THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , jttONDAY , OCTOBER 12 , 1801. CAMPAIGN IS OPENED1 ICOXTINUKD rnoM rttm WOE.- . TOM who wanted to got tholr hands Into the stale treasury Were proulng tholr bogus claims. Tlioy brought in bills for something llko f 10,000 or KiO.OOO , nud If It bed not been for Governor Boyd thov would hnvo buon successful In robbing the taxpayers of t40,000 or $50,000 Inoro than they aid wncn they made tbo Appropriation of $10,900. [ Applause. | HiunplcH or Independent Groctl. Twenty yonrs ago wlion the republican party bud barely taken po o lon of tbo ilato house at Lincoln , u loclslnturo , tbroc- fourtlis republican , discovered thnttboro lind been corruption in the management of state lands und funds. They cleaned the state houio by thoroughly investigating every odlcor. They Impeached the governor and remoycd the auditor. Last , winter a golden opportunity presented Itself to the Independ ents. Thclrj leaders charged that thousands of dollar- ) had boon fraudulently taken out of thu state treasury , that there were deficien cies and defalcations In various state Insti tutions. The reform legislature had the best opportunity on earth , and It was Its duty to have Investigated nil the stnto olllccs and put all Its tlmo In to thoroughly fumlgata the state house If thcro was anything unclean in It. What did It doi It did not touch any of these things. They contented themselves by standing guard over each other the first time thiit liny party had to station men at the capital to watch its own members and to put upon thu pay roll of this state a dozen doputv sergeants employed chlolly In spying upon members of the legislature to sco that thuy should not sell out their constituents. But Instead of cleaning the stnto tiouso the reform leplslaturo voted away the people's money for supernumeraries nn'd for Bunptles mid conveniences that nru not iicodPd. They voted thousands and thousands of dollars for supplies and improvements in state institu tions that are nn absolute waste of money. They voted for an Iron fence around the State university $1I-IOO ; for a sidewalk nround the university , $ . " > , iiOO. They voted 17,000 for thu foundation ami boglnnnp of n university library building , which before it is finished may cost four times as much , at u tlmo when the pcoplo of this stnto are groan- lug under the burden of taxation and when the improvements are not needed. They voted $ . . ' 0,000 for fuel and lights at the Asy lum for the Insuno at Lincoln , $ . ' .000 more than for the same Institution at Norfolk or Hastings , nnd certainly ? 10,000 more than If an honest expenditure of the money if prop erly enforced would warrant. The Deaf and Dumb institute at , Omaha gets along with W.OOO. and certainly if $8,000 are enough for thorn f.'O.OOO is too much for the institu tion at Lincoln. They voted the State Board of Trannportation $1,000 for traveling expenses , when everybody knows that the board can travel wherever it pleases without a dollar of oxponxo outside of sleeping berths nd hotel bills , which ought not to cost over UOO per year. Violated Their IMcdgrs , And what had the legislature done to redeem the pledges of the people ? The stuto Boiiato did puss a usury bill Introduced by Mr. Shumway , now candidate for rodent on the republican stnto ticket. It was very iiiodora'to , to bo sure , but a great Improve- inont on the present law , but the independ ents voted it down just because It had come from republicans , and they failed to pass any othor. They had promlsou to pass a law raaklnc the acceptance of railroad passes by public ofllcers a bribe. They failed to redeem this pledge because they were carrying passes in their pockets , and asking for moro railroad favori. They promised to regulate insurance companies , and give the people cheaper tchool books. Have they redeemed their pledges ) Who is responsible for the aefoac ol the good bills that were introduced in the lost legislature ? They wore chocked off by the lobby. Thcro was .the lobby of the rail roads , the lobby of tbo telephone- and tolc- praph monopolies , the insurance lobby , thn book trust , und every trust and every corporation interested in defeating legislation. Thcso lobbies had formed a pool , mid that pool had several Btrings tied to tbo speaker of the houso. Towards the last of the session , when the speaker was called upon to appoint a sifting committee which was to dccldo which of the bills were to bo shelved and which were to bo submitted to the house and considered , the speaker appointed a committee made up principally of members that had boon worked by the lobby. This sifting committee plccon baled the bills which the people ( lo des i red passed. So the corporators and lobbers - bors handled the reform legislature just as they had manipulated that of KSS'.t. A'nothcr plank of this year's platform of the independents reads as follows : HcsoUcd , That wo denounce the present lystotn of contract labor us maintained und fostered by thn republican party In tills stuto. That wo linllovo that the contract WHS fraud ulently obtained und Unit contract conditions fiiivo not been compiled with , and that Us perpetuation at each session of I ho legislature is u soiireo of constant corruption , and Unit It mipnous R iniriK of boodlors who In anyway at the last session of the loilalatro sought to rntorMi Urn will of the peoule. Now , who hod tbo majority In the last legislature ! Why did not the members who lire commended for their lldellty to the people abrogate the penitentiary contract on the ground that it was procured by bribery nnd fraud ) It is a matter of record that the con tract with William II. B. Stout for the lease of the penitentiary provided that the con tractor should build 1MO cells by tbo end of 1SS5 at his own expense. That contract was extended In 1SS7 , with all the obligations , nud transferred to the present contractor. What did this logislauuu doi In the fnco of this contract they passed nn appropriation of 5111,000 fora now cell house , nnd yet the in- doprndont convention commends this legis lature to the taxpayers of the state. On the morning when the appropriation for that HO.OOO cell house was pending I wont to thu Llndoll hotel and called the attention of the Independent members of the penitentiary comniittoo to the fact that this contract ob ligated the contractor to build that cell house and that the state should not make this appropriation , but they paid no attention to my romonstrauco and voted away if 10,000 to help out the contractor. Can any honest fanner or worklugman endorse this conduct' ' About Ilnllronil Legislation. But , say the Independents , the legislature at the last