the andicneo xxas conn died to ap
plaud a little ills iiigiunent AVIIS ublo niul
oonxtnclng , nnd ho AXIIS In turn folloAXtd by
Mr UiOtlo and hob } Mr Webster.
'iho general vi rdict of llio publio OAcr Iho
deb ito tonight is that Musi's Kostxvalti and
Webster aio tlio imstou of the sittiitlon.
This fccntiniuit does not , ol loutso , ptovall
among the ptoliihs , but U largely tliu senti
ment among tlu ; fur minded of this commun
ity and of all who bond the mguiiituts.
Till ! IHUlIsIi'S I'.tUt.
Governor Klfer Calls on Vleo I'reol-
dent Ili'xan ,
Cmcwo , July 7. [ Special Ttlograin lo
Tun Hi i. ] Goxoinor Fifer xx is a caller on
Vice Piusldeiib Ur.m at thu world's f dr
headquarter * this inoiiiiii . Ho Axill not take
his /ncatlon until afIjr t'io special inujtliig
of the ICo'lslatuio on July ! i ) . Thoiiillona ;
comtulbsloticrs' houltiuaiter-iln tlio I'nllimu
building are not is yet ioidy foi oecjup.iuey
and nothing will bo demo In the nutter of ap
pointing the standing conumlUsts foi tlihty
d.ts at least.
Colonel O 13 ( ! ordon , secretary of the do
paittuent of animal iiidustiy , Is In cones
pondciieo AX Ith about thhty agricultural hta
tions locitcilall ovtt the Avotld , It being his
intention to secure fiom them , If possihlo
exhibits of oiiglnal xxork for the cxpodtmn
Mr. Cieirdon IH cultivating DrVollt o
f'minniiy , i'tof. Inxv of Un liiiiel and .Mr
Tousdnlo all men of uatloniil rtputation on
thosublect-xvlth rospoetto Iho in tuul stalls
thai illation of tattle-fudiiiB mollt.
1'iof Iltnry of % Vlseoiisin , lie sa)8
is walking haul lo orgin l/o bomt
complete pi m for the educational features o
live stock m IU , lelation to ngrkiiltmal nil
li'L-eit. and schools Ho bus had u long inter
vli'xv xx ith the secrttary o UUu AVUionsoi
Dairy men's ussoeiatlon xxlth it vicxto luiAlnc ,
them irmkoalhst diss iir.ie.tic.il dairy ex
bibit. The bout iluliy miiihlnerx , .Mr. ( ioi
don sas , comes from Sxxodin , Xorway nm
DeMin.uk. Mr ( Jordon express-id persona
srtlsfnctlon xvith the piogiess tlitiH far do
A'tlopol In his dtipartmcnt unit duos not hesi
tate to state th it when the exposition optitH
the department of the animal Industry will
piescnt nn exhibit In evtry icape t uompluto ,
Avblch xv111 not In thMcnit sufter fiom tuin-
partbon xvith any other.
Cuitl ( "Jot * It.
I HoMi1 , Jul ) 7 [ hpoclil CiibU ( ? i.iin toTiiK
| Hi u -Slim 1 r Cortl has been appointed Jtal-
. lau consul ut > i\\v Otle-aua ,
SEVES CHILDREN ARE KILLED
Deadly Work of the Storm King at tht
City of largo ,
THE MOTHER ALSO SERIOUSLY INJURED ,
I'lio IMiirlpnl l.ullltMjs ( ill
Untoolcd " 'rains Illimii IVoiu
the Track Damages la
Other Tcxx us.
, S I ) , ilulj T. Thli i-ltx AVIS AS- !
ted thb morning h > the severest \\tinlstoiia
vet1 known here It bogm ut : i : < tO and con-
limed for liUf uii hour. I'nily In the ulghk
luio xxoro some Imlic'ttlons of uiln , and
ibmt midnight It eommuieod to thuiulor uud
ghtning.
'Iho Sxlnd Hist begin to blow
roiti the south , but suddenly
hlftoilto tlio noithxxestaml In a xorx shoit
.line AAIIS blowing a. liurilcntu1. I'liree olco-
rlc light towers xxero soon blown ilo\\n \ ,
oaxing Ihoiil } hi inky darlmi-ss Unit AXIIS
ellovtd only b ) xhid ( lashes of lightning.
