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    THE OSIAHA JBE1TtflllDAY , OGTOBEE 24 1890. 5
PADDOCK'S ' PltOMCIMffiffl.
An Earnest Appeal to the Pirmon of No-
braaka ,
GRAND RECORD OF REPUBLICANISM.
Jarin ami Hctircn of Interest to the
Voters of tills State A Scoring -
. ing of tlioVonk -
Knocdi
S , Oct. 23.-Spodal [ Telegram
to Tun BEF. , | Senator Paddock , buying
been kept In Washington/ ) public duties
until n time -when hU co/dltlon of bealthwlll
not permit him to takeAio rostrum In the In
terest of his liomo tlclet , has dotcrmlncJ to
address the voters of/Jsobrasfca by means of
nn open letter to the republican candidate ( or
{ fovfruor. A. copy of tbat letter was placed
In the hands of your correspondent today and
is appended. It Is well worth a careful read-
In ; and thorough digest bf every resident of
ttJOBtutc , nnd , although hastily prepared , it
will be found to bo a full resume of tho-\vork
accomplished In the nrstsesslon of the pres
ort congress , with special rcfarenco to the
Interests of the west , and will furnish abun
dant roiions for the continuance of the re
publicans in control of both the legislative
and executive branches of the government ,
UNITED STATES SEXATB , WASHINGTON' , D. C. ,
Oct. 23 , IS'JO.-To Hon. U D. Ulchanls. Fre
mont , Is'cb. Mr Dun Sm : I very much re
gret thntthe state of my health , the demands
of my ofllcial duties and the condition of my
private nflalrs , almost entirely neglected dur-
inglhe p.wtycarrcnderitlmposlblofor me to
personally partlcipato in the pending political
contest In ourstato. For this reasonl desire ,
toy Ifttcr , to submit to you , . the standard
bearer of the party , ofvhlch I have had the
honor to bo a momlwr for thirty-five jrears In
Nebraska , and through you , to my other
friends In ourstato , a few suggestions in ro-
Intlon to this contest.
FAST AND I'HESEXT I'OMCY Of 1IIG
First of all , I desire , hrlefly aad in a very
general way only , to advert to the past nnd
present policies of our partyand Its promise of
future usefulness , and to urge the importance
to the whole country , particularly to the
west , ol its continuance In power.
1 desire also to say something o ( certain
contentions -within the p.irty , la which , in
Bomedejreo 1 participated , in the recent ses
sion of congress.
Wo all know that'tho ' republican party
was organized In tlio interest of freedom and
human prepress.
In thcplacoof trio rale of universal liberty ,
originally established by the fathers as the
underlying principle of povernmont , a most
formidable movement h.id been inaugurated
to rrmlfo slavery the rule and freedom the
exception ; to nationalize slavery and localize
freedom. The determination had been
formed aud freely declared , that even the
very institutions provided by tbo patriots of
the eiu'ly times , to protect and perpetuate
forever the freedom and the equality of all
men before tho'aw ' , n-oro to bo made subser
vient to tlio purposes of the new propaganda.
TOItMATIOX OK HIE lUWOUOAX P1HTT ,
We all remember what followed. A vast
tnultltudo of the liborty-lovia ? men in the
north rebelled and nich protection tariff
\vhltcH. and lo\v tariff democrats , rele-
KMIn r nil such issues to the
future , ramo together and formed the
republican party with the doterrnlnation to
put a tl mil limit to the further encroachments
of the slave power.
TltE OPEXIXrt STIIUOOLB.
This very trans-Missouri country , in a
part of which the people of Nebraska now
live anil prosper , soon became the principal
scene in tha lint net of this memorable strug
gle. The democratic pnrty , dominated then
as Itvat throughout the wnr and has beau
since , hyth solid south , undertook in Kan
sas to maintain its pretension that slavery
pibtoci as a matter of ri ht , under tlio con
stitution , upon every foot of. the public do
main.
Entrenched behind nn administration of
their ovrn creation , hold Inij the public purse ,
controlllnfj the army nnd navy nndwith a
multitude oE federal oftlcebolders ready and
anxious to do its bidding , the pro-slavery
party iKliovod that it would succeed , as It
. tad nUvays done before.
H WOT met upon this field of Its own
choosing by the force of the younpr free
state republican party , a Iwrn dant , to
whoso sUture many cubits were added each
day of its. Ufa , and it was defeated , and
driven out.
THE TIRST mPITSOF VICTOnr
were the election of Abraham Lincoln and
thodofcat of this scheme totmilU Kansas
int/i the keystone of an arch of slave states
xvhluh should span the continent from the
Missouri to the Paclllc , and of which Ne
braska should be one.
mo cnioi executive onico or tno nation
passed Into the hands of the republican par
ty. Kansas was admitted as a free state ,
nnd the door of the union was closed against
the ud mission of slave states forever.
Finding that they could nolonper raalco
use of the union nnd its great powers to ex
tend and perpetuate human slavery thcv de
termined to destroy it. They loft Its
Beats of imtliority nnd power in
the executive , Judicial ami legislative
branches of the national government , a'hoy
left the army and navy for service In which
they had boon educated at the expenses of the
union vhtch they had sworn to defend , and
took unarms for its destruction.
I cannot now review the history of the
pnmd march of preat events from the plains
of Kansas to Anpomatox , nor Is it necessary ,
because all urof.injlllnr with that -wonderful
Btoryof patriotic endeavor , ami brilliant ac
complishment. Suftlco it to say , that the his
tory of that notable epoch cannot bo correctly
written , unless it is at the same time n faith
ful chronicle of thcunparalleled achievements
of the republican party.
