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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 26, 1890)
The Republican IParty Ex.toiled for ttie Good tliat It Has Done and Its Record. of Standing bythe People , fion. J'ohn L , Webster Tells the Slory In Glo-wlng Words , Governor. Richards Repents It with. Telling Emphasis nncl Con gressman Connell Clinches It WLth Solid Facts and Indisputable .Arguments. Wednesday morning to dcroto the a-pico necessary lor a reproduc tion of the excellent speeches made afc 1'latts- hioutli by Hon. John L. Webster , Hon. W. J , Connell and lion. L. D. Kichards. ITortho purposes of the campaign , steno graphic rcportaof these brilliant ipccchcs arc Elvcnboloffi Speech. Hon. John T . Webster said : I nm ouo cf the pi'rsons appearing on this platform not as a candidate for an ofilco. 1 have nothing to oraraciidine eiccpt what I tnnv happen to isaybut , Innihcro rather lo help my Mends Iwho are candidates for ofllce to pot one. rVclces , "Oot thoro. " Laughter , ] .Already liy the action of their convention tonteht I takolt that wo have planted this man Ilrynn f Lost lu laughter and applause. ! lly to morrow's sunrise , when you people hare sep arated from your home.to mingle with your friends , going to your business , lot it bo up permost inyourminds to tell the peopio that when election comes , veto for Council and .Vote against [ Lost , In applause. ] Iknownothing to commend Bryan to tlio consideration ot this people except that ho Books to tear down the prosperity of this country by battling ; against the tariff system In every specclMvhich ho chooses to malce. JTrom his lips there bursts forth the words "frtfl trade , " "destruction of wages , " "do- Btructioiiof property , " simply because he be lieves by that that ho can ppndcrto the will- Ingvolceiof the Ignorant people. On tbo other hand "William J. Conncll , fhJropro- Bcntalivuln congress , stands hern tonight ad vocating the principles of the great republi can party , of vhlch wo help to form a part nnd whoso banner \vo have kcptaloftln the Btnto of Nebraska from 1SOT to the present time. For twenty-three years taavo vo elected the republican ticket at caeh election , oniHiod helping us wu will elect It this full. [ Applause. ] louglit to tell this peopio that during these twenty-three years wo have learned some thing of what It coals to Do a republican and In these later day sot ours wo will show to the peopio thai we are still republicans at heart wlien thotlmocomes to put the ballots in the box. [ Applause. ] Thcroaro men in this state who learned their republicanism with my friend Tom Majors down at tlio great battle of Shiloh. There are in en hero who Icarnoiltheirrcpuljll- caulsm with Tom , Majors at the prcat battle of -Donnolson. . There are mcu hero who learned their republicanism when it cost something to boa republican , nnd Inslcyou gentlemen , will you forsnko your soldier and comrade lo put a ballot In the box for a man \vlio Is. trying to tear dowi our institutions and who , as lam Informed served in the con- federatonrmy , [ Voices , no , no , applause. J " \\'o \ \ hnvo men here , too , who 'earned ' their republicanism witli our young friend Rich ards , who at the breaking out of the war , when but a mere loy , stood before the mus tering officer. Thomustcrirg ofllccr , obscrv- injr his tender years , said , "Boy , stand aside. " But the present secretary otwar said , ' ' "you donot know what is In the ances try of that boy , " nnd the raustoring oHlcer said. "Jako your place In your company , " nnd ho vent forth in his youth to battle for the great republicand , wilt the oUlsoldicrs Xovsako him nowlrolccs [ , "No , no. " .An- 0 plans o. ] On the other hand , there has been n derao- jcratlc convention. It adopted , a platform. It declared in that platform that tno democratic party liad always been the friend of the iarmer , but before it adjourned It liad hom- inatcu fonts governor tlio only man perhaps \lntliUs state -who over went down to Chicago andgnmblod on the products of the farmer on the board of trado. [ Applause nnd laughter. ] A llttlo further down in this platform the democratic party declared that It lad ever "been the friend of the laborer , yet before It adjourned It nominated for governor tbo only man in the state -who over annealed to the governor to call out the riillltla and the federal soldiers to suppress [ Losl in an- phuso nnd laughter. ] [ A voice , that la right ; that is true. ) Time u too snort for mo to go ever the many things that I might say , but ills nearing - ing midnight [ "Voices , RO on , wo will stay f wlth you ; -wo are in no hurry , ] In that sanio democratic platform they de clared that they were in fuvor of free ballot , yet I know tlio fact that there sat In that sarno congress with. W. J. Council twenty- live democratic congressmen whoso com bined vote , by reason of fraud , ballot box stufilnfc' . riot and murder did not equal the vote which sent \Vr. J. Connell down to "Washington from this district. There are twenty-live democratic congroismon , holding their soils oa the result of fraudulent elec tions , whoso combined vote was not equal to thovoloof tliodolegato from Dakota , yet the twenty-live democrats voted ng.iUist the ad mission of Dakota , declnrlng that she had not population enough to entltlo her to reprosen- tatlon. [ Applause ] , I tell you , -wo want to teach the democratic party that a free ballot nnd a lair count is not for. Kcbrnska alone , "but thnt doctrine. If peed here. . Is good for the cntlrv * republic. J tell youwo are tired of xms suppression oicoiorea votes in tno south "by democratic fraud. [ Appliiuso ] . That snmo democratic platform in referring to the federal election liuvdonouucollt as a force bill. Let them call It a force bill. There never were any great results achloved for liberty except by the USD of forco. "When , John signed the Magua Carta icro was force at hand. "When the declaration , of Independence was inailo there was force at hand in the Amer ican colonies , When the battle of the revo lution was fought there was force moving the grout machinery. Afterwards , during : the rebellion , when Lincoln sat in his house and signed the emancipation proclamation do- clariiifilho liberty of . ( . ( OJ.OUO people , there was force all over the states of the south. JLoudIiuigther. " | I tell you there Is nothing to the