Nebraska Newspapers

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THIE OMAJHA DAILY BEE , QIQiNTDAY OCTOBER 20. 1SOO.
THE CAMPAIGN IN BEBHASSi.
The Three-Cora oreil Fight from the Repub
lican Standpoint ,
THE SITUATION CANDIDLY REVIEWED.
3 > lr. Roiewntcr'flKnccch nt Tlclironnn
ttic I'nllndps ofCinlinnltciL Orccn *
n.ml Tliclr Doctrine
of llcui | < llaUoii.
The folloMlng address WM delivered nt
Hebron , Neb , Thursday , October 'J , by Hon.
Ti Hoscwatcr and appeared InTur Br.c nt
the time. By rcjicatcil requests from \art-
otu sections of tlic stntc the adortss ii republished -
published in this Issucof Tin : BEP. ns fol
lows :
Mr. Chnirman and I1cllo\v dtlrcns : W"o
ere now on the eve of tlto most Important
election which lini overtaken ptaco in Nc-
traskailiiccsha entered Into tlio sUterliood
of states , nnd , whllo this Is called an "olT-
jcar , " the outcome of this election will , In
many KsuecK be just as important ns any
prositlciitiiil election nt wlilih our citizens
iiive piirllcl | > ilucl. I hn\o \ been u republican ,
Ilka the Kciitlcinnn who preceded me , ever
since I8W1 , and xvlille I tould not cast inyioto
in Nolirusknfor .Abraham Lincoln In Ibtilbo-
< nuse this Htuto wu then still n territory. 3
\otcd forUhsscsS CJrant In 18fi3 nnd for
c\ory republican rnndlilnto foe president
slneo this state has been In the union , nnd I
have non'Krcts to offer , nor apologies to
jmike for the course. I hn\o \ nuritieU
The republican pirty has as gnntl and
glorious n i-word ns any political orffunl/n-
tlnn that ever timnued the uflilrs of n nation.
It has boon In power tlihty jcnrs. with nn
interim uf four , and the intermission has
Ixen of great benefit to enlighten ix.oplc ? as to
its merits us ft iimniBor of natiotiiil ulTalr- ) .
Ihiringtlio 'our yoirs ot democratic adminis
tration every effort was niado to uiicirth
fraud , to unearth corruption , to unenth dis
crepancies in the national treasury which hid
Veen nmimtftd twenty- four yciM , fioni .Abra-
liam JJncoliidownto Chester A. .Arthur , by
the re-publican party. In that treasury ilu-
inrtmuithere during thnt ticriod billions
and billions of money hud been linndlcd ,
c\ \ cry dollar was accounted for , not a penny
wis missing. O , yes , they did
discover n discrepancy of two cents
and nfler U lllgen t search thcj fou nd two pen
nies that had rollitl out In the vault of the
treasury \vciolylnirumlcrn tog of coin.
With all the billions thnt hud boon handled
by the men who mule our greenbacks , and
national currency , and Issuedour bonds , \vlth \
nil the moiuy that had been coined there.
with nil the Mist sums that bail boon collected
by the Internal revenue , the percenUiiw of
losses was very much smaller ttmti it had
been during any ad minis tiatlon the denio-
ciuts had up to 1SOO.
I need notsuy to you hero thnt the repub
lican pirty has utnll times been the party of
freedom und pi ogress. That Is n matter of
lilstory , 'Iho diMiiocutie pirty has been
simply n party of ruction und.obstruc
tion. It hns for more than a quarter of a
century been mauliingfive 01 ten jeixrs be
hind the nmibllcnu party. 1C very reform
championed by the republican party hns been ,
opposed by the democratic paitv , but in the
duo course of time when the policy had been
accepted nnd proved bi-nolkial , the demo
crat' * fall in and claim to bo the originators
of It.
It.Now
Now rlfbt hero In the stntooC Nebraska ,
tthlcli only thirty-six juirs ape \\ascnncd
out ns n territory , during1 tlio throes of n
( Trent slruRclo for llbeity the Kansas and
Nebraska contest the question arises
whether the people of this state will surren
der the government , -which has been hold
successively by republican administrations
for twenty odd ycirs , into the hands of dem
ocrats or rain who arc in collusion with dem
ocrats.
I cannot review the history of the demo
cratic party In Nebraska , for It luisno history.
With one sinirlo exception , that of treasurer
of the state , Mr. Stiinimmt , it rieier elected
natutoolllccr.Ami that .stato oillier failed
ulgtmlly to lUoupto htaantlinonopoly pledges.
And now wo nro confronted with two par-
tics in the state ; tlio democratic tartylth \
nsti-alht ( { dcmociatio ticket , and the people's
party , made up chiefly of member * of the
fanners' alliance , which is being steered
towaid the democratic camp ,
principles these two parties nro now
supporting nro In some respects alike ] the
main object Is to .down the republican pirty
KTho cost The democratic party , 111 its
platform , has reiterated a grout many stale
old platitudes , and some few now things thnt
- accord withpopuhr sentiment at the present
time. Some of them nro simply de
lusions , in my opinion at least ,
such as the unlimited silver coinage
proposition. I believe the silver Mil pissed
by the last congress is ample for nil purposes.
It assures an Increase of our currency , backed
by sil\er \ bullion otr > ,000,000 every month. I
do not hellevo tint f reo coinage would bo of
any benefit to the farmer , the laborer or the
. . mcrcliant. I do not sco why the government
g of the United States should p.iy more to the
silver klnps of Colorado and Nevada for their
silver bullion than It is worth on the market.
I do not understand-\\liy "Uncle Sun should
talto the bullion of the mining millionaires ,
coin It f i oo of charge into silver dollars and
hand It bu ck to them again as legal tender.
The silver bill pissocl by congress bas no
toriously nddod millions of dollars to the
xvcalth of the bullion owners. That was
foreseen bythosowho understood the law of
Huppl ) and demand. NotonlyhavoHO paldfor
bullion mined in the "United States , butuist
iiimttlics of sliver imported from Germany ,
?
[ olluml , Modeo and other foreign countries ,
huvobeen sold forSr per cent morothiui their
valuoln the markets of the \\orld \ previous to
tlio pissago of the silver bill
Now lot mo take a look at the independent
people's paity. At , tlio outset it was an
nounced that this wns a spontaneous move
ment of tlio people , free from all Intorfcrenco
on the part of politicians. AVe were assured
that nil the old methods of tiickery that the
party workers and machine politicians have
used In the old parties wore to bo discarded ,
and anew sjstomof veiy pure government
substituted What do wo llndl Wo find
four orllvoinen putting tboir heads together ,
setting up the pins. "VVoflnd packed caucuses
and conventions , with the same old trickery ,
and vrorsa bosslsm than would bo submitted
to bymombers of cither of the old parties.
This was to bo a people's movement , and
very naturally it was expected that all the
people In sympathy witn it wore to ha\o u
fair Uianeoof choosing Its candiihtos. Did
they Imvo such a cliaucol The apportion
ment nmdo by tlio bosses , or dictators , as
some call them , vasa most consummate piece
of Jimi-lory. Douglas county , with a popula
tion of over 150,000 , and inoro than 15OO (
norkttiKiiicn , was glum twenty fU a dele
gates in the state convention , and Frontier
county , with n population of less than 9KO ( ,
} was Riven twcnty-ono detonates. Lancaster
county , with a lupuluttou of over
75,000. was gi\ea t ent-four ) delegates
In the people's ' convention , nnd Uod
Willow county , with a population of 3,750 ,
was represented by sixteen delegates. Saline
count ) , with over lU.OX ) population , had one
delegate less than Hitchcock county , with
her 5,700 population. The object of this
corrjiiwnderliiKttas manifest to everybody
that attended the stnto convention. The
counties In tlio burnt district of the Republi
can Valley w ere given the preponderance of
votes In order to defeat General Tan \Vjek's
candidacy , who was invlnciblowiththoHork-
lug men of Lincoln and Omaha. Van \Vvck
has always been nn anti-monopolist ; bo is a
fnnncr hi nisnlf nncl u member of the tdllanco.