The union was notonlv saved but it was
ro-cstiiblshcdon ! the on during foundations of
liberty and justice ) which the fathers so well
nml so carefully laid and which slavery had
Bought to displace.
r-umns , STOP AXD TIUXK.
I bcs , through you , to urge the republican
farmer In ourstato , who contemplates leav-
InRtiio party winch has won , by the grandeur
of its achievements , the proudest plnco in
political hlstorr to i > au o and rolled und it
will not bo difficult for Mm to Imujlnowhat
might have been if this slave state programme
Jiad succeeded , as It would have aonet if the
republican party had not been organized , with
the best average Intelligence , courage , morals
and coiidinco of the country In its member
ship to preventsucha consummation. Lethlm
COSTKA5I TUB MARVELOUS QHOWTU Of SE-
IIIIASKI
In population and wealth ; la intelligence
and morals , with that of the former
alavo states of the south , Its seniors
by nniny decades , and estimate if lie can the
inaciiitudo of iho servio > rendered by the re
publican party in savin K this great common-
\vcalth from the blight of slavery.
TIIK BEKEriCK > vT LAXD LAWS.
Let him compare the beneficent land laws
> n < w upon our stntuto hooks for the acquisi
tion of homes upon our Broad and fertile
pmlrie. enacted by republican congresses ,
with those whii'h were liv force when this
preat party flrst took possession of the gov
ernment. Ho will find very Instructive
object lessons In the eastern part of our state
In which the public lands were nearly oil
Bold , under the old law. by order of a demo
cratic president , at public sale , often in Itn-
XBCIISO tracts , to non-resident speculators , to
bo held unoccupied and uncultivated , n veri
table obstacle in the way of the settlement
and development of the country ,
Early sottlcrs can tell Win of many a "squat
ter , " who. in the early days had his quarter
section , upon which ha bad inaJo his homo ,
sold from under him by these merciless pub
lic sales , becauseho could not ralso the money
to pay for It ,
ixst him compare this land system with that
MiiicU came tbrouKh the homestead legisla
tion or the republican party , Immediately
after it securM control of congress , nd the
numerous other enactments In the Interest
of the settler which have followed.
Hi-iHKs jw > JUDOE aiiorr.
Let Wai compaw Sparks , under a demo-
cratlo administration , and our own Judge
OrofI , under n republican administration ,
and ask him if hoxvould like to eichnngo republican -
publican Uws nnd republican administration
for democratic laws nnd democratic adminis
tration.
Let him compare the railroad land grant
policy , which VM first inaugur
ated by the democratic party to old
m tbo construction of roads , mainly of local
Interest to particular states , with the repub
lican policy , afterwards , which resulted In
uniting the Atlantic ana Pacific coasts with
Iron rails , nearly six years before the dnto
fixed la thn law for tbo completion thereof.
It Is true wo hnll be forced to admit that
there have been abuses under some of these
acts. Itwould bo strange Indeedlf corporate
greed and Individual selfishness should not
succeed in gaining some advantages Inundcr-
taking so stupendous a labor , cvcu under nn
administration of a law as nearly perfect as
human agencies can make It. But most val
uable results have been reached. Three or
four ijrcnt lines have nlrcady been com
pleted to the 1'aclflc , and it Is be
lieved that others arc soon to follow.
W1I.IT TUB UENCMTS 1I.VVK DBE.V ,
Trie benefits resulting to our own state
from thlT policy have been very great. 'Wo
have many hundreds of thousands of people
within our borders nnd many millions In
wealth that would not now bo found hero If
the republican party had not enacted this
1'aclllc railroad legislation.
I do not , in wdat 1 say upon this topic ,
wish to bo understood as justify Ing or defending -
fending unreasonable or oppressive acts on
the part of the companies owning nnd operat-
lap these roads. On the contrary I detest
and condemn them.
AMRUOHVtlXO THE COSIMTIOXS OF THErF.OPLB.
Indeed , my congressional record will sus
tain mo in the statement that I have labored ,
and nt least In ono Important Instance with
success , for the amelioration , of certain con
ditions specially complained of by our own
peoptoas most screrouponthom. Moreover ,
in'tho last session I helpcdia , a republican In
a republican congress , to save the govern
ment by the passage of an act for the forfeit
ure of m ere than eight million acres of un
earned lands.
Under granu formerly mndo to some of
these companies it should bo remembered ,
but Ills Konerally forgotten in the freedom
of the criticism of this class of legislation ,
that thcso grants of alternate sections of
land were tnaJo upon the theory that the
lands thus reserved bythe government would
bo doubled in value by the construction of
the road in aid of which they vroro granted.
The price tothepurchascr was corresponding
ly Increased from n minimum of M. i to the
ilouUo minimum price of S'3.50 per acre. This
would have resulted In the government re
ceiving fonts share of the lands as much as
It could have received for the whole without
the railroad , if the original plan had been
carried out. But with its accustomed
tmnmuTY UNDER itKruni/iCAX IUII.E
these lands were opened by congress to the
homesteaderwith thclimitsonlyof eighty in
stead of ICO acres , to each settler. In other
words the government pave half of Us land
on the line of a constructed railroad to en-
banco the value of thoothorhalf andto pro
mote the settlement and development of tbo
country , and then gave Its own lands thus
onhnnecd In value to its own citizens , who
would improve and live upon them.