session did puss ono railroad bill. They have endeavored to give us relief , but the governor vetoed the bill nnd the v pub licans and democrats refused to unite with thu independents to pass this bill over the veto. Now I have for years advocated nnd do now advocate regulation of railways by legislation. I have opposed the commission ers and transportation boards because I have no faith in a transportation board or a com mission doing Its duty , and I beilovo that there should bo upon tlio statute books some taws establishing maximum freight rates just as wo now hnvo a law fixing the rnto for passengers ; but I believe that these laws should bo so framed as to bo practicable and reasonable. I do not believe the rational people of this state want a law upon the itntuto books that would bo a dead letter , or n law that would have to bo sot aside by the supreme com t. What was this bill that the legislature passed at the last session ) U was f ruined , as they say , In exact accordance with the rates that now prevail , or rather that then prevailed in the state of Iowa. This gives nut the impression that , the ttnto of Iowa lias really got n maxi mum rate law , There Is no suoh thing nn the Iowa statute DOCKS. Io\va simply has a railroad commission , nnd that com mission has from tlmo to tlmo regulated the fates of freight In Iowa nnd adjusted them to iiilt tbo circumstance * nnd conditions of tbo dilToront roads. They huvo classified tbu railroads of Iowa according to the amount of tonnage nud business done on them and nc- cordlnir to the cost of ouch railroad. If such B law had been onaoted In Nebraska , with duo regard as to tbo trafllo of the different roads , and the actual Investment In the roads , it would huvo been Just and reason able and would have stood the test of the courts. But this legislature simply went to work an u matter of buncombe 1 > to humbug tbo people of our itato und nmUo thorn bollovu that they sincerely had carried out their pledges and passed a law that they know would bo pronounced unreasonable- thn courts be cause Unmade inflexible rates on all tbo mil- road si , branches and mala lines , .short roads and long roads , for all commodities accord ing to the lowest rates that are charged upon the longest and best paying roads In lown. On the very face of the bill then ) were provisions winch made it void i\ud \ would have compelled the supreme court to sot It Mldo. Tnov provided that if the court found that the rates fixed by the bill WITO too low , that U unreasonablethen * too courts thould 11 x the rate. That would make the court n State Board of Transportation , No court has over done that , u you bring n complaint nnd charge n railroad company with charging exorbitant rates , the court might leave It to n jurv to say how much the overcharge was , but tlio court would not un dertake to say how much per car load , ton or hundred pounds the railroad company Is en titled to nnd how much It should charge. So then what was the object of this bill ) It was simply n scheme to delude the people of this state nnd make thorn believe that the Inde pendents In the legislature had done all In tholr power to give them relief , nnd that the responsibility for failure rested upon a re publican supreme court , or upon n democratic governor. This bill In itself was unconstitu tional and void by reason of having failed to taUo into account the fact that the stnto of Iowa has nearly double the population , and moro tbmi double tuo tonnngo of Nc- braka , that the trunk line roads In Iowa haul not only the products of Iowa but also the products of Nebraska that nro exported nnd the bulk of all merchandise for Nebraska , and consequently they have n better earning capacity nnd uro therefore lu bettor condi tion to glvo lower rates than ours. What is the history of railroad legislation Introduced by Senator Stevens last winter ) That bill was carefully drawn by tin export xvho has clvon this matter careful attention , nnd that bill was so drawn as to simply give the people of Nebraska Iowa rates with about from 10 to 12 per cent added , that Is to say it rccognl7 d the difference between railroad iraillo in Iowa and Nebraska and made the rates so reasonable that the courts could not decently have set It aside. Now. I realize that the railroad managers nnd their lobby would have been Just ns much opposed to the Stevens bill as they wore to the Newberry bill. Tnoy are opposed to all maximum r.Uo legislation ; but nearly all republicans , and 1 bcllovo quite a number of democrats in the legislature , would have voted for that bill had it only been given n chance for passage. Such n bill would hnvo bcon signed by Governor Uoyd if it had passed uud if ho bad vetoed it moro than three-fourths of the members would have voted to pass it over his veto. I called on Senator Stevens several times and urged him to push his bill but for seine reason he dllly dallied und never torced It to the front. After the Nowberry bill had been defeated the Independents still had an opportunity to pass this bill , and test the sincerity of the republicans nnd democrats In the legislature who wore pledged to its'support by passing it and thus giving the producers the benefit of from 10 to - . " ) per cent reduction on the present charges. But no , they said outright that they did not propose to pass another bill , they did not propose to do anything but put the re- sponsiollltv upon a democratic governor and the republican members that did not vote to puss it over his veto and to go Into the next campaign nnd malto political capital out of It. What do the Independents want then ) Is it relief for the people , Is It a reduction of rates , is it usury laws , or is it simply that they want grievances to go with before the people ) I know some of tholr loaders , and I realize that It really is true that quite a num ber of them have no deslro for any anti-monopoly legislation , that they simply wanted the legislature to enable them to go before tbo people nnd claim that they had no chance Just as they are doine now with the usury bill. Tnoy had a splen did chance to pass the Shumway usury bill , und I personally nppoalcd to them several times to pass It. They said they would pass tholr own bills or pass nobody else's bills. Why is it , then , that the people of Ne braska today have no maximum rate law ) Is It because the democratic governor refused to sign a bill which ho was advised by the nttornoy general ano by other legal authori ties was unconstitutional , nnd which ho him self could sen would bo set aside because it was not on its fnco reasonable , and could never bo applied to the railroads under the present condition , or is It because republicans