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CirititKN'T market reports give the Ho
to the democratic talcs of woo.
5J s. STAXTON has not yet hccn ap
pointed to tlio supreme boni'h. '
TllK moil who work in shops have
marked ono tender calf for s-luuglilor.
TIIK ofTolo oust Is wrapped in wind and
rain and the woolly wcil in sunshine and
i .
politics. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
f Ilium : will bo no hope for reform if
I thologislnturo is not built of sound and
| honest timber.
IK Speaker Rood -was unkind to the
democrats in the chair ho is cruel to
them on the stump.
TIIK doiiblo-etiilor'a political sensa
tions always pass for fakes until they are
found Into , which is seldom.
O.VK good term deserves another' , and
( ho constituents of Congressman Cou
ncil will eeo that ho has what ho do-
eorves.
Tim prohibition corruptionists of Chicago
cage and New York have been outrag
eously stripped in oxchang-o for a literal
slice of the bar'l.
OMAHA and Nebraska are one and in-
sopiirablp. Tlio prosperity of ono is the
prosperity of the otbor. Prohibition
would give a black eye to both.
NKIHIASICA'S ' marvelous growth during
ing- the past decade is the best argument
in favor of continuing the policies
which contributed to such grand ro-
Bulls.
TIIK South Carolina voter who will
not cast a democratic ballot has just
eight more days to live with a whole
skin. The shotgun is loaded this year
and the country has been given fair no
tice of it.
LINCOLN as well as Omaha lias boon
openly and soerotly assailed , its growth
derided and the character of its resi
dents foully slandered. Local m-ido and
pelf ro.spcct cnll for a vigorous rohuko of
thoM ) infamous methods at the ballot
box ,
IT is reported that the empress of
Russia ban bocoino very haggard and
thin through fear of the assassination of
her husband. That is unfortunate , hut
Ihoro arc thousands of men and women
vho are not only haggard and thin , hut
Also hungry and miserable. They are in
Siborl'i. '
TIIK builders' exchange propose to
wage an aggressive campaign against
the hired assailants of the city. Every
business , benevolent or soulal organiza
tion should follow the example of the
builders. An injury to the city is the
concern of all.
MCAMISTKII Is hia own Bos-
well. Ho hits written the story of his
Own greatness and the Now York Four
Hundred have it in tin edition do In.xo ,
limited to exactly four hundred copies.
There is another edition for common
folks , who should bo duly grateful.
They cannot expect to bo invited to his
funhioimblo dinners , but they can read
the bill of furo by paying the market
price. And isn't that butter than being
nobody ?
IT Is to bo hoped that Attorney General -
oral Leeso will got the boundary be
tween Nebraska and lowti defined soon
after election. Otherwise the Iowa mnn
who has had the taste for liquor takoli
out of him by not of the legislature may
l > o tempted to wet his whistle on tlio
ground that ho thought ho was on the
right sldo of the Nebraska lino. Lot's
have the line between fanaticism and
reason made straight and plain.
BISMAKCIC is in retirement and the so
cialists are getting to the front in Ger
many. It is Impossible not to connect
ono fact with the ether , The emperor ,
ineiuiwhllo , is planning in some mysteri
ous way to reduce the prices of food and
to build houses for the poor. Blsmnrcl ;
reproved socialism and William yiolila
it a point. That is why they could not
live together , It still remains to bo
noon whether the Jdeaa of the great
ohuncollor had outlived their usefulness -
ness and whether the young ruler road
the signs of the times aright
Bui eight more days remain for the
work preliminary to the contest of
November 4 which is to determine
whether prohibition is to bo planted In
the fundamental law of Nebraska , or
that Impracticable nod blighting policy
rejected by our people. The crisis eo
near at hand Involves greater possibili
ties affectlnpr the- interests , the prosperity -
pority and the future welfare of this
ptate and its people than any event ,
political or otherwise , that lias occurred
durlncr tlio twenty-three years slnco Ne
braska became a sovereign common
wealth. According to our dotennimv
tlon of this supreme issue we tthnll en
courage enterprise ! , prosperity and pro
gress , of Invite decadence , disaster and
retrogression. If prohibition bo de
feated population will again How into
Nebraska , millions of capital now lying
idle awaiting' the verdict will become
active in numerous forms of Investment ,
enterprises established will expand and
now ones will bo added , and in the
restoration of confidence at homo and
abroad this great stale will renew the
march of progress so splendidly pursued
In the past , and whicli has been checked
only by the apprehension cautod by the
agitation of prohibition. The success
of prohibition will bring the reverse of
nil this. Not only will there bo no ad
ditions to our population of new people ,
but tens of thousands of our present citi
zens will depart to ether states , In the
natural dcsiro to escape the decline of
property values and the destruction of
business certain to ensuo. Tlio experi
ence of Iowa in this respect will bo re
peated in Nebraska , very likely on n
much larger scale. In every city of the
state \vo should soon sco what is now to
bo seen in the cities of Iowa and Kansas ,
hundreds of store buildings and resi
dences unoccupied , though offered at
rentals that would hardly more than
cover the cost of the taxes and insurance.