No such example of beneficent legislation
can bo found , lu any country on the face of
tno earth.
AJ1IUICX3 DEMOCRATIC HOLE.
The general legislation affecting the great
territories of the west when tbo democratic
party was under sou them democratic control
was repressive , and obstructive of growth
and development and of nn early transforma
tion froui the territorial condition to that of
statehood. The
CHIEF AIM OP THE nEPDDttCAX PARTT ,
from the flay the lamented Lincoln was
placed in the executive chair , has been to
buildup , nako prosperous and speedily pre
pare the ) territories for admission as states ,
This liberal policy explains how It comes that
Idaho , Montana , Washington and Wyoming ,
formerly democratic territories , have taken
their places in the union , ulth the Dakotas -
kotas , alongside their great sisters , Kansas ,
Nebraska and Colorado , in the imposing col
umn of reoubltcan states of the trans-Mis
souri country.
And be It remembered that only the
other day , as time is measured In
the history of civilization , this vast
region was a wilderness , a desolation.
WHAT HIE ItnrUBLlCAN 1'A.Mr HAS DOXB FOR
NCII1USICA.
Whris lt.that these younir republican sis
ters of Nebraska are so firm , so pronounced ,
so enthusiastic in support of the republican
party , and Nebraska , which bos been bene
fited a thousand-fold more than either of
them by republican policies , and which
should lead this grand procession , holds
back , wuvcrs , drops to the rear and sulks in
her tent I
T hero is no reason why this should bo so.
Indeed , there Is every reason ivhv it should
not bo so. What lias the republican party
done or omitted to do , In the past two years ,
thatcan justify the withdrawal of the vote
of confidence given It by ourstato in 13SS1
PIIESIDEXT IIAItUISON'S ABUIN-ISIIIATIOX.
Has the executive then chosen been false
to his high trust or derelict in his great of
fice ? No ! By universal consent hisoflicial
life and the conduct of his administration
have been singularly pare and acceptable. It
will not be disputed that the president and
his associates in tbo executive branch have
won the confidence ana respect of the whole
country by their able , discreet and skilful
management of the administrative'aftalr3 of
the covcmment.
WIIA.T COXGHESS HAS DOXE.
Has congress permitted Its work to go un
done ! Nol Never In its history has so
much hcun accomplished by the two houses
of congress In the way of useful legislation as
within the period I have named. Never In
the history of the government has congress
In any of its sessions worked so many hours
In each day , so many days in each month and
and so many months , with a single excep
tion. In any year as during the last. Never
has any congress done so much entitled to
comroeudutlon and so little to condemn.
Acijwiiicn HAVE UKCOME IAWS.
Here is a list of some of the more im
portant nctt passed and approved by the
president , with a further list of some of the
Important bills' which have passed either the
senate or house of representatives , now pend
ing and most or nil of which are quite certain
to become laws before the end of the next
session. The Mowing were enacted into
laws :
The silver bill providing for the purchase
of 4MO,000 ounces of silver and the issuance
of treasury notes for the full value of the
same per month , thus Increasing the volume
of the currency nearly $00,000,000 , per an
num ; the customs administrative bill to pre
vent fruuds in the entries of imported goods ,
which will make a saving of many millions of
dollars to the treasury annually , without in
creasing the cost of such goods to the con
sumer ,
Vho reorganization In part of the federal
Judicial system for the relief of the supreme
court.
DISATJIUTT TEXSIOS BILL
Onoof the most important and useful bills
passed by nny congress for many years Is
the disability pension bill which gives a
pension to every ea-soldler , who has suf
fered the least impairment of his ability
to maintain himself and family by his own
labor providing pensions also for widows
and minor children without the requirement
to prove the incurranco of disease la the
service und the line of duty , In this connec
tion aUo the fact may bo properly stated that
the congress bos passed and the president ap
proved more than nine bund red special nets
granting pensions to ojc-soliHcrs and the
widows and children of ex-soldier * whcro the
required technical proofs were Impossible to
obtain.
EXCESSIVE TRASSPOnTATlOX HATES.
There was also the dissolution of the senate
during the interstate commerce commission
to investigate the charges as to excessive
transportation rates on the agricultural pro
ducts of the trans-Missouri country to obtain
markets nnd to apply a remedy therofor ,
under which the most useful results have
been reached , ns Is well known by every citi
zen of Nebraska.
