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ii , i'.13 To uttt > until Slicut.
All wMnmnnlcutlotis rein tint tonowl and
ftlltiir'iil ' ma tier Hliniihl bo jiddrcSjcd to the
Kditorlal lc ) | > nrlim'iil.
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do n < 1ilri > M < rd toTholIco l'iil > l liliis'onimij < | ,
( iint.lni UrufUclicckH nml ifmtolllco union
to Ix'iuudo payable to tliu order of tlioUoin-
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[ snr.l H , 1' . I'm , . Not nry I'utillc.
IMAJOII MjKWLKV Hliould lese no
tlmo in urging' Mr. Blnlno to burn his
Amcit tlio lirbl o ( next month the
campaign llnrnccd liavo no cxcuso for
bcliu * out of a jol ) .
Jy thoinsitlcr of cropiirospoets * , corn
continues kinff and No1)raskua8 always ,
\vlll \ runuln Ills Idng-ilom.
Tin : liofoio olToi'ts ot fiarlMgeinastcr
Morrlssoy niivod Gushing from being
pitched headlong oviullio dDinoarjitic
dump. _ . _ _ _ _
Tlir : rlvoi' ' and harbor bill has been
Shelved , ami thoscowlincprojoct pisacs ;
into inocuous desuetude. fho bean
oltor isBtillojjeii.
Y spoukiny , the difference
In debt between tlio United States and
Canada. Is a matter o ( tlili-tj-tlu'eo dol-
hu-spcrhuadin favor of the states.
" \Yn shall prcsontly see wliethcr tlio
clt.vli'oasury bo equeezotlto yny tlio
sinecures for the thno lost liy political
wuri bummers in the Interest of the com-
In no ,
THAT Paii-Amorieuii arbitration
ti-caty jippcurs tohavo been a fruitless
compact , The southerners uro slaujrlit-
oriiiu oacli otherrcg-jirdloss of the pledge
of peace. _
cutorlng' sorioiiHly upon n
policy o ( reciprocity , It wmldbe well to
Bpcuro a pledge of. internal harmony
from the aoutliorn republics , as a gum-
antco o ( prood faith. '
JT IS no\v proposed to oroet a monu-
monk to Ooneral Fremont Ih Now York.
Wlion itconics toorceting airy struct
ures to great men the world yields the
palm to tlio millionaire misers of
Gotham.
Tun corn ruto between the Missouri
river and Chicago is to bo reduced from
twenty to sovontcon cents , hut the cattle
ratogooi up correspondingly. Senator
Paddock should come to tlio front with
Another resolution.
GoVKitNOii GoiiDoy of Georgia de
clares that the south will boycott the
not-Ill if the Force bill passes. This will
bo a terrible blow at the Georgia water
melon crop , but people at the north will
try to survuu tlio disaster.
THE republican press of the state Is
unanimous In praise of the platform
adopted by the etato convention. A few
of the papers think that thoticlcot is a
little wouk In some plucoti , but the plat
form receives tliolr heartiest approval.
K nlliance o ( the democrats and pro-
hibltlonlstrf lu Adams county is u sig
nificant Innovation in Nobra&ka politics.
But there is a notable precedent for this
Btrnng-e mixturo. It is a matter of
history that the prohibitionists elected
Clovolawl.
Tun suggestion of a boycott as a
weapon of retaliation in the event of tlio
pUbsugo of tha federal elections bill fell
( latin the south , for tha very geol
reason that the Bouth's ' prosperity
largely depends on the enterprise anil
cp-oporatioii of the north ,
J.VY Gotn.D'8 attempt tn drive ft rail
road tlirough Kansas Cltj' proved us
prout n failure as hlsolTorts'to paralyse
Hiotowa of Columbus , this state , years
ujjo , Siomo of those daya the fact tlmt
ho does uoto\vn the earth will penetrate
Mr , Gould * ! ) skull.
and sailors' reunion of
Kansas and Nebraska , to bo hold at Su
perior , this state , early in yVufjustvlll
doubtless bo one of the greatest gather
ings over witnessed In this Btato , The
11 vo buslnoH men of Superior who have
the mutter In charge are completing
tlielr final arrangements ,
Kowlt is Minneapolis'time to cast her
hat heavenward nnd yell with joy.
While St. Paul toyed with her stuHlnff
annex , lamcutatlous denunciations were
tlio oitler of the day. Tlio sccno has
olmnged aud St.Paul seroains with pain.
Tlio order of Superintendent Porter for
a recount of "both cities ciiuses boundless
satisfaction nt the falls , while tlio Globe
and Pioncerl'rea ol St Paul denounce
tlio order as "an iufamous outrage" and
"a malicious slandoron uu iuaoccnt coiu-
muiilty , "
DOTIlKHKFiaOllXS SVtT YOV\ \
B\v.\rritnu , Neb. , July 8rt.To the Editor
ofTitr.Ufsi ! ! Inyoursixwh on high llccnsj
von 1Jnotjlvotho | ( number of failure. ? In
iSebriuHii onlvttiu capital. You also said
thill tlicro had licoa wnuMhliigovrr 8,000 ar-
i-csts InOinstialn 13S9. Ihavoix Utter from
Clitof Of 1'ullfd ' Soaii'y sUitlnjr Ilicri ) hnd
Ijwa iiwi-lyll.OJO litres M. If your stcitlstlci
ninl foiicluilon nm on it | > ar with this your
talk Is not worth unwilling.