> , ' Ho represented this state creditably in
the national senate , and enjoys a national
reputation. lie wns shelved by this
packed convention and a man substituted
who hns never been n member ofnuylegls
latlvo body , has never been tried lu any pub'
lie oftlco except that of commissioner lu a
sparsely settled county ,
Now , I have nothing to say agalnat Mr.
Powers us a man , but of his ability to admin
ister the affairs of this state wo liavo no ovi-
ilcncoos yet. Wo ha no evidence that ho
Is capable of managing oven a small farm.
Bo far as can bo learned ho lias fulled to
acuicvo success any where , and now lie ox-
pcctaus to elect him chief executive of u
ttato with nearly cloven hundred thousand
population nncl $ I.OOOOUiiiOOof ) , property ,
The satno may bo said of other candidates
n the people's Independent ticket. Tno
farmers and working men have been invited
to join lu n movement for bettor government
and purer men. What have they been of
fered )
You have a candidate for congress In jiur
district who , as lain told , has uotsucb a rec
ord ns would bo considered pure and enuroly
I will not go lute detail ) about It ,
It is not necessary to do that , but lufllco it to
say that ho has been trusted In npublicplnco
Hint demands the most unbending integrity
and requires a man of tcmncrato habits and
clear Judgment. In that place ho hoa been
founuuttcilv wanting , Xow , hols togo to
congress , what forl Simply because ho
lives in a sod houso. Why docs lie live In a
sodliouscl Why do the farmers that llvo in
hit county almost , all live In commodious
fnimo hou cs , reasonably well furnished ,
nnd why liavo these neighbors of
McKclghnn cattle , sheep and iwultry
and why has ho nothing to show for tlio in
dustry of these vearsl If liets an exemplary
farmer , ho ought at least to be able to copa
with all the other f.timorsof his neighbor
hood unless some calamity has deprived hitn
of his meins of subslstatico , No one suys
ho Ins had twins every twelve months In his
famhy. [ Laughter. ] No one chnrges that bo
has an enormous lot of relations to support ,
and so far as I can Icain the man Is poor
simply from a want of thrift and lack of
sobriety. Is that the kind of a man to send
to the national legislature form the Second
congressional district ! I doubt it. [ Ap
plause. I
Ulht ( ? hero let mo nsk you If MdCeiRhan is
elected tocongress , what will ho do therol
Tor the next two years , the republican ad
ministration ulll remain in power , and
whether the house of representatives is dem
ocratic orvvhether the house Is republican ,
the policies of the republican party will pre
vail. Mi'KcIgban will bo slinplya deid let
ter ; he will ha\ono moro todo with the ap
pointment ot a slinplo vllligo postmaster
than the city marshal of Hcbion ; ho will
have no moro todo with creating or extend
Ing post routes In his district than any mem
ber of your city council nnd perhaps not as
much , for If they nro republicans , thov may
bu able nt least to wield some influence
through the republican representa
tives of this state In the upper house ,
If not in the lower. And If there aie any
othcrthings to bo dcno in the district If
thcroare any other cities inthlsdlstrictiieed-
Ing postofllco buildings , if 3011 need new land
ottlccsor anything requiring the expenditure
of money in any direction , jou will have no
possible chance of securing appointments or
appropriations through McKclghm.
But wo will bo told thnt McKciglian is a
crreiit financier , that the policies ho
will advocate In tlie national legislature
will soon ilvo ? the far west and woiklnc-
mnii of Nebraska unbounded prosperity.
Bvcry man , woman and child Is to have sill
the money they ask for. 1'armeis vlll bo
able to borrow money nt 2 per cent. 'Iho re
peal of the present tariff will gi\o you free
tradenndou ) bo able to buy In the
cheapest nurkct and sell in the dearest.
Now , vhat will It bo in reality i What
would be the effect of two 01 three , or llftecn
McKclghan * In a house composed of IJTiOtncrn-
bers vv itb a republican senate and n icpub-
llcan president ) Why , nothing It would
be like the dog barking at the moon Me-
ICciglinn would sc.ircely bo known in the
committee oven If he nnpoared before then. . ,
and so f.iras his financial policies or falla
cies , I call thcin-aroconccincd , they would
simply bo emptied Into the congressional
waste basket.
The flat money thcoile ? that Powers and
McKciglian luwobeenndvocatliigin tliostuto
that is. the thory of flat money-have been
exploded long ago way back as 187:3. When
Gcorgo Francis Train was a candidate for
president of the United States on a tiatmonoy
platform there nore 'only about8,000voters
In Nebraska willing- subscribe to such Wild
cabscliouies.
MilCulghiin , Kern and Bill Dech an 1 other
candidates of the new party everywhere
point bnck to the "good old prosperous times
of ISMi , " light utter the war , when they sny
there weio so many moro dollars per capita
In circulation , when the laborer got iJCK ) or
&J a daj , and ttio farnrr got ? J
a bushel for his wheat , Let us
take a look backvard and see how the
"prosperous old times" worked. In tlio middle -
dlo of listiTi , when the contending armies
mulched homo fiom the battlefield , a million
of tlestrojirs of property came bonio and re
sumed ordinary avocations vvhciover ttioy
could find employment. When they cunio
they found most of the places tilled , and
wherever an old soldier was given a place
another nnu was crowded out , so presently
\vo had a country full of unemployed
men ; In uvory short period the men began
\\andeiall over this land in qucstof em
ployment. Then began the tramp period.
There were tramps everywhere. Tr.imps on
the public highways ; people cojld scarcely
go ulth safety from one part of the country
to another , In every little city nnd biff city
scores of men ivero about the streets , seeking
shelter in the Jails sometimes rather than to
sleep on the sidcwallts under the open skies.