Tbo anti-trust bill ; the anti-lottery bill ;
the bills for the admission of Idaho ana
Wyomlnp ; the bill providing for the cele
bration of the four hundredth anniversary of
the discovery of America In IbVJ ; the land
grant forfeiture bill , by which the govern
ment will recover over eight million acres of
unearned land under grant to certain railroads -
roads ; the repeal of the act of 1SSS under
which all public lands were required to bo
withdrawn from settlement between the
103rd meridian of longitude to the Cas
cade mountains in California ; the bill
to provide certificate * t > f honora
ble discharge to ex-soldlera who have
lost their certificate of discharge ;
the till for the establishment of u national
park on the Imttloflc-ld of Chicatntmgua ! an *
other bill to set apart the tract of Innd con *
talnlng the mammoth tree * of California for
a national park ; appropriation * for the Hen-
nepln canal and the ( Inlvcston and Sahlno
I'm * drop water harbor project , nil In the
Interest of cheaper transportation of agricul
tural product * of the west to the icaboard to
foreign markets. An appropriation of * W,000
for investigation nnd experiment and tbo
commencement of preliminary work for irri
gating the semt-humid lands in tha western
UAkotns , Nebraska anil Kansas by means of
n general system of artesian and other
veils nnd reservoirs , under which work has
already or Is about to commence in Nebresko ,
anil many other appropriations and measures
of special value to the nirrlcultuaal and other
interests of the west. The bill providing that
no person in time of peace shall bo tried for
desertion after the lapse of two years ; the
bill extending the provisions of an act for the
relief of railroad land settlers and of persons
who have been en railroad lands flvo years
but whoso entries have not been recorded ; a
bill for the relief of soldiers who served dur
ing the late war under assumed names ; a bill
to prevent the Introduction of contagious
diseases from one state Into another ; n bill to
npply the proceeds of the sale of public lands
to the support of agricultural nnd Industrial
colleges ; a bill providing for the Inspection ,
under the direction of the secretary of agri
culture of salted meats for ex-
jwrU , for tha Inspection of all
imported food products drinks and urugn ,
with a retaliatory provision against countries
discriminating against our hogs , beeves nnd
the products thereof , etc. ; nbill transferring
the weather bureau from the war depart
ment to the agricultural department ; the
bill extending the Utno of payment to pur
chasers of Omaha reservation lands ; the bill
to dispose of the Fort Sedgwlck military res
ervation to actual settlers under the home
stead law ; the bill to provldo a territorial
form of government for tlio territory of Okla
homa ; the bill relating to the Pawnee reser
vation lands ; the bill to amend the act con
stituting Lincoln a port of delivery ; the bill
for the construction of a bridge across the
Missouri river opposite Alonona , In. ; the
bill for the construction of a bridge
over the Missouri river , opposite Douglas
county , Nebraska ; the bill authorizing the
taking and filing of final proofs , when the
day of hearing came during the vacancy , in
either the office of receiver or register of a
land office , by the remaining ofllccrs , etc. ; the
bill establishing the Broken Bow ana Al
liance land districts m Nebraska. .
ACTS WUICU I'ASSED ONE OF THE TWO
HOUSES.
I also call your attention to tha following
important bills , which has passed one of the
two houses of congress and are now pending
in the other , most , if not all of which , are
sure to pass at the next session : The federal
election bill , passed the house and 1s pending
in the senate ; the Conger lard bill , passed
the house , is pending in the senate ; the pure
food and pure drug bill , reported from
the committee , and is placed on ths senate
calendar and on tne preferred order of busi
ness ; tho-bill for the inspection of live ani
mals and the products thereof at slaughter
houses , rendering establishments , salting ,
canning and packing establishments , pissed
the senate and is pending in the house ; tua
bill for the Inspection of live animals nt ports
of exportation , which are to bo exported ,
passed the senate and is pending in the
house ; the bill to prevent combinations of
railroads nnd ocean freight lines to put up
rates of transportation of live animals from
tha section where produced to foreign
markets , passed the senate , nnd is pending in
the bouse ; three shipping bills to encourage
the importation to South America and
other countries of our agricultural
and other products from this country ;
the bill for the adjustment of accounts of
laborers , workmen and mechanics on the
basis of eight hours for n day's performed
labor for the United States passed the house
nnd is pending in the senate ; the bill to pre
vent the employment of convict labor upon
the construction or repair of any building ,
house or other structure belonging to tno
"United States passed the house and is pend
ing lu the senate ; a bill amendatory of an
act to prohibit the importation of foreigners
and aliens'under contract or agreement to
perform labor in the United States passed
the house and is pending in the senate ; a bill
amendatory of the present law authorizing
settlors' ' affidavits in and
pre-cinptlon com
mutation of homestead entries to betaken
taken before county judges and other local
ofllcers , passed the senate and is pending in
the house : the bill nrovluinc for an account
ing to all the states for 5 per cent of the net
proceeds of the sales of Indian reservation
lands in such states , passed the senate and Is
pending in the house.
An amendment to the general deficiency
bill , making an appropriation of $35,000
was secured In the fiftieth con
gress for 5 per cent of the net proceeds of tbo
sales of Indian reservations in our state ; a
bill providing for the selection of lands for
educational purposes in lieu of those appro
priated for other purposes in abandoned mili
tary and other reservations , passed the senate
ana is pending in the house ; a bill
providing for the compulsory attendance
of witnesses in land cases , before registers
and receivers of land officespassed thohouse
nnd Is pending in the senate ; n bill to repeal
the timber culture and pre-emption laws ,
Nebraska being exccptcd from the operations
of the repeal , but to have the privilege of
commutation and other privileges in respect
of settlement , proofs , etc. , provided for in
the bill , passed the house and senate with
amendments , referred to a conference com
mittee , and Is still under consideration in
that committee and certain to bo passed ; a
bill to provide for the disposal of the noan-
doued military reservations of FortHartsuff ,
Port Sheridan and Fort McPherson to actual
settlers under the provisions' the homestead
stead law , passed the senate and Is pending
in tuo House ,
LOOKLXG TOWAKD EnECTION OF PO3TOFFICE
BUILDINGS.
There arc also a number of very Important
bills which have been considered in and re
ported on by standing committees and which
are now upon the senate and house calendars
rcadjto bo taken up and passed. Among
these is the bill pending In the senate to pro
vldo for the erection of postoMco buildings in
towns where tbo gross receipts of the office
have exceeded ) ,000 , per annum for three
consecutive years , which , I consider , certain
of passage before the expiration of the presi
dential tern ] ,
LCOISLVIIOX TAYOniXO 7I1E FARMER. * .