Wo should have municipal taxation
everywhere increased , until , as in Kan
sas , the burden would become so op-
proalvo as to bo almost unbearable. ,
With the decrease of business and the
decline of property values in the cities
there would inevitably como a fall In the
value of farm property. Our farmers
having their homo imrkots reduced
would find themselves drifting help
lessly toward that condition In which
thousands of farmers in the east have
lonpr been , unable to make the soil
yield thorn a livelihood , yet having no
alternative but to remain on it or aban
don it. In such a situation our farmers
would not only find It most clilllcult to
obtain money at any price , but would bo
relentlessly pressed for what they now
owe. The capital that awaits a favor
able opportunity for investment in Ne
braska in the enlargement of existing
enterprises and the establishment of
new ones , in the construction of build
ings and in other ways , will ,
If prohibition is successful , seek
employment in other states , whore there
are no prohibitory laws to obstruct
prosperity and progress. The appre
hension of those results does not rest
upon theory or conjecture ; it Is
grounded upon conditions and expe
rience of Avliich there is abundant evi
dence at hand and accessible to all who
care to seek it.
THE BEK has already referred , in
terms of merited denunciation , to the
desperate and unscrupulous character of
the prohibition campaign. Its whole
conduct and inspiration bus como from
imported mercenaries who htivo not a
farthing's interest in Nebraska , and
who could witness the material decline '
of the state without a regret or com
punction. Those sordid advocates of
prohibition'for the revenue there Is in
it have defamed Nebraska , slandered its
peoploandby every unfair and unscrupu
lous moans have sought to damage the
character and crodlt of th o state. They
have shamelessly and persistently em
ployed falsehood and misrepresentation ,
in utter disregard of incontrovertible
facts of oftlcial record. 'Ihoy have kept
as spies nud sneaks In the principal
cities characterless vagabonds who will
do any dishonorable service for hire.
They have Hooded the census office at
Washington with anonymous communi
cations intended to discredit the work of
the federal enumerators in Omaha and
ether cities. They have sent out to the
country statements designed to injure
the financial standing and credit of our
business communities. In short , no
methods or devices have been too un
principled or scandalous for these
enemies of Nebraska in their ollorts to
promote the cause of prohibition. Never
In all history wore baser expedients resorted -
sorted to in the name of moral reform.
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Never was there a more urgent demand
upon a pcoplo to indignantly resent such
practices and repudiate the party that
gives then countenance.
Wo believe that the patriotic senti
ment , not loss than the practical com
mon sense of the people of Nebraska ,
will lead them to reject a policy whoso
defense Is an assault upon the character
and credit of the state , and wlioso con
summation would bo fruitful in producing
the conditions which its advocates
falsely assert now exist. "Wo believe
that the largo majority of tlio Intelligent
farmers of Nebraska will not vote to In
corporate In the constitution a policy
the Inevitable effect of which must bo to
largely depreciate nil property values ,
exclude and drive out capital and indus
trial enterprises , and chock the growth
of population. During the luU decade
Nebraska's increase la population was
nearly ono hundred mid thirty-four per
cent ; Iowa's increase wns only about
twenty per cent. If prohibition Is de
feated there is no reason why Nebraska
shall not pass Kan as In population and
overtake Iowa before 1900 , realizing
in the meantime ) a much larger ratio of
increase In wealth. What mildness It
would bo to sacrifice such n possibility
fora policy that hnseverywhere failed
of its purpose and been productive of
evils far more serious to society than
those It was intended to remove.
The verdict of the people of Nebraska
on this question will determine- whether
the state is to go forward in material
prosperity or to retrograde. It will
moan an immense gain in aggregate
wealth during the future years , bring
ing with it Increased comfort and hnp-
plness to the whole people , or a vast
loss in which every citizen who Is com
pelled to remain hero must share , and
which will greatly reduce the advant
ages and benefits now enjoyed by tlio
people. The ono road leads to retro
gression , the other to progress. There
ought to bo no doubt ns to which ono the
intelligent and patriotic people of Ne
braska will take.
A aiiRAT SOMilKll'S
Today Is the ninetieth birthday of
Count von Moltko , and it will bo cele
brated nil over Germany with extraordi
nary enthusiasm , and by Germans in this
anil ether countries. For1 some-time pnsl
Kmporor "William has been giving a
proat deal of personal attention to the
preparations for this celebration at 13er-
lin , thereby manifesting his strong af
fection for the grout soldier who has
had no superior among his contempora
ries , and whoso fame will llvo as long as
the history of the German Kmpiro en
dures , In the milking1 of which few men
played so conspicuous and valuable a
part. The world is wont to think only
of Bismarck in connection with the
achievement of Gorman unity , but the
work of that great statesman could not
have succeeded without the aid of the
wonderful strategist who planned the
battles that crushed the policy of Aus
tria at Sndowa mid vanquished the ar
mies of Franco on several mem
orable fields. Even the military
renown of the grandfather and father oC
Emperor William was duo largely to the
genius of the veteran in whoso honor all
Germany will bo ablaze today with en
thusiasm.