The legislatures were obliged to enact lavs
to protect the people from tneso tuimps This
was in "tlioso good old prosperous times"
when the hiDorinc * man gott20nday ,
And about this time wnat were tno prices
of things thnt the laborer nnd farmer had to
buy I 1 Ment to work the other day to Inves
tigate for myself and sco bow prosperous the
man was that got Si.50 a clay and 1 found this
state of affairs : I Councl if ho was u married
man and wished to buy a calico dress for his
wife ho would pay from -10 to GO cents a yard
for cdico A cillco dtcss with hooks and
oyesnnd ono spool of cotton ( which was 80
cents ) cost $ " . -VJ ; today you can buy tbosamo
urtxs for 70 cents. InlMJOone sack of Hour
cost tlio laborei $ tf.50todny ; ho gets It for
W.50 Coffee uas * in cents a pound , today It
IsyOcentsin 1W four pounds of granulated
sugat sold for a dollar , today ho can get twel > e
pounds fora dollar ; caudles wow 40 cents a
pound , today they are 15 cents ; rlcoviwsell -
ing at 20 tents a pound , today it Is S cents n
pound ; vlnpgai was 9J cents a gullcn.now It
is 550conts ; totems JJ0 ! ! a pound , today it Is
Sl.OOj syiup was W.'Oa gallon , now It is'10
cents ; a washboard sold for00 cents , now It
is " > touts. 0110 caddy of nmtihes sold for
$1.1)0 ) , no\v It costs 10cents ; coul oil \\as dell-
ing ntl.40 a gallon , now ills 15cents ; soap
wasl > < j cents a pound , now it Is U cents ; an
ordinary bedstead cost f20 to § J. > , now ho can
buy one for fj to $ < ) ; other furniture
in the same pioportlon. The com
monest kind of an overcoat cost $ 0 to Si" > ,
and now can bo bought forfo tofS. In 18U )
all the clothes tint the laboring man had to
clothe himself and family was three times as
high us itU now , and some of it five times as
high , dining those "good old times of pros
perity. "
Awl whenever you wanted to give nrecoipt
to anybody for 15 cents you had to put a
btamp 011 it ; if ) ou liad a check to draw on a
bank you had to put on a stamp ; If you
wanted to ma ICQ a deed to apiecoof property
there had to bo a stamp on it ; If you wanted
to take out u lifo insurance policy
there had to bo a stamp on it ;
if jou wanted to send a messngo by
telegiaph , you had to put on a stamp. Bvcry
bottle of medicine had astampou itovery ,
box of matches had a stamp on it , every
photograph hod a stamp on the back. T hero
were stamp duties on tea and stamp duties
upon coffeo. In addition to that , tliero was
an Income tax lovicd on ivago workers and
sulailed men. and on all classes. Tbeso nro
the good old prosperous times that the gen
tleman wants to return to. I , fov myself ,
don't ' want to sco them again. I think the
laboring man can bettor afford to work for
$ l.ii ) and $1.7" ) a day , A\hen a dollar Is as
largo us a cartwheel and will buy moro
thing * ttiau it over did at any other tiino
in the history of the United States , than to
go back to the time offcJ.fW per day and be
almost staivlngand half the timeout of cm-
plojnieut. [ Applause , ]
Look nt tlio condition of the mechanic of
IbCfl and 181K ) . The highest prtco overpaid In
Omaha for skilled labor was $0aday to brick
layers for ten hours'work , today lie gets ? i.50
for eight or nlno hours' work ; thomachinist ,
thoblacksnuthaud caipeutcr get almost the
same wages today that ho did iulS < 5l ) The
printer oams moro today than hodld twenty-
live years ago , and the moii of all trades
without exception ai-o getting within
20 per cent of the -wages that were
current of lt > 0fl , And I mint to say right
here that the laborer of today Is betier off
than hn ever w as. He Is bolter clothed and
better fed ; his children go to better schools
and his family wears better materials ; they
live In bettor houses , huvo moro leisure and
arobattcroff in every respect , and tlielr con
dition has oe * n improved under republican
administrationsoand s. | A.ropublican rule
for tweuty-nveoycarwbeupplauso.l What
arc wo promise d nder the oay of
jubllco ha ? comol Wo nro promised great
things , but what kind of prosperity will -wo
get when the stock of currency Is watered
in this country and the dollar -won't buy any
more of the necessaries ot life- than it did at
the close of the war I They say to the debtor
class their saltation Is In getting more money
into circulation. I never had any money to
loan , I belong to the debtor class. Ibcllovo
I nm paying mom interest than any ono nun
in the state of Nebraska , but I have
borrowed good inonov nnd I propose to
pay back the kind of money 1 bor.
ro\\ed ; If I had borrowed uncut 1 would
want to pay my creditors back In wheat , and
if Iliad borrowed com , I would want to pay
them back lu corn. No man who la In debt
touay nos borrowed his money twenty-flvo
3 cars egg ; all g [ us who on in debt bare had
to borrow within the last five or ten years ,
and the money wo have borrowed wns worth
1OO cents on the dollar. Shall wo now say to
our creditor ? , "We propose to repudiate this
debtor pay Uwlththa now kind of money
that is jiotxvorth 100cents on the dollar ! "
Don'tyou see what calamity would befall
the country if this first scheme of paying
dcbU would ItJcarrled into effect !
Within a quartcrof a century thorepubll-
can party paid ofT nllbutabouti00,000XXof ( ! )
-,300,1)00,000 , ) ofll bonded dcbt.nnd it has
raised the national credit above thatof nny
country on thoclobo ,
If you water the stock of money the credit
of the nation will bo veikencd if not do-
strayed. This country is now saving hun
dreds of millions a jcar by the reduction of
Interest rates on the public debt national ,
state and municipal , bhill wo now go
bnck nnd recklessly destroy pjblio con-
Jldcnco !
In 187'during those pro'perous times I nor-
rowed ? 1.000 at 12 per cent compound inter
est , and In six years I pnldS10OOJ , Intcreston
the loan. .At that tlmo lr > per cent
ww the legnl rate of Interest la
Kebrwika Tvo years ago I borrowed MOO.UOO
from an Insurance company at 0 p.'r cent.
Depreciate the national currency by infla
tion and their rate of interest will bo raised
to 10 per cent or they would foreclose when
the loan Is due.
HlRhthero let tno call jour attention to this
fact : Iho suloof a commodity nnd Its value
Is governed by the lavs of supply and de
mand , but money Is not governed by the laws
ofsuppl ) nnd demand , and the reason is ob
vious. When money is abundant everybody
is speculating nnd borrowing money because
ho thinks ho can in iko moro monoy. lie on-
gjges insomospecuhtiveentcrprisoln which
he expects to turn over hU money , nnd hols
willing1 to p.iy the moneylender a high rite
of Interest. Hut speculation is dull , business
is quiet , and there. Uu Ultra amount of money
loanable nt low rates of Interest.
ThU has liceii the state of affairs
for the last ilvo or six ) cars. The
rate * of Interest have gradually gene dovn.
Everybody who knows anj tiling about finan
cial affairs will ngieo with me , that nil over
the country theio Ins been a gradual reduc
tion of the interest rate , and today there is a
very largo amount of money loaned upon
farms in this state at 7 percent , and even at
6 nor cent inteiest , and nny man who has
peed secuiity can get loais renewed at tbnt
rate. Hut the money shavers , men who loan
money upon cluttelsecuilties , nnd the raid-
dlo men between the legitimate banker and
the borrower , have been clnrglngU and 8
per cent a month in this state. For that the
rooublican party is not responsible.
Neorasku now has on her statute
books strong usury laws , and in its
platform the party Is pledged to make these
usury laws still 111010 sttlngent throunh the
next legislative so as to protect thciO people
who arc willing to avail themselves of the
protection nfloidedby better laws. Hut , asa
matter of fact , all this hue and cry about
cheapening money by tilling the country vlth
greenbacks , is u delusion If wo had today
tbieo times as much money in the country as
wo have now , the debtor class would net no
rtllof because money would bo loaned at a
much lilgh'jr rate of interest than it com
mands now ,
Our frlond ICem in the Third district ,
points with pride to the S1OO ) mortgage
bo has on his farm , which he hopes some diy
to pay off by borrowing money nt a percentof
tbonutlonal government to thocxtentof one-
half of the appraised v * i'ao of his land Ts'ovv
Mr. Kem's ItiO ncro farm is assosseil atf5
per acre , or $300. Underhls own proposition
no would onlj be able to borrow f tOJ at - per
cent , toply off a mortgage of fl,500 "What
would ho do withflOOln paving off a31riOO ,
mortgage ! Howould have to raise f 1,100
somowheio else. [ Applause ] If ho could
not raise it , howould have to itillato the
uppraiscmetisof that property up to the full
&WUO tosocuro that loan of ? lr > 00 ( which
would be more likely than anything else
bocaubo that would bo the most common
course pursued ) and what would be the result ?