Ihoftightemed inhabitants AAUO iirmi ctl
rom their sloop and lights AAew shining from
vhnloxxs nil ovtr the fit ) , but outside tlioro
\is nothing hut iliiiknow mill tempest nntl
lotliiiiK could bo heaid but Iho angry
otr of llioxxinilaiiil the ermhini , ' of lllttff
kbris 13) I 01 look people woio linn.\lnj-
ninety dhtvtlon toascutiiln tho.iiiioiiul o
liuiiagodono. bomo iippilllng Mhti ( AAOIO
eon met , the saddest bolng tlio dtalh o
exoii ihllilroii of the lito Caiituin James
MtCaillty , xvho died only u fexx xveehs
igo Tlio children xxoro at. home AxltU
licit * inotliir , and sought safct ) in u coil bin ,
vherotho.x xvuro all finished to iluitli I ha
nothoiVIH also biliously injuiiil , but it la
bought bho will tecoxii. V fi"\v \
other poi-MUis sustained slight timits.
L'lio Noithciii 1'aeillo lhiiiiif.li innlH-
jound piusengor ttuin AAIIS iilnun fimn
.net ; md mini ) of the pisstMiKtrs MX only
ml not dan erousl ) Injmed. Tlio "Nnriluin
'leillo mtithino shops ami the fiiiilit ili-piita
if tlio Noitboni and MihxuuU'o madsno
lemollshod Sevcial ihuiilu s xx n badly
Aiccla.il and nunioious othoi buildings \\i 10
note 01 loss damaged. The total ilum igo iu
the fit ) Avas about * 7T > , ( WO.
Si. 1'vt i.Minn , .lul.A . A ooiiospimdi ut
of the 1'ioni or I'u-ss te'li'jrraphs is 1. iiuxx s
A stmight xxlud fioin the n.iitlixxtstl
shuck HIIRO at XJ .ID this muuilnjj- ( , i lib
Inmvo v\as done the tit ) i'lio i lo. an
.Iglit toxvcis xxero bloAMi down an I u li do
H liltlOOfc-d lersil'S XXigXXlll I Lilt
XL'o s AAait'houso'i. tlioopc'i.i Ii"ttsi > Hi IJu-
publlt 111 Olllc'O , tllO KtcMI ) blutk , tin lllUlO-
iiL'ut on the bmlc of Xoith Ual < it 110
Jhipm lihUc , the IXch uijM hotel im l nu-
.inoiiUl block and the iii'iitjh.i Civif. life
louse wcw imio ifod and tue Miliuilvoo
depot \ \ as blown ilon
IJuzi-ns of rtin ill liousisiiv riKiil mill at-
ino-it o\t'i\ pliitu Khiss x\lii < lmmi Punb
itioutiuid Uioidwuwisbinlti u
Tlio.lavCoo'cohotol ' mid Ui mid 1'n il at
I\lnoiiho.il \ wxio uuioofiil. 1'lu i < Ml u. < of
the lilu C'upt.iin MtCaithy , lorm i I iitti uud
l illtllbllLL'U ) , XXMSStfUlk l > ) the HtollUUlld
dcmolishi.il.
No 1 ins'icjin'orttaiiion the N'ortliorn Piv-
illlir. Roing wist , bid Just milkd out of the
} &rU9nnrtstonpud ut llio iMil\\anlcco ciosa-
iii . The truiii wits nmdo nu of tlnoo b njgiiKQ
mra , uino coiihu3 anil HUuill > rs. u pii'ij of
Ohicj o NorthxxiHtuiu oniiiuh In a pi'ivuta
car and buporlntcndcnt RkCiibo'a iar. All
of tlio coiuhos and tlio UmtiM wi'ie blo\xn
ftojn the track , but no lives xx'oro lost ami no
ono xvii fitally huit. The lights hail la-ou
put out , sothitij is nolli'onorstonin f
Supufiiitoinli'iit Mi'Uibo anil tin. londiiL
brahontan anil IIOI-ILI-S aotod \ on imPj ami
taliped the frin'litoned pissuiffOH uuo xioro
scut back to tlio clt > insiii'ii il co u-iu-j War
ren 0 Pnrdy , x'ico iiioshUnt of llio Hucls
Isl.nul iiilho.ul , hud ininilj , aecoinpuiluil by
Colonel 1 { S.Tlionpson and \\lff , uiuo In
I'urdj's pilvnlo Out1 , but notioMMO si'iinitsly
injuivd. Uulonol 'Llioninon | anillfo \\ciia
sllffhtly huit. Fiul Piudy xxas sliybtlj out ,
but the others wont unhurt *
GtneiMl 1'nsMoiiffor Afjotit C B I'm of the
Northoru I'aiillu lailxmy lias thu rulloixiiitf
tclORiani froiii.lainoatown.N U
"About a this inoiiihif , ' a soxoio storm
stt uik the DuKotu illvision No. 1 vus bloxvn
ftoiu the tuick at Iho I'III-KO shopi I'lio tool
; \as blo\\n off nt Muplrtnii Ono of
the olcvitora ut U > ilixniilovns | moved oft
its foundation The ilovnlor at l > liiiiinils on
the Jiunosloxvii is Northcttiasitriukby \
lifflitnliiKiuid bun.ed. C.irsoit * bloxui oft
thu main tnujc at lutts\illi' ! Jliuo sent
xxorkltiK outilt lo FIIIKO It xxilltaiwsix
bouis to in.lUo thu track pissablo. 'ihoinaiu '
line Is cli tr aside fioin tins
Tour Knights Killed mid SlInjiitcd
on the ILJInoN Luiitrnl.