Von Moltko received a thorough mili-
tnry education and entered the Prussian
army as a cornet. He advanced steadily ,
attaining the position of lieutenant gen
eral of the Prussian army more than
thirty years ago. Ills first great ser
vice was in the war with Denmark over
the Schleswig-Holstein dillieulty , and a
few years later his genius found a
broader field in the war between Prussia
and Austria. Von Moltko was seventy
years old when ho commanded the Prus
sian army and its auxiliaries in the war
with Franco in 1870-71 , but that su-
pi'Oina test of his ability g-avo him a just
claim to bo considered the greatest
strategist of the ago. Von Moltko was
a most careful student of the military
operations in this country during' the
civil war and n great ndmiror of Grant
and Sherman , showing the former great
consideration when ho called on the
count during his visit to Europe. Tlio
German people are justly proud of their
most distinguished soldier , and ho mer
its all the honors that will bo showered
upon him today by all classes of people
from emperor to peasant.
OKXEIt.lb nOO'J.11'S SCHEME.
The Salvation Army has never had
much standing in America , but General
Booth , the father and lender of it , has
caught the car of Knglnnd with a scheme
for the relief of London's poor , proposed
in his book , "En Darkest England. " If
it Is a good thing in England it may bo
in America.
Ho proposes that the very poor of
London shall bo gathered into two city
colonies and maintained In part on
broken victuals systematically collected ,
and in part by the wages accruing from
very common trades. Ho would clothe
them largely with the cast-off garments
of the well-to-do. lie would have them
live in luJo but comfortable houses built
by themselves. As they become self-
sustaining ho would have them graduate
to a colony in South Africa , where their
opportunities for prosperity would be
bettor.
It is the old fchonio of community
life , to bo undertaken with the aid of a
generous public. A London paper says
of it : "It sounds like the dream of a
philanthropist revised by a practical
mnn. "
The world Is full of miserable poverty
in the midst of plenty. If this plan can
help to mitigate it , it is worthy to bo
tried. General Booth has furnished the
poor of London with a religion. If ho
succeeds in also furnishing' them with a
living ho will deserve to bo remembered
among- human benefactors.
A SMOOTH OA31K.
The era of Munchauson schemes and
visionary projects Is not by any moans
on the wane. As long as a cry of pro
ductive distress is hoard in any section
of the land , some Inventive genius will
spring to the front with a spoclllc.
Among the latter must bo classed Will
iam T. Hunter of Chicago , a philan
thropist of national proportions.
Mr. Hunter has a scheme a , mighty
ono. Like Colonel Sellers ho given bis
personal guarantee that there tire mill
ions in It , The deolinu in the value of
western stock during the past five years
appears to have harassed the soul of the
Chicago benefactor. lie wept in slloneo
for the tribulations of the western stock-
grower , condoled with him in secret ,
and "burned the midnight oil'1 devising
plans to ameliorate his condition. At
last ho struck it , and all that is neces
sary to ilmko It a go and put millions In
thopockots ol all Interested is for the
Btockgrowors to commission Mr. Hunter
and support his scheme.
Mr. lluntor claims in a confidential
circular sent to the press that eighty par
cent of the stock growers are with him ,
but ho wants the remaining twenty per
cent. The profits are so vast and hla
benevolencesoj broad that ho wants all
to share in tlJ Benefits of an Imtnodlnto
raio of thUlj-1 per cent In prices. If
this baekwnij 'twenty per cent of the
stock gro\voiaconiesfor\vardbroker8and \ \
commission mpu will ho dispensed with ,
the time alii * quantity of * shipments
regulated by olectrio buttons in
Williams' desk , stockyards planted at
convenient pwfits and six million dollars
in uroRts pocketed annually , in addition
to the advajico in prices. Production ,
shipment ' and possibly
, killing' consump
tion will bo reduced to a system , the
pnhny days of Hugo prollts and no work
will como again totho cattle raisers , and
W. T. Hunter will bo hnllodas the bene
factor of the cow men.
As to money , the Chicago philan
thropist has enough and to spare , and
unlimited outside resources to draw on ,
consequently he silences sordid sugges
tions. Incidentally , however , Mr. Ilun-
tor lots the cat out of the bag. Accom
panying his charitable scheme is an in
timation that "I can secure any amount
of hind us near cities In Kansas and
Iowa as the Union stockyards nro to
Chicago , by agreeing to build on it. "
People In this section tire well aware of
the depreciation of property In the
states named , but few realized that It
had fallen so low ns to require being ,
plastered with imaginary millions to
work It oil , by way of Chicago , on the
cattlemen of the west.
.1 GKXKitMt HOLIDAY.