The government would have a Mrin for sale
after a while and Kem would bo somewhere
else. [ Applause. ] But probably not In
congress
la the Argentine Republic tno same thin ?
was tried recently with this result : The
people of the Argentine Kepublic , taking ex-
iimplo fiom our tint system during thowar ,
issued n cuuoncy which the government
loaned at ti per cent on fanning land. Ap
praisers were appointed nnd everybody
wanted to bo an appraiser. It was a profit
able business , batter than going to congress a
peed deal. 'Jho appraisements \vcro made
about three times the value of the land and
tlio government loaned the farmers money
und the farmers failed to pay tha " per cent
interest when it came duo , and the govern
ment now hosBOt the land. In the meantime
tlio Argentine Republic was lillod with a
vastquantityof irredeemable currency. They
issued (189 per capita , gold went up sky high
nnd the country was speedily bankrupted.
U'oday the Argentine Republic Is completely
wrecked andeverjthlngls almost ata stand
still. That is exactly what would follow the
adoption of the wild s > ceino proposed by our
alliance lenders.
Wo viere told today by my friend , General
"Van "Wjrk , that both parties have pin-sued
the sanionnaucdnl policy. That is tine , and
no other policy could have been pursued win
safetj'to the people of the United States.
Certainly thodomocratsvvould have pursued
n different policy from the republicans , if for
no other reason than to differ , but when they
came into power they found they had to do
preclselj the same thing Notbocausoidl
street ordered It , That Is sitnplo nonsense.
AVhat \Vallsttect anyhow * A lot of reck
less speculators who go In lor mailing
the laigest amount of money in the
shortest possible ) time , men who gamble in
gold when it is nt a picmlum , in railroad
stocks , telegiaph stocks , mining stocks , and
every species of colliteral. They don't care
how much you inflate the currency the moro
the better. Wall street was behind the sil
ver bill and wantedfreocoiiiage ; tlioconscr-
vatlvo pcoplo of the country do not. AVall
street men make millions one day and then go
on bearing down and depreciating the stocks
that they bulled up and miiko more monoy.
Wall street was In its glory during the In-
ilatioii period between bt > 0 and 1873 Wall
street was Just booming. The gold exchange
gamblcib made millions and millions , but
with 18T3 came a day of reckoning. The
northern PncMTcTTmbblo that had been in
flated by JayWooKcollnpsod nnd hundreds of
thousands of merfall over this country were
absolutely ruined ; hundreds of them com
mitted suicide to escape the disgrace ; many
of thomvvcronot able to face their families ,
who had boon roired In magnificence and
afUuenco. Thousands migrated out of this
country and sought to recuperate their fallen
fortunes abroad. No ono -who remembers
this panic nnd collapse will want anything
like this financial schema so highly recom
mended by our Hat money agitators.
If any ono was wanton to goto Grand
Island to manage the sugar beet factory , joa
would loolc for somebody who hail some
knowledge of making sugar from beets ; If a ,
manager was wanted for the Omaha smelt
ing works we would want somebody who un
derstands tno handling of silver and gold
ores and knew something about chemlstiy.
Ifou wanted somebody to run a great print
ing house you would want somebody who un
derstood printing , or at least the manage
ment of It Hut when jou want somebody to
manage the finances of the nation ) ou have
got to go to n dugout and got a man whenever
never handled a thousand dollars lu his lifo.
Although the American people can truth
fully boast of liavlng the most stable and re
liable currency in the woild , every piper dollar
lar as good as a gold dollar , and gold , sliver
nnd paper interchangeable without discounter
or premium in every section of the country
from .Maine to Oregon. Wo nro constantly
told that the administration of our finances
is going from bad to worse from year to vcar ,
that ttio Industrial classes and the soldiers
have never bceu able to keep a correct ac
count of the few transactions Incumbent on a
county judge in the settlement of estates.
Much geniuses feel perfectly at homo in the
discussion of the most Intricate problems of
national financiering. Thoj' know Just how
much and what kind of currency the govern
ment should Issue , and how this vast rev
enue of the government should be collected
and disbursed. Coinpircd with them
Salmon r . Chase and all his suc
cessors In the treasury were more ninnies.
.And these reckless assertions are believed
by thousands of nililnformed farmers
nndworklngmen as gospel truth , Now
what Is the history of the ereenback
and our bonded dcbti
When the war broke out , the confederates
Itft the treasury empty , I heard General
HowelCobb , Hucharmn's ' rebel secretary of
the treasury , moke a speech in which ho said :
"ThesoLlncolnites who are going to "Wash
ington will not tlnd any money , I didn't try
to leave theiajuiv , " Ho openly boasted that
they bad robbed the treasury und left it
omnty , That is the way Lincoln found the
national treasury when ho started out to pro
tect the union against itsconfederatoeneniles.
Ho appealed to the patriotic men of the coun
try and called on thorn for aid Every rich
man or moderately wealthy maawho came
forward and offered to ; ' loan money to the
government xvos bleMerl by the people
just as much as If "ho " ind enlisted
nnd shouldered a musket , for without money
nobodyrould haao kept the soldiers in the
field , and when th ni h backs , or demand
notes , were first Issued they were accepted
In pay by everybody. Unit democrats and
flatistschnivo that tb y soldier got ono Wnd
ofpaynnd the bondholder another. That
WM not true. The Kovmimcnt issued its I.
0. U. Thnt was all * ( had to give , vlth
the premise that 'Itwould ' bo re
deemed In money , constitutional
money , which means gold or silver
coin. Hud the soldier been , able to
hold tils greenbacks , ho would un
doubtedly hive been ai ! to have
redeemed them In gnld or silver. How
were these bonds dlspostd of I Jay Coolcond-
vertlsed In the pn ] > crs nllovcrtho eountrv In-
\ltltiKCverybody ( hit had any money willing
to give our country credit to come forward
and subscribe for the bonds , and the bonds
were taken not only by rich men , but by
wage \vorkcn \ in all the largo cities. The
savings ot servant girls , mechanics and
laborer * imdtlio saving } of the merchants
went lute those bonds at thnt time. Thcro
was no discount nude , as wo are
told. The government gave this bond in
gnod filth and redeemed It In peed fnlth.
We J ave been told that every llttlo vvlillo
resolutions have been passed through con
gress pledging the nation to redeem tlioso
bonds In goll Very well , suppose the gov
ernment had not done so ; suppose it had
been in the condition of the Arcentmo Uo-
publlc , suppose it hid been in the condition
of Tuikoy ; suppose it had been in the condi
tion of Husslatoday , with Its currencv do-
preclntcd audits credit brokendownlVhnt
sort of prosperity would ave Imvol "Was
It not the very best kmd of lliianclerlng
to assure tno creditors of the Unite 1 States
that the government would redeem tlioso
pledges In tlieoulj nioiicv thiit passes current
nssuchall over the world Itlsnottruo that
the soldier was paid off : tfforflD In the be-
glunitigof thewar , in IfcOl , gold was only
very sllghtlv aboM ) par and piices wore not
very high. Just before starting forllebion
jestcrday I found in ati old bibletwo $1O con
federate bills and an old letter which 1 had
written from Omaha in bftl , to the Cleveland
Herald Ou the back of It them happened U >
bathomiirket quotations of Clovilmdfor
October 2i ( , IfciJ. I uotico wheat 31.27
per bushel ! corn , lKc ) , rye , S15J ; but
ter was quoted at c : cheese , 12c ; c s' * , ITe
and $18 ; lard , * ll ; aud green apples. f2 and
( J50 abarrd , petroleumwnsof coursostill
very blgh in tlioso days , IJ ) cents , and soon.
What docs that sliovv < Itshoivs that in lit ; ) ,
whilowovcieinthomldstof wur , pikes
were still low ; that the soldier when he sent
his money homo-for ho was boarded and
clothed by the government tbat his family
bought their things pretty nearly as cheap
then as now.