Kebnska is distinctly nn agricultural
state , the foregoing record covering only a
portion of the enormous work done by the
present republican congress during its first
session , if compared with those of all the
congresses that have gone before It will show
more accomplished on behalf Of nnd in the in
terest of agriculture than that of any in
tbo history of our government. Our
state is also a public land stato.
The record of legislation on that
behalf will compare favorably with that of
any preceding congress , however much such
congress may have done as to tbo legislation
unou other subjects not relating directly to
tbo disposition and settlement of the public
lands and to agriculture , but In most of
which Nebraska has an interest equally with
the other states , it will bo scon that that , too ,
win compare favorably with the best preced
ing record ever made by any congress in a
single session.
rnoTEciixo AND rnoMonxo itr. INTERESTS ,
The legislation has not only been on lines
protective of existing interests , but it has
been on the most progressive lines In respect
to the promotion of education , the strength
ening and broadening of our civilization , and
the development generally of every material
interest , Considering all thcso thlngd , why
la it , I asK , that Nebraska , than
which no state in the union has
received greater benoflu from republican leg
islation and republican policies , should hesi
tate in Its fealty , while her younger sisters
above and before whom Nebraska should
stand la faith and true allegiance and earnest
support of the republican party , are hot with
their ardor t < ? uphold and strengthen this
great and patriotic organization which mn.dc
the existence of Nebraska , as It is today , pos
sible , and by the same wise and liberal poli
cies has now secured for thcso others their
places In the union ! 'Why is it at this time ,
when by the old of this very party the
brightest constellation of stars to bo found in
the azure firmament of the union has ,
through the hirth of these new states , pre
sented itself , the light of Nebraska , hereto
fore brightest ot all , becomes dim aud un
steady ! How is
A VAST AVD FUCITFUI. REGION1 ,
rich in agricultural and other resources ,
where recently there were only three now
there are eight republican states , having six
teen senators and a corresponding number of
members of the bouse of representatives ,
making one ot the strongest groups in the
union , with a complete Identity of interests ,
the ability to protect them , to urge tholr
claims , and to press their views aud their
judgment iufluentlallv as to general legisla
tion aflcctlny the whole. 'Why is It , there-
fore , thai Nebraska , cqtltlc * ! to the plnc of
primacy In this grand assemblage of states ,
with nn OKgreg-atlon 'Of political power of
Btich. vnluo to all her interests , can consider
even fora moment n propoaltlon from nny
source to abandon this great allliuco and
unite her destinies with'
possessing neither n defined pollcv , nor prin
ciples , nor influence !
The explanation whicti pur state Is charged
with entertaining is that the repub
lican party has- blundered in
tbo formulation aud adoption of ono
sinnlo measure. A few other reasons are
given , but they are Inconsequential , or at
most subordinate to the ono to which I refer
the so-called McKlnloy pill.
T1IE TIUDtTIOSA.1 , BLUNDEHS OF THE DEMO-
CRAIi.
General Gnmt used to say thitlf thorcpub-
lican party should do nothing whatever to com
mend Itself and no party In history has
done so much to make it worthy of commen
dation the innumerablennrcasoning , absurd ,
perverse , nnd inexplicable blunders of the
democratic party would prevent the latter
from displacing tbo former in the control of
the government ; that the democratic party
could alwavs bo relied on to help us out lu
this wise. But that ono alloyed mistake In
republican legislation , concerning wh'ch the
party itself has been , still is , Is likely hereaf
ter to become more dlvldexl , can bo mudo the
excuse In n state like ours , by any republi
can well-wisher of the state or of the coun
try , to leave the republican ranks , cither by
the direct or Indirect route , through any at
tempted third party organization , to take a
place in the democratic party ,
passes all comprehension. "Why , my
friend , this very measure , the
passage of which U suggested as a reason
for the withdrawal of republicans from the
party in Nebraska , was opposed by as good
and wlso republicans as nny who supported
it. Even as humble a member of the party
as myself insisted that It should bomodifica.
This , I think , Is well known everywhere.
Without the least desire whatever for any
political recognition or reward , or the con
tinuance of any which I have received lor a
Blnglo day beyond my present warrant from
the republican party and no other party
could extend to rae political reward of any
kind under nny circumstances I sny to you
that I never was a stronger republican than
I am now , and I never was a republican at
any time with better msons for the faith
that is In mo than I can give today.
A TRW 1IEVSOX3.
Let mo tell you why this Is. No political
party In the history of organized govern
ments In all the world was ever better
grounded in the intelligence , conscience
nnd courage of Its membership than the
republican party. It is an ancient
aphorism in political history , which Is as
coed now as It was when it was born , that
the best way to ] udgo of the future is by the
past ; and Judging from the record of the un
paralleled usefulness of the early to our
country and its civilization In the post , by
what better sign can wo determine as to the
wisdom of adhering to it , considering the
great interests of the present and the future
to bo developed and conserved ? No pirty
ever made such sure and rapid marches from
ono vantage ground to another In human
progress. Some times it stops a little to gain
strength for its forward march , but it never
faces to the rear. It never takes a step back
ward.