The great Interests involved In the
coming- election justify the action of the
city authorities in urging a general
suspension of business and employment
on November 4. Under ordinary cir
cumstances , tho-duty of na doctor is the
most sacred obligation Imposed by the
state , and for that reason it is urado
a legal holiday. Grave as is the duty of
honestly participating in the selection
of public oflleinls , the issues to bo de
termined nt tho-ballot box next month
appeals with greater force to every citl-
/on. The question whether the state
shall uproot the policy that has demon
strated its effect ivencbs in ten years trial
and received the endorsement of the
most enlightened states in the union ,
and adopt a system fraught not only
wlthdunger totho poacoand prosperity of
the stnto , but a system which the great
state of Iowa has practically repudiated
after a thorough trial. It is a question
vRally affecting every property owner ,
'
m'orchant , manufacturer , and workingman -
man , for , on the endorsement at the polls
of the existhig'lnws depends the banish
ment of the ilacfc clouds now overhang
ing the nuiteruU prosperity of the ] Teo-
pic. : ]
It Is not necoisary to impress on the
people of this djy tlio importance of devoting -
voting tlioir ivaplo energies on election
day to the woijlc of rebuking1 the defamers -
famers of Onialia and Nebraska. All
classes of busini'iM men as well u.s workingmen -
ingmon fool the depression produced by
the agitation of the prohibitory amend
ment. It has forestalled investment of
capital , checked enterprise , made job
bers and retailors' unusually cautioAis ,
nndjQllod the banks with Bullions of
idle money awaiting the result of the
issuo. And this uncertainly inteiiblHes
as election day npprbachos.
The suggestion of the council should
therefore receive the cordial approval
of all persons and corporations employ
ing labor. The 4th of November should
bo made a general as well as a lognl
holiday ns far as practicable. Concerted
action should bo had and an understand
ing reached to suspend business and de
vote the day to the patriotic duty of
protecting the commercial and indus
trial prosperity of Omaha and the state
from the blight of prohibition ,
Loyalty to the city and state , the
progress of the past no loss than the
splendid prospects of the early future de
mand that this day of days bo observed
in sustaining a policy of restriction and
regulation conceded by all reasoning
men to bo the best yet devised ,
11KVEXT JVBjr YORK STATUES.
Now York City is just now- doing moro
to perpetuate the memory of the great
men of our times by works of art
than all other cities of the United States.
Her peonlo are keeping the gifted Amer
ican sculptor , J. Q. A. Ward , busy with
subjects that must appeal to his gonins
with the double claim of patriotism and
art.
art.Ills
Ills statue of Horace Greoley has just
been unveiled. It stands not only as a
monument to tlio founder of the Now
York 2V < { iioic , but also to the magnifi
cent development of journalism which
took Its earliest inspiration from him.
Mr. Ward has also a fitatuoof Henry
Ward Bccehor cast in bronze , another
of Roscoe Conkllng in the clay , and still
another of Phil Sheridan under way.
lie has also bcon commissioned to preface -
face the bronxo presentiment of Chester
A. Arthur. This popular sculptor will ,
therefore , do moro than almost any ether
man to draw the picture for future gen
erations of the men who have very
largely moulded ho thought and made
the history of the- country in the import
ant period between 1800 and 1885. The
people of Now prk show a coinmendu-
blo public spiriti'in giving him the op
portunity.
The bronze statue is perhaps the high
est form of memorial tribute which the
people can to pay to greatness. It is a
tribute not to bo 'conferred ' until the last
page of aiminglife is written and the
world agrees , tnat his character and
career are of transcondant Importance to
the past and tlib''future. Hut when this
is dotormlned , vi\o \ statue can not como
too soon. Its iVnlueHO far 113 the present
day isconcorn& loses force with delay.
To unveil a monument to n pilgrim
father is worth little compared with the
unveiling of ono to a great editor or
preacher , an incorruptible statesman era
a marvelous soldier , the Impress of
whoso greatness wo see In the story of
our own limes. The world acknowledges
the fragrance of the rose fresh plucked ,
quivering from the stem , rather than
that of the llowor , however stately , that
has been dried and pressed between tlio
loaves of history for two hundred years.
The west , which has so many triumphs
to celebrate , Is deficient in Its statuary.
Its people should take a hint from New
York.
ADVICES from Chicago indicate that
the long promised boycott of the Union
Pacific by rival lines has been ofllclally
declared. From the moment the alii *
nnco was consummated with the North
western a year ngo , rival lines throat *
oned vongenco , but their threats were
mot with cool liulllferctico by the al
lied lines , The miuinpora doubtless
weighed all contingencies before sealing
tlio compact , and are thoroughly
cqulpjied for the contest. The territory
controlled by the Northwestern and
Union Pacific from Chicago to the Pa-
clllc nondi , their unsurpassed system
ol feeders , coupled with a direct
Interest In the Vnmlorbllt lines
eastward , forms a closely-allied -
broken line from ocean to ocean , capable
of meeting any emergency. The decla
ration of the boycott will provoke
active , aggressive competition , and
result In a readjustment o (
the Iron-clad rates maintained
since the Inception of the pool and. asso
ciation systems. Whatever may bo the
final outcome to the corporations , the
rupture can hardly fall to result in n
permanent reduction of the exorbitant
tariffs levied upon the productive indus
try of the west.
Tun BKB acknowledges the receipt of
an invitation to attend the banquet to
bo given at Columbus , O , , November 13 ,
In honor of the seventy-seventh anni
versary of the birth of Hon. Allen G.