refused to vote that bill over the veto and democrats refused to vote that bill over the veto when they see the bill was In jurious and unfair , or isn't it n fact that it is because the independent loaders in that leg islature refused point blank to enact a maxi mum freight reasonable bill ) Such a bill could hnvo commanded votes enough to go over any veto , and wculd have passed the legislature. Independent Fiimncc. Lot us now candidly discuss the proposi tions upon which the partv asks support for its state ticket this tall. The first plank of tliclr platform roads as follows : Wo demand the abolition of national banks and bunks of issue , und as a substitute for na tional bunk notes demand that. lo ul tender treasury notes bo made In sufllclcnt volume to transmit the business of the country on a cash basis without damiiiro or sncoiul advantage to uny class or calling , such to be legal tender In payment of all debts public und private. Such notes when demanded bv the people shall bo loaned to them at cost of issno upon adequate seeuilty lu amounts to oueh Individual not ex ceed ink' $2,500. Hero is n proposition that every rational man should consider carefully. They demand that thogovornmpnt shall abolish the national tanks nnd substitute for the national bank notes a currency that will bo legal tender for all debts , nnd they demand that wo shall add to it an unlimited amount of greenbacks sufficient to carry on the busi ness of the country nnd then that wo should udd to It any amount that might bo required lor the relief of people who want to borrow monov without interest for the inoro cost of printing the notes , not exceeding 3,500 for each loan. Lot any of these financiers toll mo how much currency U required to transact a given amount of business. How much actual money does ndoulortn farm machinery need to carry on the sale of reapers , thresh ing machines and plows ! How much actual cash must a dealer in groceries and provisions nud hardware hnvo whoso sales aggregate say $100,000 a year lu order to carry on his business ( Do these merchants need tlio actual cash In tholr money drawers or banks to bo nble to curry on business ? Does not credit , which Is only another name for confidence , take the place of capital In nine-tenths of all our commercial transactions ? These people propose , ns they say , to elvo us as much money ns is needed to carry on the business of the country. Where Is there nny proof ut this day that there is not enough money to buy or sell nil the products of our farms , mills and factories * If you hnvo got any hay out here In the Platte valley , or any co'rn or grain or cattle , or ether products of the farm , are you not able to got money for them ) Is there any evidence anywhere that there Is not money enough to move the crops of uny sec tion of tbo country , north , south , east or west ) Is not It a fact that it Is credit that is lack ing ) The banks of the United States have ns much money now In them as they over bad before. There has been some gold exported from this country , but the aggregate circula tion today in the United States is larger than it bos been for any year since the war. Now , then , is not tl true that it is the lack of con fidence nnd the shortage of crops and the overproduction of manufactured articles and the lack of employment for labor that causes the depression from which wo have been suffering ) Is it not n fact that money is plentiful , provided you have something marketable to sell or providing you have securities that will assure the lender that ho will got his pay when your note matures ) This Is really the cause. 1 have mv.iolf realized thut thu government might with propriety Issue notes directly to tbo people In place of the notes which have boon Issued by the national bunks , but how Is this money to got into circulation nnd who can sny how much the government shall issue ) As a mat- torof fact , the national banks have withdrawn a very largo amount of their circulating notes within tbo past few years. It has always been charged that the national bankers were able to make double Interest upon the money which they have Invested , lirst upon the bonds which uro the security for the notes that they issue , and then upon the notes themselves when loaned out. This is in part , of course , fallacious , bccnuso If they had enough money to buy the bonds they had originally us much money as they got uud 10 pur cent more , oven If the bonds were only purchased at par , but the bonds very often have been purchased at a very much higher rate than par , The mere fact that the na tional banks are giving up their circulation and I presume that nine-tenths of them would bo willing to clvo up all their circu lation if thuy could retain the other privileges thut the government baa vested In n national bank. That would seem to Indi cate that they were not satisfied with the pro Ills they make out of the notes. The very fant that they aiaglvlue up their cur- ronoy would scorn to indicate one of two things , either thut It was not profitable to keep bonds on file In the national treasury , and that they could do better by selling those bonds and taking their money directly and loaning it or else thut thcro was such a large amount of money hoarded now lu the banks which they do not dara to loan out , because of the lack of confidence and thu lack of securities that they find it unprofit able to keep those notes out aim pay l | x > r cunt of tax upon them to thu national govern ment. So thou wu have the two contradictious. Upon the ono sldo it is charged that the national banks make enormous amounts out of the notes they Issue. On the ether sldo it is shown they nro trying to 'contract the currency by surrendering the notos. And wo are broucrht to the question of whether or not thu U really a conspiracy against the money borrowers and the debtor class or whether it Is simply because in the ordinary course of business they Una It moro proll- table not to have to pay the 1 per cent tax and because they can sell their bonds which now form the basis of tholr notes to a good advantage , nnd loan the proceeds of tbo bonds. Every body who has fjlvcn any attention to the question of money will realize that the banks mnuo most money when money Is plentiful , that Is , when times are prosperous and people ple have an abundance of products to neil , nnd when property of every description brings a good price , speculation is most active and investors and stock gamblers are willing to pay high interest , bccnuso they can turn tha money rapidly. In prosperous times deposits are coming In from every di rection from people who have got products to sell , and banks can loan out other people's inonoy