question of force , hut there will be a moral force which will pass the federal election law , and when it has passed It wlllspmd itswlngsovorlho southern stntcs , vncro It shall never bo do- laced while you and I live. [ Applause. ] That same democratic platform denounces the action cf Speaker Heed for tryigg testate state n fact. [ Applause. I nni ono cf these people who thanlt tJod that wo found a republican to put in the speaker's chair that could com pel peopio to vote , -when there U legislation to go lu congress , for the lenotlt of the republic , The people sent these democrats down to congress to legislate for the wolf are of the great repu bile. Thov did not scud them do\vu there to sit like Egyptian mummies In their seats'and refuse to answer to their names when they were called , These democrats in congress stand there or sit In their places , but when the speaker orders a roll call they get up nhilfllo. out In the cloak rooms or the great corridors , for fear they would De compelled to answer to their names , nnd thab their names should go upon the great books of the nation , U'hoso democratic members in congress always tried to raisi ) a disturbance and never to advance business ; they were always there to draw their salary , but never to do any -work. [ A.p jlauso.j Always there but never to do busi ness , but it icoms to mo as , J nave read tholr history , andns I lave seen it from the gal lery , that tlioy vero always present whan there was an opportunity to ralso a little hell. [ Loudlaughter. | My friends , too ropucllcan party has at heart the issues nnd the welfare of the xvholo people. Itawlsdom la widesweeping , , and permeating the entire republic. I cannot tonight under take to consider what has boon liofoii ) congress and what has boon ac complished. In looking over tno slate \vhoro ml < Hjuldod i oplo have gone to proicahersles and dls-uttion , uui trylBit to defeat th olil republican party , 1 want tosay , Ifthero Is an old standard hearer oE the republican party , rein ember-who re you got your lessons of truth. "Will you fora-iko Richard * fortlits wan I'owors the nlllano ) candidate for gov ernor ! He vould makotho people believe if ho were elected that ho would cause tb'j leaves upon the corn stalks to become greenbacks and the eura of corn sliver dollars [ Applause. I Ana Eurrtrws tries to make the alllanco peopio believe that he could run n railroad better than Vanderhllt [ Applause. ] Way upnortha man numod ICemra says the earth isall right , thosoitls all right and the cli mate is all right andthocorn Is nil right , but that the srovcrnncnt b all wrong. ( Ap plause. ) Has It come to this that the peopio of this country have so lost their heads as to dcsort the old time-tried princlplesnnd array thcmsclves. into hostility , and to follow afler the heresies of such people as tlioso X have sjiokeiiofwhofalslfy theti-utli , misleadIheh ? comrades andraisoup new parties to engulf the standard bearers oltho republican party J I tell you , fellow republicans , some of us laiVH listened to republicanism Irom such re publicans ns Oliver f , Morton , Benjamin \Vade , Henry \Vilson , nnd the sterling truths as taught by the stalwart Koscoo Conkllng- , while today wo nro drlnkin ? in the solid truths ot republicanism as It drops from the lips of John Sherman in the senate , and. from tint other il lustrious statesman , with his doc trine of rcclprocltynTaines G. Blalne. ( Ap plause loud anil long ) . I tell you it Is too late to go back. "Wo have got to move on ward nnd when tha next election Is over , I -would like tosay to this convention , that us cnshuslasticas you eanw down onthis train from Omaha , and ai you are in this conven tion tonlcht , with bands of music , march down to Lincoln vlth ItichanU at tha head. ( Applause. ) Whenthatgreatilayshallcomo vn ? 11 Vi tT-ii rfr i cit i * > rttiilti t ntnliii * * \ * the cork out of the jug- and let ( Lost ba cheers , ) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SpcccliofJUoii. lj. 1 > . Uielinrrts. Mr. Chairman , Ladies anJ _ Gentlemen : I vas very much luterested in the remarks ot the Kentlomanwho preceded , ine , and es pecially iu the tribute that he paid to this grand state of ours , I carna to Nebraska twenty-larecvcan ape , without a dollar In my pocknt. I love Nebraska , for all that 1 liavo on earth is licre. I liavo prospered with the statu ; I have witnessed its growth in population from nboutono hundred thousand in 1807 to upirnrdi of eleven hundred thou sand at the present time.Vchavoa taxable property in ihts state of about S-HO.OOO.OOO , while tno true value will approximate $1 > 000.- 000,000. and I bellevo the urao is near when U will bo returned for taxation at its full value as provided by law. This marvelous progress oiiilgrowtu lias been brought about under the -wise policy of thcrcpubllcan party , [ Anplauso. ] Last spring when t was reading in demo cratic and alliance papers their tirido against the state and Its poverty , I liad tto curiosity to look in to the matter u little and sco as to the condition of our banta and the money therein. Much , to my astonishment I fount ! that the banks of this statohad a deposit be longing to tha people o ! this state of $ J2UOO- , 000 ; that the money in banks or capital was something like 823,000,000 , , making a grani total off03.000,000.ila our 1,100,000peo pie it will nalco somethingllkeSGOper eaoita. Nebraska today has moro money in lierbanki belonglnB to tlio people than the state ol Iowa. [ Applause. ] It did not seem to nw that-with , this condition of affairs we couli ! ha so badly off. Thocampalgn npon which wo are Just en tering is In many reipects tlio most im portant ono la the history of the state , anc stranno as It may seem , our democratic friends claim to have a hope of success. Vou ask rae how. I Avlll tell you , 03 they have bcon doing , by vilifying the fair name of the state , by appealing to the passions and prej udices of the people , by magnify Ing our mis fortunes and close times.Vo \ have encoun tercel an object creating dissatisfaction among the people , \Vo know full well tha there has been little money In general farm Ing and that very few lines ot traxlo will show much Increase of wealth during the- past two years. This condition of affairs Is largely beyond the control of any party organization yet the democrats and domegogues profess u have thn