Thurman. Notwithstanding the fact
that the celebration Is in , the nature of a
democratic festival , all citizens , regardless -
loss of politics , will share with
the participants the spirit of the occa
sion. Tholifo and public services of Mr.
Thurmnn nro common property. A man
of broad intellectual grasp , a statesman
In the true sense of the term , a fee of
monopolies in every guise and a tireless
advocate of the Interests of the masses ,
the l'noblest Roman of tliom nil" ranks
high among the great men of the cen
tury , and his character and career rep
resent the best typo of American man
hood.
Tin : far-seeing managers of the Ch 1-
cago. St. Paul & Kansas City road have
decided to extend the line to Omaha to
moro effectively handle Us business in
this city. Although the road Is not a
direct factor in Omaha's railroad sys
tem , it plays no inconsiderable part in
the regulation of freight rates and
handles a largo amount of the city's
trade. By building a direct line it will
bocoino an active force in the commerce
of the city and may possibly solve the
bridge problem.
THE oflleinl announcement of the
census places Omaha twenty-first in the
list of leading cities in the union. Of
the thirty-five cities now having a popu
lation of seventy-live thousand or more ,
Omaha stood at the foot of the list in
1880. In ten years it has mot mid passed
fourteen cities in tlio list and advanced
from the sixtieth to the U-only-first in
rank. The record is a proud one.
Tun breeze stirred up by the- prohi
bition bribers and burglars will swell tea
a cyclone of honest indignation on No
vember ! , and sweep the disreputable
hirelings ort the face of the state.
J.V 'TIIK I'ULKTICAIi WIM.
There Is one feature In tlio career of youiifj
Mr. Bryan that has not received sufllclcnt at
tention. This is his appearance in tlio cele
brated character of "Dr. Jckyll an Mr.
Ilydo. " Ills conception of the part Is differ
ent from that of both lllchnrd MnnsflelJ and
Daniel Baudinan 11 , but It is moro Interesting
because theirs is only an affair of the stage ,
while- his is adapted to practical life.
Mr. Drynn's llrst appearance in the cliur-
acter of "Dr. Jckyll" was.nt the Congrega
tional church \Yeeping Water some months
since. On that occasion ho is snul to liitvo
filled the pulpit quite acceptably , oToringtho (
prayer , reading tlio hymn , preaching the ser
mon and pronouncing the benediction , Ho
guvo another romloiiugof the same devout
character at Lincoln , when ho Intro
duced , a resolution nt the bar
mcctiiiK forbidding the use of
wine ill a coming banquet. Incidentally it
may bo remarked that tlio banquet never
came. "Dr. Jokyll's" rcsolatiou Hllod it.
Hut the linost bit of acting whb'h tie has
done in this part of the character was seen
when ho delivered n red-hot prohibition
speech In the chapel of the stito penitentiary.
In that scone ho Is said to huvo fuirly out-
ilono anything recorded of Stevenson's hero.
But the achievements of the versatile actor
in the p.ift of "Dr. Jckyll" fade into nothing
ness compared with his present success in
the other halt of tlio dual rolo. As "Mr.
Hyde1' ho fairly outdoes himself. Ho is now
engaged in this part of the performance. His
assumption of the character of a red-hot , high
license , imti-prohlhltionlst is so lifelike a * to
bo startling. In this character ho Is now np-
pcarlng at various points in the L-'Urst district.
In his spfcrli nt Omaha and elsewhere ho
came out lint-footed against prohibition. Ho
frequents tlio saloons with "tho boys" anil
is "hull fellow well mot" with the heelers in
the Bloody Third ward of Omaha , at which
the rural prohibitionists stand aghast , In
this scene the transformation is complete.
There Is absolutely nothing in the bearing of
the October candidate for ofilco to suggest
the saintly .voung man who .filled the keep
ing Water pulpit in the Jovous springtime , It
is suid that when Mr. Uryau recovers from
"that tired feeling , " as ho will a few months
after "the , men who work In shops" uru
through with him , bo will take thestagoand
challenge both MnnslU-ld undllaiidmunn to a
joint production of "lr. ) Jckyll and Mr.
Hyda. " And In that contest It is safe to say
that ho will win.
Hut does not this two-faced politician present -
sent a spcotado to disgust honest voters ?
Would not the average democrat prefer to
have a man in congress who has opinions and
btlcks to them and does not try to win sup
port by sliullling on both sides of n great pub-
lo question ? Mr. Drynn'n performance lias
its funny sldo , but It ought to bo presented to
him In its serious light on November-I.
Warren SwIUloris another democratic can
didate who Is trying the same dodge to got
votes. Ho is superintendent of the 1'rosby-
turlnn Sabbath school , but is running on the
democratic ticket forstatescnatornnd doesn't
intend to gut left on tlio ground thai ho is not
one , of "tho boys. " Ho Is cultivating the
powers that bo and trying to be like
ttio Homims while ho Is in Home
until after tlio election. There are
democrats who HUe Sunday school
superintendents. Theau will find Candidate
Jcicyll In hta place on the S.ibhnth. Then
tlicro nra ilumocrnti unit they are much the
moro numerous who like. . Mr. Swltzler far
bettor in tba role of "Mr. Hyao. " In this
part he h equally Indefatigable und anxious
toplcaso. It h seldom that the voter Is of
fered sowldoa range of cholcoln the person
of one man , and yet there la sotno prospect
that Mr. S'.vltzlor will bo defeated on the
grounii'that ho Is altogether too many kinds
of a candidate.