t wnnt toaskj'ou ono ) UPstlon which hm
InrreiiiiHl fmtorln Nebnuku slnco 1SSO. tlio
votltife' populutloa cr the sfiloomlon
tiuly , KBIC
The comparative number of ( allures In
Town , Krxma.s nnd Ncbrnska quoted In
tlio iloutrlea doLato was accidentally
dropped out of the typo of the morning
edition , but npponred correctly : in tlio
edition ti3 follows :
Ti'uinlicr of failures In Ivnnsnsln
S.,029COO ' , , 00
.Number of failures hi Jowa in
2 , , " " ° i'02 M
Uuiii tier ol failures In IvTcuraslta
Jn 185'J KM . 1,533,71800 , ,
Thonuiuboruf fallxires In Kansas anil
jNcbrtiska ( or the first six moritlis of the
present ycivr was puWlshcd editorially
liy Tim HEK on 3 uly 8-tho day after the
tlebato ta follows :
It has liceii asserted that the number of
Inisiiicss fallurei in ICiinsnvis , Iwi tluu la
A'ebiMika In proporlliiu to population. Tlio
truth Is Hint the recant of NVlruska is la
t'ver.v resjicct siii > erlor. During the past six
inontln thcaumuorof fjilliifcj In Nebraska
iVirroifiited 1'JS , with lliilillltic ) amounting to
-ii,0 : > J. In KausH , in the saino time tlio
number of failures was 15' * , vltli liiibllltlM
the enormous , sum of SlKVOUO. ! !
kuslta's list of fullurej increastd
four , roinraredwitlitbonurnbor for the lint
lialf of 183'J , the liabilities decreased. .On the
otliurhamllviuiins records an Incrcaso of
Hvcnty-oiu'la ' lilluwi , utid .51 50,000 In the
HnbllitlM.
* The printed annual re port of "W. S.
Seavoy , chlofof police , to tlio Onnilia
boiiud of flro and pollco commissioners
for tlio year ending Dceornbor 31 , 18S9 ,
reports the total number of arrests
during last year as 8,440 , , Of
tlitit number 1,090 , voro arrested
as suspicious characters and
very properly should bo deducted from
the total of criminal arrests , bccauso
they ivero guilty of noothcr oUcnsotliun
that of being1 unknown to the police.
Thut woiikl reduce the actual ninnbor of
Icjrilhnalo arrests to TS53 , , but no such
reduction was oven attempted or hinted
nt in UiuIJealrico delate. As a matter
of f net tlio number of arrests In Oimilia
li much lower than tliiit in other cities
of equal population. Denver had over
1",000 arrestalust year and Lor social
evil population is computed by her chief
of pollco at over I.GOOasagaimt . lets than
: ! JO known to the police as subsisting' In
Omaha.
Tim voting population ot Nebraska In
ISSOwas 87,4)2 ) ; in 1888,202,032. , The
present voting population of Nobraskais
not liss than 210,000 , or tivo mid a half
tlinei larger than It wis in 18SO.
Tlio number of saloons In JMobrjislta In
18SO wns over 700 , and of that number
Oninhn , with a population of 50,0-1) , had
180. Ofllcial rciwrtsfromiilloutof 219
Incorporated towns of this state pluco the
totaliiunibcrof licanscd liquor dealers lu
these towns jmd cities nt 777. Thooight
towns not yet heard Irgiu nro Ayr ,
Ilellcvuo , Chirks , Gordon , Grecly Center ,
Greshniii , Strung and Unadilla , These
( owns cannot possibly have more than
20 saloons , If tlioy havn tliat many.
It isthoroforo nniiifest that Nebraska
today has less than SCO licctiawl saloons.
Suvcnty-four towns and cities In
N't/br.islca liavo no liccn'scil saloons.
Iiibthdr'words , If the saloons In IsV
braaku hid : incrcasod in proportion to
the Ineroiiso'of voting' population "wo
should now have ono thousand seven
hundred and fifty salSoiia , whereas
tlirougli the restrictive oiioratloii of
local option and hiyli : license \vp have
barely eight hundred licensed saloons in
the state , In 1880 v * o had ono saloon for
every ono hundred and twenty-five
voters , or ono to about sovcn hundred
and Ofty of the population , In 181)0 ) wo
hnvo ono saloon to every two hundred
inid'slxty-two voters , which is equal to
about one for every ono thousand fire
hundred and seventy of the population.
Oimthnfurnishesa striking ; example
of tlio oiloctof high llconso. With moro
than four tirno3 the population ol 1830
she has today only 08 more saloonj than
she had ton yonrsago , and that includes
wholesale dealer. ? anil brewers ivho for
merly did not pay a. city' llcenso.
" \Vlthln the past year tlio re was an ac
tual decrease of licensee ! liquor dealers
lu Omaha from 2i7 to 2-18 or 39 less than
the preceding year.
