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    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.