IIou.Vllllain J. Connollls vcwlving very
hearty support In his cnnvasu for re-olectlon
to con press from the lubor elements of tliP
First district. Helms earned It by tlio work
helms done for them. The I'rcastnou'H union
Is'o. 1 of Washington , D.C. , hnsiuloptod nrhiK-
ing resolution IntJoretug Mm for ' 'honest anil
consistent efforts wlilchhavo fully established
his claim us the wrltlngman's friend. " Tlio
congressman wns iimilo happy by receiving
tlio full text of tlio resolution , signed by the
oftlcorsof the union and bc.U'lnR Its onlclnl
seal. Ho also bus the support of the Lincoln
Inbor organ , tlio Jscbnisku Laborer.
v Anil hero Isnsamploof what the -weekly
picss of the district Is saying of him :
If ever n man in this or any other stnto
fairly , honestly or honorably earned a second
term iu ofllt'o Congressman Conuell Is that
man , snys tlio Syracuse Journal. Ho has not
only worked hard In the interest * of the people
ple of the state , but ho 1ms stftck to his post
and to hl text until ho lias won the "respect
and ndmlrntlon of his associates from all
sections and all parts of the country. That
ho should und will bo triumphantly ro-elcctod
\vo fully believe , and while wo have nothing
whatever to say against his competitors wo
most cnrnestlyrpo our readers to stand by
Mr , Conncll who is In nil respects Justly entitled -
titled to thU recognition both of his service
and his ability.
TJIK lIK.tJKUSTSrK T1VKKT.
Long Pine Journal : Ho stands today a
man above reproach. Ills llto has been ono
of honor mid Integrity. There is not n man
In the state that commands moro goncr.il re
spect of all pjrtlcs than Ij. D. Ktchards ,
ICnox County Recorder : L. D. Ulchnrds is
leading the van in the gubcruattonnl race ,
while his competitors manage to keep nllont ,
Boyil up by the feeble 1'owewof a lost wuso.
Schuylor Sun : Ho has made n success of
llfo and the Sun argues that this Is one of
the best and grandest reasons that ho should
be supported and why ho will inako us agood
governor. "Voto for Richards nud you will
assist in seating in Nebraska's ' guborimtlomil
clmlr otio of the bait and noblest men that
over occupied It.
D.ivid City Tribune : Ono of tlio com-
mcnilalilo features of the character of Mr.
Richards is the fuut that these who know
him host nro tlio.so who commend him most
highly. Ho will bo elected governor of No-
br.iskn by the usual republican majority ,
Wisnctt Chronicle : The more ono reads
of the past record and business methods of
L. D. Richards the moro one M compelled to
rcposo conlltlcnco In him as a man who will
itcil justly by all classes of the people of the
state. Ills early struggles as n farm boy on
thostonyslopes of Vermont , his record as a
soldier at fourteen , lift subsequent rustle for
a start In this state and his success as a busi
ness niun of the first order prove a possession
of true manhood and business tuct , Ho can
surely bo trusted hy every voter in tlio state.
Tccuinsch Ohloflnin : The nominee for
governor on the republican ticket la a tower
of strength. Mr , Richards has a record
that will bring him nil the strength of the
party. When the railroads endeavored to de
feat the re-noiniuation of Maxwell ho wns
among the Litter's strongest friends. Ho
fought for Lceso for a third term and en
deavored to secure the nomination of Judge
Reese , a year ngo , against the influence of
the railroads.
LMCI\SI : :
The jobbers of Dei Moinca , In. , In the year
ISS'J , sold $200,000 worth of whiskies nud alco
hol at wholesale. _
A single drug store in Dos Molncs , la. , sold
n whole carload of beer 7,200 bottles in1 the
month of August , 1SUO.
Tlio reform schools of the state of Kansas
nre so overcrowded wilU incorrigible ) boys
und girls thut they are admitted now to the
juils. _
There nro fowcr groggoi-ics In the oily of
Omaha , under high license , than in any town
in the state of Maine under prohibition ,
proven by carefully compiled statistics.
There h an open saloon in Leavcnworth ,
Kii ? . , right across the road and facing the
mayor's and city marshal's ! ofllces , where
they sell boo i' in broad , daylight. ] ) ovs pro
hibition prohibit i _
In Iowa , in May , 1390 , there were ,11G7 ! per
sons or firms licensed to sell liquor. Of these
20 are wholesale dealers , 131 retail dealers in
ninlt liquors , S3 nro wholesale dealers in malt
liquors and 1,001 , promiscuous liquor sellers.
The criminal docket of Shawnee county ,
Kansas , for the full term of court this ycnv
contained 107 criminal cases Including mur
der , perjury , grand larceny , burglary , big
amy , assaults onvomcn , selling whisky , otc.