KAMCIKKI : , 111 , Julj 7 , An excursion tuiin
of fourttctt cars fiom TOMS AXUS dualled oil
the Illinois Central ut Muiitcio , 111 , this
moinhig , Dottorslmxo btcn sent fiom hero
tothositnoof tlio accident. Tln < ti.iin xvos
thu fou i th section of a train fiom Culio , 111 ,
on boat d of xxhith xxcto Knights of I thlas
fion' the Honthcinpitt of Illinois on their
xvti ) to the conflux o to bo hi Id In Milwaukee.
It Axas duo in ( 'bit igo , it 7 this moinhig , butt
xxill probabl ) notieath thtie until this uftui *
no'in some tlmo
Mnxvxiivir , .Inly 7 ( toncial ( "nrinlinn
( Oinmaiuler of the unlliumtd Ixmghts o (
1'v thins , lectlxott a clhpnlih fiom Mi'ntaiio.
Ills , at noon todny , niniuum lug tint four of
thokiiiglils xxoiokillul and six Injiiicd lu the
xvruk on the Jlllnuis ( Vnti il spei lal train
inntiiliiing the blxlh regiment of IllluoU
kniKhts ,
Cmc xiio , .fitly 7 A ICnnkakco , 111 . special
HIIAI J'ho most siMioiis xx red. tint the Illi
nois Central bis i'x | > cileiicil ( foi several
) o.ns oeeun-ed at Maiileio. tins moiuing at
b o'tlock A spi ( ml exclusion train ( f four
teen cars , ( irixing 1100 mombcis of the
Ivnlifhts of I'ythlas and bullos to the bicnj
uinl tiiipieino ledge nt JSlilxv.iukci , AA is do-
rtnltil ata sxvltch Avhllo enU'iingllu village
at a speed of tliiit-ilxo miles per h > ur Thu
font loixxatd cars 1 > pt thu indii tun Ic , and
the toinilinlcr of. thu ti mi stood ui m tha
siding.Vhen Ihu Itain brolio the i bull1 cat ?
occupied b ) Iho 1'ast St L-ouls toiillngiMit
tuiiH-d UIIDII its sidu and the OLVupmti ,
numbcilng fifty , xxoro huthd xxithgtcit vlo
It nco tifjiilnst tfiti side of the car The HtiJ.
den sUjpping of the Irnlit pixixonttd a loni }
lisl of casualties J II Croxxdor of Wato ,
'JVx , ntreil txvunlv , AX is standing on tlio pint *
foim of onuof tlm curs nnd ivas lulled 'J'ho
wounded pisseiigersxxcioalliu the Kitst St.
L-ouis < ir. Tito ) me.
WII.IIXM ,1. Units.
Jliss Ni 1 1 u : Dooiu.
T \V Ti'Kii-i-
Ciptalu W. H. SVSDUICY , Central CItjr ,
and
Ouvitii B LXVTShelbyxillo , 111
' 111' ) ( XCUlnlnlllitS XVIUO tl Ilisfi I'tt'll to a
Ktlal tiuin ami sent on to their devit inatiou.
I iilloxvH
Ci.nisji' , July D CuloiKl Islnrtlnovics ,
commander of tlio body giiiud of 1'ilnuj
Nichols , rulei of Monlontgro un < l cousin ot
the pilnco , xvas inuidoted lu the marketi
place this morning. 'Ibomuid rtr xxas Im-
inullately sti/ul b } the ptopk in the market !
plate iinu 1) nulled on thu spot.
HllniilK Di'iniii'nits ,
Ciiirino , July 7. At today's im ding of
tlio democratic nt ito uxnutixo comniiltca it
Avaa reholved th il the dcmociats ild nomU
unto txxu rojirostnt itlxosln nil duubtful tils"
tiltU In Ihoioinlnircampili'ii 'I'lio dt ntocraU
of Iho 'I hilt ) tlfllt.uiiitoiial ih-tri t lAdumi
< nuiit } ) xxi'ui ic'ijijt t > d lo noinlvi.iio a tMiidl-
il.iu to I ) . \oi < dlor at the spulal elcetlou tt >
succecel A , b , McDonald ,