When the Inflation was at its height in 1SG.1
and Djdlltho greenback hid depreciated , but
the soldier dm not hold on to It that long , his
_ fumilvhud got through nlth it. ,
All the talkaboutthe lobbciyof the soldier
or the producer by the retlioment of the
grcenbick and is > sue of bonds Is thosheeic t
lot. The largest amount of greenbacks that
was ever out at ono time was 4'XiflOIIOO. ) ( ,
Toclaj there nro still t BO,000,100 , of green
backs in ciiculutiou and In the treasury. So
wo have retlied just $97,000,000 , of Rieenbacks
and in theii place have added over S100X)0,000 ( ,
of gold coin and $ UtOl)00,0 ) < )0 In silver coin
and silver certincates to our stock money.
Iho llatlst cluuorabout our national bank
currency is equally absurd. The national
bankshiid over thice hundred find fifty mil
lions ofcuruncy at otic time , now they have
less than half that amount out and theynro
surrendering it at the iMtoof SJ.OOOOX ( ) a
month Still there is no contraction of the
circulating medium For every $2OJOGOOof ,
national bunk cunciicy surrendered and can
celled the tieosuryls Issuing filOO,000 , ) , of sil
ver ccrtiilcatcs , which are seemed by bullion
In thotrcosuiy vaults.
1 want to say to the fumers because the
farmcis ua been told thit under the admiu-
Istr.itlon of the icpubllcans everythlngth.it
they sell n as been made chcapand everything
that they buymudodoai i don't thinkany
mrty could contiol the price of wheat In
Liverpool , or the piice ofcbtton or any class
of commodity that was exported , I quote
from a party in Foil Dodge , la. , who
made a computation to show the dif
ference in prices in the last ton years :
self-binders that sold-inlSSO forSttlJ nro now
selling for SUl ) ; corn planters In 1SSO sold for
fbO , now they sell for SM ; lidmg cultivators
In ISSOvvero $4. > , now they are 5-T > ; spiing
wagons , two-seated , S1CO 111 ISbO , { 75 now ;
mils , per keg , * yj InlSSO , W now ; milk-pans ,
tiKi per dozen in Ibb'J , Jl per dozen now ;
barb-wire ten cents a pound in 18SO , now It is
four cents a pound , notwithstandingtho barb-
wire trust , Hnicn ouirm to uo rooted out.
Therols 110question about , that. 'Iho demo
cratic partj slid tint , but thej were In power
four jc.irs and didn't do it. It is a question
simply of local legislation.
Now I want to ask 1n all sincerity what is
proposed to bo done by ourfrieiids on the
people's ' ticket. Wo vero told in the first
place that it was not a party , but jour chair
man hero has furnished mowith a letter that
would Indicate tliat they are a patty. He
had boon an organizer of the farmers' ' alliance
up to a very recent pcilod. He vas atrue
and trusted nianin thoallinnco aid didhls
work , I presume , faithfully , ns members of
the alliance in this section will ceitify. Uo
has seen lit to remain nicpublle.m Instead of
connecting himself with this "spontaneous
movement" and vhat is the result ! Hogets
his walkingpapers from the secretary ofthe
state farmers' alliance with the information
that his services n oiganizer would bodK-
penscd with because ho hid glue into a nollt-
Ic.d organization , beciauso ho remains identi
fied with the republican pirty. What a
piece of arrogance , what Insolence.
No man vho has joined the alliance has
taken an obligation of allegiance to anew
party , or anyotbci party when ho wont into
It , and ho does not need to go to Autocrat
Burrows to gat a permit to step into the ic-
publican party or any other party , hut it only
shows with what intolerance and narrow-
minded spirit tboorganl/itiontlmtcalls itself
the people's parly is being handled.Vbat
do they propose ! A glance at theit
platform or declaration of principles will
suffice They declare that every man
on the footstool of the earth is entitled
tosouioland , arid they are in favor of giving
every man , and I suppose every woman ns
well , some land from which ho or she can
druwsustenance. But I want to know bow
many members of the new party , or how
many candidates on its ticket , are ready to
give one single aero ot their farms to any ono
else. I want to know what sort of principles
they are enunciating to farmers. Nearly all
farmers I know would like to get more land ,
but I don't know any fanner who Is willing
togi\ouuy land away , Yet thousand ) of
farmers havosubscribedto this new princi
ple taken from the gospel of peace of Saint
liollamy , who proposes to let the
government cn\n all lands and feed
all the people of the United States out of
ono common trough und have them all sup
plied through pipes , very much as the pe
troleum is pumped direct from the oil veils
to Philadelphia and the seaboard. [ Laughter
and applause ] .
This Is tiiouew vvrinklo and the first stop
Is for Undo Sam to take possession of all tlio
land. The farmers iii Nebraska say amen to
that I I have no doubt there are about ! 2),000 ,
homeless -wago workers In the state ready to
take some of your hnd If you offer It In good
faith , they will agree to cultivate It oi get
some ono to do it for them.
There are some wpposltlons In the
alliance platform with which wo all
agree For nivself. I thlnlt I have
bee nIf I do say U myself a more pcrs istcn t
and unconiprlsing agitator of untl monopoly
principles in this state than any alliance man
from President Powers down to Mr. Bur
rows. I have advocated regulation In season
and out of season , but In 18S- . ' , when the alli
ance nut a state ticket , h the field Just as they
have In 1800,1 , onteted ruy most solemn proles t
ngainst going forrcliofoutsldoof ( the prvscnt
par tics or creating a fitvv party , because I
believed then as Ido now that the surest way
to achieve results , and bring about reforms
and do away with the abuses that the people
of Nebraska have suffered from , U through
the misting parties ; tlutiftha republican
party had failed to do Its duty , there was an
easy way to remedy it II the democratic
pirty has put up men who were bettor
qualified and more trustworthy , vote for
thorn and vote dona the bad men.
Ono of the principles I huvo advocated in
all local elections lu this state hasbeen-an
honest democrat Is prefenvolo to a dishonest
republican. I have preached that doctrlno
and shall preach Itnow. but I also want that
doctrine to bo applied the other way. 1
wan tan honest lepubllran to bo preferred tea
a dishonest democrat when such Is runuing
for congress , [ Applause. ] lam still on that
tame track , I nave not varied at all. llhosu
pcoplo who huvo accused me and accused
TIII : DEI : , in some instances , of having vcercil
and changed and gone to Wall street , are
common slanderers.Vall street has no moro
control over mo now than it had when Tin :
But was lulls infancy , In the twenty
' that I have conducted apnper 1 have never
advocated flat money , nor principles of rcpu-
i dlation. Wen Iwns poor as a church mouse
I and it debt head over heels , In thoeraihoC
'
' 1S73 , and xvhen I had a mortjraio plastered
over my head , I still advocated the honoafc
laymtnt ol nti honest debt , nnd I opposed
recnbaekltm then us Ido now ; Ills no novel
octrlno in this state , Ills simply galvanizing
n old corpse , and It has been signalized by
ho nomination of Allen Knot for congress ,
nd hu stands for Old ( Ireetibtek from away-
aclc. [ Laughter , ] .Allen Hoot Is sound on
ntl-inoiiopoly , but he Is loeney ns n bedbug-
n the currency nnd money ipjestlon.
Laughter. ]
On ridlroiul legislation I am just as strenu-
us iis anybody , but I would like to know
that the nlllaii co lenders propose todo. They
iavc no policy , they hmo not pledged their
and Wales for tbclegishturo to nny policy.