The city of Omaha ha ? today less of crlmo
in proportion to its population than Topekn.
The state of Nebraska , also , has loss crime
within its borders , ana less drunkenness than
any prohibition state under the American
Hag. _ -
"U'liatisn fcpenlc-ttisyi Vou go Into a sa
loon ; 'you want beer. Vou speak easy
throngh aliolo and It comes to you. Is'o 11-
cense is granted by tlio city und state and no
revenue Is derived by the city , state or
county. _
In tlio city of Lincoln , Xob.with about
the same population us Dos Moines , In. , the
polii'O patrol wngon did not curry DH many
people lu the lirst seven months of this year
us the patrol wagon In I.os Molncs did in the
month of August.
In Maine , with Xe.il Dow at homo and pro
hibition In forte for thirty yours there nre
moro liquor dealers tiniu In the state of Ne
braska byn difference of SS per cent per cap
ita. The liquor dealers In Maine , however ,
are drug stores , and not saloons under proper
control.
.According to the oftlcial report of the com
mittee of the Massachusetts legislature ,
under the five years of the license system in
that state thcw were 11.P.ra . . IOSH nrnuta for
drunkonncistlmti there were during an equal
period of time under prohibition In the state
of prohibition.
During the year W. > them were , according
to thoHtnto prison inspection of Maine , IO.SOS .
persons arrested for drunkenness , Maine
contained a population uf loss than seven
hundri-il thousand people , with a small for
eign element in largo cities. This is an apd-
lliignumbi'r of arrests for ono year in a. pro
hibition state for street drunkenness
In Massachusetts , where the peopio had a
fair election , nnd whcro the intelligence and
Intellect of that state canw forth to cast their
ballots , prohibition as u docU'uio wast snowed
under. Is It iilu 'bUi ' to tell the
people of Nebraska that all the puoploln
Mnwichnsetsi who voted against prohibition
wcru saloonkeeper. * , thugs and drunkards )
Prohibition la the stales of this union ,
where It ha * been sought to bo enforced
either us a constitutional amendment or a
statutory law -hns done moro to break down
the commercial Industry of those-stales than
any ether cause. The hurrounulng states ,
where prohibition did not prevail during the
ten ycara from 1S > 70 to 1SSO were increasing In
population , prosperity ami manufacturing In
dustries.
Hero Is the number of snloons In Phila
delphia under high liron.soi In ISsr. , , r.,7W . ( ; In
1S37 , .1,77:1 : ; In 18SS , l.fllT ; In I8S9 , l/JOl ; In
1SCH ) them are IKM , so they hnvo been Ki'-id-
uully growing down und decreasing thn num
ber of saloons In Philadelphia under hltli 11-
CL-iii.0 and it Is not venturesome to say that If
prohibition was in Philadelphia thc-ru would
bo 10,000 place i wlicro drink could bo liad ,
Hut the liKi | men huvtt an late-rest to sco that
the law is en f oread there.
Thrcfl Kujllsli torjwrllcr.s In not imifli
tnoro than tliroo years have bant suddenly
Into fume. They have bocoino the talk of the
whole wide world nt oueo , mid h.ivo quickly
vim through tlio various stages imMcrlbcit for
notoriety in thcso days , ll.iolihas junipoi
into notice with nslnglobrllllantstory. Km-li
hns soon his portrait and blogmphy [ irittlnt
in the press , o ( nil countries Kaoh hui en
joyed an hour as the lion of society nud the
snbjoctof tlio Interviewer. 13aeh hnj four
the world I'liiniormg t Ills door for 4m
books , and each has responded \\iMi \ a
dclupo. A half century ngo tueni
were no uoh literary sensations , n
these furnished by the niolcorle caroi < mot
Kobert Urn la Stevenson , Hldcr I Inward ami
Kudynrd IvlplliiR. Such u thlnVIIH \ not \w.
siblo until the enblo nnd the talegr.ipli mul
the nnlversul newspaper cnme upon the staga
In tholi- present state of development , Fumu
iiitho old d y grew llko a tree nnd endured
lllto one , Now it conies \vlth the foreo and
suddenness of a oyctotio and frequently It.
passes as quickly nud leaves less to mat-it Its
oonrso.
Of the three Rngllsli writers vim Im-o ca-
jovcd this phenomenal popularity Itolwl
L.ouls Stevenson caino first. He startled Iho
world with "Dr. Johyll and Mr. Ilydo. " . ;
What n , ccnulno sensation ib wast
Uleim-out , original , profoundly ah-
sorbluq nnd appealing not only to the
appetltoof the story reader , but to the nilinl
ortho philosopher nnd the metaphysician. It
was ix fearfully vivid tlrenni , run down. cap.
lured nml transfixed at midnight and exhibited
under pluss for the world's delectation.
Pnmo vas worthily bostowcd upon its author ,
and worthily ho lias worn It , Ills subsequent
txwUs liavo uouo 1dm emllbmul lie appears to
ben. fixed star In the shy. A current ncws-
pnper paragraph says ho Is permanently lo
cated nt Samoa , where lie has found his
health.