panacei They form new parties with the design aniong- the leaders thai such new organization ! shall ho i sort of a halt way house , the rood leading bill way into the democratic camp. Theyknov full well that it isadinicultfcat tolaiida life lonpr republican by 6no step into the demo cratic party , I lo must ho handled carefully Iho lioolc must ho well baited and tha barb covered or ho will bo frightened away. Wo realize that the rank- mid riloof the al llanco movcmontaro earnest , loyal men ; thaf the leadersof that party are being aided anc encouraged and that the democratic party h furnlshinflhommoiicy to carry onthclrcatn paign with U not denied. The alliance is o southern orkiii. Colonel Polk presldentof tlio southern farmers' ' alliance , has said that tlie southern , nlllancowith the democratic part' ' propose to save the credit ot thianationfrom destruction by the grand army boys. They say that they will co nio north nnd with tlie help of the alliance In tlo north and wes elect domomitlo congressmen who are ia sympathy with that idea.Vekiiow tbcrecoril In thisstntorogardingthismovcinent. Here la this district the Independent movement nominatodSonator Van Wjck. Hero was an opportunity foe our democratic friundsto en dorse a man in sympathy with tbolrprovis- Ions. They did not dolt. They nominated Mr. Bryan. Tlio alliance can Lave but one result , and that Is the election of democrats , In thotjecond district they nominated a democrat \vltti \ a record. The democrats promptly endorsed him. Ia the Third dlv trict the allinnco Independent movement nominated Mr. Kemm. Ho having been atone ono time u member of the republican party , was not according to the democratic faith nnj they put up a man of their own. You go to your leeislatlvci districts nnj thcro you will And as a rule that where the independent move- meiitj , where the Independent party hate placed in nomination alliance democrats they have been promptly endorsed by the demo- cmtlcconveuttous. On thcotherhandwhero republicans have been nominated they hare wlthequnlproiiiptness placed men of their own particular faith as members of the legis lature. Oar republican alllanco men know these facts , and I believe they vlll be found In tlie republican processions next November lighting for honest government. [ Aoplauso.j There nro a great many of our First dis trict gen tleiuoii here , and all that I have to say Is thnt I hope you will go homo and encourage - courage to the oest of your ability cur alli ance republican friends to do thij , [ An plauso. ] lion , W.J. Coimell'H Speech. Mr. Council was loudly called for , and when bomadohls nppoarancolwas received with exultant chcersnud the wavlnpr of hands and hats until ho was at length. Introduced by the chair. Mr. Connelj then spolw as follow : " .Mr. Chairman. Indies and gentlemen of the convention-for some reason , t hope for a good , and aufllcient one , you havowul\cd the formalities of the convention of two years neo and liovo dispensed with , tno ninety ballots thit then seemed necessary to a result. "You are evidently In favor of ballot reform. ( Laughter. ) Perhaps I view your action from an Interested standpoint , but when I recall the tedious process ot Iho last congressional convention , and re mem ber the simxmso and uncertainty wnleh continued until tha woo smaQ hours of the morning , I cannot butcoacluiia that an Improvement has boon made , oiidtue action Just taken , oven though ; may not bo entitled la rank alongside of tbu Australian system of voting , mar xicrctho- ens bo regarded In tbo Una of ballot reform. recognize , no-waver , that the true purpose of every voting or ballot reform ia lo Klro hoa- cst expression to tha will of the people , I hopa on have succeeded In doing this tonight. A voice , hvo have. " ] 3or In thai event 10 can. safely predict what has ust been done Is but the prtludo to the [ lorloua victory which -will lollow on the 4th of November ncTtL I ( Jrcat applause. ) " 1'or tlio first time In the political history of tlilt congressional , district a convention U assembled with no dlflercncns to adjust , ither personal , political or scctloimL lur- nonyprevails , good fcclingcxlsts , while \ii > rounded enthusiasm Is manifest on every Ido. Lancaster on the west , most g n- rously extends a hand , ofwelcome ami rienihliip to Douglas oil the east [ applause ] , v-hllo bit ; Kichardson at tha south sends ( frcctlnes * lo llttlo Sarpr on the north. Surely his 15 a good , omen , and C bollevo am justified In concluding , also , a tribute of wlilch any man nay feel justly proud. I am deeply sensible of the honor which has Just IMCU conforml upon me by the unanimous vot4 of this con vention. Out of the depths , of n. mitcful eartlthnnk each ono of you ( or this splen did manifestation of your coulldcnecimd. ap irovat. 1 desire also to mnlca grateful ac- cnowledgement lo Iho delegates of the sev- ; ral county conventions by wbosi action lias icon tnnda possible the Raiod feellngf and. har mony which hero prevails , TLis rcnoniina- tion , so unanimously and enthusiastically conferred , I assure you is doully > rlzcd. Iregnrdlt notonlyas an endorsement > f ny llrst term of conffresSlonal secvlcc , but ilsoos ancvidcnco cftho loyalty and notlvo iiterest of f riemU who in uiy absence hava with the greatest enthusiasm , and * vitb. the rreatcst success , cared formj" Interests. Ills svident tbat althouKh absent , I have not been forgotten , Your coming together from every county in the district wilh n. common pur- > osowhich hmjustbeen declared. , l tome iiost gratifying proof that my efforts to servo . ouuud to represent the Interests o the bl ( { : "lrstof Ja'braslea have not remained unno ticed -unappreciated. . fApplause.l "With , regard to the future , t can truly say that If I aon re-elected I stall endeavor , even mow faithfully mid effectively , to rep resent every intcrestof thecntiredistrictwid to the best oC iny tihility perform thodoublo duties which -will ho required of rue , fAp- ilause , ] I imich regret that a reapportion- iuenthns not been made intinuoto give Xe- brama thoreprcsenUlionln the Fifty-second congress which wo nro fairly entltledto under ; ho census which has just been talccn. Iho ? reat west is much in need of its fullipiotn of Lt > prcsentatives , not only to demand , but toln- sistuponour rights as against a united cast , as well as a solid south. [ Applause. ] " \Vo \ need -wide-awake , independent men that come from the -weit and north-west , niidtho diy is not far distant when the great wcstwillb'o such a recognized power In con- press that our preat Interests will receive - ceivo the consideration and the protection that they justly deserve. I believe in. the course taken as a itilo byvestcrn \ representa tives an independent course a cpurso in the intcrestoftho poonlc-a course whiehlboliovo the people will lu the future Iwth. recognize and appreciate. "Wmlol amnroudof the hoaor you have done mo toaight , and while 1 greatly fi r.iir / l-frt n un'mul nMinTTittin t inn n t. ilif > linnilQ of a republican convention I can say to you outof thodepths of my heart thatl am pvoud ten times over , aye , ton thousand times over , that I have tbo honor to represent this great , growinsntul prosnirous state of Ne braska. [ Applausennd cheera. ] The one of all the states that has mostforged totho front in the past ; that coioes upundtrthoreappor- tlonnient bill that U to bo passed with a greater increase than any other state in the union. [ Applause. ] Nebraska Is the only state In the unioa having-more than ono renrcsentatlvo that douUes her repre sentation , while New England has remained , nt a standstill. To carry the comparison nlit- tlo furthertho incre.iso Nebraska has mads is equal to that of all thcmMdlcstates combined. ( Applause. ) It is equal , also , ( and let us thank God for giving us this magnificent country that makesitso tothoincreaso of the entire rcpresentationof tliesolUsouth. ( Ai > - Ilause. ) It is also one-fifth of the great west. Certainly this is a magnificent showing , and ono which , as citizens ofthls state , wo can all bo justly proud. "Let us go back a little in our recollection to review the past , and , in the light of that , what a magnlllceiit future wo have before us. In IStit ) the entire popu lation of Nebraska was a llttlo over twrmty- llvo thousand , In ISiD it had quadrupled. "We had then something over ahuiidred thou- sand.In 1SSO ithad increased in like proportion. Wo then had something' ever four hundred thousand. Today , In the year A. D. 1S ! > 0 , wo comutotho front with 1'JUO , , 000. r-Applnvso. ] That certainly Is an increase ot which wo have good reason to feel proud , and it is an increase that X thinlt justifies ino in expressing the great prldo that I feel to represent in. part so magnificent and prosperous a state. " "I said that I believed la Independence oC action. I have in mind , the -\vordsof advice of that great and good man who perhaps is most beloved of allour party leaden. I refer to our lirst great standard bearer , Abraham Lincoln , " fOreat applause. J When Governor Oglcsbjr of Illinois was about starting out in his political career , Mr. Lincoln caino up to him. and in that friendly , familiar way that was peculiarly his own , said , "Dick , let nioglvoyouaivordof advico. It may help you in the future : it nay carry you on tosiicocss in your political career , It is this : 'Hold ' your ear close to the gx'ound tliat you may boa * the voice of the people ; heed that voice und never fear thnt tno peo- clo will lead you wrong. " [ Applause. ] To tills advice , Governor Oglosby says ho owes whatever success ho has had. Now , I be lieve In an independent course. I will not ho'vevcr , have tuo time tonight to go into a detailed discussion of the great questions which nre before m I. hope as time rolls on. to have the opportunity to sco many of you. at your homes and In the counties in which you reside. I propose , unless I am recalled , to attend to my duties in. Washington to make a thorough and full canvass of the dis trict , ami in that event I will see very many of you. I shall endeavor to carry for ward the standard you have placed In my hands , tmd if possible to carry itto victory. [ Arplnuso , ] A few weeks apol received at "Washington acopy of an Omaha paper containing the platform of the democratic party of this congressional district. I commenced to read it at tlio bottom that Isthuwavto read 11 democratic platform turn Itupsldo down ami read it backwards , f Laugh ter and ap plause. ] I struck a certain resolution. I rubbed my eyes and looked at the top of the page to see If I was reading In tlio right column. I found I was. I read itagniii. It seemed to mo that the form of expression could have boon somewhat Improved , but notwithstanding : I found myself In cordial sympathy with the purpose of the resolution , which was extending , the congratulations of that convention totho ttlng ot protectionIho , father of rcciprocity-tho white plumed , knight , James G. Illalne. [ CSrent applause. ] 1 have thus far- failed to see tn print the response tbat Mr. Dlaino sent totho secre tary of that convention. [ Laughter. ] For some reason It has not been published. 1 infer , however , it is In accord with the speech ho made aoon afterwards atVater > vllle , Wo. Prom , the spcechr hflcould havese- lected about twenty words that-\vould have liccn a complete r ply and tnetclofc'r im would liavo read : "Without protection the "United States after the ravages ot the war from 1SOI to 13(15 ( would have been poor indeed ; with protection every section has flourished and prospered , grown nnd become great , " Perhaps these words are the ones that were incorporated In the telegram received by ths secretary of that convention , and that accounts for ths democratic siloncu which , folio-wed. Now then arb differences regarding the tariff oven among republicans , but let me say that there Li no necessity to go cuLsidothc ranks of the republican party to settle those differences , "Wocati do it within the Hues of the party , and I hops it-will bo done. Let us wait until we see ivnnfc Is the final action taken before we criticise too se verely , I am frank to say. speaking for my self alone , .that t have not been in full accord with the tariff hill as orieLually proposed hj " the committee on ways"nnd means of the house of representatlvci. I believe , hotvovor , that It will lw so perfected and completed as to bo generally acceptublo to the people of ttie country , O'ho Issue presented by the demo cratic party Is not a difference in adjusting the twin" , which wo all say should bo re duced to the greatest citrerao posslblo con- listen ! with protection , It U not thnt , but the well donned difference between tha two great parties Is protection oa tbo ono side and free trade onihe other. [ Applause , ] Another plank of the democratic platform directs special attention to the present roles ofthohouse of representatives , which they declursaro revolutionary. Jtow you were not thero. 