to great advantage nnd turn it around six or eight or ten times in a year , but when money Is scarce , when the people hnvo noth ing to soli , when the people hnvo no products to turn into cash , nnd when the banks find light deposits from the merchants , because they have not been able to dispose of their goods , when the deposits run low and money is scare , then the banks make the least money , because they dare not trust tholr money that is hold in reserve for fear that there would bo a run upon their banks. They must have a reserve to strengthen themselves nnd dare not loan out money indiscriminately to everybody , oven upon good senuHty , for fear there might bo a demand made by the depositors Which must bo mot promptly at tholr count ers. That Is the real truth. The talk about bankers conspiring to make money source Is therefore the sheerest nonsense. CoiiHldcrln ; ; tin ; Loan Proposition. Lot us examine the consequences of the proposition to loan pcoplo money upon laud , under 12,500. , In 1871 the stnto of Nebraska had a lot of money in her school fund and thu Governor nnd state officers win constituted the Board of Public Lands were authorized to loan the money out upon landed socurltv. And what was tbo result ) Wo hud to impeach the governor and remove the auditor because they had loaned out tbo money upon property that was not worth half the amount of the loan. They had taken wild lands and town lots at appraisements nwny nbovo tholr value and the state had to carry on law suits for years to recover its money.v hat would bo the consequence if you attempted to carry out this land loan scheme on a larger scale ) Suppose this government with the power to pnnt billions of bank notes nnd with probably two or three millions of farmers and two or three millions of lot owners In the towns , each wanting to borrow $2,500 , should authorize indiscriminate loaning of this paper inonoy , which simply moans n eovornmont "I owe you. " What" would bo the result ) Why , thousands upon thousands of worthless pieces of land would be transferred to the government under mortgage amounting to twice as much as the land was worth , and lu a short tlmo the government would own all this land and the people would have a worth less currency , Just as thov bad down in the Argentina Republic. There the same experiment was tried only a few years ago , and the outcome has boon the bankruptcy of the entire people of Argentine. But how could a man who has now got his farm under a mortgage got this money from the government ) Suppose that the government actually could lend him JJ.OOO or $2,500 , how is ho going to pay his mortgage and clear up his property so as to enable tbo government to loan him the money ) Tbo government would simply say , "you glvo mo a clean title to the property and I will advance you a certain amount upon it ; " but the government could not pay off " his mortgage , and so he would bo in "u" hole the same us now. Tbo whole scheme is wild and visionary and is simply calculated to impose upon credulous people who believe Undo Sam can make us all rich by issuing nn unlimited amount of pupor money. \VlmtMonoy Keully Is. Lot us discuss this question of money. Under the constitution congress has the power to coin money and declare the value thereof. Mark you , to com money ; that is to say to tnko pieces of metal that have an intrinsic value and by n stamp declare upon their faro the quantity , quulity and exchange value of that metal. The government of the United States has exorcised that power and coined these pieces of silver nud gold to represent as nearly as possible tholr actual value independent of the stamp. The object of all coinage is to moka each coin represent the exchange value of the metal whatever it would bring in the worlds' market , oven if there was no stamp upon it. By reason of the overproduction of ono metal and the underproduction of the other nnd other causes divergencies have existed from time to time , so that the one motnl may not bo worth as much as its face value , but in uny event the money coined by the gov ernment represents absolute wealth , dug out of the earth , that could bo convert ed into or exchanged for other articles of value into ether wealth. In ether words the money , whether It bo coon skins , tobacco , gold , silver or copper , or the product of labor is actual wealth. Paper money is debt. On the ono side gold and silver represent value absolute and intrinsic , on the ether side paper money of every description , no matter by whom issued and when issued , repre sents simply a promise to pay , un ' ! owe you" from the government redeemable at some time or redeemable at no time , but always a debt. ' If 'the government of the United States were to Issue an unlimited amount of "I owe you's , " which were never redeemable , or which were redeemable at a remote period , and for whoso redemption no provision has been made , does it stand to reason that these who have coin money that has an intrinsic value would bo willing to accept paper money for it at the face value ) It never has boon done ana never will bo done. Tbo vorv fact that during the war the pcoplo of the United States were compelled to I'suo a > ory largo amount of these "I owe you's , " which the government was In no condition to redeem. and which the pcoplo in this and all other countries realized could not bo redeemed for an in definite period , because tbo depreciation of our greenbacks down to something like 55 cents on the dollar , und the same thing would happen if the government should venture to issue an irredeemable and unlimited amount of paper currency. Intelligent people every where understand fully that the scheme of sub-treasuries and money loans upon land and the scheme of issuing unlimited quantities of paper is not such a ono us would conduce to the welfare of the producers or any ether class of our people. As a striking Illustra tion lot mo compare the financial condition of this country with that of the loading European nations , Franco , Germany , Hussla and Great Britain. Franco , with a population of ! )8- ) 218'JOa , has a national debt of # 1,107,04:1,450 : , and she levies annually a tax of U7Q,7G4,177 , ; tlio Gorman empire has a population of 4(1- ( 857,703 , a national debt of only f3tHl 17,847 , nnd levies a tax annually of $ ! 0i,707,5)3 ( ) ; Great Britain has a population of 33UO ! > ,500 , levies n tax annually of f iJlOr,01'J : , , and has n national debt of $ .1,300,027,400 ; Hujsia has a population of 112- OJ4JOO ( , a national debt of J3GH4,091,000 nnd n revenue or a tax of J5'33ll,030 ! ) ; the United States hnvo a population of G',000,000 , and our annual tnx is fNKV.KKI.OSl , or rather the revenue in this country , and wo have a national debt or did have on the 1st of Janu ary of the present year of ? 