They say , "Simply stand on our platform nnd
alvutlon is sure. " I liavo scon nun stand on.
hat platform , and I have hilped elect thorn
o the legislature , and gene down to vvorlc
vlth them , and vhat was the result ? Ono
mm veuld Introduce a railroad regulation
nil of twenty-flvo pages , and another
tan vvould introduce a bill of llftecn
lages , and each ono would want
o brag that ho had Introduced the great
jiti-monopoly railroad regulation , nnd when
lie time came for them to agree on nuy ono
Doosuro they were nil divided. It U only by
Ivldlng the farmers on tbcso picat i sues
bat the railroads have been able to run the
tato. Had the farmers gene to work both
hen and this year and attended thcrespcctlvo
irlmarles of their parties everywhere , they
, ould have carried the republican convon-
lens overwhelmingly nnd would have dic-
ated any ticket they saw lit , and thoj can
ot iinko tiny moro favorable platform than
bo platform of the republican parly.
It not only pledges the pirty to reduce
ailroid rates to the leveled ratosof ndjolii-
ng states , hut pledges it to sco that the firm-
rs bavo the right to erect elevators and haul
om to and from the elevators on the same
ondittous that the elevator owners have
ow ; It provides that railroads shall behold
amenable In evcrv way for damages to the
icoplc , and It is In every way ns radical as
ny platform that has over br cu framed.
Jut vhat assurance have wnthatour cmdi-
liteslf , elected , will carry It outl Show
hcso men that there Is a piiolio sentiment
tahlnil the platform and they will bo obliged
o carry it out , willingly or tmwUllnpIy.
I tnvselC haven't ' any faith In their ralhoad
commissioner system. I believe the pcoplo
houll regulate the rates on railroads by
aw , but theio is the difficulty. The present
ailway commission law was passed bj the
otesof farmers as well at railroad cappers.
nnd these fanners claimed toknovHvhatlhcy
voreabout , Thcnowpirtyle.idcrstalltvery
vildlv about usury shaiks und all that sort
of thmp , but wo have not hoard a blnglo
neusuro proposed by which they arc going to
do away with these shjlocks
1 luow ard realise it is very difficult tor
armcrs to get together and agree upon anyone
ono thing , but eertalnlj vviththo new Moseses
o lead them out of the wilderness , with these
nen who advocate a financial revolution , wo
night to know what relief \vo \ may expect.
They know how to run the whole go\crn- \
ncat ; why are they not capable of running
he Nebraska legislaturesufllcientto get to-
; ethf r and say , "Hero -what-\\owaiittho
ctrishturoto do1 ) And If they had n ccitaiii
> lll rallroid bill or any other-that was
specific , and the men were pledged to\oto
'or ' tlio measure , If they had that , all tbei.iil-
oad governors In the state could't btop it
rom becoming a law. But have such meas
ures been proposed ? Not at all. They arp
running just like n herd of sheep.
I think , considering Iho enormous amount
of labor I hive done on behalf of the produc
ers and woiklnp pcoplo In this state , and the
Ight I have made for jears against railway
nonopoliesand other monopolies , it might
101 have been injudicious fortho leaden of
tie ahhuco movement to confer with mo
aatl nt least ascertain how far Tin Bic vvai
disposed togo Avith them in the movement
: hat they had Inaugurated. No preatcnptaiii
ias e\cr \ ventured into a war without first
seeming alltLe allies that to can possibly
! iilist ia his cause , and without lirst piocur-
ng the necessary munitions of war. In
politics no prudent leader would venture )
ivithout llrst en listing the loidlnspipors , or
at least endeavoring to have the inolderi of
jublloopinion inactive sympathy with any
novement they mav desiio to undertake.
But Mr. Buirovvs wants to build up a now
paper of his own ; he wants not only
to bo grand dictator of the new party , but ho
wants to have the only papertbattho farmers
will bo allowed to read. I expect to see a ,
aw passed by the next leglslutuio that no
Farmer be allowed to lead anv other paper
sut Mr. Burrows' paper , and that every
farmci be sent tojall for six months every
too ho looks at a copy of some other paper.
[ Laughter. ]
When the farmers ha-\e friends they
ought to try to retain their friendship and
jot cast off the old friends for new ones.
They want the workingmeri to join theni , but
their convention lopclled thorn. This was
shown in tbo people's convention. The work
ing men were playing with loaded dice. Vau
Wyek was counted out of the convention so
ns to have the president of the alliance mido
a candidate for governor , 'Ihoy wanted the
working man to join them in the crusade
for cheaper money nnd cheapening the dollar
with which ho bujs his food and clothing
and In proof of what they thought of the
worWnKman , they nominated a state ticket
there with not n single workinpmaii on It.
The candidate of if the worlilngman is
a lawyer and ho is a soit of a
walking delegate. How do they ex
pect to get twenty or twentv-flvo thousand
laboring men to Join with them to elect men
who have nousofor the laboring mon Do
they realize that a reiwal of the tariff laws of
the United States would set ad rift hundreds
of thousands of working men and place them
abroad as tramps just as they vvcro right
after the war.
Fellow citizens , I havoco\crcd n great deal
of terutory , but in this movement there has
beonsomuch fallacy and somucii misrepre
sentation that it Is impossible to unswcrone-
tenthof it ITorinstance , wo nro told that
in the state of Illinois there have been moro
convictions than in the whole of Ireland ,
when In fact Illinois Is the most prosperous
state in America Wcaro told thatNebraska
farms are raplulypas&liiff tluoughtho fchor-
Iff's hinds by foreclosure owing to the uni
versal destitution of our farmers.
I have just received oftlcialstatcmonts from
fifty-live out of the eighty eight counties
showing the number of farm foreclosures in
Nebraska during the jear ending with Juno
last. This repoit shows that the total num
ber of Improved farms offered for sale under
mortgage foreclosure in the various counties ,
Including these in the United States court , in
the 5) counties is 997 , partly Improved farms
117 , unimproved farms J18 , making a total of
1,3W farms offered for sale under the ham
mer. Out of 48,000,000 acres of laud , which
would represent at least 150,000 , fauns of ! WO
acres each , out of that vust number
1W-J ! foreclosures , Granting that tno balance
of the counties would bo pro rata am1 , foi
Instance , Douglas county is not icpres > cnted
here , and I know our county has very few
foreclosures occauso the land In IDouglos
county Is too valuable-I sny the total farms
foreclosed would not exceed ltJM ! , ornrob-
ablyl } per cent : at the outside , Of that
number 1 notice that Holt county has the
largest number , up in the sand Hills , and
tticrearo farms Ha offered I know the
reason why , I can't go Into details , und ex
plain It hero , but it Is known that a great
mail ) worthless plecesof land are mortcaocl
and mortgaged for all they nro worth , tint
the owners simply walk away and forget to
pay the interest. A givat many of these ( arms
loprcsont the same soitof thing1. Men have
gone to work , for Instance , and made a very
small payment , and failoJ to como to time
on future payments and have given up theii
farms , but Ids letter dee * not show that the
farmers of Nebraska are golnp to leave th
country , or become tenants , there Is noproo :
of It whatever.
Salt is with agroat many of theii mis
statements that uo can not possibly abut
Like my friend. Calamity wollcr of Jowu ,
these parties attilbuto their failures and mis
haps whether they are due to the
want of personal thrift , dioutb
hailstorms , or any other cause , t <
the mismanagement of our national 11 nances
Thoj propose toiovolutloiiizeoverjthing.am .
are golnn to give everybody wealth , pros
perity. happiness and children , I suppose
[ Laughter ! und everthing ) else to make
people contented , 1 don't know whatthoy
nro not uhloto give to our people If they wU
only elect their men to oftlco ,
In conclusion let mo admonish the farmers
and laboring men to onmlalo the police
that Dennis Kcamuy pursued in dull
forula The ICearncyltes wanted leglsla
lion against the immigration of the
L'hincso ; and Kearney nml the hoodlum
started tuewnrcry , "loo Chlnt so mustiro. '
ThoKcurnoyitcjuad voles nnd both partic
wanted the < votes , but the ) nuid "You mus
ffet that anti-CliIncsoplanlc In your platfon
orwo will vote for the other party , " Uho ro
suit was that loth parties adopted thccr
The Chinese must go , " and in less tban six
months the national conventions adopted it ,
nd congress enacted It into law.