1 was , If you hud been you would atreo with me that the conclusion of the democratic party of this district In declaring that those ruled were revo- lutiousr/ was true , [ .Applause and laughter. ] CONTINENTAL CLOTHING HO USB. ' MEFS CLOTHING DEPARTMENT. Our Lines of Fall Overcoats and Suits all in/ / are inThe largest stock we have ever shown in Light and Medium Weight Winter Overcoats , We claim ihattlie quality Of ourgopds , the low prices quoted , the overwhelming variety of our stock and our reputation , for handling only first class goods is sufficient guaranty that you can spend your money to better advantage with the Continental than any other house in the city. ON SATURDAY We Will Some Rare Values in Offer On Saturday will offer a special line of Child Fall Overcoats. ren's Suits , ages 4 to 14 , All-Wool Cheviot , At $2.50 Per Suit. Overcoats $15 , All sizes. These mixtures cannot be duplicated for less than $5.00 outside of the Continental. Besurenndseo our LJgnt Winter "Weight Meltons at $1B. They EUO the most practical weight garment for this climate. SPECIAL LINES ON Boys' ' Long Pant SUiis Foi * IMen's went * are Cheviots. Wo recommend , the m for service. erfs Sack We Suits have , tliem in : Prices $8 , $10 and $12. Metis Cutaway Stt-ils. Every precaution is taken to have your purchase fifieiis Slozils in Sacks and Frocks , satisfactory. No goods are misrepresented , and it is Jl/en's Longs in frocks * well known that if goods are not satisfactory , money Jllcns Double-breasted Sacfcs , is cheerfully refunded. This has been our method Yauf/is Sacks and Frocks , since our opening. Our success in business we at Prices $12 to $18. tribute to FREELAND these facts. , LOOMIS & CO. The wildest scene that has probably ever boon witnessed in the houses of represent atives may well be called revolutionary. 1 thought atone time It was going to result m actual violence. You would have imagined from seeing democratic1mcnibcrs Tear and tear up and down the aisles that seine great outrage was being perpetrated-sorae great wrong was being done to them anil the coun- trv. And what was It nil aboutlYhatilid it" all mean ? Why , it Involved merely a declaration of the simpltf fact that a member plainly In sight of the speaker , and. refusing to answer , was In bis scat and did not voto. It simply presented a proposition us to whether a majority ofTtho house -wouldbo perinittedto transact legislative business or whether thov snould be at thomorcyof the minority. N"ot another question , was in volved. Under the constitution and under the rules of thohousean-tibaeut member may be taken from bis homo and brought by force nuil put in bis seat. No one pretends to ques tion thnfc huh thn ilr nu > Rrats undertake to sav thatafterthis U done nollihisls tocomoof It. He may sit there.loolrwise , refuse to open his mouthand accomplish more by doing so than by malilngvigorous opposition. The American people do not favor any proceed ings of that kind. Major McKhiley summed up the whole controversy as ho turned upon the democratic obstructionists when they de clared their purpose to tuko an appeal from the ruling of the speaker to the people , and said : "Tako your appeal , tlio peopio are In fit-vor of action , the peopio are inter ested Inwhat wo do , not how wo do it , " [ Ap plause. ] Isulimlt to you , -western representative sentative men , If that Is not what the people are Interested inl .Aro they not desirous that the house nud the senate shall proceed vita ths business of the country , and notbo inter fered with by the tactics of obstructionists who propose' delay and to prevent all legislative proceeding. Now , there was a purpose In this. There vas an object to bo accomplished. Itwas declared before that house convened , before Speaker Itced was elected , that during this contrreas nolcglshir tiou should ho had. except that favored , tya democratic minority. It was declared that at the coming election , which is now More us , democrats would bo In a. position to go before the country and Indito the republican party on the ground that it had made promises to the people which it had failed to redeem. [ Applause ] , OMs pro gramme , however , did not win.Vo put a man In thosponker'sehairwhohad thoncrvo to declare what the rules ought to bo and what a majority of the members said they should be. [ .Applause ] . Vt'hatls more.tlicso rules are not jot -what the people of this country demand. These rules must RO ono one stop farther , Xet mo'say right hero that I ask no more for the republican party than I amwlllirg to concede to the democratic party. Should the democratsobtain a majority in the nextliousooC representatives I for ono would say continue these rules , they are proper ; en- foi-co them , it you canvas ably as Speaker Reed has doao. | ApplausoJ. It has now been decided that a member present shall ho counted as present when ho Is plainly in Right , even t'aoush do inny refuse to answer to his name. To avoid this the obstruction ists now undertake whit is known as the "sncalc. " When a call is had for the purpose of determining the number of members present , there will bo a response from perhaps two hundred and flftv members. Within five minutes Jrom that time , you can got responses only from the republicans who happen , to bo present , while every democrat is not only as silent na the grave , but ho is nowhcro to be seen. It is now proposed , as I saw by the papers this morning , to adopt an additional rule making it ocoutcinpb of the house for any member to leave after a call of the house and bcf ere or during tbo next vicceling call , , - . 