A point at which the republican pirty may
hnvo rested a day in a decade that has passed
may be reached in their slow and uncertain
advance by our democratic friends in an
other decade , hut by that time the republican
party will have formed 'and occupied a new
picket line , a decaao ahead In the march of
civilization.
TI1E ALLIANCE
I deeply sympathize with the fanners' alli
ance associations in their alms and hopes as
to the betterment of the condition of the ag
ricultural class , and the advances of the
great interests they represent. There is
nothing that I can do that I will
not do , as a citizen and as their representa
tive hero , to conserve these interests. I beg ,
however , to say to them , through you , that I
can do nothing , nor can they , In their behalf
that will bo useful except through the instru
mentality of the republican party. There is
positively no hope of securing results of any
value in the direction of economio reforms
outside this wise , patriotic and powerful
organization. The influence of the alliance
associations. If exercised within the repub
lican organization , would bo potential in
directing its policies. It would give to those
of us who desire the party to adopt new lines
as to certain economic measures a much
needed moral support to maintain the conten
tion within the party which commenced in
the senate in the formulation of the tariff
measure recently enacted. Under "the
stimulus of the decisive victory of
IbSS the manufacturers of the cast
In many coses demanded our application of
the tariff principle not warranted by the re
quirements of protection for the equalization
of-tho labor cost between this aud foreign
countries. In response to this demand the
protection pendulum swung towards exces
sive imports , and too far away from a reason
able scale of prices for manufactured com
modities , considering the Interest of the con
sumer. But If they will stand with us and
help us we will soon bring it back to the line
established by tno Chicago convention of
1SS8.
1SS8.This contention will bo useful to the party.
It will broaden , deepen and strengthen
its foundations. It will clear the republican
atmosphere so that Western Ideas and west-
era interests , as affected by economic ques
tions , will become ) more apparent and com
mand and secure the consideration to which
they are entitled.
THE WAV TO MAKE A CIIAKOC.
Both of the great political parties and par
ticularly the democratic party have assumed
that questions relating to measures distinc
tively economio are to ba settled by the east ,
and in consonance with eastern Ideas and
interests. There Is going to bo a change
In this rule , hut this can only bo effected by
these parties within their respectiveorganlz-
tions. Our eastern friends in both parties
are going to bo better educated in the near
future as to tbo size , advoidupols and
strength of this agricultural colossus of the
west. The best equipped teacher ofthismost
important work In the republican party
through Its congressional majorities , made up
by the west , and if our alliance friends desire
to help In this reformation they must Join us
and assist in making and controlling these
majorities. In no other way can they exert
their proper Influence or advance the Interest
for that protection for which they organized.
OUH HOME MAHKUT.
The destruction of our homo market would
ruin our western agriculture. A tariff which
does not afford incidental protection for the
equalization of the cost of labor between this
and foreign countries would ruin hundreds of
American Industries or force a reduction of
wages , which would bo equally disastrous to
tbo farmer as well ns the wage earner him
self. The so-called McKlnloy law Is as much
to bo preferred over such a tariff as light Is
preferable to darkness. It ought to bo , and
it will bo modified materially in some res
pects. When returned , to the house
with tdo senate amendments it
would have been a better law than
the much talked-of Mils bill -would have
made.
A TARIFF COMMISSION' NEEDED.
My Judgment Is that the west oucht to
unite In demanding the Immediate creation of
a permanent non-partlsun tariff commission ,
which should bo empowered and required to
adjust the inequalities of the new law on cou-
sorvntivo lines of protection. I have no
doubt that this will bo Uono at tbo uoxt ses
sion of congress. ' >
CRITICISSIS JS3WEKED.
I have seen ovtdenca-of a. disposition on the
part of some of ourrepublican friends to
criticise my action in re/erenco to the tariff
conference report. Permit rno to say aforv
words to you on tbat silbject I spoke and
voted in the senate tsiralnst the report , I
sincerely hoped it would not bo adopted , and
I have never for a moment regretted my ac
tion in that regard. There is , however , a
very general misapprehension as to the effect
of my vote If a majority of the senate had
voted with mo , and the report
had failed of adoption. The gen
eral understanding seems to ba that It
would have been the defeat and the end of
the tariff bill Itself. This is not correct If
the report had been defeated the next parlia
mentary sten " would have been to order n new
conference. It was my belief then , and It Is
now , that within three days after the confer
ence committed should have been ordered the
bill would hnvo been modified so as to have
been acceptable in the wain , to every senator
from the western agricultural states. Every
one of thcso senators who voted for It did so
with reluctance , as did the members ot the
house of representatives from our state , as I
believe. Besides , It was perfectly apparent
that negative votes by them would have
availed nothing in the bouse , but a large dis
cretion should be siren a representative froui
a Mnto llko ours as to his nctlon on rurcly
economic questions. I did not consider my
notion political In nny scn < c ; but If itM , ft
was in full accord with both the letter nnd
spirit of the tariff declaration In the platform
oflSSa , and by that only l the orthodoxy or
the heterodoxy of any of us to bo determined.
DO NOT HE DECEIVED ,
In conclusion. I beg , through you , to nppoal
to our alliance friends who went from the re
publican ranks into that organization , not to
bo deceived by the Illusion of a great pro
posed third political party organization. The
failure of such a scheme is Inevitable. No
party like the republican , the splendor of
whoso record bos illumined the prtgcs of his
tory for n third of a century : which has been ,
Is now , and Is to bo hereafter , in the fore
front m the march of human progress , can be
broken down. Our nllinnco friends may be
able , by their great numbers and the right
eousness of their contention , to capture , con
trol nnd use , but they cnnnot destroy the re
publican party. If it should meet with dls-
comtlturo this year , it will bo stronger nest , j
Thereis no rvason In this country for n per
manent third party. The south will romnlu
solid In Its support of the democratic ! party.