Haggard moro than rivaled Stevenson
while ho lusted. "Sho" was only onosatmilu
out of n box crowded to the covers wlili
storlos of wild udvontnro by struiipj
people In unheard-of lands. lint ho
cloyed the public's nppotito ulth a
succession of tlio sumo dinners. Ho BtHJ _ ,
writes stories und still has readers , but liu \
noloiifjcr Illls tlio plnco ho occupied for ft
time , und it scorns unlikely that ho will havu
a jihieo In llter.ittiro except us Jtoulungcr bin
in I'Vonrli history a sort of wolludvertlsoil
porfornianco , awaited ivltli hrenthless Inter
ost. that lifter all fulled to como olt.
Of Kipling wo miiy Imvo iiiL'thlng better.
ilois still In the llrststaso olsudJon literary
fame , Hu bus opened up nnoivmlnoantl It /
pjms out well so far. 'Xhcrols thouiiilcniiililo
touch of genius in his \vorlc. Ho hns in Itulii
n Held nnd clmrnctcrs alibis ownnnd nobody
'
can yet siy : how much howlllKc-t out o't
ttiein. Ho Is but twenty-four nnd If really : i
Kcnlus ratliortlinna patsliiKsensation. UIC-M
nro long years of rich productlv-enuss before
him.
him."Wobbler's
"Wobbler's International ] ) lotionnry"l < ; tlia
now nniiic of the old stiuulurd "Unabridped , "
which no\v * comes out revisedenlarged , , with
n wcnlth of new Illuhtrntions nnd coloro.1 .
plates and in a binding as neat nnilelotfaut t\\ \
would comport with the dignity of the nivut
work. Tlio present rovliloii hns been In pro.
gress for ten yoai-.s nnd boars nil over It ilia
ovldoncesof Iho ripe scholarship of , Dr Konli
1'orter of Yule mid his nssociatea. 'I'hat
this edition Is not meruly n
reprint with n few Into additions u
attested by the fact tbat moro than S5W3iH (
were expended upon it lioforo tlio lli > > t copy
was printed. It combines the foiitnros of , t
now work with thu fnnio ami tncrlU of tlm
old. The present inaj'inllccub editinn of
Webster will rumind tlo : public of lioirlttttn
the recent Hood of cheap rcprliits of thcveiy
'
old edition liud iwwor to nltect eitliw it'i
valuoorlts selliii'qualities. } TlioiiKbthi-ro
have recently been sonw very notnblo ail Ji
tlons to the ( lletionurlcs of the IJiifjliMh Inn.
Kuajfo , the now Webster's Intoriintloniil ii
sura to hold its own. Tlio Messrs. Mrrrliun
are to bo congratulated on tlio results of their
enterprise.
The sensational readers of Count Tolstoi
will llnd nothing for tliein in the littloworlt
tluit boarj his name on thu tttln pu o niitl
which is called , "Labor ; The Divine. Coin-
mand. " But tho.so who are iiiterosted in
the social theories of the Kusshui
writer will llnd It another doorway
into bis capaeions inhul. It Is prin-
cl pally the work of another wrllcr , ' "J'lio
I'cnsnatDoriiarcff , " but It is "niiulo known ,
iiURnientcd and edited" by Tolstoi , nnd Is
really un elaboration ot Ids own vlcm-a , tlui
Klstofvvhictils tlinttliofuiidaiiieiitul lawsol
humanity uro "labor for men , mot.hcrbood for
women. " ( Laird tLeoCliieaKo.j
"Tho Golden Monitor" Is nlitUotoxtboolt
for the piano-forte mitt cabinet otinii ; whicli
has won the praise of critics and teathoi-s ,
It can bo hud by addressing I" , O. Uox CV7 , , s
Onuilia.
In U volume of IW ) papos entitled "Sibci-J >
and the Nllillists,1' ' WillinniJuclHon Ann-
strong of SnnFrancisco presentsa compila
tion of Iccturci nnd letters which goes to
show that the llusslan government isfuil"
us ' black us painted , Incidental !
ho malics the surprising chnrgo tlutt
OcorBO Kcnniiti Is working In the interest if
thocznr. The book Is worth its prlco i-At
cents ) to the student of nihilism. 11'acitic
Press 1'ub. Co. , Oakland , Gal.
"I'nuMieal Ulackaniithln ' is
,1' a handy
compilation ot articles written by bkllli'U
worltinon , and covers nearly the \vholo ran u
of blacksmltblnR , from the simplest Job of
work to some of the most complex forging ! * ,
[ M. T. Hlchurdson , Now Vork. |
Or. Richard So ward U'obb .sends out , in
all the luxury of cuumnlcd white cnvernnd
uncut pago.s with broad margins , a report of
the banquet \vhlcli ho recently gaivo to tlio
ollicers of the national society of the Sons of
American lie , 'Olution.
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Bella Krench .Swisher. J. U. Aldeii , New-
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"Wichita , Ivns , , has 12" licensed liquor doa- ! J
era nnd u population of only li-1,000.
OMA.HA
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triistii aclaas trnimfir uncut and trustee f
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Icutstuxci.
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Liability ol Stockholders 200,000 ,
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