How is that for high licciiscVDoes
tliisunswcr suit youV
P. S.-In order that all jug-jliiiS"
\vltli \ tlio revenue returns bo foro-
stallotl , wo will add that the internal
revenue district of Nebraska inaludos
Mortli-aud South Dakota , .and the ro-
porls of stainp3 sold represent the three
states together. The number of stamps
sold for Nebraska alone for 1SS9 was
1,830 , and that includes every druj store
In the state. Tlio only reliable statistics
us to the saloons can bo had from city
and village olllclals , and those \vo hare
In our possession from all but the eight
towns quoted.
PROTECTION OF A'.V/'iOI'BS.
The Nooraska republican platform
saysVo : \ nro In favor of laws coin-
pellingr railroads and uaanuficturors to
use appliances which science supplies
for the protection of laborers against ac
cidents. "Wo doinnnd the enactment of
a law defining Uia liability ot employers
for injuries sustained hy employes in
cases where proper safeguards liavo not
been used in occupations dangerous to
life , limb or health , " At the recent
convention of railroad firoinon nt
ITartfotd a resolution ivas passed
asking congress to so amend the inter
state commerce law as to compel all
Interstate railroad companies to use oaly
automatic brakes and couplers.
In May lost there was introduced in
the United Slates senate a bill to extend
to railways engaged in Interstate com-
inoroo the principle o ! liability for injuries -
rios to employes , Tha old common law
rulownsthnt an employer wasnotlla-
blofor injuries received by an employe
while at work , because the om-
ployu was supposed to tal < o the
rislt of the service when ho entered
it , and II liosuffered Injury to suffer it
fi-om tlio contributory negligence of his
follow 'employe , This rule , hna boon
gradually raodlHod by decisions , but
more generally by blatute , until It is no
longer universal lu his latest report
the commissioner of labor , Colonel
\VrIght , Bays in discussing this tubjoct :
"It la now thought liy maay lliat law can
nld in Increasing1 the safety of the public
In preventing accidents to cmli
s by slilfttng the rosponslblll-
tics for injuries under the comu
inuii law rule from the shoulders
of the cmployos to the shoulders ol
corporations. A man In former systems
ol industry , before the grout factory
system and tliat of the congregation ot !
labor gcaornlly cinno into vogue , in
working alongnido ol his follow om-
ployo and all the employes working
with the employer himself , might not
reasonably , claim damages for tifoy inI
jury J received during tlio co-ouiploy
incut , hut it seems unjust to apply this
rule when the hrnkcman on ft
line , it may bo hundreds of , miles
In length , by' the negligence of
n switchman whom tlio brakomaii
never saw , whoso character ho did not
know when ho entered the service mid
to whoso negligence the brakeman
could not possiblyhara contributed , re
ceives serious personal Injury. " Tlio
agitation for a change in the rule has
not proceeded without opposition from
the corporations. Some of them liavo
professed to fear that It would involve *
them in Interminable suits , but there has
been no such result from laws fixing the
liability of employers. Ten years ago
the liritlsli parliament passed an act
changing the common law rule , and In
this country Massachusetts and
Alabama have comprehensive laws
on the subject , while other states
have acts applying to railroad corpora
tions alone. The application of the law
la England and in the states which liavo
adopted It lias produced no results to
justify the opposition of the corporations
to a law of general application in this
country.
The demand that all corporations
shall use the appliances which science
supplies for the protection of their em
ployes aguinst accidents is just and rca-
Bonablc , and there should bo both na
tional and state legislation to compel
them to do so. In the slnglo state of
New York last year the numlxtr of rail
road employes killed while in the act of
coupling and uncoupling cars was twen
ty-seven , nnd the number injured three
hundred and sixty-four. The killed and
Injured for the whole country numbered
several thousand. Unquestionably a
largo majority of these casualties wore
duo to the fact that the most modern ap-
plianeesfor safety are , not generally in
use.
IKE AUK TIIK
Since the throe benighted Tooloy
street tailors met in London , and re
solved that " \Ve \ , the people , " do so and
so , "tho people" has been ft familiar
phrase with many alleged reformers.
Tlio convention today at Lincoln pur
ports to bo a people's convention , yet the
managers of it have taken snap judg
ment , and it appears that they have
studiously planned to BOO to it that "tho
people" were not represented. To give
an illustration of the jugglery of the
self-called leaders wo nond only cite a
few facts. Douglas county , for instance ,
has ono hundred and sixty thousand
people , and eho is allowed but
twenty-five delegate , while Cospor
county , with not over five thou
sand , is glvoii twenty-three delegates.
Pavmee county , with seven thousand
people , has but throe delegates , while
Frontier county , with about ono-half the
population of Pawnee , has boon asked to
nnuio twenty-three delegates.
If the convention isa-peoplo's conven
tion , called to represent the people , then
each county should have been entitled to
delegates in. proportion' to its numerical
strength , "Why Gosper county , with Its
five thousand people , should bo given
as many delegates as Douelus , with her
one hundred arid sixty thousand over
thirty times as many can only ho
guessed at. The supposition Is that the
ambitious managers of this political
scheme expected to ho able to control
farmers from the western part of the
state whore they \vero unknown and thus
capture the convention , by a gentlemanly
species of fraud.
The people of Kobraslca will not ho
properly represented at Lincoln today.
Political jugglorshavo captured the con
vention In advance.
JL HALT IX EXl'EXDITURES.