1 submit fortho purposoof trealcinR-a quorum. mit to you as representative mcnof thostateof Nebruslfalf , this is not right andUsneh urulo should not be enforced. The member who purposely violates it should 1)0 ) subjected to thoccusuro oltho house imd us Is proposed be rexjulrcKito pay a flnoof&'flJ as well. [ Ap- nlnuso ] . Under rules which.permit the trans action of public busineasvdoinocrata were un able to carry out their criminal programme. Theyaraunalla to go to "the- " country as they proposed , and say that tHiS Republican party has railed to carry out ptalpes sncredly made to the people. Legislation..utterly without parallel In all the history , pf jmt congresses has been had. Thocqunlof it has never yet " " ' ' becnknoivu. , .Measures of \ifmos\1rnportanco \ to the neopla and the conn try1'havo ' been passed. Uilis have been considered which are taio- Ilclal to every class of , the people , to the masses , to thoworltluemm and to the farm ers. Ainont ? these bills I refer with especial pride to ono tbu Chad s6tnetuin to do vlth : one that I took a great interest In ; ono that I hal the honor of preinirjngand presenting' and advocating andliimltr uccessiuUy secur IniIts ! raasaKO 1 refer ID tlio "eight bour , bill , " [ Great applause. ) I do not claim any great credit orploryby reason of what 1 suc ceeded In doing ; Ido not claim thatthisleg- islatlongocd tothoc < ctontal doing full jus tice to the waa-workers of the innd ; all I claim foritiathatltis a Ion step in the right direction. [ Appluuse.J It declares in the first place that eight hours shall constitute a day's wort Cor all laborers , workmen and mochauuTS employed by the government or who may bo eugaped by any government contractor. It provides that the pay shall not be leaa than the pay of other laborer * la llko employment at the place ivhero they may be engaged in working. S vore penalties are provided for any violations oC Its provisions. It is made complete anil perfect , and while It is true that it applies only to liborcrs and workmen actually In tlio employ o ( the government 01 working for government contractors. It es tablishes a precedent \vhlch \ is. of Infinite value to the tvacro-workcrs of this , country In tlicl" jrrvat ana graad struggle for a reduc tion of the hours of toil. [ .Applause and cries of "Good ! " ! I wish to say in this con nection that my effort * in this tuuso are not yet completed. There nro other measures which I lioiw to seuuro therassaRo of , that I beliovewillgroatly aidnnd benefit the work- Incmcn of this great country. Thcro are also other measures to which refer ence might ba made -which have been passed during the present session of congres ? that nro of infinite value to tbo laboring men oC the country , Seine of these have already been referred to by the chair man in his opening statement this evening. Ho made reference to the alien contract bill. It Is an important measure. It prohibits the employment of non-resident aliens for the purpose of taking the plucoa of vrorklngmca In this country. It will go a long way toward stopping the evils tbat exist nt the present time. It Is a bill that I had the honor of doing much in tlio way of perfecting. It has now passed the bouso and will i/ndoubtcdly / pass the senate during the present session. in aauition , aw two other bills , to which reference has also been nindo ; ono the prison contract bill that prohibits the use on tha part of the government of anv material man ufactured by convicts In penitentiaries ; tha ether a bill which prohibits the employment of convicts upon government worltin tho. construction of government buildings. I stand here not only to favor these hillsbut , to vindicate them as measures in the right di rection. fApplnuse.J 1 say to you now , -what I oarncstlv believe , that the great overshadowing question of the taj is the labor question. It is above ami beyond every ether question in far reaching Importance to the people oC this country. The peopio must recognize the rights of labor , and to such an extent as will do jus- tlco to the wage-worker. You may say-you are not specially interested in this class. Stop a moment and think. Whatls your business ! .Aro you a merchant In Omaha , Lincoln or Pluttstnoutli ? Where will your prosperity come from In the future If not from the worklugmen of the country 1 Wrhnt will bo the consequences to these engaged in carrying on. trade or business unless the worWnemen are prosperous I Wo point to the fact that of all the nations of the earth our own is the ono la which the work ing men are the most prosperous , the ono In which they are the best fed , the best clothed and the best paid. That is true to a largo extent ; butnt the same time there are thous ands and tens of thousand ) who are not only underpaid , but are out of employment ; men who desire employment , but who nro unable to get employment , not for the reason that they arc unwilling toxvorlt , but for the reason that owing to Improved machinery and the length of hours of employment of ether woL-ltmen there Is no opportunity for there to earn their dally bread. Loolc nt the In ventions of the present day. "What are they tending toward ! What is to be their effect i Are inventions ahlesslujr merely to the rich and acursoto the poor J This Is ono of tbo problems with which wo are brought face to faco. I read cho other day in the Iron Ago that a machine had just boon perfected where by coal as < iunro three by live foot could bo mined within the short space of five minutes. Now , when you put this machine to work what Is to become of the mineral AVhore are they to lind employment ! Are they to go on the farms ! Are they to crowd the other trades , or are you to moot tbo question by re ducing thohoursof tollaaO increasing waxes i That is ttiocjiK.'stlon. Carry it alittlo further. I notice the perfection of another muchino whereby a square hole can bo made In iron plutoas quickly and easily as around oita could formerly ba made. In other words , a workman , with the assistance of thLsuincliIno can now do in a day what a few years agt > It tools thirty-eipht men to do. Carry it a little further. Pickup the llttlo Insignificant pin that you may sea lying on tha llqoraud look at that , and what a story it will toll you. Ifyou or 1 wore called to man ufacture a number likes it , how many would wo make In a day } \ \ ith the necessary wire , nippers and a hammer , perhaps a hundred. BX Improvements in machinery the number first made by hand vas gradually increased until a single workman was able to matmf.ic- turo4,800 pins In a day. About a ceuturyago reference was made to that fact by Adam Smith , and ho pointed to It as tlio marvel of thonpo. Hut what U the situation today ! Withirnprovodmaohliioryasinglu man 'will ' no\v manufacture -f)0.,00 ) ( pins in a day , equal to what could bo manu factured a hundred years ago by 1,533 men. In view of facts llko those Is there