XVhjr cannot the farmers sny to botli
parties : "You glvo us this or take your
chances ol defeat , not by a new party , but by
mrgolnp : on the other side. " The farmers
loldthe bahmcoof power und cerlotnlycould
iavcdictated nny policy wanted or nny re-
erin wanted , ornny redress sought , ifltwns
reasonable
ITcllow citizens , I hope that on the Ith ol
Vovcmberjou wll exercise the privilege ol
ltlcns vlth Judgment and conscientiously
and not rush hoadlonj ? , simplv sajlnp.Ve
vanla chiiiBO nnd It don't matter If tin ) man
s n vcllowdojr,1'but ' elect good intn nnd hon
orable men and the state cl Nebraska will
see to It that your ta\cs nro lower nud your
iroperty protected as well ns men xvno nn )
ntemstedln good government would -want to
lavclt. fApplauio.J
Iho Wnj- Made Clear.
Ono of tlio most seilous obstacle * to sue-
: ess In tbo way of man is planted right in
he middle of the road to health. How to rev
tore and tommntaln areguhr bnblt of body
nd digestion is too often a source of necdlei s
nd , unhappily , of vnln Inquity Ills not
icccssnry to inveigh against iliMstlc purgU'
ivos They who liavo used them continu *
usly know the consequences. A. remedy
vhicti unites the action of nrcgulathiK inedl
inefor the hovels with that of atonic bother
or these organs , the liver and tlio stomach ,
s Hostetter's Stomach Bitters , sanctioned bj
ho best medicil authority , and receiving
allv the endorsement of om fellow country-
neu With this effectual , though gentle ,
nxntlvo at hand , It Isuossiblo to dofv those
hnnges of tempcratiiroroiluetio ( of consti-
lation , as well ns constnutlonal attacks of
illiousness , which beset oven people natur-
illy healthy. Jldarln. tlyspopsh , rheuuin
Ism and lildney troubles nro romedlod and
rountedby tlwUitteis.
sinxa'uvini GOLD.
tlch Find Aniioimerd in tlic Ar-
buckle , ! . 'J.rvrcimtiiliiH. .
The solo topic of conwhatiou is the
rolddiscovones in tlio .AibuuUo inoiiii-
iilns , sajs an Admoi-0,1. T. , dispatch
o the Chlciiyo Trllmnu. Tt 1ms loiifj
> eon known that the precious motM ex-
stedthoio in puyli ! " quantities but the
tlio Indians him prevented
explorers In vjullnp : thatsoc-tion in great
numbers , innnj of tho&e who luuo secretly -
crotly entered the forbidden toriltory
being rnurdaiccl liy tlio Indians , who
carefully gunnled the treasure. Notwithstanding -
withstanding- danger or tlio unilor-
taking reports continue to oomo from
the Arbuckle mountains of rlcli finds in
thsit section of the countiy. Tour
months ago.T.IVllhOiimid ) S. 13. 1'oi-tl ,
experienced Califoinia mincis , qulutl. >
penetrated the mjbtic lotion , and oil
their return organised a company com
posed of nlno of .Aultiioio's best \\hitc \
citizens and thirteenIndLuib vlth uctip-
italstoeltof .11,000,000 , and then going
before the Chicknsiuv Icuislntiiro sue-
ceccled 1ft Inviii } , ' the mining- laws
luncmlednnd the charter pushed , { 'lviiiL'
them tlioo.Nclusivo minlny right for stll
minerals in twentillvo miles snnurool
tholilstorio Aibuckln countrj. Ilnring
seemed this Riant TitlioiningoIHHO -
looted us hciuifiuirtcis ] for the company
andpropuutioiH put on foot to dotolop
themiiics. Fifteenor Lvcnty gold leads
ha\o already been brought to li ht uiicl
theio is sild to bo silver , copper , loud
andcoallu JilninQanco In tlio limits ol
the grant.Vliilolhoorlvof \ \ Investi-
{ jatlou anil securing the charter was in
progrosd the publlo was kept in the
dark and the huts liavo just been made
public , causing greal excitement.
A Pure and Ileliaulo Mcdlclno A com *
pound Ilulil extract of roots , lea vet , b.irks mid
berries , is Buidoolc Illoocl B liters. They
euro all dlsc.isesof the blood , li\cr and kid-
uoys
A Fair Sleep AVnllccr rtcscucd.
The other morning n/bout 2 o'clock a
negio man who was walldng1 down
Franklin street , just about Govuinor's
street , saw a nadovomnn \ stand inj on
the cornleo of the I3iitiiaiii boiuding
hoiho , snjs a. Kichinond , Va. , special to
thoSt. Louis llopubllc. Thonepio ran
toMr. . George Bannister's jiliice , and in
formed him of tlio perilous position of
thoyoun ? ladv. Mr. Bannister hastened
around tothohoufco and sav the voting
Indj btandlnR like a fatutuo. Under the
qrluto of the electiic light , ho noticed
thatshovvus asleep , horeyos being open ,
but they foerned to bo fixed on some ob
ject Air. Bannister and another man
Blood on the invornent-\\lth outstretched
anus to catch her if she should fall , and
ordered the negro to po into the house
aiidnwako Ciptain Putnam. The cap
tain hastily dicssed himself and vent to
Lh8window which was nist Kick of tlio
fnirsleop walker nnd taking- her pcntl )
by Iho aim , pulled her into tlio room and
escorted her to her apartments. The
sloop walker wns ISllss Clura Shaw , 0-10
of tno actiesses at the Comlquo. This
inornlngbho luul noknowlo go of what
liadoccunod and her companions do not
lilcoto say anthing ) to her about it ,
.AVer's Pills , belnpr convenient , enitaclous ,
nnd sale , are the bestcntlnrUc. vvhothiu-
land or sea , In city or country. Tor constipa
tion , slclf headache. Indigestion , nnd torpid
liver , they never fail. Try a box of them ;
they are sugar-coitecl
A. ItoninrkaMo St , Ilcrnnrd ,
-A few ovonlng-s njjo u s-ontlonian , in
passing- through Uio common on his way
home , wis attracted to the nortli foiico
by the howling of a dog , and recognized
the dog-as belonging tollov. Dr. II. M ,
Dexter , says the Iv'ovv Bcdfoul Meicury.
The dog , which isa largo St. Bcinaru ,
appeared to bolii distrebs , and , knowing
ho was vnluedoryhlglily by his owner ,
tlio gonllotnnnvont around to Dr.
Doxtor's house and sent the coachman
fortho jinlmnl. The coachman went to
the common und hoard the dog howling.
On going to him lie found the dog wus
notm distress , but , having found by the
sidoof nfonco a man dead drunk nnd
helpless , his natural instinct bade him
stay by the man and set up the howl for
assistance.
"Van Houten's ' Cocoa Delicious , made In
stantly.
Bought UlyinpUH.
.An Englishman hns liouglit a part of
M"ount Olympus in order toprocnt its
desecration by an enterprising linn
which pioposca to erect u hotel them.