The opinion prevails at "Washington
that there will bo no appropriation for
rivers and harbors at the present ses
sion , the loaders of the majority In the
house hiving determined to make no
moro additions to oxpandltuws for the
currant fiscal year. If this is the decis
ion of the majority there will bo a per
iod of three yours elapse between appro
priations for this purpose. Tha secre
tory of the treasury recently stated that
there is still unexpended about seven
million dollars of the appropriation
made at the first session of the Fiftieth
congress , so that some required im
provements can ba carried out or for
ward , but' thoro. are others that will
liavo to ho delnyed for which there Is
said to 1)3 ) urgent nood. The proposed
river and harbor bill curried an appro
priation of over twenty million dollars ,
and in view of a threatened deficit the
majority leaders , it would seem , have
concluded that it is necessary to
save this sum. Of course time will
demonstrate whether it Is really a sav
ing , and whether it would not have
been moro judicious to pruna expenses
in some other direction.
Tlio danger of a deficit has evidently
made a stronger imprcsaion upon the
loaders of the majority in congress than
most of them have boon willing to con
fess , It will ba romoinborod that after
Mr , Allison made his statoruant in the
senate showing that the revenue for this
llscal year was likely to fall very con
siderably behind the appropriations al-
roa'ly ' provided , for and contemplated ,
there was an effort made to show that
ho was widely astray in Ills fig
ures. The chairman of the appropria
tions committee of the house , Mr. Can
non , made a statement which gave the
situation nn entirely different uspoct ,
and ho wiis followed by the secretary o f
the treasury with the assurance that ho
saw 110 i-oason to apprehend n deficit.
'This ' did not satisfy nil minds , however ,
and there have since boon made some
careful calculations with the result of
showing that thcro will 1x3 an excess of
expenditures over receipts of from twenty
to thirty million dollars , and that
the only way to avoid a de
ficiency isby lln use of the surplus now
In the treasury/yid / the national hank
redemption ffin/1 / . 'SYltli thcso funds
utilized the treasury might still have
something on hiuul nt thoond of the
year , bit t this would depend upon whether
the ! estlmatedrodnctionof revenue under
the ! tnrlit bill vns realized. If that meas
ure should reduce the income of the
treasury t fifty million dollars a deficit
would bo Inovlthblo.
Tilts is the situation a cnroful study of
'which has induced the , leaders ot the
I majority in congress to dolor-
i mine that it li necessary to make a hall
In expenditures , und the river and linrbor
bill with Its largo demand will doubtless
bo sacrificed. Tlio decision to put a
check to extravag unco has not been
reached any too Boon , though there will
bo many to think that curtailment of
expenses might moro judiciously have
boon in ado in sonio other direction than
that of retarding or postponing neces
sary and in sonic coses , perhaps , urgent
improvements to the rivers and harbors
of the country.
TilK complaint that has been hoard
for a year past regarding : the business of
the country deus not Und justification In
the figures of our foroitfn commerce.
The just published statement of the
chief of the bureau of statistics , showing1
the foreign commerce of the country for
the last fiscal year , is n hi/rhly / gratifying
exhibit. There was jm iiicrojiso in tlio
vnluo of exports and Imports over the
preceding year ol nearly ono hundred
nnd sixty million dollars , of which
amount ono hundred and fit-
teen million was the increase
In exports , the total value
of which was eight hundred and fifty-
seven million dollars. Tills country exported -
ported wore corn lust year ono hun
dred and ono million bushclfe than over
before in any ono year , and the cotton
exports wore the largest In the history
of American commerce excepting In
1860. The value of imports was the
largest of record. It is noteworthy ,
also , that thocomblncd value of exports
of cattlo"shcop , nnd hogs during the
your was larger than over before In anyone
ono year. The increase in breadstulTs
was thirty million dollars and In pro
visions thlrty-onomllllon. These figures
do not bear out the statement of Mr.
Blaine that the market for our bread-
stulls is narrowing , and yet it is a fact
that wo nro meeting a sharper competi
tion In the marleets of the world. There
is certainly , however , nothing dis
couraging in thy figures of lust year , for
1111 increase In the value of onr export ? ,
almost wholly of products of the
farm , of one hundred and fifteen million
dollars in u slnglo year must bo regarded
as exceedingly satisfactory. This
gratifying condition of uiTiilrs continues ,
and with considerably higher prices for
their products than have prevailed before -
fore for several years , there appears no
reason why the American fanner should
not ho fairly well contented witli the
commercial situation.
THE slow and indillercnt methods. of
ballot counting in this city uro the most
glaring scandals of'our elections. It is a
common occurrence for the count In
some wards to occupy twenty-four hours ,
thus nflordlng opportunities for skul
duggery nnd furnishing grounds for an
noying contests. ThSsovilis partially duo
to tlio appointment of incompetent
judges and clerks , but the main cause is
the largo vote polled , The remedy is a
radical redlstricting of the city
wards and placing a limit to
the number of votes in each district.
The scandals of the count In former elec
tions can only bo avoided by at least
doubling the number of polling districts
in the city. By making five hundred the
maximum number of voters to a district ,
clerks and judgcsof average intelligence
can promptly handle the ballots offered ,
nnd complete the count within five hours
after the polls close , The necessity of
affording ample facilities for voting and
the advantage of an early announcement
of the result leaves all considerations of
cost out of the question. A full vote and
an early count must bo had at any price.
experience gained in taking the
census demonstrates the necessity of. u
radical change in men and methods.