The record of that party Justifies this nctlon
on their part. Thnt party will therefore en
dure. Hence our nllinnco friends must sooner
or later make thelrchoice of onoor the other.
A. TRANSITION reniOD.
This Is a transition period , not of parties ,
but of political Ideas nnd policies. The re
publican party Is to bo the special champion
of cheap transportation. Every drop of water
in the United States that cnn bo utilized is
necessary to supply competitive water chan
nels of commerce. The llcnnepln canul nnd
the deep harbor improvements Indicate the
coming policy of this progressive party. On
this line the republican party has made up Its
mind to enlarge the markets for our
agricultural and other products , nnd It
will do it. It has already opened
the door of South America for reciprocal
trade. The unification of the hemisphere ,
for the accomplishment of which our great
secretary of foreign affairs has done the pre
liminary work , will bo consummated by the
republican party.
To secure the construction of n railroad to
the Pacific , when it was done through repub
lican legislation , was a greater performance
than will bo now the connection of every
South American city of commercial im
portance with these of the United States ,
and reoubllcan lesislatlon will secure the re
sult insldo of the next decade.
OI1EAT WORK TO BE ACCOSIPLtSIinD.
On nil these , and on other Hnf * of progress ,
there is no end of work for the next congress ,
nnd In all of this no state In the union
is more Interested than Nebraska. None but
a republican congress can or will do this
work. It will therefore bo a crime against
our Interests to permit n break to occur in
our delegation which may prevent this great
consummation.
There ought not to be , and In my Judgment ,
there is no doubt of your election as gov
ernor , nor indeed of tlio election of the entire
state ticket as well as the three candidates
forjcongrcss. The personnel of the state
ticket has never In any year been
stronger. As for yourself permit
mo to say thtit the excellent Judg
ment , sound discretion nnd rcmukablo
self containment which hnvo characterized
your candidacy , throughout , If there was
nothing else to commend you to the people ,
ought to convince all as to tbo strength of
your equipment for the chief executive office
of the state. But you were n good reader.
The Hon. Redfield Proctor , the present
sccretaryof the war , one of the ablest , puroat
and most efficient ofllcers In the public
service today , in whoso regiment you served ,
speaks of yourself and your service as n sol
dier , In the highest terms ot commendation.
Therospect nnd affection which this strong
and good man entertains for you would bo the
only endorsement you would need wherever
ho Is known , oven If you were wholly un
known. There is no one , not even n member
of your own family , who is more Interested
In your success than Rcdfleld Proctor , and
no man In this world ever believed more
thoroughly in another than ho does in
yourself. Moreover , you should bo elected
because you are a republican , and your can
didacy is the candidacy of that great party.
Considering the material Interests of the
state , yoMr defeat would bo a calamity. I
think I have given good and sufficient rea
sons In the preceding paragraphs of this letter -
tor for the belief that , in a business point of
view , your success nnd that of the en tire re
publican ticket Is of the utmost Im
portance to our state. The state
ticket is an exceptionally good and
strong ono from top to bottom , and
ougnt to , and will bo elected. The congres
sional nominations are equally good and
strong.
Few men have over succeeded In securing
so strong a position in congress In the first
session of their service as Air. Conuell. lie
has the respect and confidence of the house ,
and if continued in the service by a reelection
tion , with \nluabl'experience nf his first
crin ho will take rank among the most useful
represpntatives from the west.
air. DorsR.v has a very strong standing in
the houso. Ho is ono of tbo mostalert , adroit.
Indefatigable and successful workers that
have over been in congress from the west.
Whatever his views nnd whatever his votes
on the tariff or any other economic question ,
the state cannot afford to lose his experience
and bis prestige in the bouse of representa
tives.
tives.Mr.
Mr. Hartan is the exact type of
man that ought to come hero at
this time. Ho is honest nnd upright ,
he Is a good lawyer , his views on public ques
tions are eu.lneutlycorrest. Ho is a man of
convictions and has the courage to maintain
them. When ho I * present in the house ho
will not be constructively absent. If elected.
a * no will bo If his district is tnio to lUoli
and Its interests. I predict for him a
irrcat record of usefulness to tbo
sU'.o. ' I beg of my friends in
that District , to make certain his election. If
they could understand the situation hero as I
do , If they could realize the Importance to
themselves , to the party , to the state , and
these of us who are working night nnd day
for the conservation of Its Interests , to have
such n staunch republican helper In our
congressional Work , there should bo no ques
tion as to the success of bis candidacy. I
befof our friends to recollect the loss of
a single congressional candidate in our
state may lose us the house of representa
tive * and innko Impossible the accomplish
ment of the great work the republican party
has In hand ,
With an earnest pravcr for the success of
the party on November 4 , I am , faithfully
yours , A. B. PADDOCK.
WOMAN'S INTUITION.
Nearly Alwnyn lllght In
in IlCKitrd to Common
An old gentleman over seventy , cainolnto
the city from his farm without his overcoat.
The day turned chilly mid ho was obliged to
forego his visit to the fair.