Judgement
ilioulilbo tllsplnjcd in bujlnp mctli-
clnu above all things. In selecting a
remedy for any disease , you should bo
positive that it contains nothing Injii-
lious to tliohcnltli. Many remedies
on the market Icivo tlio patient in a
nnicli worse condition , titan Ltforo
taking them.
o-
( s purely vcKctalilo , nntl perfectly
harmless ; the most delicate child cin :
lake Itflltliabsoluto safety. Itcontaina
no mercury or minerals o any kind ,
and jctit iicvcrfallH to euro the ili -
c.iscs It is recommended for ,
liookoa I31ooil nml SWu dlseascsfroo.
Swift frjicclllo Co , Atlanta , G
JOSEPH UILLOTT'S '
STEEL PENS.
GOLD MEDAL , PAnu EXPOSITION , 1880 ,
JHEMOST PERFECT OF PENS ,
Omaha ManilfacLLfrBrai
XlOOUl Mill HtlOCi.
KlIUTENDALL , JONES & CO ,
Wholesale Manufacturers of BootsS Shots
Aggnt * foiIloktonKutibcr Bho Co.lla ( ,
llntnor BWet , Vmahn , Ktb.
13ki\VCM.
8TOHZ & ILER ,
La cr Beer Brewers ,
IMI Ntilh IsthStrrrt.Omnhi , Neb
Cornice.
woicg ,
Manufacturers of Galvanized IronCornlci
Window | n ivrjnictjlln kyliliti ! . John onrlr
proprlvior 10H ml llOBiiutlilOth
Mntcrlnls.
-V *
A. HOSPUJr. ,
Artists' ' Materials , Pones and Organs ,
ISM Dcuitln.Slrcct , Onmlii Not > .
L- -
Conl. Oolcc , Ktc.
AHACOLicOKMca
Jolibcrs of Hard and Soft Coal. 1 |
I.B. O r. 10th mil DorglAaSlrooti , Omaha , Nofc/
DEAN , A.KMSTHONO& CO. ,
Wholesale Cigars ,
liSliffft. 'llollol"l ' T9
Dry Goods nml Notions.
M , E. SMITH Ac CO ,
Dry Cools , Furnishing Goods and Notions
Corner lltli mil Ilowfirtl Slroot * .
Dity noons co , i
Importers and Jobbers in Dry Gooi,1
UenU'liurnl litii ( .oo < l < Corner lltti .n < l llama ?
BtrcotsUnialD , , Nell
Ktiriiittiro.
EEWEY & STONE ,
Wholesale Dealers in FiimitDrc ,
Karniim StrmtOmnh ,
OILAUL.ES SIIIVER1CK ,
Furaitiitc ,
Oumlio , Nelrimkn.
Grocorlc ) ) .
McCORD , HR DY & CO ,
Wholesale droccrs ,
cU. Omalin ,
Lninlior , I0tc.
O.W. . DOUQL.A3 & : CO. ,
Dealers in ILinhvM Lumber , \
Yrill3lQ X loth St. . Oiualia.
_
JOHN A. . WA-KEFIKI D ,
Wholesale Lumber , Etc , , Etc ,
ted tail Amorlciin L > otlland Cement. 8Ut (
uentfor Mllwnuktollytlrtullij Cemeut , and
gutiufVVliltol.Hue _
CHA3 R. . LEE ,
Dealer in Hardwood Ininber ,
W 004 o&rptta null pnr < mot tloorlnR. tth andUoul
Btreeln , Omnhn , Nebrnikiu
FREDW. OREY ,
Lumber , Lime , Cement , Etc. , Etc.
Corner Olh nnd DouRlni Blroets , Onulia. _
Millinery nriil Notion * .
I. OBEHFKLHER & CO. ,
Importers ana Jobbers in Millinery , ,
M8 , 210 anil J1J South lltliitreet.
Kot tons :
J. T.
Wholesale Notions andfuriiisliiiig Goods ,
112UIarncr itroeU Oimha.
_ j tfllB.
COMSOLIDATED TANK LINE CO. ,
Wholesale Mined and Lubricating Oils ,
iila citua , lo , Omhrv. II. lllihop. Malinger.
Paper ,
- , . . . _ - . . - - . < )
OARPENTER PAPER CO. ,
Wliolesalc Paper Dealers.
Cam ! : nUick or ptlntlni , wrnrplnu and writing
Bpeclul utU'litlotnlTUQ to curd pupur
A. L. DEAt-IE If. CO. ,
General Agcnta 101
Halls' Safes ,
HI ui :3.T South 10tli3t..0mntn. _
Toyn , ito. : _
H , HARDY & CO ,
Jobbonof
Toys , Dolls , jllbums , Fancy Goods ,
Home ITaraUlilnn Goudi , CMIlroni Carrlaiai. IJOf
Fnrn tin fltrcct. Omahu , Nab.
Watci .
Supplica.
_ _
U. 8. WIND ENGINE &t PUMP CO. ,
Steam and Water Supplies ,
; wind mills 918 a.rr | 20 Jone
G.l Koal , Acting Mnntjur.
Iron "WorlcB.
IEON1
Wought and Cast Iroo Building Work,1
Knglnen , brniiawork. ( cnornl foundry , muchlnouoij
blacksmith work Otllronml wiirka , U. i * . ]
11T and Klh siroU , Onutha. I
OMAHA BATE fe IRON WOKKS , I
Mani'rs of Pirc aoi Burglar Proof Safes ,
VnultB. Jill work , iron nhniters and tire enctpefc
U. Andrecii.prop'r . Cor.iltU zuiilJacUiuii bts
BaHti , Dours , Etc. I
M. A. DISBROW & CO. ,
VrtolOBuljmanufacturer ! or .
Sast Doois Blinds and
, , lloaldiags , \
Branch oBe , litli end UnrdiUedi , Onuha , Nek '
UNION STOCK YAKDS CO. , (
Of South Omaha. Limited.
NEBRASKA
National Bank
TJ. B. DEPOSITORY , OMAHA , NEB.
Capital. . . . - $ OOOOd
Surplus Jan. 1st , 18OO - (57,800 (
OfHcemiina Wrcctonllenry W Yatot Vrosldenti
UwUS Kecrt.Vlcu-rreslclcnt ; JnmtiV Saras' ' . 3 >
V.Hor . JolinH. C < i.llD3 , II C. Cuthlcj , J. M. m
l' CrloJtW. Li 8 , Uuxtiei , ciibler.
Ttilil I ON BA.1NK.
Corner llth andrurntfflSti.
A Otncrulliunlilnz lluiluosi Trnnsacttl
FOR MEN ONLY *
UlirrrnrilP rornosror IVUI..INO MAN-
JlrtUlVjJll \ \ \ HooDj Ociiicrul and MHN
VOUS DRUIMTY WoaknoM of Holy and
Mlnii : KiruoNof I'rrors or oxcossonln OM oi
YounK. Itotmst , .Nulilo MANIIOU1) ) ( ally ro-
\VoKiiitruiituuororycasoor iiiunoy
rctcirnlril. Siiuplv conrso , lire days' troit-
tuent. II ) full courses * 5. Kpcurdy HCIO | < ! Irorn
obsurvatU ) ! ! , L' Kk Uotncily Oo. Ounliii. Noq
Ofllco. BU dalr llolol. Cor.l tli und DocijoHl
Wfe Offer for Sale ,
I'oiir thoiiHund tom cholcu llilod liny. I'.O
ll.car-H , rHnm < 'ii fildlnj , Liitnn or llornlcH
HUIlMH , Oil U , M. &Ht. I7. It11,111 lOt * tOtlllJ
inirclmier ; iirlcus rotfulaloJ by ttu inarkoli
Call a 111) ) buo m.
STRANGE BROS. ,
SIOUX CITY ,