Complaint of incompetent and incom
plete work is well nigh universal. Much
of the con fusion and adverse comment
Is duo to the list of usolcss and imperti
nent questions which the enumerators
wore required to ask. But the main
cause was the fact that the work was
parcelled out us a reward for political
favors. The question of competency was
not considered and men were employed
whoso only qualification was tholrabillty
to render political service to the appoint
ing power. As a consequence the census
Is in many respects incomplete and
its value discounted In advance. In soiao
quarters the proposition is advanced to
establish u permanent census bureau.
This would simply increase the army ot
federal sinecures , as the olllco would bo
practically Idle three-fourths of the tituo-
The object desired can bo attained , with
little expense , by enforcing a strict sys
tem of civil service in the office. Com
petent enumerators can only be secured
by rigid examination of applicants , both
as to character and fitness , regardless of
the political anlllations.
Tare ontorprifco of Grand Island in
pushing work on thosugar palace Is com
mendable. Tho' project is ono in which
the state at largo has a direct interest.
It will appropriately signalize the birth
of new Industry , giving promise of great
benefits to fanners , workingmen nnd
cupltullsts , nnd Increasing tlio wealth of
the stuto by establishing a homo murkot.
The enterprise deserves every encourage
ment , and THE BISK cordially congratu
lates Grand Island on the progressive
spirit shown in organizing und carrying
on tlio good work.
AN addition of twenty-two hundred
dollars to the revenues of the "Wheeler
family , taken from the public treasury ,
ought to cancel the city's obligations to
the major nnd his Plnttsinouth connect
ions.
_ _ _ _ _ _ - _
1 TIIK flnnnoial transaction ? of the na
tional banks , represented _ br , the clear
inghouse reports , show the business of
the country to be in a favorable condi
tion. Only nine cities lu the list report
u decrease , while the whole number
ho\vnn Increase of four per cent , or
twelve ' per cent exclusive ot Itow York.
In I view o ( the fact that July Is tlio dull
est month of the year , tlio IncreiiHO over
the correspondi ! g month last your fore
shadows n prosperous full trade.
Kln - Itio Hacking Hell.
St. LouU Globe-Democrat ! Even the moit
reckless and obtuse of the republican mem
bers of congress should begin to understand
by tills tlrno that the party in Us manage
ment of the Jl < tfiil affairs of tha nation Is
pressing perilously close to the 'danger lino.
H nnd Hcnjuinln.
Chicago News : At last Mr. Dnnn nnd
General Butler hnvo a dispute. Ono op
poses nnd the other approves of the proposed
federal clectloit law , As Mr. Dana says that
this IsthotmotssuuforlSOJor course Ben
jamin will not bo Ir. D.inu's candidate in
that year. Pretty soon. Henjamtn will have
no one to love htm.
N'otMko ItiillylnK ,1ohii Hull.
Now York Herald : Franco and Holland
are vlso to submit their fliunU colonial differ
ences to the arbitration of the czar. How
much butter than for Franco to bully Hol
land , as Kiiultiud did Portugal the other day
about some miserable , squalid African terri
tories. Quo day of war between the two
nations would cost mere than all the Islands
at Issue uro worth.
Ooini ; to Out tlio Hope.
J\'oio \ 1'orJ : Tribune.
Hnl hnl Again wo remark , ha I hul It Is
stated that "tho southern states , at who >
elections tlio infamous ( sic ) force ( sic ) blllls
almcil , will refuse to tuko part in the world's '
fair nt Chicago In case of the passage of that
measure.11 This forcibly recalls tlio Irish-
mnn whotworo "by jaliers , I'll ' cut the rope
If you don't ' haul mo up faster out of this
well. " It also forcibly recalls the other gen
tlemen who cut oil his nose to splto his fnco.
A lilt or Southern lilnfT.
Cleveland Leatlcr ,
Tbo southern brigadiers nnd their organ *
may Droclaha a boycott If they will , but the
great mass of population in the south will
sell their surplus products in tlio north , con
tinue to invite the investment ot northern
capital , nnd buy where they can buy to the
best advantage , which Is In the north. A
bull from the southern brigadiers proclaiming
a boycott would have no moro ollect on trnJo
between the north and south than would a
hull from the pope on tlio reliL'ious policy ot
the JlethoJlst or Presbyterian church.
TliolMiUi'nrm.
Vrcnnnt Trllniue.
The platform adopted by the republican
state convention nnd upon which the party
now appeals to the people , Is n broad nnd
comprehensive ono. Its declarations uro of
sufficient breailth and scope as to put the
party in touch with the best conservative de
mands of tlio day. The principles enunci
ated are these calculated to promote tlio in
terests of the masses and thcro Is every
fenson to bclicvo that a legislature will bo
chosen this f nil that will see to It that tlio
luKislatioa called for shall bo enacted into
statutory law. Every votor'should carefully
road and study the platform. It Is clear
aud explicit and spenka for itself.
TlicHciuibllcnn Platform and. Prohi
bition.
Grand lelaiid Inilcffnilent.
The prohibition men once before succeeded
In capturing the republican state convention
by one of tbolr usual tricks , they inserting a
prohibition resolution in their platform ,
when , after tlio nominations a lai'go number
of delegates had left. Tins tlmo they hoped
for success by the same trick , but Rose-
water's motion to dispose of the platform before -
fore tlio nominations , wns adopted with n
vote of 4 to 1" , and prevented the plan for de
ceiving tbo convention and the people again.