not some thing In this question } It is ouo I feel ail In terest in , because it Is ono that I bellovo in ; ono I bellevo In most deeply , earnestly and sincerely , I bellovo at the sumo time in the rights of every class aswe'll as in the rights of tha woiklnnmeu. I bellavo In legislating tn the Interest of the fanner as well as in the Interest of the waKCworiter. I perhaps am willingIn fact , I know I am ready to go much further than many In this direction. I know my views are In conflict with thn vlcwa of sonio of you. 1 bollovo that this grontgov- urinnont should not only control , but should own the telegraph lines nml thorallroads [ ap plause ] of thocountry ; that tills great nation uhould protect Its peopio by owning anil oper ating all Interstate line * which carry the pro ducts of the farmers to market and which carry on the Kroat comractvoof the nation , I say trx.it the day Is not far distant when this will coino about , improb able as it may seem at this time. 1 know them are seine objections to It and I know many objections have been urged against it. The principal and most serious one Is that it would ro ult In a centralization in the government , of a power that wonld ho dangerous. I do not fear a centralization of } > ewer at ttiis tluio. There might liavo been danger ouco , but the .American peopio uro not only Intelligent but they are nov a readIng - Ing , thinking ; people , They know today what transpired Yesterday. They are as well In formed as many of these statesmen who tin- ! dortulco to legislate for them. They know what is goint ; on and there h not a purtlcloof danger from centralization of power In this country that will do harm to the people. The peopio can protect themselves with the ballot which can execute the freeman's will as lightning executes the will of God. I do not know whether you will keep mo in congress long enough to perfect or secure tha passage of a bill that carries out the views I hold regiirdlni ; this matter hut if I am kept there a reasonable tirno I will say to you that I propose to make n good , honest effort In that direction. [ Applause. ] But this congress. jiotwithstandlnghas accomplished much al ready in the interest of the farmer , This congress has passed a number af bills that have been demanded by the farmers a list without a parallel in the history of national legislation. For many years a du- mand has Ijcen made for a law asainst trusts nml f nmliin\Mnn4. : TJn Sllph loctalntlrm Itiia been bail until this congress. A bill In re- sponsoto the demand of the farmers was pre sented , reported on , and ia now a law. I chal lenge any lepal gentleman , of either p.irty , to draw a bill that will moro completely cover the subject of trusts or that can ire further in the way of crushing them outer nrovc'iiting future wrougs than the bill which has al ready become a law. In the llrst place It provides that every contract or combina tion In tno mituro of a trust in restraint ot trade or commerce shall bo void. It ROCS further and confers special jurisdiction on the circuit court of the United States to grant any equitable relief by Injunction or otherwise , and to Issue its process to any state In the union to compel any party en gaged in an unlawful traffic to appear and answer. ' It gives the court full and ample po'wcr to enjoin any trust or combination. In addition , it provides that any person in- lured in his property or person by reason of my trust or combination shall have the right to bring an action mid recover damages throo- told , together \vlth costs and attorneys' fees , it also provides u sufficient penalty for the punishment of any parties engaged in the creation or management of trusts , orvho may in any way attempt to corner the products of tbo country. This bill has been passed. It has become a law. A law lias also been passed endowing agricultural colleges. Still another bill has been passed protecting fanners and tholr In terests. 'Iho bill known us the lard bill has passed the house in spite of the most tcrritlc imposition by the democratic party. It Is a bill that cannot lioli ' ) greatly bcnelltlng the fanner. It Is ono th'at has been demanded by the alliances and by the farmers of the coun try. It is estimated that the result will bo to increase thevaluo of trio hogs onthofarmsof this country ut leastflfty toiiiucty cents each , a fair estimate , nsgcncnillyconecded.beiiigSO cents for c.ich hog. Consider that lor a mo ment. Fifty thousand hogs In this country. A saving of § 10,000 to the farmers-mid re member that Nebraska as well as Kansas and Iowa comes in for Its proportion. The passage of this bill was strongly opposed by the southern democrats , especially by these who represented the cotton seed oil in dustry. A southern member representing that Interest , went before the agricultural committee and stntcil that the profits to the southern farmers by reason ol the demand for cotton seed oil was ? 2SOPOOCM ) per annum. Now , the farmers of the west , no doubt , re joice to hear of the prosperity anil successor their southern brethrenbut It will notdollght thoin to know that the demand created for cotton seed oil was for the purpose of usinjj It with lard produced by themselves , thereby taking Just so much money from tboir own pockets , and transferritiR it to the pockets of the southern farmers. [ Applause ] . That la what has been done. 1 can only niako brief references to some of tbo other Important bills which have beeu passed by a republican congress. A bill has bcon passed which redeems to the country over oipht million acres of land heretofore granted to railroads ; another bill organizing Oklahoma has been passed ; another creating two new states. In addi tion , u silver bill has been passed in snlto of the opposition by democrats. fAnplauso.1 It is not just such a bill as I favored , as I ad vocated , or as I contended for , but , llko the labor bill , It goes a long way in the , right di rection , . fAoplauso ) . It provlde.4 for the purdme of1,500,003 ounces of silver each week-equal to about $3,1)00,030. ) Five mil lion dollars in currency , as a result of this bill , will go out to the pcopln each mouth , thereby increasing the circulating medium to that extent. Time certulnly , Is something , and If the bill Is only executed In good faith It will result hi great and per manent benctlt to the peopio of this country , nnd I