1,025,072,031. Till. ' has slnco been reduced by something llko $100,000,000. What does this exhibit show ? It shows this , that Franco , the country about which wo hour so much from men who talk Hat tin- anco and unlimited coinage has the largest debt of any country on earth , that she has a debt twice as largo as that of Great Britain and moro than eight times as largo as that of the United States ; she has a national debt of $159.75 for every man , woman mid child , and levies taxes of $17,80 for every man , woman and child to meet their interest and running expanses. The German empire has only got a debt amounting to (0.50 to each man , woman and child , and her running expenses are * 7.77 against the French of $159.75. Great Britain has a national debt amounting to $37.03 per capita , nnd levies u tax of $11.20. Russia has a national debt amounting to $32.18 per capita and levies a tux of $4.1)8. ) The United States ha.s a national debt which amounts to about $ U per capita and levies a tax of $7.41. So that against France , which has boon boosted about so much , the United States has u debt equal to $11 per capita against their fl.VJ , and levies a tax upon her population of $7.41 against $17.50 , nearly three times that of our country. How Kranoo is Taxed. Now , then , wo waul to show another thing. The total hctlvo circulation of money , motnllo and nnpor , In the world Is computed by McCartv Jn the Annual Statis tician for 1891 Is represented by fO.rxW.OOO- 000. The United States has $ l,211SMGsl , or one-seventh of the cntlro stock of monov In circulation of the whole world. The only country ahead ot the United States is France , which hna $13 "per " capita ; but with her enormous debt and her enormous tax her people nro nowhere , as well off as ours , I was" over there only two months ago nnd I flhd that there nro taxes upon almost every food product , nnd even upon the rent which you pay. If n man rents a house for $1,000 no Is obliged to pay something llko ' . ' 0 per cent of the amount of "ihn rent , in addition to the rent to the government. They pay taxes upon the wludbw.s of the houses. You cannot go out of Paris and travel twenty miles out In the country without going through four or flvo custom house gates , nnd at each gate if you have u package of any kind they will tax you for It. If the farmer goes to Pans to market his eggs , butter , vegetables or grain ho Is compelled to pay n tustoms tax. At every vlllago there are customs gates , nnd everywhere taxes nro levied right and loft. But the farmers of Franco are a very thrifty pcoplo. Thuy culti vate every Inch of the soil to the highest per fection nud manage to make ends meet and save up something besides. They nro accus tomed to stamp duties nnd custom tolls upon everything. That is the boasted condition of the people of Franco nt the present tlmo. We hnvo forgotten the fact that twenty- flvo years ago every man In the United States had to pay taxes upon every pupor that ha Igncd. If you signed n receipt there was n stamp. If you wont to tbo bank with a check you had to put n stamp upon It. If you sold n piece of property you had to put a stamp upon the deed. If you had your picture taken you had to put n stamp upon every photo graph. If you wanted to got married you had to put a stamp upon y our marriage certificate , and from the cradle to thu gruvo there wns nothing that was not stamped. That would , In my honest judgment , bo thu condition which wo would ngatn roach if wo adopted the wild cat scheme of issuing money or run ning ourselves headlong In debt by reckless onns on wild lands nnd reckless speculation nnd extravagance that is sure to follow an era of Inllation. You can see how Inflation works In Cuoa , where they have $117 in money per capita and an American dollar can bo exchanged forS2.05 In Cuban currency. [ Mr. Uosowntor's Interesting address will bo concluded in tomorrow's ' issue of TUB BCE.J II. Theosophy holds that , besides the degrees of palpable matter nnd the "other'1 of science , matter exists in yet finer grades. The spirit ual principle , the opposite of the material , bos , in order to gain perfect experience un der the scheme of Divine Wisdom , associated itself with matter and material life , the remote progenitors of humanity being of tenuous , vapory bodies , these changing through myriads of years to others moro dense , and now being of flesh and blood. In these inconceivably remote ages , the early emanations from the Divine , fresh and pure , had no other conception of Ufa and being than was obvious in fact. Development of carnal faculties , together with increase of material interests and dulling of spiritual perception , brought abolit evil in morals and physics , as well as aa outgrowth of imaginary doctrines remote from primal accuracy. Ono may contrast the broad and unillod knowl edge of nn early "son of God" with the materialistic philosophy or the fantastic theology of the schools now existent. The formation of planets , the antiquity ot the earth , and the process of physiological structure nro matters' deep Interest , but are too remote for newspaper treatment. Rather lot us take the evolution of a single man as a topic coming immediately homo to each of us. Waiving antecedent history , wo may treat him from the time when , con nected with the body and endowed with the mind familiar to us , he appears as nsojournor on earth. It Is evident that from infancy to old ago ho is the subject of constant evolution. Bodily organs grow steadily to full maturity ; mental faculties awake , receive more or less culture , nnd in greater ? or less proportion ex pand ; traits of character weaken or strengthen ; the moral sense becomes acute or abates ; spiritual aspiration is vivified or dulled. Very great changes occur in this ca reer. Sometimes temperament simply becomes - comes moro rigid. Sometimes the whole being undergoes remoulding , latent traits coming to the fore , earlier ones subsiding or oven vanishing. Sometimes tbo nature scorns symmetrically to develop , each department harmoniously expanding. Sometimes ono or two develop largely , others lagging behind or uppearitfg stationaryv But whatever the outcome , it is always referable to two fautors , circumstances and will. These fcircumstancos and this will vary enormously. No two human beings are situ ated exactly all ice and no two have precisely the same amount of native volition. Thorn must bo somooxplanatlonof these differences , some way of accounting for the fact that men are born and live in unlike conditions and nro subjected to opposite influences. Now , throe theories have been brought for ward iu explanation. The first is that of Divine assignment. The Supreme Being , it is said , has been pleased to place each man as Ho saw fit , and , as each came into the world without previous history , his temperament and his situation bore , as well as all the effects on him they necessarily produce , have and can have no ether cause Hban the dictum of Deity. But in view of the hideous suffering of so many , nnd the excessive fortune of a few. this is nn attrib uting oC cruel caprice to the Grand Archi tect of the Universe. Wo fall to realize its enormity only because wo do not analyze it. As a reasonable and just Interpretation of human life , it utterly collapses. The second is the theory of chanco. But , in n universe of law , wherein every succeeding discovery but expands tbo area of rigid cause and clTcct , the supposition that all physical Inci dents nro under law while tbo mental and moral interests of its inhabitants are loft wholly to Uap-bazard , is too monstrous for serious thought. If not n sparrow fulls to the ground without n reason , billions of in telligent beings can not bo the playthings of chanco. The third is the theory of desert in ether words , Karma. It Is that a man's circum stances and disposition are tbo expression of his own merit , that he has and is what ho de serves. There Is no question of whim or of accident ; there is merely the operation of perfect justice determining award. But this of course implies a prior existence , for merit or demerit could only have boon formed In a preceding career. And suoh Is precisely the teaching of theosophy. It holds that the course of evolution carries the ego through hundreds of lives in a material body nnd on the material earth ; that its conduct , nnd its conduct ulono , forms the futureitencountcrs ; that each incarnation expresses the status and right of the cgoact hafc particular stage ; that it is and that it llycs where it belongs : that the degree of will-power it exhibits measures the degree it worked to In past time ; thut it is oven now framing its next Incarnation by its demeanor in this ; und hence that life is not a moro vestibule to eternity , but is the scone wherein the dweller garners the crops of earlier sowings nnd plants the seed for crops hereafter. If true , what solemnity this theory imparts to human existence ; what .reality . it gives to a process from which oyory determining ele ment save self-action has been wholly stripped away I ALB.VANDKU FULLKUTO.V , Oar/ii EVOM : PASS , Tox. , Oct. 11 The comman dant of Piodros Nogras1' ' received ofllcial in formation today that Catarlno Garza with bis baud passe i through Alien on the Mexican National railroad a few days ago , ticadlntr northward and that it was supposed his objective point was Kaglo Pass , where ho Is known to have friends. Aotlvp prepara tions for his reception are being made In 1'iedras Neuras , and ut military headquar ters considerable activity prevails , Gesjlor's Maglolioauaono Wafors.Guro.s al headaches in SO minute. ! . At all druggist * . Company A ROCK SrittNos , Wyo. , Oct. 11. [ Special to THE BEK.J Friday night the Ladloi' Guild at Rook Springs gave a grand ball and sup per to the ladles of company A. Yesterday tbo officers of company A were given a ban quet and wine supper at the Commercial nolol by the citizens of Rock Springs , Com pany A U soon to bo removed from Pilot llutto near this place to Camp Logan near Denver , after a three yean * slay hero. DoWitfft Little Bany ttisors ; only pill to cure sick hoaducho und regulate the bisvo ! s "BEST PEOPLE ON EARTH , " Unveiling at St. Louis of aMonuuiont to tbo Benevolent Order of Elks. SIMPLE AND APPROPRIATE CEREMONIES , 1'eoplc AVIioso Lives Huvo Miulo tlio World Hotter for 1'lielr Merited KnlotlcH Do * llvoi'oil. ST. Lout , Mo. , Oct. 11.-A monument was dedicated today In Bellcfonto cemetery to mark the last resting place of all worthy members of St. Louis lodge No. 0 , Benevo lent and Protective Order of Klks , who de sired to sleep tholr last sleep thcro. A moro beautiful day for tbo ceremonies could not have been desired. A gentle breeze swept over the city of the dead , softly swayIng - Ing the rod , white and blue colors which temporarily hid from view the graceful out lines of the ahining bronze statue symbolic of the order , The statue is the gift of Colonel John A. Cockrell of the Now York Advertiser. It stands in n circular plot of grouud , situated about the center of the cemetery. The podos- tul , which stands about the middle of the plot , is of granite. The dimensions nro as follows : 10x10 , the second stone Is S\0 , the third IxGnndtho dlo Uxl. Surmounting all and facing the south stands n beautiful elk , which measures nine foot from the top of the pedestal to thu tip of the elk's antlers , mak ing the whole eighteen feet In height. Assist ing in the ceremonies were delegations from ninny cities in the country. There were representatives frou Chicaeo , Cincinnati , Kansas City , Sodalia , Hannibal , Hot Springs , Springfield , O. ; Dallas.Tox. ; Brooklyn , N. Y. ; Rending , Pa. ; Birmingham. Ala. ; New Or leans , Indianapolis , Evnusvlllo , Philadelphia , Rockford , 111. , and ether cities. The dedicatory exorcises were grandly impressive - pressivo nnd were rendered particularly so by the music , which inspired solemnity , nnd by the sighing of the wind through the trees , occasionally parting afloat from its branch , wnftinc it to the chamber of death iu which rested the departed members of the local lodge. Around tbo chamber of death and encircling the plot of ground wore gath ered the living friends aud brothers , who stood throughout the ceremony with uncov ered heads. The services commenced with music by Gilmoro's baud , after which came the intro ductory address , which was delivered by Judge Thomas J. Portis , in the absence of Governor D. B. Francis , who was unable to bo present owing to his train being delayed. Judro Portis felt honored in being selected , not only because ho represented the governor of the state of Missouri , but because bo was assisting in the unveiling of a monument to tbo grand and benevolent order of which ho was a member. Ho trusted that the dedication of the monument would Increase iu the hearts of all assembled the feeling of charity , justice , brotherly love and fidelity thu four cardinal principles upon which the order rested. 