The prohibitionists then brought in sev
eral resolutions , intended , with a great flour
ish of woods and numerous whorcases , to
blndtho republican party In favor of the
prohibitory amendment. But they -wero all
killed oy referring them to the committee on
platform , which rejected every ono of them
and none of them came ever again before the
convention.
This proves what -wo always contended
that prohibition la no part of the political
creed of the republican party , nnd that no re
publican Is bound to vote for that unfortu
nate prohibitory amendment , which was laid
before the pcoplo by the imprudent zeal of
ignorant fanatics , who do not understand tbo
nature of men , and the unhappy consequen
ces of their own proposition. "Wo are pretty
sure that two-thirds if not more of the ropub-
icnns will vote againgt the prohibitory sys
tem , which has proved such n curse for Iowa
nnd Kansas , and that the amendment will bo
gloriously defeated , if tUo democrats do their
duty carrying out honestly their so often de
clared principle of personal liberty. TUo
amendment cannot.bo adopted but by demo
cratio treachery.
POLITICAL CHOW-CHOW.
Today the grand international hugging
match between J. Burrows and Dave Butler
takes place at Lincoln. There Is only ono
thing that will surpass this spectacular exhl
bition and that is tlio little scrap that some
day must take place between time anil eter
nity.
Tomorrow It will bo determined whether
the pacltlng house or slaughter house politi
cians are on top in tlio First congress ionn ]
district. Tbo convention meets nt a o'clock ,
and If Charley Brown has tilings his way
Mr , Bryan will bo laid out while J. Sterling
Morton will again enter the raco. If Mr.
Brown's programme is turned over , then Mr.
Morton will go down with a loud nnd mourn
ful whoop. Albert Wai kins and J. D. Calhoun -
houn , the two democratic war liorsosof Tj
castnr , vlll die with their boots on in a
struggle to put Brynn over the wire. Mr.
Bryan lias been in Nebraska less than four
ycnrs , nnd this is why the Hrown contingent
thinks that nn old settler should meet Mr.
Council , In any event the convention tomor
row promises to bo of great Interest , and If 1
preserves harmony to tlio end , then there
muit bean understanding before the balloting
begins.
A Syracuse dlspatcn says : "Tho onlydlf
forenco of opinion at the independent convcn
tion nt Syracuse , July 20 , was whether General
oral Van \VycU should bo a candidate fo
governor or congress. General Van Vt'yclt re
quested the alliance tit Wyoming , ot which hi
1 $ n member , to not use -megcst lih naiu
for either oflloo , nud Uonskod that the count }
convention should not present his name fo
any oluce , nnd when a resolution wiw pro
Hcnted diking his nomination for governor , a
the delegates from 'Wyomiii ! ? bad j > rovlouslj
stntod General Van Wycu's request , am
urged no such action , and In drfurcuco to uia
request no action was tnkau. Oat of 1"5 dole
gatci thcro were only three men vvho were
not fuvomulo for his nomination as governo :
or congressman. " Which would give us t
understand that if thcro was as wuc
unainlty > n the convontlon toiliiy us there H
at Syracuse. General Van Wyuk would bo
given the nomination for governor. But n
President 1'owora wauls to bo governor , i
will bo Ulnicult to ndju t this matter so tlm
both ofthoin can take n whirl. They mlgli
work in the lieutenant Rovc-nmr faltc , an
thus provide for botU of tua stntosmcu.
As toAilnms county politics it Is unncces
sury to stuto that 1'Vod Olmitoad is not lead
ing the people to u very grout extent. Th
timer that Dons Ilostwiclc snt upon Mr.
Mnutonil at the recent convention held In
tastings should bo explained. Air. Boit-
vlol < weighs at least 700 pounds , nml when
10 sits down on n man the probate Jtulgo or
ho coroner Is at once notified. The hlsUory
f the Iliifltingn business U Unit Mr , JJoit-
vlck casually and Indifferently pounded Mr ,
Umstcad Into the earth , llniratlvcly speak-
ng.
ng.Mayor
Mayor Gushing almost fell In thcconsonitno
Saturday , nnd or course this nipped his gu-
wrnatorhl boom hi lU early and bursting
md.
_ _ _ _ _
In these daya of jealousy nnd ambition a
tatcsmun has n hard tlmo to hold his Job.
Wo violate no confidence In saying tha t
ilr. Jack MncUoll will not bo a candidate bo-
ere tbo Independent convention todiiy.
It Is thought thntJoorgo ; D.ivy of lYamimt
vlll olTor himself m a candidate for secretary
of state to the democratic. sUto convention ,
irovldeil John Shervln does not win for ROV-
rnor. Sir. Davy U nt present clorlf of the
llstrlct court of Dodge county , and besides
its other attainments , belong to tlio Volun-
cor hosa cart company. Holinsbooiia ilcin-
ocrat slnco he left the cr.ullo nnd U chairman
of the Dodge county central committee. '
Mr. J. r. Mallellcu , who Is managing cd-
tor ot the reform school at Kearney , wns In
) iniihn yesterday. Hols booming Hastier for
congress In tba Bltf Third. Ho is also of the
opinion that the republican ticket will bo
elected.