To n friend who remonstrated with him for
going away from homo thus unprepared , ho
said : "I thought It was going to ho warm :
my wife told tuo to takemy overcoat , but 1
wouldn't. Women have moro scnso than men
anyway. "
A frank admission.
Women's good sense Is snlil to como from
intuition ; may U not be that they are more
close observers of little things. Ono thing
Is certain , tbov nnj apt to stnko tbo nail on
the head , in nil the ordinary problems of life ,
more frequently than the lords of creation.
"According to Dr. Alice Dennett , who re-
contl v read n paper on Hrigbt's disease before
the Pennsylvania State Medical society , per
sons subject to billons attacks nnd Mck head-
achs , who have crawling sensations , llko the
flowing of water in the head , who are 'tired
nil the time and have unexplained attacks of
sudden weakness , mav well bo suspected of
dangerous tendencies In the direction of
Brlght's disease. "
The veteran newsparor correspondent , Joe
Howard of the New York Press. In noting
this statement suggests : "Possibly Alice is
correct In her diagnosis , but xvhy doesn't
she give some idea of treatment ! I know a
man who has been 'tired ' all the time' for ten
years. Night before lost ho took two doses
of calomel , and yesterday ho wished ho
hadn't. "
A proper answer Is found In the following
letter of Mrs. Davis , wlfo of Hev. William
J. Davis , of Basil , O. , Juno 21st , 1SW :
"I do not hesitate to say that I owe my Hfo
to Warner's Safe Cure , 1 had a constant
hemorrhage from my kidneys for more than
five months. The physicians could do noth
ing for me. My husband spent hundreds of
dollars nnd I was not relieved , I was under
the care of the most eminent medical men in
the state. The hemorrhage ceased before I
had taken ono bottle of the Safe Cure. I can
fafely and do cheerfully recommend It to all
who uro sufferers of kidney troubles. "
AK1 .IT TIIK V.I III.
Arrangements Ilclng Sfnde to Seutiro
n IMngnllh.'cnt IMgplny.
NEW YOHK , Oct. 23. The committee on
fine arts of the world's Columbian exposition
met this morning. The object of the meeting
was to make preliminary arrangements for
securing an exhibit of fine arts from
the treasures and salons of
Europe and the orient aud to
select a manager for that department ,
which the committee intends to make ono of
the features of the exposition. Letters were
read from the executive committee Informing
them that owing to the restricted financial
condition of the organization it would be un
wise to incur any expense until after the meetIng -
Ing of the national cornmlssiouwhicli , is to beheld
held in Chicago on November IS and which
will then be fully prepared to arrange for the
necessary appropriations.
A motion was adopted referring the
selection of n manager for the
fine arts departments to a committee
which will report to the full committee at
Chicago November 18. Aft r discussing
various matters of detail , the committee ad
journed to meet tomorrow morning.
The oppressed subjects of Eu ropean gov
ernments turn to this country for free homes ,
free laws and for the free use of Salvation Ol
for their pains.
It Is the slight cold frequently contracted
that finally undermines the system. Use Dr.
Bull's ' Ccugb Syrup in the beginning stages
and bo cured.
A F.tTllEll'S TEKRIUI.E CKI3IE.
Ho Feeds His Children Poisoned
Sweetmeats and Partakes Himself.
BEIU.I.V , Oct. 23. Today the community
was shocked by the discovery that a retired
farmer named Cast had given his children
some sweetmeats in which ho had
previously put poison. Ho partook of
the confection nlmself. After suffering creat
agony for some time the murderer and three
of the children were relieved by death from
their sufferings. Two others of the children
are In a dying condition , ana physicians say
there is no possible chance of saving them.
No reason is known for tbo crime.
Fair white hands ;
Soft healthful skin *
" 'PEARS'-Tiie Great English Complexion SOAPr-Sold Everywhere. "
Str&nge fndeed
raIikeSAPOLJO should
'Vn&ke.everything ' so brighh but
'A needle cjqltfes oHiers.&nd is it-selj :
naked'.Try it * in your n
J 9 * O * VMIIM *
"What folly it would be to' cut gross -with a pair of scissors ! Yet people
ple do equally silly tilings every day. Modern progress has grown up
from the hooked sickle to the swinging scythe and thence to the law
mower. So don't use scissors !
v But do you use SAPOLI0 1 If you don't you are as much behind tlio
ago aa if you cut grass tb. a dinner knife. Once there were no soaps.
Then one soap served all purp0503- Now the eoniiblo folks use ono soon
ia the toilet , another in the tub , ono soap in the statics , and SAl'OIiIO
lor all scouring and house-cleaning. "
NO OUREl ! NO PAY.
Dr.DOWN
1316 Douglas Street , Omaha , Neb.
Ftventrcu yeari * experience. A rccuUr Kra < 1uat ln medicine , a > diplomat ( how , It itltleUtrlni Ifi
irvatcit luccen all Nerroui. CDriMi cam ) I'MratedUBjuoi. A pormnoatoura < iiirani-o < ) ( urC-itirr.i
emmorrh < r.-i , Loit Manhood. Smn1n ' Weikneii , Mthl I/mof , Iruujlencj , Hjrptillli. dlr cture , unlnl
ei u of tbu IlloiiU.bkm an ] L'rlrnry Irnini. S. It. 1 .niriruei IXIJfur emct I ui ttruia anl fat
cure. I'omulMUon fre . ll-jgk - tllj rlo titUt ) i at lr < j * Oalcubuuri- . in , tj I u. m.
ui. to 13 m.
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