'How Sleep the Brave , " was rendered by a local quartette , and thou the presentation of the monument to the St. Louis lodge was made by Colonel John A. Cookroll , in the the following address : An organization based upon the Imperish able principles of charity. Justice , brotherly love and lldollty must endure. Hitch un organization ig the Benevolent and Protective Order of Ellin. A few years aso. In the City of Now York , n little group of men members of u profession which for more than " ,000 years hus amused , instructed , entertulned und uplifted humanity mot , und Iu u spirit , half convlval and half serious , laid the foundations of this society. They had In tholr precarious lives felt the need of eomrudlcul helpfulness and fraternity. Thuy bulldod better than they knoi/ , for who with pronhutls eye could have foreseen tha grand structure which would rlso upon that slender foundation , und which today has supporting pillars in moro thun half the states of the union. In the eye of the cold and austere , our founders wete , perliups. of the class from times stigmatised us vagabonds those chll- dnm of genius who huvo done so much to beautify nnd enrich tno world. Illot from our annals life walks of "vagabonds" and how little Is loft to udrnlro. What an aehliiK void Is left In literature und science , wo wipe from thousands of canvasses the glorious tints of urtlsts whose names will live to the end of time ; we obliterate much of song unl poesy and romance , and consign to Impenetrable limbo und of darknens the shining names of Shakespeare uud Ilyron and Goldsmith , and Ke.tts nnd Shelley , and I'oo and countless numbers of the children of men who , with pen and brush nnd chisel , have peopled the world with the beings of Motion which wo cherish us wo do our loved onus , nnd have filled It with Inspiring thoughts which make our lives nobler und better. Wo revere our founders. It hus been claimed by these who are op posed to secret societies , that they belong to the urn of barbarism nnd are no part of our civilization. As In that olden day , beforu iniiKUii chnrta iiludo men free , the secret or ganisation > vus made necessary to those who would resist tyranny or secure Justice und the commonest , rights , su today , brotherhood Is u necessity In that It brings men of kindred purposes Into closer communication , broadens hum , makes them helpful and , .still bettor , smooths otho asperities ctiRondurod In the Bullish sUuBKles for existence. Our order maintains u mode of morals us rlisld us the golden rules of 1'ythugnrns K'l.ifted on tin ) noble teucliliiKS of thu new testament. It makes us better becuiisu it ap peals to the noblest attributes or human ity. As ono who has felt the sympathe tic touch ot this organl/itUon and who holds sweetest memories of thu hours passed in tin ) companionship of tbo members of LodBoNo.lt , It Is my gioatcst pleasure and privilege to present you today with a statue symbolic of our Older. I recall with prldu the fact that , as un ullicor of Lodge No. 0 , I was In somu degree Instrumental iu scouring this bountiful burial plot blessed evidences of thut charity which Is thu key stone nt our temple. In choosing us thu emblem of onr order , the elk , our founders are Inspired with pousy. In nil natural history thuio Is no animal more beautiful , und It Is hero that wu iu back to nature. Majestic of mien , swift of foot , timid nnd shy. un uyo us soft us chlldhood'stm > elk Is , nuvuithuluss , resolute In defense of Die rights. The prey of many , It brings no grief to any child of thu forest. It Is neither rapacious nor vc'iigoful. Its homo Is sylvan und Its ways are ways of pleasantness. Its existence Is Idyllic , and. In a measure , pathetic. Hero , then , In this silent city , upon this beautiful spot whuro the dews full softly , the ( lowers bloom nnd birds nliix. we erect und dedicate this emblematical monument. Ho Ion ; ; us It may stand It will sacredly proclaim to ull the world that the o of our brethren who sleep here shall have tilbnto paid to their mem ories ; that they shall have spread upon Ihelr green mounds rosemary fur remembrance , and that they shall hero find rust after labor , but nut oblivion. The band ( followed with the well known hymn : "Nearer , my God to Thee. " and nt the conclusion of which the exulted ruler , Charles E. Joy , accepted the monument and statue on behalf of St. Louis lodge. Mr. Joy said : "As tbo representative today of thu Klks of St. I.onls and In their liehalf I iluslro to ex press to you , sir , not only tholr deep appreci ation of the iiiuKnlfli'unt mumurlul hereeroetcd and about to bo dedicated to the purpose of marklus thu final rostlnx place of our dead , but also to express In their behalf tholr per sonal appreciation of thu generous spirit which hus prompted thin gift. It ahall bu our ploaslni ? duty to guard w ll thin xneiuil plot and see thut It U foruvur maintained as u place of supulchre for the worthy dnad of our order. It U unnecessary at thN time or un this occasion to ovptuss thu fcullnifH of hl''h personal regard of uvuiy member of this loduu for yourself or to state that your nainu will bu ever held In Kratoful remembrance. Asonu by onu llttlu inouncls arise , an radii of this olrelf , to muik thu rusting nlncu of brother after brother us dutth Hlmll claim him , und while those who participate In tbu solemn sorvleos of his liituriiiunt , stand with bowed head mound ihiu pile with tours for tlio dead , there will he mtnziud feelings of grutltudu In our huarts towards him who has HO KcnnrmiHly contributed to beautify this burial place , The quartette sang Cardinal Noxvman'a "Lead , Kindly Light , " and then were begun the ceremonies of dedication. They consisted of a prayer by District Deputy Kxnltcd Grad Kuler John W. Norton und tbo placing of wreaths of flowers by four ofilcor.s of tbo order ou the north , south , east and west corners of the base of the monument , lu the center of each wreath , on a background of white carnations , were In raised letters the word * "Chrlty , Justice , Brotherly Love und Fidelity , " Subsequent to the placing of the wreaths the district deputy exulted grand ruler accepted the monument for the grand lodco In accordance with n ritual of the order , liloiso Ware , the little 0-ycnr-old daughter of Colonel W ro , n prominent member of the local lodge , bad been selected to pull the cord which would cause the stars nnd stripes to fall from thu statue and reveal it to the view ot those assembled. This she did in the following words : "It gives mo great pleasure to ttnvoll the statue presented by Colonel John A. Cockroll. May this symbol of your order over load you In the pnths of right , nnd when vour work on earth Is done mark your last nbodo. " All present joined in singing "Auld Lntig Syne , " led by the baud. The benediction was pronounced by the district deputy ex- nltod grand ruler nnd the ceremonies were at nn end. "Edelweiss" began a shor engagement nt Boyd's ' theater last evening , n largo audience welcoming the return of Mattlo Vlckors. Tlio piny is classed as n "picturesque comedy ro mance , " nnd this designation is as good as any other. It gives MUs Vlckors abundant opportunity to display her ability as a pleas ing comedienne , nnd that is nil that is re quired lu these davs of ono part plays. The star has n largo following In the west whenever never grow tired of her excellent German dialect , her bright smile and winning ways , nnd no matter whore the llttlo woman plays , she Is sure of a warm welcome. The company embraces Frederic Weber , J. W. Murray , Erie Pollock , Joseph Donor , R. C. Stewart , Albert Audou , William Os mend , Emma Lovlo nnd Myra D.ivis , who have congenial parts , and tholr work last evening pleased thd audience. Pcoplo who love a variety performance pure and simple , with good , bad and indiffer ent specialties , may gratify that affection this week at the Furnam Street theater , the "London Gaiety Girls" opening n week's en gagement yesterday matinee , pinylng to "standing room only" last night. / iiit.tut.ti'iis. 0. L. Stone of Hastings is nt the Pnxton. E. R. Rontloy of Lincoln Is at the Paxton. F. S. Simmons of Sowurd Is at the Casey J. G. Baldwin of Bcrtrand is nt the Mur ray , Charles spencer of Plnttsmouth is nt the Casey. W. S. MoPheoly of Chadron is at the Casey. Dr. O. L. Stophouson of Geneva Is at the Casoy. D. C. McEutoo of Pluttsmouth Is nt the Dellono. Dr. Schwartz and Will Nelson of Nebraska City nro nt the Dollonc. Alexander Scott , Irwln Scott nnd E. Haas of Stromsburp are at the Casey. Mr. A. Anderson , a prominent citizen of Ainswortb , Isob. , is In the city nnd called upon Tin : jJijB. Fred Hartman. John R. Miller , William Norton nnd Frank MoTalan of Nebraska City are at the Pnxton. Mr. und Mrs. II. G. Harto have returned homo after being absent a month visiting the principal cities in the oast. A largo number of the locomotive engineers who hold a convention In Omaha lust week wont up to Sioux City yesterday to sco the corn palace. B > DoWltt's Little Early Risen. Beit little pill ever mado. Cure constipation every time. None equal. Use them now. Two Nominations. BKOOUI.Y.V , N. Y. , Oct. 11 The demo cratic convention Saturday night nominated for mayor David A. Boody. The republican city convention nominated for mayor Henry A. Meyer. Small in size , great in results ; Do Witt's Llttlu Eurly Risers. Best pill for constlpa- tion , bust for sick hoaducho , bout for sour stomach. The plot of "Old Jed Prouty , " which is to bo seen at Boyu's theater fo"r three nights nnd Saturday mntinoo. commencing Thurs day , October 15 , is sain to bo based upon in cidents in the life of an eccentric Now En- glnndor , who for a long time was n popular Inn keeper in Bucksport , Mo. Mr. Golden enacts tbo tituler role , that of the curious inn keeper , whom he know nnd whoso quaint peculiarities ho therefore studied from real llto. In this character ho depicts very natur ally the sentimental as well as the amusing traits of the typical Now Eiiplnndor , con stantly brought in contact with his follows. Iu this rendition Mr. Golden does not descend lo the broad burlesque and coarseness with which the conventional stupe Yankee has too frequently boon Invested. The jate of soat.s for the engagement of "Jed Prouty" will open Wednesday morning next.nt . the box ofllco of lloyd's now theatre. Boyd's now theater will not present nny theatrical attraction on Tuesday or Weduos. day evenings , but ou Thursday evening nnd continuing during the remainder of thu week Richard Golden will present the Now England comedy , "Old Jed Proutyt" On Tuesday evening the Irish associations of Omaha wilt celebrate the ' 'tXlth anniversary of the signing of the treaty of Limerick , n very Important event In Irish history 1) . S. Vernon , business manager for Vor- tiona Jarboau , Is in the city. His attraction will appopr nt Boyd's now theater throe nights next week. NATURAL FRUIT FLAVORS. Vanilla - " Of portoot purity. LemonI Lemon - of great strength. Almond If Economy In tholr U30 Rose etc.rj Flavor 3 dollcatoly and dellclously on the froah fruit. A. M 1 1 B KMKT T in _ Sovontenntli und lliuncy Streets. | Fin Proof. \ Ground Floor , j Eight Exits. Snililitl/ mill J/oili/fHS. " ' ' " " " ' ' " Mattis * Wickers In Her .Vow IMnjr ciilleil A viiiiicily romnnco ilivlcllnu nn monlMK In I'll TI'UI Ql'i : SWriY.KHI.ANH. us lntcriroto.l | liy n Compiinr of ioiniMllnns Scenery trim In niiluru , from orlKlniilduiUiK Co tuim"torliliml { liniiiiilvit ClmrmlnK ininlw , Trim yiinrti'ttct I'rkuiI'anpict $110 , imrqiiat clnlo ; M anil li bulcunjr fOe nml 7.V lliillprv SSo A tlOOD ltiSKUVKI : ) SKAT Kill M" Karnnm Sl.rool. Thc'.al.m * , Ono Week , Coiiiiiiuiiclns Siindiiy. Mallneu October llth. The London - Gaiety - Girls. I'oniilar I'rlcos. Mnllneo Wcilnosiluy mill S.ituuluy. " "GOLISExUM. OMAHA INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION , Open from i:50 ! : to l ( : : ! l > p. in. Grand Concert by Musical Union Band Hack Even i 115'- ' . Children's Day. Wednesday and P.iturdaj tcino3ii4. tie Oonur.il ndjnlsslnn - ' " > c. " " Corner llth anil Karnani Streets , VTKKK. or orroiinu ism OHITTHNIMIN' Aliukinn Uxplorer ( iltAI't : COt UTIjANIl , Wluli ( ifnll yirost. NI'AIi In w.iv nnil akutpli of tlio I'limey 1 arm. CUI.IIANIIS lUMUDY CO. HA VI UHAHArlol Artlti HIlAltl'iiml I'IAT MuilciilKlnRfl SI NDKIMNDnnil Ul/THDIN Impursonutor * a a\XKlAK HUI KNKIl. Voi-ullit Admission Ono Dime , Oion | dully 1 to 10 | i in J S. W. Cor. 15th and Douglas Sts. The slight cluuiRO in the weather 1ms crowded out * THREE CA PACIOUS FLOORS with anxious lookers nnd OURCJ * buyorn. We're amply prepared for the rtinh with WELL MADE CLOTH ING OF OUR OWN MANUFACTURE. of Men's ' Suite FRESH FROM OUR TAILORS , orabi-acintr nil new fabrics und designs , prices ranging from * $10 to $35. Yon might as ivcll buy a suit thatfils. Hundreds of Men's ' Overcoats Made up with every cure , nnd In all the prevailing styles und tox- turea , not n garment in the entire lot but would grraco n crowned head , with prices ranging from $10 to $40. Hundreds of natty little Knee Pant Suits $2 and up. Hundreds of Boys' Long Pant Suits , our make , $4 , $5 and $6. It's no trouble to fit the boys , and no trouble for parents to buj at such prices. 5 Furnishings and Hats You might search the oust and west and not succeed in finding the variety , style and enormous quantity embraced in out * lay out for the Full and Winter. Prices for lirttt quality goods no higher than paid elsewhere for no name qualities , ( When you come in , aslc to bo shown over our three iloo.-a ) Reliable Clothiers , Southwest Cor. 15th & Douglas Send for catalogue. OPEN TILJU B P , M.