Cnurchllowo Is loat again. The rumor
hatJiulgo Stull knows something of his
nysterious-disappearance Is vigorously do-
ilcd by Judge Jarvls L. Church ,
.Tungo Wilbur of Dakota Cltj' , who vent
lomo yesterday uflor n three days' visit In
Omaha , says Unit Dorsoy will bo nominated
and the democrats are going to defeat him.
riieso democratic opinions , Ulio fruit that
ripens on the wny'nro uot nlwnys just what
they seem.
Thcro will bo no duty on the planks out of
vhich the democratic platform Is constructed.
\ few fences which Mr. Council claims nro
its own , are out of repair. Ho should p , lr
vith nillMiutln , the Texasstateamnn , again ,
md I'omohonio and look after them. Colonel
Jhnrloy Crow will point ouUlo Mr. Council
, lie yawning gaps.
Farmer Burrows is cautioned to keep an
oyc on Dave Butler's ' hip pocket.
"Probably Mr. Hosowater's purpose In in-
reducing a free trade resolution nt the state
convention wai to nmlio himself solid with
ho alliance. Hut It didn't go down. A- free
nulo resolution in a republican cotivcntioii is
as much out of pluco as tlio devil would bo nt
i communion table. " Ucatrico Express.
Perhaps the wall-eyed pllo ; of tlio Express
did not know that tbo committee stood seven
, o eight on what lie calls a free trade rcsolu-
, lon , In other words seven of the fifteen ,
verolu favor of the resolution just as it was
reported by INIr. lioso\vntcr , iindtho verbiage
of the resolution is word for word the same
up to the point where it declared in favor of
mttlng the raw material , lumber , salt , coal ,
vool , sugar and iron on the free list. Had
lie convention voted on It instead ot tlio gul-
eric.3 , It would have passed any way ,
The editor of tlie double-decked newspaper
will give n flying machine to the three-year-
old boy who will guess the number of eyes
n a peck of Early Hose potatoes , nnd se
cure him forty subscribers for his morning
edition. The flying machine can bo seen in
; ho west window of his guess shop. Mr.
Elltclicock will also present to tlio subscriber
bringing him tlio largest watermelon a , pic
ture of Grandpa Burrls , provided the con
testant can guess the number of seeds in the
watermelon.
The free-for-all light between J. W.
Daivcs , Ed Whitcouib and 3 ? . I. FOSI of
Salliio county \vill bo worth going miles to
SCO.
SCO."Will
"Will : HalllPoorewli3 lias been dolnpr "Over
ho Breakfast" on tbo Kearney Enterprise ,
and who also had Jaclc MucColl's boom for
governor in charge , announce } that ho Is
through with Nebraska newspaper work on
account of poor health , and at aa early day
lie will go to Now IMexico , Dir. I'ooro-is a
iiumorist of ability and a flrdt-class all-
round fellow who has made many friends
during lls sojourn In Nebraska ,
Ex-Senator Van Wyck was In the city yes
terday nnd called upon Tin : BIE.
XEirs ov TUX x
The now flouring mills at Lexington are
completed nnd huvo begun operations.
The Rlclmnlson county veterans' associa
tion held n mooting lit F-ills City Saturday.
A number of Kearney girls nro practicing
on horns and expect to organized bund soon.
All tlio conductors und br.ikemcii residing
at Oxford hnvo been ordered to move to St.
Joe.
Joe.Three
Three bride stores are being erected lu
thoplaco of these recently burned at Daw-
son.
son.Tho
The West Point Congregatlonallsta have
npiwlnted Hcv.Villiuiu iiayaes us pastor for
oao year.
Tbo fall term of the North Nebraska Con-
feraico seir.lnary at Central City begins
September 17.
George K. French lias been appointed city
attorney of North ljl.itto to succeed J , W.
liixlcr , resigned.
Tlio trustees of Crawford have called n
special election to vote $17,000 , In bonds fur a
waterworks system.
Tlio village board of Lexington has ro-
volced the saloon llcoiues ofT. ( j. Brawn and
F. Lowell and returned tlio lizenso money.
A Presbyterian church has been organized
on the Little Cotton wood twelve miles north
of Crawford and a handsome little building is
in course of erection.
The machinery for putting down the min
eral well , contracted for by the Danncbrog
mining company , has arrived at U.muebroK
from iCcoliuk , lu. Drilling will conmiencu at
onco.
onco.A
A peculiar disease has attacked tlio cattle
of Fanner'Adams of Inez and several head
have atcd. The nulimita llrat become liunc.
the limbs jerking , and soon they lall down
and die.
L. Kelson and C. G , Ilaimusson of Dannc-
brog have purchased a thirty-foot passenger
steamer for tbo lake at that placo. Tlio ves
sel will uccommodato sixty passengers , and it
is expected to add to the reputation of Daiinc-
brog as a pleasure resort.
As Frank Ilubish of ( Jhudron was Rohifi
homo the other morning ho found abhu'k valise -
liso lyiiitf in the dltohand carried It with him ,
Onoponiug his find ho discovered nvor.v
young lubv , utivo and well. The parents of
the child have nut been discovei-od.