want to say right hero to tbo extent that my voice , or my Influence , or my vote may go , the provisions of this bill will bo honestly executed. [ Ap plause. ] I know It Is not executed today in the spirit with which It was passed. Thu action of Mr. Windoin is not such as can commend Itself to the people of this country. When ho Issues , us liu has done , for his pur chases of silver , hills of so largo a denomina tion that they can never roach the people , and as u result go back for Immcjlato ro- douiptlon in gold , ho does the people a wrong. That Is not an execution In goou faith of the provisions of the bill , and Mr. Windoiu must change his present pollcy.or bo condoinned by all true representatives of the people. [ Applause and cries of "Good. " ] W'o want the- silver legislation executed in good fulth. AVu want bills to be Issued of such denominations as. will enable the peopio to use them twenties , tens , lives nnd twos. Let them go out to Iho ixtoplu and tlioro they will roaialn.vlth no ilangerot coming hack for Immediate redemption , as do these bills of larger denominations , which nra returned uy the Wall street sharks who seem to bo In league not only with the present secretary but every past secretary of the treasury without ivfcronco to whether ho was n republican or a demo crat. [ Applause. ] I am rejoiced to sco the good fooling that hero exists tonight. I believe it will go bo- vend this convention. I bolicvo it Is good leaven that will work In the masses nndvill result not only in a victory so fur as this con gressional district is concerned , bjt in a grand , glorious victory to ourentlro state ticket. [ Applause. ] All that is required Is active , earnest work on the part of Individual republicans , and as a result we will uchiovo ono of the old-time victories. * Wo nro not ready to turn over the old ship without reference to whether she is nioroly leaking or in a sinkiiigcoriditioii. [ Applause. ' ! We propose still to stand by the colors. Wo will put Mr. Uichnrds In command. [ Great applause. ] Wo will send Tom .Majors to tbo front [ applause ) , and place wherever duty . may remilro , his most able lieutenant , our . _ , us. It may bo that the granil old party which came Into existence with the selection of Abraham Lincoln as Its standard bearer [ applause. ] * ls about to go to pieces , but there Ls certainly lothlng to Indicate it hero tonight. If we can lUdgoby the enthusiasm Unit now prevails ro- mblicanisin will continue to uxl.it loner after Is defamcrs have passed away [ applause ] , eng after eveiy other organization brought Into existence for its destruction is dead nnd buried. [ Applause. ] It may bu : hat Lincoln was not a perfect man -but ono such baa ever dwelt on earth. It may bo that : ho republican party Is not n perfect party lone such has over been known In history , nncicnt or modern. Hut ono thing is certain , so long as wrongs remain to bo righted , evils : o bo corrected , or liberties to bo protected , ust so long will the republican party con tinue to exist. [ Great applause and clieors. J A Hoprlevo Tor the Condemned. Wretched men and women long condemned to suffer the tortures af dyspopslu nro tilled with now hope after a few doses of Hostel ler's Stomach Hitters. This budding hopa blossoms into tbo fruition of certainty , if tno Hitters is pursisted In. It brings a reprieve : o all dyspeptics \vho seek its aid. Flatu lence , heartburn , sinking- the pit of the stomach between meals , tha nervous tremors and Insomnia , of which chronic Indigestion ts the parent , disappear with their hateful progenitor. Moat bcnellcent of stomachics 1 \ \ ho can wonder thnt in so many Instances it wakens- grateful eloquouco In these who , licnefltted by it , speak voluntarily in its bo- tmlf . It requires n pniphlc pen"to describe the torments of dyspepsia , but In ninny of tbo testimonials received by the proprietors of the Hitters , these are portrayed with vivid truthfulness. Constipation , biliousness , mus cular debility , malarial fevers and rheuma tism are relieved by it. ICIcolrlc Ujrlit Poles. Chief Galligan of the Hro department thinks that the electric light company , in fact , all the electric companies of the city , are becoming negligent In complying with city ordinances regulating the putting In of poles , stretching of wires , etc. , about the. city. Lust night he said to a BEU repurtor : "These poles and wires nro a nuisance. The companies have become so Imkpeiidout they will not repair walks moro than half the time where they tear them up U ) sot now poles , \Vhurothcydo pretend to repair the walks they do it In a slipshod manner that U a disgrace. These companies ought to put their wires underground or obey the ordi nances regulating their polo business. " To Dispel Cold * , Headaches and fevers , toclcansa the system effectually , yet goiitlyvhon co. tivoor bll- loua.or when the blood ts linpuro or nlugRlsh , to permanently cum habitual constipation , to awaken the kidneys and liver to u healthy activity , without Irritating -vvoakeulnif them , use Syrup of Pigs , Danger In tlio WcllH. A Sixteenth street physician states that typhoid fever is epidemic- Florence. A number of cases hauo occurred and several of them have proved fatal. The town la with out either n physician or a drug store nnd Is compelled to depend upon Omaha for medical service * . The causa of the disease la sup posed to bo in the use of water from wells which were dug by the Mormons in ISH and have been In constant 1110 ever since , many of thorn not having been cleaned out during this period , Kryslpelas and Salt iJheum was driven en tirely a\viy from Mw. J.U. Amlnnoii. 1'c.sh- tigo , Wis. , by Burdock Blood UUtors. No equal as a blood purltler. Fourth AVjinl IlepuhllcaiiH. The Fourth Ward republican dub will hold n meeting at Wushlngtfli Hall this evening which will bo addressed by Hon. lj. D. Htchards , candidate for governor , Mr , W. S. Struwn , Mr. "W , l < \ Ourloy and ether able speakers. All republican clubs In tlio city urolavltod to attend. Sovontli VVnnl l ) > in'roiMf. The Seven tli ward Boyil and Bryan dem- ocrutlo club will inuot at Hohlf's hall , Twen ty-sixth and Walnut streets , this avert ing at 8 o'clock , ( iood bpeukcrs will bo in attendance. _ _ .TuilaoNorrhanil wlfuof Crete are In th. city , the guests of Mr. and Mrs. U , S. UaUur Pears' soap U tha mostclcguut toilet adjunct