The Ogalnlla Building anil T oan association
hm discovered that J. O.Vatta , a former
secretary , ww SI'J03 , short in his accounts ,
Wutt-s says hovus intiofcnl of any iiitoii.
tlonal wruuftitadho will bo given un opK [ > r-
tuuity to settle up without boliiu arrested.
town.
A casoof laproiy Isroportod at T iGrande ,
There are over six hundrud county brlugoi
in Cass county ,
The cunsus returns plvo Boiitoii county a
population of 5IU1.
The I'o'.voshlok fair
county will bo held at
Grmnel ! September 8 to 11 ,
A tlinbor wolf was captured on the public
bquuro at Fort Dodge Saturday , *
The nld college building at Algona hai do-
gcncratod into an original package liouno.
The stnto gniiul loiljfo of Good Toinplnrs
will hold its annual session at Ottumwu Aug
ust i'i5 , 37 and 2 $ .
Tor the fourth time In his llfo ChrlstjAn
derson , a fourteen-year-old WullinKford boy ,
fell from a lend of hay and bruko hU ui-jii ,
A ICoolciilc woman ha : ) sued n number of
saloonVoopepi for $30,000 damazos foroon-
vertliiK her husband Into uu habitual drunk
ard.
ard.Tho
The tncctinf of the state grand lodge
of Pythias will bo held at DCS
Molm-son August 1 ! ) . lit nnd 14 , Vully 1,000 ,
ICnlfflits nro expected to bo present , M ZJ
In n qunrrcl over n prlvn'o roadway nonr
Mrtiu'licstor , William llnr nrrt his brother ,
Georgo. stabbed John Ileiisor several time *
with pitchforks , Inflicting wounds that may
roatilt seriously. .
Two or throe curiosities nro reported thU
WCPK , says the Movillo Mull. At tlio farm of
J. S. IluttORt , cluht miles south of town , n
throo-lofrgod chli'kcn nnd n four-lowed duck
divide honors. A fanner near IMersoti has ,
live nigs weighing 100 pound * each , "nil of/- *
which suck tlio cows lust like rnlvw. There
will be n good demand for these pigs by men
too lazy to nilllr.
Charles 13 , Ostrandor , n Hurling ton livery ,
mini , \vns arrested at the instance of Nemo
lliitlleld , i\ young plrl of twoii ty-two , and
bound over to the district court In the sum
of foOO on the charge of procuring an abor
tion. Miss HaUlcliI was ertguged to bo mar
ried to Ostrnmler for a period of seven years ,
nnd last week ho brolio the uiiiriKoment and
iniirrled a young lady at ICi-okulc. Pubic ,
sympathy Is with Miss llattloW , as It Is
thought she has been cruelly \vronged.
. Hello hunters excavated one of tlio m nor-
ous Indian mounds in the vicinity of Storm
Lmko the other day mid atadopthof four
feet found a layer of stoiio In siimiro blocks
laid conmactly together , nil of .uniform slzi\
under which were found what were supposed
to Inhuman bones and sonm that appeared to f
bo the boncj of nnlmnls. There wro nlso .f
found beads , arrowheads , pieces ot pottery ,
und ono vessel was found that had not boon
ricfncod or diiiiinKod. Tlio pottery gave evi
dence of having boon made by a master hand ,
there being various designs shown upon all
the pieces. A further search will bo imulo.
AVyomlnir niul Colorado.
Lyons , Col. , is shipping forty carloads of
stone a day to Denver.
There 1m ? been n rush of visitors to the
summit of Long's ' peak in Colorado this sum
mer.
mer.A
A now town named Warren has been started
at the forks of the Dig Horn and NoVoods
creeks In Wyoming.
Samuel Montgomery has been found piilt.v
nt Lander , " \\'vo. \ , of murder In the second
degree for killing Benjamin Fordham.
James Carroll , with several aliases , has
been arrested in Wyoming , charged with a
numliM' I'miimftt il In KiinDi l lnlmlii i n vnofu
igo.
igo.V
, V very Important discovery of reel ochre
md white and pink innrblo has just boon
undo about live intlos northwest of Itawllni ,
Vyo. From tlio dovc'loptnents HO far made
ho mine is Inexhaustible hi supply ,
Dr. Julius A. Schuclko , who killed Drug.
.1st Sullivan at Lander , U'yo. , has entered a ,
ilcnof insanity nml has succeeded 111 havjn'p ,
: i is ease imt oil until the next term of coiir-
lie claims tohavo been injured on the beau
several yuan ago nnd has been subject to Ills
of insanity since that time ,
The work of blasting out the new grade for
ho Denver Si Hio Grande railroad is going
) ii at Ked CHIT , Col. , and the town is recoiv-
ng a daily bombardment. Windows are
> rokcn , doors are knocked off tlielr hinges
mil occasionally a lingo rock comes straight
lown through a roof to Und a cool place in
ho cellar ,
AV. B. Martin of Oak Creek , in northeast
ern Crook county , Wyoming , who recently
oft for parts unknown with mortgaged iirop-
irty , nlso took with him two horses bolong-
ngto Ira Putnam of Lead City , besides get-
ing away with $000 in cash belonging to the
amo gentleman. Mr. Putnam wns the owner
if a llock of sheep which JNIartin had on
hares. Martin took tills year's ' wool clip to
Whltowood for shipment east , and on the bill
of lading secured &XW from the bank.
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